Premise: According to Ibn Sina, at what age should children choose a direction for their education?

Hypothesis: He wrote that this was a transitional stage and that there needs to be flexibility regarding the age in which pupils graduate, as the student's emotional development and chosen subjects need to be taken into account.


Premise: What would often lead Rome to wage war in foreign lands?

Hypothesis: The first is the foreign war, normally begun as a counter-offensive or defense of an ally.


Premise: How much of the US's oil comes from Nigeria?

Hypothesis: Nigeria is the United States' largest trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa and supplies a fifth of its oil (11% of oil imports).


Premise: When was the Museo Tamayo opened?

Hypothesis: In southern Mexico City, the Museo Carrillo Gil (Carrillo Gil Museum) showcases avant-garde artists, as does the University Museum/Contemporary Art (Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo – or MUAC), designed by famed Mexican architect Teodoro González de León, inaugurated in late 2008.


Premise: What is uranium used for most often in the military?

Hypothesis: The use of depleted uranium became politically and environmentally contentious after the use of such munitions by the US, UK and other countries during wars in the Persian Gulf and the Balkans raised questions concerning uranium compounds left in the soil (see Gulf War Syndrome).


Premise: Who is the designer of the Taragaon Museum?

Hypothesis: It was designed by Carl Pruscha (master-planner of the Kathmandy Valley ) in 1970 and constructed in 1971.


Premise: How were the assembly of tribes segregated into specific tribes?

Hypothesis: The tribes were not ethnic or kinship groups, but rather geographical subdivisions.


Premise: What  six were the top countries for investment in recent years?

Hypothesis: As a share of total investment in power plants, wind and solar PV grew from 14% in 2000 to over 60% in 2012.


Premise: Who was Victoria's father?

Hypothesis: Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III.


Premise: What event preceded the domination of Estonia by different European powers?

Hypothesis: The domination of Estonia after the Northern Crusades, from the 13th century to 1918 by Germany, Sweden, and Russia resulted in few early written literary works in the Estonian language.


Premise: A war with the USSR was considered certain according to whom?

Hypothesis: For its part, Nazi Germany also did a public volte-face regarding its virulent opposition to the Soviet Union, though Hitler still viewed an attack on the Soviet Union as "inevitable".[citation needed]


Premise: Who later bought the well-known encyclopedia from The Times in 1908?

Hypothesis: Due to legal fights between the Britannica's two owners, Hooper and Walter Montgomery Jackson, The Times severed its connection in 1908 and was bought by pioneering newspaper magnate, Alfred Harmsworth, later Lord Northcliffe.


Premise: Who was the first person to carry the torch in Macao?

Hypothesis: Leong Hong Man and Leong Heng Teng were the first and last torchbearer in the relay respectively.


Premise: Where in Tennessee is the headquarters of International Paper?

Hypothesis: Tennessee is also the location of the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, a $2 billion polysilicon production facility by Wacker Chemie in Bradley County, and a $1.2 billion polysilicon production facility by Hemlock Semiconductor in Clarksville.


Premise: Are pesticides chemical or biological agents?

Hypothesis: In general, a pesticide is a chemical or biological agent (such as a virus, bacterium, antimicrobial, or disinfectant) that deters, incapacitates, kills, or otherwise discourages pests.


Premise: How many mosaic panels from naos have survived?

Hypothesis: The walls of both narthexes are decorated with mosaic cycles from the life of the Virgin and the life of Christ.


Premise: Which library is dedicated to a former student of the University of Kansas?

Hypothesis: The university is host to several museums including the University of Kansas Natural History Museum and the Spencer Museum of Art.


Premise: In what year did Pope John XXIII die?

Hypothesis: " When John XXIII died of stomach cancer on 3 June 1963, it triggered a conclave to elect a new pope.


Premise: What type of revolution began as a result of the third point?

Hypothesis: The second point proclaimed that all opponents of the revolution had to be removed, while the third initiated an administrative revolution that Gaddafi proclaimed would remove all traces of bureaucracy and the bourgeoisie.


Premise: How much did Apple pay to Creative Technologies to settle their 2006 suit?

Hypothesis: Apple will pay Creative US$100 million for a paid-up license, to use Creative's awarded patent in all Apple products.


Premise: How much Scottish capital was lost in the Panama colony attempt?

Hypothesis: The Darien scheme was a financial disaster for Scotland—a quarter of Scottish capital was lost in the enterprise—and ended Scottish hopes of establishing its own overseas empire.


Premise: What part of Valencia is undergoing improvements?

Hypothesis: These public works and the ongoing rehabilitation of the Old City (Ciutat Vella) have helped improve the city's livability and tourism is continually increasing.


Premise: What did the federal-aid airport program aim to help develop?

Hypothesis: On the eve of America's entry into World War II, CAA began to extend its ATC responsibilities to takeoff and landing operations at airports.


Premise: Who were bishops appointed by?

Hypothesis: Bishops were appointed by the feudal lords (kings, dukes and other landowners) and they often ruled as virtual princes over large estates.


Premise: In what year did Northwestern University began teaching?

Hypothesis: Instruction began in 1855; women were admitted in 1869.


Premise: When was Liberia was granted observer status with the world trade organization>

Hypothesis: Liberia gained observer status with the World Trade Organization in 2010 and is in the process of acquiring full member status.


Premise: Along with sociology, linguistics, historiography and archaeology, what field is part of Somali Studies?

Hypothesis: It consists of several disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, linguistics, historiography and archaeology.


Premise: Who recieved the first transatlantic wireless transmission?

Hypothesis: Today, Signal Hill is a National Historic Site of Canada and remains incredibly popular amongst tourists and locals alike; 97% of all tourists to St. John's visit Signal Hill.


Premise: About how many cities and towns in Mexico is Carnival celebrated in?

Hypothesis: The larger city Carnivals employ costumes, elected queens and parades with floats, but Carnival celebrations in smaller and rural areas vary widely depending on the level of European influence during Mexico's colonial period.


Premise: What is an objection to the idea of subspecies because it doesn't specify this?

Hypothesis: One objection to this idea is that it does not specify what degree of differentiation is required.


Premise: In what year were compact discs realesed for purchase?

Hypothesis: The format was originally developed to store and play only sound recordings but was later adapted for storage of data (CD-ROM).


Premise: What does the CPI estimate?

Hypothesis: The United States Consumer Price Index, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is a measure estimating the average price of consumer goods and services in the United States.


Premise: What types of vehicles were the Fennica and Nordica?

Hypothesis: Around the same time period, a reporter for Fortune magazine spoke with Edward Itta, an Inupiat Eskimo leader and the former mayor of the North Slope Borough, who expressed that he was conflicted about Shell's plans in the Arctic, as he was very concerned that an oil spill could destroy the Inupiat Eskimo's hunting-and-fishing culture, but his borough also received major tax revenue from oil and gas production; additionally, further revenue from energy activity was considered crucial to the future of the living standard in Itta's community.


Premise: Where do some people eat dogs?

Hypothesis: Proponents of eating dog meat have argued that placing a distinction between livestock and dogs is western hypocrisy, and that there is no difference with eating the meat of different animals.


Premise: Socioeconomic factors and enduring views on race has led to what for certain racial groups?

Hypothesis: Racial discrimination often coincides with racist mindsets, whereby the individuals and ideologies of one group come to perceive the members of an outgroup as both racially defined and morally inferior.


Premise: Whose needs were no longer relevant to the new style?

Hypothesis: Immediately after World War I, pioneering modernist architects sought to develop a completely new style appropriate for a new post-war social and economic order, focused on meeting the needs of the middle and working classes.


Premise: What did retroactively applying the ESA95 methodology result in raising the budget deficit to?

Hypothesis: Most of the differences in the revised budget deficit numbers were due to a temporary change of accounting practices by the new government, i.e., recording expenses when military material was ordered rather than received.


Premise: What are mutations that do not change the amino acid sequence called?

Hypothesis: Other mutations can be neutral if they lead to amino acid sequence changes, but the protein still functions similarly with the new amino acid (e.g. conservative mutations).


Premise: In what country was Punch Taverns established?

Hypothesis: A PubCo is a company involved in the retailing but not the manufacture of beverages, while a Pub chain may be run either by a PubCo or by a brewery.


Premise: During who's term did the ruling exceed?

Hypothesis: Starting in the pontificate of Pope John XXIII, that limit has been exceeded.


Premise: What actor was upset when Pia Toscano was eliminated on American Idol?

Hypothesis: Pia Toscano, one of the presumed favorites to advance far in the season, was unexpectedly eliminated on April 7, 2011, finishing in ninth place.


Premise: What replaced the long-abolished Greater London Council in 2000?

Hypothesis: In 2000, London-wide government was restored, with the creation of the Greater London Authority.


Premise: What was Blore building between 1847 and 1850?

Hypothesis: The Yellow Drawing Room has wallpaper supplied in 1817 for the Brighton Saloon, and a chimney piece which is a European vision of how the Chinese chimney piece may appear.


Premise: Where is there a very active tradition of hunting of small to medium-sized wild game?

Hypothesis: There is a very active tradition of hunting of small to medium-sized wild game in Trinidad and Tobago.


Premise: The term "modern" was derived from what Latin adverb?

Hypothesis: The European Renaissance (about 1420–1630), which marked the transition between the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern times, started in Italy and was spurred in part by the rediscovery of classical art and literature, as well as the new perspectives gained from the Age of Discovery and the invention of the telescope and microscope, expanding the borders of thought and knowledge.


Premise: Should alcohol be used to clean gramophone recordings?

Hypothesis: The medium needs to be kept clean, but alcohol should only be used on PVC or optical media, not on 78s.[citation needed]


Premise: Who was responsible for the creation of the Duchy of Warsaw?

Hypothesis: Fryderyk Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola, 46 kilometres (29 miles) west of Warsaw, in what was then the Duchy of Warsaw, a Polish state established by Napoleon.


Premise: What river is Hyderabad next to?

Hypothesis: Occupying 650 square kilometres (250 sq mi) along the banks of the Musi River, it has a population of about 6.7 million and a metropolitan population of about 7.75 million, making it the fourth most populous city and sixth most populous urban agglomeration in India.


