Premise: What is the format of school for girls and boys?

Hypothesis: At all levels, instruction is co-educational, with many women instructors and professors.


Premise: What was John's preferred plan?

Hypothesis: John's preferred plan was to use Poitou as a base of operations, advance up the Loire valley to threaten Paris, pin down the French forces and break Philip's internal lines of communication before landing a maritime force in the Duchy itself.


Premise: What are two examples of trees in the broadleaf forests east of the Aravalli's?

Hypothesis: The Aravalli Range and the lands to the east and southeast of the range are generally more fertile and better watered.


Premise: What is generally unable to support variations in the number of people for a particular destination?

Hypothesis: Sometimes, one person enters the destination for a large group of people going to the same floor.


Premise: When did the Tories regain power?

Hypothesis: They finally regained power with the accession of George III in 1760 under Lord Bute.


Premise: In what battle did Marcus Licinius Crassus die?

Hypothesis: After initial successes, he marched his army deep into the desert; but here his army was cut off deep in enemy territory, surrounded and slaughtered at the Battle of Carrhae in which Crassus himself perished.


Premise: Why did peasants from Zhangzhou travel north to Xiamen?

Hypothesis: This dialect developed in the late Ming dynasty when Xiamen was increasingly taking over Quanzhou's position as the main port of trade in southeastern China.


Premise: What is used to treat structures for dry rot?

Hypothesis: Copper compounds in liquid form are used as a wood preservative, particularly in treating original portion of structures during restoration of damage due to dry rot.


Premise: The children's non-judgmental attitude gave them a greater understanding of what?

Hypothesis: The children internalize Atticus' admonition not to judge someone until they have walked around in that person's skin, gaining a greater understanding of people's motives and behavior.


Premise: What was the Latin term for the Roman inns?

Hypothesis: The inhabitants of the British Isles have been drinking ale since the Bronze Age, but it was with the arrival of the Roman Empire in its shores in the 1st Century, and the construction of the Roman road networks that the first inns, called tabernae, in which travellers could obtain refreshment began to appear.


Premise: What different options did the desktop version have?

Hypothesis: The user's default browser can distribute a Metro-style web browser in same package as the desktop version, which has access to functionality unavailable to other apps, such as being able to permanently run in the background, use multiple background processes, and use Windows API code instead of WinRT (allowing for code to be re-used with the desktop version, while still taking advantage of features available to Windows Store apps, such as charms).


Premise: What nickname was given to IBM?

Hypothesis: CTR was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924, a name which Thomas J. Watson first used for a CTR Canadian subsidiary.


Premise: Where did the first atomic blast test take place?

Hypothesis: On July 16, 1945, with numerous other Manhattan Project personnel, von Neumann was an eyewitness to the first atomic bomb blast, code named Trinity, conducted as a test of the implosion method device, at the bombing range near Alamogordo Army Airfield, 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Socorro, New Mexico.


Premise: Which company made Spectre?

Hypothesis: Spectre (2015) is the twenty-fourth James Bond film produced by Eon Productions.


Premise: When did Elizabeth support constitutional amendments in Canada?

Hypothesis: In 1987, in Canada, Elizabeth publicly supported politically divisive constitutional amendments, prompting criticism from opponents of the proposed changes, including Pierre Trudeau.


Premise: Who owned the Punch Bowl with Guy Ritchie?

Hypothesis: The Punch Bowl, Mayfair was at one time jointly owned by Madonna and Guy Ritchie.


Premise: In what month did the King veto the Arms and Ammunitions Amendment Bill?

Hypothesis: Members of the opposition denounced the bill and asked the King to veto it, which he did in December.


Premise: What happened on BBC's Newsnight in 1998?

Hypothesis: Cabinet Minister Peter Mandelson was "outed" by Matthew Parris (a former Sun columnist) on BBC TV's Newsnight in November 1998.


Premise: Who was able to counterattack and move the KPA away from the Pusan Perimeter?

Hypothesis: The UN forces, once prepared, counterattacked and broke out of the Pusan Perimeter.


Premise: How much of Japan were samurais?

Hypothesis: The samurai were usually associated with a clan and their lord, were trained as officers in military tactics and grand strategy, and they followed a set of rules that later came to be known as the bushidō.


Premise: Barrage balloons are an example of what type of weapons system?

Hypothesis: " They include ground-and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons).


Premise: What are the two areas this court has supremacy over?

Hypothesis: It only reviews cases that may be unconstitutional or final habeas corpus pleads for criminal cases.


Premise: How long did the parliament have until the next election?

Hypothesis: On 1 April, the former opposition parties declared that they would boycott the government.


Premise: If you believe in idealism, you are disbeliving in what?

Hypothesis: An argument for idealism, such as those of Hegel and Berkeley, is ipso facto an argument against materialism.


Premise: What is Liberia's employment rate?

Hypothesis: The Central Bank of Liberia is responsible for printing and maintaining the Liberian dollar, which is the primary form of currency in Liberia.


Premise: In addition to lumber strength, what important indicator of wood's quality can be determined using specific gravity?

Hypothesis: The terms are essentially equivalent as long as the metric system is used.


Premise: What did the Communist Party lose on October 25, 1989 with regards to elections?

Hypothesis: It also passed measures that would allow direct elections for presidents of each of the 15 constituent republics.


Premise: What instigated conflict between the Ottoman and Russian Empire?

Hypothesis: When World War I broke out leading to confrontation between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire in the Caucasus and Persian Campaigns, the new government in Istanbul began to look on the Armenians with distrust and suspicion.


Premise: What club is Barcelona's long time rival?

Hypothesis: Barcelona was ranked first in the IFFHS Club World Ranking for 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015 and currently occupies the second position on the UEFA club rankings.


Premise: Ronald Reagan had a nickname, what was it?

Hypothesis: George Gipp was played by Ronald Reagan, whose nickname "The Gipper" was derived from this role.


Premise: Religious Ashkenazi Jews living in Israel follow the authority of whom in certain matters?

Hypothesis: In this respect, a religiously Ashkenazi Jew is an Israeli who is more likely to support certain religious interests in Israel, including certain political parties.


Premise: On Magnus's ten point scale what would a homosexual person be considered?

Hypothesis: A heterosexual individual may be A0, B5; a homosexual individual may be A5, B0; an asexual would be A0, B0; and someone with an intense attraction to both sexes would be A9, B9.


Premise: Why was solar technology developed in the 1860s?

Hypothesis: However, development of solar technologies stagnated in the early 20th century in the face of the increasing availability, economy, and utility of coal and petroleum.


Premise: Arabia has a strong influence in which Southeast Asian country?

Hypothesis: Singapore and Vietnam show more Chinese influence in that Singapore, although being geographically a Southeast Asian nation, is home to a large Chinese majority and Vietnam was in China's sphere of influence for much of its history.


Premise: Greater self-awareness, greater awareness of others, and the ability to consider multiple possiblities at once are examples of what kind of developments?

Hypothesis: The idea of self-concept is known as the ability of a person to have opinions and beliefs that are defined confidently, consistent and stable.


Premise: Mycetophilldae is another name for what?

Hypothesis: A few insects, such as members of the families Poduridae and Onychiuridae (Collembola), Mycetophilidae (Diptera) and the beetle families Lampyridae, Phengodidae, Elateridae and Staphylinidae are bioluminescent.


Premise: Which Queen ballad featured a harp and overdubbed harmonies?

Hypothesis: Like its predecessor, the album features diverse musical styles and experimentation with stereo sound.


Premise: Where is Columbia University located?

Hypothesis: Critics regarded it as one of the finest U.S. military memoirs, and it was a major financial success as well.


Premise: Exactly who were the slaves upon the Spanish slaveship?

Hypothesis: New Haven was home to one of the important early events in the burgeoning anti-slavery movement when, in 1839, the trial of mutineering Mende tribesmen being transported as slaves on the Spanish slaveship Amistad was held in New Haven's United States District Court.


