Premise: What is Switzerland's world ranking in domestic purchasing power?

Hypothesis: Agricultural protectionism—a rare exception to Switzerland's free trade policies—has contributed to high food prices.


Premise: In what century did antibiotics revolutionized medicine?

Hypothesis: This has led to widespread problems with antimicrobial and antibiotic resistance, so much as to prompt the World Health Organization to classify antimicrobial resistance as a "serious threat [that] is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country".


Premise: What cost does IP rights allow companies to charge higher than?

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 name describes the combined body of all Estonia military?

Hypothesis: Current strategic goals are to defend the country's interests, develop the armed forces for interoperability with other NATO and EU member forces, and participation in NATO missions.


Premise: Adolescent cultural differences are especially visible in which type of autonomy?

Hypothesis: Behavioral autonomy encompasses an adolescent's developing ability to regulate his or her own behavior, to act on personal decisions, and to self-govern.


Premise: Which two parameters can be dropped if its value is implied from context?

Hypothesis: In this case, the remaining numeric parameter is specified first, followed by the scanning system.


Premise: What type of cultures preceded Neolithic societies?

Hypothesis: However, most Neolithic societies were noticeably more hierarchical than the Paleolithic cultures that preceded them and hunter-gatherer cultures in general.


Premise: Which civilization advanced in astronomy, mathematics, and medicine?

Hypothesis: Medical historians believe that ancient Egyptian pharmacology, for example, was largely ineffective.


Premise: Who did Victoria appoint to replace Gladstone?

Hypothesis: Victoria objected when Gladstone proposed appointing the Radical MP Henry Labouchere to the Cabinet, so Gladstone agreed not to appoint him.


Premise: Who was added as a fourth judge for the eighth season?

Hypothesis: In season eight, Latin Grammy Award-nominated singer–songwriter and record producer Kara DioGuardi was added as a fourth judge.


Premise: Wha was the executive producer of Pop Idol in 2001?

Hypothesis: The show debuted in 2001 in Britain with Lythgoe as showrunner—the executive producer and production


Premise: In what year did the Dockyard Technical College close?

Hypothesis: The city was also home to the Royal Naval Engineering College; opened in 1880 in Keyham, it trained engineering students for five years before they completed the remaining two years of the course at Greenwich.


Premise: Identify an advantage that Britain had during the Seven Year's War.

Hypothesis: In the Seven Years' War, the British chose as their principal partner the greatest general of the day, Frederick the Great of Prussia, then the rising power in central Europe, and paid Frederick substantial subsidies for his campaigns.:106


Premise: Where is the only She autonomous county in China?

Hypothesis: Jingning She Autonomous County in Lishui is the only She autonomous county in China.


Premise: Who was the winner of American Idols tenth season?

Hypothesis: McCreery won the competition on May 25, being the youngest male winner and the fourth male in a row to win American Idol.


Premise: What is a malicious code that demands processor time and spreads itself to other computers?

Hypothesis: The software was traced back to 23-year-old Cornell University graduate student Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. who said 'he wanted to count how many machines were connected to the Internet'.


Premise: When was the Atlantic Charter signed?

Hypothesis: In August 1941, Churchill and Roosevelt met and signed the Atlantic Charter, which included the statement that "the rights of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they live" should be respected.


Premise: In the late nineties, what was considered the rate of cable-borne elevator problems?

Hypothesis: In fact, prior to the September 11th terrorist attacks, the only known free-fall incident in a modern cable-borne elevator happened in 1945 when a B-25 bomber struck the Empire State Building in fog, severing the cables of an elevator cab, which fell from the 75th floor all the way to the bottom of the building, seriously injuring (though not killing) the sole occupant — the elevator operator.


Premise: What U.S. city kept observing DST to stay in sync with London, leading Chicago and Cleveland to follow along?

Hypothesis: Only a few US cities retained DST locally thereafter, including New York so that its financial exchanges could maintain an hour of arbitrage trading with London, and Chicago and Cleveland to keep pace with New York.


Premise: What did Kerry and Weld agree to limit their campaign spending to?

Hypothesis: Kerry and Weld held several debates and negotiated a campaign spending cap of $6.9 million at Kerry's Beacon Hill townhouse.


Premise: How many thousands of years ago may have clothing been worn?

Hypothesis: The body louse specifically lives in clothing, and diverge from head lice about 107,000 years ago, suggesting that clothing existed at that time.


Premise: Where did the children go to work primarily in Switzerland?

Hypothesis: As in many other countries, child labour in Switzerland affected among the so-called Kaminfegerkinder ("chimney sweep children") and chidren working p.e.


Premise: Who did Chopin have at his last Parisian concert in 1848?

Hypothesis: In February 1848, with the cellist Auguste Franchomme, he gave his last Paris concert, which included three movements of the Cello Sonata Op.


Premise: What was created for women as Freemasonry began to spread?

Hypothesis: As Freemasonry spread, continental masons began to include their ladies in Lodges of Adoption, which worked three degrees with the same names as the men's but different content.


Premise: When was Roland Barthes book published?

Hypothesis: Barthes argued that it should be looked at not as a scamming of the ignorant, but as spectacle; a mode of theatric performance for a willing, if bloodthirsty, audience.


Premise: What cause mutual interactions between the elements electric and magnetic fields?

Hypothesis: The mathematics presented below are useful in analyzing the electrical behaviour of antenna arrays, where the properties of the individual array elements (such as half wave dipoles) are already known.


Premise: How many records did Beyoncé sell as part of Destiny's Child?

Hypothesis: A self-described "modern-day feminist", Beyoncé creates songs that are often characterized by themes of love, relationships, and monogamy, as well as female sexuality and empowerment.


Premise: By nightfall a major component of the VII and VII Corps withdrew towards what Prussian position?

Hypothesis: By 16:50, with the Prussian southern attacks in danger of breaking up, the Prussian 3rd Guards Infantry Brigade of the Second Army opened an attack against the French positions at St. Privat which were commanded by General Canrobert.


Premise: Why did Dominic travel to Denmark in 1203?

Hypothesis: In 1203, Dominic joined Prior Diego de Acebo on an embassy to Denmark for the monarchy of Spain, to arrange the marriage between the son of King Alfonso VIII of Castile and a niece of King Valdemar II of Denmark.


Premise: What percent of crime was strictly property in 2006?

Hypothesis: In 2006, crime in Santa Monica affected 4.41% of the population, slightly lower than the national average crime rate that year of 4.48%.


Premise: In 2001, Portugal was the first country in the world to do what?

Hypothesis: Portugal maintains a unitary semi-presidential republican form of government and is a developed country with an advanced economy, and a high living standard, having the 18th highest Social Progress in the world, putting it ahead of other Western European countries like France, Spain and Italy.


Premise: What does the country experience from December through April?

Hypothesis: From December through April, the country experiences drought.


Premise: What did the five-justice majority hold that Newdow lacked?

Hypothesis: In 2002, a three judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that classroom recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in a California public school was unconstitutional, even when students were not compelled to recite it, due to the inclusion of the phrase "under God."


Premise: Where does the elevator go from there?

Hypothesis: The elevator will wait an amount of time, then proceed to go into nudging mode to tell everyone the elevator is leaving the floor.


Premise: What are roofs traditionally constructed from?

Hypothesis: Roofs are traditionally constructed from Alpine rocks such as pieces of schist, gneiss or slate.


Premise: What did the Daily Mail say about Beyonce's voice?

Hypothesis: Other critics praise her range and power, with Chris Richards of The Washington Post saying she was "capable of punctuating any beat with goose-bump-inducing whispers or full-bore diva-roars."


Premise: What academic discipline at the university is based in the Roland Levinsky building?

Hypothesis: Designed by leading architect Henning Larsen, the building was opened in 2008 and houses the University's Arts faculty.


Premise: There were protested as a part of the construction at Eddy Street Commons, they came due tot he hiring of whom?

Hypothesis: The Eddy Street Commons drew union protests when workers hired by the City of South Bend to construct the public parking garage picketed the private work site after a contractor hired non-union workers.


Premise: What are Buddhism and Jainism regarded as in relation to religion and philosophy?

Hypothesis: While Buddhism and Jainism are considered distinct philosophies and religions, some heterodox traditions such as Cārvāka are often considered as distinct schools within Hindu philosophy.


Premise: What era was 250 million to 247 million years ago?

Hypothesis: The Earth had just witnessed a massive die-off in which 95% of all life went extinct.


Premise: In what language did Sebastian Cabot write his map from 1545?

Hypothesis: In the Basque Country, it is a common belief that the name of St. John's was given by Basque fishermen because the bay of St. John's is very similar to the Bay of Pasaia in the Basque Country, where one of the fishing towns is also called St. John (in Spanish, San Juan, and in Basque, Donibane).


Premise: What was Nasser 56 about?

Hypothesis: In 1963, Egyptian director Youssef Chahine produced the film El Nasser Salah El Dine ("Saladin The Victorious"), which intentionally drew parallels between Saladin, considered a hero in the Arab world, and Nasser and his pan-Arabist policies.


Premise: What is the shorter form of Al-Shifa called?

Hypothesis: The larger, Al-Shifa' (Sanatio), exists nearly complete in manuscript in the Bodleian Library and elsewhere; part of it on the De Anima appeared at Pavia (1490) as the Liber Sextus Naturalium, and the long account of Ibn Sina's philosophy given by Muhammad al-Shahrastani seems to be mainly an analysis, and in many places a reproduction, of the Al-Shifa'.


Premise: What networks do USB not support?

Hypothesis: USB does not support cyclic networks and the standard connectors from incompatible USB devices are themselves incompatible.


Premise: Inspired by his own relationship, what romantic tale did Napoleon author?

Hypothesis: On 15 September, Bonaparte was removed from the list of generals in regular service for his refusal to serve in the Vendée campaign.


Premise: how much prarie land does the "Buffalo Commons" want to return?

Hypothesis: There are more than 6,000 ghost towns in the state of Kansas alone, according to Kansas historian Daniel Fitzgerald.


Premise: What provoked the modernization and expansion of the Brazilian administrative, civic, economical, military, educational, and scientific apparatus?

