Premise: In which country is Ephesus?

Hypothesis: Irenaeus and Eusebius of Caesarea wrote in their histories that John later went to Ephesus, which may provide the basis for the early belief that Mary also lived in Ephesus with John.


Premise: What document defines how much money is transferred from the United States to the Marshall Islands?

Hypothesis: United States government assistance is the mainstay of the economy.


Premise: Which Yale staffed labor historian advised other younger labor historians?

Hypothesis: Historians C. Vann Woodward and David Brion Davis are credited with beginning in the 1960s and 1970s an important stream of southern historians; likewise, David Montgomery, a labor historian, advised many of the current generation of labor historians in the country.


Premise: Internet Explorer was partially funded in what two ways?

Hypothesis: It is likely that releasing IE for the Mac was part of Microsoft's overall strategy to fight threats to its quasi-monopoly platform dominance - threats such as web standards and Java - by making some web developers, or at least their managers, assume that there was "no need" to develop for anything other than Internet Explorer.


Premise: What was located on the site that is now the Queen's Gallery?

Hypothesis: It occupies the site of the chapel destroyed by an air raid in World War II.


Premise: When was Op. 74 published?

Hypothesis: In 1857, 17 Polish songs that Chopin wrote at various stages of his life were collected and published as Op.


Premise: How long is the total railway system in Portugal?

Hypothesis: Rail transport of passengers and goods is derived using the 2,791 km (1,734 mi) of railway lines currently in service, of which 1,430 km (889 mi) are electrified and about 900 km (559 mi) allow train speeds greater than 120 km/h (75 mph).


Premise: Along with Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, who was a founding member of the Arab Maghreb Union?

Hypothesis: In 1989, Gaddafi was overjoyed by the foundation of the Arab Maghreb Union, uniting Libya in an economic pact with Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, viewing it as beginnings of a new Pan-Arab union.


Premise: What year did China and Japan reach a stalemate?

Hypothesis: In addition, Japanese control of northern and central China was somewhat tenuous, in that Japan was usually able to control railroads and the major cities ("points and lines"), but did not have a major military or administrative presence in the vast Chinese countryside.


Premise: What type of climate does this area have?

Hypothesis: The climate is temperate marine, with mild winters and warm summers.


Premise: What is a barrow bikes use

Hypothesis: As thousands of bicycles are parked haphazardly in town, creating an eyesore but also impeding pedestrians, the City Council decided in 2014 to build the world's largest bicycle parking station, near the Central Railway Station.


Premise: What method did Chomsky use to develop generative linguistics?

Hypothesis: His effort is based upon a mathematical model of language that allows for the description and prediction of valid syntax.


Premise: What happens to the silicate slag  during the flash smelting process?

Hypothesis: Heating this material with silica in flash smelting removes much of the iron as slag.


Premise: What is the firs phase in preparation for digestion  in mammals?

Hypothesis: Mechanical and chemical digestion begin in the mouth where food is chewed, and mixed with saliva to begin enzymatic processing of starches.


Premise: How many people of Somali ethnicity live in Somalia?

Hypothesis: Ethnic Somalis number around 16-20 million and are principally concentrated in Somalia (around 12.3 million), Ethiopia (4.6 million), Kenya (2.4 million), and Djibouti (464,600), with many also residing in parts of the Middle East, North America and Europe.


Premise: What did Glencore admit to with regards to child labor?

Hypothesis: Glencore denied it used child labour, and said it has strict policy of not using child labour.


Premise: Besides Yale, what other two locations were chosen by Tony Blair for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation's United States Faith and Globalization Initiative?

Hypothesis: In 2009, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair picked Yale as one location – the others are Britain's Durham University and Universiti Teknologi Mara – for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation's United States Faith and Globalization Initiative.


Premise: Why did the Chinese ultimately fail in its counter offensives?


Premise: What propaganda were Arab media broadcasting at the beginning of the war?

Hypothesis: During the first four days of the war, the general population of the Arab world believed Arab radio station fabrications of imminent Arab victory.


Premise: Over what time period were the Western Kshatrapas in power?

Hypothesis: It is believed that Western Kshatrapas (405–35 BC) were Saka rulers of the western part of India (Saurashtra and Malwa: modern Gujarat, Southern Sindh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan).


Premise: When did Hamas assume it's power in the Gaza Strip?

Hypothesis: Israel does not consider the Gaza Strip to be occupied territory and declared it a "foreign territory".


Premise: How many students are in New York City public schools?

Hypothesis: The city's public school system includes nine specialized high schools to serve academically and artistically gifted students.


Premise: How much global GDP did emerging and developing economies account for from 2007 to 2014?

Hypothesis: Advanced economies led global economic growth prior to the financial crisis with "emerging" and "developing" economies lagging behind.


Premise: Who did not come back as a mentor in season 14?

Hypothesis: Eighth season runner-up Adam Lambert filled in for Urban during the New York City auditions.


Premise: What did Descartes believe about vacuums in nature?

Hypothesis: Almost two thousand years after Plato, René Descartes also proposed a geometrically based alternative theory of atomism, without the problematic nothing–everything dichotomy of void and atom.


Premise: Dennis Ferrer produced what type of house fusion?

Hypothesis: In the mid-2000s, fusion genres such as electro house and fidget house emerged.[citation needed]


Premise: Who did Schwarzenegger finally endorse in the 2008 Republican primary?

Hypothesis: Later that night, Schwarzenegger was in the audience at a Republican debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.


Premise: What is an advantage to using LED lighting over the normal light sources?

Hypothesis: LEDs have many advantages over incandescent light sources including lower energy consumption, longer lifetime, improved physical robustness, smaller size, and faster switching.


Premise: Name one child from the union of Tony and Joan?

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


Premise: Most domestic animals were selected for what traits?

Hypothesis: These gene variations were unlikely to have been the result of natural evolution, and indicate selection on both morphology and behavior during dog domestication.


Premise: Who investigated the bundling of the IE browser with Windows OS?

Hypothesis: Microsoft Corp v Commission


Premise: What is the average time for freezing temps?

Hypothesis: The average window for freezing temperatures is November 6 thru April 2, allowing a growing season of 217 days.


Premise: Media such as a radio and television have started to make their presences felt since what years?

Hypothesis: This is in addition to many classic ethnographic contexts, where media such as radio, the press, new media and television have started to make their presences felt since the early 1990s.


Premise: Why is the US so important to Bermuda?

Hypothesis: The United States is Bermuda's largest trading partner (providing over 71% of total imports, 85% of tourist visitors, and an estimated $163 billion of US capital in the Bermuda insurance/re-insurance industry), and an estimated 5% of Bermuda residents are US citizens, representing 14% of all foreign-born persons.


Premise: What was the grand total of German casualties and those missing in action?

Hypothesis: On the French side, the units holding St. Privat lost more than half their number in the village.


Premise: Why was Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo imprisoned on the island?

Hypothesis: The island was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese in 1502.


Premise: After assimilating to German culture, what language did the Jews adopt?

Hypothesis: Upon assimilating into German culture, the Jewish German peoples incorporated major parts of the German language and elements of other European languages into a mixed language known as Yiddish.


Premise: The initiations are part allegory and part what?

Hypothesis: During these three rituals, the candidate is progressively taught the meanings of the Lodge symbols, and entrusted with grips, signs and words to signify to other Masons that he has been so initiated.


Premise: What short film did Spielberg make for theatrical release?

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


Premise: The domino theory was applied to Central America and what other region?

Hypothesis: In 1954, Eisenhower articulated the domino theory in his outlook towards communism in Southeast Asia and also in Central America.


Premise: What is another term for legal adulthood?

Hypothesis: Thus chronological age provides only a rough marker of adolescence, and scholars have found it difficult to agree upon a precise definition of adolescence.


Premise: When did Gaddafi rule as the "Brotherly Leader"?

Hypothesis: Initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism, he came to rule according to his own Third International Theory before embracing Pan-Africanism and serving as Chairperson of the African Union from 2009 to 2010.


Premise: Who was The Times first correspondent with an army?

Hypothesis: The Times was the first newspaper to send war correspondents to cover particular conflicts.


Premise: What effect did the expansion of the three cantons into eight have on the status of the federation?

Hypothesis: By 1353, the three original cantons had joined with the cantons of Glarus and Zug and the Lucerne, Zürich and Bern city states to form the "Old Confederacy" of eight states that existed until the end of the 15th century.


Premise: Where was the Philips Introduce Compact disc conference held?

Hypothesis: Technical details of Sony's digital audio disc were presented during the 62nd AES Convention, held on 13–16 March 1979, in Brussels.


Premise: Who received free tuition after buying the $100 perpetual scholarships?

Hypothesis: To raise funds for its construction, Northwestern sold $100 "perpetual scholarships" entitling the purchaser and his heirs to free tuition.


Premise: What treaty was signed in 1936?

Hypothesis: In 1922, Egypt, which had been declared a British protectorate at the outbreak of the First World War, was granted formal independence, though it continued to be a British client state until 1954.


Premise: What is Brasilia's District Assembly called?

Hypothesis: (Câmara Legislativa) was elected to exercise legislative power.


Premise: What did the poles of the 17th century think the term szlachta came from?

Hypothesis: Early Polish historians thought the term may have derived from the name of the legendary proto-Polish chief, Lech, mentioned in Polish and Czech writings.


Premise: Who did the first studies on exploring a new idea of sensory memory?

Hypothesis: The first experiments exploring this form of sensory memory were conducted by George Sperling (1963) using the "partial report paradigm".


Premise: Which part of the brain is important for evaluating rewards and risks?

Hypothesis: Changes in the orbitofrontal cortex are important for evaluating rewards and risks.


Premise: Where is the world's oldest yahct club?

Hypothesis: Naomhóga Chorcaí is a rowing club whose members row traditional naomhóga on the Lee in occasional competitions.


Premise: What is 33.6% of the land in Bern?

Hypothesis: Of the rest of the land, 23.25 square kilometers (8.98 sq mi) or 45.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.06 square kilometers (0.41 sq mi) or 2.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.16 square kilometers (0.062 sq mi) or 0.3% is unproductive land.