Premise: What is a solution to help this problem?

Hypothesis: This lack of access is one of many challenges to proper hygiene in less developed countries.


Premise: How many square kilometers is Rajasthan?

Hypothesis: Rajasthan (/ˈrɑːdʒəstæn/ Hindustani pronunciation: [raːdʒəsˈt̪ʰaːn] ( listen); literally, "Land of Kings") is India's largest state by area (342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi) or 10.4% of India's total area).


Premise: What are examples of classes of eukaryotes where genome only refers to the information found in chromosomes?

Hypothesis: In eukaryotes such as plants, protozoa and animals, however, "genome" carries the typical connotation of only information on chromosomal DNA.


Premise: How many torchbearers carried the torch in Macao?

Hypothesis: It was the first time that the Olympic torch had traveled to Macau.


Premise: Hok-Lam Chan states that Deshin Skekpa was only invited for what purpose?

Hypothesis: Tibetan sources say Deshin Shekpa also persuaded the Yongle Emperor not to impose his military might on Tibet as the Mongols had previously done.


Premise: What type of league commonly plays unstructured exhibition games?

Hypothesis: Exhibition games outside of a structured season are relatively common among indoor American football leagues; because teams switch leagues frequently at that level of play, it is not uncommon to see some of the smaller leagues schedule exhibition games against teams that are from another league, about to join the league as a probational franchise, or a semi-pro outdoor team to fill holes in a schedule.


Premise: What is the climate like on the summits?

Hypothesis: None of the summits reaches the region of perpetual snow.


Premise: What year did the third season of American Idol first air?

Hypothesis: His exposure on Idol landed him a record deal and surprisingly he became the third best-selling singer from that season.


Premise: What part of a dog can be straight, curled, or cork-screwed?

Hypothesis: In some breeds, such as the Braque du Bourbonnais, puppies can be born with a short tail or no tail at all.


Premise: what was the nickname of juan atkins, derrick may, and devin saunderson?

Hypothesis: It was developed starting in the late 80s, one of the earliest hits being "Big Fun" by Inner City.


Premise: Who wrote the most challenged section of the Act?

Hypothesis: lawyer, currently joined NOAA the previous year (1972), and Dr. Gerard A. "Jerry" Bertrand, a marine biologist (Ph.D, Oregon State University) by training, who had transferred from his post as the Scientific Adviser to the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, office of the Commandant of the Corp. to join the newly formed White House office.


Premise: What show did Kanye perform a spoof about the incident at the MTV Europe Awards?

Hypothesis: " On November 2, 2006, when his "Touch the Sky" failed to win Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards, West went onto the stage as the award was being presented to Justice and Simian for "We Are Your Friends" and argued that he should have won the award instead.


Premise: Military command was given to whom based on his firmness?

Hypothesis: Comandante general Simón Elías González, was nominated governor and military command was given to Colonel J.J. Calvo, whose firmness had earned well-merited praise.


Premise: Where did Eisenhower claim he would end the war?

Hypothesis: Two controversies during the campaign tested him and his staff, but did not affect the campaign.


Premise: What did Mac's lack in 1984 and have no means to easily attach?

Hypothesis: It also lacked a hard disk drive or the means to easily attach one.


Premise: Mustaqbal Media Corporation is based where?

Hypothesis: In total, about one short-wave and ten private FM radio stations broadcast from the capital, with several radio stations broadcasting from the central and southern regions.


Premise: What are some examples of classical violinists from Portugal?

Hypothesis: In the classical music domain, Portugal is represented by names as the pianists Artur Pizarro, Maria João Pires, Sequeira Costa, the violinists Carlos Damas, Gerardo Ribeiro and in the past by the great cellist Guilhermina Suggia.


Premise: What was the first act to break through in the UK, not from Liverpool or managed by Brian Epstein?

Hypothesis: The first act to break through in the UK who were not from Liverpool, or managed by Brian Epstein, were Freddie and the Dreamers, who were based in Manchester, as were Herman's Hermits and the Hollies.


Premise: Where can financial relationships between Medicaid, Medicare and pharmaceutical companies be found?

Hypothesis: In the US, starting in 2013, under the Physician Financial Transparency Reports (part of the Sunshine Act), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has to collect information from applicable manufacturers and group purchasing organizations in order to report information about their financial relationships with physicians and hospitals.


Premise: How many languages are offered as courses at BYU?

Hypothesis: This is partially due to the fact that 45 percent of the student body at BYU has been missionaries for LDS Church, and many of them learned a foreign language as part of their mission assignment.


Premise: When did Turkey start using the Gregorian calendar for all purposes?

Hypothesis: Prior to 1917, Turkey used the lunar Islamic calendar with the Hegira era for general purposes and the Julian calendar for fiscal purposes.


Premise: What US federal law protects trade secrets?

Hypothesis: The United States also has federal law in the form of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C. §§ 1831–1839), which makes the theft or misappropriation of a trade secret a federal crime.


Premise: During what years were the bones moved from Cimetiere des Innocents to the catacombs?

Hypothesis: In Paris' Roman era, its main cemetery was located to the outskirts of the Left Bank settlement, but this changed with the rise of Catholicism, where most every inner-city church had adjoining burial grounds for use by their parishes.


Premise: Where did Brasilia place hotels?

Hypothesis: Brasília has a range of tourist accommodation from inns, pensions and hostels to larger international chain hotels.


Premise: Who operates, through joint ventures, Indira Gandhi International Airport?

Hypothesis: While in India GMR Group operates, through joint ventures, Indira Gandhi International Airport and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.


Premise: What structures can be viewed as both works of art and symbols of certain cultures?

Hypothesis: Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων arkhitekton "architect", from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder") is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings and other physical structures.


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

Hypothesis: In 2015, a study found that pet owners were significantly more likely to get to know people in their neighborhood than non-pet owners.


Premise: What is the purpose of NCAZ?

Hypothesis: Berlin starts National Cyber Defense Initiative: On June 16, 2011, the German Minister for Home Affairs, officially opened the new German NCAZ (National Center for Cyber Defense)


Premise: What caused the most production disruption?

Hypothesis: They concluded bombers should strike a single target each night and use more incendiaries because they had a greater impact on production than high explosives.


Premise: What ritual suggests symbolic cannibalism?

Hypothesis: The King's body is carried to the Plaça de la Vila where a satiric eulogy is delivered while the townspeople eat salty grilled sardines with bread and wine, suggesting the symbolic cannibalism of the communion ritual.


Premise: How as Griffith's wikipedia scanner viewed by wikipedia?

Hypothesis: In August 2007 Virgil Griffith, a Caltech computation and neural-systems graduate student, created a searchable database that linked changes made by anonymous Wikipedia editors to companies and organizations from which the changes were made.


Premise: Supporters of what demonstrated at the Chinese embassy in Malaysia?

Hypothesis: A Japanese family with Malaysian citizenship and their 5-year-old child who unfurled a Tibetan flag were hit by a group of Chinese nationals with plastic air-filled batons and heckled by a crowd of Chinese citizens during the confrontation at Independence Square where the relay began, and the Chinese group shouted: "Taiwan and Tibet belong to China."


Premise: To whom did Presbyterians complain in 1572?

Hypothesis: Roman canon law had been criticized by the Presbyterians as early as 1572 in the Admonition to Parliament.


Premise: Name the individual that consolidated the companies that were to become the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company.

Hypothesis: The individual companies owned by CTR continued to operate using their established names until the businesses were integrated in 1933 and the holding company eliminated.


Premise: What does the mosaic at Huldah contain?

Hypothesis: The ban on human or animal images was more strictly observed by the Samaritans than their Jewish neighbours in the same town (see above).


Premise: In what year did Pope Paul VI close the Second Vatican Counsel?