Hypothesis: As a result of the change in its status and the arrival of the Portuguese royal family, Brazilian administrative, civic, economical, military, educational, and scientific apparatus were expanded and highly modernized.


Premise: What is the game between the rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid called?

Hypothesis: There is often a fierce rivalry between the two strongest teams in a national league, and this is particularly the case in La Liga, where the game between Barcelona and Real Madrid is known as El Clásico.


Premise: Tower controllers use what to locate an aircraft's position in three-dimensional space?

Hypothesis: Aircraft which are only passing through the airspace must also contact Tower Control in order to be sure that they remain clear of other traffic.


Premise: What type of animals took longer to reestablish?

Hypothesis: Animal life was then dominated by various archosaurian reptiles: dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and aquatic reptiles such as ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs.


Premise: How much of Brasilia's GDP is from Public Administration?

Hypothesis: GDP is divided in Public Administration 54.8%, Services 28.7%, Industry 10.2%, Commerce 6.1%, Agribusiness 0.2%.


Premise: When was the autonomy of the municipalities eliminated?

Hypothesis: While the Federal District was ruled by the federal government through an appointed governor, the municipalities within it were autonomous, and this duality of powers created tension between the municipalities and the federal government for more than a century.


Premise: What nowdays electrification systems can use?

Hypothesis: Power conversion for a DC system takes place mainly in a railway substation where large, heavy, and more efficient hardware can be used as compared to an AC system where conversion takes place aboard the locomotive where space is limited and losses are significantly higher.


Premise: What was it about the utilitatian beliefs that humanism believers did not like?

Hypothesis: As a program to revive the cultural – and particularly the literary – legacy and moral philosophy of classical antiquity, Humanism was a pervasive cultural mode and not the program of a few isolated geniuses like Rabelais or Erasmus as is still sometimes popularly believed.


Premise: What cooperative arrangement did Jehovah's Witnesses establish?

Hypothesis: Jehovah's Witnesses have established Hospital Liaison Committees as a cooperative arrangement between individual Jehovah's Witnesses and medical professionals and hospitals.


Premise: What major interstate provides access between New Haven and New York City?

Hypothesis: New Haven lies at the intersection of Interstate 95 on the coast—which provides access southwards and/or westwards to the western coast of Connecticut and to New York City, and eastwards to the eastern Connecticut shoreline, Rhode Island, and eastern Massachusetts—and Interstate 91, which leads northward to the interior of Massachusetts and Vermont and the Canadian border.


Premise: What institute is located near the Oklahoma City National Memorial?

Hypothesis: The site is also home to the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, a non-partisan, nonprofit think tank devoted to the prevention of terrorism.


Premise: Who says the that whether there is or isn't a God are just like questions in natural science?

Hypothesis: Neuroscientist Michael Nikoletseas has proposed that questions of the existence of God are no different from questions of natural sciences.


Premise: In which year was Hidalgo turned over?

Hypothesis: Hidalgo was turned over to the Bishop of Durango, Francisco Gabriel de Olivares, for an official defrocking and excommunication on July 27, 1811.


Premise: NYC has the largest white population by how many people?

Hypothesis: Central Asians, primarily Uzbek Americans, are a rapidly growing segment of the city's non-Hispanic white population, enumerating over 30,000, and including over half of all Central Asian immigrants to the United States, most settling in Queens or Brooklyn.


Premise: Who was a judge on the British series Pop Idol in 2001?

Hypothesis: American Idol was based on the British show Pop Idol created by Simon Fuller, which was in turn inspired by the New Zealand television singing competition Popstars.


Premise: The rituals for the correct way to enjoy Mass is listed in what text ?

Hypothesis: The Roman Missal and the Roman Rite Liturgy of the Hours naturally includes references to Mary's immaculate conception in the feast of the Immaculate Conception.


Premise: The names of many properties near Atlantic City are used in which popular board game?

Hypothesis: Atlantic City (sometimes referred to as "Monopoly City") has become well-known over the years for its portrayal in the U.S. version of the popular board game, Monopoly, in which properties on the board are named after locations in and near Atlantic City.


Premise: What shiny other name is this time also called ?

Hypothesis: The Classical period is also described as the "Golden Age" of Greek civilization, and its art, philosophy, architecture and literature would be instrumental in the formation and development of Western culture.


Premise: What type of instrument became more refined during the classical era?

Hypothesis: Wind instruments became more refined in the Classical era.


Premise: How did the Arab world react to news of the nationalization of the Suez Canal?

Hypothesis: The nationalization announcement was greeted very emotionally by the audience and, throughout the Arab world, thousands entered the streets shouting slogans of support.


Premise: Whicy papyrologist theorized lowercase letter actually developed from the fifth century uncials?

Hypothesis: Both majuscule and minuscule letters existed, but the difference between the two variants was initially stylistic rather than orthographic and the writing system was still basically unicameral: a given handwritten document could use either one style or the other but these were not mixed.


Premise: What did the government of Saint Helena fund in 2012?

Hypothesis: In 2012, the government of St. Helena funded the creation of the St. Helena Human Rights Action Plan 2012-2015.


Premise: What type of plants produce material that is referred to as "wood" even though it is technically not?

Hypothesis: Another major plant group that produce material that often is called wood are the palms.


Premise: Who were the leaders of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties?

Hypothesis: Although the Founding Fathers of the United States did not originally intend for American politics to be partisan, early political controversies in the 1790s over the extent of federal government powers saw the emergence of two proto-political parties-


Premise: What did the court reject in 1995?

Hypothesis: From 1938 until 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court did not invalidate any federal statute as exceeding Congress' power under the Commerce Clause.


Premise: Which philosopher is quoted by the Catechism?

Hypothesis: Canonical jurisprudential theory generally follows the principles of Aristotelian-Thomistic legal philosophy.


Premise: How many Greeks starved due to Nazi occupation?

Hypothesis: Greece was eventually occupied by the Nazis who proceeded to administer Athens and Thessaloniki, while other regions of the country were given to Nazi Germany's partners, Fascist Italy and Bulgaria.


Premise: What was of the major urban development that affected several New Haven neighborhood?

Hypothesis: Other parts of the city were affected by the construction of Interstate 95 along the Long Wharf section, Interstate 91, and the Oak Street Connector.


Premise: When did Baptists become embroiled in the controversy over slavery in the United States?

Hypothesis: Leading up to the American Civil War, Baptists became embroiled in the controversy over slavery in the United States.


Premise: Who was hired in 1830 to finish the work on the palace?

Hypothesis: On the death of George IV in 1830, his younger brother King William IV hired Edward Blore to finish the work.


Premise: Damage to the reticular formation can cause what?

Hypothesis: Damage to the reticular formation can produce a permanent state of coma.


Premise: What is the average property price per square meter in Berlin as of April 2014?

Hypothesis: On average the price per square metre in central London is €24,252 (April 2014).


Premise: To which two people did Gorbachev grant membership into the Politburo for his own reasons?

Hypothesis: On April 23, 1985, Gorbachev brought two protégés, Yegor Ligachev and Nikolai Ryzhkov, into the Politburo as full members.


Premise: Who can permit a person to hunt wild animals?

Hypothesis: However, the Chief Wildlife Warden may, if satisfied that any wild animal from a specified list has become dangerous to human life, or is so disabled or diseased as to be beyond recovery, permit any person to hunt such an animal.


Premise: Along with the Ba'ath Party and Muslim Brotherhood, what group was notably banned in Misrata?

Hypothesis: Maintaining his interest in Arab nationalist activism, he refused to join any of the banned political parties active in the city – including the Arab Nationalist Movement, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and the Muslim Brotherhood – claiming he rejected factionalism.


Premise: How many soldiers did Lee have remaining when he surrendered?

Hypothesis: He surrendered his remaining approximately 10000 troops at Appomattox Court House the following morning.


Premise: Along with uranium carbide and halide, what type of compound is often created with uranium hydride?

Hypothesis: Two crystal modifications of uranium hydride exist: an α form that is obtained at low temperatures and a β form that is created when the formation temperature is above 250 °C.


Premise: When was the Zliten mosaic discovered?

Hypothesis: The gladiator mosaic is noted by scholars as one of the finest examples of mosaic art ever seen — a "masterpiece comparable in quality with the Alexander Mosaic in Pompeii."


Premise: Who used the term "barbarous German style" to portray what is known today as the Gothic style?

Hypothesis: The term "Gothic architecture" originated as a pejorative description.


Premise: When did Manchu ethnicity become important again in the Eight Banners?

Hypothesis: The years leading up to the conquest increased the number of Han Chinese under Manchu rule, leading Hong Taiji to create the Eight Han Banners (zh), and around the time of the Qing takeover of Beijing, their numbers rapidly swelled.


Premise: The release and contamination of the environment affects what important system other than the human race?

Hypothesis: As far as safety of the human health is concerned, then these environmental contaminants can reduce people's nutritional status and health.


Premise: When did the Great Freeze occur?

Hypothesis: The Miami area was better known as "Biscayne Bay Country" in the early years of its growth.


Premise: What did the magazines catering to post-punk interest do to alienate their readers?

Hypothesis: In the music press, the increasingly esoteric writing of post-punk publications soon began to alienate their readerships; it is estimated that within several years, NME suffered the loss of half its circulation.


Premise: What was proposed at the VIII International Congress of Photography?

Hypothesis: It grew out of drafts for a standardized method of sensitometry put forward by Deutscher Normenausschuß für Phototechnik as proposed by the committee for sensitometry of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für photographische Forschung since 1930 and presented by Robert Luther (de) (1868–1945) and Emanuel Goldberg (1881–1970) at the influential VIII.


Premise: What does the Great Appalachian Valley do?

Hypothesis: The mountain system has no axis of dominating altitudes, but in every portion the summits rise to rather uniform heights, and, especially in the central section, the various ridges and intermontane valleys have the same trend as the system itself.


Premise: Orthodox Judaism is a self-identification that distinguishes it from what?

Hypothesis: Orthodox Judaism is the approach to religious Judaism which subscribes to a tradition of mass revelation and adheres to the interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Tanaim and Amoraim.


