Premise: When was Vieira, a former president, deposed?

Hypothesis: Ialá returned as the candidate for the PRS, claiming to be the legitimate president of the country, but the election was won by former president João Bernardo Vieira, deposed in the 1999 coup.


Premise: In the early 1900s, what percentage of Miami's population was of African origin?

Hypothesis: Whatever their role in the city's growth, their community's growth was limited to a small space.


Premise: What does the acronym HMDA stand for?

Hypothesis: The HMDA is an apolitical urban planning agency that covers the GHMC and its suburbs, extending to 54 mandals in five districts encircling the city.


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

Hypothesis: In the same year, the number of parking spaces doubled, reaching three thousand.


Premise: Who led the Fatah movement?

Hypothesis: In March, Nasser offered Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement arms and funds after their performance against Israeli forces in the Battle of Karameh that month.


Premise: What did the Greek historian Herodotus refer to the Jews as?

Hypothesis: While Jewish monotheism was not deeply affected by Greek Polytheism, the Greek way of living was attractive for many wealthier Jews.


Premise: What film festival will first air 'The BFG'?

Hypothesis: The BFG is set to premiere out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2016, before its wide release in the US on July 1, 2016.


Premise: What are examples of classes of eukaryotes where genome only refers to the information found in chromosomes?

Hypothesis: So although these organisms contain chloroplasts or mitochondria that have their own DNA, the genetic information contained by DNA within these organelles is not considered part of the genome.


Premise: Why have people reported zinc intoxication?

Hypothesis: Several other cases have been reported of humans suffering zinc intoxication by the ingestion of zinc coins.


Premise: Name one airport that offers inter-terminal transportation.

Hypothesis: The Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has a tram that takes people through the concourses and baggage claim.


Premise: What percentage of adolescents report using social networking sites?

Hypothesis: Online activities with the highest rates of use among adolescents are video games (78% of adolescents), email (73%), instant messaging (68%), social networking sites (65%), news sources (63%), music (59%), and videos (57%).


Premise: How must asphalt be treated to be workable?

Hypothesis: Asphalt is basically an inert material that must be heated or diluted to a point where it becomes workable for the production of materials for paving, roofing, and other applications.


Premise: What was the second consideration?

Hypothesis: Even so, the decision by OKL to support the strategy in Directive 23 was instigated by two considerations, both of which had little to do with wanting to destroy Britain's sea communications in conjunction with the Kriegsmarine.


Premise: What was Nasser's political opposition like in the 1965 election?

Hypothesis: He was the only candidate for the position, with virtually all of his political opponents forbidden by law from running for office, and his fellow party members reduced to mere followers.


Premise: The piles begin to rot if exposed to what?

Hypothesis: Groundwater levels have been dropping, to varying degrees, in many areas of the city, due in part to an increase in the amount of rainwater discharged directly into sewers rather than absorbed by the ground.


Premise: What also happened in 1939 besides tyrothricin?

Hypothesis: In 1939, coinciding with the start of World War II, Rene Dubos reported the discovery of the first naturally derived antibiotic, tyrothricin, a compound of 20% gramicidin and 80% tyrocidine, from B. brevis.


Premise: How many destroyers were in the U.S. Third Fleet?

Hypothesis: Ozawa's "Northern Force" had four aircraft carriers, two obsolete battleships partly converted to carriers, three cruisers and nine destroyers.


Premise: Who created El Colegio Nacional?

Hypothesis: A special case is that of El Colegio Nacional, created during the district's governmental period of Miguel Alemán Valdés to have, in Mexico, an institution similar to the College of France.


Premise: Girls ages 15 to 19 have higher rates of what STD than any other age group?

Hypothesis: Girls 15 to 19 have higher rates of gonorrhea than any other age group.


Premise: Who specifically leveled the allegations against The Sun?

Hypothesis: In 2003 the paper was accused of racism by the Government over its criticisms of what it perceived as the "open door" policy on immigration.


Premise: What architect is in charge of the ""Vision for Plymouth"?

Hypothesis: Its projects range from shopping centres, a cruise terminal, a boulevard and to increase the population to 300,000 and build 33,000 dwellings.


Premise: Napoleon's novella "Clisson et Eugénie" was based on his relationship with whom?

Hypothesis: During this period, he wrote the romantic novella Clisson et Eugénie, about a soldier and his lover, in a clear parallel to Bonaparte's own relationship with Désirée.


Premise: What does child labour do for adults?

Hypothesis: Some scholars[who?] suggest any labour by children aged 18 years or less is wrong since this encourages illiteracy, inhumane work and lower investment in human capital.


Premise: How many awards was Beyoncé nominated for at the 57th annual Grammys?

Hypothesis: She was nominated for Album of the Year but the award was won by Beck for his Morning Phase album.


Premise: What military organization did von NEumann also consult with for military aspect of nuclear weapons?

Hypothesis: He also became an adviser to the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (AFSWP), which was responsible for the military aspects on nuclear weapons.


Premise: How many customers were supplied by Thomas Edison's electrical supply network?

Hypothesis: In 1882, Edison switched on the world's first large-scale electrical supply network that provided 110 volts direct current to fifty-nine customers in lower Manhattan.


Premise: Where does Miami fall among the most populous urban areas in the United States?

Hypothesis: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the eighth-most populous and fourth-largest urban area in the United States, with a population of around 5.5 million.


Premise: No single house is without?

Hypothesis: However, the state has achieved 100% hygiene and practically no single house is without a toilet.


Premise: Along with Syria, where did the Muslims extend their control after the Battle of Yarmouk?

Hypothesis: The defeat of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius at the Battle of Yarmouk opened the way for the Muslim expansion into Jerusalem and Syria.


Premise: What mountains serve as a barrier to keep New York City comparatively warmer in the winter?

Hypothesis: Spring and autumn are unpredictable and can range from chilly to warm, although they are usually mild with low humidity.


Premise: The Hongguang Emperor's reign was thought of as the first reign of what dynasty?

Hypothesis: Over two centuries after the removal of the capital to Beijing, Nanjing was destined to become the capital of a Ming emperor one more time.


Premise: Whar words may people use for sexual idenity?

Hypothesis: A person who identifies as bisexual, for example, may sexually prefer one sex over the other.


Premise: What does Archibald Sayce think early Sumerian pictograms suggest about the availability of stone?

Hypothesis: The foundation stones — or rather bricks — of a house were consecrated by certain objects that were deposited under them."


Premise: In the fall of 2014, which school did 40.6% of undergraduates enroll in?

Hypothesis: The Kellogg School of Management's MBA, the School of Law's JD, and the Feinberg School of Medicine's MD are the three largest professional degree programs by enrollment.


Premise: Who was an advocate of separation of powers?

Hypothesis: During the Age of Enlightenment, philosophers such as John Locke advocated the principle in their writings, whereas others, such as Thomas Hobbes, strongly opposed it.


Premise: Who founded al-Qarawiyin University?

Hypothesis: al-Qarawīyīn University in Fez,


Premise: In 1945, how many years had Japan already been at war with China?

Hypothesis: By April 1945, China had already been at war with Japan for more than seven years.


Premise: What action by a pub owner can result in his prosecution?

Hypothesis: Since the smoking ban, some establishments operated a lock-in during which the remaining patrons could smoke without repercussions but, unlike drinking lock-ins, allowing smoking in a pub was still a prosecutable offence.


Premise: What shape were the shields of the infantry of Lagash?

Hypothesis: The spearmen are shown arranged in what resembles the phalanx formation, which requires training and discipline; this implies that the Sumerians may have made use of professional soldiers.


Premise: Gumbe fuses how many of the country's folk music traditions?

Hypothesis: The word gumbe is sometimes used generically, to refer to any music of the country, although it most specifically refers to a unique style that fuses about ten of the country's folk music traditions.


Premise: What was the name of the Briton colony formed in Northern Galicia?

Hypothesis: So, from 409 Galicia was taken by the Suebi, forming the first medieval kingdom to be created in Europe, in 411, even before the fall of the Roman Empire, being also the first Germanic kingdom to mint coinage in Roman lands.


Premise: In what year did Greece win the Eurovision Song Contest?

Hypothesis: Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 35 times after its debut at the 1974 Contest.


Premise: Who's definition of culture did anthropologist  accept?

Hypothesis: Although anthropologists worldwide refer to Tylor's definition of culture, in the 20th century "culture" emerged as the central and unifying concept of American anthropology, where it most commonly refers to the universal human capacity to classify and encode human experiences symbolically, and to communicate symbolically encoded experiences socially.[citation needed]


Premise: On what date was Bertie Mee replaced by Arsenal?

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


Premise: What was the accusation leveled by Ronald Spark against The Daily Mirror, The Guardian, and BBC?

Hypothesis: "There are traitors in our midst", wrote leader writer Ronald Spark on 7 May, accusing commentators on Daily Mirror and The Guardian, plus the BBC's defence correspondent Peter Snow, of "treason" for aspects of their coverage.


Premise: What percentage of the Portuguese people identify as non-religious?

Hypothesis: Influences from African Traditional Religion and Chinese Traditional Religion are also felt among many people, particularly in fields related with Traditional Chinese Medicine and African Witch Doctors.


Premise: How many people started the National Geographic Society?

Hypothesis: Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils and aeronautics.


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

Hypothesis: Additionally, the Blue Screen of Death has been updated with a simpler and modern design with less technical information displayed.


Premise: Work in the first half the 20th century in electrical properties of nerve cells were by what two main scientists?

Hypothesis: Reflecting the new understanding, in 1942 Charles Sherrington visualized the workings of the brain waking from sleep:


Premise: Which building's reconstruction cost $82 million?

Hypothesis: These include the $82 million reconstruction of downtown's David Whitney Building (now an Aloft Hotel and luxury residences), the Woodward Garden Block Development in Midtown, the residential conversion of the David Broderick Tower in downtown, the rehabilitation of the Book Cadillac Hotel (now a Westin and luxury condos) and Fort Shelby Hotel (now Doubletree) also in downtown, and various smaller projects.


