Premise: What is another name for the Confederacy's executive mansion?

Hypothesis: In addition to Virginia and Confederate government offices and hospitals, a railroad hub, and one of the South's largest slave markets, Richmond had the largest factory in the Confederacy, the Tredegar Iron Works, which turned out artillery and other munitions, including the 723 tons of armor plating that covered the CSS Virginia, the world's first ironclad used in war, as well as much of the Confederates' heavy ordnance machinery.


Premise: At what level does Popper indicate his view of scientific methodology applies?

Hypothesis: Rather, it is recommended as an essential principle of methodology that, if enacted by a system or community, will lead to slow but steady progress of a sort (relative to how well the system or community enacts the method).


Premise: Where is a good place to find dramatic plays all year in Cork?

Hypothesis: The Everyman Palace Theatre (capacity c.650) and the Granary Theatre (capacity c.150) both play host to dramatic plays throughout the year.


Premise: When did the People's Republic of China take control of Mainland China?

Hypothesis: Mao’s self-reliance policy and the reduction in maritime trade cut off the lifelines of the port cities of Ningbo and Wenzhou.


Premise: After its April departure, when did the torch return to China?

Hypothesis: China: The torch returned to China for the first time since April.


Premise: What music festival does Utrecht host

Hypothesis: Utrecht city has an active cultural life, and in the Netherlands is second only to Amsterdam.


Premise: The design of what was modified slightly?

Hypothesis: Near the end of the NES's lifespan, upon the release of the AV Famicom and the top-loading NES 2, the design of the game controllers was modified slightly.


Premise: Which group did Tito order his forces to assist?

Hypothesis: It is said that Tito ordered his forces to assist escaping Jews, and that more than 2,000 Jews fought directly for Tito.


Premise: What helped the Germans dominate trade?

Hypothesis: At the same time, naval innovations led to a German domination of trade in the Baltic Sea and parts of Eastern Europe through the Hanseatic League.


Premise: How much of the wood in a tree is sapwood at some point in its life?

Hypothesis: All wood in a tree is first formed as sapwood.


Premise: In what year did Rothko donate Passion of Christ murals?

Hypothesis: In 1962 he donated to Harvard University a series of large murals of the Passion of Christ whose predominant colors were dark pink and deep crimson.


Premise: At what altitude did the American dive bombers commence their attck on the Japanese carriers?

Hypothesis: Hiryū managed to survive the wave of dive bombers and launched a counter-attack against the American carriers which caused severe damage to Yorktown (which was later finished off by a Japanese submarine).


Premise: The four truths explain the nature of what?

Hypothesis: The teachings on the Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism, and are said to provide a conceptual framework for Buddhist thought.


Premise: What neighborhood is the Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in?

Hypothesis: Western Tucson encompasses the banks of the Santa Cruz River and the foothills of the Tucson Mountains, and includes the International Wildlife Museum, Sentinel Peak, and the Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, located in the wealthy enclave known as Starr Pass.


Premise: Insects can change their gait to deal with the loss of what?

Hypothesis: Insects can also adapt their gait to cope with the loss of one or more limbs.


Premise: How long ago are the earliest texts of Indian/Hindu philosophy dated?

Hypothesis: Ancient Greek philosophers, including Parmenides and Heraclitus, wrote essays on the nature of time.


Premise: What was New Haven's last professional sports team?

Hypothesis: New Haven's last professional sports team, the New Haven County Cutters, left in 2009.


Premise: What reduced the independence of British overseas possessions from their commanders in London?

Hypothesis: Some credit Russell with prompting the resignation of the sitting British government through his reporting of the lacklustre condition of British forces deployed in Crimea.


Premise: What type of song is frequently seen in the adult contemporary genre?

Hypothesis: Adult contemporary is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as acoustic guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set.


Premise: What part of 2012 was to have seen Phase I of Miami Central Station begin?

Hypothesis: Completion of the Miami Intermodal Center is expected to be completed by winter 2011, and will serve over 150,000 commuters and travelers in the Miami area.


Premise: What does rendering software display when it can't process a Unicode character?

Hypothesis: Rendering software which cannot process a Unicode character appropriately often displays it as an open rectangle, or the Unicode "replacement character" (U+FFFD, �), to indicate the position of the unrecognized character.


Premise: What school within the University of Southern California does the Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy belong to?

Hypothesis: The Institute's mission is to "[advance] post-partisanship, where leaders put people over political parties and work together to find the best ideas and solutions to benefit the people they serve," and to "seek to influence public policy and public debate in finding solutions to the serious challenges we face.


Premise: Where did Güshi Khan resettle his tribe?

Hypothesis: Sonam Chöpel urged Güshi Khan to assault the Ü-Tsang king's homebase of Shigatse, which Güshi Khan agreed upon, enlisting the aid of Gelug monks and supporters.


Premise: What house of the Supreme Soviet was not functioning as of December 26, 1991?

Hypothesis: On December 26, 1991, the USSR was self-dissolved by the Soviet of Nationalities, which by that time was the only functioning house of the Supreme Soviet (the other house, Soviet of the Union, had already lost the quorum after recall of its members by the union republics).


Premise: Masons swear to protect their brethren unless they what?

Hypothesis: The idea of Masonic brotherhood probably descends from a 16th-century legal definition of a brother as one who has taken an oath of mutual support to another.


Premise: How many Muslims fled the Balkans with the Ottoman armies?

Hypothesis: This resulted in around 400,000 Muslims fleeing with the retreating Ottoman armies (with many dying from cholera brought by the soldiers), and with some 400,000 non-Muslims fleeing territory still under Ottoman rule.


Premise: Until what year was the Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture the top art school?

Hypothesis: This served as France's top art school until 1793.


Premise: What is its longest river?

Hypothesis: Other rivers run directly into the Atlantic Ocean as Lérez or the Cantabrian Sea, most of them having short courses.


Premise: From where did the ideology of the Liberals stem?

Hypothesis: More broadly, the Liberal Party's ideological ancestry stretched back to the anti-Labor groupings in the first Commonwealth parliaments.


Premise: Whch astronomer developed a heliocentric system?

Hypothesis: Pliny reports that Hipparchus produced the first systematic star catalog after he observed a new star (it is uncertain whether this was a nova or a comet) and wished to preserve astronomical record of the stars, so that other new stars could be discovered.


Premise: What is the United States Statutes at Large?

Hypothesis: At the end of each session of Congress, the slip laws are compiled into bound volumes called the United States Statutes at Large, and they are known as session laws.


Premise: What town hosts the largest number of Marshall Islanders outside the Marshall Islands?

Hypothesis: A large concentration of about 4,300 Marshall Islanders have relocated to Springdale, Arkansas, the largest population concentration of natives outside their island home.


Premise: What is the purpose of a junction forward voltage?

Hypothesis: The lower the junction forward voltage the better, as this means that less power is required to "drive" the transistor.


Premise: What is the name of the parking meter system in Mexico City?

Hypothesis: come on, come on"), who ask drivers for a fee to park, in theory to guard the car, but with the implicit threat that the franelero will damage the car if the fee is not paid.


Premise: How was the proposal taken from mainland and aboriginal groups?

Hypothesis: This proposal encountered strong opposition not only from Mainlander groups but also from Hakka and Taiwanese aboriginal groups who felt that it would slight their home languages, as well as others including Hoklo who objected to the proposal on logistical grounds and on the grounds that it would increase ethnic tensions.


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

Hypothesis: The reports didn't give figures for other types of religion; 74.36% of the population may be either irreligious or involved in worship of nature deities, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, folk religious sects, and small minorities of Muslims.


Premise: How were window decals used in the Bronx in the 1980s?

Hypothesis: Much of the new development is springing up in formerly vacant lots across the South Bronx.


Premise: When was the Armenian military created?

Hypothesis: The Armenian military was formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and with the establishment of the Ministry of Defence in 1992.


Premise: What other companies were named in the suit filed by Pat-rights?

Hypothesis: The latter case also includes the online music stores of Sony, RealNetworks, Napster, and Musicmatch as defendants.


Premise: On what street can Shabaaz Restaurant be found?

Hypothesis: They tried to buy this church, but due to financial difficulties the Muslims instead bought an old grocery store at Chimbarazoo Boulevard, the present location of Masjid Bilal.


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

Hypothesis: Witness publications strongly discourage followers from questioning doctrine and counsel received from the Governing Body, reasoning that it is to be trusted as part of "God's organization".


Premise: What was Von Neumann's child's name?

Hypothesis: They had one child, a daughter, Marina, who is now a distinguished professor of business administration and public policy at the University of Michigan.


Premise: Are minority leadership roles specified closely?

Hypothesis: To a large extent, the functions of the minority leader are defined by tradition and custom.


Premise: How else can they serve the U.S.?

Hypothesis: However, federal employees, those who do business with the federal government, Puerto Rico–based corporations that intend to send funds to the U.S. and others do pay federal income taxes.


Premise: What year did Carrie Underwood win a Country Music Award for Best Female Artist?

Hypothesis: Musician Michael Feinstein, while acknowledging that the show had uncovered promising performers, said that American Idol "isn't really about music.


Premise: Who are two examples of the top football players born in Portugal?

Hypothesis: Football is the most popular sport in Portugal.


Premise: Who are Scout's two primary female models?

Hypothesis: By balancing the masculine influences of Atticus and Jem with the feminine influences of Calpurnia and Miss Maudie, one scholar writes, "Lee gradually demonstrates that Scout is becoming a feminist in the South, for with the use of first-person narration, she indicates that Scout/ Jean Louise still maintains the ambivalence about being a Southern lady she possessed as a child."


Premise: Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

Hypothesis: During the Revolutionary War period, several notable events occurred in the city, including Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in 1775 at St. John's Church, and the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom written by Thomas Jefferson.


Premise: When was Munammad Huayn Haykal's first modern novel published?

Hypothesis: Indeed, the Egyptians were the first culture to develop literature as we know it today, that is, the book.


