Premise: What type of development has Zhejiang been an epicenter of?

Hypothesis: Zhejiang, however, has been an epicenter of capitalist development in China, and has led the nation in the development of a market economy and private enterprises.


Premise: How many Armenians died in the Adana Massacre?

Hypothesis: In April 1909, the Adana massacre occurred in the Adana Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire resulting in the deaths of as many as 20,000–30,000 Armenians.


Premise: When was the Aussa Sultanate established?

Hypothesis: The polity had come into existence in 1577, when Muhammed Jasa moved his capital from Harar to Aussa (Asaita) with the split of the Adal Sultanate into Aussa and the Sultanate of Harar.


Premise: Which number in the Serbo-Croatian language is treated as an adjective?

Hypothesis: Like most Slavic languages, there are mostly three genders for nouns: masculine, feminine, and neuter, a distinction which is still present even in the plural (unlike Russian and, in part, the Čakavian dialect).


Premise: When were most of the branch lines of the railway abandoned?

Hypothesis: Between 1950 and 2000 most of the branch lines were abandoned, reducing Thuringia's network by half compared to 1940.


Premise: Who decided, along with the ECB, to use Term auction to help stabilize the financial crisis and improve dollar liquidity?

Hypothesis: In December 2007, the ECB decided in conjunction with the Federal Reserve System under a programme called Term auction facility to improve dollar liquidity in the eurozone and to stabilise the money market.


Premise: What did the forum question about US interference?

Hypothesis: The forum also expressed solidarity with the Morales and his economic and social changes in the interest of historically marginalized majorities.


Premise: How do receive information from the physical world?

Hypothesis: It is necessary to keep reminding ourselves that all knowledge of our environment from which the world of physics is constructed, has entered in the form of messages transmitted along the nerves to the seat of consciousness....


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

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


Premise: Where did Pope Francis commemorate his death on 3 June?

Hypothesis: The Roman Catholic Church celebrates his feast day not on the date of his death, June 3, as is usual, nor even on the day of his papal inauguration (as is sometimes done with Popes who are Saints, such as with John Paul II) but


Premise: Twilight Princess uses the control setup first employed in which previous game?

Hypothesis: Link uses a sword and shield in combat, complemented with secondary weapons and items, including a bow and arrows, a boomerang, bombs, and the Clawshot (similar to the Hookshot introduced earlier in the The Legend of Zelda series).[d]


Premise: What tool is often used in measuring the thickness of paper?

Hypothesis: The thickness of paper is often measured by caliper, which is typically given in thousandths of an inch in the United States and in thousandths of a mm in the rest of the world.


Premise: When did Kerry become a navy officer?

Hypothesis: During the 2004 election, Kerry posted his military records at his website, and permitted reporters to inspect his medical records.


Premise: What type of wild life are not native to Ireland but are in Britain?

Hypothesis: In general, Great Britain has slightly more variation and native wild life, with weasels, polecats, wildcats, most shrews, moles, water voles, roe deer and common toads also being absent from Ireland.


Premise: On what ABC program was an AFL game shown?

Hypothesis: The league received its first taste of wide exposure in 1998, when Arena Bowl XII was televised nationally as part of ABC's old Wide World of Sports.


Premise: Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist), or Anglican issues were called what?

Hypothesis: Before the Enlightenment, most intellectual debates revolved around "confessional" – that is, Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist), or Anglican issues, and the main aim of these debates was to establish which bloc of faith ought to have the "monopoly of truth and a God-given title to authority".


Premise: Where did Augustine say time could not appear?

Hypothesis: If no one asks me, I know: if I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not."


Premise: What are the constituents of Class 2 transposable elements?

Hypothesis: TEs can be classified into two categories, Class 1 (retrotransposons) and Class 2 (DNA transposons).


Premise: What is the Roman board game Tabula a precursor to?

Hypothesis: Board games played in Rome included dice (Tesserae or Tali), Roman Chess (Latrunculi), Roman Checkers (Calculi), Tic-tac-toe (Terni Lapilli), and Ludus duodecim scriptorum and Tabula, predecessors of backgammon.


Premise: Besides a ground, what has these phases apply well to?

Hypothesis: On the other hand, the vertical component of the wave's electric field is reflected at grazing angles of incidence approximately in phase.


Premise: What was Imperial's capital expenditure for the 2012/2013 financial year?

Hypothesis: In the financial year ended 31 July 2013, Imperial had a total net income of £822.0 million (2011/12 – £765.2 million) and total expenditure of £754.9 million (2011/12 – £702.0 million).


Premise: What was William Gerard Hamilton's nickname?

Hypothesis: In 1765 Burke became private secretary to the liberal Whig statesman, Charles, Marquess of Rockingham, then Prime Minister of Great Britain, who remained Burke's close friend and associate until his untimely death in 1782.


Premise: Decisions of the Dutch Supreme Court are called what?

Hypothesis: Also, the ordinary courts in the Netherlands, including the Hoge Raad, do not deal with administrative law, which is dealt with in separate administrative courts, the highest of which is the Council of State (Raad van State)


Premise: In which two systems can Indigenous education be used?

Hypothesis: Often in a post-colonial context, the growing recognition and use of indigenous education methods can be a response to the erosion and loss of indigenous knowledge and language through the processes of colonialism.


Premise: What was different between the polish nobility and others?

Hypothesis: The Polish nobility differed in many respects from the nobility of other countries.


Premise: Minkowski and von Mering did surgical tests on what animal?

Hypothesis: In 1921, Canadian professor Frederick Banting and his student Charles Best repeated this study, and found that injections of pancreatic extract reversed the symptoms produced by pancreas removal.


Premise: Using natural illumination instead of artificial light sources help with what?

Hypothesis: This can save energy in place of using artificial lighting, which represents a major component of energy consumption in buildings.


Premise: Which European cities likely had populations greater than 100,000 in 1500?

Hypothesis: Twenty-two other cities were larger than 40,000; most of these were in Italy and the Iberian peninsula, but there were also some in France, the Empire, the Low Countries, plus London in England.


Premise: How much habitat is damaged from just one sixpack of microbrew?

Hypothesis: The loss of natural habitat potential from the 6-pack of micro-brew beer is estimated to be 2.5 square meters (26 square feet).


Premise: In what geographic part of Somalia is Zeila located?

Hypothesis: The early persecuted Muslims fled to various places in the region, including the city of Zeila in modern-day northern Somalia, so as to seek protection from the Quraysh.


Premise: Who was the brother who later took control for himself?

Hypothesis: In 1072, it was forcibly annexed by Garcia's brother Alfonso VI of León; from that time Galicia was united with the Kingdom of León under the same monarchs.


Premise: A movement broken up further is called what?

Hypothesis: Longer works are often divided into self-contained pieces, called movements, often with contrasting characters or moods.


Premise: Who speaks both African languages and Kriol?

Hypothesis: French is also taught in schools because Guinea-Bissau is surrounded by French-speaking nations.


Premise: What other order evolved during the Jurassic?

Hypothesis: Meanwhile, the first true mammals evolve, but remained relatively small sized.


Premise: An example of improvisation in an opera is Beverly Sills variation of what movement of Handel's Giulio Cesare?

Hypothesis: Improvisation is also an important aspect in authentic performances of operas of Baroque era and of bel canto (especially operas of Vincenzo Bellini), and is best exemplified by the da capo aria, a form by which famous singers typically perform variations of the thematic matter of the aria in the recapitulation section ('B section' / the 'da capo' part).


Premise: What is the western equivalent of the prefix "pre"?

Hypothesis: For verbs that had -ěti in their infinitive, the past participle ending -ěl evolved into -io in Ijekavian Neoštokavian.


Premise: What divides the city's northern and southern segments?

Hypothesis: Several reservoirs and Mission Trails Regional Park also lie between and separate developed areas of the city.


Premise: What happened to Mary's body at death?

Hypothesis: The Gospel of Luke begins its account of Mary's life with the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel appeared to her and announced her divine selection to be the mother of Jesus.


Premise: Where are regulations codified into?

Hypothesis: Regulations generally also carry the force of law under the Chevron doctrine.


Premise: The Mir Osman Ali Khan had a title, what was it?

Hypothesis: After the 1908 flooding of the Musi River, the city was expanded and civic monuments constructed, particularly during the rule of Mir Osman Ali Khan (the VIIth Nizam), whose patronage of architecture led to him being referred to as the maker of modern Hyderabad.


Premise: In which years was the European Formula One Grand Prix in Valencia?

Hypothesis: Once a year between 2008–2012 the European Formula One Grand Prix took place in the Valencia Street Circuit.


Premise: What was a full chest armor called?

Hypothesis: As far back as the seventh century Japanese warriors wore a form of lamellar armor, this armor eventually evolved into the armor worn by the samurai.


Premise: What is the voltage of the return rail?

Hypothesis: On the London Underground, a top-contact third rail is beside the track, energized at +420v DC, and a top-contact fourth rail is located centrally between the running rails at −210v DC, which combine to provide a traction voltage of 630v DC.


Premise: Who did Von Neumann begin his studies of advanced calculus under?

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


Premise: When was the first World Gymnaestrada held?

Hypothesis: The largest general gymnastics exhibition is the quadrennial World Gymnaestrada which was first held in 1939.


Premise: What was the Latin of Charlemagne's era later known as?

Hypothesis: By the reign of Charlemagne, the language had so diverged from the classical that it was later called Medieval Latin.


Premise: Which Mughal ruler tried to establish complete dominance over the Hindu populace?

Hypothesis: This period marked vast social change in the subcontinent as the Hindu majority were ruled over by the Mughal emperors, most of whom showed religious tolerance, liberally patronising Hindu culture.


Premise: When did the University of Oklahoma's dance program begin?

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


Premise: If a Jewish person owns a dog, he must do what to do the dog before he does it to himself?

Hypothesis: Jewish law does not prohibit keeping dogs and other pets.


Premise: What is the name of the Marshall Islands in its native language?

