Premise: When did the third Digimon series begin?

Hypothesis: Unlike the two seasons before it and most of the seasons that followed, Digimon Tamers takes a darker and more realistic approach to its story featuring Digimon who do not reincarnate after their deaths and more complex character development in the original Japanese.


Premise: Which missile batteries often have individual launchers several kilometres from one another?

Hypothesis: When MANPADS is operated by specialists, batteries may have several dozen teams deploying separately in small sections; self-propelled air defence guns may deploy in pairs.


Premise: What two things does Popper argue Tarski's theory involves in an evaluation of truth?

Hypothesis: He bases this interpretation on the fact that examples such as the one described above refer to two things: assertions and the facts to which they refer.


Premise: What is the name of the village 9 miles north of Calafat where the Ottoman forces attacked the Russians?

Hypothesis: On 31 December 1853, the Ottoman forces at Calafat moved against the Russian force at Chetatea or Cetate, a small village nine miles north of Calafat, and engaged them on 6 January 1854.


Premise: What famous palace is located in London?

Hypothesis: London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement of Greenwich (in which the Royal Observatory, Greenwich marks the Prime Meridian, 0° longitude, and GMT).


Premise: When is the term 'German dialects' used in regard to the German language?

Hypothesis: When talking about the German language, the term German dialects is only used for the traditional regional varieties.


Premise: What was the name of the island the English traded to the Dutch in return for New Amsterdam?

Hypothesis: At the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the English gained New Amsterdam (New York) in North America in exchange for Dutch control of Run, an Indonesian island.


Premise: How were the Portuguese expelled from Myanmar?

Hypothesis: From the 1720s onward, the kingdom was beset with repeated Meithei raids into Upper Myanmar and a nagging rebellion in Lan Na.


Premise: What does the word 'customer' properly apply to?

Hypothesis: The bill also required rotation of principal maintenance inspectors and stipulated that the word "customer" properly applies to the flying public, not those entities regulated by the FAA.


Premise: What did Arsenal consider the yellow and blue colors to be after losing a FA Cup final wearing red and white?

Hypothesis: Arsenal then competed in three consecutive FA Cup finals between 1978 and 1980 wearing their "lucky" yellow and blue strip, which remained the club's away strip until the release of a green and navy away kit in 1982–83.


Premise: Who starred in 'True Love'?

Hypothesis: The show starred Ted Danson as Dr. John Becker, a doctor who operated a small practice and was constantly annoyed by his patients, co-workers, friends, and practically everything and everybody else in his world.


Premise: Who was elected as the Watch Tower Society's president in January of 1917?

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


Premise: What do most open education sources offer?

Hypothesis: The conventional merit-system degree is currently not as common in open education as it is in campus universities, although some open universities do already offer conventional degrees such as the Open University in the United Kingdom.


Premise: Which collection of minor poems are sometimes attributed to Virgil?

Hypothesis: A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him.


Premise: While looking for bugs, what else can testing do?

Hypothesis: Although testing can determine the correctness of software under the assumption of some specific hypotheses (see hierarchy of testing difficulty below), testing cannot identify all the defects within software.


Premise: How much hydroelectric power can be generated?

Hypothesis: The state is also the first state in India to achieve the goal of having a bank account for every family.[citation needed]


Premise: What two people were killed inside the store?

Hypothesis: The dead included two men from Northern California who had merely been visiting the store's owner, their cousin, to see if they could open a similar store in their area.


Premise: How is Nirvana achieved?

Hypothesis: In Theravada Buddhism, the ultimate goal is the attainment of the sublime state of Nirvana, achieved by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path (also known as the Middle Way), thus escaping what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth.


Premise: What conflict overseen by President Polk might be the source of Tennessee's nickname?

Hypothesis: This explanation is more likely, because President Polk's call for 2,600 nationwide volunteers at the beginning of the Mexican-American War resulted in 30,000 volunteers from Tennessee alone, largely in response to the death of Davy Crockett and appeals by former Tennessee Governor and now Texas politician, Sam Houston.


Premise: In Chinese Buddhism what meditation is more popular?

Hypothesis: According to Routledge's Encyclopedia of Buddhism, in contrast, throughout most of Buddhist history before modern times, serious meditation by lay people has been unusual.


Premise: When did European sport clubs begin to form in the Ottoman empire?

Hypothesis: The main sports Ottomans were engaged in were Turkish Wrestling, hunting, Turkish archery, horseback riding, Equestrian javelin throw, arm wrestling, and swimming.


Premise: What part of their motherboards does Dell not reveal the specifications of?

Hypothesis: While motherboard power connections reverted to the industry standard in 2003, Dell continues to remain secretive about their motherboard pin-outs for peripherals (such as MMC readers and power on/off switches and LEDs).


Premise: What was the highest order of species n land?

Hypothesis: The climate was much more humid than the Triassic, and as a result, the world was very tropical.


Premise: What did Darwin speculate might be how inheritable variations might come about in a species?

Hypothesis: Darwin also admitted ignorance of the source of inheritable variations, but speculated they might be produced by environmental factors.


Premise: The environmental intervention was linked to the conceptualization of what process?

Hypothesis: Between 1791 and 1833, Saint Helena became the site of a series of experiments in conservation, reforestation and attempts to boost rainfall artificially.


Premise: How much of the Bronx vote did Hillquit get in 1917?

Hypothesis: The only Republican to carry the Bronx since 1914 was Fiorello La Guardia in 1933, 1937 and 1941 (and in the latter two elections, only because his 30-32% vote on the American Labor Party line was added to 22-23% as a Republican).


Premise: What is restricted unless the film has a traditional theater release?

Hypothesis: Deaner further explained the matter in terms of the Australian film industry, stating: "there are currently restrictions on quantities of tax support that a film can receive unless the film has a traditional cinema release."


Premise: Along with Bermuda, what other English colony did many settlers come from?

Hypothesis: Among these were free people of color, born in the West Indies of alliances and marriages between Africans and Englanders, when color lines were looser among the working class in the early colonial years, and some wealthy whites took black consorts or concubines.


Premise: How does aposematism help a species population?

Hypothesis: While that particular prey organism may be killed, the coloring benefits the prey species as a whole.


Premise: What does confrontational scavenging involve doing to other predators after they've made a kill?

Hypothesis: Robert Blumenschine proposed the idea of confrontational scavenging, which involves challenging and scaring off other predators after they have made a kill, which he suggests could have been the leading method of obtaining protein-rich meat by early humans.


Premise: Why were dogs initially selected?

Hypothesis: Unlike other domestic species which were primarily selected for production-related traits, dogs were initially selected for their behaviors.


Premise: In what century was the church established at the location?

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


Premise: What is the term that refers to areas where an antennas radiation is zero?

Hypothesis: The radiation of many antennas shows a pattern of maxima or "lobes" at various angles, separated by "nulls", angles where the radiation falls to zero.


Premise: What did the abbot remain as a town built around the abbey?

Hypothesis: The proximity of the Palace of Westminster did not extend to providing monks or abbots with high royal connections; in social origin the Benedictines of Westminster were as modest as most of the order.


Premise: What library was estimated to have 700,000 volumes?

Hypothesis: The city of Pergamon also had a large library and became a major center of book production.


Premise: What was Zhejiang formerly romanized as?

Hypothesis: Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality to the north, Anhui province to the northwest, Jiangxi province to the west, and Fujian province to the south; to the east is the East China Sea, beyond which lie the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.


Premise: Who did the children work beside?

Hypothesis: In many cases, men worked from home.


Premise: Who was the Bishop in this time frame?


Premise: Analysis by what organization detailed that municipality-based rankings may be inaccurate?

Hypothesis: However, an analysis by the Regional Data Cooperative for Greater New Haven, Inc., has shown that due to issues of comparative denominators and other factors, such municipality-based rankings can be considered inaccurate.


Premise: How many trophy designs have there bee?

Hypothesis: The FA decided to change the design after the 1909 winners, Manchester United, made their own replica, leading the FA to realise they did not own the copyright.


Premise: What is the molecular weight loss of antibacterial compounds?

Hypothesis: Compounds that are still isolated from living organisms are the aminoglycosides, whereas other antibacterials—for example, the sulfonamides, the quinolones, and the oxazolidinones—are produced solely by chemical synthesis.


Premise: What colleagues are best to work with to reach a consensus?

Hypothesis: Gephardt added that "inclusion and empowerment of the people on the line have to be done to get the best performance" from the minority party.


Premise: What city was FIFA formed?

Hypothesis: FIFA, the international football body, was formed in Paris in 1904 and declared that they would adhere to Laws of the Game of the Football Association.


Premise: Which philosopher described the invention of a belt drive?

Hypothesis: Yang Xiong described the invention of the belt drive for a quilling machine, which was of great importance to early textile manufacturing.


Premise: How many alumni does Olin Business School have worldwide?

Hypothesis: Olin has a network of more than 16,000 alumni worldwide.


Premise: What was the goal of the 2002 Philippines deployment?

Hypothesis: The goal of the program was to provide medical care and services to the region of Basilan as part of a "Hearts and Minds" program.


Premise: Which band was he largest benefit concert in history about?

Hypothesis: Performers, including Def Leppard, Robert Plant, Guns N' Roses, Elton John, David Bowie, George Michael, Annie Lennox, Seal, Extreme, and Metallica performed various Queen songs along with the three remaining Queen members (and Spike Edney.)


Premise: The most popular early Marvel heroes were collectively and colloquially known as what?

Hypothesis: While no other Timely character would achieve the success of these "big three", some notable heroes—many of which continue to appear in modern-day retcon appearances and flashbacks—include the Whizzer, Miss America, the Destroyer, the original Vision, and the Angel.


Premise: Did everyone endorse Gaddafi?

Hypothesis: Gaddafi remained the government's public face, with the identities of the other RCC members only being publicly revealed on 10 January 1970.


Premise: What type of lanterns are used outside elevators as well as inside most cabs?

Hypothesis: The former are almost universal in cab interiors with more than two stops and may be found outside the elevators as well on one or more of the floors.


Premise: Who covers incorporated associations or councils?