Premise: What did a professor at the Peking University say about the handling of the earthquake?

Hypothesis: This is the first time [that] the Chinese media has lived up to international standards”.


Premise: A rheostat is the size and shape of what?

Hypothesis: This rheostat (see picture) was enclosed within a cylindrical container about the size and shape of a cake.


Premise: How many lanes make up the Sui-Yu Expressway?

Hypothesis: The Sui-Yu Expressway is a four lane overpass with a speed limit of 80 km/h (50 mph).


Premise: Which country had the slowest criminal justice system in Western Europe in 2005?

Hypothesis: By EU and USA standards, Portugal's justice system was internationally known as being slow and inefficient, and by 2011 it was the second slowest in Western Europe (after Italy); conversely, Portugal has one of the highest rates of judges and prosecutors—over 30 per 100,000 people.


Premise: When did the scholar project begin?

Hypothesis: The city is home to New Haven Promise, a scholarship funded by Yale University for students who meet the requirements.


Premise: When established in 1928, which airport served as the base of the Delhi Flying Club?

Hypothesis: Since then, the club only carries out aircraft maintenance courses, and is used for helicopter rides to Indira Gandhi International Airport for VIP including the president and the prime minister.


Premise: Who did Frédéric's father marry in 1806?

Hypothesis: Nicolas tutored children of the Polish aristocracy, and in 1806 married Justyna Krzyżanowska, a poor relative of the Skarbeks, one of the families for whom he worked.


Premise: At which intersection does W 122nd Street terminate?

Hypothesis: west from the intersection of Mount Morris Park West at Marcus Garvey Memorial Park and terminates at the intersection of Morningside Avenue at Morningside Park.


Premise: Who is cancer more common among in Portugal?

Hypothesis: Portuguese people die 12% less often from cancer than in the Eur-A, but mortality is not declining as rapidly as in the Eur-A. Cancer is more frequent among children as well as among women younger than 44 years.


Premise: What two scientists published a model of the double stranded DNA molecule?

Hypothesis: The structure of DNA was studied by Rosalind Franklin using X-ray crystallography, which led James D. Watson and Francis Crick to publish a model of the double-stranded DNA molecule whose paired nucleotide bases indicated a compelling hypothesis for the mechanism of genetic replication.


Premise: On which date did France issue a declaration of war to the Prussian government?

Hypothesis: On 19 July 1870 a declaration of war was sent to the Prussian government.


Premise: The features of flowers which attract pollinators also attract what other creature?

Hypothesis: Attraction is effected by color, scent, and nectar, which may be secreted in some part of the flower.


Premise: What was responsible for the decline of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Lundenwic?

Hypothesis: From the 820s the town declined because of repeated Viking invasions.


Premise: What is the federation of Australia?

Hypothesis: In 1901, the Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed one nation.


Premise: What was one of the very first albums released?

Hypothesis: German record company Odeon is often said to have pioneered the album in 1909 when it released the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky on 4 double-sided discs in a specially designed package.


Premise: What is the French term for Sassou's political party?

Hypothesis: Sassou Nguesso is backed by his own Congolese Labour Party (French: Parti Congolais du Travail) as well as a range of smaller parties.


Premise: What is the LGBT newspaper called?

Hypothesis: Real Change is a weekly street newspaper that is sold mainly by homeless persons as an alternative to panhandling.


Premise: Why was dBASE successful?

Hypothesis: The dBASE product was lightweight and easy for any computer user to understand out of the box.


Premise: Who designed the City of Arts and Sciences?

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


Premise: Of the three recorded Viking assaults on London, how many were successful?

Hypothesis: There are three recorded Viking assaults on London; two of which were successful in 851 and 886 AD, although they were defeated during the attack of 994 AD.


Premise: What mode do both JFET and IGFET operate in?

Hypothesis: Also, both devices operate in the depletion mode, they both have a high input impedance, and they both conduct current under the control of an input voltage.


Premise: During what period did hunter-gatherers begin to focus food collection on a more limited range?

Hypothesis: Starting at the transition between the Middle to Upper Paleolithic period, some 80,000 to 70,000 years ago, some hunter-gatherers bands began to specialize, concentrating on hunting a smaller selection of (often larger) game and gathering a smaller selection of food.


Premise: What position at Dell did Kevin Rollins eventually attain?

Hypothesis: Rollins would soon join Dell full-time and eventually become the company President and CEO.


Premise: What was the name of Beyoncé's tour that she started on April 15?

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


Premise: What type of people did Kanye state had more power than Black people?

Hypothesis: Black people don't have the same level of connections as Jewish people...


Premise: Who has power over the exception?

Hypothesis: Since 1962, the cardinal bishops have only a titular relationship with the suburbicarian sees, with no powers of governance over them.


Premise: Which group from the Presbyterian church in rank is above sessions?

Hypothesis: This congregation / presbytery / synod / general assembly schema is based on the historical structure of the larger Presbyterian churches, such as the Church of Scotland or the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); some bodies, such as the Presbyterian Church in America and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, skip one of the steps between congregation and General Assembly, and usually the step skipped is the Synod.


Premise: What became widespread in the Renaissance era?

Hypothesis: The Renaissance era was from 1400 to 1600.


Premise: As a child, Athanasius imitated what ritual?

Hypothesis: Rufinus relates a story that as Bishop Alexander stood by a window, he watched boys playing on the seashore below, imitating the ritual of Christian baptism.


Premise: Where is the theology library at Notre Dame?

Hypothesis: A theology library was also opened in fall of 2015.


Premise: What language, according to the text, may need double stops to indicate aspiration length?

Hypothesis: The aspiration modifier letter may be doubled to indicate especially strong or long aspiration.


Premise: What percentage of the alpha rays of natural uranium are emitted by 234U?

Hypothesis: For natural uranium, about 49% of its alpha rays are emitted by each of 238U atom, and also 49% by 234U (since the latter is formed from the former) and about 2.0% of them by the 235U.


Premise: When did Broca publish his pioneering work?

Hypothesis: Pioneering work by Broca (1878), Papez (1937), and MacLean (1952) suggested that emotion is related to a group of structures in the center of the brain called the limbic system, which includes the hypothalamus, cingulate cortex, hippocampi, and other structures.


Premise: Who were probably the first group of people in Tuscan?

Hypothesis: The groups designated as the Hohokam lived in the area from AD 600 to 1450 and are known for their vast irrigation canal systems and their red-on-brown pottery.[citation needed]


Premise: Who is the dog that guards Helheim?

Hypothesis: In Norse mythology, a bloody, four-eyed dog called Garmr guards Helheim.


Premise: The Western Alps and the Austroalpine peaks show distinct differences in what?

Hypothesis: According to geologist Stefan Schmid, because the Western Alps underwent a metamorphic event in the Cenozoic Era while the Austroalpine peaks underwent an event in the Cretaceous Period, the two areas show distinct differences in nappe formations.


Premise: What is Renaixenca?

Hypothesis: This period starts with Aribau's Ode to the Homeland (1833); followed in the second half of the 19th century, and the early 20th by the work of Verdaguer (poetry), Oller (realist novel), and Guimerà (drama).


Premise: How many students enrolled in madaris are Muslim?

Hypothesis: Not all students in madaris are Muslims; there is also a modern curriculum.


Premise: Who is the Chinese premier that called the actions of the US and the United Nations an act of aggression?

Hypothesis: The President disagreed with advisers who recommended unilateral U.S. bombing of the North Korean forces, and ordered the US Seventh Fleet to protect the Republic of China (Taiwan), whose government asked to fight in Korea.


Premise: How many circuit courts of appeal are there in the United States?

Hypothesis: The city is home to both the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, one of 13 United States courts of appeals, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, one of 12 Federal Reserve Banks.


Premise: What type of alpha emitter is uranium?

Hypothesis: The main risk of exposure to depleted uranium is chemical poisoning by uranium oxide rather than radioactivity (uranium being only a weak alpha emitter).


Premise: What is the name of the arboretum?

Hypothesis: The J. C. Raulston Arboretum, an 8-acre (32,000 m²) arboretum and botanical garden in west Raleigh administered by North Carolina State University, maintains a year-round collection that is open daily to the public without charge.


Premise: What did Constantine the Great and Licinius pass to introduce toleration of Christianity in the Roman Empire?

Hypothesis: Constantine the Great, who along with Licinius had decreed toleration of Christianity in the Roman Empire by what is commonly called the "Edict of Milan", and was the first Roman Emperor baptized, set precedents for later policy.


Premise: How many actual people were used for the opening sequence of Spectre?

Hypothesis: In addition to the principal cast, Alessandro Cremona was cast as Marco Sciarra, Stephanie Sigman was cast as Estrella, and Detlef Bothe was cast as a villain for scenes shot in Austria.


Premise: What is the volatage surge of the third rail of London Underground system?

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


Premise: Atlantic City is a prime place to beat the heat from June through what month?

Hypothesis: The average window for freezing temperatures is November 20 to March 25, allowing a growing season of 239 days.


Premise: What period was the Jin kingdom in?

Hypothesis: In Jin, dozens of prefects were spread across the state, each having limited authority and employment period.


Premise: The western communists claimed the war was what?

Hypothesis: Thus, the various western Communist parties now had to oppose the war, and to vote against war credits.


Premise: What are the dimensions of 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 profession does Andrew Holden smugly self-identify as?

Hypothesis: Chryssides further states, "it is therefore simplistic and naïve to view the Witnesses as a group that continues to set a single end-date that fails and then devise a new one, as many counter-cultists do."


Premise: What Irish guitarist played the mandolin on stage?

Hypothesis: The Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher often played the mandolin on stage, and he most famously used it in the song "Going To My Hometown."


Premise: What kind of observations use  the high elevations and thin atmosphere for viewing space?

Hypothesis: Biologists, in addition to examining the wildlife, are interested in how harsh temperatures and the presence of people affect adaptation and survival strategies in a wide variety of organisms.


