Premise: How much did JPMorgan announce in additional investment into Detroit in 2015?

Hypothesis: On May 19, 2015, JPMorgan Chase announced that it has invested $32 million for two redevelopment projects in the city's Capitol Park district, the Capitol Park Lofts (the former Capitol Park Building) and the Detroit Savings Bank building at 1212 Griswold.


Premise: What is Mr. White dying of?

Hypothesis: He admits to growing disenchanted with Quantum and tells Bond to find and protect his daughter, Dr. Madeline Swann, who will take him to L'Américain; this will in turn lead him to Spectre.


Premise: How many Nigerian Christians are Protestant?

Hypothesis: The middle belt of Nigeria contains the largest number of minority ethnic groups in Nigeria, who were found to be mostly Christians and members of traditional religions, with a small proportion of Muslims.


Premise: When had the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church been broken up by the Soviets?

Hypothesis: Hundreds of thousands joined hands to commemorate the proclamation of Ukrainian independence in 1918 and the reunification of Ukrainian lands one year later (1919 Unification Act).


Premise: How many polarizations will a antenna have when mounted vertically?

Hypothesis: As a transverse wave, the magnetic field of a radio wave is at right angles to that of the electric field, but by convention, talk of an antenna's "polarization" is understood to refer to the direction of the electric field.


Premise: Who else was involved in the warfare?

Hypothesis: The changes were accompanied by violent turmoil which included the trial and execution of the king, vast bloodshed and repression during the Reign of Terror, and warfare involving every other major European power.


Premise: What are the university buildings still standing at the Banská Akadémia used for now?

Hypothesis: University buildings are still at their place today and are used for teaching.


Premise: Which group inherited the "revolutionary spirit" once displayed by the philosophes, according to Darnton?

Hypothesis: Written mostly in the form of pamphlets, the libelles "slandered the court, the Church, the aristocracy, the academies, the salons, everything elevated and respectable, including the monarchy itself".


Premise: What  does the immediate return system mean?

Hypothesis: James Woodburn uses the categories "immediate return" hunter-gatherers for egalitarian and "delayed return" for nonegalitarian.


Premise: How much precipitation does Juno receive each year?

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


Premise: How will solar energy increase energy security?

Hypothesis: It will increase countries’ energy security through reliance on an indigenous, inexhaustible and mostly import-independent resource, enhance sustainability, reduce pollution, lower the costs of mitigating global warming, and keep fossil fuel prices lower than otherwise.


Premise: What are some examples of classical pianists from Portugal?

Hypothesis: Similarly, contemporary composers such as Nuno Malo and Miguel d'Oliveira have achieved some international success writing original music for film and television.


Premise: What do certain type of intermediaries NOT do?

Hypothesis: These types of intermediaries do not host or transmit infringing content, themselves, but may be regarded in some courts as encouraging, enabling or facilitating infringement by users.


Premise: Who are Rescator?

Hypothesis: In 2013 and 2014, a Russian/Ukrainian hacking ring known as "Rescator" broke into Target Corporation computers in 2013, stealing roughly 40 million credit cards, and then Home Depot computers in 2014, stealing between 53 and 56 million credit card numbers.


Premise: What part of China (North, East, South, West) is Nanjing located?

Hypothesis: Located in Yangtze River Delta area and the center of East China, Nanjing is home to one of the world's largest inland ports.


Premise: In what years was the Royal Institute issued supplemental charters?

Hypothesis: It was granted its Royal Charter in 1837 under King William IV.


Premise: What school has won the most national debate championships?

Hypothesis: The University of Kansas has had more teams (70) compete in the National Debate Tournament than any other university.


Premise: What type of legislative subjects can both the central legislative body and state legislatures make laws?

Hypothesis: In the normal legislation process, the subjects in Union list can only be legislated upon by central legislative body called Parliament of India, for subjects in state list only respective state legislature can legislate.


Premise: When was the first solar powered manned flight made?

Hypothesis: On 29 April 1979, the Solar Riser made the first flight in a solar-powered, fully controlled, man carrying flying machine, reaching an altitude of 40 feet (12 m).


Premise: What is the supposed source of most Antarctica meteorites?

Hypothesis: Meteorites from Antarctica are an important area of study of material formed early in the solar system; most are thought to come from asteroids, but some may have originated on larger planets.


Premise: In what months does the monsoon occur in Nepal?

Hypothesis: Rainfall is mostly monsoon-based (about 65% of the total concentrated during the monsoon months of June to August), and decreases substantially (100 to 200 cm (39 to 79 in)) from eastern Nepal to western Nepal.


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

Hypothesis: Azad Kashmir has its own courts system and the constitution of Pakistan does not apply to it as such; appeals from Azad Kashmir relate to its relationship with Pakistan.


Premise: Who was Saint Valentine?

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


Premise: What is a common way stores are distributed in Mexico City?

Hypothesis: Consumers may buy in fixed indoor markets, mobile markets (tianguis), from street vendors, from downtown shops in a street dedicated to a certain type of good, in convenience stores and traditional neighborhood stores, in modern supermarkets, in warehouse and membership stores and the shopping centers that they anchor, in department stores, big-box stores and in modern shopping malls.


Premise: Distinctive Vinaya and ethics are contained within what sutra?

Hypothesis: In Eastern Buddhism, there is also a distinctive Vinaya and ethics contained within the Mahayana Brahmajala Sutra (not to be confused with the Pali text of that name) for Bodhisattvas, where, for example, the eating of meat is frowned upon and vegetarianism is actively encouraged (see vegetarianism in Buddhism).


Premise: The use of the pointed arch for bringing transverse vaults to the same height diagonal ones, is in disagreement with what theory?

Hypothesis: Contrary to the diffusionist theory, it appears that there was simultaneously a structural evolution towards the pointed arch, for the purpose of vaulting spaces of irregular plan, or to bring transverse vaults to the same height as diagonal vaults.


Premise: What people did Chopin meet while in Paris?

Hypothesis: In Paris, Chopin encountered artists and other distinguished figures, and found many opportunities to exercise his talents and achieve celebrity.


Premise: What vital part is missing in bacteria to eukaryotes?

Hypothesis: Unlike cells of animals and other eukaryotes, bacterial cells do not contain a nucleus and rarely harbour membrane-bound organelles.


Premise: What was the STIF formerly known as?

Hypothesis: The Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (STIF), formerly Syndicat des transports parisiens (STP), oversees the transit network in the region.


Premise: What project did Nasser cooperate with the Soviet Union on?

Hypothesis: When efforts to offer tax incentives and attract outside investments yielded no tangible results, he nationalized more companies and made them a part of his economic development organization.


Premise: Who coined the term "Hellenistic?"

Hypothesis: Although words related in form or meaning, e.g. Hellenist (Ancient Greek: Ἑλληνιστής, Hellēnistēs), have been attested since ancient times, it was J. G. Droysen in the mid-19th century, who in his classic work Geschichte des Hellenismus, i.e. History of Hellenism, coined the term Hellenistic to refer to and define the period when Greek culture spread in the non-Greek world after Alexander’s conquest.


Premise: Who was able to describe the process of evaporation?

Hypothesis: Although others disagreed with his model, Wang Chong accurately described the water cycle of the evaporation of water into clouds.


Premise: Who wrote a biography of Burke?

Hypothesis: and there is no evidence that any other writer contributed to it before 1766.


Premise: How often did Jehovah Witnesses congregations meet prior to 2009?

Hypothesis: Witnesses are assigned to a congregation in whose "territory" they usually reside and attend weekly services they refer to as "meetings" as scheduled by congregation elders.


Premise: In what year was the most recent iPod Touch released?

Hypothesis: In mid-2015, a new model of the iPod Touch was announced by Apple, and was officially released on the Apple store on July 15, 2015.


Premise: What street was intended to connect Plymouth Hoe to the railroad station?

Hypothesis: A peripheral road system connecting the historic Barbican on the east and Union Street to the west determines the principal form of the city centre, even following pedestrianisation of the shopping centre in the late 1980s, and continues to inform the present 'Vision for Plymouth' developed by a team led by Barcelona-based architect David MacKay in 2003 which calls for revivification of the city centre with mixed-use and residential.


Premise: What type of computing did Feynman and his son help develop?

Hypothesis: Mathematics was a common interest for father and son; they both entered the computer field as consultants and were involved in advancing a new method of using multiple computers to solve complex problems—later known as parallel computing.


Premise: What are some of the every day tasks that a manager of a team has to deal with?

Hypothesis: Managers in the Premier League are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and player acquisition.


Premise: What insects feed on other insects?

Hypothesis: Insectivorous insects, or insects which feed on other insects, are beneficial to humans because they eat insects that could cause damage to agriculture and human structures.


Premise: What was the benefit of 45/45 stereo sound?

Hypothesis: The ultimately dominant "45/45" stereophonic record system was invented by Alan Blumlein of EMI in 1931 and patented the same year.


Premise: There is a transitional state between one life and the next according to what branches of Buddhism?

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


Premise: What time are Chopin's polonaises written in?

Hypothesis: Chopin's polonaises show a marked advance on those of his Polish predecessors in the form (who included his teachers Zywny and Elsner).


Premise: What were the invading Arab armies aim?

Hypothesis: According to Benny Morris, Jews felt that the invading Arab armies aimed to slaughter the Jews.


Premise: Who compared Gaddafi to Hitler?

Hypothesis: He believed that the state of Israel should not exist, and that any Arab compromise with the Israeli government was a betrayal of the Arab people.


Premise: How did smallpox cause the Inca Civil War?

Hypothesis: Smallpox was only the first epidemic.


Premise: When was the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona constructed?

Hypothesis: Partial survivals of former royal residences include the Doge's Palace of Venice, the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona, built in the 15th century for the kings of Aragon, or the famous Conciergerie, former palace of the kings of France, in Paris.


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

Hypothesis: The advent of electric lighting led to elaborate theater productions, and in the 1880s, New York City theaters on Broadway and along 42nd Street began featuring a new stage form that became known as the Broadway musical.


Premise: Beyond petroleum, what is Alaska's largest export?

