Does the sentence "In the later Vedic Age, a number of small kingdoms or city states had covered the subcontinent, many mentioned in Vedic, early Buddhist and Jaina literature as far back as 500 BCE." provide a valid answer to the question "What were the sixteen kingdoms called?"

A: no

Does the sentence "James Liebman, a professor of law at Columbia Law School, stated in 1996 that his study found that when habeas corpus petitions in death penalty cases were traced from conviction to completion of the case that there was "a 40 percent success rate in all capital cases from 1978 to 1995." provide a valid answer to the question "In what year did Liebman announce his findings?"

A: yes

Does the sentence "New York is the only US city in which a majority (52%) of households do not have a car; only 22% of Manhattanites own a car." provide a valid answer to the question "What percentage of Manhattan residents own an automobile?"

A: yes

Does the sentence "This area has a number of functions, the most prominent being to mark where the goalkeeper may handle the ball and where a penalty foul by a member of the defending team becomes punishable by a penalty kick." provide a valid answer to the question "Only who can handle the ball with his hands?"

A:
yes