Premise: At approximately what time did paramedics receive the call about Kanye West's mother, Donda?

Hypothesis: She was unresponsive in the emergency room, and after resuscitation attempts, doctors pronounced her dead at approximately 8:30 pm, at age 58.


Premise: On what side of the river is Begum Bazaar?

Hypothesis: North of the river are hospitals, colleges, major railway stations and business areas such as Begum Bazaar, Koti, Abids, Sultan Bazaar and Moazzam Jahi Market, along with administrative and recreational establishments such as the Reserve Bank of India, the Telangana Secretariat, the Hyderabad Mint, the Telangana Legislature, the Public Gardens, the Nizam Club, the Ravindra Bharathi, the State Museum, the Birla Temple and the Birla Planetarium.


Premise: What was the only coin with any silver content in circulation from 1965 to 1970?

Hypothesis: From 1965 to 1970 the Kennedy half dollar was the only circulating coin with any silver content, which was removed in 1971 and replaced with cupronickel.


Premise: What percentage of the population in the city were living below the poverty line?

Hypothesis: The median income for a household in the city was $26,969, and the median income for a family was $31,997.


Premise: Where do unstressed vowels reduce to three?

Hypothesis: In Eastern Catalan (except Majorcan), unstressed vowels reduce to three: /a


Premise: The crew's perception of what is different from a stationary observer?

Hypothesis: On the other hand, the crew on board the spaceship also perceives the observer as slowed down and flattened along the spaceship's direction of travel, because both are moving at very nearly the speed of light relative to each other.


Premise: What is long-distance running as a food hunting-gathering technique?

Hypothesis: This hypothesis does not necessarily contradict the scavenging hypothesis: both subsistence strategies could have been in use – sequentially, alternating or even simultaneously.


Premise: What was ceded to Namibia in 1994?

Hypothesis: Walvis Bay was ceded to Namibia in 1994 upon the end of Apartheid in South Africa.[citation needed]


Premise: How did Lavoisier produce hydrogen for his experiments?

Hypothesis: Anaerobic oxidation of iron by the protons of water at high temperature can be schematically represented by the set of following reactions:


Premise: What are plant habitats?

Hypothesis: Plant ecology is the science of the functional relationships between plants and their habitats—the environments where they complete their life cycles.


Premise: What is Neptune's largest moon?

Hypothesis: The planet's distance from Earth gives it a very small apparent size, making it challenging to study with Earth-based telescopes.


Premise: When did Microsoft release Internet Explorer?

Hypothesis: Bundled with Windows, Internet Explorer gained dominance in the web browser market; Internet Explorer usage share peaked at over 95% by 2002.


Premise: What apartment store in Paris was closed in 2005?

Hypothesis: La Samaritaine, another upscale department store also owned by LVMH, closed in 2005.


Premise: What is the name of the well known hospital specializes in young children patients?

Hypothesis: The New Haven area supports several medical facilities that are considered some of the best hospitals in the country.


Premise: What paradox did Sheptycki point out?

Hypothesis: Studies of this kind outside of Europe are even rarer, so it is difficult to make generalizations, but one small-scale study that compared transnational police information and intelligence sharing practices at specific cross-border locations in North America and Europe confirmed that low visibility of police information and intelligence sharing was a common feature (Alain, 2001).


Premise: What do some modern hunters see themselves as?

Hypothesis: Some modern hunters see themselves as conservationists and sportsmen in the mode of Theodore Roosevelt and the Boone and Crockett Club.


Premise: What part of North America did the bison live?

Hypothesis: The American bison is a large bovid which inhabited much of western North America prior to the 1800s, living on the prairies in large herds.


Premise: Saint Helena was an important port of which company?

Hypothesis: Throughout this period, Saint Helena was an important port of call of the East India Company.


Premise: Who did Frédéric rely upon financially before earning a great income from his works?

Hypothesis: He no longer depended financially upon his father, and in the winter of 1832 he began earning a handsome income from publishing his works and teaching piano to affluent students from all over Europe.


Premise: Which PC owners could purchase a Windows 8 Pro uprgrade for $14.99?

Hypothesis: Those who purchased new PCs pre-loaded with Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate between June 2, 2012 and January 31, 2013 could digitally purchase a Windows 8 Pro upgrade for US$14.99.


Premise: When does the Messeschnellweg change to the B6?

Hypothesis: The Schnellweg (en: expressway) system, a number of Bundesstraße roads, forms a structure loosely resembling a large ring road together with A2 and A7.


Premise: Which state was Article 23 used to reintegrate?

Hypothesis: Article 23, which had allowed "any other parts of Germany" to join, was rephrased.


Premise: What had pottery become 4,000 years ago in the Americas?

Hypothesis: Natives of North America began practicing farming approximately 4,000 years ago, late in the Archaic period of North American cultures.


Premise: Which countries worked together to bomb ISIS on Sep 21-22, 2014?

Hypothesis: The following day on 10 September 2014 President Barack Obama made a televised speech about ISIL, which he stated "Our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy".


Premise: How do burrowing marine annelids help ocean ecosystems?

Hypothesis: Scientists observe annelids to monitor the quality of marine and fresh water.


Premise: What did the Dutch call Juan Rodriguez?

Hypothesis: Born in Santo Domingo of Portuguese and African descent, he arrived in Manhattan during the winter of 1613–1614, trapping for pelts and trading with the local population as a representative of the Dutch.


Premise: Who in the generation following the "To Secure These Rights" findings sign legislation for affirmative action into law?

Hypothesis: " The recommendations were radical, calling for federal policies and laws to end racial discrimination and bring about equality: "We can tolerate no restrictions upon the individual which depend upon irrelevant factors such as his race, his color, his religion, or the social position to which he is born.


Premise: What latin word was used to describe the cross used?

Hypothesis: The Latin word crux was also applied to objects other than a cross.


Premise: What venue in Miami is notable for hosting outdoor music?

Hypothesis: The newest addition to the Miami arts scene is the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, the second-largest performing arts center in the United States after the Lincoln Center in New York City, and is the home of the Florida Grand Opera.


Premise: How many short wave radio stations broadcast from the capital?

Hypothesis: In total, about one short-wave and ten private FM radio stations broadcast from the capital, with several radio stations broadcasting from the central and southern regions.


Premise: What does Florida stand for

Hypothesis: The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and the sovereign state of Cuba.


Premise: What is the place called where initial training happens?

Hypothesis: Both officers and non-commissioned members receive their basic training at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.


Premise: What are these bars made out of?

Hypothesis: These bars are made of fiberglass covered in wood laminate, to prevent them from breaking.


Premise: How long did Portugal's decline last?

Hypothesis: With the occupation by Napoleon, Portugal began a slow but inexorable decline that lasted until the 20th century.


Premise: What helped tourism grow to new heights in the 1960-1970's?

Hypothesis: In 1948, regularly scheduled commercial airline service by land-based aeroplanes began to Kindley Field (now L.F. Wade International Airport), helping tourism to reach its peak in the 1960s–1970s.


Premise: With whose economic success was de Melo impressed with?

Hypothesis: As the King's confidence in de Melo increased, the King entrusted him with more control of the state.


Premise: As a result of Eisenhower's actions toward Congress, what did Martin think Congress often gave him?

Hypothesis: The administration never made use of many Republicans of consequence whose services in one form or another would have been available for the asking."


Premise: Queen's song Now I'm Here reached what number on the British charts?

Hypothesis: was a number eleven hit in Britain, while the high speed rocker "Stone Cold Crazy" featuring May's uptempo riffs is a precursor to speed metal.


Premise: What did the economic community monitoring group do to intervene in the crisis?

Hypothesis: The Economic Community Monitoring Group under the Economic Community of West African States organized a military task force to intervene in the crisis.


Premise: Who served as the head minister under Charles II?

Hypothesis: The monarchs of England and the United Kingdom had ministers in whom they placed special trust and who were regarded as the head of the government.


Premise: What makes Pig iron different from regular iron?

Hypothesis: Pig iron has a lower melting point than iron, and was used for making cast-iron.


Premise: What city was rated as having the best park system by The Trust for Public Land?

Hypothesis: In its 2013 ParkScore ranking, The Trust for Public Land reported that the park system in New York City was the second best park system among the 50 most populous U.S. cities, behind the park system of Minneapolis.


Premise: What is the oldest structure at Notre Dame?

Hypothesis: The university is the major seat of the Congregation of Holy Cross (albeit not its official headquarters, which are in Rome).


Premise: When did Madonna appear in MTV for the tribute to Michael Jackson?

Hypothesis: Life with My Sister Madonna, a book by Madonna's brother Christopher, debuted at number two on The New York Times bestseller list.


Premise: Who turned the novel into a play?

Hypothesis: Author Albert Murray said of the relationship of the town to the novel (and the annual performance): "It becomes part of the town ritual, like the religious underpinning of Mardi Gras.


Premise: Pan-Slavism became compromised when what empire started to use it as an ideology justifying its territorial conquests?

Hypothesis: A notable political union of the 20th century that covered most South Slavs was Yugoslavia, but it ultimately broke apart in the 1990s along with the Soviet Union.


Premise: What are other common words that people may use for homosexual and heterosexual people?

Hypothesis: Androphilia and gynephilia (or gynecophilia) are terms used in behavioral science to describe sexual attraction, as an alternative to a homosexual and heterosexual conceptualization.


Premise: Who has said that Barrino's rendition of Summertime has been his top moment of all seasons?

Hypothesis: Fantasia went on to gain some successes as a recording artist, while Hudson, who placed seventh, became the only Idol contestant so far to win both an Academy Award and a Grammy.


Premise: What countries experienced unintended consequences from species invasion?

Hypothesis: In other cases, such as oil palms in Indonesia and Malaysia, the introduction produces substantial economic benefits, but the benefits are accompanied by costly unintended consequences.


Premise: What kind of inscriptions decorate Punjab's burial places?

Hypothesis: Calligraphic inscriptions from the Quran decorate mosques and mausoleums in Punjab.


Premise: What defenses does a domestic cat have against predators?

Hypothesis: A predator small enough to be prey for others, the domestic cat uses its formidable teeth and claws as weapons against animals that might confuse a cat with easier prey.


Premise: Why is some energy in the electroluminescence process emitted as heat and light?

Hypothesis: This energy is emitted in the form of heat and light.


