Premise: What does the acronym INTERPOL stand for?

Hypothesis: Eritrea also holds memberships in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corporation, International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), Non-


Premise: Who found mass graves?

Hypothesis: It claimed that the NKVD performed secret killings in Kurapaty.


Premise: Which philosopher in the Muslim world championed inductive logic in their works?

Hypothesis: Other influential Muslim philosophers include al-Jahiz, a pioneer in evolutionary thought; Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen), a pioneer of phenomenology and the philosophy of science and a critic of Aristotelian natural philosophy and Aristotle's concept of place (topos);


Premise: Who encouraged cathedral architects to allow as much light as possible into the building?

Hypothesis: Expansive interior light has been a feature of Gothic cathedrals since the first structure was opened.


Premise: What is the Samoan word for the "House of Nine" in Leulumoega?

Hypothesis: This is also the same for the other districts.


Premise: In what year were the five boroughs combined into one city?

Hypothesis: were consolidated into a single city in 1898.


Premise: What did Darwin do to show that he admired the cleric Charles Kingsley?

Hypothesis: In the Church of England, some liberal clergymen interpreted natural selection as an instrument of God's design, with the cleric Charles Kingsley seeing it as "just as noble a conception of Deity".


Premise: How do some mixed raced people feel?

Hypothesis: For example, when applying to schools or for a job, or when taking standardized tests, Americans are sometimes asked to check boxes corresponding to race or ethnicity.


Premise: How many square feet is 2.5 square meters?

Hypothesis: A life cycle study of one beer brand, including grain production, brewing, bottling, distribution and waste management, shows that the CO2 emissions from a 6-pack of micro-brew beer is about 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds).


Premise: What was the Xiang Army named after?

Hypothesis: This new force became known as the Xiang Army, named after the Hunan region where it was raised.


Premise: What enacted the transactions of customs and ways of life for the people of the Asian continent and the Grecian people ?

Hypothesis: Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece played an important role in the art of the western world.


Premise: In what month of 2014 did Southampton's City Council give the go-ahead for WestQuay Watermark?

Hypothesis: Southampton is noted for its association with the RMS Titanic, the Spitfire and more generally in the World War II narrative as one of the departure points for D-Day, and more recently as the home port of a number of the largest cruise ships in the world.


Premise: How is Kanye viewed as a 21st century artist?

Hypothesis: West is among the most critically acclaimed artists of the twenty-first century, receiving praise from music critics, fans, fellow musicians, artists, and wider cultural figures for his work.


Premise: When was the first Idol Gives Back?

Hypothesis: Idol Gives Back is a special charity event started in season six featuring performances by celebrities and various fund-raising initiatives.


Premise: How many days of the year does San Diego typically experience temperatures above 70 degrees Fahrenheit ?

Hypothesis: San Diego is one of the top-ten best climates in the Farmers' Almanac and is one of the two best summer climates in America as scored by The Weather Channel.


Premise: What were the major issues that needed to be addressed?

Hypothesis: The hearings covered a wide range of policy issues, including advertising abuses, questionable efficacy of drugs, and the need for greater regulation of the industry.


Premise: How many bilateral agreements did Bern and Brussels sign to further liberalise trade ties?

Hypothesis: They continue to discuss further areas for cooperation.


Premise: Who founded the Mission San Xavier del Bac?

Hypothesis: Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino visited the Santa Cruz River valley in 1692, and founded the Mission San Xavier del Bac in 1700 about 7 mi (11 km)


Premise: What is it called when a non-profit uses it's money as it should?

Hypothesis: A nonprofit organization (NPO, also known as a non-business entity) is an organization whose purposes are other than making a profit.


Premise: How many users did Sony say might have been affected by the intrusion?

Hypothesis: There was no evidence that any credit card data had been taken, but the possibility could not be ruled out, and Sony advised customers that their credit card data may have been obtained.


Premise: Where was a lot of the post-punk pop bands played in addition to MTV?

Hypothesis: Some shifted to a more commercial new wave sound (such as Gang of Four), while others were fixtures on American college radio and became early examples of alternative rock.


Premise: Beyonce voiced a character in which animated film?

Hypothesis: In May, Beyoncé's cover of Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" with André 3000 on The Great Gatsby soundtrack was released.


Premise: Cynanthus latirostris is what type of bird?

Hypothesis: The state is also a host to a large population of birds which include endemic species and migratory species: greater roadrunner Geococcyx californianus, cactus wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, Mexican jay Aphelocoma ultramarina, Steller's jay Cyanocitta stelleri, acorn woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus, canyon towhee Pipilo fuscus, mourning dove Zenaida macroura, broad-billed hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris, Montezuma quail Cyrtonyx montezumae, mountain trogon Trogon mexicanus, turkey vulture Cathartes aura, and golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos.


Premise: Who made speeches very similar to Burke's in Parliament?

Hypothesis: William Windham spoke from the same bench in the House of Commons as Burke had, when he had separated from Fox, and an observer said Windham spoke "like the ghost of Burke" when he made a speech against peace with France in 1801.


Premise: What kind of pain did Phillips endure?

Hypothesis: Finalist Phillip Phillips suffered from kidney pain and was taken to the hospital before the Top 13 results show, and later received medical procedure to alleviate a blockage caused by kidney stones.


Premise: The Hudson River flows into which body of water?

Hypothesis: The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance as a trading port.


Premise: What are the figures for cocoa farmers using child labour?

Hypothesis: In a BBC interview, the ambassador for Ivory Coast to the United Kingdom called these reports of widespread use of slave child labour by 700,000 cocoa farmers as absurd and inaccurate.


Premise: According to historian Roy Porter, what was the Age of Enlightenment trying to capture?

Hypothesis: According to historian Roy Porter, the liberation of the human mind from a dogmatic state of ignorance is the epitome of what the Age of Enlightenment was trying to capture.


Premise: Some contradictory reviews of 13 high quality studies found actual what?

Hypothesis: An analysis of the 13 highest quality studies of pain treatment with acupuncture, published in January 2009, concluded there is little difference in the effect of real, sham and no acupuncture.


Premise: Which river is the eastern edge of the South Bronx?

Hypothesis: The South Bronx has some of the poorest neighborhoods in the country, as well as very high crime areas.


Premise: How many times was the Consumer Preview downloaded in the first 24 hours?

Hypothesis: Alongside other changes, the build removed the Start button from the taskbar for the first time since its debut on Windows 95; according to Windows manager Chaitanya Sareen, the Start button was removed to reflect their view that on Windows 8, the desktop was an "app" itself, and not the primary interface of the operating system.


Premise: Who did Kanye West say doesn't care about black people?

Hypothesis: At this point, telethon producer Rick Kaplan cut off the microphone and then cut away to Chris Tucker, who was unaware of the cut for a few seconds.


Premise: Where is Tibet ranked among China's 31 provinces on the UN's Human Development Index?

Hypothesis: Tibet is ranked the lowest among China’s 31 provinces on the Human Development Index according to UN Development Programme data.


Premise: What was held at the abbey on 6 September 1997?

Hypothesis: In the 1990s two icons by the Russian icon painter Sergei Fyodorov were hung in the abbey.


Premise: What is the theory that is based on acquired characteristics within a species?

Hypothesis: He accepted a version of the inheritance of acquired characteristics (which after Darwin's death came to be called Lamarckism), and Chapter V discusses what he called the effects of use and disuse; he wrote that he thought "there can be little doubt that use in our domestic animals strengthens and enlarges certain parts, and disuse diminishes them; and that such modifications are inherited", and that this also applied in nature.


Premise: What were the names of the four avenues that surrounded The United States Hotel?

Hypothesis: At this point massive hotels like The United States and Surf House, as well as smaller rooming houses, had sprung up all over town.


Premise: Where did the factories of Mexico City move to most commonly?

Hypothesis: The economic reforms of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari had a tremendous effect on the city, as a number of businesses, including banks and airlines, were privatized.


Premise: What is the percent of tertiary education enrollment?

Hypothesis: Public education in Tajikistan consists of 11 years of primary and secondary education but the government has plans to implement a 12-year system in 2016.


Premise: What were the three black female contestants on season three of American Idol commonly referred to as?

Hypothesis: Much media attention on the season had been focused on the three black singers, Fantasia Barrino, LaToya London, and Jennifer Hudson, dubbed the Three Divas.


Premise: Who was an ancestor of the First Families of Virginia?

Hypothesis: Their son Thomas Rolfe was an ancestor to many descendants in First Families of Virginia.


Premise: What type of ideas did post-punk artists attempt to sneak into mainstream pop?

Hypothesis: Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in avant-garde practices, turned away from these approaches and pursued mainstream styles and commercial success.


Premise: How would Vulgar Latin eventually differ from Classical Latin?

Hypothesis: Although surviving Latin literature consists almost entirely of Classical Latin, an artificial and highly stylised and polished literary language from the 1st century BC, the actual spoken language was Vulgar Latin, which significantly differed from Classical Latin in grammar, vocabulary, and eventually pronunciation.


Premise: What type of music had the biggest impact on the kef of the Vosbikian Band?

Hypothesis: Later, stemming from the Middle Eastern Armenian diaspora and influenced by Continental European (especially French) pop music, the Armenian pop music genre grew to fame in the 1960s and 1970s with artists such as Adiss Harmandian and Harout Pamboukjian performing to the Armenian diaspora and Armenia; also with artists such as Sirusho, performing pop music combined with Armenian folk music in today's entertainment industry.


Premise: How many times did Bohemian waxwings come to Britain in the nineteeth century?

Hypothesis: Bohemian waxwings Bombycilla garrulus well show this unpredictable variation in annual numbers, with five major arrivals in Britain during the nineteenth century, but 18 between the years 1937 and 2000.


Premise: A 2013 study estimates that what percentage of Ashkenazi maternal ancestry comes from women indigenous to Europe?

Hypothesis: " The 2013 study estimated that 80 percent of Ashkenazi maternal ancestry comes from women indigenous to Europe, and only 8 percent from the Near East, while the origin of the remainder is undetermined.


