Premise: What is the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System named after?

Hypothesis: The official English name of the system is BeiDou Navigation Satellite System.


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

Hypothesis: These concern the fate of the Proto-Indo-Iranian first-series palatal consonants, *ć and *dź:


Premise: Complaints to which body led to The Sun removing the story from its website?

Hypothesis: The story has since been removed from The Sun's website following complaints to the UK's Press Complaints Commission.


Premise: Under what condition is the approximation C0 sufficiently accurate for calculation purposes?

Hypothesis: For practical purposes, when measurement errors are taken into account, often a measurement in terrestrial vacuum, or simply a calculation of C0, is sufficiently accurate.)


Premise: Who governs all events in gymnastics?

Hypothesis: Internationally, all events are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG).


Premise: What is the name of the sudoku game in The Times?

Hypothesis: Its regular features include a puzzles section called Mind Games.


Premise: Besides the newly introduced Islamic religion, what other Abrahamic religions were practiced in India?

Hypothesis: Several Islamic kingdoms (sultanates) under both foreign and, newly converted, Rajput rulers were established across the north western subcontinent (Afghanistan and Pakistan) over a period of a few centuries.


Premise: Queen Victorias Golden and Diamond jubilees were a time of public what?

Hypothesis: Her Golden and Diamond Jubilees were times of public celebration.


Premise: What was instituted to serve as a lower award granting recipients affiliation?

Hypothesis: In 2004, a report entitled "A Matter of Honour: Reforming Our Honours System" by a Commons committee recommended to phase out the Order of the British Empire, as its title was "now considered to be unacceptable, being thought to embody values that are no longer shared by many of the country’s population".


Premise: For what area are a new boathouse and dock being planned?

Hypothesis: Additionally, foundation and ramp work to widen I-95 to create a new harbor crossing for New Haven, with an extradosed bridge to replace the 1950s-era Q Bridge, has begun.


Premise: What have these immigrants sought?

Hypothesis: Additionally, there are around 60,000 non-Jewish African immigrants in Israel, some of whom have sought asylum.


Premise: What is the primary flag-carrier in Portugal?

Hypothesis: Lisbon's geographical position makes it a stopover for many foreign airlines at several airports within the country.


Premise: Who became the country's first Communist head of state in 2008?

Hypothesis: Due to his involvement in the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis, Christofias did not run for re-election in 2013.


Premise: What event led to the establishment of the RSFSR?

Hypothesis: The RSFSR was established on November 7, 1917 (October Revolution) as a sovereign state.


Premise: What is chemical digestion?

Hypothesis: In chemical digestion, enzymes break down food into the small molecules the body can use.


Premise: What does the gate control theory specify the diameter of which is responsible for the amount of pain sensation?

Hypothesis: The authors proposed that both thin (pain) and large diameter (touch, pressure, vibration) nerve fibers carry information from the site of injury to two destinations in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, and that the more large fiber activity relative to thin fiber activity at the inhibitory cell, the less pain is felt.


Premise: Who painted the Wedding, show at Salon des Independants in 1912?

Hypothesis: Léger’s The Wedding, also shown at the Salon des Indépendants in 1912, gave form to the notion of simultaneity by presenting different motifs as occurring within a single temporal frame, where responses to the past and present interpenetrate with collective force.


Premise: What does NCAZ stand for?

Hypothesis: Nationales Cyber-Abwehrzentrum located in Bonn.


Premise: Chopin's chord progressions are similar in style to what other composer?

Hypothesis: Chord progressions sometimes anticipate the shifting tonality of later composers such as Claude Debussy, as does Chopin's use of modal harmony.


Premise: In many villages what establishment could be called the focal point of the community?

Hypothesis: The writings of Samuel Pepys describe the pub as the heart of England.


Premise: On which date was it announced that BT was awarded a broadcasting contract?

Hypothesis: On 22 June 2009, due to troubles encountered by Setanta Sports after it failed to meet a final deadline over a £30 million payment to the Premier League, ESPN was awarded two packages of UK rights containing a total of 46 matches that were available for the 2009–10 season as well as a package of 23 matches per season from 2010–11 to 2012–13.


Premise: Which artist provided vocals for the Queen song found on the soundtrack to A Knight's Tale?

Hypothesis: Several of the guest singers recorded new versions of Queen's hits under the Queen + name, such as Robbie Williams providing vocals for "We Are the Champions" for the soundtrack of A Knight's Tale (2001).


Premise: What law involving slaves did the city react strongly to?

Hypothesis: Boston was an early port of the Atlantic triangular slave trade in the New England colonies, but was soon overtaken by Salem, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island.


Premise: Who sold Egypt's portion of Suez?

Hypothesis: In 1875 Ismail was forced to sell Egypt's share in the canal to the British Government.


Premise: What is unique about the Bronx's location?

Hypothesis: Many bridges and tunnels link the Bronx to the island and borough of Manhattan to the west over and under the narrow Harlem River, as well as three longer bridges south over the East River to the borough of Queens.


Premise: In what year was Napoleon's final tomb completed?

Hypothesis: The hearse proceeded from the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs-Élysées, across the Place de la Concorde to the Esplanade des Invalides and then to the cupola in St Jérôme's Chapel, where it remained until the tomb designed by Louis Visconti was completed.


Premise: How many Egyptian soldiers did the Israeli army capture?

Hypothesis: To counterbalance the Egyptian Army's dismal performance, Nasser authorized the distribution of about 400,000 rifles to civilian volunteers and hundreds of militias were formed throughout Egypt, many led by Nasser's political opponents.


Premise: What is it called when light damages beer that is not in a can?

Hypothesis: Cans protect the beer from light (thereby preventing "skunked" beer) and have a seal less prone to leaking over time than bottles.


Premise: When did Hack Wilson set a record of 56 home-runs and 190 runs-batted-in?

Hypothesis: Hack Wilson set a record of 56 home-runs and 190 runs-batted-in in 1930, breaking Lou Gehrig's MLB record of 176 RBI.


Premise: Who assisted the ensi?

Hypothesis: There was little evidence of organized warfare or professional soldiers during the Uruk period, and towns were generally unwalled.


Premise: Who was the 13th-century Spanish rabbi and recognised leader of Jewry?

Hypothesis: In 1211, the Jewish community in the country was strengthened by the arrival of a group headed by over 300 rabbis from France and England, among them Rabbi Samson ben Abraham of Sens.


Premise: Who did the Tories occasionally cooperate with?

Hypothesis: They acted as a united, though unavailing, opposition to Whig corruption and scandals.


Premise: What could you call someone who lives in Southampton?

Hypothesis: Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest.


Premise: How many people lived in Kathmandu in 2011?

Hypothesis: Kathmandu is the core of Nepal's largest urban agglomeration located in the Kathmandu Valley consisting of Lalitpur, Kirtipur, Madhyapur Thimi, Bhaktapur and a number of smaller communities.


Premise: What percentage of business did the Egyptian government own in 1962?

Hypothesis: As a result of the 1962 measures, government ownership of Egyptian business reached 51 percent, and the National Union was renamed the Arab Socialist Union (ASU).


Premise: How did the leader of Kiev gain political control?

Hypothesis: Due to the expansion of trade and its geographical proximity, Kiev became the most important trade centre and chief among the communes; therefore the leader of Kiev gained political "control" over the surrounding areas.


Premise: In recent years, has the amount of social networking sites available to the public increased or decreased?

Hypothesis: Within the past ten years, the amount of social networking sites available to the public has greatly increased as well as the number of adolescents using them.


Premise: What helped the industry weather the 2009 economic crisis better than other sectors?

Hypothesis: New government spending, regulation, and policies helped the industry weather the 2009 economic crisis better than many other sectors.


Premise: General Dupuy revealed the motives for Napoleon's religious tolerance after the death of which religious figure?

Hypothesis: During the campaign in Egypt, Napoleon showed much tolerance towards religion for a revolutionary general, holding discussions with Muslim scholars and ordering religious celebrations, but General Dupuy, who accompanied Napoleon, revealed, shortly after Pope Pius VI's death, the political reasons for such behaviour: "We are fooling Egyptians with our pretended interest for their religion; neither Bonaparte nor we believe in this religion more than we did in Pius the Defunct's one".[note 8]


Premise: What type of exercise can provide small improvements?

Hypothesis: Yoga could provide small improvements in quality of life and symptoms in people with asthma.


Premise: What does MI stand for?

Hypothesis: Among those over 75 years old, about 5% have had an MI with little or no history of symptoms.


Premise: With what institute did Notre Dame agree to an exchange program in the 1960s?

Hypothesis: In American college education," explained the Rev. Charles E. Sheedy, C.S.C., Notre Dame's Dean of Arts and Letters, "certain features formerly considered advantageous and enviable are now seen as anachronistic and out of place....


Premise: What did Tribble first incorporate into the Mac?

Hypothesis: By December 1980, Smith had succeeded in designing a board that not only used the 68000, but increased its speed from 5 MHz to 8 MHz; this board also had the capacity to support a 384×256-pixel display.


Premise: What date placement drifted increasingly off the true date on the calendar?

Hypothesis: Where the two systems produced different dates there was generally a compromise so that both churches were able to celebrate on the same day.


Premise: Who does the Secretary of the Air Force report to?

Hypothesis: The Department of the Air Force is one of three military departments within the Department of Defense, and is managed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense.


Premise: Under what Emperor did this group sit?

Hypothesis: Roman civil law as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis during the reign of Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire has a reputation as significant literature.


Premise: Who joined the Cossacks in 1648?

Hypothesis: In 1648, the peasants of Ukraine joined the Zaporozhian Cossacks in rebellion against Poland-Lithuania during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, because of the social and religious oppression they suffered under Polish rule.


Premise: Where are temperatures more extreme compared to the coast of Cyprus?

Hypothesis: Large fluctuations in temperature are rare.


Premise: Until when did Henry III continue his attempts to reclaim Normandy?

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


Premise: What modern technology takes the next step from the photophone?

Hypothesis: Bell believed the photophone's principles were his life's "greatest achievement", telling a reporter shortly before his death that the photophone was "the greatest invention [I have] ever made, greater than the telephone".