Premise: What did Liberius have to promise to do in order to return?

Hypothesis: The ladies joined in a petition to him that he would restore Liberius.


Premise: What writer joined Jonassohn in the study of the whole of human history?

Hypothesis: For example, Frank Chalk and Kurt Jonassohn studied the whole of human history, while Leo Kuper and R. J. Rummel in their more recent works concentrated on the 20th century, and Helen Fein, Barbara Harff and Ted Gurr have looked at post World War II events.


Premise: How many billions of dollars were spend by tourists in Tennessee in 2014?

Hypothesis: Tourism contributes billions of dollars each year to the state's economy and Tennessee is ranked among the Top 10 destinations in the US.


Premise: What was a motivation of the Grand Lodge of England's objection?

Hypothesis: The result was the withdrawal of recognition of the Grand Orient of France by the United Grand Lodge of England, a situation that continues today.


Premise: What other successful theme restaurant chain was Planet Hollywood modeled on?

Hypothesis: Schwarzenegger said the company had not had the success he had hoped for, claiming he wanted to focus his attention on "new US global business ventures" and his movie career.


Premise: What city is home to the largest municipal fire department in the world?

Hypothesis: The New York City Fire Department (FDNY), provides fire protection, technical rescue, primary response to biological, chemical, and radioactive hazards, and emergency medical services for the five boroughs of New York City.


Premise: What was needed to successfully play the newer released 79 rpm vinyl?

Hypothesis: This failure to warn customers gave the Rhino 78 records a bad reputation,[citation needed] as they were destroyed by old juke boxes and old record players but played very well on newer 78-capable turntables with modern lightweight tone arms and jewel needles.


Premise: Where can passengers purchase tickets?

Hypothesis: Passengers on commercial flights access airside areas through terminals, where they can purchase tickets, clear security check, or claim luggage and board aircraft through gates.


Premise: Who built the first induction motor?

Hypothesis: In 1824, the French physicist François Arago formulated the existence of rotating magnetic fields, termed Arago's rotations, which, by manually turning switches on and off, Walter Baily demonstrated in 1879 as in effect the first primitive induction motor.


Premise: What was Switzerland the first state to join the U.N. by?

Hypothesis: Only in 2002 did Switzerland become a full member of the United Nations and it was the first state to join it by referendum.


Premise: The stock holder of the Original East India  company rasied how much money  to  try and deal with the parallel East India Company?

Hypothesis: The powerful stockholders of the old company quickly subscribed a sum of £315,000 in the new concern, and dominated the new body.


Premise: Who was the first to discover deuterium?

Hypothesis: Deuterium was discovered in December 1931 by Harold Urey, and tritium was prepared in 1934 by Ernest Rutherford, Mark Oliphant, and Paul Harteck.


Premise: What did the Spanish call this region?

Hypothesis: Montaña del Norte was the name given by early Spanish explorers to the entire mountainous region of the west.


Premise: Where was Otzi the Iceman discovered?

Hypothesis: In 1991 a mummy of a neolithic body, known as Ötzi the Iceman, was discovered by hikers on the Similaun glacier.


Premise: What term did Irenaeus use to describe the Christian community's ideologies?

Hypothesis: He described the community's beliefs and doctrines as orthodox (from ὀρθός, orthos "straight" + δόξα, doxa "belief") and the Gnostics' teachings as heretical.[citation needed]


Premise: How many reserve police officers do the Charleston Police Department have?

Hypothesis: Greenberg was credited with creating a polite police force that kept police brutality well in check, even as it developed a visible presence in community policing and a significant reduction in crime rates.


Premise: Directive 10/2 called for actions against who?

Hypothesis: On 18 June 1948, the National Security Council issued Directive 10/2 calling for covert action against the USSR, and granting the authority to carry out covert operations against "hostile foreign states or groups" that could, if needed, be denied by the U.S. government.


Premise: How was standardization prior to 1942?

Hypothesis: Evidence from the early technical literature concerning electrical recording suggests that it wasn't until the 1942–1949 period that there were serious efforts to standardize recording characteristics within an industry.


Premise: Who collaborated in the report about BCCI?

Hypothesis: In December 1992, Kerry and Senator Hank Brown, a Republican from Colorado, released The BCCI Affair, a report on the BCCI scandal.


Premise: where did the trade route pass through?

Hypothesis: The trade route passed through Sichuan and crossed Shangri-La County in Yunnan.


Premise: What are some of the wars the Canadian Military was involved in?

Hypothesis: Canadian soldiers, sailors, and aviators came to be considered world-class professionals through conspicuous service during these conflicts and the country's integral participation in NATO during the Cold War, First Gulf War, Kosovo War, and in United Nations Peacekeeping operations, such as the Suez Crisis, Golan Heights, Cyprus, Croatia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Libya.


Premise: What was 'Always' about?

Hypothesis: Also in 1989, he re-united with actor Richard Dreyfuss for the romantic comedy-drama Always, about a daredevil pilot who extinguishes forest fires.


Premise: What are Bostons neologisms more commonly known as?

Hypothesis: Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as Boston English, and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy products.


Premise: During what meals was wine commonly drank?

Hypothesis: Wine was considered the basic drink, consumed at all meals and occasions by all classes and was quite inexpensive.


Premise: Although the militia were mainly made of volunteers what item distinguish them from other militia companies?

Hypothesis: As the American Revolution approached, General David Wooster and other influential residents hoped that the conflict with the government in Britain could be resolved short of rebellion.


Premise: What U.S. city kept observing DST to stay in sync with London, leading Chicago and Cleveland to follow along?

Hypothesis: Reasoning that people should instead get up and go to work earlier in the summer, he ordered District of Columbia federal employees to start work at 08:00 rather than 09:00 during summer 1922.


Premise: Whose piano method did Chopin teach his students?

Hypothesis: He cited Bach and Mozart as the two most important composers in shaping his musical outlook.


Premise: How much of Nigeria's male population can read?

Hypothesis: 68% of the Nigerian population is literate, and the rate for men (75.7%) is higher than that for women (60.6%).


Premise: What is one property of copper that makes it so useful in electrical wiring?

Hypothesis: Electrical wiring is the most important market for the copper industry.


Premise: What purpose does diesel fuel have in Alaska?

Hypothesis: Alaska's economy depends heavily on increasingly expensive diesel fuel for heating, transportation, electric power and light.


Premise: What do the fans have?

Hypothesis: Fans of professional wrestling have their own subculture, comparable to those of science fiction, video games, or comic books (in some cases, the "fandoms" overlap; in recent years, some professional wrestlers, particularly those who nurture an anti-establishment rebel persona, such as CM Punk, have made guest appearances at comic book conventions).


Premise: What percentage of books borrowed in England, Germany, and Norath America were novels?

Hypothesis: Borrowing records from libraries in England, Germany and North America indicate that more than 70 percent of books borrowed were novels.


Premise: After 1945, The Times supported what party for 5 years afterwards?

Hypothesis: Historically, the paper was not overtly pro-Tory or Whig, but has been a long time bastion of the English Establishment and empire.


Premise: Only one city, according to a 2005 survey, had a lower child vaccination rate than Hyderabad, what was it?

Hypothesis: Only 61% of children had been provided with all basic vaccines (BCG, measles and full courses of polio and DPT), fewer than in all other surveyed cities except Meerut.:98


Premise: Besides the newly introduced Islamic religion, what other Abrahamic religions were practiced in India?

Hypothesis: This marked the introduction of a third Abrahamic Middle Eastern religion, following Judaism and Christianity, often in puritanical form.


Premise: What ship captain described daily leaf movements?

Hypothesis: The observation of a circadian or diurnal process in humans is mentioned in Chinese medical texts dated to around the 13th century, including the Noon and Midnight Manual and the Mnemonic Rhyme to Aid in the Selection of Acu-points


Premise: Wood fibers from wood strands, lumber, and what other source can be glued together to make larger units?

Hypothesis: Glued engineered wood products are manufactured by bonding together wood strands, veneers, lumber or other forms of wood fiber with glue to form a larger, more efficient composite structural unit.


Premise: In what year did Vasco da Gama sail around India and Africa?

Hypothesis: Europeans were forced to seek new trading routes, leading to the expedition of Columbus to the Americas in 1492, and Vasco da Gama’s circumnavigation of India and Africa in 1498.


Premise: How is copper absorbed in humans?

Hypothesis: Copper is absorbed in the gut, then transported to the liver bound to albumin.


Premise: What is it difficult to demonstrate the presence of in Chagas disease?

Hypothesis: In this case, xenodiagnosis involves the use of the vector of the Chagas agent T. cruzi, an uninfected triatomine bug, which takes a blood meal from a person suspected of having been infected.


Premise: Who is the ruler of the Congo?

Hypothesis: Upon independence in 1960, the former colony of French Congo became the Republic of the Congo.


Premise: What did Paul VI enact between the third and fourth ecumenical sessions?

Hypothesis: Between the third and fourth sessions the pope announced reforms in the areas of Roman Curia, revision of Canon Law, regulations for mixed marriages involving several faiths, and birth control issues.


Premise: What does the joining of Purusa and Prakriti produce?

Hypothesis: This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of buddhi (awareness, intellect) and ahankara (individualized ego consciousness, “I-maker”).


Premise: What event is stated as a reason why the word heretic is used less often in modern times?

Hypothesis: The subject of Christian heresy opens up broader questions as to who has a monopoly on spiritual truth, as explored by Jorge Luis Borges in the short story "The Theologians" within the compilation Labyrinths.


Premise: What did Hayek believe the Chilean government would become in the future?

Hypothesis: In a letter to the London Times, he defended the Pinochet regime and said that he had "not been able to find a single person even in much maligned Chile who did not agree that personal freedom was much greater under Pinochet than it had been under Allende."


Premise: Lake Hood is located next to what International Airport?

Hypothesis: The world's busiest seaplane base is Lake Hood, located next to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, where flights bound for remote villages without an airstrip carry passengers, cargo, and many items from stores and warehouse clubs.