Premise: Along with Celebrity, Carnival, Norwegian, Oceania and Royal Caribbean, what cruise line is based in Miami?

Hypothesis: Several large companies are headquartered in or around Miami, including but not limited to: Akerman Senterfitt, Alienware, Arquitectonica, Arrow Air, Bacardi, Benihana, Brightstar Corporation, Burger King, Celebrity Cruises, Carnival Corporation, Carnival Cruise Lines, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Espírito Santo Financial Group, Fizber.com,


Premise: The Church of England uses what term that is held by two senior members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Pauls Catherdral?

Hypothesis: The Church of England retains an instance of this origin of the title, which is held by the two senior members of the College of Minor Canons of St Paul's Cathedral.


Premise: How many number ones have Idol singers achieved on Billboard charts in just the first ten years?

Hypothesis: According to Fred Bronson, author of books on the Billboard charts, no other entity has ever created as many hit-making artists and best-selling albums and singles.


Premise: What had an astrologer predicted to warrant from Rome by Tiberius?

Hypothesis: In 16 BC Tiberius expelled them under extreme penalty because an astrologer had predicted his death.


Premise: What type of religious practices outnumbered the state observances?

Hypothesis: The impressive, costly, and centralised rites to the deities of the Roman state were vastly outnumbered in everyday life by commonplace religious observances pertaining to an individual's domestic and personal deities, the patron divinities of Rome's various neighborhoods and communities, and the often idiosyncratic blends of official, unofficial, local and personal cults that characterised lawful Roman religion.


Premise: EMP is proportional to what?

Hypothesis: This voltage tends to oppose the motor supply voltage and so is called "back electromotive force (emf)".


Premise: What is known as the Bonnie Blue Flag

Hypothesis: After meetings beginning in June, rebels overcame the Spanish garrison at Baton Rouge (now in Louisiana), and unfurled the flag of the new republic: a single white star on a blue field.


Premise: What future pope was made a cardinal by Paul VI on June 26, 1967?

Hypothesis: Karol Wojtyła was created a cardinal in the consistory of 26 June 1967.


Premise: Napoleon's plan to divert the British involved a French Navy attack on what islands?

Hypothesis: Napoleon knew that the French fleet could not defeat the Royal Navy in a head-to-head battle, so he planned to lure it away from the English Channel through diversionary tactics.


Premise: What where people asked to do in these research studies?

Hypothesis: In the oft-cited and oft-criticized Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), by Alfred C. Kinsey et al., people were asked to rate themselves on a scale from completely heterosexual to completely homosexual.


Premise: As of 2003, what was the rate of increase in the amount of data recorded by the Wayback Machine?

Hypothesis: As of 2009[update], the Wayback Machine contained approximately three petabytes of data and was growing at a rate of 100 terabytes each month; the growth rate reported in 2003 was 12 terabytes/month.


Premise: When did Bell cease to be President of the National Geographic Society?

Hypothesis: In 1898, Bell was elected as the second president of the National Geographic Society, serving until 1903, and was primarily responsible for the extensive use of illustrations, including photography, in the magazine.


Premise: The winner also receives a management contract with which company?

Hypothesis: All the runners-up of the first ten seasons, as well as some of other finalists, have also received record deals with major labels.


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

Hypothesis: The Premier League is broadcast in the United States through NBC Sports.


Premise: What does the message when uploading a video ask the user not to do?

Hypothesis: YouTube does not view videos before they are posted online, and it is left to copyright holders to issue a DMCA takedown notice pursuant to the terms of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act.


Premise: Where was the Television meant to be placed?

Hypothesis: It connects to a television via a combined A/V and RF Switch cable.


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

Hypothesis: The northwestern portion of Rajasthan is generally sandy and dry.


Premise: How many of Schwarzenegger's ballot initiatives were defeated in the special election of 2005?

Hypothesis: Key among his reckoning with political realities was a special election he called in November 2005, in which four ballot measures he sponsored were defeated.


Premise: What are two language types where the difference is contrastive?

Hypothesis: In English, aspirated consonants are allophones in complementary distribution with their unaspirated counterparts, but in some other languages, notably most Indian and East Asian languages, the difference is contrastive.


Premise: Elena Pinchuk has what kind of a foundation?

Hypothesis: On 30 June, Queen + Lambert performed in Kiev, Ukraine at a joint concert with Elton John for the Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation.


Premise: What AFL game was broadcast on ABC?

Hypothesis: From the 1987 season until the late 1990s, the most exposure the league would receive was on ESPN, which aired tape-delayed games, often well after midnight, and often edited to match the alloted time slot.


Premise: How big was the French-British army?

Hypothesis: In 1860, during the Second Opium War, the capital Beijing was captured and the Summer Palace sacked by a relatively small Anglo-French coalition force numbering 25,000.


Premise: What are two large Roman sites that still exist today in Portugal?

Hypothesis: There are still many ruins of castros (hill forts) all over modern Portugal and remains of Castro culture.


Premise: What apparatuses do groups use?

Hypothesis: For individuals, only four types of apparatus are used: the double rings, the stick, the rope, and the clubs.


Premise: Who collaborated with Beyoncé on the single, Deja Vu?

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


Premise: The importance of can be seen in what legends?

Hypothesis: The importance of this proprietary view of game can be seen in the Robin Hood legends, in which one of the primary charges against the outlaws is that they "hunt the King's deer".


Premise: "We choose to go to the Moon" speech was given at what location in Texas?

Hypothesis: He justified the program in terms of its importance to national security, and its focus of the nation's energies on other scientific and social fields.


Premise: Which dialect became the norm for the modern Italian language?

Hypothesis: Together the three poets established the Tuscan dialect as the norm for the modern Italian language.


Premise: What did the television commercial "1984" introduce?

Hypothesis: The Macintosh was introduced by a US$1.5 million Ridley Scott television commercial, "1984".


Premise: What is the purpose of the Compass-M1 satellite?

Hypothesis: The role of Compass-M1 for Compass is similar to the role of the GIOVE satellites for the Galileo system.


Premise: How many grams were in the livre metrique?

Hypothesis: Other units of measure were rounded in a similar manner.


Premise: What museum has made several models of Beyoncé in wax?

Hypothesis: Several wax figures of Beyoncé are found at Madame Tussauds Wax Museums in major cities around the world, including New York, Washington, D.C., Amsterdam, Bangkok, Hollywood and Sydney.


Premise: What is the oldest piece of Qutb Shahi architecture in Hyderabad?

Hypothesis: The oldest surviving Qutb Shahi structure in Hyderabad is the ruins of Golconda fort built in the 16th century.


Premise: What does the Great Appalachian Valley do?

Hypothesis: A remarkable feature of the belt is the longitudinal chain of broad valleys, including The Great Appalachian Valley, which in the southerly sections divides the mountain system into two unequal portions, but in the northernmost lies west of all the ranges possessing typical Appalachian features, and separates them from the Adirondack group.


Premise: Where was The Mogadishu Times published?

Hypothesis: Around 50 newspapers were published in Mogadishu alone during this period, including Qaran, Mogadishu Times, Sana'a, Shabelle Press, Ayaamaha, Mandeeq, Sky Sport, Goal, The Nation, Dalka, Panorama, Aayaha Nolosha, Codka Xuriyada and Xidigta Maanta.


Premise: The 360's multimedia capabilities transformed it from a game console to what?

Hypothesis: The Xbox 360 features an online service, Xbox Live, which was expanded from its previous iteration on the original Xbox and received regular updates during the console's lifetime.


Premise: Who criticized The Sun for its reporting on AIDS and HIV?

Hypothesis: The Press Council condemned The Sun for committing what it called a "gross distortion".


Premise: What is the world's largest solar-thermal power plant project currently under construction?

Hypothesis: In developing countries, three World Bank projects for integrated solar thermal/combined-cycle gas-turbine power plants in Egypt, Mexico, and Morocco have been approved.


Premise: Why should the counsel received from the Governing Body be trusted?

Hypothesis: Doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses are established by the Governing Body.


Premise: When is the special "pocket rocket" badge given to USAF personnel working in a missile system operation?

Hypothesis: Authorized badges include the Shields of USAF Fire Protection, and Security Forces, and the Missile Badge (or "pocket rocket"), which is earned after working in a missile system maintenance or missile operations capacity for at least one year.


Premise: What family would you find cherries in?

Hypothesis: Many of our fruits come from the Rutaceae, or rue family (including oranges, lemons, grapefruits, etc.), and the Rosaceae, or rose family (including apples, pears, cherries, apricots, plums, etc.).


Premise: What type of industrial activity was evident in Greece in the period researched?

Hypothesis: The evolution of the Greek economy during the 19th century (a period that transformed a large part of the world because of the Industrial Revolution) has been little researched.


Premise: How many people celebrated Laulupidu in 2004?

Hypothesis: In addition, Youth Song Festivals are also held every four or five years, the last of them in 2011, and the next is scheduled for 2017.


Premise: What is the Grotto at Notre Dame?

Hypothesis: Immediately behind the basilica is the Grotto, a Marian place of prayer and reflection.


Premise: By what date is the primary reserve personnel estimated to go up by 30,000?

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


Premise: Who proposed ATSC as the new standard for SDTV and HDTV?

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


Premise: For what have CTC students failed to qualify ?

Hypothesis: At the end of their studies the graduates can apply to continue studies either at Motufoua Secondary School or the Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute (TMTI).


Premise: What level where they?

Hypothesis: Chasetown was then a member of the Southern League Division One Midlands (a lower level within the Southern Football League), when they lost to Football League Championship (Level 2) team Cardiff City, the eventual FA Cup runners-up that year.


Premise: Pieces published after what year stopped receiving opus numbers?

Hypothesis: The present standard musicological reference for Chopin's works is the Kobylańska Catalogue (usually represented by the initials 'KK'), named for its compiler, the Polish musicologist Krystyna Kobylańska.