Hypothesis: The oil and gas industry dominates the Alaskan economy, with more than 80% of the state's revenues derived from petroleum extraction.


Premise: Along what highway did Umar bin Abdul-Aziz build caravanserais?

Hypothesis: Under Governor Yusuf bin Umar, the postal department of Iraq cost 4,000,000 dirhams a year.


Premise: Which region of the US experiences rain year round?

Hypothesis: Much of California consists of a Mediterranean climate, with sometimes excessive rainfall from October–April and nearly no rain the rest of the year.


Premise: What does this US presence represent during a humanitarian crisis?

Hypothesis: It serves as a US presence that demonstrates resolve and compassion in humanitarian crisis.


Premise: What kind of genetic material can be produced from retrotransposons?

Hypothesis: Retrotransposons can be transcribed into RNA, which are then duplicated at another site into the genome.


Premise: What kind of microscope shows that q-glass grows as separate particles?

Hypothesis: In 2004, NIST researchers presented evidence that an isotropic non-crystalline metallic phase (dubbed "q-glass") could be grown from the melt.


Premise: The rabies vaccine was created in what year?

Hypothesis: In 1885 Louis Pasteur and Pierre Paul Émile Roux created the first rabies vaccine.


Premise: To what did Boixos Nois idetify themselves as belonging?

Hypothesis: Around this time, tensions began to arise between what was perceived as president Núñez's dictatorial rule and the nationalistic support group, Boixos Nois.


Premise: What group of French colonies was created in 1908?

Hypothesis: The area north of the Congo River came under French sovereignty in 1880 as a result of Pierre de Brazza's treaty with Makoko of the Bateke.


Premise: When was the Kralice Bible published?

Hypothesis: A biblical translation, the Kralice Bible, was published during the late sixteenth century (around the time of the King James and Luther versions) which was more linguistically conservative than either.


Premise: A majority of the population educated since what year can speak Mandarin?

Hypothesis: As a result, most of the population now can, to some degree, speak and comprehend Mandarin and can code-switch when necessary.


Premise: What is not often aspirated?

Hypothesis: In the grammatical tradition of Sanskrit, aspirated consonants are called voiceless aspirated, and breathy-voiced consonants are called voiced aspirated.


Premise: In what architectural styles were Harkness' original colleges?

Hypothesis: While Harkness' original colleges were Georgian Revival or Collegiate Gothic in style, two colleges constructed in the 1960s, Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges, have modernist designs.


Premise: What does Olympic Air hold a silver ERA award for?

Hypothesis: Between 1975 and 2009, Olympic Airways (known after 2003 as Olympic Airlines) was the country’s state-owned flag carrier, but financial problems led to its privatization and relaunch as Olympic Air in 2009.


Premise: What diseases were minimized by Gaddafi's health care policies?

Hypothesis: They stress the regime's achievements in combating homelessness and ensuring access to food and safe drinking water.


Premise: When did true birds first appear?

Hypothesis: Primitive bird-like dinosaurs that lie outside class Aves proper, in the broader group Avialae, have been found dating back to the mid-Jurassic period.


Premise: What was the latest thought type?

Hypothesis: Yogacara, Tathagatagarbha, and Buddhist Logic as the last and most recent.


Premise: Where are these cell groups found in humans?

Hypothesis: But the retina also contains specialized ganglion cells that are directly photosensitive, and project directly to the SCN, where they help in the entrainment (synchronization) of this master circadian clock.


Premise: In what year did the National Archives make strides towards making its holdings more widely available?

Hypothesis: In an effort to make its holdings more widely available and more easily accessible, the National Archives began entering into public–private partnerships in 2006.


Premise: What does hunting give resource managers an important tool?

Hypothesis: However, in most circumstances carrying capacity is determined by a combination habitat and food availability, and hunting for 'population control' has no effect on the annual population of species.[citation needed]


Premise: What structure did the Nipponzan Myohoji decide to build in New Delhi in 2007?

Hypothesis: It was inaugurated by the current Dalai Lama.


Premise: Which author's novels painted a dismal portrait of Victorian London?

Hypothesis: Writers closely associated with the city are the diarist Samuel Pepys, noted for his eyewitness account of the Great Fire, Charles Dickens, whose representation of a foggy, snowy, grimy London of street sweepers and pickpockets has been a major influence on people's vision of early Victorian London, and Virginia Woolf, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the 20th century.


Premise: What was the limit imposed on how loud the iPod could play sounds in the EU?

Hypothesis: However, users that have bought a new sixth-generation iPod in late 2013 have reported a new option that allowed them to disable the EU volume limit.


Premise: How far do bar-tailed godwits travel to migrate?

Hypothesis: Prior to migration, 55 percent of their bodyweight is stored as fat to fuel this uninterrupted journey.


Premise: How do we know that wine was made in ancient Egypt?

Hypothesis: Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics record the cultivation of purple grapes,[citation needed] and history attests to the ancient Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans growing purple grapes for both eating and wine production[citation needed].


Premise: Who first recognized that hydrogen was a discrete substance?

Hypothesis: In 1766–81, Henry Cavendish was the first to recognize that hydrogen gas was a discrete substance, and that it produces water when burned, a property which later gave it its name: in Greek, hydrogen means "water-former".


Premise: What charter is said to be the first establishing academic freedom in a university?

Hypothesis: The University of Bologna adopted an academic charter, the Constitutio Habita, in 1158 or 1155, which guaranteed the right of a traveling scholar to unhindered passage in the interests of education.


Premise: In which Alaskan areas are military bases prevalent as an important part of the local economy?

Hypothesis: Military bases are a significant component of the economy in the Fairbanks North Star, Anchorage and Kodiak Island boroughs, as well as Kodiak.


Premise: What is the superorder containing the Anseriformes?

Hypothesis: The Aves are agreed to have evolved in the Cretaceous, and the split between the Galloanseri from other Neognathes occurred before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, but there are different opinions about whether the radiation of the remaining Neognathes occurred before or after the extinction of the other dinosaurs.


Premise: How are members chosen for the court?

Hypothesis: Members are nominated to the court by the president and are confirmed by the Senate, serving until the age of 70.


Premise: What did Great Britain gain in Africa from the war?

Hypothesis: The war was successful for Great Britain, which gained the bulk of New France in North America, Spanish Florida, some individual Caribbean islands in the West Indies, the colony of Senegal on the West African coast, and superiority over the French trading outposts on the Indian subcontinent.


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

Hypothesis: One research report based on a sampling of 1,800 corporate employees showed that, as of June 2010, 54% of the respondents with access to video conferencing used it “all of the time” or “frequently”.


Premise: What provides the electricity to most light bulbs?

Hypothesis: An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated to a high temperature, by passing an electric current through it, until it glows with visible light (incandescence).


Premise: What area copied Bismarck's social programs the most?

Hypothesis: As an answer to the "social question" of the nineteenth century, Germany under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck introduced insurance programs that led the way to the welfare state (health insurance, accident insurance, disability insurance, old-age pensions).


Premise: In which city did Feynman find himself affixing tire chains?

Hypothesis: Mr. Feynman!—because a desire to live in a mild climate had firmly fixed itself in his mind while he was installing tire chains on his car in the middle of a snowstorm in Ithaca.


Premise: What are patients carrying certain genetic variant alleles near the IL28B gene more likely to achieve?

Hypothesis: This finding, originally reported in Nature, showed that genotype 1 hepatitis C patients carrying certain genetic variant alleles near the IL28B gene are more possibly to achieve sustained virological response after the treatment than others.


Premise: What sort of identity was promoted by the RCC?

Hypothesis: The RCC attempted to suppress regional and tribal affiliation, replacing it with a unified pan-Libyan identity.


Premise: When did John Spilsbury promote the strict practice of immersion?

Hypothesis: According to Tom Nettles, professor of historical theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, "Spilsbury's cogent arguments for a gathered, disciplined congregation of believers baptized by immersion as constituting the New Testament church gave expression to and built on insights that had emerged within separatism, advanced in the life of John Smyth and the suffering congregation of Thomas Helwys, and matured in Particular Baptists."


Premise: What is the symbol of rowing in the city?

Hypothesis: Philadelphia hosts numerous local and collegiate rowing clubs and competitions, including the annual Dad Vail Regatta, the largest intercollegiate rowing event in the U.S, the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, and the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, all of which are held on the Schuylkill River.


Premise: How many of the Burmese  people are predicted to work in Thailand without authorization

Hypothesis: People who were out of the country at the time of the census are not included in these figures.


Premise: What is Egypts energy market based upon?

Hypothesis: Egypt has a developed energy market based on coal, oil, natural gas, and hydro power.


Premise: What can help to indentify specific bacteria?

Hypothesis: The use of selective media (media with specific nutrients added or deficient, or with antibiotics added) can help identify specific organisms.


Premise: What term is used to refer to the majority of black people in Bermuda?

Hypothesis: This contrasts to the enslaved blacks of the plantation colonies, who were subjected to conditions so harsh as to drop their birth rate below the death rate, and slaveholders in the United States and the West Indies found it necessary to continue importing more enslaved blacks from Africa until the end of slavery (the same had been true for the Native Americans that the Africans had replaced on the New World plantations).


Premise: What is the tallest building in Texas?

Hypothesis: many by real estate developer Gerald D. Hines—culminating with Houston's tallest skyscraper, the 75-floor, 1,002-foot (305 m)-tall JPMorgan Chase Tower (formerly the Texas Commerce Tower), completed in 1982.


Premise: When did Columbanus die?

Hypothesis: The only part of Western Europe where the papacy had influence was Britain, where Gregory had sent the Gregorian mission in 597 to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.


Premise: What did the office that ijm opened do specifically

Hypothesis: The office was opened for three years for the following purposes: "conducting undercover investigations, training law enforcement, rescuing victims, ensuring appropriate aftercare, and seeking perpetrator accountability".


Premise: After the loan program was announced, which countries borrowed the most?

Hypothesis: The programme was announced on 8 December 2011 but observers were surprised by the volume of the loans made when it was implemented.


Premise: Were any of the early civilizations influenced by each other and if so by what how did it occur?

