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Row NYC Hotel is a hotel in New York City. At 27 stories and 1,331 rooms, it was the largest hotel in Manhattan when it opened on February 13, 1928, as the Hotel Lincoln, one day after the 119th anniversary of the birth of its namesake, Abraham Lincoln. It featured a towering mast on top with neon lettering reading "HOTEL LINCOLN" which was lit on opening day by Governor Al Smith, who pressed a button in Albany to illuminate it. It was originally owned by the Kramer family and then by Maria Kramer, a dancer once married to Max Kramer,

Question: If the Row NYC Hotel in New York City had remained under the ownership of its original proprietors, which family would be the exclusive owners?
Answer: Kramer
by ABKCO Records with a vinyl release planned for early 2022. The film's soundtrack album's one and only song, titled "Obituary", was released on September 14, 2021. The film's musical score was given an earlier separate release. Release. Premiere and theatrical release. In September 2019, Searchlight Pictures acquired distribution rights to the film. It was set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2020, and get a wide release on July 24, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was cancelled and the film was pulled from the schedule on April 3, 2020. The film was

Question: If the COVID-19 pandemic hadn't caused any disruptions, when would "The French Dispatch" have been widely released in theaters?
Answer: July 24, 2020
July 24
vender; Polish: Wendowie, Czech: Wendové) which is a historical name for Slavs living near Germanic settlement areas. The name of the city in Hungarian ("Bécs"), Serbo-Croatian ("Beč"; ) and Ottoman Turkish ("Beç") has a different, probably Slavonic origin, and originally referred to an Avar fort in the area. Slovene-speakers call the city "Dunaj", which in other Central European Slavic languages means the river Danube, on which the city stands. History. Early history. Evidence has been found of continuous habitation in the Vienna area since 500 BC, when Celts settled the site on the Danube. In 15 BC, the Romans fortified

Question: If the city of Vienna in Austria was exclusively referred to by its Slovene name, what would it be known as?
Answer: Dunaj
party would win ("packing" the votes). The District Court case was originally filed as "Whitford v. Nichol", as Gerald Nicole had been the chairman of the state elections board; he was succeeded by Beverly Gill during the course of the case. In 2016, a three-judge federal panel allowed the case to proceed to trial, the first time a case regarding gerrymandering has proceeded in three decades. On November 21, 2016, a 2–1 decision declared that the map was unconstitutional. To assess the validity of the map, the panel developed a three-pronged test that asked if the redistricting [was] intended to

Question: If the US District Court case Gill v. Whitford, which dealt with the constitutionality of gerrymandering, had kept its original name, what would it be known as?
Answer: Whitford v. Nichol
were not disclosed. Target Field is located not far from another facility of which the discount retailer owns naming rights: Target Center the home of the NBA's Timberwolves. On September 19, the naming rights contract owned by McAfee for Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum lapsed; McAfee declined a new contract offer. The Coliseum, home to the Oakland Athletics since their 1968 relocation from Kansas City, reverted to its old name after 10 years, during which it was originally known as Network Associates Coliseum, then McAfee Coliseum when the company changed its name in 2004. The A's played their last home series after

Question: If the Oakland Athletics had delayed their relocation from Kansas City by one year, what would have been the year of their move to Oakland?
Answer: 1969
the fact that muzzle rings can interfere with barrel oscillation which can significantly impede the accuracy of a rifle. The rifle was originally issued with the "Seitengewehr 98" pattern bayonet. This épée style bayonet has a long quillback blade. By the end of 1905, this bayonet began to be replaced with the more robust and practical "Seitengewehr 98/05", with a blade. It was called the "Butcher Blade" by the Allies due to its distinctive shape, and was initially intended for artillerymen and engineers as a chopping tool as well as a weapon. Towards the end of World War I, the