Premise: Which segment of the British press often showed Napoleon as being much shorter than average?

Hypothesis: The British Tory press sometimes depicted Napoleon as much smaller than average height, and this image persists.


Premise: Why did the population decline after this time?

Hypothesis: The population peaked at more than two million residents in 1950, then began to decline with the restructuring of industry, which led to the loss of many middle-class union jobs.


Premise: Why was a surrogate character mechanism implemented?

Hypothesis: This increased the Unicode codespace to over a million code points, which allowed for the encoding of many historic scripts (e.g., Egyptian Hieroglyphs) and thousands of rarely used or obsolete characters that had not been anticipated as needing encoding.


Premise: Who replaced Lord Roseberry as Prime Minister?

Hypothesis: In 1894, Gladstone retired and, without consulting the outgoing prime minister, Victoria appointed Lord Rosebery as prime minister.


Premise: Whose death was not a direct casualty of the war?

Hypothesis: UN morale hit rock bottom when commanding General Walton Walker of the U.S. Eighth Army was killed on 23 December 1950 in an automobile accident.


Premise: A name for a group of primitive flatworms is what?

Hypothesis: It has not been definitively established whether the existence of these brainless species indicates that the earliest bilaterians lacked a brain, or whether their ancestors evolved in a way that led to the disappearance of a previously existing brain structure.


Premise: Which theatre was designed by Giovan Battista Filippo Basile ans opened in 1897?

Hypothesis: The huge Teatro Massimo was designed in the same period by Giovan Battista Filippo Basile, and built by the Rutelli & Machì building firm of the industrial and old Rutelli Italian family in Palermo, and was opened in 1897.


Premise: What company said it is planning to move marine operations to the University of Southampton?

Hypothesis: The Lloyd's Register Group has announced plans to move its London marine operations to a specially developed site at the University of Southampton.


Premise: How long are the terms of office?

Hypothesis: Terms of office run for 5 years, unless the Assembly is dissolved prior to the completion of the term.


Premise: Who wouldn't use the title Sir of Dame?

Hypothesis: Such forms are not used by peers and princes, except when the names of the former are written out in their fullest forms.


Premise: Who arrested Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi?

Hypothesis: Khweldi Hameidi was sent to arrest crown prince Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi, and force him to relinquish his claim to the throne.


Premise: What state did Florida pass in population recently

Hypothesis: The population exceeded 19.7 million by December 2014, surpassing the population of the state of New York for the first time.


Premise: Where are the most populated city's Venezuelan live in?

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


Premise: Instead of being language-specific what kind of tools are the principles of phonological analysis designed to be?

Hypothesis: The principles of phonological analysis can be applied independently of modality because they are designed to serve as general analytical tools, not language-specific ones.


Premise: What town plan was chosen with the chief consideration of displaying British power and superiority?

Hypothesis: All other decisions were subordinate to this, and it was this framework that dictated the choice and application of symbology and influences from both Hindu and Islamic architecture.


Premise: What percentage of Estonia exports are sent to Nordic countries?

Hypothesis: On the other hand, the Estonian political system, its flat rate of income tax, and its non-welfare-state model distinguish it from the Nordic countries and their Nordic model, and indeed from many other European countries.


Premise: What lacquer is bitumen used to make for iron and steel production?

Hypothesis: Roofing shingles account for most of the remaining asphalt/bitumen consumption.


Premise: On which street does LaptopMD headquarters sit?

Hypothesis: Notable locations include East River Ferry, LaptopMD headquarters, Mercy College Manhattan Campus, and Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.


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

Hypothesis: The Dutch written grammar has simplified over the past 100 years: cases are now mainly used for the pronouns, such as ik (I), mij, me (me), mijn (my), wie (who), wiens (whose: masculine or neuter singular), wier (whose: feminine singular; masculine, feminine or neuter plural).


Premise: In what modern country were Louis the German's lands?

Hypothesis: Louis the German was in control of Bavaria and the eastern lands in modern-day Germany.


Premise: Who was the son of Abu Sufyan?

Hypothesis: After the battle, Abu Sufyan's wife Hind, who was also the daughter of Utba ibn Rabi'ah, is reported to have cut open the corpse of Hamza, taking out his liver which she then attempted to eat.


Premise: ISO 9050 relates to standards for what?

Hypothesis: For example, ISO 9050 relates to glass in building while ISO 10217 relates to the materials used in solar water heaters.


Premise: What song did Fantasia sing on the Top 8 show?

Hypothesis: Fantasia released as her coronation single "I Believe", a song co-written by season one finalist Tamyra Gray, and DeGarmo released "Dreams".


Premise: What is the purpose of the critical apparatus?

Hypothesis: This contains the text that the author has determined most closely approximates the original, and is accompanied by an apparatus criticus or critical apparatus.


Premise: The Voskhod 2 carrying two humans was launched on what date?

Hypothesis: On March 18, 1965, about a week before the first American piloted Project Gemini space flight, the USSR accelerated the competition, by launching the two-cosmonaut Voskhod 2 mission with Pavel Belyayev and Alexey Leonov.


Premise: The tambourine, bells and rumble-pot are all what type of instrument?

Hypothesis: Percussion instruments include the triangle, the Jew's harp, the tambourine, the bells, the rumble-pot, and various kinds of drums.


Premise: How much more did Spectre earn compared with Skyfall in the Indian market?

Hypothesis: In Mexico, where part of the film was shot, it debuted with more than double that of Skyfall with $4.5 million.


Premise: How are the eight factors of the Noble Eightfold Path to be understood?

Hypothesis: The eight factors of the path are not to be understood as stages, in which each stage is completed before moving on to the next.


Premise: The Explorer gathered what 3 measurements?

Hypothesis: The satellite actually measured three phenomena: cosmic ray and radiation levels, the temperature in the spacecraft, and the frequency of collisions with micrometeorites.


Premise: How many primary schools does the island have?

Hypothesis: The island has three primary schools for students of age 4 to 11: Harford, Pilling, and St Paul’s.


Premise: What did they try to establish?

Hypothesis: Using this method, they were said to have predicted the time of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake with an accuracy of ±1 day.


Premise: What principle of traditional philosophy did Popper take an anti-justificationist stance against?

Hypothesis: To Popper, who was an anti-justificationist, traditional philosophy is misled by the false principle of sufficient reason.


Premise: What did the May Fourth movement help do?

Hypothesis: The May Fourth Movement helped to rekindle the then-fading cause of republican revolution.


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

Hypothesis: A master transformer feeds all of the fixtures on the track or rod with 12 or 24 volts, instead of each light fixture having its own line-to-low voltage transformer.


Premise: In what building do law students attend classes at KU?

Hypothesis: Classes are held in Green Hall at W 15th St and Burdick Dr, which is named after former dean James Green.


Premise: Who won North Carolinas 7th congressional district seat in 2014?

Hypothesis: In 2012, the state elected a Republican Governor (Pat McCrory) and Lieutenant Governor (Dan Forest) for the first time in more than two decades, while also giving the Republicans veto-proof majorities in both the State House of Representatives and the State Senate.


Premise: Which British territory received independence in 1961?

Hypothesis: Britain's last colony on the American mainland, British Honduras, became a self-governing colony in 1964 and was renamed Belize in 1973, achieving full independence in 1981.


Premise: What is the purpose of symbolic reference?

Hypothesis: In higher organisms (like people), these two modes of perception combine into what Whitehead terms "symbolic reference", which links appearance with causation in a process that is so automatic that both people and animals have difficulty refraining from it.


Premise: What were there periods of during the Triassic?

Hypothesis: Most important humid episodes were the Carnian Pluvial Event and one in the Rhaetian, few million years before the Triassic–Jurassic extinction event.


Premise: Under what command did they serve?

Hypothesis: The first overseas deployment of Canadian military forces occurred during the Second Boer War, when several units were raised to serve under British command.


Premise: What did John inherit in England?

Hypothesis: In part he was following in the tradition of Henry I and Henry II, but by the 13th century the volume of administrative work had greatly increased, which put much more pressure on a king who wished to rule in this style.


Premise: Evidence of human habitation in the Alps goes as far back to what era?

Hypothesis: Evidence of human habitation in the Alps goes back to the Paleolithic era.


Premise: Why didn't LaserDisk gain popularity in North America?

Hypothesis: Although the format was capable of offering higher-quality video and audio than its consumer rivals, the VHS and Betamax videocassette systems, LaserDisc never managed to gain widespread use in North America, largely due to high costs for the players and video titles themselves and the inability to record TV programming.


Premise: the east india company changed how it did business by moving from  focusing on royal patronage to what type of business?

Hypothesis: By 1647, the company had 23 factories, each under the command of a factor or master merchant and governor if so chosen, and 90 employees in India.


Premise: Where was Colombia Point Health Center located?

Hypothesis: The health center is still in operation and was rededicated in 1990 as the Geiger-Gibson Community Health Center.


Premise: What helped cause the most life like sound?

Hypothesis: Empirically, and not by any formula, it was learned that the bass end of the audio spectrum below 100 Hz could be boosted somewhat to override system hum and turntable rumble noises.


Premise: What party did Walpole belong to?

Hypothesis: As a later prime minister, Lord Melbourne, said, "It matters not what we say, gentlemen, so long as we all say the same thing."


Premise: How much money did Spectre gross on it's opening day in the UK?

Hypothesis: It grossed £6.3 million ($9.2 million) on its opening day and then £5.7 million ($8.8 million) on Wednesday, setting UK records for both days.


Premise: What is an example of a mass party?

Hypothesis: Socialist parties are examples of mass parties, while the British Conservative Party and the German Christian Democratic Union are examples of hybrid parties.


Premise: List two reasons why Libya become an "international pariah."

Hypothesis: Overseeing unsuccessful border conflicts with Egypt and Chad, Gaddafi's support for foreign militants and alleged responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing led to Libya's label of "international pariah".


Premise: ATC responsibilities are usually divided into how many main areas?