Premise: Kenneth Hamilton suggests that the preludes may not have been meant as a group but rather as what?

Hypothesis: The preludes were perhaps not intended to be played as a group, and may even have been used by him and later pianists as generic preludes to others of his pieces, or even to music by other composers, as Kenneth Hamilton suggests: he has noted a recording by Ferruccio Busoni of 1922, in which the Prelude Op.


Premise: What website said the PlayStation 3 "lives up to the hype"?

Hypothesis: CNET United Kingdom praised the system saying, "the PS3 is a versatile and impressive piece of home-entertainment equipment that lives up to the hype [...]


Premise: Who published the map of the earthquakes intensity?

Hypothesis: The map of earthquake intensity published by CEA after surveying 500,000 km2 of the affected area shows a maximum liedu of XI on the China Seismic Intensity Scale (CSIS), described as "very destructive" on the European Macroseismic Scale (EMS) from which CSIS drew reference.


Premise: Who was relocated during the second world war from the Soviet Union?

Hypothesis: The name German-Austria was forbidden by the victorious powers of World War I. Volga Germans living in the Soviet Union were interned in gulags or forcibly relocated during the Second World War.


Premise: An agreement was finally signed in Canberra on March 12, 2015, to do what for Norfolk Island?

Hypothesis: An agreement was finally signed in Canberra on 12 March 2015 to replace self-government with a local council but against the wishes of the Norfolk Island government.


Premise: What percentage of the immigrants were born in Switzerland as of 2012?

Hypothesis: Additionally, the figures from 2012 show that 34.7% of the permanent resident population aged 15 or over in Switzerland, i.e. 2,335,000 persons, had an immigrant background.


Premise: What have other Arab leaders been unable to do that Nasser was?

Hypothesis: Through his actions and speeches, and because he was able to symbolize the popular Arab will, Nasser inspired several nationalist revolutions in the Arab world.


Premise: What birthday did Beyonce's album B'Day celebrate?

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


Premise: What does BIS stand for?

Hypothesis: The annual meetings of the World Economic Forum in Davos bring together top international business and political leaders from Switzerland and foreign countries to discuss important issues facing the world, including health and the environment.


Premise: What name was taken by the Hostellers in 1514?

Hypothesis: A traveller in the early Middle Ages could obtain overnight accommodation in monasteries, but later a demand for hostelries grew with the popularity of pilgrimages and travel.


Premise: What other species can be seen close to the shores of Norfolk Island?

Hypothesis: Today, numbers of larger whales have disappeared, but even today many species such humpback whale, minke whale, sei whale, and dolphins can be observed close to shores, and scientific surveys have been conducted regularly.


Premise: Current central and northern Melbourne was explored by whom?

Hypothesis: In May and June 1835, the area which is now central and northern Melbourne was explored by John Batman, a leading member of the Port Phillip Association in Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania), who claimed to have negotiated a purchase of 600,000 acres (2,400 km2) with eight Wurundjeri elders.


Premise: How much of the university's total annual electric bill is represented by the green power commitment?

Hypothesis: In January 2009, the Green Power Partnership (GPP, sponsored by the EPA) listed Northwestern as one of the top 10 universities in the country in purchasing energy from renewable sources.


Premise: When did Richard sell many royal properties?

Hypothesis: English kings had widespread feudal rights which could be used to generate income, including the scutage system, in which feudal military service was avoided by a cash payment to the king.


Premise: What college of further education offers vocational courses and ESOL programs?

Hypothesis: The college offers a range of vocational courses for school leavers, as well as ESOL programmes and Access courses for adult learners.


Premise: What was the tree called he sat under?

Hypothesis: At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment.


Premise: When was a surrogate character mechanism implemented in Unicode 2.0?

Hypothesis: In 1996, a surrogate character mechanism was implemented in Unicode 2.0, so that Unicode was no longer restricted to 16 bits.


Premise: What leader tried to unite all people considered themselves "German"

Hypothesis: They had viewed themselves as a distinctly separate nation since the Peace of Westphalia of 1648.


Premise: What is the name of the first commercial hotel built in Atlantic City?

Hypothesis: Because of its location in South Jersey, hugging the Atlantic Ocean between marshlands and islands, Atlantic City was viewed by developers as prime real estate and a potential resort town.


Premise: Which Detroit artist has the highest hip-hop sales?

Hypothesis: In the 1990s and the new millennium, the city has produced a number of influential hip hop artists, including Eminem, the hip-hop artist with the highest cumulative sales, hip-hop producer J Dilla, rapper and producer Esham and hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse.


Premise: In what year did a group of computer scientists build a model for ratings produced by rating agencies that turned out to be accurate for what happened in 2006-2008?

Hypothesis: In 2005 a group of computer scientists built a computational model for the mechanism of biased ratings produced by rating agencies, which turned out to be adequate to what actually happened in 2006–2008.[citation needed]


Premise: When did the Eritrean Liberation Front form?

Hypothesis: Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia in 1953 (nominally within a federation until 1962) and an Eritrean Liberation Front formed in 1960.


Premise: Was there ever an official peace treaty after the war?

Hypothesis: The United Nations Command, supported by the United States, the North Korean People's Army, and the Chinese People's Volunteers, signed the Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953 to end the fighting.


Premise: What accounts for 20.9% of Switzerland's exported goods?

Hypothesis: Exported services amount to a third of exports.


Premise: Who was the Uruguayan revolutionary that united with others from Buenos Aires?

Hypothesis: During that year and the next, Uruguayan revolutionary José Gervasio Artigas united with others from Buenos Aires against Spain.


Premise: In what year did the central government issue coins?

Hypothesis: The coinage issued by the central government mint in 119 BC remained the standard coinage of China until the Tang dynasty (618–907 AD).


Premise: From which jhana did Buddha gain bodhi?

Hypothesis: According to the Mahāsaccakasutta,[note 33] from the fourth jhana the Buddha gained bodhi.


Premise: Which major journalist resigned as foreign correspondent of the Times in 1988?

Hypothesis: He wrote in detail about his reasons for resigning from the paper due to meddling with his stories, and the paper's pro-Israel stance.


Premise: Where can all the traditional costumes be seen parading on the Sunday of the festival?

Hypothesis: All the old traditional costumes parade in the street.


Premise: What is now required to wire tap a citizen?

Hypothesis: In the 1927 case Olmstead v. United States, in which a bootlegger was caught through telephone tapping, the United States Supreme Court ruled that FBI wiretaps did not violate the Fourth Amendment as unlawful search and seizure, as long as the FBI did not break into a person's home to complete the tapping.


Premise: What industry was monopolized by the government in 98 BC?

Hypothesis: Liquor was another profitable private industry nationalized by the central government in 98 BC.


Premise: What happens with contracts to aid corruption?

Hypothesis: In construction and shelter there are numerous opportunities for diversion and profit through substandard workmanship, kickbacks for contracts and favouritism in the provision of valuable shelter material.


Premise: When were the problems of the earth and heredity resolved?

Hypothesis: The problems of the age of the Earth and heredity were only resolved in the 20th century.


Premise: Who designed the Albert Memorial in London?

Hypothesis: The Houses of Parliament in London by Sir Charles Barry with interiors by a major exponent of the early Gothic Revival, Augustus Welby Pugin, is an example of the Gothic revival style from its earlier period in the second quarter of the 19th century.


Premise: Why is internal digection better than external?

Hypothesis: Animals have a tube (gastrointestinal tract) in which internal digestion occurs, which is more efficient because more of the broken down products can be captured, and the internal chemical environment can be more efficiently controlled.


Premise: What medium has added to the fan base of Arsenal?

Hypothesis: Consequently, Arsenal have a significant number of fans from beyond London and all over the world; in 2007, 24 UK, 37 Irish and 49 other overseas supporters clubs were affiliated with the club.


Premise: What group from the munitions plant in Woolwich formed the Arsenal club?

Hypothesis: Arsenal Football Club was formed as Dial Square in 1886 by workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, south-east London, and were renamed Royal Arsenal shortly afterwards.


Premise: How is XML used in enterprise database management?

Hypothesis: XML database management systems include commercial software MarkLogic and Oracle Berkeley DB XML, and a free use software Clusterpoint Distributed XML/JSON Database.


Premise: The church of Santa Costanza is in what country?

Hypothesis: In Rome, Nero and his architects used mosaics to cover some surfaces of walls and ceilings in the Domus Aurea, built 64 AD, and wall mosaics are also found at Pompeii and neighbouring sites.


Premise: What was Liberia's ranking compared to the other 176 countries?

Hypothesis: This gave it a ranking 87th of 178 countries worldwide and 11th of 47 in Sub-Saharan Africa.


Premise: What building is home to Jiangsu Sainty?

Hypothesis: Jiangsu Sainty, the football club currently staying in Chinese Super League, is a long-term tenant of Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.


Premise: WHen was District de la region parisienne reorganised?

Hypothesis: Aside from the 20th century addition of the Bois de Boulogne, Bois de Vincennes and Paris heliport, Paris' administrative limits have remained unchanged since 1860.


Premise: How long does winter last?

Hypothesis: The state has areas like Dharamsala that receive very heavy rainfall, as well as those like Lahaul and Spiti that are cold and almost rainless.


Premise: what is the word for hate or aversion?

Hypothesis: In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to describe the experience, which implies the extinction of raga (greed, craving),[web 12] dosa (hate, aversion)[web 13] and moha (delusion).[web 14]


Premise: How many people attended the University of Kansas at its Edwards and Lawrence locations in the fall semester of 2014?

Hypothesis: The university overall employed 2,663 faculty members in fall 2012.


Premise: Who wrote about Chopin's "chromatic embroidery"?

Hypothesis: virtually nobody but Chopin himself can play this music and give it this unusual turn".


Premise: Why were three large portal used in the construction of the Roman Arch of Constantine?

Hypothesis: He designed the façade of Saint-Denis to be an echo of the Roman Arch of Constantine with its three-part division and three large portals to ease the problem of congestion.


