Premise: What attribute of the United States could be thought to lead more international and less domestic employment opportunities?

Hypothesis: One interpretation of this result is that U.S. innovation can create more jobs overseas than domestically.


Premise: How many unique phenomes are usually attributed to Dutch?

Hypothesis: All three are commonly the only ones considered unique phonemes in Dutch.


Premise: Who recieved the first transatlantic wireless transmission?

Hypothesis: The first transatlantic wireless transmission was received here by Guglielmo Marconi on 12 December 1901.


Premise: What happens in empirical therapy?

Hypothesis: Empirical therapy is usually initiated before the doctor knows the exact identification of microorgansim causing the infection as the identification process make take several days in the laboratory.


Premise: How much land did Bronck eventually own?

Hypothesis: He eventually accumulated 500 acres (about 2 square km, or 3/4 of a square mile) between the Harlem River and the Aquahung, which became known as Bronck's River, or The Bronx.


Premise: The Hongguang Emperor's reign was thought of as the first reign of what dynasty?

Hypothesis: His short reign was described by later historians as the first reign of the so-called Southern Ming dynasty.


Premise: At a later point other groups were admitted into the Divan, what groups?

Hypothesis: The politics of the state had a number of advisors and ministers gathered around a council known as Divan (after the 17th century it was renamed the "Porte").


Premise: What color were attendees asked to not wear at Bell's funeral?

Hypothesis: Bell's coffin was constructed of Beinn Bhreagh pine by his laboratory staff, lined with the same red silk fabric used in his tetrahedral kite experiments.


Premise: What other types of operas are performed in Nanjing?

Hypothesis: Jiangsu Province Kun Opera is one of the best theatres for Kunqu, China's oldest stage art.


Premise: Which towers are located at 1601 and 1619 Third Avenue?

Hypothesis: Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, is located on East 90th Street between Third Avenue and Second Avenue, across the street from Ruppert Towers (1601 and 1619 Third Avenue) and Ruppert Park.


Premise: What Desert is shared between South Africa and Botswana?

Hypothesis: The Kalahari, while popularly known as a desert, has a variety of localised environments, including some verdant and technically non-desert areas.


Premise: When did Cardinals stop wearing purple or blue capes?

Hypothesis: When in choir dress, a Latin-rite cardinal wears scarlet garments — the blood-like red symbolizes a cardinal's willingness to die for his faith.


Premise: What gene needs to be deleted to cause obesity in mice?

Hypothesis: However, it is not clear whether there is a strong association between clock gene polymorphisms in humans and the susceptibility to develop the metabolic syndrome.


Premise: Where did John Glenn land on Earth after coming back from orbit?

Hypothesis: Almost a year after the Soviet Union put a human into orbit, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, on February 20, 1962.


Premise: Was there someone else that was preferred as Bishop?

Hypothesis: The Bishops had nothing better.


Premise: Where did John Hawkins and Francis Drake attack Spanish and Portuguese slave ships?

Hypothesis: This effort was rebuffed and later, as the Anglo-Spanish Wars intensified, Elizabeth I gave her blessing to further privateering raids against Spanish ports in the Americas and shipping that was returning across the Atlantic, laden with treasure from the New World.


Premise: What does the definition of essential genes assume an absence of?

Hypothesis: This definition assumes the abundant availability of all relevant nutrients and the absence of environmental stress.


Premise: What's the name of the team-up between Samoa and Virgin Australia?

Hypothesis: The sector has been helped enormously by major capital investment in hotel infrastructure, political instability in neighbouring Pacific countries, and the 2005 launch of Virgin Samoa a joint-venture between the government and Virgin Australia (then Virgin Blue).


Premise: When was the last time the Chicago Cubs appeared in the Fall Classic?

Hypothesis: In fact, the Cubs' last World Series title occurred before those other three leagues even existed, and even the Cubs' last World Series appearance predates the founding of the NBA.


Premise: When do mixed race individuals feel marginalized?

Hypothesis: Some multiracial individuals feel marginalized by U.S. society.


Premise: What right to abstain from do Jehovah's Witnesses exercise?

Hypothesis: Among the rights strengthened by Witness court victories in the United States are the protection of religious conduct from federal and state interference, the right to abstain from patriotic rituals and military service, the right of patients to refuse medical treatment, and the right to engage in public discourse.


Premise: What were the other offshoots formed in countries other than France?

Hypothesis: Early Futurist paintings hold in common with Cubism the fusing of the past and the present, the representation of different views of the subject pictured at the same time, also called multiple perspective, simultaneity or multiplicity, while Constructivism was influenced by Picasso's technique of constructing sculpture from separate elements.


Premise: What country is the worst violator

Hypothesis: India is the country with the highest number of people practicing open defecation: around 600 million people.


Premise: What did the Royal Charter give to the Stationers' Company of London?

Hypothesis: Article 12 of the 1886 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works uses the term "piracy" in relation to copyright infringement, stating "Pirated works may be seized on importation into those countries of the Union where the original work enjoys legal protection."


Premise: Who wrote 'Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge'?

Hypothesis: A generation later, the Irish Anglican bishop, George Berkeley (1685–1753), determined that Locke's view immediately opened a door that would lead to eventual atheism.


Premise: What was the longest-lived Macintosh in Apple's history while it was in production?

Hypothesis: The Mac Plus was an immediate success and remained in production, unchanged, until October 15, 1990; on sale for just over four years and ten months, it was the longest-lived Macintosh in Apple's history.


Premise: Who is upon the bed?

Hypothesis: i artista d'honor dalt del llit (Lord of the Tall Banana in Bloom, of the Voyeurs and Punks and the Artist of Honor upon the Bed).


Premise: Who are the 'Movie Brats', besides Spielberg?

Hypothesis: Spielberg is a contemporary of filmmakers George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, John Milius, and Brian De Palma, collectively known as the "Movie Brats".


Premise: What island was once a part of Long Island?

Hypothesis: During the Wisconsinan glaciation, the New York City region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 1,000 feet in depth.


Premise: What position did George Hardie hold?

Hypothesis: In the words of Labour Member of Parliament George Hardie, the abdication crisis of 1936 did "more for republicanism than fifty years of propaganda".


Premise: What date did Namibia get it's official name?

Hypothesis: South West Africa became known as Namibia by the UN when the General Assembly changed the territory's name by Resolution 2372 (XXII) of 12 June 1968.


Premise: Where did Napoleon and Czar Alexander first meet?

Hypothesis: In 1808, Napoleon and Czar Alexander met at the Congress of Erfurt to preserve the Russo-French alliance.


Premise: What two mountains ranges are located on the island of Cyprus?

Hypothesis: The physical relief of the island is dominated by two mountain ranges, the Troodos Mountains and the smaller Kyrenia Range, and the central plain they encompass, the Mesaoria.


Premise: Was was the name given to the Alsace provincinal court?

Hypothesis: The idea was that such men would be more tractable and less likely to alienate the fief from the crown out of their own greed.


Premise: What were provinces broken up into?

Hypothesis: There were eight regional viceroys in China proper, each usually took charge of two or three provinces.


Premise: When was the Paymaster General Act passed?

Hypothesis: The Paymaster General Act 1782 ended the post as a lucrative sinecure.


Premise: What materials absorb sunlight and create higher temperatures than natural materials?

Hypothesis: The higher temperatures are a result of increased absorption of the Solar light by urban materials such as asphalt and concrete, which have lower albedos and higher heat capacities than those in the natural environment.


Premise: What will the range of the Indian-made ship be, carrying 160 officers, 1400 sailers, and 30 aircraft?

Hypothesis: India started the construction of a 40,000-tonne, 260-metre-long (850 ft) Vikrant-class aircraft carrier in 2009.


Premise: What year did Carrie Underwood win American Idol?

Hypothesis: Underwood has since sold 65 million records worldwide, and become the most successful Idol contestant in the U.S., selling over 14 million albums copies in the U.S. and has more  Underwood has won seven Grammy Awards, the most Grammys by an "American Idol" alumnus.


Premise: What was the first empire to unify India?

Hypothesis: The Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE) was the first empire to unify India into one state, and was the largest on the Indian subcontinent.


Premise: Who is considered the Greek National School of Music founder?

Hypothesis: Manolis Kalomiris is considered the founder of the Greek National School of Music.


Premise: In which direction is Puerto Rico from the island of Saint-Barthélemy?

Hypothesis: Often abbreviated to Saint-Barth in French, or St. Barts or St. Barths in English, the indigenous people called the island Ouanalao.


Premise: A writer for which publication rated the film 7.2/10?

Hypothesis: In an otherwise positive, but overall less enthusiastic review, IGN's Chris Tilly considered Spectre "solid if unspectacular", and gave the film a 7.2 score (out of a possible 10), saying that "the film falls frustratingly short of greatness."


Premise: Who was the first person elected under the new constitution?

Hypothesis: Although unable to resist the popular demand for the expulsion of the Spaniards, he soon quarreled with the legislature, which declared itself firmly for Guerrero, and announcing his support of Bustamante's revolution, he suspended, in March 1830, eight members of that body, the vice-governor, and several other officials, and expelled them from the state.


Premise: Why did the Russian Orthodox Church and Federation of Jewish Communities of Russian asked members to boycott the concert?

Hypothesis: It caused the Russian Orthodox Church and the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia to urge all their members to boycott her concert.


Premise: At what rank does US GM cotton stand in the world?

Hypothesis: This made India the country with the largest area of GM cotton in the world.


Premise: How many economists were cited as pointing out data errors in the HDI?

Hypothesis: They identified three sources of data error which are due to (i) data updating, (ii) formula revisions and (iii) thresholds to classify a country’s development status and conclude that 11%, 21% and 34% of all countries can be interpreted as currently misclassified in the development bins due to the three sources of data error, respectively.


Premise: What was the relatioship between Joan Crawford and Steven Spielberg?

Hypothesis: The segment, "Eyes," starred Joan Crawford; she and Spielberg were reportedly close friends until her death.


Premise: Who was a notable disciple of Leibniz?

Hypothesis: The English psychologist and philosopher James Ward inspired by Leibniz had also defended a form of pluralistic idealism.


Premise: What fighting formation would eventually replace the phalanx in battle?

Hypothesis: In the 4th century BC, the Romans abandoned the phalanx in favour of the more flexible manipular formation.