Hypothesis: Air traffic control responsibilities at airports are usually divided into at least two main areas: ground and tower, though a single controller may work both stations.


Premise: What is the government structure of the Marshall Islands?

Hypothesis: With few natural resources, the islands' wealth is based on a service economy, as well as some fishing and agriculture; aid from the United States represents a large percentage of the islands' gross domestic product.


Premise: By 2000-01, what percentage of players in the Premier League were from outside the UK and Ireland?

Hypothesis: By 2000–01, the number of foreign players participating in the Premier League was 36 per cent of the total.


Premise: How does gut flora prevent growth of pathogenic bacteria?

Hypothesis: The presence of this gut flora also inhibits the growth of potentially pathogenic bacteria (usually through competitive exclusion) and these beneficial bacteria are consequently sold as probiotic dietary supplements.


Premise: Are Greeks in danger of contributing vastly to the problem of population control ?

Hypothesis: Greek populations have not traditionally exhibited high rates of growth; nonetheless, the population of Greece has shown regular increase since the country's first census in 1828.


Premise: Who can collect taxes in Oklahoma?

Hypothesis: Both county and municipal governments collect taxes, employ a separate police force, hold elections, and operate emergency response services within their jurisdiction.


Premise: What novel concept was introduced at the end of the 20th century?

Hypothesis: In the late 20th century a new concept was added to those included in the compass of both structure and function, the consideration of sustainability, hence sustainable architecture.


Premise: What feature is wanted to assist with reducing negative impacts of pesticides?

Hypothesis: In order to reduce negative impacts, it is desirable that pesticides be degradable or at least quickly deactivated in the environment.


Premise: Orlam clans crossed which river to migrate to Namibia?

Hypothesis: From the late 18th century onwards, Orlam clans from the Cape Colony crossed the Orange River and moved into the area that today is southern Namibia.


Premise: Going by what unit of measurement makes Southampton the fourth largest port in the UK?

Hypothesis: Today it remains home to luxury cruise ships, as well as being the largest freight port on the Channel coast and fourth largest UK port by tonnage, with several container terminals.


Premise: Why was the Yongle Emperor said to have been planning to send military forces into Tibet?

Hypothesis: Tibetan sources say Deshin Shekpa also persuaded the Yongle Emperor not to impose his military might on Tibet as the Mongols had previously done.


Premise: What fungi can grow in copper metalliferous soils?

Hypothesis: A sample of the fungus Aspergillus niger was found growing from gold mining solution; and was found to contain cyano metal complexes; such as gold, silver, copper iron and zinc.


Premise: Insects show how toxic they are with what kind of colors?

Hypothesis: Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators.


Premise: Who did Gaddafi claim created H1N1?

Hypothesis: He once said that HIV was "a peaceful virus, not an aggressive virus" and assured attendees at the African Union that "if you are straight you have nothing to fear from AIDS".


Premise: Who is the missile test facility named after?

Hypothesis: Marshallese land owners receive rent for the base.


Premise: When was the winner announced?

Hypothesis: Do I Make You Proud" was released as Hicks' first single and McPhee's


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

Hypothesis: Whereas other types of predator all harm their prey in some way, this form kills them.


Premise: When did the BBC Natural History Unit come into existence?

Hypothesis: This unit is now famed throughout the world for producing high quality programmes with Attenborough such as Life on Earth, The Private Life of Plants, The Blue Planet, The Life of Mammals, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet.


Premise: in 2006 Youtube found that the majority of longer videos were what?

Hypothesis: When YouTube was launched in 2005, it was possible to upload long videos, but a ten-minute limit was introduced in March 2006 after YouTube found that the majority of videos exceeding this length were unauthorized uploads of television shows and films.


Premise: What was the unique purpose of the Prussian Army during peacetime?

Hypothesis: The officers of the General Staff were hand-picked from the Prussian Kriegsakademie (War Academy).


Premise: What group were the Hashimiyya a sect of?

Hypothesis: This tradition allowed the Abbasids to rally the supporters of the failed revolt of Mukhtar, who had represented themselves as the supporters of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya.


Premise: When did a Close Encounters DVD come out?

Hypothesis: Spielberg then revisited his Close Encounters project and, with financial backing from Columbia Pictures, released Close Encounters: The Special Edition in 1980.


Premise: What was the pupil-teacher ratio in Namibia in 1999?

Hypothesis: The pupil-teacher ratio in 1999 was estimated at 32:1, with about 8% of the GDP being spent on education.


Premise: How many are believed to have been uprooted by this unrest ?

Hypothesis: The immediate cause of the riots is unclear, with many commentators citing the killing of ten Burmese Muslims by ethnic Rakhine after the rape and murder of a Rakhine woman as the main cause.


Premise: In what years did the Great Famine occur?

Hypothesis: The causes of the Great Famine included the slow transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age, which left the population vulnerable when bad weather caused crop failures.


Premise: Knighthood is given by being dubbed with what object?

Hypothesis: It has replaced the throne room in importance and use.


Premise: How did Whitehead define "inert ideas"?

Hypothesis: He opined that "education with inert ideas is not only useless: it is, above all things, harmful."


Premise: What type of cases may Pakistan's Supreme Court hear from FATA?

Hypothesis: With respect to Pakistan's territories (i.e. FATA, Azad Kashmir, Northern Areas and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)) the Supreme Court's jurisdiction is rather limited and varies from territory to territory; it can hear appeals only of a constitutional nature from FATA and Northern Areas, while ICT generally functions the same as provinces.


Premise: Which philosopher did Hayek learn about in a school lecture?

Hypothesis: In school Hayek was much taken by one instructor's lectures on Aristotle's ethics.


Premise: What events provoked the immigration of people from Germany?

Hypothesis: The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants.


Premise: What is varmint hunting an American phrase for?

Hypothesis: Varmint hunting is an American phrase for the selective killing of non-game animals seen as pests.


Premise: For how long have the Arsenal inspired copy-cat clubs worn their uniforms?

Hypothesis: These teams still wear those designs to this day.


Premise: How many code positions were left unassigned for furture standardization?

Hypothesis: With the other special characters and control codes filled in, ASCII was published as ASA X3.4-1963, leaving 28 code positions without any assigned meaning, reserved for future standardization, and one unassigned control code.:66, 245


Premise: What could cause the failure of a capacitor?

Hypothesis: Capacitors may catastrophically fail when subjected to voltages or currents beyond their rating, or as they reach their normal end of life.


Premise: When did GE cease production of the tantalum light filament?

Hypothesis: General Electric bought the rights to use tantalum filaments and produced them in the US until 1913.


Premise: When Beyonce was with Destiny's Child, how many albums did she manage to sell?

Hypothesis: As a solo artist she has sold over 15 million albums in the US, and over 118 million records worldwide (a further 60 million additionally with Destiny's Child), making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.


Premise: When was it proposed to unify Upper and Lower Canada?

Hypothesis: Responsible government was first granted to Nova Scotia in 1848, and was soon extended to the other British North American colonies.


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

Hypothesis: The city of Rostov, the oldest centre of the northeast, was supplanted first by Suzdal and then by the city of Vladimir, which become the capital of Vladimir-Suzdal'.


Premise: What was the foundation that was the direct result of the agreement?

Hypothesis: This agreement created a foundation named International Cocoa Initiative in 2002.


Premise: Whose masterpieces are a mixture of naturallism with stylization?

Hypothesis: In classical Greece the emphasis is not given to the illusive imaginative reality represented by the ideal forms, but to the analogies and the interaction of the members in the whole, a method created by Polykleitos.


Premise: What was previously located at the present location of Forest Hill Park?

Hypothesis: Other parks in the city include Joseph Bryan Park Azalea Garden, Forest Hill Park (former site of the Forest Hill Amusement Park), Chimborazo Park (site of the National Battlefield Headquarters), among others.


Premise: Who felt that the further examination and knowledge of studies in the arena of humanism could further art?

Hypothesis: Just as artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci – partaking of the zeitgeist though not himself a humanist – advocated study of human anatomy, nature, and weather to enrich Renaissance works of art, so Spanish-born humanist Juan Luis Vives (c. 1493–1540) advocated observation, craft, and practical techniques to improve the formal teaching of Aristotelian philosophy at the universities, helping to free them from the grip of Medieval Scholasticism.


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

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


Premise: What is another way to refer to the PhulMali?

Hypothesis: Traditionally the Rajputs, Jats, Meenas, Gurjars, Bhils, Rajpurohit, Charans, Yadavs, Bishnois, Sermals, PhulMali (Saini) and other tribes made a great contribution in building the state of Rajasthan.


Premise: What is Neptune's angular diameter range?

Hypothesis: Because of the distance of Neptune from Earth, its angular diameter only ranges from 2.2 to 2.4 arcseconds, the smallest of the Solar System planets.


Premise: When mamals appeared they remained small until what period?

Hypothesis: The first mammals also appeared during the Mesozoic, but would remain small—less than 15 kg (33 lb)—until the Cenozoic.


Premise: How many Greek citizens were displace due to Nazi retaliations?

Hypothesis: Greece was eventually occupied by the Nazis who proceeded to administer Athens and Thessaloniki, while other regions of the country were given to Nazi Germany's partners, Fascist Italy and Bulgaria.


Premise: How many berths does the Port contain?

Hypothesis: As of 2010, it operated six public ports and three industrial ports.


Premise: What Palestinian political figure had a poor relationship with Gaddafi?

Hypothesis: His relationship with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of Fatah was strained, with Gaddafi considering him too moderate and calling for more violent action.


Premise: What is the Tolderable Upper intake of zinc?

Hypothesis: A 1998 review concluded that zinc oxide, one of the most common supplements in the United States, and zinc carbonate are nearly insoluble and poorly absorbed in the body.


Premise: What did former student Tracy Hall invent as a BYU professor of chemistry and Director of Research?

Hypothesis: H. Tracy Hall, inventor of the man-made diamond, left General Electric in 1955 and became a full professor of chemistry and Director of Research at BYU.


