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In mathematics and most computer languages, what, defined as one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition, subtraction and division, is granted a higher precedence than addition?
Multiplication
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[ { "text": "For example, in mathematics and most computer languages, multiplication is granted a higher precedence than addition, and it has been this way since the introduction of modern algebraic notation. Thus, the expression 1 + 2 × 3 is interpreted to have the value 1 + (2 × 3) = 7, and not (1 + 2) × 3 = 9." }, { "text": "Multiplication (often denoted by the cross symbol ×, by the mid-line dot operator ⋅, by juxtaposition, or, on computers, by an asterisk *) is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition, subtraction and division. The result of a multiplication operation is called a product ." } ]
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One of the main systems of mountain ranges in Spain, located in the southern and eastern Iberian Peninsula, is composed of how many systems of mountain ranges?
Three
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[ { "text": "The Penibaetic System ( Spanish: Sistema Penibético or Cordillera Penibética) is the southernmost of the three systems of mountain ranges of the Baetic System in the southern Iberian Peninsula. It includes the highest point in the peninsula, 3,478 m high Mulhacén in the Sierra Nevada." }, { "text": "The Baetic System or Betic System ( Spanish: Sistema Bético) is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in Spain. Located in the southern and eastern Iberian Peninsula, it is also known as the Cordilleras Béticas (Baetic Mountain Ranges) or Baetic Mountains." } ]
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Sabine and Mississippi are both names of what?
Rivers
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[ { "text": "During this period, Dr. Timothy Burr, a Massachusetts native who had migrated to Louisiana from Mt. Vernon, Ohio, established the community of Burr Ferry at his landing on the Sabine River. This community became known as the \"Gateway to Louisiana \" from the west." }, { "text": "The Kentucky Bend between Missouri and Tennessee. The state of Mississippi controls at least 11 exclaves on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, while Louisiana owns 8 exclaves on Mississippi's side. / 32.13; -91.05 / 32.371; -90.889" } ]
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Yaakov Moshe and Zvi Ashkenazi were both what?
Rabbis.
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[ { "text": "According to one tradition, his father, Rabbi Yaakov Moshe, died before he was born, and his relative, Rabbi Yosef Teomim, the rabbi of Bursztyn, brought him up. This accounts for the common name that both father and son share." }, { "text": "Lorberbaum was the great-grandson of the Chacham Tzvi, Rabbi Zvi Ashkenazi; he was therefore related to Rabbi Jacob Emden. According to one tradition, his father, Rabbi Yaakov Moshe, died before he was born, and his relative, Rabbi Yosef Teomim, the rabbi of Bursztyn, brought him up." } ]
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In the low, gently undulating plateau of northern Syria, what is it bounded by to its west?
The northern half of the Dead Sea Rift.
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[ { "text": "To the west it is bounded by the northern half of the Dead Sea Rift, namely the Orontes river valley. The Aintab plateau forms a northern continuation of the plateau that leads to the Taurus Mountains . The average elevation of the plateau is 400 m. The surface gradually slopes down in north-south and west-east directions." }, { "text": "Aleppo plateau ( Arabic: هضبة حلب ‎ [ˈhædˤabæt ˈħælæb]) is a low, gently undulating plateau of northern Syria. It lies at the northern end of the junction between the Arabian Plate and the African Plate at the Dead Sea Rift. The plateau lies mostly in the Aleppo Governorate and Idlib Governorate." } ]
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A medullary ray is a collection of what, that is mostly contained along with the renal corpuscles in a larger structure?
Renal tubules
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[ { "text": "Part of the renal cortex, a medullary ray is a collection of renal tubules that drain into a single collecting duct . The tip, or papilla, of each pyramid empties urine into a minor calyx; minor calyces empty into major calyces, and major calyces empty into the renal pelvis." }, { "text": "In the adult, it forms a continuous smooth outer zone with a number of projections ( cortical columns) that extend down between the pyramids. It contains the renal corpuscles and the renal tubules except for parts of the loop of Henle which descend into the renal medulla." } ]
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A ciliopathy is any genetic disorder that affects the cellular what that is a slender protuberances that project from the much larger cell body?
cilia
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[ { "text": "A ciliopathy is any genetic disorder that affects the cellular cilia or the cilia anchoring structures, the basal bodies, or ciliary function." }, { "text": "A cilium (plural cilia) is an organelle found in eukaryotic cells. Cilia are slender protuberances that project from the much larger cell body. There are two types of cilia: motile cilia, which beat against fluid outside the cell. non-motile, or primary cilia, which typically serve as sensory organelles." } ]
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The deity Orisha called Ọṣun is a manifestation of what being that has three of them, in the yoruba religion?
The Supreme God.
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[ { "text": "Olofi or Olofin is the name given to one of the three manifestations of the Supreme God in the yoruba religion. Olofi is the ruler of the Earth. The Supreme God has three manifestations: Olodumare, the Creator; Olorun, ruler of the heavens; and Olofi, who is the conduit between Orún ( Heaven) and Ayé ( Earth ). ^ Cynthia Duncan,Ph.D. About Santeria" }, { "text": "Ọṣun, is an Orisha, a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of the Yorùbá Supreme Being in the Ifá oral tradition and Yoruba -based religions of West Africa. She is one of the most popular and venerated Orishas." } ]
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Which caliber was used by the guns on both the Washington and New York -class battleships?
45
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[ { "text": "Using her nine 16\"/45 caliber Mark 6 guns, Washington fired 75 rounds of 16-inch AP shells and scored an incredible twenty heavy-caliber hits that critically damaged the Kirishima, which eventually sank." }, { "text": "These guns promised twice the muzzle energy over the Mark 7 12-inch/50 caliber guns of the Wyoming -class battleship and a 50% increase over the 14-inch/45 caliber guns of the New York -class, Nevada -class, and Pennsylvania -class battleships." } ]
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What organization of the United States had the inactive infantry division called "Old Reliables" and 15 original combat air groups prior to WWII?
The U.S. Army.
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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." }, { "text": "It is a descendant organization of the 9th Group (Observation), one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II. It is the fourth oldest active group in the USAF, and the seventh created following the establishment of the U.S. Air Service." } ]
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The variant of this cartridge that had 123 grain boat-tail bullets with a copper-plated steel jacket, a large steel core, and some lead between the core and the jacket, was designed during which war?
The 7.62x39mm was designed during World War II.
