Premise: Rivals in what self-identified era enjoyed much stronger 3rd party support?

Hypothesis: Consoles from Nintendo's rivals in the post-SNES era had always enjoyed much stronger third-party support than Nintendo, which relied more heavily on first-party games.


Premise: What is needed to reject a cabinet's policy?

Hypothesis: Each government is required to define the broad outline of its policies in a programme, and present it to the Assembly for a mandatory period of debate.


Premise: What frequency bands does Compass-M1 transmit in?

Hypothesis: Compass-M1 transmits in 3 bands: E2, E5B, and E6.


Premise: Who establishes leadership PACs?

Hypothesis: For example, they assist in recruiting qualified candidates; they establish "leadership PACs" to raise and distribute funds to House candidates of their party; they try to persuade partisan colleagues not to retire or run for other offices so as to hold down the number of open seats the party would need to defend; they coordinate their campaign activities with congressional and national party campaign committees; they encourage outside groups to back their candidates; they travel around the country to speak on behalf of party candidates; and they encourage incumbent colleagues to make significant financial contributions to the party's campaign committee. "


Premise: What does hyper-responsiveness of the airways cause?

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


Premise: What was Jim Foster viewing when he came up with the idea for arena football?

Hypothesis: He presented the idea to a few friends at the NFL offices, where he received praise and encouragement for his concept.


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

Hypothesis: It was occupied by piratical kingdoms of the Barbary Coast, de facto independent since the 18th century.


Premise: Who is one of the most famous people to graduate from the large art school of Mexico City?

Hypothesis: Many of the works produced by the students and faculty of that time are now displayed in the Museo Nacional de San Carlos (National Museum of San Carlos).


Premise: Critics don't like the foundations use of media why

Hypothesis: As part of its education-related initiatives, the foundation has funded journalists, think tanks, lobbying organizations and governments.


Premise: What are some of the outlines of life?

Hypothesis: According to author Michael Carrithers, while there are good reasons to doubt the traditional account, "the outline of the life must be true: birth, maturity, renunciation, search, awakening and liberation, teaching, death."


Premise: What football club is Arsenal's greatest rival?

Hypothesis: In addition, Arsenal and Manchester United developed a strong on-pitch rivalry in the late 1980s, which intensified in recent years when both clubs were competing for the Premier League title – so much so that a 2003 online poll by the Football Fans Census listed Manchester United as Arsenal's biggest rivals, followed by Tottenham and Chelsea.


Premise: Who wrote a book about Tito questioning his true origin?

Hypothesis: In the years after Tito's death up to nowadays, some people have disputed his identity.


Premise: What did Paul VI want to keep open with the modern world and people from all walks of life?

Hypothesis: The Unity of Christianity would be central to his activities.


Premise: How many Estonian teams are in the Baltic Basketball League?

Hypothesis: Six Estonian basketball clubs participates in Baltic Basketball League.


Premise: Buddhism is based on the teaching of who?

Hypothesis: Buddhists believe that this is accomplished through the direct understanding and perception of dependent origination and the Four Noble Truths.


Premise: Who seized the US Embassy in Iran in 1979?

Hypothesis: On November 4, 1979, a group of students seized the United States Embassy and took the embassy with 52 personnel and citizens hostage, after the United States refused to return Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Iran to face trial in the court of the new regime.


Premise: What incorporates the Western Wall and the Temple Mount?

Hypothesis: The city of Jerusalem is of special importance to Jews, Muslims and Christians as it is the home of sites that are pivotal to their religious beliefs, such as the Old City that incorporates the Western Wall and the Temple Mount, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.


Premise: In which five years did England fail to qualify for the UEFA European Championship?

Hypothesis: England is quite a successful nation at the UEFA European Football Championship, having finished in third place in 1968 and reached the semi-final in 1996.


Premise: What group lead the Bengali Renaissance?

Hypothesis: The Bengali Renaissance refers to a social reform movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the Bengal region of India during the period of British rule dominated by English educated Bengali Hindus.


Premise: What year was the O'neill tunnel put in place?

Hypothesis: The elevated portion of the Central Artery, which carried most of the through traffic in downtown Boston, was replaced with the O'Neill Tunnel during the Big Dig, substantially completed in early 2006.


Premise: How many Local Authorities are there in England?

Hypothesis: Council estates are in the Weston, Thornhill and Townhill Park districts.


Premise: How is bacterial metabolism determined?

Hypothesis: Bacterial metabolism is classified into nutritional groups on the basis of three major criteria: the kind of energy used for growth, the source of carbon, and the electron donors used for growth.


Premise: How do the leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses cultivate a system of unquestioning obedience?

Hypothesis: Other critics charge that by disparaging individual decision-making, the religion's leaders cultivate a system of unquestioning obedience in which Witnesses abrogate all responsibility and rights over their personal lives.


Premise: In what year was the book humanism published?

Hypothesis: In his book, Humanism (1997), Tony Davies calls these critics "humanist anti-humanists".


Premise: How much earlier do people's routines happen because of daylight savings?

Hypothesis: However, they will have one less hour of daylight at the start of each day, making the policy less practical during winter.


Premise: Who was stripped of their commanding rights by China?

Hypothesis: After that, the leading part of the war became the Chinese army.


Premise: What is a cause of severe environmental issues in the Niger Delta?

Hypothesis: The presence of companies like Shell in the Niger-Delta has led to extreme environmental issues in the Niger Delta.


Premise: How many Communists were executed at the Slansky trial?

Hypothesis: Stalin put pressure on Czechoslovakia to conduct purges in order to discourage the spread of the idea of a "national path to socialism," which Tito espoused.


Premise: What idea did Sigmund Freud bring to the table?

Hypothesis: Freud did not claim that everyone is bisexual in the sense of feeling the same level of sexual attraction to both genders.


Premise: Greeks in Istanbul owned how many wholesale companies in 1911?

Hypothesis: In fact, in many cases, Christians and also Jews were able to gain protection from European consuls and citizenship, meaning they were protected from Ottoman law and not subject to the same economic regulations as their Muslim comrades.


Premise: What did the Convulsion caused by the global depression resul in?

Hypothesis: The Great Depression ended at different times in different countries with the effect lasting into the next era.


Premise: Who wrote the book, The Computer and the Brain?

Hypothesis: The earliest attempts at cybernetics were somewhat crude in that they treated the brain as essentially a digital computer in disguise, as for example in John von Neumann's 1958 book, The Computer and the Brain.


Premise: What utility company sponsored a carbon emissions survey in 2006?

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: What is a name for an art song?

Hypothesis: The art song (or Lied) came to maturity in this era, as did the epic scales of grand opera, ultimately transcended by Richard Wagner's Ring cycle.


Premise: What is another name for the first self reproducing computer program?

Hypothesis: He also created the field of cellular automata without the aid of computers, constructing the first self-replicating automata with pencil and graph paper.


Premise: How old was the mummified man discovered at the Austrian-Italian bored?

Hypothesis: By the 6th century BC, the Celtic La Tène culture was well established.


Premise: It was an early backer of what

Hypothesis: The foundation was the biggest early backer of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.


Premise: When was the Juan Manuel Blanes Museum founded?

Hypothesis: The Museo Municipal Precolombino y Colonial, in the Ciudad Vieja, has preserved collections of the archaeological finds from excavations carried out by Uruguayan archaeologist Antonio Taddei.


Premise: How many princes of Dharma were assigned by the Ming court?

Hypothesis: According to Wang Jiawei and Nyima Gyaincain, leading officials of these organs were all appointed by the central government and were subject to the rule of law.


Premise: When are nouns in Czech inflected?

Hypothesis: Nouns are inflected to indicate their use in a sentence.


Premise: What Morrison song pays homage to his New Haven arrest while mentioning the town by name?

Hypothesis: New Haven was the location of one of Jim Morrison's infamous arrests while he fronted the rock group The Doors.


Premise: What is lisle considered to be as a fabric?

Hypothesis: Cotton lisle is a finely-spun, tightly twisted type of cotton that is noted for being strong and durable.


Premise: What is the name of one of the great hospitals in Mexico City?

Hypothesis: The national public healthcare institution for private-sector employees, IMSS, has its largest facilities in Mexico City—including the National Medical Center and the La Raza Medical Center—and has an annual budget of over 6 billion pesos.


Premise: Who made a documentary called "The Bronx is burning"?

Hypothesis: As the fire was captured on live television, announcer Howard Cosell is wrongly remembered to have said something like, "There it is, ladies and gentlemen: the Bronx is burning".


Premise: Who was brought before the Inquisition for heresy but renounced his beliefs and thus remained under house arrest for life?

Hypothesis: Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy", namely of having held the opinions that the Sun lies motionless at the centre of the universe, that the Earth is not at its centre and moves, and that one may hold and defend an opinion as probable after it has been declared contrary to Holy Scripture.


Premise: If a place has annual seasons, what are the growth rings on the trees there called?

Hypothesis: Where there are clear seasons, growth can occur in a discrete annual or seasonal pattern, leading to growth rings; these can usually be most clearly seen on the end of a log, but are also visible on the other surfaces.


Premise: What type of BYU TV network opened in 2000 under Pres. Merrill J. Bateman?

Hypothesis: A BYU satellite TV network also opened in 2000 under his leadership.


Premise: When was the 50th anniversary of BBC news broadcasts?

Hypothesis: On 5 July 2004, the BBC celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its television news bulletins (although it had produced the Television Newsreel for several years before 1954).


Premise: How did Popper characterize the wide applicability and immunity to criticism of psychoanalytic theory?

Hypothesis: as the remarkable strengths of psychoanalytical theories were actually their weaknesses.


Premise: What gives bipolar transistors their name?

Hypothesis: This construction produces two p–n junctions: a base–emitter junction and a base–collector junction, separated by a thin region of semiconductor known as the base region (two junction diodes wired together without sharing an intervening semiconducting region will not make a transistor).


Premise: How many sections does an insect's body appear to be divided?

Hypothesis: The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections.


Premise: What is the Swiss private-public managed road network funded by?

Hypothesis: Swiss private-public managed road network is funded by road tolls and vehicle taxes.


