A:Sparta was the subject of fascination in the West and has been to this day. B:Sparta -LRB- Doric Greek  : Σπαρτα , Sparta Attic Greek  : Σπαρτη , Sparte -RRB- was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece .. Doric Greek. Doric Greek. Attic Greek. Attic Greek. city-state. city-state. ancient Greece. ancient Greece. In antiquity the city-state was known as Lacedaemon -LRB- Λακεδαιμων , Lakedaimon -RRB- , while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia , in south-eastern Peloponnese .. city-state. city-state. Eurotas River. Eurotas ( river ). Laconia. Laconia. Peloponnese. Peloponnese. Around 650 BC , it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece .. ancient Greece. ancient Greece. Given its military pre-eminence , Sparta was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars .. Greco-Persian Wars. Greco-Persian Wars. Between 431 and 404 BC , Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens during the Peloponnesian War , from which it emerged victorious , though at a great cost of lives lost .. Peloponnesian War. Peloponnesian War. Athens. Classical Athens. Sparta 's defeat by Thebes in the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC ended Sparta 's prominent role in Greece .. Thebes. Thebes, Greece. Battle of Leuctra. Battle of Leuctra. However , it maintained its political independence until the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BC .. Roman conquest of Greece. Roman Greece. 146 BC. Battle of Corinth ( 146 BC ). It then underwent a long period of decline , especially in the Middle Ages , when many Spartans moved to live in Mystras .. Middle Ages. Middle Ages. Mystras. Mystras. Modern Sparta is the capital of the Greek regional unit of Laconia and a center for the processing of goods such as citrus and olives .. Laconia. Laconia. Modern Sparta. Sparti. Sparta was unique in ancient Greece for its social system and constitution , which completely focused on military training and excellence .. ancient Greece. ancient Greece. constitution. constitution. Its inhabitants were classified as Spartiates -LRB- Spartan citizens , who enjoyed full rights -RRB- , mothakes -LRB- non-Spartan free men raised as Spartans -RRB- , perioikoi -LRB- freedmen -RRB- , and helots -LRB- state-owned serfs , enslaved non-Spartan local population -RRB- .. mothakes. Mothax. perioikoi. Perioeci. helots. helots. Spartiates underwent the rigorous agoge training and education regimen , and Spartan phalanges were widely considered to be among the best in battle .. agoge. agoge. phalanges. phalanx formation. Spartan women enjoyed considerably more rights and equality to men than elsewhere in the classical world .. Sparta was the subject of fascination in its own day , as well as in the West following the revival of classical learning .. This love or admiration of Sparta is known as Laconism or Laconophilia .. Laconism or Laconophilia. laconophilia. At its peak around 500 BC the size of the city would have been some 20,000 -- 35,000 free residents , plus numerous helots and perioikoi -LRB- `` dwellers around '' -RRB- .. perioikoi. Perioeci. helots. helots. At 40,000 -- 50,000 it was one of the largest Greek cities ; however , according to Thucydides , the population of Athens in 431 BC was 360,000 -- 610,000 , making it unlikely that Athens was smaller than Sparta in 5th century BC .. Athens. Classical Athens. The French classicist Francois Ollier in his 1933 book Le mirage spartiate -LRB- `` The Spartan Mirage '' -RRB- warned that a major scholarly problem regarding Sparta is that all the surviving accounts of Sparta were written by non-Spartans who often presented an excessively idealized image of Sparta .. Ollier 's theory of the `` Spartan mirage '' has been widely accepted by scholars . Answer: livesex