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[ { "text": "7.62×39mm bullet wound on an American soldier from the Vietnam War. The original Soviet M43 bullets are 123 grain boat-tail bullets with a copper-plated steel jacket, a large steel core, and some lead between the core and the jacket." }, { "text": "The 7.62×39mm (aka 7.62 Soviet or formerly .30 Russian Short) round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin that was designed during World War II." } ]
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What is the Bosnia-Herzegovina produced fruit spirit in Central and Eastern Europe made out of?
Damson plums.
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[ { "text": "Slivovitz is produced in Central and Eastern Europe, both commercially and privately. Primary producers include Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia." }, { "text": "For other uses, see Šljivovica (disambiguation). Slivovitz, slivovitza, slivovitsa, sliboviță, šljivovica, śliwowica, Schlivowitz, slivovice, slivovica or slivovka is a fruit spirit (or fruit brandy) made from damson plums, often referred to as plum spirit (or plum brandy )." } ]
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Artibeus fimbriatus and Dermanura phaeotis are both examples of what?
Bats
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[ { "text": "The fringed fruit-eating bat ( Artibeus fimbriatus ), is a species of bat native to South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Fringed fruit-eating bats inhabit regions with tropical climates and thrive in areas with little rainfall and sunny days. This species is dependent on abiotic factors in the wild." }, { "text": "The pygmy fruit-eating bat ( Dermanura phaeotis) is a bat of the family Phyllostomidae. The specific name phaeotis is of Greek derivation, coming from the word phaios meaning dusky, referring to their dusky gray coloration. The pygmy fruit-eating bat is a small mammal residing in the southern parts of North America and northern South America." } ]
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Which drug is a synthetic of the drug sold under the brand name Intropin?
Dopexamine
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[ { "text": "Dopexamine is a synthetic analogue of dopamine that is administered intravenously in hospitals to reduce exacerbations of heart failure and to treat heart failure following cardiac surgery. It is not used often, as more established drugs like epinephrine, dopamine, dobutamine, norepinephrine, and levosimendan work as well." }, { "text": "Dopamine, sold under the brandname Intropin among others, is a medication most commonly used in the treatment of very low blood pressure, a slow heart rate that is causing symptoms, and, if epinephrine is not available, cardiac arrest. In newborn babies it continues to be the preferred treatment for very low blood pressure." } ]
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The name of the river that forms the southeast border of Alamance County in North Carolina is shortened from what name in the Catawban language?
The Haw River's name is shortened from Saxapahaw.
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Logographic and syllabic are both types of what?
Scripts
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[ { "text": "All logographic scripts ever used for natural languages rely on the rebus principle to extend a relatively limited set of logograms: A subset of characters is used for their phonetic values, either consonantal or syllabic." }, { "text": "In addition, the undecoded Cretan Linear A is also believed by some to be a syllabic script, though this is not proven. Chinese characters, the cuneiform script used for Sumerian, Akkadian and other languages, and the former Maya script are largely syllabic in nature, although based on logograms." } ]
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Emsland and the seven East Frisian Islands that are popular with tourists are both where?
Lower Saxony.
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[ { "text": "In the extreme west of Lower Saxony is the Emsland, an economically emerging but rather sparsely populated area, once dominated by inaccessible swamps. The northern half of Lower Saxony, also known as the North German Plains, is almost invariably flat except for the gentle hills around the Bremen geestland." }, { "text": "The northwestern area of Lower Saxony, which lies on the coast of the North Sea, is called East Frisia and the seven East Frisian Islands offshore are popular with tourists. In the extreme west of Lower Saxony is the Emsland, an economically emerging but rather sparsely populated area, once dominated by inaccessible swamps." } ]
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The world's largest sporting venue is in which US county?
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the world's largest sporting venue, is in Marion County, Indiana.
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[ { "text": "The largest sporting venue in the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, has a permanent seating capacity for more than 235,000 people and infield seating that raises capacity to an approximate 400,000." }, { "text": "Speedway is a town in Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,812 at the 2010 U.S. Census.[7] Speedway, which is an enclave of Indianapolis, is the home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway." } ]
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Is the Apollo temple dedicated to the god of sun and music found at Thermos or at Melite?
It's found in Melite.
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[ { "text": "The Temple of Apollo ( Maltese: Tempju t'Apollo) was a Roman temple in the city of Melite, in modern Mdina, Malta. It was dedicated to Apollo, the god of the sun and music." }, { "text": "Thermos (/ˈθɜːrmɒs/; also known as Thermon /ˈθɜːrmən/ or Thermum; Greek: Θέρμος) was an ancient Greek sanctuary, which served as the regular meeting place of the Aetolian League.[1] Its focal point was the temple of Apollo Thermios, famous for the archaic terracotta metopes decorated with painted scenes from mythology, which are among the earliest examples of this art form in Greece." } ]
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Jerome Keisler wrote a textbook on what subject that lambda and felicific are types of?
Calculus
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[ { "text": "The felicific calculus could, in principle at least, determine the moral status of any considered act. The algorithm is also known as the utility calculus, the hedonistic calculus and the hedonic calculus . To be included in this calculation are several variables (or vectors ), which Bentham called \"circumstances\"." }, { "text": "Elementary Calculus: An Infinitesimal Approach, a textbook by Jerome Keisler. ‹ The template below ( Disambiguation) is being considered for merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus." }, { "text": "Lambda calculus is Turing complete, that is, it is a universal model of computation that can be used to simulate any Turing machine. Its namesake, the Greek letter lambda (λ), is used in lambda expressions and lambda terms to denote binding a variable in a function . Lambda calculus may be untyped or typed." } ]
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What type of body of water in NSW, Australia is within its Murray-Darling basin that is also the kind of body that the Beverton Pond in the Brendon Hills sources?
A river.
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[ { "text": "Gwydir River / ɡwaɪdər / (locally [gwɑe̯də] ), a major inland perennial river of the Barwon catchment within the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands, North West Slopes, and Orana districts of New South Wales, Australia ." }, { "text": "The river is about 33 kilometres (21 mi) long. Its source is at Beverton Pond near Huish Champflower in the Brendon Hills, and is dammed at Clatworthy Reservoir. The reservoir outfall continues through Taunton and Curry and Hay Moors, which are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest." } ]
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McBride station and Kamloops North station are both in what country?
Canada
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[ { "text": "Kamloops North station is a railway station in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It is on the Canadian National Railway mainline and is located at the Canadian National Railway Yards. The station is served by Via Rail 's Canadian train three times per week in each direction. Rocky Mountaineer trains call at the Kamloops station, not this station." }, { "text": "McBride station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in McBride, British Columbia. The station is served by Via Rail's Jasper–Prince Rupert train." } ]
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The Gulf of Maine system includes what body of water that the Canard River and the Habitant River both flow into?
