Premise: why did King James I licence other trading companies from england?

Hypothesis: The high profits reported by the company after landing in India initially prompted King James I to grant subsidiary licences to other trading companies in England.


Premise: Which network is the main live broadcaster of Premier League in Australia?

Hypothesis: In Australia, Fox Sports broadcasts almost all of the season's 380 matches live, and Foxtel gives subscribers the option of selecting which Saturday 3pm match to watch.


Premise: Who wanted to put mysticism into the Dominican Order?

Hypothesis: Although Albertus Magnus did much to instill mysticism in the Order of Preachers, it is a concept that reaches back to the Hebrew Bible.


Premise: How many Ukrainians speak Russian natively as of 2004?

Hypothesis: According to estimates from Demoskop Weekly, in 2004 there were 14,400,000 native speakers of Russian in the country, and 29 million active speakers.


Premise: How far away from the line of scrimmage must Canadian football defenders be?

Hypothesis: In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rather than 11; the field is roughly 10 yards wider, and 10 yards longer between end-zones that are themselves 10 yards deeper; and a team has only three downs to gain 10 yards, which results in less offensive rushing than in the American game.


Premise: Why couldn't Eisenhower attend Annapolis?

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


Premise: What led to the Bronx's population growth?

Hypothesis: The Jewish population also increased notably during this time.


Premise: In what year did American air attacks on the Marshalls begin?

Hypothesis: U.S. attacks started in mid-1943, and caused half the Japanese garrison of 5,100 people in the atoll Mili to die from hunger by August 1945.


Premise: What remains unchanged in both the cases of the spaceship crew and of the stationary observer?

Hypothesis: This is reconciled by the fact that the crew's perception of time is different from the stationary observer's; what seems like seconds to the crew might be hundreds of years to the stationary observer.


Premise: How long does Everton FC have to pay back £30 million they borrowed from Bear Stearns and Prudential?

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: How soon after planes crashed into them did the WTC towers collapse?

Hypothesis: no passenger and crew actually suspected that they would use the airliners as suicide weapons since it had never happened before in history.


Premise: Where is Somtal network located?

Hypothesis: The cooperative deal will see the firms establish the Somali Telecommunication Company (STC), which will allow their mobile clients to communicate across the three networks.


Premise: On what dates did Seattle experience a snow event of 6 feet?

Hypothesis: The largest documented snowstorm occurred from January 5–9, 1880, with snow drifting to 6 feet (1.8 m) in places at the end of the snow event.


Premise: How much did 'Saving Private Ryan' earn?

Hypothesis: The film was a huge box office success, grossing over $481 million worldwide and was the biggest film of the year at the North American box office (worldwide it made second place after Michael Bay's Armageddon).


Premise: Who built the Marais-quarter Agodudas Hakehilos Synagogue?

Hypothesis: A large migration of North Africa Sephardic Jews settled Paris in the 1960s, and represent most of the Paris Jewish community today.


Premise: When was the Battle of the Coral Sea fought?

Hypothesis: The resulting Battle of the Coral Sea, fought in May 1942, was the first naval battle in which ships involved never sighted each other and only aircraft were used to attack opposing forces.


Premise: How many components does the Belgian political landscape include?

Hypothesis: This specific dual form of federalism, with the special position of Brussels, consequently has a number of political issues—even minor ones—that are being fought out over the Dutch/French-language political division.


Premise: Three Asian countries see dogs as what?

Hypothesis: In Asian countries such as China, Korea, and Japan, dogs are viewed as kind protectors.


Premise: How wide is Swaziland in miles??

Hypothesis: At no more than 200 kilometres (120 mi) north to south and 130 kilometres (81 mi) east to west, Swaziland is one of the smallest countries in Africa.


Premise: What act was signed in 1934?

Hypothesis: On 16 March 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, which requires an annual stamp purchase by all hunters over the age of sixteen.


Premise: What Roman battle took place in the year 446 BC?

Hypothesis: Rome defeated Latin cities in the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 BC, the Battle of Mons Algidus in 458 BC, the Battle of Corbione in 446 BC, the Battle of Aricia, and especially the Battle of the Cremera in 477 BC wherein it fought against the most important Etruscan city of Veii.


Premise: What notable football player played at Notre Dame from 1916 to 1920?

Hypothesis: George Gipp was the school's legendary football player during 1916–20.


Premise: When was the Siku Quanshu finished?

Hypothesis: Court painters made new versions of the Song masterpiece, Zhang Zeduan's Along the River During the Qingming Festival whose depiction of a prosperous and happy realm demonstrated the beneficence of the emperor.


Premise: When did Tito leave India?

Hypothesis: Tito visited India from December 22, 1954 through January 8, 1955.


Premise: What settlement featured equal sized homes with little evidence of capital?

Hypothesis: The domestication of large animals (c. 8000 BC) resulted in a dramatic increase in social inequality in most of the areas where it occurred; New Guinea being a notable exception.


Premise: People selected dogs they wanted based on what two things?

Hypothesis: It is common for most breeds to shed this coat.


Premise: Who convinced Sun Quan to make Nanjing his capital?

Hypothesis: Sun Quan relocated his capital to Nanjing after Liu Bei's suggestion as Liu Bei was impressed by Nanjing's impeccable geographic position when negotiating an alliance with Sun Quan.


Premise: In what year did Egypt get a new constitution?

Hypothesis: In January 1956, the new Constitution of Egypt was drafted, entailing the establishment of a single-party system under the National Union (NU), a movement Nasser described as the "cadre through which we will realize our revolution".


Premise: Who developed the concept of a German Nation?

Hypothesis: The concept of a German nation was developed by German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder.


Premise: Who declared the Partnership Action Plan against Terrorism?

Hypothesis: In the following months, NATO took a wide range of measures to respond to the threat of terrorism.


Premise: What trend led to parts of the world developing their own local Neolithic cultures?

Hypothesis: In other parts of the world, such as Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia, independent domestication events led to their own regionally distinctive Neolithic cultures that arose completely independent of those in Europe and Southwest Asia.


Premise: Who commissioned the Joe Luis memorial?

Hypothesis: The sculpture, commissioned by Sports Illustrated and executed by Robert Graham, is a 24-foot (7.3 m) long arm with a fisted hand suspended by a pyramidal framework.


Premise: Hunt was a significant contributor to what?

Hypothesis: Even as animal domestication became relatively widespread and after the development of agriculture, hunting was usually a significant contributor to the human food supply.


Premise: On what date did Queen's May and Taylor appear on UK X-factor?

Hypothesis: Taylor and May again appeared on the American Idol season 8 finale in May 2009, performing "We Are the Champions" with finalists Adam Lambert and Kris Allen.


Premise: What Hong Kong university was created in 1991?

Hypothesis: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a university with a focus in applied science, engineering and business, was founded in 1991.


Premise: What is the name of Portugal's central bank?

Hypothesis: The Portuguese currency is the euro (€), which replaced the Portuguese Escudo, and the country was one of the original member states of the eurozone.


Premise: Why was insulin therapy delayed?

Hypothesis: Prior to the discovery and widespread availability of insulin therapy the life expectancy of diabetics was only a few months.


Premise: The Warsaw Chopin Society holds the Grand prix du disque de F. Chopin how often?

Hypothesis: On the occasion of the composer's bicentenary, the critics of The New York Times recommended performances by the following contemporary pianists (among many others): Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Emanuel Ax, Evgeny Kissin, Murray Perahia, Maurizio Pollini and Krystian Zimerman.


Premise: What two agencies had a lack of co-operation?

Hypothesis: The book suggested that the FBI has not evolved into an effective counter-terrorism or counter-intelligence agency, due in large part to deeply ingrained agency cultural resistance to change.


Premise: What cities may have influenced the beliefs of Gemistus Pleto?

Hypothesis: In the high Renaissance, in fact, there was a hope that more direct knowledge of the wisdom of antiquity, including the writings of the Church fathers, the earliest known Greek texts of the Christian Gospels, and in some cases even the Jewish Kabbalah, would initiate a harmonious new era of universal agreement.


Premise: In Israel, the term Ashkenazi is now used in what manner?

Hypothesis: In Israel, the term Ashkenazi is now used in a manner unrelated to its original meaning, often applied to all Jews who settled in Europe and sometimes including those whose ethnic background is actually Sephardic.


Premise: Without what could morale collapse occur according to Arthur Harris?

Hypothesis: However, he did not believe that the morale-collapse could occur without the destruction of the German economy.


Premise: What has Jared Diamond blamed the decline of gatherers on?

Hypothesis: In North and South America, for example, most large mammal species had gone extinct by the end of the Pleistocene—according to Diamond, because of overexploitation by humans, although the overkill hypothesis he advocates is strongly contested.[by whom?]


Premise: What can come in a wide variety of styles for various functions?

Hypothesis: Some are very plain and functional, while some are pieces of art in themselves.


Premise: The second feature of Coordinative definition involves what?

Hypothesis: The second feature deals with separated objects.


Premise: What are middle powers?

Hypothesis: The term middle power has emerged for those nations which exercise a degree of global influence, but are insufficient to be decisive on international affairs.


Premise: What album made her a worldwide known artist?

Hypothesis: Managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time.


Premise: How long have Christians made up nearly 1/3rd of the population?

Hypothesis: Christians have composed about 33 percent of the world's population for around 100 years.


Premise: What were two other locations people began to fly to instead of going to Atlantic City?

Hypothesis: The car allowed them to come and go as they pleased, and many people would spend only a few days, rather than weeks.


Premise: What entities are working together to promote the FEELS model?

Hypothesis: It is used for understanding and evaluating educational curriculum under the assumption that the purpose of education is to "help a person become whole.


Premise: What is the annual budget of Notre Dame's LaFortune Center?

Hypothesis: Commonly known as "LaFortune" or "LaFun," it is a 4-story building of 83,000 square feet that provides the Notre Dame community with a meeting place for social, recreational, cultural, and educational activities.


Premise: Where are the Neolithic graveyards?