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

Hypothesis: When Russia conquered these groups and gained possession of southern Ukraine, known as New Russia during Russian imperial times, the Ottoman Empire lost its buffer zone against Russian expansion, and Russia and the Ottoman Empire fell into direct conflict.


Premise: What is the difference between sexual idenity and sexual orientation?

Hypothesis: Scientific and professional understanding is that "the core attractions that form the basis for adult sexual orientation typically emerge between middle childhood and early adolescence".


Premise: How many households were there in Atlantic City?

Hypothesis: 37.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.


Premise: How many counties are in Oklahoma?

Hypothesis: Other local government units include school districts, technology center districts, community college districts, rural fire departments, rural water districts, and other special use districts.


Premise: when did any changes to counting procedures  happen?

Hypothesis: Native Americans were included among "Other;" in later censuses, they were included as "Free people of color" if they were not living on Indian reservations.


Premise: Where is it always warm enough for food supply?

Hypothesis: There is evidence that this enables the migrants to obtain more of their preferred foods such as fruits.


Premise: Who was the architect behind the Manuscript Society building?

Hypothesis: Interior moulding is said to have belonged to Benedict Arnold; Manuscript Society, King Lui-Wu with Dan Kniley responsible for landscaping and Josef Albers for the brickwork intaglio mural.


Premise: Whose label did the Buzzcocks release their Spiral Scratch EP on?

Hypothesis: These DIY imperatives would help form the production and distribution infrastructure of post-punk and the indie music scene that later blossomed in the mid-1980s.


Premise: What enabled descriptions and specification of instruments?

Hypothesis: Later in the period, early versions of keyboard instruments like the clavichord and harpsichord began to appear.


Premise: What director win an Emmy Award for his work on American Idol?

Hypothesis: American Idol was nominated for the Emmy's Outstanding Reality Competition Program for nine years but never won.


Premise: Who broadcasts the Premier League's games in the United States?

Hypothesis: Premier League viewership has increased rapidly, with NBC and NBCSN averaging a record 479,000 viewers in the 2014–15 season, up 118% from 2012–13 when coverage still aired on Fox Soccer and ESPN/ESPN2 (220,000 viewers), and NBC Sports has been widely praised for its coverage.


Premise: War between Russia and the Ottomans began in what year?

Hypothesis: All Greeks were united, however, in their determination to liberate the Greek-speaking provinces of the Ottoman Empire, regardless of the dialect they spoke.


Premise: The Air Defense Artillery is a branch of what?

Hypothesis: Currently, the army is divided into the Regular Army, the Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard.


Premise: During what century is it likely that the watermill made an appearance in China?

Hypothesis: However, there is no sufficient evidence for the watermill in China until about the 5th century.


Premise: What country is a popular site for Queen bootlegs because it is outlawed?

Hypothesis: In a project called Queen: The Top 100 Bootlegs, many of these have been made officially available to download for a nominal fee from Queen's website, with profits going to the Mercury Phoenix Trust.


Premise: What was Rome not demanding of in religion of foreign areas of the empire?

Hypothesis: By the middle of the 1st century AD, Gaulish Vertault seems to have abandoned its native cultic sacrifice of horses and dogs in favour of a newly established, Romanised cult nearby: by the end of that century, Sabratha’s so-called tophet was no longer in use.


Premise: Why did Morse retire?

Hypothesis: The couple instead rented an apartment in Lowell, so that Kerry could run to succeed him.


Premise: What process of breaking down cellulose do herbivores rely on for their essential nutrients?

Hypothesis: " Many herbivores rely on bacterial fermentation to create digestible nutrients from indigestible plant cellulose, while obligate carnivores must eat animal meats to obtain certain vitamins or nutrients their bodies cannot otherwise synthesize.


Premise: What is the region of the chromosome at which a particular gene is located called?

Hypothesis: The total complement of genes in an organism or cell is known as its genome, which may be stored on one or more chromosomes.


Premise: What were UN sanctions place placed on 2003?

Hypothesis: In 2003, additional UN sanctions were placed on Liberian timber exports, which had risen from US$5 million in 1997 to over US$100 million in 2002 and were believed to be funding rebels in Sierra Leone.


Premise: What is the term for ice that protrude's from a glacier's surface?

Hypothesis: Portions of an ice sheet or cap that extend into water are called ice shelves; they tend to be thin with limited slopes and reduced velocities.


Premise: When was John von Neumann born?

Hypothesis: ; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American pure and applied mathematician, physicist, inventor, computer scientist, and polymath.


Premise: Who wrote 'The Color Purple'?

Hypothesis: However, much to the surprise of many, Spielberg did not get a Best Director nomination.


Premise: What did the 2012 study say was doubled by the use of GM cotton?

Hypothesis: A 2012 Chinese study concluded that Bt cotton halved the use of pesticides and doubled the level of ladybirds, lacewings and spiders.


Premise: What was the opening lyric from the Duck Tales theme show?

Hypothesis: The instruction label on the back included the opening lyric from the show's theme song, "Life is like a hurricane".


Premise: At what event did the color red become the standard color of stop lights?

Hypothesis: It was chosen partly because red is the brightest color in daytime (next to orange), though it is less visible at twilight, when green is the most visible color.


Premise: Greek was crowned the European champions in what event?

Hypothesis: The Greek Super League is the highest professional football league in the country comprising eighteen teams.


Premise: What is Avicenna's name needed for?

Hypothesis: The use of Avicenna's name symbolises the worldwide partnership that is needed for the promotion of health services of high quality."


Premise: Why did agricultural societies push into hunter-gatherer areas?

Hypothesis: This process of agriculture-driven expansion led to the development of the first forms of government in agricultural centers, such as the Fertile Crescent, Ancient India, Ancient China, Olmec, Sub-Saharan Africa and Norte Chico.


Premise: What medal did the first torchbearer have from prior games?

Hypothesis: The actress Maria Nafpliotou, in the role of a High Priestess, ignited the torch of the first torchbearer, a silver medalist of the 2004 Summer Olympics in taekwondo Alexandros Nikolaidis from Greece, who handed the flame over to the second torchbearer, Olympic champion in women's breaststroke Luo Xuejuan from China.


Premise: How many percent did the college's endowment market value increase from 2014 to 2015?

Hypothesis: Unitised Scheme – a unit trust vehicle for College, Faculties and Departments to invest endowments and unfettered income to produce returns for the long term; (ii) Non-Core Property – a portfolio containing around 120 operational and developmental properties which College has determined are not core to the academic mission; and (iii) Strategic Asset Investments – containing College’s shareholding in Imperial Innovations and other restricted equity holdings.


Premise: What was interesting about his mother and wife?

Hypothesis: His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876.[N 4] Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.[N 5]


Premise: Before insulin, what was the life expectancy of diabetics?

Hypothesis: Soon, the extract was demonstrated to work in people, but development of insulin therapy as a routine medical procedure was delayed by difficulties in producing the material in sufficient quantity and with reproducible purity.


Premise: What percentage of natural uranium is isotope 238?

Hypothesis: The concentration and amount of uranium-235 needed to achieve this is called a 'critical mass'.


Premise: Who stated that Hipparchus created the first systematic star map?

Hypothesis: Pliny reports that Hipparchus produced the first systematic star catalog after he observed a new star (it is uncertain whether this was a nova or a comet) and wished to preserve astronomical record of the stars, so that other new stars could be discovered.


Premise: What did Beyoncé open at the Brooklyn Phoenix House in 2010?

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


Premise: Whose position was it that Jesus was the Son of God?

Hypothesis: In 325, at the age of 27, Athanasius began his leading role against the Arians as his bishop's assistant during the First Council of Nicaea.


Premise: In what year did the newly renovated College Street Music Hall reopen?

Hypothesis: The shuttered Palace Theatre (opposite the Shubert Theatre) is being renovated and will reopen as the College Street Music Hall in May, 2015.


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

Hypothesis: Yale President Richard Levin attributes the run to Yale’s focus on creating "a laboratory for future leaders," an institutional priority that began during the tenure of Yale Presidents Alfred Whitney Griswold and Kingman Brewster.


Premise: What year did Maria Wodzińska's mother tell Chopin that he likely would not marry her daughter?

Hypothesis: However, by early 1837 Maria Wodzińska's mother had made it clear to Chopin in correspondence that a marriage with her daughter was unlikely to proceed.


Premise: What football game tradition has since been discontinued?

Hypothesis: There are traditions long associated with football games.


Premise: What is the population of Beer Sheva?

Hypothesis: For statistical purposes, the country is divided into three metropolitan areas: Tel Aviv metropolitan area (population 3,206,400), Haifa metropolitan area (population 1,021,000), and Beer Sheva metropolitan area (population 559,700).


Premise: When did Sparks release her version of the song?

Hypothesis: This Is My Now", was performed by both finalists during the finale and released by Sparks on May 24, 2007.


Premise: What are there besides degrees of similarity with Occitan?

Hypothesis: Thus, as it should be expected from closely related languages, Catalan today shares many traits with other Romance languages.


Premise: What are some of the empires and dynasties that have also ruled over this land?

Hypothesis: The area has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid Empire, Sassanian Empire, Hephthalite Empire, Samanid Empire, Mongol Empire, Timurid dynasty, and the Russian Empire.


Premise: What percentage of Dell's profits were desktop PCs being sold to commercial and corporate buyers?

Hypothesis: U.S. shipments of desktop PCs were shrinking, and the corporate PC market which purchases PCs in upgrade cycles had largely decided to take a break from buying new systems.


Premise: How is the Farday constant value quickly calculated?

Hypothesis: The Faraday constant F is the charge of one mole of electrons, equal to the Avogadro constant NA multiplied by the elementary charge e. It can be determined by careful electrolysis experiments, measuring the amount of silver dissolved from an electrode in a given time and for a given electric current.


Premise: What did the RAF put most of their resources into?

Hypothesis: The difficulty RAF bombers had navigating in darkness, led the British to believe German bombers would suffer the same problems and would be unable to reach and identify their targets.


Premise: When was the program necessary to crawl and archive the web created?