Premise: What seed is cultivated in Tibet?

Hypothesis: Mustard seed is cultivated in Tibet, and therefore features heavily in its cuisine.


Premise: Which journalist criticized the Wii version for its controls?

Hypothesis: Regarding the Wii version, GameSpot's Jeff Gerstmann said the Wii controls felt "tacked-on", although 1UP.com said the remote-swinging sword attacks were "the most impressive in the entire series".


Premise: What exactly does short-term memory allow a person to do?

Hypothesis: This method of remembering telephone numbers is far more effective than attempting to remember a string of 10 digits; this is because we are able to chunk the information into meaningful groups of numbers.


Premise: Along with the Six Ages, what other scheme did writers in the Middle Ages use to divide history?

Hypothesis: Medieval writers divided history into periods such as the "Six Ages" or the "Four Empires", and considered their time to be the last before the end of the world.


Premise: When did the Portuguese first set up trading posts in Guinea-Bissau?

Hypothesis: The Portuguese in Guinea were largely restricted to the port of Bissau and Cacheu.


Premise: Homeostasis is like what household tool?

Hypothesis: (This principle is widely used in engineering, for example in the control of temperature using a thermostat.)


Premise: How many people were killed in the Cairo riots?

Hypothesis: Afterwards, Nasser published a simple six-point program in Rose al-Yūsuf to dismantle feudalism and British influence in Egypt.


Premise: What was The Sun's stance toward the EU?

Hypothesis: The paper showed hostility to the EU and approval of public spending cuts, tax cuts, and promotion of right-wing ministers to the cabinet, with leaders such as "More of the Redwood, not Deadwood".


Premise: What are probably the earliest texts describing meditation techniques?

Hypothesis: The Buddhist texts are probably the earliest describing meditation techniques.


Premise: "Rudi", "Walter" and "Tito" are names that what person assumed?

Hypothesis: Broz himself explains:


Premise: How many students currently attend BYU on-campus?

Hypothesis: It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and, excluding online students, is the largest of any religious university and the third largest private university in the United States, with 29,672 on-campus students.


Premise: How much did the size of the Roman army increase in the 3rd century?

Hypothesis: Military expenses increased steadily during the 3rd century, mainly in response to the war with Sassanid Persia, which revived in the middle of the 3rd century.


Premise: What types of advanced books did some Japanese women read?

Hypothesis: As the Tokugawa period progressed more value became placed on education, and the education of females beginning at a young age became important to families and society as a whole.


Premise: Beyonce has a clothing line known as what?

Hypothesis: A statement released from a spokesperson for the magazine said that Beyoncé's look was "far from the glamorous Sasha Fierce" and that it was "a return to her African roots".


Premise: Which microphone hold the most importance in 3 microphone recording?

Hypothesis: The center (single) microphone was of paramount importance, with the two side mics adding depth and space.


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

Hypothesis: The membership of nearly 25,000 women, all singing in English, includes choruses in most of the fifty United States as well as in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, Wales and the Netherlands.


Premise: The Iranian Parliament does not demand environmental impact studies before approving what projects?

Hypothesis: At least 74 species of Iranian wildlife are on the red list of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a sign of serious threats against the country’s biodiversity.


Premise: What sampling rate is used for CD audio?

Hypothesis: The rate of 128 kbit/s is commonly used, at a compression ratio of 11:1, offering adequate audio quality in a relatively small space.


Premise: How long did the anti-Nazi propaganda machine run before the pact-signing?

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


Premise: What division of the University of Kansas contributed to the development of the internet?

Hypothesis: KU's academic computing department was an active participant in setting up the Internet and is the developer of the early Lynx text based web browser.


Premise: Who sent the master mosaicist to Spain?

Hypothesis: They were made between 965 and 970 by local craftsmen, supervised by a master mosaicist from Constantinople, who was sent by the Byzantine Emperor to the Umayyad Caliph of Spain.


Premise: When was the Antebellum age considered to have begun?

Hypothesis: The Antebellum Period is often considered to have begun with the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854,[citation needed] although it may have begun as early as 1812.


Premise: Repeatedly closing off a compartment of a vacuum allows what?

Hypothesis: To continue evacuating a chamber indefinitely without requiring infinite growth, a compartment of the vacuum can be repeatedly closed off, exhausted, and expanded again.


Premise: What group of the periodic table is copper in?

Hypothesis: Copper, silver and gold are in group 11 of the periodic table, and they share certain attributes: they have one s-orbital electron on top of a filled d-electron shell and are characterized by high ductility and electrical conductivity.


Premise: What became a best-seller comic in the French language?

Hypothesis: In the 1960s, the term bandes dessinées ("drawn strips") came into wide use in French to denote the medium.


Premise: How high can the seismic magnitude be of a glacial earthquake?

Hypothesis: These are large scale temblors that have seismic magnitudes as high as 6.1.


Premise: On what date did the largest mass execution in American history take place?

Hypothesis: The second-largest mass execution was also a hanging: the execution of 13 African-American soldiers for taking part in the Houston Riot of 1917.


Premise: In what room did von Neumann often write at home?

Hypothesis: Additionally, "[I]n the general case, von Neumann proved the following basic representation theorem.


Premise: When was Jonas Bronck born?

Hypothesis: The American poet William Bronk was a descendant of Pieter Bronck, either Jonas Bronck's son or his younger brother.


Premise: When did the Coastal Road Massacre occur?

Hypothesis: On 11 March 1978, a PLO guerilla raid from Lebanon led to the Coastal Road Massacre.


Premise: Which philosopher argued that atheists could indeed be moral men?

Hypothesis: Many others like Voltaire held that without belief in a God who punishes evil, the moral order of society was undermined.


Premise: Where does the Rhine originate?

Hypothesis: Other rivers such as the Danube have major tributaries flowing into them that originate in the Alps.


Premise: What did Emperor Wu sell that offended the merchants?

Hypothesis: Apart from Emperor Ming's creation of a short-lived Office for Price Adjustment and Stabilization, which was abolished in 68 AD, central-government price control regulations were largely absent during the Eastern Han.


Premise: What are Oklahoma's Native American ballerinas called?

Hypothesis: The state has a rich history in ballet with five Native American ballerinas attaining worldwide fame.


Premise: Whose art is displayed at the large cathedral in Mexico City?

Hypothesis: The Metropolitan Cathedral still displays works by Juan de Rojas, Juan Correa and an oil painting whose authorship has been attributed to Murillo.


Premise: What is the main lanuage of Bern?

Hypothesis: There are 171 people who speak Romansh.


Premise: What fundamental cause started the war in 1914?

Hypothesis: Although it has been argued that they were resolved in 1914 before the war began, it has also been argued that the railroad was a cause of the First World War.


Premise: Where is the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility located?

Hypothesis: The 370 MW Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, located in California's Mojave Desert, is the world's largest solar-thermal power plant project currently under construction.


Premise: What is the slide rule used for?

Hypothesis: It is a hand-operated analog computer for doing multiplication and division.


Premise: In what year did the central government issue coins?

Hypothesis: To pay for its military campaigns and the settlement of newly conquered frontier territories, the government nationalized the private salt and iron industries in 117 BC, but these government monopolies were repealed during the Eastern Han period.


Premise: What was measured in the early 20th century?

Hypothesis: In 1907, Stephen M. Babcock and Edwin B. Hart conducted the single-grain experiment, which took nearly four years to complete.


Premise: What belief system taught the idea of samsara?

Hypothesis: Shramana gave rise to the concept of the cycle of birth and death, the concept of samsara, and the concept of liberation.


Premise: Who said the term 'intellectual property' should be rejected altogether?

Hypothesis: Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman argues that, although the term intellectual property is in wide use, it should be rejected altogether, because it "systematically distorts and confuses these issues, and its use was and is promoted by those who gain from this confusion".


Premise: When did Canada finally cease to use the traditional ceremony for granting assent as regular practice?

Hypothesis: In Canada, the traditional ceremony for granting assent in parliament was regularly used until the 21st century, long after it had been discontinued in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.


Premise: What are the causes of secretory diarrhea?

Hypothesis: Secretory diarrhea means that there is an increase in the active secretion, or there is an inhibition of absorption.


Premise: What do steps in move theater aisles have for safety markings?

Hypothesis: In a movie theater, steps in the aisles are usually marked with a row of small lights for convenience and safety, when the film has started and the other lights are off.


Premise: Name 2 rail companies that use the city as a hub?

Hypothesis: The two systems today, for the most part still intact but now connected, operate as a single system under the control of the SEPTA, the regional transit authority.


Premise: What is the name of a popular arcade located within the Hoddle Grid?

Hypothesis: The city centre has a reputation for its historic and prominent lanes and arcades (most notably Block Place and Royal Arcade) which contain a variety of shops and cafés and are a byproduct of the city's layout.


Premise: What does the acronym CFL refer to?

Hypothesis: Some jurisdictions, such as the European Union, China, Canada and United States, are in the process of phasing out the use of incandescent light bulbs while others, including Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil and Australia, have prohibited them already.


Premise: What is the percentage of people who use videoconferencing a majority of the time?

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


Premise: What is Mary proclaimed to be in the Orthodox tradition?

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


Premise: Who replaced universities as centres of scientific research and development during the Enlightenment?

Hypothesis: Some historians have marked the 18th century as a drab period in the history of science; however, the century saw significant advancements in the practice of medicine, mathematics, and physics; the development of biological taxonomy; a new understanding of magnetism and electricity; and the maturation of chemistry as a discipline, which established the foundations of modern chemistry.


Premise: What did System R work on to change the way data was stored?

Hypothesis: IBM started working on a prototype system loosely based on Codd's concepts as System R in the early 1970s.


Premise: Why are a heteromorphic flower's carpels and stamens different lengths?

Hypothesis: Heteromorphic flowers have short carpels and long stamens, or vice versa, so animal pollinators cannot easily transfer pollen to the pistil (receptive part of the carpel).


Premise: What percentage of the population is native

Hypothesis: Somerset has a high indigenous British population, with 98.8% registering as white British and 92.4% of these as born in the United Kingdom.