Question: If the Gewehr 98 rifle had never switched bayonet patterns, what would be the only type of bayonet it was issued with?
Answer: Seitengewehr 98
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was selected as the host country in July 1946. At the tournament several all-time records for goal-scoring were set, including the highest average number of goals scored per game. The tournament was won by West Germany, who defeated tournament favourites Hungary 3–2 in the final, their first World Cup title. Host selection. Switzerland was awarded the tournament unopposed

Question: If the favorites had emerged victorious in the 1954 FIFA World Cup, which nation would have claimed the title?
Answer: Hungary
Bowen, on July 1, 2014. On June 8, 2020, she died at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 69. Children's Television Workshop. The Pointer Sisters contributed to the Children's Television Workshop educational television series, "Sesame Street". "Pinball Number Count" was an animated short on "Sesame Street" designed to teach children to count to twelve. It was originally produced in 1976 by Imagination, Inc. in San Francisco, California for the Children's Television Workshop. The Pointer Sisters were also spoofed on "Sesame Street" in the form of a trio of female singing pigs known as the Oinker Sisters. Loss

Question: If the Pointer Sisters were parodied on "Sesame Street" as a group of singing pigs, what would this pig trio be called?
Answer: Oinker Sisters
first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia following Confederation, a position he retained from 1871–1876. Following his tenure as lieutenant governor, Trutch was appointed a "Dominion agent for British Columbia", and helped to oversee the construction of the CPR in the province. He left this office in 1890 and returned to England. He died there in 1904 in Somerset, the county of his birth. Legacy. The locality of Trutch, British Columbia () along the Alaska Highway, is named after Joseph. The location is now a ghost town. Streets in Victoria, Chilliwack and Richmond are named after him. A student residence building

Question: If Joseph Trutch was the first to have The locality of Trutch, British Columbia along the Alaska Highway named after him, what other locations were named in his honor?
Answer: Chilliwack
Streets in Victoria, Chilliwack and Richmond
Northampton, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St Albans, Waltham, Westcheap, and Charing – only three survive, none in its entirety. The best preserved is that at Geddington. All three have lost the crosses "of immense height" that originally surmounted them; only the lower stages remain. The top (cross) part of the Hardingstone monument is believed to reside in the Northampton Guildhall Museum. The Waltham cross has been heavily restored and to prevent further deterioration, its original statues of the queen are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The monument now known as "Charing Cross" in London, in front

Question: If all the Eleanor Crosses were lost, where could the top part of the Hardingstone monument be found?
Answer: Northampton Guildhall Museum
voice communication from "Itasca" to the plane, the ship could not tell the plane to use its 500 kHz signal. Even if "Itasca" could get a bearing to the plane, the "Itasca" could not tell the plane that bearing, so the plane could not head to the ship. Some sources have noted Earhart's apparent lack of understanding of her direction-finding system, which had been fitted to the aircraft just prior to the flight. The system was equipped with a new receiver from Bendix that operated on five wavelength "bands", marked 1 to 5. The loop antenna was equipped with a

Question: If the ship "Itasca" needed to communicate with the plane, what frequency of kHz signal should it transmit?
Answer: 500 kHz signal.
earnest in what is known as the Neolithic Period ("New Stone Age"). The invention of polished stone axes was a major advance that allowed forest clearance on a large scale to create farms. This use of polished stone axes increased greatly in the Neolithic, but were originally used in the preceding Mesolithic in some areas such as Ireland. Agriculture fed larger populations, and the transition to sedentism allowed simultaneously raising more children, as infants no longer needed to be carried, as nomadic ones must. Additionally, children could contribute labor to the raising of crops more readily than they could to

Question: If polished stones were utilized during the Neolithic period, what would be their primary application?
Answer: Polished stone axes
Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Throughout her history, Black Cat has sometimes been an enemy, love interest, and ally of the superhero Spider-Man. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard, she first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #194 (July 1979). Felicia Hardy is the daughter of Walter Hardy, a world-renowned cat burglar. After suffering from a traumatic assault by an ex-boyfriend as a college freshman, she trained herself in various fighting styles and acrobatics and, after deciding to follow in her father's footsteps, adopted the costumed