Premise: What did Blockbuster do instead of use copyrighted instruction booklets?

Hypothesis: Blockbuster was banned from including original, copyrighted instruction booklets with their rented games.


Premise: What Czech word did the English "robot" derive from?

Hypothesis: Some Czech words have been borrowed as loanwords into English and other languages—for example, robot (from robota, "labor") and polka (from polka, "Polish woman" or from "půlka" "half").


Premise: What well known presidential candidates also studied at Yale?

Hypothesis: The Boston Globe wrote that "if there's one school that can lay claim to educating the nation's top national leaders over the past three decades, it's Yale."


Premise: Who is considered a hero by natives for ending Muslim control of Palermo?

Hypothesis: The family who returned the city to Christianity were called the Hautevilles, including Robert Guiscard and his army, who is regarded as a hero by the natives.


Premise: In the aquaculture industry what is copper alloys commonly used to make?

Hypothesis: Similarly, as discussed in copper alloys in aquaculture, copper alloys have become important netting materials in the aquaculture industry because they are antimicrobial and prevent biofouling, even in extreme conditions and have strong structural and corrosion-resistant properties in marine environments.


Premise: What was the Act of Mediation responsible for restoring?

Hypothesis: The result was the Act of Mediation which largely restored Swiss autonomy and introduced a Confederation of 19 cantons.


Premise: How much of Oklahoma's electricity comes from non-renewable sources?

Hypothesis: While the state ranked eighth for installed wind energy capacity in 2011, it is at the bottom of states in usage of renewable energy, with 94 percent of its electricity being generated by non-renewable sources in 2009, including 25 percent from coal and 46 percent from natural gas.


Premise: What is the name of Oklahoma Cities memorial?

Hypothesis: The outdoor Symbolic Memorial can be visited 24 hours a day for free, and the adjacent Memorial Museum, located in the former Journal Record building damaged by the bombing, can be entered for a small fee.


Premise: Minkowski spacetime combines the three dimensions of space with what?

Hypothesis: The theory of special relativity finds a convenient formulation in Minkowski spacetime, a mathematical structure that combines three dimensions of space with a single dimension of time.


Premise: What percentage of the population was 65 or older?

Hypothesis: The proportion of the population below the age of 15 in 2010 was 41.3%, 55.4% were aged between 15 and 65 years of age, while 3.3% were aged 65 years or older.


Premise: How much of South Tucson is Native American?

Hypothesis: South Tucson has a colorful, dynamic history.


Premise: Who decides if Muslims attend secular schools or traditional madaris?

Hypothesis: In Southeast Asia, Muslim students have a choice of attending a secular government or an Islamic school.


Premise: What are "independent" theatre productions at Eton?

Hypothesis: Numerous plays are put on every year at Eton College; there is one main theatre, called the Farrer (seating 400) and 2 Studio theatres, called the Caccia Studio and Empty Space (seating 90 and 80 respectively).


Premise: What anti-aircraft gun did the British Army begin to use?

Hypothesis: The British Army adopted the 13-pounder quickly producing new mountings suitable for AA use, the 13-pdr QF 6 cwt Mk III was issued in 1915.


Premise: How many binary aluminum hydrides are there?

Hypothesis: Binary indium hydride has not yet been identified, although larger complexes exist.


Premise: What instrument is a phonautograph similar to?

Hypothesis: Bell also thought that multiple metal reeds tuned to different frequencies like a harp would be able to convert the undulating currents back into sound.


Premise: How were rebounds of minority enrollment explained in Long's report?

Hypothesis: More specifically, apparent rebounds of minority enrollment can be explained by increasing minority enrollment in high schools of those states, and the beneficiaries of class-based (not race) affirmative action would be white students.


Premise: Where did Muawiyah fight Ali?

Hypothesis: Following this battle, Ali fought a battle against Muawiyah, known as the Battle of Siffin.


Premise: With what did Sanskrit exist beside?

Hypothesis: Sanskrit, as the learned language of Ancient India, thus existed alongside the vernacular Prakrits, which were Middle Indo-Aryan languages.


Premise: What did Sadat exchange for the remainder of Sinai?

Hypothesis: it presented Sadat with a victory that allowed him to regain the Sinai later in return for peace with Israel.


Premise: What is the largest art museum in the north of the country?

Hypothesis: Beth Hatefutsoth (the Diaspora Museum), on the campus of Tel Aviv University, is an interactive museum devoted to the history of Jewish communities around the world.


Premise: Why did Poland deny the proposal of the Soviet Union protecting them from a German Attack?

Hypothesis: The tripartite military talks, started in mid-August, hit a sticking point regarding the passage of Soviet troops through Poland if Germans attacked, and the parties waited as British and French officials overseas pressured Polish officials to agree to such terms.


Premise: What road did the British construct

Hypothesis: The British soon constructed the King's Road connecting St. Augustine to Georgia.


Premise: What type of generation of genetic material has a big part in making the genome what it is?

Hypothesis: Such duplications are probably fundamental to the creation of genetic novelty.


Premise: Who did Nasser enlist to plan the Free Officer's coup?

Hypothesis: Afterwards, Nasser published a simple six-point program in Rose al-Yūsuf to dismantle feudalism and British influence in Egypt.


Premise: Until 342 when did the Church of Rome think the vernal equinox fell?

Hypothesis: However, the Church of Rome still regarded 25 March as the equinox (until 342) and used a different cycle to compute the day of the moon.


Premise: When did Bermuda have a large amount of people immigrating to it?

Hypothesis: The island experienced large-scale immigration over the 20th century, especially after the Second World War.


Premise: What company did Comcast sell its interest in QVC to in 2004?

Hypothesis: Following a bid in 1994 for $2.1 billion, Comcast increased its ownership of QVC from 15.5% of stock to a majority, in a move to prevent QVC from merging with CBS.


Premise: What was Nasser 56 about?

Hypothesis: The film set the Egyptian box office record at the time, and focused on Nasser during the Suez Crisis.


Premise: Who conquered Tansaxania?

Hypothesis: The Kara-Khanid Khanate conquered Transoxania (which corresponds approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, southern Kyrgyzstan and southwest Kazakhstan) and ruled between 999–1211.


Premise: What type of churches are most Baptists churches considered to be?

Hypothesis: Baptists subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and that it must be done by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).


Premise: Which state receives an average of 460 inches of rainfall per year?

Hypothesis: Yuma, Arizona, has an average of 2.63 inches (6.7 cm) of precipitation each year.


Premise: What type of food animal went extict by the end of the Pleistocene era?

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


Premise: Which military set up a large air defence network surrounding its larger cities?

Hypothesis: In Europe NATO's Allied Command Europe developed an integrated air defence system, NATO Air Defence Ground Environment (NADGE), that later became the NATO Integrated Air Defence System.


Premise: After Gaddafi left the University of Libya, what institution did he attend?

Hypothesis: Despite his police record, in 1963 he began training at the Royal Military Academy, Benghazi, alongside several like-minded friends from Misrata.


Premise: Which direction does I-10 run through Tucson?

Hypothesis: Interstate 10, which runs southeast to northwest through town, connects Tucson to Phoenix to the northwest on the way to its western terminus in Santa Monica, California, and to Las Cruces, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas toward its eastern terminus in Jacksonville, Florida. I-19 runs south from Tucson toward Nogales and the U.S.-Mexico border.


Premise: What was Whitehead's criticism of the use of inert ideas in education?

Hypothesis: In it, he cautioned against the teaching of what he called "inert ideas" – ideas that are disconnected scraps of information, with no application to real life or culture.


Premise: What two apex predators do not have a small population size?

Hypothesis: Low numbers wouldn't be a problem for apex predators if there was an abundance of prey and no competition or niche overlap, a scenario that is rarely, if ever, encountered in the wild.


Premise: What was most influential American 20th century tort law?

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


Premise: Some reception statutes impose what?

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


Premise: How long ago did the last ice age happen in India?

Hypothesis: The Mesolithic period in the Indian subcontinent was followed by the Neolithic period, when more extensive settlement of the subcontinent occurred after the end of the last Ice Age approximately 12,000 years ago.


Premise: Which vegetable were they found to have been farming?

Hypothesis: It is thought that these inhabitants were hunter gatherers.


Premise: Who succeeded Reza Shah after his abdication?

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


Premise: What percentage of people in the United Kingdom describe themselves as non-religious?

Hypothesis: Since the 2001 Census, the number of Christians and Jews has decreased (-16% and -7% respectively), while all other religions have increased and non-religious people have almost doubled in number.


Premise: What popular a capella competition is not specific to college groups?

Hypothesis: Increased interest in modern a cappella (particularly collegiate a cappella) can be seen in the growth of awards such as the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (overseen by the Contemporary A Cappella Society) and competitions such as the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella for college groups and the Harmony Sweepstakes for all groups.


Premise: What is a notable form uranium ore is converted into after extraction?

Hypothesis: Uranium in ores is extracted chemically and converted into uranium dioxide or other chemical forms usable in industry.


Premise: When were the ISO standards first adopted?

Hypothesis: On an international level the German DIN 4512 system has been effectively superseded in the 1980s by ISO 6:1974, ISO 2240:1982, and ISO 5800:1979 where the same sensitivity is written in linear and logarithmic form as "ISO 100/21°" (now again with degree symbol).


Premise: When was the west front of Saint Denis completed?

Hypothesis: To achieve his aims, his masons drew on the several new features which evolved or had been introduced to Romanesque architecture, the pointed arch, the ribbed vault, the ambulatory with radiating chapels, the clustered columns supporting ribs springing in different directions and the flying buttresses which enabled the insertion of large clerestory windows.


Premise: Through whom did the general masses have access to the divine?

Hypothesis: Religious officials, who often held positions of power, were the spiritual intermediaries to the common person.


Premise: How many years did it take for Ibn Sina's Book of Healing to be available in Latin?

Hypothesis: His Book of Healing became available in Europe in partial Latin translation some fifty years after its composition, under the title Sufficientia, and some authors have identified a "Latin Avicennism" as flourishing for some time, paralleling the more influential Latin Averroism, but suppressed by the Parisian decrees of 1210 and 1215.