Premise: During what period did UNFPA aid Peru's reproductive health program?

Hypothesis: UNFPA provided aid to Peru's reproductive health program in the mid-to-late '90s.


Premise: Who was recorded as using gunpowder in 1304?

Hypothesis: Crossbows, which had been known in Late Antiquity, increased in use partly because of the increase in siege warfare in the 10th and 11th centuries.[AB]


Premise: What team played at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium in 2011-2013?

Hypothesis: The Tucson Padres played at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium from 2011 to 2013.


Premise: The Slavs appeared on whose borders around the 6th century?

Hypothesis: Around the 6th century, Slavs appeared on Byzantine borders in great numbers.[page needed]


Premise: In 2000, what percen tof the population were non hispanic and white?

Hypothesis: In 2006, the US Census Bureau estimated that non-Hispanic whites again formed a slight majority.


Premise: Many researchers prefer what term?

Hypothesis: In 2003, the ICZN ruled in its Opinion 2027 that if wild animals and their domesticated derivatives are regarded as one species, then the scientific name of that species is the scientific name of the wild animal.


Premise: What type of producer was Frankie Knuckles?

Hypothesis: Soul and disco influenced house music, plus mixing and editing techniques earlier explored by disco, garage music and post-disco DJs, producers, and audio engineers such as Walter Gibbons, Tom Moulton, Jim Burgess, Larry Levan, Ron Hardy, M & M, and others who produced longer, more repetitive, and percussive arrangements of existing disco recordings.


Premise: What is the Grotto at Notre Dame?

Hypothesis: It is a replica of the grotto at Lourdes, France where the Virgin Mary reputedly appeared to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in 1858.


Premise: What language does the Russian Orthodox Church use?

Hypothesis: For details, see Russian phonology and History of the Russian language.


Premise: What rules state that only women can compete in rhythmic gymastics?

Hypothesis: According to FIG rules, only women compete in rhythmic gymnastics.


Premise: What was the price per square meter of 660 Madison Avenue in June 2007?

Hypothesis: 450 Park Avenue was sold on July 2, 2007 for US$510 million, about $1,589 per square foot ($17,104/m²), breaking the barely month-old record for an American office building of $1,476 per square foot ($15,887/m²) set in the June 2007 sale of 660 Madison Avenue.


Premise: In which video was it the most obvious?

Hypothesis: In 2003, MTV named her "The Greatest Music Video Star Ever" and said that "Madonna's innovation, creativity and contribution to the music video art form is what won her the award."


Premise: What do coral and algae produce together?

Hypothesis: Coral reefs are the result of mutualisms between coral organisms and various types of algae that live inside them.


Premise: When did improvisation begin to lessened strongly?

Hypothesis: In opera, the practice of singing strictly by the score, i.e. come scritto, was famously propagated by soprano Maria Callas, who called this practice 'straitjacketing' and implied that it allows the intention of the composer to be understood better, especially during studying the music for the first time.


Premise: What kind of climate does Punjab have?

Hypothesis: Despite its tropical wet and dry climate, extensive irrigation makes it a rich agricultural region.


Premise: In what year did Napoleon and Czar Alexander first meet?

Hypothesis: In 1808, Napoleon and Czar Alexander met at the Congress of Erfurt to preserve the Russo-French alliance.


Premise: Where are chalets typically used for roof construction found??

Hypothesis: In the lower areas where the forests are widespread, wooden tiles are traditionally used.


Premise: what texts were legislated by the Tanarim and Amoraim?

Hypothesis: These texts were subsequently developed and applied by later authorities, known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim.


Premise: What 13th century explorer saw cotton in Persia?

Hypothesis: John Chardin, a French traveler of the 17th century who visited the Safavid Persia, spoke approvingly of the vast cotton farms of Persia.


Premise: How often do citizens need to get their cars examined?

Hypothesis: When the levels of these two pollutants reached critical levels, contingency actions were implemented which included closing factories, changing school hours, and extending the A day without a car program to two days of the week.


Premise: What atmospheric gas can be determined from fossilized leaf sizes and shapes?

Hypothesis: Estimates of atmospheric CO2 concentrations since the Palaeozoic have been obtained from stomatal densities and the leaf shapes and sizes of ancient land plants.


Premise: What is the Jewish Legion?

Hypothesis: The Jewish Legion, a group primarily of Zionist volunteers, assisted, in 1918, in the British conquest of Palestine.


Premise: How long is a full-time mission for females?

Hypothesis: In October 2012, the LDS Church announced at its general conference that young men could serve a mission after they turn 18 and have graduated from high school, rather than after age 19 under the old policy.


Premise: As of May 2015, how many Liberal Democrats sit in Parliament?

Hypothesis: As of May 2015, 45 are from the Labour Party, 27 are Conservatives, and one is a Liberal Democrat.


Premise: What was amended to provide more office space in downtown?

Hypothesis: To meet the need for more office space downtown without compromising the city's heritage, the city council amended heritage regulations, which originally restricted height to 15 metres in the area of land on Water Street between Bishop's Cove and Steer's Cove, to create the "Commercial Central Retail – West Zone".


Premise: Which Gospel writer provided a version of the virgin birth that was different than Matthew's?

Hypothesis: While Matthew and Luke give differing versions of the virgin birth, John quotes the uninitiated Philip and the disbelieving Jews gathered at Galilee referring to Joseph as Jesus's father.


Premise: How old was Elizabeth's father at the time of his death?

Hypothesis: Elizabeth has occasionally faced republican sentiments and severe press criticism of the royal family, but support for the monarchy and her personal popularity remain high.


Premise: When was a chair created for anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History?

Hypothesis: Sporadic use of the term for some of the subject matter occurred subsequently, such as the use by Étienne Serres in 1838 to describe the natural history, or paleontology, of man, based on comparative anatomy, and the creation of a chair in anthropology and ethnography in 1850 at the National Museum of Natural History (France) by Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau.


Premise: What music comes from those commonly trained by oral tradition?

Hypothesis: Some composers, like Dvořák and Smetana, have used folk themes to impart a nationalist flavor to their work, while others like Bartók have used specific themes lifted whole from their folk-music origins.


Premise: Who criticized President Eisenhower during the 1960 presidential election?

Hypothesis: In the 1960 presidential election, Democratic candidate and future President John F. Kennedy "criticized President Eisenhower for not ending discrimination in federally supported housing" and "advocated a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission".:59


Premise: When did groups from South Korea, Japan, and others arrive in China?

Hypothesis: During the weekend, the US sent into China two U.S. Air Force C-17's carrying supplies, which included tents and generators.


Premise: How many hospitals does the city have?

Hypothesis: Destinations include the Avalon Mall, The Village Shopping Centre, Memorial University, Academy Canada, the College of the North Atlantic, the Marine Institute, the Confederation Building, downtown, Stavanger Drive Business Park, Kelsey Drive, Goulds, Kilbride, Shea Heights, the four hospitals in the city as well as other important areas in St. John's and Mount Pearl.


Premise: According to some, what was Ibn Sina trying to do regarding his works?

Hypothesis: His Logic, Metaphysics, Physics, and De Caelo, are treatises giving a synoptic view of Aristotelian doctrine, though Metaphysics demonstrates a significant departure from the brand of Neoplatonism known as Aristotelianism in Ibn Sīnā's world; Arabic philosophers[who?][year needed] have hinted at the idea that Ibn Sīnā was attempting to "re-Aristotelianise" Muslim philosophy in its entirety, unlike his predecessors, who accepted the conflation of Platonic, Aristotelian, Neo- and Middle-Platonic works transmitted into the Muslim world.


Premise: What type of soldiers came from Hong Kong?

Hypothesis: To a small extent, some Vichy French, Indian National Army, and Burmese National Army forces were active in the area of the Pacific War.


Premise: How is the recognized official language of Burma displayed ?

Hypothesis: Burmese, the mother tongue of the Bamar and official language of Myanmar, is related to Tibetan and Chinese language.


Premise: Where are the Armor School and the Infantry School both located?

Hypothesis: Depending on the needs of the army, Basic Combat Training for combat arms soldiers is conducted at a number of locations, but two of the longest-running are the Armor School and the Infantry School, both at Fort Benning, Georgia.


Premise: When did James Bennett Pritchard write his textbook?

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


Premise: What was superfluous

Hypothesis: As with other counties not ending in "shire," the suffix was superfluous, as there was no need to differentiate between the county and a town within it.


Premise: What were the origins of the Paris department store?

Hypothesis: In the 1840s, with the arrival of the railroads in Paris and the increased number of shoppers they brought, they grew in size, and began to have large plate glass display windows, fixed prices and price tags, and advertising in newspapers.


Premise: What Deputy was responsible for the death of Frank Stiwell?

Hypothesis: :250 Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp gathered a few trusted friends and accompanied Virgil Earp and his family as they traveled to Benson for a train ride to California.


Premise: What is the only state to not enact reception statutes?

Hypothesis: Some reception statutes impose a specific cutoff date for reception, such as the date of a colony's founding, while others are deliberately vague.


Premise: what was the prototype of ghetto house?

Hypothesis: Another U.S. hit which received radio play was the single "Time for the Perculator" by Cajmere, which became the prototype of ghetto house subgenre.


Premise: Where did the French attack in 1762?

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


Premise: What makes up Indigenous education?

Hypothesis: Furthermore, it can enable indigenous communities to "reclaim and revalue their languages and cultures, and in so doing, improve the educational success of indigenous students."


Premise: What is the official language of Estonia?

Hypothesis: It belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family.


Premise: How old was Tikhonov when he stopped being Chairman?

Hypothesis: On September 27, Nikolai Ryzhkov replaced 79-year-old Nikolai Tikhonov as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, effectively the Soviet prime minister, and on October 14, Nikolai Talyzin replaced Nikolai Baibakov as chairman of the State Planning Committee (GOSPLAN).


Premise: How many distinct rounds of genome duplication events are suspected in the evolution of seed plants?

Hypothesis: Another possible whole genome duplication event at 160 million years ago perhaps created the ancestral line that led to all modern flowering plants.


Premise: The first third of what was translated at the abbey?