Question: If Felicia Hardy had chosen to follow in her father's footsteps, what would her alias be?
Answer: Black Cat
The retrocession of the District of Columbia refers to both past and proposed acts of returning some or all of the land that had been ceded to the federal government of the United States for the purpose of creating its federal district for the new national capital of the United States, the City of Washington. The land was originally ceded to the federal government by Virginia and Maryland in 1790. After moving through various stages of federal and state approval, the Virginia portion was eventually returned in March 1847. The Maryland portion still constitutes the District of Columbia today, but
for the district passed either chamber. The retrocession of the District of Columbia refers to both past and proposed acts of returning some or all of the land that had been ceded to the federal government of the United States for the purpose of creating its federal district for the new national capital of the United States, the City of Washington. The land was originally ceded to the federal government by Virginia and Maryland in 1790. After moving through various stages of federal and state approval, the Virginia portion was eventually returned in March 1847. The Maryland portion still constitutes

Question: If the land for the city of Washington DC in the USA had been ceded to the federal government a year earlier than it actually was, in what year would this have occurred?
Answer: 1789
Eagle's monocoque (unibody) body was reinforced and a steel targa roll bar was welded to the door pillars for passenger compartment protection. The front portion of the roof was a removable lightweight fiberglass hatch, while the rear section of polyvinyl material and the back window folded down and had a boot cover when in the down position. The conversions were approved by AMC with the cars ordered through select AMC dealers in the customer's selection of options and exterior colors. The conversion cost approximately $3,000 and the dealer's list price was $3,750. The conversion was performed by Griffith, which was

Question: If the conversion cost for the AMC Eagle automobile into a Sundancer had been twice the original dealer's list price, what would the new price have been in dollars?
Answer: 7,500
Abdelrahman El-Sayed of Egypt. Yego continued his rise in 2015, winning the Ostrava Golden Spike javelin on 26 May with a new Kenyan record of 86.88 m after his best throw was not flagged as a foul by the judges even though his hand touched the line. On 4 June he improved to 87.71 m at the Golden Gala in Rome, placing second behind Vítězslav Veselý. Three days later, Yego won at the British Grand Prix in Birmingham, overtaking Veselý in the last round with a massive throw of 91.39 m; the throw was originally ruled a narrow sector foul,

Question: If Vítězslav Veselý had not won the javelin throw event at the Golden Gala in Rome on June 4, 2015, who would have been the victor?
Answer: Julius Yego
Habba Khatoon, around which legends abound and at one time, even a film starring Dimple Kapadia was planned. This pyramid shaped peak was named after the Kashmiri poet Habba Khatoon. She was a beautiful and intelligent woman from Saffron village chandhara, and originally known as "Zoon" (which means Moon in English). She was the daughter of a peasant Abuddi Rather, who married her to an illiterate peasant boy named Habba. Zoon was ill-treated by her mother-in-law and husband, because she spent most of her time in poetry and singing. Dejected by her plight, she changed her name to Habba Khatoon.

Question: If the Kashmiri poet Habba Khatoon had never decided to change her name, what would she have continued to be known as?
Answer: Zoon
was previously used on "". LucasArts' INSANE animation engine is used to display the game's cutscenes. The game was also originally planned to have 12 unique multiplayer characters, each with their own in-game attributes. The final release halved that number to six characters. The game was inspired by western films such as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and "A Fistful of Dollars", as well as other Clint Eastwood westerns. It was released for Microsoft Windows on April 7, 1997. It is the first video game to feature a sniper zoom, and one of the earliest examples of a

Question: If the video game "Outlaws" released in 1997 had retained its original plan, how many additional characters would there be compared to the six characters in the final version?
Answer: 6
six
The Aerated Bread Company Ltd (A.B.C.) was a company founded and headquartered in the United Kingdom. Although it is often remembered as running a large chain of tea rooms in Britain and other parts of the world, it was originally established in 1862 by Dr. John Dauglish as a bakery using a revolutionary new method he had developed, with the tea rooms starting in 1864. History. Founding. The Aerated Bread Company Ltd was founded in 1862 by Dr. John Dauglish (1824–1866). The business was created as an incorporated company listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). When the company was