Premise: How many households were the offices of Qianhu in charge of?

Hypothesis: leaders of Neiwo Zong and Renbam Zong, Chen states that when "the Emperor learned the actual situation of the Phachu Kargyu, the Ming court then appointed the main Zong leaders to be senior officers of the Senior Command of Dbus and Gtsang."


Premise: Who has abandoned the term Near East?

Hypothesis: The most influential agencies in the United States still using Near East as a working concept are as follows.


Premise: How many organisms in the insect species are Diptera or Cleoptera parasitoids?

Hypothesis: Though limited mainly to the insect order Hymenoptera, Diptera and Coleoptera parasitoids make up as much as 10% of all insect species.


Premise: What enables scientists to better study plants now?

Hypothesis: These technologies enable the biotechnological use of whole plants or plant cell cultures grown in bioreactors to synthesise pesticides, antibiotics or other pharmaceuticals, as well as the practical application of genetically modified crops designed for traits such as improved yield.


Premise: What is the name of the amphitheater located inside the Botanical Gardens?

Hypothesis: The park has an amphitheater, known as the Water Stage.


Premise: What form do measurement attempt trade-offs for quanta take the form of?

Hypothesis: There are a number of other such pairs of physically measurable values which obey a similar rule.


Premise: Modern Morphology recognizes the structural dynamics of what?

Hypothesis: Furthermore, it emphasizes structural dynamics.


Premise: In what geographical area did Eisenhower promise to end desegregation in his State of the Union address?

Hypothesis: When he encountered opposition from the services, he used government control of military spending to force the change through, stating "Wherever Federal Funds are expended ...


Premise: When did his mother die?

Hypothesis: In February 1939, he received news from his sisters that his mother was dying.


Premise: Who was the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots?

Hypothesis: Wasted Youth and Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland), emerged and experienced some success.


Premise: What types of periods did the cold war see?

Hypothesis: In the Cold War era, the Generation of Love and the rise of computers changed society in very different, complex ways, including higher social and local mobility.


Premise: When did China lose its permanent seat at UN security council?

Hypothesis: Subsequently, in 1971, it lost its permanent seat at the UN Security Council to the People's Republic of China.


Premise: A collection of miners, maps and mining equipment all belonged to what entity?

Hypothesis: The Royal School of Mines was established by Sir Henry de la Beche in 1851, developing from the Museum of Economic Geology, a collection of minerals, maps and mining equipment.


Premise: How are Jehovah Witnesses organized?

Hypothesis: Jehovah's Witnesses are organized hierarchically, in what the leadership calls a "theocratic organization", reflecting their belief that it is God's "visible organization" on earth.


Premise: As what during the time of the Roman empire  was rejection of the state religion viewed?

Hypothesis: Rejection of the state religion was tantamount to treason.


Premise: How did Gaddafi feel about the British officers?

Hypothesis: Gaddafi disliked England, claiming British Army officers racially insulted him and finding it difficult adjusting to the country's culture; asserting his Arab identity in London, he walked around Piccadilly wearing traditional Libyan robes.


Premise: What is the name of the oldest music essay competition?

Hypothesis: The Fryderyk Chopin Institute of Poland lists on its website over eighty societies world-wide devoted to the composer and his music.


Premise: What was the total value of all of Charleston's city buildings before the earthquake?

Hypothesis: It damaged 2,000 buildings in Charleston and caused $6 million worth of damage ($133 million in 2006 dollars), at a time when all the city's buildings were valued around $24 million ($531 million in 2006 dollars).


Premise: What was the only team to match Barcelona's record of trophy wins by 2015?

Hypothesis: The FIFA Club World Cup was Barcelona's 20th international title, a record only matched by Egyptian club Al Ahly SC.


Premise: Who was the harbor named for?

Hypothesis: The first European to visit the region was Portuguese-born explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sailing under the flag of Castile.


Premise: When did Victoria inherit the throne of England?

Hypothesis: Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III.


Premise: What male group dominated all aspects of Rome?

Hypothesis: Rome's government, politics and religion were dominated by an educated, male, landowning military aristocracy.


Premise: What possession of Midna does Ganondorf destroy?

Hypothesis: Ganondorf then revives, and Midna teleports Link and Zelda outside the castle


Premise: The state received how much in remittances from the U.S. in 2011?

Hypothesis: The state has the 12th-largest state economy in Mexico, accounting for 2.7% of the country’s GDP.


Premise: The middle of the country features what kind of geography?

Hypothesis: The southwest of the country is a coastal plain for which the primary drainage is the Kouilou-Niari River; the interior of the country consists of a central plateau between two basins to the south and north.


Premise: Who did Princess Victoria marry at the age of 17?

Hypothesis: Eleven days after Orsini's assassination attempt in France, Victoria's eldest daughter married Prince Frederick William of Prussia in London.


Premise: When is the element not allowed voltage?

Hypothesis: For an antenna element  not connected to anything (open circuited) one can write .


Premise: What figures restore health?

Hypothesis: Special bundles of the game contain a Wolf Link Amiibo figurine, which unlocks a Wii U-exclusive dungeon called the "Cave of Shadows" and can carry data over to the upcoming 2016 Zelda game.


Premise: HOw much of the population do Sikh's make up?

Hypothesis: The Buddhists constitute 1.15% are mainly natives and tribals from Lahaul and Spiti, where they form majority of 60% and Kinnaur where they form 40%, however the bulk are refugees from Tibet.


Premise: What was the unofficial nickname of the Northwestern athletic teams prior to 1924?

Hypothesis: The name was so popular that university board members made "wildcats" the official nickname just months later.


Premise: The Byzantine Greek σκλάβος sklábos "slave," which was in turn apparently derived from what?

Hypothesis: However, the origin of this word is disputed.


Premise: Do grooves on records touch when stacked?

Hypothesis: Auto-changers included a mechanism to support a stack of several records above the turntable itself, dropping them one at a time onto the active turntable to be played in order.


Premise: What kind of school system uses academic success to judge admissions?

Hypothesis: This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of selection criteria.


Premise: What is Belgian Federalism?

Hypothesis: An affirmative resolution concerning Brussels' place in the federal system passed in the parliaments of Wallonia and Brussels.


Premise: Who were among the recipients of Leatherwood's telegram?

Hypothesis: The term became popular with newspaper writers who often abbreviated it as "A. and H. Pueblo".


Premise: Who did Newt Gingrich delegate much authority to?

Hypothesis: In addition, Speaker Newt Gingrich delegated to Dick Armey an unprecedented level of authority over scheduling legislation on the House floor.


Premise: What is the Arabic term for the cancellation of one part of the Quran by another?

Hypothesis: Because the Quran is spoken in classical Arabic, many of the later converts to Islam (mostly non-Arabs) did not always understand the Quranic Arabic, they did not catch allusions that were clear to early Muslims fluent in Arabic and they were concerned with reconciling apparent conflict of themes in the Quran.


Premise: When did Portugal exit the bailout?

Hypothesis: In May 2014 the country exited the bailout but reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining its reformist momentum.


Premise: Was Portugal on the side of France or Britain?

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


Premise: What features did Aonuma work to improve after the demo complaints?

Hypothesis: The team did not have enough time before release to rework Link's character model, so they instead flipped the entire game—everything was made a mirror image.[s]


Premise: Who was said to be targeted in The Sun's front page story?

Hypothesis: The UK magazine Private Eye claimed that Glen Jenvey, a man quoted by The Sun as a terrorism expert, who had been posting to the forum under the pseudonym "Abuislam", was the only forum member promoting a hate campaign while other members promoted peaceful advocacy, such as writing 'polite letters'.


Premise: What was the object to use first in widespread manner process of vacuum?

Hypothesis: Its first widespread use was in the incandescent light bulb to protect the filament from chemical degradation.


Premise: What country borders Russia on the west?

Hypothesis: The international borders of the RSFSR touched Poland on the west; Norway and Finland on the northwest; and to its southeast were the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mongolian People's Republic, and the People's Republic of China.


Premise: Who was the chief forensic pathologist of Libya?

Hypothesis: Gaddafi's son Mutassim, who had also been among the convoy, was also captured, and found dead several hours later, most probably from an extrajudicial execution.


Premise: What kind of applications did the interdisciplinary program help shape?

Hypothesis: The program provided the foundation for decision science applications supporting NASA Project Apollo Command Capsule Recovery Operations.


Premise: What virus is maintained in birds without lethal effects?

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


Premise: Who gave a speech that contained the famous saying "Give me liberty or give me death"?

Hypothesis: Other historical points of interest include St. John's Church, the site of Patrick Henry's famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, and the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, features many of his writings and other artifacts of his life, particularly when he lived in the city as a child, a student, and a successful writer.


Premise: In what year did Jim Foster conceive of the idea of arena football?

Hypothesis: Jim Foster, a promotions manager with the National Football League, conceived of indoor football while watching an indoor soccer match at Madison Square Garden in 1981.


Premise: The Battle of the Chernaya took place in what year?

Hypothesis: Camillo di Cavour, under orders of Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont-Sardinia, sent an expeditionary corps of 15,000 soldiers, commanded by General Alfonso La Marmora, to side with French and British forces during the war.:111–12 This was an attempt at gaining the favour of the French, especially when the issue of uniting Italy would become an important matter.


Premise: Where is the Bill and Melinda gates foundation based?

Hypothesis: The foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, is controlled by its three trustees: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.


Premise: What caused the Russians based in Memel to be successful deeper into Prussia?

Hypothesis: The Russians then used Memel as a base to invade East Prussia and defeated a smaller Prussian force in the fiercely contested Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf on 30 August 1757.


Premise: Before Mizoram, what was the name of the group of  missionaries that  ventured into east india?

Hypothesis: Presbyterians participated in the mergers that resulted in the Church of North India and the Church of South India.


Premise: Aside from silence, which sections of music highlight parts that are easier to compress?

Hypothesis: The idea behind this is that, in any piece of audio, some parts will be much easier to compress, such as silence or music containing only a few instruments, while others will be more difficult to compress.


Premise: Ethnohistory can study the history of what types of groups which may or may not exist today?