Premise: What is one example of how students can benefit from videoconferencing?

Hypothesis: Such virtual field trips can provide enriched learning opportunities to students, especially those in geographically isolated locations, and to the economically disadvantaged.


Premise: Who paid for most of the 1848 music tour of Chopin?

Hypothesis: In April, during the Revolution of 1848 in Paris, he left for London, where he performed at several concerts and at numerous receptions in great houses.


Premise: What is the Nanjing Library's ranking in China?

Hypothesis: Nanjing Library, founded in 1907, houses more than 10 million volumes of printed materials and is the third largest library in China, after the National Library in Beijing and Shanghai Library.


Premise: The Diocese of Saint Helena has it's own what?

Hypothesis: Most residents belong to the Anglican Communion and are members of the Diocese of St Helena, which has its own bishop and includes Ascension Island.


Premise: In which year did Gonzalez receive renomination?

Hypothesis: He resigned under opposition, but was renominated in 1837.


Premise: For crucial values, what type of values do translators use where possible?

Hypothesis: Despite occasional theoretical diversity, the actual practice of translation has hardly changed since antiquity.


Premise: President Kennedy was killed when?

Hypothesis: On October 2, 1997, it was reported that Khrushchev's son Sergei claimed Khrushchev was poised to accept Kennedy's proposal at the time of Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963.


Premise: What machine strips off the entire head of the cotton plant?

Hypothesis: Most cotton in the United States, Europe and Australia is harvested mechanically, either by a cotton picker, a machine that removes the cotton from the boll without damaging the cotton plant, or by a cotton stripper, which strips the entire boll off the plant.


Premise: What religion was Steven Spielberg's family?

Hypothesis: Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to an Orthodox Jewish family.


Premise: What was the film "Jaws" nominated for?

Hypothesis: It also set the domestic record for box office gross, leading to what the press described as "Jawsmania.":248 Jaws made Spielberg a household name and one of America's youngest multi-millionaires, allowing him a great deal of autonomy for his future projects.:250


Premise: What is implied by the global term of "Indian"?

Hypothesis: Even though the term "Indian" does not include the Aleuts, Inuit, or Yupik peoples, these groups are considered indigenous peoples of the Americas.


Premise: Did the India goverment take any actions against child labour?

Hypothesis: Due to a large number of children being illegally employed, the Indian government began to take extensive actions to reduce the number of children working, and to focus on the importance of facilitating the proper growth and development of children.


Premise: When did the Cubs announce a move of their top class A affiliate from Daytona to Myrtle Beach?

Hypothesis: On September 16, 2014 the Cubs announced a move of their top Class A affiliate from Daytona in the Florida State League to Myrtle Beach in the Carolina League for the 2015 season.


Premise: when was the internet developed?

Hypothesis: The remaining restrictions were removed by 1995, 4 years after the introduction of the World Wide Web.


Premise: When was the biggest cathedral in Switzerland built?

Hypothesis: Some of the most notable in the Old Town include the Cathedral which was started in 1421 and is the tallest cathedral in Switzerland, the Zytglogge and Käfigturm towers, which mark two successive expansions of the Old Town, and the Holy Ghost Church, which is one of the largest Swiss Reformed churches in Switzerland.


Premise: When did the Soviet Union break up?

Hypothesis: On December 25, 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the republic was renamed the Russian Federation, which it remains to this day.


Premise: Where was the iHeartRadio Music Festival held in 2013?

Hypothesis: On 6 March 2014, the band announced on Good Morning America that Queen + Adam Lambert will tour North America in Summer 2014.


Premise: What kind of success did barrage balloons have as far as bringing down aircraft?

Hypothesis: Secondly, to avoid the balloons, bombers had to fly at a higher altitude, which was more favorable for the guns.


Premise: Who hosts shows on BBC broadcasts outside of England?

Hypothesis: schedules in the other UK nations can vary immensely from BBC One and BBC Two in England.


Premise: What is the Premier League's "Basic Award Fund" for?

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


Premise: What does PCB stand for?

Hypothesis: This pollution caused a range of harmful effects to wildlife and people who eat fish from the river or drink the water.


Premise: Where are Slavic speaking groups generally found?

Hypothesis: Near the northern Greek borders there are also some Slavic–speaking groups, locally known as Slavomacedonian-speaking, most of whose members identify ethnically as Greeks.


Premise: The final investment decision for what was finalized by Royal Dutch Shell in May 2011?

Hypothesis: On 20 May 2011, Royal Dutch Shell's final investment decision for the world's first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility was finalized following the discovery of the remote offshore Prelude field—located off Australia's northwestern coast and estimated to contain about 3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent reserves—in 2007.


Premise: What was the name of the professor Hayek worked for as a research assistant?

Hypothesis: Between 1923 and 1924 Hayek worked as a research assistant to Prof. Jeremiah Jenks of New York University, compiling macroeconomic data on the American economy and the operations of the US Federal Reserve.


Premise: Who designed the COMPASS navigation system?

Hypothesis: The general designer of the COMPASS navigation system is Sun Jiadong, who is also the general designer of its predecessor, the original BeiDou navigation system.


Premise: Along with Miami Springs, where is the highest point of the Biscayne Aquifer?

Hypothesis: Beneath the plain lies the Biscayne Aquifer, a natural underground source of fresh water that extends from southern Palm Beach County to Florida Bay, with its highest point peaking around the cities of Miami Springs and Hialeah.


Premise: In what century did Nimbarka live?

Hypothesis: Dvaitādvaita was proposed by Nimbarka, a 13th-century Vaishnava Philosopher from the Andhra region.


Premise: What are the constituents of Class 2 transposable elements?

Hypothesis: It is believed that TEs are an important driving force on genome evolution of higher eukaryotes.


Premise: What favorable developments occurred for Prussia in Hanover?

Hypothesis: The new strategy emphasised both Newcastle's commitment to British involvement on the Continent, particularly in defence of Germany, and William Pitt's determination to use naval power to seize French colonies around the globe.


Premise: In neutering, what is removed in female dogs?

Hypothesis: Neutering refers to the sterilization of animals, usually by removal of the male's testicles or the female's ovaries and uterus, in order to eliminate the ability to procreate and reduce sex drive.


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

Hypothesis: He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then as the "Brotherly Leader" of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.


Premise: At its onset, what can be measured in blood or saliva?

Hypothesis: Melatonin is absent from the system or undetectably low during daytime.


Premise: Locke refuted whose political theory?

Hypothesis: John Locke in particular exemplified this new age of political theory with his work Two Treatises of Government.


Premise: What does ftp stand for?

Hypothesis: Prefixes that the web browser cannot directly handle are often handed off to another application entirely.


Premise: What is included in the elevator's design?

Hypothesis: The "stretching room" on the ride is actually an elevator that travels downwards, giving access to a short underground tunnel which leads to the rest of the attraction.


Premise: What is sheftalia?

Hypothesis: Other traditional delicacies of are meat marinated in dried coriander seeds and wine, and eventually dried and smoked, such as lountza (smoked pork loin), charcoal-grilled lamb, souvlaki (pork and chicken cooked over charcoal), and sheftalia (minced meat wrapped in mesentery).


Premise: How many territories is the Premier League broadcast to?

Hypothesis: The Premier League rank second in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past five seasons.


Premise: When DNA has different markers, how it that presented in plants?

Hypothesis: Epigenetic marks may be added or removed from the DNA during programmed stages of development of the plant, and are responsible, for example, for the differences between anthers, petals and normal leaves, despite the fact that they all have the same underlying genetic code.


Premise: In what century did the Romans arrive in Britain?

Hypothesis: The inhabitants of the British Isles have been drinking ale since the Bronze Age, but it was with the arrival of the Roman Empire in its shores in the 1st Century, and the construction of the Roman road networks that the first inns, called tabernae, in which travellers could obtain refreshment began to appear.


Premise: Gautama combined the yoga practice of what teacher?

Hypothesis: The Four Immeasurables are taught as a form of meditation that cultivates "wholesome attitudes towards all sentient beings."[web 6][web 7]


Premise: What was the term for the practice of giving incentives to peasants to cultivate new lands?

Hypothesis: These peasants were often subject to noble overlords and owed them rents and other services, in a system known as manorialism.


Premise: How many people attended the Lviv pre-election meetings?

Hypothesis: On May 3, a pre-election rally attracted 30,000 in Lviv.


Premise: When was BCCI shut down?

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


Premise: What type of system did he develop?

Hypothesis: Whitehead argued that reality consists of processes rather than material objects, and that processes are best defined by their relations with other processes, thus rejecting the theory that reality is fundamentally constructed by bits of matter that exist independently of one another.


Premise: How did the reforms of Britains voting system affect the House of Commons?

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


Premise: Which movie previously had the highest earnings for its first seven days?

Hypothesis: The film also broke the record for the best per-screen opening average with $110,000, a record previously held by The Dark Knight with $100,200.


Premise: Why did Darwin feel plants had something comparable to a brain?

Hypothesis: The finding in 1939 that plant callus could be maintained in culture containing IAA, followed by the observation in 1947 that it could be induced to form roots and shoots by controlling the concentration of growth hormones were key steps in the development of plant biotechnology and genetic modification.


Premise: What part of a tree is the cross-sectional area of the sapwood approximately proportional to?

Hypothesis: Sapwood is thicker in the upper portion of the trunk of a tree than near the base, because the age and the diameter of the upper sections are less.


Premise: At what age might men required to serve in the National Guard?

Hypothesis: As of 2009[update], mandatory military service is nine months for male citizens between the ages of 19 and 45.


Premise: What was mostly missing during the Eastern Han?

Hypothesis: By 110 BC Emperor Wu also interfered with the profitable trade in grain when he eliminated speculation by selling government-stored grain at a lower price than demanded by merchants.


Premise: Who designed the SNES controllers?