Hypothesis: The city-states were founded as part of the southward migration by the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states, the earliest inhabitants of Myanmar of whom records are extant, from present-day Yunnan.


Premise: What instrument did the winners for five seasons in a row play?

Hypothesis: The Untold Story, said, "You have this alliance between young girls and grandmas and they see it, not necessarily as a contest to create a pop star competing on the contemporary radio, but as .... who's the nicest guy in a popularity contest," he says, "And that has led to this dynasty of four, and possibly now five, consecutive, affable, very nice, good-looking white boys."


Premise: How much money had been donated by May 14?

Hypothesis: The association has also collected a total of $26 million in donations so far.


Premise: Why do mountain and moorland breeders move only altitudinally?

Hypothesis: Thus mountain and moorland breeders, such as wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria and white-throated dipper Cinclus cinclus, may move only altitudinally to escape the cold higher ground.


Premise: Which language groups lived in Dalmation city-states prior to the 19th century?

Hypothesis: This has been used as an argument to state that Croatian literature Croatian per se, but also includes Serbian and other languages that are part of Serbo-Croatian, These facts undermine the Croatian language proponents' argument that modern-day Croatian is based on a language called Old Croatian.


Premise: As the state capital, Boston plays a large role in what?

Hypothesis: As the capital of Massachusetts, Boston plays a major role in state politics.


Premise: Though invasion plans were drawn up the the Germans, which war did Switzerland escape attack during?

Hypothesis: Switzerland was able to remain independent through a combination of military deterrence, concessions to Germany, and good fortune as larger events during the war delayed an invasion.


Premise: What would the end of umchwasho be marked with?

Hypothesis: The Reed Dance today is not an ancient ceremony but a development of the old "umchwasho" custom.


Premise: On what day in May does the "Brotherhood and Unity" relay race end?

Hypothesis: The relay is a left-over from Yugoslav times, when young people made a similar yearly trek on foot through Yugoslavia that ended in Belgrade with a massive celebration.


Premise: What is a key difference between the ARB and Royal Institute?

Hypothesis: Under arrangements made in 2011 the validation criteria are jointly held by the RIBA and the Architects Registration Board, but unlike the ARB, the RIBA also validates courses outside the UK.


Premise: In what era was Frédéric active in?

Hypothesis: " Chopin was born in what was then the Duchy of Warsaw, and grew up in Warsaw, which after 1815 became part of Congress Poland.


Premise: In what year did Lange die?

Hypothesis: Working independently, they developed the James–Lange theory, a hypothesis on the origin and nature of emotions.


Premise: The San Carlos Museum has art from who, among others?

Hypothesis: During the 19th century, an important producer of art was the Academia de San Carlos (San Carlos Art Academy), founded during colonial times, and which later became the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (the National School of Arts) including painting, sculpture and graphic design, one of UNAM's art schools.


Premise: What was the name of the area north of New Haven changed to in 1678?

Hypothesis: However, the area north of New Haven remained Quinnipiac until 1678, when it was renamed Hamden.


Premise: What type of Chinese texts mention circadian process in humans?

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


Premise: Whose visions led to the identification of the House of the Virgin Mary?

Hypothesis: In the 19th century, a house near Ephesus in Turkey was found, based on the visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich, an Augustinian nun in Germany.


Premise: In which book of the Bible did God reference gifts of Blue Purple and Scarlet?

Hypothesis: The term used for scarlet in the 4th century Latin Vulgate version of the Bible passage is coccumque bis tinctum, meaning "colored twice with coccus.


Premise: Along with MOR, easy listening and soft rock, what format is soft adult contemporary a successor to?

Hypothesis: The format can be seen as a more contemporary successor to and combination of the middle of the road (MOR), beautiful music, easy listening and soft rock formats.


Premise: What people form the largest ethnic group in the city?

Hypothesis: The city and greater area also has a growing immigrant population of South Asians, including the tenth-largest Indian community in the country.


Premise: How many Irish employees did Dell hire?

Hypothesis: European Union officials said they would investigate a €52.7million aid package the Polish government used to attract Dell away from Ireland.


Premise: What did prodigies show the Romans?

Hypothesis: Prodigies were transgressions in the natural, predictable order of the cosmos – signs of divine anger that portended conflict and misfortune.


Premise: What year did Bern want to host the Winter Olympics?

Hypothesis: Those games were eventually awarded to Vancouver, Canada.


Premise: What style was the church rebuilt in?

Hypothesis: His successor, Harold II, was probably crowned in the abbey, although the first documented coronation is that of William the Conqueror later the same year.


Premise: Which two countries did the King and Queen tour in 1939?

Hypothesis: George was the first reigning monarch of Canada to visit North America, although he had been to Canada previously as Prince Albert and as Duke of York.


Premise: How much of the states population does the "Big 7" have?

Hypothesis: Based on 2013 census numbers, they collectively contain 35 percent of Montana's population.


Premise: Federal law overrides what laws?

Hypothesis: Indeed, states may grant their citizens broader rights than the federal Constitution as long as they do not infringe on any federal constitutional rights.


Premise: What vegetable is sometimes used as a grain source for beer in Brazil?

Hypothesis: The amount of each starch source in a beer recipe is collectively called the grain bill.


Premise: How many locations can one use videoconferencing for?

Hypothesis: Again, technology improvements have circumvented traditional definitions by allowing multiple party videoconferencing via web-based applications.


Premise: Besides North Rhine-Westphalia, which German state has the most pupils of Dutch?

Hypothesis: In French-speaking Belgium, over 300,000 pupils are enrolled in Dutch courses, followed by over 23,000 in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, and about 7,000 in the French region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais (of which 4,550 are in primary school).


Premise: What term describes the type of government of the Marshall Islands?

Hypothesis: Politically, the Marshall Islands is a presidential republic in free association with the United States, with the US providing defense, subsidies, and access to U.S. based agencies such as the FCC and the USPS.


Premise: What did the U.S. share with China?

Hypothesis: The United States shared some of its satellite images of the quake-stricken areas with Chinese authorities.


Premise: In what year did the Bee Gees relocate to Miami?

Hypothesis: In the early 1970s, the Miami disco sound came to life with TK Records, featuring the music of KC and the Sunshine Band, with such hits as "Get Down Tonight", "(Shake, Shake, Shake)


Premise: when were mosaic pavements uncovered at the Bizere Monastery?

Hypothesis: In 2003, the remains of a mosaic pavement were discovered under the ruins of the Bizere Monastery near the River Mureş in present-day Romania.


Premise: What led to Swazi budget cuts?

Hypothesis: Swaziland's public finances deteriorated in the late 1990s following sizeable surpluses a decade earlier.


Premise: When was the Labout party defeated?

Hypothesis: After its defeat in the 1979 general election the Labour Party underwent a period of internal rivalry between the left represented by Tony Benn, and the right represented by Denis Healey.


Premise: What is another benefit of measuring sexuality on two scaless verses just the Kinsey scale?

Hypothesis: A third concern with the Kinsey scale is that it inappropriately measures heterosexuality and homosexuality on the same scale, making one a tradeoff of the other.


Premise: The electronic transition frequency of which element defines the second?

Hypothesis: Currently, the international unit of time, the second, is defined by measuring the electronic transition frequency of caesium atoms (see below).


Premise: Bulgaria became independent within the Empire as the result of what war?

Hypothesis: As a result, Ottoman holdings in Europe declined sharply; Bulgaria was established as an independent principality inside the Ottoman Empire, Romania achieved full independence.


Premise: Where do the Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet perform?

Hypothesis: The Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet, which perform at McCaw Hall (opened 2003 on the site of the former Seattle Opera House at Seattle Center), are comparably distinguished, with the Opera being particularly known for its performances of the works of Richard Wagner and the PNB School (founded in 1974) ranking as one of the top three ballet training institutions in the United States.


Premise: In what year was the "Knowledge corridor high speed intercity passenger rail" slated for construction?

Hypothesis: " Set for construction in 2013, the "Knowledge Corridor high speed intercity passenger rail" project will cost approximately $1 billion, and the ultimate northern terminus for the project is reported to be Montreal in Canada.


Premise: How are bantams different from other chickens?

Hypothesis: A bantam is a small variety of domestic chicken, either a miniature version of a member of a standard breed, or a "true bantam" with no larger counterpart.


Premise: Who occupied Korea south of the 38th parallel?

Hypothesis: In August 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and—by agreement with the United States—occupied Korea north of the 38th parallel.


Premise: How many geostationary orbit satellites will the BeiDou-2 system have?

Hypothesis: The new system will be a constellation of 35 satellites, which include 5 geostationary orbit satellites for backward compatibility with BeiDou-1, and 30 non-geostationary satellites (27 in medium Earth orbit and 3 in inclined geosynchronous orbit), that will offer complete coverage of the globe.


Premise: What did Burke say 'envenoms everything it touches'?

Hypothesis: "I regret to say there is", Burke replied, "I have indeed made a great sacrifice; I have done my duty though I have lost my friend.


Premise: In what year was IBM's first equal opportunity policy letter published?

Hypothesis: In 1952, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., published the company's first written equal opportunity policy letter, one year before the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education and 11 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


Premise: What type of headgear originally appeared on the lions' heads on England's national football team motif?

Hypothesis: Initially topped by a crown, this was removed in 1949 when the FA was given an official coat of arms by the College of Arms; this introduced ten Tudor roses, one for each of the regional branches of the FA.


Premise: What was the name of Apollo's sister?

Hypothesis: In Latin texts, on the other hand, Joseph Fontenrose declared himself unable to find any conflation of Apollo with Sol among the Augustan poets of the 1st century, not even in the conjurations of Aeneas and Latinus in Aeneid XII (161–215).


Premise: Which kingdom acquired some Thuringian territory?

Hypothesis: The coat of arms of this new state was simpler than they had been previously.


Premise: According to the institution what leads to inaccurate analysis of the city?

Hypothesis: However, an analysis by the Regional Data Cooperative for Greater New Haven, Inc., has shown that due to issues of comparative denominators and other factors, such municipality-based rankings can be considered inaccurate.


Premise: Where did Arminianism take hold?