Hypothesis: Its historical methods and materials go beyond the standard use of documents and manuscripts.


Premise: Avant-garde atonal compositions were written for what instrument?

Hypothesis: Given the wide range of styles in classical music, from Medieval plainchant sung by monks to Classical and Romantic symphonies for orchestra from the 1700s and 1800s to avant-garde atonal compositions for solo piano from the 1900s, it is difficult to list characteristics that can be attributed to all works of that type.


Premise: What does dell call the feature that lets USB drives to remain powered when the computer is off?

Hypothesis: Dell calls this feature PowerShare, while Toshiba calls it USB Sleep-and-Charge.


Premise: To somewhat avoid the water vapor in the atmosphere, where can an observatory be sited?

Hypothesis: This limitation can be partially alleviated by placing the telescope observatory at a high altitude, or by carrying the telescope aloft with a balloon or an aircraft.


Premise: What blows the glass bulbs into their characteristic shape?

Hypothesis: Thus the glass bulbs are created.


Premise: What is the unique design feature of English cathedrals?

Hypothesis: It is not unusual for every part of the building to have been built in a different century and in a different style, with no attempt at creating a stylistic unity.


Premise: What plant did Dell close in Texas?

Hypothesis: Dell closed plants that produced desktop computers for the North American market, including the Mort Topfer Manufacturing Center in Austin, Texas (original location) and Lebanon, Tennessee (opened in 1999) in 2008 and early 2009, respectively.


Premise: During his time in Los Angeles, what was the topic of the seminars Hayek taught not related to his new book?

Hypothesis: From 1962 until his retirement in 1968, he was a professor at the University of Freiburg, West Germany, where he began work on his next book, Law, Legislation and Liberty.


Premise: Along with Chabad of Virginia, what is the other Orthodox synagogue in Richmond?

Hypothesis: These include the Weinstein Jewish Community Center, Jewish Family Services, Jewish Community Federation of Richmond and Richmond Jewish Foundation.


Premise: What is the only psychiatric hospital in Montevideo?

Hypothesis: The hospital was originally one of the best of Latin America and in 1915 grew to 1,500 inpatients.


Premise: Which Prime Minister was murdered in the Igbo coup?

Hypothesis: The coup plotters succeeded in murdering Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Premier Ahmadu Bello of the Northern Region and Premier Ladoke Akintola of the Western Region.


Premise: Who was the Secretary of Defense in 1967?

Hypothesis: No reduction, however, in total Army National Guard strength was to take place, which convinced the governors to accept the plan.


Premise: What World War I event directly impacted Gaddafi's family?

Hypothesis: According to later claims, Gaddafi's paternal grandfather, Abdessalam Bouminyar, was killed by the Italian Army during the Italian invasion of 1911.


Premise: What features marked Frédéric's performance style and made them unique?

Hypothesis: His keyboard style is highly individual and often technically demanding; his own performances were noted for their nuance and sensitivity.


Premise: How much of Ireland's Russian speakers are Russian citizens?

Hypothesis: Significant Russian-speaking groups also exist in Western Europe.


Premise: What is a Latin script to write in Belarusian?

Hypothesis: The Orthodox use the Cyrillic alphabet and the Roman Catholics use Latin alphabet, the Bosniaks who are Muslims also use the Latin.


Premise: What did the French armies decide on to protect against every possible attack point?

Hypothesis: However, planning for the next encounter was more based upon the reality of unfolding events rather than emotion or pride, as Intendant General Wolff told him and his staff that supply beyond the Saar would be impossible.


Premise: The technique in which with successive pair of film frames, one is held for three video fields, and the next is held for two, is called what?

Hypothesis: Over each successive pair of film frames, one is held for three video fields (1/20 of a second) and the next is held for two video fields (1/30 of a second), giving a total time for the two frames of 1/12 of a second and thus achieving the correct average film frame rate.


Premise: What date did the explorer reach Santa Monica?

Hypothesis: The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769.


Premise: What is Brazil's Congress called?

Hypothesis: The name is derived from the encounter of the three federal branches around the plaza: the Executive, represented by the Palácio do Planalto (presidential office); the Legislative, represented by the National Congress (Congresso Nacional); and the Judicial branch, represented by the Supreme Federal Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal).


Premise: What was Ben Franklin disabled by?

Hypothesis: Although he was temporarily disabled by gout and unable to attend most meetings of the Committee, Franklin made several small changes to the draft sent to him by Thomas Jefferson.


Premise: What was the importance of a red flag flown by a warship in the Middle Ages?

Hypothesis: In the Middle Ages, a red flag announced that the defenders of a town or castle would fight to defend it, and a red flag hoisted by a warship meant they would show no mercy to their enemy.


Premise: What reflects the prevalence rates varying?

Hypothesis: Therefore, individuals classified as homosexual in one study might not be identified the same way in another depending on which components are assessed and when the assessment is made making it difficult to pin point who is homosexual and who is not and what the overall prevalence within a population may be.


Premise: How long did the Majapahit Empire last?

Hypothesis: Various sources such as the Nagarakertagama also mention that its influence spanned over parts of Sulawesi, Maluku, and some areas of western New Guinea and the Philippines, making it the largest empire to ever exist in Southeast Asian history.


Premise: Which two groups viewed the Puritans themselves as nothing more than heresy?

Hypothesis: It should be noticed that the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox communions generally regard the Puritans themselves as having been heterodox or heretical.


Premise: Which audio player was released in 1997?

Hypothesis: The popularity of MP3s began to rise rapidly with the advent of Nullsoft's audio player Winamp, released in 1997.


Premise: What two metals are mixed to create Brass?

Hypothesis: Brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc, has been used since at least the 10th century BC in Judea and by the 7th century BC in Ancient Greece.


Premise: What firms tend to outsource drug development?

Hypothesis: A direct consequence within the pharmaceutical industry value chain is that major pharmaceutical multinationals tend to increasingly outsource risks related to fundamental research, which somewhat reshapes the industry ecosystem with biotechnology companies playing an increasingly important role, and overall strategies being redefined accordingly.


Premise: Of what genre was the musician Keith Sweat?

Hypothesis: By riding and contributing to nearly all of the trends, no one has exemplified the style more than Babyface, whose career thrived over 20 years as a member of the Deele (Two Occasions), a solo artist (Whip Appeal, When Can I See You), and a songwriter/producer (Toni Braxton's Breathe Again,


Premise: What do Torrent files NOT contain?

Hypothesis: Torrent files don't contain copyrighted content, but they may make reference to files that do, and they may point to trackers which coordinate the sharing of those files.


Premise: Melbourne and which other regional cities became the wealthiest cities in the world during the Gold Rush era?

Hypothesis: The discovery of gold in Victoria in mid 1851 led to the Victorian gold rush, and Melbourne, which served as the major port and provided most services for the region, experienced rapid growth.


Premise: Where has Protestantism spread quickly since the 1900's?

Hypothesis: Changes in worldwide Protestantism over the last century have been significant.


Premise: In 2006 Somerset students performed how well compared to England as a whole

Hypothesis: Several schools can trace their origins back many years, such as The Blue School in Wells and Richard Huish College in Taunton.


Premise: What independent kingdom was formed out of the Maccabean Revolt of Judas Maccabeus?

Hypothesis: Out of this revolt was formed an independent Jewish kingdom known as the Hasmonaean Dynasty, which lasted from 165 BCE to 63 BCE.


Premise: What did the POW/MIA committee conclude about Vietnam POWs?

Hypothesis: In 1994 the Senate passed a resolution, sponsored by Kerry and fellow Vietnam veteran John McCain, that called for an end to the existing trade embargo against Vietnam; it was intended to pave the way for normalization.


Premise: When did the centre of Bern become the UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Hypothesis: In 1983 the historic old town in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


Premise: What percentage write it?

Hypothesis: The first two numbers (understanding and speaking) remain roughly the same as a decade earlier; the latter two (reading and writing) both show enormous gains: a decade earlier, only 49.3 percent of the population could read Galician, and only 34.85 percent could write it.


Premise: At the beginning of the Premier League how many foreign players were there for the first  round of games?

Hypothesis: At the inception of the Premier League in 1992–93, just eleven players named in the starting line-ups for the first round of matches hailed from outside of the United Kingdom or Ireland.


Premise: When was Kingsbridge built?

Hypothesis: In 1759, the farmers led by Jacobus Dyckman and Benjamin Palmer built a "free bridge" across the Harlem River which led to the abandonment of tolls altogether.


Premise: Why were the English clubs banned from European competition in the 1980's?

Hypothesis: Stadiums were crumbling, supporters endured poor facilities, hooliganism was rife, and English clubs were banned from European competition for five years following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985.


Premise: Who served as High Commissioner of North Africa after Darlan's death?

Hypothesis: His primary objective was to move forces successfully into Tunisia, and intending to facilitate that objective, he gave his support to François Darlan as High Commissioner in North Africa, despite Darlan's previous high offices of state in Vichy France and his continued role as commander-in-chief of the French armed forces.


Premise: Around what year were the ceramic artifacts found to have been from?

Hypothesis: An archeological site in northern Chihuahua known as Cerro Juanaqueña revealed squash cultivation, irrigation techniques, and ceramic artifacts dating to around 2000 BC.


Premise: What possible link is represented by the hominid found in Eritrea?

Hypothesis: It is believed that the section of the Danakil Depression in Eritrea was also a major player in terms of human evolution, and may contain other traces of evolution from Homo erectus hominids to anatomically modern humans.


Premise: What were styles in France initially?

Hypothesis: The style in France was initially a Parisian style, the Goût grec ("Greek style"), not a court style; when Louis XVI acceded to the throne in 1774, Marie Antoinette, his fashion-loving Queen, brought the "Louis XVI" style to court.


Premise: What prize did To Kill a Mockingbird win?

Hypothesis: To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960.


Premise: What are the saved versions of a site called?

Hypothesis: Snapshots usually become available more than six months after they are archived or, in some cases, even later; it can take twenty-four months or longer.


Premise: When did Xavier try to convert Japan to Christianity?

Hypothesis: Xavier spent the years 1549–1551 converting Japanese to Christianity.