Hypothesis: John XXIII elevated him to the College of Cardinals in 1958, and after the death of John XXIII, Montini was considered one of his most likely successors.


Premise: What style of columns did Abbott Suger use when reconstructing Saint Denis?

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


Premise: What can zinc cause damage to in the nose?

Hypothesis: The FDA said the loss of smell can be life-threatening because people with impaired smell cannot detect leaking gas or smoke and cannot tell if food has spoiled before they eat it.


Premise: In its simplified inflectional grammar, what language is Dutch similar to?

Hypothesis: This gender system is similar to those of most Continental Scandinavian languages.


Premise: By what is the fusion of Islamic and Indian cultures called?

Hypothesis: It is surmised that the language of Urdu (literally meaning "horde" or "camp" in various Turkic dialects) was born during the Delhi Sultanate period as a result of the intermingling of the local speakers of Sanskritic Prakrits with immigrants speaking Persian, Turkic, and Arabic under the Muslim rulers.


Premise: When were the aftershocks recorded?

Hypothesis: " The latest aftershock exceeding M6 occurred on August 5, 2008.


Premise: Who awarded a teaching license in Islamic schools?

Hypothesis: The Arabic term ijāzat al-tadrīs was awarded to Islamic scholars who were qualified to teach.


Premise: What was the problem with the ROK Army?

Hypothesis: There were no large foreign military garrisons in Korea at the time of the invasion, but there were large U.S. garrisons and air forces in Japan.


Premise: The M1A2 Abrams is an example of what?

Hypothesis: The army's most common vehicle is the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), commonly called the Humvee, which is capable of serving as a cargo/troop carrier, weapons platform, and ambulance, among many other roles.


Premise: What percentage of the population is Christian?

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


Premise: What car did Eisenhower compare modern art to?

Hypothesis: A conservative in both art and politics, he in a 1962 speech denounced modern art as "a piece of canvas that looks like a broken-down Tin Lizzie, loaded with paint, has been driven over it."


Premise: Where was the University of Paris located?

Hypothesis: By the end of the 12th century, Paris had become the political, economic, religious, and cultural capital of France.


Premise: How many times has North Carolina hosted the NCAA final four?

Hypothesis: Additionally, the state has hosted the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four on two occasions, in Greensboro in 1974 and in Charlotte in 1994.


Premise: When was Mercy adopted?

Hypothesis: Mercy's father was still adamant saying that he could not support the adoption since he was alive.


Premise: Which Lagos king had supported the slave trade?

Hypothesis: It stopped ships of other nations that were leaving the African coast with slaves; the seized slaves were taken to Freetown, a colony in West Africa originally established for the resettlement of freed slaves from Britain.


Premise: Who caused the fall of the monarchy happened in Brazil?

Hypothesis: Aided by well-known jurist Ruy Barbosa, Fonseca established federalism in Brazil by decree, but this system of government would be confirmed by every Brazilian constitution since 1891, although some of them would distort some of the federalist principles.


Premise: What type of private  individual had several generals and politicians used to validate their actions?

Hypothesis: During the mid-to-late Republic, the reformist Gaius Gracchus, the populist politician-general Gaius Marius and his antagonist Sulla, and the "notorious Verres" justified their very different policies by the divinely inspired utterances of private diviners.


Premise: What does each congregation have?

Hypothesis: Each congregation has a body of appointed unpaid male elders and ministerial servants.


Premise: Why were multiple holidays seized by the Catholic population?

Hypothesis: In those two months, several Catholic holidays were seized by the Catholic population as an outlet for their daily frustrations.


Premise: Where did the degrees of Freemasonry derived from?

Hypothesis: Freemasonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.


Premise: How many possible outcomes are there of a capital sentencing direct review?

Hypothesis: Direct review of a capital sentencing hearing will result in one of three outcomes.


Premise: What international prize winning winery is located in North Carolina?

Hypothesis: The Yadkin Valley in particular has become a strengthening market for grape production, while Asheville recently won the recognition of being named 'Beer City USA.'


Premise: What do mountainous regions have that make their ecosystems particularly fragile?

Hypothesis: The mountainous regions themselves are also vulnerable, with a rich range of plants not found at other altitudes, and experience some pressure from visitors and grazing.


Premise: After what possible event would the speech called one of the greatest in history have been delivered?

Hypothesis: It has been called one of the great speeches of history:


Premise: What can help over come the problems with the market?

Hypothesis: It also favors the near term over the long term, thereby showing limited concern for future generations.


Premise: Where did Jack Kilby work at when he created the first IC?

Hypothesis: Noyce also came up with his own idea of an integrated circuit half a year later than Kilby.


Premise: Which two candidates had surprising results despite Howard Dean being the strong front-runner?

Hypothesis: In the days leading up to the Iowa vote, there was much negative campaigning between the Dean and Gephardt camps.


Premise: Which cost less in stores: PS3 or Wii?

Hypothesis: Furthermore, PS3 had to compete directly with Xbox 360 which had a market head start, and as a result the platform no longer had exclusive titles that the PS2 enjoyed such as the Grand Theft Auto and Final Fantasy series (regarding cross-platform games, Xbox 360 versions were generally considered superior in 2006, although by 2008 the PS3 versions had reached parity or surpassed), and it took longer than expected for PS3 to enjoy strong sales and close the gap with Xbox 360.


Premise: What results from methods used to encode and decode data?

Hypothesis: Latency results from the methods used to encode and decode the data.


Premise: An MRI study on dogs proved that dogs have the same response as humans to what?

Hypothesis: This gives dogs the ability to recognize emotional human sounds, making them friendly social pets to humans.


Premise: Who exercises sovereignty rights for Lancashire?

Hypothesis: The county was subject to significant boundary reform in 1974 that removed Liverpool and Manchester and most of their surrounding conurbations to form the metropolitan counties of Merseyside and Greater Manchester.


Premise: What species shows more difference in size, looks and actions than any other?

Hypothesis: Dogs are predators and scavengers, and like many other predatory mammals, the dog has powerful muscles, fused wrist bones, a cardiovascular system that supports both sprinting and endurance, and teeth for catching and tearing.


Premise: How many students are in Boston Public schools?

Hypothesis: The Boston Public Schools enrolls 57,000 students attending 145 schools, including the renowned Boston Latin Academy, John D. O'Bryant School of Math & Science, and Boston Latin School.


Premise: When did Russian explorers first reach North America?

Hypothesis: Before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the overwhelming majority of Russophones in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn in New York City were Russian-speaking Jews.


Premise: What are larger weapon systems usually mounted on?

Hypothesis: Even the larger systems tend to be mounted on trailers and are designed to be fairly quickly broken down or set up.


Premise: What do people outside of North America call the sawn boards used for building?

Hypothesis: Wood to be used for construction work is commonly known as lumber in North America.


Premise: How does the water vapor that rises in warm air turn into clouds?

Hypothesis: Warm air containing evaporated water from the oceans rises, causing atmospheric circulation or convection.


Premise: What type of conduct of a party to a treaty can invalidate the consent of another party?

Hypothesis: Coercion of either a representative, or the state itself through the threat or use of force, if used to obtain the consent of that state to a treaty, will invalidate that consent.


Premise: Which term did Willett use in his 1907 proposal to refer to DST?

Hypothesis: In Britain, Willett's 1907 proposal used the term daylight saving, but by 1911 the term summer time replaced daylight saving time in draft legislation.


Premise: Who discovered that inert gas could slow evaporation?

Hypothesis: Irving Langmuir found that an inert gas, instead of vacuum, would retard evaporation.


Premise: Where is the Canadian component of the NATO located?

Hypothesis: A Canadian component of the NATO Airborne Early Warning Force is also based at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen near Geilenkirchen, Germany.


Premise: How many endemic species of fungi have been found?

Hypothesis: To date, very little is known about these, although more than 200 lichen-forming fungi have been recorded, including 9 endemics, suggesting that many significant discoveries remain to be made.


