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Allegheny and Cheat are both names of what?
Mountains
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What are both a system that uses software to perform the functions of signal demodulation as well as perform audio bandpass filtering and notch filtering and transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light?
Radio
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What kind of B cells are affected by the type of NHL that can be treated with Rituximab?
This type of NHL affects lymphoplasmacytoid cells and plasma cells.
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[ { "text": "Rituximab is used to treat cancers of the white blood system such as leukemias and lymphomas, including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and lymphocyte predominant subtype, of Hodgkin's Lymphoma. This also includes Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, a type of NHL." }, { "text": "Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (/ˈvældənstrɛmz ˌmækroʊˌɡlɒbjələˈniːmiə/;[1][2] WM) is a type of cancer affecting two types of B cells: lymphoplasmacytoid cells and plasma cells. Both cell types are white blood cells. WM is characterized by having high levels of a circulating antibody, immunoglobulin M (IgM), which is made and secreted by the cells involved in the disease. WM is an \"indolent lymphoma\" (i.e., one that tends to grow and spread slowly) and a type of lymphoproliferative disease which shares clinical characteristics with the indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas." } ]
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The genera Alectis and Decapterus both include what type of organism in them?
Fish
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[ { "text": "The Indian Scad ( Decapterus russelli ), also known as the Northern mackerel scad, round scad, Russell's mackerel scad, slender scad or the three lined grunter, is a species of ray-finned fish of the genus Decapterus which is part of the family Carangidae and which occurs in the Indian Ocean." }, { "text": "The Indian threadfish is one of three members of the diamond trevally genus Alectis, which itself is one of 33 genera encapsulated in the jack family, Carangidae. The Carangidae are part of the order Carangiformes." } ]
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How often do Chloridea virescens and Carpobrotus virescens interact in the wild?
They do not interact in the wild since they are found on different continents.
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[ { "text": "Chloridea virescens, commonly known as the tobacco budworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae found throughout the eastern and southwestern United States along with parts of Central America and South America. It is a major pest of field crops including tobacco (as its common name suggests) and cotton." }, { "text": "Carpobrotus virescens, commonly known as coastal pigface, is a prostrate coastal succulent shrub of the family Aizoaceae native to Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the plant as Kolbogo or Metjarak. It is a prostrate plant with stems up to 1.5 metres (5 ft) long." } ]
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The Levantine vegetarian Tabbouleh and the Turkish Çoban salatası are both types of what dish?
Salads.
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[ { "text": "Tabbouleh ( Arabic: تبولة ‎, romanized : tabūla; also tabouleh, tabbouli, tabouli, or taboulah) is a Levantine vegetarian salad made mostly of finely chopped parsley, with tomatoes, mint, onion, bulgur (soaked, not cooked), and seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and sweet pepper." }, { "text": "Çoban salatası or Choban salad ( Turkish for \" Shepherd's Salad \") is a salad originated from Turkish cuisine and Azerbaijani cuisine consisting of finely chopped tomatoes (preferably peeled), cucumbers, long green peppers, onion, and flat-leaf parsley. The dressing consists of lemon juice, olive oil, and salt." } ]
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What is the format of the golf competition contested by teams from Europe and the United States?
It is contested in a match playformat, which involves different methods of the format
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[ { "text": "The Ryder Cup is contested in a match playformat, which involves different methods of the format. A foursomesmatch is contested with two members from each team playing alternate shots. A fourballmatch consists of two players from either team, who each play their own shot throughout the round." }, { "text": "The Ryder Cup is a golf competition contested by teams from Europe and the United States. The competition was originally contested between Great Britain and the United States; players from the Channel Islands also appeared on the British team, Republic of Ireland golfers were added to the British team in 1953 and this was extended to golfers elsewhere in Europe in 1979." } ]
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How old was Emperor Wu of Southern Qi when general Shen Youzhi started a campaign against Xiao Daocheng?
Emperor Wu was 37 years-old when Shen Youzhi started his campaign against Xiao Daocheng.
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[ { "text": "Emperor Wu of Southern Qi ( (南)齊武帝) (440–493), personal name Xiao Ze (蕭賾), courtesy name Xuanyuan (宣遠), nickname Long'er (龍兒), was the second emperor of the Chinese Southern Qi Dynasty. He was considered to be an able and diligent emperor, although he was also criticized for wastefulness." }, { "text": "In 477, after Xiao Daocheng assassinated Emperor Ming's violent and arbitrary son and successor Emperor Houfei, the general Shen Youzhi, from his base of Jing Province, started a campaign against Xiao Daocheng." } ]
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What is a primary psychotic disorder and is a major cause of disability?
Schizophrenia
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Veni vidi vici and "Soli Deo honor et gloria" are both phrases in what?
Latin
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[ { "text": "Main facade of the Dominican Church in Lviv with the Latin phrase \"Soli Deo honor et gloria\". As a greeting, it was used by monks in cistercian and trappist monastic orders in written communication. As a doctrine, it means that everything is done for God's glory to the exclusion of mankind's self-glorification and pride." }, { "text": "This page lists English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before the rise of ancient Rome ." } ]
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What are pans that are highly thermally conductive, making them useful for evenly sautéing or cold-formed made from?
Copper.
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[ { "text": "The pan is made from aluminum or stainless steel. Traditionally, frying pans were made of cast iron, carbon steel or copper lined with tin, for their different qualities and properties. Copper pans are highly thermally conductive, making them useful for evenly sautéing." }, { "text": "Pots and pans are cold-formed from copper sheets of various thicknesses, with those in excess of 2.5 mm considered commercial (or extra-fort) grade. Between 1 mm and 2.5 mm wall thickness is considered utility ( fort) grade, with thicknesses below 1.5 mm often requiring tube beading or edge rolling for reinforcement." } ]
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The son of Drusella Huntley was mentioned in the lyrics of what song by Amy Winehouse?
In the lyrics of "Rehab" Winehouse made a reference to Donny Hathaway.
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[ { "text": "\"Rehab\" is a soul and R&B song. In the lyrics Winehouse mentions \"Ray\" and \"Mr. Hathaway\", in reference to Ray Charles and Donny Hathaway . Winehouse's vocals on \"Rehab\" were compared to those of Ella Fitzgerald." }, { "text": "Hathaway, the son of Drusella Huntley, was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised by his grandmother, Martha Pitts, also known as Martha Crumwell, in the Carr Square housing project of St. Louis, Missouri. Hathaway began singing in the church choir with his grandmother, a professional gospel singer, at the age of three, and studying piano." } ]
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The compound often produced from the microbial breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen gas reacts with what other compound to form sulfur and water?
Hydrogen sulfide reacts with sulfur dioxide at high temperatures to form sulfur and water.
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The Illyrians inhabited the Balkan Peninsula in ancient times, along with the Greeks and what other Indo-European speaking people who resided mainly in the Balkans, but were also located in Asia Minor and other locations in Eastern Europe?
They live there with the Greeks and Thracians.