Hypothesis: The New English Bible was also put together here in the 20th century.


Premise: The epitome of the Mediterranean diet are dishes from where?

Hypothesis: Olive oil is added to almost every dish.


Premise: What is included between the transmission line and the antenna element?

Hypothesis: So an additional problem beyond canceling the unwanted reactance is of matching the remaining resistive impedance to the characteristic impedance of the transmission line.


Premise: How late did Nintendo continue to repair Famicom units?

Hypothesis: However, Nintendo kept producing new Famicom units in Japan until September 25, 2003, and continued to repair Famicom consoles until October 31, 2007, attributing the discontinuation of support to insufficient supplies of parts.


Premise: Who was TCM's partner in the TCM Wineclub?

Hypothesis: From the wines chosen, TCM also includes recommended movies to watch with each, such as a "True Grit" wine, to be paired with the John Wayne film of the same name.


Premise: Who released the 12 inch LP?

Hypothesis: Finally, the 12-inch (30 cm)


Premise: In what period was the Classical architecture vocabulary revived?

Hypothesis: At the time in which Vasari was writing, Italy had experienced a century of building in the Classical architectural vocabulary revived in the Renaissance and seen as evidence of a new Golden Age of learning and refinement.


Premise: Why was the Duke not a friend of Anglicanism?

Hypothesis: The terms for the surrender of New Amsterdam had provided that the Dutch would have liberty of conscience, and the Duke, as an openly divine-right Catholic, was no friend of Anglicanism.


Premise: Who did Frédéric rely upon financially before earning a great income from his works?

Hypothesis: Later that year he was introduced to the wealthy Rothschild banking family, whose patronage also opened doors for him to other private salons (social gatherings of the aristocracy and artistic and literary elite).


Premise: What term replaced Vitruvius' term "utility"?

Hypothesis: "Function" came to be seen as encompassing all criteria of the use, perception and enjoyment of a building, not only practical but also aesthetic, psychological and cultural.


Premise: How long a rhythm were researchers able to sustain in the in vitro experiment?

Hypothesis: Recent research has demonstrated that the circadian clock of Synechococcus elongatus can be reconstituted in vitro with just the three proteins (KaiA, KaiB, KaiC) of their central oscillator.


Premise: What percent of people in Kazakhstan use Russian as their main language?

Hypothesis: 63% of the population was fluent in Russian in 2006, and 46% used it as the main language with family, friends or at work.


Premise: What author had a great impact in Rome?

Hypothesis: Terence, an African and a former slave, was well placed to preach the message of universalism, of the essential unity of the human race, that had come down in philosophical form from the Greeks, but needed the pragmatic muscles of Rome in order to become a practical reality.


Premise: How did George H. W. Bush describe Harvard's reputation?

Hypothesis: During the 1988 presidential election, George H. W. Bush (Yale '48) derided Michael Dukakis for having "foreign-policy views born in Harvard Yard's boutique".


Premise: When hydrogen forms with a metal, what is the compound called?

Hypothesis: These compounds are often known as hydrides.


Premise: How many total CDs has Kanye West released in his career so far?

Hypothesis: Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004 to widespread commercial and critical success, and founded record label GOOD Music.


Premise: What happened to President Bonaparte in 1852?

Hypothesis: It was only in 1851 that Palmerston was removed after he announced the British government's approval of President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup in France without consulting the Prime Minister.


Premise: What organization was responsible for the planting of several cherry blossom trees in 1973?

Hypothesis: The annual Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the 1973 planting of 72 Yoshino Japanese Cherry Blossom trees by the New Haven Historic Commission in collaboration with the New Haven Parks Department and residents of the neighborhood.


Premise: What developer tools did the build have?

Hypothesis: The build was released for download later in the day in standard 32-bit and 64-bit versions, plus a special 64-bit version which included SDKs and developer tools (Visual Studio Express and Expression Blend) for developing Metro-style apps.


Premise: When compared to the Western Alps, what area has few high peaked massifs?

Hypothesis: High "massifs" with external sedimentary cover are more common in the Western Alps and were affected by Neogene Period thin-skinned thrusting whereas the Eastern Alps have comparatively few high peaked massifs.


Premise: Where was Adolf Hitlers base of operation during World War 2?

Hypothesis: In World War II, Adolf Hitler kept a base of operation in the Bavarian Alps throughout the war.


Premise: Where was Kerry's yacht built?

Hypothesis: According to the Boston Herald, dated July 23, 2010, Kerry commissioned construction on a new $7 million yacht (a Friendship 75) in New Zealand and moored it in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where the Friendship yacht company is based.


Premise: When did Eisenhower deliver his first State of the Union?

Hypothesis: Eisenhower made clear his stance in his first State of the Union address in February 1953, saying "I propose to use whatever authority exists in the office of the President to end segregation in the District of Columbia, including the Federal Government, and any segregation in the Armed Forces".


Premise: In what year was the Great Northern War fought?

Hypothesis: On December 30, 1922, with the creation of the Soviet Union, Russia became one of six republics within the federation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.


Premise: Did Von Neumann have any siblings?

Hypothesis: He had two younger brothers: Michael, born in 1907, and Nicholas, who was born in 1911.


Premise: Who wrote "The Cruise of the Steam Yacht North Star"?

Hypothesis: In his 1854 book "The Cruise of the Steam Yacht North Star" John Choules described Southampton thus: "I hardly know a town that can show a more beautiful Main Street than Southampton, except it be Oxford.


Premise: What is the word for inference in the Prabhakara subschool?

Hypothesis: The Mīmāṃsā school has several subschools defined by epistemology.


Premise: Which two dialects were banned from public life?

Hypothesis: Few young people speak Alsatian today, although there do still exist one or two enclaves in the Sundgau region where some older inhabitants cannot speak French, and where Alsatian is still used as the mother tongue.


Premise: How much of Nigeria's population can read?

Hypothesis: After the 1970s oil boom, tertiary education was improved so that it would reach every subregion of Nigeria.


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

Hypothesis: BeiDou-2 (formerly known as COMPASS) is not an extension to the older BeiDou-1, but rather supersedes it outright.


Premise: When was the title of prime minister first used?

Hypothesis: The first actual usage of the term prime minister or Premier Ministre[citation needed] was used by Cardinal Richelieu when in 1625 he was named to head the royal council as prime minister of France.


Premise: Who was the original German cinematic?

Hypothesis: German cinema dates back to the very early years of the medium with the work of Max Skladanowsky.


Premise: What is BYU working to increase by installing various speed drives on all pumps and fans?

Hypothesis: " BYU is working to increase the energy efficiency of its buildings by installing various speed drives on all pumps and fans, replacing incandescent lighting with fluorescent lighting, retrofitting campus buildings with low-E reflective glass, and upgraded roof insulation to prevent heat loss.


Premise: What did the native peoples of Saint-Barthélemy call the island?

Hypothesis: Saint-Barthélemy, French pronunciation: [sɛ̃baʁtelemi]), officially the Territorial collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy (French: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy), is an overseas collectivity of France.


Premise: What was the last territory added to British India?

Hypothesis: After the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849, the Sikh Empire became the last territory to be merged into British India.


Premise: How is most research in Thuringia funded?

Hypothesis: Most of the research in Thuringia is publicly funded basic research due to the lack of large companies able to invest significant amounts in applied research, with the notable exception of the optics sector at Jena.


Premise: Gurian created what in 1939 at Notre Dame?

Hypothesis: It became a major forum for political ideas and modern political concerns, especially from a Catholic and scholastic tradition.


Premise: When was Mercy adopted?

Hypothesis: Chifundo "Mercy" James was finally adopted in June 2009.


Premise: Who named the city Boston?

Hypothesis: Boston's early European settlers had first called the area


Premise: What is the main feature of this attraction?

Hypothesis: Unlike most traction elevators, the elevator car and counterweight are joined using a rail system in a continuous loop running through both the top and the bottom of the drop shaft.


Premise: The Orlov Revolt was for which nation's supposed benefit?

Hypothesis: When military conflicts broke out between the Ottoman Empire and other states, Greeks usually took arms against the Empire, with few exceptions.


Premise: If located in Canada somewhere where DST is observed, a system running Vista might mishandle time stamps that are older than what year?

Hypothesis: In a Canadian location observing DST, a single Vista setting supports both 1987–2006 and post-2006 time stamps, but mishandles some older time stamps.


Premise: What are organizations targeting with the aim of improving nutritional content or resources?

Hypothesis: Some organizations have begun working with teachers, policymakers, and managed foodservice contractors to mandate improved nutritional content and increased nutritional resources in school cafeterias from primary to university level institutions.


Premise: The Southern Baptist Convention adhered to what as its official position?

Hypothesis: Following similar conflicts over modernism, the Southern Baptist Convention adhered to conservative theology as its official position.


Premise: What law describes the changes in light emitted by a hot object?

Hypothesis: The assumption that black-body radiation is thermal leads to an accurate prediction: the total amount of emitted energy goes up with the temperature according to a definite rule, the Stefan–Boltzmann law (1879–84).


Premise: Where was the German Peasants' War?

Hypothesis: In the course of this religious upheaval, the German Peasants' War of 1524–25 swept through the Bavarian, Thuringian and Swabian principalities.


Premise: What is the national ranking of Bostons radio market?

Hypothesis: A variety of commercial FM radio formats serve the area, as do NPR stations WBUR and WGBH.


Premise: What is one advantage of using an H.323 technique?

Hypothesis: These use a standards-based H.323 technique known as "decentralized multipoint", where each station in a multipoint call exchanges video and audio directly with the other stations with no central "manager" or other bottleneck.


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

Hypothesis: 1,300 schools had been reconstructed, with initial relocation of 25 townships, including Beichuan and Wenchuan, two of the most devastated areas.


Premise: How many miles of roads are paved on Cyprus?

Hypothesis: Of the 10,663 km (6,626 mi) of roads in the Republic of Cyprus in 1998, 6,249 km (3,883 mi) were paved, and 4,414 km (2,743 mi) were unpaved.


Premise: Where did the imperial family live?

Hypothesis: Bushi was the name given to the ancient Japanese soldiers from traditional warrior families.