Premise: How many cyber cafes were withing the territory in 2006?

Hypothesis: The Somali Telecommunication Association (STA), a watchdog organization that oversees the policy development and regulatory framework of Somalia's ICT sector, reported in 2006 that there were over half a million users of internet services within the territory.


Premise: What percent of coursework is done at the business school by undergraduate students at Washington University?

Hypothesis: Undergraduate BSBA students take 40–60% of their courses within the business school and are able to formally declare majors in eight areas: accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, healthcare management, marketing, managerial economics and strategy, organization and human resources, international business, and operations and supply chain management.


Premise: What were castles originally built out of?

Hypothesis: Knights were the lowest level of nobility; they controlled but did not own land, and had to serve other nobles.[T]


Premise: How did Mark Anthony's love die?

Hypothesis: The last ruler from the Ptolemaic line was Cleopatra VII, who committed suicide following the burial of her lover Mark Antony who had died in her arms (from a self-inflicted stab wound), after Octavian had captured Alexandria and her mercenary forces had fled.


Premise: What characteristic of the light emitted by a hot object changes with temperature?

Hypothesis: The assumption that black-body radiation is thermal leads to an accurate prediction: the total amount of emitted energy goes up with the temperature according to a definite rule, the Stefan–Boltzmann law (1879–84).


Premise: Who was a woman supposed to be subservient to?

Hypothesis: Thus, a woman was also to exercise discipline.


Premise: What is the lowest temperature on Melbourne's record?

Hypothesis: The lowest temperature on record is −2.8 °C (27.0 °F), on 21 July 1869.


Premise: What is it known as if blood is present?

Hypothesis: If blood is present it is also known as dysentery.


Premise: What Texas city was Dell's headquarters previously in?

Hypothesis: In 1994, Dell announced that it was moving most of its employees out of the Arboretum, but that it was going to continue to occupy the top floor of the Arboretum and that the company's official headquarters address would continue to be the Arboretum.


Premise: What committee did von Neumann serve on within the Atomic Energy Commission?

Hypothesis: Over the following two years, he also became a consultant to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a member of the influential General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, a consultant to the newly established Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Group of the United States Air Force.


Premise: What is the benefit of the  Compacts of Free Association?

Hypothesis: The Compacts give citizens of these island nations generally no restrictions to reside in the United States (also its territories), and many were attracted to Guam due to its proximity, environmental, and cultural familiarity.


Premise: How many lines of resolution could an image using the Transformator system have?

Hypothesis: In 1958, the Soviet Union developed Тransformator (Russian: Трансформатор, meaning Transformer), the first high-resolution (definition) television system capable of producing an image composed of 1,125 lines of resolution aimed at providing teleconferencing for military command.


Premise: Who would be responsible for the election of a plebeian tribune?

Hypothesis: Usually a plebeian tribune would preside over the assembly.


Premise: Who used to make window panes?

Hypothesis: This plate was then cut to fit a window.


Premise: What notable resource was available in the Marshall Islands?

Hypothesis: Subsequently, seven other chiefs on seven other islands signed a treaty in German and Marshallese and a final copy witnessed by Rötger on November 1 was sent to the German Foreign Office.


Premise: Which US city can receive broadcasts from CBC's London transmitter?

Hypothesis: As of September 2010 CBC shut down its analogue transmitter and decided not to replace it with a digital transmitter.


Premise: Whitehead believes any entity is in some sense what?

Hypothesis: In fact, Whitehead describes any entity as in some sense nothing more and nothing less than the sum of its relations to other entities – its synthesis of and reaction to the world around it.


Premise: How much will MAPS 3 cost?

Hypothesis: On December 2009, Oklahoma City voters passed MAPS 3, the $777 million (7-year 1-cent tax) initiative, which will include funding (appx $130M) for an estimated 5-to-6-mile (8.0 to 9.7 km)


Premise: On what day did Kanye apologize for his ranting at the MTV Europe Awards?

Hypothesis: " On November 2, 2006, when his "Touch the Sky" failed to win Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards, West went onto the stage as the award was being presented to Justice and Simian for "We Are Your Friends" and argued that he should have won the award instead.


Premise: How much more is the per capita GDP in Namibia compared to the rest of Africa's countries?

Hypothesis: Although per capita GDP is five times the per capita GDP of Africa's poorest countries, the majority of Namibia's people live in rural areas and exist on a subsistence way of life.


Premise: the Border collie is an example of what type of dog?

Hypothesis: Systematic analyses of the dog genome has revealed only four major types of dogs that can be said to be statistically distinct.


Premise: How much was the third television rights contract awarded to Sky worth?

Hypothesis: The third contract was a £1.024 billion deal with BSkyB for the three seasons from 2001–02 to 2003–04.


Premise: Who were the players and composers during this time?

Hypothesis: The players, teachers and composers included Giovanni Fouchetti, Eduardo Mezzacapo, Gabriele Leon, and Gervasio.


Premise: Un what decade did Clark develop the hot water removal process?

Hypothesis: This synthetic substance is fluid enough to be transferred through conventional oil pipelines and can be fed into conventional oil refineries without any further treatment.


Premise: What was created to address the causes of civil war?

Hypothesis: Upon her inauguration, Sirleaf requested the extradition of Taylor from Nigeria and transferred him to the SCSL for trial in The Hague.


Premise: What kind of vowel processes do other dialects have?

Hypothesis: In Central Catalan, unstressed vowels reduce to three: /a


Premise: What title did the emperor hold in Mongolia?

Hypothesis: During The Great Game era, taking advantage of the Dungan revolt in northwest China, Yaqub Beg invaded Xinjiang from Central Asia with support from the British Empire, and made himself the ruler of the kingdom of Kashgaria.


Premise: What did quadraphonic recording feature?

Hypothesis: These recorded four separate sound signals.


Premise: In what country did the blast furnace first appear?

Hypothesis: The blast furnace appeared around 1350 in Sweden, increasing the quantity of iron produced and improving its quality.


Premise: What is the literal translation of Theokotos?

Hypothesis: Theotokos (and its Latin equivalents, "Deipara" and "Dei genetrix") literally means "Godbearer".


Premise: What tale is seen as cautions against disrespecting prey or impudent boasting?

Hypothesis: Euripides' tale of Artemis and Actaeon, for example, may be seen as a caution against disrespect of prey or impudent boasting.


Premise: What was the average per-game attendance in 2007?

Hypothesis: Average attendance for AFL games were around 10,000–11,000 per game in the 1990s, though during the recession connected to the dot-com bubble and the September 11, 2001 attacks average attendance dropped below 10,000 for several years.


Premise: What happens if all wrestlers are down?

Hypothesis: If nobody rises to their feet by the end of the count, the match is ruled a draw.


Premise: Why were political radicals such as Ernst Haekel so interested in On the Origin of Species?

Hypothesis: Evolutionary ideas, although not natural selection, were accepted by German biologists accustomed to ideas of homology in morphology from Goethe's Metamorphosis of Plants and from their long tradition of comparative anatomy.


Premise: What did they attend in July 2013?

Hypothesis: She publicly endorsed same sex marriage on March 26, 2013, after the Supreme Court debate on California's Proposition 8.


Premise: Who was rookie of the year Runner-Up in 1989?

Hypothesis: After splitting the first two games at home, the Cubs headed to the Bay Area, where despite holding a lead at some point in each of the next three games, bullpen meltdowns and managerial blunders ultimately led to three straight losses.


Premise: What is a common damage to vinyl records?

Hypothesis: Vinyl records do not break easily, but the soft material is easily scratched.


Premise: Which is the largest American football stadium in the world?

Hypothesis: Ann Arbor is a major scene of college sports, most notably at the University of Michigan, a member of the Big Ten Conference.


Premise: What were tribal leaders accused of in 1971?

Hypothesis: Long-standing administrative boundaries were re-drawn, crossing tribal boundaries, while pro-revolutionary modernizers replaced traditional leaders, but the communities they served often rejected them.


Premise: Where is chemical energy stored and released?

Hypothesis: An example is mechanical energy which is the sum of (usually macroscopic) kinetic and potential energy in a system.


Premise: How much of the Seattle population have high school diplomas?

Hypothesis: Of the city's population over the age of 25, 53.8% (vs. a national average of 27.4%) hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and 91.9% (vs. 84.5% nationally) have a high school diploma or equivalent.


Premise: The period between 640-580 BC was known as what?

Hypothesis: It is considered that he created also the New York kouros, which is the oldest fully preserved statue of Kouros type, and seems to be the incarnation of the god himself.


Premise: Some devices such as an external hard and optical disk drive can use what?

Hypothesis: Such devices can use an external power supply, which is allowed by the standard, or use a dual-input USB cable, one input of which is used for power and data transfer, the other solely for power, which makes the device a non-standard USB device.


Premise: What year was the Toepler Pump invented?

Hypothesis: Thereafter, research into the partial vacuum lapsed until 1850 when August Toepler invented the Toepler Pump and Heinrich Geissler invented the mercury displacement pump in 1855, achieving a partial vacuum of about 10 Pa (0.1 Torr).


Premise: What is one example of writing that the formalist definition distinguishes literature from?

Hypothesis: The problem with the formalist definition is that in order to say that literature deviates from ordinary uses of language, those uses must first be identified; this is difficult because "ordinary language" is an unstable category, differing according to social categories and across history.


Premise: How much precipitation does Ketchikan receive each year?

Hypothesis: This is also the only region in Alaska in which the average daytime high temperature is above freezing during the winter months.


Premise: What did Koch call the ineffective treatment for TB he came up with in 1890?

Hypothesis: Koch announced a glycerine extract of the tubercle bacilli as a "remedy" for tuberculosis in 1890, calling it "tuberculin".


Premise: Why did Galla Placidia erect the church of San Giovanni Evangelista?

Hypothesis: Another great building established by Galla Placidia was the church of San Giovanni Evangelista.


Premise: Once the popularity on the lectures grew, who began to attend?