Hypothesis: Furthermore, they operate across a multitude of domains and industries, from health, employment, disability and other human services to local sporting clubs, credit unions and research institutes.


Premise: Where is the Universidad Tecnologica located?

Hypothesis: In addition, the prestigious University of California maintains a campus known as "Casa de California" in the city.


Premise: What is Torrence's 1989 theory about that ties into tool kit variability ?

Hypothesis: Using temperature as a proxy for risk, Collard et al.'s results suggest that environments with extreme temperatures pose a threat to hunter-gatherer systems significant enough to warrant increased variability of tools.


Premise: What conflict was supposed to have provided Iraqi forces with battle experience?

Hypothesis: Iraqi forces were battle-hardened after 8 years of war with Iran, and they were well equipped with late model Soviet tanks and jet fighters, but the antiaircraft weapons were crippled; in comparison, the US had no large-scale combat experience since its withdrawal from Vietnam nearly 20 years earlier, and major changes in US doctrine, equipment and technology since then had never been tested under fire.


Premise: What was the average number of people in a Plymouth household?

Hypothesis: From the 2011 Census, the Office for National Statistics published that Plymouth's unitary authority area population was 256,384; 15,664 more people than that of the last census from 2001, which indicated that Plymouth had a population of 240,720.


Premise: Who wrote in their will that they received loving care from the emperor in the east?

Hypothesis: The Tai Situpa is even supposed to have written in his will: "In the past I received loving care from the emperor in the east.


Premise: In addition to social and cultural characteristics, what else is taken into account for race classification in the US census?

Hypothesis: " OMB defines the concept of race as outlined for the U.S. Census as not "scientific or anthropological" and takes into account "social and cultural characteristics as well as ancestry", using "appropriate scientific methodologies" that are not "primarily biological or genetic in reference.


Premise: How many men were in Napoleon's army when the battle began?

Hypothesis: Bonaparte began with an army of 13,000 men; 1,500 were reported missing, 1,200 died in combat, and thousands perished from disease—mostly bubonic plague.


Premise: How many paper cups are used by Americans each year?

Hypothesis: Americans also use on the order of 16 billion paper cups per year.


Premise: Do the roots and shoots need each other?

Hypothesis: Roots that spread out close to the surface, such as those of willows, can produce shoots and ultimately new plants.


Premise: Why do people say KInseys work is not correct?

Hypothesis: Kinsey's methods have been criticized as flawed, particularly with regard to the randomness of his sample population, which included prison inmates, male prostitutes and those who willingly participated in discussion of previously taboo sexual topics.


Premise: At least how many American aircraft were shot down between 1945 and 1948?

Hypothesis: Stalin was opposed to these provocations, as he felt the USSR unready to face the West in open war so soon after the losses of World War II and at the time when US had operational nuclear weapons whereas USSR had yet to conduct its first test.


Premise: What is the electrically insulting material that sheaths a-delta fiber?

Hypothesis: A-delta fibers is described as sharp and is felt first.


Premise: What percentage of the population is of the  Rakhine descendant line ?

Hypothesis: The Rakhine people constitute 4% of the population.


Premise: How high do the mountains get in Mexico City's region?

Hypothesis: Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico, sometimes called the Basin of Mexico.


Premise: What was the former 10-year moratorium on the construction of nuclear plants the result of?

Hypothesis: The former ten-year moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants was the result of a citizens' initiative voted on in 1990 which had passed with 54.5%


Premise: How far is to the neighboring capitol of Canelones?

Hypothesis: The approximate distances to the neighbouring department capitals by road are, 90 kilometres (56 mi) to San Jose de Mayo (San Jose Department) and 46 kilometres (29 mi) to Canelones (Canelones Department).


Premise: Who overturned the Taft Vale judgement?

Hypothesis: One of the first acts of the new Liberal Government was to reverse the Taff Vale judgement.


Premise: When did settlements appear in Madhya Pradesh?

Hypothesis: The first confirmed semipermanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago in the Bhimbetka rock shelters in modern Madhya Pradesh, India.


Premise: How many families were still without permanent homes?

Hypothesis: He stated that 200,000 homes had been rebuilt, and 685,000 were under reconstruction, but 1.94 million households were still without permanent shelter.


Premise: What was the name of the airport the United States built on Ascension Island?

Hypothesis: A local industry manufacturing fibre from New Zealand flax was successfully reestablished in 1907 and generated considerable income during the First World War.


Premise: Where are most of them from?

Hypothesis: Additionally, there are around 60,000 non-Jewish African immigrants in Israel, some of whom have sought asylum.


Premise: According to Popper, the scientific selection process favors which type of theory?

Hypothesis: Theories that say more about the way things appear are to be preferred over those that do not; the more generally applicable a theory is, the greater its value.


Premise: What kind of losses take place in transformers and inductors during conversion/transmission process?

Hypothesis: Power conversion for a DC system takes place mainly in a railway substation where large, heavy, and more efficient hardware can be used as compared to an AC system where conversion takes place aboard the locomotive where space is limited and losses are significantly higher.


Premise: Who was at one time Laemmle's personal secretary?

Hypothesis: Thalberg had been Laemmle's personal secretary, and Laemmle was impressed by his cogent observations of how efficiently the studio could be operated.


Premise: Larry McKinney explained that a two-month delay in drilling could do what?

Hypothesis: Following the accident, a Fortune magazine contacted Larry McKinney, the executive director at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M, and he explained that "A two-month delay in the Arctic is not a two-month delay ...


Premise: What is KMC an initialism of?

Hypothesis: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), in order to promote international relations has established an International Relations Secretariat (IRC).


Premise: After completing his studies, under whose rule did he become a regular canon?

Hypothesis: As an adolescent, he had a particular love of theology and the Scriptures became the foundation of his spirituality.


Premise: When did the United States declare war on Japan?

Hypothesis: On 8 December, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Netherlands declared war on Japan, followed by China and Australia the next day.


Premise: When was Adolf Hitlers first visit to the Alps?

Hypothesis: Austrian-born Adolf Hitler had a lifelong romantic fascination with the Alps and by the 1930s established a home in the Obersalzberg region outside of Berchtesgaden.


Premise: What was the port known as prior to the Swedish occupation of St. Barts?

Hypothesis: Earlier to their occupation, the port was known as "Carénage".


Premise: When was USB Battery Charging Specification Revision 1.2 released?

Hypothesis: The USB Battery Charging Specification Revision 1.2 (released in 2010) makes clear that there are safety limits to the rated current at 5 A coming from USB 2.0.


Premise: Who did Yaroslav's sons marry?

Hypothesis: Yaroslav the Wise, whose stepmother belonged to the Macedonian dynasty, the greatest one to rule Byzantium, married the only legitimate daughter of the king who Christianized Sweden.


Premise: What were added to scoring in 2007?

Hypothesis: The final score is calculated by taking deductions from the E score, and adding the result to the D score.


Premise: What palace was the place of creation for illustrated manuscripts?

Hypothesis: In Topkapi Palace, these manuscripts were created by the artists working in Nakkashane, the atelier of the miniature and illumination artists.


Premise: Where does most of Canada's asphalt end up these days?

Hypothesis: The Canadian province of Alberta has most of the world's reserves of natural bitumen, in three huge deposits covering 142,000 square kilometres (55,000 sq mi), an area larger than England or New York state.


Premise: What kind of books did housebuilders use?

Hypothesis: Vernacular architecture became increasingly ornamental.


Premise: Which scientist noticed the relationship between the speed and distance of galaxies?

Hypothesis: The observation by Edwin Hubble in 1929 that the speed at which galaxies recede positively correlates with their distance, led to the understanding that the universe is expanding, and the formulation of the Big Bang theory by Georges Lemaître.


Premise: What is Kingsbridge Armory being turned into?

Hypothesis: The Kingsbridge Armory, often cited as the largest armory in the world, is scheduled for redevelopment as the Kingsbridge National Ice Center.


Premise: When are 192 samples taken instead of 576?

Hypothesis: If there is a transient, 192 samples are taken instead of 576.


Premise: Which of Calatrava's creations contains an IMAX theater?

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


Premise: What is Seattle's average December temperature?

Hypothesis: Winters are cool and wet with December, the coolest month, averaging 40.6 °F (4.8 °C), with 28 annual days with lows that reach the freezing mark, and 2.0 days where the temperature stays at or below freezing all day; the temperature rarely lowers to 20 °F (−7 °C).


Premise: Bell learned to accurately read lips even without knowing what?

Hypothesis: In this treatise, his father explains his methods of how to instruct deaf-mutes (as they were then known) to articulate words and read other people's lip movements to decipher meaning.


Premise: What is Oklahoma's largest school district?

Hypothesis: Oklahoma City is home to the state's largest school district, Oklahoma City Public Schools.


Premise: What is a name for the reduced complement of genetic material necessary for an organism to live?

Hypothesis: There is experimental work being done on minimal genomes for single cell organisms as well as minimal genomes for multi-cellular organisms (see Developmental biology).


Premise: In what year was the Mananga Management Centre founded?

Hypothesis: The Mananga management centre was established as Mananga Agricultural Management Centre in 1972 as an International Management Development Centre catering for middle and senior managers, it is located at Ezulwini.


Premise: What rank provided its holder territorial rule?

Hypothesis: Each successive rank gave its holder greater pensions and legal privileges.


Premise: What happened to Hornswoggle?

Hypothesis: Dave Finlay was often aided in his matches by a midget known mainly as Hornswoggle while in WWE, who hid under the ring and gave a shillelagh to Finlay to use on his opponent.


Premise: What percentage of Mexico City's population was indigenous in 1921?

Hypothesis: In 1921, Mexico City had less than one million inhabitants.


Premise: In what year did a French magazine describe the use of asphalt?

Hypothesis: One hundred years after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Pierre Belon described in his work Observations in 1553 that pissasphalto, a mixture of pitch and bitumen, was used in Dubrovnik for tarring of ships from where it was exported to a market place in Venice where it could be bought by anyone.


Premise: What subdivision was associated with the province?

Hypothesis: Two larger subdivisions appeared: the province (Estonian: kihelkond) and the land (Estonian: maakond).