Question: If the Aerated Bread Company Ltd had not initially started as a bakery and was instead established in the year they began operating tea rooms, when would the company have been founded?
Answer: 1864
instinct" was to produce the show for HBO, while CBS would have guaranteed several more episodes than the series eventually received. However, the duo was "overly tempted" by the reigning profile of ABC and its primetime offer. The network originally planned on airing 10 episodes and did not interfere with the show's creativity, simply wanting a good lead-in to "NYPD Blue". "The Dana Carvey Show" also attempted to put "The Onion" on television with Stephen Colbert reporting as an anchor in deadpan style. This material long predated his time on "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report". However, the sketches

Question: If ABC network's original plans for "The Dana Carvey Show" had been implemented, what would have been the total number of episodes?
Answer: 10
operators, whose income came from selling advertising time. Launch. The network was launched as ATV-0 in Melbourne opened on 1 August 1964 and was owned by the Ansett Transport Industries, which at the time owned one of Australia's two domestic airlines. TEN-10 in Sydney, which opened on 5 April 1965, was originally owned by United Telecasters, which also in July that year opened TVQ-0 in Brisbane. Also opened later that month was SAS-10, serving the city of Adelaide. The new television network was initially dubbed the Independent Television System or ITS, but in 1970 adopted the title The 0-10 Network,

Question: If the Australian television channel TEN-10 in Sydney had remained under the ownership of its original proprietors, which company would have been its sole owner?
Answer: United Telecasters
of Silence" was made available as a digital download from iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer and other platforms. Three days later a lyric video was released. "Unchain Utopia" was chosen as the second single and released on April 8, 2014. In an interview with the Sonic Cathedral Webzine, lead vocalist Simone Simons confirmed that a music video for "Unchain Utopia" was set to be released soon. However, a lyric video was released instead, which features footage originally filmed for the music video. Later on the band decided to film a music video for the track "Victims of Contingency", which was released

Question: If the rock band Epica had decided to release the music video for the song "Victims of Contingency" exactly one week earlier, what would have been the release date?
Answer: April 1, 2014
coined the term "dark age" for the period between the end of the Carolingian Empire in 888 and the first stirrings of Gregorian Reform under Pope Clement II in 1046: Significantly, Baronius termed the age 'dark' because of the paucity of written records. The "lack of writers" he referred to may be illustrated by comparing the number of volumes in Migne's "Patrologia Latina" containing the work of Latin writers from the 10th century (the heart of the age he called 'dark') with the number containing the work of writers from the preceding and succeeding centuries. A minority of these writers

Question: If Caesar Baronius hadn't coined the term "saeculum obscurum" during the 10th and 11th centuries, which term wouldn't have been used to describe the Middle Ages' period of intellectual darkness?
Answer: dark age
The May 19th Communist Organization, also variously referred to as the May 19 Coalition, May 19 Communist Coalition, and various alternatives of M19CO, was a US-based organization formed by members of the Weather Underground Organization. The group was originally known as the New York chapter of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC), an organization devoted to promoting the causes of the Weather Underground legally, as part of the Prairie Fire Manifesto's change in Weather Underground Organization strategy, which demanded both aboveground mass movements and clandestine organizations. The role of the clandestine organization would be to build the "consciousness of action"

Question: If the May 19th Communist Organization had retained its original name, what would it have been called?
Answer: Prairie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
PFOC
Prairie Fire Oranizing Committee
theaters, for a per theater average of $130,250, beating out "Sicario" ($67,000) for the best average theater gross of 2015. The film began its wide release on October 23, 2015, alongside "The Last Witch Hunter", "", "Rock the Kasbah", and "Jem and the Holograms". Over the weekend, the film was originally projected to gross $11–12 million from 2,491 theaters. However, after grossing just $2.5 million on its first day, it was revised to $7.4 million. It ended up grossing $7.1 million, finishing seventh at the box office. On November 10, 2015, just over two weeks after its wide release, the

