Premise: How many hours of coursework are required to obtain a JD at the Washington University School of Law?

Hypothesis: Washington University School of Law offers joint-degree programs with the Olin Business School, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Medicine, and the School of Social Work.


Premise: In what year was the value E associated by Einstein with quantum theories of energy?

Hypothesis: First recognized in 1900 by Max Planck, it was originally the proportionality constant between the minimal increment of energy, E, of a hypothetical electrically charged oscillator in a cavity that contained black body radiation, and the frequency, f, of its associated electromagnetic wave.


Premise: Which city made Popper part of its Ring of Honour in 1983?

Hypothesis: Other awards and recognition for Popper included the City of Vienna Prize for the Humanities (1965), Karl Renner Prize (1978), Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1980), Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize (1981), Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna (1983) and the Premio Internazionale of the Italian Federico Nietzsche Society (1988).


Premise: What concerns are there regarding to human rights?

Hypothesis: It also alleged harsh and life-threatening conditions in prisons and detention centers, arbitrary arrest, prolonged pretrial detention and denial of a fair trial, restrictions on freedom of movement, official corruption, and restrictions on workers' rights.


Premise: How many denominations were spawned by Pentecostalism?

Hypothesis: Since the 1960s, Pentecostalism has increasingly gained acceptance from other Christian traditions, and Pentecostal beliefs concerning Spirit baptism and spiritual gifts have been embraced by non-Pentecostal Christians in Protestant and Catholic churches through the Charismatic Movement.


Premise: What is a notable cross made during this era?

Hypothesis: Objects in precious metals were the most prestigious form of art, but almost all are lost except for a few crosses such as the Cross of Lothair, several reliquaries, and finds such as the Anglo-Saxon burial at Sutton Hoo and the hoards of Gourdon from Merovingian France, Guarrazar from Visigothic Spain and Nagyszentmiklós near Byzantine territory.


Premise: From Thionville towards Trier, what was the final destination of the offensive?

Hypothesis: This plan was discarded in favour of a defensive plan by Generals Charles Frossard and Bartélemy Lebrun, which called for the Army of the Rhine to remain in a defensive posture near the German border and repel any Prussian offensive.


Premise: Who is thought to have led to calling Tucson 'The Old Pueblo'?

Hypothesis: While the exact origin of this nickname is uncertain, it is commonly traced back to Mayor R. N. "Bob" Leatherwood.


Premise: Who is the president of the International Olympic Committee?

Hypothesis: Prompted by the chaotic torch relays in Western Europe and North America, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge described the situation as a "crisis" for the organization and stated that any athletes displaying Tibetan flags at Olympic venues could be expelled from the games.


Premise: What city was Beyoncé's elementary school located in?

Hypothesis: In fall of 1990, Beyoncé enrolled in Parker Elementary School, a music magnet school in Houston, where she would perform with the school's choir.


Premise: When was Madonna named "Artist of the Decade" by MTV, Billboard and Musician Magazine?

Hypothesis: Madonna received positive feedback for the album, with Rolling Stone writing that it was "as close to art as pop music gets".


Premise: How deep is the fault?

Hypothesis: On May 20, USGS seismologist Tom Parsons warned that there is "high risk" of a major M>7 aftershock over the next weeks or months.


Premise: What context did the theory of Weiss and Cropanzano pay particular attention to?

Hypothesis: This theoretical frame also emphasizes time in that human beings experience what they call emotion episodes— a "series of emotional states extended over time and organized around an underlying theme.


Premise: What percentage of people in America are infected with the Toxocara infection?

Hypothesis: In Great Britain, 24% of soil samples taken from public parks contained T. canis eggs.


Premise: When did classes first begin at Washington University?

Hypothesis: Classes began on October 22, 1854, at the Benton School building.


Premise: How many lines are in the metro system?

Hypothesis: The Metro stations are also differentiated by the use of icons and glyphs which were proposed for people who could not read.


Premise: ICBMs is an abbreviation for what?

Hypothesis: In simple terms, the Cold War could be viewed as an expression of the ideological struggle between communism and capitalism.


Premise: Which Latin father described the belief that Jesus' siblings were his cousins?

Hypothesis: The term Ever-Virgin (Greek ἀειπάρθενος) is applied in this case, stating that Mary remained a virgin for the remainder of her life, making Jesus her biological and only son, whose conception and birth are held to be miraculous.


Premise: Why would someone prefer a second edition to a first edition?

Hypothesis: Although a reading supported by the majority of witnesses is frequently preferred, this does not follow automatically.


Premise: How many of the Delhi Metro's stations are located underground?

Hypothesis: The network consists of six lines with a total length of 189.63 kilometres (117.83 miles) with 142 stations, of which 35 are underground, five are at-grade, and the remainder are elevated.


Premise: What do Jehovah Witnesses see themselves as, which transcends national boundaries and ethnic loyalties?

Hypothesis: Jehovah's Witnesses see themselves as a worldwide brotherhood that transcends national boundaries and ethnic loyalties.


Premise: The Zune video marketplace was merged with what Live feature?

Hypothesis: On May 26, 2009, Microsoft announced the future release of the Zune HD (in the fall of 2009), the next addition to the Zune product range.


Premise: What did Rayleigh & Jeans and Einstein prove independently in 1905?

Hypothesis: The very first Solvay Conference in 1911 was devoted to "the theory of radiation and quanta".


Premise: Who advised Vicotria to begin appaering in public?

Hypothesis: In March 1864, a protester stuck a notice on the railings of Buckingham Palace that announced "these commanding premises to be let or sold in consequence of the late occupant's declining business".


Premise: Who suggested the use of brightly coloured scagliola and blue and pink lapis?

Hypothesis: The state rooms, used for official and state entertaining, are open to the public each year for most of August and September, and on selected days in winter and spring.


Premise: What was chapter VII entitled?

Hypothesis: Darwin made extensive revisions to the sixth edition of the Origin (this was the first edition in which he used the word "evolution" which had commonly been associated with embryological development, though all editions concluded with the word "evolved"), and added a new chapter VII, Miscellaneous objections, to address Mivart's arguments.


Premise: Why does the Geul River contain heavy metals in a significant amount?

Hypothesis: The dumps of the past mining operations leach significant amounts of zinc and cadmium, and, as a result, the sediments of the Geul River contain significant amounts of heavy metals.


Premise: Who removed the cap on cardinals in the College of the Cardinals?

Hypothesis: When Pope John XXIII abolished the limit, he began to add new churches to the list, which Popes Paul VI and John Paul II continued to do.


Premise: What might help migrating birds navigate?

Hypothesis: Migrating birds navigate using celestial cues from the sun and stars, the earth's magnetic field, and probably also mental maps.


Premise: What strongly altered the power balances and perceptions of origin of power in the Mediterranean region?

Hypothesis: The rise of Islam, based on both the Qur'an and Muhammad strongly altered the power balances and perceptions of origin of power in the Mediterranean region.


Premise: With what type of facade were buildings left with if they were to completed at a later time?

Hypothesis: In Italy, stone was used for fortifications, but brick was preferred for other buildings.


Premise: At which age did Popper first attend university?

Hypothesis: He also became a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria, which was at that time a party that fully adopted the Marxist ideology.


Premise: How many satellites provide the link to the internet?

Hypothesis: Saint Helena has a 10/3.6 Mbit/s internet link via Intelsat 707 provided by SURE.


Premise: What body of water affects Detroit's climate?

Hypothesis: Detroit and the rest of southeastern Michigan have a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) which is influenced by the Great Lakes; the city and close-in suburbs are part of USDA Hardiness zone 6b, with farther-out northern and western suburbs generally falling in zone 6a.


Premise: In what year was the Constitution adopted?

Hypothesis: The first Constitution was adopted in 1918.


Premise: What are coelomata?

Hypothesis: Most annelids have a pair of coelomata (body cavities) in each segment, separated from other segments by septa and from each other by vertical mesenteries.


Premise: What is variation found in that can be labeled as races?

Hypothesis: They suggest that the authors of these studies find support for racial distinctions only because they began by assuming the validity of race.


Premise: What is made with an alloy of 4% aluminium mixed with 96% zinc?

Hypothesis: In building facades, roofs or other applications in which zinc is used as sheet metal and for methods such as deep drawing, roll forming or bending, zinc alloys with titanium and copper are used.


Premise: In what year did the Ottoman's have a victory at Kosovo?

Hypothesis: The Ottoman victory at Kosovo in 1389 effectively marked the end of Serbian power in the region, paving the way for Ottoman expansion into Europe.


Premise: How is the gastric phase stimulated to start?

Hypothesis: Different phases of digestion take place including: the cephalic phase , gastric phase, and intestinal phase.


Premise: Which singer said the contestants are not real artists with self respect?

Hypothesis: Some such as singer John Mayer disparaged the contestants, suggesting that those who appeared on Idol are not real artists with self-respect.


Premise: What is a wireless internet service provider's network based on?

Hypothesis: A wireless Internet service provider (WISP) is an Internet service provider with a network based on wireless networking.


Premise: What ethnic group currently comprises approximately half the population of East Haven, West Haven and North Haven?

Hypothesis: Today, roughly half the populations of East Haven, West Haven, and North Haven are Italian-American.


Premise: What part of the government was editing its own wikipedia page?

Hypothesis: Although the edits correlated with known FBI IP addresses, there was no proof that the changes actually came from a member or employee of the FBI, only that someone who had access to their network had edited the FBI article in Wikipedia.


Premise: In through-hole construction, what are the leads on the front attached to on the back?

Hypothesis: Horizontal installation of through-hole parts with two axial leads (such as resistors, capacitors, and diodes) is done by bending the leads 90 degrees in the same direction, inserting the part in the board (often bending leads located on the back of the board in opposite directions to improve the part's mechanical strength), soldering the leads, and trimming off the ends.


Premise: Who was ulitmately named as González-Páramo's replacement?

Hypothesis: After a long political battle, Luxembourg's Yves Mersch, was appointed as González-Páramo's replacement.


Premise: With whom did Chopin go to London with in 1837?

Hypothesis: On his return to Paris, his association with Sand began in earnest, and by the end of June 1838 they had become lovers.


