Premise: What do many people in the dominant LGBT community face?

Hypothesis: In the United States, non-Caucasian LGBT individuals may find themselves in a double minority, where they are neither fully accepted or understood by mainly Caucasian LGBT communities, nor are they accepted by their own ethnic group.


Premise: Why did thousands of new workers flock to Houston?

Hypothesis: When World War II started, tonnage levels at the port decreased and shipping activities were suspended; however, the war did provide economic benefits for the city.


Premise: What does PPE stand for?

Hypothesis: PlayStation 3 uses the Cell microprocessor, designed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM, as its CPU, which is made up of one 3.2 GHz PowerPC-based "Power Processing Element" (PPE) and eight Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs).


Premise: What kind of clock have genetic functions?

Hypothesis: Their interactions result in an interlocked feedback loop of gene products resulting in periodic fluctuations that the cells of the body interpret as a specific time of the day.[citation needed]


Premise: Substandard what is often one way for corruption to enter the construction field?

Hypothesis: In construction and shelter there are numerous opportunities for diversion and profit through substandard workmanship, kickbacks for contracts and favouritism in the provision of valuable shelter material.


Premise: What telegram had the intended effect on French public opinion?

Hypothesis: The Ems telegram had exactly the effect on French public opinion that Bismarck had intended.


Premise: What type of monarchy was established as time went on in Victorias rule?

Hypothesis: As Victoria's monarchy became more symbolic than political, it placed a strong emphasis on morality and family values, in contrast to the sexual, financial and personal scandals that had been associated with previous members of the House of Hanover and which had discredited the monarchy.


Premise: Himachal is extremely rich in?

Hypothesis: Himachal is extremely rich in hydro electric resources.


Premise: Before Hindus are cremated, how many times are their bodies placed in the Bagmati?

Hypothesis: The importance of the Bagmati also lies in the fact that Hindus are cremated on its banks, and Kirants are buried in the hills by its side.


Premise: What particular aircraft did the interceptor target most?

Hypothesis: A number of jet interceptors such as the F-102 Delta Dagger, the F-106 Delta Dart, and the MiG-25 were built in the period starting after the end of World War II and ending in the late 1960s, when they became less important due to the shifting of the strategic bombing role to ICBMs.


Premise: Which event precipitated the Ordovician period?

Hypothesis: The Ordovician Period started at a major extinction event called the Cambrian-Ordovician extinction events some time about 485.4 ± 1.9 Ma.


Premise: Who did Burke urge to send reinforcements to La Vendee?

Hypothesis: Burke also supported the royalist uprising in La Vendée, describing it on 4 November 1793 in a letter to William Windham, as "the sole affair I have much heart in".


Premise: What does schlachtan mean in german?

Hypothesis: Poles of the 17th century assumed that "szlachta" came from the German "schlachten" ("to slaughter" or "to butcher"); also suggestive is the German "Schlacht" ("battle").


Premise: Who redrew Germany's internal borders after World War II?

Hypothesis: During the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, internal borders were redrawn by the Allied military governments.


Premise: What was the first, hidden game included with the original iPod?

Hypothesis: The original iPod had the game Brick (originally invented by Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak) included as an easter egg hidden feature; later firmware versions added it as a menu option.


Premise: Where in the rankings does Houston's gross domestic product place it compared to other U.S. domestic areas?

Hypothesis: The Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land MSA's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012 was $489 billion, making it the fourth-largest of any metropolitan area in the United States and larger than Austria's, Venezuela's, or South Africa's GDP.


Premise: When were Knight and Bauer Halls dedicated?

Hypothesis: Simon Hall was opened in 1986 after a donation from John E. Simon.


Premise: What were used to write Sanskrit?

Hypothesis: Brahmi evolved into a multiplicity of Brahmic scripts, many of which were used to write Sanskrit.


Premise: Who was responsible for dealing with chaotic train yards and unloaded wagons?

Hypothesis: Rail sidings and marshalling yards became choked with loaded wagons, with nobody responsible for unloading them or directing them to the destination.


Premise: What is the name of the United States' first bowl stadium?

Hypothesis: Yale also maintains the Gales Ferry site where the heavyweight men's team trains for the Yale-Harvard Boat Race.


Premise: How did relations between Lebanon and the UAR change with Chehab's election?

Hypothesis: Following the Lebanese election of Fuad Chehab in September 1958, relations between Lebanon and the UAR improved considerably.


Premise: What two airways are most effected by asthma?

Hypothesis: Occasionally the airways themselves change.


Premise: What cities had large sections of them destroyed?

Hypothesis: Not all of the Luftwaffe's effort was made against inland cities.


Premise: Using animal fur as clothing was once considered what?

Hypothesis: Once uncontroversial, it has recently been the focus of campaigns on the grounds that campaigners consider it cruel and unnecessary.


Premise: Where were dogs introduced then to help people socialize people?

Hypothesis: The practice of using dogs and other animals as a part of therapy dates back to the late 18th century, when animals were introduced into mental institutions to help socialize patients with mental disorders.


Premise: Common energy forms include what?

Hypothesis: All of the many forms of energy are convertible to other kinds of energy.


Premise: The 75% rule states how much of a population must lie outside the range of other populations for a defining set of characters?

Hypothesis: Dean Amadon proposed in 1949 that subspecies would be defined according to the seventy-five percent rule which means that 75% of a population must lie outside 99% of the range of other populations for a given defining morphological character or a set of characters.


Premise: What were Wesley Clarks's core issues?

Hypothesis: This weakness was apparent in his first few debates, although he soon presented a range of position papers, including a major tax-relief plan.


Premise: About how many Plymouth residents are serving in the military?

Hypothesis: Since the 1980s, employment in the defence sector has decreased substantially and the public sector is now prominent particularly in administration, health, education, medicine and engineering.


Premise: What did Nintendo release in Japan only?

Hypothesis: Since the new controllers don't have microphones on them like the second controller on the original console, certain games such as the Disk System version of The Legend of Zelda and Raid on Bungeling Bay will have certain tricks that cannot be replicated when played on an HVC-101 Famicom without a modded controller.


Premise: Who was recorded as using gunpowder in 1304?

Hypothesis: Gunpowder was known in Europe by the mid-13th century with a recorded use in European warfare by the English against the Scots in 1304, although it was merely used as an explosive and not as a weapon.


Premise: How many meters high is Guru Shikhar?

Hypothesis: The Aravalli Range runs across the state from the southwest peak Guru Shikhar (Mount Abu), which is 1,722 m in height, to Khetri in the northeast.


Premise: What year did Mexico gain independence from Spain?

Hypothesis: Eventually the town came to be called "Tucson" and became a part of Sonora after Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821.


Premise: What was the result for internationals companies attempting to conduct business in Burma ?

Hypothesis: Sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries against the former military government, coupled with boycotts and other direct pressure on corporations by supporters of the democracy movement, have resulted in the withdrawal from the country of most US and many European companies.


Premise: What replaced the holocene megafauna?

Hypothesis: Furthermore, evidence exists that hunting may have been one of the multiple environmental factors leading to extinctions of the holocene megafauna and their replacement by smaller herbivores.


Premise: When was Olin Business School founded?

Hypothesis: Founded as the School of Commerce and Finance in 1917, the Olin Business School was named after entrepreneur John M. Olin in 1988.


Premise: Who are cast in Eton's female roles in their productions?

Hypothesis: Often girls from surrounding schools, such as St George's, Ascot, St Mary's School Ascot, Windsor Girls' School and Heathfield St Mary's School, are cast in female roles.


Premise: What was another name for the Boxers?

Hypothesis: Cixi declared war on all of these nations, only to lose control of Beijing after a short, but hard-fought campaign.


Premise: Which comic character was the first to appear in a weekly magazine?

Hypothesis: On occasion the cartoons in these magazines appeared in sequences; the character Ally Sloper featured in the earliest serialized comic strip when the character began to feature in its own weekly magazine in 1884.


Premise: What do plant roots prevent?

Hypothesis: The study of plants is vital because they underpin almost all animal life on Earth by generating a large proportion of the oxygen and food that provide humans and other organisms with aerobic respiration with the chemical energy they need to exist.


Premise: How many times has KU been one of the last four teams competing at the National Debate Championships?

Hypothesis: The University of Kansas has had more teams (70) compete in the National Debate Tournament than any other university.


Premise: Fishing, hunting, and birdwatching are what kind of activities that are provided in North Carolina?

Hypothesis: North Carolina offers fall colors, freshwater and saltwater fishing, hunting, birdwatching, agritourism, ATV trails, ballooning, rock climbing, biking, hiking, skiing, boating and sailing, camping, canoeing, caving (spelunking), gardens, and arboretums.


Premise: What kind of groups are on Saint Helena and Ascension Island?

Hypothesis: There are scouting and guiding groups on Saint Helena and Ascension Island.


Premise: What is a cladogram?

Hypothesis: The family tree is also referred to as a cladogram.


Premise: How many patents did Bell co-author?

Hypothesis: Although Alexander Graham Bell is most often associated with the invention of the telephone, his interests were extremely varied.


Premise: What did the United States Army begin to develop after the first World War?

Hypothesis: It was standardised in 1927 as the T9 AA cannon, but trials quickly revealed that it was worthless in the ground role.


Premise: What are the main focus?

Hypothesis: There are a growing number of participants, competing alone and on a team; it is most popular in Asia, especially in Japan where high school and university teams compete fiercely.


Premise: Where were the 9/11 planes originally going?

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


Premise: What was the reason some electrifications were removed after a while?

Hypothesis: Some electrifications have subsequently been removed because of the through traffic to non-electrified lines.


Premise: When was the City of Houston incorporated?

Hypothesis: The city was named after former General Sam Houston, who was president of the Republic of Texas and had commanded and won at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles (40 km) east of where the city was established.


Premise: Which former co-host of CBS's The Early Show graduated from BYU?

Hypothesis: Other media personalities include former CBS News correspondent Art Rascon, award-winning ESPN sportscaster and former Miss America Sharlene Wells Hawkes '86 and former co-host of CBS's The Early Show Jane Clayson Johnson '90.