Premise: What is the average slip in the Beichuan Fault?

Hypothesis: In the epicentral area, the average slip in Beichuan Fault was about 3.5 metres (11 ft) vertical, 3.5 metres (11 ft) horizontal-parallel to the fault, and 4.8 metres (16 ft) horizontal-perpendicular to the fault.


Premise: How did Kuhn view the history of science?

Hypothesis: It opened the study of science to new disciplines by suggesting that the evolution of science was in part sociologically determined and that positivism did not explain the actual interactions and strategies of the human participants in science.


Premise: In what year was Sir Henry Irving cremated?

Hypothesis: In 1905 the actor Sir Henry Irving was cremated and his ashes buried in Westminster Abbey, thereby becoming the first person ever to be cremated prior to interment at the abbey.


Premise: Which obligatory class was abolished from Basic Education?

Hypothesis: These policies have led to social unrest and to confrontations between several institutions, namely between the Government and the Constitutional Court.


Premise: How many characters are printable characters?

Hypothesis: ASCII includes definitions for 128 characters: 33 are non-printing control characters (many now obsolete) that affect how text and space are processed and 95 printable characters, including the space (which is considered an invisible graphic:223).


Premise: What are three characteristics that can be employed to characterize southern Europe?

Hypothesis: Southern Europe can also be defined by its natural features — its geography, climate, and flora.


Premise: What is Brasilia's GDP per capita in US dollars?

Hypothesis: Brasília and its metro (encompassing the whole of the Federal District) had a population of 2,556,149 in 2011, making it the 4th most populous city in Brazil.


Premise: What parts of the sometimes "too nice" BYU culture is often caricatured?

Hypothesis: However, the quirkiness and sometimes "too nice" culture is often caricatured, for example, in terms of marrying early and being very conservative.


Premise: How many monuments can be found in Byrd Park?

Hypothesis: Byrd Park features a one-mile (1.6 km) running track, with exercise stops, a public dog park, and a number of small lakes for small boats, as well as two monuments, Buddha house, and an amphitheatre.


Premise: What was Sidney Sheinberg's position with Universal?

Hypothesis: It made him the youngest director ever to be signed for a long-term deal with a major Hollywood studio.:548


Premise: Passages in what teaching support the idea that the Buddha taught of a stage between lives?

Hypothesis: The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate stage between one life and the next.[page needed]


Premise: When did the Medieval Warm Period end?

Hypothesis: Around 1300–1350 the Medieval Warm Period gave way to the Little Ice Age.


Premise: For 200 years, Russia been expanding across what area?

Hypothesis: For over 200 years, Russia had been expanding southwards across the sparsely populated "Wild Fields" toward the warm water ports of the Black Sea that did not freeze over like the handful of other ports available in the north.


Premise: What the name of a state university also located in the city?

Hypothesis: Yale University, at the heart of downtown, is one of the city's best known features and its largest employer.


Premise: What area is important to the fruit juice industry

Hypothesis: Gerber Products Company in Bridgwater is the largest producer of fruit juices in Europe, producing brands such as "Sunny Delight" and "Ocean Spray.


Premise: What is another type of configuration in which a capacitor may have its connecting leads arranged?

Hypothesis: "Axial" means that the leads are on a common axis, typically the axis of the capacitor's cylindrical body – the leads extend from opposite ends.


Premise: To what device does the term, "voice coil" historically refer?

Hypothesis: (The term "voice coil" in this connection is historic; it refers to the structure in a typical (cone type) loudspeaker.


Premise: What was the first Baptist church in Canada?

Hypothesis: The first official record of a Baptist church in Canada was that of the Horton Baptist Church (now Wolfville) in Wolfville, Nova Scotia on 29 October 1778.


Premise: Along with drama and melodrama, in what filmmaking genre does emotion play an important role?

Hypothesis: In philosophy, emotions are studied in sub-fields such as ethics, the philosophy of art (for example, sensory–emotional values, and matters of taste and sentimentality), and the philosophy of music (see also Music and emotion).


Premise: Who invented the first electrolytic capacitor?

Hypothesis: Charles Pollak (born Karol Pollak), the inventor of the first electrolytic capacitors, found out that the oxide layer on an aluminum anode remained stable in a neutral or alkaline electrolyte, even when the power was switched off.


Premise: What consists of 25 pigmented squares touching a plate below a phosphorescent tablet under the light of a burning Magnesium ribbon?

Hypothesis: The speed of the emulsion was then expressed in 'degrees' Warnerke (sometimes seen as Warn. or °W.) corresponding with the last number visible on the exposed plate after development and fixation.


Premise: How long was Jesus hung for?

Hypothesis: After Jesus' death they pierced his side with a spear to be certain that he had died.


Premise: Do official political parties exist in a nonpartisan system?

Hypothesis: In a nonpartisan system, no official political parties exist, sometimes reflecting legal restrictions on political parties.


Premise: When did Beyonce get her fifth consecutive number one hit album?

Hypothesis: On December 13, 2013, Beyoncé unexpectedly released her eponymous fifth studio album on the iTunes Store without any prior announcement or promotion.


Premise: Who was the Republican leader after the granting of male suffrage?

Hypothesis: Despite the Bourbon restoration, the roughly even balance between conservatives and liberals in the government was sustained in Valencia until the granting of universal male suffrage in 1890, after which the Republicans, led by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, gained considerably more of the popular vote.


Premise: Which Prince supported the establishment of the college?

Hypothesis: The Royal College of Chemistry was established by private subscription in 1845 as there was a growing awareness that practical aspects of the experimental sciences were not well taught and that in the United Kingdom the teaching of chemistry in particular had fallen behind that in Germany.


Premise: What protects the polymers in rubber from ultraviolet radiation?

Hypothesis: It is also used as a heat disperser for the rubber and acts to protect its polymers from ultraviolet radiation (the same UV protection is conferred to plastics containing zinc oxide).


Premise: What is a passing score on the US Air Force Fitness Test?

Hypothesis: Additionally, only meeting the minimum standards on each one of these tests will not get you a passing score of 75%, and failing any one component will result in a failure for the entire test.


Premise: What percentage of sea immigrants asked for asylum in Greece?

Hypothesis: An estimated 8% of the arrivals applied for asylum in Greece.


Premise: When was the torch in Istanbul?

Hypothesis: Several protesters who tried to disrupt the relay were promptly arrested by the police.


Premise: Who left the country after Guinea-Bissau gained independence?

Hypothesis: The country has a tiny Chinese population.


Premise: Josef Kolmaš  states that Tibet became subject to what government?

Hypothesis: Yet he states that this was a radical change in regards to all previous eras of Sino-Tibetan relations.


Premise: What are two forms of hydrogen gas?

Hypothesis: The enthalpy of combustion for hydrogen is −286 kJ/mol:


Premise: What can too much exposure lead to?

Hypothesis: where  is the maximum possible exposure that does not lead to a clipped or bloomed camera output.


Premise: What do Methodists believe that one must do to receive Christ's salvation?

Hypothesis: Methodism is known for its rich musical tradition; John Wesley's brother, Charles, was instrumental in writing much of the hymnody of the Methodist Church, and many other eminent hymn writers come from the Methodist tradition.


Premise: What concerns are there regarding to human rights?

Hypothesis: The 2009 Human Rights Report by the United States Department of State noted that human rights in CAR were poor and expressed concerns over numerous government abuses.


Premise: How many men did he have?

Hypothesis: Almost 300 Mexicans were killed in the battle, as well as almost 300 wounded.


Premise: What was the concession Goring made with the strategic bombing against Britain?

Hypothesis: Göring's lack of cooperation was detrimental to the one air strategy with potentially decisive strategic effect on Britain.


Premise: Which port is Galicia's most important?

Hypothesis: Other important ports are Ferrol, A Coruña, and the smaller ports of Marín and Vilagarcía de Arousa, as well as important recreational ports in Pontevedra and Burela.


Premise: How many lumens can some high-power LEDs emit?

Hypothesis: High-power LEDs (HP-LEDs) or high-output LEDs (HO-LEDs) can be driven at currents from hundreds of mA to more than an ampere, compared with the tens of mA for other LEDs.


Premise: In 2013, West had won how many total Grammy Awards?

Hypothesis: On May 16, 2008, Kanye West was crowned by MTV as the year's No. 1 "Hottest MC in the Game."


Premise: What did the law passed by the State of Texas guarantee?

Hypothesis: To accommodate the ruling in Hopwood v. Texas banning any use of race in school admissions, the State of Texas passed a law guaranteeing entry to any state university if a student finished in the top 10% of their graduating class.


Premise: In what techniques would a DJ require a vinyl record?

Hypothesis: DJ techniques such as slip-cueing, beatmatching, and scratching originated on turntables.


Premise: Who formerly lived at 58 West?

Hypothesis: It then continues east, eventually running along the southern edge of Marcus Garvey Park, passing by 58 West, the former residence of Maya Angelou.


Premise: What organization was founded in July of 2002?

Hypothesis: He became one of the founders of the African Union (AU), initiated in July 2002 to replace the OAU; at the opening ceremonies, he proclaimed that African states should reject conditional aid from the developed world, a direct contrast to the message of South African President Thabo Mbeki.


Premise: What is the span of population density per million square kilometers of researchers in Antarctica?

Hypothesis: Many of the stations are staffed year-round, the winter-over personnel typically arriving from their home countries for a one-year assignment.


Premise: What is said to be the world's oldest university?

Hypothesis: It was reputed to house the oldest university in the world,[citation needed]


Premise: what usually has a larger network, the ISP of the customer or the upstream ISP?

Hypothesis: Just as their customers pay them for Internet access, ISPs themselves pay upstream ISPs for Internet access.


Premise: How did Victoria feel about having to be married in order to escape living with her mother?

Hypothesis: She showed interest in Albert's education for the future role he would have to play as her husband, but she resisted attempts to rush her into wedlock.


Premise: Who is the largest vegetable producing district in the state?

Hypothesis: The district of Sirmaur is also famous for growing flowers, and is the largest producer of flowers in the state.


Premise: What role did Andy Cunningham and Jane Anderson have in the Macintosh launch plan?

Hypothesis: Later the Regis McKenna team grew to include Jane Anderson, Katie Cadigan and Andy Cunningham, who eventually led the Apple account for the agency.