Premise: Since 1976, in what year was a prisoner executed in Wyoming?

Hypothesis: In 2010, bills to abolish the death penalty in Kansas and in South Dakota (which had a de facto moratorium at the time) were rejected.


Premise: Who previously owned the property where Tyson Research Center is located?

Hypothesis: In 2010 the Living Learning Center was named one of the first two buildings accredited nationwide as a "living building" under the Living Building Challenge, opened to serve as a biological research station and classroom for summer students.


Premise: Which term describes John Locke's movement to seperate church and state?

Hypothesis: The "Radical Enlightenment" promoted the concept of separating church and state, an idea that often credited to English philosopher John Locke (1632–1704).


Premise: What 2 main weapons does Link use in combat?

Hypothesis: It uses the basic control scheme introduced in Ocarina of Time, including context-sensitive action buttons and L-targeting (Z-targeting on the Wii), a system that allows the player to keep Link's view focused on an enemy or important object while moving and attacking.


Premise: What could we monitor electronically that could help inform new methods of wood protection?

Hypothesis: Moisture content electronic monitoring can also enhance next generation wood protection.


Premise: Who did Paul VI refuse to excommunicate?

Hypothesis: Unlike his predecessors and successors, Paul VI refused to excommunicate the opponents.


Premise: What type of support did child give to their families by working?

Hypothesis: Besides the obligation, many children had to help support their families financially; another factor that influenced child labour was the demographic changes that occurred in the eighteenth century.


Premise: What was a benefit of the use of magnetic pickup cartridge?

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


Premise: What year was the Queen shot?

Hypothesis: On 2 March 1882, Roderick Maclean, a disgruntled poet apparently offended by Victoria's refusal to accept one of his poems, shot at the Queen as her carriage left Windsor railway station.


Premise: When was 'Bonfire of the Vanities' published?

Hypothesis: In the same article, the Reverend Al Sharpton (whose fictional analogue in the novel is "Reverend Bacon") asserts that "twenty years later, the cynicism of The Bonfire of the Vanities is as out of style as Tom Wolfe's wardrobe."


Premise: When did industrailization take off in Australia?

Hypothesis: From European settlement in 1888, child convicts were occasionally sent to Australia where they were made to work.


Premise: What Security Council Resolution recommended that the Marshall Islands be allowed to join the UN?

Hypothesis: The Marshall Islands was admitted to the United Nations based on the Security Council's recommendation on August 9, 1991, in Resolution 704 and the General Assembly's approval on September 17, 1991, in Resolution 46/3.


Premise: How many Greeks do they believe would be an accurate number for census numbers ?

Hypothesis: Estimates provided by the SAE - World Council of Hellenes Abroad put the figure at around 7 million worldwide.


Premise: What's the biggest theatre in Southampton?

Hypothesis: There is also the Nuffield Theatre based at the University of Southampton's Highfield campus, which is the city's primary producing theatre.


Premise: What is one leader from the polish-lithuanian common weaith.

Hypothesis: As the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) evolved and expanded in territory, its membership grew to include the leaders of Ducal Prussia, Podolian and Ruthenian lands.


Premise: Efforts were made to reduce analog HDTV to how much of the bandwith of SDTV?

Hypothesis: Despite efforts made to reduce analog HDTV to about twice the bandwidth of SDTV, these television formats were still distributable only by satellite.


Premise: According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, what is the total area of the US in miles?

Hypothesis: Currently, the CIA World Factbook gives 9,826,675 km2 (3,794,100 sq mi), the United Nations Statistics Division gives 9,629,091 km2 (3,717,813 sq mi), and the Encyclopædia Britannica gives 9,522,055 km2 (3,676,486 sq mi)(Great Lakes area included but not coastal waters).


Premise: What sizes were record album covers available in?

Hypothesis: By about 1910,[note 1] bound collections of empty sleeves with a paperboard or leather cover, similar to a photograph album, were sold as record albums that customers could use to store their records (the term "record album" was printed on some covers).


Premise: Who contributed to the idea that the mandolin was a fad?

Hypothesis: This "mandolin craze" was fading by the 1930s, but just as this practice was falling into disuse, the mandolin found a new niche in American country, old-time music, bluegrass and folk music.


Premise: How is a standardized ecosystem formed?

Hypothesis: In some countries lack of property rights or lax law/regulatory enforcement necessarily leads to biodiversity loss (degradation costs having to be supported by the community).[citation needed]


Premise: Which country is considering joining the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)?

Hypothesis: Papua New Guinea has stated that it might join ASEAN, and is currently an observer.


Premise: Who was the second Phagmodru ruler?

Hypothesis: According to the Records of the Founding Emperor, the Hongwu Emperor issued an edict granting the title "Initiation State Master" to Sagya Gyaincain, while the latter sent envoys to the Ming court to hand over his jade seal of authority along with tribute of colored silk and satin, statues of the Buddha, Buddhist scriptures, and sarira.


Premise: When was the Slave Trade Act enacted?

Hypothesis: The Slavery Abolition Act passed in 1833 abolished slavery in the British Empire on 1 August 1834 (with the exception of St. Helena, Ceylon and the territories administered by the East India Company, though these exclusions were later repealed).


Premise: What union are Yale's clerical and technical employees a part of?

Hypothesis: In addition to these unions, officers of the Yale University Police Department are members of the Yale Police Benevolent Association, which affiliated in 2005 with the Connecticut Organization for Public Safety Employees.


Premise: Approximately how many sunny days does Melbourne receive annually?

Hypothesis: Relatively narrow streams of heavy showers can often affect the same places (usually the eastern suburbs) for an extended period, while the rest of Melbourne and surrounds stays dry.


Premise: What do Orthodox Jewish movements consider all other non-orthodox moments?

Hypothesis: As such, Orthodox Jewish groups characterize non-Orthodox forms of Judaism as heretical; see the article on Relationships between Jewish religious movements.


Premise: How many airfields were on Iwo Jima?

Hypothesis: The battle of Iwo Jima ("Operation Detachment") in February 1945 was one of the bloodiest battles fought by the Americans in the Pacific War.


Premise: When did Louis the Child die?

Hypothesis: In the eastern lands the dynasty had died out earlier, in 911, with the death of Louis the Child, and the selection of the unrelated Conrad I (r. 911–918) as king.


Premise: Which ideal endeavoured to make information available to the greatest number of people?

Hypothesis: This enabled many people to rise out of poverty, and instead of paying more for food, they had money for education.


Premise: Evidence of the earliest humans were found in what subterranean formation?

Hypothesis: The earliest evidence of the presence of human ancestors in the southern Balkans, dated to 270,000 BC, is to be found in the Petralona cave, in the Greek province of Macedonia.


Premise: Who is the author of The Fifteenth Ward and the Great Society?

Hypothesis: New Haven was the subject of Who Governs?


Premise: What causes humans to underestimate time intervals?

Hypothesis: Such chemicals will either excite or inhibit the firing of neurons in the brain, with a greater firing rate allowing the brain to register the occurrence of more events within a given interval (speed up time) and a decreased firing rate reducing the brain's capacity to distinguish events occurring within a given interval (slow down time).


Premise: When did the Soviet Union break up?

Hypothesis: This name and "Russia" were specified as the official state names in the April 21, 1992 amendment to the existing constitution and were retained as such in the 1993 Constitution of Russia.


Premise: When did Moody's and Standard & Poor downgrade a significant number of IndyMac's MBS bonds?

Hypothesis: IndyMac concluded that these downgrades would have negatively impacted the Company's risk-based capital ratio as of June 30, 2008.


Premise: How many main stations of the Northern Railway serve the New Delhi area?

Hypothesis: The five main railway stations are New Delhi railway station, Old Delhi, Nizamuddin Railway Station, Anand Vihar Railway Terminal and Sarai Rohilla.


Premise: What action suggested by a state, would have affecting the outcome of the electoral votes?

Hypothesis: A ballot initiative in Colorado, known as Amendment 36, would have changed the way in which the state apportions its electoral votes.


Premise: Who excavated ancient Ur?

Hypothesis: For example, a high point in the use of "Ancient Near East" was for Biblical scholars the Ancient Near Eastern Texts relating to the Old Testament by James Bennett Pritchard, a textbook of first edition dated 1950.


Premise: What popular tourist site was particularly active during the 20s?

Hypothesis: Lighthouse Point Park, a public beach run by the city, was a popular tourist destination during the Roaring Twenties, attracting luminaries of the period such as Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb.


Premise: What does Preto mean?

Hypothesis: The popular claim is that in Brazil, poor whites are considered black and wealthy blacks are considered white.


Premise: Daniel Roche claims that Masonry promoted what idea by only attracting men of similar social background?

Hypothesis: On the negative side, Daniel Roche contests claims that Masonry promoted egalitarianism.


Premise: What do many people gain from their identity groups?

Hypothesis: Many people gain a sense of positive self-esteem from their identity groups, which furthers a sense of community and belonging.


Premise: When did Montini finally become a cardinal?

Hypothesis: Although some cardinals seem to have viewed him as papabile, a likely candidate to become pope, and may have received some votes in the 1958 conclave, Montini was not yet a cardinal, which made him an unlikely choice.[c]


Premise: What did Microsoft change the tablet resolution requirements on March 12, 2013?

Hypothesis: On March 12, 2013, Microsoft amended its certification requirements to only require that screens on tablets have a minimum resolution of 1024×768 (down from the previous 1366×768).


Premise: What is the name of the 2004 paper that links Popper's work to that of his tutor Otto Selz?

Hypothesis: Hark (Groningen, The Netherlands) published a book, called Popper, Otto Selz and the rise of evolutionary epistemology, in which he claimed that Popper took some of his ideas from his tutor, the German psychologist Otto Selz.


Premise: What percentage increase in passenger traffic did Richmond International experience between 2005 and 2006?

Hypothesis: A record 3.3 million passengers used Richmond International Airport in 2006, a 13% increase over 2005.


Premise: What have the Swiss been under EU and national pressure to reduce in terms of banking?

Hypothesis: In 2006, Switzerland approved 1 billion francs of supportive investment in the poorer Southern and Central European countries in support of cooperation and positive ties to the EU as a whole.