Hypothesis: As news of the lectures' lucidity grew, professional physicists and graduate students began to drop in to listen.


Premise: Who kept watch over Jesus?

Hypothesis: Apart from these women, the three Synoptic Gospels speak of the presence of others: "the chief priests, with the scribes and elders"; two robbers crucified, one on Jesus' right and one on his left, whom the Gospel of Luke presents as the penitent thief and the impenitent thief; "the soldiers", "the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus"; passers-by; "bystanders", "the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle"; and "his acquaintances"


Premise: What is the source of amazonite's color?

Hypothesis: For many years, the source of amazonite's color was a mystery.


Premise: Who commonly, or at least attempt to, abide by the rule of law?

Hypothesis: Substantive conceptions of the rule of law go beyond this and include certain substantive rights that are said to be based on, or derived from, the rule of law.


Premise: Which actor also attended the celebrations?

Hypothesis: The torch arrived in Sanya, Hainan on May 4 with celebrations attended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials and Chinese big names like Jackie Chan.


Premise: For what annual New Haven art event, held in early October, is the Erector Square complex used?

Hypothesis: The Erector Square complex in the Fair Haven neighborhood houses the Parachute Factory gallery along with numerous artist studios, and the complex serves as an active destination during City-Wide Open Studios held yearly in October.


Premise: What does BYU mandate of it's student members of the LDS Church to be?

Hypothesis: BYU mandates that its students who are members of the LDS Church be religiously active.


Premise: When did Beijing lose to Li Zicheng's rebel forces and the Manchu-led Qing dynasty?

Hypothesis: His short reign was described by later historians as the first reign of the so-called Southern Ming dynasty.


Premise: How many Turkish Cypriots were displaced due to the violence?

Hypothesis: In some areas, Greek Cypriots prevented Turkish Cypriots from travelling and entering government buildings, while some Turkish Cypriots willingly withdrew due to the calls of the Turkish Cypriot administration.


Premise: What terms were these gifts given?

Hypothesis: Often, those gifts were only temporary leases, which the magnates never returned (in the 16th century, the anti-magnate opposition among szlachta was known as the ruch egzekucji praw—movement for execution of the laws—which demanded that all such possessions are returned to their proper owner, the king).


Premise: When did communism fall in allies of the Soviet Union?

Hypothesis: The Soviet economic and political system collapsed, leading to the end of communism in the satellite countries in 1989, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union itself in 1991.


Premise: How many district courts does Oklahoma have?

Hypothesis: Oklahoma has two courts of last resort: the state Supreme Court hears civil cases, and the state Court of Criminal Appeals hears criminal cases (this split system exists only in Oklahoma and neighboring Texas).


Premise: When was antibacterial-resistance demonstrated?

Hypothesis: For example, antibacterial selection for strains having previously acquired antibacterial-resistance genes was demonstrated in 1943 by the Luria–Delbrück experiment.


Premise: When was the editorial published?

Hypothesis: In contrast to this viewpoint, an article and associated editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine in May 2015 emphasized the importance of pharmaceutical industry-physician interactions for the development of novel treatments, and argued that moral outrage over industry malfeasance had unjustifiably led many to overemphasize the problems created by financial conflicts of interest.


Premise: Time is one of how many fundamental physical quantities?

Hypothesis: Time is one of the seven fundamental physical quantities in both the International System of Units and International System of Quantities.


Premise: What city did Winston Churchill bomb in retaliation for the killing of civilians?

Hypothesis: Between 7 September 1940 and 21 May 1941, 16 British cities suffered aerial raids with at least 100 long tons of high explosives.


Premise: What area is covered by the Lord-Lieutenant?

Hypothesis: The area served by the Lord-Lieutenant (termed now a ceremonial county) covered the entirety of the administrative county and the county boroughs, and was expanded whenever boroughs annexed areas in neighbouring counties such as Wythenshawe in Manchester south of the River Mersey and historically in Cheshire, and southern Warrington.


Premise: Where is Nigeria's second satellite's ground receiving station?

Hypothesis: NigeriaSat-2, Nigeria's second satellite, was built as a high-resolution earth satellite by Surrey Space Technology Limited, a United Kingdom-based satellite technology company.


Premise: About how many people get a Toxocara infection each year?

Hypothesis: In the United States, about 10,000 cases of Toxocara infection are reported in humans each year, and almost 14% of the U.S. population is infected.


Premise: For the majority of Dell's existence, what were they a vendor of?

Hypothesis: The company has since made additional acquisitions in storage and networking systems, with the aim of expanding their portfolio from offering computers only to delivering complete solutions for enterprise customers.


Premise: In what year did the space shuttle Challenger explode after launch?

Hypothesis: The space industry also suffered in 1986 after the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated shortly after launch.


Premise: How long were Jefferson and Hemmings in a relationship?

Hypothesis: Of numerous relationships between male slaveholders, overseers, or master's sons and women slaves, the most notable is likely that of President Thomas Jefferson with his slave Sally Hemings.


Premise: How are the plant roots able to communicate with rhizome bacteria, fungi, and insects within the soil?

Hypothesis: These interactions are governed by syntactic, pragmatic, and semantic rules,[citation needed] and are possible because of the decentralized "nervous system" of plants.


Premise: What is the differentiation process driven by?

Hypothesis: The newly formed testicles in the fetus are responsible for the secretion of androgens, that will cooperate in driving the sexual differentiation of the developing fetus, included its brain.


Premise: What have researchers in science labs been making?

Hypothesis: The world of clothing is always changing, as new cultural influences meet technological innovations.


Premise: What's the name of the famed warship built in Southampton for Henry V?

Hypothesis: From 1904 to 2004, the Thornycroft shipbuilding yard was a major employer in Southampton, building and repairing ships used in the two World Wars.


Premise: How many baptisms were there in 1974?

Hypothesis: From 1966, Witness publications and convention talks built anticipation of the possibility that Christ's thousand-year reign might begin in late 1975 or shortly thereafter.


Premise: When would other targets be considered available?

Hypothesis: Even so, the decision by OKL to support the strategy in Directive 23 was instigated by two considerations, both of which had little to do with wanting to destroy Britain's sea communications in conjunction with the Kriegsmarine.


Premise: After amending the joint agreement, who received the larger portion of Lithuania?

Hypothesis: Eleven days after the Soviet invasion of the Polish Kresy, the secret protocol of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was modified by the German–Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Demarcation,) allotting Germany a larger part of Poland and transferring Lithuania's territory (with the exception of left bank of river Scheschupe, the "Lithuanian Strip") from the envisioned German sphere to the Soviets.


Premise: The special effects include blue light, music playing and what else?

Hypothesis: Music plays and various animations are also displayed on the ceiling.


Premise: How many years would of strong profit would it take to generate enough capital to support additional lending?

Hypothesis: According to the Brookings Institution, the traditional banking system does not have the capital to close this gap as of June 2009: "It would take a number of years of strong profits to generate sufficient capital to support that additional lending volume.


Premise: Is iron more dense than zinc?

Hypothesis: It is somewhat less dense than iron and has a hexagonal crystal structure, with a distorted form of hexagonal close packing, in which each atom has six nearest neighbors (at 265.9 pm) in its own plane and six others at a greater distance of 290.6 pm.


Premise: Which type of oily animals where also used as lamps after being threaded with wick?

Hypothesis: These lamps were made from naturally occurring materials such as rocks, shells, horns and stones, were filled with grease, and had a fiber wick.


Premise: Who was William Goetz's father-in-law?

Hypothesis: Goetz, a son-in-law of Louis B. Mayer decided to bring "prestige" to the new company.


Premise: What version of PS3 contained Photo Gallery?

Hypothesis: It was introduced in system software version 2.60 and provides a range of tools for sorting through and displaying the system's pictures.


Premise: According to surveys in 2007 and 2009, what percent of the population believes in cults of ancestors?

Hypothesis: According to surveys conducted in 2007 and 2009, 23.02% of the population believes and is involved in cults of ancestors, while 2.62% of the population identifies as Christian, decreasing from 3.92% in 2004.


Premise: What is the area near Hamden that was renamed for Eli Whitney?

Hypothesis: That area is still known as Whitneyville, and the main road through both towns is known as Whitney Avenue.


Premise: Where do Jem, Scout, and Dill observe the trial of Tom Robinson?

Hypothesis: No seat is available on the main floor, so by invitation of Rev. Sykes, Jem, Scout, and Dill watch from the colored balcony.


Premise: What was the name the first cousing that Victoria married?

Hypothesis: Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840.


Premise: Who has used programs such as Carnivore and NarusInsight to eavesdrop on the systems of internet service providers?

Hypothesis: For instance, programs such as Carnivore and NarusInsight have been used by the FBI and NSA to eavesdrop on the systems of internet service providers.


Premise: Where does 155th Street start?

Hypothesis: A separate, unconnected section of 155th Street runs under the viaduct, connecting Bradhurst Avenue and the Harlem River Drive.


Premise: What began as an almost exclusively linguistic and philological enterprise?

Hypothesis: As early as 1833, Slavic languages were recognized as Indo-European.


Premise: In what year did the population of New York reach an all-time high for the second time in this period?

Hypothesis: New York's population reached all-time highs in the 2000 Census and then again in the 2010 Census.


Premise: Who is the Thunders point guard?

Hypothesis: The Oklahoma City Thunder has been regarded by sports analysts as one of the elite franchises of the NBA's Western Conference and that of a media darling as the future of the league.


Premise: In what year were department store sales beaten by larger stores?

Hypothesis: In 2003, U.S. department store sales were surpassed by big-box store sales for the first time (though some stores may be classified as "big box" by physical layout and "department store" by merchandise).


Premise: Was France's 819 line system in color?

Hypothesis: The system was monochrome only, and was used only on VHF for the first French TV channel.


Premise: In what year did the iTunes store begin allowing users to buy video games?

Hypothesis: Additional games have since been added.


Premise: Who states that Christian believers agree that Jesus has a unique significance?

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


Premise: In Africa, the finances are often moved where?