Hypothesis: Several later consoles derive elements of their controller design from the SNES, including the PlayStation, Dreamcast, Xbox, and Wii Classic Controller.


Premise: In the US, what is the main tool to track and stimulate voluntary actions?

Hypothesis: In Europe the main voluntary tool used by the NGOs to promote sustainable electricity production is EKOenergy label.


Premise: What country found bank accounts and real estate owned by the Sassou regime?

Hypothesis: One French investigation found over 110 bank accounts and dozens of lavish properties in France; Sassou denounced embezzlement investigations as "racist" and "colonial".


Premise: Why is tort law hard to standardize?

Hypothesis: Although the American Law Institute has attempted to standardize tort law through the development of several versions of the Restatement of Torts, many states have chosen to adopt only certain sections of the Restatements and to reject others.


Premise: When did ceremonial regalia first appear in the Masonic culture?

Hypothesis: Alluding to the membership of a lodge of operative masons, they relate a mythologised history of the craft, the duties of its grades, and the manner in which oaths of fidelity are to be taken on joining.


Premise: What are some popular childhood diseases?

Hypothesis: Childhood diseases include pertussis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, measles and tetanus.


Premise: What day did Radio Saint Helena start operations?

Hypothesis: It closed on 25 December 2012 to make way for a new three-channel FM service, also funded by St. Helena Government and run by the South Atlantic Media Services (formerly St. Helena Broadcasting (Guarantee) Corporation).


Premise: What did Sutton mean in the Old English language?

Hypothesis: The name Plymouth first officially replaced Sutton in a charter of King Henry VI in 1440.


Premise: Which piece is the best, in terms of preservation condition?

Hypothesis: A number of sculptural ensembles of that era, erected at the tombs of royals and other dignitaries, have survived (in various degrees of preservation) in Nanjing's northeastern and eastern suburbs, primarily in Qixia and Jiangning District.


Premise: Which political philosophy does Greece follow?

Hypothesis: Greece is a democratic and developed country with an advanced high-income economy, a high quality of life and a very high standard of living.


Premise: What does the MoD wish to strengthen?

Hypothesis: With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the MoD does not foresee any short-term conventional military threat; rather, it has identified weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism, and failed and failing states as the overriding threats to Britain's interests.


Premise: What other terms might be used to refer to a treaty?

Hypothesis: Conversely some legal documents such as the Treaty of Waitangi are internationally considered to be documents under domestic law.


Premise: What organization continued Nasser's philosophies?

Hypothesis: While many regional heads of state tried to emulate Nasser, Podeh opined that the "parochialism" of successive Arab leaders "transformed imitation [of Nasser] into parody".


Premise: What is the theoretical LER value of tungsten at its melting point?

Hypothesis: No known material can be used as a filament at this ideal temperature, which is hotter than the sun's surface.


Premise: In what year was Croatia admitted to the European Union?

Hypothesis: Italy became a major industrialized country again, due to its post-war economic miracle.


Premise: What might have encouraged landlords to abandon or destroy buildings?

Hypothesis: Others have suggested a "planned shrinkage" of municipal services, such as fire-fighting.


Premise: Who was the governor of North carolina in 1767?

Hypothesis: Construction of Tryon Palace, which served as the residence and offices of the provincial governor William Tryon, began in 1767 and was completed in 1771.


Premise: Who have argued for the separation of church and state for reasons having nothing to do with a desire for a secular culture?

Hypothesis: J. Brent Walker, Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee, responded to Hamburger's claims noting; "The fact that the separation of church and state has been supported by some who exhibited an anti-Catholic animus or a secularist bent does not impugn the validity of the principle.


Premise: In 2012, which team was automatically qualified for the champion's league even though they did not place in the top four?

Hypothesis: This occurred in 2012, when Chelsea – who had won the Champions League the previous year, but finished sixth in the league – qualified for the Champions League in place of Tottenham Hotspur, who went into the Europa League.


Premise: How many China Mobile base stations stopped working?

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


Premise: Where are glaciers in Africa located?

Hypothesis: Glaciers are present on every continent and approximately fifty countries, excluding those (Australia, South Africa) that have glaciers only on distant subantarctic island territories.


Premise: How many total digital songs has Kanye West sold in the US?

Hypothesis: West's first six solo studio albums, all of which have gone platinum, have received numerous awards and critical acclaim.


Premise: When did the CPJP finally sign the peace agreement?

Hypothesis: The Syrte Agreement in February and the Birao Peace Agreement in April 2007 called for a cessation of hostilities, the billeting of FDPC fighters and their integration with FACA, the liberation of political prisoners, integration of FDPC into government, an amnesty for the UFDR, its recognition as a political party, and the integration of its fighters into the national army.


Premise: When was Oklahoma's centennial year?

Hypothesis: Annual ethnic festivals and events take place throughout the state such as Native American powwows and ceremonial events, and include festivals (as examples) in Scottish, Irish, German, Italian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Czech, Jewish, Arab, Mexican and African-American communities depicting cultural heritage or traditions.


Premise: When did New Orleans elect it's first black Mayor?

Hypothesis: Journalists like to say that US cities with black majorities, such as Detroit and New Orleans, have not elected white mayors since after the civil rights movement, when the Voting Rights Act of 1965 protected the franchise for minorities, and blacks in the South regained the power to vote for the first time since the turn of the 20th century.


Premise: An uplift of what formed Antarctica?

Hypothesis: The only anomalous area of West Antarctica is the Ellsworth Mountains region, where the stratigraphy is more similar to East Antarctica.


Premise: Where was Karadzic when he was finally arrested?

Hypothesis: On 21 July 2008, Karadžić was arrested in Belgrade, and he is currently in The Hague on trial accused of genocide among other crimes.


Premise: Along with animals, what is depicted on the rock paintings of Laas Geel?

Hypothesis: The most famous of these is the Laas Geel complex, which contains some of the earliest known rock art on the African continent and features many elaborate pastoralist sketches of animal and human figures.


Premise: PepsiCo fell to what place by 2010, which is in part credited with refusing to sponsor American Idol?

Hypothesis: What the Los Angeles Times later called "missing one of the biggest marketing opportunities in a generation" contributed to Pepsi losing market share, by 2010 falling to third place from second in the United States.


Premise: What was Sega's competitor to the NES called in Japan?

Hypothesis: To compete with the popular Family Computer in Japan, NEC Home Electronics launched the PC Engine in 1987, and Sega Enterprises followed suit with the Mega Drive in 1988.


Premise: What is the premier basketball league?

Hypothesis: The Israeli Premier League is the country's premier football league, and the Israeli Basketball Super League is the premier basketball league.


Premise: When was Galdan killed?

Hypothesis: The Qing sent the 17 Ming princes still living on Taiwan in 1683 back to mainland China where they spent the rest of their lives in exile since their lives were spared from execution.


Premise: How can a wrestler gain an advantage by using a referee?

Hypothesis: This allows for heel characters to gain a scripted advantage by distracting or disabling the referee in order to perform some ostensibly illegal maneuver on their opponent.


Premise: What date was Neptune drawn first?

Hypothesis: Some of the earliest recorded observations ever made through a telescope, Galileo's drawings on 28 December 1612 and 27 January 1613, contain plotted points that match up with what is now known to be the position of Neptune.


Premise: When had Catalan covered the eastern end of the Pyrenees?

Hypothesis: By the 9th century, Catalan had evolved from Vulgar Latin on both sides of the eastern end of the Pyrenees, as well as the territories of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis to the south.


Premise: Where is the Greek Island of Antikythera located between?

Hypothesis: It was discovered in 1901 in the Antikythera wreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, between Kythera and Crete, and has been dated to circa 100 BC.


Premise: Who was Eisenhower's senator?

Hypothesis: Though Eisenhower was among the winners of the entrance-exam competition, he was beyond the age limit for the Naval Academy.


Premise: In the aftermath of which war was the U.S. granted Puerto Rico?

Hypothesis: Puerto Rico has limited representation in the U.S. Congress in the form of a Resident Commissioner, a delegate with limited no voting rights.


Premise: In what unit did Nasser serve?

Hypothesis: Appeals for help from Jordan's Arab Legion went unheeded, but the brigade refused to surrender.


Premise: In 2011-12, how many "Big Four" clubs finished outside the top four places in the league?

Hypothesis: Manchester City won the title in the 2011–12 season, becoming the first club outside the "Big Four" to win since 1994–95.


Premise: How many unique downloads had there been from the PlayStation Store by late 2009?

Hypothesis: As of September 24, 2009, there have been over 600 million downloads from the PlayStation Store worldwide.


Premise: What kind of lasers are crystals of zinc suflde used in?

Hypothesis: Crystals of ZnS are used in lasers that operate in the mid-infrared part of the spectrum.


Premise: What is the typical size of a ceramic mosaic tile?

Hypothesis: A tile mosaic is a digital image made up of individual tiles, arranged in a non-overlapping fashion, e.g. to make a static image on a shower room or bathing pool floor, by breaking the image down into square pixels formed from ceramic tiles (a typical size is 1 in × 1 in (25 mm × 25 mm), as for example, on the floor of the University of Toronto pool, though sometimes larger tiles such as 2 in × 2 in (51 mm × 51 mm) are used).


Premise: What science was botany considered to be a part of?

Hypothesis: Throughout this period, botany remained firmly subordinate to medicine.


Premise: Who represents the Defence Medical Services on the Defence Staff?

Hypothesis: The Surgeon General, represents the Defence Medical Services on the Defence Staff, and is the clinical head of that service.


Premise: What is hunted from the back of an elephant?

Hypothesis: They would be headed by a master of the hunt, who might be styled mir-shikar.


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

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


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

Hypothesis: Television rights alone for the period 2010 to 2013 have been purchased for £1.782 billion.


Premise: Where did the Gurkhas come into power?

Hypothesis: The Gurkhas, a martial tribe, came to power in Nepal in the year 1768.