Premise: What was the date of Kanye's car wreck?

Hypothesis: West's breakthrough came a year later on October 23, 2002, when, while driving home from a California recording studio after working late, he fell asleep at the wheel and was involved in a near-fatal car crash.


Premise: What is another name for magnates?

Hypothesis: A proper magnate should be able to trace noble ancestors back for many generations and own at least 20 villages or estates.


Premise: How many consecutive years was American Idol the top rated show?

Hypothesis: It holds the distinction of having the longest winning streak in the Nielsen annual television ratings; it became the highest-rated of all television programs in the United States overall for an unprecedented seven consecutive years, or eight consecutive (and total) years when either its performance or result show was ranked number one overall.


Premise: What was the bit rate of AT&T's Picturephone?

Hypothesis: Attempts at using normal telephony networks to transmit slow-scan video, such as the first systems developed by AT&T Corporation, first researched in the 1950s, failed mostly due to the poor picture quality and the lack of efficient video compression techniques.


Premise: What is one prominent, specific terrorist group targeted by the War on Terrorism?

Hypothesis: It has been adopted primarily as a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.


Premise: What item did Apollo create and name after his lover?

Hypothesis: Apollo is said to be filled with grief: out of Hyacinthus' blood, Apollo created a flower named after him as a memorial to his death, and his tears stained the flower petals with the interjection αἰαῖ, meaning alas.


Premise: What area depends on agriculture in Guinea-Bissau?

Hypothesis: The economy depends mainly on agriculture; fish, cashew nuts and ground nuts are its major exports.


Premise: Why does a litigant initiate a lawsuit under the Civil Rights Act of 1871?

Hypothesis: 1983 — which allows people to bring lawsuits against state actors to protect their federal constitutional and statutory rights.


Premise: What feature was missing from the final Mac design produced by Smith?

Hypothesis: Bud Tribble, a member of the Mac team, was interested in running the Apple Lisa's graphical programs on the Macintosh, and asked Smith whether he could incorporate the Lisa's Motorola 68000 microprocessor into the Mac while still keeping the production cost down.


Premise: Ibarra is thought to have been the first European to see the ruins of which city?

Hypothesis: In 1562 Francisco de Ibarra headed a personal expedition in search of the mythical cities of Cibola and Quivira; he traveled through the present-day state of Chihuahua.


Premise: Who was Israel frequently attacked by?

Hypothesis: The continued blockade of the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, together with the growing amount of Fedayeen attacks against Israel's southern population, and recent Arab grave and threatening statements, prompted Israel to attack Egypt.


Premise: In what sequence did Japanese planes arrive at their targets?

Hypothesis: Repeated U.S. raids destroyed the Japanese land-based planes.


Premise: Vis-à-vis pubs in Ireland, what feature do pubs in Northern Ireland lack?

Hypothesis: In Ireland, pubs are known for their atmosphere or "craic".


Premise: In what year did Sven-Göran Eriksson become the manager of England's football team?

Hypothesis: He lost only five competitive matches during his tenure, and England rose to an No.4 world ranking under his guidance.


Premise: According to Dulles, why was Diem made president of Vietnam?

Hypothesis: Although Diem was publicly praised, in private Secretary of State John Foster Dulles conceded that Diem had been selected because there were no better alternatives.


Premise: What were common task of the corporation formed by the urban and rural districts?

Hypothesis: Since 1875, with the strengthening of self-rule, the urban and rural districts (Kreise) within each province (sometimes within each governorate) formed a corporation with common tasks and assets (schools, traffic installations, hospitals, cultural institutions, jails etc.)


Premise: Where did the Chinese government decide that parents who had lost children could go for free treatment?

Hypothesis: Details of school casualties had been under non-governmental investigation since December 2008 by volunteers including artist and architect Ai Weiwei, who had been constantly posting updates on his blog since March 2009.


Premise: How many people worked for the Bell Boatyard?

Hypothesis: In his final, and some of his most productive years, Bell split his residency between Washington, D.C., where he and his family initially resided for most of the year, and at Beinn Bhreagh where they spent increasing amounts of time.


Premise: What type of school was established in the empire in 1734?

Hypothesis: In 1754 the artillery school was reopened on a semi-secret basis.


Premise: Why did Steele think people were not attacking Barrack Obama?

Hypothesis: Reacting to media criticism of Michelle Obama during the 2008 presidential election, Charles Kenzie Steele, Jr., CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said, "Why are they attacking Michelle Obama, and not really attacking, to that degree, her husband?


Premise: What did France get that gave them a supply of sugar?

Hypothesis: Faced with the choice of retrieving either New France or its Caribbean island colonies of Guadeloupe and Martinique, France chose the latter to retain these lucrative sources of sugar, writing off New France as an unproductive, costly territory.


Premise: What kinds of legislation are a strategy for preventing infringement?

Hypothesis: Strategies include education, civil & criminal legislation, and international agreements, as well as publicizing anti-piracy litigation successes and imposing forms of digital media copy protection, such as controversial DRM technology and anti-circumvention laws, which limit the amount of control consumers have over the use of products and content they have purchased.


Premise: What is used in most video DVDs?

Hypothesis: Lossy audio compression is used in a wide range of applications.


Premise: When was the constitution accepted by the electorate, U.S. Congress, and U.S. President?

Hypothesis: This constitution was created when the U.S. Congress directed local government to organize a constitutional convention to write the Puerto Rico Constitution in 1951.


Premise: What private university is located in downtown New Haven?

Hypothesis: Yale University, at the heart of downtown, is one of the city's best known features and its largest employer.


Premise: On what show did Adams appear to "defend himself"?

Hypothesis: He appeared on Larry King Live on November 20, 2007, but left before speaking.


Premise: What country would refuse support if Frederick wen to war for Saxony and west Prussia?

Hypothesis: Frederick saw Saxony and Polish west Prussia as potential fields for expansion but could not expect French support if he started an aggressive war for them.


Premise: Some of the free people of color migrated from what state during the 18th century?

Hypothesis: The number of free people of color rose markedly in the first couple of decades after the Revolution.


Premise: What kind of settlement was Cork?

Hypothesis: The ecclesiastical settlement continued alongside the Viking longphort, with the two developing a type of symbiotic relationship; the Norsemen providing otherwise unobtainable trade goods for the monastery, and perhaps also military aid.


Premise: When was Pope Pius XII elected?

Hypothesis: On 10 February 1939, Pope Pius XI died.


Premise: What must be reduced in order to allow LaserDisc playback time to increase?

Hypothesis: The space-consuming analog video signal of a LaserDisc limited playback duration to 30 minutes (CAV) or 60 minutes (CLV) per side because of the hardware manufacturer's refusal to reduce line count for increased playtime.


Premise: When was the Berlin Decree issued?

Hypothesis: Following his triumph, Napoleon imposed the first elements of the Continental System through the Berlin Decree issued in November 1806.


Premise: Who is the prime minister of Tajikistan?

Hypothesis: The Prime Minister is Kokhir Rasulzoda, the First Deputy Prime Minister is Matlubkhon Davlatov and the two Deputy Prime Ministers are Murodali Alimardon and Ruqiya Qurbanova.


Premise: Since what year has women's football been an Olympic event?

Hypothesis: It had a "golden age" in the United Kingdom in the early 1920s when crowds reached 50,000 at some matches; this was stopped on 5 December 1921 when England's Football Association voted to ban the game from grounds used by its member clubs.


Premise: What is used to make thwon?

Hypothesis: Ailaa and thwon (alcohol made from rice) are the alcoholic beverages of Kathmandu, found in all the local bhattis (alcohol serving eateries).


Premise: What are examples of Ibero-Romance languages?

Hypothesis: However, despite being mostly situated in the Iberian Peninsula, Catalan has marked differences with the Ibero-Romance group (Spanish and Portuguese) in terms of pronunciation, grammar, and especially vocabulary; showing instead its closest affinity with Occitan and to a lesser extent Gallo-Romance (French, Franco-Provençal, Gallo-Italian).


Premise: How high is Emba Soira?

Hypothesis: The Afar Triangle or Danakil Depression of Eritrea is the probable location of a triple junction where three tectonic plates are pulling away from one another.


Premise: How did the Bristol Blenheim F.1 perform against German aircraft?

Hypothesis: The Bristol Blenheim F.1 was undergunned, with just four .303 in (7.7 mm) machine guns which struggled to down the Do 17, Ju 88, or Heinkel He 111.


Premise: What was Charles Luciano's nickname?

Hypothesis: "the Fox" Torrio, with heads of the Bugs and Meyer Mob, Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Siegel, being used as muscle for the meeting.


Premise: How does an NPO keep their charitable status?

Hypothesis: Charitable status is granted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) upon application by a nonprofit; charities are allowed to issue income tax receipts to donors, must spend a certain percentage of their assets (including cash, investments and fixed assets) and file annual reports in order to maintain their charitable status.


Premise: When was the South Pacific Mandate for Japan approved?

Hypothesis: On December 17, 1920, the Council of the League of Nations approved the South Pacific Mandate for Japan to take over all former German colonies in the Pacific Ocean located north of the Equator.


Premise: Was this the only occasion the OSCE was invited to preside over a presidential election?

Hypothesis: It was the first time the OSCE had sent observers to a U.S. presidential election, although they had been invited in the past.


Premise: Where was the location of the Battle of Gravelotte?

Hypothesis: The Battle of Gravelotte, or Gravelotte–St.


Premise: What is High Speed only supported by?

Hypothesis: High Speed is supported only by specifically designed USB 2.0 High Speed interfaces (that is, USB 2.0 controllers without the High Speed designation do not support it), as well as by USB 3.0 and newer interfaces.


Premise: Which bird system is large relative to a bird's size?

Hypothesis: The nervous system is large relative to the bird's size.


Premise: How close was time guessed in the day of the Gospels?

Hypothesis: Several notable scholars have argued that the modern precision of marking the time of day should not be read back into the gospel accounts, written at a time when no standardization of timepieces, or exact recording of hours and minutes was available, and time was often approximated to the closest three-hour period.


Premise: The Treaty of Belgrade was the result of a war known as what?