Hypothesis: Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ),[note 1] is an island country located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the International Date Line.


Premise: What never leave the body when acquired?

Hypothesis: A typical example is the herpes virus, which tends to hide in nerves and become reactivated when specific circumstances arise.


Premise: Where is the Papalote Children's Museum 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: What church was erected in Jamestown in 1774?

Hypothesis: St. James' Church was erected in Jamestown in 1774 and in 1791–92 Plantation House was built, and has since been the official residence of the Governor.


Premise: Affluent American families are what type of families?

Hypothesis: Numbers of the most wealthy and affluent American families as the Vanderbilts and the Astors, Rockefeller, Du Pont, Roosevelt, Forbes, Whitneys, the Morgans and Harrimans are Mainline Protestant families.


Premise: When did the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China take place?

Hypothesis: The Song were far more concerned with countering northern enemy states of the Khitan-ruled Liao dynasty (907–1125) and Jurchen-ruled Jin dynasty (1115–1234).


Premise: What did the FBI adopt the Glock .40 S&W pistol for?

Hypothesis: In May 1997, the FBI officially adopted the Glock .40 S&W pistol for general agent use and first issued it to New Agent Class 98-1 in October 1997.


Premise: What type of human knowledge is math?

Hypothesis: Hume divided all of human knowledge into two categories: relations of ideas and matters of fact (see also Kant's analytic-synthetic distinction).


Premise: What product used in the sale ofpaper is newly used by manufacturers in an effort to be more environmentally friendly?

Hypothesis: Made out of paper, and known commercially as paperfoam, the new packaging has very similar mechanical properties to some expanded plastic packaging, but is biodegradable and can also be recycled with ordinary paper.


Premise: How important was beer brewing to Sumerians?

Hypothesis: Beer brewing was very important to the Sumerians.


Premise: what type of audience was early disco and dance catered to?

Hypothesis: These compositions used newly affordable electronic instruments to emulate not just Saunders' song, but the edited, enhanced styles of disco and other dance music they already favored.


Premise: What year did the Argead Dynasty end?

Hypothesis: In 310, Cassander had young King Alexander IV and his mother Roxane murdered, ending the Argead Dynasty which had ruled Macedon for several centuries.


Premise: On what date did British Somaliland gain independence?

Hypothesis: On 1 July 1960, the two territories united to form the Somali Republic, albeit within boundaries drawn up by Italy and Britain.


Premise: How far away was the hospital from this rural area?

Hypothesis: Rural areas can use this technology for diagnostic purposes, thus saving lives and making more efficient use of health care money.


Premise: What do Tuvalu's merchant fleet carry?

Hypothesis: These ships carry cargo and passengers between the main atolls and travel between Suva, Fiji and Funafuti 3 to 4 times a year.


Premise: what area radio was house music generally played on?

Hypothesis: These homegrown productions were played on Chicago-area radio and in local discothèques catering mainly to African-American and gay audiences.


Premise: Where was Henry III crowned?

Hypothesis: This coronation was deemed by the Pope to be improper, and a further coronation was held in the abbey on 17 May 1220.


Premise: What did the tachymetric devices do?

Hypothesis: Both France and UK introduced tachymetric devices to track targets and produce vertical and horizontal deflection angles.


Premise: How does "crosstalk" appear to the viewer?

Hypothesis: During a change in speed, the optical pickup inside the player might read video information from a track adjacent to the intended one, causing data from the two tracks to "cross"; the extra video information picked up from that second track shows up as distortion in the picture which looks reminiscent of swirling "barber poles" or rolling lines of static.


Premise: How many votes were cast for the finale?

Hypothesis: In an interview prior to season five, executive producer Nigel Lythgoe indicated that Aiken had led the fan voting from the wildcard week onward until the finale.


Premise: Who was the first person to provide education opportunities to females?

Hypothesis: He was also the first Greek philosopher to admit women to his school as a rule.


Premise: What caused ancient texts to be rediscovered by Byzantine scholars?

Hypothesis: Yet, the rediscovery of ancient texts was improved after the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, when many Byzantine scholars had to seek refuge in the West.


Premise: How much do the lexicons of Czech and Slovak differ, according to on study?

Hypothesis: One study showed that Czech and Slovak lexicons differed by 80 percent, but this high percentage was found to stem primarily from differing orthographies and slight inconsistencies in morphological formation; Slovak morphology is more regular (when changing from the nominative to the locative case, Praha becomes Praze in Czech and Prahe in Slovak).


Premise: How many "land banks" and building societies collapsed during the 1890s depression in Melbourne?

Hypothesis: A brash boosterism that had typified Melbourne during this time ended in the early 1890s with a severe depression of the city's economy, sending the local finance and property industries into a period of chaos during which 16 small "land banks" and building societies collapsed, and 133 limited companies went into liquidation.


Premise: What was the last Chinese dynasty?

Hypothesis: It was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China.


Premise: What two targets were the Luftwaffe trying to destroy?

Hypothesis: Its hope was to destroy its targets and draw the RAF into defending them, allowing the Luftwaffe to destroy their fighters in large numbers, thereby achieving an air superiority.


Premise: What percentage of the defence estate is taken up by airfields?

Hypothesis: The defence estate is divided as training areas & ranges (84.0%), research & development (5.4%), airfields (3.4%), barracks & camps (2.5%), storage & supply depots (1.6%), and other (3.0%).


Premise: What may in part reflect subjective attributes, self-identities and social institutions?

Hypothesis: As sociological factors, racial categories may in part reflect subjective attributions, self-identities, and social institutions.


Premise: Where is the start capacitor commonly mounted?

Hypothesis: The start capacitor is typically mounted to the side of the motor housing.


Premise: What was another requirement of foreign players?

Hypothesis: A non-EU player applying for the permit must have played for his country in at least 75 per cent of its competitive 'A' team matches for which he was available for selection during the previous two years, and his country must have averaged at least 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings over the previous two years.


Premise: What are the names of a couple wrestling documentaries?

Hypothesis: There have also been many fictional depictions of wrestling; the 2008 film The Wrestler received several Oscar nominations and began a career revival for star Mickey Rourke.


Premise: Why did Reprise only release one 78 rpm vinyl?

Hypothesis: Only one disc actually saw release, Randy Newman's I Think It's Going to Rain Today, a track from his self-titled debut album (with The Beehive State on the flipside).


Premise: What language did the Jews speak prior to assimilating into German culture?

Hypothesis: By the Middle Ages, large numbers of Jews lived in the Holy Roman Empire and had assimilated into German culture, including many Jews who had previously assimilated into French culture and had spoken a mixed Judeo-French language.


Premise: Who was the U.S. Federal Reserve vice-chair in April 2009?

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


Premise: Whom did Sand's daughter Solange become engaged to?

Hypothesis: The composer frequently took Solange's side in quarrels with her mother; he also faced jealousy from Sand's son Maurice.


Premise: To what movement was the task of spiritual leadership passed?

Hypothesis: The abbot often was employed on royal service and in due course took his place in the House of Lords as of right.


Premise: Which continents have some form of Protestantism?

Hypothesis: Collectively encompassing more than 900 million adherents, or nearly forty percent of Christians worldwide, Protestantism is present on all populated continents.[t]


Premise: Give an example of an animal that will travel several miles in a single day.

Hypothesis: While a grazing species such as an elephant may travel many kilometers in a single day, grazing on many plants in the process, parasites form very close associations with their hosts, usually having only one or at most a few in their lifetime.


Premise: What enables scientists to better study plants now?

Hypothesis: 20th century developments in plant biochemistry have been driven by modern techniques of organic chemical analysis, such as spectroscopy, chromatography and electrophoresis.


Premise: Where was the store moved in 1857?

Hypothesis: Recognized as an emporium for high-quality fashions, the store soon outgrew the Marble House and erected a cast-iron building on Broadway and Nineteenth Street in 1869; this “Palace of Trade” expanded over the years until it was necessary to move into a larger space in 1914.


Premise: What country joined Canada, the UK, and Ireland in continuing to observe Daylight Saving Time after the war?

Hypothesis: It became widely adopted, particularly in North America and Europe starting in the 1970s as a result of the 1970s energy crisis.


Premise: What is the name of the football club in Paris?

Hypothesis: Paris is home to the association football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français.


Premise: What is the Chax Press?

Hypothesis: Some were associated with the University of Arizona, but many were independent writers who chose to make Tucson their home.


Premise: Does Ruskin believe all buildings are works of architecture?

Hypothesis: His work goes on to state that a building is not truly a work of architecture unless it is in some way "adorned".


Premise: Who initially opposed General MacArthur's landing plan?

Hypothesis: Soon after the war began, General MacArthur had begun planning a landing at Incheon, but the Pentagon opposed him.


Premise: What did the National Disaster Relief Commission initiate?

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


Premise: What is the name of Stephen Hawking's book?

Hypothesis: Stephen Hawking and co-author Leonard Mlodinow state in their book, The Grand Design, that it is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.


Premise: From which areas did Alaskan supporters face political challenges?

Hypothesis: The Alaska Statehood Committee and Alaska's Constitutional Convention would soon follow.


Premise: What is the name of the General who led the raid against New Haven on July 5, 1779?

Hypothesis: New Haven was not torched as the invaders did with Danbury in 1777, or Fairfield and Norwalk a week after the New Haven raid, so many of the town's colonial features were preserved.


Premise: What have been its two primary sources of wealth?

Hypothesis: With the exception of shipbuilding and food processing, Galicia was largely a semi-subsistence farming and fishing economy and did not experience significant industrialization until after the mid-20th century.


Premise: Which religious belief is most prevelant in Swaziland?

Hypothesis: 83% of the total population adheres to Christianity, making it the most common religion in Swaziland.


Premise: What do the Germans feel it inconsistent to confine gods within?

Hypothesis: Afterwards the car, the vestments, and, if you like to believe it, the divinity herself, are purified in a secret lake."


Premise: Which foreign BYU campus was closed in 2000 due to security concerns?