Premise: How long is the Paseo Maritimo?

Hypothesis: Whole sections of the old city, for example the Carmen Quarter, have been extensively renovated.


Premise: How many people were buried in the collapsed schools?

Hypothesis: Another 700 students were buried in a school in Hanwang.


Premise: What do most inhabitants of Zhejiang speak?

Hypothesis: Zhejiang is mountainous and has therefore fostered the development of many distinct local cultures.


Premise: How many tourist visas were granted in 2003?

Hypothesis: Weak advertising, unstable regional conditions, a poor public image in some parts of the world, and absence of efficient planning schemes in the tourism sector have all hindered the growth of tourism.


Premise: The breed standard only is about what?

Hypothesis: As the breed standard only deals with the externally observable qualities of the dog (such as appearance, movement, and temperament), separately tested qualities (such as ability or health) are not part of the judging in conformation shows.


Premise: What was the main obstacle to the expansion of the Ottoman empire into the peninsula of Italy??

Hypothesis: Albanian resistance was a major obstacle to Ottoman expansion on the Italian peninsula.


Premise: Which publication did Tucker work for?

Hypothesis: Lisa de Moraes of The Washington Post noted sarcastically that "The terrorists have won" and, with a sideswipe at the show's commercialism and voting process, that the decision as to who "gets to turn this important site into just another cog in the 'Great American Idol Marketing Mandala' is in the hands of the millions of girls who have made American Idol a hit.


Premise: What did the Treaty of Balta Liman do for Ottoman markets?

Hypothesis: Modern Ottoman studies think that the change in relations between the Ottoman Turks and central Europe was caused by the opening of the new sea routes.


Premise: According to  Professor Andrew Prescott, how long has antisemitism gone together with anti-masonry?

Hypothesis: In some countries anti-Masonry is often related to antisemitism and anti-Zionism.


Premise: What device is often used in conjuntion with the antenna?

Hypothesis: In reception, an antenna intercepts some of the power of an electromagnetic wave in order to produce a tiny voltage at its terminals, that is applied to a receiver to be amplified.


Premise: What color bush did an Anglo-Saxon woman raise to indicate that her ale was done brewing?

Hypothesis: They rapidly spread across the Kingdom, becoming so commonplace that in 965 King Edgar decreed that there should be no more than one alehouse per village.


Premise: How many men did he have?

Hypothesis: On February 8, 1847, Doniphan continued his march with 924 men mostly from Missouri; he accompanied a train of 315 wagons of a large commercial caravan heading to the state capital.


Premise: What replaced Buddha in ruling centers?

Hypothesis: Ronald Inden writes that by the 8th century CE symbols of Hindu gods "replaced the Buddha at the imperial centre and pinnacle of the cosmo-political system, the image or symbol of the Hindu god comes to be housed in a monumental temple and given increasingly elaborate imperial-style puja worship".


Premise: Who did the throne of Hanover pass to instead of Queen Victoria?

Hypothesis: Thus, Hanover passed to William IV's brother, Ernest Augustus, and remained a kingdom until 1866, when it was annexed by Prussia during the Austro-Prussian war.


Premise: What is contained in the numbered articles of a treaty?

Hypothesis: A long treaty may further group articles under chapter headings.


Premise: When did Victoria's mother die?

Hypothesis: In March 1861, Victoria's mother died, with Victoria at her side.


Premise: Which two composers are usually regarded as being the most in line with the Enlightenment ideals?

Hypothesis: The music of Haydn and Mozart, with their Viennese Classical styles, are usually regarded as being the most in line with the Enlightenment ideals.


Premise: What surprising feature does youtube possibly have the chance to revolutionize?

Hypothesis: Observing that face-to-face communication of the type that online videos convey has been "fine-tuned by millions of years of evolution", TED curator Chris Anderson referred to several YouTube contributors and asserted that "what Gutenberg did for writing, online video can now do for face-to-face communication".


Premise: Prior to moving to the Richmond area, where was Altria's headquarters located?

Hypothesis: In 2008, Altria moved its corporate HQ from New York City to Henrico County, adding another Fortune 500 corporation to Richmond's list.


Premise: How many Buddhas are considered to have existed in the Pali Canon?

Hypothesis: The Pali Canon refers to many previous ones (see List of the 28 Buddhas), while the Mahayana tradition additionally has many Buddhas of celestial, rather than historical, origin (see Amitabha or Vairocana as examples, for lists of many thousands Buddha names see Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō numbers 439–448).


Premise: What do Orthodox jewish groups characterize non-orthodox form of Judiasm as?

Hypothesis: As such, Orthodox Jewish groups characterize non-Orthodox forms of Judaism as heretical; see the article on Relationships between Jewish religious movements.


Premise: What year did the Homestead Act provide land to settlers?

Hypothesis: The Homestead Act of 1862 provided free land to settlers who could claim and "prove-up" 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federal land in the midwest and western United States.


Premise: Who is the current president of the ECB?

Hypothesis: They are appointed "from among persons of recognised standing and professional experience in monetary or banking matters by common accord of the governments of the Member States at the level of Heads of State or Government, on a recommendation from the Council, after it has consulted the European Parliament and the Governing Council of the ECB".


Premise: What's another thing the paper showed hostility to?

Hypothesis: The paper showed hostility to the EU and approval of public spending cuts, tax cuts, and promotion of right-wing ministers to the cabinet, with leaders such as "More of the Redwood, not Deadwood".


Premise: When did building begin on the Philadelphia CIty Hall?

Hypothesis: In 1871, construction began on the Second Empire-style Philadelphia City Hall.


Premise: When was the USB Battery Charging Specification Revision 1.1 released?

Hypothesis: Contrary to the standard downstream port, for which current draw by a connected portable device can exceed 100 mA only after digital negotiation with the host or hub, a charging port can supply currents between 500 mA and 1.5 A without the digital negotiation.


Premise: On what day was London itself attacked?

Hypothesis: Probably the most devastating strike occurred on the evening of 29 December, when German aircraft attacked the City of London itself with incendiary and high explosive bombs, causing a firestorm that has been called the Second Great Fire of London.


Premise: Who is the most popular blue music mandolinist?

Hypothesis: Mandolin has also been used in blues music, most notably by Ry Cooder, who performed outstanding covers on his very first recordings, Yank Rachell, Johnny "Man" Young, Carl Martin, and Gerry Hundt.


Premise: What was in the packages Darwin received from Wallace?

Hypothesis: Darwin was hard at work on his "big book" on Natural Selection, when on 18 June 1858 he received a parcel from Wallace, who stayed on the Maluku Islands (Ternate and Gilolo).


Premise: Who did the site of KU's construction originally belong to?

Hypothesis: Work on the first college building began later that year.


Premise: What model described the opposite of approach as moving away?

Hypothesis: This still left open the question of whether the opposite of approach in the prefrontal cortex is better described as moving away (Direction Model), as unmoving but with strength and resistance (Movement Model), or as unmoving with passive yielding (Action Tendency Model).


Premise: In 2007 the University of the Republic had a student body of how many people?

Hypothesis: The University of the Republic is the country's largest and most important university, with a student body of 81,774, according to the census of 2007.


Premise: In which part of Detroit is Mexicantown International Welcome Center?

Hypothesis: Immigrants have contributed to the city's neighborhood revitalization, especially in southwest Detroit.


Premise: Where are the Little Island Railway Station routes?

Hypothesis: Little Island Railway Station serves Cork's Eastern Suburbs, while Kilbarry Railway Station is planned to serve the Northern Suburbs.


Premise: At who's expense other than Asian Americans are upper-class African Americans and Hispanic Americans supposedly benefiting?

Hypothesis: America's poor is disproportionately made up of people of color, so class-based affirmative action would disproportionately help people of color.


Premise: How did the colony form a military garrison in the 19th century?

Hypothesis: Once the Royal Navy established a base and dockyard defended by regular soldiers, however, the militias were disbanded following the War of 1812.


Premise: What month did the Tripartite discussions begin between Britain, USSR and France?

Hypothesis: Britain opposed such proposals, because they feared the Soviets' proposed language could justify a Soviet intervention in Finland and the Baltic states, or push those countries to seek closer relations with Germany.


Premise: What parts of the Vedas did the Mimamsa school emphasize?

Hypothesis: Mīmāṃsākas considered the purpose and power of language was to clearly prescribe the proper, correct and right.


Premise: What USAF tech school has 31 days of training?

Hypothesis: Training programs vary in length; for example, 3M0X1 (Services) has 31 days of tech school training, while 3E8X1 (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) is one year of training with a preliminary school and a main school consisting of over 10 separate divisions, sometimes taking students close to two years to complete.


Premise: What do young birds form attachments to?

Hypothesis: Once the site attachment is made they show high site-fidelity, visiting the same wintering sites year after year.


Premise: What happened in July 2014?

Hypothesis: The nun or ن— the first letter of Nasara—was spray-painted on the property of Christians ejected from the city.


Premise: Castro's performance sent which singer's version to the top of a Billboard chart?

Hypothesis: Jason Castro's semi-final performance of "Hallelujah" also received considerable attention, and it propelled Jeff Buckley's version of the song to the top of the Billboard digital song chart.


Premise: What commission was created in 1955?

Hypothesis: The Philadelphia Historical Commission was created in 1955 to preserve the cultural and architectural history of the city.


Premise: What else is climate change been shown to change?

Hypothesis: Studies have shown a variety of effects including timing changes in migration, breeding as well as population variations.


Premise: What country is Burma to credit for its academic system ?

Hypothesis: The education system is based on the United Kingdom's system due to nearly a century of British and Christian presences in Myanmar.


Premise: What is a USB packet's end called?

Hypothesis: This extra bit can also result in a "bit stuff violation" if the six bits before it in the CRC are 1s.


Premise: When did the indoe music scene begin to grow?

Hypothesis: By 1977, groups began pointedly pursuing methods of releasing music independently , an idea disseminated in particular by the Buzzcocks' release of their Spiral Scratch EP on their own label as well as the self-released 1977 singles of Desperate Bicycles.


Premise: When were the Benedictine monks required to maintain a charity school?