Premise: What industry depended on the port of Charleston?

Hypothesis: The slave trade also depended on the port of Charleston, where ships could be unloaded and the slaves bought and sold.


Premise: When was Ramadan in 2012?

Hypothesis: Ramadan took place in July and August in 2012.


Premise: What did P2P file sharing services market themselves as?

Hypothesis: In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of MGM, holding that such services could be held liable for copyright infringement since they functioned and, indeed, willfully marketed themselves as venues for acquiring copyrighted movies.


Premise: What are bacteria doing that makes them not work as well?

Hypothesis: While antibiotics are beneficial in certain types of acute diarrhea, they are usually not used except in specific situations.


Premise: What happens if the national supervisory authority designated by a Member State is not a national central bank?

Hypothesis: If the national supervisory authority designated by a Member State is not a national central bank (NCB), the representative of the competent authority can be accompanied by a representative from their NCB.


Premise: Who did KU defeat in the 2008 Orange Bowl?

Hypothesis: KU football dates from 1890, and has played in the Orange Bowl three times: 1948, 1968, and 2008.


Premise: Angara and Patriot are two examples of what type of system?

Hypothesis: As well as the small and large systems, for effective air defence there must be intermediate systems.


Premise: When did the U.N. vote to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals?

Hypothesis: These goals are designed to eliminate poverty, discrimination, abuse and preventable deaths, address environmental destruction, and usher in an era of development for all people, everywhere.


Premise: What god did Ptolemy I create?

Hypothesis: The Ptolemies took on the traditions of the Egyptian Pharaohs, such as marrying their siblings (Ptolemy II was the first to adopt this custom), having themselves portrayed on public monuments in Egyptian style and dress, and participating in Egyptian religious life.


Premise: What types of cases are argued in the state courts?

Hypothesis: Most cases are litigated in state courts and involve claims and defenses under state laws.


Premise: How is zinc primarily added to soil?

Hypothesis: Excess zinc is toxic to plants, although zinc toxicity is far less widespread.


Premise: What country has the dog as part of its 12 animals that represent years?

Hypothesis: The role of the dog in Chinese mythology includes a position as one of the twelve animals which cyclically represent years (the zodiacal dog).


Premise: What word is often used to describe Beyonce/

Hypothesis: Beyoncé has been described as a having a wide-ranging sex appeal, with music journalist Touré writing that since the release of Dangerously in Love, she has "become a crossover sex symbol".


Premise: How many characters are printable characters?

Hypothesis: The characters encoded are numbers 0 to 9, lowercase letters a to z, uppercase letters A to Z, basic punctuation symbols, control codes that originated with Teletype machines, and a space.


Premise: Along with Richard Marx, Bonnie Tyler, George Michael, Phil Collins, and Laura Branigan, what artist was also frequently played on Contemporary Hit Radio stations?

Hypothesis: Mainstream AC itself has evolved in a similar fashion over the years; traditional AC artists like Barbra Streisand, the Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, John Denver, and Olivia Newton-John found it harder to have major Top 40 hits as the 1980s wore on, and due to the influence of MTV, artists who were staples of the Contemporary Hit Radio format, such as Richard Marx, Michael Jackson, Bonnie Tyler, George Michael, Phil Collins, and Laura Branigan began crossing over to the AC charts with greater frequency.


Premise: Who did the Guinness Book of World Records say was the oldest dog in 2011?

Hypothesis: On 5 December 2011, Pusuke, the world's oldest living dog recognized by Guinness Book of World Records, died aged 26 years and 9 months.


Premise: When did Greece go into recession?

Hypothesis: By the end of 2009, the Greek economy faced the highest budget deficit and government debt-to-GDP ratios in the EU.


Premise: What cultures' visual representations are included in visual anthropology?

Hypothesis: Visual representations from all cultures, such as sandpaintings, tattoos, sculptures and reliefs, cave paintings, scrimshaw, jewelry, hieroglyphics, paintings and photographs are included in the focus of visual anthropology.


Premise: On what media was most of these work released?

Hypothesis: One of their members, mandolin virtuoso Paul Hooper, has had a number of Concertos written for him by composers such as Eric Gross.


Premise: When was Jesus Christ known to have used wine in celebration?

Hypothesis: The Catholic Church uses wine in the celebration of the Eucharist because it is part of the tradition passed down through the ages starting with Jesus Christ at the Last Supper, where Catholics believe the consecrated bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Jesus Christ, a dogma known as transubstantiation.


Premise: What genre of music has soft AC found common ground with?

Hypothesis: While most artists became established in other formats before moving to adult contemporary, Michael Bublé and Josh Groban started out as AC artists.


Premise: What act was approved on April 29th, 2010?

Hypothesis: The Puerto Rico Democracy Act (H.R. 2499) was approved on April 29, 2010, by the United States House of Representatives 223–169, but was not approved by the Senate before the end of the 111th Congress.


Premise: How many consecutive games did Northwestern lose during it's longest losing streak between 1979 and 1982?

Hypothesis: Northwestern's football team has made 73 appearances in the top 10 of the AP poll since 1936 (including 5 at #1) and has won eight Big Ten conference championships since 1903.


Premise: What does Pirie claim conservatives want for the free market?

Hypothesis: Conservatives, he says, are not averse to change – but like Hayek, they are highly averse to change being imposed on the social order by people in authority who think they know how to run things better.


Premise: What type of event did the Klan intend to have at Notre Dame in March of 1924?

Hypothesis: The most remarkable episode of violence was the clash between Notre Dame students and the Ku Klux Klan in 1924.


Premise: What were the troops in the British Indian Army?

Hypothesis: The first step toward Indian self-rule was the appointment of councillors to advise the British viceroy in 1861 and the first Indian was appointed in 1909.


Premise: How many people could be potentially without housing?

Hypothesis: The earthquake left at least 5 million people without housing, although the number could be as high as 11 million.


Premise: What was the population of Paris in 2011?

Hypothesis: It reached 2.25 million in 2011.


Premise: What does the China Seismic Intensity Scale call the earthquake?

Hypothesis: Two south-west-north-east stripes of liedu XI are centered around Yingxiu, Wenchuan (the town closest to the epicenter of the main quake) and Beichuan (the town repeatedly struck by strong aftershocks including one registering MS 6.1 on Aug 1, 2008), both in Sichuan Province, occupying a total of 2,419 km2.


Premise: Which rivers run through the city?

Hypothesis: The Delaware River and Schuylkill Rivers served as early boundaries between which the city's early street plan was kept within.


Premise: Some historians were critical of what exclusion in the definition of victims of genocide?

Hypothesis: The exclusion of social and political groups as targets of genocide in the CPPCG legal definition has been criticized by some historians and sociologists, for example M. Hassan Kakar in his book The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979–1982 argues that the international definition of genocide is too restricted, and that it should include political groups or any group so defined by the perpetrator and quotes Chalk and Jonassohn: "Genocide is a form of one-sided mass killing in which a state or other authority intends to destroy a group, as that group and membership in it are defined by the perpetrator.


Premise: Where did the the alphabets used by eastern languages come from?

Hypothesis: They were inscribed in various Aramaic-derived alphabets which had ultimately evolved from the Achaemenid Imperial Aramaic script, though Bactrian was written using an adapted Greek script.


Premise: Why do Jehovah Witnesses forego religious holidays and birthdays or other celebrations?

Hypothesis: They do not celebrate religious holidays such as Christmas and Easter, nor do they observe birthdays, nationalistic holidays, or other celebrations they consider to honor people other than Jesus.


Premise: Who brought Catholicism into New Mexico?

Hypothesis: This provided an alternative to the Catholicism, which was brought to the area by the Spanish Conquistadors and had remained unchanged.


Premise: What year was Mendel's work first published?

Hypothesis: Although Mendel's work was largely unrecognized after its first publication in 1866, it was 'rediscovered' in 1900 by three European scientists, Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns, and Erich von Tschermak, who claimed to have reached similar conclusions in their own research.


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

Hypothesis: Its composition was later modified to include military officers and local elites (such as religious and political advisors).


Premise: What religions form of worship came from the Eastern sects ?

Hypothesis: The cults of deities like Isis and Mithra were introduced into the Greek world.


Premise: How long did Lee spend writing the book?

Hypothesis: I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of the reviewers but, at the same time, I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.


Premise: In what year was the friars' water supply system built in Southampton?

Hypothesis: The friars granted use of the water to the town in 1310 and passed on ownership of the water supply system itself in 1420.


Premise: In the medieval period, what buildings were notably built atop older ruins?

Hypothesis: This had the effect of stimulating a shift in construction from drystone and other related materials to coral stone, sundried bricks, and the widespread use of limestone in Somali architecture.


Premise: Who was the highest commander that is under Hitler?

Hypothesis: He achieved the oath that he made with his soldiers, after the decisive Capture of Kufra.


Premise: For how long was Spanish the official language of Galicia?

Hypothesis: The period since the re-establishment of democracy in Spain—in particular since the Lei de Normalización Lingüística ("Law of Linguistic Normalization", Ley 3/1983, 15 June 1983)—represents the first time since the introduction of mass education that a generation has attended school in Galician (Spanish is also still taught in Galician schools).


Premise: Who was a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Georgia Tech?

Hypothesis: DesRoches said: "If the buildings were older and built prior to that 1976 earthquake, chances are they weren't built for adequate earthquake forces."


Premise: Who sang chopin arrangements on July 7 of the year Chopin was in London?

Hypothesis: In London Chopin took lodgings at Dover Street, where the firm of Broadwood provided him with a grand piano.


Premise: Which two browsers promised to develop Metro-style versions of their browsers?

Hypothesis: The developers of both Chrome and Firefox committed to developing Metro-style versions of their browsers; while Chrome's "Windows 8 mode" uses a full-screen version of the existing desktop interface, Firefox's version (which was first made available on the "Aurora" release channel in September 2013) uses a touch-optimized interface inspired by the Android version of Firefox.


Premise: What does Auto didacticism generally mean?