Premise: At what event was Tito recognized by Stalin?

Hypothesis: On 17 June 1944 on the Dalmatian island of Vis, the Treaty of Vis (Viški sporazum) was signed in an attempt to merge Tito's government (the AVNOJ) with the government in exile of King Peter II.


Premise: What does TDM stand for?

Hypothesis: European Travel Commission divides the European region on the basis of Tourism Decision Metrics (TDM) model.


Premise: What kind of government was Victoria's reign leaning towards?

Hypothesis: Through Victoria's reign, the gradual establishment of a modern constitutional monarchy in Britain continued.


Premise: What did Trudeau say Elizabeth favored?

Hypothesis: Tony Benn said that the Queen found Trudeau "rather disappointing".


Premise: How was rag paper superior to the early types of paper made using alum?

Hypothesis: Documents written on rag paper were significantly more stable.


Premise: Which author did Lee aspire to be like?

Hypothesis: One writer notes that Scout, "in Austenian fashion", satirizes women with whom she does not wish to identify.


Premise: During what seasons are courses offered at the Washington University School of Law?

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


Premise: Who led the force to defend Hanover?

Hypothesis: The British attempted to persuade the Dutch Republic to join the alliance, but the request was rejected, as the Dutch wished to remain fully neutral.


Premise: What did Sir William Thomson's tide-predicting machine use to function?

Hypothesis: The tide-predicting machine invented by Sir William Thomson in 1872 was of great utility to navigation in shallow waters.


Premise: Who approved the supplementary negative budget drafted by the Estonian government?

Hypothesis: The Estonian government made a supplementary negative budget, which was passed by Riigikogu.


Premise: How many cosmogenic myths does the religion of the Sumerians appear to be founded upon?

Hypothesis: The first saw creation as the result of a series of hieros gami or sacred marriages, involving the reconciliation of opposites, postulated as a coming together of male and female divine beings; the gods.


Premise: In how many continents is Portuguese spoken as a native language?

Hypothesis: Portuguese is now spoken as a native language in five different continents, with Brazil accounting for the largest number of native Portuguese speakers of any country (200 million speakers in 2012).


Premise: Why did the Board of Trustees choose to name Washing University after George Washington?

Hypothesis: The Board of Trustees believed that the university should be a force of unity in a strongly divided Missouri.


Premise: How many collegiate churches existed in Utecht besides the cathedral

Hypothesis: Several churches and monasteries were built inside, or close to, the city of Utrecht.


Premise: What is the highest object of meditation called?

Hypothesis: Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only those who can meditate on the arūpajhānas, the highest object of meditation.


Premise: HTTP Secure is supported by what?

Hypothesis: Most browsers support HTTP Secure and offer quick and easy ways to delete the web cache, download history, form and search history, cookies, and browsing history.


Premise: How many solider were killed in September when Islamic militants escaped?

Hypothesis: In 2010, there were concerns among Tajik officials that Islamic militarism in the east of the country was on the rise following the escape of 25 militants from a Tajik prison in August, an ambush that killed 28 Tajik soldiers in the Rasht Valley in September, and another ambush in the valley in October that killed 30 soldiers, followed by fighting outside Gharm that left 3 militants dead.


Premise: Who suggested that Western classical music is rooted to ancient Egyptian art music?

Hypothesis: This was followed by early Christian liturgical music, which itself dates back to the Ancient Greeks[citation needed].


Premise: What is one of the provinces?

Hypothesis: A common variant definition does not include the Adirondack Mountains, which geologically belong to the Grenville Orogeny and have a different geological history from the rest of the Appalachians.


Premise: What rank did Montevideo hold in Latin America during 2013?

Hypothesis: It is classified as a Beta World City, ranking seventh in Latin America and 73rd in the world.


Premise: What other Sony gaming console was Hirai setting his sales goal to beat?

Hypothesis: In January 2008, Kaz Hirai, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, suggested that the console may start making a profit by early 2009, stating that, "the next fiscal year starts in April and if we can try to achieve that in the next fiscal year that would be a great thing" and that "[profitability] is not a definite commitment, but that is what I would like to try to shoot for".


Premise: In which language is the Tafseer e Kabir written?

Hypothesis: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has published a ten-volume Urdu commentary on the Quran, with the name Tafseer e Kabir.


Premise: When was the Treaty of Le Goulet negotiated?

Hypothesis: John and Philip negotiated the May 1200 Treaty of Le Goulet; by this treaty, Philip recognised John as the rightful heir to Richard in respect to his French possessions, temporarily abandoning the wider claims of his client, Arthur.[nb 4] John, in turn, abandoned Richard's former policy of containing Philip through alliances with Flanders and Boulogne, and accepted Philip's right as the legitimate feudal overlord of John's lands in France.


Premise: What is another name for a knockout?

Hypothesis: A wrestler can win by knockout (sometimes referred to as a referee stoppage) if they do not resort to submission holds, but stills pummels their opponent to the point that they are unconscious or are unable to intelligently defend themselves.


Premise: How many hectares in size is Kathmandu's ward 26?

Hypothesis: The ward's profile documents for the 35 wards prepared by the Kathmandu Metropolitan Council is detailed and provides information for each ward on population, the structure and condition of houses, the type of roads, educational, health and financial institutions, entertainment facilities, parking space, security provisions, etc.


Premise: How much land does the Continental Portugal cover?

Hypothesis: The primary flag-carrier is TAP Portugal, although many other domestic airlines provide services within and without the country.


Premise: On what date did the former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland unite?

Hypothesis: British Somaliland became independent on 26 June 1960 as the State of Somaliland, and the Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland) followed suit five days later.


Premise: Vegetarian restaurants come from which Rajasthani region?

Hypothesis: Originating from the Marwar region of the state is the concept Marwari Bhojnalaya, or vegetarian restaurants, today found in many parts of India, which offer vegetarian food of the Marwari people.


Premise: Who was the winner American Idol in 2006?

Hypothesis: On May 30, 2006, Taylor Hicks was named American Idol, with Katharine McPhee the runner-up. "


Premise: Which government agency received the news that the Soviet-German Pact had existed?

Hypothesis: For decades, it was the official policy of the Soviet Union to deny the existence of the secret protocol to the Soviet–German Pact.


Premise: Which ethninticities contributed an influx of interstate and overseas migrants to Melbourne?

Hypothesis: An influx of interstate and overseas migrants, particularly Irish, German and Chinese, saw the development of slums including a temporary "tent city" established on the southern banks of the Yarra.


Premise: What was the initial cost range of early recording devices?

Hypothesis: Electrical recording preceded electrical home reproduction because of the initial high cost of the new system.


Premise: In which mountain cave did Mohammad experience his first revelation?

Hypothesis: There is agreement among scholars that Muhammad himself did not write down the revelation.


Premise: Charlemagne granted the Jews freedoms similar to those enjoyed under which previous empire?

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


Premise: Atomically, glass is similar to what?

Hypothesis: A supercooled liquid behaves as a liquid, but it is below the freezing point of the material, and in some cases will crystallize almost instantly if a crystal is added as a core.


Premise: Which prestigious prize does the School of Architecture at Notre Dame give out?

Hypothesis: It also awards the renowned annual Driehaus Architecture Prize.


Premise: What do blind mole rats have in place of vision?

Hypothesis: Although they lack image-forming eyes, their photoreceptors (which detect light) are still functional; they do surface periodically as well.[page needed]


Premise: What was King George II's royal residence beginning in 1762?

Hypothesis: During the 18th century, London was dogged by crime, and the Bow Street Runners were established in 1750 as a professional police force.


Premise: How long ago did the Homo floresiensis live before they became extinct?

Hypothesis: Homo floresiensis also lived in the area up until 12,000 years ago, when they became extinct.


Premise: Which city's mayor initiated a reading program with the book?

Hypothesis: In the same year, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley initiated a reading program throughout the city's libraries, and chose his favorite book, To Kill a Mockingbird, as the first title of the One City, One Book program.


Premise: What was the final vote count for the Supreme Court over the issue?

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


Premise: How long ago was the late Jurassic period?

Hypothesis: The earliest known avialan fossils come from the Tiaojishan Formation of China, which has been dated to the late Jurassic period (Oxfordian stage), about 160 million years ago.


Premise: What are Punjab's largest crops?

Hypothesis: Wheat and cotton are the largest crops.


Premise: How many orthodox philosophies are in Hindu?

Hypothesis: Some sub-schools share Tantric ideas with those found in some Buddhist traditions.


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

Hypothesis: She again undertook an extensive tour of her realms, which began in Jamaica in February, where she called the farewell banquet "memorable" after a power cut plunged the King's House, the official residence of the governor-general, into darkness.


Premise: After South Carolina passed an ordinance of nullification, who was sent to Charleston Harbor?

Hypothesis: In 1832, South Carolina passed an ordinance of nullification, a procedure by which a state could, in effect, repeal a federal law; it was directed against the most recent tariff acts.


Premise: What was the population in 2010 according to the Census Bureau?

Hypothesis: The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica.


Premise: When was Herter born?

Hypothesis: (In 1999, it was moved to 161st Street and the Concourse.)


Premise: What were the titles given to the gate keeps of the E-Abzu temple of Enki?

Hypothesis: The product of that union, Lahm and Lahmu, "the muddy ones", were titles given to the gate keepers of the E-Abzu temple of Enki, in Eridu, the first Sumerian city.


Premise: Who was Eugene Belgrand under?

Hypothesis: From 1857, the civil engineer Eugène Belgrand, under Napoleon III, oversaw the construction of a series of new aqueducts that brought water from locations all around the city to several reservoirs built atop the Capital's highest points of elevation.


Premise: What can Philosophy education be when we talk about the process?

Hypothesis: That is, it may be part of the discipline in the sense of being concerned with the aims, forms, methods, or results of the process of educating or being educated; or it may be metadisciplinary in the sense of being concerned with the concepts, aims, and methods of the discipline.


Premise: When must TZ values be changed on an older system?

Hypothesis: Such a TZ value must be changed whenever DST rules change, and the new value applies to all years, mishandling some older timestamps.