Premise: What adjective describes how our eyes function without a tool like a microscope to help?

Hypothesis: Conversely, when there is a clear demarcation there may not be a noticeable difference in structure within the growth ring.


Premise: What does the diet of cultivated ducks consistof ?

Hypothesis: Most domestic ducks are too heavy to fly, and they are social birds, preferring to live and move around together in groups.


Premise: Who investigated the agreement between the Premier League and Sky in 2002?

Hypothesis: In July 1999 the Premier League's method of selling rights collectively for all member clubs was investigated by the UK Restrictive Practices Court, who concluded that the agreement was not contrary to the public interest.


Premise: Constructs may be the result rather than the inciter of what?

Hypothesis: While race is understood to be a social construct by many, most scholars agree that race has real material effects in the lives of people through institutionalized practices of preference and discrimination.


Premise: What type of engine was invented by the Romans?

Hypothesis: However, after training more sailors and inventing a grappling engine, a Roman naval force was able to defeat a Carthaginian fleet, and further naval victories followed.


Premise: What type of human knowledge is math?

Hypothesis: Mathematical and logical propositions (e.g. "that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two sides") are examples of the first, while propositions involving some contingent observation of the world (e.g. "the sun rises in the East") are examples of the second.


Premise: Who was allowed to leave the village?

Hypothesis: It bound the peasant to the land, as only one son (not the eldest) was permitted to leave the village; townsfolk (Polish: "mieszczaństwo") were prohibited from owning land; and positions in the Church hierarchy could be given only to nobles.


Premise: What are two examples of high school football all-star games?

Hypothesis: Many of these games, which include the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and Under Armour All-America Game, are used as showcases for players to be seen by colleges.


Premise: How many houses was the Swiss national assembly divided into?

Hypothesis: Giving credit to those who favoured the power of the cantons (the Sonderbund Kantone), the national assembly was divided between an upper house (the Council of States, two representatives per canton) and a lower house (the National Council, with representatives elected from across the country).


Premise: Who is the current team manager of England's football team?

Hypothesis: England's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and the current team manager is Roy Hodgson.


Premise: When did Elizabeth support constitutional amendments in Canada?

Hypothesis: Elizabeth, as monarch of Fiji, supported the attempts of the Governor-General, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, to assert executive power and negotiate a settlement.


Premise: What group hosts the a capella competition "Sa Re Ga Ma Pella"?

Hypothesis: Also, Dil se, another co-ed a cappella from UC Berkeley, hosts the "Anahat" competition at the University of California, Berkeley annually.


Premise: With what airline does Amtrak codeshare for transit to Newark Airport that originates or terminates at Union Station?

Hypothesis: Union Station is further served by four Amtrak lines: the Northeast Regional and the high-speed Acela Express provide service to New York, Washington, D.C. and Boston, and rank as the first and second busiest routes in the country; the New Haven–Springfield Line provides service to Hartford and Springfield, Massachusetts; and the Vermonter provides service to both Washington, D.C., and Vermont, 15 miles (24 km) from the Canadian border.


Premise: What is St. Christopher the patron saint of?

Hypothesis: Kerry is a Roman Catholic, and is said to carry a religious rosary, a prayer book, and a St. Christopher medal (the patron saint of travelers) when he campaigned.


Premise: When was the phrase Irano-Aryan first used?

Hypothesis: The use of the term for the Iranian language family was introduced in 1836 by Christian Lassen.


Premise: What is the growth forecast for Cambodia in 2009?

Hypothesis: For example, growth forecasts in Cambodia show a fall from more than 10% in 2007 to close to zero in 2009, and Kenya may achieve only 3–4% growth in 2009, down from 7% in 2007.


Premise: What does the scientific method's rationality depend on?

Hypothesis: The combined three forms of reasoning serve as a primary conceptual foundation for the empirically based scientific method today.


Premise: When did the Mesozoic end?

Hypothesis: Overall, however, the Earth was hotter than it is today. Non-avian dinosaurs appeared in the Late Triassic and became the dominant terrestrial vertebrates early in the Jurassic, occupying this position for about 135 million years until their demise at the end of the Cretaceous.


Premise: What agreement gave the authority for deployment of military intervention?

Hypothesis: Patassé purged many of the Kolingba elements from the government and Kolingba supporters accused Patassé's government of conducting a "witch hunt" against the Yakoma.


Premise: Did all Arians believe the same things?

Hypothesis: They supported the tenets of Origenist thought and theology, but had little else in common.


Premise: What influential novel did Joanot Martorell write?

Hypothesis: Ausiàs March was one of the first poets to use the everyday language Valencian, instead of the troubadour language, Occitan.


Premise: What is one thing, according to the text, that domesticated dogs use humans for?

Hypothesis: Modern domestic dogs use humans to solve their problems for them.


Premise: To travel from Biscayne Bay to Miami, in what direction would one move?

Hypothesis: The Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current, runs northward just 15 miles (24 km) off the coast, allowing the city's climate to stay warm and mild all year.


Premise: When did Victoria inherit the throne of England?

Hypothesis: She inherited the throne aged 18, after her father's three elder brothers had all died, leaving no surviving legitimate children.


Premise: Where are the soundholes located?

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


Premise: Hunted species are usually referred to as what?

Hypothesis: Hunting wildlife or feral animals is most commonly done by humans for food, recreation, to remove predators which are dangerous to humans or domestic animals, or for trade.


Premise: What script is derived from the cursive script?

Hypothesis: Some of the simplified Chinese characters adopted by the People's Republic of China, and some simplified characters used in Japan, are derived from the cursive script.


Premise: What is the name of an audio format developed by Apple?

Hypothesis: Unlike most other media players, Apple does not support Microsoft's WMA audio format—but a converter for WMA files without Digital Rights Management (DRM) is provided with the Windows version of iTunes.


Premise: Did rising efficiency in production and communication lower or raise the prices of consumer goods?

Hypothesis: " Rising efficiency in production techniques and communication lowered the prices of consumer goods and increased the amount and variety of goods available to consumers (including the literature essential to the public sphere).


Premise: What is the capacity of the Barcelona stadium?

Hypothesis: Later this became the centre of controversy when media in Madrid picked up reports that one of the stones was inscribed with the name of long-time Real Madrid chairman and Franco supporter Santiago Bernabéu.


Premise: When was Gaddafi born?

Hypothesis: His father, Mohammad Abdul Salam bin Hamed bin Mohammad, was known as Abu Meniar (died 1985), and his mother was named Aisha (died 1978); Abu Meniar earned a meager subsistence as a goat and camel herder.


Premise: When was a coup d'etat staged?

Hypothesis: On the evening of 12 April 2012, members of the country's military staged a coup d'état and arrested the interim president and a leading presidential candidate.


Premise: What is most impressive about Mount Shishaldin in comparison to Mount Fuji?

Hypothesis: Unimak Island, for example, is home to Mount Shishaldin, which is an occasionally smoldering volcano that rises to 10,000 feet (3,048 m) above the North Pacific.


Premise: Who enslaved these people?

Hypothesis: Historians estimate that between the advent of Islam in 650CE and the abolition of slavery in the Arabian Peninsula in the mid-20th century, 10 to 18 million sub-Saharan Black Africans were enslaved by Arab slave traders and transported to the Arabian Peninsula and neighboring countries.


Premise: When did the 360 surrender its lead in total sales?

Hypothesis: In May 2008 Microsoft announced that 10 million Xbox 360s had been sold and that it was the "first current generation gaming console" to surpass the 10 million figure in the US.


Premise: What allows a computer to perform repetitive tasks without human intervening?

Hypothesis: Similarly, a computer may sometimes go back and repeat the instructions in some section of the program over and over again until some internal condition is met.


Premise: How many households are there in Tucson as of 2010?

Hypothesis: As of the census of 2010, there were 520,116 people, 229,762 households, and 112,455 families residing in the city.


Premise: What part of Richmond is Maymont close to?

Hypothesis: Prominently featured in the park is the World War I Memorial Carillon, built in 1926 as a memorial to those that died in the war.


Premise: The Noble Eightfold Path is which Noble Truth?

Hypothesis: The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha.


Premise: Who is the director of the curator of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum?

Hypothesis: Time magazine included her in the list of the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century", where she became one of only two singers to be included, alongside Aretha Franklin.


Premise: What is the acctepted era of post-punk?

Hypothesis: Generally, post-punk music is defined as music that emerged from the cultural milieu of punk rock in the late 1970s, although many groups now categorized as post-punk were initially subsumed under the broad umbrella of punk or new wave music, only becoming differentiated as the terms came to signify more narrow styles.


Premise: What was the reason Japan gave for the war?

Hypothesis: This name was released to the public on 12 December, with an explanation that it involved Asian nations achieving their independence from the Western powers through armed forces of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.


Premise: What lead to the architectural changes in Myanmar ?

Hypothesis: After independence, the country was in ruins with its major infrastructure completely destroyed.


Premise: Which powerful Galician lords did they murder?

Hypothesis: The modern period of the kingdom of Galicia began with the murder or defeat of some of the most powerful Galician lords, such as Pedro Álvarez de Sotomayor, called Pedro Madruga, and Rodrigo Henriquez Osorio, at the hands of the Castilian armies sent to Galicia between the years 1480 and 1486.


Premise: What happened to the rest of the animal?

Hypothesis: The rest of the animal was typically discarded.


Premise: How many years of study would it take to obtain a degree from a polytechnic in Singapore?

Hypothesis: Polytechnics offer three-year diploma courses in fields such as information technology, engineering subjects and other vocational fields, like psychology and nursing.


Premise: Who make the Turks retreat back to Batum?

Hypothesis: On 4 August Russian scouts saw a movement which they thought was the start of a withdrawal, the Russians advanced and the Turks attacked first.


Premise: Whose piano method did Chopin teach his students?

Hypothesis: Chopin was educated in the tradition of Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart and Clementi; he used Clementi's piano method with his own students.