Hypothesis: Arminianism[r] gained supporters in the Netherlands and parts of Germany.


Premise: Who spoke about the dead and missing people on November 21, 2008?

Hypothesis: Executive vice governor Wei Hong confirmed on November 21, 2008 that more than 90,000 people in total were dead or missing in the earthquake.


Premise: What is reduced when a dog has countershading?

Hypothesis: Domestic dogs often display the remnants of countershading, a common natural camouflage pattern.


Premise: What did Hanover possibly originally mean?

Hypothesis: Hanover was a small village of ferrymen and fishermen that became a comparatively large town in the 13th century due to its position at a natural crossroads.


Premise: Along with Libya and France, where did Gaddafi speak on the Popular Revolution?

Hypothesis: The fourth point announced that the population must form People's Committees and be armed to defend the revolution, while the fifth proclaimed the beginning of a cultural revolution to expunge Libya of "poisonous" foreign influences.


Premise: What are used to create geological maps?

Hypothesis: These early geologists also proposed a generalized interpretations of Earth history that led James Hutton, Georges Cuvier and Alexandre Brongniart, following in the steps of Steno, to argue that layers of rock could be dated by the fossils they contained: a principle first applied to the geology of the Paris Basin.


Premise: What acid slows or stops cell division?

Hypothesis: Abscisic acid (ABA) occurs in all land plants except liverworts, and is synthesised from carotenoids in the chloroplasts and other plastids.


Premise: What is a possible alternative to making carbon-based fuels from reduction of carbon dioxide?

Hypothesis: The multielectron catalytic chemistry involved in making carbon-based fuels (such as methanol) from reduction of carbon dioxide is challenging; a feasible alternative is hydrogen production from protons, though use of water as the source of electrons (as plants do) requires mastering the multielectron oxidation of two water molecules to molecular oxygen.


Premise: What century did Ralph Waldo Emerson write in?

Hypothesis: " In the nineteenth century, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, James Russell Lowell, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote in Boston.


Premise: What organization did Shaykh Muhammad Alsahareef start?

Hypothesis: The seminary was established by Mazhar Alam under the direction of his teacher the leading Indian Tablighi scholar Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi and focuses on the traditional Hanafi school of thought and shuns Salafist / Wahabi teachings.


Premise: How long is the NU-Q branch of Northwestern scheduled to operate through an agreement in 2016?

Hypothesis: In February 2016, Northwestern reached an agreement with the Qatar Foundation to extend the operations of the NU-Q branch for an additional decade, through the 2027-2028 academic year.


Premise: How many official rado iand TV networks does the governemt of Somalia run?

Hypothesis: The Federal government operates two official radio and television networks, which exist alongside a number of private and foreign stations.


Premise: What was the traditional doctrine on the use of tanks?

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


Premise: What is the term for a relationship where one organism provides a dwelling for the other?

Hypothesis: Commensal relationships may involve one organism using another for transportation (phoresy) or for housing (inquilinism), or it may also involve one organism using something another created, after its death (metabiosis).


Premise: Where are Marble Arch and Wellington Arch located?

Hypothesis: Marble Arch and Wellington Arch, at the north and south ends of Park Lane respectively, have royal connections, as do the Albert Memorial and Royal Albert Hall in Kensington.


Premise: How much of Inner Bostons land area did not exist when the city was founded?

Hypothesis: The geography of downtown and South Boston was particularly impacted by the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (known unofficially as the "Big Dig"), which allowed for the removal of the unsightly elevated Central Artery and the incorporation of new green spaces and open areas.


Premise: The allied fleet departed the Gulf of Taganrog on what date?

Hypothesis: The allied fleet left the Gulf of Taganrog on the 2nd September 1855, with minor military operations along the Azov Sea coast continuing until late autumn 1855.


Premise: What are other terms used in the same vein as pansexual?

Hypothesis: Related terms such as pansexual and polysexual do not make any such assignations to the subject.


Premise: Which country did Britain ally with in 1902?

Hypothesis: Recognising that it was overstretched in the Pacific and threatened at home by the Imperial German Navy, Britain formed an alliance with Japan in 1902 and with its old enemies France and Russia in 1904 and 1907, respectively.


Premise: What other high tech industry is in Somerset

Hypothesis: Other high-technology companies include the optics company Gooch and Housego, at Ilminster.


Premise: How many people did Cardigan lose during the Light Brigade?

Hypothesis: Although traditionally the charge of the Light Brigade was looked upon as a glorious but wasted sacrifice of good men and horses, recent historians say that the charge of the Light Brigade did succeed in at least some of its objectives.


Premise: How could Matrox's computer unconventionally be controlled?

Hypothesis: Nevertheless, it is possible to control the unit by removing the ribbon cable and connecting a serial cable directly from the computer's serial port to the port on the LaserDisc player.


Premise: Leon Ulrich wrote about Chopin in what format?

Hypothesis: The earliest manifestation was probably an 1830 sonnet on Chopin by Leon Ulrich.


Premise: What was the name of the anonymously published science book?

Hypothesis: Darwin read it soon after publication, and scorned its amateurish geology and zoology, but he carefully reviewed his own arguments after leading scientists, including Adam Sedgwick, attacked its morality and scientific errors.


Premise: What is currently being planed west of Strasbourg?

Hypothesis: At present, plans are being considered for building a new dual carriageway west of Strasbourg, which would reduce the buildup of traffic in that area by picking up north and southbound vehicles and getting rid of the buildup outside Strasbourg.


Premise: Who assists the Superintendent of Police?

Hypothesis: He is assisted by the officers of the Himachal Police Service and other Himachal Police officials.


Premise: What growth stage of insects bore holes into trees?

Hypothesis: The larvae of many insects bore into the trees and their tunnels remain indefinitely as sources of weakness.


Premise: What regime were Hussein loyalists part of?

Hypothesis: However, an insurgency arose against the U.S.-led coalition and the newly developing Iraqi military and post-Saddam government.


Premise: Which countries were in the ANZUS Pact?

Hypothesis: Churchill's reaction to the entry of the United States into the war was that Britain was now assured of victory and the future of the empire was safe, but the manner in which British forces were rapidly defeated in the Far East irreversibly harmed Britain's standing and prestige as an imperial power.


Premise: Following the departure of the Soviet immigrants what was the percentage of Estonians in Estonia?

Hypothesis: And again as in Latvia, today many of the remnant non-Estonians in Estonia have adopted the Estonian language; about 40% at the 2000 census.


Premise: When did Robert Louis Stevenson sail on the ship Janet Nicoll?

Hypothesis: In 1890 Robert Louis Stevenson, his wife Fanny Vandegrift Stevenson and her son Lloyd Osbourne sailed on the Janet Nicoll, a trading steamer owned by Henderson and Macfarlane of Auckland, New Zealand, which operated between Sydney and Auckland and into the central Pacific.


Premise: What era was Chopin active during?

Hypothesis: Frédéric François Chopin (/ˈʃoʊpæn/; French pronunciation: [fʁe.de.ʁik fʁɑ̃.swa ʃɔ.pɛ̃]; 22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849), born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin,[n 1] was a Polish and French (by citizenship and birth of father) composer and a virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era, who wrote primarily for the solo piano.


Premise: Where is a La Quinta being built in the Bronx?

Hypothesis: Under consideration for future development is the construction of a platform over the New York City Subway's Concourse Yard adjacent to Lehman College.


Premise: Which faction wanted reform within British rule?

Hypothesis: The moderates, led by leaders like Dadabhai Naoroji and Gopal Krishna Gokhale, on the other hand wanted reform within the framework of British rule.


Premise: Who defeated Babur's son in 1540?

Hypothesis: However, his son Humayun was defeated by the Afghan warrior Sher Shah Suri in the year 1540, and Humayun was forced to retreat to Kabul.


Premise: What type of charge could a capacitor pick up a transient charge from?

Hypothesis: Capacitors may retain a charge long after power is removed from a circuit; this charge can cause dangerous or even potentially fatal shocks or damage connected equipment.


Premise: What book is considered a religious interpretation of the traditions and early national history of the Jews?

Hypothesis: Judaism guides its adherents in both practice and belief, and has been called not only a religion, but also a "way of life," which has made drawing a clear distinction between Judaism, Jewish culture, and Jewish identity rather difficult.


Premise: What does szlachta mainly denote?

Hypothesis: Today the word szlachta in the Polish language simply translates to "nobility".


Premise: What do vending machines commonly only accept?

Hypothesis: Some cynics also erroneously point out that the Federal Reserve makes more profit from dollar bills than dollar coins because they wear out in a few years, whereas coins are more permanent.


Premise: The Dartford Nuns are similar to what group?

Hypothesis: The Dartford nuns were surrounded by all of these legacies, and used them to create something unique.


Premise: How much did Spectre make in its opening in South Korea?

Hypothesis: Spectre opened in Germany with $22.45 million (including previews), which included a new record for the biggest Saturday of all time, Australia with $8.7 million (including previews) and South Korea opened to $8.2 million (including previews).


Premise: Who was acquired in a trade with Florida for Hee-seop Choi?

Hypothesis: The offseason acquisition of Derek Lee (who was acquired in a trade with Florida for Hee-seop Choi) and the return of Greg Maddux only bolstered these expectation.


Premise: Who was speculated to have wrote the book instead of Harper Lee?

Hypothesis: Lee's older sister, Alice, responded to the rumor, saying: "That's the biggest lie ever told."


Premise: Along with industrial and medical, in what applications is infrared radiation used?

Hypothesis: Infrared thermal-imaging cameras are used to detect heat loss in insulated systems, to observe changing blood flow in the skin, and to detect overheating of electrical apparatus.


Premise: Along with bridges, tithe barns and town halls, what notable new structures were built during this period?

Hypothesis: Ancillary structures included new town halls, houses, bridges, and tithe barns.


Premise: When does Christmas music on AC format stations usually begin?

Hypothesis: Afterwards, the stations usually resume their normal music fare.


Premise: Who selects National parks?

Hypothesis: National park and nature reserve is the area selected by governments or private organizations for special protection against damage or degradation with the objective of biodiversity and landscape conservation.