Premise: What are the D+ and D- shortened with?

Hypothesis: A portable device can recognize the type of USB port; on a dedicated charging port, the D+ and D− pins are shorted with a resistance not exceeding 200 ohms, while charging downstream ports provide additional detection logic so their presence can be determined by attached devices.


Premise: What extras do Windows 8 Enterprise have?

Hypothesis: Users of Windows 8 can purchase a "Pro Pack" license that upgrades their system to Windows 8 Pro through Add features to Windows.


Premise: It was rumored that people close to the government lived in what type of condition?

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


Premise: Where was Victoria laid to rest?

Hypothesis: As she was laid to rest at the mausoleum, it began to snow.


Premise: What year did Crop Over begin?

Hypothesis: Crop over began in 1688, and featured singing, dancing and accompaniment by shak-shak, banjo, triangle, fiddle, guitar, bottles filled with water and bones.


Premise: Name another race in florida

Hypothesis: NASCAR (headquartered in Daytona Beach) begins all three of its major auto racing series in Florida at Daytona International Speedway in February, featuring the Daytona 500, and ends all three Series in November at Homestead-Miami Speedway.


Premise: Grande Saline Bay provides docking for what kind of boats?

Hypothesis: In the bight of St. Jean Bay there is a narrow cut through the reef.


Premise: Who are enlightened people who vow to continue being reborn?

Hypothesis: The Buddha's death is seen as an illusion, he is living on in other planes of existence, and monks are therefore permitted to offer "new truths" based on his input.


Premise: Ismail I forced a conversion to what Islamic branch?

Hypothesis: Iran was predominantly Sunni, but Ismail instigated a forced conversion to the Shia branch of Islam, by which the Shia Islam spread throughout the Safavid territories in the Caucasus, Iran, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia.


Premise: Along with the Balkans, in what geographical location did a war take place where the UK used depleted uranium munitions?

Hypothesis: The major application of uranium in the military sector is in high-density penetrators.


Premise: What is the main disadvantage of railway electrification?

Hypothesis: A railway electrification system supplies electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply.


Premise: When did the decedents of the Congo and Afro-Caribbean arrive in liberia?

Hypothesis: Congo people, descendants of repatriated Congo and Afro-Caribbean slaves who arrived in 1825, make up an estimated 2.5%.


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

Hypothesis: Pelagija bore him five children but only their son Žarko Leon (born 4 February, 1924) survived.


Premise: Strict class hierarchy was established by who?

Hypothesis: None, however, proved compelling enough to seriously challenge the established order until the arrival of foreign powers.


Premise: What Russian-Austrian agreement preceded the Seven Years War that started in 1755-56?

Hypothesis: On June 2, 1746, Austria and Russia concluded a defensive alliance that covered their own territory and Poland against attack by Prussia or the Ottoman Empire.


Premise: What sport did President Wilson enjoy that made him not want to give up DST?

Hypothesis: Reasoning that people should instead get up and go to work earlier in the summer, he ordered District of Columbia federal employees to start work at 08:00 rather than 09:00 during summer 1922.


Premise: When is the term comics considered singular rather than plural?

Hypothesis: The English term comics is used as a singular noun when it refers to the medium and a plural when referring to particular instances, such as individual strips or comic books.


Premise: What was the slogan for the Nintendo brand?

Hypothesis: The slogan for this brand was It can't be beaten.


Premise: Who are modern mandolinists and composers?

Hypothesis: In fact, along with all the other musical forms the mandolin is involved with, the mandolin ensemble (groups usually arranged like the string section of a modern symphony orchestra, with first mandolins, second mandolins, mandolas, mandocellos, mando-basses, and guitars, and sometimes supplemented by other instruments) continues to grow in popularity.


Premise: What branch of gevernment is responsible for ratifing treaties?

Hypothesis: The Constitution sets out the boundaries of federal law, which consists of acts of Congress, treaties ratified by the Senate, regulations promulgated by the executive branch, and case law originating from the federal judiciary.


Premise: Were any of the railways  electrified

Hypothesis: None of these lines, in Somerset, are electrified.


Premise: Eisenhower was a president of what country?

Hypothesis: Yugoslavia had a liberal travel policy permitting foreigners to freely travel through the country and its citizens to travel worldwide, whereas it was limited by most Communist countries.


Premise: Why did Victoria inherit the throne?

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


Premise: How can a wrestler win in modern times?

Hypothesis: The standard for modern matches is one fall.


Premise: How much warmer is Neptune's south pole to the rest of it's atmosphere?

Hypothesis: In 2007, it was discovered that the upper troposphere of Neptune's south pole was about 10 K warmer than the rest of its atmosphere, which averages approximately 73 K (−200 °C).


Premise: What type of appliances is Iran a leading manufacturer of in the Middle East?

Hypothesis: According to FAO, Iran has been a top five producer of the following agricultural products in the world in 2012: apricots, cherries, sour cherries, cucumbers and gherkins, dates, eggplants, figs, pistachios, quinces, walnuts, and watermelons.


Premise: When did the Somer Isles Company take over managing Bermuda?

Hypothesis: The London and Bristol Company was created in 1610 with the aim of creating a permanent settlement on Newfoundland, but was largely unsuccessful.


Premise: In what year was hydralazine discovered?

Hypothesis: A major shortcoming of hydralazine monotherapy was that it lost its effectiveness over time (tachyphylaxis).


Premise: How similar is Western Armenian to Eastern Armenian dialect?

Hypothesis: This dialect has considerable differences with Eastern Armenian, but speakers of either of the two variations can usually understand each other.


Premise: Whose technology did Apple take advantage of when introducing the Macintosh II?

Hypothesis: The Macintosh II marked the start of a new direction for the Macintosh, as now for the first time it had an open architecture with several NuBus expansion slots, support for color graphics and external monitors, and a modular design similar to that of the IBM PC.


Premise: Gothic and Chinoiserie were the English-speaking world's equivalent of what style?

Hypothesis: In the mainstream of Georgian style were both Palladian architecture— and its whimsical alternatives, Gothic and Chinoiserie, which were the English-speaking world's equivalent of European Rococo.


Premise: What feature of the climate produced a more tropical world?

Hypothesis: On land, dinosaurs and other reptiles stake their claim as the dominant race of the land, with species such as Dilophosaurus at the top.


Premise: Who was the son of Amphion and Niobe?

Hypothesis: Apollo was called Ismenius (/ɪzˈmiːniəs/ iz-MEE-nee-əs; Ἰσμηνιός, Ismēnios, literally "of Ismenus") after Ismenus, the son of Amphion and Niobe, whom he struck with an arrow.


Premise: In what city was uranium discovered?

Hypothesis: He named the newly discovered element after the planet Uranus, (named after the primordial Greek god of the sky), which had been discovered eight years earlier by William Herschel.


Premise: What is active defense, according to the functions of the DCA?

Hypothesis: Passive defense is "measures taken to reduce the probability of and to minimize the effects of damage caused by hostile action without the intention of taking the initiative" (JP 1-02).


Premise: What was the reason for the name "Ironbottom Sound" of the water stretches new Guadalcanal?

Hypothesis: In the sixth month war of attrition, the Japanese had lost as a result of failing to commit enough forces in sufficient time.


Premise: In the children's TV show, The Wombles, what character asks others to bring him any copies of The Times that they find amongst the litter?

Hypothesis: The newspaper played a central role in the episode Very Behind the Times (Series 2, Episode 12).


Premise: Who coined the word "scientist"?

Hypothesis: While empirical investigations of the natural world have been described since classical antiquity (for example, by Thales, Aristotle, and others), and scientific methods have been employed since the Middle Ages (for example, by Ibn al-Haytham, and Roger Bacon), the dawn of modern science is often traced back to the early modern period and in particular to the scientific revolution that took place in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.


Premise: How far was Marconi able to get his signal to go using this technique?

Hypothesis: In the summer of 1895, Marconi began testing his wireless system outdoors on his father's estate near Bologna and soon began to experiment with long wire "aerials".


Premise: Who did Burke write to about the price of corn?

Hypothesis: This debate probably led Burke to editing his memorandum, as there appeared a notice that Burke would soon publish a letter on the subject to the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Arthur Young; but he failed to complete it.


Premise: By which group were the original French and French Canadians replaced?

Hypothesis: Living along the shores of Lakes St. Clair, and south to Monroe and downriver suburbs, the French Canadians of Detroit, also known as Muskrat French, remain a subculture in the region today.


Premise: In March 2014, The Times had an average daily circulation of how many people?

Hypothesis: The Times had an average daily circulation of 394,448 in March 2014; in the same period, The Sunday Times had an average daily circulation of 839,077.


Premise: What was the first year in which a men's team played basketball at the University of Kansas?

Hypothesis: The basketball program is currently the second winningest program in college basketball history with an overall record of 2,070–806 through the 2011–12 season.


Premise: What action did the movements combine to produce?

Hypothesis: The Government of India Act 1935 was a major success in this regard.


Premise: What did Kerry throw over a fence?

Hypothesis: As Kerry threw his decorations over the fence, his statement was: "I'm not doing this for any violent reasons, but for peace and justice, and to try and make this country wake up once and for all."


Premise: What does the AAPF believe the foundation for the class based argument is?

Hypothesis: The African American Policy Forum believes that the class based argument is based on the idea that non-poor minorities do not experience racial and gender based discrimination.


Premise: Where did Cædmon live?

Hypothesis: Still, poetry is considered the heart of Old English literature.


Premise: What do researchers generally believe causes sexual orientation?

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


Premise: How many Aboriginal nations evolved trade, as well as spiritual and social hierarchies?

Hypothesis: Aboriginal Right to Self-Government provides opportunity to manage historical, cultural, political, health care and economic control aspects within first people's communities.


Premise: Samsara is caused by what?

Hypothesis: Samsara arises out of avidya (ignorance) and is characterized by dukkha (suffering, anxiety, dissatisfaction).


Premise: When did Julian become Augustus?

Hypothesis: The empire once again fell under Christian control, this time permanently.


Premise: Who established the Theotokos Paregoritissa Church in 1294-96?