Premise: How much did the SNES cost in the US?

Hypothesis: On August 23, 1991,[a] Nintendo released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, a redesigned version of the Super Famicom, in North America for US$199.


Premise: Who found out that a shock of electricity to an exposed nerve of a dead frog caused contractions?

Hypothesis: The first real progress toward a modern understanding of nervous function, though, came from the investigations of Luigi Galvani, who discovered that a shock of static electricity applied to an exposed nerve of a dead frog could cause its leg to contract.


Premise: How many Chinese Americans lived in Boston City proper in 2013?

Hypothesis: Over 27,000 Chinese Americans made their home in Boston city proper in 2013, and the city hosts a growing Chinatown accommodating heavily traveled Chinese-owned bus lines to and from Chinatown, Manhattan.


Premise: What is the name for the count of all DNA base pairs in a single haploid genome?

Hypothesis: This phenomenon also indicates the mighty influence coming from repetitive DNA act on the genomes.


Premise: What do many of the writers staffed by Sherman Ave write under?

Hypothesis: The website often publishes content about Northwestern student life, and most of Sherman Ave's staffed writers are current Northwestern undergraduate students writing under pseudonyms.


Premise: What type of snake is most popular in the region with many different species?

Hypothesis: Although there are many reptilian species in the mountains the most observed species include: Northern Mexican pine snake, Pituophis deppei jani, Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), rock rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus), black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus), and plateau tiger salamander Ambystoma velasci, one of possibly many amphibians to be found in the mountains.


Premise: Why does altitudinal migration occur in some tropical birds?

Hypothesis: There is evidence that this enables the migrants to obtain more of their preferred foods such as fruits.


Premise: Like Charles II had previously done, the last Stuart monarch withheld assent. Who was this monarch?

Hypothesis: After the English Civil War, it was accepted that parliament should be summoned to meet regularly, but it was still commonplace for monarchs to refuse royal assent to bills.


Premise: What was the dead professor threatened with before his death?

Hypothesis: The inquest on his death has not yet reported.


Premise: What did the senators request of Caesar in order for him to stand for consul?

Hypothesis: In 51 BC, some Roman senators demanded that Caesar not be permitted to stand for consul unless he turned over control of his armies to the state, which would have left Caesar defenceless before his enemies.


Premise: What is the average annual temperature in southeast Oklahoma?

Hypothesis: Traveling westward, the climate transitions progressively toward a semi-arid zone (Koppen BSk) in the high plains of the Panhandle and other western areas from about Lawton westward, less frequently touched by southern moisture.


Premise: What happened in Portugal that contributed to Guinea-Bissau's independence?

Hypothesis: Guinea-Bissau has started to show some economic advances after a pact of stability was signed by the main political parties of the country, leading to an IMF-backed structural reform program.


Premise: How old was Victoria when she met Albert?

Hypothesis: Victoria wrote to her uncle Leopold, whom Victoria considered her "best and kindest adviser", to thank him "for the prospect of great happiness you have contributed to give me, in the person of dear Albert ...


Premise: Where was the barrel pointed when the sights were on a target?

Hypothesis: The problem was of successfully aiming a shell to burst close to its target's future position, with various factors affecting the shells' predicted trajectory.


Premise: Who is in charges of directing the Jehovah Witnesses?

Hypothesis: They believe that the destruction of the present world system at Armageddon is imminent, and that the establishment of God's kingdom over the earth is the only solution for all problems faced by humanity.


Premise: Methodism is part of what movement?

Hypothesis: The origins of Evangelicalism are usually traced back to the English Methodist movement, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, the Moravian Church, Lutheran pietism, Presbyterianism and Puritanism.


Premise: What ancient language is still in use today in some of the minuscule societies in the Grecian world ?

Hypothesis: Yevanic is the language of the Romaniotes, and survives in small communities in Greece, New York and Israel.


Premise: Who is the present mayor of Seattle?

Hypothesis: Federally, Seattle is part of Washington's 7th congressional district, represented by Democrat Jim McDermott, elected in 1988 and one of Congress's liberal members.


Premise: What is a cost of nocturnal migration?

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


Premise: In what year did the National Archives make strides towards making its holdings more widely available?

Hypothesis: A joint venture with Google will digitize and offer NARA video online.


Premise: Which host quit after the first season?

Hypothesis: Dunkleman quit thereafter, making Seacrest the sole emcee of the show starting with season two.


Premise: What is the final degree of Masonry?

Hypothesis: In other jurisdictions, the grade is not recognised, and no inner ceremony conveys new secrets during the installation of a new Master of the Lodge.


Premise: At what age did Harper Lee's mother die?

Hypothesis: Though Scout's mother died when she was a baby, Lee was 25 when her mother, Frances Cunningham Finch, died.


Premise: With what does Popper say Tarski's theory replaces the predicate "is true?"

Hypothesis: Although many philosophers have interpreted, and continue to interpret, Tarski's theory as a deflationary theory, Popper refers to it as a theory in which "is true" is replaced with "corresponds to the facts".


Premise: What is another term for Sufi Quranic interpretation?

Hypothesis: Esoteric or Sufi interpretation attempts to unveil the inner meanings of the Quran.


Premise: What is the population of Switzerland?

Hypothesis: While still named the "Swiss Confederation" for historical reasons, modern Switzerland is a federal directorial republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities, called Bundesstadt ("federal city").[note 3]


Premise: When was the RIBA library founded?

Hypothesis: The British Architectural Library, sometimes referred to as the RIBA Library, was established in 1834 upon the founding of the institute with donations from members.


Premise: Who is Russia's largest regional rival?

Hypothesis: Russia feared losing Russian America without compensation in some future conflict, especially to the British.


Premise: Who manufactures a pedometer accessory for the iPod?

Hypothesis: Other accessories offer unique features like the Nike+iPod pedometer and the iPod Camera Connector.


Premise: Who co - authored the executive order?

Hypothesis: The first time "affirmative action" is used by the federal government concerning race is in President John F. Kennedy's Executive Order 10925, which was chaired by Vice President Johnson.


Premise: What prize did the film Mortu Nega win?

Hypothesis: At FESPACO 1989, Mortu Nega won the prestigious Oumarou Ganda Prize.


Premise: In what languages is Tibetan music often chanted in?

Hypothesis: Tibetan music often involves chanting in Tibetan or Sanskrit, as an integral part of the religion.


Premise: The first astrolabe with gear-wheels was invented when?

Hypothesis: An astrolabe incorporating a mechanical calendar computer and gear-wheels was invented by Abi Bakr of Isfahan, Persia in 1235.


Premise: Aside from George Sands what two French authors have written about Chopin?

Hypothesis: French writers on Chopin (apart from Sand) have included Marcel Proust and André Gide; and he has also featured in works of Gottfried Benn and Boris Pasternak.


Premise: Where did Chopin go in the spring of 1848?

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


Premise: In what period did Islamic armies conquer Syria?

Hypothesis: By 714, Islamic forces controlled much of the peninsula in a region they called Al-Andalus.


Premise: What was La Maison Cubiste ?

Hypothesis: La Maison Cubiste was a fully furnished house, with a staircase, wrought iron banisters, a living room


Premise: Where was a protest planned in San Francisco?

Hypothesis: On April 8, numerous protests were planned including one at the city's United Nations Plaza led by actor Richard Gere and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.


Premise: Under what name was LaserDisc originally marketed?

Hypothesis: Initially licensed, sold, and marketed as MCA DiscoVision (also known as simply "DiscoVision") in North America in 1978, the technology was previously referred to internally as Optical Videodisc System, Reflective Optical Videodisc, Laser Optical Videodisc, and Disco-Vision (with a dash), with the first players referring to the format as "Video Long Play".


Premise: What is the most amount of ministers that a Prime Minister can assign?

Hypothesis: The government, headed by the Prime Minister, thus represents the political leadership of the country and makes decisions in the name of the whole executive power.


Premise: Who wanted to unite all of the Germans all over the area?

Hypothesis: They had viewed themselves as a distinctly separate nation since the Peace of Westphalia of 1648.


Premise: How much did the MoD spend on Chinook helicopters?

Hypothesis: delivery, while troops in Afghanistan have been forced to rely on helicopters which are flying with safety faults.


Premise: Chopin is considered a prominent symbol of what?

Hypothesis: In his native Poland, in France, where he composed most of his works, and beyond, Chopin's music, his status as one of music's earliest superstars, his association (if only indirect) with political insurrection, his love life and his early death have made him, in the public consciousness, a leading symbol of the Romantic era.


Premise: How much did the Red Cross collect in donations?

Hypothesis: Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, one of the country's most popular sports icons, gave $214,000 and $71,000 to the Red Cross Society of China.


Premise: From the 1990s to 2010s who was the primary consumer of vinyl records?

Hypothesis: From the 1990s to the 2010s, records continued to be manufactured and sold on a much smaller scale, and were especially used by disc jockeys (DJ)s, released by artists in some genres, and listened to by a niche market of audiophiles.


Premise: On what day was Ali appointed as the prophet's successor?

Hypothesis: 5:3 of Quran which was revealed to the prophet when he appointed Ali as his successor at the day of Ghadir Khumm.


Premise: What did Sony change about the PS3 games along with the packaging in 2009?

Hypothesis: Along with the redesigning of the console and logo, the boot screen of all consoles changed from "Sony Computer Entertainment" to "PS3 PlayStation 3", with a new chime and the game start splash screen being dropped.


Premise: What defines "blackness"?

Hypothesis: Blackness can be contrasted with "acting white", where black Americans are said to behave with assumed characteristics of stereotypical white Americans with regard to fashion, dialect, taste in music, and possibly, from the perspective of a significant number of black youth, academic achievement.


Premise: What position did Ecdicius hold?