Hypothesis: Medicine: Findings from Neolithic graveyards in what is now


Premise: During which years did the Synod have power to enact measures?

Hypothesis: Between 1979 and 1993, the Synod had similar powers, but limited to the extension to the Isle of Man of measures of the General Synod.


Premise: Who is the stylist and jewellery designer that created Madonna's look?

Hypothesis: Created by stylist and jewelry designer Maripol, the look consisted of lace tops, skirts over capri pants, fishnet stockings, jewelry bearing the crucifix, bracelets, and bleached hair.


Premise: When did a mass migration of the community that  previously held a persuasive authority on the Burmese population start?

Hypothesis: Mon, who form 2% of the population, are ethno-linguistically related to the Khmer.


Premise: What is the economy of Tibet dominated by?

Hypothesis: Tibetan Buddhism is a primary influence on the art, music, and festivals of the region.


Premise: Who serves as the representative of the Director of National Intelligence?

Hypothesis: Unlike the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which has no law enforcement authority and is focused on intelligence collection overseas, FBI is primarily a domestic agency, maintaining 56 field offices in major cities throughout the United States, and more than 400 resident agencies in lesser cities and areas across the nation.


Premise: All four men were convicted and received what as punishment?

Hypothesis: Nowadays, the day is a national holiday in order to remember the tragic events and the people that were killed.[unreliable source?]


Premise: What was put in the temple of Vesta?

Hypothesis: He offered daily cult to his lares and penates, and to his di parentes/divi parentes at his domestic shrines and in the fires of the household hearth.


Premise: The shrine of San Vittore in ciel d'oro had mosaics from which century?

Hypothesis: The surviving apse mosaic of the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, which shows Christ enthroned between Saint Gervasius and Saint Protasius and angels before a golden background date back to the 5th and to the 8th century, although it was restored many times later.


Premise: How many people were wounded in the cases where FBI shooting was not justified?

Hypothesis: In the same time period, the FBI wounded 150 people, 70 of whom died; the FBI found all 150 shootings to be justified.


Premise: What must an infectious agent only be identified in to satisfy the first of Koch's postulates?

Hypothesis: One way of proving that a given disease is "infectious", is to satisfy Koch's postulates (first proposed by Robert Koch), which demands that the infectious agent be identified only in patients and not in healthy controls, and that patients who contract the agent also develop the disease.


Premise: what was broken/damaged on the boat?

Hypothesis: On November 2011, the sailing boat Puma's Mar Mostro participant in Volvo Ocean Race arrived to the island after her mast broke in the first leg from Alicante and Cape Town.


Premise: When was the official tally of students killed in the earthquake released?

Hypothesis: According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, the earthquake killed 5,335 students and left another 546 children disabled.


Premise: Portuguese law continues to be a major influence for what?

Hypothesis: Portuguese law applied in the former colonies and territories and continues to be the major influence for those countries.


Premise: What kinds of agreements do contract law cover?

Hypothesis: However, there is still significant diversity in the interpretation of other kinds of contracts, depending upon the extent to which a given state has codified its common law of contracts or adopted portions of the Restatement (Second) of Contracts.


Premise: What are three properties of hydrogen at normal temperature and normal pressure?

Hypothesis: The hydrogen cation is written as though composed of a bare proton, but in reality, hydrogen cations in ionic compounds are always more complex species than that would suggest.


Premise: What spin-off company took over operations in Bermuda in 1615?

Hypothesis: Its spin-off, the Somers Isles Company, took over in 1615 and managed the colony until 1684.


Premise: Why did the King dislike Victoria taking the trips?

Hypothesis: Victoria disliked the trips; the constant round of public appearances made her tired and ill, and there was little time for her to rest.


Premise: Is American citizenship required to be an FBI agent?

Hypothesis: The applicant must also hold American citizenship, be of high moral character, have a clean record, and hold at least a four-year bachelor's degree.


Premise: What percent is the rotavirus responsible for in diarrheal disease deaths?

Hypothesis: Similarly, a Cholera vaccine showed a strong reduction in morbidity and mortality, though the overall impact of vaccination was minimal as Cholera is not one of the major causative pathogens of diarrheal disease.


Premise: What is the nearest port to Saint Helena?

Hypothesis: Located in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) from the nearest major landmass, Saint Helena is one of the most remote places in the world.


Premise: Who funded the 132nd Street Community Garden's water distribution system?

Hypothesis: In 1997, the lot received a garden makeover; the Borough President's office funded the installation of a $100,000 water distribution system that keeps the wide variety of trees green.


Premise: What were the five Departments of State that did the work of the modern Ministry of Defence?

Hypothesis: These departments merged in 1964; the defence functions of the Ministry of Aviation Supply merged into the Ministry of Defence in 1971.


Premise: In addition to wool, what is uranium salt a mordant of?

Hypothesis: Uranium was also used in photographic chemicals (especially uranium nitrate as a toner), in lamp filaments for stage lighting bulbs, to improve the appearance of dentures, and in the leather and wood industries for stains and dyes.


Premise: The custom of designating areas of Jewish settlement with biblical names meant that Spain was referred to as what?

Hypothesis: In conformity with the custom of designating areas of Jewish settlement with biblical names, Spain was denominated Sefarad (Obadiah 20), France was called Tsarefat (1 Kings 17:9), and Bohemia was called the Land of Canaan.


Premise: Besides the United States, what other country sent military personnel to Korea?

Hypothesis: Meanwhile, U.S. garrisons in Japan continually dispatched soldiers and matériel to reinforce defenders in the Pusan Perimeter.


Premise: How many marine species are present at the National Marine Aquarium?

Hypothesis: Also on Sutton Pool is the National Marine Aquarium which displays 400 marine species and includes Britain's deepest aquarium tank.


Premise: what does the author of the mortal female focused early example hexameter poetry say of the Hellenic protector ?

Hypothesis: Hellen was the son of Deucalion who ruled around Phthia in central Greece.


Premise: What did Operation Smiles do for the Philippines?

Hypothesis: The goal of the program was to provide medical care and services to the region of Basilan as part of a "Hearts and Minds" program.


Premise: What work was the first to see McKerrow use his new method?

Hypothesis: By 1939, in his Prolegomena for the Oxford Shakespeare, McKerrow had changed his mind about this approach, as he feared that a later edition – even if it contained authorial corrections – would "deviate more widely than the earliest print from the author's original manuscript."


Premise: What do the Protestants call him?

Hypothesis: Some Protestants label him "Father of the Canon".


Premise: What is the official title of Delhi's head of state?

Hypothesis: The head of state of Delhi is the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Delhi, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government and the post is largely ceremonial, as the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Delhi is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers.


Premise: What was the first mascot of Northwestern Athletics?

Hypothesis: The first mascot, however, was a live, caged bear cub from the Lincoln Park Zoo named Furpaw who was brought to the playing field on the day of a game to greet the fans.


Premise: What type of island grouping is Tuvalu?

Hypothesis: Surveys were carried out in May 2010 of the reef habitats of Nanumea, Nukulaelae and Funafuti and a total of 317 fish species were recorded during this Tuvalu Marine Life study.


Premise: Did Charlemagne's expansion of the Frankish empire bring about a brief period of upheaval or stability in Francia?

Hypothesis: From Charlemagne's time to the present, Jewish life in northern Europe is well documented.


Premise: What prevented a full-scale merger of the two companies?

Hypothesis: National patriotic sensibilities would not permit a full-scale merger or takeover of either of the two companies.


Premise: When was the Presbyterian Church in Canada formed?

Hypothesis: In Canada, the largest Presbyterian denomination – and indeed the largest Protestant denomination – was the Presbyterian Church in Canada, formed in 1875 with the merger of four regional groups.


Premise: How many Grand Lodges and Grand Orients are listed in the CLIPSAS list?

Hypothesis: Included in the list of over 70 Grand Lodges and Grand Orients are representatives of all three of the above categories, including mixed and women's organisations.


Premise: On what day did the Spanish see the island they named Corrales?

Hypothesis: On January 12, they sighted another island at 10°N that they called "Corrales" (possibly Wotho).


Premise: What was occurring to Pangaea in the late Triassic?

Hypothesis: The supercontinent Pangaea was rifting during the Triassic—especially late in the period—but had not yet separated.


Premise: What did the emperor do in response to so many defeats by the Europeans?

Hypothesis: In the wake of these external defeats, the Guangxu Emperor initiated the Hundred Days' Reform of 1898.


Premise: What was greater use of congregational judicial procedures used to enforce?

Hypothesis: He organized large international assemblies, instituted new training programs for members, and expanded missionary activity and branch offices throughout the world.


Premise: How many certified albums does Madonna have?

Hypothesis: Having sold more than 300 million records worldwide, Madonna is recognized as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by Guinness World Records.


Premise: On what date in 1920 was the Communist party outlawed in Yugoslavia?

Hypothesis: As the Communist Party was outlawed in Yugoslavia starting on 30 December 1920, Josip Broz took on many assumed names during his activity within the Party, including "Rudi", "Walter", and "Tito."


Premise: What did architects often neglect in their pursuit of aesthetics?

Hypothesis: There was also the rise of the "gentleman architect" who usually dealt with wealthy clients and concentrated predominantly on visual qualities derived usually from historical prototypes, typified by the many country houses of Great Britain that were created in the Neo Gothic or Scottish Baronial styles.


Premise: How many wildcard contestants were chosen?

Hypothesis: In season thirteen, there were thirty semifinalists, but only twenty semifinalists (ten for each gender) were chosen by the judges to perform on the live shows, with five in each gender and three wildcards chosen by the judges composing the final 13.


Premise: What are ISPs subject to monitoring by in some countries?

Hypothesis: Furthermore, in some countries ISPs are subject to monitoring by intelligence agencies.


Premise: On what date was a state funeral held for Napoleon?

Hypothesis: On 15 December 1840, a state funeral was held.


Premise: What chemical treatment will prevent bare copper from oxidizing?

Hypothesis: Treatments, such as benzimidazolethiol, prevent surface oxidation of bare copper.


Premise: What can these results be caused from?