Hypothesis: Economists argue that one of the factors behind the differing economic development in Africa and Asia is that in Africa, corruption has primarily taken the form of rent extraction with the resulting financial capital moved overseas rather than invested at home (hence the stereotypical, but often accurate, image of African dictators having Swiss bank accounts).


Premise: When was ACE created?

Hypothesis: The rules governing ligature formation can be quite complex, requiring special script-shaping technologies such as ACE (Arabic Calligraphic Engine by DecoType in the 1980s and used to generate all the Arabic examples in the printed editions of the Unicode Standard), which became the proof of concept for OpenType (by Adobe and Microsoft), Graphite (by SIL International), or AAT (by Apple).


Premise: What section begins after the first half of The Times newspaper?

Hypothesis: The sport section is at the end of the main paper.


Premise: How large is the metropolitan area of Paris?

Hypothesis: The metropolitan area of the city is 2,300 km2 (890 sq mi).


Premise: What is the space also known as what?

Hypothesis: Originally based on the English alphabet, ASCII encodes 128 specified characters into seven-bit integers as shown by the ASCII chart on the right.


Premise: In 2007, which airlines made deals to include iPod connections on their planes?

Hypothesis: Beginning in mid-2007, four major airlines, United, Continental, Delta, and Emirates, reached agreements to install iPod seat connections.


Premise: What years were William Halfpenny active?

Hypothesis: The period saw the growth of a distinct and trained architectural profession; before the mid-century "the high-sounding title, 'architect' was adopted by anyone who could get away with it".


Premise: Which town do the New Jersey Devils hockey team play?

Hypothesis: The New York Islanders and the New York Rangers represent the city in the National Hockey League.


Premise: At what temple did the ceremonies for the Yongle Emperor's deceased parents take place?

Hypothesis: In fact, this was the same title that Kublai Khan had offered the Sakya Phagpa lama, but Deshin Shekpa persuaded the Yongle Emperor to grant the title to religious leaders of other Tibetan Buddhist sects.


Premise: What percentage of drugs were shown to be ineffective after an FDA study?

Hypothesis: Manufacturers henceforth had to prove to FDA that their drugs were effective as well as safe before they could go on the US market.


Premise: How many newborn American babies were affected by thalidomide?

Hypothesis: Over 20,000 Americans received thalidomide in this "study," including 624 pregnant patients, and about 17 known newborns suffered the effects of the drug.[citation needed]


Premise: Where does Nigeria's movie industry rank worldwide?

Hypothesis: Nigerian cinema is Africa's largest movie industry in terms of both value and the number of movies produced per year.


Premise: When was Go Set a Watchman introduced to the public?

Hypothesis: This draft, which was completed in 1957, is set 20 years after the time period depicted in To Kill a Mockingbird but is not a continuation of the narrative.


Premise: Who makes the editorial decisions for The Northwestern University Law Review?

Hypothesis: Student editors make the editorial and organizational decisions and select articles submitted by professors, judges, and practitioners, as well as student pieces.


Premise: What role did Montini fill for Pius XII?

Hypothesis: Pius XII did not have a personal secretary.


Premise: Who was responsible for the bringing Greek culture as far as Asia?

Hypothesis: The period known as classical antiquity began with the rise of the city-states of Ancient Greece.


Premise: What weather feature does Neptune have stronger than any other planet?

Hypothesis: These weather patterns are driven by the strongest sustained winds of any planet in the Solar System, with recorded wind speeds as high as 2,100 kilometres per hour (580 m/s; 1,300 mph).


Premise: William Wordsworth lived from what year to what year?

Hypothesis: John "Walking" Stewart (1747-1822), whose insistence in seeing matter as endowed with a moral dimension had a major impact on the philosophical poetry of William Wordsworth (1770-1850).


Premise: What does modern ESC code do?

Hypothesis: An ESC sent from the terminal is most often used as an out-of-band character used to terminate an operation, as in the TECO and vi text editors.


Premise: What is the population of Bern?

Hypothesis: Bern has a population of 140,634 people and 34% of the population are resident foreign nationals.


Premise: What kind of realism did Popper believe Tarski's theory supported?

Hypothesis: The theory also seemed, in Popper's eyes, to support metaphysical realism and the regulative idea of a search for truth.


Premise: In what year was the Detroit Opera House purchased?

Hypothesis: The Nederlander Organization, the largest controller of Broadway productions in New York City, originated with the purchase of the Detroit Opera House in 1922 by the Nederlander family.


Premise: When did Green make a deal to shore up the starting rotation?

Hypothesis: The team's commitment to contend was complete when Green made a midseason deal on June 15 to shore up the starting rotation due to injuries to Rick Reuschel (5–5) and Sanderson.


Premise: what group's productions for Mel and Kim added elements of house to the europop sound?

Hypothesis: Stock Aitken Waterman's productions for Mel and Kim, including the number-one hit "Respectable", added elements of house to their previous Europop sound, and session group Mirage scored top-ten hits with "Jack Mix II" and "Jack Mix IV", medleys of previous electro and Europop hits rearranged in a house style.


Premise: Outside of France, where are the other three branches of the Sorbonne library located?

Hypothesis: There are several academic libraries and archives in Paris.


Premise: What colors were used in the redecorations overseen by King Edward VII?

Hypothesis: Buckingham Palace—the Ballroom, Grand Entrance, Marble Hall, Grand Staircase, vestibules and galleries redecorated in the Belle époque cream and gold colour scheme they retain today—once again became a setting for entertaining on a majestic scale but leaving some to feel King Edward's heavy redecorations were at odds with Nash's original work.


Premise: What is the Armenian Quarter?

Hypothesis: For example, a community has existed for over a millennium in the Holy Land, and one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem has been called the Armenian Quarter.


Premise: What type of cathedral is Muster?

Hypothesis: It also has an impressive 15th century Gothic cathedral, the Münster, and a 15th-century town hall.


Premise: How long did the Persian empire control the northern India subcontinent?

Hypothesis: In 530 BC Cyrus the Great, King of the Persian Achaemenid Empire crossed the Hindu-Kush mountains to seek tribute from the tribes of Kamboja, Gandhara and the trans-India region (modern Afghanistan and Pakistan).


Premise: What did Victoria and her mother disagree on?

Hypothesis: Though queen, as an unmarried young woman Victoria was required by social convention to live with her mother, despite their differences over the Kensington System and her mother's continued reliance on Conroy.


Premise: Which  Alexander Archipenko piece was similar to other Cubist scupltures of that time?

Hypothesis: " These positive/negative reversals were ambitiously exploited by Alexander Archipenko in 1912–13, for example in Woman Walking.


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

Hypothesis: There are also parks on two major islands in the river: Belle Isle and Brown's Island.


Premise: What disagreements did the  Luftwaffe staff center around?

Hypothesis: Disputes among the OKL staff revolved more around tactics than strategy.


Premise: What product is processed cottonseed oil?

Hypothesis: The cottonseed meal that is left generally is fed to ruminant livestock; the gossypol remaining in the meal is toxic to monogastric animals.


Premise: Who said many African Americans have NAtive American heritage?

Hypothesis: The writer Sherrel W. Stewart's assertion that "most" African Americans have significant Native American heritage, is not supported by genetic researchers who have done extensive population mapping studies.


Premise: What type of battalion is normally tasked to a manoeuvre division in the field army?

Hypothesis: For example, the UK's Anti-Aircraft Command, commanded by a full British Army general was part of ADGB.


Premise: How many lemuns does a 15 watt fluorescent lamp produce?

Hypothesis: A wax candle produces on the close order of 13 lumens, a 60 watt incandescent lamp makes around 700 lumens, and a 15-watt compact fluorescent lamp produces about 800 lumens, but actual output varies by specific design.


Premise: What two electromagnetic tools do birds use to find their destinations?

Hypothesis: Migratory birds may use two electromagnetic tools to find their destinations: one that is entirely innate and another that relies on experience.


Premise: Many of John's mistresses were what?

Hypothesis: It was common for kings and nobles of the period to keep mistresses, but chroniclers complained that John's mistresses were married noblewomen, which was considered unacceptable.


Premise: What does ARM stand for:

Hypothesis: This contributed to an increase in 1-year and 5-year adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) rates, making ARM interest rate resets more expensive for homeowners.


Premise: Who owned the Detroit Drive in this period?

Hypothesis: The AFL's first dynasty came to an end when their owner, Mike Ilitch (who also owned Little Caesars Pizza and the Detroit Red Wings) bought the Detroit Tigers baseball team and sold the AFL team.


Premise: What does the MoD defend?

Hypothesis: The MoD states that its principal objectives are to defend the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its interests and to strengthen international peace and stability.


Premise: Who first imported slaves to New York?

Hypothesis: Interracial relationships have had a long history in North America and the United States, beginning with the intermixing of European explorers and soldiers, who took native women as companions.


Premise: Supreme Courts in New York serve what function?

Hypothesis: Further, trial courts of general jurisdiction in New York are called the Supreme Court, and the intermediate appellate court is called the Supreme Court, Appellate Division.


Premise: What did Burke think the war with France was against?

Hypothesis: Burke regarded the war with France as ideological, against an "armed doctrine".


Premise: What was the amount of the production loan Universal sought to complete Show Boat?

Hypothesis: Universal was forced to seek a $750,000 production loan from the Standard Capital Corporation, pledging the Laemmle family's controlling interest in Universal as collateral.


Premise: How large was the land (in acres) that the institution was founded on?

Hypothesis: The latter two colleges were incorporated by Royal Charter into the Imperial College of Science and Technology and the CGLI Central Technical College was renamed the City and Guilds College in 1907, but not incorporated into Imperial College until 1910.


Premise: What is almost never mixed or confused with studies of the Ancient Near East?

Hypothesis: In the modern sense, it is likely to mean any or all of the Arabic languages.


Premise: Eisenhower was a president of what country?