Hypothesis: The church was established by the Despot of Epirus in 1294–96.


Premise: When was the Digimon series created?

Hypothesis: The franchise was first created in 1997 as a series of virtual pets, akin to—and influenced in style by—the contemporary Tamagotchi or nano Giga Pet toys.


Premise: What model did Kanye begin to date in 2008?

Hypothesis: West subsequently dated model Amber Rose from 2008 until the summer of 2010.


Premise: How many contestants had at least one million radio spins by 2010?

Hypothesis: By 2010, four winners each had more than a million radio spins, with Kelly Clarkson leading the field with over four million spins.


Premise: How many times has the University of Arizona women's softball team gone to NCAA National Championships?

Hypothesis: The University of Arizona Wildcats sports teams, most notably the men's basketball and women's softball teams have strong local interest.


Premise: What is the proportionality voting referred to in Mexico City?

Hypothesis: The Legislative Assembly of the Federal District is formed, as it is the case in all legislatures in Mexico, by both single-seat and proportional seats, making it a system of parallel voting.


Premise: What publishing house published An Innkeeper's Diary?

Hypothesis: United States president George W. Bush fulfilled his lifetime ambition of visiting a 'genuine British pub' during his November 2003 state visit to the UK when he had lunch and a pint of non-alcoholic lager (Bush being a teetotaler) with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Dun Cow pub in Sedgefield, County Durham in Blair's home constituency.


Premise: How many digital copies of her fifth album did Beyoncé sell in six days?

Hypothesis: Beyoncé received critical acclaim and commercial success, selling one million digital copies worldwide in six days; The New York Times noted the album's unconventional, unexpected release as significant.


Premise: What was Sergey Lavrov's position?

Hypothesis: But he isn't about to do it, and it can't be done, obviously.


Premise: What title did Darwin's book ultimately have?

Hypothesis: Darwin had initially decided to call his book


Premise: What organization advises the Tucson government on bike concerns?

Hypothesis: Tucson was awarded a gold rating for bicycle-friendliness by the League of American Bicyclists in 2006.


Premise: Does Puerto Rico have many English speaking residents?

Hypothesis: For decades, the U.S. federal government strenuously tried to force Puerto Ricans to adopt English, to the extent of making them use English as the primary language of instruction in their high schools.


Premise: How can this be adjusted more easily than changing antenna types?

Hypothesis: Antennas that are required to be small compared to the wavelength sacrifice efficiency and cannot be very directional.


Premise: Who composed a popular Venetian-styled piece in 1675?

Hypothesis: In keeping with this philosophy, early Russian musika which started appearing in the late 17th century, in what was known as khorovïye kontsertï (choral concertos) made a cappella adaptations of Venetian-styled pieces, such as the treatise, Grammatika musikiyskaya (1675), by Nikolai Diletsky.


Premise: What parts of reptiles respond to sensory cues?

Hypothesis: The mammalian brain invested heavily in olfaction to succeed at night as reptiles slept—one explanation for why olfactory lobes in mammalian brains are proportionally larger than in the reptiles.


Premise: On what island is Cornell Tech located?

Hypothesis: By mid-2014, Accelerator, a biotech investment firm, had raised more than US$30 million from investors, including Eli Lilly and Company, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson, for initial funding to create biotechnology startups at the Alexandria Center for Life Science, which encompasses more than 700,000 square feet (65,000 m2) on East 29th Street and promotes collaboration among scientists and entrepreneurs at the center and with nearby academic, medical, and research institutions.


Premise: When did the first rudiments of state organizations appear among the Slavs?

Hypothesis: When their migratory movements ended, there appeared among the Slavs the first rudiments of state organizations, each headed by a prince with a treasury and a defense force.


Premise: On 20 May 2009 which Queen members performed We are the Champions on American Idol?

Hypothesis: Prior to its release, a competition was run by Queen online to guess the track listing as a promotion for the album.


Premise: Who eventually purchased and assumed operation of the store?

Hypothesis: Serving Manchester's upmarket clientele for over 200 years, it was taken over by House of Fraser and recently rebranded as House of Fraser Manchester – although most Mancunians still refer to it as Kendals.


Premise: Who won the 1876 election as a result of voter intimidation?

Hypothesis: After former Confederates were allowed to vote again, election campaigns from 1872 on were marked by violent intimidation of blacks and Republicans by white Democratic paramilitary groups, known as the Red Shirts.


Premise: Madonna had a new 10 year, $120 million record deal with which company?

Hypothesis: Madonna announced her departure from Warner Bros. Records, and a new $120 million, ten-year 360 deal with Live Nation.


Premise: When did General Clinton attack South Carolina?

Hypothesis: On June 28, 1776, General Sir Henry Clinton along with 2,000 men and a naval squadron tried to seize Charles Towne, hoping for a simultaneous Loyalist uprising in South Carolina.


Premise: What can an organism that uses circadian rhythms use to its advantage that others can not?

Hypothesis: They thus enable organisms to best capitalize on environmental resources (e.g. light and food) compared to those that cannot predict such availability.


Premise: The Sierra Nevadas are located near which lake?

Hypothesis: Other places with significant snowfall outside the Cascade Range are the Wasatch Mountains, near the Great Salt Lake, the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, and the Sierra Nevada, near Lake Tahoe.


Premise: On what date was the arena football test game played?

Hypothesis: By 1985, the USFL had ceased football operations and he began devoting all his time to arena football, and on April 27, 1986, his concept was realized when the test game was played.


Premise: How many professional clubs are there?

Hypothesis: Under the 2015-16 rules, the pitch must be of FIFA One Star quality, or Two Star for ties if they involve one of the 92 professional clubs.


Premise: What is the name of the city's bike sharing system?

Hypothesis: The city's initiative is inspired by forward thinking examples, such as Denmark's Copenhagenization.


Premise: What language does Armenias resemble most?

Hypothesis: Xenophon, a Greek general serving in some of the Persian expeditions, describes many aspects of Armenian village life and hospitality in around 401 BC.


Premise: What 1979 comedy film featured Schwarzenegger, Kirk Douglas, and Ann-Margret?

Hypothesis: Schwarzenegger appeared with Kirk Douglas and Ann-Margret in the 1979 comedy The Villain.


Premise: When was the president ousted?

Hypothesis: An army uprising in May 1998 led to the Guinea-Bissau Civil War and the president's ousting in June 1999.


Premise: For what is Tomas Taveira particularly noteworthy for in Portugal?

Hypothesis: A 20th-century interpretation of traditional architecture, Soft Portuguese style, appears extensively in major cities, especially Lisbon.


Premise: What allows users to easily sync data between an iPhone and a Mac?

Hypothesis: Nonetheless, like other personal computer manufacturers, the Macintosh lines have been hurt by consumer trend towards smartphones and tablet computers (particularly Apple's own iPhone and iPad, respectively) as the computing devices of choice among consumers.


Premise: Bell sketched a design that looked like the work of who?

Hypothesis: Bell's patent covered "the method of, and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically ... by causing electrical undulations, similar in form to the vibrations of the air accompanying the said vocal or other sound" [N 16]


Premise: What was New Delhi's Per Capita GDP in dollars for 2009-10?

Hypothesis: New Delhi's Per Capita GDP (at PPP) was at $6,860 during 2009–10 fiscal, making it one of the richest cities in India.


Premise: During what period was art's main theme the representation of motion in a specific movement?

Hypothesis: This kind of art goes back to the Minoan period, when its main theme was the representation of motion in a specific moment.


Premise: How does the ECB plan to increase the available credit for businesses?

Hypothesis: On 4 September 2014, the bank went further by announcing it would buy bonds and other debt instruments primarily from banks in a bid to boost the availability of credit for businesses.


Premise: How many towns have populations greater than 30,000?

Hypothesis: Most of the towns are small with a population of less than 10,000; only the ten biggest ones have a population greater than 30,000.


Premise: What is the focus of the South Park?

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 used most of Fighter Command's resources?

Hypothesis: Bombers were flown with airborne search lights out of desperation[citation needed], but to little avail.


Premise: Kanye has stated that members from which rap group influenced his early style?

Hypothesis: He has further described musician David Bowie as one of his "most important inspirations," and named producer Puff Daddy as the "most important cultural figure in my life.


Premise: What is Canada's only surface bitumen mine?

Hypothesis: Canada has most of the world's supply of natural asphalt/bitumen, covering 140,000 square kilometres (an area larger than England), giving it the second-largest proven oil reserves in the world.


Premise: What year was Maurice Barrès's Les Déracinés written?

Hypothesis: Victorien Sardou's Madame Sans-Gêne (1893), Maurice Barrès's Les Déracinés (1897), Edmond Rostand's L'Aiglon (1900), and André de Lorde and Gyp's Napoléonette (1913)


Premise: In what decade did Arsenal dominate in English football?

Hypothesis: Having already won the league twice with Huddersfield Town in 1923–24 and 1924–25 (see Seasons in English football), Chapman brought Arsenal their first period of major success.


Premise: What was the name of the specialty comics line created by Clive Barker for Marvel?

Hypothesis: Marvel earned a great deal of money and recognition during the comic book boom of the early 1990s, launching the successful 2099 line of comics set in the future (Spider-Man 2099, etc.) and the creatively daring though commercially unsuccessful Razorline imprint of superhero comics created by novelist and filmmaker Clive Barker.


Premise: Apple has remained profitable since what time?

Hypothesis: Apple's small market share, then, gives the impression that fewer people are using Macs than did ten years ago, when exactly the opposite is true.


Premise: in 1921, what percent of Mexico City's population Mestizo?

Hypothesis: In 1921, Mexico City had less than one million inhabitants.


Premise: When was the Unicode Standard first published?

Hypothesis: The Consortium first published The Unicode Standard (ISBN 0-321-18578-1) in 1991 and continues to develop standards based on that original work.


Premise: When were the oldest scenes in St. Mark's mosaics completed?

Hypothesis: The oldest scenes were executed by Greek masters in the late 11th century but the majority of the mosaics are works of local artists from the 12th–13th centuries.


Premise: How much did Seattle's foreign born population expand between 1990-2000?