Premise: What produces a self-sustaining rhythm?

Hypothesis: The central oscillator generates a self-sustaining rhythm and is driven by two interacting feedback loops that are active at different times of day.


Premise: Part of the secret agreement between the Germans and the Soviets included a neutral diplomatic approach when?

Hypothesis: On 24 August a 10-year non-aggression pact was signed with provisions that included: consultation, arbitration if either party disagreed, neutrality if either went to war against a third power, no membership of a group "which is directly or indirectly aimed at the other".


Premise: Which shopping area is on East University?

Hypothesis: To the west, E. University Boulevard leads to the Fourth Avenue Shopping District.


Premise: What is the posulated homeland region of the Slavs?

Hypothesis: In the postulated homeland region (present-day Ukraine), they had contacts with the Iranic Sarmatians and the Germanic Goths.


Premise: Several Western European companies are shifting taxes in a process known as what?

Hypothesis: It involves lowering income taxes while raising levies on environmentally destructive activities, in order to create a more responsive market.


Premise: When is Kanye West's birthday?

Hypothesis: He is among the most acclaimed musicians of the 21st century, attracting both praise and controversy for his work and his outspoken public persona.


Premise: How did Amer react to being confronted about planning a coup?

Hypothesis: Amer committed suicide on 14 September.


Premise: Other than the Nouveau Jardin, what is the other popular part of The Great Garden?

Hypothesis: The most popular ones are the Great Ground and the Nouveau Jardin.


Premise: At what dimensions are glaciers called ice sheets or continental glaciers?

Hypothesis: Glacial bodies larger than 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) are called ice sheets or continental glaciers.


Premise: Castro's performance sent which singer's version to the top of a Billboard chart?

Hypothesis: David Archuleta's performance of John Lennon's "Imagine" was considered by many as one of the best of the season.


Premise: When did she and Jay Z become the highest paid black celebrity couple?

Hypothesis: For the years 2009 to 2011, Beyoncé earned an average of $70 million per year, and earned $40 million in 2012.


Premise: Nehru was a leader of what country?

Hypothesis: Yugoslavia had a liberal travel policy permitting foreigners to freely travel through the country and its citizens to travel worldwide, whereas it was limited by most Communist countries.


Premise: Who created a vaccine to treat Japanese Encephalitis?

Hypothesis: In 1944, Maurice Hilleman of Squibb Pharmaceuticals developed the first vaccine against Japanese encephelitis.


Premise: what sound are the burrell's responsible for?

Hypothesis: In the late 1980s, Nu Groove Records prolonged, if not launched the careers of Rheji Burrell & Rhano Burrell, collectively known as Burrell (after a brief stay on Virgin America via Timmy Regisford and Frank Mendez), along with basically every relevant DJ and Producer in the NY underground scene.


Premise: What was the fate of the other partners of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company?

Hypothesis: The new Universal studio was a vertically integrated company, with movie production, distribution and exhibition venues all linked in the same corporate entity, the central element of the Studio system era.


Premise: What was introduced to the diet on a molecular level that prevented the sailors from contracting the disease?

Hypothesis: Adding various types of vegetables and meats to the diets of Japanese sailors prevented the disease, (not because of the increased protein as Takaki supposed but because it introduced a few parts per million of thiamine to the diet, later understood as a cure).


Premise: What is often considered more important than the results of von Neumann's papers?

Hypothesis: In a number of von Neumann's papers, the methods of argument he employed are considered even more significant than the results.


Premise: Which Queen album was released in 1991?

Hypothesis: The band decided to continue making albums, starting with The Miracle in 1989 and continuing with Innuendo in 1991.


Premise: What is the name of the character Microsoft used to make Windows 8 seem more personable?

Hypothesis: As part of its campaign, Microsoft set up 34 pop-up stores inside malls (primarily focusing on Surface), provided training for retail employees in partnership with Intel, and collaborated with the electronics store chain Best Buy to design expanded spaces to showcase devices.


Premise: Which race was growing faster after the First World War?

Hypothesis: Dr. Cecil Cook, the Northern Territory Protector of Natives, noted that:


Premise: How many additional actors were needed for the shoot in Mexico City?

Hypothesis: This particular scene in Mexico required 1,500 extras, 10 giant skeletons and 250,000 paper flowers.


Premise: When was the monk community installed?

Hypothesis: The proven origins are that in the 960s or early 970s, Saint Dunstan, assisted by King Edgar, installed a community of Benedictine monks here.


Premise: What typically accompanied the effigy of Nerthus?

Hypothesis: Also there are some indications that the effigy of Nerthus or Freyr was placed on a ship with wheels and accompanied by a procession of people in animal disguise and men in women's clothes.


Premise: Where is the Joint Multinational Training Center located?

Hypothesis: ARFORGEN is the Army Force Generation process approved in 2006 to meet the need to continuously replenish forces for deployment, at unit level, and for other echelons as required by the mission.


Premise: What may servo motors be used for?

Hypothesis: Large, powerful, but slow-responding servo loops may use conventional AC or DC motors and drive systems with position or speed feedback on the motor.


Premise: In what early technology was bitumen used?

Hypothesis: Many hours of exposure in the camera were required, making bitumen impractical for ordinary photography, but from the 1850s to the 1920s it was in common use as a photoresist in the production of printing plates for various photomechanical printing processes.[not in citation given]


Premise: Who was featured in the movie "Skin"?

Hypothesis: Sandra Laing is a South African woman who was classified as Coloured by authorities during the apartheid era, due to her skin colour and hair texture, although her parents could prove at least three generations of European ancestors.


Premise: Who has studied the lives of wrestlers?

Hypothesis: Documentary filmmakers have studied the lives of wrestlers and the effects the profession has on them and their families.


Premise: When did Islam begin to become a political power in India?

Hypothesis: The seventh century also saw the advent of Islam as a political power, though as a fringe, in the western part of the subcontinent, in modern-day Pakistan.


Premise: What publication reported that the Arena Football League was thinking about filing bankruptcy?

Hypothesis: Despite this, several of the league's creditors filed papers to force a Chapter 7 liquidation if the league did not do so voluntarily.


Premise: What part of North America did the bison live?

Hypothesis: However, the vast herds of bison attracted market hunters, who killed dozens of bison for their hides only, leaving the rest to rot.


Premise: The Court case was involve between which two parties?

Hypothesis: As a result, a district court subsequently ordered the city to promote 14 of the white firefighters.


Premise: What event caused Edward to abdicate the throne?

Hypothesis: During her grandfather's reign, Elizabeth was third in the line of succession to the throne, behind her uncle Edward, Prince of Wales, and her father, the Duke of York.


Premise: What is the universal agent?

Hypothesis: Thus, the knowledge that "I am" is the core of a human being: the soul exists and is self-aware.


Premise: Which Gospel writer provided a version of the virgin birth that was different than Matthew's?

Hypothesis: Other scholars contend that the Greek word heos (i.e., until) denotes a state up to a point, but does not mean that the state ended after that point, and that Matthew 1:25 does not confirm or deny the virginity of Mary after the birth of Jesus.


Premise: In which cities did Virgil attend schools?

Hypothesis: Macrobius says that Virgil's father was of a humble background; however, scholars generally believe that Virgil was from an equestrian landowning family which could afford to give him an education.


Premise: In 2008-2009, how was BYU ranked nationally for the number of students who go on to earn PhDs?

Hypothesis: A 2013 Quarterly Journal of Economics study of where the nation's top high school students choose to enroll ranked BYU No. 21 in its peer-reviewed study.


Premise: Some USB devices require what?

Hypothesis: Some USB ports and external hubs can, in practice, supply more power to USB devices than required by the specification but a standard-compliant device may not depend on this.


Premise: Along with chronicles and records, what indigenous sources are used in Somali Studies?

Hypothesis: Since 1980, prominent Somalist scholars from around the world have also gathered annually to hold the International Congress of Somali Studies.


Premise: Which judge is a jazz singer?

Hypothesis: The judging panel for the most recent season consisted of country singer Keith Urban, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, and


Premise: How many feet high is the highest peak of Saint Helena?

Hypothesis: Much of the island is covered by New Zealand flax, a legacy of former industry, but there are some original trees augmented by plantations, including those of the Millennium Forest project which was established in 2002 to replant part of the lost Great Wood and is now managed by the Saint Helena National Trust.


Premise: What are pesticides meant to prevent?

Hypothesis: Although pesticides have benefits, some also have drawbacks, such as potential toxicity to humans and other species.


Premise: What museum is in Bloomfield Hills?

Hypothesis: Important history of America and the Detroit area are exhibited at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, the United States' largest indoor-outdoor museum complex.


Premise: What do USB's implement connections to?

Hypothesis: USB implements connections to storage devices using a set of standards called the USB mass storage device class (MSC or UMS).


Premise: When was the Canadian Armed Forces name reintroduced?

Hypothesis: The "Canadian Armed Forces" name returned in 2013.


Premise: Which Executive Order first contained the phrase "affirmative action"?

Hypothesis: He was torn between the words "positive action" and "affirmative action," and selected the later due to its alliterative quality.


Premise: What small branch of Protestantism will also be discussed?

Hypothesis: Due to the earlier stated multitude of denominations, this section discusses only the largest denominational families, or branches, widely considered to be a part of Protestantism.


Premise: In 2011 what was Arsenal's estimated fan base?

Hypothesis: There have always been Arsenal supporters outside London, and since the advent of satellite television, a supporter's attachment to a football club has become less dependent on geography.


Premise: What Univesity located outside of Boston still holds a large presence in the city?

Hypothesis: Several universities located outside Boston have a major presence in the city.


Premise: Who did Lebanon elect in 1958?

Hypothesis: Following the Lebanese election of Fuad Chehab in September 1958, relations between Lebanon and the UAR improved considerably.


Premise: What aided in the relaxation of immigration protocols to Norfolk Island?

Hypothesis: The island is subject to separate immigration controls from the remainder of Australia.


Premise: What is the court case that established judicial review?

Hypothesis: For this reason, precedent alone established the principle that a court may strike down a law it deems unconstitutional.


Premise: To what two islands does the ferry service connect?

Hypothesis: Sound Transit currently provides an express bus service within the metropolitan area; two Sounder commuter rail lines between the suburbs and downtown; its Central Link light rail line, which opened in 2009, between downtown and Sea-Tac Airport gives the city its first rapid transit line that has intermediate stops within the city limits.