The Minas Basin.
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[ { "text": "The North Mountain ridge forms the north side of the Annapolis Valley. Also flowing east, in two smaller valleys north of the Cornwallis River, are the Canard River and the Habitant River, both of which also flow into the Minas Basin. Eastern End." }, { "text": "Nova Scotia's rivers all flow into the Atlantic Ocean through four unique watersheds: the Gulf of Maine, the Northumberland Strait, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and into the Atlantic Ocean itself. The Gulf of Maine system includes the Bay of Fundy, which includes the Cumberland and Minas Basins." } ]
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Genomic imprinting is an inheritance process independent of the classical Mendelian inheritance whose marks are imprinted in the what of the parents?
Germline
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[ { "text": "Genomic imprinting is an inheritance process independent of the classical Mendelian inheritance. It is an epigenetic process that involves DNA methylation and histone methylation without altering the genetic sequence." }, { "text": "It is an epigenetic process that involves DNA methylationand histone methylationwithout altering the genetic sequence. These epigenetic marks are established (\"imprinted\") in the germline(sperm or egg cells) of the parents and are maintained through mitoticcell divisions in the somatic cellsof an organism." } ]
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The Roman Catholic Mission sui iuris of the Cayman Islands is a mission in a dependency of whom?
The British
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[ { "text": "The mission comprises the entirety of the British dependency of the Cayman Islands and consists of five parishes, including Saint Ignatius in George Town, Christ The Redeemer Church in West Bay and Stella Maris Church on Cayman Brac." }, { "text": "The Roman Catholic Mission sui iuris of the Cayman Islands ( Latin: Missio sui iuris Insularum Caimanensium) is a mission sui iuris of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean ." } ]
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What state does the Route 431 belong to, that can become a scenic drive to Whiteface Mountain to its summit?
New York.
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[ { "text": "Upon reaching 3,300 feet (1,000 m) in elevation, a large building at the top of Whiteface Mountain called \"The Castle\" becomes visible, and Union Falls Pond can be seen more clearly below. The scenic drive continues up Whiteface Mountain to its summit, which NY 431 ascends toward by way of a pair of hairpin turns just north of the peak." }, { "text": "At the northwest corner is the corresponding corner of Franklin County . The West Branch of the Ausable River flows northeastward through the center of the town. New York State Route 431, an east–west highway known as Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway, intersects New York State Route 86, a north–south highway in Wilmington village." } ]
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The Irish Dodder and Poddle are both bodies of water found in what city?
Dublin.
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[ { "text": "The River Dodder ( Irish: An Dothra) is one of the three main rivers in Dublin, Ireland, the others being the Liffey, of which the Dodder is the largest tributary, and the Tolka . The Dodder rises on the northern slopes of Kippure in the Wicklow Mountains and is formed from several streams." }, { "text": "The River Poddle ( Irish: An Poitéal) is a river in Dublin, Ireland, a pool on which ( dubh linn, \"black pool\" or \"dark pool\" in Irish) gave the city its English language name." } ]
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The European Commission and the European Council are primary institutions in a governing body with how many sources of democratic legitimacy?
2
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[ { "text": "In the European Union, there are two sources of democratic legitimacy: the European Parliament, chosen by the electorates of the individual EU countries; and the Council of the European Union (the \"Council of Ministers\"), together with the European Council (of heads of national governments), that represent the peoples of the individual states." }, { "text": "The seven organs of the Union are in blue, national / intergovernmental elements in orange. The primary institutions of the European Union are the European Commission, the European Council, the Council of the European Union (Council) and the European Parliament . The ordinary legislative procedure, applies to nearly all EU policy areas." } ]
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The silver perch and yellow perch but likely belong to what family?
Percidae
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[ { "text": "The silver perch is a large grunter with a small head, small eyes, a small mouth at the end of a pointed 'beak-like' snout. The species is streamlined and laterally compressed, with a spiny dorsal fin of medium height, angular soft dorsal and anal fins and a forked tail." }, { "text": "The yellow perch has an elongate, oval body with a relatively long but blunt snout which does not reach past the tip of the lower jaw. Like most perches it has two separate dorsal fins The anterior, or first, dorsal fin contains 12-14 spines while the second has 2-3 spines in its anterior followed by 12-13 soft rays." }, { "text": "Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which three species occur in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek: πέρκη ( perke ), simply meaning perch, and the Latin forma meaning shape." } ]
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What professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines has its word derived from the Latin words ingeniare?
Engineers.
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[ { "text": "The word engineer ( Latin ingeniator) is derived from the Latin words ingeniare (\"to create, generate, contrive, devise\") and ingenium (\"cleverness\")." }, { "text": "Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost." } ]
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How the kings of what people, who some hold were related to Old Prussians who belonged in the western Baltic group, gained their status is unclear?
Curonians
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[ { "text": "The ethnic origin of the Curonians has been disputed in the past. Some researchers place the Curonians in the eastern Baltic group. However, others hold that the Curonians were related to Old Prussians who belonged in the western Baltic group. Curonians in the context of the other Baltic tribes, circa 1200 CE." }, { "text": "It is unclear how Curonian Kings gained their status, however, a popular assumption is that their ancestors were Curonian nobility prior to conquest by Livonian Order." } ]
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What member of the sparrow family Passeridae is persecuted as an agricultural pest due to its large numbers and association with human settlements?
House sparrow
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[ { "text": "The house sparrow ( Passer domesticus) and also known as the common bird or the common sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. It is a small bird that has a typical length of 16 cm (6.3 in) and a mass of 24–39.5 g (0.85–1.39 oz)." }, { "text": "Because of its numbers, ubiquity, and association with human settlements, the house sparrow is culturally prominent. It is extensively, and usually unsuccessfully, persecuted as an agricultural pest. It has also often been kept as a pet, as well as being a food item and a symbol of lust, sexual potency, commonness, and vulgarity. Though it is widespread and abundant, its numbers have declined in some areas. The animal's conservation status is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List." } ]
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Duḥkha is an important combination in Hinduism and what, of which Theravada is a type?
Buddhism
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The group whose goal is to develop protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web has published recommendations on which image formats?
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).
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[ { "text": "Recommendations published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), such as HTML / XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), image formats such as Portable Network Graphics (PNG) and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), as well as accessibility technologies like WAI-ARIA" }, { "text": "W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops software and serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web. Developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web." } ]
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What kings' sagas sourced the reign of Inge who was born to King Harald?