Hypothesis: The BYU Jerusalem Center, which was closed in 2000 due to student security concerns related to the Second Intifada and, more recently, the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, was reopened to students in the Winter 2007 semester.


Premise: When was the Colossus sent to Bletchley Park?

Hypothesis: After a functional test in December 1943, Colossus was shipped to Bletchley Park, where it was delivered on 18 January 1944 and attacked its first message on 5 February.


Premise: What do most Valencian people think Valencian is in regards to Catalan?

Hypothesis: Despite the position of the official organizations, an opinion poll carried out between 2001 and 2004 showed that the majority of the Valencian people consider Valencian different from Catalan.


Premise: What kind of trains provided food in the shelters?

Hypothesis: By the end of 1940 significant improvements had been made in the Underground and in many other large shelters.


Premise: What type of elevator is better suited for carrying freight?

Hypothesis: Although hydraulic freight elevators exist, electric elevators are more energy efficient for the work of freight lifting.[citation needed]


Premise: How can the body get rid of excess copper?

Hypothesis: Copper transport here involves the protein ceruloplasmin, which carries the majority of copper in blood.


Premise: What was the lowest temperature ever recorded Charleston's city limit?

Hypothesis: The highest temperature recorded within city limits was 104 °F (40 °C), on June 2, 1985, and June 24, 1944, and the lowest was 7 °F (−14 °C) on February 14, 1899, although at the airport, where official records are kept, the historical range is 105 °F (41 °C) on August 1, 1999 down to 6 °F (−14 °C) on January 21, 1985.


Premise: What body passed the Drug Kingpin Act of 1988?

Hypothesis: Congress acted defiantly toward the Supreme Court by passing the Drug Kingpin Act of 1988 and the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 that made roughly fifty crimes punishable by death, including crimes that do not always involve the death of someone.


Premise: What color was the famous valley during the Neolithic through to the Shang period?

Hypothesis: Often these finds are accompanied by media reports that push back the purported beginnings of Chinese writing by thousands of years.


Premise: What Samoan choreographer founded Black Grace?

Hypothesis: Lemi Ponifasio is a director and choreographer who is prominent internationally with his dance Company MAU.


Premise: How many passengers use Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi Airport each year?

Hypothesis: In 2012-13, the airport was used by more than 35 million passengers, making it one of the busiest airports in South Asia.


Premise: When did Virginia add the one drop rule to their laws?

Hypothesis: Similar laws had been proposed but not passed in the late nineteenth century in South Carolina and Virginia, for instance.


Premise: What is the Arabic term for the surface-level aspects of a text?

Hypothesis: Commentaries dealing with the zahir (outward aspects) of the text are called tafsir, and hermeneutic and esoteric commentaries dealing with the batin are called ta'wil ("interpretation" or "explanation"), which involves taking the text back to its beginning.


Premise: What meats are often used in Portuguese recipes?

Hypothesis: Two other popular fish recipes are grilled sardines and caldeirada, a potato-based stew that can be made from several types of fish.


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

Hypothesis: The C-X75 was originally developed as a hybrid electric vehicle with four independent electric engines powered by two jet turbines, before the project was cancelled.


Premise: What division was Trojans RFC promoted to in 2008-9?

Hypothesis: The city is also well provided for in amateur men's and women's rugby with a number of teams in and around the city, the oldest of which is Trojans RFC who were promoted to London South West 2 division in 2008/9.


Premise: Which council submitted petitions for Namibia's independence?

Hypothesis: In 1966 the International Court of Justice dismissed a complaint brought by Ethiopia and Liberia against South Africa's continued presence in the territory, but the U.N. General Assembly subsequently revoked South Africa's mandate, while in 1971 the International Court of Justice issued an "advisory opinion" declaring South Africa's continued administration to be illegal.


Premise: What may full siblings belong to?

Hypothesis: A Brazilian child was never automatically identified with the racial type of one or both parents, nor were there only a very limited number of categories to choose from, to the extent that full siblings can pertain to different racial groups.


Premise: What are some other causes of airway obstruction?

Hypothesis: Many other conditions can cause symptoms similar to those of asthma.


Premise: From what words is the term 'Somali' generally regarded as being derived?

Hypothesis: The name "Somali" is, in turn, held to be derived from the words soo and maal, which together mean "go and milk"


Premise: Hokkien morphemes are not always what?

Hypothesis: While most Hokkien morphemes have standard designated characters, they are not always etymological or phono-semantic.


Premise: In what year did The Times make an endorsement for Barack Obama?

Hypothesis: The Times occasionally makes endorsements for foreign elections.


Premise: What political party was Earl Fitzwilliam?

Hypothesis: Burke wrote on 29 November 1790: "I have received from the Duke of Portland, Lord Fitzwilliam, the Duke of Devonshire, Lord John Cavendish, Montagu (Frederick Montagu MP), and a long et cetera of the old Stamina of the Whiggs a most full approbation of the principles of that work and a kind indulgence to the execution".


Premise: How are the relationships within the group determined?

Hypothesis: The basic approach is to use similarities based on shared inheritance to determine relationships.


Premise: When did the BBC start broadcasting under the name BBC One?

Hypothesis: The first programme broadcast – and thus the first ever, on a dedicated TV channel – was "Opening of the BBC Television Service" at 15:00.


Premise: Who is the current manager of the Everton Football Club?

Hypothesis: The club's longest-serving manager has been Harry Catterick, who was in charge of the team from 1961–73, taking in 594 first team matches.


Premise: What was the Dashnaks objective?

Hypothesis: During the 1890s, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, commonly known as Dashnaktsutyun, became active within the Ottoman Empire with the aim of unifying the various small groups in the empire that were advocating for reform and defending Armenian villages from massacres that were widespread in some of the Armenian-populated areas of the empire.


Premise: Whose offer to buy the paper was turned down?

Hypothesis: Seizing the opportunity to increase his presence on Fleet Street, he made an agreement with the print unions, promising fewer redundancies if he acquired the newspaper.


Premise: What group were Jews being persecuted by in Europe?

Hypothesis: To this end, Mehmed and his successor Bayezid, also encouraged and welcomed migration of the Jews from different parts of Europe, who were settled in Istanbul and other port cities like Salonica.


Premise: Along with the Mongolian People's Republic and the People's Republic of China, what country did the RSFSR border to its southeast?

Hypothesis: Within the Soviet Union, the RSFSR bordered the Ukrainian, Belarusian, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian SSRs to its west and Azerbaijan, Georgian and Kazakh SSRs to the south.


Premise: Do ride goers stand or sit?

Hypothesis: This allows the drive motor to pull down on the elevator car from underneath, resulting in downward acceleration greater than that of normal gravity.


Premise: Who starred in the movie Zorba the Greek?

Hypothesis: Cacoyannis also directed Zorba the Greek with Anthony Quinn which received Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film nominations.


Premise: What is the name of the pact held between the United States, Micronesia, Marshal Islands, and Palau?

Hypothesis: The Compacts of Free Association between the United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau accorded the former entities of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands a political status of "free association" with the United States.


Premise: Which year was Lee awarded an induction into the Alabama Academy of Honor?

Hypothesis: In 2001, Lee was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor.


Premise: Who put a stop to the lack of law and presence of disorder in post-Revolutionary France?

Hypothesis: Napoleon ended lawlessness and disorder in post-Revolutionary France.


Premise: In 1754 what man convinced the Grand Vizier to allow the use of the printing press?

Hypothesis: In 1734 an artillery school was established to impart Western-style artillery methods, but the Islamic clergy successfully objected under the grounds of theodicy.


Premise: What country allied with Prussia?

Hypothesis: Sweden, fearing Prussia's expansionist tendencies, went to war in 1757 to protect its Baltic dominions, seeing its chance when virtually all of Europe opposed Prussia.


Premise: What kind of record do players' goals in friendlies count for?

Hypothesis: In 2004, FIFA ruled that substitutions by a team be limited to six per match in international friendlies, in response to criticism that such matches were becoming increasingly farcical with managers making as many as 11 substitutions per match.


Premise: What is the largest data capacity for an iPod product?

Hypothesis: Like other digital music players, iPods can serve as external data storage devices.


Premise: In all cases, both host-to-device and device-to-host configurations are what?

Hypothesis: In July 2012, the USB Promoters Group announced the finalization of the USB Power Delivery ("PD") specification, an extension that specifies using certified "PD aware" USB cables with standard USB Type-A and Type-B connectors to deliver increased power (more than 7.5 W) to devices with larger power demand.


Premise: On what day did the U.S. and its allies declar war on Japan?

Hypothesis: Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the 800,000-member America First Committee vehemently opposed any American intervention in the European conflict, even as America sold military aid to Britain and the Soviet Union through the Lend-Lease program.


Premise: What was Burke's final publication?

Hypothesis: Burke's last publications were the Letters on a Regicide Peace (October 1796), called forth by negotiations for peace with France by the Pitt government.


Premise: There is a disagreement on whether a school had an Abhidhamma or not, which school is it?

Hypothesis: Scholars disagree on whether the Mahasanghika school had an Abhidhamma Pitaka or not.[note 38]


Premise: How is lacquer distrubted on a CD?

Hypothesis: A small amount of lacquer is applied as a ring around the center of the disc, and rapid spinning spreads it evenly over the surface.


Premise: What was the name of the United States' largest atmospheric nuclear test?

Hypothesis: In 1956, the United States Atomic Energy Commission regarded the Marshall Islands as "by far the most contaminated place in the world."


Premise: What part of the organism is usually created which becomes a developed genetically altered organism?

Hypothesis: For multicellular organisms, typically the embryo is engineered which grows into the adult genetically modified organism.


Premise: How many livery companies were in the meeting that founded the college?

Hypothesis: City and Guilds College was founded in 1876 from a meeting of 16 of the City of London's livery companies for the Advancement of Technical Education (CGLI), which aimed to improve the training of craftsmen, technicians, technologists, and engineers.