Hypothesis: In the meanwhile, Julian, who seems to have become suddenly jealous of the influence that Athanasius was exercising at Alexandria, addressed an order to Ecdicius, the Prefect of Egypt, peremptorily commanding the expulsion of the restored primate, on the ground that he had never been included in the imperial act of clemency.


Premise: What did the Digimon series end up having lots of during the series?

Hypothesis: The Digimon series has a large number of video games which usually have their own independent storylines with a few sometimes tying into the stories of the anime series or manga series.


Premise: Who stated that Gaddafi was fond of children?

Hypothesis: Reporter Mirella Bianco found that his friends considered him particularly loyal and generous, and asserted that he adored children.


Premise: How vast was the backgrounds of the captives?

Hypothesis: However, when the first captives were brought to the Americas, they were often combined with other groups from West Africa, and individual ethnic affiliations were not generally acknowledged by English colonists.


Premise: What organization scores electronics manufacturers based on how environmentally friendly their products are?

Hypothesis: Dell committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its global activities by 40% by 2015, with 2008 fiscal year as the baseline year.


Premise: Where were rural children employed?

Hypothesis: Rural areas similarly saw families deploying their children in agriculture.


Premise: How many people were killed during the demonstrations against the curfew?

Hypothesis: In the 1950s and the 1960s, Paris became one front of the Algerian War for independence; in August 1961, the pro-independence FLN targeted and killed 11 Paris policemen, leading to the imposition of a curfew on Muslims of Algeria (who, at that time, were French citizens).


Premise: What Arkansas city's metro area extends into Oklahoma?

Hypothesis: In descending order of population, Oklahoma's largest cities in 2010 were: Oklahoma City (579,999, +14.6%), Tulsa (391,906, −0.3%), Norman (110,925, +15.9%), Broken Arrow (98,850, +32.0%), Lawton (96,867, +4.4%), Edmond (81,405, +19.2%), Moore (55,081, +33.9%), Midwest City (54,371, +0.5%), Enid (49,379, +5.0%), and Stillwater (45,688, +17.0%).


Premise: Modern historians have been over lenient towards what?

Hypothesis: Popular historian Frank McLynn maintains a counter-revisionist perspective on John, arguing that the king's modern reputation amongst historians is "bizarre", and that as a monarch John "fails almost all those [tests] that can be legitimately set".


Premise: What were both Serbian and Croatian standards based off of?

Hypothesis: From the very beginning, there were slightly different literary Serbian and Croatian standards, although both were based on the same Shtokavian subdialect, Eastern Herzegovinian.


Premise: What affects the climate in Europe?

Hypothesis: Evidence of human habitation in the Alps goes back to the Paleolithic era.


Premise: How many volumes was Principia Mathematica?

Hypothesis: Whitehead and Russell had thought originally that Principia Mathematica would take a year to complete; it ended up taking them ten years.


Premise: Where did Stalin engage in an aggressive political strategy?

Hypothesis: Stalin began a more aggressive strategy in Asia based on these developments, including promising economic and military aid to China through the Sino–Soviet Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance Treaty.


Premise: What do dogs represent to Christians?

Hypothesis: Jewish law requires Jews to feed dogs (and other animals that they own) before themselves, and make arrangements for feeding them before obtaining them.


Premise: How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites does Iran have?

Hypothesis: Tehran is the country's capital and largest city, as well as its leading cultural and economic center.


Premise: What is the definition of haram?

Hypothesis: There was also the use of decorative calligraphy instead of pictures which were haram (forbidden) in mosque architecture.


Premise: What have studies found about women and their believed sexual orientations?

Hypothesis: Some researchers who study sexual orientation argue that the concept may not apply similarly to men and women.


Premise: What can be easily coined by writing on paper?

Hypothesis: Compare this with the use of symbols as names in 20th century musical albums such as Led Zeppelin IV (1971) and Love Symbol Album (1993); an album cover may potentially contain any graphics, but in writing and other computation these symbols are difficult to use.


Premise: What road is an inn often located near?

Hypothesis: In Europe, they possibly first sprang up when the Romans built a system of roads two millennia ago.[citation needed]


Premise: In which direction do trains run from Southampton to Winchester?

Hypothesis: The route to London was opened in 1840 by what was to become the London and South Western Railway Company.


Premise: What draws together the axes of cultural and social anthropology?

Hypothesis: Sociocultural anthropology draws together the principle axes of cultural anthropology and social anthropology.


Premise: What did the political parties request a brief stop in?

Hypothesis: The coach containing the torch drove past the National Assembly and the assembled protesting MPs, who shouted "Freedom for Tibet!"


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

Hypothesis: He then added other elements, such as telephone voting by the viewing public (which at the time was already in use in shows such as the Eurovision Song Contest), the drama of backstories and real-life soap opera unfolding in real time.


Premise: Which Bronx schools have been closed or made smaller?

Hypothesis: Schools that have been closed or reduced in size include John F. Kennedy, James Monroe, Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson, Evander Childs, Christopher Columbus, Morris, Walton, and South Bronx High Schools.


Premise: What type of bands play for dancers in the streets?

Hypothesis: It starts in January, known as "Pre-Kanaval", while the main carnival activities begin in February.


Premise: What is Iran's most popular online social network?

Hypothesis: Instagram is the most popular online social networking service in Iran.


Premise: From what were countries in the empire free?

Hypothesis: By the middle of the 1st century AD, Gaulish Vertault seems to have abandoned its native cultic sacrifice of horses and dogs in favour of a newly established, Romanised cult nearby: by the end of that century, Sabratha’s so-called tophet was no longer in use.


Premise: Since what year has tourism been ongoing to Antarctica?

Hypothesis: Small-scale "expedition tourism" has existed since 1957 and is currently subject to Antarctic Treaty and Environmental Protocol provisions, but in effect self-regulated by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO).


Premise: Who marched through the lower states and captured and forts and fought many battles?

Hypothesis: After a brief period of supremacy by King Harshavardhana, the region was once again divided into several local powers headed by chieftains, including some Rajput principalities.


Premise: What church was taken from the Lutherans and returned to the Catholics?

Hypothesis: This annexation was one of the direct causes of the brief and bloody War of the Reunions whose outcome left the French in possession.


Premise: How many chances to disrupt the 9/11 attacks did the FBI dismiss?

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


Premise: What is added to almost every dish in Greece?

Hypothesis: Greek cuisine is characteristic of the healthy Mediterranean diet, which is epitomized by dishes of Crete.


Premise: In addition to much of the state of Arizona, what U.S. state does not ever change their clocks for DST?

Hypothesis: Most of North America shifts at 02:00 local time, so its zones do not shift at the same time; for example, Mountain Time is temporarily (for one hour) zero hours ahead of Pacific Time, instead of one hour ahead, in the autumn and two hours, instead of one, ahead of Pacific Time in the spring.


Premise: Who was the first governor of California who had been born in a foreign country?

Hypothesis: Schwarzenegger was the second foreign-born governor of California after Irish-born Governor John G. Downey in 1862.


Premise: What sciences use bacteria?

Hypothesis: Because of their ability to quickly grow and the relative ease with which they can be manipulated, bacteria are the workhorses for the fields of molecular biology, genetics and biochemistry.


Premise: What type of language did Paul Vi's reforms approve for use in the Catholic mass?

Hypothesis: The Mass of Paul VI was also in Latin but approval was given for the use of vernacular languages.


Premise: When did most of the jazz clubs close down?

Hypothesis: Most of the clubs closed by the early 1960s, as musical tastes shifted toward rock and roll.


Premise: When did Xudong An and Anthony B. Sanders issue a report about commercial mortgage-backed securities?

Hypothesis: Krugman's contention (that the growth of a commercial real estate bubble indicates that U.S. housing policy was not the cause of the crisis) is challenged by additional analysis.


Premise: Who operates flights between Kathmandu and Istanbul?

Hypothesis: Regionally, several Nepali airlines operate from the city, including Agni Air, Buddha Air, Cosmic Air, Nepal Airlines and Yeti Airlines, to other major towns across Nepal.


Premise: What are common ingredients in Guinea-Bissau?

Hypothesis: Spices, peppers and chilis are used in cooking, including Aframomum melegueta seeds (Guinea pepper).


Premise: What resulted from the loss of the area the glaciers over the Alps?

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


Premise: Are these other languages learned in the U.S. as popular as Spanish?

Hypothesis: More than 1.4 million university students were enrolled in language courses in autumn of 2002 and Spanish is the most widely taught language in American colleges and universities with 53 percent of the total number of people enrolled, followed by French (14.4%), German (7.1%), Italian (4.5%), American Sign language (4.3%), Japanese (3.7%), and Chinese (2.4%) although the totals remain relatively small in relation to the total U.S population.


Premise: Which record labels really supported the British post-punk movement?

Hypothesis: American critic Greil Marcus characterised "Britain's postpunk pop avant-garde" in a 1980 Rolling Stone article as "sparked by a tension, humour and sense of paradox plainly unique in present day pop music"—as well as media figures such as BBC DJ John Peel, while several groups, such as PiL and Joy Division, achieved some success in the popular charts.


Premise: What are Italian dialects termed in the Italian language?

Hypothesis: However, the majority of the regional languages in Italy are in fact not actually "dialects" of standard Italian in the strict linguistic sense, as they are not derived from modern standard Italian but instead evolved locally from Vulgar Latin independent of standard Italian, with little to no influence from what is now known as "standard Italian.


Premise: Along with critical dimension and depth, what can the infrared light reflectance be used to determine in regard to high aspect ratio trench structures?

Hypothesis: The reflectance from the infrared light can also be used to determine the critical dimension, depth, and sidewall angle of high aspect ratio trench structures.


Premise: What was the purpose of editing the dispatch?

Hypothesis: According to some historians, Bismarck adroitly created a diplomatic crisis over the succession to the Spanish throne, then edited a dispatch about a meeting between King William of Prussia and the French ambassador, to make it appear that the French had been insulted.


Premise: What is the average household income in Boston?

Hypothesis: The median household income in Boston was $51,739, while the median income for a family was $61,035.


Premise: Carrier battle groups can launch what to intercept incoming threats?