Premise: What kind of system is a dominant-party system?

Hypothesis: It is, however, a dominant-party system, where the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan routinely has a vast majority in Parliament.


Premise: The list of twenty two summits has summits with at least how much prominence?

Hypothesis: Below are listed the 22 "four-thousanders" with at least 500 m (1,640 ft) of prominence.


Premise: How did Nasser describe the Ba'athists?

Hypothesis: A failed counter-coup by a Nasserist colonel followed, after which Nasser condemned the Ba'athists as "fascists".


Premise: Which Scythian people with the Bosporans have strong trade contacts with?

Hypothesis: The Bosporans had long lasting trade contacts with the Scythian peoples of the Pontic-Caspian steppe, and Hellenistic influence can be seen in the Scythian settlements of the Crimea, such as in the Scythian Neapolis.


Premise: The Slavs were under what name in the early 6th century?

Hypothesis: Byzantine historiographers under Justinian I (527–565), such as Procopius of Caesarea, Jordanes and Theophylact Simocatta describe tribes of these names emerging from the area of the Carpathian Mountains, the lower Danube and the Black Sea, invading the Danubian provinces of the Eastern Empire.


Premise: When was Firefox released?

Hypothesis: That browser would eventually evolve into Firefox, which developed a respectable following while still in the beta stage of development; shortly after the release of Firefox 1.0 in late 2004, Firefox (all versions) accounted for 7% of browser use.


Premise: According to a GRTC report, what is an example of what most of its riders lack?

Hypothesis: According to a 2008 GRTC operations analysis report, a majority of GRTC riders utilize their services because they do not have an available alternative such as a private vehicle.


Premise: How many people ride the Metrobus every day?

Hypothesis: As of June 2013, 367 Metrobús buses transported 850,000 passengers daily.


Premise: What can black-box testing sometimes be referred to with the in-ability to see the code?

Hypothesis: On the other hand, black-box testing has been said to be "like a walk in a dark labyrinth without a flashlight."


Premise: What museum is in Bloomfield Hills?

Hypothesis: Other sites of interest are the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak, the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle, and Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills.


Premise: In what states is Fort Bliss located?

Hypothesis: Collective training at the unit level takes place at the unit's assigned station, but the most intensive training at higher echelons is conducted at the three combat training centers (CTC); the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California, the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and the Joint Multinational Training Center (JMRC) at the Hohenfels Training Area in Hohenfels, Germany.


Premise: Beyonce's mother worked in what industry?

Hypothesis: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, to Celestine Ann "Tina" Knowles (née Beyincé), a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager.


Premise: What college system serves most of Houston?

Hypothesis: The Houston Community College and Lone Star College systems are within the 10 largest institutions of higher learning in the United States.


Premise: The city of New Haven was often referenced several time by a character in a very popular novel which name was?

Hypothesis: A fictional native of New Haven is Alex Welch from the novella, The Odd Saga of the American and a Curious Icelandic Flock.


Premise: What type of factor calculation can be used to find out how much daylight is received in a internal space.

Hypothesis: More critical or optimized designs now routinely use mathematical modeling on a computer using software such as Radiance which can allow an Architect to quickly undertake complex calculations to review the benefit of a particular design.


Premise: Which format, LaserDisc or DVD, is said to appear sharper and clearer to most viewers?

Hypothesis: However, the video signal-to-noise ratio and bandwidth of LaserDisc are substantially less than that of DVDs, making DVDs appear sharper and clearer to most viewers.


Premise: What kind of diet may require more than 15mg of zinc daily?

Hypothesis: However, phytates in many whole-grains and fiber in many foods may interfere with zinc absorption and marginal zinc intake has poorly understood effects.


Premise: Other than Jesus, who was one of the wisemen?

Hypothesis: The letter refers to the retributions that followed the unjust treatment of three wise men: Socrates, Pythagoras, and "the wise king" of the Jews.


Premise: On what day was the Annunciation tradtionally celebrated in England until the 18th century?

Hypothesis: The Annunciation of our Lord to the Blessed Virgin on March 25 was from before the time of Bede until the 18th century New Year's Day in England.


Premise: Who named the Anabaptists?

Hypothesis: The name Anabaptist, meaning "one who baptizes again", was given them by their persecutors in reference to the practice of re-baptizing converts who already had been baptized as infants.


Premise: Who was given permission to search attendees of the relay?

Hypothesis: Following the events in Olympia, there were reports that China requested permission to deploy People's Liberation Army personnel along the relay route to protect the flame in Canberra.


Premise: Who did the Bronx vote against for mayor in 1997?

Hypothesis: The Bronx was thus the only borough not carried by the successful Republican re-election campaigns of Mayors Rudolph Giuliani in 1997 and Michael Bloomberg in 2005.


Premise: Who is the main character in the sixth Digimon series?

Hypothesis: Three and a quarter years after the end of the fifth series, a new sixth series was confirmed by Bandai for the Digimon anime, its official name of the series revealed in the June issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine being Digimon Xros Wars.


Premise: What determines whether a breach automatically suspends or terminates treaty relations?

Hypothesis: A treaty breach does not automatically suspend or terminate treaty relations, however.


Premise: What happens to the energy that an incandescent bulb does not convert into light?

Hypothesis: The remaining energy is converted into heat.


Premise: For freshman enrolling in the class of 2019, what was the interquartile range on the SAT for math?

Hypothesis: For freshmen enrolling in the class of 2019, the interquartile range (middle 50%) on the SAT was 690–760 for critical reading and 710-800 for math, ACT composite scores for the middle 50% ranged from 31–34, and 91% ranked in the top ten percent of their high school class.


Premise: What does NCQLP stand for?

Hypothesis: This certification process is one of three national (U.S.) examinations (the others are CLEP and CLMC) in the lighting industry and is open not only to designers, but to lighting equipment manufacturers, electric utility employees, etc.


Premise: When did Chrome become more used than all versions of Internet Explorer?

Hypothesis: In December 2011, Chrome overtook Internet Explorer 8 as the most widely used web browser but still had lower usage than all versions of Internet Explorer combined.


Premise: What writing of Chopin talks about everything about piano playing has to do with proper fingering?

Hypothesis: In his Projet de méthode he wrote: "Everything is a matter of knowing good fingering ... we need no less to use the rest of the hand, the wrist, the forearm and the upper arm."


Premise: When did Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan reign?

Hypothesis: Rossabi writes that Kublai recognized that in order to rule China, "he had to employ Chinese advisors and officials, yet he could not rely totally on Chinese advisers because he had to maintain a delicate balancing act between ruling the sedentary civilization of China and preserving the cultural identity and values of the Mongols."


Premise: What other pigment was Turkey red compared to?

Hypothesis: The fabric was more expensive but resulted in a fine bright and lasting red, similar to carmine, perfectly suited to cotton.


Premise: Has the demand increased or decreased for handcrafts?

Hypothesis: These aesthetic and tasteful handicrafts declined under competition from machine made goods and also because of lack of marketing facilities.


Premise: How much water is contained in Shockoe Retention Basin?

Hypothesis: The wastewater utility also operates and maintains 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of sanitary sewer and pumping stations, 38 miles (61 km) of intercepting sewer lines, and the Shockoe Retention Basin, a 44-million-gallon stormwater reservoir used during heavy rains.


Premise: What percentage of Spanish exports does Valencia's port handle?

Hypothesis: Valencia's port is the biggest on the Mediterranean western coast, the first of Spain in container traffic as of 2008 and the second of Spain in total traffic, handling 20% of Spain's exports.


Premise: When did Eisenhower first send military advisers to South Vietnam?

Hypothesis: In February 1955, Eisenhower dispatched the first American soldiers to Vietnam as military advisors to Diem's army.


Premise: What was a common theme to post-punk music?

Hypothesis: Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas.


Premise: When did Ford Park Cemetery reopen?

Hypothesis: The mid-19th century burial ground at Ford Park Cemetery was reopened in 2007 by a successful trust and the City council operate two large early 20th century cemeteries at Weston Mill and Efford both with crematoria and chapels.


Premise: Who was the name of the Soviet double agent who was the correspondent for The Times in Spain in the late 1930s?

Hypothesis: Kim Philby, a Soviet double agent, was a correspondent for the newspaper in Spain during the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s.


Premise: What code regulated marriage?

Hypothesis: Referred to as Nizamiye, this system was extended to the local magistrate level with the final promulgation of the Mecelle, a civil code that regulated marriage, divorce, alimony, will, and other matters of personal status.


Premise: What country started transmissions using and 819 line system in 1949?

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


Premise: How many square miles is Punjab?

Hypothesis: Punjab is Pakistan's second largest province in terms of land area at 205,344 km2 (79,284 sq mi), after Balochistan, and is located at the north western edge of the geologic Indian plate in South Asia.


Premise: When did Russell move the Society's headquarters to Brooklyn?

Hypothesis: Russell moved the Watch Tower Society's headquarters to Brooklyn, New York, in 1909, combining printing and corporate offices with a house of worship; volunteers were housed in a nearby residence he named Bethel.


Premise: What was the original name of Olin Business School?

Hypothesis: Founded as the School of Commerce and Finance in 1917, the Olin Business School was named after entrepreneur John M. Olin in 1988.


Premise: When did the BeiDou-2 system start offering services?

Hypothesis: At this time, the system could provide positioning data between longitude 55°E to 180°E and from latitude 55°S to 55°N.


Premise: How much faster do Red knots and dunlins fly in a flock?

Hypothesis: Red knots Calidris canutus and dunlins Calidris alpina were found in radar studies to fly 5 km/h (3.1 mph) faster in flocks than when they were flying alone.


Premise: khorovïye kontsertï were typically done similar to what pieces?

Hypothesis: Bishop Kallistos Ware says, "The service is sung, even though there may be no choir...


Premise: Which property tycoon inherited the property in the late 17th century?

Hypothesis: Eventually, in the late 17th century, the freehold was inherited from the property tycoon Sir Hugh Audley by the great heiress Mary Davies.


Premise: What agreement commits countries to conserve biodiversity?

Hypothesis: Global agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, give "sovereign national rights over biological resources" (not property).