Premise: What group lived in the area that were known for their red-on-brown pottery?

Hypothesis: Tucson was probably first visited by Paleo-Indians, known to have been in southern Arizona about 12,000 years ago.


Premise: Why did New York State ban unmarked cars for traffic cops?

Hypothesis: This practice is controversial, with for example, New York State banning this practice in 1996 on the grounds that it endangered motorists who might be pulled over by people impersonating police officers.


Premise: What was the profession of the man who wrote De Materia Medica?

Hypothesis: De Materia Medica was widely read for more than 1,500 years.


Premise: Who ejected the Benedictines again in 1559?

Hypothesis: The abbey was restored to the Benedictines under the Catholic Mary I of England, but they were again ejected under Elizabeth I in 1559.


Premise: How anxious was France to assist Prussia to take over Hanover?

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


Premise: Along with R&B, pop and rock, what genre of music is represented on modern soft AC stations?

Hypothesis: The "soft" AC format has reinvented in the late 2000s/early 2010s as a result of its declining relevance, adopting a more upmarket, middle-of-the-road approach, with a selection of "oldies" (usually from the 1960s/70s onwards), primarily rock, jazz, R&B and pop music.


Premise: Did the FBI target MLK?

Hypothesis: FBI records show that 85% of COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that the FBI deemed "subversive", including communist and socialist organizations; organizations and individuals associated with the Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and others associated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Congress of Racial Equality and other civil rights organizations; black nationalist groups; the American Indian Movement; a broad range of organizations labeled "New Left", including Students for a Democratic Society and the Weathermen; almost all groups protesting the Vietnam War, as well as individual student demonstrators with no group affiliation; the National Lawyers Guild; organizations and individuals associated with the women's rights movement; nationalist groups such as those seeking independence for Puerto Rico, United Ireland, and Cuban exile movements including Orlando Bosch's Cuban Power and the Cuban Nationalist Movement.


Premise: What was the first American hockey team to win a Stanley Cup?

Hypothesis: Seattle was also home to a previous Major League Baseball franchise in 1969: the Seattle Pilots.


Premise: Madonna's dance singles reached which number in the "Hot Dance Club Songs" by the Billboard Magazine?

Hypothesis: After Madonna signed a singles deal with Sire, her debut single, "Everybody", was released in October 1982, and the second, "Burning Up", in March 1983.


Premise: Who was Chief Financial Officer of Apple in July of 2009?

Hypothesis: Since 2009, the company's iPod sales have continually decreased every financial quarter and in 2013 a new model was not introduced onto the market.


Premise: How many media outlets does Washington University support?

Hypothesis: Washington University supports four major student-run media outlets.


Premise: How many Portugese speakers are there today?

Hypothesis: Shortly after, independence was granted to all its colonies, with the exception of Macau, which was handed over to China in 1999.


Premise: Who were most samurais' lords?

Hypothesis: They were strongly emphasized by the teachings of Confucius and Mencius (ca 550 BC), which were required reading for the educated samurai class.


Premise: By 1811, what was the population of Napoleon's Empire?

Hypothesis: By 1811, Napoleon ruled over 70 million people across an empire that had domination in Europe, which had not witnessed this level of political consolidation since the days of the Roman Empire.


Premise: Who were the models for future generations of samurai?

Hypothesis: Rather, these ideals were vigorously pursued in the upper echelons of warrior society and recommended as the proper form of the Japanese man of arms.


Premise: What is one of the most developed Concentrating Solar Power technologies?

Hypothesis: In all of these systems a working fluid is heated by the concentrated sunlight, and is then used for power generation or energy storage.


Premise: Who stated that Madonna was a bad actress to watch?

Hypothesis: Stephanie Zacharek, critic for Time magazine, stated that, "[Madonna] seems wooden and unnatural as an actress, and it's tough to watch, because she's clearly trying her damnedest."


Premise: What is the American Rule?

Hypothesis: Another unique feature is the so-called American Rule under which parties generally bear their own attorneys' fees (as opposed to the English Rule of "loser pays"), though American legislators and courts have carved out numerous exceptions.


Premise: What is a quasi-independent agency of the United States Government?

Hypothesis: Although the name of the CIA reflects the original advised intent of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, the government's needs for strategic services have frustrated that intent from the beginning.


Premise: Why were experiments done on luminiferous aether in the 19 Century?

Hypothesis: In 1912, astronomer Henry Pickering commented: "While the interstellar absorbing medium may be simply the ether, [it] is characteristic of a gas, and free gaseous molecules are certainly there".


Premise: Not only are most residents of the island members of the Anglican communion, but what else?

Hypothesis: The 150th anniversary of the diocese was celebrated in June 2009.


Premise: What caused the dialect continuum to become fractured?

Hypothesis: South Slavic historically formed a dialect continuum, i.e. each dialect has some similarities with the neighboring one, and differences grow with distance.


Premise: In 2010, Beyonce released Dereon to what country?

Hypothesis: On May 27, 2010, Beyoncé teamed up with clothing store C&A to launch Deréon by Beyoncé at their stores in Brazil.


Premise: What succeeded the Famicom?

Hypothesis: The Nintendo Entertainment System (also abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo.


Premise: The insect orders include a number of what kind of groups?

Hypothesis: Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct.


Premise: Along with aircraft and people, what objects notably create and retain heat?

Hypothesis: Many objects such as people, vehicle engines, and aircraft generate and retain heat, and as such, are especially visible in the infrared wavelengths of light compared to objects in the background.


Premise: Along with liberals, who was Eisenhower trying to appeal to with the Warren pick?

Hypothesis: In selecting a Chief Justice, Eisenhower looked for an experienced jurist who could appeal to liberals in the party as well as law-and-order conservatives, noting privately that Warren "represents the kind of political, economic, and social thinking that I believe we need on the Supreme Court ...


Premise: The Chengdu Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone is what rank of 53 in China terms of comprehensive strength?

Hypothesis: In 2000, it was open to APEC and has been recognized as a national advanced hi-tech development zone in successive assessment activities held by China's Ministry of Science and Technology.


Premise: What was the name of the video game?

Hypothesis: The release of a video-game Starpower: Beyoncé was cancelled after Beyoncé pulled out of a $100 million with GateFive who alleged the cancellation meant the sacking of 70 staff and millions of pounds lost in development.


Premise: Where are music students educated

Hypothesis: Young musicians are educated in the conservatory, a department of the Utrecht School of the Arts.


Premise: If you were unable to choose the antenna you wanted how could you still achieve this result?

Hypothesis: While this may affect the choice of an antenna, an antenna's impedance can also be adapted to the desired impedance level of a system using a matching network while maintaining the other characteristics (except for a possible loss of efficiency).


Premise: What pope most recently issued Papal pronouncements against Freemasons?

Hypothesis: A number of Papal pronouncements have been issued against Freemasonry.


Premise: "Scythia this side of the Himalayas" is located where?

Hypothesis: To the south is "India on this side of the Ganges" and "India beyond the Ganges."


Premise: Most states are governed by what figure?

Hypothesis: Most of the states are governed by a cabinet led by a Ministerpräsident (Minister-President), together with a unicameral legislative body known as the Landtag (State Diet).


Premise: Who is the economist who described a "paradox of deleveraging"?

Hypothesis: Economist Hyman Minsky also described a "paradox of deleveraging" as financial institutions that have too much leverage (debt relative to equity) cannot all de-leverage simultaneously without significant declines in the value of their assets.


Premise: What did the US not want to see repeated?

Hypothesis: Truman and Acheson discussed a U.S. invasion response and agreed that the United States was obligated to act, paralleling the North Korean invasion with Adolf Hitler's aggressions in the 1930s, with the conclusion being that the mistake of appeasement must not be repeated.


Premise: How are two 16-bit units used?

Hypothesis: UCS-2 uses a 16-bit code unit (two 8-bit bytes) for each character but cannot encode every character in the current Unicode standard.


Premise: What kind of zinc compound is used in manufacturing rubber?

Hypothesis: Roughly one quarter of all zinc output in the United States (2009), is consumed in the form of zinc compounds; a variety of which are used industrially.


Premise: What is the French term for the Republic of the Congo?

Hypothesis: It is bordered by five countries: Gabon to the west; Cameroon to the northwest; the Central African Republic to the northeast; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the east and south; and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to the southwest.


Premise: How big is the largest forest in Yale's possession?

Hypothesis: In 2008, Yale purchased the 136-acre (0.55 km2) former Bayer Pharmaceutical campus in West Haven, Connecticut, the buildings of which are now used as laboratory and research space.


Premise: Who is considered the founding father of Tuscan?

Hypothesis: Hugo O'Conor, the founding father of the city of Tucson, Arizona authorized the construction of a military fort in that location, Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón, on August 20, 1775 (near the present downtown Pima County Courthouse).


Premise: When did MDNA Tour begin?

Hypothesis: Lawsuits threatened against Madonna have also been engaged from the tour.


Premise: What was the conflict between Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews attributed to?

Hypothesis: During the first decades of Israel as a state, strong cultural conflict occurred between Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews (mainly east European Ashkenazim).


Premise: According to most analysts, what crisis took place after the crisis in residential real estate?

Hypothesis: Krugman's contention (that the growth of a commercial real estate bubble indicates that U.S. housing policy was not the cause of the crisis) is challenged by additional analysis.


Premise: During which years did Melbourne experience an economic downturn?

Hypothesis: As the centre of Australia's "rust belt", Melbourne experienced an economic downturn between 1989 to 1992, following the collapse of several local financial institutions.


Premise: From what French word is emotion derived?

Hypothesis: The word "emotion" dates back to 1579, when it was adapted from the French word émouvoir, which means "to stir up".


Premise: When did the last Ice Age end in the British Isles?

Hypothesis: The only window when this could have occurred was between the end of the last Ice Age (about 12,000 years ago) and when the land bridge connecting the two islands was flooded by sea (about 8,000 years ago).