Premise: In April 1795, what military organization was Napoleon assigned to?

Hypothesis: In April 1795, he was assigned to the Army of the West, which was engaged in the War in the Vendée—a civil war and royalist counter-revolution in Vendée, a region in west central France on the Atlantic Ocean.


Premise: When did Roman Catholicism become suppressed?

Hypothesis: Thuringia generally accepted the Protestant Reformation, and Roman Catholicism was suppressed as early as 1520[citation needed]; priests who remained loyal to it were driven away and churches and monasteries were largely destroyed, especially during the German Peasants' War of 1525.


Premise: Where was an account of the study published?

Hypothesis: In 2015, he released the track "moDernisT" (an anagram of "Tom's Diner"), composed exclusively from the sounds deleted during MP3 compression of the song "Tom's Diner", the track originally used in the formulation of the MP3 standard.


Premise: Who bought Buckingham House in 1761?

Hypothesis: It was acquired by King George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte and became known as "The Queen's House".


Premise: When was the greatest snowfall?

Hypothesis: Winter storms have caused traffic problems in the past as well.


Premise: What year did FIG reconginze Trampoline and Acrobatic Gymnastics?

Hypothesis: Since the recognition of Trampoline and Acrobatic Gymnastics as FIG disciplines in 1999, official Tumbling competitions are only allowed as an event in Trampoline gymnastics meets.


Premise: What is the commonly held founding year of BYU?

Hypothesis: On October 16, 1875, Brigham Young, then president of the LDS Church, personally purchased the Lewis Building after previously hinting that a school would be built in Draper, Utah in 1867.


Premise: Around what year did the great wave of church-building in stone occur?

Hypothesis: Just before 1000 there was a great wave of building stone churches all over Europe.


Premise: What caused Notre Dame to become notable in the early 20th century?

Hypothesis: The Notre Dame Victory March is often regarded as the most famous and recognizable collegiate fight song.


Premise: What does MANPADS stand for?

Hypothesis: In some armies the term All-Arms Air Defence (AAAD) is used for air defence by non-specialist troops.


Premise: How much water should be taken in for each calorie of food that is consumed?

Hypothesis: The original water intake recommendation in 1945 by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council read: "An ordinary standard for diverse persons is 1 milliliter for each calorie of food.


Premise: What year did the King's brother die in service?

Hypothesis: In August 1942, the King's brother, Prince George, Duke of Kent, was killed on active service.


Premise: How many councilors are there?

Hypothesis: It is composed of five councilors (German: Gemeinderat/-rätin), each presiding over a directorate (Direktion) comprising several departments and bureaus.


Premise: On what island did the Missionaries live with citizens of the Marshall Islands?

Hypothesis: In 1857, two missionaries successfully settled on Ebon, living among the natives through at least 1870.:3


Premise: How high are the minarets on the Charminar?

Hypothesis: At each corner stands a 56 m (184 ft)-high minaret.


Premise: What are some physical ways that some cultures mark the transition into adulthood?

Hypothesis: This transition may be accompanied by obvious physical changes, which can vary from a change in clothing to tattoos and scarification.


Premise: Are Safe Harbor agreements and ITPs mutually exclusive?

Hypothesis: A landowner can have either a "Safe Harbor" agreement or an Incidental Take Permit, or both.


Premise: What title does the country have?

Hypothesis: The Constitution of Puerto Rico which became effective in 1952 adopted the name of Estado Libre Asociado (literally translated as "Free Associated State"), officially translated into English as Commonwealth, for its body politic.


Premise: Which angel is believed to have communicated the Quran to Muhammad?

Hypothesis: Muslims regard the Quran as the most important miracle of Muhammad, a proof of his prophethood, and the culmination of a series of divine messages that started with the messages revealed to Adam and ended with Muhammad.


Premise: What is the purpose of the Compass-M1 satellite?

Hypothesis: Compass-M1 is an experimental satellite launched for signal testing and validation and for the frequency filing on 14 April 2007.


Premise: What cause the glaciers to descend to permafrost levels in some areas?

Hypothesis: High levels of precipitation cause the glaciers to descend to permafrost levels in some areas whereas in other, more arid regions, glaciers remain above about the 3,500 m (11,483 ft) level.


Premise: How did female Dominican houses differ from male ones?

Hypothesis: Their lives were often much more strict than their brothers' lives.


Premise: How can you identify a duck from other poultry?

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


Premise: How many transmitters did CBC plan to upgrade total?

Hypothesis: On August 6, 2010, the CBC issued a press release stating that due to financial reasons, the CBC and Radio-Canada would only transition 27 transmitters total, one in each market where there was an originating station (i.e. a CBC or Radio-Canada television station located in that market).


Premise: More people belong to what religion than any other in the Western world?

Hypothesis: Christianity remains the dominant religion in the Western World, where 70% are Christians.


Premise: When did Japan invade Manchuria?

Hypothesis: Their troops occupied Nanjing in December and carried out the systematic and brutal Nanking Massacre (the "Rape of Nanking").


Premise: Under whos reign did the lute become popular?

Hypothesis: During the reign of Francois I, the lute became popular in the French court, and a national musical printing house was established.


Premise: What's a more accurate name for Pennsylvania Dutch since it's not a Dutch dialect?

Hypothesis: In the United States, an almost extinct dialect of Dutch, Jersey Dutch, spoken by descendants of 17th-century Dutch settlers in Bergen and Passaic counties, was still spoken as late as 1921.


Premise: How many people watched the season premiere of American Idol in 2007?

Hypothesis: Season six began on Tuesday, January 16, 2007.


Premise: How far are the people from Taiwan ,but not actually citizens of Taiwan, allowed to venture into the Myanmar territory ?

Hypothesis: According to the website Lonely Planet, getting into Myanmar is problematic: "No bus or train service connects Myanmar with another country, nor can you travel by car or motorcycle across the border – you must walk across.", and states that, "It is not possible for foreigners to go to/from Myanmar by sea or river.


Premise: What does Bermuda use the consumption tax for?

Hypothesis: It has one of the highest consumption taxes in the world and taxes all imports in lieu of an income tax system.


Premise: Which hall at Notre Dame contains the current College of Science?

Hypothesis: The College of Science was established at the university in 1865 by president Father Patrick Dillon.


Premise: Spanish songs Beyonce released were for what?

Hypothesis: Beyoncé's music is generally R&B, but she also incorporates pop, soul and funk into her songs.


Premise: What temperatures did the organic deposits need to form bitumen over the eons?

Hypothesis: The vast Alberta bitumen resources are believed to have started out as living material from marine plants and animals, mainly algae, that died millions of years ago when an ancient ocean covered Alberta.


Premise: What did the English Dominican mystics not require in their work?

Hypothesis: It is important to understand, however, that for these mystics it was possible to pursue mystical life without the visions and voices that are usually associated with such a relationship with God.


Premise: Along with LeDoux, who was a notable neurological brain researcher?

Hypothesis: Important neurological advances were derived from these perspectives in the 1990s by Joseph E. LeDoux and António Damásio.


Premise: What are two broad categories of similarity among countries which have a Mediterranean climate?

Hypothesis: Southern Europe's most emblematic climate is that of the Mediterranean climate, which has become a typically known characteristic of the area.


Premise: What does the "fullwidth forms" section of code points encompass?

Hypothesis: For example, the "fullwidth forms" section of code points encompasses a full Latin alphabet that is separate from the main Latin alphabet section because in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) fonts, these Latin characters are rendered at the same width as CJK ideographs, rather than at half the width.


Premise: What act was responsible for the reorganization of local government on April 1, 1997?

Hypothesis: The district remains part of the Hampshire ceremonial county.


Premise: How many tribal governments are in Oklahoma?

Hypothesis: While Indian reservations typical in most of the United States are not present in Oklahoma, tribal governments hold land granted during the Indian Territory era, but with limited jurisdiction and no control over state governing bodies such as municipalities and counties.


Premise: Who consulted a witch before the battle of Pharsalus?

Hypothesis: Lucan depicts Sextus Pompeius, the doomed son of Pompey the Great, as convinced "the gods of heaven knew too little" and awaiting the Battle of Pharsalus by consulting with the Thessalian witch Erichtho, who practices necromancy and inhabits deserted graves, feeding on rotting corpses.


Premise: What mantra is engraved on the stupa's prayer wheels?

Hypothesis: Every year the stupa attracts many Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims who perform full body prostrations in the inner lower enclosure, walk around the stupa with prayer wheels, chant, and pray.


Premise: Who attended the Avery Normal Institute?

Hypothesis: Porter Military Academy later joined with Gaud School and is now a university-preparatory school, Porter-Gaud School.


Premise: What kind of strategy did the Luftwaffe use to give their bombers better protection?

Hypothesis: Regardless of the ability of the Luftwaffe to win air superiority, Adolf Hitler was frustrated that it was not happening quickly enough.


Premise: Who were the inventors of the float glass process?

Hypothesis: Following the glass batch preparation and mixing, the raw materials are transported to the furnace.


Premise: Who was the Queen's first grandchild?

Hypothesis: Almost exactly a year later, Princess Victoria gave birth to the Queen's first grandchild, Wilhelm, who would become the last German Kaiser.


Premise: What are three examples of fast food dishes in Portugal?

Hypothesis: Typical fast food dishes include the Francesinha (Frenchie) from Porto, and bifanas (grilled pork) or prego (grilled beef) sandwiches, which are well known around the country.


Premise: In the photophone, light carried sound and what?

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


Premise: Which section of the city receives hot water from geothermal power through the West Quay plant?

Hypothesis: The plant provides private electricity for the Port of Southampton and hot water to the Southampton District Energy Scheme used by many buildings including the WestQuay shopping centre.


Premise: Which PS3 model never included OtherOS?

Hypothesis: The firmware update 3.21 was mandatory for access to the PlayStation Network.


Premise: In the E.U., what are the governing principles for ISP's?

Hypothesis: Under European law, the governing principles for Internet Service Providers are "mere conduit", meaning that they are neutral 'pipes' with no knowledge of what they are carrying; and 'no obligation to monitor' meaning that they cannot be given a general mandate by governments to monitor content.