Hypothesis: While some may have been informed in a conventional manner in a particular field, they may choose to inform themselves in other, often unrelated areas.


Premise: Where is the oldest settlement in America?

Hypothesis: Spanish was the language spoken by the first permanent European settlers in North America.


Premise: What are in the area?

Hypothesis: It is primarily suburban with large shopping areas.


Premise: When did modern day currency start getting the faces that they have?

Hypothesis: The currency as we know it today did not get the faces they currently have until after the early 20th century; before that "heads" side of coinage used profile faces and striding, seated, and standing figures from Greek and Roman mythology and composite Native Americans.


Premise: What style of singing is absent from R&B played on urban adult contemporary format stations?

Hypothesis: The urban adult contemporary format (a term coined by Barry Mayo) usually attracts a large number of African Americans and sometimes Caucasian listeners through playing a great deal of R&B (without any form of rapping), gospel music, classic soul and dance music (including disco).


Premise: Who was the president of alternative programming at Fox?

Hypothesis: Mike Darnell, the president of alternative programming for Fox, stated that the season would focus more on the contestants' personal life.


Premise: What is it called when a monarch has a share of executive powers?

Hypothesis: In some monarchies the monarch may also exercise executive powers (known as the royal prerogative) that are constitutionally vested in the crown and may be exercised without the approval of parliament.


Premise: A cappella was originally used to tell the difference between which two styles?

Hypothesis: The term "a cappella" was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style.


Premise: In what systems is the political party allowed to legally hold effective power?

Hypothesis: In one-party systems, one political party is legally allowed to hold effective power.


Premise: What concepts overlook the experiential nature of basic elements?

Hypothesis: In Whitehead's view, then, concepts such as "quality", "matter", and "form" are problematic.


Premise: In what year was Upper Alsace sold to the Archduke Sigismund?

Hypothesis: In 1469, following the Treaty of St. Omer, Upper Alsace was sold by Archduke Sigismund of Austria to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.


Premise: What theory says that long-distance running drove the evolution of some human traits?

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


Premise: What type of vehicles are the passenger cabs?

Hypothesis: The passenger cabs are mechanically separated from the lift mechanism, thus allowing the elevator shafts to be used continuously while passengers board and embark from the cabs, as well as move through show scenes on various floors.


Premise: What is often found sweeping unbroken from floor to ceiling on the interior of Gothic buildings?

Hypothesis: On the interior of the building attached shafts often sweep unbroken from floor to ceiling and meet the ribs of the vault, like a tall tree spreading into branches.


Premise: How much of Sudan's medicines were produced by a pharmaceutical plant Clinton's operation bombed?

Hypothesis: In retaliation, U.S. President Bill Clinton launched Operation Infinite Reach, a bombing campaign in Sudan and Afghanistan against targets the U.S. asserted were associated with WIFJAJC, although others have questioned whether a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan was used as a chemical warfare plant.


Premise: Who is the chief executive of IBM?

Hypothesis: After ten successive quarters of flat or sliding sales under Chief Executive Virginia Rometty IBM is being forced to look at new approaches.


Premise: In what year did Tito start working in Arab Israeli peace processes?

Hypothesis: In the same year Tito became active in promoting a peaceful resolution of the Arab–Israeli conflict.


Premise: What societal group derived much of their power from the disparity between classes of people?

Hypothesis: Such an environment was especially intimidating to monarchs who derived much of their power from the disparity between classes of people.


Premise: What was the name of the hotel that took up a full city block?

Hypothesis: By 1878, because of the growing popularity of the city, one railroad line could no longer keep up with demand.


Premise: What is the first example of Hellenistic period royal palace?

Hypothesis: Greek temples built during the Hellenistic period were generally larger than classical ones, such as the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the temple of Artemis at Sardis, and the temple of Apollo at Didyma (rebuilt by Seleucus in 300 BCE).


Premise: In which city was the stamp officially released?

Hypothesis: The First Day of Issue ceremony was held on October 28 in Boston, Massachusetts, the city where Bell spent considerable time on research and working with the deaf.


Premise: What component of a universal motor is most likely to fail?

Hypothesis: The negative aspect is the maintenance and short life problems caused by the commutator.


Premise: Prior to the introduction of the word emotion, what word was used in its place?

Hypothesis: The term emotion was introduced into academic discussion to replace passion.


Premise: Who was the Vienna Philharmonic's first female concertmaster?

Hypothesis: In 1997, the Vienna Philharmonic was "facing protests during a [US] tour" by the National Organization for Women and the International Alliance for Women in Music.


Premise: In what general area of the lungs is SImon focus usually located?

Hypothesis: The primary site of infection in the lungs, known as the "Ghon focus", is generally located in either the upper part of the lower lobe, or the lower part of the upper lobe.


Premise: What helps support the evidence of asthma?

Hypothesis: If the FEV1 measured by this technique improves more than 12% following administration of a bronchodilator such as salbutamol, this is supportive of the diagnosis.


Premise: What did the study aim to isolate?

Hypothesis: A detailed account of the techniques used to isolate the sounds deleted during MP3 compression, along with the conceptual motivation for the project, was published in the 2014 Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference.


Premise: Who was the runner up on the third season of American Idol?

Hypothesis: Fantasia and Diana DeGarmo were the last two finalists, and Fantasia was crowned as the winner.


Premise: How the fundamental concept of matter influence people to view objects?

Hypothesis: A second problem with materialism is that it obscures the importance of relations.


Premise: What organiztion acted as acknowledgement of status of great powers?

Hypothesis: However, the Council began with only four permanent members—the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Japan—because the United States, meant to be the fifth permanent member, left because the US Senate voted on 19 March 1920 against the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, thus preventing American participation in the League.


Premise: On what type of transportation system has Seattle begun to focus?

Hypothesis: The city has started moving away from the automobile and towards mass transit.


Premise: Two important Amniotes  lineages became distinct, what was the name of that distinction?

Hypothesis: Within a few million years, two important amniote lineages became distinct: the synapsids, which would later include the common ancestor of the mammals; and the sauropsids, which would eventually come to include turtles, lizards, snakes, crocodilians, dinosaurs and birds.


Premise: Who partnered with Universal in the creation of Cinema International Corporation?

Hypothesis: However, with future film productions from both names being released through the MGM/UA Entertainment plate, CIC decided to merge UA's international units with MGM and reformed as United International Pictures.


Premise: What other way is bacteria aiding to nature?

Hypothesis: The ability of bacteria to degrade a variety of organic compounds is remarkable and has been used in waste processing and bioremediation.


Premise: All homes in Israel are required to have a room called what?

Hypothesis: Since the Gulf War in 1991, when Israel was attacked by Iraqi Scud missiles, all homes in Israel are required to have a reinforced security room, Merkhav Mugan, impermeable to chemical and biological substances.


Premise: What President signed this act?

Hypothesis: On 16 March 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, which requires an annual stamp purchase by all hunters over the age of sixteen.


Premise: The Ethnological Society was sympathetic towards what cause?

Hypothesis: Polygenism was popular and most widespread in the 19th century, culminating in the founding of the Anthropological Society of London (1863) during the period of the American Civil War, in opposition to the Ethnological Society, which had abolitionist sympathies.


Premise: Little River marks the boundary between Geelong and which other city?

Hypothesis: The city reaches south-east through Dandenong to the growth corridor of Pakenham towards West Gippsland, and southward through the Dandenong Creek valley, the Mornington Peninsula and the city of Frankston taking in the peaks of Olivers Hill, Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat, extending along the shores of Port Phillip as a single conurbation to reach the exclusive suburb of Portsea and Point Nepean.


Premise: What was under command of the Air Defence UK orgnisation?

Hypothesis: Poland's AA defences were no match for the German attack and the situation was similar in other European countries.


Premise: Under whom was the chapter house built?

Hypothesis: The chapter house was built concurrently with the east parts of the abbey under Henry III, between about 1245 and 1253.


Premise: What type of people was the new paper supposed to attract?

Hypothesis: The new paper was intended to add a readership of 'social radicals' to the Herald's 'political radicals'.


Premise: What increased the power in the House of Commons?

Hypothesis: Reforms of the voting system increased the power of the House of Commons at the expense of the House of Lords and the monarch.


Premise: Countries that what have more extralegal and unofficial things going on?

Hypothesis: Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that extralegal and unofficial activities are more prevalent in countries that privatized less.


Premise: Are the sessions of City Parliament private or public?

Hypothesis: Unlike members of the City Council, members of the City Parliament are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance.


Premise: Earlier television systems were based on what?

Hypothesis: The term high definition once described a series of television systems originating from August 1936; however, these systems were only high definition when compared to earlier systems that were based on mechanical systems with as few as 30 lines of resolution.


Premise: How are duplication events studied?

Hypothesis: That event was studied by sequencing the genome of an ancient flowering plant, Amborella trichopoda, and directly addresses Darwin's "abominable mystery."


Premise: What promises did Menzies make in the 1949 election?

Hypothesis: Australia experienced prolonged economic growth during the post-war boom period of the Menzies Government (1949–1966) and Menzies fulfilled his promises at the 1949 election to end rationing of butter, tea and petrol and provided a five-shilling endowment for first-born children, as well as for others.


Premise: Why is hydrogen employed?

Hypothesis: It is also a potential electron donor in various oxide materials, including ZnO, SnO2, CdO, MgO, ZrO2, HfO2, La2O3, Y2O3, TiO2, SrTiO3, LaAlO3, SiO2, Al2O3, ZrSiO4, HfSiO4, and SrZrO3.


Premise: WHat is the tallest building in Cork?

Hypothesis: Many of the city's buildings are in the Georgian style, although there are a number of examples of modern landmark structures, such as County Hall tower, which was, at one time the tallest building in Ireland until being superseded by another Cork City building: The Elysian.


Premise: When could record album covers first be found?

Hypothesis: The covers of these bound books were wider and taller than the records inside, allowing the record album to be placed on a shelf upright, like a book, suspending the fragile records above the shelf and protecting them.