A:Timon & Pumbaa is a TV series in the Lion King universe. B:The Lion King 's Timon & Pumbaa , often simply referred to as Timon & Pumbaa , is an American animated television series created by Walt Disney Television Animation .. Walt Disney Television. Walt Disney Television. Walt Disney Television Animation. Disney Television Animation. The Lion King. The Lion King. American. Television in the United States. animated television series. animated television series. The Lion King. The Lion King. It centers on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog from Disney 's 1994 film The Lion King .. The Lion King. The Lion King. The Lion King. The Lion King. The show ran for three seasons on CBS , Disney Channel , Toon Disney , and in syndication as a part of The Disney Afternoon .. CBS. CBS. Toon Disney. Toon Disney. Disney Channel. Disney Channel. The Disney Afternoon. The Disney Afternoon. It aired from September 8 , 1995 to September 24 , 1999 .. It is also the first Lion King related media to show humans , as humans were not present in the movie .. It is the first of two television series to be based on the film , the second being The Lion Guard .. The Lion Guard. The Lion Guard. In 2004 , Timon and Pumbaa starred in their own released feature film The Lion King 1 1 / 2 , a direct-to-video adaptation of the television series to the first of two films .. The Lion King. The Lion King. The Lion King. The Lion King. Robert Guillaume , Matthew Broderick , Cam Clarke , Julie Kavner and Estelle Harris , Nathan Lane , Quinton Flynn , Kevin Schon , Ernie Sabella , Scott Bullock and Jerry Stiller , provided the voices of Rafiki , Simba , Timon 's Mother , Timon , Pumbaa , Fred and Uncle Max respectively in The Lion King 1 1 / 2 , and two seasons of television series episodes Mombasa-In-Law / The Laughing Hyenas  : TV Dinner , Once Upon a Timon .. Quinton Flynn. Quinton Flynn. Ernie Sabella. Ernie Sabella. Cam Clarke. Cam Clarke. Robert Guillaume. Robert Guillaume. Kevin Schon. Kevin Schon. Nathan Lane. Nathan Lane. The Lion King. The Lion King. The Lion King. The Lion King. Matthew Broderick. Matthew Broderick. Julie Kavner and Estelle Harris. Julie Kavner. Scott Bullock. Scott Bullock. Jerry Stiller. Jerry Stiller. Once Upon a Timon. List of Timon & Pumbaa episodes#Season 2 ( Syndicated ) ( 1996 ) Answer: livesex
A:Steven Soderbergh directed Erin Brockovich. B:USS Vesuvius was a bomb ketch , and the first ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano .. bomb ketch. bomb vessel. United States Navy. United States Navy. Italian volcano. Vesuvius. Vesuvius was built by Jacob Coffin at Newburyport , Massachusetts .. Jacob Coffin. Jacob Coffin. She was launched on 31 May 1806 and commissioned in or before September 1806 , with Lieutenant James T. Leonard in command .. launched. ship naming and launching. commissioned. ship commissioning. James T. Leonard. James T. Leonard Answer: short
A:The Renaissance did not begin in Tuscany. B:The Al Faw peninsula landings , also known as Operation DAWN 8 , was a 1986 Iranian amphibious operation on the Al Faw peninsula .. amphibious operation. amphibious operation. Al Faw peninsula. Al Faw peninsula. Taking place between 9 and 25 February , the assault across the Shatt al-Arab achieved significant tactical and operational surprise , allowing the Iranian forces to initially gain a quick victory over Iraqi Popular Army forces in the area .. Shatt al-Arab. Shatt al-Arab. Considered a turning point in the war , unlike the tactics of human wave assaults used elsewhere at the front , the operation was a sophisticated and carefully planned amphibious operation , supported by a land-based diversion employing 100,000 troops of the Seventh Corps north of the Basra area , and using deception .. amphibious operation. amphibious operation. Basra. Basra. deception. military deception Answer: short
A:John Cusack got nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. B:John Paul Cusack -LRB- -LSB- ˈkjuːsæk -RSB- , born June 28 , 1966 -RRB- is an American actor , producer and screenwriter .. He made one of his earliest film roles in the mid-1980s , before he starred in Cameron Crowe 's film Say Anything ... -LRB- 1989 -RRB- , for which he gained teen idol status .. Cameron Crowe. Cameron Crowe. teen idol. teen idol. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in High Fidelity -LRB- 2000 -RRB- .. High Fidelity. High Fidelity ( film ). Cusack starred in other films , including Grosse Pointe Blank -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , Being John Malkovich -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , 1408 -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , 2012 -LRB- 2009 -RRB- , Hot Tub Time Machine -LRB- 2010 -RRB- and The Raven -LRB- 2012 -RRB- .. Grosse Pointe Blank. Grosse Pointe Blank. Being John Malkovich. Being John Malkovich. 1408 ( film ). 2012 ( film ). Hot Tub Time Machine. Hot Tub Time Machine. The Raven. The Raven ( 2012 film ) Answer: livesex