Hypothesis: It was natural for the learned and literate monks to be entrusted with education, and Benedictine monks were required by the Pope to maintain a charity school in 1179.


Premise: What is the state capital of Florida

Hypothesis: The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and the sovereign state of Cuba.


Premise: What three departments of the inner suburbs are included in the metropole?

Hypothesis: It is an administrative structure for cooperation between the City of Paris and its nearest suburbs.


Premise: What is another term for uranium ore?

Hypothesis: This left a prodigious quantity of uranium as a waste product, since it takes three tonnes of uranium to extract one gram of radium.


Premise: What is the average for a dog to bear her litter?

Hypothesis: Dogs bear their litters roughly 58 to 68 days after fertilization, with an average of 63 days, although the length of gestation can vary.


Premise: What does 'si-min' mean?

Hypothesis: The Duomin (Chinese: 惰民; pinyin: duò mín; Wade–Giles: to-min) are a caste of outcasts in this province.


Premise: What is another name for the football?

Hypothesis: The game is played using a spherical ball of 68.5–69.5 cm (27.0–27.4 in) circumference, known as the football (or soccer ball).


Premise: What was the name of the assassination plot against Napoleon also known as the Infernal Machine?

Hypothesis: During the Consulate, Napoleon faced several royalist and Jacobin assassination plots, including the Conspiration des poignards (Dagger plot) in October 1800 and the Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise (also known as the Infernal Machine) two months later.


Premise: What online activity has the largest number of reported adolescent particpation?

Hypothesis: Online activities with the highest rates of use among adolescents are video games (78% of adolescents), email (73%), instant messaging (68%), social networking sites (65%), news sources (63%), music (59%), and videos (57%).


Premise: How much of the Bronx was non-Hispanic white as of 1980?

Hypothesis: According to the 2009 American Community Survey, White Americans of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin represented over one-fifth (22.9%) of the Bronx's population.


Premise: What live animals did they keep in the Bärengraben?

Hypothesis: According to the local legend, based on folk etymology, Berchtold V, Duke of Zähringen, the founder of the city of Bern, vowed to name the city after the first animal he met on the hunt, and this turned out to be a bear.


Premise: There have been attempts to create a single text with all the main ideas of what religion?

Hypothesis: In the Theravada tradition, condensed 'study texts' were created that combined popular or influential scriptures into single volumes that could be studied by novice monks.


Premise: What must be used for accurate measurement on the composition of gases at a high vacuums?

Hypothesis: The composition of gases at high vacuums will usually be unpredictable, so a mass spectrometer must be used in conjunction with the ionization gauge for accurate measurement.


Premise: Where did the torch end up in Istanbul?

Hypothesis: Turkey: The torch relay leg in Istanbul, held on April 3, started on Sultanahmet Square and finished in Taksim Square.


Premise: Along with Benihana and Burger King, what chain restaurant is headquartered in Miami?

Hypothesis: Located on the Atlantic Ocean, and with a long history as a seaport, Miami is also known for its seafood, with many seafood restaurants located along the Miami River, and in and around Biscayne Bay.


Premise: Who ordered Brasilia be built?

Hypothesis: Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961, ordered the construction of Brasília, fulfilling the promise of the Constitution and his own political campaign promise.


Premise: What type of philosophy does both Kasmir Shaivism and Advaita Vedanta share?

Hypothesis: Even though, both Kashmir Shaivism and Advaita Vedanta are non-dual philosophies which give primacy to Universal Consciousness (Chit or Brahman), in Kashmir Shavisim, as opposed to Advaita, all things are a manifestation of this Consciousness.


Premise: What is the nickname given to the Pearl Harbor Memorial?

Hypothesis: I-95 is infamous for traffic jams increasing with proximity to New York City; on the east side of New Haven it passes over the Quinnipiac River via the Pearl Harbor Memorial, or "Q Bridge", which often presents a major bottleneck to traffic. I-91, however, is relatively less congested, except at the intersection with I-95 during peak travel times.


Premise: What was the northern continent split from Pangaea?

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


Premise: After what entities are German dialects traditionally named?

Hypothesis: Most of them are not mutually intelligible.


Premise: What other error code was eventually covered by this warranty extension?

Hypothesis: In April 2009 the warranty was extended to also cover failures related to the E74 error code.


Premise: In 1871, Victoria became seriously ill with an abscess on what part of her body?

Hypothesis: In late November 1871, at the height of the republican movement, the Prince of Wales contracted typhoid fever, the disease that was believed to have killed his father, and Victoria was fearful her son would die.


Premise: What would be needed to support metadata and obviate the need for tags?

Hypothesis: A "tag" in an audio file is a section of the file that contains metadata such as the title, artist, album, track number or other information about the file's contents.


Premise: What disappeared in 2009 prior to the suicide of a Foxconn employee?

Hypothesis: Another employee killed himself in 2009 when an Apple prototype went missing, and claimed in messages to friends, that he had been beaten and interrogated.


Premise: Where did most of the current earthworms in glacial areas come from?

Hypothesis: Northern hardwood forests are especially negatively impacted by invasive worms through the loss of leaf duff, soil fertility, changes in soil chemistry and the loss of ecological diversity.


Premise: what madonna single is credited as helping bring house music to the mainstream?

Hypothesis: The single is credited as helping to bring house music to the US mainstream.


Premise: What is the most impressive and famous style of Sumerian buildings?

Hypothesis: The most impressive and famous of Sumerian buildings are the ziggurats, large layered platforms which supported temples.


Premise: How are the Houston Community College and Lone Star College systems ranked among educational facilities?

Hypothesis: Three community college districts exist with campuses in and around Houston.


Premise: Approximately how many miles long is Tennessee's Ridge and Valley region?

Hypothesis: Stretching west from the Blue Ridge for approximately 55 miles (89 km) is the Ridge and Valley region, in which numerous tributaries join to form the Tennessee River in the Tennessee Valley.


Premise: When was the test model constructed?

Hypothesis: A test model was constructed in October 1982 to verify the functionality of the hardware, after which work began on programming tools.


Premise: With who does Armenia have bad relations?

Hypothesis: The border between the two rival countries remains closed up to this day, and a permanent solution for the conflict has not been reached despite the mediation provided by organisations such as the OSCE.


Premise: What style of Gisbon Mandolin was largely replicated?

Hypothesis: Original Loar-signed instruments are sought after and extremely valuable.


Premise: What museum reopened on July 30th, 2011 after a huge renovation?

Hypothesis: The city is home to the longest surviving stretch of medieval walls in England, as well as a number of museums such as Tudor House Museum, reopened on 30 July 2011 after undergoing extensive restoration and improvement; Southampton Maritime Museum; God's House Tower, an archaeology museum about the city's heritage and located in one of the tower walls; the Medieval Merchant's House; and Solent Sky, which focuses on aviation.


Premise: What color was the metal on the U2 version of the iPod?

Hypothesis: In 2006 Apple presented a special edition for iPod 5G of Irish rock band U2.


Premise: What church is the sacrifice important to?

Hypothesis: Both views are popular within the Roman Catholic church, with the satisfaction doctrine incorporated into the idea of penance.


Premise: In the end what was the Soviet Union's Transformator system used for?

Hypothesis: In 1958, the Soviet Union developed Тransformator (Russian: Трансформатор, meaning Transformer), the first high-resolution (definition) television system capable of producing an image composed of 1,125 lines of resolution aimed at providing teleconferencing for military command.


Premise: Where did Victoria become seriously ill during one of her trips?

Hypothesis: At Ramsgate in October 1835, Victoria contracted a severe fever, which Conroy initially dismissed as a childish pretence.


Premise: Puberty causes what to happen in boys?

Hypothesis: It is the stage of life characterized by the appearance and development of secondary sex characteristics (for example, a deeper voice and larger adam's apple in boys, and development of breasts and more curved and prominent hips in girls) and a strong shift in hormonal balance towards an adult state.


Premise: How much cash did Beyonce put into the venture, the Survivor Foundation at startup?

Hypothesis: The foundation has since expanded to work with other charities in the city, and also provided relief following Hurricane Ike three years later.


Premise: What was Lord Goring's garden known as?

Hypothesis: Possibly the first house erected within the site was that of a Sir William Blake, around 1624.


Premise: When did the Communist troops cross the Yangtze River?

Hypothesis: On 21 April, Communist forces crossed the Yangtze River.


Premise: When did Emperor Huan's reign begin?

Hypothesis: A Roman embassy of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. 161–180 AD) is recorded in the Hou Hanshu to have reached the court of Emperor Huan of Han (r. AD 146–168) in AD 166, yet Rafe de Crespigny asserts that this was most likely a group of Roman merchants.


Premise: What does ASCII code represent?

Hypothesis: ASCII (i/ˈæski/ ASS-kee), abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character-encoding scheme (the IANA prefers the name US-ASCII).


Premise: What does the Dutch word "kroes" mean in English?

Hypothesis: ("sons"), or kroes [krus] ("mug") versus cruise [kruːs] ("cruise").


Premise: What is intrastate federalism?

Hypothesis: One method, known as 'intrastate federalism', is to directly represent the governments of component states in federal political institutions.


Premise: Which century marked the arrival of the Ottomans?

Hypothesis: That 16th century also marked the arrival of the Ottomans, who began making inroads in the Red Sea area.


Premise: How much area, in square miles, does the GHMC oversee?

Hypothesis: The GHMC carries out the city's infrastructural work such as building and maintenance of roads and drains, town planning including construction regulation, maintenance of municipal markets and parks, solid waste management, the issuing of birth and death certificates, the issuing of trade licences, collection of property tax, and community welfare services such as mother and child healthcare, and pre-school and non-formal education.


Premise: What is another benefit of nocturnal migration?

Hypothesis: One cost of nocturnal migration is the loss of sleep.


Premise: Who disagreed vocally about the demonstrations being permitted?

Hypothesis: On September 10, 1987, after a lecture from hardliner Yegor Ligachev at the Politburo for allowing these two unsanctioned demonstrations in Moscow, Boris Yeltsin wrote a letter of resignation to Gorbachev, who had been holidaying on the Black Sea.


Premise: How many of these old festivals are still celebrated by residents of Nanjing?