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


Premise: What type of geneticists have debates about what can provide a basis for a new conception of race?

Hypothesis: Population geneticists have debated whether the concept of population can provide a basis for a new conception of race.


Premise: What does the title of elder not signify?

Hypothesis: Witnesses do not use elder as a title to signify a formal clergy-laity division, though elders may employ ecclesiastical privilege such as confession of sins.


Premise: Who led the group which created the Soviet state?

Hypothesis: Under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, the Bolsheviks established the Soviet state on 7 November [O.S. 25 October] 1917, immediately after the Russian Provisional Government, which governed the Russian Republic, was overthrown during the October Revolution.


Premise: What were the principle texts of Hinduism?

Hypothesis: There is no conclusive proof from archaeology as to whether the specific events of the Mahabharat have any historical basis.


Premise: What does V/STOL refer to?

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


Premise: How many children were employed on colonial plantations?

Hypothesis: Millions of children worked in colonial agricultural plantations, mines and domestic service industries.


Premise: What is the definition of CND?

Hypothesis: Cyberspace defense incorporates CNE, computer network defense (CND), and CNA techniques and may be a contributor to influence operations.


Premise: What agreement did Liberia sign n 2006?

Hypothesis: Liberia has the highest ratio of foreign direct investment to GDP in the world, with US$16 billion in investment since 2006.


Premise: What building did Van der Rohe create for IBM?

Hypothesis: Van der Rohe's 330 North Wabash building in Chicago, the original center of the company's research division post-World War II, was recognized with the 1990 Honor Award from the National Building Museum.


Premise: What era does the reign of Guangwu fall under?

Hypothesis: From the reign of Guangwu the capital was moved eastward to Luoyang.


Premise: Who took over after Athanasius?

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


Premise: What law imposed a high tax on gin shops and resulted in riots?

Hypothesis: The Gin Act 1736 imposed high taxes on retailers and led to riots in the streets.


Premise: Who was nearly assassinated in Casas Adobes?

Hypothesis: The attempted assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, and the murders of chief judge for the U.S. District Court for Arizona, John Roll and five other people on January 8, 2011, occurred at the La Toscana Village in Casas Adobes.


Premise: Hunting has significant financial impact in what country?

Hypothesis: Today's hunters come from a broad range of economic, social, and cultural backgrounds.


Premise: Shell announced it was in the process of doing what in April 2010?

Hypothesis: On April 2010 Shell announced that the corporation is in process of trying to find a potential buyer for all of its operations in Finland and is doing similar market research concerning Swedish operations.


Premise: Which social media site was used for complaining about the Indian censoring?

Hypothesis: In India, it was reported that the Indian Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) censored kissing scenes featuring Monica Bellucci, Daniel Craig, and Léa Seydoux.


Premise: With what value is a resistor in parallel with a capacitor equal to?

Hypothesis: Leakage is equivalent to a resistor in parallel with the capacitor.


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

Hypothesis: Constructed in 1290, the system carried water from Conduit Head (remnants of which survive near Hill Lane, Shirley) some 1.7 kilometres to the site of the friary inside the town walls.


Premise: What percentage of HIV/AIDS infected in Swaziland are believed to be treated?

Hypothesis: Estimates of treatment coverage range from 70% to 80% of those infected.


Premise: Who were considered "free people of color"?

Hypothesis: Enumerators were instructed to classify free residents as white or "other.


Premise: Does God have a gender?

Hypothesis: God is also usually defined as a non-corporeal being without any human biological gender, but the concept of God actively (as opposed to receptively) creating the universe has caused some religions to give "Him" the metaphorical name of "Father".


Premise: Who led the Friars Minor order at this time?

Hypothesis: Like his contemporary, Francis, Dominic saw the need for a new type of organization, and the quick growth of the Dominicans and Franciscans during their first century of existence confirms that the orders of mendicant friars met a need.


Premise: What role did Eisenhower believe he could not fulfill if he was believed to want to become involved in politics?

Hypothesis: Believing that a general should not participate in politics, one author later wrote that "figuratively speaking, [Eisenhower] kicked his political-minded visitor out of his office".


Premise: What was the necklace made of?

Hypothesis: Mythographers agree that Artemis was born first and then assisted with the birth of Apollo, or that Artemis was born one day before Apollo, on the island of Ortygia and that she helped Leto cross the sea to Delos the next day to give birth to Apollo.


Premise: What is a treaty concluded among several countries?

Hypothesis: A multilateral treaty is concluded among several countries.


Premise: During what years was the Jurassic period?

Hypothesis: The Jurassic North Atlantic Ocean was relatively narrow, while the South Atlantic did not open until the following Cretaceous Period, when Gondwana itself rifted apart.


Premise: When did the Yuan dynasty rule?

Hypothesis: Kublai Khan did not conquer the Song dynasty in South China until 1279, so Tibet was a component of the early Mongol Empire before it was combined into one of its descendant empires with the whole of China under the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368).


Premise: What is Chrysomelidae?

Hypothesis: This sort of protective coloration is common and widespread among beetle families, especially those that feed on wood or vegetation, such as many of the leaf beetles (family Chrysomelidae) or weevils.


Premise: Did the followers of Meletius obey the guidelines of Nicaea?

Hypothesis: Athanasius's first problem lay with Meletius of Lycopolis and his followers, who had failed to abide by the First Council of Nicaea.


Premise: What type of debt did "clean slate" decrees cancel?

Hypothesis: Periodically "clean slate" decrees were signed by rulers which cancelled all the rural (but not commercial) debt and allowed bondservants to return to their homes.


Premise: What are the two main components of cardiovascular disease?

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: Baltica and Sibera are examples of what thing, during the Cambrian era?

Hypothesis: Laurentia, Baltica and Siberia remained independent continents following the break-up of the supercontinent of Pannotia.


Premise: To whom did Chopin reveal in letters which parts of his work were about the singing student he was infatuated with?

Hypothesis: In letters to Woyciechowski, he indicated which of his works, and even which of their passages, were influenced by his fascination with her; his letter of 15 May 1830 revealed that the slow movement (Larghetto) of his Piano Concerto No. 1 (in E minor) was secretly dedicated to her – "It should be like dreaming in beautiful springtime – by moonlight."


Premise: What was the nickname of Edward III's son Edward?

Hypothesis: Early in the war the English under Edward III (r. 1327–77) and his son Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1376),[AF] won the battles of Crécy and Poitiers, captured the city of Calais, and won control of much of France.[AG]


Premise: What was the Luftwaffe's second primary policy?

Hypothesis: It also took part in the bombing over Britain.


Premise: Who is currently the governor of Bermuda?

Hypothesis: The current governor is George Fergusson; he was sworn in on 23 May 2012.


Premise: What did St Augustine believe that funeral feasts gave an opportunity for?

Hypothesis: Tombs were shared by Christian and non-Christian family members, and the traditional funeral rites and feast of novemdialis found a part-match in the Christian Constitutio Apostolica.


Premise: What group of elected officials provides checks and balances on the Mayor's executive authority?

Hypothesis: The GLA consists of two elected components; the Mayor of London, who has executive powers, and the London Assembly, which scrutinises the mayor's decisions and can accept or reject the mayor's budget proposals each year.


Premise: What protects the outer layer?

Hypothesis: The outer layer will usually be provided by the carrier's aircraft, specifically its AEW&C aircraft combined with the CAP.


Premise: Is it true that the first Cubist picture is The Demoiselles?

Hypothesis: This is an exaggeration, for although it was a major first step towards Cubism it is not yet Cubist.


Premise: Who issued the Plan de Guadalupe?

Hypothesis: In March 1914 Carranza traveled to Ciudad Juárez, which served as rebellion's capital for the remainder of the struggle with Huerta.


Premise: How old is the primitive plying insect found by the University?

Hypothesis: This species already possessed dicondylic mandibles (two articulations in the mandible), a feature associated with winged insects, suggesting that wings may already have evolved at this time.


Premise: What is the concern in Southeast Asian region due to development & population expansion?

Hypothesis: A significant portion of Southeast Asia, however, has not changed greatly and remains an unaltered home to wildlife.


Premise: Who wrote Historia Regum Britanniae?

Hypothesis: Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. c. 1155) composed his Historia Regum Britanniae, a collection of stories and legends about Arthur.


Premise: How many yards wide is a Canadian football field?

Hypothesis: The Canadian football field is 150 yards (137 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide with end zones 20 yards (18 m) deep, and goal lines 110 yards (101 m) apart.


Premise: Who is the mother of Kanye's first child?

Hypothesis: West also appeared on the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, where he premiered a new song entitled "Wolves", featuring Sia Furler and fellow Chicago rapper, Vic Mensa.


Premise: What is the most recent standard for external drive connectivity?

Hypothesis: Other competing standards for external drive connectivity include eSATA, ExpressCard, FireWire (IEEE 1394), and most recently Thunderbolt.


Premise: How much did Iran spend in oil imports in 2005?

Hypothesis: In 2005, Iran spent US$4 billion on fuel imports, because of contraband and inefficient domestic use.


Premise: Did Swansea qualify for the Europa Leaque in 2012-13?

Hypothesis: In 2012–13, Swansea qualified for the Europa League by winning the League Cup.


Premise: India is host to what activity

Hypothesis: Improved sanitation in the developing world is a global need, but a neglected priority as shown by the data collected by the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) of UNICEF and WHO.


Premise: What community college is in southeast Tucson?

Hypothesis: It is the home of Santa Rita High School, Chuck Ford Park (Lakeside Park), Lakeside Lake, Lincoln Park (upper and lower), The Lakecrest Neighborhoods, and Pima Community College East Campus.


Premise: How many people from the House of Representatives did not vote?

Hypothesis: Because the motion was supported by at least one member of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, election law mandated that each house retire to debate and vote on the motion.


Premise: In the modern era, has any non-league team reached the quarter finals??

Hypothesis: The last entrants are the Premier League and Championship clubs, into the draw for the Third Round Proper.


Premise: Does Triangle Transit have a van service?

Hypothesis: Raleigh is also served by Triangle Transit (known formerly as the Triangle Transit Authority, or TTA).


Premise: The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs is a division of what?