Heimskringla, Fagrskinna, Morkinskinna and Ágrip.
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[ { "text": "Inge was the only son of King Harald Gille by his wife, Ingiríðr Ragnvaldsdóttir. At the time, however, legitimate birth was not an important factor in determining succession to the throne." }, { "text": "The main sources to Inge’s reign are the kings’ sagas Heimskringla, Fagrskinna, Morkinskinna and Ágrip. The three former base at least part of their account on the older saga Hryggjarstykki, which was written some time between 1150 and 1170, and was thus a near-contemporary source." } ]
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Ken Lerner played what role where he was eaten alive by " the Pack "?
Principal Flutie
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[ { "text": "Shimerman originally auditioned for the role of Principal Flutie, but lost that role to Ken Lerner. Although his full name is never revealed in the series, his desk name-display revealed that the first letter of his first name is R." }, { "text": "After Robert Flutie is eaten alive by \" the Pack \" (with the exception of Xander ), Snyder replaces him as the principal of Sunnydale High. A strict disciplinarian with a dictator-like personality, he has few friends among the students, except the swim team." } ]
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The 24th largest U.S. state by area has been called what term referring to the official state crop?
Georgia has been referred to as the Goober state referring to peanuts, the official state crop.
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[ { "text": "Empire State of the South — Georgia is the largest Southern state in land area east of the Mississippi and was the leading industrial state of the Old South. Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop." }, { "text": "Georgia (/ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by Florida; and to the west by Alabama. Georgia is the 24th-largest in area and 8th-most populous of the 50 United States" } ]
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In the French CGI Miraculous Ladybug, Cat Noir was said to be a tribute to what kinds of comic characters?
Catwoman and Spiderman.
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[ { "text": "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (French: Miraculous, les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir; also known as Miraculous Ladybug or Miraculous) is a French CGI superhero / magical girl television series." }, { "text": "In developing Cat Noir, Astruc said that ladybugs represented good luck, so it was natural to partner her with a black cat character with bad luck powers. Cat Noir was a tribute to comic characters, like Catwoman. So it was like having Catwoman and Spider-Man in the same show but reversed genders and roles." } ]
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The physics of the what, whose vertical scan rate is the mber of times per second that the electron beam returns to the upper left corner of the screen to begin drawing a new frame, require that a finite time interval be allowed for the spot to move back to the start of the next line ( horizontal retrace) or the start of the screen ( vertical retrace )?
CRT
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[ { "text": "In a CRT, the vertical scan rate is the number of times per second that the electron beam returns to the upper left corner of the screen to begin drawing a new frame.[3] It is controlled by the vertical blankingsignal generated by the video controller, and is partially limited by the monitor's maximum horizontal scan rate." }, { "text": "The physics of the CRT require that a finite time interval be allowed for the spot to move back to the start of the next line ( horizontal retrace) or the start of the screen ( vertical retrace ). The timing of the luminance signal must allow for this." } ]
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Boltzmann's principle is regarded as the foundation of what in which a Boltzmann distribution (also called Gibbs distribution) is a probability distribution?
Statistical mechanics
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[ { "text": "Boltzmann's principle is regarded as the foundation of statistical mechanics . The macroscopic state of a system is characterized by a distribution on the microstates. The entropy of this distribution is given by the Gibbs entropy formula, named after J. Willard Gibbs." }, { "text": ". In statistical mechanics and mathematics, a Boltzmann distribution (also called Gibbs distribution) is a probability distribution or probability measure that gives the probability that a system will be in a certain state as a function of that state's energy and the temperature of the system." } ]
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For what is the net effect to reduce GABA-mediated synaptic inhibition by inhibiting chloride flux across the cell membrane that is a drug that acts as an antagonist at GABA A receptors?
Gabazine
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[ { "text": "Gabazine ( SR-95531) is a drug that acts as an antagonist at GABA A receptors. It is used in scientific research and has no role in medicine, as it would be expected to produce convulsions if used in humans. Gabazine binds to the GABA recognition site of the receptor-channel complex and acts as an allosteric inhibitor of channel opening." }, { "text": "Gabazine binds to the GABA recognition site of the receptor-channel complex and acts as an allosteric inhibitor of channel opening. The net effect is to reduce GABA-mediated synaptic inhibition by inhibiting chloride flux across the cell membrane, and thus inhibiting neuronal hyperpolarization." } ]
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How many states exist in the country that contains the item that is called Pedra do Ingá in Portuguese?
The country has 26 states.
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The species of marsupials that has the Latin name Dorcosulus vanheurni is assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being "near threatened" partly because it is preyed upon by what species?
The small dorcopsis is preyed on by the New Guinea singing dogs which roam in the interior of the island.
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[ { "text": "The lesser forest wallaby or small dorcopsis ( Dorcopsulus vanheurni) is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is found in the mountainous interior of West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea." }, { "text": "The small dorcopsis is assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being \"near threatened\", and even approaching the \"vulnerable\" category. This is on the basis that it was once a common species but has become much less common, especially near human settlements, because it is hunted for food by the indigenous people and is preyed on by the New Guinea singing dogs which roam in the interior of the island" } ]
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The atomic number 31 belongs to which element that is used as an alternative to mercury thermometers?
Gallium.
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[ { "text": "Gallium alloys are used in thermometers as a non-toxic and environmentally friendly alternative to mercury, and can withstand higher temperatures than mercury." }, { "text": "Gallium is a chemical element with the symbol Ga and atomic number 31. Elemental gallium is a soft, silvery metal at standard temperature and pressure; however in its liquid state it becomes silvery white." } ]
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30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by whom, who starred in a series with an ensemble cast consisting of 14 regular cast members including Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan?
Tina Fey
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[ { "text": "30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey, which aired on NBC. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series, also airing on NBC; the name \"30 Rock\" refers to the address of the GE Building, where NBC Studios is located (30 Rockefeller Plaza )." }, { "text": "The series has an ensemble cast consisting of 14 regular cast members: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Katrina Bowden, Keith Powell, Lonny Ross, John Lutz, Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman, and Maulik Pancholy." } ]
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Deer Lodge Pass is a mountain pass on the Continental Divide that is traversed by Interstate 15 and is one of three crossings of the Divide by I-15, the other being Monida Pass and what other pass?
Elk Park Pass, along with Monida Pass and Deer Lodge Pass traverse the Continental Divide.
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Which is longer: South Carolina Highway 14 Truck or U.S. Route 12 in Michigan?
U.S. Route 12 in Michigan is longer.