Premise: In September of 1855, how many Turks could be found at Batum?

Hypothesis: The Russians did nothing and he evacuated to Batum in February of the following year.


Premise: What did von Neumann consider for his model of expanding economy?

Hypothesis: Von Neumann's model of an expanding economy considered the matrix pencil  A − λB with nonnegative matrices A and B; von Neumann sought probability vectors p and q and a positive number λ that would solve the complementarity equation


Premise: Where did Japan's surrender occur?

Hypothesis: The formal and official surrender of Japan took place aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945.


Premise: Michigan uses what letter to designate roads that connect major highways?

Hypothesis: Michigan state highways designated with the letter M serve to connect major freeways.


Premise: Her third album, "I am...Sasha Fierce" was released when?

Hypothesis: Sasha Fierce was released on November 18, 2008 in the United States.


Premise: What kind of state of matter do unsaturated fats typically have at room temperature?

Hypothesis: Saturated and some trans fats are typically solid at room temperature (such as butter or lard), while unsaturated fats are typically liquids (such as olive oil or flaxseed oil).


Premise: How long before Eisenhower was to be transferred to France did World War I end?

Hypothesis: Once again his spirits were raised when the unit under his command received orders overseas to France.


Premise: How many years after the First Council of Nicaea did Athanasius become archbishop?

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


Premise: What are programs that are designed to help with natural or manmade disaters?

Hypothesis: The assistance provided is designed to supplement or complement the efforts of the host nation civil authorities or agencies that may have the primary responsibility for providing humanitarian assistance" (JP 1-02).


Premise: What famous lampmaker used glass?

Hypothesis: From the 19th century, there was a revival in many ancient glass-making techniques including cameo glass, achieved for the first time since the Roman Empire and initially mostly used for pieces in a neo-classical style.


Premise: When did French author A. Nion mention intellectual property?

Hypothesis: In Europe, French author A. Nion mentioned propriété intellectuelle in his Droits civils des auteurs, artistes et inventeurs, published in 1846.


Premise: How can you identify a duck from other poultry?

Hypothesis: Ducks are medium-sized aquatic birds with broad bills, eyes on the side of the head, fairly long necks, short legs set far back on the body, and webbed feet.


Premise: What is an example of architectural technology that is seen in Gothic construction?

Hypothesis: It is in the architecture of these Gothic churches that a unique combination of existing technologies established the emergence of a new building style.


Premise: What two lesser traits do great powers usually possess?

Hypothesis: A great power is a sovereign state that is recognized as having the ability and expertise to exert its influence on a global scale.


Premise: For about how many years was Old English used?

Hypothesis: Old English was not static, and its usage covered a period of 700 years, from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th century to the late 11th century, some time after the Norman invasion.


Premise: Who was working on the same type of large-scale application of printed circuits as the U.S. in Britain in the mid-1950s?

Hypothesis: At around the same time in Britain work along similar lines was carried out by Geoffrey Dummer, then at the RRDE.


Premise: Where does line T2 run?

Hypothesis: In addition, the Paris region is served by a light rail network of nine lines, the tramway: Line T1 runs from Asnières-Gennevilliers to Noisy-le-Sec, line T2 runs from Pont de Bezons to Porte de Versailles, line T3a runs from Pont du Garigliano to Porte de Vincennes, line T3b runs from Porte de Vincennes to Porte de la Chapelle, line T5 runs from Saint-Denis to Garges-Sarcelles, line T6 runs from Châtillon to Velizy, line T7 runs from Villejuif to Athis-Mons, line T8 runs from Saint-Denis to Épinay-sur-Seine and Villetaneuse, all of which are operated by the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens, and line T4 runs from Bondy RER to Aulnay-sous-Bois, which is operated by the state rail carrier SNCF.


Premise: How heavy is the snowfall typically throughout the winter in New Haven?

Hypothesis: The weather patterns that affect New Haven result from a primarily offshore direction, thus reducing the marine influence of Long Island Sound—although, like other marine areas, differences in temperature between areas right along the coastline and areas a mile or two inland can be large at times.


Premise: Who rebuilt the basilica of Saint Denis?

Hypothesis: When Abbe Suger rebuilt Saint Denis Basilica outside Paris in the early 12th century, he added stained glass windows colored blue cobalt glass and red glass tinted with copper.


Premise: What country made gains in the Treaty of Hubertusburg?

Hypothesis: Frederick, who had considered ceding East Prussia to Russia if Peter III helped him secure Saxony, finally insisted on excluding Russia (in fact, no longer a belligerent) from the negotiations.


Premise: Where in the US is considered the best place to grow cotton on Earth?

Hypothesis: Soils usually need to be fairly heavy, although the level of nutrients does not need to be exceptional.


Premise: What genre of music is featured at Junk?

Hypothesis: The nightclub, Junk, has been nominated for the UK's best small nightclub, and plays host to a range of dance music's top acts.


Premise: When was the soundtrack of Spectre first available for purchase in the UK?

Hypothesis: The theatrical trailer released in July 2015 contained a rendition of John Barry's On Her Majesty's Secret Service theme.


Premise: What country did Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironi represent?

Hypothesis: Several prominent Latin Americans like Eduardo Francisco Pironio of Argentina; Luis Aponte Martinez of Puerto Rico and Eugênio de Araújo Sales and Aloisio Lorscheider from Brazil were also elevated by him.


Premise: What were the major advantages of the tantalum light filament?

Hypothesis: These lamps were more efficient than even graphitized carbon filaments and could operate at higher temperatures.


Premise: What is the UK definition of game is governed by?

Hypothesis: The open season for grouse in the UK begins on 12 August, the so-called Glorious Twelfth.


Premise: What is youtube co-founder Karim's first name?

Hypothesis: In response, YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim posted the question "why the fuck do I need a google+ account to comment on a video?


Premise: How many people live in the British Isles?

Hypothesis: The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles.


Premise: Where was a parade held for the President of South Vietnam?

Hypothesis: President Eisenhower pledged his continued support, and a parade was held in Diem's honor in New York City.


Premise: What type of terrestrial animals are found from the Triassic period?

Hypothesis: Because of the limited shoreline of one super-continental mass, Triassic marine deposits are globally relatively rare; despite their prominence in Western Europe, where the Triassic was first studied.


Premise: During his time in Los Angeles, what was the topic of the seminars Hayek taught not related to his new book?

Hypothesis: Following his retirement, Hayek spent a year as a visiting professor of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he continued work on Law, Legislation and Liberty, teaching a graduate seminar by the same name and another on the philosophy of social science.


Premise: How is adolescence defined biologically?

Hypothesis: Developmental psychologists might focus on changes in relations with parents and peers as a function of school structure and pubertal status.


Premise: On what month and day did the Silver Dart take its first flight?

Hypothesis: Bell had worried that the flight was too dangerous and had arranged for a doctor to be on hand.


Premise: Who led the ship Rossiya?

Hypothesis: Despite the shelling, the sailors of the 120-gun ship Rossiya, led by Captain Viktor Poplonsky, defended the entrance to the harbor.


Premise: Boolean logic consists of what?

Hypothesis: Logic operations involve Boolean logic: AND, OR, XOR, and NOT.


Premise: How long can an anesthetic, at max, relieve pain for, despite wearing off in only hours?

Hypothesis: Local anesthetic injections into the nerves or sensitive areas of the stump may relieve pain for days, weeks, or sometimes permanently, despite the drug wearing off in a matter of hours; and small injections of hypertonic saline into the soft tissue between vertebrae produces local pain that radiates into the phantom limb for ten minutes or so and may be followed by hours, weeks or even longer of partial or total relief from phantom pain.


Premise: What is Seattle's bus line called?

Hypothesis: Seattle is one of the few cities in North America whose bus fleet includes electric trolleybuses.


Premise: The oldest known brain discovered was found in how old of a person?

Hypothesis: The brain, estimated to be over 5,000 years old, was found in the skull of a 12 to 14-year-old girl.


Premise: In which year was there a cover article on the National Geographic regarding diet recommendations?

Hypothesis: The article is a lifestyle survey of three populations, Sardinians, Okinawans, and Adventists, who generally display longevity and "suffer a fraction of the diseases that commonly kill people in other parts of the developed world, and enjoy more healthy years of life."


Premise: When did Kerry choose John Edwards to be his VP?

Hypothesis: Democratic strategist Bob Shrum, who was Kerry's 2004 campaign adviser, wrote an article in Time magazine claiming that after the election, Kerry had said that he wished he'd never picked Edwards, and that the two have since stopped speaking to each other.


Premise: What types of film were produced in the Nazi era?

Hypothesis: The Nazi era produced mostly propaganda films although the work of Leni Riefenstahl still introduced new aesthetics in film.


Premise: What else is this particular captain known for doing ?

Hypothesis: Notable Greek seafarers include people such as Pytheas of Marseilles, Scylax of Caryanda who sailed to Iberia and beyond, Nearchus, the 6th century merchant and later monk Cosmas Indicopleustes (Cosmas who sailed to India) and the explorer of the Northwestern passage Juan de Fuca.


Premise: What is the name of the route that heads north of downtown?

Hypothesis: The main road from downtown heading northwest is Whalley Avenue (partly signed as Route 10 and Route 63) leading to Westville and Woodbridge.


Premise: What considers itself the only true heir to the Jewish tradition?

Hypothesis: Orthodox Judaism collectively considers itself the only true heir to the Jewish tradition.


Premise: What does the USAF use the E-4B aircraft for?

Hypothesis: Electronic warfare aircraft are used to keep airspaces friendly, and send critical information to anyone who needs it.


Premise: Who introduced the "multiple exclusive" event marketing concept to Apple?

Hypothesis: In 1982, Regis McKenna was brought in to shape the marketing and launch of the Macintosh.


Premise: What historic landmark is located on the Pier?

Hypothesis: It sits on the Santa Monica Pier, which was built in 1909.


Premise: How do Asian countries feel about the European attitude towards Burma ?