Hypothesis: In 1996 Brewster Kahle, with Bruce Gilliat, developed software to crawl and download all publicly accessible World Wide Web pages, the Gopher hierarchy, the Netnews (Usenet) bulletin board system, and downloadable software.


Premise: What are traditional sources of funding for parties?

Hypothesis: Such donations are the traditional source of funding for all right-of-centre cadre parties.


Premise: Along with the Late Middle Ages, what are the other two period of the Middle Ages?

Hypothesis: The term "Late Middle Ages" refers to one of the three periods of the Middle Ages, along with the Early Middle Ages and the High Middle Ages.


Premise: What type of law is still in practice in which heresy results in execution?

Hypothesis: In some modern day nations and regions in which Sharia law is ostensibly practiced, heresy remains an offense punishable by death.


Premise: How many terminals do BJTs have?

Hypothesis: It is typically greater than 100 for small-signal transistors but can be smaller in transistors designed for high-power applications.


Premise: What sport do the Richmond Kickers compete in?

Hypothesis: Richmond is not home to any major league professional sports teams, but since 2013, the Washington Redskins of the National Football League have held their summer training camp in the city.


Premise: What are the different kinds of USB connectors?

Hypothesis: Unlike other data cables (e.g., Ethernet, HDMI), each end of a USB cable uses a different kind of connector; a Type-A or a Type-B. This kind of design was chosen to prevent electrical overloads and damaged equipment, as only the Type-A socket provides power.


Premise: In what light to many pro-deaf people see Bell?

Hypothesis: Several influential people of the time, including Bell, viewed deafness as something that should be eradicated, and also believed that with resources and effort they could teach the deaf to speak and avoid the use of sign language, thus enabling their integration within the wider society from which many were often being excluded.


Premise: What type of satellites does the American GPS 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: How long is the Joe Louis memorial?

Hypothesis: A memorial to Joe Louis at the intersection of Jefferson and Woodward Avenues was dedicated on October 16, 1986.


Premise: What sort of components can be added to the equivalent circuit of a capacitor in order to deal with leakage current and parasitic effects?

Hypothesis: There is yet another group, which may be linear but invalidate the assumption in the analysis that capacitance is a constant.


Premise: What site in Talheim suggests violent warfare in the Neolithic era?

Hypothesis: Settlements with palisades and weapon-traumatized bones have been discovered, such as at the Talheim Death Pit demonstrates "...systematic violence between groups" and warfare was probably much more common during the Neolithic than in the preceding Paleolithic period.


Premise: How many nations did Elizabeth visit on tour in 1953?

Hypothesis: She became the first reigning monarch of Australia and New Zealand to visit those nations.


Premise: Folk musicians are not commonly what?

Hypothesis: Composers of classical music have often made use of folk music (music created by musicians who are commonly not classically trained, often from a purely oral tradition).


Premise: What shape is chromosome of bacteria?

Hypothesis: The genes in bacterial genomes are usually a single continuous stretch of DNA and although several different types of introns do exist in bacteria, these are much rarer than in eukaryotes.


Premise: What musical instrument is situated at Royal Albert Hall?

Hypothesis: The UK's largest pipe organ is at the Royal Albert Hall.


Premise: Where is St. Elizabeths medical center located?

Hypothesis: St. Elizabeth's Medical Center is in Brighton Center of the city's Brighton neighborhood.


Premise: How many years ago was Plymouth College of Art founded?

Hypothesis: Plymouth College of Art offers a selection of courses including media.


Premise: When was the Release Preview revealed to consumers?

Hypothesis: On May 31, 2012, Windows 8 Release Preview was released to the public by Microsoft.


Premise: What is an example case that can help display where upholding a racial classification is beneficial?

Hypothesis: There is no clear guidance about when government action is not "compelling", and such rulings are rare.


Premise: How much money did the Marshall Islands receive yearly from the United States until 2013?

Hypothesis: Under terms of the Amended Compact of Free Association, the U.S. is committed to provide US$57.7 million per year in assistance to the Marshall Islands (RMI) through 2013, and then US$62.7 million through 2023, at which time a trust fund, made up of U.S. and RMI contributions, will begin perpetual annual payouts.


Premise: What are the heads of government in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland called?

Hypothesis: In India, The Prime Minister is referred to as "Pradhan Mantri", meaning "prime minister".


Premise: How many contestants auditioned for the fourth season of American Idol?

Hypothesis: The number of those attending the auditions by now had increased to over 100,000 from the 10,000 of the first season.


Premise: What action brought prosperity to Arsenal?

Hypothesis: The club's only success during this time was a last-minute 3–2 victory over Manchester United in the 1979 FA Cup Final, widely regarded as a classic.


Premise: Who was in charge of the Centralab Division of Globe Union when the PCB used in anti-aircraft fuses was invented?

Hypothesis: It was not until 1984 that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) awarded Mr. Harry W. Rubinstein, the former head of Globe Union's Centralab Division, its coveted Cledo Brunetti Award for early key contributions to the development of printed components and conductors on a common insulating substrate.


Premise: How many traders did some islands have?

Hypothesis: During this time, the greatest number of palagi traders lived on the atolls, acting as agents for the trading companies.


Premise: What does National Aboriginal Day recognize from the Aboriginal peoples of Canada?

Hypothesis: Although not without conflict, European/Canadian early interactions with First Nations and Inuit populations were relatively peaceful compared to the experience of native peoples in the United States.


Premise: What popularized the use of conventional hybridization to increase yield?

Hypothesis: Often hybridized breeds originated in developed countries and were further hybridized with local varieties in the developing world to create high yield strains resistant to local climate and diseases.


Premise: Why were the windows of town pubs made of smoked or frosted glass traditionally?

Hypothesis: Traditionally the windows of town pubs were of smoked or frosted glass to obscure the clientele from the street but from the 1990s onwards


Premise: Toward what does Popper believe scientific understandings progress?

Hypothesis: Consequently, just as a species' biological fitness does not ensure continued survival, neither does rigorous testing protect a scientific theory from refutation in the future.


Premise: Between what years did the main engineering work on the port of Montevideo Bay take place?

Hypothesis: The main engineering work on the port occurred between the years 1870 and 1930.


Premise: What do six of the questions asses?

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


Premise: What Holy Roman Emperor expedited the growth of Bohemia in the 14th century?

Hypothesis: Bohemia (as Czech civilization was known by then) increased in power over the centuries, as its language did in regional importance.


Premise: What establishments did Frédéric frequently visit in Paris that influenced his career?

Hypothesis: Influences on his compositional style include Polish folk music, the classical tradition of J. S. Bach, Mozart and Schubert, the music of all of whom he admired, as well as the Paris salons where he was a frequent guest.


Premise: Most of the Ashkenazi Jews moved away from Europe either immigrating to North America, or other English speaking areas but most to which place?

Hypothesis: Hebrew has replaced Yiddish as the primary Jewish language for many Ashkenazi Jews, although many Hasidic and Hareidi groups continue to use Yiddish in daily life.


Premise: Who follows the Kirant Mudhum faith?

Hypothesis: Some animistic aspects of Kirant beliefs, such as ancestor worship (worship of Ajima) are also found in Newars of Kirant origin.


Premise: Which organism looks like a bee but cannot sting?

Hypothesis: One such example is the drone fly, which looks a lot like a bee, yet is completely harmless as it cannot sting at all.


Premise: Which factors concerning the Good Friday earthquake do some believe caused a higher survival rate?

Hypothesis: The time of day (5:36 pm), time of year and location of the epicenter were all cited as factors in potentially sparing thousands of lives, particularly in Anchorage.


Premise: Which parts of the Quran are the least poetic?

Hypothesis: Later sections also preserve this form but the style is more expository.


Premise: When was a free-travel area created betwen Northern Ireland and Ireland?

Hypothesis: In 1997, this area required formal recognition during the course of negotiations for the Amsterdam Treaty of the European Union and is now known as the Common Travel Area.


Premise: Which sisters were in the Five Moons?

Hypothesis: The University program was founded in 1962 and was the first fully accredited program of its kind in the United States.


Premise: Where has evidence of volcanic activity been discovered in Antarctica?

Hypothesis: The only anomalous area of West Antarctica is the Ellsworth Mountains region, where the stratigraphy is more similar to East Antarctica.


Premise: Where do transferred genes enter?

Hypothesis: Such elements as the Agrobacterium Ti or Ri plasmids contain elements that can transfer to plant cells.


Premise: What was Wyatt Earp's job title?

Hypothesis: :250 Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp gathered a few trusted friends and accompanied Virgil Earp and his family as they traveled to Benson for a train ride to California.


Premise: By tradition, what notable figure came to Nepal 250 years before the birth of Christ?

Hypothesis: From the 3rd century BC, apart from the Hindu gods and goddesses, Buddhist monuments from the Ashokan period (it is said that Ashoka visited Nepal in 250 BC) have embellished Nepal in general and the valley in particular.


Premise: The four truths depict what type of path of practice?

Hypothesis: The mentioning of the four truths as constituting "liberating insight" introduces a logical problem, since the four truths depict a linear path of practice, the knowledge of which is in itself not depicted as being liberating.[note 34]


Premise: What dance music of Chopin was written more for recitals than ballrooms?

Hypothesis: His waltzes were also written specifically for the salon recital rather than the ballroom and are frequently at rather faster tempos than their dance-floor equivalents.


Premise: when was the Kinkaid Act brought about?

Hypothesis: To allow for agricultural development of the Great Plains and house a growing population, the US passed the Homestead Acts of 1862: it allowed a settler to claim up to 160 acres (65 ha) of land, provided that he lived on it for a period of five years and cultivated it.


Premise: What does the USB Power Delivery revision 2.0 specification cover?

Hypothesis: The USB Power Delivery revision 2.0 specification has been released as part of the USB 3.1 suite.


Premise: What was the most severe form of physical punishment at Eton referred to as?

Hypothesis: This was the most severe form of physical punishment at Eton.


Premise: What do chickens normally consume when in the natural wild environment?

Hypothesis: Since then, the keeping of chickens has spread around the world for the production of food with the domestic fowl being a valuable source of both eggs and meat.


Premise: What kind of government does Armenia have?

Hypothesis: Armenia became the first state in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion.


Premise: Dogs having ears that are not erect may be due to what?