Hypothesis: Many traditional festivals and customs were observed in the old times, which included climbing the City Wall on January 16, bathing in Qing Xi on March 3, hill hiking on September 9 and others (the dates are in Chinese lunar calendar).


Premise: In what year was the Convention on the Rights of the Child created?

Hypothesis: Furthermore, since the advent of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 (children here defined as under 18), almost every country in the world (except the U.S. and South Sudan) has legally committed to advancing an anti-discriminatory stance towards young people of all ages.


Premise: What was the result of the use of this release of 78 rpm vinyl when used in vintage jukeboxes?

Hypothesis: This failure to warn customers gave the Rhino 78 records a bad reputation,[citation needed] as they were destroyed by old juke boxes and old record players but played very well on newer 78-capable turntables with modern lightweight tone arms and jewel needles.


Premise: How much was withdrawn from money markets during one week in September 2008?

Hypothesis: Withdrawal from money markets were $144.5 billion during one week, versus $7.1 billion the week prior.


Premise: What organization has funded a waste management control plan on Tuvalu?

Hypothesis: The Waste Operations and Services Act of 2009 provides the legal framework for waste management and pollution control projects funded by the European Union directed at organic waste composting in eco-sanitation systems.


Premise: The first college basketball championship took place in NYC in what year?

Hypothesis: The city is well known for its links to basketball, which is played in nearly every park in the city by local youth, many of whom have gone on to play for major college programs and in the NBA.


Premise: What is one of London's World Heritage Sites?

Hypothesis: The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world.


Premise: What public area in New Haven was named a National Historic Landmark in 1970?

Hypothesis: The New Haven Green is currently home to three separate historic churches which speak to the original theocratic nature of the city.


Premise: What was the most influential publication of the Enlightenment?

Hypothesis: The most influential publication of the Enlightenment was the Encyclopédie, compiled by Denis Diderot and (until 1759) by Jean le Rond d'Alembert and a team of 150 scientists and philosophers.


Premise: What was the main reason for the latest schism?

Hypothesis: The last major schism had to do with the issue of whether the PCK should join the WCC.


Premise: During the pre-war period, where was speedway racing held?

Hypothesis: It returned in the 1940s after WW2 and the Saints operated until the stadium closed down at the end of 1963.


Premise: Who was the first American Idol contestant to return to the show as a mentor?

Hypothesis: Michael Lynche was the lowest vote getter at top nine and was given the Judges' Save.


Premise: What company operates the ferries to East Cowes and Cowes?

Hypothesis: While Southampton is no longer the base for any cross-channel ferries, it is the terminus for three internal ferry services, all of which operate from terminals at Town Quay.


Premise: How many people worldwide were associated with Russell's movement by 1910?

Hypothesis: By 1910, about 50,000 people worldwide were associated with the movement and congregations re-elected him annually as their "pastor.


Premise: How many fans attend an average Oklahoma State University football game?

Hypothesis: The University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University average well over 50,000 fans attending their football games, and Oklahoma's football program ranked 12th in attendance among American colleges in 2010, with an average of 84,738 people attending its home games.


Premise: Which male private school in Boston, USA has Eton formed a relationship with?

Hypothesis: a relationship with the Roxbury Latin School, a traditional all-boys private school in Boston, USA.


Premise: What weapon did Sir Colin Campbell troops use during the Battle of Alma?

Hypothesis: The Battle of Balaclava is remembered in the UK for the actions of two British units.


Premise: Smaller reception rooms are decorated in which style?

Hypothesis: The palace has 775 rooms, and the garden is the largest private garden in London.


Premise: What did Marco Polo call Lin'an when he visited it?

Hypothesis: Marco Polo visited the city, which he called "Kinsay" (after the Chinese Jingshi, meaning "Capital City") claiming it was "the finest and noblest city in the world".


Premise: Did the new emperor agree or disagree with the Arians?

Hypothesis: However, upon Constans's death in 350, another civil war broke out, which left pro-Arian Constantius as sole emperor.


Premise: During what time span were there findings of habitation in India and Pakistan?

Hypothesis: The Mesolithic period in the Indian subcontinent was followed by the Neolithic period, when more extensive settlement of the subcontinent occurred after the end of the last Ice Age approximately 12,000 years ago.


Premise: Where was Freddie Mercury's funeral service held?

Hypothesis: His funeral service on 27 November in Kensal Green, West London was private, and held in accordance with the Zoroastrian religious faith of his family. "


Premise: In what year did the invasion of Russia take place?

Hypothesis: The French were never able to concentrate all of their forces effectively, prolonging the war until events elsewhere in Europe finally turned the tide in favor of the Allies.


Premise: What is another term for social insect?

Hypothesis: Social insects, such as termites, ants and many bees and wasps, are the most familiar species of eusocial animal.


Premise: What was the literacy rate of Rajasthan in 2001?

Hypothesis: In 2001, the literacy rate increased to 60.41% (75.70% male and 43.85% female).


Premise: What quality does the Quran claim in the different ways in which it refers to itself?

Hypothesis: Self-referentiality is evident in those passages where the Quran refers to itself as revelation (tanzil), remembrance (dhikr), news (naba'), criterion (furqan) in a self-designating manner (explicitly asserting its Divinity, "And this is a blessed Remembrance that We have sent down; so are you now denying it?"), or in the frequent appearance of the "Say" tags, when Muhammad is commanded to speak (e.g., "Say: 'God's guidance is the true guidance' ", "Say: 'Would you then dispute with us concerning God?' ").


Premise: What natural rhythm is disrupted by seasonal changes?

Hypothesis: Effects on seasonal adaptation of the circadian rhythm can be severe and last for weeks.


Premise: Power delivery protocols have been updated to facilitate what?

Hypothesis: Power Delivery protocols have been updated to facilitate Type-C features such as cable ID function, Alternate Mode negotiation, increased VBUS currents, and VCONN-powered accessories.


Premise: What was the art of the Fabbrica usually used for?

Hypothesis: Raphael is represented by a mosaic replica of this last painting, the Transfiguration.


Premise: What is the name of the youtube feature that removes ads and allows downloading movies?

Hypothesis: 2015 also saw the announcement of a premium YouTube service titled YouTube Red, which provides users with both ad-free content as well as the ability to download videos among other features.


Premise: Why is there difficulty in defining process theology ?

Hypothesis: In Syntheism - Creating God in The Internet Age, futurologists Alexander Bard and Jan Söderqvist repeatedly credit Whitehead for the process theology they see rising out of the participatory culture expected to dominate the digital era.


Premise: There are two main languages spoken by the people of Hyderabad, what are they?

Hypothesis: Hyderabad is home to a unique dialect of Urdu called Hyderabadi Urdu, which is a type of Dakhini, and is the mother tongue of most Hyderabadi Muslims, a unique community who owe much of their history, language, cuisine, and culture to Hyderabad, and the various dynasties who previously ruled.


Premise: What is Oklahoma's largest urbanized area?

Hypothesis: Based on population rank, the metropolitan area was the 42nd largest in the nation as of 2012.


Premise: As a grade school child he created an electronic device while his parents were away, what was it?

Hypothesis: As a child, he had a talent for engineering, maintained an experimental laboratory in his home, and delighted in repairing radios.


Premise: What type of geology is the Niger Delta Nembe Creek Oil field?

Hypothesis: The Niger Delta Nembe Creek Oil field was discovered in 1973 and produces from middle Miocene deltaic sandstone-shale in an anticline structural trap at a depth of 2–4 km.


Premise: What is the form of hydrogen and heteroatoms called?

Hypothesis: However, most of them also contain hydrogen, and because it is the carbon-hydrogen bond which gives this class of compounds most of its particular chemical characteristics, carbon-hydrogen bonds are required in some definitions of the word "organic" in chemistry.


Premise: What is a drug discovery?

Hypothesis: A great deal of early-stage drug discovery has traditionally been carried out by universities and research institutions.


Premise: What kind of tournaments does Cedar Ridge Country Club host?

Hypothesis: Regular LPGA tournaments are held at Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa, and major championships for the PGA or LPGA have been played at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oak Tree Country Club in Oklahoma City, and Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa.


Premise: How are the Canadian forces ranked in size compared to other military?

Hypothesis: The Armed Forces are today funded by approximately $20.1 billion annually and are presently ranked 74th in size compared to the world's other armed forces by number of total personnel, and 58th in terms of active personnel, standing at a strength of roughly 68,000, plus 27,000 reservists, 5000 Rangers, and 19,000 supplementary reserves, bringing the total force to approximately 119,000.


Premise: What do Czech typographical features not associated with phonetics tend to resemble?

Hypothesis: Proper nouns, honorifics, and the first letters of quotations are capitalized, and punctuation is typical of other Latin European languages.


Premise: Why is it more economical for scientists to study a small number of species?

Hypothesis: This was facilitated by the severely reduced state of their genomes, but as many genes, introns, and linkages lost, these ecdysozoans can teach us little about the origins of animals in general.


Premise: Who recreated the measles vaccine?

Hypothesis: The United States incidences of rubella, congenital rubella syndrome, measles, and mumps all fell by >95% in the immediate aftermath of widespread vaccination.


Premise: How were earthquakes simulated on the architectural models?

Hypothesis: The new city centre of Lisbon was designed to resist subsequent earthquakes.


Premise: 20th century literature reacted to the objectivity of naturalism in the 19th century to what?

Hypothesis: The inevitable reaction was the explosion of Romanticism in the later 18th century which reclaimed the imaginative and fantastical bias of old romances and folk-literature and asserted the primacy of individual experience and emotion.


Premise: During this time, how are digital versions of the movie transported in data storage devices?

Hypothesis: During the theatrical window, digital versions of films are often transported in data storage devices by couriers rather than by data transmission.


Premise: When did the great Depression end?

Hypothesis: The Wall Street Crash of 1929 served to punctuate the end of the previous era, as The Great Depression set in.


Premise: Which street in NYC today is now named after Juan Rodriguez?

Hypothesis: Broadway, from 159th Street to 218th Street, is named Juan Rodriguez Way in his honor.


Premise: What is said to be the world's oldest university?