Premise: What would environmentalists have done, instead of hunting?

Hypothesis: Hunting is claimed to give resource managers an important tool in managing populations that might exceed the carrying capacity of their habitat and threaten the well-being of other species, or, in some instances, damage human health or safety.[citation needed]


Premise: What do most automatic turn tables do when they meet a lock groove?

Hypothesis: At the very end of this section the groove joins itself to form a complete circle, called the lock groove; when the stylus reaches this point, it circles repeatedly until lifted from the record.


Premise: Did Mendelssohn and Spinoza judge religion on its moral fruits or logic of its theology??

Hypothesis: Enlightenment scholars sought to curtail the political power of organized religion and thereby prevent another age of intolerant religious war.


Premise: Name the nineteenth century English atheist?

Hypothesis: The nineteenth-century English atheist Charles Bradlaugh declared that he refused to say "There is no God", because "the word 'God' is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation"; he said more specifically that he disbelieved in the Christian god.


Premise: In what time period did GE pollute the Hudson River with PCBs?

Hypothesis: General Electric heavily contaminated the Hudson River with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) between 1947-77.


Premise: When was the opening of first building in the second biotech district?

Hypothesis: As of late 2009, a Pfizer drug-testing clinic, a medical laboratory building serving Yale – New Haven Hospital, and a mixed-use structure containing parking, housing and office space, have been constructed on this corridor.


Premise: Where does the Constitutional Council meet?

Hypothesis: The Court of Cassation, the highest court in the judicial order, which reviews criminal and civil cases, is located in the Palais de Justice on the Île de la Cité, while the Conseil d'État, which provides legal advice to the executive and acts as the highest court in the administrative order, judging litigation against public bodies, is located in the Palais-Royal in the 1st arrondissement.


Premise: who usually organized shared meals and potluck events?

Hypothesis: They often sponsored activities that combined work, food and entertainment such as barn raisings, corn huskings, quilting bees, Grange meetings, church activities and school functions.


Premise: Who formed the new French Army of Chalons?

Hypothesis: Napoleon III and MacMahon formed the new French Army of Châlons, to march on to Metz to rescue Bazaine.


Premise: Israel defines itself as what?

Hypothesis: In its Basic Laws, Israel defines itself as a Jewish and democratic state.


Premise: Where do they grow tomatoes in Thuringia?

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


Premise: What did a bunch of Germanic tribes celebrate?

Hypothesis: Several Germanic tribes celebrated the returning of the daylight.


Premise: What did general relativity do that made it tentatively acceptable when it was proposed?

Hypothesis: Moreover, since Einstein also explained the empirical refutations of Newton's theory, general relativity was immediately deemed suitable for tentative acceptance on the Popperian account.


Premise: How many times was Pedro Albizu Campos convicted of attacks on US officials?

Hypothesis: Abizu Campos was convicted three times in connection with deadly attacks on US government officials: in 1937 (Conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States), in 1950 (attempted murder), and in 1954 (after an armed assault on the US House of Representatives while in session; although not present, Abizu Campos was considered the mastermind).


Premise: What radio was the primary inspiration for the look of the iPod?

Hypothesis: The iPod line came from Apple's "digital hub" category, when the company began creating software for the growing market of personal digital devices.


Premise: What is the primary language spoken by the people in Swaziland?

Hypothesis: They established their kingdom in the mid-18th century under the leadership of Ngwane III; the present boundaries were drawn up in 1881.


Premise: What is navigation based on?

Hypothesis: Using the sun for direction involves the need for making compensation based on the time.


Premise: How many green products did GE bring to market via its Ecoimagination program as of October 2008?

Hypothesis: As of October 2008, the scheme had resulted in 70 green products being brought to market, ranging from halogen lamps to biogas engines.


Premise: What year was there an analysis of the DNA recovered from human remains in Liangzhu culture?

Hypothesis: Zhejiang was the site of the Neolithic cultures of the Hemudu and Liangzhu.


Premise: How is A cappella currently defined?

Hypothesis: A cappella [a kapˈpɛlla] (Italian for "in the manner of the chapel") music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way.


Premise: Why is it difficult to measure corruption?

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


Premise: Which criteria is used to rank the clubs?

Hypothesis: Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored.


Premise: When was the city listed on the National Register of historic Places?

Hypothesis: The 19th-century buildings and streetscape of the Old West Side neighborhood have been preserved virtually intact; in 1972, the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and it is further protected by city ordinances and a nonprofit preservation group.


Premise: Who did Kanye become inspired by while creating 808s & Heartbreak?

Hypothesis: Rolling Stone journalist Matthew Trammell asserted that the record was ahead of its time and wrote in a 2012 article, "Now that popular music has finally caught up to it, 808s & Heartbreak has revealed itself to be Kanye’s most vulnerable work, and perhaps his most brilliant."


Premise: In what state did charismatic Lutheran congregations grow to be quite large?

Hypothesis: There is considerable charismatic activity among young Lutheran leaders in California centered around an annual gathering at Robinwood Church in Huntington Beach.


Premise: Who won the 1999 Nigerian election?

Hypothesis: Nigeria regained democracy in 1999 when it elected Olusegun Obasanjo, the former military head of state, as the new President of Nigeria.


Premise: How many groups were involved in conflict of World War II?

Hypothesis: These four countries were referred as the "Four Policemen" of the Allies and considered as the primary victors of World War II.


Premise: Along with being free and providing constant connectivity, what other feature does PS Network offer users?

Hypothesis: The service is always connected, free, and includes multiplayer support.


Premise: How many records has Underwood sold in America?

Hypothesis: Underwood has since sold 65 million records worldwide, and become the most successful Idol contestant in the U.S., selling over 14 million albums copies in the U.S. and has more  Underwood has won seven Grammy Awards, the most Grammys by an "American Idol" alumnus.


Premise: What is another name for the Agreement on the Establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States?

Hypothesis: On December 8, 1991, at Viskuli near Brest (Belarus), the President of the Russian SFSR and the heads of Byelorussian SSR and Ukrainian SSR signed the "Agreement on the Establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States" (known in media as Belavezha Accords).


Premise: Urinating and defecating in public has been identified as what?

Hypothesis: is very common and has been identified as a major health hazard.


Premise: What did ski-jump ramps allow STOVL aircraft to do that they couldn't do with a flat deck??

Hypothesis: Without a ski-jump launching fully loaded and fueled aircraft such as the Harrier would not be possible on a smaller flat deck ship before either stalling out or crashing directly into the sea.


Premise: What are two stores which sell files with DRM not compatible with iPods?

Hypothesis: However, iPods can also play music files from online stores that do not use DRM, such as eMusic or Amie Street.


Premise: Which prize did Frederick Buechner create?

Hypothesis: The university is the major seat of the Congregation of Holy Cross (albeit not its official headquarters, which are in Rome).


Premise: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi established what enormous supply route during World War 2?

Hypothesis: In 1941, Reza Shah was forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and established the Persian Corridor, a massive supply route that would last until the end of the ongoing war.


Premise: Who was greater in numbers than the Roman slave masters?

Hypothesis: Rome was also plagued by several slave uprisings during this period, in part because vast tracts of land had been given over to slave farming in which the slaves greatly outnumbered their Roman masters.


Premise: What item commonly used in hospitals, schools and offices is a pesticide?

Hypothesis: This use of pesticides is so common that the term pesticide is often treated as synonymous with plant protection product, although it is in fact a broader term, as pesticides are also used for non-agricultural purposes.


Premise: How are scratches on a CD fixed?

Hypothesis: Scratches on the clear side can be repaired by refilling them with similar refractive plastic or by careful polishing.


Premise: Along with Egypt, what nation did Libya have border issues with in this era?

Hypothesis: Overseeing unsuccessful border conflicts with Egypt and Chad, Gaddafi's support for foreign militants and alleged responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing led to Libya's label of "international pariah".


Premise: Name three types of immunological disorders?

Hypothesis: It charts, measures, and contextualizes the: physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and diseases; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders (such as autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, immune deficiency, and transplant rejection); the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the immune system in vitro, in situ, and in vivo.


Premise: Which governor teamed up with Orozco?

Hypothesis: Orozco eventually became disappointed with the Madero's government and led a rebellion against him.


Premise: What is Detroit's area code?

Hypothesis: Other nicknames arose in the 20th century, including City of Champions, beginning in the 1930s for its successes in individual and team sport; The D; Hockeytown (a trademark owned by the city's NHL club, the Red Wings); Rock City (after the Kiss song "Detroit Rock City"); and The 313 (its telephone area code).


Premise: What did the 2005 lawsuits accuse Apple of doing?

Hypothesis: In 2005, Apple faced two lawsuits claiming patent infringement by the iPod line and its associated technologies: Advanced Audio Devices claimed the iPod line breached its patent on a "music jukebox", while a Hong Kong-based IP portfolio company called Pat-rights filed a suit claiming that Apple's FairPlay technology breached a patent issued to inventor Ho Keung Tse.


Premise: When did Hubert Walter die?

Hypothesis: Pope Innocent was, according to historian Ralph Turner, an "ambitious and aggressive" religious leader, insistent on his rights and responsibilities within the church.


Premise: What judge declared Detroit bankrupt?

Hypothesis: It was declared bankrupt by U.S. judge Stephen Rhodes on December 3, with its $18.5 billion debt he said in accepting the city's contention that it is broke and that negotiations with its thousands of creditors were infeasible.


Premise: Who won a strong majority in the election?

Hypothesis: In November 2008, President Vieira's official residence was attacked by members of the armed forces, killing a guard but leaving the president unharmed.


Premise: What year did IBM open its first office in Bahrain?

Hypothesis: In 1937, IBM's tabulating equipment enabled organizations to process unprecedented amounts of data, its clients including the U.S. Government, during its first effort to maintain the employment records for 26 million people pursuant to the Social Security Act, and the Third Reich, largely through the German subsidiary Dehomag.


Premise: What was Zhejiang formerly romanized as?

Hypothesis: Zhejiang (help·info), formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China.


Premise: What is the maximum length of a video on youtube?