Hypothesis: The dog's limp ears may be the result of atrophy of the jaw muscles.


Premise: At what storage  point is R/O water production meant to be used?

Hypothesis: Cost of production and delivery has been estimated at A$6 per m3, with the difference subsidised by the government.


Premise: What was the US release date for Spectre?

Hypothesis: It was released in the United States on 6 November 2015.


Premise: Which improvements were most well regarded?

Hypothesis: Some of the included apps in Windows 8 were considered to be basic and lacking in functionality, but the Xbox apps were praised for their promotion of a multi-platform entertainment experience.


Premise: On what two occasions was Tucson's record high?

Hypothesis: F (46 °C) on June 19, 1960, and July 28, 1995, and the record minimum temperature was 6 °F (−14 °C) on January 7, 1913.


Premise: What region did La Malinche hail from?

Hypothesis: A prime example is La Malinche, also known as Malintzin, Malinalli and Doña Marina, an early-16th-century Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast.


Premise: Why was the word "national" a cause for alarm to both Federalists and Anti-Federalists?

Hypothesis: To both the Anti-Federalists and the Federalists, the very word "national" was a cause for alarm because of the experience under the British crown.


Premise: What does Bruno Wenn of the German DEG recommend to attract new investors?

Hypothesis: Bruno Wenn of the German DEG recommends to provide a sound economic policymaking and good governance to attract new investors


Premise: What kind of process is the zinc zinc-oxide cycle?

Hypothesis: Zinc oxide is widely used as a white pigment in paints, and as a catalyst in the manufacture of rubber.


Premise: How many people marched on January 11 against terrorism?

Hypothesis: On 7 January 2015, two French Muslim extremists attacked the Paris headquarters of Charlie Hebdo and killed thirteen people, and on 9 January, a third terrorist killed four hostages during an attack at a Jewish grocery store at Porte de Vincennes.


Premise: About how many million square feet of office space is present in Midtown Manhattan?

Hypothesis: Many of the world's largest media conglomerates are also based in the city.


Premise: Following Alberts death, what was the first year that Victoria attended the State opening of Parliment?

Hypothesis: In 1866, Victoria attended the State Opening of Parliament for the first time since Albert's death.


Premise: What factors make Melbourne more attractie than Sydney for overseas immigrants?

Hypothesis: Although Victoria's net interstate migration has fluctuated, the population of the Melbourne statistical division has grown by about 70,000 people a year since 2005.


Premise: What is the pattern used un Taiwanese tones determined by?

Hypothesis: Taiwanese tones follow the patterns of Amoy or Quanzhou, depending on the area of Taiwan.


Premise: What was Jack Brickhouse's trademark call?

Hypothesis: His trademark call "Hey Hey!" always followed a home run.


Premise: What example inspired much of a new Swiss constitution providing for a federal layout?

Hypothesis: This constitution provided for a central authority while leaving the cantons the right to self-government on local issues.


Premise: Which statistics are debated because of the different ways various police forces record crime?

Hypothesis: However, in neighbouring Dorset crimes reports withdrawn or shown to be false are not recorded, reducing apparent crime figures.


Premise: When did an Air New Zealand crash on Mount Erebus?

Hypothesis: Antarctic sightseeing flights (which did not land) operated out of Australia and New Zealand until the fatal crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 in 1979 on Mount Erebus, which killed all 257 aboard.


Premise: Who argued that the existence of God is an empirical question?

Hypothesis: Carl Sagan argued that the doctrine of a Creator of the Universe was difficult to prove or disprove and that the only conceivable scientific discovery that could disprove the existence of a Creator would be the discovery that the universe is infinitely old.


Premise: What was anyone who received federal funding of any sort required to do under the Executive Order?

Hypothesis: The order supplemented to his previous 1961 executive order declaring it was the "policy of the United States to encourage by affirmative action the elimination of discrimination in employment".:72 Through this order, all federal funds, such as "grants, loans, unions and employers who accepted taxpayer funds, and other forms of financial assistance to state and local governments," were forced to comply to the government's policies on affirmative action in employment practices.:72


Premise: How many people dwell in  Myanmar ?

Hypothesis: my-AN-mar (also with the stress on first syllable); Burmese pronunciation: [mjəmà]),[nb 1] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia bordered by Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand.


Premise: What subfield of anthropology studies mental processes?

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


Premise: What are the three creeds Martin studied?

Hypothesis: Linda Woodhead attempts to provide a common belief thread for Christians by noting that "Whatever else they might disagree about, Christians are at least united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance."


Premise: How did Nicholas Lezard describe post-punk?

Hypothesis: Among major influences on a variety of post-punk artists were writers such as William S. Burroughs and J.G. Ballard, avant-garde political scenes such as Situationism and Dada, and intellectual movements such as postmodernism.


Premise: What is the estimated sum of people who died during the Armenian Genocide?

Hypothesis: This figure, however, accounts for solely the first year of the Genocide and does not take into account those who died or were killed after the report was compiled on the 24th May 1916.


Premise: What was Wyatt Earp's job title?

Hypothesis: In 1882, Frank Stilwell was implicated in the murder of Morgan Earp by Cowboy Pete Spence's wife, Marietta, at the coroner's inquest on Morgan Earp's shooting.


Premise: To whom did Aeneas set up an alter in Rome?

Hypothesis: Aeneas had been given refuge by King Evander, a Greek exile from Arcadia, to whom were attributed other religious foundations: he established the Ara Maxima, "Greatest Altar," to Hercules at the site that would become the Forum Boarium, and he was the first to celebrate the Lupercalia, an archaic festival in February that was celebrated as late as the 5th century of the Christian era.


Premise: How far apart are Conimbriga and Coimbra?

Hypothesis: Numerous Roman sites are scattered around present-day Portugal, some urban remains are quite large, like Conímbriga and Mirobriga.


Premise: The Sakya regime established what kind of relationship between the Tibetans and Mongol converts?

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


Premise: Why did thousands of new workers flock to Houston?

Hypothesis: Due to the boom in defense jobs, thousands of new workers migrated to the city, both blacks and whites competing for the higher-paying jobs.


Premise: Who is responsible for testing and even making changing to computer programs when daylight saving rules change?

Hypothesis: A common strategy to resolve these problems in computer systems is to express time using the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) rather than the local time zone.


Premise: How many private vehicles travel Melbourne's 13,870 miles of road?

Hypothesis: Today it has an extensive network of freeways and arterial roadways used by private vehicles including freight as well as public transport systems including bus and taxis.


Premise: Which company makes timepieces in Midtown?

Hypothesis: Midtown is also home to watchmaker Shinola and an array of small and/or startup companies.


Premise: In what year did Parker Brothers acknowledge and apologize for a spelling error in the game?

Hypothesis: The misspelling was said to have been introduced by Charles Todd and passed on when his home-made Monopoly board was copied by Charles Darrow and thence Parker Brothers.


Premise: When were vineyards first cultivated in Switzerland?

Hypothesis: Vineyards have been cultivated in Switzerland since the Roman era, even though certain traces can be found of a more ancient origin.


Premise: What did people gather to observe on December 10th?

Hypothesis: On December 10, hundreds gathered in Kiev to observe International Human Rights Day at a rally organized by the Democratic Union.


Premise: What is a term of the 20th centrury intended to stabilize the geographical application of Near East to ancient history?

Hypothesis: The Near East may acquire varying meanings, but the Ancient Near East always has the same meaning: the ancient nations, people and languages of the enhanced Fertile Crescent, a sweep of land from the Nile Valley through Anatolia and southward to the limits of Mesopotamia.


Premise: What happened that allowed the United States to have Guam?

Hypothesis: 108-A. Guam came to serve as a station for American ships traveling to and from the Philippines, while the Northern Mariana Islands passed to Germany, and then to Japan.


Premise: What was disbanded in 1958?

Hypothesis: During these reforms, Middle Congo became known as the Republic of the Congo in 1958 and published its first constitution in 1959.


Premise: What percentage of the black population thought affirmative action should be abolished?

Hypothesis: At the same time, affirmative action itself is both morally and materially costly: 52 percent of white populace (compared to 14 percent of black) thought it should be abolished, implying white distaste of using racial identity, and full-file review is expected to cost the universities an additional $1.5 million to $2 million per year, excluding possible cost of litigation.


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

Hypothesis: The next season, he took the team to their second European Cup final, only to lose on penalties to Steaua Bucureşti during a dramatic evening in Seville.


Premise: When was the final broadcast of Tom and Jerry?

Hypothesis: In 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoons first aired on BBC One, with around 2 episodes shown every evening at 17:00, with occasional morning showings on CBBC.


Premise: What band did Beyonce introduce in 2006?

Hypothesis: In 2006, Beyoncé introduced her all-female tour band Suga Mama (also the name of a song in B'Day) which includes bassists, drummers, guitarists, horn players, keyboardists and percussionists.


Premise: The Concordat of 1801 strengthened the position of which church as the majority church of France?

Hypothesis: It solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and brought back most of its civil status.


Premise: At what temperature to zinc become brittle?

Hypothesis: The metal is hard and brittle at most temperatures but becomes malleable between 100 and 150 °C.


Premise: Who ended up owning Louisiana?

Hypothesis: Spain lost control of Florida to Great Britain, but it received from the French the Île d'Orléans and all of the former French holdings west of the Mississippi River.


Premise: How much money does the nonprofit arts and culture industry raise for government?

Hypothesis: North Carolina established the North Carolina Museum of Art as the first major museum collection in the country to be formed by state legislation and funding and continues to bring millions into the NC economy.


Premise: Why is  there still Bilingual  spoken in these states?

Hypothesis: After the Mexican War of Independence from Spain also, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, western Colorado and southwestern Wyoming became part of the Mexican territory of Alta California and most of New Mexico, western Texas, southern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, and Oklahoma panhandle were part of the territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.


Premise: Can query languages be adjusted?

Hypothesis: Static analysis techniques for software verification can be applied also in the scenario of query languages.


Premise: Insects are cut into how many sections?

Hypothesis: Pliny the Elder introduced the Latin designation as a loan-translation of the Greek word ἔντομος (éntomos) or "insect" (as in entomology), which was Aristotle's term for this class of life, also in reference to their "notched" bodies.