Premise: When was the site believed to be ancient city of Shu discovered, and by whom?

Hypothesis: It was, however, referred to in the Book of Documents as an ally of the Zhou.


Premise: Indentured servants were similar to what people in the early days?

Hypothesis: In the early years the line between indentured servants and African slaves or laborers was fluid.


Premise: What language, other than English, is spoken in the U.S.?

Hypothesis: More than 1.4 million university students were enrolled in language courses in autumn of 2002 and Spanish is the most widely taught language in American colleges and universities with 53 percent of the total number of people enrolled, followed by French (14.4%), German (7.1%), Italian (4.5%), American Sign language (4.3%), Japanese (3.7%), and Chinese (2.4%) although the totals remain relatively small in relation to the total U.S population.


Premise: What type of church do Protestants believe in?

Hypothesis: Because the five solas are the main tenets of the Protestant faith, non-denominational groups and organizations are also considered Protestant.


Premise: What causes the black checked pattern in the wood of western hemlocks?

Hypothesis: The black check in western hemlock is the result of insect attacks.


Premise: Where do the Lions play?

Hypothesis: There are three active major sports venues within the city: Comerica Park (home of the Major League Baseball team Detroit Tigers), Ford Field (home of the NFL's Detroit Lions), and Joe Louis Arena (home of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings).


Premise: When was the first lighting used on an airport?

Hypothesis: This consisted of two rows of lights that formed a funnel indicating an aircraft's position on the glideslope.


Premise: In the time that Hesburgh was president of Notre Dame by what factor did the operating budget increase?

Hypothesis: In that time the annual operating budget rose by a factor of 18 from $9.7 million to $176.6 million, and the endowment by a factor of 40 from $9 million to $350 million, and research funding by a factor of 20 from $735,000 to $15 million.


Premise: On what day did the final coroner's report show that Donda died from heart disease and complications from surgery?

Hypothesis: He said that the recently released autopsy results "spoke for themselves".


Premise: What year did the First Opium War end?

Hypothesis: Nanjing was invaded by British troops during the close of the First Opium War, which was ended by the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842.


Premise: How much colder was world in last glacial age?

Hypothesis: Noting that the Earth was only 6 °F (3.3 °C) colder during the last glacial period, he noted that the burning of coal and oil "a general warming of the Earth by about one degree Fahrenheit."


Premise: In what major ocean is Bermuda located?

Hypothesis: The islands lie due east of Fripp Island, South Carolina, west of Portugal and north of Puerto Rico.


Premise: Where is Shannon Irish pub located?

Hypothesis: Notable restaurants in Montevideo include Arcadia atop the Plaza Victoria, widely regarded to be the finest restaurant in the city.


Premise: In what year did Pope Julius die?

Hypothesis: Pope Julius had died in April, 352, and was succeeded by Liberius.


Premise: What theory did Darwin introduce?

Hypothesis: The decline of Romanticism occurred because a new movement, Positivism, began to take hold of the ideals of the intellectuals after 1840 and lasted until about 1880.


Premise: What type of current is featured in brushed DC motors?

Hypothesis: Current flows through one or more pairs of brushes that bear on the commutator; the brushes connect an external source of electric power to the rotating armature.


Premise: By what year did the Puritan settlers rename the area from Quinnipac to Newhaven?

Hypothesis: One of the principal differences between the two colonies was that the New Haven colony was an intolerant theocracy that did not permit other churches to be established, while the Connecticut colony permitted the establishment of other churches.


Premise: WHo could nullify all the proceedings of a given sejm?

Hypothesis: Between 1652 and 1791, any nobleman could nullify all the proceedings of a given sejm (Commonwealth parliament) or sejmik (Commonwealth local parliament) by exercising his individual right of liberum veto (Latin for "I do not allow"), except in the case of a confederated sejm or confederated sejmik.


Premise: What bodies govern Greater London?

Hypothesis: The bulk of this conurbation forms Greater London,[note 1] a region of England governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.[note 2]


Premise: What did religious beliefs depend upon when it came to Plato, Aristotle and Jesus?

Hypothesis: A Latin translation of Plato's works was undertaken by Marsilio Ficino.


Premise: What was inflicting heavy losses and increasing the air war designed to do?

Hypothesis: A further line in the directive stressed the need to inflict the heaviest losses possible, but also to intensify the air war in order to create the impression an amphibious assault on Britain was planned for 1941.


Premise: What date was the island discovered on?

Hypothesis: Most historical accounts state that the island was discovered on 21 May 1502 by the Galician navigator João da Nova sailing at the service of Portugal, and that he named it "Santa Helena" after Helena of Constantinople.


Premise: What two groups spread knowledge of architecture in Europe?

Hypothesis: The major architectural undertakings were the buildings of abbeys and cathedrals.


Premise: What group was significant in the expansion of the Christian faith ?

Hypothesis: The spiritual revolution that took place, saw a waning of the old Greek religion, whose decline beginning in the 3rd century BC continued with the introduction of new religious movements from the East.


Premise: Where did Güshi Khan resettle his tribe?

Hypothesis: Güshi Khan accepted his role as protector, and from 1637–1640 he not only defeated the Gelugpas' enemies in the Amdo and Kham regions, but also resettled his entire tribe into Amdo.


Premise: Where did Philip serve during WWII?

Hypothesis: Marion Crawford wrote, "Some of the King's advisors did not think him good enough for her.


Premise: Why did this happen?

Hypothesis: Sky and Setanta paid a total of £1.7 billion, a two-thirds increase which took many commentators by surprise as it had been widely assumed that the value of the rights had levelled off following many years of rapid growth.


Premise: What did President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo establish?

Hypothesis: Over the years various modifications have been proposed to the Constitution of the Philippines, including possible transition to a federal system as part of a shift to a parliamentary system.


Premise: Who did Beyoncé part ways with during her hiatus?

Hypothesis: Beyoncé announced a hiatus from her music career in January 2010, heeding her mother's advice, "to live life, to be inspired by things again".


Premise: Who were the British monarchs of the House of Hanover from August 1714 to June 1830?

Hypothesis: George I, George II, George III, and George IV—who reigned in continuous succession from August 1714 to June 1830.


Premise: What is the Carnival known as in countries which are mostly Lutheran?

Hypothesis: In historically Lutheran countries, the celebration is known as Fastelavn, and in areas with a high concentration of Anglicans and Methodists, pre-Lenten celebrations, along with penitential observances, occur on Shrove Tuesday.


Premise: Pachelbel's Canon has influenced popular songs since what decade?

Hypothesis: In heavy metal, a number of lead guitarists (playing electric guitar) modeled their playing styles on Baroque or Classical era instrumental music, including Ritchie Blackmore and Randy Rhoads.


Premise: What type of reptiles were common during the early Triassic?

Hypothesis: Synapsids, commonly known as "mammal-like reptiles", were common in Antarctica during the Early Triassic and included forms such as Lystrosaurus.


Premise: What gives Congress limited power to enact statutes?

Hypothesis: Many lawsuits turn on the meaning of a federal statute or regulation, and judicial interpretations of such meaning carry legal force under the principle of stare decisis.


Premise: What annual sporting competition features the Wanamaker Mile?

Hypothesis: The Millrose Games is an annual track and field meet whose featured event is the Wanamaker Mile.


Premise: Of what were Roman camps diminutive versions?

Hypothesis: A small building behind housed the legionary standards, the divine images used in religious rites and in the Imperial era, the image of the ruling emperor.


Premise: What was one region included that was occupied by piratical kingdoms?

Hypothesis: One was North Africa west of Egypt.


Premise: Who was elected and was the first multiracial president of the United States?

Hypothesis: In 2008 Barack Obama was elected as the first multiracial President of the United States; he acknowledges both sides of his family and identifies as African American.


Premise: How many preseason games do NBA teams play?

Hypothesis: National Basketball Association teams play eight preseason games per year.


Premise: Are the children who accompany the digimon always the same?

Hypothesis: The group of children who come in contact with the Digital World changes from series to series.


Premise: What type of computer systems use an internal clock based on UTC time?

Hypothesis: For example, Unix-based computer systems use the UTC-based Unix time internally.


Premise: What is an English translation of huda?

Hypothesis: Another term is al-kitāb (The Book), though it is also used in the Arabic language for other scriptures, such as the Torah and the Gospels.


Premise: Feynman proposed a integral model in particle physics, what was it?

Hypothesis: He developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams.


Premise: What was Darwin's original estimate for the amount of time his book would take to write?

Hypothesis: A more recent study by science historian John van Wyhe has determined that the idea that Darwin delayed publication only dates back to the 1940s, and Darwin's contemporaries thought the time he took was reasonable.


Premise: East Timor is predominantly catholic due to which European rule's history?

Hypothesis: Islam is the most widely practised religion in Southeast Asia, numbering approximately 240 million adherents which translate to about 40% of the entire population, with majorities in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia and in Southern Philippines with Indonesia as the largest and most populated Muslim country around the world.


Premise: What is the cost per province's budget?

Hypothesis: The plan is to arrange 19 eastern and central province and municipalitie to help 18 counties, on "one province to one affected county" basis.


Premise: How long after the National Academy of Science's study did a study on over the counter drugs occur?

Hypothesis: An FDA - National Academy of Sciences collaborative study showed that nearly 40 percent of these products were not effective.


Premise: Who granted Universal the production loan?

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


Premise: What consolated party was formed from several Nasserist groups?

Hypothesis: The party carried minor political influence, and splits between its members beginning in 1995 resulted in the gradual establishment of splinter parties, including Hamdeen Sabahi's 1997 founding of Al-Karama.


Premise: What percentage of Spectre reviews did Rotten Tomatoes find to be in favor of the film?

Hypothesis: Rotten Tomatoes sampled 274 reviews and judged 64% of the critiques to be positive, saying that the film "nudges Daniel Craig's rebooted Bond closer to the glorious, action-driven spectacle of earlier entries, although it's admittedly reliant on established 007 formula.


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

Hypothesis: Madonna entered mainstream films in February 1985, beginning with a brief appearance as a club singer in Vision Quest, a romantic drama film.