Premise: How much increase in population has the inner Seattle city had since 1990?

Hypothesis: In recent years, the city has experienced steady population growth, and has been faced with the issue of accommodating more residents.


Premise: Who represented Harvard during the rule changing debates?

Hypothesis: There was a mood of alarm and mistrust, and, while the crisis was developing, the presidents of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton developed a project to reform the sport and forestall possible radical changes forced by government upon the sport.


Premise: What is the Grand Concourse?

Hypothesis: The Grand Concourse, a wide boulevard, runs through it, north to south.


Premise: Who led the Nazis?

Hypothesis: The major non-communist Southern European countries joined a US-led military alliance (NATO) and formed the European Economic Community amongst themselves.


Premise: What was de Beauvoir's career?

Hypothesis: After a visit to Brasília, the French writer Simone de Beauvoir complained that all of its superquadras exuded "the same air of elegant monotony," and other observers have equated the city's large open lawns, plazas, and fields to wastelands.


Premise: What laser can currently be used in the type of role that was first thought of in the late 1960s?

Hypothesis: If current developments continue, some[who?] believe it is reasonable to suggest that lasers will play a major role in air defence starting in the next ten years.


Premise: Who was the aunt of Otto Robert Frisch?

Hypothesis: Lise Meitner and her nephew, the physicist Otto Robert Frisch, published the physical explanation in February 1939 and named the process "nuclear fission".


Premise: Why is it important to cook foods well?

Hypothesis: There are other forms of prevention such as avoiding the use of illicit drugs, using a condom, and having a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet and regular exercise.


Premise: What program allows Alaska to keep low taxes?

Hypothesis: Tourists have contributed to the economy by supporting local lodging.


Premise: Which side of the civil war did Nasser side with?

Hypothesis: Most of Nasser's old colleagues had questioned the wisdom of continuing the war, but Amer reassured Nasser of their coming victory.


Premise: How many different countries developed radar starting in the 1930s?

Hypothesis: From the early 1930s eight countries developed radar, these developments were sufficiently advanced by the late 1930s for development work on sound locating acoustic devices to be generally halted, although equipment was retained.


Premise: What happened soon after the massive credit crunch hit?

Hypothesis: He spoke of the paradox of deleveraging, in which precautions that may be smart for individuals and firms—and indeed essential to return the economy to a normal state—nevertheless magnify the distress of the economy as a whole."


Premise: What kind of artistic production can be supported by design competitions?

Hypothesis: The winning design will then be selected by an independent jury panel of design professionals and client representatives.


Premise: Who were Magisterial reformers?

Hypothesis: The Magisterial reformers, such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Huldrych Zwingli, believed that they were reforming the Roman Catholic Church, which they viewed as having become corrupted.


Premise: What store was founded in Paris, in 1838, which sold a wide variety of products?

Hypothesis: In 1869 he built much larger building at 24 rue de Sèvres on the Left Bank, and enlarged the store again in 1872, with help from the engineering firm of Gustave Eiffel, creator of the Eiffel Tower.


Premise: When was Crystal hospitalized?

Hypothesis: The schedule was rearranged so the boys performed first and she could perform the following night instead; she later revealed that Ken Warwick, the show producer, wanted to disqualify her but she begged to be allowed to stay on the show.


Premise: How long of a contract did Sheinberg give Spielberg?

Hypothesis: Studio vice president Sidney Sheinberg was impressed by the film, which had won a number of awards, and offered Spielberg a seven-year directing contract.


Premise: What determines what literary structure a literary author uses for expression of ideas?

Hypothesis: Authors choose literary device according to what psychological emotion he or she is attempting to describe, thus certain literary devices are more emotionally effective than others.


Premise: What is Egypts energy market based upon?

Hypothesis: Egypt produces its own energy, but has been a net oil importer since 2008 and is rapidly becoming a net importer of natural gas.


Premise: What does ICRISTAT stand for?

Hypothesis: The aim was to boost nutrition and livelihoods by producing a product that women could make and sell, and which would be accepted by the local community because of its local heritage.


Premise: How are the results simplified when using the SASO?

Hypothesis: For each question on the scale that measures homosexuality there is a corresponding question that measures heterosexuality giving six matching pairs of questions.


Premise: When did Japan finish building the Hakata Bay barrier?

Hypothesis: Completed in 1277, this wall stretched for 20 kilometers around the border of the bay.


Premise: What should the driver do in order to open and close the circuit breaker?

Hypothesis: A further board is then provided after the neutral section to tell drivers to re-close the circuit breaker, although drivers must not do this until the rear pantograph has passed this board.


Premise: Who portrayed Chopin in the 1928 film, La valse de l'adieu?

Hypothesis: Other film treatments have included: La valse de l'adieu (France, 1928) by Henry Roussel, with Pierre Blanchar as Chopin; Impromptu (1991), starring Hugh Grant as Chopin; La note bleue (1991); and Chopin: Desire for Love (2002).


Premise: Who was Nassir's vice president?

Hypothesis: According to Nasser's vice president Zakaria Mohieddin, although "Amer had absolute authority over the armed forces, Nasser had his ways of knowing what was really going on".


Premise: Where did both Jefferson and Madison attend religious services?

Hypothesis: On the other hand, both Jefferson and Madison attended religious services at the Capitol.


Premise: By what area is the Art institute in Santa Monica?

Hypothesis: The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles is also located in Santa Monica near the Santa Monica Airport.


Premise: What are two other relevant characteristics of a pumping system along with final pressure?

Hypothesis: The lowest pressure that can be attained in a system is also dependent on many things other than the nature of the pumps.


Premise: In what year did Constantinople fall?

Hypothesis: The rise of the Ottoman Empire, culminating in the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, eroded the last remnants of the Byzantine Empire and cut off trading possibilities with the east.


Premise: How many quilts were flown to the region?

Hypothesis: The Sichuan Ministry of Civil Affairs said that they have provided 30,000 tents for those left homeless.


Premise: How old was the young boy's remains?

Hypothesis: A 2013 study in Nature reported that DNA found in the 24,000-year-old remains of a young boy from the archaeological Mal'ta-Buret' culture suggest that up to one-third of the indigenous Americans may have ancestry that can be traced back to western Eurasians, who may have "had a more north-easterly distribution 24,000 years ago than commonly thought".


Premise: What type of mandolin do rock musicians today use?

Hypothesis: Pop punk band Green Day has used a mandolin in several occasions, especially on their 2000 album, Warning.


Premise: What was the maximum amount of money a person could have in their bank account without having it expropriated in 1980?

Hypothesis: In May 1980, measures to redistribute and equalize wealth were implemented; anyone with over 1000 dinar in his bank account saw that extra money expropriated.


Premise: On what date were CBC's remaining analogue transmitters shut down?

Hypothesis: On July 31, 2012, at around 11:59 p.m. in each time zone, the remaining 620 analogue transmitters were shut down, leaving the network with 27 digital television transmitters across the country, and some transmitters operated by some affiliated stations.


Premise: What two companies use the AAC format for music files?

Hypothesis: Several industries are modifying their products to work better with both the iPod line and the AAC audio format.


Premise: Beyonce opened a cosmetology center in what location?

Hypothesis: On March 5, 2010, Beyoncé and her mother Tina opened the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center at the Brooklyn Phoenix House, offering a seven-month cosmetology training course for men and women.


Premise: In terms of schools how old is it historically compare to others?

Hypothesis: Hopkins School, a private school, was founded in 1660 and is the fifth-oldest educational institution in the United States.


Premise: What species dominated the seas?

Hypothesis: Mosasaurs evolved to replace them as head of the seas.


Premise: What do Jehovah Witnesses consider the science and history within the Bible to be?

Hypothesis: Jehovah's Witnesses consider the Bible to be scientifically and historically accurate and reliable and interpret much of it literally, but accept parts of it as symbolic.


Premise: What made seeing the PVA units difficult during the day?

Hypothesis: UN aerial reconnaissance had difficulty sighting PVA units in daytime, because their march and bivouac discipline minimized aerial detection.


Premise: In addition to the southern and eastern sections of Southampton, what other section has local train service?

Hypothesis: Local train services operate in the central, southern and eastern sections of the city and are operated by South West Trains, with stations at Swaythling, St Denys, Millbrook, Redbridge, Bitterne, Sholing and Woolston.


Premise: What type of servo-controlled systems use pancake motors?

Hypothesis: Pancake motors are still widely used in high-performance servo-controlled systems, robotic systems, industrial automation and medical devices.


Premise: How much sales tax did Kerry owe on the yacht?

Hypothesis: However, on July 27, 2010, Kerry stated he had yet to take legal possession of the boat, had not intended to avoid the taxes, and that when he took possession, he would pay the taxes whether he owed them or not.


Premise: Approval under what law will not make an act or lack thereof legal if condemned under international law?

Hypothesis: This means that in case of a conflict with domestic law, international law will always prevail.


Premise: What are the fan clubs called?

Hypothesis: The fan clubs promote Barcelona in their locality and receive beneficial offers when visiting Barcelona.


Premise: Above what temperature is the β form of uranium hydride created?

Hypothesis: This property makes uranium hydrides convenient starting materials to create reactive uranium powder along with various uranium carbide, nitride, and halide compounds.


Premise: Are hardwood or softwood species more uniform in structure?

Hypothesis: There are no vessels ("pores") in coniferous wood such as one sees so prominently in oak and ash, for example.


Premise: The use of what caused the end of the use of streetcars in 1941?

Hypothesis: The first streetcars appeared in 1889 and were instrumental in the creation of a relatively well-defined downtown and strong neighborhoods at the end of their lines.


Premise: What do feminist anthropologists claim their research helps to correct?

Hypothesis: Feminist anthropology is a four field approach to anthropology (archeological, biological, cultural, linguistic) that seeks to reduce male bias in research findings, anthropological hiring practices, and the scholarly production of knowledge.


Premise: What does SFOE stand for?

Hypothesis: The agency is supporting the 2000-watt society initiative to cut the nation's energy use by more than half by the year 2050.


Premise: Outside of an institute studying animals, what other institute did Cavanugh create at Notre Dame?

Hypothesis: Cavanaugh also presided over the construction of the Nieuwland Science Hall, Fisher Hall, and the Morris Inn, as well as the Hall of Liberal Arts (now O'Shaughnessy Hall), made possible by a donation from I.A. O'Shaughnessy, at the time the largest ever made to an American Catholic university.