Premise: Which journalist felt Idol produced entertaining TV more than entertaining music?

Hypothesis: Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly considered that "As TV, American Idol is crazily entertaining; as music, it's dust-mote inconsequential".


Premise: When was INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center part of U.S News and World Reports best Hospitals list?

Hypothesis: INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center was named in U.S. News & World Report's 2012 list of Best Hospitals.


Premise: The scientific revolution contributed to what, in terms of science?

Hypothesis: Regardless of the way the tension between universities, individual scientists, and the scientific revolution itself is perceived, there was a discernible impact on the way that university education was constructed.


Premise: Where did Sony offer the 60 GB model with an open pricing scheme?

Hypothesis: At the Tokyo Game Show on September 22, 2006, Sony announced that it would include an HDMI port on the 20 GB system, but a chrome trim, flash card readers, silver logo and Wi-Fi would not be included.


Premise: Where did the Catalan  people originate?

Hypothesis: The word Catalan derives from the territory of Catalonia, itself of disputed etymology.


Premise: What institution has prosecuted groups that practice outside the official Church without permission?

Hypothesis: The act of using Church of Scientology techniques in a form different than originally described by Hubbard is referred to within Scientology as "squirreling" and is said by Scientologists to be high treason.


Premise: What is the non-medical mumbo jumbo term for pulmonologist?

Hypothesis: Generally, infections are initially diagnosed by primary care physicians or internal medicine specialists.


Premise: Who was one of the few female Hollywood directors in this era?

Hypothesis: In its early years Universal released three brands of feature films — Red Feather, low-budget programmers; Bluebird, more ambitious productions; and Jewel, their prestige motion pictures.


Premise: In what kind of countries is the celebration of Valentine's day forbidden?

Hypothesis: In recent years the celebration of Saint Valentine' s day has spread beyond Christian countries to Japan and China and other parts of the world.


Premise: What's the process by which macrophages try to get rid of the TB bacterium?

Hypothesis: M. tuberculosis is able to reproduce inside the macrophage and will eventually kill the immune cell.


Premise: The top or most important factories had what  physical feature in  common?

Hypothesis: The major factories became the walled forts of Fort William in Bengal, Fort St George in Madras, and Bombay Castle.


Premise: Who assisted the ensi?

Hypothesis: Sumerian cities during the Uruk period were probably theocratic and were most likely headed by a priest-king (ensi), assisted by a council of elders, including both men and women.


Premise: How much money was brought in by the Idol Gives Back special on season nine of American Idol?

Hypothesis: That week, Adam Lambert was invited back to be a mentor, the first Idol alum to do so.


Premise: Why is the Pekin duck the favored of the western world?

Hypothesis: In the Western world, ducks are not as popular as chickens, because the latter produce larger quantities of white, lean meat and are easier to keep intensively, making the price of chicken meat lower than that of duck meat.


Premise: What hard rock supergroup contained members of Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine?

Hypothesis: Additionally, hard rock supergroups, such as Audioslave (with former members of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden) and Velvet Revolver (with former members of Guns N' Roses, punk band


Premise: Why was the handle considered a "dead man switch"?

Hypothesis: Pushing the handle forward would cause the cab to rise; backwards would make it sink.


Premise: What non-church architectural structure developed in the 10th century?

Hypothesis: Simultaneous with the development in church architecture, the distinctive European form of the castle was developed, and became crucial to politics and warfare.


Premise: What is another name for the feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple in the Anglican Communion?

Hypothesis: All the member churches of the Anglican Communion affirm in the historic creeds that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, and celebrates the feast days of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.


Premise: What has there been a sharp reduction in during the years following 2005 in the USAF?

Hypothesis: These same constraints have seen a sharp reduction in flight hours for crew training since 2005 and the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel directing Airmen's Time Assessments.


Premise: Water from the rivers is used in over how many hydroelectric power plants?

Hypothesis: Water from the rivers is used in over 500 hydroelectricity power plants, generating as much as 2900 kilowatts of electricity.


Premise: What are two forms of hydrogen gas?

Hypothesis: Hydrogen gas (dihydrogen or molecular hydrogen) is highly flammable and will burn in air at a very wide range of concentrations between 4% and 75% by volume.


Premise: How long did one Arctic tern take to migrate?

Hypothesis: One Arctic tern, ringed (banded) as a chick on the Farne Islands off the British east coast, reached Melbourne, Australia in just three months from fledging, a sea journey of over 22,000 km (14,000 mi).


Premise: Who were the shikaris headed by?

Hypothesis: They would be headed by a master of the hunt, who might be styled mir-shikar.


Premise: When should the noise-based speed be used?

Hypothesis: If the noise-based speed (40:1) is higher than the saturation-based speed, the noise-based speed should be reported, rounded downwards to a standard value (e.g. 200, 250, 320, or 400).


Premise: How many times has the Everton FC entered the UK pop charts?

Hypothesis: The club have entered the UK pop charts on four occasions under different titles during the 1980s and 1990s when many clubs released a song to mark their reaching the FA Cup Final. "


Premise: What are two major rivers located inside of Mali?

Hypothesis: Mali consists of eight regions and its borders on the north reach deep into the middle of the Sahara Desert, while the country's southern part, where the majority of inhabitants live, features the Niger and Senegal rivers.


Premise: What type of songs does Hard Candy have?

Hypothesis: A change was noted in the content of the songs in Music, with most of them being simple love songs, but with an underlying tone of melancholy.


Premise: What is a problem common to phenotype-based descriptions of races?

Hypothesis: This point called attention to a problem common to phenotype-based descriptions of races (for example, those based on hair texture and skin color): they ignore a host of other similarities and differences (for example, blood type) that do not correlate highly with the markers for race.


Premise: What was the federal Government responsible for?

Hypothesis: When the Constitution of Australia came into force, the colonies collectively became states of the Commonwealth of Australia.


Premise: What was the first state in this region to adopt Christianity?

Hypothesis: Later the region saw the first states to adopt Christianity officially - initially in Armenia (301 AD) and in Georgia (337 AD), later in the Great Russian Principality (Kyivan Rus, Russian: Великое княжество Русское, ca 988 AD).


Premise: What was Beringia?

Hypothesis: According to the prevailing theories of the settlement of the Americas, migrations of humans from Asia (in particular North Asia) to the Americas took place via Beringia, a land bridge which connected the two continents across what is now the Bering Strait.


Premise: What genre of artists has recently turned to house music to add mass appeal?

Hypothesis: In addition to these popular examples of house, there has also been a reunification of contemporary house and its roots.


Premise: Where is the power that is distributed originating from?

Hypothesis: Power is conserved, and there is no net power increase over that delivered from the power source (the transmitter.)


Premise: Why might Neptune have more varied weather than Uranus?

Hypothesis: Neptune's more varied weather when compared to Uranus is due in part to its higher internal heating.


Premise: Which dynasty did Asif Jah I create?

Hypothesis: In 1724, Mughal viceroy Asif Jah I declared his sovereignty and created his own dynasty, known as the Nizams of Hyderabad.


Premise: How was Victoria notified of her youngest son leopolds death?

Hypothesis: On the day after the first anniversary of Brown's death, Victoria was informed by telegram that her youngest son, Leopold, had died in Cannes.


Premise: How much money did The Mrs. Carter Show Limited Edition fragrance make?

Hypothesis: The six editions of Heat are the world's best-selling celebrity fragrance line, with sales of over $400 million.


Premise: How many Soviet allied countries were members of the Warsaw Pact?

Hypothesis: The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955 per the Paris Pacts of 1954, but it is also considered to have been motivated by Soviet desires to maintain control over military forces in Central and Eastern Europe.


Premise: What road connects Preston to Blackpool?

Hypothesis: The Lancashire economy relies strongly on the M6 motorway which runs from north to south, past Lancaster and Preston.


Premise: By understanding what does Vaisesika school believe one gains knowledge and liberation?

Hypothesis: Knowledge and liberation was achievable by complete understanding of the world of experience, according to Vaiśeṣika school .


Premise: What years were presidential debates held at Washington University?

Hypothesis: United States presidential election debates were held at the Washington University Athletic Complex in 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2016.


Premise: Are bacteria cells smaller than eukaryotic cells?

Hypothesis: Bacterial cells are about one-tenth the size of eukaryotic cells and are typically 0.5–5.0 micrometres in length.


Premise: In what year, was the first Nobel Prize in Physics won?

Hypothesis: The Walhalla temple for "laudable and distinguished Germans", features a number of scientists, and is located east of Regensburg, in Bavaria.


Premise: In Jorgic v. Germany, what about the German courts was later rejected by international courts hearing similar cases?

Hypothesis: However, there are also a considerable number of scholars who have suggested that these acts did amount to genocide, and the ICTY has found in the Momcilo Krajisnik case that the actus reu, of genocide was met in Prijedor "


Premise: Where did Mao Zedong declare that he would intervene in the Korean conflict?

Hypothesis: On 4 August 1950, with the PRC invasion of Taiwan aborted, Mao Zedong reported to the Politburo that he would intervene in Korea when the People's Liberation Army's (PLA)


Premise: When Comcast's customer service rating fell 7%, what happened to its revenues?

Hypothesis: As its customer satisfaction eroded by 7% over the past year, revenue increased by 12%.


Premise: When was Okinawa finally returned?

Hypothesis: Okinawa was returned on May 15, 1972, but the U.S. stations troops in the island's bases as a defense for Japan.


Premise: When did the population of the island start to steadily decline?

Hypothesis: The population has steadily declined since the late 1980s and has dropped from 5,157 at the 1998 census to 4,255 in 2008.


Premise: Species that aren't considered specialized are called what?

Hypothesis: Others are more opportunistic and will kill and eat almost anything (examples: humans, leopards, dogs and alligators).


Premise: Where is Prince Richard's son, Alexander Windsor, Earl of?

Hypothesis: Prince William of Gloucester (1942-1972) also attended Eton, as did George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, son of Princess Mary, Princess Royal.