Premise: How many directions does the E-plane of the radio waves oscillates back and forth?

Hypothesis: Polarization is the sum of the E-plane orientations over time projected onto an imaginary plane perpendicular to the direction of motion of the radio wave.


Premise: How many packs of camel cigarettes were sold per year in 1914?

Hypothesis: Many farmers grew some tobacco, and the invention of the cigarette made the product especially popular.


Premise: Discrepancy in what spec brought about a class action suit against Apple in 2003?

Hypothesis: The advertised battery life on most models is different from the real-world achievable life.


Premise: How many people were listed as missing?

Hypothesis: This estimate includes 158 earthquake relief workers who were killed in landslides as they tried to repair roads.


Premise: What type of software is stored in a BIOS chip?

Hypothesis: Firmware is the technology which has the combination of both hardware and software such as BIOS chip inside a computer.


Premise: What occurs when offspring delay dispersal from their natal group?

Hypothesis: Cooperative breeding in birds typically occurs when offspring, usually males, delay dispersal from their natal group in order to remain with the family to help rear younger kin.


Premise: What do some believe accounts for the small amount of Archean rocks?

Hypothesis: Others argue that the subcontinental lithospheric mantle is too buoyant to subduct and that the lack of Archean rocks is a function of erosion and subsequent tectonic events.


Premise: Which continent was India colliding with in the Miocene?

Hypothesis: India continued to collide with Asia.


Premise: What was the profession of the founders of Ann arbor?

Hypothesis: Ann Arbor was founded in 1824 by land speculators John Allen and Elisha Walker Rumsey.


Premise: What group funds the Augmented Foundation Programme?

Hypothesis: This program is required for tertiary education programmes outside of Tuvalu and is available at the University of the South Pacific (USP) Extension Centre in Funafuti.


Premise: Can invertebrate species of animals like insects feel pain and suffering?

Hypothesis: René Descartes for example argued that animals lack consciousness and therefore do not experience pain and suffering in the way that humans do.


Premise: This type of stage make-break timing allows for what?

Hypothesis: In addition, because of the required sizes of the power and common connections, they are made after the system ground but before the data connections.


Premise: When was the first figure skating championship held?

Hypothesis: During this period winter sports were slowly introduced: in 1882 the first figure skating championship was held in St. Moritz, and downhill skiing became a popular sport with English visitors early in the 20th century, as the first ski-lift was installed in 1908 above Grindelwald.


Premise: What colors was the aircraft painted?

Hypothesis: Air China was chosen by the Beijing Committees of the Olympic Game as the designated Olympic torch carrier in March 2008 for its long-standing participation in the Olympic cause.


Premise: Which freeway spans the large Bolte Bridge?

Hypothesis: Major highways feeding into the city include the Eastern Freeway, Monash Freeway and West Gate Freeway (which spans the large West Gate Bridge), whilst other freeways circumnavigate the city or lead to other major cities, including CityLink (which spans the large Bolte Bridge), Eastlink, the Western Ring Road, Calder Freeway, Tullamarine Freeway (main airport link) and the Hume Freeway which links Melbourne and Sydney.


Premise: What was the functionality called that gave users the ability to save a snapshot of a site?

Hypothesis: In October 2013, the company announced the "Save a Page" feature which allows any Internet user to archive the contents of a URL.


Premise: How long ago did earlier hominids live on the Indian subcontinent?

Hypothesis: Evidence of Anatomically modern humans in the Indian subcontinent is recorded as long as 75,000 years ago, or with earlier hominids including Homo erectus from about 500,000 years ago.


Premise: What company did MCA create in 1964?

Hypothesis: The long-awaited takeover of Universal Pictures by MCA, Inc. happened in mid-1962 as part of the MCA-Decca Records merger.


Premise: How long would a lunar eclipse be visible?

Hypothesis: Historian David Henige dismisses this explanation as 'indefensible' and astronomer Bradley Schaefer points out that the lunar eclipse would not have been visible during daylight hours.


Premise: What other colony was taken by the British from Spain?

Hypothesis: The British Royal Navy took the French sugar colonies of Guadeloupe in 1759 and Martinique in 1762 as well as the Spanish cities of Havana in Cuba, and Manila in the Philippines, both prominent Spanish colonial cities.


Premise: What project broke Soviet codes?

Hypothesis: This effort confirmed the existence of Americans working in the United States for Soviet intelligence.


Premise: Who provided the soundtrack for the longer TCM Remembers episode in 2009?

Hypothesis: Every December, a longer, more inclusive "TCM Remembers" interstitial is produced that honors all of the noted film personalities who died during the past year, interspersed with scenes from settings such as an abandoned drive-in (2012) or a theatre which is closing down and is being dismantled (2013).


Premise: What did Herschel call the infrared spectrum?

Hypothesis: He was surprised at the result and called them "Calorific Rays".


Premise: When did James come up with 'radical empiricism'?

Hypothesis: Around the beginning of the 20th century, William James (1842–1910) coined the term "radical empiricism" to describe an offshoot of his form of pragmatism, which he argued could be dealt with separately from his pragmatism – though in fact the two concepts are intertwined in James's published lectures.


Premise: How many European countries remained neutral throughout World War II?

Hypothesis: These actions were used to affirm Portugal's status as a transcontinental nation and not as a colonial empire.


Premise: When was the Gibson F-5 largely replicated?

Hypothesis: Numerous modern mandolin makers build instruments that largely replicate the Gibson F-5 Artist models built in the early 1920s under the supervision of Gibson acoustician Lloyd Loar.


Premise: What is the name for a layer of p-type semiconductor set between two n-type semiconductors?

Hypothesis: The bipolar junction transistor, the first type of transistor to be mass-produced, is a combination of two junction diodes, and is formed of either a thin layer of p-type semiconductor sandwiched between two n-type semiconductors (an n–p–n transistor), or a thin layer of n-type semiconductor sandwiched between two p-type semiconductors (a p–n–p transistor).


Premise: In modern day New Haven who makes up for majority of the demographics in terms of ethnicity?

Hypothesis: Westville was the center of Jewish life in New Haven, though today many have fanned out to suburban communities such as Woodbridge and Cheshire.


Premise: What is typical solid setting?

Hypothesis: Solid growth media, such as agar plates, are used to isolate pure cultures of a bacterial strain.


Premise: What sort of theme pub would be likely to feature strippers?

Hypothesis: Examples of theme pubs include sports bars, rock pubs, biker pubs, Goth pubs, strip pubs, gay bars, karaoke bars and Irish pubs.


Premise: In what two areas are most Portuguese industries, businesses, and financial institutions concentrated?

Hypothesis: The Portuguese currency is the euro (€), which replaced the Portuguese Escudo, and the country was one of the original member states of the eurozone.


Premise: What company is Rob Pardo associated with?

Hypothesis: Markus "Notch" Persson (creator of the indie game Minecraft), Gabe Newell (co-founder of Valve Corporation and developer of software distribution platform Steam), and Rob Pardo from Activision Blizzard voiced concern about the closed nature of the Windows Store.


Premise: What drink company ended its relationship with American Idol during season 14?

Hypothesis: The continuing decline influenced further changes for season 14, including the loss of Coca-Cola as the show's major sponsor, and a decision to only broadcast one, two-hour show per week during the top 12 rounds (with results from the previous week integrated into the performance show, rather than having a separate results show).


Premise: What is another term for coset multiplication?

Hypothesis: This set inherits a group operation (sometimes called coset multiplication, or coset addition) from the original group G: (gN) • (hN) =


Premise: What did Irvin Rock write about?

Hypothesis: That is, it can be taken to say that whatever we find in the intellect is also incipiently in the senses.


Premise: Who refuses contact with outsiders on Sentinel Island?

Hypothesis: There are nevertheless a number of contemporary hunter-gatherer peoples who, after contact with other societies, continue their ways of life with very little external influence.


Premise: What was the Thomas More law group?

Hypothesis: The first major meetings of the national left-wing campus group Students for a Democratic Society took place in Ann Arbor in 1960; in 1965, the city was home to the first U.S. teach-in against the Vietnam War.


Premise: What does NESA stand for?

Hypothesis: The total range of countries is in fact the same as the State Department's Near East, but the names do not correspond.


Premise: What did these flashes simulate?

Hypothesis: The oil-fed fires were then injected with water from time to time; the flashes produced were similar to those of the German C-250 and C-500 Flammbomben.


Premise: As of 2011, what percentage of original Telemundo programming was filmed in Miami?

Hypothesis: In 2011, 85% of Telemundo's original programming was filmed in Miami.


Premise: What is an example of the multiracial identity movement at work?

Hypothesis: Because more Americans have insisted on being allowed to acknowledge their mixed racial origins, the 2000 census for the first time allowed residents to check more than one ethno-racial identity and thereby identify as multiracial.


Premise: What does the Pregones specialize in?

Hypothesis: The Pregones Theater, which produces Latin American work, opened a new 130-seat theater in 2005 on Walton Avenue in the South Bronx.


Premise: The earliest colloquial stratum can be traced to what?

Hypothesis: The pronounced divergence between literary and colloquial pronunciations found in Hokkien dialects is attributed to the presence of several strata in the Min lexicon.


Premise: Who runs the public busses in Cork?

Hypothesis: Buses to the outer suburbs, such as Ballincollig, Glanmire, Midleton and Carrigaline are provided from the city's bus terminal at Parnell Place in the city centre.


Premise: On what date in 1949 did Chengdu fall to the communists?

Hypothesis: But the same month Chongqing fell to the Communists, followed by Chengdu on 10 December.


Premise: What was Switzerland's median income in 2007?

Hypothesis: For much of the 20th century, Switzerland was the wealthiest country in Europe by a considerable margin (by GDP – per capita).


Premise: In 1966, who did Tony married?

Hypothesis: In 1966, Tony married the family's housekeeper Joan Gustafson; they had two children, Jennifer (born 1967) and Mario (born 1968).


Premise: What is the English translation of Medri Bahri?

Hypothesis: It was later renamed under Emperor Zara Yaqob as the domain of the Bahr Negash, the Medri Bahri ("Sea land" in Tingrinya, although it included some areas like Shire on the other side of the Mereb, today in Ethiopia).