Hypothesis: Despite Western isolation, Asian corporations have generally remained willing to continue investing in the country and to initiate new investments, particularly in natural resource extraction.


Premise: Who was the President of the United States in 1967?

Hypothesis: It was the most costly riot in the United States.


Premise: How many floors does the Planalto have?

Hypothesis: The Palácio do


Premise: Interpretations of Avicenna's work split into how many different schools?

Hypothesis: Later interpretations of Avicenna's philosophy split into three different schools; those (such as al-Tusi) who continued to apply his philosophy as a system to interpret later political events and scientific advances; those (such as al-Razi) who considered Avicenna's theological works in isolation from his wider philosophical concerns; and those (such as al-Ghazali) who selectively used parts of his philosophy to support their own attempts to gain greater spiritual insights through a variety of mystical means.


Premise: What were landowners also known as that had a right to decide which religion was allowed on their property?

Hypothesis: When Napoleon imposed military conscription without religious exception, most emigrated to the American continent.


Premise: When were the prisoners set free?

Hypothesis: On July 25, 1987, 300 Crimean Tatars staged a noisy demonstration near the Kremlin Wall for several hours, calling for the right to return to their homeland, from which they were deported in 1944; police and soldiers merely looked on.


Premise: Who stated that he could not support the adoption since he was alive??

Hypothesis: Mercy's father was still adamant saying that he could not support the adoption since he was alive.


Premise: Who co-wrote Principia Mathematica with Whitehead?

Hypothesis: A Treatise on Universal Algebra (1898), Principia Mathematica (co-written with Bertrand Russell and published in three volumes between 1910 and 1913), and An Introduction to Mathematics (1911).


Premise: What was a notable film that Turner colorized?

Hypothesis: The film library of Turner Entertainment would serve as the base form of programming for TCM upon the network's launch.


Premise: New technologies aim to provide a better elevator experience to passengers who suffer from what?

Hypothesis: There are several technologies aimed to provide better experience to passengers suffering from claustrophobia, anthropophobia or social anxiety.


Premise: When did the Royal Institute celebrate its 100th anniversary?

Hypothesis: Barnes commented that the Act's purpose was not protecting the architectural profession, and that the legitimate interests of the profession were best served by the (then) architectural associations in which some 80 per cent of those practising architecture were to be found.


Premise: Who has a lovely breast?

Hypothesis: (Eternal Prince of Cuckoldry), Duc de ximples i corrumputs (Duke of Fools and the Corrupt), Marquès de la bona mamella (Marquis of the lovely breast), Comte de tots els barruts


Premise: When was the president ousted?

Hypothesis: Elections were held again in 2000, and Kumba Ialá was elected president.


Premise: What New Haven institution did former U.S. president Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton both attend?

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


Premise: How many Jews live in Canada?

Hypothesis: Elsewhere in the Americas, there are also large Jewish populations in Canada (315,000), Argentina (180,000-300,000), and Brazil (196,000-600,000), and smaller populations in Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia and several other countries (see History of the Jews in Latin America).


Premise: Has breeding changed the original characterictics of the animals ?

Hypothesis: This may have originally been as a result of people hatching and rearing young birds from eggs collected from the wild, but later involved keeping the birds permanently in captivity.


Premise: Along with Germany and Switzerland, what country contained an autobahn during the Second World War?

Hypothesis: It was inspired in part by Eisenhower's own Army experiences in World War II, where he recognized the advantages of the autobahn systems in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.


Premise: What pest is the greatest threat to Samoan crops?

Hypothesis: Rubber has been produced in Samoa for many years, but its export value has little impact on the economy.[citation needed]


Premise: Which rooms has large white marble statues of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria?

Hypothesis: The Guard Room contains white marble statues of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, in Roman costume, set in a tribune lined with tapestries.


Premise: What is a melodeon a kind of?

Hypothesis: He also modified a melodeon (a type of pump organ) so that it could transmit its music electrically over a distance.


Premise: How many offices does the palace have?

Hypothesis: These very formal rooms are used only for ceremonial and official entertaining, but are open to the public every summer.


Premise: What sort of power sources should a building not overuse if the building is to be considered environmentally friendly?

Hypothesis: To satisfy the contemporary ethos a building should be constructed in a manner which is environmentally friendly in terms of the production of its materials, its impact upon the natural and built environment of its surrounding area and the demands that it makes upon non-sustainable power sources for heating, cooling, water and waste management and lighting.


Premise: What denomination did the all of the founders associated with?

Hypothesis: The school's nine founders, all of whom were Methodists (three of them ministers), knelt in prayer and worship before launching their first organizational meeting.


Premise: How many people can Nanjing Olympic Sports Center's stadium hold?

Hypothesis: In 2005, in order to host The 10th National Game of People's Republic of China, there was a new stadium, Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, constructed in Nanjing.


Premise: How many weeks did the finals of season thirteen last?

Hypothesis: Initially the contestants sing one song each week, but this is increased to two songs from top four or five onwards, then three songs for the top two or three.


Premise: How many of the football clubs in the Premier League are based in London?

Hypothesis: Aside from Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham, none of the other London clubs have ever won the national league title.


Premise: What are Stromatolites?

Hypothesis: Although bacterial fossils exist, such as stromatolites, their lack of distinctive morphology prevents them from being used to examine the history of bacterial evolution, or to date the time of origin of a particular bacterial species.


Premise: In what year did Dominic order his followers into an institutional life?

Hypothesis: In July 1215, with the approbation of Bishop Foulques of Toulouse, Dominic ordered his followers into an institutional life.


Premise: Who increased the spread of religious reforms in Myanmar?

Hypothesis: Hanthawaddy monarchs introduced religious reforms that later spread to the rest of the country.


Premise: What type mortgages allowed homeowners to make interest-only payments?

Hypothesis: When housing prices decreased, homeowners in ARMs then had little incentive to pay their monthly payments, since their home equity had disappeared.


Premise: Which religion does Boyer equate with a modern soap opera?

Hypothesis: He cites examples from Greek mythology, which is, in his opinion, more like a modern soap opera than other religious systems.


Premise: What gender has a higher enrollment?

Hypothesis: The enrollment of boys is higher than that of girls.


Premise: What governmental reorganization lapsed during the period of shoen development?

Hypothesis: Whereas the first phase of shōen development in the early Heian period had seen the opening of new lands and the granting of the use of lands to aristocrats and religious institutions, the second phase saw the growth of patrimonial "house governments," as in the old clan system.


Premise: What measures might the user "ISO" setting correspond to?

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


Premise: Who agreed to turn the United Provinces into a protectorate of England?

Hypothesis: However, the latter agreed to turn the United Provinces into a protectorate of England (Treaty of Nonsuch, 1585), and sent the Earl of Leicester as governor-general.


Premise: What papal statement under Paul VI opened the Vatican doors to global influences?

Hypothesis: His 6 August 1967 motu proprio Pro Comperto Sane opened the Roman Curia to the bishops of the world.


Premise: Along with dinners, what meals do modern pubs often serve?

Hypothesis: Since the 1990s food has become a more important part of a pub's trade, and today most pubs serve lunches and dinners at the table in addition to (or instead of) snacks consumed at the bar.


Premise: What is the "parallel" banking system also called?

Hypothesis: These entities became critical to the credit markets underpinning the financial system, but were not subject to the same regulatory controls.


Premise: When did Galle discover Neptune?

Hypothesis: Challis later realised that he had observed the planet twice, on 4 and 12 August, but did not recognise it as a planet because he lacked an up-to-date star map and was distracted by his concurrent work on comet observations.


Premise: Who synthesized Amphetamine for asthma?

Hypothesis: Following the work of Henry Dale and George Barger at Burroughs-Wellcome, academic chemist Gordon Alles synthesized amphetamine and tested it in asthma patients in 1929.


Premise: What is Brazil's high court for labor law?

Hypothesis: The Superior Labour Tribunal (Tribunal Superior do Trabalho) reviews cases involving labour law.


Premise: For each electron that departs the positive plate, how many electrons build up on the negative plate?

Hypothesis: Rather, one electron accumulates on the negative plate for each one that leaves the positive plate, resulting in an electron depletion and consequent positive charge on one electrode that is equal and opposite to the accumulated negative charge on the other.


Premise: In what year did an act establish the Hampshire County Council?

Hypothesis: After the establishment of Hampshire County Council, following the act in 1888, Southampton became a county borough within the county of Hampshire, which meant that it had many features of a county, but governance was now shared between the Corporation in Southampton and the new county council.


Premise: What features were added to the lock screen?

Hypothesis: New features and functionality in Windows 8 include a faster startup through UEFI integration and the new "Hybrid Boot" mode (which hibernates the Windows kernel on shutdown to speed up the subsequent boot), a new lock screen with a clock and notifications, and the ability for enterprise users to create live USB versions of Windows (known as Windows To Go).


Premise: What tribe did Gaddafi belong to?

Hypothesis: In February 1978, Gaddafi discovered that his head of military intelligence was plotting to kill him, and began to increasingly entrust security to his Qaddadfa tribe.


Premise: What is the state called between lives?

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


Premise: Could a club appeal a requirement?

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 solar process can be used to produce different fuels?

Hypothesis: A variety of fuels can be produced by artificial photosynthesis.


Premise: Who laid claim to Eritrea and Italian Somaliland in a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt?

Hypothesis: In the 1950s, the Ethiopian feudal administration under Emperor Haile Selassie sought to annex Eritrea and Italian Somaliland.


Premise: Who became the first indigenous Austrailian in Parliament?

Hypothesis: Bonner was chosen by the Liberal Party to fill a Senate vacancy in 1971 and celebrated his maiden parliamentary speech with a boomerang throwing display on the lawns of Parliament.


Premise: Kinship patterns can included people who are relatives by what cultural ritual involving the exchange of rings and sometimes dowry?

Hypothesis: Kinship can refer both to the study of the patterns of social relationships in one or more human cultures, or it can refer to the patterns of social relationships themselves.