Student A:On 15 May 1948, the ongoing civil war transformed into an inter-state conflict between Israel and the Arab states, following the Israeli Declaration of Independence the previous day. A combined invasion by Egypt, Jordan and Syria, together with expeditionary forces from Iraq, entered Palestine -- Jordan having declared privately to Yishuv emissaries on 2 May that it would abide by a decision not to attack the Jewish state. The invading forces took control of the Arab areas and immediately attacked Israeli forces and several Jewish settlements. The 10 months of fighting, interrupted by several truce periods, took place mostly on the former territory of the British Mandate and for a short time also in the Sinai Peninsula and southern Lebanon.

How long was the israeli war of independence?
Student B:OK... To answer the question, consider the following: The 10 months of fighting, interrupted by several truce periods, took place mostly on the former territory of the British Mandate and for a short time also in the Sinai Peninsula and southern Lebanon.
10 months.

Student A:After the Allied invasion of Italy, an exchange rate was set at US $1 = 120 lire (1 British pound = 480 lire) in June 1943, reduced to 100 lire the following month. In German occupied areas, the exchange rate was set at 1 Reichsmark = 10 lire. After the war, the value of the lira fluctuated, before Italy set a peg of US $1 = 575 lire within the Bretton Woods System in November 1947. Following the devaluation of the pound, Italy devalued to US $1 = 625 lire on 21 September 1949. This rate was maintained until the end of the Bretton Woods System in the early 1970s. Several episodes of high inflation followed until the lira was replaced by the euro.

What was italy's currency before the euro?
Student B:OK... To answer the question, consider the following: Several episodes of high inflation followed until the lira was replaced by the euro.
the lira.

Student A:Context: When not used fresh, the rhizomes are boiled in water for about 30 -- 45 minutes and then dried in hot ovens, after which they are ground into a deep-orange-yellow powder commonly used as a coloring and flavoring agent in many Asian cuisines, especially for curries, as well as for dyeing. Turmeric powder has a warm, bitter, pepper-like flavor and earthy, mustard-like aroma.

Question: which part of the plant turmeric is obtained?
Student B:OK... The relevant sentence in the passage is: When not used fresh, the rhizomes are boiled in water for about 30 -- 45 minutes and then dried in hot ovens, after which they are ground into a deep-orange-yellow powder commonly used as a coloring and flavoring agent in many Asian cuisines, especially for curries, as well as for dyeing.
the rhizomes.

Student A:Context: The human hand normally has five digits: four fingers plus one thumb. In some languages, the human hand is said to have five fingers, including the thumb as one of the fingers. It has 27 bones, not including the sesamoid bone, the number of which varies between people, 14 of which are the phalanges (proximal, intermediate and distal) of the fingers and thumb. The metacarpal bones connect the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist. Each human hand has five metacarpals and eight carpal bones.

Question: the five long thin bones that form the palm of the hand are the?
Student B:
OK... The relevant sentence in the passage is: The metacarpal bones connect the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist.
The metacarpal bones.