Hypothesis: However, scientific studies have found a number of statistical biological differences between gay people and heterosexuals, which may result from the same underlying cause as sexual orientation itself.


Premise: What does the CAR get help with with regards to communication from ITU-D?

Hypothesis: Presently, the Central African Republic has active television services, radio stations, internet service providers, and mobile phone carriers; Socatel is the leading provider for both internet and mobile phone access throughout the country.


Premise: What game was bundled with the SNS-101?

Hypothesis: In October 1997, Nintendo released a redesigned model of the SNES (the SNS-101 model) in North America for US$99, which sometimes included the pack-in game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.


Premise: Who has composed most of Steven Spielberg's movies?

Hypothesis: The unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $9 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing director in history.


Premise: What road does state route 2 begin on?

Hypothesis: In Santa Monica, there is a road sign designating this route as the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway.


Premise: The more expensive fresh foods have what nutritional value in relation to processed food?

Hypothesis: Thus, the consumer is left with the choice between more expensive, but nutritionally superior, whole, fresh foods, and cheap, usually nutritionally inferior, processed foods.


Premise: What percentage of the sequencing did the Washington University Medical School contribute to the Human Genome Project?

Hypothesis: Governmental agencies and non-profit foundations such as the NIH, United States Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, and NASA provide the majority of research grant funding, with Washington University being one of the top recipients in NIH grants from year-to-year.


Premise: When did draining of Lake Texcoco begin?

Hypothesis: Lake Texcoco was drained starting from the 17th century.


Premise: On what date was the 2010 Human Development Report released?

Hypothesis: Below is the list of the "very high human development" countries:


Premise: What is the inflamation a result of?

Hypothesis: It is defined by the Global Initiative for Asthma as "a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways in which many cells and cellular elements play a role.


Premise: What is the only medal Bermuda has ever won?

Hypothesis: Bermuda has had one Olympic medallist, Clarence Hill, who won a bronze medal in boxing.


Premise: What is the degree of sequence similarity between homologous genes called?

Hypothesis: The relationship between genes can be measured by comparing the sequence alignment of their DNA.:7.6


Premise: What nearly was known as the original 'Christian faith'?

Hypothesis: It is also interesting that in time the term "крестьяне" acquired the meaning "peasants of Christian faith" and later "peasants" (the main part of the population of the region), while the term "христиане" retained its religious meaning and the term "русские" began to mean representatives of the heterogeneous Russian nation formed on the basis of common Christian faith and language,[citation needed] which strongly influenced the history and development of the region.


Premise: Over what age are higher education applicants considered mature?

Hypothesis: However, with the increasing tuition fees a student has to pay to attend a Portuguese state-run higher education institution and the attraction of new types of students (many as part-time students or in evening classes) like employees, businessmen, parents, and pensioners, many departments make a substantial profit from every additional student enrolled in courses, with benefits for the college or university's gross tuition revenue and without loss of educational quality (teacher per student, computer per student, classroom size per student, etc.).


Premise: A 2013 study estimates that what percentage of Ashkenazi maternal ancestry comes from women indigenous to Europe?

Hypothesis: According to the study these findings "point to a significant role for the conversion of women in the formation of Ashkenazi communities."


Premise: Which president began funding UNFPA again?

Hypothesis: By resuming funding to UNFPA, the US will be joining 180 other donor nations working collaboratively to reduce poverty, improve the health of women and children, prevent HIV/AIDS and provide family planning assistance to women in 154 countries."


Premise: What was Filner's sentence?

Hypothesis: In July 2013, three former supporters of Mayor Bob Filner asked him to resign because of allegations of repeated sexual harassment.


Premise: What is federalism in the United States?

Hypothesis: Federalism in the United States is the evolving relationship between state governments and the federal government of the United States.


Premise: Along with The Royal Oak and The Crown, what is a traditional name for a pub?

Hypothesis: and, if they did not simply name their place Smith's Beer House, they would apply topical pub names in an effort to reflect the mood of the times.


Premise: Queens is located on what part of Long Island?

Hypothesis: New York City is located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, and the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island are (primarily) coterminous with islands of the same names, while Queens and Brooklyn are located at the west end of the larger Long Island, and The Bronx is located at the southern tip of New York State's mainland.


Premise: How did Lavoisier produce hydrogen for his experiments?

Hypothesis: Lavoisier produced hydrogen for his experiments on mass conservation by reacting a flux of steam with metallic iron through an incandescent iron tube heated in a fire.


Premise: What ethnicity comprised the largest number of immigrants at the beginning of the twentieth century?

Hypothesis: Throughout its history, the city has been a major port of entry for immigrants into the United States; more than 12 million European immigrants were received at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924.


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

Hypothesis: An alloy of 96% zinc and 4% aluminium is used to make stamping dies for low production run applications for which ferrous metal dies would be too expensive.


Premise: When is the inrush current affected by the USB specification?

Hypothesis: Otherwise, connecting a device could cause problems with the host's internal power.


Premise: Which European emperor painted their palace red?

Hypothesis: In Medieval painting red was used to attract attention to the most important figures; both Christ and the Virgin Mary were commonly painted wearing red mantles.


Premise: What does clothing materials do more quickly compared to stone and bone?

Hypothesis: Dyed flax fibers that could have been used in clothing have been found in a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia that date back to 36,000 BP.


Premise: What LED has the flattest I/V curve above the knee?

Hypothesis: Nitride-based LEDs have a fairly steep I/V curve and are useless for this purpose.


Premise: What song name does the band Suga Mama  and a song on the B'Day album share?

Hypothesis: They made their debut appearance at the 2006 BET Awards and re-appeared in the music videos for "Irreplaceable" and "Green Light".


Premise: After WWII "coming out" ceremonies were replaces with what event?

Hypothesis: After World War II, the ceremony was replaced by less formal afternoon receptions, usually without choreographed curtsies and court dress.


Premise: From 1861 to 1875 how many times was Dmocratic minority speaker not nominated?

Hypothesis: For instance, "seven of the fourteen speakership elections from 1834 through 1859 had at least twenty different candidates in the field.


Premise: What group did the Nobility of Ruthenia gravitate its loyalty towards?

Hypothesis: In Ruthenia the nobility gradually gravitated its loyalty towards the multicultural and multilingual Grand Duchy of Lithuania after the principalities of Halych and Volhynia became a part of it.


Premise: What did the Canadians do to children that did not wish to work?

Hypothesis: Elsewhere, the Canadian Dominion Statutes in form of so-called Breaches of Contract Act, stipulated jail terms for uncooperative child workers.


Premise: Which epithet did Apollo have as god of music and arts?

Hypothesis: The epithet Iatromantis (/aɪˌætrəˈmæntɪs/ eye-AT-rə-MAN-tis; Ἰατρομάντις, Iātromantis, from ἰατρός, "physician", and μάντις, "prophet") refers to both his role as a god of healing and of prophecy.


Premise: Who led the unification of Germany in 1871?

Hypothesis: Some reordering of the Thuringian states occurred during the German Mediatisation from 1795 to 1814, and the territory was included within the Napoleonic Confederation of the Rhine organized in 1806.


Premise: What do Coptic Christians face?

Hypothesis: Coptic Christians face discrimination at multiple levels of the government, ranging from disproportionate representation in government ministries to laws that limit their ability to build or repair churches.


Premise: What are the four categories of terra nullius?

Hypothesis: In the last three of these, international treaties (the Antarctic Treaty, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the Outer Space Treaty respectively) prevent colonization and potential statehood of any of these uninhabited (and, given current technology, not permanently inhabitable) territories.


Premise: "There's an app for that!",  what have been different technologies been created to do?

Hypothesis: Many different technologies have been created to assist hunters, even including iPhone applications.


Premise: What caused the development of the Jura Mountains?

Hypothesis: The Alpine orogeny occurred in ongoing cycles through to the Paleogene causing differences in nappe structures, with a late-stage orogeny causing the development of the Jura Mountains.


Premise: What year did The Strait Times (Singapore) start?

Hypothesis: In these countries, the newspaper is often referred to as The London Times or The Times of London.


Premise: Did cubism influence other fields outside of painting and scuplture?

Hypothesis: Not only were they the first important patrons of Cubism, Gertrude Stein and her brother Leo were also important influences on Cubism as well.


Premise: Chopin's birth is recorded as when?

Hypothesis: However, the composer and his family used the birthdate 1 March,[n 2] which is now generally accepted as the correct date.


Premise: What role does Warwick have on the show?

Hypothesis: Crystal Bowersox, who has Type-I diabetes, fell ill due to diabetic ketoacidosis on the morning of the girls performance night for the top 20 week and was hospitalized.


Premise: What is one example of failure testing?

Hypothesis: Software fault injection, in the form of fuzzing, is an example of failure testing.


Premise: Who may license and regulate attorneys in Florida?

Hypothesis: The State of New Hampshire also follows this system.[citation needed]


Premise: What is the most efficient means of transportation into and out of Alaska?

Hypothesis: Because of limited highway access, air travel remains the most efficient form of transportation in and out of the state.


Premise: How many people in London attended each day of the the three day event?

Hypothesis: A million people attended each day of the three-day main Jubilee celebration in London, and the enthusiasm shown by the public for the Queen was greater than many journalists had expected.


Premise: What weekly entertainment print news source for New Haven is backed by The Register?

Hypothesis: The Register also backs PLAY magazine, a weekly entertainment publication.


Premise: How may aircraft carriers be classified?

Hypothesis: These variants are sometimes categorized as sub-types of aircraft carriers, and sometimes as distinct types of naval aviation-capable ships.


Premise: What caused the Roman state to provide armaments to their army?

Hypothesis: As a result, the Roman state was forced to arm its soldiers at the expense of the state, which it had not had to do in the past.


Premise: How much debt did Detroit have when they declared bankruptcy?

Hypothesis: It was declared bankrupt by Judge Steven W. Rhodes of the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on December 3, 2013; he cited its $18.5 billion debt and declared that negotiations with its thousands of creditors were unfeasible.


Premise: Which credientials did Liebig lack despite being a leading organic chemist?