Premise: Who conquered Jerusalem from the Turks?

Hypothesis: In the 11th century, the Seljuk Turks took over much of the Middle East, occupying Persia during the 1040s, Armenia in the 1060s, and Jerusalem in 1070.


Premise: Who started trials in August 1936?

Hypothesis: The Baird system was discontinued in February 1937.


Premise: Who performed crucifixion experiments in the 20th century to test theories?

Hypothesis: In the 20th century, forensic pathologist Frederick Zugibe performed a number of crucifixion experiments by using ropes to hang human subjects at various angles and hand positions.


Premise: When did The Norddeutsche Affinerie electroplating plant first begin production?

Hypothesis: The German scientist Gottfried Osann invented powder metallurgy in 1830 while determining the metal's atomic mass; around then it was discovered that the amount and type of alloying element (e.g., tin) to copper would affect bell tones.


Premise: Who led the British during the Battle of the Nile?

Hypothesis: His army had succeeded in a temporary increase of French power in Egypt, though it faced repeated uprisings.


Premise: What is the capital city of Norfolk Island?

Hypothesis: The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia.


Premise: Where is TF1 located?

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


Premise: What German areas were beginning to oppose Prussia?

Hypothesis: Things were looking grim for Prussia now, with the Austrians mobilising to attack Prussian-controlled soil and a French army under Soubise approaching from the west.


Premise: What causes the temperature to decrease?

Hypothesis: The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of temperature, often accompanied by precipitation in the form of snow or rain.


Premise: Who coordinates the deployment of thee Aeromedical Evacuation?

Hypothesis: " Aeromedical evacuation forces can operate as far forward as fixed-wing aircraft are able to conduct airland operations.


Premise: What is the author of the letter assumed to be?

Hypothesis: The letter includes no Christian themes and the author is presumed to be a pagan.


Premise: What country did Cardinal Araujo Sales represent?

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


Premise: How many organisations are estimated to maintain computer systems with effective detection systems?

Hypothesis: The primary obstacle to effective eradication of cyber crime could be traced to excessive reliance on firewalls and other automated "detection" systems.


Premise: When was Yerevan State Medical Institute renamed to Yerevan State Medical University?

Hypothesis: Mkhitar Heratsi was the founder of Armenian Medical school in Cilician Armenia.


Premise: In 1730, what percentage of New York households were slave-holding?

Hypothesis: New York grew in importance as a trading port while under British rule in the early 1700s.


Premise: When was the first American Baptist church established?

Hypothesis: According to a Baptist historian who has researched the matter extensively, "There is much debate over the centuries as to whether the Providence or Newport church deserved the place of 'first' Baptist congregation in America.


Premise: What tragedy did Victoria face in July of 1900?

Hypothesis: By April 1900, the Boer War was so unpopular in mainland Europe that her annual trip to France seemed inadvisable.


Premise: What international exercises does the RCN partake in?

Hypothesis: The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), headed by the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, includes 33 warships and submarines deployed in two fleets: Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) at CFB Esquimalt on the west coast, and Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) at Her Majesty's Canadian Dockyard in Halifax on the east coast, as well as one formation: the Naval Reserve Headquarters (NAVRESHQ) at Quebec City, Quebec.


Premise: Which minerals comprise 40 percent of those in the province?

Hypothesis: Among them, iron and sulfur reserves make up 40 percent of those of Jiangsu province.


Premise: Where did the rebel barons congregate?

Hypothesis: They congregated at Northampton in May and renounced their feudal ties to John, appointing Robert fitz Walter as their military leader.


Premise: Why were peripheral pattern theory and gate control theory left behind?

Hypothesis: Another 20th-century theory was gate control theory, introduced by Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall in the 1965 Science article "Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory".


Premise: What percentage did Patasse win with?

Hypothesis: When a second round of elections were finally held in 1993, again with the help of the international community coordinated by GIBAFOR, Ange-Félix Patassé won in the second round of voting with 53% of the vote while Goumba won 45.6%.


Premise: What month and day did Watson and Bell have a breakthrough?

Hypothesis: With financial support from Sanders and Hubbard, Bell hired Thomas Watson as his assistant,[N 15] and the two of them experimented with acoustic telegraphy.


Premise: What sort of airspace is the DCA designed to protect?

Hypothesis: Defensive Counterair (DCA) is defined as "all the defensive measures designed to detect, identify, intercept, and destroy or negate enemy forces attempting to penetrate or attack through friendly airspace" (JP 1-02).


Premise: What is one important category of building that was recognized during the Romanesque period?

Hypothesis: By the 12th century, Romanesque architecture (termed Norman architecture in England because of its association with the Norman invasion), was established throughout Europe and provided the basic architectural forms and units that were to remain in evolution throughout the Medieval period.


Premise: What was built near Morovic for Tito to use in the event of his recovery?

Hypothesis: During this time Vila Srna was built for his use near Morović in the event of his recovery.


Premise: What sorts of people are more likely to be emotionally expressive?

Hypothesis: Extroverted people are more likely to be social and express their emotions, while introverted people are more likely to be more socially withdrawn and conceal their emotions.


Premise: When was ClarisWorks reincorporated back into Apple?

Hypothesis: In 1987, Apple spun off its software business as Claris.


Premise: Who had a wine cellar at the Palace of Whitehall?

Hypothesis: The entire vaulted brick structure of the cellar was encased in steel and concrete and relocated nine feet to the west and nearly 19 feet (5.8 m) deeper in 1949, when construction was resumed at the site after World War II.


Premise: What company mines salt in Detroit?

Hypothesis: The fourth border crossing is the Detroit–Windsor Truck Ferry, located near the Windsor Salt Mine and Zug Island.


Premise: What natural disaster put an end to the war in Apia harbour?

Hypothesis: A massive storm on 15 March 1889 damaged or destroyed the warships, ending the military conflict.


Premise: Which countries' colonies were given to the Allied powers in 1919?

Hypothesis: Under the terms of the concluding Treaty of Versailles signed in 1919, the empire reached its greatest extent with the addition of 1,800,000 square miles (4,700,000 km2) and 13 million new subjects.


Premise: Who did Von Neumann begin his studies of advanced calculus under?

Hypothesis: Some of von Neumann's instant solutions to the problems in calculus posed by Szegő, sketched out on his father's stationery, are still on display at the von Neumann archive in Budapest.


Premise: How many households were there in Atlantic City?

Hypothesis: There were 15,848 households out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 24.8% were married couples living together, 23.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.1% were non-families.


Premise: What is an example of an emotion that, under psychological construction theory, is not the same from one case to another?

Hypothesis: According to this theory, an emotional episode consists of a set of components, each of which is an ongoing process and none of which is necessary or sufficient for the emotion to be instantiated.


Premise: Why did Rice withdraw?

Hypothesis: On December 15, 2012, several news outlets reported that President Barack Obama would nominate Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, after Susan Rice, widely seen as Obama's preferred choice, withdrew her name from consideration citing a politicized confirmation process following criticism of her response to the 2012 Benghazi attack.


Premise: What kind of bural was at Adaoutse, Bouches-du-Rhône?

Hypothesis: It was mentioned in texts as early as the 8th century BC, and it was used by the ancient Assyrians and Persians.


Premise: What determines the extent to which renewable energy is to be incorporated into a country's generation mix?

Hypothesis: Public policy determines the extent to which renewable energy (RE) is to be incorporated into a developed or developing country's generation mix.


Premise: Who was the Guinness record attributed to?

Hypothesis: An explosion filmed in Morocco holds a Guinness World Record for the "Largest film stunt explosion" in cinematic history, with the record credited to production designer Chris Corbould.


Premise: When was Takeda born?

Hypothesis: and who advocated the "way of the warrior as death".


Premise: Which presidential administration developed Safe Harbor policy?

Hypothesis: The "Safe Harbor" agreement is a voluntary agreement between the private landowner and FWS.


Premise: What is the other name for the street trams?

Hypothesis: Some street trams (streetcars) used conduit third-rail current collection.


Premise: How many Jews were arrested following German orders?

Hypothesis: On 16–17 July 1942, following German orders, the French police and gendarmes arrested 12,884 Jews, including 4,115 children, and confined them during five days at the Vel d'Hiv (Vélodrome d'Hiver), from which they were transported by train to the extermination camp at Auschwitz.


Premise: How many symbols does each gene have?

Hypothesis: Symbols are chosen to be unique, and each gene has only one symbol (although approved symbols sometimes change).


Premise: What type of letters are *ć and *dź?

Hypothesis: Two of the earliest dialectal divisions among Iranian indeed happen to not follow the later division into Western and Eastern blocks.


Premise: How many miles of public beach are located in New York City?

Hypothesis: New York City has over 28,000 acres (110 km2) of municipal parkland and 14 miles (23 km) of public beaches.


Premise: What type of conduct of a party to a treaty can invalidate the consent of another party?

Hypothesis: Consent will also be invalidated if it was induced by the fraudulent conduct of another party, or by the direct or indirect "corruption" of its representative by another party to the treaty.


Premise: How many people attended the service in Lviv?

Hypothesis: On February 26, 1989, between 20,000 and 30,000 people participated in an unsanctioned ecumenical memorial service in Lviv, marking the anniversary of the death of 19th Century Ukrainian artist and nationalist Taras Shevchenko.


Premise: Who announced that SV40 was not associated with cancer?

Hypothesis: It was later determined that SV40 was present as a contaminant in polio vaccine lots that had been administered to 90% of the children in the United States.


Premise: How does Alberta handle NPOs filing for incorporation?

Hypothesis: Other provinces (such as Alberta) permit incorporation as of right, by the filing of Articles of Incorporation or Articles of Association.


Premise: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ceded land to what state?

Hypothesis: By 1918, during the Russian Civil War, several states within the former Russian Empire seceded, reducing the size of the country even more.


Premise: What is the title of Notre Dame's Theodore Hesburgh?