Hypothesis: Carrier battle groups are especially well defended, as not only do they typically consist of many vessels with heavy air defence armament but they are also able to launch fighter jets for combat air patrol overhead to intercept incoming airborne threats.


Premise: What is Hinkley point C

Hypothesis: Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is a project to construct a 3,200 MW two reactor nuclear power station.


Premise: Many deaths occurred before World War II due to what?

Hypothesis: Nonetheless, the dramatic decrease in deaths from infectious diseases that occurred prior to World War II was primarily the result of improved public health measures such as clean water and less crowded housing, and the impact of anti-infective drugs and vaccines was significant mainly after World War II.


Premise: Does New Mexico's language also include other dialect?

Hypothesis: New Mexican Spanish also contains loan words from the Pueblo languages of the upper Rio Grande Valley, Mexican-Spanish words (mexicanismos), and borrowings from English.


Premise: What caused Darwin to change his mind about the unbridgeable gap between animals and humans?

Hypothesis: Darwin discovered fossils resembling huge armadillos, and noted the geographical distribution of modern species in hope of finding their "centre of creation".


Premise: WHn did the knightly genealogiae associate with heraldic devices?

Hypothesis: The Polish clan name and cry ritualized the ius militare, i.e., the power to command an army; and they had been used some time before 1244 to define knightly status.


Premise: The leader in Indian crude oil production at 250,000 barrels per day is what region?

Hypothesis: The government of India has given permission to extract 300,000 barrels of crude per day from Barmer region which is now 175,000 barrels per day.


Premise: What kind of agency is the FBI?

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


Premise: What has the doctrine of incorporation been used to ensure?

Hypothesis: The amendment introduces the concept of incorporation of all relevant federal rights against the states.


Premise: What was Scott Butera's job title prior to becoming AFL commissioner?

Hypothesis: Jerry Kurz also stepped down as commissioner of the AFL as he was promoted to be the AFL's first president.


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

Hypothesis: The government has also promised a cash reward of $700,000 to Armenians who win a gold medal at the Olympics.


Premise: Why did the szlachta demand privileges?

Hypothesis: These privileges were demanded by the szlachta as a compensation for their participation in the Thirteen Years' War.


Premise: What is dialect use associated with and thus stigmatized because of?

Hypothesis: By the early 1990s dialect use was stigmatized, associated with the shrinking lower class and used in literature or other media for comedic effect.


Premise: What direction from Boston is Boston Harbor?

Hypothesis: To the east lie Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (which includes part of the city's territory, specifically Calf Island, Gallops Island, Great Brewster Island, Green Island, Little Brewster Island, Little Calf Island, Long Island, Lovells Island, Middle Brewster Island, Nixes Mate, Outer Brewster Island, Rainsford Island, Shag Rocks, Spectacle Island, The Graves, and Thompson Island).


Premise: When did "Superstorm Sandy" strike Atlantic City?

Hypothesis: The storm produced an all-time record low barometric pressure reading of 943 mb (27.85") for not only Atlantic City, but the state of New Jersey.


Premise: To where was wootz steel exported?

Hypothesis: Archaeologically, this period falls into the era of Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW).


Premise: What Buddhist monuments are present at Boudhanath?

Hypothesis: The monuments of Kathmandu City have been influenced over the centuries by Hindu and Buddhist religious practices.


Premise: What formed after the craton Baltica and the terrane Avalonia collision?

Hypothesis: Further collisions caused the Variscan orogeny in the Devonian and Carboniferous periods, forming the hills of Munster, southwest England, and southern Wales.


Premise: Which technique did the Impressionists use to make their subjects simple forms?

Hypothesis: The Impressionists had used a double point of view, and both Les Nabis and the Symbolists (who also admired Cézanne) flattened the picture plane, reducing their subjects to simple geometric forms.


Premise: How many years has The Times stayed with Times New Roman?

Hypothesis: The Times stayed with Times New Roman for 40 years, but new production techniques and the format change from broadsheet to tabloid in 2004 have caused the newspaper to switch font five times since 1972.


Premise: What unique characteristic does the Princess Elizabeth station feature?

Hypothesis: Belgian polar explorer Alain Hubert stated: "This base will be the first of its kind to produce zero emissions, making it a unique model of how energy should be used in the Antarctic."


Premise: Which broadcast do affiliates generally carry?

Hypothesis: Private affiliates carry the 10 p.m. broadcast of The National as a core part of the CBC schedule, but generally omitted the 11 p.m. repeat (which is no longer broadcast).


Premise: When was Tajik script converted to Cyrillic?

Hypothesis: Tajik script was first Latinised in the 1920s under the then Soviet nationality policy.


Premise: Who wrote that "improvisation is designed for an audience"?

Hypothesis: Nicholas Temperley writes that "improvisation is designed for an audience, and its starting-point is that audience's expectations, which include the current conventions of musical form.


Premise: When did the Islamic Golden age start?

Hypothesis: The Islamic Golden Age coincided with the Middle Ages in the Muslim world, starting with the rise of Islam and establishment of the first Islamic state in 622.


Premise: What was the industry standard in Europe for record equalization?

Hypothesis: In the US there were more varied practices and a tendency to use higher bass turnover frequencies such as 500 Hz as well as a greater treble rolloff like −8.5 dB and even more to record generally higher modulation levels on the record.


Premise: When did the Jugurthine War end?

Hypothesis: Jugurtha was finally captured not in battle but by treachery.


Premise: What is the fourth of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths?

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


Premise: The system has how many colors available on it?

Hypothesis: Up to 25 simultaneous colors may be used without writing new values mid-frame: a background color, four sets of three tile colors and four sets of three sprite colors.


Premise: What type of geneticists have debates about what can provide a basis for a new conception of race?

Hypothesis: In order to do this, a working definition of population must be found.


Premise: When was Ann Arbor founded?

Hypothesis: The University of Michigan moved from Detroit to Ann Arbor in 1837, and the city grew at a rapid rate in the early to mid-20th century.


Premise: Morphology-based and appearance-based are known as what?

Hypothesis: Many of the traditional appearance-based taxa have been shown to be paraphyletic, so rather than using ranks like subclass, superorder, and infraorder, it has proved better to use monophyletic groupings (in which the last common ancestor is a member of the group).


Premise: What do unrecognized faiths and denominations in Eritrea have to undergo?

Hypothesis: Among other things, the government's registration system requires religious groups to submit personal information on their membership to be allowed to worship.


Premise: What do Macs lack that makes them unable to run many legacy PC operating systems?

Hypothesis: Unlike most PCs, however, Macs are unable to run many legacy PC operating systems.


Premise: Contributions exceeded how much in 2014?

Hypothesis: Contributions from governments and the private sector to UNFPA in 2014 exceeded $1 billion.


Premise: What economist testified to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in January 2010?

Hypothesis: Investors are also uncertain about coming legal and accounting rule changes and regulatory reforms.


Premise: Who directed the 1962 film?

Hypothesis: In 2006, British librarians ranked the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die".


Premise: What reviewer called Twilight Princess "One of the greatest games ever created"?

Hypothesis: Twilight Princess was released to universal critical acclaim and commercial success.


Premise: How many tonnes of uranium was Australia expected to produce in 2009?

Hypothesis: Kazakhstan continues to increase production and may have become the world's largest producer of uranium by 2009 with an expected production of 12,826 tonnes, compared to Canada with 11,100 t and Australia with 9,430 t.


Premise: What is the longest building in Cork?

Hypothesis: Many of the city's buildings are in the Georgian style, although there are a number of examples of modern landmark structures, such as County Hall tower, which was, at one time the tallest building in Ireland until being superseded by another Cork City building: The Elysian.


Premise: What does a typical pommel horse exercise consist of?

Hypothesis: This requires back muscles to do any sort of skill.


Premise: Who blamed the 1952 revolution's failings on Nasser?

Hypothesis: Egyptian political scientist Alaa al-Din Desouki blamed the 1952 revolution's shortcomings on Nasser's concentration of power, and Egypt's lack of democracy on Nasser's political style and his government's limitations on freedom of expression and political participation.


Premise: What denomination of Christianity is common in the western part of southern Europe?

Hypothesis: — are generally Roman Catholic.


Premise: At what military installation was the 15th Infantry based?

Hypothesis: Eisenhower returned to the U.S. in December 1939 and was assigned as a battalion commander and regimental executive officer of the 15th Infantry at Fort Lewis, Washington.


Premise: What right in a court is denied and considered a human right violation?

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


Premise: What was the outcome of anticipating the scientific and philosophical problems Whitehead proposed?

Hypothesis: Whitehead questioned western philosophy's most dearly held assumptions about how the universe works, but in doing so he managed to anticipate a number of 21st century scientific and philosophical problems and provide novel solutions.


Premise: what year did Farley Funk have his first UK hit?

Hypothesis: The record generally credited as the first house hit in the UK was Farley "Jackmaster" Funk's "Love


Premise: What term is used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820?

Hypothesis: While a similar term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 (the Classical period), this article is about the broad span of time from roughly the 11th century to the present day, which includes the Classical period and various other periods.


Premise: Which organization did Beyoncé donate her pay for the private performance to?

Hypothesis: Later that year she became the first solo female artist to headline the main Pyramid stage at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival in over twenty years, and was named the highest-paid performer in the world per minute.


Premise: What is formed by Chinese principles?

Hypothesis: Even the Zhonghua Zihai does not include characters in the Chinese family of scripts created to represent non-Chinese languages.


Premise: Who publishes the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property?

Hypothesis: The Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property is a law review published by an independent student organization at Northwestern University School of Law.


Premise: What does the term "concept material culture" cover?

Hypothesis: As a defining aspect of what it means to be human, culture is a central concept in anthropology, encompassing the range of phenomena that are transmitted through social learning in human societies.


Premise: Which families help to start cultural, industrial, and economic growth in Palermo?

Hypothesis: A new cultural, economic and industrial growth was spurred by several families, like the Florio, the Ducrot, the Rutelli, the Sandron, the Whitaker, the Utveggio, and others.