Hypothesis: All official Middle Eastern affairs are referred to this bureau.


Premise: Discussing contraception sometimes led to prosecution under what laws?

Hypothesis: Prior to the second world war, birth control was prohibited in many countries, and in the United States even the discussion of contraceptive methods sometimes led to prosecution under Comstock laws.


Premise: Beyonce has a clothing line known as what?

Hypothesis: In 2006, the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), criticized Beyoncé for wearing and using fur in her clothing line House of Deréon.


Premise: What determines genotype?

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


Premise: What is the Everton FC's overdraft with Barclays Bank secured against?

Hypothesis: The club's overdraft with Barclays Bank is secured against the Premier League's "Basic Award Fund", a guaranteed sum given to clubs for competing in the Premier League.


Premise: When did Knorr die?

Hypothesis: Since Knorr's death in 1977, the position of president has been occupied by Frederick Franz (1977–1992) and Milton Henschel (1992–2000), both members of the Governing Body, and since 2000 by Don A. Adams, not a member of the Governing Body.


Premise: What is U+UFFE the result of?

Hypothesis: The UCS-2 and UTF-16 encodings specify the Unicode Byte Order Mark (BOM) for use at the beginnings of text files, which may be used for byte ordering detection (or byte endianness detection).


Premise: What was ornately carved in the 9th-11th centuries?

Hypothesis: From the 9th to 11th century, Armenian architecture underwent a revival under the patronage of the Bagratid Dynasty with a great deal of building done in the area of Lake Van, this included both traditional styles and new innovations.


Premise: Who became the CEO of RCA Records?

Hypothesis: The RCA Music Group closed down Arista, J Records and Jive Records in October 2011, with the artists from those labels being moved to RCA Records.


Premise: Whose design was the Nazi flag?

Hypothesis: In the 1920s they were adopted as the colors of the Nazi flag.


Premise: During what period was the area around New York City located at the edge of an ice sheet 1,000 feet deep?

Hypothesis: The ice sheet scraped away large amounts of soil, leaving the bedrock that serves as the geologic foundation for much of New York City today.


Premise: Who accompanied John?

Hypothesis: Accompanied by William de Roches, his seneschal in Anjou, he swung his mercenary army rapidly south to protect her.


Premise: After Wavell resigned from ABDACOM, What post did he return to?

Hypothesis: Wavell resigned from ABDACOM on 25 February, handing control of the ABDA Area to local commanders and returning to the post of Commander-in-Chief, India.


Premise: How does the Air Force promote security to its allies?

Hypothesis: Dissuading others from acquiring or proliferating WMD, and the means to deliver them, contributes to promoting security and is also an integral part of this mission.


Premise: What is the lowest pay grade in the USAF?

Hypothesis: Enlisted members of the USAF have pay grades from E-1 (entry level) to E-9 (senior enlisted).


Premise: What event caused Beyonce's depression?

Hypothesis: Beyoncé stated that she struggled to speak about her depression because Destiny's Child had just won their first Grammy Award and she feared no one would take her seriously.


Premise: Who created the Type Delineator?

Hypothesis: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Keirsey Temperament Sorter, based on the works of Jung, focus on understanding how people's personality affects the way they interact personally, and how this affects the way individuals respond to each other within the learning environment.


Premise: What actress claimed she also carried on an affair with Schwarzenegger while he was with Shriver?

Hypothesis: When asked in 2014 "Of all the things you are famous for … which are you least proud of?", Schwarzenegger replied "I'm least proud of the mistakes I made that caused my family pain and split us up".


Premise: In what battle did Murad II leave as the victory in 1448?

Hypothesis: Four years later, John Hunyadi prepared another army (of Hungarian and Wallachian forces) to attack the Turks but was again defeated by Murad II at the Second Battle of Kosovo in 1448.


Premise: What did Schopenhauer believe were the only things we could know?

Hypothesis: The ideal, for him, is what can be attributed to our own minds.


Premise: What group protested for Naguib's reinstatement?

Hypothesis: Later that day, hundreds of thousands of protesters, mainly belonging to the Brotherhood, called for Naguib's return and Nasser's imprisonment.


Premise: How is Houston Public Radio funded?

Hypothesis: The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area is served by one public television station and two public radio stations.


Premise: When did Salvadorans come to America?

Hypothesis: The largest immigration wave occurred as a result of the Salvadoran Civil War in the 1980s, in which 20–30% of El Salvador's population emigrated.


Premise: When did the Hostellers of London become a guild?

Hypothesis: The Hostellers of London were granted guild status in 1446 and in 1514 the guild became the Worshipful Company of Innholders.


Premise: Who was the governor of Florida in 2011?

Hypothesis: By 2014, a private project known as All Aboard Florida by a company of the historic Florida East Coast Railway began construction of a higher-speed rail line in South Florida that is planned to eventually terminate at Orlando International Airport.


Premise: An insect that can recall a specific location for up to a year does what?

Hypothesis: This can allow an insect to return unerringly to a single hole a few millimeters in diameter among thousands of apparently identical holes clustered together, after a trip of up to several kilometers' distance.


Premise: What is the discrepancy between Developed and less developed countries?

Hypothesis: Developed countries have people with more resources (housing, food, transportation, water and sewage treatment, hospitals, health care, libraries, books, media, schools, the internet, education, etc.)


Premise: How many thousand years ago did the Romans build their road system?

Hypothesis: Some inns in Europe are several centuries old.


Premise: Two women and what man concentrated on post World War II events?

Hypothesis: Jonassohn and Björnson are critical of some of these studies, arguing that they are too expansive, and conclude that the academic discipline of genocide studies is too young to have a canon of work on which to build an academic paradigm.


Premise: How large is the zone in Canada?

Hypothesis: The range is mostly located in the United States but extends into southeastern Canada, forming a zone from 100 to 300 mi (160 to 480 km) wide, running from the island of Newfoundland 1,500 mi (2,400 km) southwestward to Central Alabama in the United States.[discuss]


Premise: Which visual landing aids have provided information on proper glide slope since the late 1950's?

Hypothesis: Before the angled deck emerged in the 1950s, LSOs used colored paddles to signal corrections to the pilot (hence the nickname).


Premise: What is the largest Nigerian city?

Hypothesis: This huge waste management problem is also attributable to unsustainable environmental management lifestyles of Kubwa Community in the Federal Capital Territory, where there are habits of indiscriminate disposal of waste, dumping of waste along or into the canals, sewerage systems that are channels for water flows, etc.


Premise: What did builder's use in place of steel rods as re-inforcement?

Hypothesis: One local was quoted in the article as saying that "the supervising agencies did not check to see if it met the national standards."


Premise: Who was last ruler of Ptolemaic Kingdom?

Hypothesis: Nevertheless, Hellenistic culture continued to thrive in Egypt well after the Muslim conquest.


Premise: In what year were trolleys finally replaced completely by buses?

Hypothesis: In the 1920s and 1930s, some of the trolley lines began to be replaced by bus lines, with the last trolley route converted to bus in 1948.


Premise: Which candidate was the only Democrat to win Alaska in a landslide election in 1964?

Hypothesis: Alaska was carried by Democratic nominee Lyndon B. Johnson during his landslide election in 1964, while the 1960 and 1968 elections were close.


Premise: What was Whitehead's final book on mathematics?

Hypothesis: In addition to numerous articles on mathematics, Whitehead wrote three major books on the subject:


Premise: What is the east-west waterway near Nanjing?

Hypothesis: Nanjing is the intersection of Yangtze River, an east-west water transport artery, and Nanjing–Beijing railway, a south-north land transport artery,


Premise: What percentage of the humans in the world are considered Muslim?

Hypothesis: More than 20% of the world's population is Muslim.


Premise: Which computer is the Harvard architecture modeled after?

Hypothesis: The fundamental concept of storing programs in the computer's memory alongside the data they operate on is the crux of the von Neumann, or stored program[citation needed], architecture.


Premise: What book is Robert Boyle believe to have written after being inspired by Philosophus Autodidactus?

Hypothesis: Philosophus Autodidactus, continuing the thoughts of philosophers such as Aristotle from earlier ages, inspired Robert Boyle to write his own philosophical novel set on an island, The Aspiring Naturalist.


Premise: Guatama discovered the middle path before his what?

Hypothesis: The Middle Way has several definitions:


Premise: If the grid circuit voltage is increased beyond its regular bias setting, what can happen to the conductive plates in power amplifiers?

Hypothesis: In power amplifiers this can cause the plates to glow red, or current limiting resistors to overheat, even fail.


Premise: Why did flowering plants develop numerous morphological and physiological mechanisms?

Hypothesis: Homomorphic flowers may employ a biochemical (physiological) mechanism called self-incompatibility to discriminate between self and non-self pollen grains.


Premise: Where was Karl von Löesch transferred to after he turned over the documents?

Hypothesis: Colonel Thomson and his American counterpart Ralph Collins agreed to transfer von Loesch to Marburg in the American zone if he would produce the microfilms.


Premise: What region of dialects is the Volga River area in?

Hypothesis: The Northern Russian dialects and those spoken along the Volga River typically pronounce unstressed /o/


Premise: What is the purpose of a variorum?

Hypothesis: The collation of all known variants of a text is referred to as a variorum, namely a work of textual criticism whereby all variations and emendations are set side by side so that a reader can track how textual decisions have been made in the preparation of a text for publication.


Premise: What taps can provide lighting supply?

Hypothesis: These drives can run equally well on DC or AC of any frequency, and many modern electric locomotives are designed to handle different supply voltages and frequencies to simplify cross-border operation.


Premise: What was the name of the strategic bombing of North Vietnam?

Hypothesis: The Vietnam War was a war fought between 1959 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos (see Secret War) and in the strategic bombing (see Operation Rolling Thunder) of North Vietnam.


Premise: If the paper is not to be used in the web printing process, what is done?

Hypothesis: The paper is then fed onto reels if it is to be used on web printing presses, or cut into sheets for other printing processes or other purposes.


Premise: Where does Oklahoma rank by population?

Hypothesis: Its residents are known as Oklahomans, or informally "Okies", and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.


Premise: What is the foundational document of affective computing?