Premise: At about what wavelength of light are human eyes most sensitive?

Hypothesis: 3.58×10−19 J. That is a very small amount of energy in terms of everyday experience, but everyday experience is not concerned with individual photons any more than with individual atoms or molecules.


Premise: In 1887 the US Government wanted to undo Bell's patent due to fraud and what?

Hypothesis: On January 13, 1887, the U,S. Government moved to annul the patent issued to Bell on the grounds of fraud and misrepresentation.


Premise: What county is Charleston, South Carolina located in?

Hypothesis: The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, or, as is locally expressed, "where the Cooper and Ashley Rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean."


Premise: Where do bad and weak assets get moved in times of soverign debt crisis?

Hypothesis: Rescue operations involving sovereign debt have included temporarily moving bad or weak assets off the balance sheets of the weak member banks into the balance sheets of the European Central Bank.


Premise: Who has the majority of the seats in Bern's City Council?

Hypothesis: The last election was held on 25 November 2012.


Premise: What magazine covers Ann Arbor's local businesses?

Hypothesis: The Ann Arbor Business Review covers local business in the area.


Premise: When was Longchamp isolated in the Tower of London?

Hypothesis: John's position was undermined by Walter's relative popularity and by the news that Richard had married whilst in Cyprus, which presented the possibility that Richard would have legitimate children and heirs.


Premise: Which two empires ruled Armenia between the 16 and 19th Century?

Hypothesis: Between the 16th century and 19th century, the traditional Armenian homeland composed of Eastern Armenia and Western Armenia came under the rule of the Ottoman and successive Iranian empires, repeatedly ruled by either of the two over the centuries.


Premise: What did Sinnreich call the link between lower music sales and peer-to-peer sharing site?

Hypothesis: He argues that the industry at the time was undergoing artificial expansion, what he describes as a "'perfect bubble'—a confluence of economic, political, and technological forces that drove the aggregate value of music sales to unprecedented heights at the end of the twentieth century".


Premise: What English representative body provided consent for royal taxation?

Hypothesis: Kings profited from warfare that extended royal legislation and increased the lands they directly controlled.


Premise: What is the range of wavelengths for cheap UV LEDs?

Hypothesis: Ultraviolet LEDs in a range of wavelengths are becoming available on the market.


Premise: How much of the states population does the "Big 7" have?

Hypothesis: These communities, excluding Havre, are colloquially known as the "big 7" Montana cities, as they are consistently the seven largest communities in Montana, with a significant population difference when these communities are compared to those that are 8th and lower on the list.


Premise: What are the main distinctive features of Islamic architecture?

Hypothesis: Distinguishing motifs of Islamic architecture have always been ordered repetition, radiating structures, and rhythmic, metric patterns.


Premise: Who was added as a fourth judge in the eighth season of American Idol?

Hypothesis: However both Carey and Minaj left after one season, and Randy Jackson also announced that he would depart the show after twelve seasons as a judge but would return as a mentor.


Premise: Which Metzinger piece was hung in La Maison Cubiste?

Hypothesis: At the 1912 Salon d'Automne an architectural installation was exhibited that quickly became known as Maison Cubiste (Cubist House), signed Raymond Duchamp-Villon and André Mare along with a group of collaborators.


Premise: Who made Chopin's death mask?

Hypothesis: Chopin requested that his body be opened after death (for fear of being buried alive) and his heart returned to Warsaw where it rests at the Church of the Holy Cross.


Premise: What are the software testers aware of?

Hypothesis: Black-box testing treats the software as a "black box", examining functionality without any knowledge of internal implementation, without seeing the source code.


Premise: How are larger value capacitors often constructed?

Hypothesis: Larger values can be made by multiple stacks of plates and disks.


Premise: What were replicas of the Master Sword and Hylian Shield bundled with?

Hypothesis: Both six- and seven-track versions of the game's soundtrack were released on November 19, 2006, as part of a Nintendo Power promotion and bundled with replicas of the Master Sword and the Hylian Shield.


Premise: When did Mawson retire after leading several expeditions?

Hypothesis: One month later, the doomed Scott Expedition reached the pole.


Premise: What is the largest Indo-European ethno-linguistic group in Europe?

Hypothesis: Slavs are the largest Indo-European ethno-linguistic group in Europe.


Premise: In what year did Langage Power Station come on line?

Hypothesis: On the outskirts of Plympton a combined cycle gas-powered station, the Langage Power Station, which started to produce electricity for Plymouth at the end of 2009.


Premise: What does MYS stand for?

Hypothesis: Life expectancy at birth


Premise: Over how many people lived in Uruk?

Hypothesis: There was little evidence of organized warfare or professional soldiers during the Uruk period, and towns were generally unwalled.


Premise: The terms GMT and Greenwich Mean Time are also used informally to refer to what?

Hypothesis: The terms "GMT" and "Greenwich Mean Time" are sometimes used informally to refer to UT or UTC.


Premise: Whose infant daugheters both died, leaving him without an heir to the throne of England?

Hypothesis: At birth, Victoria was fifth in the line of succession after her father and his three older brothers: the Prince Regent, the Duke of York, and the Duke of Clarence (later William IV).


Premise: Who is in charge of these Change in Operational Control missions?

Hypothesis: When required to support operational missions, the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) directs the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF) to execute a Change in Operational Control (CHOP) of these units from their administrative alignment to the operational command of a Regional Combatant Commander (CCDR).


Premise: Who sold Buckingham house in 1761?

Hypothesis: Sheffield's leasehold on the mulberry garden site, the freehold of which was still owned by the royal family, was due to expire in 1774.


Premise: ICRISTAT had success in teaching women how to make what product of nutritional value?

Hypothesis: For example, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Aga Khan Foundation, trained women's groups to make equinut, a healthy and nutritional version of the traditional recipe di-dèguè (comprising peanut paste, honey and millet or rice flour).


Premise: Along with being carved, how were altarpieces often decorated in this period?

Hypothesis: Painted or carved wooden relief altarpieces became common, especially as churches created many side-chapels.


Premise: How many lines are in the rail network?

Hypothesis: Five new light rail lines are currently in various stages of development.


Premise: What is the meaning of the Sanskrit loanword "bhāṣā?"

Hypothesis: A Sanskrit loanword encountered in many Southeast Asian languages is the word bhāṣā, or spoken language, which is used to refer to the names of many languages.


Premise: Who had a special tribute at the finale?

Hypothesis: Many figures from the show's past, including Paula Abdul, made an appearance.


Premise: Who handles serious medical emergencies on Norfolk Island?

Hypothesis: For serious emergencies, medical evacuations are provided by the Royal Australian Air Force.


Premise: Which model of iPod combined the headphone jack and data port?

Hypothesis: As of the first-generation iPod Nano and the fifth-generation iPod Classic, Apple discontinued using FireWire for data transfer (while still allowing for use of FireWire to charge the device) in an attempt to reduce cost and form factor.


Premise: What Empire did the entire region of Modern-day Switzerland become part of in the 6th century?

Hypothesis: The entire region became part of the expanding Frankish Empire in the 6th century, following Clovis


Premise: What are the more traditional industries that have existed in Portugal?

Hypothesis: Consequently, business services have overtaken more traditional industries such as textiles, clothing, footwear and cork (Portugal is the world's leading cork producer), wood products and beverages.


Premise: One company that IBM acquired in 2002 is?

Hypothesis: In 2003 it initiated a project to redefine company values.


Premise: What video formats are supported for UPnP streaming?

Hypothesis: This is possible with video files up to HD-resolution and with several codecs (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV) and container formats (WMV, MOV, TS).


Premise: When was the Yale Herald established?

Hypothesis: Newspapers include the Yale Daily News, which was first published in 1878, and the weekly Yale Herald, which was first published in 1986.


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

Hypothesis: The nation's largest Presbyterian denomination, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – PC (USA) – can trace their heritage back to the original PCUSA, as can the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC), the Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC), the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (CPC), the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) and the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO).


Premise: What fuel is used for the torch?

Hypothesis: The torch is fueled by cans of propane.


Premise: What is the term used to describe the "Right to collect revenue"?

Hypothesis: The development of New Imperialism saw the conquest of nearly all eastern hemisphere territories by colonial powers.


Premise: How many people moved to New York City between April 2010 and July 2014?

Hypothesis: New York City is the most-populous city in the United States, with an estimated record high of 8,491,079 residents as of 2014, incorporating more immigration into the city than outmigration since the 2010 United States Census.


Premise: Where did children from urban areas primarily work?

Hypothesis: Children who were born in urban areas often found themselves working for street vendors, washing cars, helping in construction sites, weaving clothing, and sometimes even working as exotic dancers.


Premise: What do some people want to do with the people of Tuvalu?

Hypothesis: For Tuvalu I think we really need to mobilise public opinion in the Pacific as well as in the [rest of] world to really talk to their lawmakers to please have some sort of moral obligation and things like that to do the right thing."


Premise: Who conquered the Eastern Provinces of the Byzantine empire?

Hypothesis: During the Umayyad Dynasty mosaic making remained a flourishing art form in Islamic culture and it is continued in the art of zellige and azulejo in various parts of the Arab world, although tile was to become the main Islamic form of wall decoration.


Premise: What would Japan accomplish by peace after their early victories?

Hypothesis: The Japanese leadership looked to base the conduct of the war against America on the historical experiences of the successful wars against China (1894–95) and Russia (1904–05), in both of which a strong continental power was defeated by reaching limited military objectives, not by total conquest.


Premise: What are town rights called?

Hypothesis: Cities and towns are municipalities as well, also having city rights or town rights (Stadtrechte).


Premise: What "ices" makes up Neptune?

Hypothesis: Like Jupiter and Saturn, Neptune's atmosphere is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, along with traces of hydrocarbons and possibly nitrogen, but contains a higher proportion of "ices" such as water, ammonia, and methane.


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

Hypothesis: The former take an diminutive ending and thus functions as a noun, the latter remain adverbs and have always the diminutive with the -s appended, e.g. adjective: groen ("green") → noun: groentje ("rookie"); adverb: even ("just") → adverb: eventjes ("just a minute").