Premise: What was damaged but cleaned and then conserved?

Hypothesis: A recent addition to the exhibition is the late 13th-century Westminster Retable, England's oldest altarpiece, which was most probably designed for the high altar of the abbey.


Premise: What did King Farouk restore after the demonstrations?

Hypothesis: On 12 December, the new king, Farouk, issued a decree restoring the constitution.


Premise: Who was the last Chief Minister of Norfolk Island?

Hypothesis: The last Chief Minister of Norfolk Island was Lisle Snell.


Premise: Who did Eisenhower believe should be allowed to decide the nature of discrimination laws?

Hypothesis: The committee, chaired by Vice President Richard Nixon, had minimal outcomes in that they imposed the contractors with the primary responsibility of desegregation within their own companies and corporations.:51


Premise: What border does I-19 come close to?

Hypothesis: I-19 is the only Interstate highway that uses "kilometer posts" instead of "mileposts", although the speed limits are marked in miles per hour instead of kilometers per hour.


Premise: Which University houses one of China's most prominent Tibetology departments?

Hypothesis: In the minority inhabited regions of Sichuan, there is bi-lingual signage and public school instruction in non-Mandarin minority languages.


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

Hypothesis: West has said that Wu-Tang Clan producer RZA influenced him in his style, and has named Wu-Tang rappers Ghostface Killah and Ol' Dirty Bastard as inspirations.


Premise: What is the common name for New York's high technology sector?

Hypothesis: The Port of New York and New Jersey is also a major economic engine, handling record cargo volume in the first half of 2014.


Premise: What was the average debt of student loan borrowers from the class of 2013?

Hypothesis: About 16% of the Class of 2013 had some form of student loan debt at graduation, with an average debt of $13,000 among borrowers.


Premise: How many Muslims are believed to live on earth?

Hypothesis: Muslims are the majority in 49 countries, they speak hundreds of languages and come from diverse ethnic backgrounds.


Premise: Besides personal flags,what other types of flags does Elizabeth have?

Hypothesis: From 21 April 1944 until her accession, Elizabeth's arms consisted of a lozenge bearing the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom differenced with a label of three points argent, the centre point bearing a Tudor rose and the first and third a cross of St George.


Premise: The difference between the Buddha's teaching and the yoga presented in what what type of texts is significant?

Hypothesis: The difference between the Buddha's teaching and the yoga presented in early Brahminic texts is striking.


Premise: The Times began producing what kind of non-newspaper product in 1895?

Hypothesis: Times Atlases have been produced since 1895.


Premise: What percentage of fans were supportive of Everton's plans to build a new stadium in 2006?

Hypothesis: Opponents to the plan included other local councils concerned by the effect of a large Tesco store being built as part of the development, and a group of fans demanding that Everton should remain within the city boundaries of Liverpool.


Premise: What was Hayek's statement regarding conservatism?

Hypothesis: Although he noted that modern day conservatism shares many opinions on economics with classical liberals, particularly a belief in the free market, he believed it's because conservatism wants to "stand still," whereas liberalism embraces the free market because it "wants to go somewhere."


Premise: From what name does Gooners come?

Hypothesis: The fanbase is large and generally loyal, and virtually all home matches sell out; in 2007–08 Arsenal had the second-highest average League attendance for an English club (60,070, which was 99.5% of available capacity), and, as of 2015, the third-highest all-time average attendance.


Premise: Who was the US Secretary of Defense in 2002?

Hypothesis: In a 'Letter to American People' written by Osama bin Laden in 2002, he stated that one of the reasons he was fighting America is because of its support of India on the Kashmir issue.


Premise: Where can an understanding of circadian rhythms of plants be an advantage?

Hypothesis: Circadian rhythms occur as a plant entrains to synchronize with the light cycle of its surrounding environment.


Premise: What did Greece's unemployment rate soar to in 2013?

Hypothesis: The unemployment figure was between 9 per cent and 11 per cent in 2009, and it soared to 28 per cent in 2013.


Premise: Sandakan was located in what providence?

Hypothesis: At one of the very worst sites, around Sandakan in Borneo, only six of some 2,500 British and Australian prisoners survived.


Premise: When did Destiny's Child release Love Songs?

Hypothesis: In January 2013, Destiny's Child released Love Songs, a compilation album of the romance-themed songs from their previous albums and a newly recorded track, "Nuclear".


Premise: What is the name of the fruit related festival held annually in Delhi?

Hypothesis: The Qutub Festival is a cultural event during which performances of musicians and dancers from all over India are showcased at night, with the Qutub Minar as the chosen backdrop of the event.


Premise: What was the nickname of Bill Robinson?

Hypothesis: Other monuments include the A.P. Hill monument, the Bill "Bojangles" Robinson monument in Jackson Ward, the Christopher Columbus monument near Byrd Park, and the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Libby Hill.


Premise: What was one of Albert the Great's biggest contributions during the medieval period?

Hypothesis: One of Albert's greatest contributions was his study of Dionysus the Areopagite, a mystical theologian whose words left an indelible imprint in the medieval period.


Premise: What did the abbot remain as a town built around the abbey?

Hypothesis: The abbot remained Lord of the Manor of Westminster as a town of two to three thousand persons grew around it: as a consumer and employer on a grand scale the monastery helped fuel the town economy, and relations with the town remained unusually cordial, but no enfranchising charter was issued during the Middle Ages.


Premise: What did Spain trade Florida for

Hypothesis: In 1763, Spain traded Florida to the Kingdom of Great Britain for control of Havana, Cuba, which had been captured by the British during the Seven Years' War.


Premise: What was the music hall at Notre Dame called?

Hypothesis: Around the time of the fire, a music hall was opened.


Premise: Which province is Zhejiang bordered by to the south?

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


Premise: All Slavic vernaculars were called what among Romans?

Hypothesis: When Jagić says "Croatian", he refers to a few cases referring to the Dubrovnik vernacular as ilirski (Illyrian).


Premise: Her alter ego was born when according to Beyonce?

Hypothesis: Sasha was conceived during the making of "Crazy in Love", and Beyoncé introduced her with the release of her 2008 album I Am...


Premise: Who made up the Han Chinese Banners?

Hypothesis: So many Han defected to the Qing and swelled the ranks of the Eight Banners that ethnic Manchus became a minority, making up only 16% in 1648, with Han Bannermen dominating at 75% and Mongol Bannermen making up the rest.


Premise: What percentage of households in Atlantic City were made up of individuals?

Hypothesis: 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.


Premise: Where was Napoleon Bonaparte die?

Hypothesis: The campaigns of French Emperor and General Napoleon Bonaparte characterized the Napoleonic Era.


Premise: In what book did Kakar contend that the international definition of genocide was too narrow?

Hypothesis: " While there are various definitions of the term, Adam Jones states that the majority of genocide scholars consider that "intent to destroy" is a requirement for any act to be labelled genocide, and that there is growing agreement on the inclusion of the physical destruction criterion.


Premise: What has pure copper been replaced with in the building of ships?

Hypothesis: For this reason it has long been used to line parts of ships to protect against barnacles and mussels.


Premise: What was the original name of IBM?

Hypothesis: The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) through the consolidation of The Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, the Computing Scale Company and the Bundy Manufacturing Company.


Premise: Where was the first showing of Spectre held?

Hypothesis: Spectre had its world premiere in London on 26 October 2015 at the Royal Albert Hall, the same day as its general release in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.


Premise: What is the complex system based on the sun, moon, and planets movements that determine your personality?

Hypothesis: Astrology was widely associated with the cult of Tyche (luck, fortune), which grew in popularity during this period.


Premise: What had Oklahoma's WNBA team been?

Hypothesis: The state had a team in the Women's National Basketball Association, the Tulsa Shock, from 2010 through 2015, but the team relocated to Dallas–Fort Worth after that season and became the Dallas Wings.


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

Hypothesis: However, for those leagues with four entrants in the Champions League, this meant that if the Champions League winner finished outside the top four in its domestic league, it would qualify at the expense of the fourth-placed team in the league.


Premise: What were the prisoners on Norfolk Island spared from on the the mainland?

Hypothesis: The convicts detained have long been assumed to be a hardcore of recidivists, or 'doubly-convicted capital respites' – that is, men transported to Australia who committed fresh colonial crimes for which they were sentenced to death, and were spared the gallows on condition of life at Norfolk Island.


Premise: What is the threshold of the number of copies and the value of the works?

Hypothesis: To establish criminal liability, the prosecutor must first show the basic elements of copyright infringement: ownership of a valid copyright, and the violation of one or more of the copyright holder's exclusive rights.


Premise: What other country besides the United States became a super power after World War II?

Hypothesis: The U.S. emerged as one of the two undisputed superpowers along with the Soviet Union, and unlike the Soviet Union, the U.S. homeland was virtually untouched by the ravages of war.


Premise: What famous statue signified the victory of the Greeks over a worthy enemy?

Hypothesis: The theme of the Dying Gaul (a famous statue displayed in Pergamon) remained a favorite in Hellenistic art for a generation signifying the victory of the Greeks over a noble enemy.


Premise: Besides formic, acetic, and lactic acid, what type of acid does cellulose produce?

Hypothesis: The ageing behavior of a paper is determined by its manufacture, not the original source of the fibres.


Premise: Which lord didn't realize the satirical nature of Burke's book?

Hypothesis: Some reviewers failed to notice the ironic nature of the book, which led to Burke stating in the preface to the second edition (1757) that it was a satire.


Premise: What type of language study involves trying to deduce underlying phonomes?

Hypothesis: The presence or absence of minimal pairs, as mentioned above, is a frequently used criterion for deciding whether two sounds should be assigned to the same phoneme.


Premise: When did the Nazi Party seize power?

Hypothesis: After the Nazi Party seized power in January 1933, the Länder increasingly lost importance.


Premise: How much money has the sale of Federal Duck Stamps generated since 1934?