Premise: What percent of Zhejiang is hills?

Hypothesis: Zhejiang consists mostly of hills, which account for about 70% of its total area.


Premise: Who was Frédéric's first professional teacher in music?

Hypothesis: Fryderyk may have had some piano instruction from his mother, but his first professional music tutor, from 1816 to 1821, was the Czech pianist Wojciech Żywny.


Premise: Who were trained for the war?

Hypothesis: Ski troops were trained for the war, and battles were waged in mountainous areas such as the battle at Riva Ridge in Italy, where the American 10th Mountain Division encountered heavy resistance in February 1945.


Premise: What is the mission of the organizations?

Hypothesis: The United Nations Organization and its children's agency UNICEF withdrew their staff, saying that it wasn't sure the event would help its mission of raising awareness of conditions for children and amid concerns that the relay would be used as a propaganda stunt.


Premise: What kind of progress does science make given the methodology Popper describes?

Hypothesis: He does not argue that any such conclusions are therefore true, or that this describes the actual methods of any particular scientist.[citation needed]


Premise: What state of emotion did Le Corbusier say architecture put him in?

Hypothesis: I am happy


Premise: What two geographies did Frederick want for Prussia?

Hypothesis: If he joined the French against the British in the hope of annexing Hanover, he might fall victim to an Austro-Russian attack.


Premise: What does the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 require artists to prove they're enrolled in?

Hypothesis: To support the ongoing practice of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and cultures in the United States, the Ford Foundation, arts advocates and American Indian tribes created an endowment seed fund and established a national Native Arts and Cultures Foundation in 2007.


Premise: What nationality was Evlija Chelebija?

Hypothesis: The Strumica Carnival opens on a Saturday night at a masked ball where the Prince and Princess are chosen; the main Carnival night is on Tuesday, when masked participants (including groups from abroad) compete in various subjects.


Premise: What was Nasser's principle vice?

Hypothesis: Nasser had few personal vices other than chain smoking.


Premise: Along with phenomenalists, what idealists believe the senses are more important than reason?

Hypothesis: Beyond this, idealists disagree on which aspects of the mental are more basic.


Premise: What does UNESCO recognised Bern's city center to be?

Hypothesis: The structure of Bern's city centre is largely medieval and has been recognised by UNESCO as a Cultural World Heritage Site.


Premise: What temperament is the English Renaissance performed in?

Hypothesis: For instance, music of the English Renaissance is often performed in meantone temperament.


Premise: What do many insects adaptively utilize in self-defense from predators?

Hypothesis: Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins.


Premise: How many of West's albums were included on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list?

Hypothesis: In its 2012 list of "500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Rolling Stone included three of West's albums—


Premise: What kind of aircraft are capable of taking off vertically?

Hypothesis: As catapults are unnecessary, carriers with this arrangement reduce weight, complexity, and space needed for complex steam or electromagnetic launching equipment, vertical landing aircraft also remove the need for arresting cables and related hardware.


Premise: When did the U.S. Supreme Court rule clauses forbidding people from holding public office based on their religion was unenforceable?

Hypothesis: Article VI, Section 8 of the current NC Constitution forbids only atheists from holding public office.


Premise: Who in the Bible first grew grapes on their farm?

Hypothesis: Grapes are especially significant for Christians, who since the Early Church have used wine in their celebration of the Eucharist.


Premise: According to official figures, how many died in the flood of 1957?

Hypothesis: The Francoist administrations of Valencia silenced publicity of the catastrophic consequences of the floods of 1949 with the attendant dozens of deaths, but could not do the same after the even more tragic flood of 1957 when the river Turia overflowed its banks again, killing many Valencians (officially, eighty-one died; the actual figure is not known).


Premise: Name Madonna's Grammy award album in 1998?

Hypothesis: After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she signed with Sire Records (an auxiliary label of Warner Bros. Records) in 1982 and released her self-titled debut album the following year.


Premise: What is the main retail area of the South Bronx?

Hypothesis: The Hub–Third Avenue Business Improvement District (B.I.D.), in The Hub, is the retail heart of the South Bronx, located where four roads converge: East 149th Street, Willis, Melrose and Third Avenues.


Premise: What Valencian festivals were declared Celebrations of International Touristic Interest?

Hypothesis: In its long history, Valencia has acquired many local traditions and festivals, among them the Falles, which were declared Celebrations of International Touristic Interest (Fiestas de Interés Turístico Internacional) on 25 January 1965, and the Water Tribunal of Valencia (Tribunal de las Aguas de Valencia), which was declared an intangible cultural heritage of humanity (Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad) in 2009.


Premise: When does the Pyx Chamber date to?

Hypothesis: The term pyx refers to the boxwood chest in which coins were held and presented to a jury during the Trial of the Pyx, in which newly minted coins were presented to ensure they conformed to the required standards.


Premise: What year did Napoleon end of the War of the Fourth Coalition?

Hypothesis: The French troops immediately took up pursuit but were delayed in the Battle of Eylau on 9 February 1807 by an East Prussian contingent under General Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq.


Premise: What was the result of the 2005 election?

Hypothesis: This election (Blair had declared it would be his last as prime minister) resulted in Labour's third successive win but with a much reduced majority.


Premise: In what year did Kreonke achieve take over of Arsenal stock?

Hypothesis: Kroenke first launched a bid for the club in April 2007, and faced competition for shares from Red and White Securities, which acquired its first shares off David Dein in August 2007.


Premise: Who is the star of Spectre?

Hypothesis: With a budget around $245 million, it is the most expensive Bond film and one of the most expensive films ever made.


Premise: Buddhism denies what kind of deity?

Hypothesis: Taking "refuge in the triple gem" has traditionally been a declaration and commitment to being on the Buddhist path, and in general distinguishes a Buddhist from a non-Buddhist.


Premise: Who was elected Prime Minister after Disareli lost the election in 1880?

Hypothesis: Between April 1877 and February 1878, she threatened five times to abdicate while pressuring Disraeli to act against Russia during the Russo-Turkish War, but her threats had no impact on the events or their conclusion with the Congress of Berlin.


Premise: What power could Caesar use against the senate should he choose?

Hypothesis: In 46 BC, Caesar was given censorial powers, which he used to fill the senate with his own partisans.


Premise: What was the cause of the onus?

Hypothesis: In the last years of the 19th century the term "Near East" acquired considerable disrepute in eyes of the English-speaking public as did the Ottoman Empire itself.


Premise: What year were both adults and children only able to work 10 hours a day?

Hypothesis: This act however only applied to the textile industry, and further agitation led to another act in 1847 limiting both adults and children to 10-hour working days.


Premise: What law further restricted public houses?

Hypothesis: The restrictions were tightened by the Defence of the Realm Act of August 1914, which, along with the introduction of rationing and the censorship of the press for wartime purposes, restricted pubs' opening hours to 12 noon–2:30 pm and 6:30 pm–9:30 pm.


Premise: What is another name for smooth rotation?

Hypothesis: Simple stepper motor drivers entirely energize or entirely de-energize the field windings, leading the rotor to "cog" to a limited number of positions; more sophisticated drivers can proportionally control the power to the field windings, allowing the rotors to position between the cog points and thereby rotate extremely smoothly.


Premise: What percent of Israel's population is black?

Hypothesis: About 150,000 East African and black people live in Israel, amounting to just over 2% of the nation's population.


Premise: What does this Gospel show that Athanasius also believed?

Hypothesis: The Gospel of John and particularly the first chapter demonstrates the Divinity of Jesus.


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

Hypothesis: Growing up, Gaddafi witnessed significant events rock the Arab world, including the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the short-lived existence of the United Arab Republic between 1958 and 1961.


Premise: What gain did Russia make from the results of the war?

Hypothesis: Russia, on the other hand, made one great invisible gain from the war: the elimination of French influence in Poland.


Premise: Which league does the Cork County Cricket Club belong to?

Hypothesis: Although located within the Munster jurisdiction, the club plays in the Leinster Senior League.


Premise: When did Arsenal Stadium at Highbury first become the club's home?

Hypothesis: The original stadium was designed by the renowned football architect Archibald Leitch, and had a design common to many football grounds in the UK at the time, with a single covered stand and three open-air banks of terracing.


Premise: Where were the people of the region noted?

Hypothesis: The people of the region were noted in Classical literature as Mauri, which was subsequently rendered as Moors in English.


Premise: In which states had Brincourt run military affairs previously?

Hypothesis: After running imperial military affairs in the states of Coahuila and Durango, General Agustín Enrique Brincourt made preparations to invade the state of Chihuahua.


Premise: What does Luke say one of the rebels does?

Hypothesis: Jesus calls out to God, then gives a shout and dies.


Premise: How much of the country does dam water supply the rest of the country with?

Hypothesis: In the interior of the country surface water is available only in the summer months when rivers are in flood after exceptional rainfalls.


Premise: 39.5% of the households comprised of what?

Hypothesis: In addition, 33.1% of all households were composed of individuals living alone, of which 6.2% was someone 65 years of age or older.


Premise: In modern secular usage Jews include how many groups?

Hypothesis: Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion, and a culture, making the definition of who is a Jew vary slightly depending on whether a religious or national approach to identity is used.


Premise: Dogs can digest meat as well as what else?

Hypothesis: Unlike obligate carnivores, such as the cat family with its shorter small intestine, dogs can adapt to a wide-ranging diet, and are not dependent on meat-specific protein nor a very high level of protein in order to fulfill their basic dietary requirements.


Premise: Who was the only surviving child of Tito's?

Hypothesis: There he met Pelagija Belousova who was then thirteen; he married her a year later, and she moved with him to Yugoslavia.


Premise: Who arranged the version of "Billie Jean" that David Cook performed on American Idol?

Hypothesis: David Cook's performance of "Billie Jean" on top-ten night was lauded by the judges, but provoked controversy when they apparently mistook the Chris Cornell arrangement to be David Cook's own even though the performance was introduced as Cornell's version.


Premise: Who did Dell agree to not buy processors from?

Hypothesis: It was alleged that Dell had not disclosed large exclusivity payments received from Intel for agreeing not to buy processors from rival manufacturer AMD.