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[ { "text": "The Illyrians ( Ancient Greek: Ἰλλυριοί, Illyrioi; Latin: Illyrii) were a group of Indo-European speaking tribes, who inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times. They constituted one of the three main Paleo-Balkan populations in the Balkans, along with the Thracians and Greeks ." }, { "text": "The Thracians were an Indo-European speaking people, who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.[1][2] Thracians resided mainly in the Balkans, but were also located in Asia Minor and other locations in Eastern Europe. The exact origin of Thracians is unknown, but it is believed that proto-Thracians descended from a purported mixture of Proto-Indo-Europeans and indigenous peoples during the third millennium BC. The proto-Thracian culture developed into the Dacian and Thracian culture." } ]
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The Omois used to be owned by what kind of people like Herbert the old?
The Counts of Omois.
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The Scottish National Party and the Tibetan independence movement both support what causes for their respective people?
Independence
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[ { "text": "The Tibetan independence movement ( Chinese: 西藏独立运动) is a political movement for the independence of Tibet and the political separation of Tibet from China. It is principally led by the Tibetan diaspora in countries like India and the United States, and by celebrities and Tibetan Buddhists in the United States, India and Europe." }, { "text": "Scottish independence is supported most prominently by the Scottish National Party, but other parties also support independence. Other pro-independence parties which have held representation in the Scottish Parliament include the Scottish Green Party,[6] the Scottish Socialist Party and Solidarity. At the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, 69 of the 129 seats available were won by pro-independence parties (63 SNP and 6 Greens)." } ]
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How many laws is the person who worked with Lord Kelvin to develop an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale associated with?
2
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[ { "text": "The SI derived unit of energy, the joule, is named after him. He worked with Lord Kelvin to develop an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale, which came to be called the Kelvin scale." }, { "text": "Joule's laws are two: first about heat produced by an electric current, and second about how the energy of a gas relates to pressure, volume . Joule's first law shows the relation between heat generated by an electric current flowing through a conductor." } ]
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In rhetoric, what is meiosis, the opposite of auxesis, considered as that is a word that entails an intentional deviation from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect?
A figure of speech.
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[ { "text": "In rhetoric, meiosis is a euphemistic figure of speech that intentionally understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than it really is. Meiosis is the opposite of auxesis, and is often compared to litotes." }, { "text": "For the hip hop group, see Figures of Speech. A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that entails an intentional deviation from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect." } ]
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Which fish belongs to the Acipenseridae family and is a part of a group of species that includes the Kaluga?
The White sturgeon belongs to the Acipenseridae family. It also belongs to a clade of species that includes the Kaluga.
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[ { "text": "White sturgeon ( Acipenser transmontanus) is a species of sturgeon in the family Acipenseridae of the order Acipenseriformes. They are an anadromous fish species ranging in the Eastern Pacific; from the Gulf of Alaska to Monterey, California." }, { "text": "The white sturgeon is part of a Pacific clade of species including Kaluga (Huso dauricus), Sakhalin (Acipenser mikadoi), Green (Acipenser medirostris), Chinese (Acipenser sinensis) and Amur (Acipenser schrenkii) Sturgeon." } ]
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The nomination, confirmation, and appointment of Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States involves several steps set forth by the United States what, which defines the judicial branch of the federal government in its third article?
Constitution).
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[ { "text": "They constitute the judicial branch of the federal government (which is defined by Article III of the Constitution). Pursuant to the Appointments Clause in Article II, all members of Article III tribunals are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate." }, { "text": "The nomination, confirmation, and appointment of Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States involves several steps set forth by the United States Constitution, which have been further refined and developed by decades of tradition." } ]
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The most important minimum requirement in the regulation of what, a type of which is White label, is maintaining minimum capital ratios?
Banking
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According to Ibn Khaldun, the name Mazîgh is derived from one of the early ancestors of what ethnic group mostly concentrated in North Africa and whose name come from the Greek word that means barbarian?
It was derived from ancestors of the Berbers.
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[ { "text": "According to Ibn Khaldun, the name Mazîgh is derived from one of the early ancestors of the Berbers. An Egyptian statuette representing a Libyan Libu Berber from the reign of Rameses II (19th Dynasty) in 1279–1213 BCE. (Louvre Museum, Paris)" }, { "text": "Berbers or Imazighen are an ethnic group mostly concentrated in North Africa, specifically Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, the Canary Islands, and to a lesser extent in Mauritania, northern Mali, and northern Niger. Smaller Berber populations are also found in Burkina Faso and Egypt's Siwa Oasis. The term Berber comes from the Greek βάρβαρος meaning barbarian." } ]
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What in neuroscience refers to the change in membrane potential that returns it to a negative value just after the depolarization phase of an action potential which has changed the membrane potential to a positive value that typically results from the movement of positively charged K+ ions out of the cell?
Repolarization
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[ { "text": "In neuroscience, repolarization refers to the change in membrane potential that returns it to a negative value just after the depolarization phase of an action potential which has changed the membrane potential to a positive value. The repolarization phase usually returns the membrane potential back to the resting membrane potential." }, { "text": "Repolarization typically results from the movement of positively charged K+ ions out of the cell. The repolarization phase of an action potential initially results in hyperpolarization, attainment of a membrane potential, termed the afterhyperpolarization, that is more negative than the resting potential." } ]
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The Byzantine Empire in Egypt had a fortress that shared a name with what country once called "the country of Akkad"?
Babylon
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[ { "text": "During the reign of Hammurabi and afterwards, Babylonia was called \"the country of Akkad\" ( Māt Akkadī in Akkadian), a deliberate archaism in reference to the previous glory of the Akkadian Empire. It was often involved in rivalry with the older state of Assyria to the north and Elam to the east in Ancient Iran." }, { "text": "Remains of the Babylon Fortress. The Babylon Fortress, a major military stronghold of the Byzantine Empire in Egypt, was captured by forces of the Rashidun Caliphate after a prolonged siege in 640. It was a major event during the Muslim conquest of Egypt ." } ]
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The road between Livingstone and Sesheke ( Katima Mulilo) that part of the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road shares what designation with the road that travels 700 km from Moscow to St. Petersburg?
M10
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[ { "text": "The M10 between Livingstone and Sesheke ( Katima Mulilo) is part of the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road ." }, { "text": "The distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg by M10 is approximately 700 km. The route runs through or near the cities and settlements of Khimki, Zelenograd, Solnechnogorsk, Klin, Tver, Torzhok, Vyshny Volochyok, Valdai, Kresttsy, Veliky Novgorod, Chudovo, Tosno and reaches the city border of Saint Petersburg in Pushkinsky District." } ]
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What are the two major opposition parties of the fully sovereign nation consisting of the southern and eastern parts of Transcaucasia?
Musavat and the Parties of the People's Front of Azerbaijan.