Premise: What is the dominate one in a chimpanzee group?

Hypothesis: So great is the contrast with human hunter-gatherers that it is widely argued by palaeoanthropologists that resistance to being dominated was a key factor driving the evolutionary emergence of human consciousness, language, kinship and social organization.


Premise: What car manufacturer hired Petra Haden to perform a capella songs in commercials for their car?

Hypothesis: Petra Haden used a four-track recorder to produce an a cappella version of The Who Sell Out including the instruments and fake advertisements on her album Petra Haden Sings:


Premise: What adds to the confusion of the number of nails used?

Hypothesis: These variations are also present in the artistic depictions of the crucifixion.


Premise: How many aircraft can supercarriers carry?

Hypothesis: Carriers have evolved since their inception in the early twentieth century from wooden vessels used to deploy balloons to nuclear-powered warships that carry dozens of aircraft, including fighter jets and helicopters.


Premise: What was the name of the conflict between Somalia and the Soviet Union, Cuba and Ethiopia?

Hypothesis: Somali people in the Horn of Africa are divided among different countries (Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and northeastern Kenya) that were artificially and some might say arbitrarily partitioned by the former imperial powers.


Premise: When was the thermionic triode invented?

Hypothesis: The thermionic triode, a vacuum tube invented in 1907, enabled amplified radio technology and long-distance telephony.


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

Hypothesis: The flush deck configuration proved to have significant drawbacks, primary of which was management of the exhaust from the power plant.


Premise: Which Gospel provides an identical account of the Virgin Birth as Sura 19 in the Qur'an?

Hypothesis: The account given in Sura 19 is nearly identical with that in the Gospel according to Luke, and both of these (Luke, Sura 19) begin with an account of the visitation of an angel upon Zakariya (Zecharias) and Good News of the birth of Yahya (John), followed by the account of the annunciation.


Premise: What was an early took used to amplify sounds?

Hypothesis: Distant or less strong sounds that were impossible to record by the old methods could now be captured.


Premise: What classification are given?

Hypothesis: The U.S. census race definitions says a "black" is a person having origins in any of the black (sub-Saharan) racial groups of Africa.


Premise: How many seats does the Fisher Theater have?

Hypothesis: Major theaters in Detroit include the Fox Theatre (5,174 seats), Music Hall (1,770 seats), the Gem Theatre (451 seats), Masonic Temple Theatre (4,404 seats), the Detroit Opera House (2,765 seats), the Fisher Theatre (2,089 seats), The Fillmore Detroit (2,200 seats), Saint Andrew's Hall, the Majestic Theater, and Orchestra Hall (2,286 seats) which hosts the renowned Detroit Symphony Orchestra.


Premise: In what month and year was Juan Garza executed?

Hypothesis: Timothy McVeigh and Juan Garza were put to death in June 2001, and Louis Jones, Jr. was put to death on March 18, 2003.


Premise: Who does the AMC forces usually retain their componency to?

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


Premise: What record does Steven Spielberg have?

Hypothesis: He has been associated with composer John Williams since 1974, who composed music for all save five of Spielberg's feature films.


Premise: What did SPECTRE originally stand for?

Hypothesis: The ownership of the Spectre organisation—originally stylised "SPECTRE" as an acronym of SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion—and its characters, had been at the centre of long-standing litigation starting in 1961 between Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory over the film rights to the novel Thunderball.


Premise: What prompted a help program produced by cotton producers in the 1960s?

Hypothesis: With the passage of the Cotton Research and Promotion Act of 1966, the program joined forces and began battling synthetic competitors and re-establishing markets for cotton.


Premise: What was the term for the letter ƿ?

Hypothesis: The remaining 20 Latin letters were supplemented by four more: ⟨æ⟩ (æsc, modern ash) and ⟨ð⟩ (ðæt, now called eth or edh), which were modified Latin letters, and thorn ⟨þ⟩ and wynn ⟨ƿ⟩, which are borrowings from the futhorc.


Premise: Which articles of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties set out the ways that treaties can be invalidated?

Hypothesis: Articles 46–53 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties set out the only ways that treaties can be invalidated—considered unenforceable and void under international law.


Premise: Shell became a major shareholder in Woodside after a takeover attempt was blocked in what year?

Hypothesis: Shell became a major shareholder in Woodside after a 2001 takeover attempt was blocked by then federal Treasurer Peter Costello and the corporation has been open about its intention to sell its stake in Woodside as part of its target to shed assets.


Premise: During what period was adult contemporary its most commercially successful?

Hypothesis: Soft rock reached its commercial peak in the mid-to-late 1970s with acts such as Toto, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Air Supply, Seals and Crofts, America and the reformed Fleetwood Mac, whose Rumours (1977) was the best-selling album of the decade.


Premise: The foreign correspondent who resigned from The Times in 1988 won how many major journalism awards?

Hypothesis: He wrote in detail about his reasons for resigning from the paper due to meddling with his stories, and the paper's pro-Israel stance.


Premise: How many shootings were there in that year?

Hypothesis: Similarly, major crimes in the city has decreased gradually in the last ten years since its peak in 2006 when 85,498 major crimes were reported.


Premise: Von Neumann's modern definition of ordinal numbers superseded whose definition?

Hypothesis: By the age of 19, von Neumann had published two major mathematical papers, the second of which gave the modern definition of ordinal numbers, which superseded Georg Cantor's definition.


Premise: In 1957 the FORTRAN language was created, what is FORTRAN short for?

Hypothesis: In 1956, the company demonstrated the first practical example of artificial intelligence when Arthur L. Samuel of IBM's Poughkeepsie, New York, laboratory programmed an IBM 704 not merely to play checkers but "learn" from its own experience.


Premise: What would you call a mixture of ingredients used for brewing before the 16th century?

Hypothesis: The first historical mention of the use of hops in beer was from 822 AD in monastery rules written by Adalhard the Elder, also known as Adalard of Corbie, though the date normally given for widespread cultivation of hops for use in beer is the thirteenth century.


Premise: Why did some argue that "black" was the better term?

Hypothesis: Others have argued that "black" is a better term because "African" suggests foreignness, although Black Americans helped found the United States.


Premise: Traditionally, how many Politecnici were there?

Hypothesis: In higher education, Politecnico refers to a technical university awarding degrees in engineering.


Premise: In which city was Villa killed?

Hypothesis: After nearly a year of pursuing Villa, American forces returned to the United States.


Premise: What was the official election slogan in the first Namibia election?

Hypothesis: The official election slogan was "Free and Fair Elections".


Premise: What is the fertility rate in Eriterea?

Hypothesis: Despite number of physicians increasing from only 0.2 in 1993 to 0.5 in 2004 per 1000 population, this is still very low.


Premise: Where are South Africian NPOs registered?

Hypothesis: Profit Organisations are registered under Companies and Intellectual Property Commission as Nonprofit Companies (NPCs) but may voluntarily register with The Nonprofit Companies Directorate.


Premise: What did a Peking professor say about Chinese media coverage?

Hypothesis: China's openness during the media coverage of the Sichuan earthquake led a professor at the Peking University to say, “


Premise: In what year did Planck receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of energy quanta?

Hypothesis: Max Planck received the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta".


Premise: What is the most viewed television network in France?

Hypothesis: The most-viewed network in France, TF1, is in nearby Boulogne-Billancourt; France 2, France 3, Canal+, France 5, M6 (Neuilly-sur-Seine), Arte, D8, W9, NT1, NRJ 12, La Chaîne parlementaire, France 4, BFM TV, and Gulli are other stations located in and around the capital.


Premise: How many Imax screens showed Spectre on its opening weekend in the US and Canada?

Hypothesis: In the United States and Canada, the film opened on 6 November 2015, and in its opening weekend, was originally projected to gross $70–75 million from 3,927 screens, the widest release for a Bond film.


Premise: Who turned over control of Saint Helena to the British Crown?

Hypothesis: Under the provisions of the 1833 India Act, control of Saint Helena was passed from the East India Company to the British Crown, becoming a crown colony.


Premise: How much had FDI increased to in 2006?

Hypothesis: Since the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Egypt has experienced a drastic fall in both foreign investment and tourism revenues, followed by a 60% drop in foreign exchange reserves, a 3% drop in growth, and a rapid devaluation of the Egyptian pound.


Premise: Who did the First Phase offensive motivated to send more troops and resources to Korea?

Hypothesis: It is unclear why the Chinese did not press the attack and follow up their victory.


Premise: Name four sound profiles that would result in bass distortion on pre-2007 iPods.

Hypothesis: This would happen for EQ settings like R&B, Rock, Acoustic, and Bass Booster, because the equalizer amplified the digital audio level beyond the software's limit, causing distortion (clipping) on bass instruments.


Premise: Which is the tallest mountain in Sicily?

Hypothesis: Palermo is surrounded by mountains, formed of calcar, which form a cirque around the city.


Premise: What does the abbreviation "NDRM" represent?

Hypothesis: PlayStation 3 also limits the transfer of copy protected videos downloaded from its store to other machines and states that copy protected video "may not restore correctly" following certain actions after making a backup such as downloading a new copy protected movie.


Premise: What are some non-regulation actions that critical habitats encourage?

Hypothesis: Outside or in parallel with regulatory processes, critical habitats also focus and encourage voluntary actions such as land purchases, grant making, restoration, and establishment of reserves.


Premise: How many members were in the Young Liberals by Sept 1945?

Hypothesis: By September 1945 there were more than 90,000 members, many of whom had not previously been members of any political party.


Premise: What is one thing he wrote during this time?

Hypothesis: Athanasius, after remaining some days in the neighbourhood of the city, finally withdrew into the desert of Upper Egypt, where he remained for a period of six years, living the life of the monks, devoting himself to the composition of a group of writings; "Apology to Constantius", the "Apology for his Flight", the "Letter to the Monks", and the "History of the Arians".


Premise: What happened when Eisenhower was threatened with a court martial for his support for offensive tank tactics?