Hypothesis: Users who have a good track record of complying with the site's Community Guidelines may be offered the ability to upload videos up to 12 hours in length, which requires verifying the account, normally through a mobile phone.


Premise: What was the combined Israeli-British-French invasion in response to?

Hypothesis: In November 1956, Eisenhower forced an end to the combined British, French and Israeli invasion of Egypt in response to the Suez Crisis, receiving praise from Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser.


Premise: Other then breastfeeding women, who what other category of woman should have increased water intake?

Hypothesis: Pregnant and breastfeeding women require additional fluids to stay hydrated.


Premise: What does the bacteria give the worm?

Hypothesis: One of the most spectacular examples of obligate mutualism is between the siboglinid tube worms and symbiotic bacteria that live at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps.


Premise: What mall is Brasilia's newest bus station near?

Hypothesis: The Central Bus Station also contains a main metro station.


Premise: How many Baptists registered for the meeting in Atlanta?

Hypothesis: Although Southern Baptists have condemned racism in the past, this was the first time the predominantly white convention had dealt specifically with the issue of slavery.


Premise: What does ADGB stand for?

Hypothesis: I British term probably coined by Amyas Borton and believed to derive via the Royal Flying Corps from the music-hall comedian George Robey's line "Archibald, certainly not!").


Premise: The Phanerozoic era covers what time period?

Hypothesis: The history of biodiversity during the Phanerozoic (the last 540 million years), starts with rapid growth during the Cambrian explosion—a period during which nearly every phylum of multicellular organisms first appeared.


Premise: What was the official name of Libya prior to the establishment of the Jamahiriya?

Hypothesis: Dissolving the Libyan Arab Republic, it was replaced by the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Arabic


Premise: Who wanted to see Victoria and Albert marry?

Hypothesis: By 1836, the Duchess's brother, Leopold, who had been King of the Belgians since 1831, hoped to marry his niece to his nephew, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.


Premise: Why are children from suburban communities more likely to participate in activies that benefit their identity?

Hypothesis: While children that grow up in nice suburban communities are not exposed to bad environments they are more likely to participate in activities that can benefit their identity and contribute to a more successful identity development.


Premise: What region has no mention?

Hypothesis: No mention is made of the Balkans.


Premise: What did early research show people preferred as a day length?

Hypothesis: Early research into circadian rhythms suggested that most people preferred a day closer to 25 hours when isolated from external stimuli like daylight and timekeeping.


Premise: MES-1 uses what scripts only?

Hypothesis: Other standardized subsets of Unicode include the Multilingual European Subsets: MES-1 (Latin scripts only, 335 characters), MES-2 (Latin, Greek and Cyrillic 1062 characters) and MES-3A & MES-3B (two larger subsets, not shown here).


Premise: What is one possible objection to the theory of integrated variation?

Hypothesis: " Darwin attributed this to the competition between different forms, combined with the small number of individuals of intermediate forms, often leading to extinction of such forms.


Premise: Who defended the Cubists in the controversy of 1912?

Hypothesis: The controversy spread to the Municipal Council of Paris, leading to a debate in the Chambre des Députés about the use of public funds to provide the venue for such art.


Premise: What is the Knesset?

Hypothesis: The role of religious parties, including small religious parties that play important roles as coalition members, results in turn from Israel's composition as a complex society in which competing social, economic, and religious interests stand for election to the Knesset, a unicameral legislature with 120 seats.


Premise: What does sparking limit?

Hypothesis: Furthermore, the inductance of the rotor coils causes the voltage across each to rise when its circuit is opened, increasing the sparking of the brushes.


Premise: What had been linked to Zhong Yao?

Hypothesis: Regular script has been attributed to Zhong Yao, of the Eastern Han to Cao Wei period (c. 151–230 AD), who has been called the "father of regular script".


Premise: What type of garment or accessory is traditionally worn at some of the dances held?

Hypothesis: Malian musical traditions are derived from the griots, who are known as "Keepers of Memories".


Premise: What is one type of pesticide?

Hypothesis: Pesticides can also be considered as either biodegradable pesticides, which will be broken down by microbes and other living beings into harmless compounds, or persistent pesticides, which may take months or years before they are broken down: it was the persistence of DDT, for example, which led to its accumulation in the food chain and its killing of birds of prey at the top of the food chain.


Premise: Which party was Sir Robert Peel a part of?

Hypothesis: At the time, it was customary for the prime minister to appoint members of the Royal Household, who were usually his political allies and their spouses.


Premise: Where was the Qin dynasty based?

Hypothesis: The rulers of the expansionist Qin dynasty, based in present-day Gansu and Shaanxi, were only the first strategists to realize that the area's military importance matched its commercial and agricultural significance.


Premise: What is the difference in time between the calendars?

Hypothesis: In addition to the change in the mean length of the calendar year from 365.25 days (365 days 6 hours) to 365.2425 days (365 days 5 hours 49 minutes 12 seconds), a reduction of 10 minutes 48 seconds per year, the Gregorian calendar reform also dealt with the accumulated difference between these lengths.


Premise: What types of media increases as internet connectivity and access increases?

Hypothesis: Print media in the country is also progressively giving way to news radio stations and online portals, as internet connectivity and access increases.


Premise: What is a malicious code that demands processor time and spreads itself to other computers?

Hypothesis: On November 2, 1988, many started to slow down, because they were running a malicious code that demanded processor time and that spread itself to other computers – the first internet "computer worm".


Premise: Strict rules were put in place to appease what monetary fund?

Hypothesis: Anti-government protests in 1991 led to a coup, a transitional government, and a new constitution.


Premise: Who defeated the Kakatiya dynasty in 1310?

Hypothesis: The Kakatiya dynasty was reduced to a vassal of the Khilji dynasty in 1310 after its defeat by Sultan Alauddin Khilji of the Delhi Sultanate.


Premise: When did evidence of wheeled vehicles appear throughout the world?

Hypothesis: They were also aware of the five planets that are easily visible to the naked eye.


Premise: When was the Peace of Westphalia?

Hypothesis: The Nazis, led by Adolf Hitler, attempted to unite all the people they claimed were "Germans" (Volksdeutsche) into one realm, including ethnic Germans in eastern Europe, many of whom had emigrated more than one hundred fifty years before and developed separate cultures in their new lands.


Premise: What mantra is engraved on the stupa's prayer wheels?

Hypothesis: It is surrounded with a brick wall with 147 niches, each with four or five prayer wheels engraved with the mantra, om mani padme hum.


Premise: What is the most notable SAM that can detect a stealth target?

Hypothesis: The newest SAM's have a claimed ability to be able to detect and engage stealth targets, with the most notable being the S-400, which is claimed to be able to detect a target with a 0.05 meter squared RCS from 90 km away.


Premise: How much of the Bronx's vote in 1916 did Wilson get?

Hypothesis: Since then, the Bronx has always supported the Democratic Party's nominee for President, starting with a vote of 2-1 for the unsuccessful Al Smith in 1928, followed by four 2-1 votes for the successful Franklin D. Roosevelt.


Premise: Which United Kingdom newspaper published a Chinese ambassador's opinion that Western media had demonized China with torch coverage?

Hypothesis: The BBC reported on a demonstration in Sydney by Chinese Australians "voicing support for Beijing amid controversy over Tibet" and protesting against what they saw as Western media bias.


Premise: Had vinyl technology ceased expanding?

Hypothesis: Many electronic dance music and hip hop releases today are still preferred on vinyl; however, digital copies are still widely available.


Premise: What type of businesses did Nickles want to attract to Seattle?

Hypothesis: Major redevelopment of the South Lake Union neighborhood is underway, in an effort to attract new and established biotech companies to the city, joining biotech companies Corixa (acquired by GlaxoSmithKline), Immunex (now part of Amgen), Trubion, and ZymoGenetics.


Premise: WHo elected the king?

Hypothesis: This state of affairs grew up in part because of the extinction of the male-line descendants of the old royal dynasty (first the Piasts, then the Jagiellons), and the selection by the nobility of the Polish king from among the dynasty's female-line descendants.


Premise: What did Greece sign to apply to join the eurozone?

Hypothesis: On 1 January 2001, Greece joined the eurozone, with the adoption of the euro at the fixed exchange rate ₯340.75 to €1.


Premise: How many vendor spaces are in Brasilia's airport?

Hypothesis: Brasília Airport has 136 vendor spaces.


Premise: Out of the top eight advertising agency networks in the world, how many are based in New York?

Hypothesis: New York City is additionally a center for the advertising, music, newspaper, digital media, and publishing industries and is also the largest media market in North America.


Premise: When did Armenia establish a law on privatisation?

Hypothesis: Continued progress will depend on the ability of the government to strengthen its macroeconomic management, including increasing revenue collection, improving the investment climate, and making strides against corruption.


Premise: What airfield was taken by the NCAC in August, 1944?

Hypothesis: Although the advance in the Arakan had been halted to release troops and aircraft for the Battle of Imphal, the Americans and Chinese had continued to advance in northern Burma, aided by the Chindits operating against the Japanese lines of communication.


Premise: Who starred in the TV show "Savage"?

Hypothesis: Another TV film (Something Evil) was made and released to capitalize on the popularity of The Exorcist, then a major best-selling book which had not yet been released as a film.


Premise: In what year did the ancestery question stop appearing in the US census?

Hypothesis: Although used in the Census and the American Community Survey, "Some other race" is not an official race, and the Bureau considered eliminating it prior to the 2000 Census.


Premise: Who was declared the protector of Henry III after John's death?

Hypothesis: Henry III continued his attempts to reclaim Normandy and Anjou until 1259, but John's continental losses and the consequent growth of Capetian power in the 13th century proved to mark a "turning point in European history".


Premise: The name Destiny's Child was based on a quote in which book of the Bible?

Hypothesis: The Writing's on the Wall in 1999.


Premise: How many of its own five stars did TechRadar award the PS3 Slim?

Hypothesis: TechRadar gave PS3 Slim four and a half stars out of five praising its new smaller size and summed up its review stating "Over all, the PS3 Slim is a phenomenal piece of kit.


Premise: Which historian blamed naval weakness for European imperialism in China?