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[ { "text": "Azerbaijan is a fully sovereign nation; it consists of the southern and eastern parts of Transcaucasia under the authority of the Azerbaijani people. It is resolved that the form of government of the independent Azerbaijani state is a democratic republic." }, { "text": "The two major opposition parties ( Musavat and the Parties of the People's Front of Azerbaijan) lost their previous eight seats, thus resulting in an opposition-free Parliament. The Central Election Commission said turnout was 50.1%, out of a total 4.9 million people eligible to vote." } ]
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Who ceremonially admitted the clerical peers to the room of the king and served at the king table?
The Grand Chamberlain
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When did the Council of Ministers of the government of Iraq approve proposal to create more governorates and how many does Iraq have currently?
The Council of Ministers of the government of Iraq approved proposals to create more governorates on 21 January 2014 and Iraq presently consists of 19 governorates.
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[ { "text": "Iraq presently consists of 19 governorates ( محافظة muḥāfażah in Arabic, parêzga in Kurdish), also known as \"provinces\". Per the Iraqi constitution, three or more governorates can join to form an autonomous region." }, { "text": "On 21 January 2014, the Council of Ministers of the government of Iraq approved in principle proposals to create more governorates.[3] The Council announced that two new governorates Tal Afar and Tuz Khurmatu would be formed from the current Nineveh Governorate and Saladin Governorate, respectively" } ]
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Many leading Moroccan companies have their headquarters in Casablanca, which is located in what direction along National Route 9 from Mediouna?
Northwest
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[ { "text": "Mediouna is a town and municipality in Médiouna Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. It lies along National Route 9, 18.6 kilometres (11.6 mi) southeast of downtown Casablanca." }, { "text": "Casablanca is considered the economic and business center of Morocco, although the national political capital is Rabat . The leading Moroccan companies and many international corporations doing business in the country have their headquarters and main industrial facilities in Casablanca." } ]
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On the moon, Briggs and Seleucus are both types of what?
Craters.
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[ { "text": "It lies to the northeast of the walled plain Eddington, and north-northwest of the crater Seleucus. The isolated position of this crater on the mare, near the northwestern limb of the Moon, makes it relatively easy for an Earth -bound observer to locate." }, { "text": "Briggs is a lunar impact crater that is located in the western part of the Oceanus Procellarum, to the east of the large walled plain Struve. It lies to the northeast of the walled plain Eddington, and north-northwest of the crater Seleucus." } ]
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In the concept that is central to Confucian role ethics, what book was written about it during the Warring States period?
The Confucian Classic of Filial Piety.
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Which series does not feature double-elimination brackets; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship or Major League Baseball's National League Division Series?
Major League Baseball, the National League Division Series
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The voiced alveolar sibilant is articulated by what?
It is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge
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[ { "text": "Voiced and nasal clicks have a simultaneous pulmonic egressive airstream. Its place of articulation is alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal." }, { "text": "The voiced alveolar sibilant is common across European languages, but is relatively uncommon cross-linguistically compared to the voiceless variant. Only about 28% of the world's languages contain a voiced dental or alveolar sibilant. Moreover, 85% of the languages with some form of [z] are languages of Europe, Africa, or Western Asia ." } ]
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How old is the religion that is widely practiced in Gujarat, India?
Hinduism is over 5,000 years old.
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The birds of the genus Coracopsis are endemic to what nation previously known as the Malagasy Republic?
The vasa parrots are endemic to Madagascar.
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[ { "text": "The vasa parrots ( Coracopsis) are three species of parrot which are endemic to Madagascar and other islands in the western Indian Ocean. Some taxonomists place the genus in Mascarinus . There are three to four species and several subspecies:" }, { "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. At 592,800 square kilometres (228,900 sq mi) Madagascar is the world's second-largest island country, after Indonesia." } ]
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What is a sausage filled with blood that is cooked or dried and mixed with a filler until it is thick enough to solidify when cooled that several varieties of are also popular in Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador and the southwest United States?
blood sausage
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[ { "text": "A blood sausage is a sausage filled with blood that is cooked or dried and mixed with a filler until it is thick enough to solidify when cooled. Pig, cow, horse, donkey, sheep, chicken, duck, and goat blood can be used, varying by country. This is one of many types of blood sausage, likely with a large amount of added bacon." }, { "text": "As in Europe, several varieties of blood sausage are also popular in Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador and the southwest United States ( moronga ), Chile (prietas, ñache ), Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, and Puerto Rico ( morcilla ). In Brazil]" } ]
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Regarding the musical instrument that makes sound by vibrating the strings on it, what part of some of these houses the tuning pegs?
A pegbox.
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What type water can you find both Chromis nitida and Caesio lunaris?
salt water
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[ { "text": "The Barrier Reef chromis ( Chromis nitida ), also known as the yellowback puller or shining puller, is a species of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae native to the east coast of Australia. It is a small fish with a yellowish-brown dorsal surface separated by a dark stripe from its silvery flanks and underside." }, { "text": "The lunar fusilier (Caesio lunaris) is a species of marine fish in the family Caesionidae. The lunar fusilier is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo/West Pacific area, including the Red Sea. This fish can reach a maximum size of 40 cm in length ." } ]
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The four members of staff who work on Winterdown Farm in Green Green Grass are named what?
Their names are Elgin, Byran, Jed, and Imelda Cakeworthy.
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[ { "text": "The household is led by Boycie and Marlene, as played by John Challis and Sue Holderness. They have one child, Tyler, as played by Jack Doolan. They employ four members of staff, Elgin, Bryan, Jed and Imelda Cakeworthy, as played by David Ross, Ivan Kaye, Peter Heppelthwaite and Ella Kenion ." }, { "text": "The Green Green Grass centres on the fictional Boyce family and their employees, who live or work on Winterdown Farm in Shropshire. The household is led by Boycie and Marlene, as played by John Challis and Sue Holderness. They have one child, Tyler, as played by Jack Doolan." } ]
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What is the clade where members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan and excludes the cnidarians?
Bilateria.
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[ { "text": "Most animals are bilaterians, excluding sponges, ctenophores, placozoans and cnidarians. For the most part, bilateral embryos are triploblastic, having three germ layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm. Except for a few phyla (i.e. flatworms and gnathostomulids ), bilaterians have complete digestive tracts with a separate mouth and anus." }, { "text": "Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan." } ]
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During which time period was the Kirman province and the Sakastan province active?
They were active during the Late Antiquity.
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[ { "text": "Kirman ( Middle Persian: Kirmān) was a Sasanian province in Late Antiquity, which almost corresponded to the present-day province of Kerman. The province bordered Pars in the west, Abarshahr and Sakastan in the northeast, Paradan in the east, Spahan in the north, and Mazun in the south." }, { "text": "Sakastan (also known as Sagestān, Sagistan, Seyanish, Segistan, Sistan, and Sijistan) was a Sasanian province in Late Antiquity, that lay within the kust of Nemroz. The province bordered Kirman in the west, Spahan in the north west, Kushanshahr in the north east, and Turan in the south east." } ]
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The island of Corsica and the Place de la Concorde can both be found in what country?
France.
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The union territory where the Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary is located was established in which year?
Ladakh, the union territor where the Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary is located, was established in 2019.