Hypothesis: With a reputation as the leading organic chemist of his day but with no credentials in animal physiology, Liebig grew rich making food extracts like beef bouillon and infant formula that were later found to be of questionable nutritious value.


Premise: What does the DC-008 change?

Hypothesis: The CIPA DC-004 standard requires that Japanese manufacturers of digital still cameras use either the REI or SOS techniques, and DC-008 updates the Exif specification to differentiate between these values.


Premise: What does the word samyaksamadhi mean?

Hypothesis: The primary means of cultivating samādhi is meditation.


Premise: What was the main responsibility of the Ottoman state as it relates to lands?

Hypothesis: According to Ottoman understanding, the state's primary responsibility was to defend and extend the land of the Muslims and to ensure security and harmony within its borders within the overarching context of orthodox Islamic practice and dynastic sovereignty.


Premise: What is the atomic weight for hydrogen?

Hypothesis: With an atomic weight of 7000100794000000000♠1.00794 u, hydrogen is the lightest element on the periodic table.


Premise: The Delhi Ridge is also referred to by what name?

Hypothesis: New Delhi and surrounding areas were once a part of the Aravalli Range; all that is left of those mountains is the Delhi Ridge, which is also called the Lungs of Delhi.


Premise: A person can awaken from the "sleep of ignorance" by acknowledging the true nature of what?

Hypothesis: In Theravada doctrine, a person may awaken from the "sleep of ignorance" by directly realizing the true nature of reality; such people are called arahants and occasionally buddhas.


Premise: How much do some patients going through psychosurgery suffer from the sensation of pain?

Hypothesis: Indifference to pain can also rarely be present from birth; these people have normal nerves on medical investigations, and find pain unpleasant, but do not avoid repetition of the pain stimulus.


Premise: What sort of films were produced by Red Feather?

Hypothesis: Directors included Jack Conway, John Ford, Rex Ingram, Robert Z. Leonard, George Marshall and Lois Weber, one of the few women directing films in Hollywood.:13


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

Hypothesis: In a split 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that New Haven had engaged in impermissible racial discrimination against the White and Hispanic majority.


Premise: Where is the Sprint Unlimited held?

Hypothesis: Various auto racing organizations hold exhibition events; these events usually award no championship points to participants, but they do offer prize money to participants.


Premise: What justification for his objections to the process of natural selection did Karl von Nägel give?

Hypothesis: There were serious scientific objections to the process of natural selection as the key mechanism of evolution, including Karl von Nägeli's insistence that a trivial characteristic with no adaptive advantage could not be developed by selection.


Premise: Who supported the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

Hypothesis: By its end in 1918 three empires were gone, a fourth was about to fall to revolution, and two more, the British and French, were forced to yield in revolutions started under the aegis of their own ideologies.


Premise: When did Yale issue the first Ph.D in the United States?

Hypothesis: The school was renamed Yale College in 1718 in recognition of a gift from Elihu Yale, who was governor of the British East India Company.


Premise: Who mentions a Daurentius (577–579) that slew an Avar envoy of Khagan Bayan I?

Hypothesis: Menander Protector mentions a Daurentius (577–579) that slew an Avar envoy of Khagan Bayan I.


Premise: For how long have humans been using stone tools and weapons?

Hypothesis: Early humans, such as Homo erectus, have been using stone tools and weapons for well over a million years.


Premise: Who wrote a biography of Burke?

Hypothesis: The extent to which Burke contributed to the Annual Register is unclear: in his biography of Burke, Robert Murray quotes the Register as evidence of Burke's opinions, yet Philip Magnus in his biography does not cite it directly as a reference.


Premise: Did many believe the FBI was resisting important changes?

Hypothesis: While the FBI has acceded to most of the recommendations, including oversight by the new Director of National Intelligence, some former members of the 9/11 Commission publicly criticized the FBI in October 2005, claiming it was resisting any meaningful changes.


Premise: When was Peirce born?

Hypothesis: Charles Peirce (1839–1914) was highly influential in laying the groundwork for today's empirical scientific method.[citation needed]


Premise: In addition to preventing a power from overstepping their agreement, how was Ethiopia able to mitigate the impact of European colonization?

Hypothesis: This involved learning the intricacies of European diplomatic customs and then using the treaties to prevent a power from overstepping their agreement or by playing different powers against each other.


Premise: What was the British-Russian rivalry called?

Hypothesis: In 1839, Britain moved to pre-empt this by invading Afghanistan, but the First Anglo-Afghan War was a disaster for Britain.


Premise: What direction do you travel to get from Richmond to Sandston?

Hypothesis: The Greater Richmond area is served by the Richmond International Airport (IATA: RIC, ICAO: KRIC), located in nearby Sandston, seven miles (11 km) southeast of Richmond and within an hour drive of historic Williamsburg, Virginia.


Premise: What was the event called that caused  Ayutthaya  to reclaim lost territories ?

Hypothesis: It was the second-largest empire in Burmese history but also one with a long ill-defined border with British India.


Premise: What kind of institution is KU's engineering school?

Hypothesis: The School of Engineering was officially founded in 1891, although engineering degrees were awarded as early as 1873.


Premise: What fraction of the size of an NFL football field is an arena football field?

Hypothesis: The Arena Football League (AFL) is the highest level of professional indoor American football in the United States.


Premise: In what year was there a double homicide?

Hypothesis: They then ran outside to a getaway vehicle driven by a third Culver City gang member, who is now also in custody.


Premise: What streaming service broadcast AFL games that were not on NFL Network?

Hypothesis: After its return in 2010, the AFL had its national television deal with the NFL Network for a weekly Friday night game.


Premise: Why was Darwin unhappy with the first French translation of On the Origins of Species?

Hypothesis: The book was widely translated in Darwin's lifetime, but problems arose with translating concepts and metaphors, and some translations were biased by the translator's own agenda.


Premise: Serotonin is a neuromodulator that is involved in regulation of what?

Hypothesis: The effect of serotonin is not limited to the limbic system: Several serotonin receptors have their gene expression change dramatically during adolescence, particularly in the human frontal and prefrontal cortex .


Premise: Where did Kanye's famous mic-grab incident occur at?

Hypothesis: During the ceremony, West crashed the stage and grabbed the microphone from winner Taylor Swift in order to proclaim that, instead, Beyoncé's video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", nominated for the same award, was "one of the best videos of all time".


Premise: Southern Alaska has what two Koppen climate classifications?

Hypothesis: The climate in Southeast Alaska is a mid-latitude oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) in the southern sections and a subarctic oceanic climate (Köppen Cfc) in the northern parts.


Premise: What year did Edward III show up in Southampton and tell them to build walls?

Hypothesis: The town was sacked in 1338 by French, Genoese and Monegasque ships (under Charles Grimaldi, who used the plunder to help found the principality of Monaco).


Premise: A stable Greece allowed it to have what?

Hypothesis: This process was facilitated by a large influx of Greeks from Sicily and Asia Minor to the Greek peninsula, while at the same time many Slavs were captured and re-settled in Asia Minor and those that remained were assimilated.


Premise: What happened at the end of the Cold War?

Hypothesis: Although leased for 99 years, US forces withdrew in 1995, as part of the wave of base closures following the end of the Cold War.


Premise: In what year was streptomycin discovered?

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


Premise: What was a key factor in Frossard's disasterous retreat to the south?

Hypothesis: By the time he realized what kind of a force he was opposing, it was too late.


Premise: Who is the cardinal protopriest at this time?

Hypothesis: The current cardinal protopriest is Paulo Evaristo Arns of Brazil.


Premise: How many tourists visited Boston in 2011?

Hypothesis: Tourism also composes a large part of Boston's economy, with 21.2 million domestic and international visitors spending $8.3 billion in 2011; excluding visitors from Canada and Mexico, over 1.4 million international tourists visited Boston in 2014, with those from China and the United Kingdom leading the list.


Premise: What is the rate of interreligious marriage in France?

Hypothesis: In the United States, only about a third of children from intermarriages affiliate with Jewish religious practice.


Premise: In what Central American country has cotton use been found from early times?

Hypothesis: The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated from 5000 BC have been excavated in Mexico and the Indus Valley Civilization in Ancient India (modern-day Pakistan and some parts of India).


Premise: Do scientists believe that parenting and/or childhood play a role in sexual orientation?

Hypothesis: There is no substantive evidence which suggests parenting or early childhood experiences play a role when it comes to sexual orientation.


Premise: How is the prison quality in the CAR?

Hypothesis: The 2009 Human Rights Report by the United States Department of State noted that human rights in CAR were poor and expressed concerns over numerous government abuses.


Premise: What religion was George Berkeley?

Hypothesis: A generation later, the Irish Anglican bishop, George Berkeley (1685–1753), determined that Locke's view immediately opened a door that would lead to eventual atheism.


Premise: How fast could the first ReWritable CD be written?

Hypothesis: Due to technical limitations, the original ReWritable CD could be written no faster than 4x speed.


Premise: What were some uses for Amphetamine?

Hypothesis: Amphetamine was eventually developed for the treatment of narcolepsy, post-encepheletic parkinsonism, and mood elevation in depression and other psychiatric indications.


Premise: What song did Lauren Alaina release after coming in second on American Idol?

Hypothesis: Like My Mother Does".


Premise: Sated in inches, what is the common range of paper thickness?

Hypothesis: The thickness of paper is often measured by caliper, which is typically given in thousandths of an inch in the United States and in thousandths of a mm in the rest of the world.


Premise: Who is the Brazilian Prime Minister for racial equality?

Hypothesis: In 2010, Elio Ferreira de Araujo, Brazil's minister for racial equality, attributed the increases to growing pride among his country's black and indigenous communities.


Premise: What did anti-federalist support?

Hypothesis: When the U.S. Constitution was being drafted, the Federalist Party supported a stronger central government, while "Anti-Federalists" wanted a weaker central government.


Premise: What is the gold price of the broadband service?

Hypothesis: ADSL-broadband service is provided with maximum speeds of up to 1536


Premise: Which Franciscan monk motivated the peasants to fight against Muslims at the Siege of Belgrade?