A:The Arabian Peninsula consists of multiple countries. B:Zagorze -LSB- za ` guze -RSB- is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz , within Gorlice County , Lesser Poland Voivodeship , in southern Poland .. Voivodeship. Voivodeships of Poland. Lesser Poland. Lesser Poland Voivodeship. County. Powiat. Gorlice. Gorlice. Gmina. Gmina. Biecz. Biecz. village. village. Gmina Biecz. Gmina Biecz. Gorlice County. Gorlice County. Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It lies approximately 6 km south-west of Biecz , 8 km north of Gorlice , and 99 km south-east of the regional capital Krakow .. Gorlice. Gorlice. Biecz. Biecz. Krakow. Krakow Answer: short
A:Tommy Chong was only in BBC sitcoms. B:Oron Catts is an Australian artist and researcher currently residing in Perth , Australia where he has been employed at the University of Western Australia since 1996 .. University of Western Australia. University of Western Australia. He works as an artistic director of SymbioticA , which he is also co-founder of .. Together with Ionat Zurr he founded the Tissue Culture & Art Project .. From 2000 -- 2001 he was a Research Fellow at the Tissue Engineering and Organ Fabrication Laboratory at Harvard Medical School .. He has also worked with numerous other bio-medical laboratories in several different countries . Answer: short
A:Aluminium is tolerated by plant life. B:Aluminium or aluminum -LRB- see below -RRB- is a chemical element in the boron group with symbol Al and atomic number 13 .. below. Aluminium#Different endings. chemical element. chemical element. boron group. boron group. atomic number. atomic number. It is a silvery-white , soft , nonmagnetic , ductile metal .. ductile. ductility. metal. metal. By mass , aluminium makes up about 8 % of the Earth 's crust ; it is the third most abundant element after oxygen and silicon and the most abundant metal in the crust , though it is less common in the mantle below .. below. Aluminium#Different endings. metal. metal. oxygen. oxygen. silicon. silicon. Aluminium metal is so chemically reactive that native specimens are rare and limited to extreme reducing environments .. metal. metal. native specimens. Native metal. reducing. Redox. Instead , it is found combined in over 270 different minerals .. The chief ore of aluminium is bauxite .. ore. ore. bauxite. bauxite. Aluminium is remarkable for the metal 's low density and its ability to resist corrosion through the phenomenon of passivation .. metal. metal. density. density. corrosion. corrosion. passivation. passivation ( chemistry ). Aluminium and its alloys are vital to the aerospace industry and important in transportation and structures , such as building facades and window frames .. alloys. aluminium alloy. aerospace. aerospace. The oxides and sulfates are the most useful compounds of aluminium .. oxides. oxides. sulfates. sulfates. Despite its prevalence in the environment , no known form of life uses aluminium salts metabolically , but aluminium is well tolerated by plants and animals .. salts. Salt ( chemistry ). metabolically. metabolically. Because of these salts ' abundance , the potential for a biological role for them is of continuing interest , and studies continue .. salts. Salt ( chemistry ) Answer: livesex
A:Rope was made during or after World War 2. B:The 1967 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 4 April 1967 at the Pau circuit , in Pau , Pyrenees-Atlantiques , France .. Pau Grand Prix. Pau Grand Prix. Pau. Pau, Pyrenees-Atlantiques. France. France. Formula Two. Formula Two. Pau circuit. Pau Grand Prix. Pyrenees-Atlantiques. Pyrenees-Atlantiques. The Grand Prix was won by Jochen Rindt , driving the Brabham BT23 .. Jochen Rindt. Jochen Rindt. Brabham BT23. Brabham BT23. Denny Hulme finished second and Alan Rees third .. Denny Hulme. Denny Hulme. Alan Rees. Alan Rees ( racing driver ) Answer:
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