Premise: How did Sidney Sheinberg feel about the film "Amblin'"

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


Premise: Which new trend has been associated with the Jewish Renewal movement?

Hypothesis: In recent years, there has been increased interest in Kabbalah, which many Ashkenazi Jews study outside of the Yeshiva framework.


Premise: What is the benefit to chickens of being in a free-range farming location?

Hypothesis: A more intensive system is yarding, in which the birds have access to a fenced yard and poultry house at a higher stocking rate.


Premise: Who did Joan marry to become queen consort?

Hypothesis: Joan married Alexander II of Scotland to become his queen consort.


Premise: What are visitors of Norfolk Island recommended to purchase?

Hypothesis: Although the hospital can perform minor surgery, serious medical conditions are not permitted to be treated on the island and patients are flown back to mainland Australia.


Premise: In what city is the Miami Amtrak Station?

Hypothesis: The Miami Amtrak Station is located in the suburb of Hialeah near the Tri-Rail/Metrorail Station on NW 79 St and NW 38 Ave.


Premise: When had Tucson last had as much snow as 2013?

Hypothesis: The most recent snowfall was on February 20, 2013 when 2.0 inches of snow blanketed the city, the largest snowfall since 1987.


Premise: How do the olfactory lobes of mammals compare in size to those of reptiles?

Hypothesis: With the arrival of night-active mammals, smell replaced vision as the dominant sense, and a different way of responding arose from the olfactory sense, which is proposed to have developed into mammalian emotion and emotional memory.


Premise: How fast are signals produced by antenna transmitted?

Hypothesis: Antennas are required by any radio receiver or transmitter to couple its electrical connection to the electromagnetic field.


Premise: What credit did Dowding receive?

Hypothesis: However, Dowding had spent so much effort preparing day fighter defences, there was little to prevent the Germans carrying out an alternative strategy by bombing at night.


Premise: What animal did Sumerians use primary to facilitate transportation?

Hypothesis: They used oxen as their primary beasts of burden and donkeys or equids as their primary transport animal and "woollen clothing as well as rugs were made from the wool or hair of the animals. ...


Premise: What is ghapama?

Hypothesis: Arguably the favorite food is khorovats an Armenian-styled barbecue.


Premise: Who succeeded Newt Gingrich as Speaker?

Hypothesis: In 1998, with Speaker Newt Gingrich announcing his resignation, both Majority Leader Dick Armey and Majority Whip Tom DeLay did not contest the Speakership which eventually went to Chief Deputy Whip Dennis Hastert.


Premise: How many divisions involved in the Allied invasion of Europe did Eisenhower visit?

Hypothesis: This prompted him to make a point of visiting every division involved in the invasion.


Premise: How many international airports are in Israel?

Hypothesis: In addition to these, the smaller Port of Eilat is situated on the Red Sea, and is used mainly for trading with Far East countries.


Premise: What are the two main things differentiating Sunni and Shia?

Hypothesis: They differ primarily upon of how the life of the ummah ("faithful") should be governed, and the role of the imam.


Premise: The conformal coating can prevent leaking, shorts, and what other type of moisture damage?

Hypothesis: PCBs intended for extreme environments often have a conformal coating, which is applied by dipping or spraying after the components have been soldered.


Premise: The first Ranger mission that didn't fail was which one?

Hypothesis: The first successful Ranger mission was the 806-pound


Premise: What level was the disaster set at 22:15 CST, May 12?

Hypothesis: The National Disaster Relief Commission initiated a "Level II emergency contingency plan", which covers the most serious class of natural disasters.


Premise: how do isps provide internet access?

Hypothesis: Available technologies have ranged from computer modems with acoustic couplers to telephone lines, to television cable (CATV), wireless Ethernet (wi-fi), and fiber optics.


Premise: What years were the miners strike?

Hypothesis: The miners strike of 1984–85 over coal mine closures, for which miners' leader Arthur Scargill was blamed, and the Wapping dispute led to clashes with the left of the party, and negative coverage in most of the press.


Premise: How many contestants did this season have?

Hypothesis: The top 10 contestants started with five males and five females, however, the males were eliminated consecutively in the first five weeks, with Lazaro Arbos the last male to be eliminated.


Premise: Roughly how many Malians are descendants of slaves?

Hypothesis: An estimated 800,000 people in Mali are descended from slaves.


Premise: How did hackers release their software for running Windows on Macs?

Hypothesis: The group released their software as open source and has posted it for download on their website.


Premise: What do the Orthodox believe Mary remained to be before and after she gave birth to Christ?

Hypothesis: She is also proclaimed as the "Lady of the Angels".


Premise: What allies did Nasser meet at the Academy?

Hypothesis: At the academy, he met Abdel Hakim Amer and Anwar Sadat, both of whom became important aides during his presidency.


Premise: Neo-classical music emerged during what era?

Hypothesis: The high-modern era saw the emergence of neo-classical and serial music.


Premise: When John Hunyadi died, which province was left in chaos?

Hypothesis: In an extremely unusual event for the Middle Ages, Hunyadi's son, Matthias, was elected as King of Hungary by the nobility.


Premise: When was the only vice presidential debate held at Washington University?

Hypothesis: The university hosted the only 2008 vice presidential debate, between Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden, on October 2, 2008, also at the Washington University Athletic Complex.


Premise: What other royal figure strongly influenced Frederick William III's decision to go to war with France?

Hypothesis: At the insistence of his court, especially his wife Queen Louise, Frederick William III decided to challenge the French domination of Central Europe by going to war.


Premise: Who did the Cubs send to the New York Yankees for minor leaguer Corey Black?

Hypothesis: Three days later, the Cubs sent Alfonso Soriano to the New York Yankees for minor leaguer Corey Black.


Premise: Who still gives salmon to the abbey today?

Hypothesis: In the present era, the Fishmonger's Company still gives a salmon every year.


Premise: What years do many historians consider Atlantic City's golden age?

Hypothesis: The 1920s, with tourism at its peak, are considered by many historians as Atlantic City's golden age.


Premise: All modern birds lie within which crown group?

Hypothesis: Depending on the taxonomic viewpoint, the number of known living bird species varies anywhere from 9,800 to 10,050.


Premise: How is most of Thuringia's clean gas consumption carried out?

Hypothesis: Since 2000, the importance of environmentally unfriendly lignite combustion has declined in favour of renewable energies, which reached an amount of 40% (in 2013), and more clean gas combustion, often carried out as Cogeneration in the municipal power stations.


Premise: Shell has minor renewable energy activities in which two areas?

Hypothesis: It has minor renewable energy activities in the form of biofuels and wind.


Premise: Who wrote the Decretum?

Hypothesis: Canon law was also studied, and around 1140 a monk named Gratian (fl. 12th century), a teacher at Bologna, wrote what became the standard text of canon law—the Decretum.


Premise: How many Buddhas are considered to have existed in the Pali Canon?

Hypothesis: Buddhists do not consider Siddhartha Gautama to have been the only Buddha.


Premise: What genre of film was the movie, Obsessed, in which Beyonce starred in?

Hypothesis: Beyoncé starred opposite Ali Larter and Idris Elba in the thriller, Obsessed.


Premise: What kind of headphones could partially mitigate the bass response issues of the 3rd gen iPods?

Hypothesis: The third-generation iPod had a weak bass response, as shown in audio tests.


Premise: What did Prince Gong sign?

Hypothesis: Once in Beijing, the Anglo-French forces looted the Old Summer Palace, and in an act of revenge for the arrest of several Englishmen, burnt it to the ground.


Premise: When was the coldest reported temperature in Houston?

Hypothesis: The coldest temperature officially recorded in Houston was 5 °F (−15 °C) on January 18, 1940.


Premise: What year of players are in high school football all-star games?

Hypothesis: These games are typically played by graduating seniors during the summer or at the end of the season.


Premise: An expert commission was established under which chairman?

Hypothesis: In his investiture address, given on 28 October 1969 in Bonn, Chancellor Willy Brandt proposed that the government would consider Article 29 of the Basic Law as a binding order.


Premise: Where is there a growing presence of Theravada?

Hypothesis: Theravāda is primarily practiced today in Sri Lanka, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia as well as small portions of China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bangladesh.


Premise: What is an important Old English religious poem?

Hypothesis: Some of the most important surviving works of Old English literature are Beowulf, an epic poem; the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a record of early English history; the Franks Casket, an inscribed early whalebone artefact; and Cædmon's Hymn, a Christian religious poem.


Premise: abbé Jean Meslier lived from what year to what year?

Hypothesis: There followed the materialist and atheist abbé Jean Meslier (1664-1729), Julien Offray de La Mettrie, the German-French Paul-Henri Thiry Baron d'Holbach (1723-1789), the Encyclopedist Denis Diderot (1713-1784), and other French Enlightenment thinkers; as well as (in England)


Premise: Tranquilizers affect which of the two common neurotransmitters?

Hypothesis: The two neurotransmitters that are used most widely in the vertebrate brain are glutamate, which almost always exerts excitatory effects on target neurons, and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which is almost always inhibitory.


Premise: Who granted money to Eton for a sports complex in 1995?

Hypothesis: The UK Sports Council defended the deal on the grounds that the whole community would benefit, while the bursar claimed that Windsor, Slough and Eton Athletic Club was "deprived" because local people (who were not pupils at the College) did not have a world-class running track and facilities to train with.


Premise: Along with Roger Miller and Barbra Streisand, who was a successful Easy Listening artist in this era?

Hypothesis: Roger Miller, Barbra Streisand and Bobby Vinton were among the chart's most popular performers.


Premise: What are the three types of origin testing?

Hypothesis: Currently, there are three types of genetic origin testing, autosomal DNA (atDNA), mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), and Y-chromosomal DNA (Y-DNA).


Premise: Where was the Six Nations Reserve located?

Hypothesis: At the homestead, Bell set up his own workshop in the converted carriage house near to what he called his "dreaming place", a large hollow nestled in trees at the back of the property above the river.


Premise: What is a major threat to migratory birds?

Hypothesis: Threats to migratory birds have grown with habitat destruction especially of stopover and wintering sites, as well as structures such as power lines and wind farms.