Premise: What was the final year that the Umayyads held Narbonne?

Hypothesis: Marwan ibn Muhammad, the future Marwan II, finally ended the war in 737 with a massive invasion that is reported to have reached as far as the Volga, but the Khazars remained unsubdued.


Premise: What is the percent of blacks?

Hypothesis: In comparison, the 2010 Census Redistricting Data indicated that the racial makeup of the city was 661,839 (43.4%)


Premise: How many contestants made it to the finals on season 11 of American Idol?

Hypothesis: However, on March 14, Jones was disqualified in 12th place for concealing arrests and outstanding warrants.


Premise: About how many Somalis moved to Minnesota ten years ago?

Hypothesis: The number of Somalis has especially surged in the Cedar-Riverside area of Minneapolis.


Premise: When were the papal terms for submission accepted?

Hypothesis: Under mounting political pressure, John finally negotiated terms for a reconciliation, and the papal terms for submission were accepted in the presence of the papal legate Pandulf Verraccio in May 1213 at the Templar Church at Dover.


Premise: Greece has evidence of Stone Age people during what time period?

Hypothesis: Neolithic settlements in Greece, dating from the 7th millennium BC, are the oldest in Europe by several centuries, as Greece lies on the route via which farming spread from the Near East to Europe.


Premise: In what branch can books, other than scripture, be used for the purpose of oath taking?

Hypothesis: In most Lodges the oath or obligation is taken on a Volume of Sacred Law, whichever book of divine revelation is appropriate to the religious beliefs of the individual brother (usually the Bible in the Anglo-American tradition).


Premise: Of what see was Berkeley bishop?

Hypothesis: Proponents include Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, an Anglo-Irish philosopher who advanced a theory he called immaterialism, later referred to as "subjective idealism", contending that individuals can only know sensations and ideas of objects directly, not abstractions such as "matter", and that ideas also depend upon being perceived for their very existence - esse est percipi; "to be is to be perceived".


Premise: What is the second busiest airport in Australia?

Hypothesis: The main passenger airport serving the metropolis and the state is Melbourne Airport (also called Tullamarine Airport), which is the second busiest in Australia, and


Premise: By how much has Detroit's population fallen this century?

Hypothesis: Between 2000 and 2010 the city's population fell by 25 percent, changing its ranking from the nation's 10th-largest city to 18th.


Premise: Economic distortion is created by corruption in the public sector by diverting what into capital projects?

Hypothesis: Corruption also generates economic distortion in the public sector by diverting public investment into capital projects where bribes and kickbacks are more plentiful.


Premise: What causes puberty?

Hypothesis: Some boys may develop gynecomastia due to an imbalance of sex hormones, tissue responsiveness or obesity.


Premise: What position did Allen play for the Leicester Tigers?

Hypothesis: A notable former player is Anthony Allen, who played with Leicester Tigers as a centre.


Premise: Who was over the new U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific command?

Hypothesis: Towards the end of the war as the role of strategic bombing became more important, a new command for the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific was created to oversee all U.S. strategic bombing in the hemisphere, under United States Army Air Forces General Curtis LeMay.


Premise: What is the exact date on which the Concordat of 1801 was signed?

Hypothesis: As a part of the Concordat, he presented another set of laws called the Organic Articles.


Premise: When did Amazon begin its latest expansion?

Hypothesis: For the five years beginning in 2010, Seattle gained an average of 14,511 residents per year, with the growth strongly skewed toward the center of the city, as unemployment dropped from roughly 9 percent to 3.6 percent.


Premise: What have studies shown regarding climate change?

Hypothesis: Large scale climatic changes, as have been experienced in the past, are expected to have an effect on the timing of migration.


Premise: During what time of the year does California receive the most rainfall?

Hypothesis: The Cascades are one of the snowiest places in the world, with some places averaging over 600 inches (1,524 cm) of snow annually, but the lower elevations closer to the coast receive very little snow.


Premise: Who was said to be targeted in The Sun's front page story?

Hypothesis: On 7 January 2009, The Sun ran an exclusive front page story claiming that participants in a discussion on Ummah.com, a British Muslim internet forum, had made a "hate hit list" of British Jews to be targeted by extremists over the Gaza War.


Premise: Dry and sandy conditions are indicative of which region of Rajasthan?

Hypothesis: Most of this region are covered by the Thar Desert which extends into adjoining portions of Pakistan.


Premise: Dead animals that died as a result of natural causes or non-fatal injuries are called?

Hypothesis: Many organisms (of which humans are prime examples) eat from multiple levels of the food chain and, thus, make this classification problematic.


Premise: As late as what year were the Continental powers willing to give Napoleon most of the gains and titles he had acquired?

Hypothesis: The Continental powers as late as 1808 were willing to give him nearly all of his remarkable gains and titles, but some scholars maintain he was overly aggressive and pushed for too much, until his empire collapsed.


Premise: What groups of minorities could elect a cultural council before the Soviet occupation?

Hypothesis: Before the Soviet occupation, the Germans and Jewish minorities managed to elect a cultural council.


Premise: What is the most common application of resonant antennas?

Hypothesis: The end result is that the resonant antenna will efficiently feed a signal into the transmission line only when the source signal's frequency is close to that of the design frequency of the antenna, or one of the resonant multiples.


Premise: What general received the surrender of Richmond?

Hypothesis: Davis and his cabinet left the city by train that night, as government officials burned documents and departing Confederate troops burned tobacco and other warehouses to deny their contents to the victors.


Premise: What number doubled during Paul Vi's papacy?

Hypothesis: The number of foreign embassies accredited to the Vatican doubled during his pontificate.


Premise: The decrease in crime in New York is sometimes attributed to the decline of what street drug?

Hypothesis: Others cite the end of the crack epidemic and demographic changes, including from immigration.


Premise: When was the Chapultepec Zoo opened?

Hypothesis: Chapultepec Zoo is located in the first section of Chapultepec Park in the Miguel Hidalgo.


Premise: Who comprised the original Mac team besides Raskin?

Hypothesis: His initial team would eventually consist of himself, Howard, Joanna Hoffman, Burrell Smith, and Bud Tribble.


Premise: Where were the scenes featuring planes shot?

Hypothesis: With filming completed in Rome, production moved to Mexico City in late March to shoot the film's opening sequence, with scenes to include the Day of the Dead festival filmed in and around the Zócalo and the Centro Histórico district.


Premise: Where do students in the Washington University School of Law place among test takers on average?

Hypothesis: This year, the median score placed the average student in the 96th percentile of test takers.


Premise: What is the Rome Laboratory?

Hypothesis: In 1994, over a hundred intrusions were made by unidentified crackers into the Rome Laboratory, the US Air Force's main command and research facility.


Premise: About how much human variation occurs between continental populations?

Hypothesis: However, about 5% of human variation occurs between populations within continents, therefore FST values between continental groups of humans (or races) of as low as 0.1 (or possibly lower) have been found in some studies, suggesting more moderate levels of genetic variation.


Premise: What is it easier to do regarding God?

Hypothesis: It is not contradictory to say that someone is white-toothed and not white".


Premise: What is the issue with underdots and their placement?

Hypothesis: For example, ḗ (precomposed e with macron and acute above) and ḗ (e followed by the combining macron above and combining acute above) should be rendered identically, both appearing as an e with a macron and acute accent, but in practice, their appearance may vary depending upon what rendering engine and fonts are being used to display the characters.


Premise: When did Britain and France invade Egypt?

Hypothesis: In 1956, the British and French prime ministers, Sir Anthony Eden and Guy Mollet, discussed the possibility of France joining the Commonwealth.


Premise: Which U.S. tabloid settled out of court with Schwarzenegger in 1999?

Hypothesis: As the doctor had never examined him personally, Schwarzenegger collected a US$10,000 libel judgment against him in a German court.


Premise: What kinds of people generally make up the panels which judge architecture competitions?

Hypothesis: The independence of the jury is vital to the fair conduct of a competition.


Premise: How much were they ordered to pay in damages for the strike?

Hypothesis: Support for the LRC was boosted by the 1901 Taff Vale Case, a dispute between strikers and a railway company that ended with the union being ordered to pay £23,000 damages for a strike.


Premise: What is fat lighter practically impervious to in addition to termites?

Hypothesis: Some experiments on very resinous Longleaf Pine specimens indicate an increase in strength, due to the resin which increases the strength when dry.


Premise: How did the world respond to Libya in 1986?

Hypothesis: A particularly hostile relationship developed with the United States and United Kingdom, resulting in the 1986 U.S. bombing of Libya and United Nations-imposed economic sanctions.


Premise: Which country has not used the formal assention ceremony since the early 20th century?

Hypothesis: In Australia, the formal ceremony of granting assent in parliament has not been regularly used since the early 20th century.


Premise: On which branch of Uralic language family can Estonian be found?

Hypothesis: Estonian (eesti keel [ˈeːsti ˈkeːl] ( listen)) is the official language of Estonia, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various migrant communities.


Premise: What's the new name of Pathumwan Technical School?

Hypothesis: Examples are Pathumwan Institute of Technology (developed from Pathumwan Technical School), King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (Nondhaburi Telecommunications Training Centre), and King Mongkut's Institute of Technology North Bangkok (Thai-German Technical School).


Premise: Where is the Joint Readiness Training Center located?

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


Premise: What year did the Santa Monica freight and passenger service stop running?

Hypothesis: Service was discontinued in 1953 but diesel-powered freight deliveries to warehouses along the route continued until March 11, 1988.


Premise: What is being used to produce white LEDs?

Hypothesis: The sapphire apparatus must be coupled with a mirror-like collector to reflect light that would otherwise be wasted.


Premise: In what year was CIPA DC-004 introduced?

Hypothesis: Because the 1998 version of ISO 12232 did not permit measurement of camera output that had lossy compression, it was not possible to correctly apply any of those measurements to cameras that did not produce sRGB files in an uncompressed format such as TIFF.


Premise: What is the other term for "pure sense perception"?

Hypothesis: Presentational immediacy, on the other hand, is what is usually referred to as "pure sense perception", unmediated by any causal or symbolic interpretation, even unconscious interpretation.