Premise: When did the idea of a hidden church begin?

Hypothesis: this notion began in the early days of the Protestant Reformation.


Premise: When did the Trinity Church begin its posting at Bellinshausen station?


Premise: The energy used for metabolism of the brain in humans is what percentage?

Hypothesis: In primates, however, the percentage is much higher—in humans it rises to 20–25%.


Premise: What was the Liberian flag and constitution modeled after?

Hypothesis: The United States did not recognize Liberia's independence until during the American Civil War on February 5, 1862.


Premise: In 1981, what Libyan opposition group was founded?

Hypothesis: Most prominent was the National Front for the Salvation of Libya (NFSL), founded in 1981 by Mohammed Magariaf, which orchestrated militant attacks against Libya's government, while another, al-Borkan, began killing Libyan diplomats abroad.


Premise: What kind of training classes are offered at CTC?

Hypothesis: The CTCs provide vocational training to students who do not progress beyond Class 8 because they failed the entry qualifications for secondary education.


Premise: What is considered the most important surviving mosaic of the Justinian age?

Hypothesis: Important fragments survived from the mosaic floor of the Great Palace of Constantinople which was commissioned during Justinian's reign.


Premise: Who oversaw the redecoration that used a Belle Époque cream and gold colour scheme?

Hypothesis: The original early 19th-century interior designs, many of which survive, include widespread use of brightly coloured scagliola and blue and pink lapis, on the advice of Sir Charles Long.


Premise: Which village had fallen into decay?

Hypothesis: Needing money, James I sold off part of the Crown freehold but retained part of the site on which he established a 4-acre (16,000 m2)


Premise: Why might one want to discover when consulting a sangoma in Swaziland?

Hypothesis: The diviner is consulted for various reasons, such the cause of sickness or even death.


Premise: Which embassy did the Neo-Confucian establishment reject?

Hypothesis: Evelyn S. Rawski, a professor in the Department of History of the University of Pittsburgh, writes that the Ming's unique relationship with Tibetan prelates essentially ended with Jiajing's reign while Ming influence in the Amdo region was supplanted by the Mongols.


Premise: How much earlier do people's routines happen because of daylight savings?

Hypothesis: By synchronously resetting all clocks in a region to one hour ahead of Standard Time (one hour "fast"), individuals who follow such a year-round schedule will wake an hour earlier than they would have otherwise; they will begin and complete daily work routines an hour earlier, and they will have available to them an extra hour of daylight after their workday activities.


Premise: Which of Homer's works did the last six books of the Aeneid connect to?

Hypothesis: Virgil made use of several models in the composition of his epic; Homer, the preeminent author of classical epic, is everywhere present, but Virgil also makes special use of the Latin poet Ennius and the Hellenistic poet Apollonius of Rhodes among the various other writers to which he alludes.


Premise: What does Building Partnerships relate to in the Air Force?

Hypothesis: Through both words and deeds, the majority of interaction is devoted to building trust-based relationships for mutual benefit.


Premise: Which Duke of Gloucester attended Eton?

Hypothesis: Besides Prince William and Prince Harry, members of the extended British Royal Family who have attended Eton include Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and his son Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster; Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, his eldest son George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews and grandson Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick and his youngest son Lord Nicholas Windsor; Prince Michael of Kent and his son Lord Frederick Windsor; James Ogilvy, son of Princess Alexandra and the Right Honourable Angus Ogilvy, himself an Eton alumnus.


Premise: Who are the highest ranking cardinals in the Catholic Church?

Hypothesis: Cardinal priests are the most numerous of the three orders of cardinals in the Catholic Church, ranking above the cardinal deacons and below the cardinal bishops.


Premise: Who is Jim Walter?

Hypothesis: In 2013 and 2014, a Russian/Ukrainian hacking ring known as "Rescator" broke into Target Corporation computers in 2013, stealing roughly 40 million credit cards, and then Home Depot computers in 2014, stealing between 53 and 56 million credit card numbers.


Premise: How many days long is the growing season?

Hypothesis: During this time, the city gets a sea breeze off the ocean that often makes daytime temperatures much cooler than inland areas, making Atlantic City a prime place for beating the summer heat from June through September.


Premise: How did wolves in Yellowstone help beavers eat well?

Hypothesis: In addition, wolves often kept animals from grazing in riparian areas, which protected beavers from having their food sources encroached upon.


Premise: What was Britain's obligation to Hanover if colonial expansion via war with France was to be resumed?

Hypothesis: France was very much interested in colonial expansion and was willing to exploit the vulnerability of Hanover in war against Great Britain, but it had no desire to divert forces to central Europe for Prussia's interest.


Premise: What is the population of the Commonwealth?

Hypothesis: Most former British colonies and protectorates are among the 53 member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, a non-political, voluntary association of equal members, comprising a population of around 2.2 billion people.


Premise: What did those close to him call Bell?

Hypothesis: To close relatives and friends he remained "Aleck".


Premise: After what event during Ramadan is dinner served?

Hypothesis: Qado or lunch is often elaborate.


Premise: Along with "Cargo Gateway of the Americas," what is another nickname for PortMiami?

Hypothesis: The port is often called the "Cruise Capital of the World" and the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas".


Premise: What is one country with which the Gothic style is distinctly connected with?

Hypothesis: These range from tiny chapels to large cathedrals, and although many have been extended and altered in different styles, a large number remain either substantially intact or sympathetically restored, demonstrating the form, character and decoration of Gothic architecture.


Premise: When was the Vine Street Expressway finished?

Hypothesis: A link between I-95 and I-76, it runs below street level through Center City, connecting to the Ben Franklin Bridge at its eastern end.


Premise: What are Nanjing people called by others?

Hypothesis: It is well-known that people in Nanjing like eating radish.


Premise: When did it reach 2 million occupants>

Hypothesis: It became a prime destination for African-Americans in the Great Migration and surpassed two million occupants by 1950.


Premise: What pre-formatted durable power of attorney documents are provided by the Watch Tower Society to prohibit?

Hypothesis: The Watch Tower Society provides pre-formatted durable power of attorney documents prohibiting major blood components, in which members can specify which allowable fractions and treatments they will personally accept.


Premise: How much did the T-shirt with Beyonce's image on it make?

Hypothesis: In April 2011, Beyoncé joined forces with US First Lady Michelle Obama and the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation, to help boost the latter's campaign against child obesity by reworking her single "Get Me Bodied".


Premise: When was he sworn in?

Hypothesis: In 2003, the state legislative assembly was won by the Indian National Congress and Virbhadra Singh was elected as the chief minister of the state.


Premise: How is the transept positioned in relation to the nave?

Hypothesis: One feature of the basilica is the use of a transept, or the "arms" of a cross-shaped building that are perpendicular to the long nave.


Premise: What other city merged with Southampton after the 2001 census?

Hypothesis: This built-up area is part of the metropolitan area known as South Hampshire, which is also known as Solent City, particularly in the media when discussing local governance organisational changes.


Premise: Who was eliminated on the Top 3 show?

Hypothesis: No contestant was eliminated that week, but two (Phil Stacey and Chris Richardson) were eliminated the next.


Premise: In what year did Columbia Phonography Company form?

Hypothesis: In 1929, ARC was founded through a merger of several smaller record companies, which, ultimately, transformed into one enterprise known as SME.


Premise: At what battle did the Hindus of India defeat the Umayyads?

Hypothesis: However, further gains were halted by Hindu kingdoms in India in the battle of Rajasthan.


Premise: How many acres of land could succesfully be sowed with a seed box in a day?

Hypothesis: It had three plowshares, a seed box for the drills, a tool which turned down the soil and could sow roughly 45,730 m2 (11.3 acres) of land in a single day.


Premise: What agreement replaced the Congress of Vienna?

Hypothesis: The Eight-Nation Alliance was a belligerent alliance of eight nations against the Boxer Rebellion in China.


Premise: When was the sequel announcement for the third arc?

Hypothesis: The series finale reintroduces the heroes of the previous five seasons as they all come together and help the current heroes in the final battle due to the fact that the DigiQuartz is essentially a tear in Space and Time, allowing all of the Digimon universes to converge.


Premise: What other element on the periodic table is zinc similar to?

Hypothesis: It is the first element of group 12 of the periodic table.


Premise: Under what immediate jurisdiction of the Catholic Church does New Haven fall?

Hypothesis: The city is part of the Archdiocese of Hartford.


Premise: What is added to the ending in suffix pairs?

Hypothesis: In suffix pairs, a different infinitive ending is added to the perfective stem; for example, the perfective verbs koupit (to buy) and prodat (to sell) have the imperfective forms kupovat and prodávat.


Premise: Where and when was the Zune HD marketplace announced?

Hypothesis: This is of an impact on the Xbox Live Video Store as it was also announced that the Zune Video Marketplace and the Xbox Live Video Store will be merged to form the Zune Marketplace, which will be arriving on Xbox Live in 7 countries initially, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Ireland and Spain.


Premise: What do stepper motor rotors allign themselves with?

Hypothesis: As each coil is energized in turn, the rotor aligns itself with the magnetic field produced by the energized field winding.


Premise: Which of Hayek's works had a profound influence on those at the University of Chicago?

Hypothesis: Hayek conducted a number in influential faculty seminars while at the U. of Chicago, and a number of academics worked on research projects sympathetic to some of Hayek's own, such as Aaron Director, who was active in the Chicago School in helping to fund and establish what became the "Law and Society" program in the University of Chicago Law School.


Premise: Where would gravity waves in Neptune's interior dissipate?

Hypothesis: The planet is too far from the Sun for this heat to be generated by ultraviolet radiation.


Premise: How many patients visit the hospitals annually?

Hypothesis: The hospitals receive more than 5.8 million annual patient visits.


Premise: Who has the final say on whether or not an NPO is granted tax exempt status?

Hypothesis: That is done typically by applying to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), although statutory exemptions exist for limited types of nonprofit organizations.


Premise: Where did Freemasonry originate?

Hypothesis: Freemasonry as a systematic creed with its own myths, values and set of rituals originated in Scotland around 1600 and spread first to England and then across the Continent in the eighteenth century.


Premise: Where did Kerry speak in Nov 2013?

Hypothesis: In a speech before the Organization of American States in November 2013, Kerry remarked that the era of the Monroe Doctrine was over.