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[ { "text": "South Carolina Highway 14 Truck ( SC 14 Truck) is a 4.610-mile (7.419 km) truck route that is nearly entirely within the western part of Greer, in the east-central part of Greenville County. Part of its path is concurrent with U.S. Route 29 (US 29), SC 101, and SC 290 Truck ." }, { "text": "For the entire length of highway, see U.S. Route 12. US Highway 12 ( US 12) is an east–west US Highway that runs from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Michigan. In Michigan it runs for 210 miles (338 km) between New Buffalo and Detroit as a state trunkline highway and Pure Michigan Byway." } ]
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What sound do Gallinago solitaria make when displaying?
Chok-a-Chok
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[ { "text": "The solitary snipe ( Gallinago solitaria) is a small stocky wader. It is found in the Palearctic from northeast Iran to Japan and Korea. This is a large and heavy snipe 29–31 cm long with a stocky body and relatively short legs for a wader." }, { "text": "The solitary snipe makes a hoarse kensh call as it takes off, and has a far carrying chok-a-chok-a call when displaying. The solitary snipe has a relatively slow, heavy flight. The solitary snipe breeds discontinuously in the mountains of eastern Asia, in eastern Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia." } ]
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Navigators from what place which includes the Samoan islands and the Cook Islands employed a wide range of techniques including the use of the stars, the movement of ocean currents and wave patterns, the air and sea interference patterns caused by islands and atolls, the flight of birds, the winds and the weather?
Polynesia
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Bean yellow mosaic virus and Cucumber mosaic virus are two examples of what?
a plant pathogenic virus
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[ { "text": "Bean yellow mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus in the genus Potyvirus and the virus family Potyviridae. Like other members of the Potyvirus genus, it is a monopartite strand of positive-sense, single-stranded RNA surrounded by a capsid made for a single viral encoded protein." }, { "text": "Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is a plant pathogenic virus in the family Bromoviridae. This virus has a worldwide distribution and a very wide host range." } ]
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When constructing a vector plasmid, including resistance to what, which Aminoglycoside are a type of, in the vector is crucial to effectively expressing the gene of interest?
Antibiotics
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[ { "text": "Aminoglycoside resistance genes are commonly used in the realm of genetic engineering in order to select for correctly transformed bacterial organisms. When constructing a vector plasmid, including antibiotic resistance in the vector is crucial to effectively expressing the gene of interest." }, { "text": "Aminoglycoside antibiotics display bactericidal activity against Gram-negative aerobes and some anaerobic bacilli where resistance has not yet arisen but generally not against Gram-positive and anaerobic Gram-negative bacteria. Streptomycin is the first-in-class aminoglycoside antibiotic." } ]
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41xx and stainless are both types of what?
Steel
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Do Gadabuursi live in or around the city which is one of the most famous and historical places to Somalis?
Yes, near the town of Sheikh.
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[ { "text": "Sheikh ( Somali: Sheekh, Arabic: شَيخ ‎), also known as Shiikh, is a town in the northwestern Sahil province of Somaliland. It is situated 70 km north of Burao. This city is one of the most famous and historical places to Somalis. It is an educational place and a city of civilization." }, { "text": "The Gadabuursi ( Somali: Gadabuursi, Arabic: غادابوورسي), also known as Samaroon ( Arabic: قبيلة سَمَرُون), is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family. The Gadabuursi are geographically spread out across three countries: Ethiopia, Somaliland and Djibouti." } ]
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The Class IA reductases are distributed in what type of cell that the flavin mononucleotide can be extracted from in algae?
Eukaryotic cells.
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[ { "text": "Flavodoxin is a bacterial protein that includes flavin mononucleotide. The structure of flavodoxin is characterized by a five-stranded parallel beta sheet, surrounded by alpha helices at either side of the sheet. They have been isolated from prokaryotes, cyanobacteria, and some eukaryotic algae ." }, { "text": "Class IA reductases are distributed in eukaryotes, eubacteria, bacteriophages, and viruses. Class IB reductases are found in eubacteria. Class IB reductases can also use a radical generated with the stabilization of a binuclear manganese center." } ]
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The Central Upland and East European Upland can be found in what country that can be divided into a European and an Asian part?
Russia.
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[ { "text": "The Central Russian Upland (also Central Upland and East European Upland) is an upland area of the East European Plain and is an undulating plateau with an average elevation of 230–250 m (750–820 ft). Its highest peak is measured at 293 m (961 ft)." }, { "text": "Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean ." } ]
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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the headquarters of a religion that has what language as its liturgical language?
The Greek Orthodox Church uses Koine Greek as its liturgical language.
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[ { "text": "The headquarters of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre . During the first Christian centuries the church at this place was the centre of Christianity in Jerusalem, \"Holy and glorious Sion, mother of all churches.\"" }, { "text": "Koine Greek, the language the New Testament of the Christian Bible was originally written in, the Septuagint (a pre-Christian Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible ), as well as the liturgical language of the Greek Orthodox Church and the Greek Catholic Church." } ]
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The major natural types of the thing that works by absorbing infrared radiation from the Earth's surface, and re-emitting back towards the earth constitute how much of that thing?
About 60%
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What was the relationship between the characters played by Kattan and Ferrell in a movie featuring a song written by Dee Dee Halligan?
Kattan and Ferrell played brothers in a movie featuring "What is Love" by Halligan.
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[ { "text": "\"What Is Love\" was written and produced by German music producer and composer Dee Dee Halligan (Dieter Lünstedt a.k.a. Tony Hendrik) and Junior Torello (Karin Hartmann-Eisenblätter a.k.a. Karin van Haaren) of Coconut Records in Hennef (Sieg) near Cologne. They were waiting for the right singer for the song." }, { "text": "What is Love experienced a revival as the song from the Saturday Night Live Roxbury Guys sketches later expanded into the 1998 feature film A Night at the Roxbury, where two brothers (played by Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell) frequently went to dance clubs." } ]
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How many of the only voluntary muscles are in a typical human body?
650
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When mirroring or forking a Wikipedia article, where could someone find the necessary information to correctly follow the legal terms that some people fail to place notice of?
The License statement URL and License belong to the Sources section appearing above the References section.
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[ { "text": "Create a section called Sources above the References section and click Insert on the editing toolbar and select Template. Add the relevant information into the Title, Author, Publisher, Source, URL, License statement URL (if not stated within the document) fields and License (e.g. CC-BY-SA )." }, { "text": "Mirrors and forks of Wikipedia are publications that mirror (copy exactly) or fork (copy, but change parts of the material of) Wikipedia. Many correctly follow the licensing terms; however, many others fail – accidentally or intentionally – to place the notice required by these terms." } ]
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What was found at a construction site in 1996 in the same city where the remains of a man that had a skull featuring an inflated bar of bone circumscribing the crown was found?