Premise: In what year did Emperor Kanmu die?

Hypothesis: Following Kammu's death in 806 and a succession struggle among his sons, two new offices were established in an effort to adjust the Taika-Taihō administrative structure.


Premise: How many Soviet military members died within the first six months of the war between the two countries?

Hypothesis: After the launch of the invasion, the territories gained by the Soviet Union as a result of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact were lost in a matter of weeks.


Premise: What French family did Victoria try to foster relations with?

Hypothesis: She made and hosted several visits between the British royal family and the House of Orleans, who were related by marriage through the Coburgs.


Premise: What year was Kanye West's third album released?

Hypothesis: The musical evolution arose from him listening to music genres encompassing European Britpop and Euro-disco, American alternative and indie-rock, and his native Chicago house.


Premise: What sector puts up most of Southampton's economic contribution?

Hypothesis: The vast majority of this is from the service sector, with the remainder coming from industry in the city.


Premise: Vessels of what navy protected convoys?

Hypothesis: At Saint Helena ships could replenish supplies of water and provisions, and during war time, form convoys that would sail under the protection of vessels of the Royal Navy.


Premise: In what year did Novgorod aquire its own archbishop?

Hypothesis: Since then Novgorod enjoyed a wide degree of autonomy although being closely associated with the Kievan Rus.


Premise: Is the name more ancient than other group names in the area ?

Hypothesis: The name Hellenes seems to be older and it was probably used by the Greeks with the establishment of the Great Amphictyonic League.


Premise: What are the most popular religions in Nigeria?

Hypothesis: Nigerians are nearly equally divided into Christians and Muslims, with a tiny minority of adherents of Animism and other religions.


Premise: Who are the two major industry employers in Cork?

Hypothesis: Its main area of industry is pharmaceuticals, with Pfizer Inc. and Swiss company Novartis being big employers in the region.


Premise: Which was the most important battle fought in Chihuahua?

Hypothesis: Meanwhile, the Mexican forces in the state had time to prepare a defense against the Americans.


Premise: Who termed the slogan "la Ciudad de la Esperanza?"

Hypothesis: This motto was quickly adopted as a city nickname, but has faded since the new motto Capital en Movimiento ("Capital in Movement") was adopted by the administration headed by Marcelo Ebrard, though the latter is not treated as often as a nickname in media.


Premise: What is the main material used to build the cellar in the basement of Main Building?

Hypothesis: The entire vaulted brick structure of the cellar was encased in steel and concrete and relocated nine feet to the west and nearly 19 feet (5.8 m) deeper in 1949, when construction was resumed at the site after World War II.


Premise: In millimeters, how much precipitation does New York receive a year?

Hypothesis: Hurricanes and tropical storms are rare in the New York area, but are not unheard of and always have the potential to strike the area.


Premise: From what dialect is Hindi descended?

Hypothesis: Sanskrit has greatly influenced the languages of India that grew from its vocabulary and grammatical base; for instance, Hindi is a "Sanskritised register" of the Khariboli dialect.


Premise: What was the final build Microsoft decided to manufacture?

Hypothesis: However, only a day after its release to manufacturing, a copy of the final version of Windows 8 Enterprise N (a version for European markets lacking bundled media players to comply with a court ruling) leaked online, followed by leaks of the final versions of Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise a few days later.


Premise: What is one thing a successful vault depends on?

Hypothesis: Successful vaults depend on the speed of the run, the length of the hurdle, the power the gymnast generates from the legs and shoulder girdle, the kinesthetic awareness in the air, and the speed of rotation in the case of more difficult and complex vaults.


Premise: One technology that is available for hunters in the U.S. is?

Hypothesis: Hunting also has a significant financial impact in the United States, with many companies specialising in hunting equipment or speciality tourism.


Premise: Where are temperatures more extreme compared to the coast of Cyprus?

Hypothesis: Inland temperatures are more extreme, with colder winters and hotter summers compared with the coast of the island.


Premise: What type of area is between the two conductors in a capacitor?

Hypothesis: In SI units, a capacitance of one farad means that one coulomb of charge on each conductor causes a voltage of one volt across the device.


Premise: With what operating ratio would MUSE Discs operate?

Hypothesis: (Sony HDVS) video with a 5:3 aspect ratio.


Premise: What stele is at Boni's tomb?

Hypothesis: It was home of the admiral Zheng He, who went to sail the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and it was visited by foreign dignitaries, such as a king from Borneo (Boni 渤泥), who died during his visit to China in 1408.


Premise: If there is a decrease in a country's ranking, which indicator will be present?

Hypothesis: Blue dashes () represent a nation that did not move in the rankings since the previous study.


Premise: What is the difference between a pesticide and a plant protection product?

Hypothesis: This use of pesticides is so common that the term pesticide is often treated as synonymous with plant protection product, although it is in fact a broader term, as pesticides are also used for non-agricultural purposes.


Premise: What was the name of the governor who suggested relocating the population of Saint Helena?

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


Premise: What language was no longer promoted as one of Estonia's main languages?

Hypothesis: During the Perestroika era, The Law on the Status of the Estonian Language was adopted in January 1989.


Premise: The ECHR noted that among certain academics, what act carried out by the Serbs agains Bosnian Muslims and Croats did not constitute genocide?

Hypothesis: The ECHR also noted that in the 21st century "Amongst scholars, the majority have taken the view that ethnic cleansing, in the way in which it was carried out by the Serb forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to expel Muslims and Croats from their homes, did not constitute genocide.


Premise: What was the trade name of epinephrine?

Hypothesis: Injected epinephrine proved to be especially efficacious for the acute treatment of asthma attacks, and an inhaled version was sold in the United States until 2011 (Primatene Mist).


Premise: What was the former name of the Volvo Ocean Race?

Hypothesis: The city provides for yachting and water sports, with a number of marinas.


Premise: WHat is Kabbalah?

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: What is New Haven best known for in terms of the main landmark and structure?

Hypothesis: New Haven's best-known geographic features are its large deep harbor, and two reddish basalt trap rock ridges which rise to the northeast and northwest of the city core.


Premise: What did Czech historians emphasize about their countrymen?

Hypothesis: Czech historians began to emphasize their people's accomplishments from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries, rebelling against the Counter-Reformation (which had denigrated Czech and other non-Latin languages).


Premise: The previous record beaten by Park Avenue was for what real estate?

Hypothesis: 450 Park Avenue was sold on July 2, 2007 for US$510 million, about $1,589 per square foot ($17,104/m²), breaking the barely month-old record for an American office building of $1,476 per square foot ($15,887/m²) set in the June 2007 sale of 660 Madison Avenue.


Premise: The Queens-Midtown Tunnel was finished in what year?

Hypothesis: The Queens-Midtown Tunnel, built to relieve congestion on the bridges connecting Manhattan with Queens and Brooklyn, was the largest non-federal project in its time when it was completed in 1940.


Premise: The state oil company NNPC was initially thought to owe how much to the government?

Hypothesis: After the conclusion of the NNPC's account Audit, it was announced in January 2015 that NNPC's non-remitted revenue is actually US$1.48billion, which it needs to refund back to the Government.


Premise: What is Hakobyan's career?

Hypothesis: Art historian Hravard Hakobyan notes that "Artsakh carpets occupy a special place in the history of Armenian carpet-making.


Premise: What was a result of these marriages?

Hypothesis: It imposed a system of legal racial segregation, a complex of laws known as apartheid.


Premise: What was changed so she could still qualify?

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


Premise: Which Formula One racing team developed the C-X75's used for filming.

Hypothesis: The C-X75s used for filming were developed by the engineering division of Formula One racing team Williams, who built the original C-X75 prototype for Jaguar.


Premise: Alexander the Great was the emperor of what?

Hypothesis: After Alexander the Great's ventures in the Persian Empire, Hellenistic kingdoms were established throughout south-west Asia (Seleucid Empire, Kingdom of Pergamon), north-east Africa (Ptolemaic Kingdom) and South Asia (Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Indo-Greek Kingdom).


Premise: What borough is Six Flags Mexico located?

Hypothesis: During the winter, the main square of the Zócalo is transformed into a gigantic ice skating rink, which is said to be the largest in the world behind that of Moscow's Red Square.


Premise: How many international airports are in Israel?

Hypothesis: Israel is served by two international airports, Ben Gurion International Airport, the country's main hub for international air travel near Tel Aviv-Yafo, Ovda Airport in the south, as well as several small domestic airports.


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

Hypothesis: However, the composer and his family used the birthdate 1 March,[n 2] which is now generally accepted as the correct date.


Premise: What areas does the Brown School Library have represented scholars?

Hypothesis: The school has many nationally and internationally acclaimed scholars in social security, health care, health disparities, communication, social and health policy, and individual and family development.


Premise: What areas do at-large council members represent?

Hypothesis: The original city council line-up of 14 members (nine district-based and five at-large positions) was based on a U.S. Justice Department mandate which took effect in 1979.


Premise: Who is blamed for all the strife of the previous year?

Hypothesis: Just before the end of Carnival, every Kvarner town burns a man-like doll called a "Jure Piškanac", who is blamed for all the strife of the previous year.


Premise: What did the ancient Greeks call the people that lived in the British Isles?

Hypothesis: Along these lines, the inhabitants of the islands were called the Πρεττανοί (Priteni or Pretani).


Premise: Where was Avicenna once imprisoned?

Hypothesis: While he was imprisoned in the castle of Fardajan near Hamadhan, Avicenna wrote his famous "Floating Man" – literally falling man – thought experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness and the substantiality and immateriality of the soul.


Premise: Killer Queen reached what number on the Billboard Hot 100?

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


Premise: What is another word for head capsule?

Hypothesis: The head is enclosed in a hard, heavily sclerotized, unsegmented, exoskeletal head capsule, or epicranium, which contains most of the sensing organs, including the antennae, ocellus or eyes, and the mouthparts.


Premise: What is the last origination of the word asphalt?