Hypothesis: Meanwhile, new but not exactly modern Chinese armies suppressed the midcentury rebellions, bluffed Russia into a peaceful settlement of disputed frontiers in Central Asia, and defeated the French forces on land in the Sino-French War (1884–85).


Premise: Are adolescents or children more bound to concrete events?

Hypothesis: Adolescents' thinking is less bound to concrete events than that of children: they can contemplate possibilities outside the realm of what currently exists.


Premise: Who negated the execution order on the eunuchs?

Hypothesis: When the eunuchs discovered this, however, they had her brother He Miao (何苗) rescind the order.


Premise: What company had a partnership with The Walt Disney Company for The American Idol Experience?

Hypothesis: In this live production, co-produced by 19 Entertainment, park guests chose from a list of songs and auditioned privately for Disney cast members.


Premise: When were most of the Alpine fourthousanders climber?

Hypothesis: Karl Blodig (1859–1956) was among the first to successfully climb all the major 4,000 m peaks.


Premise: What is the name of CBC's television station in St. John's?

Hypothesis: Rogers Cable has its provincial headquarters in St. John's, and their community channel Rogers TV airs local shows such as Out of the Fog and One Chef One Critic.


Premise: Which Prussian chancellor's motives in the conflict are still disputed?

Hypothesis: Some historians argue that the Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck planned to provoke a French attack in order to draw the southern German states—Baden, Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse-Darmstadt—into an alliance with the North German Confederation dominated by Prussia, while others contend that Bismarck did not plan anything and merely exploited the circumstances as they unfolded.


Premise: What did Feynman's discoveries help explain?

Hypothesis: The computational device that Feynman discovered then for gravity, "ghosts", which are "particles" in the interior of his diagrams that have the "wrong" connection between spin and statistics, have proved invaluable in explaining the quantum particle behavior of the Yang–Mills theories, for example, QCD and the electro-weak theory.


Premise: What year was the Palacio Salvo completed?

Hypothesis: Palacio Salvo, at the intersection of 18 de Julio Avenue and Plaza Independencia, was designed by the architect Mario Palanti and completed in 1925.


Premise: Parties to a treaty may disagree over a desire to create an obligation under what?

Hypothesis: This factor has been at work with respect to discussions between North Korea and the United States over security guarantees and nuclear proliferation.


Premise: How many ports does Oklahoma have?

Hypothesis: Two inland ports on rivers serve Oklahoma: the Port of Muskogee and the Tulsa Port of Catoosa.


Premise: Which province is often left out?

Hypothesis: The United States Geological Survey (USGS) defines the Appalachian Highlands physiographic division as consisting of thirteen provinces: the Atlantic Coast Uplands, Eastern Newfoundland Atlantic, Maritime Acadian Highlands, Maritime Plain, Notre Dame and Mégantic Mountains, Western Newfoundland Mountains, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Valley and Ridge, Saint Lawrence Valley, Appalachian Plateaus, New England province, and the Adirondack provinces.


Premise: What is the name of the prayer that is listed in the Qua-ran  is used to enact a safeguard on kids from the  the devil ?

Hypothesis: Moreover, Hannah's prayer in the Quran for her child to remain protected from Satan (Shayṭān) was said after it had already been born, not before and expresses a natural concern any righteous parent would have.


Premise: What are the largest minorities of western Sichuan?

Hypothesis: The Southwest University for Nationalities has one of China's most prominent Tibetology departments, and the Southwest Minorities Publishing House prints literature in minority languages.


Premise: How many people live in a square mile of New York City?

Hypothesis: Geographically co-extensive with New York County, the borough of Manhattan's population density of 71,672 people per square mile (27,673/km²) makes it the highest of any county in the United States and higher than the density of any individual American city.


Premise: What acidic salts were commonly found in the early types of paper produced?

Hypothesis: Alum was added to paper to assist in sizing, making it somewhat water resistant so that inks did not "run" or spread uncontrollably.


Premise: How many people are estimated to have died as a result of the creation of the Congo-Ocean Railroad?

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


Premise: What type of motor was used in trailway traction applications?

Hypothesis: Operating at normal power line frequencies, universal motors are often found in a range less than 1000 watts.


Premise: Who were targeted by the local Uzbeks?

Hypothesis: Thousands of Soviet troops were sent to the Fergana Valley, southeast of the Uzbek capital Tashkent, to re-establish order after clashes in which local Uzbeks hunted down members of the Meskhetian minority in several days of rioting between June 4–11, 1989; about 100 people were killed.


Premise: Which Armenian church recognizes the Pope?

Hypothesis: These include the Armenian Catholic Church (which follows its own liturgy but recognizes the Roman Catholic Pope), the Armenian Evangelical Church, which started as a reformation in the Mother church but later broke away, and the Armenian Brotherhood Church, which was born in the Armenian Evangelical Church, but later broke apart from it.


Premise: What was a drawback of laser read discs?

Hypothesis: The laser turntable eliminates record wear and the possibility of accidental scratches, which degrade the sound, but its expense limits use primarily to digital archiving of analog records, and the laser does not play back colored vinyl or picture discs.


Premise: What team is Barcelona's local rival?

Hypothesis: Barça's local rival has always been Espanyol.


Premise: Which Parks make up the Chengdu Hi-tech Development Zone?

Hypothesis: Located on both sides of the "Chengdu-Dujiangyan-Jiuzhaigou" golden tourism channel, the West Park aims at building a comprehensive industrial park targeting at industrial clustering with complete supportive functions.


Premise: What Samoan Head of State might have worshiped at the Bahá'í House of Worship?

Hypothesis: The Head of State until 2007, His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II, was a Bahá'í convert.


Premise: The church of Scotland was organized by this person, whats his name?

Hypothesis: King James VI and I moved the Church of Scotland towards an episcopal form of government, and in 1637, James' successor, Charles I and William Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury, attempted to force the Church of Scotland to use the Book of Common Prayer.


Premise: From whom did Allied leaders switch their support from to Tito?

Hypothesis: After the Partisans managed to endure and avoid these intense Axis attacks between January and June 1943, and the extent of Chetnik collaboration became evident, Allied leaders switched their support from Draža Mihailović to Tito.


Premise: Which state was NOT a part of the Federal Republic in 1949?

Hypothesis: West Berlin, while officially not part of the Federal Republic, was largely integrated and considered as a de facto state.


Premise: During what period of time was Victor Hugo exiled from France?

Hypothesis: Another of Victor Hugo's works, Les Misérables, written while he was in exile outside France during the Second Empire, described the social change and political turmoil in Paris in the early 1830s.


Premise: What religious practice did Rome use to determine ritual?

Hypothesis: The Roman architect Vitruvius always uses the word templum to refer to this sacred precinct, and the more common Latin words aedes, delubrum, or fanum for a temple or shrine as a building.


Premise: What percentage of shareholder votes was need to approve the 2014 buy-back?

Hypothesis: At a general body meeting, held on 1 August 2014, 72 percent of shareholders voted to approve the buy-back, short of the 75 percent vote that was required for approval.


Premise: What is the name for the grouping of countries of China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom; Germany and Japan?

Hypothesis: Japan and Germany are great powers too, though due to their large advanced economies (having the third and fourth largest economies respectively) rather than their strategic and hard power capabilities (i.e., the lack of permanent seats and veto power on the UN Security Council or strategic military reach).


Premise: What is seen as a major risk to Antarctica?

Hypothesis: A major concern within this committee is the risk to Antarctica from unintentional introduction of non-native species from outside the region.


Premise: Who releases Link from the Realm of Twilight?

Hypothesis: Zelda explains that Zant, the King of the Twilight, has stolen the light from three of the four Light Spirits and conquered Hyrule.


Premise: In Scotland, who is responsible for submitting a bill for royal assent?

Hypothesis: After a bill has been passed, the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament submits it to the monarch for royal assent after a four-week period, during which the Advocate General for Scotland, the Lord Advocate, the Attorney General or the Secretary of State for Scotland may refer the bill to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (prior to 1 October 2009, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council) for review of its legality.


Premise: How much of the production of the Redwater plant will into diesel fuel?

Hypothesis: In Alberta, five bitumen upgraders produce synthetic crude oil and a variety of other products: The Suncor Energy upgrader near Fort McMurray, Alberta produces synthetic crude oil plus diesel fuel; the Syncrude Canada, Canadian Natural Resources, and Nexen upgraders near Fort McMurray produce synthetic crude oil; and the Shell Scotford Upgrader near Edmonton produces synthetic crude oil plus an intermediate feedstock for the nearby Shell Oil Refinery.


Premise: Where was Napoleon when he received news of an Austrian invasion?

Hypothesis: The early Austrian attack surprised the French; Napoleon himself was still in Paris when he heard about the invasion.


Premise: What is a mailbox provider?

Hypothesis: A mailbox provider is an organization that provides services for hosting electronic mail domains with access to storage for mail boxes.


Premise: What was a Carolingian Abbot credited for adding to beer in 822?

Hypothesis: The product that the early Europeans drank might not be recognised as beer by most people today.


Premise: What two performers were known as the team Abbott and Costello?

Hypothesis: Some stars came from radio, including Edgar Bergen, W. C. Fields, and the comedy team of Abbott and Costello (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello).


Premise: In which year was a settlement reached regarding GE's pollution of the Housatonic River?

Hypothesis: In 1999, the company agreed to pay a $250 million settlement in connection with claims it polluted the Housatonic River (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) and other sites with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other hazardous substances.


Premise: What aren't considered valid when performed by other denominations?

Hypothesis: Individuals undergoing baptism must affirm publicly that dedication and baptism identify them "as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in association with God's spirit-directed organization," though Witness publications say baptism symbolizes personal dedication to God and not "to a man, work or organization.


Premise: How many times did Jesus predict his own death?

Hypothesis: In each Gospel these five events in the life of Jesus are treated with more intense detail than any other portion of that Gospel's narrative.


Premise: What colors did many websites convert their home pages to?

Hypothesis: Many websites converted their home page to black and white; Sina.com and Sohu, major internet portals, limited their homepages to news items and removed all advertisements.