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[ { "text": "The Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as the Karakoram (Nubra Shyok) Wildlife Sanctuary or the Karakoram (Saichen Shyok) Wildlife Sanctuary is a high altitude wildlife sanctuary located in the easternmost reaches of the Karakoram range in Leh district, in the Indian union territory of Ladakh." }, { "text": "Ladakh /ləˈdɑːk/[7] is a region administered by India as a union territory, and constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947.[8][9] It was established on 31 October 2019, following the passage of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act." } ]
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What is added to have a Swedish accent on Bernadotte dynastic coat of arms that contains a shield azure quartered by a cross?
The Big Dipper.
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[ { "text": "The greater coat of arms is blazoned in Swedish law as follows: A shield azure, quartered by a cross Or with outbent arms, and an inescutcheon containing the dynastic arms of the Royal House. In the first and fourth fields three open crowns Or, placed two above one." }, { "text": "The Big Dipper, or as it is called in Swedish, Karlavagnen (Charles' Wain), adds a Swedish accent to the Bernadotte dynastic coat of arms much in the same way as do the Vasa arms. The arms are supported by two lions with forked tails ( queue fourchée ), facing away from the shield and crowned with Royal Crowns." } ]
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Regarding the programming language Jürg Gutknecht wrote, what type of model does it used based on aggregation?
A compositional inheritance model.
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[ { "text": "Zonnon is a general purpose programming language in the line or family of the preceding languages Pascal, Modula, and Oberon. Jürg Gutknecht is the author. Its conceptual model is based on objects, definitions, implementations, and modules." }, { "text": "Zonnon uses a compositional inheritance model based on aggregation. Typically, an object (or module) is composed of several functional components, each of them presenting itself to clients in the form of an abstract definition." } ]
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The USS Wasp is what type of amphibious ship that serves in the Navy with the USS San Antonio an amphibious transport dock that transports and lands during expeditionary warfare missions?
Assault
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[ { "text": "An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform/dock ( LPD ), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. Several navies currently operate this kind of ship." }, { "text": "USS Wasp (LHD-1), an amphibious assault ship (general purpose), and lead of her class. USS San Antonio (LPD-17), an amphibious transport dock and lead of her class. USS Harper's Ferry (LSD-49), a landing ship dock and lead of her class. USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), an amphibious command ship and lead of her class." } ]
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What ruler is Loong associated with in China?
Emperor of China
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[ { "text": "A Chinese dragon, also known as Loong, Long or Lung, is a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and Chinese culture at large. Chinese dragons have many animal-like forms such as turtles and fish, but are most commonly depicted as snake -like with four legs." } ]
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Christian practitioners of the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse has taken many what over the centuries?
Forms
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[ { "text": "Apologetics (from Greek ἀπολογία, \"speaking in defense\") is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. Early Christian writers (c. 120–220) who defended their beliefs against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called Christian apologists." }, { "text": "Christian apologetics has taken many forms over the centuries, starting with Paul the Apostle in the early church and Patristic writers such as Origen, Augustine of Hippo, Justin Martyr and Tertullian, then continuing with writers such as Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham and Anselm of Canterbury during Scholasticism ." } ]
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What system formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant interstellar molecular cloud has evolved considerably since it's initial formation?
The Solar System has evolved since forming 4.6 billion years ago.
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[ { "text": "The Solar System has evolved considerably since its initial formation. Many moons have formed from circling discs of gas and dust around their parent planets, while other moons are thought to have formed independently and later been captured by their planets." }, { "text": "The Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant interstellar molecular cloud. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun, with the majority of the remaining mass contained in Jupiter. The four smaller inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, are terrestrial planets, being primarily composed of rock and metal." } ]
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What is both a tool like a hand lens that is also a region between two such easily recognizable isograds?
A metamorphic zone
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[ { "text": "A metamorphic zone is a tool, like a hand lens. It is built from metamorphic isograds. All these tools lead to the most important one, the metamorphic facies. Eskola's theory, which created metamorphic facies, allows all the other related theoretical tools to be related by the physical theory of thermodynamics." }, { "text": "A metamorphic zone is the region between two such easily recognizable isograds. Often they are named for the most characteristic index mineral of the zone. Whether a certain index mineral occurs is also dependent on the composition of the rock itself." } ]
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Pelorism is the term for the formation of what flowers which botanically are the abnormal production of a basal angiosperm character in a species that usually produces zygomorphic flowers?
'Peloric flowers'
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[ { "text": "Actinomorphic flowers are a basal angiosperm character; zygomorphic flowers are a derived character that has evolved many times." }, { "text": "Pelorism is the term, said to be first used by Charles Darwin, for the formation of 'peloric flowers' which botanically is the abnormal production of actinomorphic flowers in a species that usually produces zygomorphic flowers. These flowers are spontaneous floral symmetry mutants. The term epanody is also applied to this phenomenon." } ]
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The pattern used in popular music called tumbao is used in what percussion instrument that makes a noise by being hit?
A drum.
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[ { "text": "In North America, the basic conga drum pattern used in popular music is also called tumbao. In the contemporary form of Cuban popular dance music known as timba, piano guajeos are known as tumbaos. The tresillo pattern is the rhythmic basis of the ostinato bass tumbao in Cuban son -based musics, such as son montuno, mambo, salsa, and Latin jazz." }, { "text": "A drum is a percussion instrument, which means it makes a noise by being hit. There are many types such as cymbals and bells; even a simple piece of wood can be used as a percussion instrument. The drum kit is a group of drums & cymbals to make beats for music." } ]
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What color are the bill and feet of the bar-tailed trogon and the belly of the male black-throated trogon?
yellow
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[ { "text": "The bar-tailed trogon averages about 28 cm (11 inches) long. The bill and feet are yellow, and the tail, long and broad as usual for trogons, has the underside narrowly barred with black and white. The male's head is blue-black with bronze iridescence." }, { "text": "The male black-throated trogon has a green head, upper breast and back, black face and throat, and golden yellow belly. The female has a brown head, upper breast and back, rufous upper tail and yellow belly. Immatures resemble the adults but are duller, and young males have a brown throat, breast and wing coverts." } ]
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What climate-related trait is common in trees found in the type of environment prevalent around the northern portion of the Eastern Ghats mountains?
Trees that grow in deciduous monsoon forests are often drought-resistant.
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[ { "text": "The Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests extend from the Bay of Bengal coast in northern Andhra Pradesh and southern Orissa, across the northern portion of the Eastern Ghats range and the northeastern Deccan Plateau, to the eastern Satpura Range and the upper Narmada River valley." }, { "text": "It grows as both an evergreen and a deciduous tree in the deciduous monsoon forests of India making the tree very drought hardy. Haematonectria haematococca is a fungal pest of the tree, causing damage to the leaves and the heartwood in Javanese plantations." } ]
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In which TV show would the spider-like Empress of the Racnoss meet a character played by Lynda Bellingham?
Doctor Who.