Premise: When did Bozize finally attempt his coup?

Hypothesis: Eventually, Patassé came to suspect that General François Bozizé was involved in another coup attempt against him, which led Bozizé to flee with loyal troops to Chad.


Premise: Did Moses Mendelssohn advise to follow a specific organized religion, or to whatever one found most convincing?

Hypothesis: A good religion based in instinctive morals and a belief in God should not theoretically need force to maintain order in its believers, and both Mendelssohn and Spinoza judged religion on its moral fruits, not the logic of its theology.


Premise: What was new about the way Western Electrics method of capturing sound?

Hypothesis: During the first half of the 1920s, engineers at Western Electric, as well as independent inventors such as Orlando Marsh, developed technology for capturing sound with a microphone, amplifying it with vacuum tubes, then using the amplified signal to drive an electromagnetic recording head.


Premise: In 1940 how many people were sleeping in the Underground stations?

Hypothesis: Noises of battle were muffled and sleep was easier in the deepest stations, but many were killed from direct hits on several stations.


Premise: Besides the language of Kannada, what other old language was used during the western Chalukya dynasty?

Hypothesis: During this period the other major ruling families of the Deccan, the Hoysalas, the Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri, the Kakatiya dynasty and the Southern Kalachuri, were subordinates of the Western Chalukyas and gained their independence only when the power of the Chalukya waned during the later half of the 12th century.


Premise: How many tons of marble does Greece produce?

Hypothesis: Currently, Greece is ranked third in the European Union in the production of marble (over 920,000 tons), after Italy and Spain.


Premise: Grammar schools that did not close were converted to what?

Hypothesis: Some local authorities, including Sandwell and Dudley in the West Midlands, changed all of its state secondary schools to comprehensive schools during the 1970s.


Premise: What does ACL stand for?

Hypothesis: Within computer systems, two of many security models capable of enforcing privilege separation are access control lists (ACLs) and capability-based security.


Premise: Who presides over an impeachment trial?

Hypothesis: The rules of the Senate, however, generally do not grant much authority to the presiding officer.


Premise: What can be coined at any time?

Hypothesis: New characters can in principle be coined at any time, just as new words can be, but they may not be adopted.


Premise: What was Nanjing's GDP per person in 2013?

Hypothesis: Nanjing's Gross Domestic Product ranked 12th in 2013 in China, and its overall competence ranked 6th in mainland and 8th including Taiwan and Hong Kong in 2009.


Premise: What was the biggest drawback to the flush deck configuration?

Hypothesis: While the island is usually built on the starboard side of the fight deck, the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi and Hiryū had their islands built on the port side.


Premise: What profession finds evidence of infection in fossil remains to be interesting?

Hypothesis: When present, however, these infections seem to tend to be confined to only small regions of the body.


Premise: What caused the destruction of fern prairies and increasing shallows?

Hypothesis: Sea levels rose, destroying fern prairies and creating shallows in its wake.


Premise: For when did the Taylor Report set the deadline for replacing terraces with seats in stadiums?

Hypothesis: However, during the 1992–93 season the capacities of most stadiums were reduced as clubs replaced terraces with seats in order to meet the Taylor Report's 1994–95 deadline for all-seater stadiums.


Premise: What are two infrastructure projects Nasser embarked on?

Hypothesis: Egypt under Nasser dominated the Arab world in these fields, producing cultural icons.


Premise: Who was the founder of the Roman Republic?

Hypothesis: The Junii took credit for its abolition by their ancestor L. Junius Brutus, traditionally Rome's Republican founder and first consul.


Premise: What did China trade with Tibet and Mongolia?

Hypothesis: There was also another government institution called Imperial Household Department which was unique to the Qing dynasty.


Premise: What helped lead to the increase of enrollment at Washington University during Arthur Holly Compton's term as chancellor?

Hypothesis: Under Compton’s leadership, enrollment at the University grew dramatically, fueled primarily by World War II veterans' use of their GI Bill benefits.


Premise: What did Humbert use to teach even weak members of the Dominican Order?

Hypothesis: His writings are permeated with "religious good sense," and he used uncomplicated language that could edify even the weakest member.


Premise: What's the minimum number of layers a PCB can have to be considered "multi-layer"?

Hypothesis: For multi-layer boards, those with three layers or more, drilling typically produces a smear of the high temperature decomposition products of bonding agent in the laminate system.


Premise: In which of Dante's works was Virgil a guide through Hell and Purgatory?

Hypothesis: Dante also mentions Virgil in De vulgari eloquentia, along with Ovid, Lucan and Statius, as one of the four regulati poetae (ii, vi, 7).


Premise: Who compared annelid genes in 2007?

Hypothesis: In 2007 Torsten Struck and colleagues compared 3 genes in 81 taxa, of which 9 were outgroups, in other words not considered closely related to annelids but included to give an indication of where the organisms under study are placed on the larger tree of life.


Premise: Describe the command of Field Marshall James Keith

Hypothesis: In the centre was Frederick II, himself with Field Marshal James Keith commanding a corps of 30,000 troops.


Premise: What does FLAC stand for?

Hypothesis: Lossless formats include FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec), Apple Lossless and many others.


Premise: How much of Korea was under the control of the United Nations?

Hypothesis: By September, the UN Command controlled the Pusan perimeter, enclosing about 10% of Korea, in a line partially defined by the Nakdong River.


Premise: Who developed chain termination DNA sequencing in 1977?

Hypothesis: An automated version of the Sanger method was used in early phases of the Human Genome Project.


Premise: Greater magadha stretched from Sravasti in the north-west to what area in the south-east?

Hypothesis: This land, to the east of aryavarta, the land of the Aryas, was recognized as non-Vedic.


Premise: What caused the British East India Company to lose control of India?

Hypothesis: After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British East India Company, which had ruled much of India, was dissolved, and Britain's possessions and protectorates on the Indian subcontinent were formally incorporated into the British Empire.


Premise: Where do "King's Scholars" get their name?

Hypothesis: One boarding house, College, is reserved for seventy King's Scholars, who attend Eton on scholarships provided by the original foundation and awarded by examination each year; King's Scholars pay up to 90% of full fees, depending on their means.


Premise: Who did Barcelona defeat the season following the signing of Maradona?

Hypothesis: In the following season, under coach Luis, Barcelona won the Copa del Rey, beating Real Madrid.


Premise: Who was the president of Tunisia in 1974?

Hypothesis: Although advocated by Gaddafi and Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, the move was deeply unpopular in Tunisia and soon abandoned.


Premise: Who designed Gaddafi's Azizia home?

Hypothesis: In the 1980s, his lifestyle was considered modest in comparison to those of many other Arab leaders.


Premise: Who did Victoria try to convince Disraeli  to act against during the Russo-Turkish war?

Hypothesis: Disraeli's expansionist foreign policy, which Victoria endorsed, led to conflicts such as the Anglo-Zulu War and the Second Anglo-Afghan War.


Premise: What is the game between the rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid called?

Hypothesis: From the start of national competitions the clubs were seen as representatives of two rival regions in Spain: Catalonia and Castile, as well as of the two cities.


Premise: Krispy kreme is a chain of what kind of stores?

Hypothesis: Cook Out, a popular fast-food chain featuring burgers, hot dogs, and milkshakes in a wide variety of flavors, was founded in Greensboro in 1989 and has begun expanding outside of North Carolina.


Premise: What is difficult to do with a USB plug?

Hypothesis: However, the specification does not consider the height of the device compared to the eye level height of the user, so the side of the cable that is "visible" when mated to a computer on a desk can depend on whether the user is standing or kneeling.


Premise: When did the financial relationship Switzerland had with Nazi Germany begin to raise controversy?

Hypothesis: Strict immigration and asylum policies as well as the financial relationships with Nazi Germany raised controversy, but not until the end of the 20th century.


Premise: Who purhcased one of the collections of mandolin magazines?

Hypothesis: The expansion of mandolin use continued after World War II through the late 1960s, and Japan still maintains a strong classical music tradition using mandolins, with active orchestras and university music programs.


Premise: What general size are the cavities in the cells of very dense latewood?

Hypothesis: When examined under a microscope the cells of dense latewood are seen to be very thick-walled and with very small cell cavities, while those formed first in the season have thin walls and large cell cavities.


Premise: What were the storage disks used for?

Hypothesis: The disks were originally obtained from kiosks in malls and other public places where buyers could select a title and have it written to the disk.


Premise: Where did Apollo have a temple in the agora?

Hypothesis: Acesius was the epithet of Apollo worshipped in Elis, where he had a temple in the agora.


Premise: What does an inker do?

Hypothesis: While comics are often the work of a single creator, the labour of making them is frequently divided between a number of specialists.


Premise: How many terrorists survived the 1972 Munich attack?

Hypothesis: Gaddafi also welcomed the three surviving attackers in Tripoli following their release in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615 a few weeks later and allowed them to go into hiding.


Premise: Who wrote the book 'Memoirs of a Geisha' is based on?

Hypothesis: In 2006, Spielberg co-executive produced with famed filmmaker Robert Zemeckis a CGI children's film called Monster House, marking their eighth collaboration since 1990's Back to the Future Part III.


Premise: When did the English army start to retreat and evacuate NYC during the Battle of Long Island?

Hypothesis: After the battle, in which the Americans were defeated, leaving subsequent smaller armed engagements following in its wake, the city became the British military and political base of operations in North America.


Premise: What was the first model of HRF (Height Range Finder) used by the British?

Hypothesis: The British dealt with range measurement first, when it was realised that range was the key to producing a better fuse setting.


Premise: What does USAAC stand for?

Hypothesis: In the 1920s and 1930s, air power theorists Giulio Douhet and Billy Mitchell espoused the idea that air forces could win wars by themselves, without a need for land and sea fighting.


Premise: Insects hatch from what?

Hypothesis: The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metamorphosis (see holometabolism).


Premise: What did most Western countries view as an illegal claim by the USSR?

Hypothesis: The U.S., UK, France, Italy and the majority of other Western countries considered the annexation of Estonia by the USSR illegal.


Premise: When was the last satellite for the BeiDou-1 system launched?

Hypothesis: The last operational satellite of the constellation, BeiDou-1C, was launched on May 25, 2003.


Premise: What secret society was Avicenna considered to be a follower of?