Hypothesis: Since 1934, the sale of Federal Duck Stamps has generated $670 million, and helped to purchase or lease 5,200,000 acres (8,100 sq mi; 21,000 km2) of habitat.


Premise: Which character tortures Bond?

Hypothesis: Further references to Fleming's material can be found throughout the film; an MI6 safehouse is called "Hildebrand Rarities and Antiques", a reference to the short story "The Hildebrand Rarity" from the For Your Eyes Only short story collection.[citation needed]


Premise: What type of art is modeled after a supposed Greek bronze original made in the second quarter of the 5th Century BCE.

Hypothesis: In the next century which is the beginning of the Classical period, it was considered that beauty in visible things as in everything else, consisted of symmetry and proportions.


Premise: What took place frequently until 1953?

Hypothesis: While the National Revolutionary Movement government begun in 1952 discouraged self-identification as indigenous (reclassifying rural people as campesinos, or peasants), renewed ethnic and class militancy re-emerged in the Katarista movement beginning in the 1970s.


Premise: Who wrote the 'War of the Worlds' book?

Hypothesis: Also in 2005, Spielberg directed a modern adaptation of War of the Worlds (a co-production of Paramount and DreamWorks), based on the H. G. Wells book of the same name (Spielberg had been a huge fan of the book and the original 1953 film).


Premise: When did Lodygin invent his first lamp?

Hypothesis: In 1872, Russian Alexander Lodygin invented an incandescent light bulb and obtained a Russian patent in 1874.


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

Hypothesis: Nearly all of the city's major bridges and tunnels are notable, and several have broken or set records.


Premise: What language does Czech share its handling of ordinal format with?

Hypothesis: Writing of ordinal numerals is similar to most European languages.


Premise: Along with Qatar and France, what nation helped to train the NTC?

Hypothesis: Ignoring this, Qatar sent hundreds of troops to support the dissidents, and along with France and the United Arab Emirates provided the NTC with weaponry and training.


Premise: What type of entertaining are the semi-state apartments used for?

Hypothesis: Directly underneath the State Apartments is a suite of slightly less grand rooms known as the semi-state apartments.


Premise: When there is less latewood, what is diminishing?

Hypothesis: As the breadth of ring diminishes, this latewood is reduced so that very slow growth produces comparatively light, porous wood composed of thin-walled vessels and wood parenchyma.


Premise: What did the repair centers promise?

Hypothesis: In a recent trend, many sites have sprung up to offer Nintendo repair parts, guides, and services that replace those formerly offered by the authorized repair centers.


Premise: When was a competition held to produce a team crest?

Hypothesis: Comamala's suggestion became the crest that the club wears today, with some minor variations.


Premise: How many times have the Seattle Seahawks played in the World Series?

Hypothesis: Seattle Sounders FC has played in Major League Soccer since 2009, sharing CenturyLink Field with the Seahawks, as a continuation of earlier teams in the lower divisions of American soccer.


Premise: How large were the donations from the program?

Hypothesis: Donations of the evening totalled 1.5 billion Chinese Yuan (~US$208 million).


Premise: Who was the official that accused UNFPA?

Hypothesis: However, according to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, the UNFPA contributed vehicles and computers to the Chinese to carry out their population control policies.


Premise: What do household animals prey upon?

Hypothesis: Some animals that kill both large and small prey for their size (domestic cats and dogs are prime examples)


Premise: Who was known for focusing on the environment in the 1960s?

Hypothesis: This major shift in architecture has also changed architecture schools to focus more on the environment.


Premise: In what kingdom was the Bizere Monastery located?

Hypothesis: In 2003, the remains of a mosaic pavement were discovered under the ruins of the Bizere Monastery near the River Mureş in present-day Romania.


Premise: Who released the Campos operation to the public?

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


Premise: What kind of stories were being censored in the media?

Hypothesis: In the aftermath of the quake, many local governments promised to formally investigate the school collapses, but as of July 17, 2008 across Sichuan, parents of children lost in collapsed schools complained they had yet to receive any reports.


Premise: What is the largest African collection in the world that is part of the Northwesern library system?

Hypothesis: The library system participates with 15 other universities in digitizing its collections as a part of the Google Book Search project.


Premise: Which country is the world's largest producer of films?

Hypothesis: Additionally Congress's awareness of the position of the United States as the world's largest producer of films has made it convenient to expand the conception of intellectual property.


Premise: In what year was Montini appointed to the Central Preparatory Commission?

Hypothesis: He was appointed to the Central Preparatory Commission in 1961.


Premise: How are CDs mass produced?

Hypothesis: The time it takes to "stamp" one CD is usually two to three seconds.


Premise: If a file is created using 128 kbit/s, what size is the file going to be compared to a CD?

Hypothesis: The use of lossy compression is designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent the audio recording and still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio for most listeners.


Premise: What type of homes were built in the Neolithic era?

Hypothesis: In the neolithic, mud brick houses started appearing that were coated with plaster.


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

Hypothesis: In general, whole, fresh foods have a relatively short shelf-life and are less profitable to produce and sell than are more processed foods.


Premise: What is a language like "spring forward, fall back" that acts as a trigger for memory called?

Hypothesis: ", "spring up ...", and "... fall behind") helps people remember which direction to shift clocks.


Premise: In 1876 Victoria held what title?

Hypothesis: The new title was proclaimed at the Delhi Durbar of 1 January 1877.


Premise: What was the horizontal slippage perpendicular to the fault?

Hypothesis: In the epicentral area, the average slip in Beichuan Fault was about 3.5 metres (11 ft) vertical, 3.5 metres (11 ft) horizontal-parallel to the fault, and 4.8 metres (16 ft) horizontal-perpendicular to the fault.


Premise: What was the population density in Hyderabad in 2011?

Hypothesis: As of 2011[update], the population density is 18,480/km2 (47,900/sq mi).


Premise: The EIC made what available to the government of the island between 1815 and 1830?

Hypothesis: After Napoleon's death, the thousands of temporary visitors were soon withdrawn and the East India Company resumed full control of Saint Helena.


Premise: Which evolutionary changes were the most important to Darwin?

Hypothesis: However, for Darwin the small changes were most important in evolution.


Premise: In what century did the habit arise of pubs selling beer from only one brewery?

Hypothesis: After the development of the large London Porter breweries in the 18th century, the trend grew for pubs to become tied houses which could only sell beer from one brewery (a pub not tied in this way was called a Free house).


Premise: Who works against corruption in India?

Hypothesis: Mobile telecommunications and radio broadcasting help to fight corruption, especially in developing regions like Africa, where other forms of communications are limited.


Premise: What features describe Estonia as a developed nation?

Hypothesis: Estonia is often described as one of the most internet-focused countries in Europe.


Premise: How many Japanese forces were in Korea in 1945?

Hypothesis: Japanese forces in Korea increased from 46,000 soldiers in 1941 to 300,000 in 1945.


Premise: What was one of the main factors that caused the dissolve of the Holy Roman Empire?

Hypothesis: Austria, trying to remain the dominant power in Central Europe, led the way in the terms of the Congress of Vienna.


Premise: Which person had authored the Book of Han?

Hypothesis: Han dynasty poetry was dominated by the fu genre, which achieved its greatest prominence during the reign of Emperor Wu.


Premise: What other famous French cathedral did Viollet-le-Duc work on?

Hypothesis: He effected vigorous restoration of crumbling detail of French cathedrals, including the Abbey of Saint-Denis and famously at Notre Dame de Paris, where many of whose most "Gothic" gargoyles are Viollet-le-Duc's.


Premise: Is maple wood diffuse-porous or ring-porous?

Hypothesis: In diffuse-porous woods the pores are evenly sized so that the water conducting capability is scattered throughout the growth ring instead of being collected in a band or row.


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

Hypothesis: There are also many interesting examples of cross-border policing under private auspices and by municipal police forces that date back to the 19th century (Nadelmann, 1993).


Premise: What does the protein hemagglutinin bind together?

Hypothesis: The ability of the viral protein hemagglutinin to bind red blood cells together into a detectable matrix may also be characterized as a biochemical test for viral infection, although strictly speaking hemagglutinin is not an enzyme and has no metabolic function.


Premise: What was the State de France built for?

Hypothesis: The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis.


Premise: Vaccinations programs encouraged what

Hypothesis: Third, "Gates-funded vaccination programs have instructed caregivers to ignore – even discourage patients from discussing – ailments that the vaccinations cannot prevent".


Premise: When will reflections not be coherent?

Hypothesis: When the irregularities of the surface are much smaller than the wavelength, we are in the regime of specular reflection, and the receiver sees both the real antenna and an image of the antenna under the ground due to reflection.


Premise: Who starred in 'True Love'?

Hypothesis: The film, which debuted Annabella Sciorra and Ron Eldard as the betrothed couple, won the Grand Jury Prize at that year's Sundance Film Festival.


Premise: How many ways does the Prabhakara subschool of Mimamsa say there are to gain knowledge?

Hypothesis: The Prābhākara subschool of Mīmāṃsā considered five epistemically reliable means to gaining knowledge: pratyakṣa (perception), anumāṇa (inference), upamāṇa (comparison and analogy), arthāpatti (postulation, derivation from circumstances), and śabda (word, testimony of past or present reliable experts).


Premise: what did orthodox jews seek to modernize?

Hypothesis: They sought to modernize education in light of contemporary scholarship.


Premise: What is a notable cross made during this era?

Hypothesis: Charlemagne's court seems to have been responsible for the acceptance of figurative monumental sculpture in Christian art, and by the end of the period near life-sized figures such as the Gero Cross were common in important churches.


Premise: Which museum celebrating popular music is located in Jackson, Tennessee?

Hypothesis: The 1927 Victor recording sessions in Bristol generally mark the beginning of the country music genre and the rise of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s helped make Nashville the center of the country music recording industry.[not verified in body]


Premise: Who was Apollo's mother?

Hypothesis: Apollo killed Python but had to be punished for it, since Python was a child of Gaia.