Hypothesis: Their leading-edge ideas of speed-oriented offensive tank warfare were strongly discouraged by superiors, who considered the new approach too radical and preferred to continue using tanks in a strictly supportive role for the infantry.


Premise: The largest police presence in the US is NYPD with how many people?

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


Premise: Why does the United Nations Charter state that treaties must be registered with the United Nations?

Hypothesis: This was done to prevent the proliferation of secret treaties that occurred in the 19th and 20th century.


Premise: Along with :45, :30 and :15 past the hour, at what time do TCM features begin?

Hypothesis: In addition to this, extended breaks between features are filled with theatrically released movie trailers and classic short subjects – from series such as The Passing Parade, Crime Does Not Pay, Pete Smith Specialties, and Robert Benchley – under the banner name TCM Extras (formerly One Reel Wonders).


Premise: What type of action does applied anthropology initiate?

Hypothesis: Applied Anthropology refers to the application of the method and theory of anthropology to the analysis and solution of practical problems.


Premise: What kind of built-in tuner will allow a cable-ready TV to display HD content without an external box?

Hypothesis: Additionally, cable-ready TV sets can display HD content without using an external box.


Premise: The Spanish Armada suffered a defeat in what year?

Hypothesis: Soon after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, London merchants presented a petition to Queen Elizabeth I for permission to sail to the Indian Ocean.


Premise: When did Guinea-Bissau become independent?

Hypothesis: After the country became independent from Portugal in 1974 due to the Portuguese Colonial War and the Carnation Revolution, the rapid exodus of the Portuguese civilian, military, and political authorities resulted in considerable damage to the country's economic infrastructure, social order, and standard of living.


Premise: Where was The Grands Magasins Dufayel built?

Hypothesis: It educated workers to approach shopping as an exciting social activity not just a routine exercise in obtaining necessities, just as the bourgeoisie did at the famous department stores in the central city.


Premise: What did samurai become in 1873?

Hypothesis: Samurai became Shizoku (士族) who retained some of their salaries, but the right to wear a katana in public was eventually abolished along with the right to execute commoners who paid them disrespect.


Premise: Which year was used for estimates in the 2011 report?

Hypothesis: Haq was sure that a simple composite measure of human development was needed in order to convince the public, academics, and politicians that they can and should evaluate development not only by economic advances but also improvements in human well-being.


Premise: What is an example of a book of medicine from the Malla period?

Hypothesis: The kings of this period directly influenced or involved themselves in the construction of public buildings, squares, and temples, as well as the development of water spouts, the institutionalization of trusts (called guthis), the codification of laws, the writing of dramas, and the performance of plays in city squares.


Premise: What fossil evidence is lacking when it comes to flowers?

Hypothesis: The apparently sudden appearance of nearly modern flowers in the fossil record initially posed such a problem for the theory of evolution that it was called an "abominable mystery" by Charles Darwin.


Premise: What was a more economical option to magnetic pickups?

Hypothesis: Magnetic pickups became more common and were better designed as time went on, making it possible to improve the damping of spurious resonances.


Premise: Which ratios are employed to calculate noise-based speed?

Hypothesis: Two ratios are used, the 40:1 ("excellent image quality") and the 10:1 ("acceptable image quality") ratio.


Premise: What South American country did Portugal discover?

Hypothesis: During this period, Portugal explored the Atlantic Ocean, discovering several Atlantic archipelagos like the Azores, Madeira, and Cape Verde, explored the African coast, colonized selected areas of Africa, discovered an eastern route to India via the Cape of Good Hope, discovered Brazil, explored the Indian Ocean, established trading routes throughout most of southern Asia, and sent the first direct European maritime trade and diplomatic missions to China and Japan.


Premise: What did Bell call his special spot in the back of the property?

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


Premise: Name some automobile manufacturers in the city of Ann Arbor

Hypothesis: Automobile manufacturers, such as General Motors and Visteon, also employ residents.


Premise: The first person to have control over driving their spacecraft was whom?

Hypothesis: Three weeks later, on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, launched in a ballistic trajectory on Mercury-Redstone 3, in a spacecraft he named Freedom 7.


Premise: What radio was the primary inspiration for the look of the iPod?

Hypothesis: The aesthetic was inspired by the 1958 Braun T3 transistor radio designed by Dieter Rams, while the wheel based user interface was prompted by Bang & Olufsen's BeoCom 6000 telephone.


Premise: What is the name of the Chicago Transit Authority's elevated train through Evanston?

Hypothesis: The Foster and Davis stations are within walking distance of the southern end of the campus, while the Noyes station is close to the northern end of the campus.


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

Hypothesis: Missiles that use infrared seeking are often referred to as "heat-seekers", since infrared (IR) is just below the visible spectrum of light in frequency and is radiated strongly by hot bodies.


Premise: How does Portugal compete with other areas for tourists?

Hypothesis: However, the increasing competition from Eastern European destinations continues to develop, with the presence of similar attractions that are often cheaper in countries such as Croatia.


Premise: What is the first step of the predator-prey interaction?

Hypothesis: The act of predation can be broken down into a maximum of four stages: Detection of prey, attack, capture and finally consumption.


Premise: Does everyone agree on the credit that should be given for the story of Mary's inception ?

Hypothesis: should therefore not be taken in isolation from the Quran, and is to be interpreted within the specific context of exonerating Mary and her child from the charges that were made against them and is not a general statement.


Premise: What is an annelid's brain in a ring around?

Hypothesis: The rest of the central nervous system is generally "ladder-like", consisting of a pair of nerve cords that run through the bottom part of the body and have in each segment paired ganglia linked by a transverse connection.


Premise: Who made the decision in 1989 to cut prices on Mac computers?

Hypothesis: Finally, there was a component shortage that rocked the exponentially-expanding PC industry in 1989, forcing Apple USA head Allan Loren to cut prices which dropped Apple's margins.


Premise: Creole food is often what?

Hypothesis: There are also a number of snack restaurants which the French call "les snacks" or "les petits creux" which include sandwiches, pizzas and salads.


Premise: What type of locomotives are sometimes used on the Eritrean Railway to cater to groups of enthusiasts?

Hypothesis: The most significant of these projects was the construction of a coastal highway of more than 500 km connecting Massawa with Asseb, as well as the rehabilitation of the Eritrean Railway.


Premise: Orozco's army was called by what name?

Hypothesis: Orozco eventually became disappointed with the Madero's government and led a rebellion against him.


Premise: When did the capital of the Roman Empire move to Constantinople?

Hypothesis: "Hellenistic" is distinguished from "Hellenic" in that the first encompasses the entire sphere of direct ancient Greek influence, while the latter refers to Greece itself.


Premise: What is the reason for crushing the glass and melting it again?

Hypothesis: The raw materials for laboratory-scale glass melts are often different from those used in mass production because the cost factor has a low priority.


Premise: Name one other group present at the Crucifixion?

Hypothesis: The Gospel of Matthew describes many women at the crucifixion, some of whom are named in the Gospels.


Premise: During what historical period was the Toledot Yeshu written?

Hypothesis: Robert Van Voorst states that given that Toledot Yeshu is a medieval document and due to its lack of a fixed form and orientation towards a popular audience, it is "most unlikely" to have reliable historical information.


Premise: What was the Popular Graphics Workshop mission?

Hypothesis: During the 20th century, many artists immigrated to Mexico City from different regions of Mexico, such as Leopoldo Méndez, an engraver from Veracruz, who supported the creation of the socialist Taller de la Gráfica Popular (Popular Graphics Workshop), designed to help blue-collar workers find a venue to express their art.


Premise: How many years after the extinction did animal recovery begin?

Hypothesis: Animal life was then dominated by various archosaurian reptiles: dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and aquatic reptiles such as ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs.


Premise: What is an example of a passive solar technique?

Hypothesis: It is an important source of renewable energy and its technologies are broadly characterized as either passive solar or active solar depending on the way they capture and distribute solar energy or convert it into solar power.


Premise: After reaching the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals for the first time, to whom did England lose with a final score of 4-2?

Hypothesis: In the 1954 FIFA World Cup, England reached the quarter-finals for the first time, and lost 4–2 to reigning champions Uruguay.


Premise: Which military section could have a full military structure?

Hypothesis: Homeland air defence may have a full military structure.


Premise: Who designed the Cathedral of Brasília?

Hypothesis: Niemeyer's project of Cathedral of Brasília is based in the hyperboloid of revolution which sections are asymmetric.


Premise: What is Kinect?

Hypothesis: TechRadar deemed the Xbox 360 as the most influential game system through its emphasis of digital media distribution, Xbox Live online gaming service, and game achievement feature.


Premise: The creation of the public sphere is associated with the rise of capitalism and which other historical trend?

Hypothesis: The modern nation state, in its consolidation of public power, created by counterpoint a private realm of society independent of the state, which allowed for the public sphere.


Premise: How long did Pushyamitra Shunga rule?

Hypothesis: Pushyamitra Shunga ruled for 36 years and was succeeded by his son Agnimitra.


Premise: When was the Nanjing Railway Station originally constructed?

Hypothesis: Among all 17 railway stations in Nanjing, passenger rail service is mainly provided by Nanjing Railway Station and Nanjing South Railway Station, while other stations like Nanjing West Railway Station, Zhonghuamen Railway Station and Xianlin Railway Station serve minor roles.


Premise: What is a word that can be used to describe the scope of a comprehensive school's intake?

Hypothesis: Current education reforms with Academies Programme, Free Schools and University Technical Colleges will no doubt have some impact on the comprehensive ideal but it is too early to say to what degree.


Premise: What were the Leyte beachheads of the U.S. Sixth Army secured from?

Hypothesis: Kurita's force had begun the battle with five battleships; when he returned to Japan, only Yamato was combat-worthy.


Premise: What country has the largest deposits of bitumen?

Hypothesis: However, it wasn't until 1787 that fur trader and explorer Alexander MacKenzie saw the Athabasca oil sands and said, "At about 24 miles from the fork (of the Athabasca and Clearwater Rivers) are some bituminous fountains into which a pole of 20 feet long may be inserted without the least resistance."