Hypothesis: Seattle's foreign-born population grew 40% between the 1990 and 2000 censuses.


Premise: How many ships was the French navy able to dispatch to sea?

Hypothesis: Only part of the 470-ship French Navy put to sea on 24 July.


Premise: Who follows the Kirant Mudhum faith?

Hypothesis: It is practiced by Kirat people.


Premise: What is the per capita tax imposed on free adult non-Muslim males known as?

Hypothesis: They had to pay the jizya (a per capita tax imposed on free adult non-Muslim males) to the Islamic state.


Premise: What is increased in female dogs with neutering?

Hypothesis: Neutering reduces problems caused by hypersexuality, especially in male dogs.


Premise: What is the definition of haram?

Hypothesis: Perhaps the most important expression of Islamic art is architecture, particularly that of the mosque.


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

Hypothesis: Part of the reasoning against the use of the vaccine is that it makes the tuberculin skin test falsely positive, reducing the test's use in screening.


Premise: What was Pangaea's southern continent called?

Hypothesis: This created the passive continental margin that characterizes most of the Atlantic coastline (such as along the U.S. East Coast) today.


Premise: What two regions does Sampel cite as examples of the influence of canon law?

Hypothesis: Edson Luiz Sampel, a Brazilian expert in canon law, says that canon law is contained in the genesis of various institutes of civil law, such as the law in continental Europe and Latin American countries.


Premise: Where did Islamic influence in Tibet come from?

Hypothesis: After 1959 a group of Tibetan Muslims made a case for Indian nationality based on their historic roots to Kashmir and the Indian government declared all Tibetan Muslims Indian citizens later on that year.


Premise: Along with Minneapolis, London and Birmingham, what city contains a notable population of Somalis?

Hypothesis: In the Somali diaspora, multiple Islamic fundraising events are held every year in cities like Birmingham, London, Toronto and Minneapolis, where Somali scholars and professionals give lectures and answer questions from the audience.


Premise: Who helped Albert Magnus bring Aristotelian curriculum to Dominican classrooms?

Hypothesis: Under the auspices of Humbert of Romans, Albert molded the curriculum of studies for all Dominican students, introduced Aristotle to the classroom and probed the work of Neoplatonists, such as Plotinus.


Premise: What may cause some confusion in the US regarding state supreme courts?

Hypothesis: The titles of state supreme court vary, which can cause confusion between jurisdictions because one state may use a name for its highest court that another uses for a lower court.


Premise: What is the common density of printing paper?

Hypothesis: The density of paper ranges from 250 kg/m3 (16 lb/cu ft) for tissue paper to 1,500 kg/m3 (94 lb/cu ft) for some speciality paper.


Premise: Who was the first distinctive Whig party that emerged from the chaos?

Hypothesis: The first such party was the Rockingham Whigs under the leadership of Charles Watson-Wentworth and the intellectual guidance of the political philosopher Edmund Burke.


Premise: What did the British offence become know as?

Hypothesis: British air doctrine, since the time of Chief of the Air Staff Hugh Trenchard in the early 1920s, had stressed offence was the best means of defence.


Premise: What years had the most intense competition between securitizers and the lowest market share for GSEs?

Hypothesis: The worst loans were originated in 2004–2007, the years of the most intense competition between securitizers and the lowest market share for the GSEs.


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

Hypothesis: Over that 10-year period many secondary modern schools and grammar schools were amalgamated to form large neighbourhood comprehensives, whilst a number of new schools were built to accommodate a growing school population.


Premise: What was the name of Pugin's book?

Hypothesis: In the early 19th century, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin wrote Contrasts (1836) that, as the titled suggested, contrasted the modern, industrial world, which he disparaged, with an idealized image of neo-medieval world.


Premise: What decade saw the victories of Joan of Arc?

Hypothesis: In the early 15th century, France again came close to dissolving, but in the late 1420s the military successes of Joan of Arc


Premise: What type of study is used to simulate lighting designs?

Hypothesis: This enables architects, lighting designers, and engineers to determine whether a proposed lighting setup will deliver the amount of light intended.


Premise: What is one country that has sucessfully used IPM?

Hypothesis: Integrated pest management, the use of multiple approaches to control pests, is becoming widespread and has been used with success in countries such as Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, the U.S., Australia, and Mexico.


Premise: According to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) policies, who is given higher priority to a specific frequency band?

Hypothesis: However, under International Telecommunication Union (ITU) policies, the first nation to start broadcasting in a specific frequency will have priority to that frequency, and any subsequent users will be required to obtain permission prior to using that frequency, and otherwise ensure that their broadcasts do not interfere with the original nation's broadcasts.


Premise: Which village had fallen into decay but the 17th century?

Hypothesis: Various owners leased it from royal landlords and the freehold was the subject of frenzied speculation during the 17th century.


Premise: What nonprofit tuberculosis research foundation has a verb in its name?

Hypothesis: Among these, the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation received a gift of more than $280 million (US) from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and license an improved vaccine against tuberculosis for use in high burden countries.


Premise: Do young trees grow more quickly in open stands or in a closed forest?

Hypothesis: This is particularly the case in the choice of hickory for handles and spokes.


Premise: When did the confinement of Moroccan Jews in mellahs begin?

Hypothesis: In modern times, it has become commonplace for standard antisemitic themes to be conflated with anti-Zionist publications and pronouncements of Islamic movements such as Hezbollah and Hamas, in the pronouncements of various agencies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and even in the newspapers and other publications of Turkish Refah Partisi."


Premise: How many concillors sit on Southampton's City Council?

Hypothesis: Southampton City Council consists of 48 councillors, 3 for each of the 16 wards.


Premise: What are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher-elevation terrain?

Hypothesis: The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher-elevation terrain.


Premise: What issue did Spielberg address in his movie Amistad?

Hypothesis: His other films include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones film series, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.


Premise: When had the Slavs settled the Eastern Alps?

Hypothesis: The Byzantine records note that grass would not regrow in places where the Slavs had marched through,


Premise: How are USB devices linked?

Hypothesis: USB devices are linked in series through hubs.


Premise: Why did Victoria hate Sir Conroy and Lady Flora?

Hypothesis: She hated Conroy, and despised "that odious Lady Flora", because she had conspired with Conroy and the Duchess of Kent in the Kensington System.


Premise: The church of Santa Costanza is in what country?

Hypothesis: The Roman church of Santa Costanza, which served as a mausoleum for one or more of the Imperial family, has both religious mosaic and decorative secular ceiling mosaics on a round vault, which probably represent the style of contemporary palace decoration.


Premise: What type of leadership did Sumerian cities during the Uruk period probably have?

Hypothesis: Sumerian cities during the Uruk period were probably theocratic and were most likely headed by a priest-king (ensi), assisted by a council of elders, including both men and women.


Premise: In what source can references to cotton be found in Iran?

Hypothesis: In Iran (Persia), the history of cotton dates back to the Achaemenid era (5th century BC); however, there are few sources about the planting of cotton in pre-Islamic Iran.


Premise: What was the Ottoman Empire's struggle against in the Crimean War?

Hypothesis: In 1853 the Russian Empire on behalf of the Slavic Balkan states began to question the very existence of the Ottoman Empire.


Premise: What was the name of the cultural development that defined the black American literary canon?

Hypothesis: Numerous major American cultural movements began in the city, such as the Harlem Renaissance, which established the African-American literary canon in the United States.


Premise: Name two districts with good night life?

Hypothesis: Areas such as South Street and Old City have a vibrant night life.


Premise: What year was the Canal de la Bruche added?

Hypothesis: In 1682 the Canal de la Bruche was added to the river navigations, initially to provide transport for sandstone from quarries in the Vosges for use in the fortification of the city.


Premise: What two ships were used by the Oeselian pirates?

Hypothesis: The Livonian Chronicle describes the Oeselians as using two kinds of ships, the piratica and the liburna.


Premise: What is a Catalan person called in the 15th century?

Hypothesis: In English, the term referring to a person first appears in the mid 14th century as Catelaner, followed in the 15th century as Catellain (from French).


Premise: Why would Guam becoming a commonwealth be so important?

Hypothesis: However, the federal government rejected the version of a commonwealth that the government of Guam proposed, due to it having clauses incompatible with the Territorial Clause (Art.


Premise: In what year was the median age of residents in San Diego 35.6?

Hypothesis: As of 2011[update] the median age was 35.6; more than a quarter of residents were under age 20 and 11% were over age 65.


Premise: According to the census survey carried out between 15 June and 31 July 2004, what was Uruguay's population?

Hypothesis: The population had declined since the previous census carried out in 1996, with an average annual growth rate of −1.5 per thousand.


Premise: What types of tools did early farmers use for food production?

Hypothesis: But what allowed forest clearance on a large scale was the polished stone axe above all other tools.


Premise: From whom did the rulers of the Merovingian dynasty trace their ancestry?

Hypothesis: Ireland was divided into even smaller political units, usually known as tribal kingdoms, under the control of kings.


Premise: According to Popper, what second layer does scientific inquiry have that pre-scientific inquiry does not?

Hypothesis: Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but it also passes on a critical attitude towards them.


Premise: Hitting, throwing objects, and slaps are examples of what type of aggression?

Hypothesis: Physical aggression in relationships tends to decline from high school through college and young adulthood.


Premise: In what kitchen's was Ottoman cuisine perfected?

Hypothesis: This diverse cuisine was honed in the Imperial Palace's kitchens by chefs brought from certain parts of the Empire to create and experiment with different ingredients.


Premise: Who signed the Treaty of Sevres?

Hypothesis: Signed between the Allied and Associated Powers and Ottoman Empire at Sèvres on 10 August 1920, the Treaty of Sèvres promised to maintain the existence of the Armenian republic and to attach the former territories of Ottoman Armenia to it.


Premise: What poem did Shelley write during the visits to Geneva?

Hypothesis: During these visits Shelley wrote the poem "Mont Blanc", Byron wrote "The Prisoner of Chillon" and the dramatic poem Manfred, and Mary Shelley, who found the scenery overwhelming, conceived the idea for the novel Frankenstein in her villa on the shores of Lake Geneva in the midst of a thunderstorm.