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[ { "text": "Michael Jayston (as the Valeyard) and Lynda Bellingham (as the Inquisitor) both appeared throughout the whole serial. Tony Selby appeared as Glitz in The Mysterious Planet and The Ultimate Foe, while Anthony Ainley returned as the Master in The Ultimate Foe ." }, { "text": "The Doctor discovers something is controlling them remotely from space. He finds the spider-like Empress of the Racnoss, who had been hiding in hibernation at the edge of the universe, awoke and used the Torchwood company to gain the equipment to make huon particles." } ]
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A composite what, examples of which are electrons, protons and neutrons, is the topological bound state of an electron and an even number of quantized vortices?
Fermion
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[ { "text": "For other uses, see Fermions § Composite fermions. A composite fermion is the topological bound state of an electron and an even number of quantized vortices, sometimes visually pictured as the bound state of an electron and, attached, an even number of magnetic flux quanta." }, { "text": "In quantum mechanics, a group of particles known as fermions (for example, electrons, protons and neutrons) obey the Pauli exclusion principle. This states that two fermions cannot occupy the same quantum state." } ]
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WAR, GQ, GO, GR and AIR are all examples of what?
Callsigns
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[ { "text": "Fixed call signs for the United States Air Force stations begin with A, such as AIR, used by USAF Headquarters. The USAF also uses semi-fixed identifiers consisting of a name followed by a two or three digit number." }, { "text": "Special event call signs are issued with a 'GB' prefix, but others like GQ, GO, GR, MQ, GA, MO and 2O have been issued in special cases. Ofcom also allows numerals in special event call sign suffixes. For instance GB75RD was a special event sign for the 75th anniversary of the Reading and District Amateur radio club." }, { "text": "The United States Army uses fixed station call signs which begin with W, such as WAR, used by U.S. Army Headquarters. Tactical call signs are often assigned to a company sized unit or higher." } ]
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The proposed extinct Agmata and the Nautilidae both have what kind of structure on them that can be tubular or conical?
A shell.
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[ { "text": "Nautilidae, both extant and extinct, are characterized by involute or more or less convolute shells that are generally smooth, with compressed or depressed whorl sections, straight to sinuous sutures, and a tubular, generally central siphuncle." }, { "text": "Agmata is a proposed extinct phylum of small animals with a calcareous conical shell. They were originally thought to be cephalopods or annelid worms." } ]
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What County Route within the 27 "A" zones of California runs from Route 36 near Susanville to Route 139 near Eagle Lake?
County Route A1.
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[ { "text": "There are 27 routes assigned to the \"A\" zone of the California Route Marker Program, which designates county routes in California. The \"A\" zone includes county highways in Lassen, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, and Tehama counties." }, { "text": "County Route A1, more commonly known as Route of the Olympic Torch, is a 35.3-mile (56.8 km) county route in Lassen County, California . County Route A1 runs from Route 36 near Susanville to Route 139 near Eagle Lake. It was originally named Eagle Lake Road." } ]
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Biltong is a form of dried, cured meat that can sometimes be produced from what meat from steers and heifers?
Beef
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[ { "text": "Biltong is a form of dried, cured meat that originated in Southern African countries ( South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia ). Various types of meat are used to produce it, ranging from beef to game meats such as ostrich or kudu." }, { "text": "Meat from younger cows (calves) is called veal . Beef from steers and heifers is similar. Depending on economics, the number of heifers kept for breeding varies." } ]
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In order to readily distinguish what, of which Chikun is an example, from settled places, a proposal was made suggesting the renaming all of these places as Aba North and Eleme, Rivers were formerly named?
Local Government Areas
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[ { "text": "In order to readily distinguish local government areas from settled places, I propose renaming all of the local government areas as \"Foo Local Government Area\" as Aba North and Eleme, Rivers were formerly named. This would relieve us of any further need to disambiguate Nigeria's local government areas." }, { "text": "Chikun Local Government Area shares boundaries with Kachia Local Government Area to the south, Kajuru Local Government Area to the east, Kaduna South Local Government Area to the northeast, Igabi Local Government Area to the northeast, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area to the northwest and Niger State to west, respectively." } ]
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What is the name of the water storage reservoir located in the same mountain range as the communities of Idyllwild, Pine Cove, and Fern Valley?
Lake Hemet is located in the same mountain range as those communities.
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[ { "text": "Idyllwild, Pine Cove, and Fern Valley are three adjacent unincorporated communities in the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County, California, United States. Idyllwild is the largest of the three. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Idyllwild–Pine Cove as a census-designated place (CDP)." }, { "text": "1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Hemet is a water storage reservoir located in the San Jacinto Mountains in Mountain Center, Riverside County, California, with a capacity of 14,000 acre feet (17,000,000 m 3) of water." } ]
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What type of receptors are found on top of immune response cells that are need for glycosylation to happen?
Fc receptors
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[ { "text": "This gene encodes one of three members of a family of low-affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc receptors found on the surface of many immune response cells. The encoded protein is a transmembrane glycoprotein and may be involved in phagocytosis and clearing of immune complexes." }, { "text": "Glycosylation of the Fc fragment is essential for Fc receptor-mediated activity. The N-glycans attached to this site are predominantly core- fucosylated diantennary structures of the complex type. In addition, small amounts of these N-glycans also bear bisecting GlcNAc and α-2,6 linked sialic acid residues." } ]
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What benzodiazepine derivative drug developed by Warner-Lambert in the 1960s is indicated for the short-term treatment of anxiety?
Prazepam
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[ { "text": "Prazepam is a prodrug for desmethyldiazepam which is responsible for the therapeutic effects of prazepam. Prazepam is indicated for the short-term treatment of anxiety." }, { "text": "Prazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative drug developed by Warner-Lambert in the 1960s.[1] It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties" } ]
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Who was Emperor first: Michael VIII Palaiologos or John VIII Palaiologos?
Michael VII (1260s) came first. John VIII was the 1420s.
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[ { "text": "John VIII Palaiologos was the eldest son of Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Dragaš, the daughter of the Serbian prince Constantine Dragaš. He was associated as co-emperor with his father before 1416 and became sole emperor in 1425." }, { "text": "Imperial eagle in Mystras. In 1263 the Latins ceded Mystras as ransom for William II of Villehardouin, and Michael VIII Palaeologus made the city the seat of the new Despotate of Morea, ruled by his relatives. Michael also approached Manfred of Sicily to achieve some kind of accord." } ]
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The Mexican guitarrón and the Regal Musical Instrument Company's Bassoguitar are both types of what?
Acoustic bass guitars.
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[ { "text": "The guitarrón is a very large, deep-bodied Mexican 6-string acoustic bass guitar played in Mariachi bands. The bajo sexto, with six pairs of strings, resembles a twelve-string guitar tuned an octave lower. The heavy gauge strings generate a large string tension, yet the guitar is built relatively lightly." }, { "text": "The Bassoguitar built by the Regal Musical Instrument Company is likely the first mass-produced acoustic bass to make use of a guitar-like body. This was an upright instrument, too big to play in a transverse position." } ]
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Nazi Germany developed many what, of which the R4M was an example?