Premise: What was the standard practice in Roman religious life?

Hypothesis: Sporadic and sometimes brutal attempts were made to suppress religionists who seemed to threaten traditional morality and unity, as with the senate's efforts to restrict the Bacchanals in 186 BC.


Premise: What year was Maria Deraismes initiated into the Freemasons?

Hypothesis: Having failed to achieve acceptance from any masonic governing body, she and Georges Martin started a mixed masonic lodge that actually worked masonic ritual.


Premise: When did the liberation of Strasbourg take place?

Hypothesis: After the war, the few that survived were often accused of being traitors or collaborationists, because this tough situation was not known in the rest of France, and they had to face the incomprehension of many.


Premise: What are the names of two researchers who divided neolithic chronology into five periods?

Hypothesis: In 2002 Danielle Stordeur and Frédéric Abbès advanced this system with a division into five periods.


Premise: In which ocean is Tuvalu found?

Hypothesis: The total land area of the islands of Tuvalu is 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi).


Premise: What divides energy transformation into two kinds reversible processes and irreversible processes?

Hypothesis: In processes where heat is generated, quantum states of lower energy, present as possible excitations in fields between atoms, act as a reservoir for part of the energy, from which it cannot be recovered, in order to be converted with 100% efficiency into other forms of energy.


Premise: Apollo 7 launched from Earth on what date?

Hypothesis: The US proceeded with unpiloted test launches of the Saturn V launch vehicle (Apollo 4 and Apollo 6) and the Lunar Module (Apollo 5) during the latter half of 1967 and early 1968.


Premise: What was the total worldwide energy consumption in 2012?

Hypothesis: This is several times larger than the total world energy consumption, which was 559.8 EJ in 2012.


Premise: What do internet hosting services provide?

Hypothesis: Other services include virtual server, cloud services, or physical server operation.


Premise: Who required the Benedictine monks to maintain a charity school?

Hypothesis: It was natural for the learned and literate monks to be entrusted with education, and Benedictine monks were required by the Pope to maintain a charity school in 1179.


Premise: When did Univisión announce it was building a production studio in Miami?

Hypothesis: In 2009, Univisión announced plans to build a new production studio in Miami, dubbed 'Univisión Studios'.


Premise: What is the name of the MMA fighter who carried the torch in Russia?

Hypothesis: Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko was one the torch bearers.


Premise: What region of the country is historical slavery well known?

Hypothesis: The Arabic population kept slaves well into the 20th century, until slavery was suppressed by French authorities around the mid-20th century.


Premise: Which Referendum allowed Indigenous Australians to be counted in the Census?

Hypothesis: Holt also called the 1967 Referendum which removed the discriminatory clause in the Australian Constitution which excluded Aboriginal Australians from being counted in the census – the referendum was one of the few to be overwhelmingly endorsed by the Australian electorate (over 90% voted 'yes').


Premise: What name have Liverpool residents given to The Sun?

Hypothesis: It was revealed in a documentary called Alexei Sayle's Liverpool, aired in September 2008, that many Liverpudlians will not even take the newspaper for free, and those who do may simply burn or tear it up.


Premise: Who broke the eunuch influence at court?

Hypothesis: During the reign of the Jiajing Emperor (r. 1521–1567), the native Chinese ideology of Daoism was fully sponsored at the Ming court, while Tibetan Vajrayana and even Chinese Buddhism were ignored or suppressed.


Premise: The square contains a sculpture by what renowned Uruguayan sculptor?

Hypothesis: The Towers Square, is an area of remarkable aesthetic design, intended to be a platform for the development of business activities, art exhibitions, dance and music performances and social place.


Premise: Who invented the pressurized balloon?

Hypothesis: Some technologies enabled the exploration of new worlds such as the pressurized balloon of Auguste Piccard and the Bathyscaphe which permitted Jacques Piccard to reach the deepest point of the world's oceans.


Premise: What are two types of fuses used for shells?

Hypothesis: For shorter-range work, a lighter weapon with a higher rate of fire is required, to increase a hit probability on a fast airborne target.


Premise: Where sort of activism did Gaddafi promote while attending secondary school?

Hypothesis: Gaddafi moved to Misrata, there attending Misrata Secondary School.


Premise: What processed meat, featured in WEEI-FM's ad slogan, rhymes with Joni?

Hypothesis: WEEI-FM in Boston was the first station to use the term "soft rock", with ad slogans such as, "Fleetwood Mac ... without the yack" and "Joni ... without the baloney".


Premise: What was the last day the Julian calendar was used?

Hypothesis: In these territories, as well as in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (ruled by Anna Jagiellon) and in the Papal States, the new calendar was implemented on the date specified by the bull, with Julian Thursday, 4 October 1582, being followed by Gregorian Friday, 15 October 1582.


Premise: Who developed the Dynagroove format?

Hypothesis: Sometimes this was called "diaphragming" the source material and not favoured by some music lovers for its unnatural side effects.


Premise: What percentage of Greece's economy is based on service?

Hypothesis: Greece is a developed country with an economy based on the service (82.8%) and industrial sectors (13.3%).


Premise: What contribution to history is it believed the History of Mary Prince made?

Hypothesis: The first notable, and historically important, book credited to a Bermudian was The History of Mary Prince, a slave narrative by Mary Prince.


Premise: What is the children's agency of the United Nations Organization?

Hypothesis: North Korea is frequently listed among the world’s worst offenders against human rights.


Premise: What is another cathedral in which simple cylindrical columns stand out more than the Gothic features?

Hypothesis: At the Abbey Saint-Denis, Noyon Cathedral, Notre Dame de Paris and at the eastern end of Canterbury Cathedral in England, simple cylindrical columns predominate over the Gothic forms of clustered columns and shafted piers.


Premise: Who was the Soviet minister who proposed German reunification?

Hypothesis: Proposals for the reunification of Germany were nothing new: earlier on 20 March 1952, talks about a German reunification, initiated by the socalled 'Stalin Note', ended after the United Kingdom, France, and the United States insisted that a unified Germany should not be neutral and should be free to join the European Defence Community and rearm.


Premise: Where does the Bayou City Art Festival rank in U.S. art festivals?

Hypothesis: Other annual events include the Houston Greek Festival, Art Car Parade, the Houston Auto Show, the Houston International Festival, and the Bayou City Art Festival, which is considered to be one of the top five art festivals in the United States.


Premise: What is the name of the music hall

Hypothesis: The original Vredenburg music hall has been redeveloped as part of the larger station area redevelopment plan and in 2014 has gained additional halls that allowed its merger with the rock club Tivoli and the SJU jazzpodium.


Premise: By 1965, about how many American women were taking Enovid?

Hypothesis: Nonetheless, by 1962, 1.2 million American women were on the pill, and by 1965 the number had increased to 6.5 million.


Premise: What country is the inspiration for Mexico City's new programs?

Hypothesis: The city's initiative is inspired by forward thinking examples, such as Denmark's Copenhagenization.


Premise: What is the name of the special that raises money for charities on American Idol?

Hypothesis: This event was also held in seasons seven and nine and has raised nearly $185 million in total.


Premise: What was the main thing the contracts were had to do with?

Hypothesis: The role of architect was usually one with that of master mason, or Magister lathomorum as they are sometimes described in contemporary documents.


Premise: In what century was Southampton Castle built?

Hypothesis: Southampton Castle was built in the 12th century and by the 13th century Southampton had become a leading port, particularly involved in the import of French wine in exchange for English cloth and wool.


Premise: Besides improved tactics and training, what did Wenger add to the Arsenal team?

Hypothesis: Wenger brought new tactics, a new training regime and several foreign players who complemented the existing English talent.


Premise: When was Tibet dominated by the Manchus?

Hypothesis: Tibet was dominated by the Manchus in various stages in the 18th century, and the years immediately following the 1792 regulations were the peak of the Qing imperial commissioners' authority; but there was no attempt to make Tibet a Chinese province.


Premise: Who were Umm Kulthum and Abdel Hafez?

Hypothesis: Arab nationalist terms such "Arab homeland" and "Arab nation" frequently began appearing in his speeches in 1954–55, whereas prior he would refer to the Arab "peoples" or the "Arab region".


Premise: What percentage of women delay their BYU enrollment to serve as a Mormon missionary?

Hypothesis: An education at BYU is also less expensive than at similar private universities, since "a significant portion" of the cost of operating the university is subsidized by the church's tithing funds.


Premise: What invention included an inverted pendulum?

Hypothesis: This employed an inverted pendulum that, when disturbed by ground tremors, would trigger a set of gears that dropped a metal ball from one of eight dragon mouths (representing all eight directions) into a metal toad's mouth.


Premise: Who was the winner of American Idols ninth season?

Hypothesis: DeWyze was declared the winner during the May 26 finale.


Premise: What was the name of the Whig Prime minister at the time of Victorias ascession?

Hypothesis: At the time of her accession, the government was led by the Whig prime minister Lord Melbourne, who at once became a powerful influence on the politically inexperienced Queen, who relied on him for advice.


Premise: What was George IV's original plan for the house?

Hypothesis: After his accession to the throne in 1820, King George IV continued the renovation with the idea in mind of a small, comfortable home.


Premise: Which member of the Han Empire was sent to Daqin in AD 97?

Hypothesis: A Roman embassy of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. 161–180 AD) is recorded in the Hou Hanshu to have reached the court of Emperor Huan of Han (r. AD 146–168) in AD 166, yet Rafe de Crespigny asserts that this was most likely a group of Roman merchants.


Premise: What is a major function of a foundation?

Hypothesis: A very similar type of organization termed a supporting organization operates like a foundation, but they are more complicated to administer, hold more favorable tax status and are restricted in the public charities they support.


Premise: From which country is Bach, Mozart and Beethoven from?

Hypothesis: In the field of music, Germany claims some of the most renowned classical composers of the world including Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, who marked the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music.


Premise: Of what is Houston second in performing arts?

Hypothesis: It is the second-largest concentration of theater seats in a downtown area in the United States.


Premise: What are digital photo cameras also called?

Hypothesis: For digital photo cameras ("digital still cameras"), an exposure index (EI) rating—commonly called ISO setting—is specified by the manufacturer such that the sRGB image files produced by the camera will have a lightness similar to what would be obtained with film of the same EI rating at the same exposure.