Over 2,000 Stone Age tools and bone fragments were found in Beijing.
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[ { "text": "Paleolithic homo sapiens also lived in the caves from about 27,000 to 10,000 years ago. The Upper Cave on Dragon Bone Hill in Zhoukoudian where remains of the Peking Man were found. In 1996, over 2,000 Stone Age tools and bone fragments were discovered at a construction site at Wangfujing in the heart of downtown Beijing in Dongcheng District." }, { "text": "Peking Man is characterized by a long and heavily fortified skull, featuring an inflated bar of bone circumscribing the crown, crossing along the brow ridge, over the ears, and connecting at the back of the skull, as well as a sagittal keel running across the midline." }, { "text": "Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site, also romanized as Choukoutien, is a cave system in suburban Fangshan District, Beijing. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries" } ]
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What funds the health system in the country that The ANU Medical School is in?
A combination of government funding and private health insurance
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[ { "text": "The ANU Medical School (ANUMS) is a graduate medical school of the Australian National University, a public university located in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory." }, { "text": "Funding of the health system in Australia is a combination of government funding and private health insurance. Government funding is through the Medicare scheme, which subsidises out-of-hospital medical treatment and funds free treatment in a public hospital." } ]
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What are the primary responsibilities of the ground component of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation?
The protection of the state borders, combat on land, the security of occupied territories, and the defeat of enemy troops
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[ { "text": "The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have separate special-operations forces brigades, battalions and companies which are integrated with the intelligence assets of military districts, fronts, fleets, armies or corps. The United States definition of special operations is:" }, { "text": "The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, the security of occupied territories, and the defeat of enemy troops. The Ground Forces must be able to achieve these goals both in nuclear war and non-nuclear war, especially without the use of weapons of mass destruction." } ]
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What laws of Israel, an example of which is article 4 of the Basic Law of the Knesset , are thirteen constitutional laws of the State of Israel?
Basic Laws
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What would a PlayStation connect to in order to use a DUALSHOCK?
It would connect to a television.
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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." }, { "text": "The DualShock (originally Dual Shock; trademarked as DUALSHOCK or DUAL SHOCK; later named DualSense) is a line of gamepads with vibration-feedback and analog controls developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation family of systems." } ]
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What settlers had the biggest influence on the dialect of the Carlisle region?
Norwegian
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[ { "text": "Cumbrian dialect, especially in the Carlisle region, has a number of borrowings from Romany on account of the large settled Romany population in the area. 'Charva' is a genuine Romany word, meaning boy." }, { "text": "A far stronger influence on the modern dialect was Old Norse, spoken by Norwegian settlers who probably arrived in Cumbria in the 10th century via Ireland and the Isle of Man. The majority of Cumbrian place names are of Norse origin, including Ulverston from Ulfrs tun ('Ulfr's farmstead'), Kendal from Kent dalr ('valley of the River Kent') and Elterwater from eltr vatn ('swan lake'). Many of the traditional dialect words are also remnants of Norse settlement, including beck (bekkr, 'stream'), laik (leik, 'to play'), lowp (hlaupa, 'to jump') and glisky (gliskr, 'shimmering')." } ]
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What makes the Indian Nation Turnpike and the Indiana East-West Toll Road similar?
You have to pay to use them.
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The County of Nice and the county that fell to the Capetian House of Anjou in 1246 are both where?
France.
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The Telopea speciosissima that occurs in the Sydney Basin can be very simply known as what?
Waratah.
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[ { "text": "Much of its range occurs in the Sydney Basin, an area with one of the highest human populations and most intense development in Australia. The impact of habitat fragmentation and decreased fire interval (time between bushfires) on the gene pool of Telopea speciosissima, which relies on outcrossing, is unclear." }, { "text": "Some examples include: Issues with cultivation occur throughout the growth cycle of Telopea spp. with the first issues being encountered at the seedling stage. Waratah seedlings are often associated with a common plant condition known as damping off." } ]
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Carbonated slushy machines produce a thing that when combined with Alcohol are called what?
Frozen alcoholic drinks
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[ { "text": "Slushies made using Alcoholic drinks are called Frozen alcoholic drinks . Carbonated slushies are made in machines similar to regular soda fountains. Concentrated flavor syrups are mixed with filtered water, then carbonated. This mixture is then injected into a cylinder surrounded by freezer coils." }, { "text": "Carbonated slushy machines often freeze to a temperature well below the freezing point of water, but the combination of pressure up to 40 psi (2.8 bar), sugar, the carbon dioxide mixture that freezes −80 °C (−112 °F), and the constant stirring prevent the mass from freezing solid." } ]
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What is the full name ISO 3166 of the country with the highest administrative position called the premier?
The People's Republic of China.
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[ { "text": "The full name of China in ISO 3166 is the People's Republic of China (PRC). Yet China is de facto divided into the PRC and the Republic of China (Taiwan) with limited recognition." }, { "text": "The premier is the highest administrative position in the Government of China. The premier is responsible for organizing and administering the Chinese civil bureaucracy. For example, the premier is tasked with planning and implementing national economic, social development and the state budget." } ]
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Dimethylphosphino is a diphosphine ligand in what type of chemistry, in which the compound is used as a bulky and highly basic diphosphine ligand?
Coordination chemistry
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[ { "text": "1,2-Bis (dimethylphosphino)ethane ( dmpe) is a diphosphine ligand in coordination chemistry. It is a colorless, air-sensitive liquid that is soluble in organic solvents." }, { "text": "The compound is used as a bulky and highly basic diphosphine ligand in coordination chemistry." } ]
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Why do what, defined as any of the several different forms of an element each having different atomic mass, have different mass numbers?
Because they have different numbers of neutrons
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Which party, in the country of Queen Margrethe II, is called far right by international media?
DPP or Danish People's Party
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[ { "text": "With the Christianization of the Danes c. 960 AD, it is clear that there existed a kingship. Queen Margrethe II can trace her lineage back to the Viking kings Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth from this time, thus making the Monarchy of Denmark the oldest in Europe." }, { "text": "The Danish People's Party (DPP) ( Danish: Dansk Folkeparti, DF) is a political party in Denmark that is generally described as right-wing populist by academics and far-right by international media. It has also been described in academia and the media as a nativist and anti-immigrant party." } ]
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The central Dbus is a part of the family with how many other variations?