Premise: Who might Darwin have feared upsetting by publishing his work?

Hypothesis: Reasons suggested have included fear of religious persecution or social disgrace if his views were revealed, and concern about upsetting his clergymen naturalist friends or his pious wife Emma.


Premise: How wide is Suez canal?

Hypothesis: It contains no locks; seawater flows freely through the canal.


Premise: Which streets have their own linked articles?

Hypothesis: The streets do not run exactly east–west, because the grid plan is aligned with the Hudson River rather than with the cardinal directions. "


Premise: What did the automaton mimic?

Hypothesis: The rudimentary "mechanical man" simulated a human voice.


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

Hypothesis: Following the successful revolt in Los Angeles, the American garrison at San Diego was driven out without firing a shot in early October 1846.


Premise: How long has Puerto Rico had representation in Congress?

Hypothesis: Since 1898, Puerto Rico has had limited representation in the Congress in the form of a Resident Commissioner, a nonvoting delegate.


Premise: What have been constantly found in religious or ritual use?

Hypothesis: The use of such contractions is as old as Chinese characters themselves, and they have frequently been found in religious or ritual use.


Premise: Reactive responses are present in the brains of what animals?

Hypothesis: If distinguished from reactive responses of reptiles, emotions would then be mammalian elaborations of general vertebrate arousal patterns, in which neurochemicals (for example, dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin) step-up or step-down the brain's activity level, as visible in body movements, gestures and postures.


Premise: What was the average household size in Atlantic City?

Hypothesis: The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.26.


Premise: What was worshipped for their ability to maintain their color through the winter season?

Hypothesis: Romans used green holly and evergreen as decorations for their winter solstice celebration called Saturnalia, which eventually evolved into a Christmas celebration.


Premise: Musical notation is effective for what?

Hypothesis: While there are differences between particular performances of a classical work, a piece of classical music is generally held to transcend any interpretation of it.


Premise: What percentage of the South Tuscon Population is Mexican-American?

Hypothesis: The population consists of about 83% Mexican-American and 10% Native American residents.


Premise: What chemical compounds can make glass nearly black?

Hypothesis: Sulfur, together with carbon and iron salts, is used to form iron polysulfides and produce amber glass ranging from yellowish to almost black.


Premise: What is the name of the movement of rural blacks in the early 20th century called?

Hypothesis: Detroit, like many places in the United States, developed racial conflict and discrimination in the 20th century following rapid demographic changes as hundreds of thousands of new workers were attracted to the industrial city; in a short period it became the 4th-largest city in the nation.


Premise: Who did Bell meet in 1874?

Hypothesis: In March 1875, Bell and Pollok visited the famous scientist Joseph Henry, who was then director of the Smithsonian Institution, and asked Henry's advice on the electrical multi-reed apparatus that Bell hoped would transmit the human voice by telegraph.


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

Hypothesis: The original early 19th-century interior designs, many of which survive, include widespread use of brightly coloured scagliola and blue and pink lapis, on the advice of Sir Charles Long.


Premise: What were Peshwas?

Hypothesis: By the early 18th century, the Maratha Kingdom had transformed itself into the Maratha Empire under the rule of the Peshwas (prime ministers).


Premise: What subjects did Ibn Sina mainly write about?

Hypothesis: The Persian scholar Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (980–1037) had more than 450 books attributed to him.


Premise: What HUB is built into the host controller?

Hypothesis: Up to 127 devices, including hub devices if present, may be connected to a single host controller.


Premise: In 1817, The Times paper's printer James Lawson passed his business to which family member?

Hypothesis: Under the editorship of Barnes and his successor in 1841, John Thadeus Delane, the influence of The Times rose to great heights, especially in politics and amongst the City of London.


Premise: What is the color red associated with?

Hypothesis: Since 2000, red has become associated with the right-wing Republican Party and blue with the left-wing Democratic Party.


Premise: Is the grass nake or the smooth snake native to Ireland?

Hypothesis: Only three snakes are native to Great Britain: the common European adder, the grass snake and the smooth snake; none are native to Ireland.


Premise: When was the last person executed in the District of Columbia?

Hypothesis: Oregon abolished the death penalty through an overwhelming majority in a 1964 public referendum but reinstated it in a 1984 joint death penalty/life imprisonment referendum by an even higher margin after a similar 1978 referendum succeeded but was not implemented due to judicial rulings.


Premise: What was a naginata?

Hypothesis: This was especially crucial during early feudal Japan, when warrior husbands were often traveling abroad or engaged in clan battles.


Premise: What religion is predominant in the West and western South Slavs?

Hypothesis: The religious borders are largely comparable to the East–West Schism which began in the 11th century.


Premise: What is the average population density of Switzerland?

Hypothesis: The population is about 8 million, resulting in an average population density of around 195 people per square kilometre (500/sq mi).


Premise: What direction did British architecture go in mid 18th century?

Hypothesis: The Antiquities of Athens and Other Monuments of Greece was very influential in this regard, as were Robert Wood's Palmyra and Baalbec.


Premise: What ranks in the Song dynasty wore blue?

Hypothesis: During the Song dynasty (906–1279), officials of the top three ranks wore purple clothes; those of the fourth and fifth wore bright red; those of the sixth and seventh wore green; and the eighth and ninth wore blue.


Premise: What was Mohammed Awale Liban by profession?

Hypothesis: It was created in 1954 by the Somali scholar Mohammed Awale Liban, after he had been selected by the labour trade union of the Trust Territory of Somalia to come up with a design.


Premise: What does post-punk reject any of which are perceived as being traditionalist, hegemonic, or rockist?

Hypothesis: Though the music varied widely between regions and artists, the post-punk movement has been characterized by its "conceptual assault" on rock conventions and rejection of aesthetics perceived of as traditionalist, hegemonic or rockist in favor of experimentation with production techniques and non-rock musical styles such as dub, electronic music, disco, noise, jazz, krautrock, world music and the avant-garde.


Premise: Who was the teacher who committed the act  ?

Hypothesis: In 1839 Mariano Spada (1796 - 1872), professor of theology at the Roman College of Saint Thomas, published Esame Critico sulla dottrina dell’ Angelico Dottore S. Tommaso di Aquino circa il Peccato originale, relativamente alla Beatissima Vergine Maria


Premise: What was the population of people in New York that were not Caucasian in 1890?

Hypothesis: New York City was a prime destination in the early twentieth century for African Americans during the Great Migration from the American South, and by 1916, New York City was home to the largest urban African diaspora in North America.


Premise: What is the FBI comparable to?

Hypothesis: Although many of FBI's functions are unique, its activities in support of national security are comparable to those of the British MI5 and the Russian FSB.


Premise: Who are some famous Cypriot folk poets?

Hypothesis: Among leading Turkish Cypriot writers are Osman Türkay, twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Özker Yaşın, Neriman Cahit, Urkiye Mine Balman, Mehmet Yaşın and Neşe Yaşın.


Premise: Who were two good biographers of Queen Victoria?

Hypothesis: The biographies written by Elizabeth Longford and Cecil Woodham-Smith, in 1964 and 1972 respectively, are still widely admired.


Premise: What Fahrenheit temperature is the lowest ever recorded in Tennessee?

Hypothesis: The highest recorded temperature is 113 °F (45 °C) at Perryville on August 9, 1930 while the lowest recorded temperature is −32 °F (−36 °C) at Mountain City on December 30, 1917.


Premise: What was lighter than the water-cooled pom-pom?

Hypothesis: The air-cooled Bofors was vastly superior for land use, being much lighter than the water-cooled pom-pom, and UK production of the Bofors 40 mm was licensed.


Premise: What was the result of the invasion by Spain?

Hypothesis: Reluctantly, by following the imperial diet, most of the states of the empire joined Austria's cause.


Premise: How many graphemes does Czech have?

Hypothesis: Czech has one of the most phonemic orthographies of all European languages.


Premise: What has been studied as a mechanism of disease transmission?

Hypothesis: Due to the global spread of avian influenza, bird migration has been studied as a possible mechanism of disease transmission, but it has been found not to present a special risk; import of pet and domestic birds is a greater threat.


Premise: When did the Armenian Genocide occure?

Hypothesis: During World War I, Armenians living in their ancestral lands in the Ottoman Empire were systematically exterminated in the Armenian Genocide.


Premise: Nintendo agreed with Atari to release the Famicom under what name?

Hypothesis: This violation of Atari's exclusive license with Nintendo to publish the game for its own computer systems delayed the implementation of Nintendo's game console marketing contract with Atari.


Premise: In what year was the suspension of the death penalty in the United States ended?

Hypothesis: In this case, the court found that the death penalty was being imposed in an unconstitutional manner, on the grounds of cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.


Premise: Louis Binford's idea is popular among whom?

Hypothesis: Robert Blumenschine proposed the idea of confrontational scavenging, which involves challenging and scaring off other predators after they have made a kill, which he suggests could have been the leading method of obtaining protein-rich meat by early humans.


Premise: What was the name of the Somalian warlord who directed massacres of peacekeeping troops?

Hypothesis: Eighteen American soldiers were killed, and a US television crew filmed graphic images of the body of one soldier being dragged through the streets by an angry mob.


Premise: Who was the first woman to run Mexico City?

Hypothesis: Cárdenas resigned in 1999 to run in the 2000 presidential elections and designated Rosario Robles to succeed him, who became the first woman (elected or otherwise) to govern Mexico City.


Premise: What entity did Universal have a contract with prior to July of 2007?

Hypothesis: Universal Music Group decided not to renew their contract with the iTunes Store on July 3, 2007.


Premise: How many outreach events were held at Eton by Oxford University in 2010?

Hypothesis: Figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph had revealed that, in 2010, 37 applicants from Eton were accepted by Oxford whilst state schools had difficulty obtaining entry even for pupils with the country's most impressive exam results.


Premise: What early sign heralded the post-punk revival?

Hypothesis: The earliest sign of a revival was the emergence of various underground bands in the mid-'90s.


Premise: Britain sent troops to aid Portugal.  What was the result?

Hypothesis: Portugal followed by joining the war on Britain's side.


Premise: In addition to Clay Aiken and Kellie Pickler, which other Idol is from North Carolina?