Question: If the movie "Sicario" had surpassed "Steve Jobs" for the highest average theater gross in 2015, what would have been its minimum average gross?
Answer: $130,250
Canon in D; other well known works include the Chaconne in F minor, the Toccata in E minor for organ, and the "Hexachordum Apollinis", a set of keyboard variations. He was influenced by southern German composers, such as Johann Jakob Froberger and Johann Caspar Kerll, Italians such as Girolamo Frescobaldi and Alessandro Poglietti, French composers, and the composers of the Nuremberg tradition. He preferred a lucid, uncomplicated contrapuntal style that emphasized melodic and harmonic clarity. His music is less virtuosic and less adventurous harmonically than that of Dieterich Buxtehude, although, like Buxtehude, Pachelbel experimented with different ensembles and instrumental combinations

Question: If Johann Pachelbel's chamber music were to be compared to Dieterich Buxtehude's, what elements would it need to be more renowned for?
Answer: skill
harmonies
complexity
technique
it came to the great banking question, Tyler was soon at odds with the Congressional Whigs, and twice vetoed Clay's legislation for a national banking act. Although the second bill was originally tailored to meet his objections in the first veto, its final version did not. This practice, designed to protect Clay from having a successful incumbent president as a rival for the Whig nomination in 1844, became known as "heading Captain Tyler", a term coined by Whig Representative John Minor Botts of Virginia. Tyler proposed an alternative fiscal plan known as the "Exchequer", but Clay's friends who controlled the

Question: If Clay had not altered his second bill for a national banking act and avoided a veto from John Tyler, which alternative fiscal plan would Tyler not have proposed?
Answer: Exchequer
replacing old timber steps with new ones made of sandstone and limestone, and improve signage at the site using information from new ground surveys. Repairs were also carried out on the monument itself, including stone repair and repointing on its stylobate. It was originally proposed to add a new spur path, and ditches at the side of the main path with soakaway pits for drainage; however, these plans were abandoned, partly because of their archaeological impact. As part of the "Lumiere in Durham" light festival in November 2021, the monument is to be illuminated with 140,000 separate points of light

Question: If the archaeological concerns hadn't prevented the improvement plans for the Penshaw Monument, what features would have been added to the main path?
Answer: soakaway pits
Ditches
125 million transistors mostly used by 12 MB of embedded memory, a stunning level of complexity for the day. Although this embedded memory design was later used in Micron's AMD Athlon chipset codenamed "Mamba", the actual graphics chip never surfaced. Previewed Micron "SuperChip2" motherboard chipset specifications: Games with Rendition support. Rendition built a thorough list of supported games by encouraging developers large and small to make use of their free APIs. Rendition originally provided developers with Speedy3D, a DOS-based API, as most game development in 1995-96 was still centered on DOS. Later, Rendition released their Win32 version of the API,

Question: If Windows-based APIs had been the standard for game development during 1995-96, which DOS-based API would Rendition not have needed to provide to developers?
Answer: Speedy3D
in the minds of consumers (being more in demand at lower incomes) that this contrary income effect more than offsets the substitution effect, and the net effect of the good's price rise is to increase demand for it. Also known as Giffen paradox. A Giffen good is considered to be the opposite of an ordinary good. Background. Giffen goods are named after Scottish economist Sir Robert Giffen, to whom Alfred Marshall attributed this idea in his book "Principles of Economics", first published in 1890. Giffen first proposed the paradox from his observations of the purchasing habits of the Victorian era

Question: If the Giffen goods were named after the period in which Sir Robert Giffen observed the buying habits of the poor while formulating the paradox, what would these goods be called?
Answer: Victorian
Victorian era
Victorian goods
Victorian era goods