Hypothesis: Tito met many world leaders during his rule, such as Soviet rulers Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev; Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, Indian politicians Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi; British Prime Ministers Winston Churchill, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher; U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter; other political leaders, dignitaries and heads of state that Tito met at least once in his lifetime included Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Yasser Arafat, Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Georges Pompidou, Queen Elizabeth II, Hua Guofeng, Kim Il Sung, Sukarno, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Suharto, Idi Amin, Haile Selassie, Kenneth Kaunda, Gaddafi, Erich Honecker, Nicolae Ceaușescu, János Kádár and Urho Kekkonen.


Premise: What Adventist groups observe the Sabbath?

Hypothesis: Although the Adventist churches hold much in common, their theologies differ on whether the intermediate state is unconscious sleep or consciousness, whether the ultimate punishment of the wicked is annihilation or eternal torment, the nature of immortality, whether or not the wicked are resurrected after the millennium, and whether the sanctuary of Daniel 8 refers to the one in heaven or one on earth.


Premise: What year did Frédéric leave Warsaw after moving with his family to the south annex of Krasiński Palace?

Hypothesis: In 1827, soon after the death of Chopin's youngest sister Emilia, the family moved from the Warsaw University building, adjacent to the Kazimierz Palace, to lodgings just across the street from the university, in the south annex of the Krasiński Palace on Krakowskie Przedmieście,[n 5] where Chopin lived until he left Warsaw in 1830.[n 6]


Premise: What is the size requirement for entry into the AG2R Race?

Hypothesis: The Transat AG2R Race, held every alternate year, is an event which originates in Concarneau in Brittany, France, reaching St. Barthélemy.


Premise: When is the Gordie Howe International Bridge expected to open?

Hypothesis: On February 18, 2015, Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt announced that Canada has agreed to pay the entire cost to build a $250 million U.S. Customs plaza adjacent to the planned new Detroit–Windsor bridge, now the Gordie Howe International Bridge.


Premise: Whose responsibility is it to assure that assent has been granted?

Hypothesis: Independently of the method used to signify royal assent, it is the responsibility of the Clerk of the Parliaments, once the assent has been duly notified to both houses, not only to endorse the act in the name of the monarch with the formal Norman French formula, but to certify that assent has been granted.


Premise: What did Bell call his cord-free phone?

Hypothesis: Bell and his assistant Charles Sumner Tainter jointly invented a wireless telephone, named a photophone, which allowed for the transmission of both sounds and normal human conversations on a beam of light.


Premise: How many days are in the Gregorian calendar?

Hypothesis: In the Julian calendar a leap year occurs every 4 years, but the Gregorian calendar omits 3 leap days every 400 years.


Premise: When was the Armistice Agreement signed?

Hypothesis: The war is considered to have ended at this point, even though there was no peace treaty.


Premise: Children were taught to memorize facts through methods that originated during which time period?

Hypothesis: The predominant educational psychology from the 1750s onward, especially in northern European countries was associationism, the notion that the mind associates or dissociates ideas through repeated routines.


Premise: Who conducted the research study?

Hypothesis: The research was conducted over several schools within the Cherry Creek School District and was conducted through University of Colorado.


Premise: Aside from symbolizing cultures, what else are architectural works thought of as?

Hypothesis: Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art.


Premise: What is the superorder containing the Anseriformes?

Hypothesis: The earliest divergence within the Neognathes was that of the Galloanserae, the superorder containing the Anseriformes (ducks, geese, swans and screamers) and the Galliformes (the pheasants, grouse, and their allies, together with the mound builders and the guans and their allies).


Premise: The term alp, alm, albe or alpe refers to what in modern languages?

Hypothesis: The term for the mountain peaks varies by nation and language: words such as horn, kogel, gipfel, spitz, and berg are used in German speaking regions: mont, pic, dent and aiguille in French speaking regions; and monte, picco or cima in Italian speaking regions.


Premise: What, in nature, is most likely to make things green?

Hypothesis: By far the largest contributor to green in nature is chlorophyll, the chemical by which plants photosynthesize and convert sunlight into chemical energy.


Premise: How were hackers able to obtain unrestricted access to Rome's networking systems?

Hypothesis: The intruders were able to obtain classified files, such as air tasking order systems data and furthermore able to penetrate connected networks of National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Space Flight Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, some Defense contractors, and other private sector organizations, by posing as a trusted Rome center user.


Premise: Where is the BSX located?

Hypothesis: There are four hundred securities listed on the stock exchange, of which almost three hundred are offshore funds and alternative investment structures attracted by Bermuda's regulatory environment.


Premise: What are the test cases built around?

Hypothesis: This level of testing usually requires thorough test cases to be provided to the tester, who then can simply verify that for a given input, the output value (or behavior), either "is" or "is not" the same as the expected value specified in the test case.


Premise: Who secured the domestic rights to broadcast games 116 and 38 respectively?

Hypothesis: The deal was worth £1 billion a year domestically as of 2013–14, with BSkyB and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 116 and 38 games respectively.


Premise: What established the European balance of power in 1815?

Hypothesis: This new power destabilized the European balance of power established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars.


Premise: What was the public's literacy rate in leading up to the early 19th century in the empire?

Hypothesis: Because of a low literacy rate among the public (about 2–3% until the early 19th century and just about 15% at the end of 19th century),[citation needed] ordinary people had to hire scribes as "special request-writers" (arzuhâlcis) to be able to communicate with the government.


Premise: What did the committee decide was important?

Hypothesis: The committee decided it was important to support uppercase 64-character alphabets, and chose to pattern ASCII


Premise: How many families are in AGP III?

Hypothesis: In APG II (2003) it is not settled; at maximum it is 457, but within this number there are 55 optional segregates, so that the minimum number of families in this system is 402.


Premise: What religion were all naturalists working at the two English universities?

Hypothesis: All naturalists in the two English universities (Oxford and Cambridge) were Church of England clergymen, and science became a search for these laws.


Premise: At what age was Spielberg embarrassed by his family being Jewish?

Hypothesis: "It isn't something I enjoy admitting," he once said, "but when I was seven, eight, nine years old, God forgive me, I was embarrassed because we were Orthodox Jews.


Premise: What did Greeks do that caused a later deal to be made with the Italians ?

Hypothesis: In later times, the Romioi plied the sea-lanes of the Mediterranean and controlled trade until an embargo imposed by the Roman Emperor on trade with the Caliphate opened the door for the later Italian pre-eminence in trade.


Premise: How did Whitehead define the "fallacy of misplaced concreteness"?

Hypothesis: These occasions of experience are logically distinct, but are progressively connected in what Whitehead calls a "society" of events.


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

Hypothesis: The complex has so far been the only location used for federal executions post-Gregg.


Premise: What year did the "discoveries are property" concept appear in French law?

Hypothesis: The statement that "discoveries are...property" goes back earlier.


Premise: In what year did the St Paul's Pro-Cathedral get built?

Hypothesis: Other 19th century neoclassical buildings include RNH Bighi (1832), St Paul's Pro-Cathedral (1844), the Rotunda of Mosta (1860) and the now destroyed Royal Opera House (1866).


Premise: How many buttons do most iPods use?

Hypothesis: The 3rd-generation iPod Shuffle does not have any controls on the actual player; instead it has a small control on the earphone cable, with volume-up and -down buttons and a single button for play and pause, next track, etc.


Premise: Who led the Yongying?

Hypothesis: Although the Banners and Green Standard armies lingered on as a drain on resources, henceforth the Yongying corps became the Qing government's de facto first-line troops.


Premise: What is the name of the Japanese national anthem?

Hypothesis: The famous Japanese poem known as the Iroha (いろは), of uncertain authorship, was also written during the Heian period.


Premise: What is the source of much of BYU's funding?

Hypothesis: Students attending BYU are required to follow an honor code, which mandates behavior in line with LDS teachings such as academic honesty, adherence to dress and grooming standards, and abstinence from extramarital sex and from the consumption of drugs and alcohol.


Premise: How many days does the Spoleto Festival USA run each year?

Hypothesis: The annual Piccolo Spoleto festival takes place at the same time and features local performers and artists, with hundreds of performances throughout the city.


Premise: How much have the domestic televsion rights increased from 2010-12 to 2012-13?

Hypothesis: The total domestic rights have raised £3.018 billion, an increase of 70.2% over the 2010–11 to 2012–13 rights.


Premise: How did the Chichimeca survive?

Hypothesis: In the southern part of the state, in a region known as Aridoamerica, Chichimeca people survived by hunting, gathering, and farming between AD 300 and 1300.


Premise: In what historical period did Walter Taylor's improvements on block-making play an important role?

Hypothesis: Walter Taylor's 18th century mechanisation of the block-making process was a significant step in the Industrial Revolution.


Premise: What else does Savin-Williams suggest?

Hypothesis: Does It Matter?


Premise: How did slave states react to Lincoln's election?

Hypothesis: After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 (who southerners thought would work to end slavery) states in the South seceded from the United States, beginning with South Carolina in late 1860.


Premise: Modern dogs likely began when human beings were considered to be what?

Hypothesis: These dates imply that the earliest dogs arose in the time of human hunter-gatherers and not agriculturists.


Premise: What were the benefits of the new system of double-entry bookkeeping?

Hypothesis: In the late 13th and early 14th centuries, a process took place – primarily in Italy but partly also in the Empire – that historians have termed a 'commercial revolution'.


Premise: What did Sir William Thomson's tide-predicting machine use to function?

Hypothesis: It used a system of pulleys and wires to automatically calculate predicted tide levels for a set period at a particular location.


Premise: Who did Emperor Xian give his throne to?

Hypothesis: This formally ended the Han dynasty and initiated an age of conflict between three states: Cao Wei, Eastern Wu, and Shu Han.


Premise: What is not required but can be chosen to protect a player from head injuries?

Hypothesis: Headgear is not a required piece of basic equipment, but players today may choose to wear it to protect themselves from head injury.


Premise: What name refers to the period of instability during the rift between Tito and the USSR?

Hypothesis: This rift with the Soviet Union brought Tito much international recognition, but also triggered a period of instability often referred to as the Informbiro period.