Hypothesis: However the premature death of the Hungarian Lord left Pannonia defenseless and in chaos.


Premise: What is the name given to the celebrated date of 23 April 1775 in New Haven?

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


Premise: Who saw Popstars while in Australia and wanted Britain to have the same thing?

Hypothesis: Television producer Nigel Lythgoe saw it in Australia and helped bring it over to Britain.


Premise: What parts of the mandolin faciliate the tremolo technique?

Hypothesis: Like any plucked instrument, mandolin notes decay to silence rather than sound out continuously as with a bowed note on a violin, and mandolin notes decay faster than larger stringed instruments like the guitar.


Premise: What is used to discover the right exposure parameters?

Hypothesis: The equation may be expressed as ratios, or, by taking the logarithm (base 2) of both sides, by addition, using the APEX system, in which every increment of 1 is a doubling of exposure; this increment is commonly known as a "stop".


Premise: How was the community able to increase?

Hypothesis: Increased endowments supported a community increased from a dozen monks in Dunstan's original foundation, up to a maximum about eighty monks, although there was also a large community of lay brothers who supported the monastery's extensive property and activities.


Premise: In the Fall, people go to North Carolina to see what?

Hypothesis: North Carolina provides a large range of recreational activities, from swimming at the beach to skiing in the mountains.


Premise: Was government response to the Enlightenment uniformly positive or widely varied?

Hypothesis: Government responses varied widely.


Premise: What was the name of the general who claimed Guam?

Hypothesis: Despite Magellan's visit, Guam was not officially claimed by Spain until January 26, 1565 by General Miguel López de Legazpi.:46


Premise: For what reason would solar energy be used in a water stabilisation pond?

Hypothesis: Solar energy may be used in a water stabilisation pond to treat waste water without chemicals or electricity.


Premise: What is an example of socially valuable goods?

Hypothesis: Further along these lines, The ethical problems brought up by IP rights are most pertinent when it is socially valuable goods like life-saving medicines are given IP protection.


Premise: What did John Calvin claim Jesus could have done?

Hypothesis: In the Eastern Church Sergei Bulgakov argued that the crucifixion of Jesus was "pre-eternally" determined by the Father before the creation of the world, to redeem humanity from the disgrace caused by the fall of Adam.


Premise: When was Madonna inducted into the UK Hall of Fame?

Hypothesis: In November 2004, she was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame as one of its five founding members, along with The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Bob Marley, and U2.


Premise: What is Houston's nickname?

Hypothesis: Houston is the most diverse city in Texas and has been described as the most diverse in the United States.


Premise: What famous figure of the Copper Age wore clothes similar to the Neolithic Era?

Hypothesis: Most clothing appears to have been made of animal skins, as indicated by finds of large numbers of bone and antler pins which are ideal for fastening leather.


Premise: What are three types of minerals Portugal is a notable producer of?

Hypothesis: The nation is also a notable producer of tin, tungsten and uranium.


Premise: What has the U.S military proposed?

Hypothesis: In a February 2010 letter, the United States Environmental Protection Agency sharply criticized these plans because of a water shortfall, sewage problems and the impact on coral reefs.


Premise: How many fans saw Queen at Slane castle?

Hypothesis: Queen began the tour at the Råsunda Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden, and during the tour the band performed a concert at Slane Castle, Ireland, in front of an audience of 95,000, which broke the venue's attendance record.


Premise: To what age did Passos Coelho increase the retirement age?

Hypothesis: Several individualities belonging to the parties that support the government have also raised their voices against the policies that have been taken in order to try to solve the financial crisis.


Premise: Which producer influenced Queen's feedback heavy sound?

Hypothesis: Some of the ground work for the development of this sound can be attributed to their former producer Roy Thomas Baker, and their engineer Mike Stone.


Premise: What is the name of one of the libraries located in London?

Hypothesis: London is home to numerous museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events and other cultural institutions, including the British Museum, National Gallery, Tate Modern, British Library and 40 West End theatres.


Premise: Where is the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum?

Hypothesis: The Oklahoma City Museum of Art contains the most comprehensive collection of glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly in the world, and Oklahoma City's National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum documents the heritage of the American Western frontier.


Premise: What does the government of this country provide to businesses that produce content?

Hypothesis: According to the same study, even though digital piracy inflicts additional costs on the production side of media, it also offers the main access to media goods in developing countries.


Premise: Who is in charge of all sports teams at KU?

Hypothesis: Under former athletic director Lew Perkins, the department's budget increased from $27.2 million in 2003 (10th in the conference) to currently over $50 million thanks in large part to money raised from a new priority seating policy at Allen Fieldhouse, a new $26.67 million eight-year contract with Adidas replacing an existing contract with Nike, and a new $40.2 million seven-year contract with ESPN Regional Television.


Premise: What is the term that represents a unit trust vehicle that allows endowments to be invested to produce returns for the lon term?

Hypothesis: Unitised Scheme – a unit trust vehicle for College, Faculties and Departments to invest endowments and unfettered income to produce returns for the long term; (ii) Non-Core Property – a portfolio containing around 120 operational and developmental properties which College has determined are not core to the academic mission; and (iii) Strategic Asset Investments – containing College’s shareholding in Imperial Innovations and other restricted equity holdings.


Premise: The armed forces has approximately how many members?

Hypothesis: The governor general appoints, on the advice of the prime minister, the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) as the highest ranking commissioned officer in the Armed Forces and who, as head of the Armed Forces Council, is in command of the Canadian Forces.


Premise: Why would they leave agricultural lifestyle?

Hypothesis: Still others in developed countries go hunting, primarily for leisure.


Premise: What are two prominent 360 exclusive franchises?

Hypothesis: As well as enjoying exclusives such as additions to the Halo franchise and Gears of War, the Xbox 360 has managed to gain a simultaneous release of titles that were initially planned to be PS3 exclusives, including Devil May Cry, Ace Combat, Virtua Fighter, Grand Theft Auto IV, Final Fantasy XIII, Tekken 6, Metal Gear Solid : Rising, and L.A. Noire.


Premise: In what year did Salazar view the Marshall Islands?

Hypothesis: On August 21, he sighted an island (probably Taongi) at 14°N that he named "San Bartolome".


Premise: How big is Mexico City's GDP?

Hypothesis: As a stand-alone country, in 2013, Mexico City would be the fifth-largest economy in Latin America—five times as large as Costa Rica's and about the same size as Peru's.


Premise: What invention replaced laces on clothing?

Hypothesis: In agriculture, the increased usage of sheep with long-fibred wool allowed a stronger thread to be spun.


Premise: How many Tajik troops fought against Germany, Finland and Japan during WWII?

Hypothesis: During 1957–58 Nikita Khrushchev's Virgin Lands Campaign focused attention on Tajikistan, where living conditions, education and industry lagged behind the other Soviet Republics.


Premise: When did comic strips start appearing in hardback collection volumes?

Hypothesis: New publications in both the Western and Japanese styles became popular, and at the end of the 1890s, American-style newspaper comics supplements began to appear in Japan, as well as some American comic strips.


Premise: The release of Internet Explorer started the first what?

Hypothesis: Bundled with Windows, Internet Explorer gained dominance in the web browser market; Internet Explorer usage share peaked at over 95% by 2002.


Premise: How many Dutch warships were fended of by Christopher Martin in 1673?

Hypothesis: The inhabitants were able to fend off a second Dutch attack in 1673, when this time it was defended by Christopher Martin, an English merchant captain.


Premise: What is England's oldest standing palace from the Tudor period?

Hypothesis: Further out is, for example, the Tudor period Hampton Court Palace, England's oldest surviving Tudor palace, built by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey c.1515.


Premise: What's another name for the bar-winding-rotor?

Hypothesis: By 1896, General Electric and Westinghouse signed a cross-licensing agreement for the bar-winding-rotor design, later called the squirrel-cage rotor.


Premise: What is the name of the mountaneous region along the Atlantic cost.

Hypothesis: The Appalachian Highland owes its oblique northeast-southwest trend to crustal deformations which in very early geological time gave a beginning to what later came to be the Appalachian mountain system.


Premise: What does Islamic philosophy more clearly explain than Aristotelianism?

Hypothesis: Early Islamic philosophy and Islamic metaphysics, imbued as it is with Islamic theology, distinguishes more clearly than Aristotelianism between essence and existence.


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

Hypothesis: On the other hand, in his study on nine of "the Bibles most widely in use in the English-speaking world", Bible scholar Jason BeDuhn, Professor of Religious Studies at the Northern Arizona University, wrote: “The NW [New World Translation] emerges as the most accurate of the translations compared.


Premise: What form of speech shows that Sanskrit and Prakrits existed together?

Hypothesis: Many Sanskrit dramas also indicate that the language coexisted with Prakrits, spoken by multilingual speakers with a more extensive education.


Premise: Who provided financial backing for the Edison Lighting Company?

Hypothesis: During 1889, Thomas Edison had business interests in many electricity-related companies: Edison Lamp Company, a lamp manufacturer in East Newark, New Jersey; Edison Machine Works, a manufacturer of dynamos and large electric motors in Schenectady, New York; Bergmann & Company, a manufacturer of electric lighting fixtures, sockets, and other electric lighting devices; and Edison Electric Light Company, the patent-holding company and the financial arm backed by J.P. Morgan and the Vanderbilt family for Edison's lighting experiments.


Premise: In which province are Serbian and Croatian both languages offial?

Hypothesis: In Serbia, the Serbian language is the official one, while both Serbian and Croatian are official in the province of Vojvodina.


Premise: What mountains surround the Sichuan basin to the North?

Hypothesis: The Sichuan basin is surrounded by the Himalayas to the west, the Qin Mountains to the north, and mountainous areas of Yunnan to the south.


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

Hypothesis: There is some evidence to suggest that more than the US RDA (15 mg) of zinc daily may be needed in those whose diet is high in phytates, such as some vegetarians.


Premise: What type of language is Catalan?