Hypothesis: Takshashila University.


Premise: As a living divus, what was the emperor to Rome?

Hypothesis: In Rome, official cult to a living emperor was directed to his genius; a small number refused this honour and there is no evidence of any emperor receiving more than that.


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

Hypothesis: In the late 1980s, key breakthroughs in GaN epitaxial growth and p-type doping ushered in the modern era of GaN-based optoelectronic devices.


Premise: What are the 2016 estimates for child labour in regards to cotton picking?

Hypothesis: In 2006 it is estimated that 2.7 million children were forced to work this way.


Premise: What forms of Islamic and Christian faiths do many residents practice?

Hypothesis: Approximately 10% of the country's population belong to the Christian community, and 40% continue to hold Indigenous beliefs.


Premise: What was the name of the Spanish slave ship used to transport the Mende tribesmen?

Hypothesis: There is a statue of Joseph Cinqué, the informal leader of the slaves, beside City Hall.


Premise: What does V/STOL refer to?

Hypothesis: If the aircraft are VTOL-capable or helicopters, they do not need to decelerate and hence there is no such need.


Premise: What name did the Anglo-Saxons give their settlement first?

Hypothesis: The settlement was known as Hamwic, which evolved into Hamtun and then Hampton.


Premise: Who was the main figure of the Gothic Revival in France?

Hypothesis: In France, simultaneously, the towering figure of the Gothic Revival was Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, who outdid historical Gothic constructions to create a Gothic as it ought to have been, notably at the fortified city of Carcassonne in the south of France and in some richly fortified keeps for industrial magnates.


Premise: Along with replacement via inpainting, what procedure is used in infrared cleaning to remove the effect of scratches and dust?

Hypothesis: The infrared channel, in combination with the other channels, is used to detect the location of scratches and dust.


Premise: What was the name of the treaty that allowed Germany to ceded the land to France?

Hypothesis: Germany ceded the region to France under the Treaty of Versailles.


Premise: What is NYC's 4th-largest park?

Hypothesis: It includes New York City's fourth largest park: Van Cortlandt Park along the Westchester-Bronx border.


Premise: What is the catalog of contents of a particular species' genetic makeup?

Hypothesis: Even in species that exist in only one sex, what is described as a "genome sequence" may be a composite read from the chromosomes of various individuals.


Premise: How many students attended the Bronx public and private schools as of 2000?

Hypothesis: In 2000, public schools enrolled nearly 280,000 of the Bronx's residents over 3 years old (out of 333,100 enrolled in all pre-college schools).


Premise: What era followed the  The Neolithic 2 (PPNB) era?

Hypothesis: This era was before the Mesolithic era.[citation needed]


Premise: What does the acronym RLV stand for?

Hypothesis: Another form of recordable LaserDisc that is completely playback-compatible with the LaserDisc format (unlike CRVdisc with its caddy enclosure) is the RLV, or Recordable LaserVision disc.


Premise: What was the relatioship between Joan Crawford and Steven Spielberg?

Hypothesis: He did another segment on Night Gallery and did some work for shows such as Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law and The Psychiatrist, before landing the first series episode of Columbo (previous episodes were actually TV films).


Premise: Who led the Congressional hearings in 1959?

Hypothesis: While momentum for new legislation temporarily flagged under extended debate, a new tragedy emerged that underscored the need for more comprehensive regulation and provided the driving force for the passage of new laws.


Premise: In what year did the Tsimshian people arrive in Alaska?

Hypothesis: The Tsimshian people came to Alaska from British Columbia in 1887, when President Grover Cleveland, and later the U.S. Congress, granted them permission to settle on Annette Island and found the town of Metlakatla.


Premise: VH1 declared what song the "Greatest song of the 2000s?"

Hypothesis: The music video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", which achieved fame for its intricate choreography and its deployment of jazz hands, was credited by the Toronto Star as having started the "first major dance craze of both the new millennium and the Internet", triggering a number of parodies of the dance choreography and a legion of amateur imitators on YouTube.


Premise: When did the First Division clubs resign from the Football League?

Hypothesis: This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions; the Premier League would operate with a single division and the Football League with three.


Premise: The function of the brain from an evolutionary-biological thought is what?

Hypothesis: A centralized brain allows groups of muscles to be co-activated in complex patterns; it also allows stimuli impinging on one part of the body to evoke responses in other parts, and it can prevent different parts of the body from acting at cross-purposes to each other.


Premise: What did mathematicians of the time want to use to set the date of Easter?

Hypothesis: The Council of Trent approved a plan in 1563 for correcting the calendrical errors, requiring that the date of the vernal equinox be restored to that which it held at the time of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 and that an alteration to the calendar be designed to prevent future drift.


Premise: What was the goal of the first trading companies?

Hypothesis: Their goals were to obtain trading concessions by treaty.


Premise: Early warning allows epileptics to get to safety, get medication or what else?

Hypothesis: Service dogs such as guide dogs, utility dogs, assistance dogs, hearing dogs, and psychological therapy dogs provide assistance to individuals with physical or mental disabilities.


Premise: In what year was the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act passed?

Hypothesis: Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, a state prisoner is ordinarily only allowed one suit for habeas corpus in federal court.


Premise: What are middle powers?

Hypothesis: Regional powers are those whose influence is generally confined to their region of the world.


Premise: In 2013 the number of government jobs was what?

Hypothesis: Employment is dominated by the public sector, the number of government positions has fallen from 1,142 in 2006 to just over 800 in 2013.


Premise: When did Toomas Hendrik Ilves deliver his speech?

Hypothesis: In December 1999, then Estonian foreign minister (and since 2006, president of Estonia)


Premise: Why does this difficulty occur?

Hypothesis: it is (or they are) not as precise as is currently believed – but


Premise: What did encoders base the encoding rate for each frame on?

Hypothesis: Later more sophisticated MP3 encoders were able to use the bit reservoir to target an average bit rate selecting the encoding rate for each frame based on the complexity of the sound in that portion of the recording.


Premise: What other countries are referred to as middle powers?

Hypothesis: However, there is no unanimous agreement among authorities as to the current status of these powers or what precisely defines a great power.


Premise: How many new parks have been created in Paris since 1977?

Hypothesis: Since 1977, the city has created 166 new parks, most notably the Parc de la Villette (1987), Parc André Citroën (1992), and Parc de Bercy (1997).


Premise: What was the name of Victorias final child?

Hypothesis: For example, about a month after Leopold's birth Albert complained in a letter to Victoria about her "continuance of hysterics" over a "miserable trifle".


Premise: When did the U.S. House first pass a financial reform bill?

Hypothesis: For instance, the Volcker Rule against proprietary trading is not part of the legislation, though in the Senate bill regulators have the discretion but not the obligation to prohibit these trades.


Premise: What year did Mexico City first host the Pan America games?

Hypothesis: Mexico City remains the only Latin American city to host the Olympic Games, having held the Summer Olympics in 1968, winning bids against Buenos Aires, Lyon and Detroit.


Premise: What is an example of a stringed chordal instrument during the Baroque period?

Hypothesis: One major difference between Baroque music and the classical era that followed it is that the types of instruments used in ensembles were much less standardized.


Premise: What was the first noteworthy confrontation between Napoleon and the Archduke Charles?

Hypothesis: In the first notable encounter between the two commanders, Napoleon pushed back his opponent and advanced deep into Austrian territory after winning at the Battle of Tarvis in March 1797.


Premise: What makes up the bodies of vascular plants?

Hypothesis: The shoots consist of stems bearing green photosynthesising leaves and reproductive structures.


Premise: What was the initial definition of copy-text?

Hypothesis: McKerrow was aware of the limitations of the stemmatic method, and believed it was more prudent to choose one particular text that was thought to be particularly reliable, and then to emend it only where the text was obviously corrupt.


Premise: What is the name of the teen paper that the Boston Globe provides to schools?

Hypothesis: The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald are two of the city's major daily newspapers.


Premise: What year did Dell go private?

Hypothesis: The announcement came two years after Dell Inc. returned to private ownership, claiming that it faced bleak prospects and would need several years out of the public eye to rebuild its business.


Premise: The choice of seals, or chamber geometry ,for example impact a pump. Together these are options are called what?

Hypothesis: The choice of seals, chamber geometry, materials, and pump-down procedures will all have an impact.


Premise: What is the process of producing a biologically functional molecule of either RNA or protein called?

Hypothesis: The process of producing a biologically functional molecule of either RNA or protein is called gene expression, and the resulting molecule is called a gene product.


Premise: How much did security cost for the torch relay in London?

Hypothesis: A Metropolitan police briefing paper revealed that security for the torch relay cost £750,000 and the participation of the Chinese security team had been agreed in advance, despite the Mayor stating, "We did not know beforehand these thugs were from the security services.


Premise: When did indices on corruption first appear?

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


Premise: What geological subdivision is located in the north?

Hypothesis: The geological subdivision differentiates the Western, Eastern Alps and Southern Alps: the Helveticum in the north, the Penninicum and Austroalpine system in the center and, south of the Periadriatic Seam, the Southern Alpine system.


Premise: How does barium affect glass?

Hypothesis: oxide can be used for glass that absorbs UV wavelengths.


Premise: Where was the radio station KMXB based in 1997?

Hypothesis: Unlike modern rock, which went after 18-34 men, this format appealed to women.


Premise: What did the enlargement of flower parts evolve to form?

Hypothesis: Fruit, which is formed by the enlargement of flower parts, is frequently a seed-dispersal tool that attracts animals to eat or otherwise disturb it, incidentally scattering the seeds it contains (see frugivory).


Premise: Along with darts, skittles, dominoes and bar billiards, what is a well-known pub game?

Hypothesis: In the UK betting is legally limited to certain games such as cribbage or dominoes, played for small stakes.


Premise: What was the name of the first training facility that was established by the CIA?

Hypothesis: Following the end of the Cold War, the CIA's training budget was slashed, which had a negative effect on employee retention.


Premise: What parliamentary session did Elizabeth open in 1957 while on tour?

Hypothesis: No attempt was made, but a riot did break out while she was in Montreal; the Queen's "calmness and courage in the face of the violence" was noted.