In family of more than 400 languages.
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[ { "text": "Central Tibetan, also known as Dbus, Ü or Ü-Tsang, is the most widely spoken Tibetic language and the basis of Standard Tibetan . Dbus and Ü are forms of the same name." }, { "text": "Sino-Tibetan, also known as Trans-Himalayan in a few sources, is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers. The vast majority of these are the 1.3 billion native speakers of Chinese languages." } ]
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The integrative motivational theory developed by Piers Steel and Cornelius J. König shares what descriptor with the theory of hearing that states human perception of sound depends on temporal patterns with which neurons respond to sound in the cochlea?
Temporal
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[ { "text": "Temporal motivation theory ( TMT) is an integrative motivational theory developed by Piers Steel and Cornelius J. König, the theory emphasizes time as a critical and motivational factor. The argument for a broad, integrative theory stems from the absence of a single theory that can address motivation in its entirety." }, { "text": "The temporal theory of hearing states that human perception of sound depends on temporal patterns with which neurons respond to sound in the cochlea. Therefore, in this theory, the pitch of a pure tone is determined by the period of neuron firing patterns—either of single neurons, or groups as described by the volley theory." } ]
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Why would water that is turbid not be in compliance with the SDWA?
Turbidity implies that the water has substances in it, and the SDWA is about having safe drinking water.
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[ { "text": "The Safe Drinking Water Act ( SDWA) is the principal federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. Pursuant to the act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to set standards for drinking water quality and oversee all states, localities, and water suppliers that implement the standards." }, { "text": "These small solid particles cause the liquid to appear turbid. Turbidity (or haze) is also applied to transparent solids such as glass or plastic. In plastic production, haze is defined as the percentage of light that is deflected more than 2.5° from the incoming light direction." } ]
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The early Soviet jet fighter that was developed from the Yak-17 had what unusual arrangement in it's two-seat trainer version?
The Yak-23UTI two-seat trainer had the unusual arrangement of having the instructor seated in front of the student.
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[ { "text": "Apart from the fighter there were two trainer versions of the Yak-23 which were built in small numbers. The Yak-23UTI two-seat trainer which appears to have had the unusual arrangement of having the instructor seated in front of the student, and the Yak-23DC trainer which was produced in Romania." }, { "text": "The Yakovlev Yak-23 (Russian: Яковлев Як-23; USAF/DoD reporting name Type 28, NATO reporting name Flora)[1] was an early Soviet jet fighter with a straight wing. It was developed from the Yak-17 in the late 1940s and used a reverse-engineered copy of a British engine. It was not built in large numbers as it was inferior in performance to the swept-wing Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. Many Yak-23s were exported to the Warsaw Pact nations and remained in service for most of the 1950s, although some were still in use a decade later." } ]
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The London Borough that borders both the Borough of Barnet and the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham was formed from which two former municipal boroughs?
Brent, the London Borough that borders both Barnet and Hammersmith and Fulham, was formed from the Municipal Borough of Wembley and the Municipal Borough of Willesden.
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[ { "text": "The London Borough of Brent ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a London borough in north-west London. It borders the boroughs of Harrow to the north-west, Barnet to the north-east, Camden to the east, the City of Westminster to the south-east, as well as the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham and Ealing to the south." }, { "text": "Brent was formed in 1965 from the area of the former Municipal Borough of Wembley and Municipal Borough of Willesden of Middlesex. The Municipal Borough of Wembley was formed by a merger of the parishes of Wembley (originally part of the Ancient Parish of Harrow-on-the-Hill) and Kingsbury." } ]
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In the series based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries, what character along with Lafayette try to convince Tara to become a vampire in season 5?
Sookie.
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[ { "text": "It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries, a series of novels by Charlaine Harris . The series revolves around Sookie Stackhouse ( Anna Paquin ), a telepathic waitress living in the fictional rural town of Bon Temps, Louisiana." }, { "text": "Tara jumps in the firing line and is shot in the head, after which Sookie fatally shoots Debbie. Season 5 begins Sookie and Lafayette reluctantly convincing Pam to turn Tara in to a vampire, a decision causes tension between Sookie and vampire-hating Tara." } ]
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In the sea where Tetrapturus belone is found, what species of bivalve there is considered an invasive species in many parts of the world?
The Mediterranean mussel.
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[ { "text": "The Mediterranean spearfish ( Tetrapturus belone) is a species of marlin native to the Mediterranean Sea where it is particularly common around Italy, although there is a probable record of one caught off Madeira. It is an open-water fish, being found within 200 metres (660 ft) of the surface." }, { "text": "The Mediterranean mussel ( Mytilus galloprovincialis) is a species of bivalve, a marine mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It is an invasive species in many parts of the world, and also an object of aquaculture." } ]
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How old was the establishment of the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Jesus Christ when they participated at the Battle of Montgisard?
57 years old.
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[ { "text": "One of the key battles in which this was demonstrated was in 1177, at the Battle of Montgisard. The famous Muslim military leader Saladin was attempting to push toward Jerusalem from the south, with a force of 26,000 soldiers." }, { "text": "The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Jesus Christ, commonly known as the Knights Templar, originally began c.1120, when a group of eight Christian Knights approached Warmund, Patriarch of Jerusalem and requested permission to defend the Kingdom of Jerusalem." } ]
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How many more unique numbers would a twenty-sided die used for percentages have than a traditional die?
It would have four unique numbers.
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[ { "text": "They are used for generating random numbers, commonly as part of tabletop games, including dice games, board games, role-playing games, and games of chance . A traditional die is a cube with each of its six faces marked with a different number of dots ( pips) from one to six." }, { "text": "These dice are used for role-playing games that use percentile -based skills; however, a twenty-sided die can be labeled with the numbers 0-9 twice to use for percentages instead. Subsequent patents on ten-sided dice have made minor refinements to the basic design by rounding or truncating the edges." } ]
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What Ohio city that is part of the Greater Cleveland area lies ofn the edge of Ohio's Amish country?
Canton
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The Commission is composed of the Senate President, twelve senators, and twelve members of the House of Representatives, and what chairman, many of which are committee chairs in the House of Representatives?
Ex officio
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[ { "text": "The Commission is composed of the Senate President, the ex officio chairman, twelve senators, and twelve members of the House of Representatives. Members from each house of Congress are elected based on proportional representation from the political parties and parties or organizations registered under the party-list system represented." }, { "text": "Many committee chairs in the House of Representatives are ex officio members of subcommittees . In most Colorado counties, the county sheriff is elected by the citizens of the county." } ]
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In 1395, Gian Galeazzo Visconti buy a ruler who passed away when?