Premise: How many seas are allocated to the Turkish community?

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


Premise: Which genre of comic books had parents concerned?

Hypothesis: The popularity of superhero comic books declined following World War II, while comic book sales continued to increase as other genres proliferated, such as romance, westerns, crime, horror, and humour.


Premise: How many troops were allocated to Zipingpu?

Hypothesis: In total, 391 dams, most of them small, were reported damaged by the quake.


Premise: If the landowner fails to adequately protect the species, what penalties do they face with the "No Surprises" rule?

Hypothesis: The "No Surprises" rule is meant to protect the landowner if "unforeseen circumstances" occur which make the landowner's efforts to prevent or mitigate harm to the species fall short.


Premise: How many kilometers of paved roads does Israel have?

Hypothesis: Israel has 18,096 kilometers (11,244 mi) of paved roads, and 2.4 million motor vehicles.


Premise: What is an integral part of the Alpine economy?

Hypothesis: At present the Alps are one of the more popular tourist destinations in the world with many resorts such Oberstdorf, in Bavaria, Saalbach in Austria, Davos in Switzerland, Chamonix in France, and Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy recording more than a million annual visitors.


Premise: Which student said Chopin made sure his students knew his legato, cantabile style of playing?

Hypothesis: He took infinite pains to teach his pupils this legato, cantabile style of playing.


Premise: Which cortex is commonly associated with the coordination of thoughts and behavior?

Hypothesis: A combination of behavioural and fMRI studies have demonstrated development of executive functions, that is, cognitive skills that enable the control and coordination of thoughts and behaviour, which are generally associated with the prefrontal cortex.


Premise: What language has exerted the most influence on Dutch vocabulary since the 12th century?

Hypothesis: The main foreign influence on Dutch vocabulary since the 12th century and culminating in the French period has been French and (northern) French, accounting for an estimated 6.8%, or more than a third of all loanwords.


Premise: How much of Pakistan's small-scale manufacturing is in Punjab?

Hypothesis: Since independence, Punjab has become the seat of political and economic power; it remains the most industrialised province of Pakistan.


Premise: Who did the Siddi descend from?

Hypothesis: Although it is commonly believed locally that "Siddi" derives from a word meaning "black", the term is actually derived from "Sayyid", the title borne by the captains of the Arab vessels that first brought Siddi settlers to the area.


Premise: When Russell met Nelson H. Barbour in 1876, they jointly produced what book?

Hypothesis: In 1876, Russell met Nelson H. Barbour; later that year they jointly produced the book Three Worlds, which combined restitutionist views with end time prophecy.


Premise: How many buses does the London public bus network operate?

Hypothesis: The distinctive red double-decker buses are an internationally recognised trademark of London transport along with black cabs and the Tube.


Premise: Which part dominated Tennessee's politics in the late 1880s?

Hypothesis: This sharply reduced competition in politics in the state until after passage of civil rights legislation in the mid-20th century.


Premise: What conclusion did Darwin come to after realizing that some diverse species were able to create variations easily, while other species thought to be closely related had difficulty?

Hypothesis: Darwin concluded: "Finally, then, the facts briefly given in this chapter do not seem to me opposed to, but even rather to support the view, that there is no fundamental distinction between species and varieties."


Premise: When were RIAA standards established?

Hypothesis: In the mid-1950s all record companies agreed to a common recording standard called RIAA equalization.


Premise: What is located west of the NAS Annex?

Hypothesis: The original NAS Bermuda on the west side of the island, a seaplane base until the mid-1960s, was designated as the Naval Air Station Bermuda Annex.


Premise: How much did the market value of the endowment increase by during the year 2014/2015?

Hypothesis: During the year 2014/15, the market value of the endowment increased by £78 million (18%) to £512.4 million on 31 July 2015.


Premise: Which two countries declared war on Germany on September 3 1939?

Hypothesis: Within hours of the UK and France declaring war on Germany on 3 September 1939, the RAF bombed German warships along the German coast at Wilhelmshaven.


Premise: What is the theory called dealing with the transfer of Sanskrit to India?

Hypothesis: In order to explain the common features shared by Sanskrit and other Indo-European languages, many scholars have proposed the Indo-Aryan migration theory, asserting that the original speakers of what became Sanskrit arrived in what is now India and Pakistan from the north-west some time during the early second millennium BCE.


Premise: How many Romans lived in Mithridate the Great's kingdom in 88 BC?

Hypothesis: Mithridates the Great was the ruler of Pontus, a large kingdom in Asia Minor (modern Turkey), from 120 to 63 BC.


Premise: Who considered Napoleon to be a tyrant and a usurper?

Hypothesis: His critics charge that he was not significantly troubled when faced with the prospect of war and death for thousands, turned his search for undisputed rule into a series of conflicts throughout Europe and ignored treaties and conventions alike.


Premise: How did the French guard respond to the attack on the prisoners?

Hypothesis: The latter victory was marred when France's native allies broke the terms of capitulation and attacked the retreating British column, which was under French guard, slaughtering and scalping soldiers and taking captive many men, women and children while the French refused to protect their captives.


Premise: Where is the Red Lion located?

Hypothesis: The Red Lion in Parliament Square is close to the Palace of Westminster and is consequently used by political journalists and members of parliament.


Premise: In addition to sensors and technical fire control, and weapons, what else did air defence evolution cover?

Hypothesis: Air defence evolution covered the areas of sensors and technical fire control, weapons, and command and control.


Premise: Besides tax shifting, what is another need?

Hypothesis: Just as there is a need for tax shifting, there is also a need for subsidy shifting.


Premise: How did people feel about Manchester's decision?

Hypothesis: The withdrawal from the FA Cup, however, drew considerable criticism as this weakened the tournament's prestige and Sir Alex Ferguson later admitted his regret regarding their handling of the situation.


Premise: How far was it from Chengdu?

Hypothesis: It is also known as the Wenchuan earthquake (Chinese: 汶川大地震; pinyin: Wènchuān dà dìzhèn; literally: "Great Wenchuan earthquake"), after the location of the earthquake's epicenter, Wenchuan County, Sichuan.


Premise: Which tribe was the enemy of the Seven Nations of Canada?

Hypothesis: During the war, the Seven Nations of Canada were allied with the French.


Premise: How long have Masonic Lodges been in Iraq?

Hypothesis: This position was later reinforced under Saddam Hussein; the death penalty was "prescribed" for those who "promote or acclaim Zionist principles, including freemasonry, or who associate [themselves] with Zionist organisations."


Premise: What did project lantern announce in 2010

Hypothesis: In 2010 the results of the project were published, in which the IJM stated that Project Lantern had led to "an increase in law enforcement activity in sex trafficking cases, an increase in commitment to resolving sex trafficking cases among law enforcement officers trained through the project, and an increase in services – like shelter, counseling and career training – provided to trafficking survivors".


Premise: How many coelomata do leeches have?

Hypothesis: Leeches generally use suckers at their front and rear ends to move like inchworms.


Premise: What controls a birds migration?

Hypothesis: The ability to navigate and orient themselves during migration is a much more complex phenomenon that may include both endogenous programs as well as learning.


Premise: When was the ductile form of tungsten invented?

Hypothesis: Tungsten metal was initially not available in a form that allowed it to be drawn into fine wires.


Premise: Name a sub-group of the Charismatic Movement.

Hypothesis: Neo-charismatic churches are sometimes regarded as a subgroup of the Charismatic Movement.


Premise: Who had taken control of London when Henry III was to be crowned?

Hypothesis: In 1216, Henry III was unable to be crowned in London when he first came to the throne, because the French prince Louis had taken control of the city, and so the king was crowned in Gloucester Cathedral.


Premise: Where do the three children watch the trial?

Hypothesis: No seat is available on the main floor, so by invitation of Rev. Sykes, Jem, Scout, and Dill watch from the colored balcony.