Hypothesis: The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame is dedicated to research, education and outreach on the causes of violent conflict and the conditions for sustainable peace.


Premise: "The Little Horse" is also known as what?

Hypothesis: Secular works of art of this period include the equestrian sculpture of Charles IV of Spain, locally known as El Caballito ("The little horse").


Premise: Which campus is home to the fraternity quads?

Hypothesis: North Campus is home to the fraternity quads, the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and Norris Aquatics Center and other athletic facilities, the Technological Institute, Dearborn Observatory, and other science-related buildings including Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Hall for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly, and the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center.


Premise: When did Attalus III die?

Hypothesis: Further ruin was brought to Greece by the Roman civil wars, which were partly fought in Greece.


Premise: He is still known today as what?

Hypothesis: John XXIII today is affectionately known as the "Good Pope" and in Italian, "il Papa buono".


Premise: What was outstanding about Frederick's victory in the Battle of Liegnitz?

Hypothesis: The end of that year saw Frederick once more victorious, defeating the able Daun in the Battle of Torgau; but he suffered very heavy casualties, and the Austrians retreated in good order.


Premise: When did Bhaktapur receive coverage from the fire department?

Hypothesis: The fire service in the city is also overlooked by an international non-governmental organization, the Firefighters Volunteer Association of Nepal (FAN), which was established in 2000 with the purpose of raising public awareness about fire and improving safety.


Premise: Why did the government refuse to allow the London Underground stations to be used as shelters?

Hypothesis: Although many civilians had used them as such during the First World War, the government in 1939 refused to allow the stations to be used as shelters so as not to interfere with commuter and troop travel, and the fears that occupants might refuse to leave.


Premise: What show did several members of the cast and crew appear on in March 2015?

Hypothesis: In the sketch, they film a behind-the-scenes mockumentary on the filming of Spectre.


Premise: The USB specification states that the required USB icon must be what?

Hypothesis: The specification further states, "The USB Icon is also located adjacent to each receptacle.


Premise: Is child labour a new issue in these Asian countries?

Hypothesis: They suggest that child labour is a serious problem in all five, but it is not a new problem.


Premise: Who was questioned on live TV?

Hypothesis: Just as important was the uncensored live TV coverage of the legislature's deliberations, where people witnessed the previously feared Communist leadership being questioned and held accountable.


Premise: What did Parliament promise to pass as a result of increased pub closures?

Hypothesis: The Lost Pubs Project listed 28,095 closed pubs on 21 April 2015, with photographs of many.


Premise: What tribe covered most of the republic of Macedonia?

Hypothesis: Further inland was the Illyrian Paeonian Kingdom and the tribe of the Agrianes which covers most of the modern republic of Macedonia.


Premise: According to the 2000 United States Census, what percentage of the population of Atlantic City were Hispanic or Latino?

Hypothesis: 24.95% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.


Premise: Where was the Maghribi script most commonly used by Quran copyists?

Hypothesis: Before printing was widely adopted in the 19th century, the Quran was transmitted in manuscripts made by calligraphers and copyists.


Premise: What is the name of the Buddhist doctrine that states that phenomena arise together in a mutually interdependent web of cause and effect?

Hypothesis: It states that phenomena arise together in a mutually interdependent web of cause and effect.


Premise: Why were civic and political leaders worried about Dowdings?

Hypothesis: However, Dowding had spent so much effort preparing day fighter defences, there was little to prevent the Germans carrying out an alternative strategy by bombing at night.


Premise: Santa Monica plans on water independence by what year?

Hypothesis: The groundwater supply in turn plays an important role in the city's Sustainable Water Master Plan, whereby Santa Monica has set a goal of attaining 100% water independence by 2020.


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

Hypothesis: During the beginning of the 20th century, migrants from the Bahamas and African-Americans constituted 40 percent of the city's population.


Premise: What type of hazard is noxious chemicals?

Hypothesis: Clothing protects against many things that might injure the uncovered human body.


Premise: In degrees Fahrenheit, what was the highest temperature achieved in Plymouth between 1971 and 2000?

Hypothesis: Typically, the warmest day of the year (1971–2000) will achieve a temperature of 26.6 °C (80 °F), although in June 1976 the temperature reached 31.6 °C (89 °F), the site record.


Premise: What sort of current is induced when the capacitance of a capacitor is altered?

Hypothesis: In the reverse microphonic effect, the varying electric field between the capacitor plates exerts a physical force, moving them as a speaker.


Premise: What did critics believe about The Sun and Lord Kilbracken's ideas on AIDS?

Hypothesis: Lord Kilbracken himself criticised The Sun's editorial and the headline of its news story; he stated that while he thought that gay people were more at risk of developing AIDS it was still wrong to imply that no one else could catch the disease.


Premise: Greece's climate is mainly of what type?

Hypothesis: The climate of Greece is primarily Mediterranean, featuring mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers.


Premise: What units are the bulb sizes measured in?

Hypothesis: Incandescent light bulbs come in a range of shapes and sizes.


Premise: Who scaled back some reforms from Yeltsin?

Hypothesis: It was liberalized in the aftermath of the Soviet Union, with the reforms under Boris Yeltsin preserving much of the Soviet structure while applying increasingly liberal reforms to the governance of the constituent republics and subjects (while also coming into conflict with Chechen secessionist rebels during the Chechen War).


Premise: What did Newton's philosophy do when applied to life,

Hypothesis: Applied to public life, this approach yielded several successful campaigns for changes in social policy.


Premise: When did Orlam clans settle in Namibia?

Hypothesis: The dry lands of Namibia were inhabited since early times by San, Damara, Nama and, since about the 14th century AD, by immigrating Bantu who came with the Bantu expansion from central Africa.


Premise: The phrase modern originated form what?

Hypothesis: The term "modern" was coined in the 16th century to indicate present or recent times (ultimately derived from the Latin adverb modo, meaning "just now).


Premise: Who devised the Weston film speed ratings?

Hypothesis: Before the advent of the ASA system, the system of Weston film speed ratings was introduced by Edward Faraday Weston (1878–1971) and his father Dr. Edward Weston (1850–1936), a British-born electrical engineer, industrialist and founder of the US-based Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation, with the Weston model 617, one of the earliest photo-electric exposure meters, in August 1932.


Premise: When did the Tacoma-Seattle rail service end?

Hypothesis: Tacoma–Seattle railway service ended in 1929 and the Everett–Seattle service came to an end in 1939, replaced by inexpensive automobiles running on the recently developed highway system.


Premise: By the 18th century which languages was Vasaris book translated in?

Hypothesis: The notion of style in the arts was not developed until the 16th century, with the writing of Vasari: by the 18th century, his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects had been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and English.


Premise: On what day of the week will travel remain unrestricted by New Delhi's alternate day driving scheme?

Hypothesis: The restriction will be in force between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and traffic will not be restricted on Sundays.


Premise: British involvement in European matters in the late 19th century was considered what?

Hypothesis: Although Great Britain remained the dominant world power, British involvement in European affairs during the late 19th century was very limited, allowing Germany to exercise great influence over the European mainland.[citation needed]


Premise: With what educational facility is KEXP-FM aligned?

Hypothesis: (affiliated with Bellevue College), and high school radio KNHC-FM 89.5, which broadcasts an electronic dance music radio format and is owned by the public school system and operated by students of Nathan Hale High School.


Premise: Where did the Austronesian people settle down in Indonesia?

Hypothesis: They arrived in Indonesia around 2000 BC,and as they spread through the archipelago, they often settled along coastal areas and confined indigenous peoples such as Negritos of the Philippines or Papuans of New Guinea to inland regions.


Premise: Which edict freed slaves across most of the Confederacy, but technically not Tennessee?

Hypothesis: Thus, Tennessee was not among the states enumerated in the Proclamation, and the Proclamation did not free any slaves there.


Premise: What's on the other side of the Hudson from the Bronx?

Hypothesis: The Hudson River separates the Bronx on the west from Alpine, Tenafly and Englewood Cliffs in Bergen County, New Jersey; the Harlem River separates it from the island of Manhattan to the southwest; the East River separates it from Queens to the southeast; and to the east, Long Island Sound separates it from Nassau County in western Long Island.


Premise: Who stripped the previous record?

Hypothesis: Also, ODB's kayfabe husband and tag team partner Eric Young held the Knockouts Tag Team Championship for a record 478 days before it was stripped by Brooke Hogan because Young was a male.


Premise: Who did The Sun say was in favor of British withdrawal from the European Union?

Hypothesis: Clegg denied that the Queen made such a statement, and a Buckingham Palace spokesperson confirmed that a complaint had been made to the Independent Press Standards Organisation over a breach of guidelines relating to accuracy.


Premise: Ananda was called upon to recite what?

Hypothesis: Ānanda, the Buddha's personal attendant, was called upon to recite the dhamma.


Premise: According to Popper, a theory is scientific only is it is susceptible to what?

Hypothesis: This realisation had an important consequence when Popper later tackled the problem of demarcation in the philosophy of science, as it led him to posit that the strength of a scientific theory lies in its both being susceptible to falsification, and not actually being falsified by criticism made of it.


Premise: Who said that the Marshalls are the most endangered nation in the world?

Hypothesis: According to the president of Nauru, the Marshall Islands are the most endangered nation in the world due to flooding from climate change.


Premise: Which case concerning White and Hispanic firefighters was heard by the Supreme Court in 2009?

Hypothesis: Ricci v. DeStefano was heard by the United States Supreme Court in 2009.


Premise: When did the division of cyborg anthropology originate?

Hypothesis: Donna Haraway's 1985 Cyborg Manifesto could be considered the founding document of cyborg anthropology by first exploring the philosophical and sociological ramifications of the term.


Premise: What is the term used for birds that employ many strategies to obtain food?

Hypothesis: Those species that seek pest insects are considered beneficial 'biological control agents' and their presence encouraged in biological pest control programs.