Hypothesis: Similar disagreements exist on the background of Avicenna's family, whereas some writers considered them Sunni, some more recent writers contested that they were Shia.


Premise: What is the name of the desert that is located in the driest region in the US?

Hypothesis: In the east, while snowfall does not approach western levels, the region near the Great Lakes and the mountains of the Northeast receive the most.


Premise: What cathedral first made use of pointed arches in high vaults?

Hypothesis: Another early example is the nave and apse area of the Cathedral of Cefalù in 1131.


Premise: What terms have been used to describe policing beyond one country?

Hypothesis: The terms international policing, transnational policing, and/or global policing began to be used from the early 1990s onwards to describe forms of policing that transcended the boundaries of the sovereign nation-state (Nadelmann, 1993), (Sheptycki, 1995).


Premise: What year was Tuscon's largest office building built?

Hypothesis: Tucson's largest office building is 5151 East Broadway in east Tucson, completed in 1975.


Premise: What other surprising aspect of human development will youtube likely have an impact on?

Hypothesis: Anderson asserted that it's not far-fetched to say that online video will dramatically accelerate scientific advance, and that video contributors may be about to launch "the biggest learning cycle in human history."


Premise: How many slaves were on the island in 1723?

Hypothesis: Ecological problems, including deforestation, soil erosion, vermin and drought, led Governor Isaac Pyke to suggest in 1715 that the population be moved to Mauritius, but this was not acted upon and the company continued to subsidise the community because of the island's strategic location.


Premise: What position did Victoria take on being shot at?

Hypothesis: Victoria was outraged when he was found not guilty by reason of insanity, but was so pleased by the many expressions of loyalty after the attack that she said it was "worth being shot at—to see how much one is loved".


Premise: What did the club-oriented scene emphasize instead of the experimental seriousness of earlier post-punk groups?

Hypothesis: Emphasizing glamour, fashion, and escapism in distinction to the experimental seriousness of earlier post-punk groups, the club-oriented scene drew some suspicion from denizens of the movement.


Premise: What is another word for the total count of chromosomes?

Hypothesis: Researchers compare traits such as chromosome number (karyotype), genome size, gene order, codon usage bias, and GC-content to determine what mechanisms could have produced the great variety of genomes that exist today (for recent overviews, see Brown 2002; Saccone and Pesole 2003; Benfey and Protopapas 2004; Gibson and Muse 2004; Reese 2004; Gregory 2005).


Premise: How many strings did the Cremonese Mandolin have?

Hypothesis: Bortolazzi said in this book that the new wire strung mandolins were uncomfortable to play, when compared with the gut-string instruments.


Premise: When was the Brown Shipbuilding Company founded?

Hypothesis: The Brown Shipbuilding Company was founded in 1942 to build ships for the U.S. Navy during World War II.


Premise: When did N Force leave Norfolk Island during the time of World War II?

Hypothesis: Since Norfolk Island fell within New Zealand's area of responsibility it was garrisoned by a New Zealand Army unit known as N Force at a large Army camp which had the capacity to house a 1,500 strong force.


Premise: What group rioted at the textile factories?

Hypothesis: The Muslim Brotherhood supported the RCC, and after Naguib's assumption of power, demanded four ministerial portfolios in the new cabinet.


Premise: Where did Feynman receive much inspiration?

Hypothesis: Despite yet another offer from the Institute for Advanced Study, Feynman rejected the Institute on the grounds that there were no teaching duties: Feynman felt that students were a source of inspiration and teaching was a diversion during uncreative spells.


Premise: What was the name of the bookstore the authors met in?

Hypothesis: Some consider the Old Corner Bookstore, where these writers met and where The Atlantic Monthly was first published, to be "cradle of American literature.


Premise: What is Shiraz' population by the 2011 Census?

Hypothesis: It is the capital of Fars Province, and was also a former capital of Iran.


Premise: Who is the current mayor?

Hypothesis: The city uses the strong-mayor version of the mayor-council form of government, which is headed by one mayor, in whom executive authority is vested.


Premise: Which team was denied entry into the Champions League in 2012 due to being bumped out of the running by the defending champion?

Hypothesis: This occurred in 2012, when Chelsea – who had won the Champions League the previous year, but finished sixth in the league – qualified for the Champions League in place of Tottenham Hotspur, who went into the Europa League.


Premise: When did Victoria give birth to her eigth child?

Hypothesis: In 1853, Victoria gave birth to her eighth child, Leopold, with the aid of the new anaesthetic, chloroform.


Premise: How many different languages are spoken in London?

Hypothesis: London has a diverse range of peoples and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken within Greater London.


Premise: When were samurai becoming less warrior-like?

Hypothesis: They still had the legal right to cut down any commoner who did not show proper respect kiri-sute gomen (斬り捨て御免?), but to what extent this right was used is unknown.


Premise: How many of the 12 Swiss universities are maintained at the cantonal level?

Hypothesis: The two institutes sponsored by the federal government are the ETHZ in Zürich (founded 1855) and the EPFL in Lausanne (founded 1969 as such, formerly an institute associated with the University of Lausanne) which both have an excellent international reputation.[note 10]


Premise: What was the value of the second largest technology buyout?

Hypothesis: It is also the largest technology buyout ever, surpassing the 2006 buyout of Freescale Semiconductor for $17.5 billion.


Premise: Other than Napoleon, who else found the Concordat to be of use?

Hypothesis: Now, Napoleon could win favor with the Catholics while also controlling Rome in a political sense.


Premise: Euro1080 was a division of what former company?

Hypothesis: Euro1080, a division of the former and now bankrupt Belgian TV services company Alfacam, broadcast HDTV channels to break the pan-European stalemate of "no HD broadcasts mean no HD TVs bought means no HD broadcasts ..." and kick-start HDTV interest in Europe.


Premise: What portion of Samoa works in agriculture?

Hypothesis: The economy of Samoa has traditionally been dependent on agriculture and fishing at the local level.


Premise: Where do organisms inherit their genes from?

Hypothesis: Asexual organisms simply inherit a complete copy of their parent's genome.


Premise: What is referred to as "junk DNA"?

Hypothesis: This DNA has often been referred to as "junk DNA".


Premise: How many foreign trips did Montini make as Cardinal?

Hypothesis: In fifteen other trips he visited Brazil (1960) and the USA (1960), including New York City, Washington, DC, Chicago, the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.


Premise: Who was the English politician who appeased Germany with the take over of Czechoslovakia

Hypothesis: The Munich Agreement that followed marked a partial German annexation of Czechoslovakia in late 1938 followed by its complete dissolution in March 1939, which as part of the appeasement of Germany conducted by Chamberlain's and Daladier's cabinets.


Premise: What was another name for the Ottoman Empire?

Hypothesis: The Ottoman Empire or, as a dynastic institution, the House of Osman was unprecedented and unequaled in the Islamic world for its size and duration.


Premise: Aside from the activities of colonies, what other event fostered the transition from agriculture to manufacturing?

Hypothesis: The combination of resource inflows from the New World and the Industrial Revolution of Great Britain, allowed a new economy based on manufacturing instead of subsistence agriculture.


Premise: What was Chicago's Purple Line train route named after?

Hypothesis: Pace Suburban Bus Service and the CTA have several bus routes that run through or near the Evanston campus.


Premise: Along with physicalist theories, what theories is idealism in conflict with?

Hypothesis: In a sociological sense, idealism emphasizes how human ideas—especially beliefs and values—shape society.


Premise: What drugs were involved in cases of the largest criminal fines?

Hypothesis: Following charges of illegal marketing, two of the settlements set records last year for the largest criminal fines ever imposed on corporations.


Premise: People of African descent were the majority in Charleston until what mass movement?

Hypothesis: By 1708, the majority of the colony's population was slaves, and the future state would continue to be a majority of African descent until after the Great Migration of the early 20th century.


Premise: What colonies did Japan conscript soldiers from?

Hypothesis: To a small extent, some Vichy French, Indian National Army, and Burmese National Army forces were active in the area of the Pacific War.


Premise: what sound emerged in Detroit with the recordings of juan atkins and derrick may?

Hypothesis: In the U.S., the music was being developed to create a more sophisticated sound,[citation needed] moving beyond just drum loops and short samples.


Premise: Who brought allegations of Montini's homosexuality?

Hypothesis: In 1976 Montini became the first pontiff in modern history to deny the accusation of homosexuality.


Premise: What was developed by Hans Christian  Gram?

Hypothesis: Other organisms may need to be identified by their growth in special media, or by other techniques, such as serology.


Premise: In 2014, what issue of U.S. News & World Report provided rankins for law schools?

Hypothesis: The University of Kansas School of Law was the top law school in the state of Kansas, and 68th nationally, according to the 2014 U.S. News & World Report "Best Graduate Schools" edition.


Premise: Do adolescents with a less privileged upbringing have a more or less difficult time developing their identity?

Hypothesis: In other words, in an attempt to find their identity and discover who they are adolescents are liking to cycle through a number of identities to find one that suits them best.


Premise: Where was the coconut palm brought to St. Barts from?

Hypothesis: Coconut palm was brought to the island from the Pacific islands.


Premise: How did Chavez affect the Venezuelans?

Hypothesis: In the 2000s, more Venezuelans opposing the economic and political policies of president Hugo Chávez migrated to the United States (mostly to Florida, but New York City and Houston are other destinations).


Premise: What gospel/R&B-influenced group released "Time Passes On" in 1993?

Hypothesis: Another U.S. hit which received radio play was the single "Time for the Perculator" by Cajmere, which became the prototype of ghetto house subgenre.


Premise: Who is the president of the International Olympic Committee?

Hypothesis: The outcome of the relay influenced the IOC's decision to scrap global relays in future editions of the games.


Premise: The Western Alps and the Austroalpine peaks show distinct differences in what?

Hypothesis: Flysch deposits in the Southern Alps of Lombardy probably occurred in the Cretaceous or later.


Premise: Since 2003, England has topped their logo with a star to recognize their World Cup win in which year?

Hypothesis: Initially topped by a crown, this was removed in 1949 when the FA was given an official coat of arms by the College of Arms; this introduced ten Tudor roses, one for each of the regional branches of the FA.


Premise: In 1999 how many children were working illegally in Brazil?