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

Hypothesis: At the completion of the west front in 1140, Abbot Suger moved on to the reconstruction of the eastern end, leaving the Carolingian nave in use.


Premise: What is a cost of nocturnal migration?

Hypothesis: Migrants may be able to alter their quality of sleep to compensate for the loss.


Premise: What interrupted the use of the wuzhu coin during the reign of Wang Mang?

Hypothesis: The wuzhu became China's standard coin until the Tang dynasty (618–907 AD).


Premise: What remains unknowable?

Hypothesis: Chinese characters are theoretically an open set and anyone can create new characters, though such inventions are rarely included in official character sets.


Premise: What do they want to do with regards to schooling of young children?

Hypothesis: Amongst the key initiative is the so-called time-bounded programme countries, where child labour is most prevalent and schooling opportunities lacking.


Premise: When was the first fibre-optic network installed?

Hypothesis: In August 2011 the first fibre-optic link has been installed on the island, which connects the television receive antennas at Bryant's Beacon to the Cable & Wireless Technical Centre in the Briars.


Premise: What is the main function of journalism or historical documentation?

Hypothesis: As a result, the writing in these fields often lacks a literary quality, although it often(and in its better moments)has that quality.


Premise: Following the war, why did some military airfields add civil facilities?

Hypothesis: The airports of this era used a paved "apron", which permitted night flying as well as landing heavier aircraft.


Premise: Where did the bushi live?

Hypothesis: Samurai was a word used by the Kuge aristocratic class with warriors themselves preferring the word bushi.


Premise: The international deal between the US, other countries, and what controversial nation is not a treaty?

Hypothesis: Despite the relative ease of executive agreements, the President still often chooses to pursue the formal treaty process over an executive agreement in order to gain congressional support on matters that require the Congress to pass implementing legislation or appropriate funds, and those agreements that impose long-term, complex legal obligations on the United States.


Premise: What institution aids in the creation of charter schools in New York?

Hypothesis: There are approximately 900 additional privately run secular and religious schools in the city.


Premise: What magnet school in New Haven is centered around arts education?

Hypothesis: New Haven is also home to two Achievement First charter schools, Amistad Academy and Elm City College Prep, and to Common Ground, an environmental charter school.


Premise: Where were the matua located on the island?

Hypothesis: Belief in spirits of ancient Chamorros called "Taotao mo'na" still persists as a remnant of pre-European culture.


Premise: In what fields has Darwin's theory of evolution become particularly essential?

Hypothesis: Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, with its tree-like model of branching common descent, has become the unifying theory of the life sciences.


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

Hypothesis: A person below the age of majority may gain adult rights through legal emancipation.


Premise: What English phrase does I ❤ NY represent?

Hypothesis: The song is the state song of New York.


Premise: What country did Nigeria beat to win a Summer Olympics gold medal?

Hypothesis: They won the gold medal for football in the 1996 Summer Olympics (in which they beat Argentina) becoming the first African football team to win gold in Olympic Football.


Premise: When happens to the junction forward voltage when temperature is raised?

Hypothesis: The junction forward voltage for a given current decreases with increase in temperature.


Premise: In what language is the Qur'an written?

Hypothesis: Officially, North African countries prefer to give preference to the Literary Arabic and conduct much of their political and religious life in it (adherence to Islam), and refrain from declaring each country's specific variety to be a separate language, because Literary Arabic is the liturgical language of Islam and the language of the Islamic sacred book, the Qur'an.


Premise: As the buck spins, what happens to the water?

Hypothesis: As the water begins to spin in the bucket, the surface of the water will become concave.


Premise: When was Greece accepted into the European Union?

Hypothesis: Greece is also a member of the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization, and is ranked 24th on the KOF Globalization Index for 2013.


Premise: How much of the island was controlled by Turks after international pressure led to a ceasefire?

Hypothesis: International pressure led to a ceasefire, and by then 37% of the island had been taken over by the Turks and 180,000 Greek Cypriots had been evicted from their homes in the north.


Premise: In what year were there 73 death penalty convictions?

Hypothesis: The number of new death sentences handed down peaked in 1995–1996 (309).


Premise: What was implemented to provide transport to East Prussia?

Hypothesis: Because most of West Prussia became part of the Second Polish Republic as the Polish Corridor, the formerly West Prussian Marienwerder region became part of East Prussia (as Regierungsbezirk Westpreußen).


Premise: What is the busiest cruise port in the world?

Hypothesis: Miami International Airport and PortMiami are among the nation's busiest ports of entry, especially for cargo from South America and the Caribbean.


Premise: How can predators use mimicry?

Hypothesis: When an insectivorous predator disturbs the moth, it reveals its hind wings, temporarily startling the predator and giving it time to escape.


Premise: To where was the canal designed by Washington intended to ferry water?

Hypothesis: As a result of this and ample access to hydropower due to the falls, Richmond became home to some of the largest manufacturing facilities in the country, including iron works and flour mills, the largest facilities of their kind in the South.


Premise: What do wrestlers have to say about the realness or fakeness of the matches?

Hypothesis: These facts were once kept highly secret, but they are now openly declared as the truth.


Premise: What is the name of the Vietnamese American support network for the LGBT community?

Hypothesis: For example, "Ô-Môi" for Vietnamese American queer females.


Premise: What is one experience that students using videoconferencing can achieve?

Hypothesis: Videoconferencing provides students with the opportunity to learn by participating in two-way communication forums.


Premise: How many bridges over the Thames were struck?

Hypothesis: No bridge over the Thames had been hit, and the docks were still functioning despite great damage.


Premise: Whose envoy was slaughtered by Daurentius?

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


Premise: How many people arrived for Chopin's funeral?

Hypothesis: The funeral, held at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris, was delayed almost two weeks, until 30 October.


Premise: What was the industry standard on equalization practices?

Hypothesis: Over the years a variety of record equalization practices emerged and there was no industry standard.


Premise: How have the enlisted forces of the US Air Force been seen?

Hypothesis: Although the paradigm is changing, for most of its history, the Air Force, completely unlike its sister services, has been an organization in which mostly its officers fought, not its enlisted force, the latter being primarily a rear echelon support force.


Premise: How many times has the University of Arizona men's basketball team won NCAA tournaments?

Hypothesis: The men's basketball team, formerly coached by Hall of Fame head coach Lute Olson and currently coached by Sean Miller, has made 25 straight NCAA Tournaments and won the 1997 National Championship.


Premise: Simpson laid the systematics of mammal origins and was taught universally up until the end of what century?

Hypothesis: Since Simpson's classification, the paleontological record has been recalibrated, and the intervening years have seen much debate and progress concerning the theoretical underpinnings of systematization itself, partly through the new concept of cladistics.


Premise: Which news agency came under review resulting in the firing of their producer?

Hypothesis: However, the focus quickly shifted to the conduct of CBS News after they aired a segment on 60 Minutes Wednesday introducing what became known as the Killian documents.


Premise: How many seats does the St. John's Arts and Culture theatre have?

Hypothesis: The St. John's Arts and Culture Centre houses an art gallery, libraries and a 1000-seat theatre, which is the city's major venue for entertainment productions.


Premise: What element did the Aouzou Strip possess a great deal of?

Hypothesis: Focusing his attention elsewhere in Africa, in late 1972 and early 1973, Libya invaded Chad to annex the uranium-rich Aouzou Strip.


Premise: What year marked the onset of the Crusades?

Hypothesis: Over this period of several hundred years, some have suggested, Jewish economic activity was focused on trade, business management, and financial services, due to several presumed factors: Christian European prohibitions restricting certain activities by Jews, preventing certain financial activities (such as "usurious" loans) between Christians, high rates of literacy, near universal male education, and ability of merchants to rely upon and trust family members living in different regions and countries.


Premise: Where did the North American hunter-gathers mostly live?

Hypothesis: Hunter-gatherers would eventually flourish all over the Americas, primarily based in the Great Plains of the United States and Canada, with offshoots as far east as the Gaspé Peninsula on the Atlantic coast, and as far south as Chile, Monte Verde.[citation needed]


Premise: Beyonce supported which campaign that encourages leadership in girls?

Hypothesis: She would later align herself more publicly with the movement, sampling "We should all be feminists", a speech delivered by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at a TEDxEuston conference in April 2013, in her song "Flawless", released later that year.


Premise: On what date did Charlemagne assume the imperial title?

Hypothesis: The coronation of Charlemagne as emperor on Christmas Day 800 is regarded as a turning point in medieval history, marking a return of the Western Roman Empire, since the new emperor ruled over much of the area previously controlled by the western emperors.


Premise: What can be a intrinsic component of landscaping?

Hypothesis: Lighting can also be an intrinsic component of landscape projects.


Premise: What kind of patents were allegedly inherited?

Hypothesis: Alcatel-Lucent has asserted several MP3 coding and compression patents, allegedly inherited from AT&T-Bell Labs, in litigation of its own.


Premise: What is the number of personnel in the army?

Hypothesis: The Army (21,000 personnel) comprises three brigades and other small units.


Premise: The pitch halfway between C (60) and C♯ (61) is labeled what?

Hypothesis: This creates a linear pitch space in which octaves have size 12, semitones (the distance between adjacent keys on the piano keyboard) have size 1, and A440 is assigned the number 69.


Premise: Which individual worked on projects at Notre Dame that eventually created neoprene?

Hypothesis: In 1931, Father Julius Nieuwland performed early work on basic reactions that was used to create neoprene.


Premise: What is a Schnellweg?

Hypothesis: The Schnellweg (en: expressway) system, a number of Bundesstraße roads, forms a structure loosely resembling a large ring road together with A2 and A7.


Premise: In SI units, energy is measured in what measurement?

Hypothesis: However, there are many other definitions of energy, depending on the context, such as thermal energy, radiant energy, electromagnetic, nuclear, etc.


Premise: A train full of gravel came from Needham to fill what?

Hypothesis: The geography of downtown and South Boston was particularly impacted by the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (known unofficially as the "Big Dig"), which allowed for the removal of the unsightly elevated Central Artery and the incorporation of new green spaces and open areas.