Premise: What year did most families return after being evacuated?

Hypothesis: Most families returned in 1963.


Premise: What was cotton called in the 19th century?

Hypothesis: By the mid-19th century, "King Cotton" had become the backbone of the southern American economy.


Premise: Whose winning design for public competition began the dominance of Greek style architecture?

Hypothesis: It was to be William Wilkins's winning design for the public competition for Downing College, Cambridge that announced the Greek style was to be the dominant idiom in architecture.


Premise: When did a group of English citizens sign a document condemning hatred, war and bondage?

Hypothesis: The Flushing Remonstrance shows support for separation of church and state as early as the mid-17th century, stating their opposition to religious persecution of any sort: "The law of love, peace and liberty in the states extending to Jews, Turks and Egyptians, as they are considered sons of Adam, which is the glory of the outward state of Holland, so love, peace and liberty, extending to all in Christ Jesus, condemns hatred, war and bondage.


Premise: When was the SNS-101 released in the US?

Hypothesis: Like the earlier redesign of the NES (the NES-101 model), the new model was slimmer and lighter than its predecessor, but it lacked S-Video and RGB output, and it was among the last major SNES-related releases in the region.


Premise: Besides the Vedic practices, what other religion did the Guptas patronize?

Hypothesis: The Gupta period marked a watershed of Indian culture: the Guptas performed Vedic sacrifices to legitimize their rule, but they also patronized Buddhism, which continued to provide an alternative to Brahmanical orthodoxy.


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

Hypothesis: On 23 November 1991, in a prepared statement made on his deathbed, Mercury confirmed that he had AIDS.


Premise: What did RCA release to complete against Columbia's LP?

Hypothesis: The 45 rpm player included a changing mechanism that allowed multiple disks to be stacked, much as a conventional changer handled 78s.


Premise: What center is a nonprofit training center for disabled people?

Hypothesis: The Dale Rogers Training Center in Oklahoma City is a nonprofit vocational training center for individuals with disabilities.


Premise: What did Babangida set up to help pay Nigeria's national debt?

Hypothesis: He set 1990 as the official deadline for a return to democratic governance.


Premise: When was the Marzpanate era?

Hypothesis: The Principality of Armenia lasted until 884, when it regained its independence from the weakened Arab Empire under King Ashot I Bagratuni.


Premise: With whom did von Neuman work on a paper in 1936 that introduce quantum logic?

Hypothesis: The concept of creating a propositional calculus for quantum logic was first outlined in a short section in von Neumann's 1932 work, but in 1936, the need for the new propositional calculus was demonstrated through several proofs.


Premise: Before whose reign was assent always granted in person?

Hypothesis: The sovereign, wearing the Imperial State Crown, would be seated on the throne in the Lords chamber, surrounded by heralds and members of the royal court—a scene that nowadays is repeated only at the annual State Opening of Parliament.


Premise: What kind of network does SURE provide it's service from?

Hypothesis: SURE provide the telecommunications service in the territory through a digital copper-based telephone network including ADSL-broadband service.


Premise: This separate service  was known as what in the Soviet Union?

Hypothesis: In the Soviet Union this was called Voyska PVO, and had both fighter aircraft and ground-based systems.


Premise: What bacteria is responsible for Lyme disease?

Hypothesis: The genes in bacterial genomes are usually a single continuous stretch of DNA and although several different types of introns do exist in bacteria, these are much rarer than in eukaryotes.


Premise: When was the most recent election of a non-cardinal?

Hypothesis: ") This assumes that the new pope had been a cardinal just before becoming pope; the most recent election of a non-cardinal as pope was in 1378.


Premise: What obvious improvement does clothing bestow upon the wearer?

Hypothesis: Shelter usually reduces the functional need for clothing.


Premise: How was the most reliable version of the Holy Scriptures determined?

Hypothesis: To that latter end, Stanley R. Larson (a Rasmussen graduate student) set about applying modern text critical standards to the manuscripts and early editions of the Book of Mormon as his thesis project – which he completed in 1974.


Premise: What has an important presence in Zhejiang since its arrival 1,800 years ago?

Hypothesis: Buddhism has an important presence since its arrival in Zhejiang 1,800 years ago.


Premise: How much vinyl can be found at the start of an LP?

Hypothesis: A further limitation of the gramophone record is that fidelity steadily declines as playback progresses; there is more vinyl per second available for fine reproduction of high frequencies at the large-diameter beginning of the groove than exist at the smaller-diameters close to the end of the side.


Premise: What level was the disaster set at 22:15 CST, May 12?

Hypothesis: The plan rose to Level I at 22:15 CST, May 12.


Premise: What's the German word for a tertiary education institution?

Hypothesis: Fachhochschule is a German type of tertiary education institution and adopted later in Austria and Switzerland.


Premise: What does the German spelling of Hanover have that English does not?

Hypothesis: The traditional English spelling is still used in historical contexts, especially when referring to the British House of Hanover.


Premise: What was the screen size of the Digimon toy?

Hypothesis: Digimon was first conceived as a virtual pet toy in the vein of Tamagotchis and, as such, took influence from Tamagotchis' cute and round designs.


Premise: How many foreclosure proceedings were initiated by lenders in 2007?

Hypothesis: By August 2008, 9.2% of all U.S. mortgages outstanding were either delinquent or in foreclosure.


Premise: How many votes did Keir Hardie win by?

Hypothesis: One of the first acts of the new Liberal Government was to reverse the Taff Vale judgement.


Premise: When did was Myanmar ruled by the Taungoo Dynasty ?

Hypothesis: The early 19th century Konbaung Dynasty ruled over an area that included modern Myanmar and briefly controlled Manipur and Assam as well.


Premise: What mandolin is associate with Bluegrass music?

Hypothesis: These styles generally have either two f-shaped soundholes like a violin (F-5 and A-5), or an oval sound hole (F-4 and A-4 and lower models) directly under the strings.


Premise: What did a 2013 study of Ashkenazi mitochondrial DNA find in regards to the Khazar descent idea?

Hypothesis: A 2013 study of Ashkenazi mitochondrial DNA found no significant evidence of Khazar contribution to the Ashkenazi Jewish DNA, as would be predicted by the Khazar hypothesis.


Premise: During what years did the Song dynasty occur?

Hypothesis: Of an official who had talent and ambition, it was said "he is so red he becomes purple."


Premise: When was Yale Graduate Schools and Arts and Sciences established?

Hypothesis: In 1887, as the college continued to grow under the presidency of Timothy Dwight V, Yale College was renamed Yale University.


Premise: How much money was spent on enhancing Notre Dame Stadium under John Jenkins?

Hypothesis: During his tenure, Notre Dame has increased its endowment, enlarged its student body, and undergone many construction projects on campus, including Compton Family Ice Arena, a new architecture hall, additional residence halls, and the Campus Crossroads, a $400m enhancement and expansion of Notre Dame Stadium.


Premise: What was the title of the sequel to Conan the Barbarian?

Hypothesis: Schwarzenegger's breakthrough film was the sword-and-sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian in 1982, which was a box-office hit.


Premise: East Slavic people consist of which nationalities?

Hypothesis: Present-day Slavic people are classified into West Slavic (chiefly Poles, Czechs and Slovaks), East Slavic (chiefly Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians), and South Slavic (chiefly Serbs, Bulgarians, Croats, Bosniaks, Macedonians, Slovenes, and Montenegrins), though sometimes the West Slavs and East Slavs are combined into a single group known as North Slavs.


Premise: In what fields did achievements occur during the revolution?

Hypothesis: Engineering achievements of the revolution ranged from electrification to developments in materials science.


Premise: Whose conceptions of separation have long been argued over?

Hypothesis: Years before the ratification of the Constitution, Madison contended "Because if Religion be exempt from the authority of the Society at large, still less can it be subject to that of the Legislative Body."