Premise: Which 2 albums explored the New Lack Swing?

Hypothesis: Madonna continued to compose ballads and uptempo dance songs for Erotica (1992) and Bedtime Stories (1994).


Premise: What role did Arthur Holly Compton serve at Washington University?

Hypothesis: Compton reestablished the Washington University football team, making the declaration that athletics were to be henceforth played on a "strictly amateur" basis with no athletic scholarships.


Premise: What is an example of an organism which does not contain any repetitive DNA?

Hypothesis: Some E. coli as prokaryotes only have non-repetitive DNA, lower eukaryotes such as C. elegans and fruit fly, still possess more non-repetitive DNA than repetitive DNA.


Premise: later in 2009 what service replaced youtube for TV

Hypothesis: A TiVo service update in July 2008 allowed the system to search and play YouTube videos.


Premise: Who dissolved the Eritrean parliament in 1962?

Hypothesis: The ensuing Eritrean War for Independence went on for 30 years against successive Ethiopian governments until 1991, when the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF), a successor of the ELF, defeated the Ethiopian forces in Eritrea and helped a coalition of Ethiopian rebel forces take control of the Ethiopian Capital Addis Ababa.


Premise: What colony was located to the north of New Haven Colony, centered around the area known as Hartford?

Hypothesis: At the time, the New Haven Colony was separate from the Connecticut Colony, which had been established to the north centering on Hartford.


Premise: What does IHDI stand for?

Hypothesis: The 2010 Human Development Report introduced an Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI).


Premise: When are state banquets held?

Hypothesis: State banquets also take place in the Ballroom; these formal dinners are held on the first evening of a state visit by a foreign head of state.


Premise: What is Darwin's belief about the accumulation of adaptive variations?

Hypothesis: Therefore, the first four chapters lay out his case that selection in nature, caused by the struggle for existence, is analogous to the selection of variations under domestication, and that the accumulation of adaptive variations provides a scientifically testable mechanism for evolutionary speciation.


Premise: In what year was the never ending story made?

Hypothesis: More recently, films such as Das Boot (1981), The Never Ending Story (1984)


Premise: Where did Philip V want to extend his control to?

Hypothesis: Rome's preoccupation with its war with Carthage provided an opportunity for Philip V of the kingdom of Macedonia, located in the north of the Greek peninsula, to attempt to extend his power westward.


Premise: At least how many tesserae are used in the the Monreale mosaics?

Hypothesis: The Monreale mosaics constitute the largest decoration of this kind in Italy, covering 0,75 hectares with at least 100 million glass and stone tesserae.


Premise: What was the death sentence reduced to?

Hypothesis: " The FBI allowed four innocent men to be convicted of the March 1965 gangland murder of Edward "Teddy" Deegan in order to protect Vincent Flemmi, an FBI informant.


Premise: What did Imperial Airways and Pan American begin scheduling in 1937?

Hypothesis: In 1948, regularly scheduled commercial airline service by land-based aeroplanes began to Kindley Field (now L.F. Wade International Airport), helping tourism to reach its peak in the 1960s–1970s.


Premise: What can disruption to genetics and environment in the sleep cycle cause?

Hypothesis: It is possible that genetic and/or environmental disturbances to the normal sleep and wake cycle can increase the susceptibility to addiction.


Premise: How many yards wide is a Canadian football field?

Hypothesis: This was particularly common among U.S.-based teams during the CFL's American expansion, where few American stadiums were able to accommodate the much longer and noticeably wider CFL field.


Premise: What does Stephen Jay Gould call philosophy that deals in the supernatural?

Hypothesis: The nineteenth-century English atheist Charles Bradlaugh declared that he refused to say "There is no God", because "the word 'God' is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation"; he said more specifically that he disbelieved in the Christian god.


Premise: What part of the cotton plant is used for paper manufacture?

Hypothesis: Cotton linters are fine, silky fibers which adhere to the seeds of the cotton plant after ginning.


Premise: In what publication can examples of ex nihilo words be found?

Hypothesis: In Aavik’s dictionary (1921), which lists approximately 4000 words, there are many words which were (allegedly) created ex nihilo, many of which are in common use today.


Premise: By whom was the phonautograms patented?

Hypothesis: The phonautograph, patented by Léon Scott in 1857, used a vibrating diaphragm and stylus to graphically record sound waves as tracings on sheets of paper, purely for visual analysis and without any intent of playing them back.


Premise: What dish is commonly considered to be penultimate culinary achievement in New Haven?

Hypothesis: New Haven-style pizza, called "apizza" (pronounced ah-BEETS, [aˈpitts] in the original Italian dialect), made its debut at the iconic Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (known as Pepe's) in 1925.


Premise: Where does P. Christiaan Klieger work?

Hypothesis: P. Christiaan Klieger, an anthropologist and scholar of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, writes that the vice royalty of the Sakya regime installed by the Mongols established a patron and priest relationship between Tibetans and Mongol converts to Tibetan Buddhism.


Premise: Who first trademarked the iPod name?

Hypothesis: Joseph N. Grasso of New Jersey had originally listed an "iPod" trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in July 2000 for Internet kiosks.


Premise: What airport is closest to Valencia?

Hypothesis: A new temporary station, Estación de València-Joaquín Sorolla, has been built on land adjacent to this terminus to accommodate high speed AVE trains to and from Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Alicante.


Premise: What was Nasser's principle vice?

Hypothesis: State media reported that Nasser's absence from the public view at that time was a result of influenza.


Premise: What was the name of the CD that Kanye recorded based on his failed college experience?

Hypothesis: She later commented, "It was drummed into my head that college is the ticket to a good life... but some career goals don't require college.


Premise: Which side is more urban and fashionable?

Hypothesis: South Oklahoma City is generally more blue collar working class and significantly more industrial, having grown up around the Stockyards and meat packing plants at the turn of the century, and is currently the center of the city's rapidly growing Latino community.


Premise: What kind of event were given to raise money for quake survivors?

Hypothesis: There were also several concerts across the country to raise money for the survivors of the quake.


Premise: Why were the shelters soon abandoned in 1940?

Hypothesis: The programme favoured backyard Anderson shelters and small brick surface shelters; many of the latter were soon abandoned in 1940 as unsafe.


Premise: On what day does The Essentials have its first airing each week?

Hypothesis: The Essentials, currently hosted by Osborne and Sally Field as of 2015[update], is a weekly film showcase airing on Saturday evenings (with a replay on the following Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time), which spotlights a different movie and contains a special introduction and post-movie discussion.


Premise: How do renewable energies acquire energy from the sun?

Hypothesis: Although solar energy refers primarily to the use of solar radiation for practical ends, all renewable energies, other than geothermal and tidal, derive their energy from the Sun in a direct or indirect way.


Premise: What spin-off company took over operations in Bermuda in 1615?

Hypothesis: At that time, the company's charter was revoked, and the English Crown took over administration.


Premise: Out of all African nations, which provided the most legal immigrants in 2013?

Hypothesis: Amidst a resurgence of Puerto Rican migration to New York City, this population had increased to approximately 1.3 million in the metropolitan area as of 2013.


Premise: What does the transistor provide?

Hypothesis: The transistor provides current gain, allowing a relatively large current in the collector to be switched by a much smaller current into the base terminal.


Premise: What is the name of the joint group that Estonia shares with Denmark and 7 other countries?

Hypothesis: The Nordic Council of Ministers has an office in Tallinn with a subsidiary in Tartu and information points in Narva, Valga and Pärnu.


Premise: What two countries divvied up the Middle East's countries after WWI?

Hypothesis: After World War I, when Britain and France divided up the Middle East's countries, apart from Turkey, between them, pursuant to the Sykes-Picot agreement—in violation of solemn wartime promises of postwar Arab autonomy—there came an immediate reaction: the Muslim Brotherhood emerged in Egypt, the House of Saud took over the Hijaz, and regimes led by army officers came to power in Iran and Turkey. "


Premise: How much money did preview showings generate in the US and Canada?

Hypothesis: In the United States and Canada, the film opened on 6 November 2015, and in its opening weekend, was originally projected to gross $70–75 million from 3,927 screens, the widest release for a Bond film.


Premise: Prince Andrews, son of Prince Phillip visited in what year?

Hypothesis: Prince Philip arrived at St Helena in 1957 and then his son Prince Andrew visited as a member of the armed forces in 1984 and his sister the Princess Royal arrived in 2002.


Premise: What was the issue date when this superhero team debuted?

Hypothesis: This applied to The Amazing Spider-Man title in particular, which turned out to be Marvel's most successful book.


Premise: "The Tunnel Project" was later officially named what?

Hypothesis: Nicknamed "The Tunnel Project", Steve Wynn planned the proposed 'Mirage Atlantic City' around the idea that he would connect the $330 million tunnel stretching 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the Atlantic City Expressway to his new resort.


Premise: What year did the U.S. housing bubble peak?

Hypothesis: The bursting of the U.S. (United States) housing bubble, which peaked in 2004, caused the values of securities tied to U.S. real estate pricing to plummet, damaging financial institutions globally.


Premise: When was the most recent Bicycle Friendly Community Award given to Santa Monica?

Hypothesis: Santa Monica is thought to be one of the leaders for bicycle infrastructure and programming in Los Angeles County.[citation needed]


Premise: When in the 19th century was the US navy modernized?

Hypothesis: In 1907, most of the Navy's battleships, with several support vessels, dubbed the Great White Fleet, were featured in a 14-month circumnavigation of the world.


Premise: Which standard were ATSC and DVB based on?

Hypothesis: Both ATSC and DVB were based on the MPEG-2 standard, although DVB systems may also be used to transmit video using the newer and more efficient H.264/MPEG-4 AVC compression standards.


Premise: When did Beyonce become the first African American woman to win Pop songwriter of the year?

Hypothesis: Beyoncé was the third woman to have writing credits on three number one songs ("Irreplaceable", "Grillz" and "Check on It") in the same year, after Carole King in 1971 and Mariah Carey in 1991.


Premise: The Faneuil Hall draws over how many tourists to Boston each year?

Hypothesis: Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing over 20 million visitors per year.


Premise: What date did William Whitney Brazelton Die?

Hypothesis: Brazelton's crimes prompted John J. Valentine, Sr. of Wells, Fargo & Co. to send special agent and future Pima County sheriff Bob Paul to investigate.