Hypothesis: The word asphalt is derived from the late Middle English, in turn from French asphalte, based on Late Latin asphalton, asphaltum, which is the latinisation of the Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, ásphalton), a word meaning "asphalt/bitumen/pitch", which perhaps derives from ἀ-, "without" and σφάλλω (sfallō), "make fall".


Premise: What assistant naval secretary did Fiske serve under?

Hypothesis: Fiske wanted to centralize authority in a chief of naval operations and an expert staff that would develop new strategies, oversee the construction of a larger fleet, coordinate war planning including force structure, mobilization plans, and industrial base, and ensure that the US Navy possessed the best possible war machines.


Premise: When was Enovid first approved?

Hypothesis: Based on fundamental research performed by Gregory Pincus and synthetic methods for progesterone developed by Carl Djerassi at Syntex and by Frank Colton at G.D. Searle & Co., the first oral contraceptive, Enovid, was developed by E.D. Searle and Co. and approved by the FDA in 1960.


Premise: What are two other words for androphilia and gynephlia?

Hypothesis: They are used for identifying a subject's object of attraction without attributing a sex assignment or gender identity to the subject.


Premise: What waterfowl character had his own satire series of comic books?

Hypothesis: Once again, Marvel attempted to diversify, and with the updating of the Comics Code achieved moderate to strong success with titles themed to horror (The Tomb of Dracula), martial arts, (Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu), sword-and-sorcery (Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja), satire (Howard the Duck) and science fiction (2001:


Premise: How many decibels was John Melody able to reach in his cry?

Hypothesis: The city has a Mayor and is one of the 16 cities and towns in England and Wales to have a ceremonial sheriff who acts as a deputy for the Mayor.


Premise: What was another name for the Conspiration des poignards?

Hypothesis: During the Consulate, Napoleon faced several royalist and Jacobin assassination plots, including the Conspiration des poignards (Dagger plot) in October 1800 and the Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise (also known as the Infernal Machine) two months later.


Premise: What was Androids market share in 2013?

Hypothesis: However, this is still well below Android and iOS, which posted 43.4% and 48.2% market share respectively, although both operating systems have been on the market much longer than Windows 8.


Premise: Obsidian is what type of glass?

Hypothesis: The earliest known glass objects, of the mid third millennium BCE, were beads, perhaps initially created as accidental by-products of metal-working (slags) or during the production of faience, a pre-glass vitreous material made by a process similar to glazing.


Premise: Who was minister of foreign affairs prior to Shevardnadze?

Hypothesis: On July 1, 1985, Gorbachev promoted Eduard Shevardnadze, First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party, to full member of the Politburo, and the following day appointed him minister of foreign affairs, replacing longtime Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.


Premise: On what date did Batman reach Melbourne?

Hypothesis: Batman selected a site on the northern bank of the Yarra River, declaring that "this will be the place for a village".


Premise: What older system did the British naval use?

Hypothesis: British naval missiles used included Sea Dart and the older Sea Slug longer range systems, Sea Cat and the new Sea Wolf short range systems.


Premise: How many grad students were in Oklahoma in 2007?

Hypothesis: In the 2007–2008 school year, there were 181,973 undergraduate students, 20,014 graduate students, and 4,395 first-professional degree students enrolled in Oklahoma colleges.


Premise: Time in 2006 wrote that youtube harnessed the wisdom and what else of humanity?

Hypothesis: Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred".


Premise: What caused the sea to rise during the Jurassic?

Hypothesis: Furthermore, Pangaea began to rift into smaller divisions, bringing more land area in contact with the ocean by forming the Tethys Sea.


Premise: What is the name of the world's 12 largest metro system by length?

Hypothesis: Delhi Metro is the world's 12th largest metro system in terms of length.


Premise: How many people are estimated to live in Tajikistan?

Hypothesis: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Çumhuriji Toçikiston/Jumhuriyi Tojikiston; Russian: Респу́блика Таджикистан, Respublika Tadzhikistan), is a mountainous, landlocked country in Central Asia with an estimated 8 million people in 2013, and an area of 143,100 km2 (55,300 sq mi).


Premise: Who invented the KSOG?

Hypothesis: In response to the criticism of the Kinsey scale only measuring two dimensions of sexual orientation, Fritz Klein developed the Klein sexual orientation grid (KSOG), a multidimensional scale for describing sexual orientation.


Premise: Why were laws limiting people of color passed?

Hypothesis: After regaining political power in Southern states by disenfranchising blacks, white Democrats passed laws to impose Jim Crow and racial segregation to restore white supremacy.


Premise: What are endosymbionts of the bacteria?

Hypothesis: Transferred genes enter the plant cell nucleus and effectively transform the plant cells into factories for the production of opines, which the bacteria use as carbon and energy sources.


Premise: What are other signs of dehydration?

Hypothesis: This can progress to decreased urination, loss of skin color, a fast heart rate, and a decrease in responsiveness as it becomes more severe.


Premise: How is childcare viewed in a hunter-gatherer society?

Hypothesis: It is easy for Western-educated scholars to fall into the trap of viewing hunter-gatherer social and sexual arrangements in the light of Western values.[editorializing]


Premise: Hunting was important for the emergence of the Homo genus from what?

Hypothesis: With the establishment of language, culture, and religion, hunting became a theme of stories and myths, as well as rituals such as dance and animal sacrifice.


Premise: What year did Bill Clinton win North Carolina?

Hypothesis: However, Republican Mitt Romney ultimately eked out a 2-point win in North Carolina, the only 2012 swing state that Obama lost, and one of only two states (along with Indiana) to flip from Obama in 2008 to the GOP in 2012.


Premise: What else did freed slaves face in postwar Charleston besides discrimination?

Hypothesis: Freed slaves were faced with poverty and discrimination, but a large community of free people of color had been well-established in the city before the war and became the leaders of the postwar Republican Party and its legislators.


Premise: Does self-examination begin early or late in adolescence?

Hypothesis: Research since reveals self-examination beginning early in adolescence, but identity achievement rarely occurring before age 18.


Premise: How had the Vandals earned their strong reputation?

Hypothesis: However, they soon lost these newly acquired possessions to the Ostrogoths.


Premise: Who performed the studies that found most homosexual people having different degrees of gender issues?

Hypothesis: Nevertheless, studies by J. Michael Bailey and Kenneth Zucker found a majority of the gay men and lesbians sampled reporting various degrees of gender-nonconformity during their childhood years.


Premise: What Act did Disraeli push through Parliment in 1876?

Hypothesis: He also pushed the Royal Titles Act 1876 through Parliament, so that Victoria took the title "Empress of India" from 1 May 1876.


Premise: What's Israel's financial and technology center?

Hypothesis: Israel's financial and technology center is Tel Aviv while Jerusalem is both the self-designated capital and most populous individual city under the country's governmental administration.


Premise: Who took full control of the island after Napoleon's death?

Hypothesis: Between 1815 and 1830, the EIC made available to the government of the island the packet schooner St Helena, which made multiple trips per year between the island and the Cape carrying passengers both ways, and supplies of wine and provisions back to the island.


Premise: What kind of  shifts are taking place in Catalan speaking areas?

Hypothesis: In Northern Catalonia, Catalan has followed the same trend as the other minority languages of France, with most of its native speakers being 60 or older (as of 2004).


Premise: How long ago did "Nanjing Man" live?

Hypothesis: Archaeological discovery shows that "Nanjing Man" lived in more than 500 thousand years ago.


Premise: Who did Mehmed and Bayezid encourage to come to Istanbul?

Hypothesis: In many places in Europe, Jews were suffering persecution at the hands of their Christian counterparts, such as in Spain after the conclusion of Reconquista.


Premise: How many women are members of the Sweet Adelines?

Hypothesis: In 1953 Sweet Adelines became an international organization, although it didn't change its name to Sweet Adelines International until 1991.


Premise: Who did Altan Khan persuade to convert to Gelug Buddhism?

Hypothesis: Angela F. Howard writes that this unique relationship not only provided the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama with religious and political authority in Tibet, but that Altan Khan gained "enormous power among the entire Mongol population."


Premise: How many voting members are there in the city- council?

Hypothesis: The mayor and city council members serve two-year terms: the mayor is elected every even-numbered year, while half of the city council members are up for election annually (five in even-numbered and five in odd-numbered years).


Premise: Treaties, executive agreements, congressional-executive agreements, and sole executive agreements are the same under international law but different with respect to what?

Hypothesis: United States law distinguishes what it calls treaties from executive agreement, congressional-executive agreements, and sole executive agreements.


Premise: South Africa's Medicines Act allowed for the generic production of what kind of drugs?

Hypothesis: In March 2001, 40 multi-national pharmaceutical companies brought litigation against South Africa for its Medicines Act, which allowed the generic production of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) for treating HIV, despite the fact that these drugs were on-patent.


Premise: To where are the loyal sons in "Notre Dame Fight Song" marching?

Hypothesis: While her loyal sons are marching, onward to victory!"


Premise: What book did Nasser start writing?

Hypothesis: He started writing his book Philosophy of the Revolution during the siege.


Premise: How many acres are the Kathmandu valley monument zones?

Hypothesis: The architectural treasure of the Kathmandu valley has been categorized under the well-known seven groups of heritage monuments and buildings.


Premise: What is considered to have counteracted the prestige of the senatorial aristocracy?

Hypothesis: This robbed the senatorial aristocracy of its prestige, and made it increasingly subservient to him.


Premise: What is one explanation for the change in Mishnaic times?

Hypothesis: He brings two likely explanations for the change in Mishnaic times: first, the Mishnah may have been applying the same logic to mixed marriages as it had applied to other mixtures (Kil'ayim).


Premise: What did Klaproth probably create when he dissolved pitchblende in nitric acid?

Hypothesis: Klaproth assumed the yellow substance was the oxide of a yet-undiscovered element and heated it with charcoal to obtain a black powder, which he thought was the newly discovered metal itself (in fact, that powder was an oxide of uranium).


Premise: Who did the Seahawks beat to win the Super Bowl?

Hypothesis: The Seahawks have advanced to the Super Bowl three times: 2005, 2013 and 2014.


Premise: What gases come from seeps?