Hypothesis: Brazilian census data (PNAD, 1999) indicate that 2.55 million 10-14 year-olds were illegally holding jobs.


Premise: What is the most complex Chinese character?

Hypothesis: It might be argued, however, that while containing the most strokes, it is not necessarily the most complex character (in terms of difficulty), as it simply requires writing the same sixteen-stroke character 龍 lóng (lit. "dragon")


Premise: What is an active solar technique used to generate energy?

Hypothesis: Passive solar techniques include selecting materials with favorable thermal properties, designing spaces that naturally circulate air, and referencing the position of a building to the Sun.


Premise: Which birds did they use as a trial run?

Hypothesis: After a trial with Canada geese Branta canadensis, microlight aircraft were used in the US to teach safe migration routes to reintroduced whooping cranes Grus americana.


Premise: When was the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka created?

Hypothesis: The Sri Lanka judicial system is complex blend of both common-law and civil-law.


Premise: What is the Carnival celebration known as in Lutheran countries?

Hypothesis: However, the Philippines, a predominantly Roman Catholic country, does not celebrate Carnival anymore since the dissolution of the Manila Carnival after 1939, the last carnival in the country.


Premise: What does the second of the Four Noble Truths explain?

Hypothesis: The third noble truth is that the complete cessation of dukkha is possible, and the fourth noble truth identifies a path to this cessation.[note 7]


Premise: In what year did the Pavilion open?

Hypothesis: Melbourne's live performance institutions date from the foundation of the city, with the first theatre, the Pavilion, opening in 1841.


Premise: What's the Dutch word for "my"?

Hypothesis: In the spoken language cases and case inflections had already gradually disappeared from a much earlier date on (probably the 15th century) as in many continental West Germanic dialects.


Premise: What is the new city that will be added to the group of Mexican Airports around Mexico City?

Hypothesis: The city of Pachuca will also provide additional expansion to central Mexico's airport network.


Premise: What was the strategy called that was used by Eisenhower's campaign?

Hypothesis: The campaign strategy, dubbed "K1C2", was to focus on attacking the Truman and Roosevelt administrations on three issues: Korea, Communism and corruption.


Premise: How many Asians immigrated to Paris in 2012?

Hypothesis: According to the 2012 census, 135,853 residents of the city of Paris were immigrants from Europe, 112,369 were immigrants from the Maghreb, 70,852 from sub-Saharan Africa and Egypt, 5,059 from Turkey, 91,297 from Asia (outside Turkey), 38,858 from the Americas, and 1,365 from the South Pacific.


Premise: Who are Windows main operating system competitors?

Hypothesis: In particular, these changes included a touch-optimized Windows shell based on Microsoft's "Metro" design language, the Start screen (which displays programs and dynamically updated content on a grid of tiles), a new platform for developing apps with an emphasis on touchscreen input, integration with online services (including the ability to sync apps and settings between devices), and Windows Store, an online store for downloading and purchasing new software.


Premise: What other area did the Portuguese regard as their special territory?

Hypothesis: But by the 19th century the Portuguese were sufficiently secure in Bissau to regard the neighbouring coastline as their own special territory, also up north in part of present South Senegal.


Premise: Lenin acknowledged the independence of which countries?

Hypothesis: During the war, the Bolsheviks struggled for survival, and Vladimir Lenin recognised the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.


Premise: At what venue does the Amateur Boxing Golden Gloves take place?

Hypothesis: Boxing is also a prominent part of the city's sporting scene, with events like the Amateur Boxing Golden Gloves being held at Madison Square Garden each year.


Premise: When did hackers get into the Sony Pictures e-mail system?

Hypothesis: In November 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment was targeted by hackers who released details of confidential e-mails between Sony executives regarding several high-profile film projects.


Premise: Cache, download history, cookies, browsing and what else can be quickly deleted in browsers?

Hypothesis: Most browsers support HTTP Secure and offer quick and easy ways to delete the web cache, download history, form and search history, cookies, and browsing history.


Premise: Where are affiliates of HNIC aired?

Hypothesis: Under the CBC's current arrangement with Rogers Communications for National Hockey League broadcast rights, Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts on CBC-owned stations and affiliates are not technically aired over the CBC Television network, but over a separate CRTC-licensed part-time network operated by Rogers.


Premise: What library has a vast assortment of rare books and manuscripts?

Hypothesis: The Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library includes important historical medical texts, including an impressive collection of rare books, as well as historical medical instruments.


Premise: What is dukkha?

Hypothesis: Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death that arises from ordinary beings' grasping and fixating on a self and experiences.


Premise: What sub-genre of hard rock does Def Leppard belong to?

Hypothesis: Quiet Riot's album Metal Health (1983) was the first glam metal album, and arguably the first heavy metal album of any kind, to reach number one in the Billboard music charts and helped open the doors for mainstream success by subsequent bands.


Premise: When did they launch from the Moon to reattach to the Columbia?

Hypothesis: His first words when he stepped off the LM's landing footpad were, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."


Premise: Toxocariasis is caused by what kind of eggs in dog feces?

Hypothesis: Toxocara canis (dog roundworm) eggs in dog feces can cause toxocariasis.


Premise: What is the vertex also known as?

Hypothesis: In prognathous insects, the vertex is not found between the compound eyes, but rather, where the ocelli are normally.


Premise: From what were countries in the empire free?

Hypothesis: Those who acknowledged Rome's hegemony retained their own cult and religious calendars, independent of Roman religious law.


Premise: aproximately how many main lines are there per 1000 people?

Hypothesis: Despite their rivalry, several of these companies signed an interconnectivity deal in 2005 that allows them to set prices, maintain and expand their networks, and ensure that competition does not get out of control.


Premise: To what does The Fund advocate that close attention be paid?

Hypothesis: The Fund is also represented by UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors and a Patron.


Premise: These ancient hunter-gathers followed what path in pursuit of game?

Hypothesis: Around 18,500-15,500 years ago, these hunter-gatherers are believed to have followed herds of now-extinct Pleistocene megafauna along ice-free corridors that stretched between the Laurentide and Cordilleran ice sheets.


Premise: Where did American troops find 75 kilos of gold coins?

Hypothesis: At the end of the war, a substantial amount of Nazi plunder was found stored in Austria, where Hitler had hoped to retreat as the war drew to a close.


Premise: Who did Procopius write about in 545?

Hypothesis: He describes their social structure and beliefs:


Premise: What weather factor produces a great variance in local climates in the Seattle area?

Hypothesis: Due to local variations in microclimate, Seattle also receives significantly lower precipitation than some other locations west of the Cascades.


Premise: What is the official co-language of Norfolk Island?

Hypothesis: The Norfuk language is decreasing in popularity as more tourists travel to the island and more young people leave for work and study reasons; however, there are efforts to keep it alive via dictionaries and the renaming of some tourist attractions to their Norfuk equivalents.


Premise: Is refraining from touching a hot stoce a common sense or culturally-relative standard?

Hypothesis: This can lead to a period of questioning authority in all domains.


Premise: What period did the amount of ethnic Estonians drop by 61%?

Hypothesis: Between 1945 and 1989, the share of ethnic Estonians in the population resident within the currently defined boundaries of Estonia dropped to 61%, caused primarily by the Soviet programme promoting mass immigration of urban industrial workers from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, as well as by wartime emigration and Joseph Stalin's mass deportations and executions.[citation needed]


Premise: What is the tallest mountain closests to Bern?

Hypothesis: Bern lies on the Swiss plateau in the Canton of Bern, slightly west of the centre of Switzerland and 20 km (12 mi) north of the Bernese Alps.


Premise: Who had forced a large number of Empress Dowager Deng's clan members to kill themselves?

Hypothesis: When Empress Dowager Deng died, Emperor An (r. 106–125 AD) was convinced by the accusations of the eunuchs


Premise: What digestions begin in the mouth?

Hypothesis: In mammals, preparation for digestion begins with the cephalic phase in which saliva is produced in the mouth and digestive enzymes are produced in the stomach.


Premise: Who studied the structure of DNA using x-ray crystallography?

Hypothesis: The modern study of genetics at the level of DNA is known as molecular genetics.


Premise: Why did the economics department turn down Hayek's employment?

Hypothesis: As the result the Economics department rejected Hutchins' pressure to hire Hayek, and Hayek became a part of the new Committee on Social Thought.


Premise: What is the public house where the men from Southampton Plot were tried called now?

Hypothesis: They were found guilty and summarily executed outside the Bargate.


Premise: What is a key component of control and preventing asthma attacks?

Hypothesis: Laws that limit smoking decrease the number of people hospitalized for asthma.


Premise: How many employees work for Tinker Air Force Base?

Hypothesis: Tinker Air Force Base (27,000); University of Oklahoma (11,900); University of Central Oklahoma (2,900); and Norman Regional Hospital (2,800).


Premise: In what year did Tuscon become a stage station?

Hypothesis: In 1857 Tucson became a stage station on the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line and in 1858 became 3rd division headquarters of the Butterfield Overland Mail until the line shut down in March 1861.


Premise: When did Nigeria win a Summer Olympics gold medal?

Hypothesis: They won the gold medal for football in the 1996 Summer Olympics (in which they beat Argentina) becoming the first African football team to win gold in Olympic Football.


Premise: Who stated quiet hunting is allowed?

Hypothesis: The decree of the Council of Trent is worded more mildly: "Let clerics abstain from illicit hunting and hawking" (Sess.


Premise: In what year was Clive Davis let go at CBS Records Group?

Hypothesis: He was replaced first by former head Goddard Lieberson, then in 1975 by the colourful and controversial lawyer Walter Yetnikoff, who led the company until 1990.


Premise: In how many geographic regions does UNFPA operate?

Hypothesis: It is a member of the United Nations Development Group and part of its Executive Committee.


Premise: Who described an interaction between Jesus on the cross and women?

Hypothesis: Luke's gospel also describes an interaction between Jesus and the women among the crowd of mourners following him, quoting Jesus as saying "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.


Premise: What dialect continuum does Macedonian belong to?

Hypothesis: Macedonian, although mutually intelligible with Bulgarian, certain dialects of Serbian and to a lesser extent the rest of the South Slavic dialect continuum, is considered by Bulgarian linguists to be a Bulgarian dialect, in contrast with the contemporary international view and the view in the Republic of Macedonia, which regards it as a language in its own right.