Missile systems
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[ { "text": "Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The R4M ( German: Rakete, 4Kilogramm, Minenkopf) rocket, nicknamed the Hurricane ( German: Orkan) due to its distinctive smoke trail when fired, was an anti-aircraft rocket. It was developed by the German Luftwaffe during World War II ." }, { "text": "During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many missile and precision-guided munition systems. These included the first cruise missile, the first short-range ballistic missile, the first guided surface-to-air missiles, and the first anti-ship missiles ." } ]
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What is completely surrounded by one other country such as West Berlin?
Enclave.
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[ { "text": "Although both meanings are close, an exclave might not be an enclave. An enclave is completely surrounded by one other country. For example, Kaliningrad is surrounded not by one state, but by two: Lithuania and Poland. It also borders the Baltic Sea." }, { "text": "However, the East German government and the Soviet Union treated East Berlin as an integral part of East Germany, so West Berlin was a de facto enclave within East Germany. Also, 12 small West Berlin enclaves, such as Steinstücken, were separated from the city, some by only a few meters." } ]
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What type of road is both the 189.49 miles long LA 2 and 1.66 miles long LA 705?
A highway.
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[ { "text": "Louisiana Highway 705 ( LA 705) runs 1.66 miles (2.67 km) in an east–west direction from the Acadia Parish line to LA 35 west of Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish. It is an undivided two-lane highway for its entire length. The entire route is in Vermilion Parish ." }, { "text": "Louisiana Highway 2 ( LA 2) is a state highway located in northern Louisiana. It runs 189.49 miles (304.95 km) in an east–west direction from the Texas state line southwest of Vivian to a junction with U.S. Highway 65 (US 65) near Lake Providence, just west of the Mississippi state line." } ]
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What order does the Gerridae belong to and what percentage of it are freshwater bugs?
The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, about 90% of the Gerridae are freshwater bugs.
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[ { "text": "The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, Jesus bugs, or water skimmers." }, { "text": "While 90% of the Gerridae are freshwater bugs, the oceanic Halobates makes the family quite exceptional among insects. The genus Halobates was first heavily studied between 1822 and 1883 when Buchanan-White collected several different species during the Challenger Expedition." } ]
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Response, Self-selection and Acquiescence are all types of what?
Biases
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[ { "text": "Acquiescence bias, also known as agreement bias, is a category of response bias common to survey research in which respondents have a tendency to select a positive response option or indicate a positive connotation disproportionately more frequently. Respondents do so without considering the content of the question or their 'true' preference." }, { "text": "Self-selection bias is a type of bias in which individuals voluntarily select themselves into a group, thereby potentially biasing the response of that group. Response bias is not the opposite of non-response bias, but instead relates to a possible tendency of respondents to give inaccurate or untruthful answers for various reasons." }, { "text": "Response bias is a general term for a wide range of tendencies for participants to respond inaccurately or falsely to questions. These biases are prevalent in research involving participant self-report, such as structured interviews or surveys. Response biases can have a large impact on the validity of questionnaires or surveys." } ]
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What is ammonium cation which ammonium salts are explosive?
The ammonium cation is a positively charged polyatomic ion with the chemical formula NH+ 4.The ammonium salts of nitrate and especially perchlorate are highly explosive, in these cases ammonium is the reducing agent.
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[ { "text": "Most simple ammonium salts are very soluble in water. An exception is ammonium hexachloroplatinate, the formation of which was once used as a test for ammonium. The ammonium salts of nitrate and especially perchlorate are highly explosive, in these cases ammonium is the reducing agent." }, { "text": "The ammonium cation is a positively charged polyatomic ion with the chemical formula NH+4. It is formed by the protonation of ammonia (NH3). Ammonium is also a general name for positively charged or protonated substituted amines and quaternary ammonium cations (NR+4), where one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic groups (indicated by R)" } ]
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Parnassius apollo and Parnassius mnemosyne are both texamples of what?
Butterflies
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[ { "text": "The Apollo or mountain Apollo ( Parnassius apollo ), is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae . Parnassius apollo. Upperside The species is named in the classical tradition for the deity Apollo ." }, { "text": "The clouded Apollo ( Parnassius mnemosyne) is a butterfly species of the family of swallowtail butterflies ( Papilionidae) found in the Palearctic realm . Clouded Apollos inhabit meadows and woodland clearings with plenty of flowering plants, both in the lowlands and in the mountains." } ]
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The battle near the city of Plataea in Boeotia fought between the Greek allies and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I occurred how many years before, left unaided by Athens, the Plataeans finally surrendered?
51
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[ { "text": "The battle was in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia. It was fought between the Greek allies (the city-states, of Sparta, Athens, Corinth and Megara ), and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I ." }, { "text": "Left unaided by Athens, the Plataeans finally surrendered in 428 BC. Plataea was razed to the ground by the Thebans, and was not restored until after 338 BC by Philip II of Macedon ." } ]
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Irunkōvēl was a part of a royal house of what?
Minor dynastic kings and aristocratic chieftains
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[ { "text": "Another Velir was Irunkōvēl who ruled over Konaadu, the area in and around Pudukottai, with their capital in Kodumbalur. Nannan was another Velir chieftain who hailed from Tulu Nadu. Yet another Velir chief was Pekan of the Vel Avi family who ruled over Pothini, the modern Palani near Madurai." }, { "text": "The Velir were a royal house of minor dynastic kings and aristocratic chieftains in Tamilakam in the early historic period of South India. They had close relations with Chera, Chola and Pandya rulers through ruling and coronation rights." } ]
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What is the county seat of the county where Pass Creek, a tributary of Elk Creek in the Umpqua River basin, has its start?
Pass Creek, a tributary of Elk Creek in the Umpqua River basin, has its start in Lane County, whose county seat is Eugene.
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[ { "text": "Pass Creek is a tributary of Elk Creek in the Umpqua River basin of the U.S. state of Oregon. It begins at Divide between the Coast Fork Willamette River watershed and the Umpqua watershed along Interstate 5 (I-5) in Lane County." }, { "text": "Lane County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 351,715,[2] making it the fourth-most populous county in Oregon. The county seat is Eugene.[3] It is named in honor of Joseph Lane, Oregon's first territorial governor." } ]
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What does the specific name nympha mean for the species more commonly known as gladiator frogs?
Nympha refers to nymphs, beautiful wood- and marsh-dwelling goddesses in Greek mythology.
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[ { "text": "They are commonly known as gladiator frogs, gladiator treefrogs or Wagler Neotropical treefrogs. These frogs are distributed in the tropical Central and South America from Nicaragua to Argentina, as well as in the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago)." }, { "text": "It is endemic to the upper Amazon basin of southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and northeastern Peru; its range probably extends into adjacent western Brazil. The specific name nympha alludes to nymphs, beautiful wood- and marsh-dwelling goddesses in Greek mythology." } ]
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What types of plants are both Southern catalpa and Dipteryx odorata?