Hypothesis: While the origins of the field may be traced as far back as to early philosophical enquiries into emotion, the more modern branch of computer science originated with Rosalind Picard's 1995 paper on affective computing.


Premise: What is the Everton club motto?

Hypothesis: The Tower has been inextricably linked with the Everton area since its construction in 1787.


Premise: What can a club do if a player they wish to sign does not meet the Home Office's work permit requirements?

Hypothesis: If a player does not meet those criteria, the club wishing to sign him may appeal.


Premise: What medical book is Ibn Sina most noted for in European universities?

Hypothesis: Islamic philosophy, in this definition is neither necessarily concerned with religious issues, nor is exclusively produced by Muslims.


Premise: What's the new name of Pathumwan Technical School?

Hypothesis: Most of Thailand's institutes of technology were developed from technical colleges, in the past could not grant bachelor's degrees; today, however, they are university level institutions, some of which can grant degrees to the doctoral level.


Premise: How many gods do the Hindu's have?

Hypothesis: The dharmic religions differ in their view of the divine: views of God in Hinduism vary by region, sect, and caste, ranging from monotheistic to polytheistic to atheistic.


Premise: What year started the decline of Catalan as a main language?

Hypothesis: During the Low Middle Ages it saw a golden age as the literary and dominant language of the Crown of Aragon, and was widely used all over the Mediterranean.


Premise: Along with underground, open pit and in-situ leaching, what sort of mining is used to mine uranium?

Hypothesis: Extensive measures must be employed to extract the metal from its ore.


Premise: Who claimed the San Diego Bay area for Spain in 1542?

Hypothesis: Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later.


Premise: Why was this constitutional convention held?

Hypothesis: Under Territorial Governor Thomas Meagher, Montanans held a constitutional convention in 1866 in a failed bid for statehood.


Premise: Where did Frédéric and Sand venture to after Majorca became unlivable when it was discovered they were not married?

Hypothesis: After discovering that the couple were not married, the deeply traditional Catholic people of Majorca became inhospitable, making accommodation difficult to find.


Premise: According to Gary Lewis of the UN, what is the most pressing human security challenge in Iran?

Hypothesis: On the northern edge of the country (the Caspian coastal plain) temperatures rarely fall below freezing and the area remains humid for the rest of the year.


Premise: What is an opera buffa?

Hypothesis: The symphony came into its own as a musical form, and the concerto was developed as a vehicle for displays of virtuoso playing skill.


Premise: Which was the first new indoor mall in Melbourne?

Hypothesis: Suburban expansion then intensified, serviced by new indoor malls beginning with Chadstone Shopping Centre.


Premise: What did Section 215 of the Patriot Act allow the FBI to search?

Hypothesis: Also, governing bodies in a number of communities have passed symbolic resolutions against the act.


Premise: What was William Gerard Hamilton's nickname?

Hypothesis: At about this same time, Burke was introduced to William Gerard Hamilton (known as "Single-speech Hamilton").


Premise: What was the German flag that was similar to the Rot-un-Wiss replaced by?

Hypothesis: With the purpose of "Frenchizing" the region, the Rot-un-Wiss has not been recognized by Paris.


Premise: What group of Jews represent the bulk of modern Jewry?

Hypothesis: Ashkenazi Jews represent the bulk of modern Jewry, with at least 70% of Jews worldwide (and up to 90% prior to World War II and the Holocaust).


Premise: When was Science of Logic written?

Hypothesis: So any doctrine, such as materialism, that asserts that finite qualities or natural objects are fully real is mistaken.


Premise: What is paperfoam primarily made of?

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


Premise: What school within the University of London would a student seeking a degree in the veterinary medicine likely attend?

Hypothesis: It includes four large multi-faculty universities – King's College London, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway and UCL – and a number of smaller and more specialised institutions including Birkbeck, the Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Institute of Education, the London Business School, the London School of Economics, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the Royal Academy of Music, the Central School of Speech and Drama, the Royal Veterinary College and the School of Oriental and African Studies.


Premise: What types of deer does Oklahoma have a lot of?

Hypothesis: The state holds populations of white-tailed deer, mule deer, antelope, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, elk, and birds such as quail, doves, cardinals, bald eagles, red-tailed hawks, and pheasants.


Premise: How many Israelis live in urban areas?

Hypothesis: About 92% of Israelis live in urban areas.


Premise: Besides the Renton plant, where else are airplanes made for Boeing?

Hypothesis: The company's credit union for employees, BECU, remains based in the Seattle area, though it is now open to all residents of Washington.


Premise: Who first introduced the idea that matter is made of atoms?

Hypothesis: 6th-century BCE pre-Socratic Greek philosophers Thales of Miletus and Xenophanes of Colophon were the first in the region to attempt to explain the world in terms of human reason rather than myth and tradition, thus can be said to be the first Greek humanists.


Premise: What is the central-southern area of Namibia known as?

Hypothesis: In response to the 1966 ruling by the International Court of Justice, South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) military wing, People's Liberation Army of Namibia, a guerrilla group began their armed struggle for independence, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its occupation of Namibia, in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region.


Premise: Who was Feynman's wife?

Hypothesis: This portion of Feynman's life was portrayed in the 1996 film Infinity, which featured Feynman's daughter, Michelle, in a cameo role.


Premise: What contains discourses ascribed to Gautama Buddha?

Hypothesis: The Pāli Tipitaka, which means "three baskets", refers to the Vinaya Pitaka, the Sutta Pitaka, and the Abhidhamma Pitaka.


Premise: What aided in records sales in the 1950s?

Hypothesis: Radio listeners heard recordings broadcast and this in turn generated more record sales.


Premise: What does 'nuchal' mean?

Hypothesis: Nuchal ("on the neck")


Premise: Where did this initiate?

Hypothesis: Thus, the stage was set for the adoption of an approach to natural philosophy, based on empirical observations and experimentation of the physical universe, making possible the advent of the age of scientific inquiry that followed the Renaissance.


Premise: What does the abbreviation CDS stand for?

Hypothesis: Another example relates to AIG, which insured obligations of various financial institutions through the usage of credit default swaps.


Premise: What factor would result in a desired feedback independence?

Hypothesis: A particular antenna design will present a particular feedpoint impedance.


Premise: What does the enumeration process start by doing?

Hypothesis: The enumeration starts by sending a reset signal to the USB device.


Premise: Which script evolved from the Gupta script in the 8th century?

Hypothesis: The latter was displaced in its turn by Devanagari in the 11th or 12th century, with intermediary stages such as the Siddhaṃ script.


Premise: Laws about antennas keep home owners' associations and city government from banning what?

Hypothesis: Laws about antennas were updated before the change to digital terrestrial broadcasts.


Premise: Who supported the Chinese Communists during the civil war in Manchuria?

Hypothesis: With the end of the war with Japan, the Chinese Civil War resumed between the Chinese Communists and the Chinese Nationalists.


Premise: In which year was the counteroffensive strategy first conceived?

Hypothesis: Doctrinally, as a Soviet-style (offensive) battle plan, Seven Days to the River Rhine gave commanders few defensive-war strategies for fighting NATO in Warsaw Treaty territory.[citation needed]


Premise: What do followers of Jesus call themselves in the Indian subcontinent?

Hypothesis: In the Indian subcontinent, Christians call themselves


Premise: Where did American troops find 75 kilos of gold coins?

Hypothesis: The salt mines surrounding the Altaussee area, where American troops found 75 kilos of gold coins stored in a single mine, were used to store looted art, jewels, and currency; vast quantities of looted art were found and returned to the owners.


Premise: What is a major threat to migratory birds?

Hypothesis: Historically, migration has been recorded as much as 3,000 years ago by Ancient Greek authors including Homer and Aristotle, and in the Book of Job, for species such as storks, turtle doves, and swallows.


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

Hypothesis: The final race in 2012 European Grand Prix saw an extremely popular winner, since home driver Fernando Alonso won for Ferrari in spite of starting halfway down the field.


Premise: The landmark, General Grant National Memorial, is also called what?

Hypothesis: Hundreds of private properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places or as a National Historic Landmark such as, for example, the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village as the catalyst of the modern gay rights movement.


Premise: Where was the first fictionalized account of Chopin's life created?

Hypothesis: Chopin was written by Giacomo Orefice and produced in Milan in 1901.


Premise: Besides power disruption, what caused telecommunications to be suspended?

Hypothesis: China Unicom's service in Wenchuan and four nearby counties was cut off, with more than 700 towers suspended.


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

Hypothesis: The distribution of metabolic traits within a group of bacteria has traditionally been used to define their taxonomy, but these traits often do not correspond with modern genetic classifications.


Premise: What type of economic and social policies do Communitarians tend to support?

Hypothesis: Communitarians tend to support greater local control as well as economic and social policies which encourage the growth of social capital.


Premise: What does the record-setting 35.6 degrees Celsius convert to in degrees Fahrenheit?

Hypothesis: It has held the record for the highest temperature in the UK for June at 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) since 1976.


Premise: Diffusive ventilation occurs by what?

Hypothesis: Diffusive ventilation is simply a form of continuous gas exchange that occurs by diffusion rather than physically taking in the oxygen.


Premise: Why did Hitler use terror bombing against Britain?

Hypothesis: Hitler was much more attracted to the political aspects of bombing.


Premise: Who came up with an explanation of the origins of London's name that contradicted earlier assumptions

Hypothesis: From 1898, it was commonly accepted that the name was of Celtic origin and meant place belonging to a man called *Londinos; this explanation has since been rejected.


Premise: What was the Libyan coup later called, when it was renamed for the day it took place?

Hypothesis: Due to the coup's bloodless nature, it was initially labelled the "White Revolution", although was later renamed the "One September Revolution" after the date on which it occurred.


Premise: What is the official name for Guinea-Bissau?

Hypothesis: Guinea-Bissau (i/ˈɡɪni bɪˈsaʊ/, GI-nee-bi-SOW), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese: República da Guiné-Bissau, pronounced: [ʁeˈpublikɐ dɐ ɡiˈnɛ biˈsaw]), is a country in West Africa.


Premise: What are some examples of alternative schools?