Premise: The Achaemenid Empire had what percentage of the word's population in 480BC?

Hypothesis: The empire at its peak ruled over 44% of the world's population, the highest such figure for any empire in history.


Premise: High altitude needs in Germany were going to be handled by what?

Hypothesis: Germany's high-altitude needs were originally going to be filled by a 75 mm gun from Krupp, designed in collaboration with their Swedish counterpart Bofors, but the specifications were later amended to require much higher performance.


Premise: When was Noah Porter president of Yale?

Hypothesis: Many of Porter's contemporaries criticized his administration, and historians since have disparaged his leadership.


Premise: Who created the relay computer, the Z2?

Hypothesis: The Z2, created by German engineer Konrad Zuse in 1939, was one of the earliest examples of an electromechanical relay computer.


Premise: What do the findings in the graveyards show evidence of?

Hypothesis: Pakistan show evidence of proto-dentistry among an early farming culture.


Premise: How high is Huangmaojian Peak in feet?

Hypothesis: Zhejiang consists mostly of hills, which account for about 70% of its total area.


Premise: What type of people hide their emotions?

Hypothesis: According to some theories, they are a state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence our behavior.


Premise: Newborns are particularly susceptible to infections caused by?

Hypothesis: In fact, many of the infections acquired by neonates are caused by low virulence organisms like Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas.


Premise: What was the largest ocean referred to that existed in the Devonian period?

Hypothesis: The deep, enormous Panthalassa (the "universal ocean") covered the rest of the planet.


Premise: New Delhi was ranked as the world's worst polluted city by what organization?

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: In November 2008, how much had housing prices drop from their 2006 peak?

Hypothesis: Between June 2007 and November 2008, Americans lost an estimated average of more than a quarter of their collective net worth.[citation needed]


Premise: What do mens sexual orientations tend be focused on?

Hypothesis: Some researchers argue that women's sexual orientation depends less on their patterns of sexual arousal than men's and that other components of sexual orientation (like emotional attachment) must be taken into account when describing women's sexual orientations.


Premise: When was the competetive pricing of MacBooks especially effective?

Hypothesis: Through July 1, 2013, the MacBook Air took in 56 percent of all Ultrabook sales in the United States, although being one of the higher-priced competitors, though several Ultrabooks with better features were often more expensive than the MacBook Air.


Premise: Who id the most well-known Whitehead scholar?

Hypothesis: They taught generations of Whitehead scholars, the most notable of which is John B. Cobb, Jr.


Premise: What is Whitehead's most well-known critical statement regarding the Christian notion of God?

Hypothesis: Here Whitehead is criticizing Christianity for defining God as primarily a divine king who imposes his will on the world, and whose most important attribute is power.


Premise: What are the most common languages spoken in New Delhi?

Hypothesis: Hindi and Punjabi are the most widely spoken languages in New Delhi and the lingua franca of the city.


Premise: Where were "stacks" created with the LaserStack software used?

Hypothesis: User-created "stacks" were shared and were especially popular in education where teacher-generated stacks were used to access discs ranging from art collections to basic biological processes.


Premise: What type of facility did Popper plan to open that would benefit from his furniture-making skills?

Hypothesis: He was dreaming at that time of starting a daycare facility for children, for which he assumed the ability to make furniture might be useful.


Premise: Who redrew Germany's internal borders after World War II?

Hypothesis: Former German territory that lie east of the Oder-Neisse Line fell under either Polish or Soviet administration but attempts were made at least symbolically not to abandon sovereignty well into the 1960s.


Premise: What type of satellites does the BeiDou-1 system use?

Hypothesis: Unlike the American GPS, Russian GLONASS, and European Galileo systems, which use medium Earth orbit satellites, BeiDou-1 uses satellites in geostationary orbit.


Premise: Which region of the US receives the most amount of rainfall?

Hypothesis: In the east, while snowfall does not approach western levels, the region near the Great Lakes and the mountains of the Northeast receive the most.


Premise: What country is the leader in the implementation of solar powered hot water systems?

Hypothesis: China is the world leader in their deployment with 70 GWth installed as of 2006 and a long-term goal of 210 GWth by 2020.


Premise: What do the Newars call Boudhanath?

Hypothesis: Boudhanath is known as Khāsti by Newars and as Bauddha or Bodhnāth by speakers of Nepali.


Premise: Who reported that Nintendo sold 7 million NES systems?

Hypothesis: Compute! reported in 1989 that Nintendo had sold seven million NES systems in 1988, almost as many as the number of Commodore 64s sold in its first five years.


Premise: Who voted in favor of an official investigation of the accusations?

Hypothesis: Greece was accused of trying to cover up the extent of its massive budget deficit in the wake of the global financial crisis.


Premise: What book compiled Adults'  impressions and their impressions as children about the novel?

Hypothesis: Mary McDonagh Murphy interviewed celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Rosanne Cash, Tom Brokaw, and Harper's sister Alice Lee, who read the novel and compiled their impressions of it as children and adults into a book titled Scout, Atticus, and Boo.


Premise: Saint Helena is a member of what kind of association?

Hypothesis: Saint Helena is a member of the International Island Games Association.


Premise: What was the modern evolutionary synthesis named?

Hypothesis: This modern evolutionary synthesis had been dubbed Neo Darwinian Evolution because it encompasses Charles Darwin's theories of evolution with Gregor Mendel's theories of genetic inheritance.


Premise: What issue did Spielberg address in his movie Munich?

Hypothesis: His other films include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones film series, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.


Premise: Alsace was one of the few to vote for this measure from France, what was it?

Hypothesis: It was one of the few French regions that voted 'yes' to the European Constitution in 2005.


Premise: Beyonce supported which campaign that encourages leadership in girls?

Hypothesis: She has also contributed to the Ban Bossy campaign, which uses television and social media to encourage leadership in girls.


Premise: What are the beliefs of Jehovah Witnesses distinct from?

Hypothesis: Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity.


Premise: Who did Chopin hear play violin in 1829 that prompted him to write a composisition?

Hypothesis: Back in Warsaw that year, Chopin heard Niccolò Paganini play the violin, and composed a set of variations, Souvenir de Paganini.


Premise: When did the decolonization of the Americas begin?

Hypothesis: The decolonization of the Americas was the process by which the countries in the Americas gained their independence from European rule.


Premise: In what year was the city in conflict with two nearby tribes?

Hypothesis: The result of these reforms was that any law passed by the plebeian would have the full force of law.


Premise: What are the main objectives of the Command and Control initiative?

Hypothesis: Command and control is "the exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission.


Premise: Which countries did the RSFSR border on the southeast?

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: When was a church first founded at the site?

Hypothesis: Construction of the present church began in 1245, on the orders of King Henry III.


Premise: What type of values did the OSCE determine were adhered to during the election process?

Hypothesis: They were conducted in an environment that reflects a long-standing democratic tradition, including institutions governed by the rule of law, free and generally professional media, and a civil society intensively engaged in the election process.


Premise: What would early users of asphalt want to achieve by putting it on baskets?

Hypothesis: It was used as a sealant on baskets to make them watertight for carrying water.


Premise: How many strings did the Cremonese Mandolin have?

Hypothesis: , Bartolomeo Bortolazzi popularised the Cremonese mandolin, which had four single-strings and a fixed bridge, to which the strings were attached.


Premise: What is the most common of the special matches?

Hypothesis: Another common specialty match is known as the battle royal.


Premise: How much is club Barcelona worth?

Hypothesis: It is the second most valuable sports team in the world, worth $3.16 billion, and the world's second richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €560.8 million.


Premise: Which new concept has greatly taken over Simpsons much debated theoretical systematization?

Hypothesis: Since Simpson's classification, the paleontological record has been recalibrated, and the intervening years have seen much debate and progress concerning the theoretical underpinnings of systematization itself, partly through the new concept of cladistics.


Premise: Why was this age range important?

Hypothesis: Children who worked at an early age were often not forced; but did so because they needed to help their family survive financially.


Premise: Which station caters to sports fans and enthusiasts?

Hypothesis: For sport fans and enthusiasts there is SEN 1116.


Premise: What system was examined to develop the neurobiological explanation of human emotion?

Hypothesis: If distinguished from reactive responses of reptiles, emotions would then be mammalian elaborations of general vertebrate arousal patterns, in which neurochemicals (for example, dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin) step-up or step-down the brain's activity level, as visible in body movements, gestures and postures.


Premise: What benefits did the MUSE narrow wavelength red laser have?

Hypothesis: The MUSE-capable players had several noteworthy advantages over standard LaserDisc players, including a red laser with a much narrower wavelength than the lasers found in standard players.


Premise: Who was the latest pope to hold the title of 'Man of the Year?'

Hypothesis: John XXIII became the first Pope to receive the title, followed by John Paul II in 1994 and Francis in 2013.


Premise: What person recieved a seven year transportation sentence for striking Victoria on the head with his cane?

Hypothesis: On 3 July, two days after Francis's death sentence was commuted to transportation for life, John William Bean also tried to fire a pistol at the Queen, but it was loaded only with paper and tobacco and had too little charge.


Premise: When did the torch arrive in Dar es Salaam?

Hypothesis: Dar es Salaam was the torch's only stop in Africa, on April 13.


Premise: What world famous landmark is located on the bank of the Leine?

Hypothesis: On the edge of the Old Town are the Market Hall, the Leine Palace, and the ruin of the Aegidien Church which is now a monument to the victims of war and violence.


Premise: Pamlico and Cape fear indians are examples of what?

Hypothesis: Succeeding peoples, including those of the ancient Mississippian culture established by A.D. 1000 in the Piedmont, continued to build or add onto such mounds.


Premise: What photographer used bitumen to make the earliest extant nature picture?

Hypothesis: In 1826 or 1827, it was used by French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce to make the oldest surviving photograph from nature.


Premise: What is Kathmandu's fire department called?

Hypothesis: The fire service, known as the Barun Yantra Karyalaya, opened its first station in Kathmandu in 1937 with a single vehicle.


Premise: What is the largest performing arts center in the US?

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: To what clan family do the Ogaden belong?