Premise: What does each of the component schools of KU's Medical Center offer?

Hypothesis: Furthermore, each of the three schools has its own programs of graduate study.


Premise: What is commonly used to determine taxonomy of bacteria?

Hypothesis: Bacterial metabolism is classified into nutritional groups on the basis of three major criteria: the kind of energy used for growth, the source of carbon, and the electron donors used for growth.


Premise: What did the law likely lead to?

Hypothesis: The Proclamation Line can be seen as one of the grievances which led to the American Revolutionary War.


Premise: What arguably impossible conditions did Eisenhower set for further intervention on behalf of the French?

Hypothesis: After a few months with no success by the French, he added other aircraft to drop napalm for clearing purposes.


Premise: Why have many US Air Force pilots opted to resign from active service?

Hypothesis: In response to squadron groundings and flight time reductions, many Air Force pilots have opted to resign from active duty and enter the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard while pursuing careers in the commercial airlines where they can find flight hours on more modern aircraft.


Premise: What is the opposite of inductive reactance?

Hypothesis: In some cases this is done in a more extreme manner, not simply to cancel a small amount of residual reactance, but to resonate an antenna whose resonance frequency is quite different from the intended frequency of operation.


Premise: What religion was the majority in the northern part of Nigeria?

Hypothesis: Imbalances between North and South were expressed in Nigeria's political life as well.


Premise: What is a source for the particles in paper?

Hypothesis: Paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets.


Premise: How many different ways can a species be added to the endangered list?

Hypothesis: A species can be listed in two ways.


Premise: Who founded Bern?

Hypothesis: The medieval city is a foundation of the Zähringer ruling family, which rose to power in Upper Burgundy in the 12th century.


Premise: Where does Egypt rank for Religious freedom according to Pew Forum?

Hypothesis: The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life ranks Egypt as the fifth worst country in the world for religious freedom.


Premise: what year was house music first used as a genre?

Hypothesis: These compositions used newly affordable electronic instruments to emulate not just Saunders' song, but the edited, enhanced styles of disco and other dance music they already favored.


Premise: What are the goals of Special Operations?

Hypothesis: Special Operations are "operations conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments to achieve military, diplomatic, informational, and/or economic objectives employing military capabilities for which there is no broad conventional force requirement.


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

Hypothesis: A capacitor consists of two conductors separated by a non-conductive region.


Premise: What agreement gave Germany many regions of Russia in the first world war?

Hypothesis: Moreover, facing a German military advance, Lenin and Trotsky were forced to enter into the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ceded massive western Russian territories to the German Empire.


Premise: When did the USAF inherit warrant officer ranks from the Army?

Hypothesis: The Air Force inherited warrant officer ranks from the Army at its inception in 1947, but their place in the Air Force structure was never made clear.[citation needed]


Premise: How many species currently live on earth?

Hypothesis: More than 99 percent of all species, amounting to over five billion species, that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct.


Premise: Where do brushes get their power?

Hypothesis: The shaft also carries the commutator, a long-lasting rotary electrical switch that periodically reverses the flow of current in the rotor windings as the shaft rotates.


Premise: How many volts does a track lighting system usually use?

Hypothesis: Track lighting, invented by Lightolier, was popular at one period of time because it was much easier to install than recessed lighting, and individual fixtures are decorative and can be easily aimed at a wall.


Premise: What song did the comedy Desperately Seeking Susan promote?

Hypothesis: She also appeared in the comedy Desperately Seeking Susan in March 1985, a film which introduced the song "Into the Groove", her first number one single in the United Kingdom.


Premise: Who was responsible for landscaping the Manuscript Society building?

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


Premise: Which river drains the Mesaoria plain?

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


Premise: What type of wood was used on the inside ?

Hypothesis: In 1845, the Neapolitan architect Gaetano Genovese installed in the Royal Palace of Caserta the "Flying Chair", an elevator ahead of its time, covered with chestnut wood outside and with maple wood inside.


Premise: What does "nihil in intellectu nisi prius fuerit in sensu" mean?

Hypothesis: Aristotle's explanation of how this was possible was not strictly empiricist in a modern sense, but rather based on his theory of potentiality and actuality, and experience of sense perceptions still requires the help of the active nous.


Premise: What had somewhat became an international style by the early 21st century?

Hypothesis: By the early years of the 21st century, western clothing styles had, to some extent, become international styles.


Premise: What did they attend in July 2013?

Hypothesis: In July 2013, Beyoncé and Jay-Z attended a rally in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the shooting of Trayvon Martin.


Premise: In November 2008, how much was the U.S. stock index down from its 2007 high?

Hypothesis: By early November 2008, a broad U.S. stock index the S&P 500, was down 45% from its 2007 high.


Premise: The site of the palace formed part of which Manor in the Middles ages?

Hypothesis: The marshy ground was watered by the river Tyburn, which still flows below the courtyard and south wing of the palace.


Premise: What was the value of the estimated 13 million substandard loans held by Fannie and Freddie in 2008?

Hypothesis: Later, based upon information in the SEC's December 2011 securities fraud case against 6 ex-executives of Fannie and Freddie, Peter Wallison and Edward Pinto estimated that, in 2008, Fannie and Freddie held 13 million substandard loans totaling over $2 trillion.


Premise: Who helped The Encyclopedie find its way into print using the French censorship law creatively?

Hypothesis: The Encyclopédie, for example, condemned not only by the King but also by Clement XII, nevertheless found its way into print with the help of the aforementioned Malesherbes and creative use of French censorship law.


Premise: Why did the attack by the Rus go so well on the coast at the start?

Hypothesis: At last a Byzantine army arrived from the Balkans to drive the Rus' back, and a naval contingent reportedly destroyed much of the Rus' fleet on its return voyage (possibly an exaggeration since the Rus' soon mounted another attack).


Premise: What is the name of the American Idol theme attraction with Disney?

Hypothesis: The dominance of American Idol in the ratings had made it the most profitable show in U.S. TV for many years.


Premise: How long did it take for Sevastopol to fall?

Hypothesis: This was welcomed by France and the UK, where the citizens began to turn against their governments as the war dragged on.


Premise: What liturgical form besides motets endured throughout the entire Renaissance period?

Hypothesis: Towards the end of the period, the early dramatic precursors of opera such as monody, the madrigal comedy, and the intermedio are seen.


Premise: What fraction of Alexander's army was made up of Thracians and Agrianes?

Hypothesis: The Odrysians used Greek as the language of administration and of the nobility.


Premise: Where on Earth is the highest marine activity recorded?

Hypothesis: According to Conservation International, marine surveys suggest that the marine life diversity in the Raja Ampat (Indonesia) is the highest recorded on Earth.


Premise: Where do brent geese migrate to?

Hypothesis: The same considerations about barriers and detours that apply to long-distance land-bird migration apply to water birds, but in reverse: a large area of land without bodies of water that offer feeding sites may also be a barrier to a bird that feeds in coastal waters.


Premise: When was the first national census taken in China?

Hypothesis: Han was eventually victorious and established the Protectorate of the Western Regions in 60 BC, which dealt with the region's defense and foreign affairs.


Premise: Who is the current president of Cyprus?

Hypothesis: In 2008, Dimitris Christofias became the country's first Communist head of state.


Premise: What is a potential attack vector for utilities such as the power grid?

Hypothesis: The Internet is a potential attack vector for such machines if connected, but the Stuxnet worm demonstrated that even equipment controlled by computers not connected to the Internet can be vulnerable to physical damage caused by malicious commands sent to industrial equipment (in that case uranium enrichment centrifuges) which are infected via removable media.


Premise: Which Tennessee city contains the headquarters of the Church of God and The Church of God of Prophecy?

Hypothesis: The Free Will Baptist denomination is headquartered in Antioch; its main Bible college is in Nashville.


Premise: What is the spending limit for Tucson mayoral candidates to get public funding?

Hypothesis: Candidates must then agree to spending limits equal to 33¢ for every registered Tucson voter, or $79,222 in 2005 (the corresponding figures for mayor are 64¢ per registered voter, or $142,271 in 2003).


Premise: When did Henry VIII take direct royal control?

Hypothesis: Henry VIII assumed direct royal control in 1539 and granted the abbey the status of a cathedral by charter in 1540, simultaneously issuing letters patent establishing the Diocese of Westminster.


Premise: What can a tax certificate issued by a South Africian NPO be used for?

Hypothesis: All are classified as Voluntary Organisations and all must be registered with the South Africa Revenue Services "SARS".[citation needed]


Premise: In what year did Zhang Lu's rebellion end?

Hypothesis: Zhang Jue's massive rebellion across eight provinces was annihilated by Han forces within a year, however the following decades saw much smaller recurrent uprisings.


Premise: What is a complete metamorphosis called?

Hypothesis: Butterflies are a well-known example of insects that undergo complete metamorphosis, although most insects use this life cycle.


Premise: Where did the radio interception orders to U.S> Hellcat fighters come from?

Hypothesis: The forces converged in the largest sea battle of World War II up to that point.


Premise: What did NADGE become?

Hypothesis: In Europe NATO's Allied Command Europe developed an integrated air defence system, NATO Air Defence Ground Environment (NADGE), that later became the NATO Integrated Air Defence System.


Premise: What was included in this quest for knowledge of the belief system?

Hypothesis: By analogy with what they saw as decline of Latin, they applied the principle of ad fontes, or back to the sources, across broad areas of learning, seeking out manuscripts of Patristic literature as well as pagan authors.


Premise: What is it called when a mixed race person in recorded as negro in this census, even if only a fraction of their ancestry is black?

Hypothesis: A person with both white and black ancestry (termed "blood") was to be recorded as "Negro," no matter the fraction of that lineage (the "one-drop rule").


Premise: What did the Romans do for those deities that favored Rome?

Hypothesis: Rome offers no native creation myth, and little mythography to explain the character of its deities, their mutual relationships or their interactions with the human world, but Roman theology acknowledged that di immortales (immortal gods) ruled all realms of the heavens and earth.