Hypothesis: Catalan (/ˈkætəlæn/; autonym: català [kətəˈla] or [kataˈla]) is a Romance language named for its origins in Catalonia, in what is northeastern Spain and adjoining parts of France.


Premise: What language is used in Eritrean university education and many technical fields?

Hypothesis: Italian, the former colonial language, is widely used in commerce and is taught as a second language in schools, with a few elderly monolinguals.


Premise: What is subject to the Orphan Drug Act?

Hypothesis: Because medical research and development of drugs to treat such diseases is financially disadvantageous, companies that do so are rewarded with tax reductions, fee waivers, and market exclusivity on that drug for a limited time (seven years), regardless of whether the drug is protected by patents.


Premise: Why do the birds fly north?

Hypothesis: Of course, in the southern hemisphere the directions are reversed, but there is less land area in the far south to support long-distance migration.


Premise: What is the name of the son of Chen Zheng?

Hypothesis: They settled in Zhangzhou and brought the Middle Chinese phonology of northern China during the 7th century into Zhangzhou; In 885, (during the reign of Emperor Xizong of Tang), the two brothers Wang Chao (王潮) and Wang Shenzhi (王審知), led a military expedition force to pacify the Huang Chao rebellion.


Premise: With what veneration did most Christians have little trouble?

Hypothesis: His was an authoritative but minority voice: most Christians showed no qualms in the veneration of even "pagan" emperors.


Premise: Which Dell committee keeps the company from violating antitrust laws?

Hypothesis: The board of directors usually sets up five committees having oversight over specific matters.


Premise: What is the German analogue of the comprehensive school?

Hypothesis: They correspond broadly to the public high school in the United States and Canada and to the German Gesamtschule.[citation needed]


Premise: In what regions concepts was the Ottoman economic system based on?

Hypothesis: The ultimate aim was to increase the state revenues without damaging the prosperity of subjects to prevent the emergence of social disorder and to keep the traditional organization of the society intact.


Premise: What characteristic of a compilation of witnesses is the most beneficial to a textual critic?

Hypothesis: The role of the textual critic is necessary when these basic criteria are in conflict.


Premise: In what time period did the Glided Age occur?

Hypothesis: During the Gilded Age, there was substantial growth in population in the United States and extravagant displays of wealth and excess of America's upper-class during the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction era, in the late 19th century.


Premise: What is the variety of alleles within a single species?

Hypothesis: Intraspecific diversity, the variety of alleles within a single species, also offers us choice in our diets.


Premise: When did North Korea call an end to the armistice?

Hypothesis: On 13 March 2013, North Korea confirmed it ended the 1953 Armistice and declared North Korea "is not restrained by the North-South declaration on non-aggression".


Premise: What replaced the Windows Explorer comman bar?

Hypothesis: Windows Explorer, which has been renamed File Explorer, now includes a ribbon in place of the command bar.


Premise: When did the North Carolina Constitution disestablish the Anglican church?

Hypothesis: : The North Carolina Constitution of 1776 disestablished the Anglican church, but until 1835 the NC Constitution allowed only Protestants to hold public office.


Premise: Where do the Kpelle reside?

Hypothesis: These latter two groups established political control in the 19th century which they kept well into the 20th century.


Premise: How many games does each of them broadcast?

Hypothesis: As of the 2013–14 season, Canadian broadcast rights to the Premier League are jointly owned by Sportsnet and TSN, with both rival networks holding rights to 190 matches per season.


Premise: What is the more common term in Israel for many of those broadly called Sephardim?

Hypothesis: The more common term in Israel for many of those broadly called Sephardim, is Mizrahim (lit. "


Premise: This language is the official dialect of worship for the traditional sect for church worshipers of Greece ?

Hypothesis: Most Greeks are Christians, belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church.


Premise: How many tonnes of Cassave is produced per year?

Hypothesis: Food crops are not exported in large quantities, but still constitute the principal cash crops of the country, because Central Africans derive far more income from the periodic sale of surplus food crops than from exported cash crops such as cotton or coffee.[citation needed]


Premise: What is definitely seen as being written by Avicenna?

Hypothesis: Similarly the Declaratio is believed not to be actually by Avicenna.


Premise: When did the 'War Horse' book come out?

Hypothesis: The film, based on the novel of the same name written by Michael Morpurgo and published in 1982, follows the long friendship between a British boy and his horse Joey before and during World War I – the novel was also adapted into a hit play in London which is still running there, as well as on Broadway.


Premise: What is the name of the typeface that Times New Roman is based on?

Hypothesis: Morison used an older font named Plantin as the basis for his design, but made revisions for legibility and economy of space.


Premise: What did the Immigration Act's entry permit system include?

Hypothesis: In 1958 the government replaced the Immigration Act's arbitrarily applied European language dictation test with an entry permit system, that reflected economic and skills criteria.


Premise: Who is Richmond's electricity supplier?

Hypothesis: Electricity in the Richmond Metro area is provided by Dominion Virginia Power.


Premise: How early did the small republic states exist in India?

Hypothesis: Early "republics" such as the Vajji (or Vriji) confederation centered in the city of Vaishali, existed as early as the 6th century BCE and persisted in some areas until the 4th century CE.


Premise: What BYU group is known as one of the best formation ballroom dance teams in the world?

Hypothesis: The BYU Ballroom Dance Company is known as one of the best formation ballroom dance teams in the world, having won the U.S. National Formation Dance Championship every year since 1982.


Premise: What will drying often increase in wood?

Hypothesis: An extreme example is the case of a completely dry spruce block 5 cm in section, which will sustain a permanent load four times as great as a green (undried) block of the same size will.


Premise: How was Elio executed?

Hypothesis: For this, he was arrested in 1820 and executed in 1822 by garroting.


Premise: How is Valencian classified?

Hypothesis: Valencian is classified as a Western dialect, along with the northwestern varieties spoken in Western Catalonia (provinces of Lleida and the western half of Tarragona).


Premise: In what plant were cells first discovered by microscope?

Hypothesis: Naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605) was considered the father of natural history, which included the study of plants.


Premise: How did the republic of liberia begin?

Hypothesis: The United States did not recognize Liberia's independence until during the American Civil War on February 5, 1862.


Premise: According to theory, what did climate change in the Late Triassic cause?

Hypothesis: All this climatic change, however, resulted in a large die-out known as the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event, in which all archosaurs (excluding ancient crocodiles), most synapsids, and almost all large amphibians went extinct, as well as 34% of marine life in the fourth mass extinction event of the world.


Premise: What relationship does excitement and memory share?

Hypothesis: He postulated that any memory that stayed in short-term storage for a long enough time would be consolidated into a long-term memory.


Premise: The doctrine of pratityasumatupada is a important part of what type of metaphysics?

Hypothesis: The doctrine of pratītyasamutpāda, (Sanskrit; Pali: paticcasamuppāda; Tibetan Wylie: rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba; Chinese: 緣起) is an important part of Buddhist metaphysics.


Premise: What English musician did Kanye cite as one of his biggest inspirations?

Hypothesis: His first major release featuring his trademark soulful vocal sampling style was "This Can't Be Life", a track from Jay-Z’s


Premise: What percentage of school-aged children are estimated to attend secondary school?

Hypothesis: There are an average 63 students per classroom at the elementary level and 97 per classroom at the secondary level.


Premise: Who flew the first non-stop transatlantic aircraft flight?

Hypothesis: St. John's was the starting point for the first non-stop transatlantic aircraft flight, by Alcock and Brown in a modified Vickers Vimy IV bomber, in June 1919, departing from Lester's Field in St. John's and ending in a bog near Clifden, Connemara, Ireland.


Premise: What conditions will produce a free-running rhythm in humans?

Hypothesis: The environmental cues that reset the rhythms each day are called zeitgebers (from the German, "time-givers").


Premise: What year was the goal for Russia's new carrier to achieve initial operational capability?

Hypothesis: Several months later, on 3 November 2011 the Russian newspaper Izvestiya reported that the naval building plan now included (first) the construction of a new shipyard capable of building large hull ships, after which Moscow will build two (80,000 tons full load each) nuclear-powered aircraft carriers by 2027.


Premise: Where did Von Neumann study as a PHD candidate?

Hypothesis: At the same time, von Neumann also entered Pázmány Péter University in Budapest, as a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics.


Premise: Bell needed to fix both the transmitter and what?

Hypothesis: The basic concept behind his device was that messages could be sent through a single wire if each message was transmitted at a different pitch, but work on both the transmitter and receiver was needed.


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

Hypothesis: there's a control panel at every stop, that mimics the ones found in passenger elevators, like calling, door control, floor selection.


Premise: Who granted the English East company a character to govern the island?

Hypothesis: After the Restoration of the English monarchy in 1660, the East India Company received a royal charter giving it the sole right to fortify and colonise the island.


Premise: How much did tourists spend in Boston in 2011?

Hypothesis: Boston's status as a state capital as well as the regional home of federal agencies has rendered law and government to be another major component of the city's economy.


Premise: What is the largest denomination of the entire Ireland Island?

Hypothesis: Presbyterianism is the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland and the second largest on the island of Ireland (after the Anglican Church of Ireland),[citation needed] and was brought by Scottish plantation settlers to Ulster who had been strongly encouraged to emigrate by James VI of Scotland, later James I of England.


Premise: One of Beyonce's most successful tours yet was which one?

Hypothesis: Beyoncé embarked on The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour on April 15 in Belgrade, Serbia; the tour included 132 dates that ran through to March 2014.


Premise: Which bridge in NYC is the busiest in the world?

Hypothesis: The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the Americas and one of the world's longest.


Premise: What parts of the US are covered by the 'Bible Belt'?

Hypothesis: Tulsa, the state's second largest city, home to Oral Roberts University, is sometimes called the "buckle of the Bible Belt".


Premise: When did republicanism gain strength during Queen Victoria's reign?

Hypothesis: After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances.


Premise: How often is the "Brotherhood and Unity" relay race done?

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


Premise: What did the DHS focus on?