Hypothesis: Charter schools are another example of alternative education, which have in the recent years grown in numbers in the US and gained greater importance in its public education system.


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

Hypothesis: The 44th-most populated city proper in the United States, with a population of 430,332, it is the principal, central, and most populous city of the Miami metropolitan area, and the second most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States after Washington, D.C.


Premise: Who did Northern Rock request security from?

Hypothesis: The highly leveraged nature of its business led the bank to request security from the Bank of England.


Premise: A person below the age of majority may gain adult rights through what process?

Hypothesis: In many societies, those who reach a certain age (often 18, though this varies) are considered to have reached the age of majority and are legally regarded as adults who are responsible for their actions.


Premise: By the end of 2006, what percentage of Portugal's energy production was from renewable sources?

Hypothesis: Since the turn of the 21st century, there has been a trend towards the development of a renewable resource industry and reduction of both consumption and use of fossil fuel resources.


Premise: What is the nickname of Plymouth Argyle F.C.?

Hypothesis: It links itself with the group of English non-conformists that left Plymouth for the New World in 1620: its nickname is "The Pilgrims".


Premise: What is the name of an online resource that was created into provide a resource about KU?

Hypothesis: The Review typically features the work of many writers, but periodically spotlights one author, as in the case of 2006 Nelson Poetry Book Award-winner Voyeur Poems by Matthew Porubsky.


Premise: What was the first index on corruption, in 1995?

Hypothesis: Measuring corruption statistically is difficult if not impossible due to the illicit nature of the transaction and imprecise definitions of corruption.


Premise: What is the purpose of the Phase-two mode?

Hypothesis: Phase-two mode can only be activated by a key switch located inside the elevator on the centralized control panel.


Premise: What journal was founded in 2008 that features articles by professors and law students?

Hypothesis: The Northwestern Interdisciplinary Law Review is a scholarly legal publication published annually by an editorial board of Northwestern University undergraduates.


Premise: When did the process of acquiring words from Latin and Greek begin?

Hypothesis: This process started very early, and one can find such examples in Ramon Llull's work.


Premise: Who did the narrator confuse with Phyton?

Hypothesis: The earth deity had power over the ghostly world, and it is believed that she was the deity behind the oracle.


Premise: What german word does the term szlachta come from?

Hypothesis: , the Polish "rycerz" ("knight", cognate of the German "Ritter") and the Polish "herb" ("coat of arms", from the German "Erbe", "heritage").


Premise: When did the draft end?

Hypothesis: Critics see the conflict as a "quagmire"—an endless waste of American blood and treasure in a conflict that did not concern US interests.


Premise: On what Avenue is a southbound exit and entrance to the Harlem River Drive?

Hypothesis: The main portion of 132nd Street runs eastbound from Frederick Douglass Boulevard to northern end of Park Avenue where there is a southbound exit from/entrance to the Harlem River Drive.


Premise: Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha and Saint Helena all issue their own what?

Hypothesis: Saint Helena produces what is said to be the most expensive coffee in the world.


Premise: When did the FCC rule on net neturality?

Hypothesis: On 26 February 2015, the FCC ruled in favor of net neutrality by adopting Title II (common carrier) of the Communications Act of 1934 and Section 706 in the Telecommunications act of 1996 to the Internet.


Premise: Who did a documentary on Motown?

Hypothesis: Berry Gordy, Jr. founded Motown Records which rose to prominence during the 1960s and early 1970s with acts such as Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Diana Ross & The Supremes, the Jackson 5, Martha and the Vandellas, The Spinners, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Marvelettes, The Elgins, The Monitors, The Velvelettes and Marvin Gaye.


Premise: In what month and year did the Civic Centre municipal office building become a listed building?

Hypothesis: The Civic Centre municipal office building in Armada Way became a listed building in June 2007 because of its quality and period features, but has become the centre of a controversy as the council planned for its demolition estimating that it could cost £40m to refurbish it, resulting in possible job losses.


Premise: What was the GPC accused of being vis-à-vis Gaddafi?

Hypothesis: Debate remained limited, and major decisions regarding the economy and defence were avoided or dealt with cursorily; the GPC largely remained "a rubber stamp" for Gaddafi's policies.


Premise: How many patients are served annually by HHC?

Hypothesis: HHC operates 11 acute care hospitals, five nursing homes, six diagnostic and treatment centers, and more than 70 community-based primary care sites, serving primarily the poor and working class.


Premise: When did San Diego's population grow so rapidly that it nearly doubled?

Hypothesis: The city's population grew rapidly during and after World War II, more than doubling between 1930 (147,995) and 1950 (333,865).


Premise: Who has said that Beyoncé is the best entertainer alive?

Hypothesis: According to Barbara Ellen of The Guardian Beyoncé is the most in-charge female artist she's seen onstage, while Alice Jones of The Independent wrote she "takes her role as entertainer so seriously she's almost too good."


Premise: the 1277 Paris Condemnations led to what conclusion?

Hypothesis: There was much discussion of whether the air moved in quickly enough as the plates were separated, or, as Walter Burley postulated, whether a 'celestial agent' prevented the vacuum arising.


Premise: Why did flowering plants develop numerous morphological and physiological mechanisms?

Hypothesis: While the majority of flowers are perfect or hermaphrodite (having both pollen and ovule producing parts in the same flower structure), flowering plants have developed numerous morphological and physiological mechanisms to reduce or prevent self-fertilization.


Premise: What two schools were housed in the Montgomery Ward Memorial Building?

Hypothesis: In addition to the Ward Building, Rogers designed Wieboldt Hall to house facilities for the School of Commerce and Levy Mayer Hall to house the School of Law.


Premise: In what children TV series is there is a fictional character named Uncle Bulgaria that asks others to bring him copies of The Times found amongst the litter?

Hypothesis: In The Wombles, Uncle Bulgaria read The Times and asked for the other Wombles to bring him any copies that they found amongst the litter.


Premise: Where was the Pacific Fleets nuclear-powered aircraft carrier supposed to be stationed?

Hypothesis: The spokesperson said one carrier would be assigned to the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet at Murmansk, and the second would be stationed with the Pacific Fleet at Vladivostok.


Premise: What school does John Mogk teach at?

Hypothesis: John Mogk, a professor of law and an expert in urban planning at Wayne State University in Detroit, says, "Everybody thinks that it was the riots [in 1967] that caused the white families to leave.


Premise: What is one of the important functions of the OCA in dealing with attacks?

Hypothesis: OCA is the preferred method of countering air and missile threats, since it attempts to defeat the enemy closer to its source and typically enjoys the initiative.


Premise: What did Martin think Eisenhower did too much of in his relations with Congress?

Hypothesis: Speaker Martin concluded that Eisenhower worked too much through subordinates in dealing with Congress, with results, "often the reverse of what he has desired" because Members of Congress, "resent having some young fellow who was picked up by the White House without ever having been elected to office himself coming around and telling them '


Premise: Which other Austrian scholar and friend of Popper also worked near him at the London School of Economics?

Hypothesis: For his part, Hayek dedicated a collection of papers, Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, to Popper, and in 1982 said, "...ever since his Logik der Forschung first came out in 1934, I have been a complete adherent to his general theory of methodology."


Premise: What accompanies a transient?

Hypothesis: This is done to limit the temporal spread of quantization noise accompanying the transient.


Premise: Several border territories were designated to the United Provinces after what?

Hypothesis: They were federally-governed Generality Lands (Generaliteitslanden).


Premise: What began the influx of Chinese department stores?

Hypothesis: Since the opening policy in 1979, the Chinese department stores also develops swiftly along with the fast-growing economy.


Premise: How many yards does a team lose when they commit a minor penalty?

Hypothesis: Minor violations such as offside (a player from either side encroaching into scrimmage zone before the play starts) are penalized five yards, more serious penalties (such as holding) are penalized 10 yards, and severe violations of the rules (such as face-masking) are typically penalized 15 yards.


Premise: What form of political organization do Popper's works mainly critique?

Hypothesis: The Poverty of Historicism (1944) and The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945)—were inspired by his reflection on the events of his time and represented, in a sense, a reaction to the prevalent totalitarian ideologies that then dominated Central European politics.


Premise: What can the disrupted circadian system cause?

Hypothesis: These disrupted rhythms can increase the risk for substance abuse and relapse.


Premise: How many volumes does the Kaiser Library contain?

Hypothesis: It is the largest library in the country with more than 70,000 books.


Premise: What building attracted merchants from other countries to Valencia?

Hypothesis: At the end of the century the Silk Exchange (Llotja de la Seda) building was erected as the city became a commercial emporium that attracted merchants from all over Europe.


Premise: What type of of pain is visceral a division of?

Hypothesis: Nociceptive pain may also be divided into "visceral", "deep somatic" and "superficial somatic" pain.


Premise: On what day does St John's Day occur?

Hypothesis: By ancient custom, an act did not come into force until it had been promulgated at an open-air sitting of Tynwald, usually held on Tynwald Hill at St John's on St John's Day (24 June), but, since the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1753, on 5 July (or on the following Monday if 5 July is a Saturday or Sunday).


Premise: How much did Madonna make in all her concerts together?

Hypothesis: She is also the highest grossing solo touring artist, with over $1.31 billion in concert gross, starting from the Blond Ambition World Tour; she first crossed a billion gross with The MDNA Tour.


Premise: Absolute pressure  being equal to current atmospheric pressure means what?

Hypothesis: "Below atmospheric" means that the absolute pressure is equal to the current atmospheric pressure.


Premise: What type of chromosome do some eukaryotic organelles contain?

Hypothesis: Similarly, some eukaryotic organelles contain a remnant circular chromosome with a small number of genes.:14.4 Prokaryotes sometimes supplement their chromosome with additional small circles of DNA called plasmids, which usually encode only a few genes and are transferable between individuals.


Premise: What communion do most residents of the island belong to?

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


Premise: In which district had Kerry considered running in 1970?

Hypothesis: In February 1972, Kerry's wife bought a house in Worcester, with Kerry intending to run against the 4th district's ageing thirteen-term incumbent Democrat, Harold Donohue.


Premise: Where was Kerry reassigned in April 1969?

Hypothesis: John Kerry was on active duty in the United States Navy from August 1966 until January 1970.