Premise: Who reigned Rome during the Crucifixion of Jesus?

Hypothesis: Some Christian writers considered the possibility that pagan commentators may have mentioned this event, mistaking it for a solar eclipse - although this would have been impossible during the Passover, which takes place at the full moon.


Premise: At what date did the most recent aftershock above 6 MS occur?

Hypothesis: " The latest aftershock exceeding M6 occurred on August 5, 2008.


Premise: Other than the bit rate and the difficulty of the signal, what can also affect the quality of an MP3 file?

Hypothesis: As the MP3 standard allows quite a bit of freedom with encoding algorithms, different encoders may feature quite different quality, even with identical bit rates.


Premise: How many people work for the NBS?

Hypothesis: In Newcastle is the NBS, the National Building Specification, which has 130 staff and deals with the building regulations and the Construction Information Service.


Premise: What school shooting prompted the creation of Demand A Plan?

Hypothesis: With help of the crowdfunding platform Catapult, visitors of the concert could choose between several projects promoting education of women and girls.


Premise: What is federalism seen as?

Hypothesis: Still others have shown that federalism is only divisive when it lacks mechanisms tthat encourage political parties to compete across regional boundaries.


Premise: What does the communicator do?

Hypothesis: The shaft also carries the commutator, a long-lasting rotary electrical switch that periodically reverses the flow of current in the rotor windings as the shaft rotates.


Premise: Should alcohol be used while on antibiotics?

Hypothesis: Despite the lack of a categorical counterindication, the belief that alcohol and antibiotics should never be mixed is widespread.


Premise: Which standard were ATSC and DVB based on?

Hypothesis: These broadcasting systems can be used for both SDTV and HDTV.


Premise: How many stray dogs do studies suggest are in Detroit?

Hypothesis: While some have estimated 20,000 stray dogs roam the city, studies have shown the true number to be around 1,000-3,000.


Premise: Who went with Bell to Montreal?

Hypothesis: After setting up his workshop, Bell continued experiments based on Helmholtz's work with electricity and sound.


Premise: How long does it take for an broiler raisedin an intensive environment very to reach optimum size?

Hypothesis: Breeds have been developed that can grow to an acceptable carcass size (2 kg (4.4 lb)) in six weeks or less.


Premise: In what area did public rites take place in Rome?

Hypothesis: In Rome, the central references for the establishment of an augural templum appear to have been the Via Sacra (Sacred Way) and the pomerium.


Premise: What could the mythological association of prey species with divinity be a form of?

Hypothesis: Taboos are often related to hunting, and mythological association of prey species with a divinity could be reflected in hunting restrictions such as a reserve surrounding a temple.


Premise: How many airfields were on Iwo Jima?

Hypothesis: Holland Smith, the commander of the invasion force, aimed to capture the island, and utilize its three airfields as bases to carry out air attacks against the Home Islands.


Premise: What rival group did the Anglican Puritans want purged from their area?

Hypothesis: These executions resulted from the actions of the Anglican Puritans, who at that time wielded political as well as ecclesiastic control in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.


Premise: What type of security force guards the 2500 nuclear warheads?

Hypothesis: Trident I delivery missiles (SLBM) were stored and maintained, guarded by a U.S. Marine Corps security force company.


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

Hypothesis: In 2007 the gross median household income in Switzerland was an estimated 137,094 USD at Purchasing power parity while the median income was 95,824 USD.


Premise: How many optics-related companies are in Tucson?

Hypothesis: The City of Tucson, Pima County, the State of Arizona, and the private sector have all made commitments to create a growing, healthy economy[citation needed] with advanced technology industry sectors as its foundation.


Premise: What does continuing to eat do for your illness?

Hypothesis: The WHO states "Food should never be withheld and the child's usual foods should not be diluted.


Premise: When did St. Louis Medical college affiliate itself with Washington University?

Hypothesis: Medical classes were first held at Washington University in 1891 after the St. Louis Medical College decided to affiliate with the University, establishing the School of Medicine.


Premise: What shops were catered to the Tibetan market?

Hypothesis: He also argues that the embassies of Tibetan lamas visiting the Ming court were for the most part efforts to promote commercial transactions between the lamas' large, wealthy entourage and Ming Chinese merchants and officials.


Premise: Why can't Mexico City become a state?

Hypothesis: Because of a clause in the Mexican Constitution, however, as the seat of the powers of the Union, it can never become a state, lest the capital of the country be relocated elsewhere.


Premise: What is the CANSOFCOM focussed on?

Hypothesis: The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) is a formation capable of operating independently but primarily focused on generating special operations forces (SOF) elements to support CJOC.


Premise: What happens if a plant looses roots or its shoots?

Hypothesis: In the event that one of the systems is lost, the other can often regrow it.


Premise: When were the western towers built?

Hypothesis: Purbeck marble was used for the walls and the floors of Westminster Abbey, even though the various tombstones are made of different types of marble.


Premise: What is the trend to transform the anthropology of 'art' into an anthropology of?

Hypothesis: Boas' Primitive Art, Claude Lévi-Strauss' The Way of the Masks (1982) or Geertz's 'Art as Cultural System' (1983) are some examples in this trend to transform the anthropology of 'art' into an anthropology of culturally specific 'aesthetics'.


Premise: What is done during recordings to help reduce unwanted sounds?

Hypothesis: During recording the amplitude of low frequencies is reduced, thus reducing the groove width required, and the amplitude at high frequencies is increased.


Premise: What agency would now act like the CAA?

Hypothesis: This legislation gave the CAA's functions to a new independent body, the Federal Aviation Agency.


Premise: What do conifers use rosin to protect themselves from?

Hypothesis: The extraction of these organic materials from wood provides tall oil, turpentine, and rosin.


Premise: Who was a mentor but later turned down the opportunity to judge Idol?

Hypothesis: Elton John, who had appeared as a mentor in the show but turned down an offer to be a judge on American Idol, commenting on talent shows in general, said that "there have been some good acts but the only way to sustain a career is to pay your dues in small clubs".


Premise: The 3:2 Pulldown techniques gives what total time for two frames?

Hypothesis: Over each successive pair of film frames, one is held for three video fields (1/20 of a second) and the next is held for two video fields (1/30 of a second), giving a total time for the two frames of 1/12 of a second and thus achieving the correct average film frame rate.


Premise: Who donated land to create a Victorian-style park in 1891?

Hypothesis: The park was officially opened in 1891 by Sir Alexander Bannerman, Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland who donated the land to create the park.


Premise: What became the aristocracy's primary occupation?

Hypothesis: Land management became the primary occupation of the aristocracy, not so much because direct control by the imperial family or central government had declined but more from strong family solidarity and a lack of a sense of Japan as a single nation.


Premise: How can users find out more about obscure Windows 8 processes?

Hypothesis: Task Manager has been redesigned, including a new processes tab with the option to display fewer or more details of running applications and background processes, a heat map using different colors indicating the level of resource usage, network and disk counters, grouping by process type (e.g. applications, background processes and Windows processes), friendly names for processes and a new option which allows users to search the web to find information about obscure processes.


Premise: What wavelenght is used to pull data from a CD?

Hypothesis: A CD is read by focusing a 780 nm wavelength (near infrared) semiconductor laser housed within the CD player, through the bottom of the polycarbonate layer.


Premise: What does the software compare during testing against?

Hypothesis: Instead, it furnishes a criticism or comparison that compares the state and behavior of the product against oracles—principles or mechanisms by which someone might recognize a problem.


Premise: What time period is referred to as The Late Enlightenment?

Hypothesis: to distinguish the time between what we call Middle Ages and time of the late Enlightenment (1800) (when the meaning of the term Modern Ages was developing its contemporary form).


Premise: What was mounted on poles by forces?

Hypothesis: As aircraft started to be used against ground targets on the battlefield, the AA guns could not be traversed quickly enough at close targets and, being relatively few, were not always in the right place (and were often unpopular with other troops), so changed positions frequently.


Premise: Controversy regarding these accusations has caused conflict with how many presidential administrations?

Hypothesis: UNFPA has been falsely accused by anti-family planning groups of providing support for government programs which have promoted forced-abortions and coercive sterilizations.


Premise: Biggeri and Mehrotra studied primarily Asia nations including India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Philippines and what other country?

Hypothesis: They focus their study on five Asian nations including India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines.


Premise: In which language is the Quran spoken during prayer?

Hypothesis: During prayers, the Quran is recited only in Arabic.


Premise: Where did protests occur when non one except invited guests and the press were allowed inside the stadium?

Hypothesis: Protests took place outside the stadium.


Premise: What does the USAF use Electronic warfare aircraft for?

Hypothesis: The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponent an advantage in the EMS and ensure friendly, unimpeded access to the EM spectrum portion of the information environment.


Premise: Discussions between what two countries have been influence by one party's desire to create an obligation under international law?

Hypothesis: This factor has been at work with respect to discussions between North Korea and the United States over security guarantees and nuclear proliferation.


Premise: When was an auction announced for the Arena Football League's assets?

Hypothesis: All assets of the Arena Football League were put up for auction.


Premise: What would be the most fit creature?

Hypothesis: The most fit creature would be the one whose pains are well balanced.


Premise: What example did Darwin give of eyes evolving?

Hypothesis: Darwin concludes: "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.


Premise: In what year did the Royal Charter give the University of Southampton its name?

Hypothesis: A Royal Charter in 1952 upgraded University College at Highfield to the University of Southampton.


Premise: What is one of the eight factors?

Hypothesis: Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration.


Premise: During what decade did hip-hop begin to be featured on the radio?

Hypothesis: The amount of crossover between the AC chart and the Hot 100 has varied based on how much the passing pop music trends of the times appealed to adult listeners.


Premise: Who helped orchestrate bombing campaigns in the Vietnam War?

Hypothesis: The most controversial Army commander was William Westmoreland whose strategy involved systematic defeat of all enemy forces in the field, despite heavy American casualties that alienated public opinion back home.