Premise: When did the last king of the Roman Kingdom lose his seat of power?

Hypothesis: The last king of the Roman Kingdom, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, was overthrown in 509 BC by a group of noblemen led by Lucius Junius Brutus.


Premise: What do international leagues' friendlies happen in the middle of?

Hypothesis: The biggest difference between friendlies at the club and international levels is that international friendlies mostly take place during club league seasons, not between them.


Premise: Who commands the reserves?

Hypothesis: Approximately 26,000 citizen soldiers, sailors, and airmen and women, trained to the level of and interchangeable with their Regular Force counterparts, and posted to CAF operations or duties on a casual or ongoing basis, make up the Primary Reserve.


Premise: What was the Union's original war aim?

Hypothesis: The Confederacy hoped to win by getting Britain and France to intervene, or else by wearing down the North's willingness to fight.


Premise: What tavern did William Tillcar live adjacent to?

Hypothesis: Any Person that hath occasion for the said Engines may apply themselves to the Patentee at his house near St Thomas Apostle London or to Mr. Nicholas Wall at the Workshoppe near Saddlers Wells at Islington or to Mr. William Tillcar, Turner, his agent at his house in Woodtree next door to the Sun Tavern London."


Premise: When did Nigeria have a fair presidential election?

Hypothesis: It has since alternated between democratically-elected civilian governments and military dictatorships, until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with its 2011 presidential elections being viewed as the first to be conducted reasonably freely and fairly.


Premise: For what environmental initiative is the city of New Haven known, primarily for instituting the first of its kind in America?

Hypothesis: The city also instituted the first public tree planting program in America.


Premise: Who produced the first high definition video conferencing system?

Hypothesis: Polycom introduced its first high definition video conferencing system to the market in 2006.


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

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


Premise: Along with Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, The Carpenters, Percy Faith and Andy Williams, who is an artist played on AC stations around Christmastime but not otherwise?

Hypothesis: In recent years it has become common for many AC stations, particularly soft AC stations, to play primarily or exclusively Christmas music during the Christmas season in November and December.


Premise: Who was expelled from the country after the assassination attempt on Joseph I?

Hypothesis: In 1758 Joseph I was wounded in an attempted assassination.


Premise: When a boy is summoned to the Head Master, what is the experience called?

Hypothesis: For more serious misdeeds, a boy is summoned from his lessons to the Head Master, or Lower Master if the boy is in the lower two years, to talk personally about his misdeeds.


Premise: What are most words in Old Chinese?

Hypothesis: , characters do not necessarily correspond to words; indeed the majority of Chinese words today consist of two or more characters due to the merging and loss of sounds in the Chinese language over time.


Premise: Which parade started in 1924?

Hypothesis: River Days, a five-day summer festival on the International Riverfront lead up to the Windsor–Detroit International Freedom Festival fireworks, which draw super sized-crowds ranging from hundreds of thousands to over three million people.


Premise: What year was Alsace-Lorraine occupied by Germany?

Hypothesis: Alsace-Lorraine was occupied by Germany in 1940 during the Second World War.


Premise: What are the two geographical features that Atlantic City is located between?

Hypothesis: In 1853, the first commercial hotel, The Belloe House, located at Massachusetts and Atlantic Avenue, was built.


Premise: What match has been played the most since the inception of the Premier League?

Hypothesis: Everton hold the record for the most seasons in England's top tier (Division One/Premier League), at 111 seasons out of 114 as of 2014–15 (the club played in Division 2 in 1930–31 and from 1951–54).


Premise: What is the nearest port to Saint Helena?

Hypothesis: The nearest port on the continent is Namibe in southern Angola, and the nearest international airport the Quatro de Fevereiro Airport of Angola's capital Luanda; connections to Cape Town in South Africa are used for most shipping needs, such as the mail boat that serves the island, the RMS St Helena.


Premise: When was the exact hundredth anniversary of Oklahoma's statehood?

Hypothesis: Oklahoma's centennial celebration was named the top event in the United States for 2007 by the American Bus Association, and consisted of multiple celebrations saving with the 100th anniversary of statehood on November 16, 2007.


Premise: What 1982 movie includes Sylvester Stallone running on the Santa Monica Beach?

Hypothesis: The Sylvester Stallone film Rocky III (1982) shows Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed training to fight Clubber Lang by running on the Santa Monica Beach, and Stallone's Demolition Man (1993) includes Santa Monica settings.


Premise: Did the rapid rise of motor vehicle ownership and highway developments lead to an increasing or declining inner city population?

Hypothesis: To counter the trend towards low-density suburban residential growth, the government began a series of controversial public housing projects in the inner city by the Housing Commission of Victoria, which resulted in demolition of many neighbourhoods and a proliferation of high-rise towers.


Premise: The Fund's programs support women, men, and who else?

Hypothesis: UNFPA is the world's largest multilateral source of funding for population and reproductive health programs.


Premise: What wealth did Alexander hope to find?

Hypothesis: Alexander invested many troops, eventually killing seventeen thousand Cathians in this battle, and the city of Sagala (present-day Sialkot) was razed to the ground.


Premise: What topics of conversation would Ulam and Von Neumann typically share?

Hypothesis: When von Neumann was dying in hospital, every time Ulam would visit he would come prepared with a new collection of jokes to cheer up his friend.


Premise: How much of Houston's total area is water?

Hypothesis: According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 656.3 square miles (1,700 km2); this comprises 634.0 square miles (1,642 km2) of land and 22.3 square miles (58 km2) of water.


Premise: Which three publications are used to signify royal assent?

Hypothesis: Order 1999 (SI 1999/737) and of which notice is published in the London, Edinburgh, and Belfast Gazettes:


Premise: When did Isaac Backus write against a state sanctioned religion?

Hypothesis: In 1773, Isaac Backus, a prominent Baptist minister in New England, wrote against a state sanctioned religion, saying: "Now who can hear Christ declare, that his kingdom is, not of this world, and yet believe that this blending of church and state together can be pleasing to him?"


Premise: What are the traditional forms of living employed by Tuvaluans?

Hypothesis: Tuvaluans are otherwise involved in traditional subsistence agriculture and fishing.


Premise: What year where three officer building bought and used for a sanitarium?

Hypothesis: In 1891, the Fort was abandoned and much of the interior was stripped of their useful components and it quickly fell into ruin.


Premise: Bootylicious was a song from which act that Beyonce performed with?

Hypothesis: Beyoncé has been described as a having a wide-ranging sex appeal, with music journalist Touré writing that since the release of Dangerously in Love, she has "become a crossover sex symbol".


Premise: When did Albert die of his illness?

Hypothesis: To relieve his wife during her intense and deep grief, Albert took on most of her duties, despite being ill himself with chronic stomach trouble.


Premise: Mali is located in what Zone?

Hypothesis: Mali lies in the torrid zone and is among the hottest countries in the world.


Premise: What is another name for Tenth Avenue?

Hypothesis: west from the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue (Tenth Avenue) and terminates at the intersection of Riverside Drive.


Premise: When did the Standard Capital Corporation take control of Universal?

Hypothesis: Universal was forced to seek a $750,000 production loan from the Standard Capital Corporation, pledging the Laemmle family's controlling interest in Universal as collateral.


Premise: What doctrine is some of Avicenna's works based around?

Hypothesis: Ibn Sīnā wrote at least one treatise on alchemy, but several others have been falsely attributed to him.


Premise: With which artist does Kanye tie with for reaching the top of the annual Pazz & Jop Critic Poll?

Hypothesis: West ties with Bob Dylan for having topped the annual Pazz & Jop critic poll the most number of times ever, with four number-one albums each.


Premise: What happened in 1958 that changed the home music scene?

Hypothesis: The term began to be used by some audio engineers and consumers through the 1930s and 1940s.


Premise: What does Triangle Transit offer?

Hypothesis: Triangle Transit offers scheduled, fixed-route regional and commuter bus service between Raleigh and the region's other principal cities of Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill, as well as to and from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Research Triangle Park and several of the region's larger suburban communities.


Premise: What does DST inherit from standard time?

Hypothesis: Also, sun-exposure guidelines such as avoiding the sun within two hours of noon become less accurate when DST is in effect.


Premise: What does the Book of Daniel contain?

Hypothesis: The first recorded nutritional experiment with human subjects is found in the Bible's Book of Daniel.


Premise: What is the second phase of bacteria growth known for?

Hypothesis: The first phase of growth is the lag phase, a period of slow growth when the cells are adapting to the high-nutrient environment and preparing for fast growth.


Premise: What has developed a number of related concepts and terms?

Hypothesis: Over its history, anthropology has developed a number of related concepts and terms, such as "descent", "descent groups", "lineages", "affines", "cognates", and even "fictive kinship".


Premise: Why are roofs a good place for solar panels?

Hypothesis: Roofs have been found to be a suitable place for solar cells, as many people have discovered that they can collect energy directly from their homes this way.


Premise: What legislative act provided that no Indian nation shall be acknowledged as an independent nation with whom the United States may contract by treaty?

Hypothesis: 563) had a rider (25 U.S.C. § 71) attached that effectively ended the President’s treaty making by providing that no Indian nation or tribe shall be acknowledged as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty.


Premise: Who discovered M. tuberculosis?

Hypothesis: The bacillus causing tuberculosis, M. tuberculosis, was identified and described on 24 March 1882 by Robert Koch.


Premise: What was Bermuda established as after the American Revolutionary War?

Hypothesis: After the American Revolutionary War, Bermuda was established as the Western Atlantic headquarters of the Royal Navy.


Premise: Who is the current Mayor of London?

Hypothesis: The GLA consists of two elected components; the Mayor of London, who has executive powers, and the London Assembly, which scrutinises the mayor's decisions and can accept or reject the mayor's budget proposals each year.


Premise: What team won ArenaBowl XXI?

Hypothesis: From the league's inception through ArenaBowl XVIII, the championship game was played at the home of the highest-seeded remaining team.