Premise: In what areas of public service were Eritreans particularly employed?

Hypothesis: It also oversaw the provision of urban amenities in Asmara and Massawa, and employed many Eritreans in public service, particularly in the police and public works departments.


Premise: What were the studia humanitatis competing against?

Hypothesis: The Age of Enlightenment is a time in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the 18th century in which reason was advocated as the primary source and legitimacy for authority.


Premise: In what year did the CBS Corporation begin another CBS Records?

Hypothesis: CBS Inc., now CBS Corporation, retained the rights to the CBS name for music recordings but granted Sony a temporary license to use the CBS name.


Premise: Who did Kanye study in order to develop his lyrical skills?

Hypothesis: Fresh off spending the previous year touring the world with U2 on their Vertigo Tour, West felt inspired to compose anthemic rap songs that could operate more efficiently in large arenas.


Premise: What is the largest school of medicine in Europe?

Hypothesis: London is home to five major medical schools – Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (part of Queen Mary), King's College London School of Medicine (the largest medical school in Europe), Imperial College School of Medicine, UCL Medical School and St George's, University of London – and has a large number of affiliated teaching hospitals.


Premise: What is a matter of dispute among linguists regarding the distinction?

Hypothesis: One distinctive feature that has caused a great amount of interest among linguists is what is traditionally seen as three degrees of phonemic length: short, long, and "overlong", such that /sɑdɑ/, /sɑˑdɑ/ and /sɑːdɑ/ are distinct.


Premise: Whas was Nasser's position at the military academy in 1943?

Hypothesis: In 1941, Nasser was posted to Khartoum, Sudan, which was part of Egypt at the time.


Premise: The Merseyside derby is also known as?

Hypothesis: Everton's biggest rivalry is with neighbours Liverpool, against whom they contest the Merseyside derby.


Premise: where was the É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office established?

Hypothesis: According to the official Twenty-Four Histories, the History of Ming compiled in 1739 by the subsequent Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the Ming dynasty established the "É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office" (Chinese: 俄力思軍民元帥府) in western Tibet and installed the "Ü-Tsang Itinerant High Commandery" and "Amdo-Kham Itinerant High Commandery" to administer Kham.


Premise: Which empire ravished the Chengdu region with constant warfare and economic distress?

Hypothesis: Sichuan came under the firm control of a Chinese central government during the Sui dynasty, but it was during the subsequent Tang dynasty where Sichuan regained its previous political and cultural prominence for which it was known during the Han.


Premise: In order for a gene to encode multiple proteins, how must its mRNAs be arranged?

Hypothesis: Early work in molecular genetics suggested the model that one gene makes one protein.


Premise: What port was lost by the Ottoman empire as a result of the Treaty of Belgrade?

Hypothesis: The Austro-Russian–Turkish War, which was ended by the Treaty of Belgrade in 1739, resulted in the recovery of Serbia and Oltenia, but the Empire lost the port of Azov, north of the Crimean Peninsula, to the Russians.


Premise: What rank did Bloomberg name Namibia's economy?

Hypothesis: In 2013, global business and financial news provider, Bloomberg, named Namibia the top emerging market economy in Africa and the 13th best in the world.


Premise: What is a notable stone wall built in ancient Somalia?

Hypothesis: Houses were built of dressed stone similar to the ones in Ancient Egypt.


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

Hypothesis: Armies typically have air defence in depth, from integral MANPADS such as the RBS 70, Stinger and Igla at smaller force levels up to army-level missile defence systems such as Angara and Patriot.


Premise: How long did it take for these capabilities to be restored?

Hypothesis: Immediately after the earthquake event, mobile and terrestrial telecommunications were cut to the affected and surrounding area, with all internet capabilities cut to the Sichuan area too.


Premise: Who was included in a team that worked on the standard at Intel?

Hypothesis: The goal was to make it fundamentally easier to connect external devices to PCs by replacing the multitude of connectors at the back of PCs, addressing the usability issues of existing interfaces, and simplifying software configuration of all devices connected to USB, as well as permitting greater data rates for external devices.


Premise: What theme is central is the Gospel of John in resurrection?

Hypothesis: In Johannine "agent Christology" the submission of Jesus to crucifixion is a sacrifice made as an agent of God or servant of God, for the sake of eventual victory.


Premise: What is the period of breeding during which one of the adult birds is always present at the nest?

Hypothesis: At the other extreme, many seabirds have extended periods of parental care, the longest being that of the great frigatebird, whose chicks take up to six months to fledge and are fed by the parents for up to an additional 14 months.


Premise: Name one event that occurred in the Arab world during Gaddafi 's childhood that influenced his life.

Hypothesis: Nasser's book, Philosophy of the Revolution, was a key influence on Gaddafi; outlining how to initiate a coup, it has been described as "the inspiration and blueprint of [Gaddafi's] revolution."


Premise: John Glenn's spaceship was named what when he orbited the Earth?

Hypothesis: His Mercury-Atlas 6 mission completed three orbits in the Friendship 7 spacecraft, and splashed down safely in the Atlantic Ocean, after a tense reentry, due to what falsely appeared from the telemetry data to be a loose heat-shield.


Premise: What was the first major urbanization in India?

Hypothesis: This period saw the second major rise of urbanism in India after the Indus Valley Civilisation.


Premise: What were Kupka's two entries at the Salon d'Automne?

Hypothesis: Kupka’s two entries at the 1912 Salon d'Automne, Amorpha-Fugue à deux couleurs and Amorpha chromatique chaude, were highly abstract (or nonrepresentational) and metaphysical in orientation.


Premise: What happened to Feyman's younger brother?

Hypothesis: When Richard was five years old, his mother gave birth to a younger brother, but this brother died at four weeks of age.


Premise: What was Switzerland the first state to join the U.N. by?

Hypothesis: Switzerland is not a member of the European Union; the Swiss people have consistently rejected membership since the early 1990s.


Premise: On what date did the official general post office open?

Hypothesis: Batman's Treaty with the Aborigines was annulled by the New South Wales governor (who at the time governed all of eastern mainland Australia), with compensation paid to members of the association.


Premise: Of what are deviations in the epics thought to be the influence?

Hypothesis: The deviations from Pāṇini in the epics are generally considered to be on account of interference from Prakrits, or innovations, and not because they are pre-Paninian.


Premise: What mandolin is associate with Bluegrass music?

Hypothesis: Generally, in the United States, Gibson F-hole F-5 mandolins and mandolins influenced by that design are strongly associated with bluegrass, while the A-style is associated other types of music, although it too is most often used for and associated with bluegrass.


Premise: In Wayman v. Southard, what branch was accused of being given lawmaking abilities by Congress?

Hypothesis: Congress had delegated to the courts the power to prescribe judicial procedure; it was contended that Congress had thereby unconstitutionally clothed the judiciary with legislative powers.


Premise: What document renamed the country the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic?

Hypothesis: On December 30, 1922, with the creation of the Soviet Union, Russia became one of six republics within the federation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.


Premise: What are the degrees of Freemasonry?

Hypothesis: These are the degrees offered by Craft (or Blue Lodge) Freemasonry.


Premise: What are gender identity, ethnic identity, and occupational identity aspects of?

Hypothesis: Likewise, how one construes oneself as one aspires to be in the future will differ considerably according to one's age and accumulated experiences.


Premise: In what year did the subway begin operation?

Hypothesis: Throughout the first half of the 20th century, the city became a world center for industry, commerce, and communication.


Premise: Who headed the 1979 Sony and Philips digital audio disc task force?

Hypothesis: Led by engineers Kees Schouhamer Immink and Toshitada Doi, the research pushed forward laser and optical disc technology.


Premise: In what era could you find good quality recordings and playbacks at home?

Hypothesis: This was especially true after the invention of the variable reluctance magnetic pickup cartridge by General Electric in the 1940s when high quality cuts were played on well-designed audio systems.


Premise: What event evolving animals are the Myanmar also accredited with being the first to accomplish?

Hypothesis: This indicates some form of communication between groups in Myanmar and other places, possibly through trade.


Premise: What is an example of a country where prime ministers can be called Right Honourable solely because of their position?

Hypothesis: In some Commonwealth countries prime ministers and former prime ministers are styled Right Honourable due to their position, for example in the Prime Minister of Canada.


Premise: What is the sex of the listeners modern rock radio is geared towards?

Hypothesis: In 1997, Mike Marino of KMXB in Las Vegas described the format as reaching "an audience that has outgrown the edgier hip-hop or alternative music but hasn't gotten old and sappy enough for the soft ACs."


Premise: How many US cities have at least a gold rating for bicycle-friendliness?

Hypothesis: The League of American Bicyclists gave Tucson a gold rating for bicycle friendliness in late April 2007.


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

Hypothesis: Hitler's fierce anti-Soviet rhetoric was one of the reasons why the UK and France decided that Soviet participation in the 1938 Munich Conference regarding Czechoslovakia would be both dangerous and useless.


Premise: The unemployment rate of the county

Hypothesis: The percentage of the population who are economically active is higher than the regional and national average, and the unemployment rate is lower than the regional and national average.


Premise: When did Mexicantown start to grow?

Hypothesis: By the 1940s the Mexican community began to settle what is now Mexicantown.


Premise: How do dogs mark their territory?

Hypothesis: Dog training books, classes and television programs proliferated as the process of commodifying the pet dog continued.


Premise: Who were the three original superpowers?

Hypothesis: Since the end of the World Wars, the term "great power" has been joined by a number of other power classifications.


Premise: Which new cultural movement began to emphasize glam, escapism and fashion?

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


Premise: What calendar was used in the reform to create the Gregorian calendar?

Hypothesis: The motivation for the adjustment was to bring the date for the celebration of Easter to the time of year in which it was celebrated when it was introduced by the early Church.


Premise: Who was the leader of the American forces defending Charles Towne?

Hypothesis: Several Americans who escaped the carnage joined other militias, including those of Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox"; and Andrew Pickens.


Premise: What was Southeast Asia commonly known as before?