Premise: What happens to a treaty that was designed to terminate under certain conditions when those conditions are actually met?

Hypothesis: Other treaties may self-terminate if the treaty is meant to exist only under certain conditions.[citation needed]


Premise: How many bathrooms does the palace have?

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


Premise: The restriction of what enzyme allows broad-spectrum herbicides to kill plants?

Hypothesis: Nicosulfuron, triflusulfuron methyl, and chlorsulfuron are broad-spectrum herbicides that kill plants by inhibiting the enzyme acetolactate synthase.


Premise: What was Detroit's murder rate in 2014?

Hypothesis: Although the murder rate increased by 6% during the first half of 2015, it was surpassed by St Louis and Baltimore which saw much greater spikes in violence.


Premise: Chinese children have been known to make electronics, toys and what else?

Hypothesis: The report listed electronics, garments, toys and coal among other goods.


Premise: Who's photographs accompanied William Howard Russell documentation?

Hypothesis: When the British laid an underwater cable to the Crimean peninsula in April 1855, news reached London in a few hours.


Premise: What state operates the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library?

Hypothesis: Libraries and museums have been established for other presidents, but they are not part of the NARA presidential library system, and are operated by private foundations, historical societies, or state governments, including the Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson and Calvin Coolidge libraries.


Premise: Why did Victoria visit Ireland in 1861?

Hypothesis: Instead, the Queen went to Ireland for the first time since 1861, in part to acknowledge the contribution of Irish regiments to the South African war.


Premise: What beginnings rose from the dead ashes of post-punk?

Hypothesis: Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alternative rock and house music.


Premise: What did James believe emotion was synonymous with?

Hypothesis: James further claims that "we feel sad because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble, and neither we cry, strike, nor tremble because we are sorry, angry, or fearful, as the case may be."


Premise: What radical MP did Victoria object to being appointed to the cabinet by Gladstone?

Hypothesis: His government was weak, and the following year Lord Salisbury replaced him.


Premise: What battle took place in the San Pasqual Valley?

Hypothesis: In the ensuing Battle of San Pasqual, fought in the San Pasqual Valley which is now part of the city of San Diego, the Americans suffered their worst losses in the campaign.


Premise: What did the emperor risk if he did not accept the decisions of the court conference?

Hypothesis: However, state organs with competing interests and institutions such as the court conference (tingyi 廷議)—where ministers were convened to reach majority consensus on an issue—pressured the emperor to accept the advice of his ministers on policy decisions.


Premise: How is the genetic code read?

Hypothesis: During and after synthesis, most new proteins must folds to their active three-dimensional structure before they can carry out their cellular functions.:3


Premise: What ICC prosector claimed that Gaddafi had ordered soldiers to rape opposition women?

Hypothesis: After the civil war, Luis Moreno Ocampo, prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, said there was evidence that Gaddafi told soldiers to rape women who had spoken out against his regime.


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

Hypothesis: Trans fats are very rare in nature, and have been shown to be highly detrimental to human health, but have properties useful in the food processing industry, such as rancidity resistance.[citation needed]


Premise: What did the US begin building in 1941?

Hypothesis: Construction began in 1941 of two airbases consisting of 5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi) of land, largely reclaimed from the sea.


Premise: The officials in Mexico reduced the price of what food from six cents to two cents per pound?

Hypothesis: At the same time the states of Durango and Coahuila had a military confrontation over territorial claims and water rights; this altercation between the state required additional federal troops to stabilize the area.


Premise: What is another term for anti-aircraft warfare?

Hypothesis: NATO refers to airborne air defence as counter-air and naval air defence as anti-aircraft warfare.


Premise: What is thermal mass?

Hypothesis: Thermal mass is any material that can be used to store heat—heat from the Sun in the case of solar energy.


Premise: What is one of the types of Authorized Badges in the USAF?

Hypothesis: In addition to basic uniform clothing, various badges are used by the USAF to indicate a billet assignment or qualification-level for a given assignment.


Premise: What do EMALS enable the launching of?

Hypothesis: General Atomics, the developer of the EMALS, was cleared by the US government to give a technical demonstration to Indian Navy officers, who were impressed by the new capabilities of the system.


Premise: Which entity runs the Bronx's public noncharter schools?

Hypothesis: The New York City Department of Education manages public noncharter schools in the borough.


Premise: William Cullen and Joseph Black shared what two occupations?

Hypothesis: The focus of the Scottish Enlightenment ranged from intellectual and economic matters to the specifically scientific as in the work of William Cullen, physician and chemist; James Anderson, an agronomist; Joseph Black, physicist and chemist; and James Hutton, the first modern geologist.


Premise: What format besides H.264 was playable with HTML5?

Hypothesis: The YouTube site had a page that allowed supported browsers to opt into the HTML5 trial.


Premise: How soon after the earthquake was Premier Wen Jiabao on his way to the area?

Hypothesis: However, due to the rough terrain and close proximity of the quake's epicenter, the soldiers found it very difficult to get help to the rural regions of the province.


Premise: Anti-infective drugs became more prominent after what war?

Hypothesis: Compared to arsphenamine, the sulfonamides had a broader spectrum of activity and were far less toxic, rendering them useful for infections caused by pathogens such as streptococci.


Premise: Who was responsible for the construction of Kasthamandap temple?

Hypothesis: According to legend, all the timber used to build the pagoda was obtained from a single tree.


Premise: How many members are on each of these two teams?

Hypothesis: This arrangement has however sparked several controversies.


Premise: Who has shown support for ambitious renewable energy goals?

Hypothesis: In 2010, Eurobarometer polled the twenty-seven EU member states about the target "to increase the share of renewable energy in the EU by 20 percent by 2020".


Premise: In 1844 how many Aborigines resident in squalid camps in Melbourne?

Hypothesis: By January 1844, there were said to be 675 Aborigines resident in squalid camps in Melbourne.


Premise: In addition to providing for the needs of travelers what was another typical use for an inn?

Hypothesis: In addition to providing for the needs of travellers, inns traditionally acted as community gathering places.


Premise: Firms such as Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca have settled claims under what act?

Hypothesis: One involved Eli Lilly's antipsychotic Zyprexa, and the other involved Bextra.


Premise: Who imposed the Treaty of Lhasa?

Hypothesis: In 1904, a British expedition to Tibet, spurred in part by a fear that Russia was extending its power into Tibet as part of The Great Game, invaded the country, hoping that negotiations with the 13th Dalai Lama would be more effective than with Chinese representatives.


Premise: What other word changes can occur in derivations?

Hypothesis: Many times, several affixes are appended to a preexisting lexeme, and some sound alternations can occur, for example elèctric [əˈlɛktrik] ("electrical") vs. electricitat [ələktrisiˈtat].


Premise: How is Japanese wrestling similar to American?

Hypothesis: Despite the similarity to its American counterpart in that the outcome of the matches remains predetermined, the phenomena are different in the form of the psychology and presentation of the sport; it is treated as a full contact combat sport as it mixes hard hitting martial arts strikes with shoot style submission holds, while in the U.S. it is rather more regarded as an entertainment show.


Premise: What caused early aircraft carriers to be made up of conversions of ships that were previously cargo ships, cruisers or battlecruisers?

Hypothesis: During World War II, these ships would become known as fleet carriers.[citation needed]


Premise: What year did forbes list Oklahoma city as "recession proof".

Hypothesis: In 2008, Forbes magazine named Oklahoma City the most "recession proof city in America".


Premise: What year was the Telecommunications Tower constructed?

Hypothesis: Since the 1990s the city has undergone rapid economic development and modernization, including two of Uruguay's most important buildings—the World Trade Center Montevideo (1998), and Telecommunications Tower (2000), the headquarters of Uruguay's government-owned telecommunications company ANTEL, increasing the city's integration into the global marketplace.


Premise: When did scientists begin searching for a more defined guideline for textual criticism?

Hypothesis: Starting in the 19th century, scholars sought more rigorous methods to guide editorial judgment.


Premise: How much gold in grams was one dollar equivalent to?

Hypothesis: The Gold Standard Act of 1900 abandoned the bimetallic standard and defined the dollar as 23.22 grains (1.505 g) of gold, equivalent to setting the price of 1 troy ounce of gold at $20.67.


Premise: What is the largest makhtesh in the world?

Hypothesis: A report on the environmental status of the Mediterranean basin states that Israel has the largest number of plant species per square meter of all the countries in the basin.


Premise: What is the function of an Alaskan recording district?

Hypothesis: A recording district is a mechanism for administration of the public record in Alaska.


Premise: Whose independent label became a hub for the industrial scene?

Hypothesis: Throbbing Gristle's independent label Industrial Records would become a hub for this scene and provide it with its namesake.


Premise: When was 4 released?

Hypothesis: Her fourth studio album 4 was released on June 28, 2011 in the US.


Premise: Where was the UAOC protest held?

Hypothesis: On October 25–28, 1990, Rukh held its second congress and declared that its principal goal was the "renewal of independent statehood for Ukraine".


Premise: Where did Queen host a free concert in 1976?

Hypothesis: A concert organised by the entrepreneur Richard Branson, it set an attendance record with 150,000 people confirmed in the audience.


Premise: New Brunswick was split off from which province?

Hypothesis: The Constitutional Act of 1791 created the provinces of Upper Canada (mainly English-speaking) and Lower Canada (mainly French-speaking) to defuse tensions between the French and British communities, and implemented governmental systems similar to those employed in Britain, with the intention of asserting imperial authority and not allowing the sort of popular control of government that was perceived to have led to the American Revolution.


Premise: What is the "Roaring Twenties" ?

Hypothesis: In North America, especially the first half of this period, people experienced considerable prosperity in the Roaring Twenties.


Premise: When were the Byzantines expelled?

Hypothesis: A few centuries later, coinciding with the first waves of the invading Germanic peoples (Suevi, Vandals and Alans, and later the Visigoths) and the power vacuum left by the demise of the Roman imperial administration, the church assumed the reins of power in the city and replaced the old Roman temples with religious buildings.