He passed away 16 August 1419.
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The Circus of Nero or Circus of Caligula was a circus in ancient Rome, located mostly in what area that is now an independent city state within Rome under the jurisdiction of the Holy See?
It's was located in what is currently known as the Vatican, or Vatican City.
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Which has a larger number: the number of meters that the Russky Bridge spans or the length in miles of the Arctic Sea bridge?
The Arctic Sea bridge in miles is a larger number.
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Where are Providence and South County both located?
Rhode Island.
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[ { "text": "The courthouse for the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island is located in the Federal Building in Providence. The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island (in case citations, D.R.I.) is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Rhode Island." }, { "text": "Washington County is also known in Rhode Island as \"South County\". According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 563 square miles (1,460 km 2 ), of which 329 square miles (850 km 2) is land and 234 square miles (610 km 2) (41%) is water. It is the largest county in Rhode Island by total area." } ]
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North Germanic tribes, chiefly Swedes, probably engaged as middlemen in the slave trade along the Baltic coast between Balts and Slavs what people that called the modern Dutch Rhine delta "Batavia"?
Romans
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[ { "text": "North Germanic tribes, chiefly Swedes, were probably engaged as middlemen in the slave trade along the Baltic coast between Balts and Slavs and the Roman Empire. The North Germanic tribes at the time were skilled metal and leather workers, which supplemented their trade in iron and amber." }, { "text": "The bodyguard, Indus, was of the Batavian tribe. The Batavi were an ancient Germanic tribe that lived around the modern Dutch Rhine delta in the area that the Romans called Batavia, from the second half of the first century BC to the third century AD." } ]
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The Palo Verde dam is on the same body of water and in the same state as which damn that uses gravity?
Glen Canyon dam shares the same state and river.
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The major relay center for unconscious proprioception has what two names associated with columns?
Clarke's column and column of Clarke
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[ { "text": "The posterior thoracic nucleus is a major relay center for unconscious proprioception. Sensory information from muscle spindles and tendon organs is carried by axons of larger neurons in dorsal root ganglia, which synapse onto neurons in the spinal cord including the posterior thoracic nucleus." }, { "text": "(Dorsal nucleus labeled at center right.) The posterior thoracic nucleus, ( Clarke's column, column of Clarke, dorsal nucleus, nucleus dorsalis of Clarke) is a group of interneurons found in the medial part of lamina VII, also known as the intermediate zone, of the spinal cord." } ]
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What theory had attempts to be consistent with quantum mechanics and involved a thought experiment from Einstein with the rotating disk?
The theory of gravity.
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[ { "text": "When Einstein finished the full theory of general relativity, he would rectify this error and predict the correct amount of light deflection by the sun. Another of Einstein's notable thought experiments about the nature of the gravitational field is that of the rotating disk (a variant of the Ehrenfest paradox )." }, { "text": "Attempts to develop a theory of gravity consistent with quantum mechanics, a quantum gravity theory, which would allow gravity to be united in a common mathematical framework (a theory of everything) with the other three fundamental interactions of physics, are a current area of research." } ]
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After deposing his older brother Vikramaditya VI became king of what empire that ruled most of the western Deccan, South India between the 10th and 12th centuries?
Vikramaditya VI became the Western Chalukya King after deposing his elder brother Someshvara II.
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[ { "text": "Vikramaditya VI (r. 1076 – 1126 CE) became the Western Chalukya King after deposing his elder brother Someshvara II, a political move he made by gaining the support of Chalukya vassals during the Chola invasion of Chalukya territory. Vikramaditya's reign is marked with the abolishment of the Saka era and the start of the Chalukya-Vikrama era." } ]
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Who had four children who did not survive infancy that is married to the owner of Jamuna Group Nurul Islam Babul?
Salma
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[ { "text": "Salma Islam is married to the owner of Jamuna Group Nurul Islam Babul with whom she has four children: Shamim Islam, Rozalin Islam, Monika Islam, and Soniya Islam. ^ \"Constituency 345\". Bangladesh Parliament." }, { "text": "Salma was the daughter of Sakhar ibn Amir ibn Amr ( Arabic: صَخَر ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن عَمْروْ ‎), from the Taym clan of the Quraysh, and the brother of her uncle Uthman ibn Amir, later known as 'Abu Qahafa'. Her kenning was Umm Al-Khayr (\"Mother of Goodness\"). Salma and Abu Quhafa had several sons who did not survive infancy." } ]
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The yellow-bellied asity is found only in an island country that was previously known as what republic?
The yellow-bellied asity is found only in Madagascar, which was previously known as the Malagasy Republic.
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[ { "text": "The male has black upper parts with a bluish sheen and yellow underparts, and is sometimes known simply as the yellow-bellied asity. It is found only in montane rainforests of Madagascar where it feeds on nectar that it sips from flowers, defending a good nectar source from other nectar-feeding birds." }, { "text": "Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər, -kɑːr/; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, Malagasy pronunciation: [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥]; French: République de Madagascar), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately 400 kilometres (250 miles) off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel." } ]
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What peak in the western New Territories of Hong Kong have many hills that are considered sub-peaks of its hinterland?
Castle Peak
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[ { "text": "Castle Peak ( Chinese: 青山, sometimes transcribed Tsing Shan) or Pui To Shan ( 杯渡山) is a 583-m high peak in the western New Territories of Hong Kong. In contrast to its Chinese name, which means green hill, Castle Peak is notorious for its severe loss of vegetation and weathering of its granite surface." }, { "text": "There are many hills that are considered sub-peaks of Castle Peak within this hinterland. Mountains Kon Shan and Por Lo Shan are frequently visited by hikers because the area's terrain has been compared to that of the Grand Canyon in the US, but in a smaller scale.[6] Note that while the summit of Castle Peak is not part of the Hinterland and is accessible daily, some of the routes leading up to the summit, namely from the north and west, may be closed because of military exercises on select days." } ]
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How many years prior to the Cathedral of St Andrew being built did the Augustinian priory become a cathedral?
25 years.
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In a vehicle, back what, which Back painted versions are any any form of clear glass that is painted from the back side and viewed from the front side, is the piece of glass opposite the windshield in a vehicle?
Glass
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In his manual of the Roman religion who identified the structure of the hypothetical divine triad known as the Archaic Triad, that consists of the three deities worshipped on Capitoline Hill?
Georg Wissowa
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