Hypothesis: A new cabinet-level agency called the United States Department of Homeland Security was created in November 2002 to lead and coordinate the largest reorganization of the U.S. federal government since the consolidation of the armed forces into the Department of Defense.[citation needed]


Premise: How many asphalt short tracks are in Arizona?

Hypothesis: This historic track held the first organized quarter horse races in the world, and they are still racing there.


Premise: What team failed to make it to the playoffs in 2015?

Hypothesis: In 2015, the Miami Marlins failed to make the playoffs and were able to make it to the 2015 National League Wild Card round and move on to the 2015 National League Championship Series by October 21, 2015, the date where protagonist Marty McFly traveled to the future in the film.


Premise: What do humans get exposed to with pets that may help them not get sick?

Hypothesis: Other health benefits are gained from exposure to immune-stimulating microorganisms, which, according to the hygiene hypothesis, can protect against allergies and autoimmune diseases.


Premise: What substance did Barbieri use in his work with high-brightness LED?

Hypothesis: In 1995, Alberto Barbieri at the Cardiff University Laboratory (GB) investigated the efficiency and reliability of high-brightness LEDs and demonstrated a "transparent contact" LED using indium tin oxide (ITO) on (AlGaInP/GaAs).


Premise: Where was there a minute of silence during the relay?

Hypothesis: The Ningbo Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympic torch relay announced that the relay, scheduled to take place in Ningbo during national morning, would be suspended for the duration of the mourning period.


Premise: Which organization founded in 1956 evolved into the modern Canadian Football League?

Hypothesis: The first attempt to establish a proper governing body and adopted the current set of Rugby rules was the Foot Ball Association of Canada, organized on March 24, 1873 followed by the Canadian Rugby Football Union (CRFU) founded June 12, 1880, which included teams from Ontario and Quebec.


Premise: Which probe did the larvae react to?

Hypothesis: This was discovered in 2003 by studying the variation in reactions of larvae of the common fruitfly Drosophila to the touch of a heated probe and an unheated one.


Premise: Where did the festival in Barbados originate from?

Hypothesis: Carnival is known as Crop Over and is Barbados's biggest festival.


Premise: Who was the Papal Sacristan for John XXIII?

Hypothesis: John XXIII gently helped him before bidding those present a last farewell.


Premise: Where do you find silicate?

Hypothesis: In the absence of atmospheric oxygen (O_2), in deep geological conditions prevailing far away from Earth atmosphere, hydrogen (H_2) is produced during the process of serpentinization by the anaerobic oxidation by the water protons (H+) of the ferrous (Fe2+) silicate present in the crystal lattice of the fayalite (Fe_2SiO_4, the olivine iron-endmember).


Premise: Where did the first debate, between Kerry and Bush take place?

Hypothesis: The first debate was held on September 30 at the University of Miami, moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS.


Premise: Bacterial infections could be treated with medicines containing what kind of dye?

Hypothesis: Arsphenamine proved to be the first effective treatment for syphilis, a disease which prior to that time was incurable and led inexorably to severe skin ulceration, neurological damage, and death.[citation needed]


Premise: What is the highest street number within the borough of Manhattan?

Hypothesis: The lowest number is East First Street—which runs in Alphabet City near East Houston Street—as well as First Place in Battery Park City.


Premise: What is the archaeological period of the Mauryan Empire?

Hypothesis: The Arthashastra and the Edicts of Ashoka are the primary written records of the Mauryan times.


Premise: When did Demetrius take control of Athens?

Hypothesis: In 307 he took Athens, expelling Demetrius of Phaleron, Cassander's governor, and proclaiming the city free again.


Premise: What was the name of the federalist army officer who eventually came into power during the new election?

Hypothesis: At a convention of citizens called to select a new provisional ruler, Gutierrez obtained the vote, with P. J. Escalante for his deputy, and a council to guide the administration.


Premise: How of Charleston's total area is dry land?

Hypothesis: The old city is located on a peninsula at the point where, as Charlestonians say, "The Ashley and the Cooper Rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean.


Premise: What was the FIFA  charge that Barcelona violated?

Hypothesis: A statement on FIFA's website read "With regard to the case in question, FC Barcelona has been found to be in breach of art.


Premise: In what year did the UK hand Norfolk Island over to Australia to administrate?

Hypothesis: In 1913, the UK handed Norfolk over to Australia to administer as an external territory.


Premise: What series replaced Funday Night at the Movies?

Hypothesis: Who Knew Too Much.


Premise: What did St. Augustine comment on in Book 11, regarding thinking about time?

Hypothesis: In Book 11 of St. Augustine's Confessions, he ruminates on the nature of time, asking, "What then is time?


Premise: What is the 2009 population of Whites in Detroit?

Hypothesis: While Blacks/African-Americans comprised only 13 percent of Michigan's population in 2010, they made up nearly 82 percent of Detroit's population.


Premise: Was the Chopin family boarding house for male or female students?

Hypothesis: Here his parents continued running their boarding house for male students; the Chopin Family Parlour (Salonik Chopinów) became a museum in the 20th century.


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

Hypothesis: Mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is higher than in the eurozone, but its two main components, ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, display inverse trends compared with the Eur-A, with cerebrovascular disease being the single biggest killer in Portugal (17%).


Premise: Outside of sun exposure in what circumstance did pigment made from rubia tinctorum fade?

Hypothesis: Red dye for the clothing of ordinary people was made from the roots of the rubia tinctorum, the madder plant.


Premise: In 2011, what percentage of Dutch adults spoke Frisian?

Hypothesis: Of the three officially recognized regional languages Limburgish is spoken most (in 2011 among adults 54%, among children 31%) and Dutch Low Saxon least (adults 15%, children 1%); Frisian occupies a middle position (adults 44%, children 22%).


Premise: Where was the federal parliament moved after 1927?

Hypothesis: The Governor-General of Australia resided at Government House in Melbourne until 1930 and many major national institutions remained in Melbourne well into the twentieth century.


Premise: What shape do mountain valleys have pre-glacation?

Hypothesis: Before glaciation, mountain valleys have a characteristic "V" shape, produced by eroding water.


Premise: Estrella was played by which actress?

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


Premise: In what year were Machine-room-less elevators first allowed?

Hypothesis: The ASME board first approved machine-room-less systems in a revision of the ASME A17.1 in 2007.


Premise: What advanced mathematical methods did the Tang dynasty have?

Hypothesis: By the 1st century BC, negative numbers and decimal fractions were in use and The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art included methods for extracting higher order roots by Horner's method and solving linear equations and by Pythagoras' theorem.


Premise: What type of movies came out of Bluebird?

Hypothesis: In its early years Universal released three brands of feature films — Red Feather, low-budget programmers; Bluebird, more ambitious productions; and Jewel, their prestige motion pictures.


Premise: Which section of the US contains subtropical forests and mangrove wetlands?

Hypothesis: The southeast United States contain subtropical forests and, near the gulf coast, mangrove wetlands, especially in Florida.


Premise: How many ends did the cross supposedly have?

Hypothesis: However, early Christian writers who speak of the shape of the particular gibbet on which Jesus died invariably describe it as having a cross-beam.


Premise: How was the migrating of ospretys and honey buzzards tracked?

Hypothesis: Satellite tracking of day migrating raptors such as ospreys and honey buzzards has shown that older individuals are better at making corrections for wind drift.


Premise: What kind of wood with a name that starts with "H" is a ring-porous hardwood?

Hypothesis: In the case of the ring-porous hardwoods there seems to exist a pretty definite relation between the rate of growth of timber and its properties.


Premise: What is the first period of the three that Western history is traditionally divided into?

Hypothesis: The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history:


Premise: Where does Interstate 805 split from I-5?

Hypothesis: With the automobile being the primary means of transportation for over 80 percent of its residents, San Diego is served by a network of freeways and highways.


Premise: Why were foxes originally hunted?

Hypothesis: Originally a form of vermin control to protect livestock, fox hunting became a popular social activity for newly wealthy upper classes in Victorian times and a traditional rural activity for riders and foot followers alike.


Premise: What is the name of the Residential College that houses students with an interest in science and engineering?

Hypothesis: Among the residential colleges are the Residential College of Cultural and Community Studies (CCS), Ayers College of Commerce and Industry, Jones Residential College (Arts), and Slivka Residential College (Science and Engineering).


Premise: What did President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf have installed in her presidential office?

Hypothesis: When President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf moved into the Executive Mansion, she reportedly had a Liberian-made quilt installed in her presidential office.


Premise: What political doctrine interested Popper in 1919?

Hypothesis: In 1919, Popper became attracted by Marxism and subsequently joined the Association of Socialist School Students.


Premise: What is another name for steamer ducks?

Hypothesis: Swans, for instance, may strike with the bony spurs and bite when defending eggs or young.


Premise: What was Kanye creating when he was five?

Hypothesis: Although this wasn't what West's mother wanted, she nonetheless supported him.


Premise: What are some catalysts used in hydrogen cooling

Hypothesis: Catalysts for the ortho-para interconversion, such as ferric oxide, activated carbon, platinized asbestos, rare earth metals, uranium compounds, chromic oxide, or some nickel compounds, are used during hydrogen cooling.


Premise: What year did King George VI visit the island?

Hypothesis: This was in 1947 when the King, accompanied by Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), Princess Elizabeth


Premise: What colonies did Spain hand over to the US after the war?

Hypothesis: The Spanish–American War was a short decisive war marked by quick, overwhelming American victories at sea and on land against Spain.


Premise: what tables of OpenType allow permit the selection of alternative glyph representations?

Hypothesis: For example, the Advanced Typographic tables of OpenType permit one of a number of alternative glyph representations to be selected when performing the character to glyph mapping process.


Premise: Approximately how many total iPods had been sold by late 2009?

Hypothesis: Since 2009, the company's iPod sales have continually decreased every financial quarter and in 2013 a new model was not introduced onto the market.


Premise: Who wrote the Divine Comedy?

Hypothesis: Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, derived features of and episodes about Bolgia from Arabic works on Islamic eschatology: the Hadith and the Kitab al-Miraj (translated into Latin in 1264 or shortly before as Liber Scale Machometi) concerning the ascension to Heaven of Muhammad, and the spiritual writings of Ibn Arabi.