Premise: How long did many of the Germans live in the eastern Europe countries before being expelled?

Hypothesis: Germans were also forced to leave the former eastern territories of Germany, which were annexed by Poland (Silesia, Pomerania, parts of Brandenburg and southern part of East Prussia) and the Soviet Union (northern part of East Prussia).


Premise: Engineering design drawings typically utiilze which case of letter in labeling?

Hypothesis: In mathematics, letter case may indicate the relationship between objects with uppercase letters often representing "superior" objects (e.g. X could be a set containing the generic member x).


Premise: What caused Victoria limited mobility later in life?

Hypothesis: Rheumatism in her legs had rendered her lame, and her eyesight was clouded by cataracts.


Premise: What bacteria starting with the letter "F" were found in wood after it was underwater for more than a year?

Hypothesis: Little is known about the bacteria that degrade cellulose.


Premise: Guerra was assassinated in a suburb of which city?

Hypothesis: Ángel Trías led a new movement against the government in June 1875 and maintained control over the government until September 18, 1875 when Donato Guerra the orchestrator of the Revolution of the North was captured.


Premise: Where was the first showing of Spectre held?

Hypothesis: Following the announcement of the start of filming, Paramount Pictures brought forward the release of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation to avoid competing with Spectre.


Premise: Who wrote 'A Vindication of the Rights of Men'?

Hypothesis: Mackintosh later said: "Burke was one of the first thinkers as well as one of the greatest orators of his time.


Premise: When was the Ann Arbor civic Ballet established?

Hypothesis: Regional and local performing arts groups not associated with the university include the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre, the Arbor Opera Theater, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Ballet Theater, the Ann Arbor Civic Ballet (established in 1954 as Michigan's first chartered ballet company), The Ark, and Performance Network Theatre.


Premise: What other instruments do the Japanese madnolin orchestras play?

Hypothesis: Japanese mandolin orchestras today may consist of up to 40 or 50 members, and can include woodwind, percussion, and brass sections.


Premise: Who demanded protection for Roman Catholic rights in sacred places in Palestine?

Hypothesis: The Marquis Charles de La Valette was a zealous Catholic and a leading member of the "clerical party," which demanded French protection of the Roman Catholic rights to the holy places in Palestine.


Premise: Corrupt people may manipulate what to receive more assistance?

Hypothesis: Access to aid may be limited to those with connections, to those who pay bribes or are forced to give sexual favors.


Premise: What is the name of the traditional Chinese alphabet?

Hypothesis: The use of a mixed script of Han characters and Latin letters is also seen, though remains uncommon.


Premise: What type of studies does the Biological Conservation journal publish?

Hypothesis: A scientific study in the journal, Biological Conservation, states that trophy hunting is of "major importance to conservation in Africa by creating economic incentives for conservation over vast areas, including areas which may be unsuitable for alternative wildlife-based land uses such as photographic ecotourism."


Premise: What do MP3 standards not define?

Hypothesis: The MP3 standards do not define tag formats for MP3 files, nor is there a standard container format that would support metadata and obviate the need for tags.


Premise: Do milestones such as driving a vechile, serving on a jury, voting, and marriage all have a common age of responsibility?

Hypothesis: Such milestones include driving a vehicle, having legal sexual relations, serving in the armed forces or on a jury, purchasing and drinking alcohol, voting, entering into contracts, finishing certain levels of education, and marriage.


Premise: When are Beaks required to wear a form of school dress?

Hypothesis: As stated above, King's Scholars wear a black gown over the top of their tailcoats, and occasionally a surplice in Chapel.


Premise: How many cosmogenic myths does the religion of the Sumerians appear to be founded upon?

Hypothesis: Sumerian religion seems to have been founded upon two separate cosmogenic myths.


Premise: Why did India and Sweden never determine how much the US would compensate China?

Hypothesis: Consequently, the over-extended KPA could not be supplied throughout the south.


Premise: On what date was William R. Tolbert killed?

Hypothesis: On April 12, 1980, a military coup led by Master Sergeant Samuel Doe of the Krahn ethnic group overthrew and killed President William R. Tolbert, Jr..


Premise: What year did Chopin become a citizen of France?

Hypothesis: In 1835 he obtained French citizenship.


Premise: What is the non-Hispanic white population of Houston?

Hypothesis: At 2.7 million in 2012, New York's non-Hispanic white population is larger than the non-Hispanic white populations of Los Angeles (1.1 million), Chicago (865,000), and Houston (550,000) combined.


Premise: What international newspapers is in the Asia District?

Hypothesis: There are numerous community and international newspapers locally that cater to the city's ethnic mosaic; such as The Black Chronicle, headquartered in the Eastside, the OK VIETIMES and Oklahoma Chinese Times, located in Asia District, and various Hispanic community publications.


Premise: How many urban districts are in Bremen?

Hypothesis: The Districts of Germany (Kreise) are administrative districts, and every state except the city-states of Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen consists of "rural districts" (Landkreise), District-free Towns/Cities


Premise: What language did French borrow the word 'police' from?

Hypothesis: The word, and the concept of police itself, were "disliked as a symbol of foreign oppression" (according to Britannica 1911).


Premise: Who did Darwin write his ideas to in 1842?

Hypothesis: Darwin began correspondence about his theorising with the botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker in January 1844, and by July had rounded out his "sketch" into a 230-page "Essay", to be expanded with his research results and published if he died prematurely.


Premise: The Umayyad Dynasty made mosaic making do what in the Islamic culture?

Hypothesis: In Syria and Egypt the Arabs were influenced by the great tradition of Roman and Early Christian mosaic art.


Premise: What other cultures are said to be separated by space, what is actually meant?

Hypothesis: Some authors argue that anthropology originated and developed as the study of "other cultures", both in terms of time (past societies) and space (non-European/non-Western societies).


Premise: What is the name of the US-based firm in a production-sharing agreement with Cyprus?

Hypothesis: Cyprus and Israel demarcated their maritime border in 2010, and in August 2011, the US-based firm Noble Energy entered into a production-sharing agreement with the Cypriot government regarding the block's commercial development.


Premise: In 2010 how many movies did youtube's rental service offer?

Hypothesis: The service offers over 6,000 films.


Premise: What is the lowest score on the Democracy Score scale?

Hypothesis: International observers of Council of Europe and US Department of State have questioned the fairness of Armenia's parliamentary and presidential elections and constitutional referendum since 1995, citing polling deficiencies, lack of cooperation by the Electoral Commission, and poor maintenance of electoral lists and polling places.


Premise: What is more common in birds than any other vertebrate class?

Hypothesis: Among most groups of animals, male parental care is rare.


Premise: What is the national marriage average among college graduates?

Hypothesis: BYU students on average marry at the age of 22, according to a 2005 study, while the national average age is 25 years for men and 27 years for women.


Premise: What are some of the findings that support their argument?

Hypothesis: Some modern day physicists and science writers—such as Paul Davies and John Gribbin—have argued that materialism has been disproven by certain scientific findings in physics, such as quantum mechanics and chaos theory.


Premise: What treatment helps improve those with allergic rhinitis and asthma?

Hypothesis: For those with severe persistent asthma not controlled by inhaled corticosteroids and LABAs, bronchial thermoplasty may be an option.


Premise: How long was Southampton's High Street as described by Choules?

Hypothesis: In his 1854 book "The Cruise of the Steam Yacht North Star" John Choules described Southampton thus: "I hardly know a town that can show a more beautiful Main Street than Southampton, except it be Oxford.


Premise: In the United States, how many important steps are usually present in the administration of capital punishment?

Hypothesis: Typically, it involves four critical steps: (1) sentencing, (2) direct review, (3) state collateral review, and (4) federal habeas corpus.


Premise: How many bodies of Gaddafi supporters were found at the Mahari Hotel?

Hypothesis: Around 140 Gaddafi loyalists were rounded up from the convoy; tied up and abused, the corpses of 66 were found at the nearby Mahari Hotel, victims of extrajudicial execution.


Premise: Who must Link fight at the end of a dungeon level?

Hypothesis: The dungeons are connected by a large overworld, across which Link can travel on foot; on his horse, Epona; or by teleporting.


Premise: Yugoslavia was the only communist country to have an embassy where?

Hypothesis: For example, Yugoslavia was the only communist country allowed to have an embassy in Alfredo Stroessner's Paraguay.


Premise: More than half of the Jews live where?

Hypothesis: Demographers disagree on whether the United States has a larger Jewish population than Israel, with many maintaining that Israel surpassed the United States in Jewish population during the 2000s, while others maintain that the United States still has the largest Jewish population in the world.


Premise: What consequences did he believe that this would have on Mary's reputation ?

Hypothesis: Proposing a solution to the theological problem of reconciling the doctrine with that of universal redemption in Christ, he argued that Mary's immaculate conception did not remove her from redemption by Christ; rather it was the result of a more perfect redemption granted her because of her special role in salvation history.


Premise: Who was the first European trader to see asphalt?

Hypothesis: In 1719, a Cree Indian named Wa-Pa-Su brought a sample for trade to Henry Kelsey of the Hudson’s Bay Company, who was the first recorded European to see it.


Premise: What year did American Idol first air its fourteenth season?

Hypothesis: The fourteenth season premiered on January 7, 2015.


Premise: Where did a group of fans demand that Everton remain within the city boundaries of?

Hypothesis: Opponents to the plan included other local councils concerned by the effect of a large Tesco store being built as part of the development, and a group of fans demanding that Everton should remain within the city boundaries of Liverpool.


Premise: When did the English East India Company defeat Siraj-ud-Daula?

Hypothesis: The British thus became masters of east India (Bengal, Bihar, Orissa) – a prosperous region with a flourishing agriculture, industry and trade.


Premise: Who did the team sign on December 10, 2014 as a free agent?

Hypothesis: On December 10, 2014, Maddon announced that the team had signed free agent Jon Lester to a 6-year, $155 million contract.


Premise: A biography on Chopin released under Franz Liszt's name was likely written by who?

Hypothesis: If the mighty autocrat in the north [i.e. Nicholas I of Russia] could know that in Chopin's works, in the simple strains of his mazurkas, there lurks a dangerous enemy, he would place a ban on his music.


Premise: What is the atmosphere typically like in Cork?