Premise: What genre did the music of Billy Ocean belong to?

Hypothesis: No song spent more than six weeks at #1 on this chart during the 1980s, with nine songs accomplishing that feat.


Premise: How man pins did the pre-Lightning dock connecter use?

Hypothesis: The new connector replaces the older 30-pin dock connector used by older iPods, iPhones, and iPads.


Premise: What year did UK polytechnics start functioning in a binary education system?

Hypothesis: Britain's first Polytechnic, the Royal Polytechnic Institution later known as the Polytechnic of Central London (now the University of Westminster) was established in 1838 at Regent Street in London and its goal was to educate and popularize engineering and scientific knowledge and inventions in Victorian Britain "at little expense."


Premise: What type of chemical attachment connects ions to the network?

Hypothesis: The network formers (silicon, boron, germanium) form a highly cross-linked network of chemical bonds.


Premise: What do reception statutes state is the law of the state?

Hypothesis: First, all U.S. states except Louisiana have enacted "reception statutes" which generally state that the common law of England (particularly judge-made law) is the law of the state to the extent that it is not repugnant to domestic law or indigenous conditions.


Premise: what usually has a larger network, the ISP of the customer or the upstream ISP?

Hypothesis: An upstream ISP usually has a larger network than the contracting ISP or is able to provide the contracting ISP with access to parts of the Internet the contracting ISP by itself has no access to.


Premise: Who was Barcelona's first full time coach?

Hypothesis: The latter became the club's first full-time coach in 1917.


Premise: What is one of the thermochemical processes that has been explored besides electrolysis?

Hypothesis: Aside from electrolysis driven by photovoltaic or photochemical cells, several thermochemical processes have also been explored.


Premise: What year did Elizabeth Longford write a biography of Victoria?

Hypothesis: Biographies of Victoria written before much of the primary material became available, such as Lytton Strachey's Queen Victoria of 1921, are now considered out of date.


Premise: What military unit was charged with intercepting Napoleon?

Hypothesis: Napoleon approached the regiment alone, dismounted his horse and, when he was within gunshot range, shouted to the soldiers, "Here I am.


Premise: What is it called when a public test continues indefinitely?

Hypothesis: The software is released to groups of people so that further testing can ensure the product has few faults or bugs.


Premise: In what year did Gabe Newell call the PS3 "a total disaster"?

Hypothesis: In 2007, Gabe Newell of Valve said "The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think it's really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted".


Premise: How many albums does Kanye have on the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list?

Hypothesis: West is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 32 million albums and 100 million digital downloads worldwide.


Premise: Which title is CBC's flagship newscast?

Hypothesis: This second airing was later replaced with other programming, and as of the 2012-13 television season, was replaced on CBC's major market stations by a half-hour late newscast.


Premise: What practices should have been adjusted by governments to address 21st-century financial markets?

Hypothesis: The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission concluded that the financial crisis was avoidable and was caused by "widespread failures in financial regulation and supervision", "dramatic failures of corporate governance and risk management at many systemically important financial institutions", "a combination of excessive borrowing, risky investments, and lack of transparency" by financial institutions, ill preparation and inconsistent action by government that "added to the uncertainty and panic", a "systemic breakdown in accountability and ethics", "collapsing mortgage-lending standards and the mortgage securitization pipeline", deregulation of over-the-counter derivatives, especially credit default swaps, and "the failures of credit rating agencies" to correctly price risk.


Premise: What is a first person singular  feature of the Balearic standard?

Hypothesis: Another feature of the Balearic standard is the non-ending in the 1st person singular present indicative: jo compr ('I buy'), jo tem ('I fear'), jo dorm


Premise: what region was made available to english traders by  the Mughal emperor?

Hypothesis: In 1634, the Mughal emperor extended his hospitality to the English traders to the region of Bengal, and in 1717 completely waived customs duties for the trade.


Premise: Movement For democracy in Liberia requested the extradition of whom"

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


Premise: Who is Northwestern's faculty member notable for being a Holocaust denier?

Hypothesis: The university employs 3,401 full-time faculty members across its eleven schools, including 18 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 65 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 19 members of the National Academy of Engineering, and 6 members of the Institute of Medicine.


Premise: What does "A/D" stand for?

Hypothesis: This is referred to as analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion.


Premise: Who helped to further the movement away from Scholasticism of the time?

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


Premise: The period of time from 1200 to 1000 BCE is known as what?

Hypothesis: In the Iron Age


Premise: What company did the early Laserdisc researchers later found?

Hypothesis: Several of the scientists responsible for the early research (Richard Wilkinson, Ray Dakin and John Winslow) founded Optical Disc Corporation (now ODC Nimbus).


Premise: Where are 18th century "leaving portraits" kept at Eton?

Hypothesis: His name is borne by the big gate-house in the west range of the cloisters, fronting School Yard, perhaps the most famous image of the school.


Premise: What did Spielberg do with 'Schindler's List' profits?

Hypothesis: Spielberg's next film, Schindler's List, was based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a man who risked his life to save 1,100 Jews from the Holocaust.


Premise: What category of items often constructed from wood does a chair belong to?

Hypothesis: People have used wood for millennia for many purposes, primarily as a fuel or as a construction material for making houses, tools, weapons, furniture, packaging, artworks, and paper.


Premise: After the fifth quark was discovered, Feynman said what had to also exist?

Hypothesis: In the mid-1960s, physicists believed that quarks were just a bookkeeping device for symmetry numbers, not real particles, as the statistics of the Omega-minus particle, if it were interpreted as three identical strange quarks bound together, seemed impossible if quarks were real.


Premise: What is worshipped during Tibet's various festibals?

Hypothesis: Preparations for the festive event are manifested by special offerings to family shrine deities, painted doors with religious symbols, and other painstaking jobs done to prepare for the event.


Premise: Buddhist concept of dependent origination has been compared to what modern thought?

Hypothesis: For example, Buddhism's emphasis on the Middle way not only provides a unique guideline for ethics but has also allowed Buddhism to peacefully coexist with various differing beliefs, customs and institutions in countries where it has resided throughout its history.


Premise: How many Attributes of Mercy are in Judaism?

Hypothesis: The assignment of these attributes often differs according to the conceptions of God in the culture from which they arise.


Premise: When did the government compensate the British by moving the cemetery to Buceo?

Hypothesis: However, in 1884 the government compensated the British by moving the cemetery to Buceo to accommodate city growth.


Premise: How can a hysteresis synchronous motor's rotor be described?

Hypothesis: Finally, hysteresis synchronous motors typically are (essentially) two-phase motors with a phase-shifting capacitor for one phase.


Premise: In what century were the operating hours of drinking establishments first limited?

Hypothesis: However licensing was gradually liberalised after the 1960s, until contested licensing applications became very rare, and the remaining administrative function was transferred to Local Authorities in 2005.


Premise: Animal phyla that are recognized for their lack of bilateral symmetry are thought to have come from where?

Hypothesis: They lack the complex organization found in most other phyla.


Premise: When was Woodhaven road built?

Hypothesis: U.S. 30, extending east-west from West Philadelphia to Lancaster, is known as Lancaster Avenue throughout most of the city and through the adjacent Main Line suburbs.


Premise: How much ad revenue goes to the original uploader of the youtube video if they're in the partner program?

Hypothesis: In May 2007, YouTube launched its Partner Program, a system based on AdSense which allows the uploader of the video to share the revenue produced by advertising on the site.


Premise: With several certifications out there that can be aquired, what is the one trait they all share?

Hypothesis: No certification now offered actually requires the applicant to show their ability to test software.


Premise: What are the two Latin equivalents of the Greek term "Theokotos?"

Hypothesis: The equivalent phrase "Mater Dei" (Mother of God) is more common in Latin and so also in the other languages used in the Western Catholic Church, but this same phrase in Greek (Μήτηρ Θεοῦ), in the abbreviated form of the first and last letter of the two words (ΜΡ ΘΥ), is the indication attached to her image in Byzantine icons.


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

Hypothesis: In recent years, due to increased interest in Tibetan Buddhism, tourism has become an increasingly important sector, and is actively promoted by the authorities.


Premise: Did he think that the people that had exiled him were true believers?

Hypothesis: This letter shows clearly his stand that accepting Jesus is the Divine Son of God is not optional but necessary; "I know moreover that not only this thing saddens you, but also the fact that while others have obtained the churches by violence, you are meanwhile cast out from your places.


Premise: The windward side of St. Barts is popular for what type of activity?

Hypothesis: The windward beaches are popular for windsurfing.


Premise: What is the most common cause for software failure?

Hypothesis: A common cause of software failure (real or perceived) is a lack of its compatibility with other application software, operating systems (or operating system versions, old or new), or target environments that differ greatly from the original (such as a terminal or GUI application intended to be run on the desktop now being required to become a web application, which must render in a web browser).


Premise: Who replaced Jim Schneider as Dell CFO?

Hypothesis: While chairman of the board after relinquishing his CEO position, Michael Dell still had significant input in the company during Rollins' years as CEO.


Premise: Is it believed that they truly are responsible in full for the collapse ?

Hypothesis: Traditionally, historians have believed that the Dorian invasion caused the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization, but it is likely the main attack was made by seafaring raiders (sea peoples) who sailed into the eastern Mediterranean around 1180 BC.


Premise: How big were the tesserae in the Komnenian period miniature mosaic icons?

Hypothesis: A striking technical innovation of the Komnenian period was the production of very precious, miniature mosaic icons.


Premise: How many pages are printed by the average office worker in the US each day?

Hypothesis: The average office worker in the US prints 31 pages every day.


Premise: What value does Deloitte place on Arsenal?

Hypothesis: They put Arsenal's footballing revenue at £331.3m (€435.5m), ranking Arsenal seventh among world football clubs.