Premise: Which European emperor painted their palace red?

Hypothesis: In Western Europe, Emperor Charlemagne painted his palace red as a very visible symbol of his authority, and wore red shoes at his coronation.


Premise: What products sometimes retain their native names in both English and Spanish?

Hypothesis: Over the course of thousands of years, American indigenous peoples domesticated, bred and cultivated a large array of plant species.


Premise: Hoe did everyone learn that Beyonce performed for Kaddafi?

Hypothesis: In 2011, documents obtained by WikiLeaks revealed that Beyoncé was one of many entertainers who performed for the family of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.


Premise: How did the capacitor traditionally used in radio tuning circuits change over time?

Hypothesis: Later designs use polymer foil dielectric between the moving and stationary plates, with no significant air space between them.


Premise: Where do the Everton Tigers play their home games?

Hypothesis: The club also owned and operated a professional basketball team, by the name of Everton Tigers, who compete in the elite British Basketball League.


Premise: How many graduate and professional programs are offered by Northwestern?

Hypothesis: Northwestern is a large, residential research university.


Premise: Who confessed that wrestling was not competition?

Hypothesis: Gradually, the predetermined nature of professional wrestling became an open secret, as prominent figures in the wrestling business (including WWE owner Vince McMahon) began to publicly admit that wrestling was entertainment, not competition.


Premise: When was the crew chosen to participate on the Apollo 11 mission?

Hypothesis: They trained for the mission until just before the actual launch day.


Premise: What purpose do aircraft carriers serve for aircraft?

Hypothesis: An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.


Premise: When did the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland unite?

Hypothesis: The Kingdoms of England and Scotland were unified in 1707 creating the Kingdom of Great Britain.


Premise: What was the name of the corporation that looked over common task?

Hypothesis: called the Provinzialverband (provincial association).


Premise: What are the power variants in USB 3.0 ports?

Hypothesis: As with previous USB versions, USB 3.0 ports come in low-power and high-power variants, providing 150 mA and 900 mA respectively, while simultaneously transmitting data at SuperSpeed rates.


Premise: What are the most abundant polyphenolics in purple grapes?

Hypothesis: Total phenolic content, a laboratory index of antioxidant strength, is higher in purple varieties due almost entirely to anthocyanin density in purple grape skin compared to absence of anthocyanins in white grape skin.


Premise: What was issued to halt the use of higher currency denomations?

Hypothesis: These notes were used primarily in inter-bank transactions or by organized crime; it was the latter usage that prompted President Richard Nixon to issue an executive order in 1969 halting their use.


Premise: Based on year 2000 data, where is GE ranked among the largest corporate producers of air pollution in the US?

Hypothesis: Based on year 2000 data, researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute listed the corporation as the fourth-largest corporate producer of air pollution in the United States, with more than 4.4 million pounds per year (2,000 tons) of toxic chemicals released into the air.


Premise: Where did Jacob and his family migrate to?

Hypothesis: According to the Hebrew Bible narrative, Jewish ancestry is traced back to the Biblical patriarchs such as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the Biblical matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel, who lived in Canaan around the 18th century BCE.


Premise: What is the winning percentage the Cubs posted that still stands today?

Hypothesis: The Cubs have not won the World Series in 107 years, the longest championship drought of any major North American professional sports team, and are often referred to as the "Lovable Losers" because of this distinction.


Premise: What is the pronunciation of the Irish "r" called?

Hypothesis: The Cork accent displays varying degrees of rhoticity, usually depending on the social-class of the speaker.


Premise: What breed of penguin lives in Antarctica?

Hypothesis: The emperor penguin is the only penguin that breeds during the winter in Antarctica, while the Adélie penguin breeds farther south than any other penguin.


Premise: What do atheists believe of God?

Hypothesis: Some findings in the fields of cosmology, evolutionary biology and neuroscience are interpreted by atheists (including Lawrence M. Krauss and Sam Harris) as evidence that God is an imaginary entity only, with no basis in reality.


Premise: How are the human rights in the CAR?

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


Premise: What were used to write Sanskrit?

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


Premise: Where have many of these US Air Force pilots chosen to find employment instead?

Hypothesis: The Commander of Air Combat Command, General Mike Hostage indicated that the USAF must reduce its F-15 and F-16 fleets and eliminate platforms like the A-10 in order to focus on a fifth-generation jet fighter future.


Premise: How long is Kumari believed to incarnate Taleju?

Hypothesis: Kumari, or Kumari Devi, is the tradition of worshipping young pre-pubescent girls as manifestations of the divine female energy or devi in South Asian countries.


Premise: What doesn't the genetic variation within the human species support?

Hypothesis: There are no bright lines (that would stand out), if we could compare all the sequenced genomes of everyone on the planet."


Premise: Little River marks the boundary between Melbourne and which city?

Hypothesis: The city reaches south-east through Dandenong to the growth corridor of Pakenham towards West Gippsland, and southward through the Dandenong Creek valley, the Mornington Peninsula and the city of Frankston taking in the peaks of Olivers Hill, Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat, extending along the shores of Port Phillip as a single conurbation to reach the exclusive suburb of Portsea and Point Nepean.


Premise: What is included in the first part of the critical apparatus?

Hypothesis: The critical apparatus presents the author's work in three parts: first, a list or description of the evidence that the editor used (names of manuscripts, or abbreviations called sigla); second, the editor's analysis of that evidence (sometimes a simple likelihood rating),[citation needed]; and third, a record of rejected variants of the text (often in order of preference).[citation needed]


Premise: How did Briggs characterize the relationship between France and Edwards?

Hypothesis: Following the passing of the guilty verdict, the officer leading Operation Elveden, Detective Chief Superintendent Gordon Briggs said France and Edwards had been in a "long-term, corrupt relationship".


Premise: Who initially held a strong position during the battle at the border?

Hypothesis: Douay held a very strong position initially, thanks to the accurate long-range fire of the Chassepots but his force was too thinly stretched to hold it.


Premise: Of which Washington county is Seattle the center?

Hypothesis: Seattle (i/siˈætəl/) is a West Coast seaport city and the seat of King County.


Premise: When did the emperor Constantine  lose rule over in 1453 ?

Hypothesis: Added to this, in the first half of the Ottoman period men of Greek origin made up a significant proportion of the Ottoman army, navy, and state bureaucracy, having been levied as adolescents (along with especially Albanians and Serbs) into Ottoman service through the devshirme.


Premise: What perception do some feel that the nickname "The Lord's University" gives about university officials?

Hypothesis: In the past, some students and faculty have expressed dissatisfaction with this nickname, stating that it gives students the idea that university authorities are always divinely inspired and never to be contradicted.


Premise: What definitions of the Middle East are no longer ideologically sound?

Hypothesis: Although racial and colonial definitions of the Middle East are no longer considered ideologically sound, the sentiment of unity persists.


Premise: What technique is used in art to examine underlying layers of a painting without damaging it?

Hypothesis: Infrared reflectography (fr; it; es), as called by art conservators, can be applied to paintings to reveal underlying layers in a completely non-destructive manner, in particular the underdrawing or outline drawn by the artist as a guide.


Premise: where did the trade route pass through?

Hypothesis: Tsai writes that shortly after the visit by Deshin Shekpa, the Yongle Emperor ordered the construction of a road and of trading posts in the upper reaches of the Yangzi and Mekong Rivers in order to facilitate trade with Tibet in tea, horses, and salt.


Premise: How many people work in the New York publishing industry?

Hypothesis: Two of the three national daily newspapers in the United States are New York papers: The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, which has won the most Pulitzer Prizes for journalism.


Premise: What other types of theater performance are seen in Nanjing?

Hypothesis: Jiangsu Province Kun Opera is one of the best theatres for Kunqu, China's oldest stage art.


Premise: What did the BBC program make their viewers question?

Hypothesis: Who made it for such little cost?", in addition to exposing the violent side of the child labour industry in countries where child exploitation is prevalent.


Premise: Where did Feyman accept a job after the war?

Hypothesis: Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynman taught theoretical physics from 1945 to 1950.


Premise: Near what were most restaurants opened?

Hypothesis: Since the late 18th century, Paris has been famous for its restaurants and haute cuisine, food meticulously prepared and artfully presented.


Premise: When were the Plymouth Raiders inaugurated?

Hypothesis: Plymouth was home to an American football club, the Plymouth Admirals until 2010.


Premise: What league freed Corinth?

Hypothesis: Other city states formed federated states in self-defense, such as the Aetolian League (est. 370 BCE), the Achaean League (est. 280 BCE), the Boeotian league, the "Northern League" (Byzantium, Chalcedon, Heraclea Pontica and Tium) and the "Nesiotic League" of the Cyclades.


Premise: How did the translation of Rubaiyat achieve an Oriental flavor?

Hypothesis: In regard to style, the Victorians' aim, achieved through far-reaching metaphrase (literality) or pseudo-metaphrase, was to constantly remind readers that they were reading a foreign classic.


Premise: What caliph reigned from 740 to 750?

Hypothesis: Marwan II (740–50) abandoned the old division and introduced Kurdus (cohort), a small compact body.


Premise: What caused Victoria's rheumatism?

Hypothesis: Ponsonby and Randall Davidson, Dean of Windsor, who had both seen early drafts, advised Victoria against publication, on the grounds that it would stoke the rumours of a love affair.


Premise: How long was von Neumann's lattice theory paper?

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


Premise: The structure of poetry may have existed before what?

Hypothesis: As a form it may pre-date literacy, with the earliest works being composed within and sustained by an oral tradition; hence it constitutes the earliest example of literature.


Premise: How many Earth years does Neptune orbit the sun?

Hypothesis: Neptune orbits the Sun once every 164.8 years at an average distance of 30.1 astronomical units (4.50×109 km).


Premise: Which members of British royalty were seen on the BBC in May of 1937?

Hypothesis: The first major outside broadcast was the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in May 1937.