Premise: At what point during season 9 of American Idol did Ellen Degeneres become a judge?

Hypothesis: Ellen DeGeneres joined as a judge to replace Paula Abdul at the start of Hollywood Week.


Premise: What official declared a state of emergency in the Marshall Islands in response to the drought?

Hypothesis: These emergencies resulted in the United States President declaring an emergency in the islands.


Premise: Who argued for Americans to use the term "African American"?

Hypothesis: In 1988, the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson urged Americans to use instead the term "African American" because it had a historical cultural base and was a construction similar to terms used by European descendants, such as German American, Italian American, etc.


Premise: In Janurary of 2014, what was the population of Paris' city limits?

Hypothesis: The population of Paris in its administrative city limits was 2,241,346 in January 2014.


Premise: How did the British invaders respond to the arrival of French relief forces?

Hypothesis: An attack on Havre de Grace was called off, and the fleet sailed on to Cherbourg; the weather being bad and provisions low, that too was abandoned, and the expedition returned having damaged French privateering and provided further strategic demonstration against the French coast.


Premise: Who commissioned illustrated manuscripts in the Ottoman empire?

Hypothesis: In the Ottoman Empire, illuminated and illustrated manuscripts were commissioned by the Sultan or the administrators of the court.


Premise: Of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, how many were parties to the treaty?

Hypothesis: At that time however, only two of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council were parties to the treaty: France and the Republic of China.


Premise: Which astrophysicist has written about the ways the Quran encourages scientific thinking?

Hypothesis: The astrophysicist Nidhal Guessoum while being highly critical of pseudo-scientific claims made about the Quran, has highlighted the encouragement for sciences that the Quran provides by developing "the concept of knowledge.".


Premise: What were the 158 relief workers doing when they were killed?

Hypothesis: According to Chinese state officials, the quake caused 69,180 known deaths including 68,636 in Sichuan province; 18,498 people are listed as missing, and 374,176 injured, but these figures may further increase as more reports come in.[dated info]


Premise: What is the state's first school of medicine?

Hypothesis: MUSC is the state's first school of medicine, the largest medical university in the state, and the sixth-oldest continually operating school of medicine in the United States.


Premise: What is one time period in which Gothic architecture flourished?

Hypothesis: Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period.


Premise: What type of agreement was the 2001 Harkin-Engel Protocol?

Hypothesis: In 2001, a voluntary agreement called the Harkin-Engel Protocol, was accepted by the international cocoa and chocolate industry to eliminate the worst forms of child labour, as defined by ILO's Convention 182, in West Africa.


Premise: What type of films did Spielberg find early success with?

Hypothesis: Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking.


Premise: If you need a date of four days less, what do you subtract from the Julian calendar?

Hypothesis: Up to February 28 in the calendar you are converting from add one day less or subtract one day more than the calculated value.


Premise: To be classified as a predator, what action must be performed?

Hypothesis: Some may eat only part of an organism, as in grazing (see below), but still consistently cause its direct death.


Premise: Who originally created the measles vaccine?

Hypothesis: The United States incidences of rubella, congenital rubella syndrome, measles, and mumps all fell by >95% in the immediate aftermath of widespread vaccination.


Premise: Do any Roman structures still exist in our time?

Hypothesis: The Roman concrete has remained a riddle, and even after more than 2,000 years some Roman structures still stand magnificently.


Premise: Before agriculture advancements, what were farmers having to do?

Hypothesis: Combined with the development of agriculture, which allowed for a surplus of food, it became possible for early civilizations to develop, because more time and effort could be devoted to tasks (other than food production) than hunter-gatherers or early subsistence farmers had available.


Premise: What color tint is Longquan greenware characterized by?

Hypothesis: It is in this period that the Longquan kilns declined, to be eventually replaced in popularity and ceramic production by the kilns of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi.


Premise: Who was the inventor of the cigarette-rolling machine?

Hypothesis: Canal traffic peaked in the 1860s and slowly gave way to railroads, allowing Richmond to become a major railroad crossroads, eventually including the site of the world's first triple railroad crossing.


Premise: What hapend in the early 19th century

Hypothesis: With the industrial revolution finally gathering speed in the Netherlands and the ramparts taken down, Utrecht began to grow far beyond the medieval centre.


Premise: Who financed a large chunk of the architecture from 1917 to 1931

Hypothesis: Many of Yale's buildings were constructed in the Collegiate Gothic architecture style from 1917 to 1931, financed largely by Edward S. Harkness Stone sculpture built into the walls of the buildings portray contemporary college personalities such as a writer, an athlete, a tea-drinking socialite, and a student who has fallen asleep while reading.


Premise: If each house of parliament is notified seperately, what regulation applies?

Hypothesis: However, though both houses must be notified on the same day, notice to the House of Commons while it is not in session may be given by way of publishing a special issue of the Journals of the House of Commons, whereas the Senate must be sitting and the governor general's letter read aloud by the speaker.


Premise: What country is Guam a territory of?

Hypothesis: Located in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, Guam is one of five American territories with an established civilian government.


Premise: What kind of filter requires a larger margin for error?

Hypothesis: MPEG-2.5 Audio Layer III is restricted to bit rates of 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56 and 64 kbit/s with sampling frequencies of 8, 11.025, and 12 kHz.[citation needed]


Premise: When was the library destroyed?

Hypothesis: After the total destruction of this institution in 1870, however, a new collection had to be reassembled from scratch.


Premise: What colonies did Spain hand over to the US after the war?

Hypothesis: By the peace treaty Spain ceded to the United States its colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.


Premise: Who gave Albert the nickname of "Mr Johnson"?

Hypothesis: His fellow officers gave him the nickname "Mr. Johnson".


Premise: What is the Kathmandu Valley's average temperature in winter, in degrees Fahrenheit?

Hypothesis: In the Kathmandu Valley, which is representative of its valley's climate, the average summer temperature varies from 28–30 °C (82–86 °F).


Premise: What is the basic evidence gathered by that puts criminals behind bars?

Hypothesis: As result, as Reuters points out: "Companies for the first time report they are losing more through electronic theft of data than physical stealing of assets".


Premise: What is the focus of Thuringia's research center, Jena?

Hypothesis: Both focus on technology, in particular life sciences and optics at Jena and information technology at Ilmenau.


Premise: How does कान्तिपुर transliterate into English?

Hypothesis: During medieval times, the city was sometimes called Kantipur (कान्तिपुर).


Premise: Who recieved the first perfect score?

Hypothesis: Even with Nadia's perfect scores, the Romanians lost the gold medal to the Soviet Union.


Premise: How many sub-national entities have surpassed 100 million people in total?

Hypothesis: As of 1832, Sichuan was the most populous of the 18 provinces in China, with an estimated population at that time of 21 million.


Premise: Who said, "The world will never again see five million people crying together?"

Hypothesis: Sherif Hetata, a former political prisoner and later member Nasser's ASU, said that "Nasser's greatest achievement was his funeral.


Premise: What piece of the PS3 Super Slim's hardware did Spong say was too "fiddly"?

Hypothesis: Criticism was placed on the new disc loader, stating: "The cover can be moved by hand if you wish, there's also an eject button to do the work for you, but there is no software eject from the triangle button menus in the Xross Media Bar (XMB) interface.


Premise: When did mass production of glass art begin?

Hypothesis: The early 20th-century saw the large-scale factory production of glass art by firms such as Waterford and Lalique.


Premise: Which of Northwestern's alumni is notable for being the founder of the presidential prayer breakfast?

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


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

Hypothesis: When war broke out between Russia and the Ottomans in 1877, Greek popular sentiment rallied to Russia's side, but Greece was too poor, and too concerned of British intervention, to officially enter the war.


Premise: What is the nickname given to New York City Police Department officers?

Hypothesis: The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has been the largest police force in the United States by a significant margin, with over 35,000 sworn officers.


Premise: Oak Street Connect crosses which interstate highway?

Hypothesis: The Oak Street Connector (Connecticut Route 34) intersects I-91 at exit 1, just south of the I-95/I-91 interchange, and runs northwest for a few blocks as an expressway spur into downtown before emptying onto surface roads.


Premise: What may a Jehovah Witnesses' refusal to serve in the natural military service result in, in some countries?

Hypothesis: They do not work in industries associated with the military, do not serve in the armed services, and refuse national military service, which in some countries may result in their arrest and imprisonment.


Premise: Who were the behavioral scientists in charge of the research?

Hypothesis: The behavioral scientists at Yale, led by President James R. Angell and psychobiologist Robert M. Yerkes, tapped into foundation largesse by crafting research programs aimed to investigate, then suggest, ways to control, sexual and social behavior.


Premise: What century did King Charlemagne reign?

Hypothesis: By the 9th century, the large tribes which lived on the territory of modern Germany had been united under the rule of the Frankish king Charlemagne, known in German as Karl der Große.


Premise: How many parking spaces are there at Brasilia's airport?

Hypothesis: The area outside the airport's main gate is lined with taxis as well as several bus line services which connect the airport to Brasília's central district.


Premise: Which of Apple's programming languages allowed users to ceatively manipulate LaserDiscs?

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


Premise: What is "subspecies" used to indicate an objective degree of?

Hypothesis: That is, "the designation 'subspecies' is used to indicate an objective degree of microevolutionary divergence"


Premise: What is the most common pattern for Portuguese pavement?

Hypothesis: Most commonly taking the form of geometric patterns from the simple to the complex, it also is used to create complex pictorial mosaics in styles ranging from iconography to classicism and even modern design.


Premise: What is the given name of a lion and tiger hybrid?

Hypothesis: There is some speculation that the donkey itself may be the result of an ancient hybridisation between two wild ass species or sub-species.


Premise: Which critic called Beyonce's voice "versatile"?

Hypothesis: The Daily Mail calls Beyoncé's voice "versatile", capable of exploring power ballads, soul, rock belting, operatic flourishes, and hip hop.