Premise: What is the main industrial area of Raleigh?

Hypothesis: Raleigh's industrial base includes banking/financial services; electrical, medical, electronic and telecommunications equipment; clothing and apparel; food processing; paper products; and pharmaceuticals.


Premise: Who was the first professor of the Royal College of Chemistry?

Hypothesis: The Royal College of Chemistry was established by private subscription in 1845 as there was a growing awareness that practical aspects of the experimental sciences were not well taught and that in the United Kingdom the teaching of chemistry in particular had fallen behind that in Germany.


Premise: What instruments did Chopin's father play?

Hypothesis: Chopin was of slight build, and even in early childhood was prone to illnesses.


Premise: Which music stations strive to play under represented music?

Hypothesis: For fans of classical music there are 3MBS and ABC Classic FM.


Premise: Which principles did Leibniz's arguments trade heavily upon?

Hypothesis: Arguing against the absolutist position, Leibniz offers a number of thought experiments with the purpose of showing that there is contradiction in assuming the existence of facts such as absolute location and velocity.


Premise: Other than boats, what do people often build with wood?

Hypothesis: Nearly all boats were made out of wood until the late 19th century, and wood remains in common use today in boat construction.


Premise: What kind of influence was Melbourne to Victoria?

Hypothesis: Charles Greville supposed that the widowed and childless Melbourne was "passionately fond of her as he might be of his daughter if he had one", and Victoria probably saw him as a father figure.


Premise: What style of religious dedication was not uncommon for outer border areas?

Hypothesis: Rome's citizen-soldiers set up altars to multiple deities, including their traditional gods, the Imperial genius and local deities – sometimes with the usefully open-ended dedication to the diis deabusque omnibus (all the gods and goddesses).


Premise: What kind of milk has been replaced with coconut milk on Tuvalu?

Hypothesis: The cuisine of Tuvalu is based on the staple of coconut and the many species of fish found in the ocean and lagoons of the atolls.


Premise: What goal is cited as the reason these killings took place?

Hypothesis: At the time, the colony leaders were apparently hoping to achieve their vision of a "purer absolute theocracy" within their colony .[citation needed]


Premise: Jan van Eyck's paintings are known for what characteristics?

Hypothesis: The two cultures influenced each other and learned from each other, but painting in the Netherlands remained more focused on textures and surfaces than the idealized compositions of Italy.


Premise: What changed in 1885 due to the FA changing rules?

Hypothesis: These schools produced the civil servants and military and naval officers required to build and maintain the British empire, and team sports were considered a vital tool for training their students to think and act as part of a team.


Premise: In September of 1978, what bureaucracy did Gaddafi speak out against?

Hypothesis: In March 1978, the government issued guidelines for housing redistribution, attempting to ensure the population that every adult Libyan owned his own home and that nobody was enslaved to paying their rent.


Premise: What leader said daylight saving gives people more "opportunities for the pursuit of health and happiness"?

Hypothesis: Historically, retailing, sports, and tourism interests have favored daylight saving, while agricultural and evening entertainment interests have opposed it, and its initial adoption had been prompted by energy crisis and war.


Premise: Where was Camp Cooke situated?

Hypothesis: The last recorded conflict in Montana between the U.S. Army and Native Americans occurred in 1887 during the Battle of Crow Agency in the Big Horn country.


Premise: What country did Queen play in for the first time in 1975?

Hypothesis: In 1975, the band left for a world tour with each member in Zandra Rhodes-created costumes and accompanied with banks of lights and effects.


Premise: Bell's patent was for the method and what for transmitting vocal and other sounds telegraphically?

Hypothesis: Bell returned to Boston the same day and the next day resumed work, drawing in his notebook a diagram similar to that in Gray's patent caveat.


Premise: What is the size of the largest bird?

Hypothesis: Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich.


Premise: What did some churches disapprove of?

Hypothesis: Some cultures, however, disapprove of such waste.


Premise: What surrounds the mid-evil inner city

Hypothesis: Surrounding the medieval core there is a ring of late 19th- and early 20th-century neighbourhoods, with newer neighbourhoods positioned farther out.


Premise: Who was a controversial figure due to a corked-bat incident?

Hypothesis: Despite the fact that the Cubs had won 89 games, this fallout was decidedly unlovable, as the Cubs traded superstar Sammy Sosa after he had left the season's final game early and then lied about it publicly.


Premise: Currently how much of Egypt's population is connected to sanitary sewers?

Hypothesis: About one half of the population is connected to sanitary sewers.


Premise: What year was this treaty signed?

Hypothesis: The term "great power" was first used to represent the most important powers in Europe during the post-Napoleonic era.


Premise: An insects 3-part body includes a throat, abdomen, and what?

Hypothesis: Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae.


Premise: What was Imperial's overall GPA rank according to the Times Higher Education?

Hypothesis: In rankings produced by Times Higher Education based upon the REF results Imperial was ranked 2nd overall for GPA and 8th for "research power" (compared to 6th and 7th respectively in the equivalent rankings for the RAE 2008).


Premise: In a Federal Reserve survey of 4,000 households, what percent reported wealth decline between 2007 and 2009?

Hypothesis: The Federal Reserve surveyed 4,000 households between 2007 and 2009, and found that the total wealth of 63 percent of all Americans declined in that period.


Premise: Which World Cup did Brasilia host?

Hypothesis: The city has a unique status in Brazil, as it is an administrative division rather than a legal municipality like other cities in Brazil.


Premise: How did Peirce view inductive vs deductive reasoning?

Hypothesis: To this, Peirce added the concept of abductive reasoning.


Premise: What age demographic is modern rock radio focused on?

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: When were birds represented in early cave paintings?

Hypothesis: With the advent of scientific interest in birds, many paintings of birds were commissioned for books.


Premise: What is one of the earlier biographies on Buddhism?

Hypothesis: Scholars are hesitant to make unqualified claims about the historical facts of the Buddha's life.


Premise: How many men were studied for tests on the flavor of beer in the Neuropsychopharmacology journal in 2013?

Hypothesis: The 49 men in the study were subject to positron emission tomography scans, while a computer-controlled device sprayed minute amounts of beer, water and a sports drink onto their tongues.


Premise: How were the British-French hostilities concluded?

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


Premise: What did Conkling later go on to lead?

Hypothesis: In 1956, Conkling left Columbia, he would help establish the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences before eventually becoming the first president of the newly launched Warner Bros. Records, and Goddard Lieberson began the first of two stints as head of the record company.


Premise: The discipline of ecology is a combination of what two subjects?

Hypothesis: The discipline of ecology typically traces its origin to the synthesis of Darwinian evolution and Humboldtian biogeography, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


Premise: How do Candidate Conservation Agreements differ from Safe Harbor agreements?

Hypothesis: The FWS will then assure that if, in the future the unlisted species becomes listed, the landowner will not be required to do more than already agreed upon in the CCA.


Premise: How many hotels are on the island?

Hypothesis: Some 3,200 short-term visitors arrived on the island in 2013.


Premise: What year did the brewing company BrewDog start producing a beer called Ghost Deer?

Hypothesis: In September 2011, the Scottish brewery BrewDog produced Ghost Deer, which, at 28%, they claim to be the world's strongest beer produced by fermentation alone.


Premise: What do their studies consist of?

Hypothesis: It is generally considered that the point of such learning is to enable one to put one's faith into practice; some Presbyterians generally exhibit their faith in action as well as words, by generosity, hospitality, as well as proclaiming the gospel of Christ.


Premise: What year did Dr. Rowan Williams apologize to the Freemasons?

Hypothesis: The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, appeared to harbour some reservations about Masonic ritual, whilst being anxious to avoid causing offence to Freemasons inside and outside the Church of England.


Premise: Where in Africa is it possible to buy out brokerages in cotton?

Hypothesis: This is only possible in former British colonies and Mozambique; former French colonies continue to maintain tight monopolies, inherited from their former colonialist masters, on cotton purchases at low fixed prices.


Premise: What characteristic about fatty acids requires them to be an essential component in a diet?

Hypothesis: The fundamental components of protein are nitrogen-containing amino acids, some of which are essential in the sense that humans cannot make them internally.


Premise: What was a key change brought about by Christian thought?

Hypothesis: Augustine's City of God is an influential work of this period that attacked the thesis, held by many Christian Romans, that the Christian view could be realized on Earth.


Premise: What did the Arabs introduce that continues to be relevant to Palermo's culture today?

Hypothesis: The Arabs also introduced many agricultural crops which remain a mainstay of Sicilian cuisine.


Premise: What is a belembaotuyan in Guam?

Hypothesis: From sniffing over the hands of the elders (called mangnginge in Chamorro), the passing down of legends, chants, and courtship rituals, to a person asking for permission from spiritual ancestors before entering a jungle or ancient battle grounds.


Premise: What was the name of Gaddafi's tribe?

Hypothesis: His family came from a small, relatively un-influential tribal group called the Qadhadhfa, who were Arabized Berber in heritage.


Premise: What are simply lowest quantum mechanical energy state of photons?

Hypothesis: Virtual photons (which are simply lowest quantum mechanical energy state of photons) are also responsible for electrostatic interaction between electric charges (which results in Coulomb law), for spontaneous radiative decay of exited atomic and nuclear states, for the Casimir force, for van der Waals bond forces and some other observable phenomena.


Premise: How did supply-side economics try to increase the amount of money in the market?

Hypothesis: Monetarism focuses on using the supply and demand of money as a method for controlling economic activity.


Premise: What are biomorphism and zoomorphic architecture based after design wise?

Hypothesis: One such reaction to the cold aesthetic of modernism and Brutalism is the school of metaphoric architecture, which includes such things as biomorphism and zoomorphic architecture, both using nature as the primary source of inspiration and design.


Premise: Who was the French Minister of Marine in 1701?

Hypothesis: By 1778, its population was up to 2,144 and it was the third-largest city in the Province of Quebec.