Premise: Who was Chopin's initial piano teacher?

Hypothesis: Fryderyk may have had some piano instruction from his mother, but his first professional music tutor, from 1816 to 1821, was the Czech pianist Wojciech Żywny.


Premise: What did the US not want to see repeated?

Hypothesis: However, President Truman later acknowledged that he believed fighting the invasion was essential to the American goal of the global containment of communism as outlined in the National Security Council Report 68 (NSC-68) (declassified in 1975):


Premise: What group is isomorphic to cyclic groups?

Hypothesis: Any cyclic group with n elements is isomorphic to this group.


Premise: Which indigenous group is controversially known for hunting caribou on protected land?

Hypothesis: The Aleutian Islands are still home to the Aleut people's seafaring society, although they were the first Native Alaskans to be exploited by Russians.


Premise: What project centered on upgrading FBI Information Technology Infrastructure?

Hypothesis: Efforts to deploy modern computers and networking equipment were generally successful, but attempts to develop new investigation software, outsourced to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), were not.


Premise: What was the state of George VI's health during 1951?

Hypothesis: During 1951, George VI's health declined and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events.


Premise: What type of troupe is Jiangsu Province Kun Opera considered to be?

Hypothesis: It is considered a conservative and traditional troupe.


Premise: Who was Eisenhower's senator?

Hypothesis: Eisenhower requested consideration for either Annapolis or West Point with his U.S. Senator, Joseph L. Bristow.


Premise: Where do most landscape problems come from?

Hypothesis: However, most of the plains have been cleared and are in intensive agricultural use while most of the forests are planted with spruce and pine.


Premise: What denomination allowed blacks active roles in the congregation?

Hypothesis: The Baptists particularly allowed them active roles in congregations.


Premise: What is done with the ashes of burned copies of the Quran?

Hypothesis: Respect for the written text of the Quran is an important element of religious faith by many Muslims, and the Quran is treated with reverence.


Premise: What strongly altered the power balances and perceptions of origin of power in the Mediterranean region?

Hypothesis: Early Islamic philosophy emphasized an inexorable link between science and religion, and the process of ijtihad to find truth—in effect all philosophy was "political" as it had real implications for governance.


Premise: What is the city's per capita GDP?

Hypothesis: In May 2011, the city's unemployment rate fell to 5.6 per cent, the second lowest unemployment rate for a major city in Canada.


Premise: Which civil war did the Iraq branch of Al Qaeda begin fighting in?

Hypothesis: In a major split in the ranks of Al Qaeda's organization, the Iraqi franchise, known as Al Qaeda in Iraq covertly invaded Syria and the Levant and began participating in the ongoing Syrian Civil War, gaining enough support and strength to re-invade Iraq's western provinces under the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL), taking over much of the country in a blitzkrieg-like action and combining the Iraq insurgency and Syrian Civil War into a single conflict.


Premise: What bank helped Noriega?

Hypothesis: The report showed that the bank was crooked and was working with terrorists, including Abu Nidal.


Premise: What was the name of the different governments forming in Ancient Greece?

Hypothesis: Greek influence reached its zenith under the expansive empire of Alexander the Great, spreading throughout Asia.


Premise: Who provoked a conflict by crossing the 38th parallel?

Hypothesis: There were initial South Korean claims that they had captured the city of Haeju, and this sequence of events has led some scholars to argue that the South Koreans actually fired first.


Premise: If TB infection spreads to the central nervous system, what is it called?

Hypothesis: When it spreads to the bones, it is also known as "osseous tuberculosis", a form of osteomyelitis.


Premise: How much of the Gordie Howe International Bridge is Canada going to pay for?

Hypothesis: Canada had already planned to pay for 95 per cent of the bridge, which will cost $2.1 billion, and is expected to open in 2020.


Premise: What important announcement was made by the ecumenical council in  regards to the decision on Mary ?

Hypothesis: The definition makes no declaration about the Church's belief that the Blessed Virgin was sinless in the sense of freedom from actual or personal sin.


Premise: Has Japan ever attacked Thailand?

Hypothesis: It is generally considered that the Pacific War began on 7/8 December 1941, on which date Japan invaded Thailand and attacked the British possessions of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong as well as the United States military bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines.


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

Hypothesis: In China, the issue of digital infringement is not merely legal, but social – originating from the high demand for cheap and affordable goods as well as the governmental connections of the businesses which produce such goods.


Premise: What percent of the city's public work's vehicles use alternate fuels?

Hypothesis: Eighty-two percent of the city's public works vehicles now run on alternative fuels, including nearly 100% of the municipal bus system, making it among the largest such fleets in the country.


Premise: Whom did Sand's daughter Solange become engaged to?

Hypothesis: Chopin's relations with Sand were soured in 1846 by problems involving her daughter Solange and Solange's fiancé, the young fortune-hunting sculptor Auguste Clésinger.


Premise: What offshoots of polychaetes are unsegmented?

Hypothesis: In addition to re-writing the classification of annelids and 3 previously independent phyla, the molecular phylogenetics analyses undermine the emphasis that decades of previous writings placed on the importance of segmentation in the classification of invertebrates.


Premise: How were important documents and money transported throughout the store?

Hypothesis: Subsequent department stores founded in Philadelphia included Strawbridge and Clothier, Gimbels, Lit Brothers, and Snellenbergs.


Premise: Beyonce joined 2 other women on what list from Billboard magazine in 2011?

Hypothesis: She was one of only three women on that list.


Premise: Who gave a reason for the purging of evil for the Blessed Virgin and her first child ?

Hypothesis: After this period, the "purification" of the perfect natures of Jesus and Mary would not only mean moments of grace and glory at the Incarnation and Baptism and other public Byzantine liturgical feasts, but purification was eventually associated with the feast of Mary's very conception (along with her Presentation in the Temple as a toddler) by Orthodox authors of the 2nd millennium (e.g., St. Nicholas Cabasilas and Joseph Bryennius).


Premise: How much of China's titanium is houses in Sichuan?

Hypothesis: It has more than 132 kinds of proven underground mineral resources including vanadium, titanium, and lithium being the largest in China.


Premise: Where did the first federal council of Rus take place in 1097?

Hypothesis: the city of Liubech with the main intention to find an understanding among the fighting sides.


Premise: What is being conducted to extend the railway?

Hypothesis: Railway Himachal is famous for its narrow gauge tracks railways, one is UNESCO World Heritage Kalka-Shimla Railway and another one is Pathankot–Jogindernagar.


Premise: On what date did the AFL take control of one of its teams?

Hypothesis: On January 6, 2016, the league took over "ownership and operational control" of the Portland Thunder from its previous owners.


Premise: Which families experienced the least decline in wealth between 2007 and 2009?

Hypothesis: On the other hand, half of the poorest families did not have wealth declines at all during the crisis.


Premise: Which string instrument often played the basso continuo parts?

Hypothesis: Keyboard instruments included the clavichord, tangent piano, the fortepiano (an early version of the piano), the harpsichord and the pipe organ.


Premise: What year was the M1 version approved?

Hypothesis: During the 1920s there was some work on a 4.7-inch which lapsed, but revived in 1937, leading to a new gun in 1944.


Premise: Which organization did Beyonce's spokespeople confirm her donations 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 did Frege say about math?

Hypothesis: This gave rise to what they saw as metaphysical pseudoproblems and other conceptual confusions.


Premise: After the battle of Sinop, what steamship approached the Port of Sevastopol to show support for Turkey?

Hypothesis: To show support for Turkey after the battle of Sinop, on the 22th of December 1853, the Anglo-French squadron entered the Black Sea and the steamship HMS Retribution approached the Port of Sevastopol, the commander of which received an ultimatum not to allow any ships in the Black Sea.


Premise: Which film had a wider release in the UK, Skyfall or Spectre?