Premise: What was Roper's position?

Hypothesis: The official royal tour historian, Gustave Lanctot, wrote "the Statute of Westminster had assumed full reality" and George gave a speech emphasising "the free and equal association of the nations of the Commonwealth".


Premise: What took place frequently until 1953?

Hypothesis: Indigenous revolts took place frequently until 1953.


Premise: What is the country's premier football league?

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


Premise: Whats the first year that Beyonce appear on the Time 100 list?

Hypothesis: In 2013, Beyoncé made the Time 100 list, Baz Luhrmann writing "no one has that voice, no one moves the way she moves, no one can hold an audience the way she does...


Premise: The British government detained who in Saint Helena?

Hypothesis: In 1815, the British government selected Saint Helena as the place of detention of Napoleon Bonaparte.


Premise: What would H.R. 2000 do?

Hypothesis: On May 15, 2013, Resident Commissioner Pierluisi introduced H.R. 2000 to Congress to "set forth the process for Puerto Rico to be admitted as a state of the Union," asking for Congress to vote on ratifying Puerto Rico as the 51st state.


Premise: Zn(OH)2 is dissolved to form what in strong alkaline solutions?

Hypothesis: In stronger alkaline solutions, this hydroxide is dissolved to form zincates ([Zn(OH)4]2−).


Premise: These free-standing statues were sometimes rendered from immestone, bronze, ivory and terracotta but were usually made from what material?

Hypothesis: These free-standing statues were usually marble, but also the form rendered in limestone, bronze, ivory and terracotta.


Premise: What is the name of the actor who played the subway beat boxer?

Hypothesis: In Transit incorporates vocal beat boxing into its contemporary a cappella arrangements through the use of a subway beat boxer character.


Premise: The Battle of Gallipoli and the Siege of Kut resulted in what?

Hypothesis: The Arab Revolt which began in 1916 turned the tide against the Ottomans on the Middle Eastern front, where they initially seemed to have the upper hand during the first two years of the war.


Premise: What modern concept was created from many fields of mathematics?

Hypothesis: The original motivation for group theory was the quest for solutions of polynomial equations of degree higher than 4.


Premise: When was Windows 8.1 introduced?

Hypothesis: Windows 8.1 was released to OEM hardware partners on August 27, 2013, and released publicly as a free download through Windows Store on October 17, 2013.


Premise: When eth is replaced, what is it replaced by?

Hypothesis: The letter wynn ⟨ƿ⟩ is usually replaced with ⟨w⟩, but æsc, eth and thorn are normally retained (except when eth is replaced by thorn).


Premise: Along with growth, what kind of factors determine the density of wood?

Hypothesis: Wood density is determined by multiple growth and physiological factors compounded into “one fairly easily measured wood characteristic”


Premise: What municipality serves as the capital of India?

Hypothesis: In addition, it also serves as the seat of Government of Delhi.


Premise: Why were the gates foundation educational reforms critcized

Hypothesis: Several Gates-backed policies such as small schools, charter schools, and increasing class sizes have been expensive and disruptive, but some studies indicate they have not improved educational outcomes and may have caused harm.


Premise: What was it imperative for the Japanese to hold?

Hypothesis: It was imperative for Japanese commanders to hold Saipan.


Premise: What new military academy was formed in June 1914?

Hypothesis: The establishment of Ottoman military aviation dates back to between June 1909 and July 1911.


Premise: What kind of interface does the iPod touch use instead of the click wheel?

Hypothesis: The iPod Touch has no click-wheel; instead it uses a 3.5" touch screen along with a home button, sleep/wake button and (on the second and third generations of the iPod Touch) volume-up and -down buttons.


Premise: What event caused the recognition to be universal?

Hypothesis: Independence was unilaterally declared on 24 September 1973.


Premise: What was his assigned punishment ?

Hypothesis: He was ordered to serve one year of re-education through labor (RTL).


Premise: What did Neolithic people use mud-brick to build?

Hypothesis: It was also important to figure out ways of preserving food for future months, such as fashioning relatively airtight containers, and using substances like salt as preservatives.


Premise: What was the name of Darwin's 35-page writing of his theory?

Hypothesis: He tentatively wrote of his ideas to Lyell in January 1842; then in June he roughed out a 35-page "Pencil Sketch" of his theory.


Premise: From the 2011 census, London is second in population in the EU to which city?

Hypothesis: London's urban area is the second most populous in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.


Premise: What is the name of the bike trail that goes through Santa Monica?

Hypothesis: The city is traversed by the Marvin Braude Bike Trail.


Premise: By which year had Darwin's theory become more complex and supported by a lot of evidence?

Hypothesis: By 1856, his theory was much more sophisticated, with a mass of supporting evidence.


Premise: Royal assent is a process of approving a nation's legislative acts by whom?

Hypothesis: Royal assent is the method by which a country's constitutional monarch (possibly through a delegated official) formally approves an act of that nation's parliament, thus making it a law or letting it be promulgated as law.


Premise: What is the name of Northwestern's undergraduate yearbook?

Hypothesis: Syllabus is the undergraduate yearbook.


Premise: Why was Mayor Bob Filner asked to resign?

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


Premise: Was Alaska's Constitution written to encourage or discourage state funds being used for a particular purpose?

Hypothesis: This has led to frequent calls by Alaskan politicians for the Fund to make investments within Alaska, though such a stance has never gained momentum.


Premise: What do plants do in their environment?

Hypothesis: Plant ecologists study the composition of local and regional floras, their biodiversity, genetic diversity and fitness, the adaptation of plants to their environment, and their competitive or mutualistic interactions with other species.


Premise: Which publication called the PlayStation 3 "a brilliant games console"?

Hypothesis: Pocket-lint said of the console "The PS3 has always been a brilliant games console," and that "For now, this is just about the best media device for the money."


Premise: How many people were usually in these teacher-dealer orchestras?

Hypothesis: Often, these teacher-dealers conducted mandolin orchestras: groups of 4-50 musicians who played various mandolin family instruments.


Premise: Are parties required to reveal their funding?

Hypothesis: Frequently parties rely on a mix of private and public funding and are required to disclose their finances to the Election management body.


Premise: The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR was signed in what year?

Hypothesis: In 1922 the Russian SFSR signed the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR.


Premise: What was the theme for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games?

Hypothesis: The Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games featured all 28 sports on the Olympic programme and were held from 16 to 28 August.


Premise: The Jornado painted onto what surface?

Hypothesis: During the 14th century in the northeastern part of the state nomad tribes by the name of Jornado hunted bison along the Rio Grande; they left numerous rock paintings throughout the northeastern part of the state.


Premise: What kind of species does a solitary wasp prey upon?

Hypothesis: The male solitary wasp in the genus Eumenes is smaller than the female, so the mother of one species supplies him with only five caterpillars; the larger female receives ten caterpillars in her cell.


Premise: Who describes an experiment with swallows?

Hypothesis: Bewick then describes an experiment which succeeded in keeping swallows alive in Britain for several years, where they remained warm and dry through the winters.


Premise: Where was Nigeria's second satellite launched?

Hypothesis: This satellite was launched into orbit from a military base in China.


Premise: What type of Captain was Henry Every?

Hypothesis: In September 1695, Captain Henry Every, an English pirate on board the Fancy, reached the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, where he teamed up with five other pirate captains to make an attack on the Indian fleet making the annual voyage to Mocha.


Premise: What is the name of the largest denomination of Presbyterian church in Vanuatu?

Hypothesis: Vanuatu is the only country in the South Pacific with a significant Presbyterian heritage and membership.


Premise: What region did the Ottoman Navy conquer in the early 16th century?

Hypothesis: It initiated the conquest of North Africa, with the addition of Algeria and Egypt to the Ottoman Empire in 1517.


Premise: Reefs are almost always in what type of water?

Hypothesis: Reefs are mostly in shallow waters and are clearly visible.


Premise: What was the purpose of the palace educational system?

Hypothesis: The strong educational system of the palace school was geared towards eliminating the unfit potential heirs, and establishing support among the ruling elite for a successor.


Premise: As an example, whose status was downgraded after the civil war?

Hypothesis: The binary division altered the separate status of the traditionally free people of color in Louisiana, for instance, although they maintained a strong Louisiana Créole culture related to French culture and language, and practice of Catholicism.


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

Hypothesis: The 2010 Human Development Report by the United Nations Development Program was released on November 4, 2010, and calculates HDI values based on estimates for 2010.


Premise: What was the home state of Joseph McCarthy?

Hypothesis: The second issue centered on Eisenhower's relented decision to confront the controversial methods of Joseph McCarthy on his home turf in a Wisconsin appearance.


Premise: What is the city of Valencia the capital of?

Hypothesis: Its urban area extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of around 1.5 million people.


Premise: What method did manufacturers use much of the time to compare film speeds?

Hypothesis: Still, it remained difficult for manufactures to reliably determine film speeds, often only by comparing with competing products, so that an increasing number of modified semi-Scheiner-based systems started to spread, which no longer followed Scheiner's original procedures and thereby defeated the idea of comparability.


Premise: What are the years from 1823-1833 called?

Hypothesis: Conflict between absolutists and liberals continued, and in the period of conservative rule called the Ominous Decade (1823–1833), which followed the Trienio Liberal, there was ruthless repression by government forces and the Catholic Inquisition.


Premise: What event contributed to Eisenhower receiving a promotion to brigadier general?

Hypothesis: Although his administrative abilities had been noticed, on the eve of the U.S. entry into World War II he had never held an active command above a battalion and was far from being considered by many as a potential commander of major operations.


Premise: What is lacking in Protestantism, according to the Roman Catholic Church?

Hypothesis: According to Bishop Hilarion (Alfeyev) the Eastern Orthodox Church shares the same view on the subject.


Premise: What are the three things John Herschel maintains need to be shown to allow for a mechanism be called a true cause?

Hypothesis: The structure of Darwin's argument showed the influence of John Herschel, whose philosophy of science maintained that a mechanism could be called a vera causa (true cause) if three things could be demonstrated: its existence in nature, its ability to produce the effects of interest, and its ability to explain a wide range of observations.