Hypothesis: Thus, for example, a recent study observed that in 89 marriages contracted by men of the Dhulbahante clan, 55 (62%) were with women of Dhulbahante sub-clans other than those of their husbands; 30 (33.7%) were with women of surrounding clans of other clan families (Isaaq, 28; Hawiye, 3); and 3 (4.3%) were with women of other clans of the Darod clan family (Majerteen 2, Ogaden 1).


Premise: Where was Adolf Hitlers base of operation during World War 2?

Hypothesis: In 1800 Napoleon crossed one of the mountain passes with an army of 40,000.


Premise: What magazine listed Comcast as one of its top places to work?

Hypothesis: In 2009, it was included on CableFAX magazine's "Top 10 Places to Work in Cable", which cited its "scale, savvy and vision".


Premise: When were safe working environments legislation adopted for child labourers?

Hypothesis: But 23 years later in 1989 the Convention on the Rights of Children was adopted and helped to reduce the exploitation of children and demanded safe working environments.


Premise: Who did the British Empire side with?

Hypothesis: By its end in 1918 three empires were gone, a fourth was about to fall to revolution, and two more, the British and French, were forced to yield in revolutions started under the aegis of their own ideologies.


Premise: What new movement is aimed at opening dialogue between the government and opposition?

Hypothesis: Additionally, a new movement called Citizens for Democratic Rights in Eritrea aimed at bringing about dialogue between the government and opposition was formed in early 2009.


Premise: Which of Northwestern's alumni is notable for becoming the Illinois Governor and convicted felon?

Hypothesis: Many Northwestern alumni play or have played important roles in Chicago and Illinois, such as former Illinois governor and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, and theater director Mary Zimmerman.


Premise: Which tributary of the Yangtze flows through central Sichuan?

Hypothesis: The Yangtze River and its tributaries flows through the mountains of western Sichuan and the Sichuan Basin; thus, the province is upstream of the great cities that stand along the Yangtze River further to the east, such as Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing and Shanghai.


Premise: Did the new emperor agree or disagree with the Arians?

Hypothesis: This began a "golden decade" of peace and prosperity, during which time Athanasius assembled several documents relating to his exiles and returns from exile in the Apology Against the Arians.


Premise: What was the normal per game attendance of AFL games in the 1990s?

Hypothesis: From the start of the 2004 season until the final season of the original league in 2008, average attendance was above 12,000, with 12,392 in 2007.


Premise: Who arranged the version of "Billie Jean" that David Cook performed on American Idol?

Hypothesis: Cornell himself said he was 'flattered' and praised David Cook's performance.


Premise: What president ignored Eisenhower's recommendations in regard to atomic weapons?

Hypothesis: However, in formulating policies regarding the atomic bomb and relations with the Soviets, Truman was guided by the U.S. State Department and ignored Eisenhower and the Pentagon.


Premise: Which of Northwestern's alumni is notable for becoming a U.S. Senator and presidential candidate?

Hypothesis: Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago and former White House Chief of Staff, earned a Masters in Speech and Communication in 1985.


Premise: In 1849, what railroad was created?

Hypothesis: During the Civil War, the Wilmington-to-Raleigh stretch of the railroad would be vital to the Confederate war effort; supplies shipped into Wilmington would be moved by rail through Raleigh to the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.


Premise: How many master's degrees did Northwestern confer during the 2012-2013 school term?

Hypothesis: Northwestern conferred 2,190 bachelor's degrees, 3,272 master's degrees, 565 doctoral degrees, and 444 professional degrees in 2012–2013.


Premise: Where is the Tres Cruces Bus Terminal located?

Hypothesis: An international bus station, the Tres Cruces Bus Terminal, is located on the lower level of the Tres Cruces Shopping Center, on the side of Artigas Boulevard.


Premise: For  his system to work, Bell had to change what about each code?

Hypothesis: The basic concept behind his device was that messages could be sent through a single wire if each message was transmitted at a different pitch, but work on both the transmitter and receiver was needed.


Premise: In what year did SM-65 Atlas pass its first fully functional test?

Hypothesis: The SM-65 Atlas passed its first fully functional test in 1959, two years after his death.


Premise: Who did the RCC buy military equipment from?

Hypothesis: Orchestrating a military build-up, the RCC began purchasing weapons from France and the Soviet Union.


Premise: Many Jews have aspired to return to where?

Hypothesis: The hopes and yearnings of Jews living in exile are an important theme of the Jewish belief system.


Premise: When do culls to ensure sustainability of London's deer population occur?

Hypothesis: While Londoners are accustomed to wildlife such as birds and foxes sharing the city, more recently urban deer have started becoming a regular feature, and whole herds of fallow and white-tailed deer come into residential areas at night to take advantage of the London's green spaces.


Premise: What part of the statue of Theodore Dwight Woolsey is it said to be good luck to rub?

Hypothesis: Yale's student tour guides tell visitors that students consider it good luck to rub the toe of the statue of Theodore Dwight Woolsey on Old Campus.


Premise: Which region of Tennessee swung in favor of secession in the June 1861 referendum?

Hypothesis: In February 1861, secessionists in Tennessee's state government—led by Governor Isham Harris—sought voter approval for a convention to sever ties with the United States, but Tennessee voters rejected the referendum by a 54–46% margin.


Premise: What does the ECRI strive to make sure no one becomes?

Hypothesis: The law claims to reject the existence of "race", yet penalize situations where someone is treated less favourably on this ground.


Premise: How does Oklahoma's crude oil reserves rank among states?

Hypothesis: Oklahoma is the nation's third-largest producer of natural gas, fifth-largest producer of crude oil, and has the second-greatest number of active drilling rigs, and ranks fifth in crude oil reserves.


Premise: In what states is Fort Bliss located?

Hypothesis: replacement center at Fort Bliss, in New Mexico and Texas, before their individual deployment.


Premise: What is the street that is named after Juan Rodriguez?

Hypothesis: The first non-Native American inhabitant of what would eventually become New York City was Dominican trader Juan Rodriguez (transliterated to Dutch as Jan Rodrigues).


Premise: Why did President Levin believe there were so many Yale alumni presidential candidates?

Hypothesis: Richard H. Brodhead, former dean of Yale College and now president of Duke University, stated: "We do give very significant attention to orientation to the community in our admissions, and there is a very strong tradition of volunteerism at Yale."


Premise: How many synagogues in the Reform tradition are present in Richmond?

Hypothesis: Along with such religious congregations, there are a variety of other Jewish charitable, educational and social service institutions, each serving the Jewish and general communities.


Premise: Name a popular series of boxing films?

Hypothesis: In the wildly popular Rocky series of films about the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa, Rocky III saw its hero fighting a "boxer vs. wrestler" exhibition match against the enormous and villainous wrestler "Thunderlips", portrayed by real-life soon-to-be wrestling icon Hulk Hogan.


Premise: Which iPod accessory was made by Apple but is no longer produced?

Hypothesis: The dock connector also allowed the iPod to connect to accessories, which often supplement the iPod's music, video, and photo playback.


Premise: What song did Madonna release for the Live Earth series of concerts?

Hypothesis: Madonna released the song "Hey You" for the Live Earth series of concerts.


Premise: Who did Healthcare advocates change their case to include as a defendant?

Hypothesis: The plaintiff, Healthcare Advocates, then amended their complaint to include the Internet Archive, accusing the organization of copyright infringement as well as violations of the DMCA and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.


Premise: What party carried the position of D.C. Statehood?

Hypothesis: The nearest this movement ever came to success was in 1978, when Congress passed the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment.


Premise: Which ideology did Hayek believe conservatism discouraged?

Hypothesis: Although he noted that modern day conservatism shares many opinions on economics with classical liberals, particularly a belief in the free market, he believed it's because conservatism wants to "stand still," whereas liberalism embraces the free market because it "wants to go somewhere."


Premise: What was most of Nigeria's federal income being spent on?

Hypothesis: He enrolled Nigeria in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, which aggravated religious tensions in the country.


Premise: In what sport have judges been shown to favor athletes wearing red?

Hypothesis: Controlled tests have demonstrated that wearing red does not increase performance or levels of testosterone during exercise, so the effect is likely to be produced by perceived rather than actual performance.


Premise: What park and ride service is located at George Junction?

Hypothesis: Regular bus services are provided by Plymouth Citybus, First South West and Target Travel.


Premise: What two-word term does Scotland use to describe their technological universities?

Hypothesis: The comparable institutions in Scotland were collectively referred to as Central Institutions.


Premise: What did German crew members face if they were shot down over Britain?

Hypothesis: Operating over home territory, British flyers could fly again if they survived being shot down.


Premise: How many annelid genes did Torsten Struck compare for a cross-check?

Hypothesis: For a cross-check the study used an analysis of 11 genes (including the original 3) in 10 taxa.


Premise: At what site were important paleolithic stone tools found?

Hypothesis: The stone implements from the Jalelo site in northern Somalia are said to be the most important link in evidence of the universality in palaeolithic times between the East and the West.


Premise: The new Statement on Academic Freedom allows students to analyze and discuss Church doctrine but does not allow student expressions that do what?

Hypothesis: In 1992, the university drafted a new Statement on Academic Freedom, specifying that limitations may be placed upon "expression with students or in public that: (1) contradicts or opposes, rather than analyzes or discusses, fundamental Church doctrine or policy; (2) deliberately attacks or derides the Church or its general leaders; or (3) violates the Honor Code because the expression is dishonest, illegal, unchaste, profane, or unduly disrespectful of others."


Premise: When were the timber export sanctions lifted for Liberia?

Hypothesis: These sanctions were lifted in 2006.


Premise: When do most other stations view their local newscasts?

Hypothesis: Weekly newsmagazine the fifth estate is also a CBC mainstay, as are documentary series such as Doc Zone.


Premise: The midbrain region of the brain is known as what?

Hypothesis: Neuroanatomists usually divide the vertebrate brain into six main regions: the telencephalon (cerebral hemispheres), diencephalon (thalamus and hypothalamus), mesencephalon (midbrain), cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata.


Premise: How did The Sun describe John Major's Conservatives?

Hypothesis: Its front page headline read THE SUN BACKS BLAIR and its front page editorial made clear that while it still opposed some New Labour policies, such as the Minimum Wage and Devolution, it believed Blair to be "the breath of fresh air this great country needs".


Premise: What happened to Novgorod when Kievan Rus began to decline?

Hypothesis: As Kievan Rus' declined, Novgorod became more independent.