Hypothesis: In the UK it received a wider release than Skyfall, with a minimum of 647 cinemas including 40 IMAX screens, compared to Skyfall's 587 locations and 21 IMAX screens.


Premise: In what year did Diocletian begin his reign?

Hypothesis: The Emperor Diocletian (r. 284–305) split the empire into separately administered eastern and western halves in 286; the empire was not considered divided by its inhabitants or rulers, as legal and administrative promulgations in one division were considered valid in the other.[C]


Premise: In what year did the king demand ale-sellers post signage on pain of forfeiture?

Hypothesis: In 1393 King Richard II compelled landlords to erect signs outside their premises.


Premise: What label did ABC sell in 1979?

Hypothesis: ABC had sold its record division to MCA Records in 1979, and in 1986, NBC's parent company RCA was sold to General Electric, who then sold off all other RCA units, including the record division (which was bought by Ariola Records, later known as BMG).


Premise: When was John's decision to marry Isabella?

Hypothesis: The new peace would only last for two years; war recommenced in the aftermath of John's decision in August 1200 to marry Isabella of Angoulême.


Premise: Who is the present Minister of Foreign Affairs?

Hypothesis: The current minister is Nikos Kotzias.


Premise: What was Japan's publicised war goal?

Hypothesis: Japanese officials integrated what they called the Japan–China Incident (日支事変, Nisshi Jihen?) into the Greater East Asia War.


Premise: Where did Miami rank among cities around the world in regard to finance?

Hypothesis: According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power.


Premise: How many theater companies does Seattle have in residence?

Hypothesis: The 5th Avenue Theatre, built in 1926, stages Broadway-style musical shows featuring both local talent and international stars.


Premise: How much money did Beyonce's tour make in 2007?

Hypothesis: Beyoncé conducted pre-concert food donation drives during six major stops in conjunction with her pastor at St. John's and America's Second Harvest.


Premise: Which former president of Def Jam called Beyonce the greatest entertainer alive?

Hypothesis: According to Barbara Ellen of The Guardian Beyoncé is the most in-charge female artist she's seen onstage, while Alice Jones of The Independent wrote she "takes her role as entertainer so seriously she's almost too good."


Premise: Who helped Beyoncé earn a Grammy award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group at the 46th annual Grammy Awards?

Hypothesis: The album earned Beyoncé a then record-tying five awards at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards; Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Dangerously in Love 2", Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Crazy in Love", and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "The Closer I Get to You" with Luther Vandross.


Premise: How do gases prevent evaporation of the filament?

Hypothesis: The role of the gas is to prevent evaporation of the filament, without introducing significant heat losses.


Premise: What does the typical definition of a gene categorize genes by?

Hypothesis: A broad operational definition is sometimes used to encompass the complexity of these diverse phenomena, where a gene is defined as a union of genomic sequences encoding a coherent set of potentially overlapping functional products.


Premise: When had the Slavs settled the Eastern Alps?

Hypothesis: By the end of the 6th century, Slavs had settled the Eastern Alps regions.


Premise: What percentage of Elvis Presley's single sales were of 78s?

Hypothesis: By the end of 1957, RCA Victor announced that 78s accounted for less than 10% of Presley's singles sales, essentially announcing the death throes of the 78 rpm format.


Premise: How popular are Spanish language classes in the U.S,?

Hypothesis: Spanish is currently the most widely taught non-English language in American secondary schools and of higher education.


Premise: What are three of the most typical type of tress that can be found in Ireland?

Hypothesis: Despite this, Britain retained its primeval forests longer than most of Europe due to a small population and later development of trade and industry, and wood shortages were not a problem until the 17th century.


Premise: Who has spread the teachings of the Baptists to each continent?

Hypothesis: Baptist practice spread to England, where the General Baptists considered Christ's atonement to extend to all people, while the Particular Baptists believed that it extended only to the elect.


Premise: What happens to the current when a battery has been attached to a capacitor for an adequate amount of time?

Hypothesis: If a battery has been attached to a capacitor for a sufficient amount of time, no current can flow through the capacitor.


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

Hypothesis: Other events such as Kite Flying Festival, International Mango Festival and Vasant Panchami (the Spring Festival) are held every year in Delhi.


Premise: For most Ashkenazi Jews, Yiddish was replaced with what language?

Hypothesis: Hebrew has replaced Yiddish as the primary Jewish language for many Ashkenazi Jews, although many Hasidic and Hareidi groups continue to use Yiddish in daily life.


Premise: Was there an energy efficiency improvement in the period 1974 through 1980?

Hypothesis: Thus the overall efficiency of electric traction as compared to diesel more than doubled between 1950 and the mid-1970s in the Soviet Union.


Premise: What gender of musician has historically made up a large amount of professional orchestras?

Hypothesis: Some of the earliest cases of women being hired in professional orchestras was in the position of harpist.


Premise: Who declared the mourning period?

Hypothesis: It was the first time that a national mourning period had been declared for something other than the death of a state leader, and many have called it the biggest display of mourning since the death of Mao Zedong.


Premise: How many independent labels did the Merlin Network represent?

Hypothesis: The Financial Times later reported that YouTube had reached an aggregate deal with Merlin Network—a trade group representing over 20,000 independent labels, for their inclusion in the service.


Premise: What loophole did the ruling give rise to?

Hypothesis: The ruling gave rise to what became known as the "LaMacchia Loophole," wherein criminal charges of fraud or copyright infringement would be dismissed under current legal standards, so long as there was no profit motive involved.


Premise: Who won the election in June 2009?

Hypothesis: It was won by Malam Bacai Sanhá.


Premise: The crew could be order to drop the bomb by what?

Hypothesis: Direction-finding checks also enabled the controller to keep the crew on an exact course.


Premise: How many books were said to have been written by Ibn Sina?

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


Premise: In what year were the Australian Democrats founded?

Hypothesis: Throughout their history, the Liberals have been in electoral terms largely the party of the middle class (whom Menzies, in the era of the party's formation called "The forgotten people"), though such class-based voting patterns are no longer as clear as they once were.


Premise: What does it mean to read the word LORD in all capitals in the Bible?

Hypothesis: In many translations of the Bible, when the word LORD is in all capitals, it signifies that the word represents the tetragrammaton.


Premise: Who designated the first boundary of Rome?

Hypothesis: Rome itself was an intrinsically sacred space; its ancient boundary (pomerium) had been marked by Romulus himself with oxen and plough; what lay within was the earthly home and protectorate of the gods of the state.


Premise: Humoral immunology theorized that the origin of the immune system lay in what?

Hypothesis: In contrast, the humoral theory of immunity, held by Robert Koch and Emil von Behring, among others, stated that the active immune agents were soluble components (molecules) found in the organism’s “humors” rather than its cells.


Premise: New research has clarified that Federalism has how many distinct forms?

Hypothesis: This clarified definition opens the way to identifying two distinct federal forms, where before only one was known, based upon whether sovereignty resides in the whole (in one people) or in the parts (in many peoples): the federal state (or federation) and the federal union of states (or federal union), respectively.


Premise: How would you say "good" in Dutch?

Hypothesis: For example, goede ("good") is /ˈɣudə/


Premise: Chinese children have been known to make electronics, toys and what else?

Hypothesis: China has enacted regulations to prevent child labour; still, the practice of child labour is reported to be a persistent problem within China, generally in agriculture and low-skill service sectors as well as small workshops and manufacturing enterprises.


Premise: In 1914 what portion of the Empire weren't Muslims?

Hypothesis: By 1914, only 19.1% of the empire's population was non-Muslim, mostly made up of Christian Greeks, Assyrians, Armenians, and Jews.


Premise: Where were Matare and Welker working when inventing the point-contact transistor?

Hypothesis: Realizing that Bell Labs' scientists had already invented the transistor before them, the company rushed to get its "transistron" into production for amplified use in France's telephone network.