Premise: How many Freemasons were killed under the Nazi regime?

Hypothesis: While the number is not accurately known, it is estimated that between 80,000 and 200,000 Freemasons were killed under the Nazi regime.


Premise: Buddha's way to release was by means of what type of practices?

Hypothesis: Bronkhorst agrees that dhyana was a Buddhist invention, whereas Norman notes that "the Buddha's way to release [...] was by means of meditative practices."


Premise: What was a consequence of the doubt that Greece could pay it's debts?

Hypothesis: In order to avert a default (as high borrowing rates effectively prohibited access to the markets), in May 2010 the other Eurozone countries, and the IMF, agreed to a "rescue package" which involved giving Greece an immediate €45 billion in bail-out loans, with more funds to follow, totaling €110 billion.


Premise: What concept was Frédéric credited with creating?

Hypothesis: Influences on his compositional style include Polish folk music, the classical tradition of J. S. Bach, Mozart and Schubert, the music of all of whom he admired, as well as the Paris salons where he was a frequent guest.


Premise: How is the complex impedance with dielectric represented mathematically?

Hypothesis: where a single prime denotes the real part and a double prime the imaginary part, Z(ω) is the complex impedance with the dielectric present, Ccmplx(ω) is the so-called complex capacitance with the dielectric present, and C0 is the capacitance without the dielectric.


Premise: What happens when there is a presence of fat in the small intestine?

Hypothesis: The presence of fat in the small intestine produces hormones that stimulate the release of pancreatic lipase from the pancreas and bile from the liver which helps in the emulsification of fats for absorption of fatty acids.


Premise: What is needed to reject a cabinet's policy?

Hypothesis: The failure of the Assembly to reject the government programme by an absolute majority of deputies confirms the cabinet in office.


Premise: In what century is it believed that delegations of Moors began to influence western works by the likes of Shakespeare?

Hypothesis: These works are said to have been inspired by several Moorish delegations from Morocco to Elizabethan England at the beginning of the 17th century.


Premise: The evolutionary arms race between prey and predator has resulted in what?

Hypothesis: Selective pressures imposed on one another has led to an evolutionary arms race between prey and predator, resulting in various antipredator adaptations.


Premise: What type of worm have there been proposals to farm?

Hypothesis: Anglers sometimes find that worms are more effective bait than artificial flies, and worms can be kept for several days in a tin lined with damp moss.


Premise: Insectivorous insects are beneficial or harmful to humans?

Hypothesis: Insectivorous insects, or insects which feed on other insects, are beneficial to humans because they eat insects that could cause damage to agriculture and human structures.


Premise: What's the name of the traditional Samoan dance performed by synchronized rows of dancers?

Hypothesis: Another dance performed by males is called the fa'ataupati or the slap dance, creating rhythmic sounds by slapping different parts of the body.


Premise: When did post-punk arrive on the scene?

Hypothesis: Drawing inspiration from elements of punk rock while departing from its musical conventions and wider cultural affiliations, post-punk music was marked by varied, experimentalist sensibilities and its "conceptual assault" on rock tradition.


Premise: What caused the change of the Institute's name?

Hypothesis: In 1934, it moved to its current headquarters on Portland Place, with the building being opened by King George V and Queen Mary.


Premise: Around how many places were renamed when the Nazis entered Prussia?

Hypothesis: More than 1,500 places were ordered to be renamed by 16 July 1938 following a decree issued by Gauleiter and Oberpräsident Erich Koch and initiated by Adolf Hitler.


Premise: What's the English type equivalent for the Dutch word order that is an interrogative pronoun/expression, then a verb followed by a subject?

Hypothesis: In an interrogative main clause the usual word order is: conjugated verb followed by subject; other verbs in final position: "Kun jij je pen niet vinden?"


Premise: What is the toughest footrace around the world?

Hypothesis: Inline hockey was first played in 1995 and has also become more and more popular in the last years.


Premise: On what date was the incorporation of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company?

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


Premise: Which Foreign Minister proposed that the Soviets should join this agreement of axis powers?

Hypothesis: Stalin sent Molotov to Berlin to negotiate the terms for the Soviet Union to join the Axis and potentially enjoy the spoils of the pact.


Premise: How are political parties elected in democracies?

Hypothesis: Many political parties have an ideological core, but some do not, and many represent very different ideologies than they did when first founded.


Premise: What results came from von Neumann's deep analysis of the measurement problem?

Hypothesis: In a chapter of The Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, von Neumann deeply analyzed the so-called measurement problem.


Premise: How many votes did Kerry get against Cronin?

Hypothesis: In the final days of the campaign, Kerry sensed that it was "slipping away" and Cronin emerged victorious by 110,970 votes (53.45%) to Kerry's 92,847 (44.72%).


Premise: What kind of infringement resulted from sharing MP3s?

Hypothesis: The ease of creating and sharing MP3s resulted in widespread copyright infringement.


Premise: When did 'War Horse' come out?

Hypothesis: The film, based on the novel of the same name written by Michael Morpurgo and published in 1982, follows the long friendship between a British boy and his horse Joey before and during World War I – the novel was also adapted into a hit play in London which is still running there, as well as on Broadway.


Premise: When did people first start arriving in the European continent?

Hypothesis: The most important demographic influence in the modern Portuguese seems to be the oldest one; current interpretation of Y-chromosome and mtDNA data suggests that the Portuguese have their origin in Paleolithic peoples that began arriving to the European continent around 45,000 years ago.


Premise: What were the fraternaties of stonemasons origionally responsible for?

Hypothesis: Freemasonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.


Premise: When did SEPTA service get cut?

Hypothesis: Several projects have been proposed to extend rail service back to these areas, but lack of funding has again been the chief obstacle to implementation.


Premise: Where does the Sunset Route connect to the west coast?

Hypothesis: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, located on the southeastern edge of the city, also provides many jobs for Tucson residents.


Premise: What is the average temperature during winter?

Hypothesis: In winter, sunshine is scarce; days are cold but generally above freezing with temperatures around 7 °C (45 °F).


Premise: What did the foundation announce in March 2006

Hypothesis: In March 2006, the foundation announced a US$5 million grant for the International Justice Mission (IJM), a human rights organization based in Washington, D.C., US to work in the area of sex trafficking.


Premise: What kind of harmony has Estonian lost?

Hypothesis: Like Finnish and Hungarian, Estonian is a somewhat agglutinative language, but unlike them, it has lost vowel harmony, the front vowels occurring exclusively on the first or stressed syllable, although in older texts the vowel harmony can still be recognized.


Premise: What did radio host Christina Chan wear before waving it?

Hypothesis: A university student and former RDHK radio host Christina Chan wrapped the Tibetan snow lion flag around her body and later began waving it.


Premise: What was North Carolina State called before?

Hypothesis: The North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now known as North Carolina State University, was founded as a land-grant college in 1887.


Premise: How many barrels of crude were upgraders making per day by 2015?

Hypothesis: By 2015 Canadian bitumen upgraders were producing over 1 million barrels (160×10^3 m3) per day of synthetic crude oil, of which 75% was exported to oil refineries in the United States.


Premise: What animal's food sources were greatly affected with the loss of wolves in Yellowstone National Park?

Hypothesis: The elimination of wolves from Yellowstone National Park had profound impacts on the trophic pyramid.


Premise: Which Irish-American punk band uses Mandolins?

Hypothesis: One example is Tim Brennan of the Irish-American punk rock band Dropkick Murphys.


Premise: In what country is Spoleto located?

Hypothesis: Charleston has one official sister city, Spoleto, Umbria, Italy.


Premise: Why are villages considering becoming car free zones?

Hypothesis: Some high mountain villages, such as Avoriaz (in France), Wengen, and Zermatt (in Switzerland) are accessible only by cable car or cog-rail trains, and are car free.


Premise: What color is uranium?

Hypothesis: It is a silvery-white metal in the actinide series of the periodic table.


Premise: Which season is green most commonly associated with?

Hypothesis: It is the color of living grass and leaves and as a result is the color most associated with springtime, growth and nature.


Premise: What is the name of France's national postal carrier?

Hypothesis: Radio France Internationale, another public broadcaster is also based in the city.


Premise: What is the Eastern Roman Empire in the Middle Ages called by contemporary scholars?

Hypothesis: During the Middle Ages, the Eastern Roman Empire survived, though modern historians refer to this state as the Byzantine Empire.


Premise: If all wrestlers are down, how long do they have to rise?

Hypothesis: If all the active wrestlers in a match are down inside the ring at the same time, the referee will begin a count (usually ten seconds, twenty in Japan).


Premise: What would the electric current always gravitate to?

Hypothesis: The current in the element thus adds to the current being created from the source at that instant.


Premise: What are Guinea peppers used in?

Hypothesis: Spices, peppers and chilis are used in cooking, including Aframomum melegueta seeds (Guinea pepper).


Premise: Where is there a peninsula with luxury homes?

Hypothesis: Both low-cost and luxury housing were built by the government in the Brasília.


Premise: What is WINEP?

Hypothesis: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) is a non-profit organization for research and advice on Middle Eastern policy.


Premise: Oak Street Connect crosses which interstate highway?

Hypothesis: The Wilbur Cross Parkway (Connecticut Route 15) runs parallel to I-95 west of New Haven, turning northwards as it nears the city and then running northwards parallel to I-91 through the outer rim of New Haven and Hamden, offering an alternative to the I-95/I-91 journey (restricted to non-commercial vehicles).


Premise: What had Rutherford been before being elected the group's president?

Hypothesis: His election was disputed, and members of the Board of Directors accused him of acting in an autocratic and secretive manner.


Premise: What is Gabon's ranking?

Hypothesis: The highest-scoring Sub-Saharan countries, Gabon and South Africa, are ranked 119th and 121st, respectively.


Premise: Who was responsible for supply humanitarian aid to civilians?

Hypothesis: The mission was to get behind Chinese forces and block their movement north.


Premise: Where is the Thomson River Dam located?

Hypothesis: The largest dam, the Thomson River Dam, located in the Victorian Alps, is capable of holding around 60% of Melbourne's water capacity, while smaller dams such as the Upper Yarra Dam, Yan Yean Reservoir, and the Cardinia Reservoir carry secondary supplies.