Premise: When was the Greenman rule in Section 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts published?

Hypothesis: Notably, the most broadly influential innovation of 20th-century American tort law was the rule of strict liability for defective products, which originated with judicial glosses on the law of warranty.


Premise: What is kef?

Hypothesis: Armenians kept to their traditions and certain diasporans rose to fame with their music.


Premise: What significance does Dec 7/ 1948 hold?

Hypothesis: The first 45 rpm record created for sale was "PeeWee the Piccolo" RCA 47-0147 pressed in yellow translucent vinyl at the Sherman Avenue plant, Indianapolis Dec. 7, 1948, R.O. Price, plant manager.


Premise: What are the two largest political parties in the UK?

Hypothesis: Though coalition and minority governments have been an occasional feature of parliamentary politics, the first-past-the-post electoral system used for general elections tends to maintain the dominance of these two parties, though each has in the past century relied upon a third party to deliver a working majority in Parliament.


Premise: Who is currently the Chief of the department?

Hypothesis: The current Chief of Department is G. Keith Bryant, the department is also commanded by three Deputy Chiefs, who – along with the department chief – oversee the Operational Services, Prevention Services, and Support Services bureaus.


Premise: Who was the foreign minister that said her decision was a good example of peacefully making a point?

Hypothesis: Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said her decision was "a very good example of peacefully making a point".


Premise: What were the two earliest know cultural tribes in Switerland?

Hypothesis: The earliest known cultural tribes of the area were members of the Hallstatt and La Tène cultures, named after the archaeological site of La Tène on the north side of Lake Neuchâtel.


Premise: Which conservative party is popularly against joining the EU?

Hypothesis: In March 2001, the Swiss people refused in a popular vote to start accession negotiations with the EU.


Premise: Where did the American Film Institute rank 'Schindler's List' in 1997?

Hypothesis: In 1997, the American Film Institute listed it among the 10 Greatest American Films ever Made (#9) which moved up to (#8) when the list was remade in 2007.


Premise: What were the three major things that the district would include?

Hypothesis: The CRDA would oversee all functions of the district and will make changes to attract new businesses and attractions.


Premise: How many boarding bridges does Brasilia's airport have?

Hypothesis: The airport's entrance have a new rooftop cover and a new access road.


Premise: What is the term for keys used for identification?

Hypothesis: For the purposes of identification, Linnaeus's Systema Sexuale classified plants into 24 groups according to the number of their male sexual organs.


Premise: Along with Port Miami, Watson Island and Brickell, what area is in Downtown Miami?

Hypothesis: This area includes Brickell, Virginia Key, Watson Island, and PortMiami.


Premise: What is the most amount of ministers that a Prime Minister can assign?

Hypothesis: The Prime Minister has the right to appoint a maximum of three such ministers, as the limit of ministers in one government is fifteen.


Premise: What competitor did Arsenal defeat to win a league title in the 1988-89 season?

Hypothesis: Arsenal won the League Cup in 1987, Graham's first season in charge.


Premise: How are the games broadcast now?

Hypothesis: From 2008–09 to 2013–14, FA Cup matches are shown live by ITV across England and Wales, with UTV broadcasting to Northern Ireland but STV refusing to show them.


Premise: What boroughs are known for high crime

Hypothesis: Some of the city's boroughs have a relatively high percentage of originally non-Dutch inhabitants – i.e. Kanaleneiland 83% and Overvecht 57%.


Premise: How many years of selective breeding did it take to domesticate maize?

Hypothesis: The domestication of maize or corn required thousands of years of selective breeding.


Premise: What did gender idenity become to be seen as?

Hypothesis: However, this understanding of homosexuality as sexual inversion was disputed at the time, and, through the second half of the twentieth century, gender identity came to be increasingly seen as a phenomenon distinct from sexual orientation.


Premise: What does the Presbyterian church typically emphasize?

Hypothesis: Many Reformed churches are organized this way, but the word "Presbyterian," when capitalized, is often applied uniquely to the churches that trace their roots to the Scottish and English churches that bore that name and English political groups that formed during the English Civil War.


Premise: What was a recent case involving the application of the principle of the establishment clause against states?

Hypothesis: A more recent case involving the application of this principle against the states was Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet (1994).


Premise: How close did von Bellingshausen and Lazarev come to Antarctica?

Hypothesis: This happened three days before Bransfield sighted land, and ten months before Palmer did so in November 1820.


Premise: How many world headquarters of the 31 Fortune Global 500 companies are located in Paris?

Hypothesis: In 2015 it hosts the world headquarters of 29 of the 31 Fortune Global 500 companies located in France.


Premise: What was the BCCI report called?

Hypothesis: The report showed that the bank was crooked and was working with terrorists, including Abu Nidal.


Premise: What theory was more widely accepted by the mid-20th century?

Hypothesis: Important geological concepts were established as naturalists began studying the rock formations of the Alps in the 18th century.


Premise: Of all the benefits of the partnership with Fold3, what benefited the public at large the most?

Hypothesis: Allen Weinstein explained that this partnership would "allow much greater access to approximately 4.5 million pages of important documents that are currently available only in their original format or on microfilm" and "would also enhance NARA's efforts to preserve its original records."


Premise: Which belief is expected to never try and visualize God?

Hypothesis: The view that all theists actually worship the same god, whether they know it or not, is especially emphasized in Hinduism and Sikhism.


Premise: What did the nobles lose by being denounced?

Hypothesis: The law forbade non-nobles from owning nobility-estates and promised the estate to the denouncer.


Premise: what is the fullwidth tilde character code in Microsoft Windows?

Hypothesis: (1-33, WAVE DASH), heavily used in legacy database data, to either U+FF5E ～


Premise: How often did Greek population and natives mix?

Hypothesis: Some areas of the conquered world were more affected by Greek influences than others.


Premise: How were some of Marvel's genre titles published in the 1970s?

Hypothesis: Some of these were published in larger-format black and white magazines, under its Curtis Magazines imprint.


Premise: What is used to set the dining table for formal dinners?

Hypothesis: State banquets also take place in the Ballroom; these formal dinners are held on the first evening of a state visit by a foreign head of state.


Premise: What group went on strike as a result of the turmoil?

Hypothesis: As a ruse to rally opposition against a return to the pre-1952 order, the RCC decreed an end to restrictions on monarchy-era parties and the Free Officers' withdrawal from politics.


Premise: What is the nickname for a Barcelona supporter?

Hypothesis: The nickname culé for a Barcelona supporter is derived from the Catalan cul (English: arse), as the spectators at the first stadium, Camp de la Indústria, sat with their culs over the stand.


Premise: How do supernatural entities act?

Hypothesis: Pascal Boyer argues that while there is a wide array of supernatural concepts found around the world, in general, supernatural beings tend to behave much like people.


Premise: Who did Innocent disavow?

Hypothesis: Innocent disavowed both Reginald and John de Gray, and instead appointed his own candidate, Stephen Langton.


Premise: What Dutch word for a hospital was calqued into the Indonesian "rumah sakit"?

Hypothesis: In addition, many Indonesian words are calques on Dutch, for example, rumah sakit (Indonesian for "hospital") is calqued on the Dutch ziekenhuis (literally "house of the sick"), kebun binatang ("zoo") on dierentuin (literally "animal garden"), undang-undang dasar ("constitution") from grondwet (literally "ground law").


Premise: What quantifies the relationship between rest-mass and rest-energy within the concept of special relativity?

Hypothesis: Mass is also equivalent to a certain amount of energy, and likewise always appears associated with it, as described in mass-energy equivalence.


Premise: What two stations are owned by Azteca?

Hypothesis: Due to the ratio of U.S. and Mexican-licensed stations, San Diego is the largest media market in the United States that is legally unable to support a television station duopoly between two full-power stations under FCC regulations, which disallow duopolies in metropolitan areas with fewer than nine full-power television stations and require that there must be eight unique station owners that remain once a duopoly is formed (there are only seven full-power stations on the California side of the San Diego-Tijuana market).[citation needed]


Premise: How much does the Gerald R. Ford-class carrier weigh?

Hypothesis: The current US fleet of Nimitz-class carriers will be followed into service (and in some cases replaced) by the ten-ship Gerald R. Ford class.


Premise: Who has the most elaborated polyphony?

Hypothesis: They have a more elaborated polyphony that is easily recognizable by the typical countertenor voice.


Premise: What field has biodiversity made critical advances in?

Hypothesis: Evidence from market analysis and biodiversity science indicates that the decline in output from the pharmaceutical sector since the mid-1980s can be attributed to a move away from natural product exploration ("bioprospecting") in favor of genomics and synthetic chemistry, indeed claims about the value of undiscovered pharmaceuticals may not provide enough incentive for companies in free markets to search for them because of the high cost of development; meanwhile, natural products have a long history of supporting significant economic and health innovation.


Premise: When did the Romantic era end?

Hypothesis: The music of the Romantic era, from roughly the first decade of the 19th century to the early 20th century, was characterized by increased attention to an extended melodic line, as well as expressive and emotional elements, paralleling romanticism in other art forms.


Premise: What brought up enhancement of drug regulations?

Hypothesis: The FDA received authority to regulate advertising of prescription drugs and to establish good manufacturing practices.


Premise: What does the bit rate of the file actually mean?

Hypothesis: The higher the bit rate, the larger the compressed file will be, and, generally, the closer it will sound to the original file.


Premise: What type of diversity arrives uninvited?

Hypothesis: Planned diversity includes the crops which a farmer has encouraged, planted or raised (e.g.: crops, covers, symbionts and livestock, among others), which can be contrasted with the associated diversity that arrives among the crops, uninvited (e.g.: herbivores, weed species and pathogens, among others).


Premise: What race was Beyonce's father?

Hypothesis: Mathew is African-American, while Tina is of Louisiana Creole descent (with African, Native American, French, Cajun, and distant Irish and Spanish ancestry).


Premise: Eisenhower met Tito where in 1960?

Hypothesis: Tito met President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the United Nations General Assembly meeting.


Premise: What was superfluous

Hypothesis: The archaic name Somersetshire was mentioned in the Chronicle's entry for 878.