Hypothesis: Islands[citation needed] are considered part of Southeast Asia though they are governed by Australia.[citation needed]


Premise: Where was Apollo's first temple at Rome established?

Hypothesis: In the time of Augustus, who considered himself under the special protection of Apollo and was even said to be his son, his worship developed and he became one of the chief gods of Rome.


Premise: What happens to zinc when it is manipulated to the temperatures between 100 and 150 Celsius?

Hypothesis: Its melting point is the lowest of all the transition metals aside from mercury and cadmium.


Premise: Who now reports to the President?

Hypothesis: Since then, the director now reports to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who in turn reports to the President.


Premise: What is the largest group of foreigners?

Hypothesis: The biggest groups of foreigners by citizenship are (as of 2012): Russians (3,100), Poles (3,000), Vietnamese (2,800), Turks (2,100) and Ukrainians (2,000).


Premise: What biographer said Queen Victoria wrote an average of 2500 words a day in her journals?

Hypothesis: According to one of her biographers, Giles St Aubyn, Victoria wrote an average of 2,500 words a day during her adult life.


Premise: Where do foreign heads of stay usually stay in Buckingham Palace?

Hypothesis: When paying a state visit to Britain, foreign heads of state are usually entertained by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.


Premise: Where is the highest place in Seattle?

Hypothesis: The break in the ridge between First Hill and Beacon Hill is man-made, the result of two of the many regrading projects that reshaped the topography of the city center.


Premise: Which country is Galicia in?

Hypothesis: Located in the North-West of the Iberian Peninsula, it comprises the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, being bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the north.


Premise: Which areas does the Alaska Marine Highway serve?

Hypothesis: The Inter-Island Ferry Authority also serves as an important marine link for many communities in the Prince of Wales Island region of Southeast and works in concert with the Alaska Marine Highway.


Premise: Did the FBI reassign agents from counter-intelligence to violent crime?

Hypothesis: With reduced cuts to other well-established departments, and because terrorism was no longer considered a threat after the end of the Cold War, the FBI assisted local and state police forces in tracking fugitives who had crossed state lines, which is a federal offense.


Premise: What is the term for greed or craving?

Hypothesis: In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to describe the experience, which implies the extinction of raga (greed, craving),[web 12] dosa (hate, aversion)[web 13] and moha (delusion).[web 14]


Premise: What do the terms andophilia and gynephilia help prevent?

Hypothesis: Using androphilia and gynephilia can avoid confusion and offense when describing people in non-western cultures, as well as when describing intersex and transgender people.


Premise: What year did the Super Slim model hit stores?

Hypothesis: A Super Slim variation was then released in late 2012, further refining and redesigning the console.


Premise: When did the Norman Conquest occur?

Hypothesis: The relations between the descendants of Vikings in England and counterparts in Normandy, in northern France, lay at the heart of a series of events that led to the Norman conquest of England in 1066.


Premise: What TV network listed Beyonce as number 1 on its 100 Sexiest Artists list?

Hypothesis: VH1 listed her at number 1 on its 100 Sexiest Artists list.


Premise: Where was the planned invasion of Britain by France?

Hypothesis: In the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November, the British admiral Edward Hawke with 23 ships of the line caught the French Brest fleet with 21 ships of the line under Marshal de Conflans and sank, captured, or forced many of them aground, putting an end to the French plans.


Premise: What gives Neptune it's blue hue?

Hypothesis: As with Uranus, this absorption of red light by the atmospheric methane is part of what gives Neptune its blue hue, although Neptune's vivid azure differs from Uranus's milder cyan.


Premise: Before Mizoram, what was the name of the group of  missionaries that  ventured into east india?

Hypothesis: Prior to Mizoram, the Welsh Presbyterians (missionaries) started venturing into the north-east of India through the Khasi Hills (presently located within the state of Meghalaya in India) and established Presbyterian churches all over the Khasi Hills from the 1840s onwards.


Premise: What was Queen Victoria's mother's official title?

Hypothesis: Victoria's father was Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of the reigning King of the United Kingdom, George III.


Premise: What kind of antibiotics are used for prevention of bacterial growth

Hypothesis: Antibiotics are used both in treating human disease and in intensive farming to promote animal growth, where they may be contributing to the rapid development of antibiotic resistance in bacterial populations.


Premise: What geographic portion of the front did the Sixth US Army Group operate on?

Hypothesis: Field Marshal Montgomery insisted priority be given to his 21st Army Group's attack being made in the north, while Generals Bradley (12th U.S. Army Group) and Devers (Sixth U.S. Army Group) insisted they be given priority in the center and south of the front (respectively).


Premise: After what war did the English receive New Amsterdam?

Hypothesis: Several intertribal wars among the Native Americans and some epidemics brought on by contact with the Europeans caused sizable population losses for the Lenape between the years 1660 and 1670.


Premise: What did John Gould announce in 1837?

Hypothesis: Richard Owen showed that fossils of extinct species Darwin found in South America were allied to living species on the same continent.


Premise: Where is the teaching of Catalan mandatory?

Hypothesis: The teaching of Catalan is mandatory in all schools, but it is possible to use Spanish for studying in the public education system of Catalonia in two situations, if the teacher assigned to a class chooses to use Spanish, or during the learning process of one or some recently arrived students.


Premise: In short, the term Far East appeared to name this area

Hypothesis: The term "Far East" appeared contemporaneously meaning Japan, China, Korea, Indonesia and Viet Nam; in short, the East Indies. "


Premise: What Revolutionary War motto have Washington, D.C. statehood supporters modified and used?

Hypothesis: President Bill Clinton's presidential limousine had the "Taxation without representation" license plate late in his term, while President George W. Bush had the vehicle's plates changed shortly after beginning his term in office.


Premise: What are skilled Buddhists called?

Hypothesis: The above are further subdivided into 31 planes of existence.[web 4] Rebirths in some of the higher heavens, known as the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes, can be attained only by skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners).


Premise: Where did children from rural areas work?

Hypothesis: While children who grew up in rural areas would work on farms doing physical labour, working with animals, and selling crops.


Premise: What type of language id Spanish?

Hypothesis: Spanish is the Romance language and the Indo-European language with the largest number of native speakers in the world.


Premise: When WAS the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company founded?

Hypothesis: The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company (the quotation marks were part of the legal name) was a British company, founded in 1897 by Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount


Premise: Who did the Bolsheviks make peace with?

Hypothesis: The Bolsheviks made peace with the German Empire and the Central Powers, as they had promised the Russian people prior to the Revolution.


Premise: The Court of Appeals is the high court in which US States or territories?

Hypothesis: In New York, Maryland, and the District of Columbia the highest court is called the Court of Appeals, a name used by many states for their intermediate appellate courts.


Premise: Which artists in the early 19th and 20th century inspired by the newly discovered African, Native American, Micro and Polynesian art?

Hypothesis: During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Europeans were discovering African, Polynesian, Micronesian and Native American art.


Premise: Who wrote the poem titled "Oda a Platko"?

Hypothesis: In 1928, victory in the Spanish Cup was celebrated with a poem titled "Oda a Platko", which was written by a member of the Generation of '27, Rafael Alberti, inspired by the heroic performance of the Barcelona goalkeeper, Franz Platko.


Premise: What absurd number of substitutions had some international teams been making in friendlies before 2004?

Hypothesis: International friendlies give team managers the opportunity to experiment with team selection and tactics before the tournament proper, and also allow them to assess the abilities of players they may potentially select for the tournament squad.


Premise: What is likely to vanish forever, as a result of excessively loose credit conditions?

Hypothesis: The authors also indicate that some forms of securitization are "likely to vanish forever, having been an artifact of excessively loose credit conditions".


Premise: What party lost control of House in 2010 elections?

Hypothesis: Nancy Pelosi is the most recent example of an outgoing Speaker seeking the Minority Leader post to retain the House party leadership, as the Democrats lost control of the House in the 2010 elections.


Premise: How many passengers used PortMiami in 2007?

Hypothesis: In 2007, the port served 3,787,410 passengers.


Premise: How much money has American Idol raised for charity with its Idol Gives Back specials?

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


Premise: If someone is not bilingual and only speaks Spanish, how do they learn about current events?

Hypothesis: The State of the Union Addresses and other presidential speeches are translated to Spanish, following the precedent set by the Bill Clinton administration.


Premise: What was most influential American 20th century tort law?

Hypothesis: The American Law Institute subsequently adopted a slightly different version of the Greenman rule in Section 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts, which was published in 1964 and was very influential throughout the United States.


Premise: What was the show called by other networks?

Hypothesis: During this time, many television executives begun to regard the show as a programming force unlike any seen before, as its consistent dominance of up to two hours two or three nights a week exceeded the 30- or 60-minute reach of previous hits such as NBC's The Cosby Show.


Premise: Per Nielsen, how many homes exist in the Richmond-Petersburg DMA?

Hypothesis: As of 2010[update], the Richmond-Petersburg designated market area (DMA) is the 58th largest in the U.S. with 553,950 homes according to Nielsen Market Research.


Premise: By what percentage of the popular vote did George W. Bush carry Tennessee in 2004?

Hypothesis: Democratic presidential nominees from Southern states (such as Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton) usually fare better than their Northern counterparts do in Tennessee, especially among split-ticket voters outside the metropolitan areas.


Premise: How do most editors work around the reference problems of clear-text editing?

Hypothesis: Some critics believe that a clear-text edition gives the edited text too great a prominence, relegating textual variants to appendices that are difficult to use, and suggesting a greater sense of certainty about the established text than it deserves.


Premise: When was Microsoft Windows 3.0 released?

Hypothesis: Microsoft Windows 3.0 was released in May 1990, the first iteration of Windows which had a feature set and performance comparable to the significantly costlier Macintosh.


Premise: Who made rough calculations and implied that Ashkenazi Jews make up less than 74% of the Jewish population worldwide?

Hypothesis: Sergio DellaPergola in a rough calculation of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews, implies that Ashkenazi make up less than 74% of Jews worldwide.