Premise: When did the Soviets establish required education?

Hypothesis: By the mid-20th century, such dialects were forced out with the introduction of the compulsory education system that was established by the Soviet government.


Premise: What former U.S. vice president graduated from Yale University?

Hypothesis: President Clinton met his wife, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, while the two were students at Yale Law School.


Premise: What bridge at Swaythling crosses at the point between the tidal and non-tidal sections of the River Itchen?

Hypothesis: The River Test runs along the western border of the city, separating it from the New Forest.


Premise: What s the Scientific Revolution?

Hypothesis: Individuals started to question all manners of things and it was this questioning that led to the Scientific Revolution, which in turn formed the foundations of contemporary sciences and the establishment of several modern scientific fields.


Premise: Which year did Orozco revolt?

Hypothesis: In March 1912, in Chihuahua, Gen. Pascual Orozco revolted.


Premise: How many people live in downtown New Haven?

Hypothesis: Downtown New Haven, occupied by nearly 7,000 residents, has a more residential character than most downtowns.


Premise: What temperature does hydrogen react with these elements?

Hypothesis: H2 reacts with every oxidizing element.


Premise: Who would get to attack Israel from Lebanon?

Hypothesis: This resulted in an exodus of civilians from Egyptian cities along the Suez Canal's western bank.


Premise: When were albums said to be pioneered?

Hypothesis: The practice of issuing albums does not seem to have been widely taken up by other record companies for many years; however, HMV provided an album, with a pictorial cover, for the 1917 recording of The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan).


Premise: Which caretaker manager was later promoted to permanent manager at Portsmouth?

Hypothesis: Caretaker appointments are managers that fill the gap between a managerial departure and a new appointment.


Premise: What government body advises the president on appointing a Lieutenant Governor?

Hypothesis: According to the Indian constitution, if a law passed by Delhi's legislative assembly is repugnant to any law passed by the Parliament of India, then the law enacted by the parliament will prevail over the law enacted by the assembly.


Premise: In the 19th century, how many african american congressmen were elected?

Hypothesis: Democrats were elected to the legislature and governor's office, but the Populists attracted voters displeased with them.


Premise: When did the British see the need to add anti-aircraft capability?

Hypothesis: The British recognised the need for anti-aircraft capability a few weeks before World War I broke out; on 8 July 1914, the New York Times reported that the British government had decided to 'dot the coasts of the British Isles with a series of towers, each armed with two quick-firing guns of special design,' while 'a complete circle of towers' was to be built around 'naval installations' and 'at other especially vulnerable points.'


Premise: What is the main lanuage of Bern?

Hypothesis: Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (104,465 or 81.2%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (5,062 or 3.9%) and French is the third (4,671 or 3.6%).


Premise: The Slavs from Kievan would eventually settle in the North East of the region, What would this region later become?

Hypothesis: In the northeast, Slavs from the Kievan region colonized the territory that later would become the Grand Duchy of Moscow by subjugating and merging with the Finnic tribes already occupying the area.


Premise: What features describe Estonia as a developed nation?

Hypothesis: A developed country with an advanced, high-income economy and high living standards, Estonia ranks very high in the Human Development Index, and performs favourably in measurements of economic freedom, civil liberties, education, and press freedom (third in the world in 2012).


Premise: What city did American Cable Systems do business in?

Hypothesis: With Storecast being a Muzak client, American Cable purchased its first Muzak franchise of many in Orlando, Florida.


Premise: At what age did Von Neumann begin to study advance calculus?

Hypothesis: At the age of 15, he began to study advanced calculus under the renowned analyst Gábor Szegő.


Premise: When were six employees found dead in a restaurants freezer?

Hypothesis: An intensive investigation followed, and the three individuals involved, who also killed three others in Purcell, Oklahoma, were identified.


Premise: Whose residence was attacked by members of the armed forces?

Hypothesis: Three years later, PAIGC won a strong parliamentary majority, with 67 of 100 seats, in the parliamentary election held in November 2008.


Premise: In what century did "style" as an artistic concept arise?

Hypothesis: The notion of style in the arts was not developed until the 16th century, with the writing of Vasari: by the 18th century, his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects had been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and English.


Premise: What is the syrinx?

Hypothesis: When the bird exhales, the used air flows out of the lung and the stored fresh air from the posterior air sac is simultaneously forced into the lungs.


Premise: In the 2000s, how many people died every year because of dog bites?

Hypothesis: In the 1980s and 1990s the US averaged 17 fatalities per year, while in the 2000s this has increased to 26.


Premise: The confused deputy problem and the problem of not guaranteeing only one person has access are resolved by what?

Hypothesis: Both of these problems are resolved by capabilities.


Premise: What is the natural abundance of uranium-235?

Hypothesis: There are also five other trace isotopes: uranium-239, which is formed when 238U undergoes spontaneous fission, releasing neutrons that are captured by another 238U atom; uranium-237, which is formed when 238U captures a neutron but emits two more, which then decays to neptunium-237; uranium-233, which is formed in the decay chain of that neptunium-237; and finally, uranium-236 and -240, which appear in the decay chain of primordial plutonium-244.


Premise: New studies have found that half of reactivation cases of tuberculosis might actually be due to what other "re-" word?

Hypothesis: Studies using DNA fingerprinting of M. tuberculosis strains have shown reinfection contributes more substantially to recurrent TB than previously thought, with estimates that it might account for more than 50% of reactivated cases in areas where TB is common.


Premise: In what year did the city have less than 500 homicides?

Hypothesis: New York experienced a record low of 328 homicides in 2014 and has a far lower murder rate than other major American cities.


Premise: What is another name for Jewish mysticism?

Hypothesis: Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, paints a pantheistic/panentheistic view of God—which has wide acceptance in Hasidic Judaism, particularly from their founder The Baal Shem Tov


Premise: Between what years was College Hall built?

Hypothesis: The important wall paintings in the Chapel and the brick north range of the present School Yard also date from the 1480s; the lower storeys of the cloister, including College Hall, had been built between 1441 and 1460.


Premise: What is telecommuting?

Hypothesis: The technology is also used for telecommuting, in which employees work from home.


Premise: What are 2 benefits of leveraging neoclassicism for civil planning?

Hypothesis: Neoclassicism also influenced city planning; the ancient Romans had used a consolidated scheme for city planning for both defence and civil convenience, however, the roots of this scheme go back to even older civilizations.


Premise: What should the cost of incentives for producing solar energy be considered?

Hypothesis: In 2011, the International Energy Agency said that "the development of affordable, inexhaustible and clean solar energy technologies will have huge longer-term benefits.


Premise: When were boxes with "functional" FireWire no longer included in the FCC mandate?

Hypothesis: As of July 2004[update], boxes are not included in the FCC mandate.


Premise: What types of movements are associated with federalism?

Hypothesis: Movements associated with the establishment or development of federations can exhibit either centralising or decentralising trends.[citation needed]


Premise: How many black students were escorted by the 101st Airborne to Little Rock Central High School?

Hypothesis: In 1957, the state of Arkansas refused to honor a federal court order to integrate their public school system stemming from the Brown decision.


Premise: What metal rose in value?

Hypothesis: Copper rose over speculations that production in southwestern China may be affected, and oil prices dropped over speculations that demand from China would fall.


Premise: What was the modern evolutionary synthesis named?

Hypothesis: It was not until the modern evolutionary synthesis in the 1930s and 1940s that a model of heredity became completely integrated with a model of variation.


Premise: In which forum group is Tuvalu a member?

Hypothesis: Tuvalu participates in the work of Secretariat of the Pacific Community, or SPC (sometimes Pacific Community) and is a member of the Pacific Islands Forum, the Commonwealth of Nations and the United Nations.


Premise: Who is the representative for Seattle's district?

Hypothesis: Ed Murray is currently serving as mayor.


Premise: Initially prajna is attained at a conceptual level by means of listening to what?

Hypothesis: Initially, prajñā is attained at a conceptual level by means of listening to sermons (dharma talks), reading, studying, and sometimes reciting Buddhist texts and engaging in discourse.


Premise: Until what year frame did the Gelug exchange gifts with the the Ming?

Hypothesis: Even though the Gelug exchanged gifts with and sent missions to the Ming court up until the 1430s, the Gelug was not mentioned in the Mingshi or the Mingshi Lu.


Premise: Where was the Television meant to be placed?

Hypothesis: The television it is connected to (typically 11" to 14") is meant to be placed atop it.


Premise: What was the only language Victoria spoke at home?

Hypothesis: Her lessons included French, German, Italian, and Latin, but she spoke only English at home.


Premise: What are some uses for Blue Lias

Hypothesis: Blue Lias has been used locally as a building stone and as a raw material for lime mortar and Portland cement.


Premise: What is 'Scullers' Row'?

Hypothesis: In addition, the Harlem River is reemerging as "Scullers' Row" due in large part to the efforts of the Bronx River Restoration Project, a joint public-private endeavor of the city's parks department.


Premise: What falls within the term "cultural anthropology"?

Hypothesis: Within cultural anthropology, the ideology and analytical stance of cultural relativism holds that cultures cannot easily be objectively ranked or evaluated because any evaluation is necessarily situated within the value system of a given culture.


Premise: Who did Schwarzenegger reportedly begin dating shortly after his separation?

Hypothesis: Following their separation, it is reported that Schwarzenegger is dating physical therapist Heather Milligan.


Premise: Who was the Egyptian President?

Hypothesis: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had a mother who was a dark-skinned Nubian Sudanese woman and a father who was a lighter-skinned Egyptian.


Premise: What influence did Qutb Shahi architecture borrow from?

Hypothesis: The Charminar, Mecca Masjid, Charkaman and Qutb Shahi tombs are other existing structures of this period.


Premise: What does CCIRC stand for?

Hypothesis: Public Safety Canada’s Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC) is responsible for mitigating and responding to threats to Canada’s critical infrastructure and cyber systems.


Premise: What agreement replaced the Congress of Vienna?

Hypothesis: By the dawn of the 20th century, the balance of world power had changed substantially since the Congress of Vienna.