They are trees
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[ { "text": "Common names include southern catalpa, cigartree, and Indian-bean-tree (or Indian bean tree ). It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 15–18 metres (49–59 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) diameter, with brown to gray bark, maturing into hard plates or ridges." }, { "text": "Dipteryx odorata (commonly known as \" cumaru \", \" kumaru \", or \" Brazilian teak \") is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. The tree is native to Central America and northern South America and is semi-deciduous. Its seeds are known as tonka beans (sometimes tonkin beans or tonquin beans )." } ]
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What is a type of electrical battery which can be charged, discharged into a load, and recharged many times that is used as a car battery?
A rechargeable battery
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[ { "text": "A rechargeable battery, storage battery, or secondary cell, (or archaically accumulator) is a type of electrical battery which can be charged, discharged into a load, and recharged many times, as opposed to a disposable or primary battery, which is supplied fully charged and discarded after use. It is composed of one or more electrochemical cells." }, { "text": "An automotive battery or car battery is a rechargeable battery that is used to start a motor vehicle. Its main purpose is to provide an electric current to the electric-powered starting motor, which in turn starts the chemically-powered internal combustion engine that actually propels the vehicle." } ]
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What kind of cardiac specialist can program a device that is implanted inside the skin under the clavicle?
A cardiac electrophysiologist.
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[ { "text": "Modern pacemakers are externally programmable and allow a cardiologist, particularly a cardiac electrophysiologist to select the optimal pacing modes for individual patients. Modern devices are demand pacemakers, in which the stimulation of the heart is based on the dynamic demand of the circulatory system." }, { "text": "Permanent pacing with an implantable pacemaker involves transvenous placement of one or more pacing electrodes within a chamber, or chambers, of the heart, while the pacemaker is implanted inside the skin under the clavicle." } ]
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Monitoring epidemic of infectious diseases during natural disasters is a part of what disease tracking system that is recorded to instant worldwide internet communication?
Modern disease surveillance.
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[ { "text": "A key part of modern disease surveillance is the practice of disease case reporting. In modern times, reporting incidences of disease outbreaks has been transformed from manual record keeping, to instant worldwide internet communication." }, { "text": "The functions of the surveillance include explaining the natural history of infectious diseases, describing the distribution of case occurrence, triggering disease-control effort, monitoring epidemic of infectious diseases during natural disasters, predicting and controlling epidemics and providing the base of policy adjustment." } ]
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Paracrax and penguins were/are both types of what kind of birds?
They were or are flightless birds.
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[ { "text": "Paracrax (\"near curassow \") is a genus of extinct North American flightless birds, possibly related to modern seriemas and the extinct terror birds." }, { "text": "Penguins are a well-known example of flightless birds. Ostriches are the largest extant flightless birds as well as the largest extant birds in general. An extinct Moa. Until the arrival of humans, New Zealand 's only mammals were bats and seals, resulting in many bird species evolving to fill the open niches." } ]
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What complement of red is part of the CMYK colors?
Cyan is part of CMYK.
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[ { "text": "The CMYK coordinates describe the amounts of each of cyan, magenta, yellow and key ( black) pigments (such as inks) which are mixed subtractively in order to create a particular color. In Wikipedia, the coordinates are presented as four numbers separated by commas, as in this example for the color orange:" }, { "text": "Cyan is the complement of red; it can be made by the removal of red from white light. Mixing red light and cyan light at the right intensity will make white light." } ]
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Another phrase for ultravulcanian eruption shares what word in its name with another phrase for zone of stauration?
Phreatic
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[ { "text": "A phreatic eruption, also called a phreatic explosion, ultravulcanian eruption or steam-blast eruption, occurs when magma heats ground water or surface water." }, { "text": "The phreatic zone, or zone of saturation, is the part of an aquifer, below the water table, in which relatively all pores and fractures are saturated with water. Above the water table is the vadose zone ." } ]
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In inches, the shell of the grey bonnet can grow up to what length?
5.8 inches
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[ { "text": "Phalium glaucum, common name the grey bonnet or glaucus bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails. This species is widespread in the Indo-Pacific, from Eastern Africa (Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania) to Southern Japan and Melanesia." }, { "text": "Shell of Phalium glaucum can reach a length of 60–147 millimetres (2.4–5.8 in). These shells are helmet shaped with a large body whorl and tiny spires. The surface of shell is smooth and uniformly greyish or pale brown. The molluscs have a white body and a large yellowish or whitish foot which is edged in reddish brown." } ]
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The river that flows south from its source in Lavant Township and the river of which River Cart is a tributary are both rivers named what?
They're both named Clyde.
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[ { "text": "The River Cart ( Scots: River Cairt) is a tributary of the River Clyde, Scotland, which it joins from the west roughly midway between the towns of Erskine and Renfrew and opposite the town of Clydebank ." }, { "text": "The Clyde flows south from its source at the outflow from Clyde Lake in geographic Lavant Township in the municipality of Lanark Highlands to the community of Clyde Forks, where it takes in the right tributaries Middle Branch Clyde River and South Branch Clyde River." } ]
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ETD and GPS systems are both used for what?
Tracking movements
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[ { "text": "For other uses, see Eye tracking. The eye-tracking device (ETD) is a headmounted device, designed for measurement of 3D eye and head movements under experimental and natural conditions. The tracker permits comprehensive measurement of eye movement (three degrees of freedom) and optionally head movement (six degrees of freedom)." }, { "text": "A GPS tracking unit, geotracking unit, or simply tracker is a navigation device normally on a vehicle, asset, person or animal that uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) to determine its movement and determine its WGS84 UTM geographic position ( geotracking) to determine its location." } ]
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When did Miltiades first participate in the battle at Boeotia which was fought between Greek city states and the Persian Empire?
He never participated. The battle at Boeotia took place in 479 BC which was after Miltiades had died in 489 BC.
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[ { "text": "It took place in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia, and was fought between an alliance of the Greek city-states (including Sparta, Athens, Corinth and Megara ), and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I (allied with Boeotians, Thessalians, and Macedonians )." }, { "text": "Miltiades (/mɪlˈtaɪəˌdiːz/; Greek: Μιλτιάδης; c. 550 – 489 BC), also known as Miltiades the Younger, was a Greek Athenian citizen known mostly for his role in the Battle of Marathon, as well as for his downfall afterwards." } ]
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Parasitoid wasps are a large group in what large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants?
Hymenoptera
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[ { "text": "Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic ." }, { "text": "Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps ( Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causing the death of these hosts." } ]
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What type of comparative approaches can complement other ways of studying adaptation, such as studying natural populations, experimental studies, and mathematical models that the same type of analysis program can support multiple kinds of data and can perform alignment and phylogeny inference?
phylogenetic
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[ { "text": "Phylogenetic comparative approaches can complement other ways of studying adaptation, such as studying natural populations, experimental studies, and mathematical models. Interspecific comparisons allow researchers to assess the generality of evolutionary phenomena by considering independent evolutionary events." }, { "text": "A phylogenetic analysis program that supports multiple kinds of data and can perform alignment and phylogeny inference. A variety of heuristic algorithms have been developed for this purpose. D. Darriba, GL." } ]
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Gautama Buddha and Lao Tzu are both in the history of which religion?