Hypothesis: Since the show's inception in 2002, ten of the fourteen Idol winners, including its first five, have come from the Southern United States.


Premise: When did the company release a trailer of the horseback riding aspect?

Hypothesis: The game was scheduled to be released the next year, and was no longer a follow-up to The Wind Waker; a true sequel to it was released for the Nintendo DS in 2007, in the form of Phantom Hourglass.


Premise: What nationality was Alcmaeon of Croton?

Hypothesis: About the same time in Italy, Alcmaeon of Croton (a Greek) wrote of the importance of equilibrium between what goes in and what goes out, and warned that imbalance would result disease marked by obesity or emaciation.


Premise: The capture of which city finalized the Reconquista?

Hypothesis: In 1492, Granada was captured from the Moors, thereby completing the Reconquista.


Premise: In what year did Royal Dutch Shell make a bid to purchase approximately 30% of Shell Oil Company's shares?

Hypothesis: Through most of Shell's early history, the Shell Oil Company business in the United States was substantially independent with its stock being traded on the NYSE and with little direct involvement from the group's central offices in the running of the American business.


Premise: What do these core functions of the Air Force express?

Hypothesis: It should be emphasized that the core functions, by themselves, are not doctrinal constructs.


Premise: When was the Gallipoli Campaign?

Hypothesis: The important contribution of the Dominions to the war effort was recognised in 1917 by the British Prime Minister David Lloyd George when he invited each of the Dominion Prime Ministers to join an Imperial War Cabinet to co-ordinate imperial policy.


Premise: Who did John explore an alliance with?

Hypothesis: John began to explore an alliance with the French king Philip II, freshly returned from the crusade.


Premise: Where is Midtown Raleigh?

Hypothesis: It also includes North Hills Park and part of the Raleigh Greenway System.


Premise: What may render certain names in katakana instead of kanji?

Hypothesis: Newspapers have dealt with this problem in varying ways, including using software to combine two existing, similar characters, including a picture of the personality, or, especially as is the case with Yu Shyi-kun, simply substituting a homophone for the rare character in the hope that the reader would be able to make the correct inference.


Premise: Is TB common or uncommon in the United States?

Hypothesis: As tuberculosis is uncommon in most of Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, BCG is administered only to those people at high risk.


Premise: What is the name of the 360's motion sensing camera peripheral?

Hypothesis: Several peripherals have been released, including wireless controllers, expanded hard drive storage, and the Kinect motion sensing camera.


Premise: How many bombs hit Plymouth on Hitler's birthday?

Hypothesis: By April and May 1941, the Luftwaffe was still getting through to their targets, taking no more than one- to two-percent losses on any given mission.


Premise: Who is chair of UN Energy?

Hypothesis: The group is to be co-chaired by Kandeh Yumkella, the chair of UN Energy and director general of the UN Industrial Development Organisation, and Charles Holliday, chairman of Bank of America".


Premise: Who was made Secretary of State for Education in 1970?

Hypothesis: In 1970 Margaret Thatcher became Secretary of State for Education of the new Conservative government.


Premise: What prize do Armenians receive from the government if they win a gold medal?

Hypothesis: Due to the lack of success lately on the international level, in recent years, Armenia has rebuilt 16 Soviet-era sports schools and furnished them with new equipment for a total cost of $1.9 million.


Premise: The final product of reconstruction is known as what?

Hypothesis: In such a situation, a key objective becomes the identification of the first exemplar before any split in the tradition.


Premise: What did the banning of the two dialects  include?

Hypothesis: Both Alsatian and Standard German were for a time banned from public life (including street and city names, official administration, and educational system).


Premise: Which portion the cathedral was the reconstruction of the great Church of Saint-Denis begun?

Hypothesis: He began with the West Front, reconstructing the original Carolingian façade with its single door.


Premise: How many lodges existed in Iraq in the 1950s?

Hypothesis: Masonic lodges existed in Iraq as early as 1917, when the first lodge under the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) was opened.


Premise: Who asked Paul VI for permission to cooperate with Protestants to translate the bible?

Hypothesis: Paul VI supported the new-found harmony and cooperation with Protestants on so many levels.


Premise: How much of a Siboglinidae's weight is symbiotic bacteria?

Hypothesis: The bacteria convert inorganic matter – such as hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from hydrothermal vents, or methane from seeps – to organic matter that feeds themselves and their hosts, while the worms extend their palps into the gas flows to absorb the gases needed by the bacteria.


Premise: What are the type of antibiotics which are taken from still living things?

Hypothesis: These include, for example, the beta-lactam antibiotics, which include the penicillins (produced by fungi in the genus Penicillium), the cephalosporins, and the carbapenems.


Premise: Who can veto Parliament?

Hypothesis: The Guardian Council comprises twelve jurists including six appointed by the Supreme Leader.


Premise: Why does the collector voltage drop in grounded-emitter transistor circuits?

Hypothesis: In a grounded-emitter transistor circuit, such as the light-switch circuit shown, as the base voltage rises, the emitter and collector currents rise exponentially.


Premise: What acts were passed relating to the FBI after 9/11?

Hypothesis: The FBI director is responsible for the day-to-day operations at the FBI.


Premise: How can luminescent light sources be modified to resemble the appearance of incandescents?

Hypothesis: There are many non-incandescent light sources, such as the fluorescent lamp, high-intensity discharge lamps and LED lamps, which have higher luminous efficiency, and some have been designed to be retrofitted in fixtures for incandescent lights.


Premise: Which state borders Tennessee to the east?

Hypothesis: Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west.


Premise: When did Deflem write about cross-border policing?

Hypothesis: Historical studies reveal that policing agents have undertaken a variety of cross-border police missions for many years (Deflem, 2002).


Premise: What did secondary modern and grammar schools combine to become?

Hypothesis: Many grammar schools were either closed or changed to comprehensive status.


Premise: When did a large number of Lisu people convert to Christianity?

Hypothesis: Famous earlier missionaries include James O. Fraser, Alfred James Broomhall and Isobel Kuhn of the China Inland Mission, among others who were active in this area.


Premise: What was the name of the Plymouth-area settlement recorded in the Domesday Book?

Hypothesis: The first record of the existence of a settlement at Plymouth was in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Sudtone, Saxon for south farm, located at the present day Barbican.


Premise: Where did 60% of populations stay?

Hypothesis: Communal shelters never housed more than one seventh of Greater London residents, however.


Premise: What is the name of Thammasat University's engineering school?

Hypothesis: Institutes of technology with different origins are Asian Institute of Technology, which developed from SEATO Graduate School of Engineering, and Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, an engineering school of Thammasat University.


Premise: In what decade were breakthroughs made that brought in the modern era of GaN-based optoelectronic devices?

Hypothesis: This new development revolutionized LED lighting, making high-power blue light sources practical, leading to the development of technologies like BlueRay, as well as allowing the bright high resolution screens of modern tablets and phones.[citation needed]


Premise: When did Greece join what is now the European Union?

Hypothesis: The country joined what is now the European Union in 1981.


Premise: Which holiday was the terrorist bombing planned for?

Hypothesis: C campaigns for Britain to form alongside 8 other countries "Nine Eyes ", a global surveillance and intelligence co-operation initiative between nine member states, and uses his influence to close down the '00' section, believing it to be outdated.


Premise: On what date did the first pope set foot in the abbey?

Hypothesis: On 17 September 2010


Premise: What did New York enact that replaced traditional common law proceeding?

Hypothesis: The old English division between common law and equity courts was abolished in the federal courts by the adoption of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 1938; it has also been independently abolished by legislative acts in nearly all states.


Premise: When was the group notion summed up and solidly settled?

Hypothesis: In addition to their abstract properties, group theorists also study the different ways in which a group can be expressed concretely (its group representations), both from a theoretical and a computational point of view.


Premise: The imperial system Napoleon created was based on what model?

Hypothesis: He believed that a Bourbon restoration would be more difficult if his family's succession was entrenched in the constitution.


Premise: What allowed people to move across Beringia to North America?

Hypothesis: The Laurentide Ice Sheet covered most of North America, blocking nomadic inhabitants and confining them to Alaska (East Beringia) for thousands of years.


Premise: What might a state do in response to another state's withdrawal from a treaty?

Hypothesis: In practice, because of sovereignty, any state can withdraw from any treaty at any time.


Premise: What is the name of the six bus companies?

Hypothesis: Philadelphia is also a major hub for Greyhound Lines, which operates 24-hour service to points east of the Mississippi River.


Premise: Who else does stare decisis affect?

Hypothesis: This is where the act of deciding a case becomes a limited form of lawmaking in itself, in that an appellate court's rulings will thereby bind itself and lower courts in future cases (and therefore also impliedly binds all persons within the court's jurisdiction).


Premise: How many legitimate children did John have?

Hypothesis: John's second wife, Isabella of Angoulême, left England for Angoulême soon after the king's death; she became a powerful regional leader, but largely abandoned the children she had had by John.


Premise: What mostly affects polarization?

Hypothesis: Reflections generally affect polarization.


Premise: On what island did the Missionaries live with citizens of the Marshall Islands?

Hypothesis: A number of vessels visiting the islands were attacked and their crews killed.


Premise: Together, Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport are known by what name?

Hypothesis: In this valley are numerous towns and two of the region's three urban areas, Knoxville, the 3rd largest city in the state, and Chattanooga, the 4th largest city in the state.


Premise: How much was the contract given to Theo Epstein worth?

Hypothesis: The development of Castro, Anthony Rizzo, Darwin Barney, Brett Jackson and pitcher Jeff Samardzija as well as the replenishing of the minor-league system with prospects such as Javier Baez, Albert Almora, and Jorge Soler became the primary focus of the season, a philosophy which the new management said would carry over at least through the 2013 season.


Premise: Did the French take St. John's?

Hypothesis: In 1762, towards the end of the war, French forces attacked St. John's, Newfoundland.


Premise: ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said which organization intended to ensure that China supporters outweighed Tibet supporters?

Hypothesis: Police said "the five were arrested for interfering with the event under special powers enacted in the wake of massive protests against Chinese policy toward Tibet."