Hypothesis: The bacteria convert inorganic matter – such as hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from hydrothermal vents, or methane from seeps – to organic matter that feeds themselves and their hosts, while the worms extend their palps into the gas flows to absorb the gases needed by the bacteria.


Premise: In Whitehead's view, identities do not define people, but what?

Hypothesis: Identities do not define people, people define identities.


Premise: What helped ATC controllers in their drive ot keep ahead of the postwar boom in commercial air transportation?

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: What do the other six questions asses?

Hypothesis: Six of these questions assess sexual attraction, four assess sexual behavior, and two assess sexual orientation identity.


Premise: Who's library records did the FBI look into?

Hypothesis: Under the PATRIOT Act's provisions, the FBI also resumed inquiring into the library records of those who are suspected of terrorism (something it had supposedly not done since the 1970s).


Premise: What is usually removed in female dogs to prevent pregnancy?

Hypothesis: Because of the overpopulation of dogs in some countries, many animal control agencies, such as the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), advise that dogs not intended for further breeding should be neutered, so that they do not have undesired puppies that may have to later be euthanized.


Premise: What was the first group from outside China to join in the relief operation?

Hypothesis: Tzu Chi was the first force from outside the People's Republic of China to join the rescue effort.


Premise: What ind of charge does hydrogen take when mixed with electronegative particles?

Hypothesis: Hydrogen also forms compounds with less electronegative elements, such as the metals and metalloids, in which it takes on a partial negative charge.


Premise: What is one room in RIBA's headquarters that can be visited by the public?

Hypothesis: Parts of the London building are open to the public, including the Library.


Premise: What is the uncertainty principle?

Hypothesis: What is the difference?"


Premise: Who was annoyed at how well recieved Victoria was on her tours of the countryside of England and Wales?

Hypothesis: Victoria disliked the trips; the constant round of public appearances made her tired and ill, and there was little time for her to rest.


Premise: What languages do Tibetans in Sichuan speak?

Hypothesis: Tibetans speak the Khams and Amdo Tibetan, which are Tibetic languages, as well as various Qiangic languages.


Premise: If they're not purely hunter-gatherers, then what do they have a history of being?

Hypothesis: The result of their effort has been the general acknowledgement that there has been complex interaction between hunter-gatherers and non-hunter-gatherers for millennia.[citation needed]


Premise: December 17, 2010 was the day Kanye was nominated by MTV for what?

Hypothesis: On December 17, 2010, Kanye West was voted as the MTV Man of the Year by MTV.


Premise: What is the term for constantly changing physical and mental parts?

Hypothesis: By analyzing the constantly changing physical and mental constituents (skandhas) of a person or object, the practitioner comes to the conclusion that neither the respective parts nor the person as a whole comprise a self.


Premise: What year saw the death of Abu Hashim?

Hypothesis: The Abbasids were members of the Hashim clan, rivals of the Umayyads, but the word "Hashimiyya" seems to refer specifically to Abu Hashim, a grandson of Ali and son of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya.


Premise: What influences popular music in Cyprus?

Hypothesis: Cypriot rock music and Éntekhno rock is often associated with artists such as Michalis Hatzigiannis and Alkinoos Ioannidis.


Premise: How many airports does Tajikistan have?

Hypothesis: In 2009 Tajikistan had 26 airports, 18 of which had paved runways, of which two had runways longer than 3,000 meters.


Premise: How did non-standard gauge trains start to operate with high-voltage AC?

Hypothesis: The MGB constituents Furka-Oberalp-Bahn (FO) and Brig-Visp-Zermatt Bahn (BVZ) introduced their electric services in 1941 and 1929 respectively, adopting the already proven RhB system.


Premise: During what dynasty did Nanjing become a thriving textile city?

Hypothesis: The city of Nanjing was razed after the Sui dynasty took over it.


Premise: About how many people live in New York City's metropolitan area?

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


Premise: What is the largest of the cemeteries created in the 20th centuries?

Hypothesis: Some of the most famous people in the world are buried in Parisian cemeteries.


Premise: What pressure influenced the shift in South Africa from the use of European Dutch in the 1920s?

Hypothesis: European Dutch remained the literary language until the start of the 1920s, when under pressure of Afrikaner nationalism the local "African" Dutch was preferred over the written, European-based standard.


Premise: What year was Canis familiaris listed under Canis lupus?

Hypothesis: In 1982, the first edition of Mammal Species of the World listed Canis familiaris under Canis lupus with the comment: "Probably ancestor of and conspecific with the domestic dog, familiaris.


Premise: How did Burke say we look towards magistrates?

Hypothesis: Because when such ideas are brought before our minds, it is natural to be so affected".


Premise: What did the FSF feel that Apple was trying to monopolize on?

Hypothesis: Apple's actions were criticized by some in the software community, including the Free Software Foundation (FSF), who felt Apple was trying to monopolize on GUIs in general, and boycotted GNU software for the Macintosh platform for seven years.


Premise: How long was the necklace offered to Hera?

Hypothesis: The other gods tricked Hera into letting her go by offering her a necklace, nine yards (8 m) long, of amber.


Premise: Who made the first strike of the Seven Years' War?

Hypothesis: Realizing that war was imminent, Prussia preemptively struck Saxony and quickly overran it.


Premise: The oldest section of the original wall around the town dates from what year?

Hypothesis: Roughly half of the walls, 13 of the original towers, and six gates survive.


Premise: How many Chinese Americans lived in Boston City proper in 2013?

Hypothesis: The city and greater area also has a growing immigrant population of South Asians, including the tenth-largest Indian community in the country.


Premise: What did the United States place on Japans war efforts?

Hypothesis: The Second Sino-Japanese War had seen tensions rise between Imperial Japan and the United States; events such as the Panay incident and the Nanking Massacre turned American public opinion against Japan.


Premise: What is an inefficient treatment for chronic pain which rarely provides any sort of true relief?

Hypothesis: Surgical treatment rarely provides lasting relief.


Premise: Multilateral treaties are often entered into by countries that share the same what?

Hypothesis: A multilateral treaty is concluded among several countries.


Premise: What is the span of the Late Cretaceous period?

Hypothesis: The Late Cretaceous spans from 100 million to 65 million years ago.


Premise: Domestic visitors spend about how much money in the city of Melbourne annually?

Hypothesis: In addition, tourism also plays an important role in Melbourne's economy, with about 7.6 million domestic visitors and 1.88 million international visitors in 2004.


Premise: How many weeks pass before the monarch receives a bill from the Presiding Officer?

Hypothesis: After a bill has been passed, the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament submits it to the monarch for royal assent after a four-week period, during which the Advocate General for Scotland, the Lord Advocate, the Attorney General or the Secretary of State for Scotland may refer the bill to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (prior to 1 October 2009, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council) for review of its legality.


Premise: What is Today's annual cost of the Canadian Forces?

Hypothesis: The Armed Forces are today funded by approximately $20.1 billion annually and are presently ranked 74th in size compared to the world's other armed forces by number of total personnel, and 58th in terms of active personnel, standing at a strength of roughly 68,000, plus 27,000 reservists, 5000 Rangers, and 19,000 supplementary reserves, bringing the total force to approximately 119,000.


Premise: How much of Earth's land surface do glaciers cover?

Hypothesis: Glaciers cover about 10 percent of Earth's land surface.


Premise: What don't helicopters need because of having hover capablility?

Hypothesis: Helicopters and aircraft capable of vertical or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) usually recover by coming abreast the carrier on the port side and then using their hover capability to move over the flight deck and land vertically without the need for arresting gear.


Premise: What was public opinion in Paris strongly opposed to?

Hypothesis: Although public opinion in Paris was strongly against any form of surrender or concession to the Prussians, the Government realised that it could not hold the city for much longer, and that Gambetta's provincial armies would probably never break through to relieve Paris.


Premise: Where was the store moved in 1857?

Hypothesis: In 1857 the store moved into a five-story white marble dry goods palace known as the Marble House.


Premise: What is the nation's 13th-oldest university?

Hypothesis: Charleston is also the location for the only college in the country that offers bachelor's degrees in the building arts, The American College of the Building Arts.


Premise: How long were workers in Ford Plant evacuated for?

Hypothesis: Meanwhile, workers at a Ford plant in Sichuan were evacuated for about 10 minutes.


Premise: What is used to identify the begining of a valid frame of an MP3 header?

Hypothesis: The diagram shows that the MP3 Header consists of a sync word, which is used to identify the beginning of a valid frame.


Premise: What are the only airside locations where filming is allowed?

Hypothesis: However airside, filming is heavily restricted, the only airside locations where filming is permitted are the Departure Lounge and some outside areas.


Premise: What was the style of William Pitt's warfare?

Hypothesis: An army was assembled under the command of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough; he was aided by Lord George Sackville.


Premise: What year was Freddie Mercury's final public appearance with Queen?

Hypothesis: In 1990, Queen ended their contract with Capitol and signed with Disney's Hollywood Records, which has since remained the group's music catalogue owner in the United States and Canada.


Premise: In what season did Everton win their fourth League title?

Hypothesis: On return to the top flight in 1931–32, Everton wasted no time in reaffirming their status and won a fourth League title at the first opportunity.


Premise: What oxide materials use hydrogen as an electron donor?

Hypothesis: Hydrogen is employed to saturate broken ("dangling") bonds of amorphous silicon and amorphous carbon that helps stabilizing material properties.


Premise: How large is the Planalto?

Hypothesis: The main working office of the President of the Republic is in the Palácio do Planalto.


Premise: What are some areas of Somerset county

Hypothesis: The county played a significant part in the consolidation of power and rise of King Alfred the Great, and later in the English Civil War and the Monmouth Rebellion.


Premise: What countries did Idris visit in the summer of 1969?

Hypothesis: In mid-1969, Idris travelled abroad to spend the summer in Turkey and Greece.


Premise: Britain's dominant position in world trade over some countries' economies has been called what?

Hypothesis: Alongside the formal control it exerted over its own colonies, Britain's dominant position in world trade meant that it effectively controlled the economies of many countries, such as China, Argentina and Siam, which has been characterised by some historians as "Informal Empire".


Premise: What is the name of the art museum in Detroit?