Premise: Trends about use of pesticides have been published from which country?

Hypothesis: A study of USA pesticide use trends through 1997 was published in 2003 by the National Science Foundation's Center for Integrated Pest Management.


Premise: What major problem did bitumen as a pigment show itself to be?

Hypothesis: Although widely used for a time, it ultimately proved unstable for use in oil painting, especially when mixed with the most common diluents, such as linseed oil, varnish and turpentine.


Premise: What does an herbivore eat?

Hypothesis: Other categories of consumption are herbivory (eating parts of plants), fungivory (eating parts of fungi), and detritivory (the consumption of dead organic material (detritus)).


Premise: How many Indians helped build the infrastructure?

Hypothesis: However, draining the wetlands also changed the habitat for fish and birds and the areas accessible for Indian cultivation close to the capital.


Premise: Who began the interest in Whitehead at Chicago's Divinity School?

Hypothesis: Early followers of Whitehead were found primarily at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, where Henry Nelson Wieman initiated an interest in Whitehead's work that would last for about thirty years.


Premise: What does Bond take from Marco Sciarra?

Hypothesis: Following Garreth Mallory's promotion to M, on a mission in Mexico City unofficially ordered by a posthumous message from the previous M, 007 James Bond kills three men plotting a terrorist bombing during the Day of the Dead and gives chase to Marco Sciarra, an assassin who survived the attack.


Premise: What does the SAW in M249 SAW stand for?

Hypothesis: Many units are supplemented with a variety of specialized weapons, including the M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), to provide suppressive fire at the fire-team level.


Premise: What gives Neptune it's blue hue?

Hypothesis: Because Neptune's atmospheric methane content is similar to that of Uranus, some unknown atmospheric constituent is thought to contribute to Neptune's colour.


Premise: Did the people want Athanasius as their bishop?

Hypothesis: The clergy and people were determined to have him as their bishop, Patriarch of Alexandria, and refused to accept any excuses.


Premise: When is distortion most common on a gramophone record?

Hypothesis: Distortion towards the end of the side is likely to become more apparent as record wear increases.


Premise: What locomotives are usually more reliable?

Hypothesis: They have no local emissions, an important advantage in tunnels and urban areas.


Premise: What is on the east side of the park?

Hypothesis: On the east side of the main park area is the National Museum of Visual Arts.


Premise: When was his nomination as apostolic visitor made official?

Hypothesis: In February 1925, the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri summoned him to the Vatican and informed him of Pope Pius XI's decision to appoint him as the Apostolic Visitor to Bulgaria (1925–35).


Premise: What was seen as the behind the Roman influence in the east?

Hypothesis: It was not until the time of the Roman Empire that the entire Roman world was organized into provinces under explicit Roman control.


Premise: What was the charity that Madonna was involved in when in Malawi?

Hypothesis: The adoption raised strong public reaction, because Malawian law requires would-be parents to reside in Malawi for one year before adopting, which Madonna did not do.


Premise: How has breeding helped in the pultry industry?

Hypothesis: In about 1800, chickens began to be kept on a larger scale, and modern high-output poultry farms were present in the United Kingdom from around 1920 and became established in the United States soon after the Second World War.


Premise: When did the Conspiration des poignards take place?

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


Premise: What percent of Armenia speaks Russian?

Hypothesis: 30% of the population was fluent in Russian in 2006, and 2% used it as the main language with family, friends or at work.


Premise: Who first suggested the existence of discrete inheritable units?

Hypothesis: Although he did not use the term gene, he explained his results in terms of discrete inherited units that give rise to observable physical characteristics.


Premise: Who were the next settlement of people on Norfolk Island descended from?

Hypothesis: They resettled from the Pitcairn Islands, which had become too small for their growing population.


Premise: What year was Arnold J toynbee becoming metaphysical about the Near East?

Hypothesis: By 1916, when millions of Europeans were becoming casualties of imperial war in the trenches of eastern and western Europe over "the eastern question," Arnold J. Toynbee, Hegelesque historian of civilization at large, was becoming metaphysical about the Near East.


Premise: What more local councils were set up?

Hypothesis: The civil service was increasingly filled with natives at the lower levels, with the British holding the more senior positions.


Premise: How many species are currently listed?

Hypothesis: While no studies have shown that the Act's negative effects, in total, exceed the positive effects, many economists believe that finding a way to reduce such perverse incentives would lead to more effective protection of endangered species.


Premise: How is zinc applied?

Hypothesis: The zinc is applied electrochemically or as molten zinc by hot-dip galvanizing or spraying.


Premise: Who coined the term "abominable mystery"?

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


Premise: What does Phase-two do?

Hypothesis: By turning phase two on, the firefighter enables the car to move.


Premise: On what date was a study created to research the impart of women in direct involvement?

Hypothesis: These trials were called Combat-Related Employment of Women.


Premise: What school did Nasser attend in Cairo?

Hypothesis: When his father was transferred to Cairo in 1933, Nasser joined him and attended al-Nahda al-Masria school.


Premise: What type ratings did securities first in line receive from rating agencies?

Hypothesis: Securities with lower priority had lower credit ratings but theoretically a higher rate of return on the amount invested.


Premise: How many nominations has American Idol received for Outstanding Reality Competition Program?

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


Premise: What did financial institutions do prior to the crisis?

Hypothesis: Prior to the crisis, financial institutions became highly leveraged, increasing their appetite for risky investments and reducing their resilience in case of losses.


Premise: What clubs were playing during the first penalty?

Hypothesis: This led to penalty shoot-outs being introduced, the first of which came on 26 November 1991 when Rotherham United eliminated Scunthorpe United.


Premise: where were mateo & matos based?

Hypothesis: In Chicago, Marshall Jefferson had formed the house group Ten City Byron Burke, Byron Stingily & Herb Lawson(from "intensity").


Premise: What species did the elephants at the Gash River seem to form a symbiotic relationship with?

Hypothesis: The elephants seemed to have formed a symbiotic relationship with olive baboons, with the baboons using the water holes dug by the elephants, while the elephants use the tree-top baboons as an early warning system.


Premise: What is a safety feature found in passenger elevators they generally do not have?

Hypothesis: they usually do not have the same safety features found in passenger elevators, like various ropes for redundancy.


Premise: What brought communism?

Hypothesis: The Russian Revolution of 1917 (and similar, albeit less successful, revolutions in many other European countries) brought communism - and in particular the political theory of Leninism, but also on a smaller level Luxemburgism (gradually) - on the world stage.


Premise: What did Estonia hope to restore after the removal of the USSR?

Hypothesis: Although initially the Germans were welcomed by most Estonians as liberators from the USSR and its oppressions, and hopes were raised for the restoration of the country's independence, it was soon realised that the Nazis were but another occupying power.


Premise: How tall is Mount Olympus?

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


Premise: Liberia has the highest ratio of what?

Hypothesis: Especially palm oil companies like Sime Darby (Malaysia) and Golden Veroleum (USA) are being accused by critics of the destruction of livelihoods and the displacement of local communities, enabled through government concessions.


Premise: What is something more important to Thuringia than most areas of Germany?

Hypothesis: Nevertheless, they are more important than in the most other areas of Germany, especially within rural regions.


Premise: What did the new post-punk artists believe?

Hypothesis: These artists instead defined punk as "an imperative to constant change", believing that "radical content demands radical form".


Premise: Which Confederate general failed to capture the Union fort at Knoxville?

Hypothesis: The Confederates, led by General James Longstreet, did attack General Burnside's Fort Sanders at Knoxville and lost.


Premise: What was the final track on Queen's The Game?

Hypothesis: One of Mercury's most notable performances of The Game's final track, "Save Me", took place in Montreal, and the concert is recorded in the live album, Queen Rock Montreal.


Premise: What is the publication, Sudharma?

Hypothesis: Since 1974, there has been a short daily news broadcast on state-run All India Radio.


Premise: Many more antibiotics were made following the end of what war?

Hypothesis: The aftermath of World War II saw an explosion in the discovery of new classes of antibacterial drugs including the cephalosporins (developed by Eli Lilly based on the seminal work of Giuseppe Brotzu and Edward Abraham), streptomycin (discovered during a Merck-funded research program in Selman Waksman's laboratory), the tetracyclines (discovered at Lederle Laboratories, now a part of Pfizer), erythromycin (discovered at Eli Lilly and Co.) and their extension to an increasingly wide range of bacterial pathogens.


Premise: What is the second largest Protestant denomination in North Carolina?

Hypothesis: The second-largest Protestant denomination in North Carolina after Baptist traditions is Methodism, which is strong in the northern Piedmont, especially in populous Guilford County.


Premise: Where were rural children employed?

Hypothesis: Children aged 5–14 worked alongside the parents.


Premise: What bones in dog legs are fused?

Hypothesis: Dogs are predators and scavengers, and like many other predatory mammals, the dog has powerful muscles, fused wrist bones, a cardiovascular system that supports both sprinting and endurance, and teeth for catching and tearing.


Premise: What's another thing the paper showed hostility to?

Hypothesis: Despite its initial opposition to the closures, until 1997, the newspaper repeatedly called for the implementation of further Thatcherite policies, such as Royal Mail privatisation,[verification needed] and social security cutbacks, with leaders such as "Peter Lilley is right, we can't carry on like this",[verification needed]


Premise: What math competition has Russian as an official language?

Hypothesis: Russian is one of the official languages (or has similar status and interpretation must be provided into Russian) of the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, World Health Organization, International Civil Aviation Organization, UNESCO, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Telecommunication Union, World Meteorological Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Criminal Court, International Monetary Fund, International Olympic Committee, Universal Postal Union, World Bank, Commonwealth of Independent States, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Eurasian Economic Community, Collective Security Treaty Organization, Antarctic Treaty Secretariat, International Organization for Standardization, GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, International Mathematical Olympiad.


Premise: In 2013 how many years had IBM generated the most patents by a business?

Hypothesis: As of 2013[update] the company held the record for most patents generated by a business for 22 consecutive years.