Buddhism.
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[ { "text": "Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, is also venerated as a manifestation of God in Hinduism and the Bahá'í faith. Some Hindu texts regard Buddha as an avatar of the god Vishnu, who came to Earth to delude beings away from the Vedic religion. He is also regarded as a prophet of Islam by the Ahmadiyyah ." }, { "text": "― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) Buddhism is a religion that is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama. The main principles of this belief system are karma, rebirth, and impermanence. Buddhists believe that life is full of suffering, but that suffering can be overcome by attaining enlightenment." } ]
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The Japanese Shinano that provided a valuable means of transport and Honshū's Tenryū-gawa are both names of what?
Rivers.
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[ { "text": "As with rivers across the world, the Shinano provided a valuable means of transport. The system also provided a method of transport for goods to be moved downstream to one of three ports, Nutaru, Niigata and the provincial port of Kambara." }, { "text": "The Tenryū River (天竜川, Tenryū-gawa) is a river in central Honshū, Japan. With a length of 213 km (132 mi), it is Japan's ninth longest river. Its source is Lake Suwa in the Kiso Mountains, near Okaya in Nagano Prefecture. It passes Aichi Prefecture, and flows through western Shizuoka Prefecture" } ]
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Festuca arundinacea and Festuca subulata are both species of what?
Grass
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[ { "text": "Festuca subulata is a species of grass known by the common names bearded fescue and nodding fescue. It is native to the northwestern quarter of North America, from Alaska to South Dakota to northern California, where it is most often found in moist mountain forests. This fescue is a loosely clumping perennial grass with small rhizomes." }, { "text": "Festuca arundinacea ( syn., Schedonorus arundinaceus and Lolium arundinaceum) is a species of grass commonly known as tall fescue. It is a cool-season perennial C 3 species of bunchgrass native to Europe." } ]
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Bang Kapi, Bueng Kum and Suriwong Road are all located in what country?
Thailand
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[ { "text": "It is located on Rama IV Road, with Si Lom Road and Suriwong Road in Bangkok's modern business district to the southeast, and Si Phraya Road to the northwest. It is a block from The Montien hotel, and approximately 1 km from the city's main Hua Lamphong railway station." }, { "text": "It is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): Bueng Kum, Saphan Sung, Prawet, Suan Luang, Huai Khwang, Wang Thonglang, and Lat Phrao ." }, { "text": "Bang Kapi ( Thai: บางกะปิ, pronounced [bāːŋ kāpìʔ]) is one of the 50 districts ( khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): Bueng Kum, Saphan Sung, Prawet, Suan Luang, Huai Khwang, Wang Thonglang, and Lat Phrao ." } ]
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The term that describes the aim to integrate the experience of the clinician, the values of the patient, and the best available scientific information to guide decision-making about clinical management was introduced by what person?
The term "Evidence-based medicine" was introduced in 1990 by Gordon Guyatt of McMaster University.
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[ { "text": "The aim of EBM is to integrate the experience of the clinician, the values of the patient, and the best available scientific information to guide decision-making about clinical management." }, { "text": "The term \"Evidence-based medicine\" was introduced in 1990 by Gordon Guyatt of McMaster University.[8][9][10][11]Clinical decision makingAlvan Feinstein's publication of Clinical Judgment in 1967 focused attention on the role of clinical reasoning and identified biases that can affect i" } ]
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In the Cretaceous large igneous province, what is it considered as since this was composed exclusively of intrusive rock?
Large Plutonic Province.
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[ { "text": "The Equatorial Atlantic Magmatic Province ( EQUAMP) is a Cretaceous large igneous province (LIP) in South America covering 700,000 km 2 (270,000 sq mi)." }, { "text": "The break-up of the supercontinent Gondwana resulted in a series of large volcanic eruptions, but EQUAMP is the only Gondwanan LIP composed exclusively of intrusive rock, making it a Large Plutonic Province (LPP)." } ]
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If you traveled the length of the longest north-south interstate in Pennsylvania, and also drove on the Allegheny Valley Expressway, what would be the total distance you would have traveled (counting those two highways only)?
The I-81 is 232.63 miles and the Allegheny Valley Expressway is 44.5 miles long, so 277.13 miles in total.
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[ { "text": "In the state of Pennsylvania, I-81 runs for 232.63 miles (374.38 km) from the Maryland state line near Greencastle to the New York state line near Hallstead and is called the American Legion Memorial Highway. It is the longest north–south Interstate in Pennsylvania." }, { "text": "From Pittsburgh to Kittanning it is a 44.5-mile-long (71.6 km) limited access expressway named the Alexander H. Lindsay Memorial Highway or the Allegheny Valley Expressway ." } ]
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The seaplane base whose IATA code is KWP offers scheduled passenger service to a city whose name is what in the Alutiiq language?
West Point Village Seaplane Base, the seaplane base whose IATA code is KWP, offers scheduled passenger service to Kodiak, whose name in the Alutiiq language is Sun'aq.
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[ { "text": "West Point Village Seaplane Base ( IATA: KWP, FAA LID: KWP) is a public use seaplane base located in West Point, in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by the West Point Canning Co." }, { "text": "Kodiak (Sun'aq in Alutiiq, Russian: Кадьяк) is the main city and one of seven communities on Kodiak Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. All commercial transportation between the island's communities and the outside world goes through this city via ferryboat or airline." }, { "text": "Scheduled passenger service to Kodiak, Alaska, is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program. West Point Village Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated E/W with a water surface measuring 10,000 by 500 feet (3,048 x 152 m).[1]" } ]
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What is the name of the river that passes through the town and district of the Ordu Province that was formerly named Polemonion?
Bolaman
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[ { "text": "Fatsa is a town and a district of Ordu Province in the central Black Sea region of Turkey. Population from Fatsa is more than 115,000. The oldest recorded name of the town is Polemonion ( Ancient Greek: Πολεμώνιον, Latinized as Polemonium), after Polemon I of Pontus." }, { "text": "The oldest recorded name of the town is Polemonion ( Ancient Greek: Πολεμώνιον, Latinized as Polemonium), after Polemon I of Pontus. A derivative of Polemonion, i.e. Bolaman, is the modern name of the river passing through Fatsa (the river is the ancient Sidenus )." } ]
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The person who served as the governor of the newly conquered region of Gilan during Shapur's reign had what on the front of his coins during his own reign?
Him wearing the distinctive crown of the angelic divinity Mithra; a headgear decorated with ray-shaped spikes
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[ { "text": "Under Bahram I, the reverse of coins were changed back to the version minted during the reign of Shapur I, with two attendants turning their backs to the fire altar, instead of facing it. The front of Bahram I's coins shows him wearing the distinctive crown of the angelic divinity Mithra; a headgear decorated with ray-shaped spikes." }, { "text": "During Shapur's reign, Bahram I served as the governor of the newly conquered region of Gilan, situated on the southwest shore of the Caspian Sea. He held the title of Gelan Shah (\"king of Gilan\")." } ]