Hypothesis: These museums include the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Historical Museum, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Science Center, as well as the main branch of the Detroit Public Library.


Premise: What kind of speaker data does studying a language phonologically involve examining?

Hypothesis: The presence or absence of minimal pairs, as mentioned above, is a frequently used criterion for deciding whether two sounds should be assigned to the same phoneme.


Premise: How often does Friday Cheers take place on Brown's Island?

Hypothesis: Brown's Island is a smaller island and a popular venue of a large number of free outdoor concerts and festivals in the spring and summer, such as the weekly Friday Cheers concert series or the James River Beer and Seafood Festival.


Premise: Which decade in history was officially called the "Decade of the Brain"?

Hypothesis: In the second half of the 20th century, developments in chemistry, electron microscopy, genetics, computer science, functional brain imaging, and other fields progressively opened new windows into brain structure and function.


Premise: Can the avian flu be sread from wild birds to birds kept in husbandry?

Hypothesis: The virus possibly could mutate to become highly virulent and infectious in humans and cause an influenza pandemic.


Premise: When did the Troutman Sanders-Mays & Valentine LLP merger occur?

Hypothesis: Another law firm with a major Richmond presence is Troutman Sanders, which merged with Richmond-based Mays & Valentine LLP in 2001.


Premise: Who invested in European debts?

Hypothesis: Europe spent these years rebuilding and coming to terms with the vast human cost of the conflict.


Premise: Who was the British Prime Minister in 1982?

Hypothesis: In September 1982, Prime minister Margaret Thatcher travelled to Beijing to negotiate with the Chinese government on the future of Britain's last major and most populous overseas territory, Hong Kong.


Premise: When did Comcast acquire the cable assets of AT&T Broadband?

Hypothesis: In 2002, Comcast acquired all assets of AT&T Broadband, thus making Comcast the largest cable television company in the United States with over 22 million subscribers.


Premise: What mission did Kino found?

Hypothesis: Eventually the town came to be called "Tucson" and became a part of Sonora after Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821.


Premise: Which group's study suggested that Basel accords encourage unconventional business practices?

Hypothesis: A recent OECD study suggest that bank regulation based on the Basel accords encourage unconventional business practices and contributed to or even reinforced the financial crisis.


Premise: What name was listed on Comcast customer Ricardo Brown's invoice in January, 2015?

Hypothesis: In January 2015, a customer named Ricardo Brown received a bill from Comcast with his name changed to "Asshole Brown".


Premise: Besides boarding bridges, what also doubled in 2014 at Brasilia's airport?

Hypothesis: In 2014, the airport received 15 new boarding bridges, totalling 28 in all.


Premise: Who rebuilt the Apollo at Didyma in 300 BCE?

Hypothesis: The royal palace (basileion) also came into its own during the Hellenistic period, the first extant example being the massive fourth-century villa of Cassander at Vergina.


Premise: What direction are the Tortolita Mountains from Tuscon?

Hypothesis: The highest point in the area is Mount Wrightson, found in the Santa Rita Mountains at 9,453 ft (2,881 m) above sea level.


Premise: What do European powers that exibit their control ovet an area accept?

Hypothesis: The major European powers laid claim to the areas of Africa where they could exhibit a sphere of influence over the area.


Premise: What did the decision ultimately uphold?

Hypothesis: Writing separately, Justice Jackson argued that "[T]here are no good grounds upon which to support the present legislation.


Premise: The abolishing of the MFA made what possible?

Hypothesis: Globalization is often quoted as the single most contributing factor to the poor working conditions of garment workers.


Premise: What neighborhoos has a high rate of hispanics?

Hypothesis: The city, especially the East Boston neighborhood, has a significant Hispanic community.


Premise: What did Peter's crew take to complete their mission?

Hypothesis: He fell asleep at the controls of his Ju 88 and woke up to discover the entire crew asleep.


Premise: What is a celestes?

Hypothesis: New woodwind instruments were added, such as the contrabassoon, bass clarinet and piccolo and new percussion instruments were added, including xylophones, drums, celestes (a bell-like keyboard instrument), large orchestral harps, bells, and triangles  and even wind machines for sound effects.


Premise: Why would Italian Americans want to get themselves designated as members of a preferred group?

Hypothesis: Italian Americans are usually considered white in the US and would not be covered under affirmative action policies, but the professors believed they were underrepresented.


Premise: In what experimental contexts are experiments being carried out on minimal genomes?

Hypothesis: The work is both in vivo and in silico.


Premise: Rousseau argued for a society based on what, rather than faith?

Hypothesis: The philosophic movement was led by Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who argued for a society based upon reason rather than faith and Catholic doctrine, for a new civil order based on natural law, and for science based on experiments and observation.


Premise: After the sale of Kashmir, what did the area become?

Hypothesis: Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir were annexed after the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849; however, Kashmir was immediately sold under the Treaty of Amritsar to the Dogra Dynasty of Jammu and thereby became a princely state.


Premise: When was the Lady Chapel added?

Hypothesis: Much of the stone came from Caen, in France (Caen stone), the Isle of Portland (Portland stone) and the Loire Valley region of France (tuffeau limestone).[citation needed]


Premise: What appears to confirm the existence of a people of Israel?

Hypothesis: The Merneptah Stele appears to confirm the existence of a people of Israel, associated with the god El, somewhere in Canaan as far back as the 13th century BCE.


Premise: What river forms a natural border between Montevideo and San Jose Department?

Hypothesis: To the city's north and east is Canelones Department, with the stream of Carrasco forming the eastern natural border.


Premise: In what treatise did negative numbers first appear?

Hypothesis: Negative numbers first appeared in the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art as black counting rods, where positive numbers were represented by red counting rods.


Premise: What did Lok-Ham Chan claim  Changchub Gyaltsen wanted to remove?

Hypothesis: However, Lok-Ham Chan, a professor of history at the University of Washington, writes that Changchub Gyaltsen's aims were to recreate the old Tibetan Kingdom that existed during the Chinese Tang dynasty, to build "nationalist sentiment" amongst Tibetans, and to "remove all traces of Mongol suzerainty."


Premise: What was the name of the 1st company Sega permitted?

Hypothesis: Nintendo required that they be the sole manufacturer of all cartridges, and that the publisher had to pay in full before the cartridges for that game be produced.


Premise: Why did On the Origin of Species likely raise so much interest and debate?

Hypothesis: Much of the initial reaction was hostile, but Darwin had to be taken seriously as a prominent and respected name in science.


Premise: What happened with the Devensian glaciation ended?

Hypothesis: Whether or not there was a land bridge between Great Britain and Ireland at this time is somewhat disputed, though there was certainly a single ice sheet covering the entire sea.


Premise: How much was Kanye paid to perform in Kazakhstan?

Hypothesis: He traveled to Kazakhstan, which has one of the poorest human rights records in the world, as a personal guest of Nazarbayev.


Premise: How long was the mural discovered in Libya?

Hypothesis: In 2000 archaeologists working in Leptis Magna, Libya, uncovered a 30 ft length of five colorful mosaics created during the 1st or 2nd century AD.


Premise: Who is another philosopher during this Islamic Golden Age?

Hypothesis: Al-Razi and Al-Farabi had provided methodology and knowledge in medicine and philosophy.


Premise: What happened to Idris?

Hypothesis: Idris was sentenced to execution in absentia.


Premise: How is adolescence defined socially?

Hypothesis: Communication with peers increases significantly during adolescence and peer relationships become more intense than in other stages  and more influential to the teen, affecting both the decisions and choices being made.


Premise: What is the term for a feeling of confidence to take action?

Hypothesis: Emotional energy is considered to be a feeling of confidence to take action and a boldness that one experiences when they are charged up from the collective effervescence generated during group gatherings that reach high levels of intensity.


Premise: When did Ally Sloper first appear?

Hypothesis: The most popular was Punch, which popularized the term cartoon for its humorous caricatures.


Premise: How common are variations in text that alter the meaning of the Urtext of the Hebrew Bible?

Hypothesis: Shemaryahu Talmon, who summarized the amount of consensus and genetic relation to the Urtext of the Hebrew Bible, concluded that major divergences which intrinsically affect the sense are extremely rare.


Premise: How high did ''Deja Vu'' climb on the Billboard chart?

Hypothesis: The album's lead single "Déjà Vu", featuring Jay Z, reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.


Premise: Dogs are a source of what in some cultures?

Hypothesis: In some cultures, however, dogs are a source of meat.


Premise: What used to be the main draw on electricity?

Hypothesis: Putting clocks forward benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, but can cause problems for evening entertainment and for other activities tied to sunlight, such as farming.


Premise: What was the title of Madonna's Book?

Hypothesis: Mark Bego, author of Madonna: Blonde Ambition, called her "the perfect vocalist for lighter-than-air songs", despite not being a "heavyweight talent."


Premise: What Iranian film festival was created in 1973?

Hypothesis: Attempts to organize a film festival that had begun in 1954 within the framework of the Golrizan Festival, bore fruits in the form of the Sepas Festival in 1969.


Premise: In 500 BC, Greece was ruled over by who?

Hypothesis: Attempts by some of the Greek city-states of Asia Minor to overthrow Persian rule failed, and Persia invaded the states of mainland Greece in 492 BC, but was forced to withdraw after a defeat at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.


Premise: When did Burke release 'A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly'?

Hypothesis: Burke said Rousseau "entertained no principle either to influence of his heart, or to guide his understanding—but vanity"—which he "was possessed to a degree little short of madness".


Premise: What is the hottest temperature in Raleigh?

Hypothesis: Precipitation is well distributed around the year, with a slight maximum between July and September; on average, July is the wettest month, owing to generally frequent, sometimes heavy, showers and thunderstorms.


Premise: Did the British protect Burma as its colony during WWII?

Hypothesis: By March 1942, within months after they entered the war, Japanese troops had advanced on Rangoon and the British administration had collapsed.


Premise: Which model is of federalism is similar to the federalism model in Australia?

Hypothesis: The model of Australian federalism adheres closely to the original model of the United States of America, although it does so through a parliamentary Westminster system rather than a presidential system.