Hypothesis: Cork is also a generally foggy city, with an average of 97 days of fog a year, most common during mornings and during winter.


Premise: Who taught children before they began school in Hungary?

Hypothesis: Formal schooling did not start in Hungary until the age of ten.


Premise: What are fimbriae liable for?

Hypothesis: Fimbriae are believed to be involved in attachment to solid surfaces or to other cells, and are essential for the virulence of some bacterial pathogens.


Premise: What amendment process is generally reserved for changes that rectify obvious errors in the text?

Hypothesis: Treaties can also be amended informally by the treaty executive council when the changes are only procedural, technical change in customary international law can also amend a treaty, where state behavior evinces a new interpretation of the legal obligations under the treaty.


Premise: What did the separation of Pangaea cause to become extinct?

Hypothesis: The Late Jurassic featured a massive extinction of sauropods and Ichthyosaurs due to the separation of Pangaea into Laurasia and Gondwana in an extinction known as the Jurassic-Cretaceous extinction.


Premise: What does the Marshall Islands government call Wake Island?

Hypothesis: The Marshall Islands also lays claim to Wake Island.


Premise: What was the original valuation of the merger?

Hypothesis: The Register reported the view of William Blair & Company that the merger would "blow up the current IT chess board", forcing other IT infrastructure vendors to restructure to achieve scale and vertical integration.


Premise: What is the ritual procession through the town to call everyone to attendance called?

Hypothesis: The festivities end on Ash Wednesday with elaborate funeral rituals marking the death of King Carnival, who is typically burned on a pyre in what is called the burial of the sardine (enterrament de la sardina), or, in Vilanova, as l'enterro.


Premise: When did British troops occupy the city of Montevideo?

Hypothesis: On 3 February 1807, British troops under the command of General Samuel Auchmuty and Admiral Charles Stirling occupied the city during the Battle of Montevideo (1807), but it was recaptured by the Spanish in the same year on 2 September when John Whitelocke was forced to surrender to troops formed by forces of the Banda Oriental—roughly the same area as modern Uruguay—and of Buenos Aires.


Premise: Where is Thomas DeGregori from?

Hypothesis: According to Thomas DeGregori, an economics professor at the University of Houston, in an article published by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank operating in Washington D.C., "it is clear that technological and economic change are vital ingredients in getting children out of the workplace and into schools.


Premise: Prior to 2008, in what year did the last election occur in which neither major party had an individual on the ticket with a connection to New Haven and Yale University?

Hypothesis: Before the 2008 election, the last time there was not a person with ties to New Haven and Yale on either major party's ticket was 1968.


Premise: What are the names of various companies that produce and export fish products?

Hypothesis: Traditionally a sea-power, Portugal has had a strong tradition in the Portuguese fishing sector and is one of the countries with the highest fish consumption per capita.


Premise: Where was the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert held?

Hypothesis: On 20 April 1992, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was held at London's Wembley Stadium to a 72,000-strong crowd.


Premise: Frequent episodes of diarrhea are common in what type of cases?

Hypothesis: It is most common in developing countries, where young children get diarrhea on average three times a year.


Premise: On what days were Scottish and Welsh pubs often 'dry'?

Hypothesis: Some Scottish and Welsh parishes remained officially "dry" on Sundays (although often this merely required knocking at the back door of the pub).


Premise: The amount of professors at Notre Dame increased by what amount under Malloy?

Hypothesis: He increased the faculty by more than 500 professors; the academic quality of the student body has improved dramatically, with the average SAT score rising from 1240 to 1360; the number of minority students more than doubled; the endowment grew from $350 million to more than $3 billion; the annual operating budget rose from $177 million to more than $650 million; and annual research funding improved from $15 million to more than $70 million.


Premise: How many incorporated cities are in Oklahoma?

Hypothesis: Oklahoma had 598 incorporated places in 2010, including four cities over 100,000 in population and 43 over 10,000.


Premise: What is Nigeria's northernmost climate?

Hypothesis: This forest zone's most southerly portion is defined as "salt water swamp," also known as a mangrove swamp because of the large amount of mangroves in the area.


Premise: The use of lasers in anti-aircraft warfare is currently considered what?

Hypothesis: In particular the Tactical High Energy Laser can be used in the anti-aircraft and anti-missile role.


Premise: What consists of very lightweight bones?

Hypothesis: The skeleton consists of very lightweight bones.


Premise: What is the name of the earliest Southern Min colloquial text?

Hypothesis: Another is a Ming Dynasty script of a play called Romance of the Lychee Mirror (1566), supposedly the earliest Southern Min colloquial text.


Premise: How many documents remain classified?

Hypothesis: Eventually, 30 of the reserved 100 documents were published; 70 remained secret, and unpublished.


Premise: Who granted the privilege of Piotrkow?

Hypothesis: It bound the peasant to the land, as only one son (not the eldest) was permitted to leave the village; townsfolk (Polish: "mieszczaństwo") were prohibited from owning land; and positions in the Church hierarchy could be given only to nobles.


Premise: What percentage of Alaska is maintained by the US federal government?

Hypothesis: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.


Premise: How does Whitehead define presentational immediacy?

Hypothesis: Whitehead describes causal efficacy as "the experience dominating the primitive living organisms, which have a sense for the fate from which they have emerged, and the fate towards which they go.


Premise: The midbrain during development is known as what?

Hypothesis: In its earliest form, the brain appears as three swellings at the front end of the neural tube; these swellings eventually become the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain (the prosencephalon, mesencephalon, and rhombencephalon, respectively).


Premise: How many terrestrial species died during the extinction?

Hypothesis: Towards the Late Cretaceous large volcanic eruptions are also believed to have contributed to the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.


Premise: What political structure aids the Prime Minister?

Hypothesis: The current Estonian Prime Minister is Taavi Rõivas, who is the former Minister of Social Affairs and the head of the Estonian Reform Party.


Premise: Which states have argued that the Soviet-German Pact was invalid from the inception?

Hypothesis: Both successor-states of the pact parties have declared the secret protocols to be invalid from the moment they were signed.


Premise: What is the point of the Golden Jubilee?

Hypothesis: Victoria marked the fiftieth anniversary of her accession on 20 June with a banquet to which 50 kings and princes were invited.


Premise: What subject was Kanye West's focus at Chicago State University?

Hypothesis: She later commented, "It was drummed into my head that college is the ticket to a good life... but some career goals don't require college.


Premise: What country did Sergel's play tour around in and perform in 2006?

Hypothesis: The play also opened the 2013 season at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London where it played to full houses and starred Robert Sean Leonard as Atticus Finch, his first London appearance in 22 years.


Premise: Who selected Charleston to host an American version of a festival?

Hypothesis: The relationship between the two cities began when Pulitzer Prize-winning Italian composer Gian Carlo Menotti selected Charleston as the city to host the American version of Spoleto's annual Festival of Two Worlds. "


Premise: What are the two main prevalent infectious diseases of Mali?

Hypothesis: Malaria and other arthropod-borne diseases are prevalent in Mali, as are a number of infectious diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis.


Premise: What university has the largest Native American enrollment in the US?

Hypothesis: Six of the state's universities were placed in the Princeton Review's list of best 122 regional colleges in 2007, and three made the list of top colleges for best value.


Premise: What is a tax imposed on Jews in 70 CE?

Hypothesis: The 8 million figure is also in doubt as it may refer to a census of total Roman citizens.


Premise: In what year was the 6th gen iPod Classic released?

Hypothesis: In 2007, Apple modified the iPod interface again with the introduction of the sixth-generation iPod Classic and third-generation iPod Nano by changing the font to Helvetica and, in most cases, splitting the screen in half by displaying the menus on the left and album artwork, photos, or videos on the right (whichever was appropriate for the selected item).


Premise: What did the Allies call the Japanese convoys supplying the ground forces attacking Henderson Field?

Hypothesis: To sustain these offensives, resupply was carried out by Japanese convoys, termed the "Tokyo Express" by the Allies.


Premise: What makes an organism a secondary consumer?

Hypothesis: An apex predator in one environment may not retain this position as a top predator if introduced to another habitat, such as a dog among alligators, a skunk in the presence of the great horned owl immune to skunk spray, or a snapping turtle among jaguars; a predatory species introduced into an area where it faces no predators, such as a domestic cat or a dog in some insular environments, can become an apex predator by default.


Premise: Between 1973 and 2015, how amny prisoners were acquitted or received pardons or commutations of their death sentences due to possible innocence?

Hypothesis: Death penalty opponents often argue that this statistic shows how perilously close states have come to undertaking wrongful executions; proponents point out that the statistic refers only to those exonerated in law, and that the truly innocent may be a smaller number.


Premise: Which country did the RSFSR border on the west?

Hypothesis: The international borders of the RSFSR touched Poland on the west; Norway and Finland on the northwest; and to its southeast were the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mongolian People's Republic, and the People's Republic of China.


Premise: What states that the system doing work always loses some energy as waste heat?

Hypothesis: While heat can always be fully converted into work in a reversible isothermal expansion of an ideal gas, for cyclic processes of practical interest in heat engines the second law of thermodynamics states that the system doing work always loses some energy as waste heat.


Premise: What was the name of the bodybuilding film Schwarzenegger starred in?

Hypothesis: Months before the 1975 Mr. Olympia contest, filmmakers George Butler and Robert Fiore persuaded Schwarzenegger to compete, in order to film his training in the bodybuilding documentary called Pumping Iron.


Premise: For what are leaves used?

Hypothesis: Stems mainly provide support to the leaves and reproductive structures, but can store water in succulent plants such as cacti, food as in potato tubers, or reproduce vegetatively as in the stolons of strawberry plants or in the process of layering.


Premise: What country has the highest retail value of software?

Hypothesis: In addition with software infringement rates of 68 percent comparing to 24 percent of mature markets, emerging markets thus possess the majority of the global increase in the commercial value of counterfeit software.


Premise: In what district are these sculptural pieces located?

Hypothesis: A number of sculptural ensembles of that era, erected at the tombs of royals and other dignitaries, have survived (in various degrees of preservation) in Nanjing's northeastern and eastern suburbs, primarily in Qixia and Jiangning District.


Premise: What percent of undergraduate students are involved in faculty research?

Hypothesis: Virtually all faculty members at Washington University engage in academic research,[citation needed] offering opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students across the university's seven schools.