Premise: In what century was the process of using hops to produce beer introduced to England?

Hypothesis: The practice of adding hops to produce beer was introduced from the Netherlands in the early 15th century.


Premise: What did Johan Cruyff say to the European press that won over Barelona fans?

Hypothesis: Next to champions like Juan Manuel Asensi, Carles Rexach and Hugo Sotil, he helped the club win the 1973–74 season for the first time since 1960, defeating Real Madrid 5–0 at the Bernabéu along the way.


Premise: What is the New World Translation the most accurate translation of?

Hypothesis: Most of the differences are due to the greater accuracy of the NW as a literal, conservative translation of the original expressions of the New Testament writers.


Premise: What are the four factors that determine how the body reacts to an antigen?

Hypothesis: Neonates are said to be in a state of physiological immunodeficiency, because both their innate and adaptive immunological responses are greatly suppressed.


Premise: What remains as a testament to the time and work the indigenous people spent cultivating the flora of the Americas?

Hypothesis: The impact of their agricultural endowment to the world is a testament to their time and work in reshaping and cultivating the flora indigenous to the Americas.


Premise: Kathmandu valley contains art made of metal, terracotta, wood and what other substance?

Hypothesis: Kathmandu valley is described as "an enormous treasure house of art and sculptures", which are made of wood, stone, metal, and terracotta, and found in profusion in temples, shrines, stupas, gompas, chaityasm and palaces.


Premise: When did the case of Epperson v. Arkansas take place?

Hypothesis: The overriding fact is that Arkansas' law selects from the body of knowledge a particular segment which it proscribes for the sole reason that it is deemed to conflict with a particular religious doctrine; that is, with a particular interpretation of the Book of Genesis by a particular religious group.


Premise: Who is Madonna's second husband?

Hypothesis: She also released her second greatest-hits collection, titled GHV2, to coincide with the home video release of the tour.


Premise: Where is BBC banned from reporting?

Hypothesis: He provided readers with a reminder of censorship in China, and added: "People who criticise the media for their coverage in Tibet should acknowledge that we were and still are banned from reporting there."


Premise: How many migrants went to Eisenach?

Hypothesis: From 2008 to 2012, there was a net migration from Thuringia to Erfurt of +6,700 persons (33 per 1000 inhabitants), +1,800 to Gera (19 per 1000), +1,400 to Jena (14 per 1000), +1,400 to Eisenach (33 per 1000) and +1,300 to Weimar (21 per 1000).


Premise: What is known as underlying set of the group?

Hypothesis: The set G is called the underlying set of the group (G, •).


Premise: What did the old letter ⟨ѳ⟩ become?

Hypothesis: While these older letters have been abandoned at one time or another, they may be used in this and related articles.


Premise: What does Stephen Jay Gould call philosophy that deals in the supernatural?

Hypothesis: Stephen Jay Gould proposed an approach dividing the world of philosophy into what he called "non-overlapping magisteria" (NOMA).


Premise: What Act declares Non-Australian residents "outside of Australia" while they are on Norfolk Island?

Hypothesis: On the other hand, as far as Australian nationality law is concerned, Norfolk Island is a part of Australia, and any time spent by an Australian permanent resident on Norfolk Island will count as time spent in Australia for the purpose of applying for Australian citizenship.


Premise: Molecules that are released from ingested foods are done so through which process?

Hypothesis: Though some molecules are absorbed into the bloodstream unchanged, digestive processes release them from the matrix of foods.


Premise: What could be the best possible output versus input ratio?

Hypothesis: Contrary to an ideal (lossless) series-resonant circuit, a finite resistance remains (corresponding to the relatively small voltage at the feed-point) due to the antenna's radiation resistance as well as any actual electrical losses.


Premise: What is another name for ennoblement?

Hypothesis: All children of the Polish nobility inherited their noble status from a noble mother and father.


Premise: What other city is similar to Philadelphia's accent?

Hypothesis: The Philadelphia dialect, which is spread throughout the Delaware Valley and South Jersey, is part of Mid-Atlantic American English, and as such it is identical in many ways to the Baltimore dialect.


Premise: What was general Amer's political affiliation?

Hypothesis: In January 1952, he and Hassan Ibrahim attempted to kill the royalist general Hussein Sirri Amer by firing their submachine guns at his car as he drove through the streets of Cairo.


Premise: As of 2011, how many people worldwide are still denied access to inexpensive medications for severe pain?

Hypothesis: In 2011, Human Rights Watch alerted that tens of millions of people worldwide are still denied access to inexpensive medications for severe pain.


Premise: There are three classes, what has been concluded and proven for all classes?

Hypothesis: However, if the number of states is not known, then it only belongs to all classes from Class II on.


Premise: Which city was Hanover connected to by the Leine?

Hypothesis: Hanover was founded in medieval times on the east bank of the River Leine.


Premise: Who condemned Microsoft for requiring devices to have secure boot enabled by default?

Hypothesis: Following the unveiling of Windows 8, Microsoft faced criticism (particularly from free software supporters) for mandating that devices receiving its optional certification for Windows 8 have secure boot enabled by default using a key provided by Microsoft.


Premise: In what year did St. John's have a population of 214,285?

Hypothesis: St. John's was incorporated as a city in 1888, yet is considered by some to be the oldest English-founded city in North America.


Premise: What information is collected by Centers for Medicine & Medicaid Services?

Hypothesis: Data are made public in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website.


Premise: The radical enlightenment was inspired by the philosophy of whom?

Hypothesis: Both lines of thought were opposed by the conservative Counter-Enlightenment.


Premise: What other famous movie did Cacoyannis direct?

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


Premise: Where were plants also grown besides the garden?

Hypothesis: By the side of the house was an enclosed garden planted with trees and other plants; wheat and probably other cereals were sown in the fields, and the shaduf was already employed for the purpose of irrigation.


Premise: What gospel talks about breaking Jesus' legs?

Hypothesis: The Gospel of Luke's unique contributions to the narrative include Jesus' words to the women who were mourning, one criminal's rebuke of the other, the reaction of the multitudes who left "beating their breasts", and the women preparing spices and ointments before resting on the Sabbath.


Premise: What rank is West in total sales for the last decade?

Hypothesis: He has sold over 30 million digital songs in the United States making him one of the best-selling digital artists of all-time.


Premise: What is the name of the busiest airport in Montana?

Hypothesis: Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport is the busiest airport in the state of Montana, surpassing Billings Logan International Airport in the spring of 2013.


Premise: What year did Bill Clinton lose North Carolina?

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


Premise: How many Oscar nominations did 'The Color Purple' get?

Hypothesis: The film received eleven Academy Award nominations, including two for Goldberg and Winfrey.


Premise: Which superhero appeared in comics in 1938?

Hypothesis: Modern comic strips emerged in Japan in the early 20th century, and the output of comics magazines and books rapidly expanded in the post-World War II era with the popularity of cartoonists such as Osamu Tezuka.


Premise: how often did the Indian fleet voyage to Mocha?

Hypothesis: The Mughal convoy included the treasure-laden Ganj-i-Sawai, reported to be the greatest in the Mughal fleet and the largest ship operational in the Indian Ocean, and its escort, the Fateh Muhammed.


Premise: Which theatre was Melbourne's first live performance institution?

Hypothesis: Melbourne's live performance institutions date from the foundation of the city, with the first theatre, the Pavilion, opening in 1841.


Premise: What was Jesus called since he was from Nazareth?

Hypothesis: Another term for Christians which appears in the New Testament is "Nazarenes" which is used by the Jewish lawyer Tertullus in Acts 24.


Premise: Name another saint associated with Galicia.

Hypothesis: Saint Ansurius, Saint Rudesind, Saint Mariña of Augas Santas, Saint Senorina, Trahamunda and Froilan.


Premise: Approximately how many galleries of art are in New York City?

Hypothesis: New York City has more than 2,000 arts and cultural organizations and more than 500 art galleries of all sizes.


Premise: Now that "Nederlands" is used for Dutch in Dutch, what do Dutch speakers call German?

Hypothesis: Nederlands, the official Dutch word for "Dutch", did not become firmly established until the 19th century.


Premise: What Edmund Burke concept is linked to Boullee's ideas?

Hypothesis: Ledoux addressed the concept of architectural character, maintaining that a building should immediately communicate its function to the viewer: taken literally such ideas give rise to "architecture parlante".


Premise: Where do transferred genes enter?

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


Premise: Which age group accounted for 10.5% of the population in 2000?

Hypothesis: The U.S. Census Bureau reported that in 2000, 24.0% of San Diego residents were under 18, and 10.5% were 65 and over.


Premise: What is the maximum premissible current density in open air of copper?

Hypothesis: The maximum permissible current density of copper in open air is approximately 3.1×106 A/m2 of cross-sectional area, above which it begins to heat excessively.


Premise: Who did America support during the Chinese Civil War?

Hypothesis: After the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese government named the Western nations, led by the United States, as the biggest threat to its national security.


Premise: According to Sheriff Tate's story, how did Ewell die?

Hypothesis: Sheriff Tate arrives and discovers that Bob Ewell has died during the fight.


Premise: How many homes in a village near Zermatt were destroyed by an avalanche in the 19th century?

Hypothesis: In the 17th century about 2500 people were killed by an avalanche in a village on the French-Italian border; in the 19th century 120 homes in a village near Zermatt were destroyed by an avalanche.


Premise: In what era did The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan experience a large growth in members?

Hypothesis: The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) is by far the largest Protestant denomination in Taiwan, with some 238,372 members as of 2009 (including a majority of the island's aborigines).


Premise: Within the New Haven metropolitan area contain a Fortune 1000 company located in Orange, the name of the company?

Hypothesis: The Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET) began operations in the city as the District Telephone Company of New Haven in 1878; the company remains headquartered in New Haven as a subsidiary of AT&T Inc., now doing business as AT&T Connecticut, and provides telephone service for all but two municipalities in Connecticut.


Premise: What is sulfate-reducing bacteria accountable for?

Hypothesis: Facultative anaerobes can switch between fermentation and different terminal electron acceptors depending on the environmental conditions in which they find themselves.