Premise: Hok-Lam Chan states that Deshin Skekpa was only invited for what purpose?

Hypothesis: However, Hok-Lam Chan states that "there is little evidence that this was ever the emperor's intention" and that evidence indicates that Deshin Skekpa was invited strictly for religious purposes.


Premise: What does the green cedar of Lebanon tree represent on the Flag of Lebanon?

Hypothesis: Some countries used green in their flags to represent their country's lush vegetation, as in the flag of Jamaica, and hope in the future, as in the flags of Portugal and Nigeria.


Premise: When was the sequencing of D genome of G.  raimondii mostly completed?

Hypothesis: In 2010, two companies (Monsanto and Illumina), completed enough Illumina sequencing to cover the D genome of G. raimondii about 50x.


Premise: The school known as Notre Dame is known by a more lengthy name, what is it?

Hypothesis: The main campus covers 1,250 acres in a suburban setting and it contains a number of recognizable landmarks, such as the Golden Dome, the "Word of Life" mural (commonly known as Touchdown Jesus), and the Basilica.


Premise: Who directed 'Seven Samurai'?

Hypothesis: One example is that in the Japanese film, seven samurai warriors are hired by local farmers to protect their land from being overrun by bandits; In George Lucas’ Star Wars: A New Hope, a similar situation arises.


Premise: Who was the master of the east of India?

Hypothesis: The British thus became masters of east India (Bengal, Bihar, Orissa) – a prosperous region with a flourishing agriculture, industry and trade.


Premise: How many cities were tracked for pollution by the World Health Organization in 2014?

Hypothesis: In recent Mercer’s 2015 annual quality-of-living survey, New Delhi ranks at number 154 out of 230 cities due to bad air quality and pollution.


Premise: What year did parliament rescind the exemption of 1799 given to the Freemasons?

Hypothesis: This continued until 1967 when the obligation of the provision was rescinded by Parliament.


Premise: How much was the initial principal of the Permanent Fund?

Hypothesis: From its initial principal of $734,000, the fund has grown to $50 billion as a result of oil royalties and capital investment programs.


Premise: Approximately how many Chinatowns exist in New York City?

Hypothesis: The wider New York City metropolitan area, with over 20 million people, about 50% greater than the second-place Los Angeles metropolitan area in the United States, is also ethnically diverse.


Premise: What percentage of African ancestry were 30% of college students identifying as white estimated to have?

Hypothesis: This has resulted in a majority of people who identify as African American having some European ancestors.


Premise: What is the name of the largest denomination of the Presbyterian Church in America?

Hypothesis: In time, the presbytery would be joined by two more to form a synod (1717) and would eventually evolve into the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in 1789.


Premise: What will be removed from Tbilisi in order to enlarge her below decks aviation facilities?

Hypothesis: The P-700 systems will be removed in the coming refit to enlarge her below decks aviation facilities as well as upgrading her defensive systems.


Premise: Why do some police acts limit when police can interfere without court orders?

Hypothesis: This would, for example, allow police to establish a restaurant guest's identity and forward it to the innkeeper in a case where the guest cannot pay the bill at nighttime because his wallet had just been stolen from the restaurant table.


Premise: What 3 factors have international relations theorists considered factors for great power status?

Hypothesis: Great powers characteristically possess military and economic strength, as well as diplomatic and soft power influence, which may cause middle or small powers to consider the great powers' opinions before taking actions of their own.


Premise: When was the "Stupid Motorist Law" passed?

Hypothesis: If the road is flooded and a barricade is in place, motorists who drive around the barricade can be charged up to $2000 for costs involved in rescuing them.


Premise: Which church was Father Edward Sorin representing?

Hypothesis: Sorin arrived on the site with eight Holy Cross brothers from France and Ireland on November 26, 1842, and began the school using Father Stephen Badin's old log chapel.


Premise: Where were the American aircraft carriers during the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan?

Hypothesis: In the early hours of 7 December (Hawaiian time), Japan launched a major surprise carrier-based air strike on Pearl Harbor without explicit warning, which crippled the U.S. Pacific Fleet, leaving eight American battleships out of action, 188 American aircraft destroyed, and 2,403 American citizens dead.


Premise: Who founded Taxila?

Hypothesis: The city of Taxila, founded by son of Taksh the son Bharat who was the brother of Ram.


Premise: When did the Duke of Kent die?

Hypothesis: Both the Duke of Kent and King George III died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.


Premise: What kind of people can join Saint Fm Radio Community?

Hypothesis: Saint FM Community Radio took over the radio channels vacated by Saint FM and launched on 10 March 2013.


Premise: A plaster cast of what part of Alberts body was placed in the coffin with the Queen?

Hypothesis: One of Albert's dressing gowns was placed by her side, with a plaster cast of his hand, while a lock of John Brown's hair, along with a picture of him, was placed in her left hand concealed from the view of the family by a carefully positioned bunch of flowers.


Premise: With what religion did the Ahom merge?

Hypothesis: The Ahoms brought with them a tribal religion and a language of their own, however they later merged with the Hindu religion.


Premise: Who was the first governor of Saint Helena?

Hypothesis: The first governor, Captain John Dutton, arrived in 1659, making Saint Helena one of Britain's oldest colonies outside North America and the Caribbean.


Premise: Where was the fictionalized "Chopin" produced?

Hypothesis: Chopin was written by Giacomo Orefice and produced in Milan in 1901.


Premise: Who built the Marais-quarter Agodudas Hakehilos Synagogue?

Hypothesis: There are currently 83 synagogues in the city; The Marais-quarter Agoudas Hakehilos Synagogue, built in 1913 by architect Hector Guimard, is a Paris landmark.


Premise: Which format held recordings ranging from 10 to 15 minutes?

Hypothesis: An LP can play for up to 30 minutes per side, though most played for about 22 minutes per side, bringing the total playing time of a typical LP recording to about forty-five minutes.


Premise: What did the court rule outlawing polygamy was?

Hypothesis: Writing for the majority, Justice Stephen Johnson Field cited Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists to state that "Congress was deprived of all legislative power over mere opinion, but was left free to reach actions which were in violation of social duties or subversive of good order."


Premise: Is the Arundo donax a monocot or dicot cane plant?

Hypothesis: The reeds used to play them, however, are usually made from Arundo donax, a type of monocot cane plant.


Premise: What number word is spelled the same in English and Low German?

Hypothesis: Dutch shares only with Low German the development of /xs/ > /ss/


Premise: What is an early version of the national encoding standard used in the people's public of China?

Hypothesis: GB18030, the modern, mandatory standard, has a much higher number.


Premise: Who gave money to Bell and Watson?

Hypothesis: With financial support from Sanders and Hubbard, Bell hired Thomas Watson as his assistant,[N 15] and the two of them experimented with acoustic telegraphy.


Premise: When did General Wavell assume control of the Southheast Asia Allied forces?

Hypothesis: Following the Declaration by United Nations (the first official use of the term United Nations) on 1 January 1942, the Allied governments appointed the British General Sir Archibald Wavell to the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM), a supreme command for Allied forces in Southeast Asia.


Premise: What caused the dialect continuum to become fractured?

Hypothesis: However, migrations from the 16th to 18th centuries resulting from the spread of Ottoman Empire on the Balkans have caused large-scale population displacement that broke the dialect continuum into many geographical pockets.


Premise: In what year did Nasser and Chehab agree to end the Lebanon crisis?

Hypothesis: On 25 March 1959, Chehab and Nasser met at the Lebanese–Syrian border and compromised on an end to the Lebanese crisis.


Premise: What is the name of the traditional Mali recipe that equinut is a twist on?

Hypothesis: The aim was to boost nutrition and livelihoods by producing a product that women could make and sell, and which would be accepted by the local community because of its local heritage.


Premise: What book did James Gleck write about Feynman?

Hypothesis: and What Do You Care What Other People Think?


Premise: When did fighting break out in CAR?

Hypothesis: While these missionaries are predominantly from the United States, France, Italy, and Spain, many are also from Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other African countries.


Premise: What shapes processes of human cognition?

Hypothesis: It also examines how the understanding of cognition, emotion, motivation, and similar psychological processes inform or constrain our models of cultural and social processes.


Premise: Why was a solar eclipse impossible?

Hypothesis: Christian traveller and historian Sextus Julius Africanus and Christian theologian Origen refer to Greek historian Phlegon, who lived in the 2nd century AD, as having written "with regard to the eclipse in the time of Tiberius Caesar, in whose reign Jesus appears to have been crucified, and the great earthquakes which then took place"


Premise: Where is Saint Catherine's Monastery located?

Hypothesis: Important Justinian era mosaics decorated the Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai in Egypt.


Premise: How were the moral standards of ancient cultures enforced?

Hypothesis: Pre-modern cultures have not been thought of creating a sense of distinct individuality, though.


Premise: Who designed the Edificio Panamericano?

Hypothesis: However, the construction boom of the 1970s and 1980s transformed the face of this neighbourhood, with a cluster of modern apartment buildings for upper and upper middle class residents.[citation needed]


Premise: How much more that the buget did the film gross?

Hypothesis: Although the film received negative reviews from critics, the movie did well at the US box office, grossing $68 million—$60 million more than Cadillac Records


Premise: When did the Kuomintang (KMT; Nationalist Party) defeat and take over Beijing?

Hypothesis: In 1927, the Kuomintang (KMT; Nationalist Party) under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek again established Nanjing as the capital of the Republic of China, and this became internationally recognized once KMT forces took Beijing in 1928.


Premise: How many earthquakes occurred on March 5, 2012?

Hypothesis: New Delhi lies on several fault lines and thus experiences frequent earthquakes, most of them of mild intensity.


Premise: Where is the bridge named for Calatrava located?

Hypothesis: i les Ciències), which contains an opera house/performing arts centre, a science museum, an IMAX cinema/planetarium, an oceanographic park and other structures such as a long covered walkway and restaurants.


Premise: What power plant was damaged?

Hypothesis: The Zipingpu Hydropower Plant (simplified Chinese: 紫坪铺水库; traditional Chinese: 紫坪鋪水庫) located 20 km east of the epicenter was damaged.


Premise: Beyoncé was the second African American woman featured as a swimsuit cover on the magazine, who was first?

Hypothesis: Her mother co-wrote a book, published in 2002, titled Destiny's Style an account of how fashion had an impact on the trio's success.