Premise: In 1833 with whom with Chopin work to get his music published?

Hypothesis: Chopin's music soon found success with publishers, and in 1833 he contracted with Maurice Schlesinger, who arranged for it to be published not only in France but, through his family connections, also in Germany and England.


Premise: When did the mail stagecoaches stop running?

Hypothesis: Tucson became a part of the United States of America, although the American military did not formally take over control until March 1856.


Premise: TAFE Tasmania started a three-year restructuring in what year?

Hypothesis: In Tasmania in 2009 the old college system and TAFE Tasmania have started a 3-year restructure to become the Tasmanian Polytechnic


Premise: What idea did positivism provide?

Hypothesis: It helped to install natural history as a separate field, gave base for ecology and was based on the role model of scientist, naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt.


Premise: Which movement is considered to be a dividing line between ancient thought and classical physics?

Hypothesis: Galileo ("Father of Modern Physics") also made use of experiments to validate physical theories, a key element of the scientific method.


Premise: What can the Estonian parliament do in regards to treaties?

Hypothesis: At the same time the parliament has the right to present statements, declarations and appeals to the people of Estonia, ratify and denounce international treaties with other states and international organisations and decide on the Government loans.


Premise: In 1770, who reported that Medri Bahri was a distinct political entity from Abyssinia?

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


Premise: What happened to the Public schoolboys in these sports?

Hypothesis: Bermuda's role as the primary Royal Navy base in the Western Hemisphere, with an army garrison to match, ensured that the naval and military officers quickly introduced the newly formalised sports to Bermuda, including cricket, football, Rugby football, and even tennis and rowing (rowing did not adapt well from British rivers to the stormy Atlantic.


Premise: Why did Microsoft decrease the required resoultion for tablets?

Hypothesis: On March 12, 2013, Microsoft amended its certification requirements to only require that screens on tablets have a minimum resolution of 1024×768 (down from the previous 1366×768).


Premise: What is benefical work for children?

Hypothesis: The term child labour can be misleading when it confuses harmful work with employment that may be beneficial to children.


Premise: For what NFL team did Lynn Swann play?

Hypothesis: Even though they were returning teams, the Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings moved to New Orleans as the Voodoo, the identity formerly owned by New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson.


Premise: What is the main goal aside from reducing the amount of data required to store the audio?

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 is the definition of CND?

Hypothesis: This is the passive, active, and dynamic employment of capabilities to respond to imminent or on-going actions against Air Force or Air Force-protected networks, the Air Force's portion of the Global Information Grid, or expeditionary communications assigned to the Air Force.


Premise: Who gave students a test to determine their preferences?

Hypothesis: Berger said the students seem to prefer the 'sizzle' sounds that MP3s bring to music.


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

Hypothesis: It states that phenomena arise together in a mutually interdependent web of cause and effect.


Premise: In what year was reinforced concrete invented?

Hypothesis: The firm made use of reinforced concrete, a new building material invented by Jean-Louis Lambot in 1848 (Joseph Monier received the patent in 1867).


Premise: What is the name of the big rowing races?

Hypothesis: Boathouse Row is a symbol of Philadelphia's rich rowing history, and each Big Five member has its own boathouse.


Premise: Who produced most of the Hispano-Moresque pottery?

Hypothesis: All over Europe secular art continued to increase in quantity and quality, and in the 15th century the mercantile classes of Italy and Flanders became important patrons, commissioning small portraits of themselves in oils as well as a growing range of luxury items such as jewellery, ivory caskets, cassone chests, and maiolica pottery.


Premise: after the DEUS INDICAT what type of sea animals were pictured?

Hypothesis: The supporters were two sea lions (lions with fishes' tails) and the motto was DEO DUCENTE NIL NOCET


Premise: In the case of a chemical explosion, what is transformed to kinetic energy and thermal energy in a short time?

Hypothesis: Similarly, in the case of a chemical explosion, chemical potential energy is transformed to kinetic energy and thermal energy in a very short time.


Premise: What nation lost the Battle of Yarmouk?

Hypothesis: However many early history books like the Islamic Conquest of Syria Fatuhusham by al-Imam al-Waqidi state that after the conversion to Islam Muawiyah's father Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and his brothers Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan were appointed as commanders in the Muslim armies by Muhammad.


Premise: How many of RIBA Enterprises' staff are located at the Newcastle office?

Hypothesis: It employs over 250 staff, approximately 180 of whom are based in Newcastle.


Premise: Who designed the Parc de l'Orangerie?

Hypothesis: The Jardin botanique de l'Université de Strasbourg (botanical garden) was created under the German administration next to the Observatory of Strasbourg, built in 1881, and still owns some greenhouses of those times.


Premise: In what manner are sheets normally cut?

Hypothesis: Sheets are usually cut "long-grain", i.e. with the grain parallel to the longer dimension of the sheet.


Premise: What is the Judaeo-German language developed by Ashkenazi Jews who migrated to Central Europe?

Hypothesis: Yiddish is the Judæo-German language developed by Ashkenazi Jews who migrated to Central Europe.


Premise: Who stopped Maclean after he shot the Queen?

Hypothesis: Two schoolboys from Eton College struck him with their umbrellas, until he was hustled away by a policeman.


Premise: Who was Disraeli's rival?

Hypothesis: Victoria found Gladstone's demeanour far less appealing; he spoke to her, she is thought to have complained, as though she were "a public meeting rather than a woman".


Premise: Which country was ahead of the United Kingdom in the teaching of chemistry?

Hypothesis: As a result of a movement earlier in the decade, many politicians donated funds to establish the college, including Benjamin Disraeli, William Gladstone and Robert Peel.


Premise: During which war did the British navy defeat Eight Banners forces at Ningbo and Dinghai?

Hypothesis: Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, signed in 1843, Ningbo became one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened to virtually unrestricted foreign trade.


Premise: What is increased in male dogs with neutering?

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


Premise: When was the tenth printing of the French translation of 'Reflections on the Revolution in France'?

Hypothesis: The French translation ran to ten printings by June 1791.


Premise: When did the first Indiana Jones movie come out?

Hypothesis: It became the biggest film at the box office in 1981, and the recipient of numerous Oscar nominations including Best Director (Spielberg's second nomination) and Best Picture (the second Spielberg film to be nominated for Best Picture).


Premise: What tax was in force throughout the United Kingdom during this time?

Hypothesis: Before this the internal plan and function of the rooms can generally not be deduced from the outside.


Premise: What did Khubilai claim for a while?

Hypothesis: Though he had, by the early 1260s, become closely identified with China, he still, for a time, claimed universal rule", and yet "despite his successes in China and Korea, Khubilai was unable to have himself accepted as the Great Khan".


Premise: What was also pushed for by result of sarmatism?

Hypothesis: This belief system became an important part of szlachta culture and affected all aspects of their lives.


Premise: When was multi-party governance established?

Hypothesis: In the past, the government had been highly centralized.


Premise: What is the population of the island?

Hypothesis: The island has a population of 267 as of January 2016.


Premise: Season four was the first full season to be aired in what?

Hypothesis: The number of those attending the auditions by now had increased to over 100,000 from the 10,000 of the first season.


Premise: What event prompted the United States to adopt the printed circuit to make proximity fuses?

Hypothesis: Printed circuits did not become commonplace in consumer electronics until the mid-1950s, after the Auto-Sembly process was developed by the United States Army.


Premise: What was Operation Serval's goal?

Hypothesis: The Malian government had a hard time maintaining full control over their country.


Premise: To what language did Catalan display similarities?

Hypothesis: In the 11th century, documents written in macaronic Latin begin to show Catalan elements, with texts written almost completely in Romance appearing by 1080.


Premise: what were veterans in need of after World War I?

Hypothesis: Many veterans who had been gassed in World War I and were in need of respiratory therapy began coming to Tucson after the war, due to the clean dry air.


Premise: What is the official Cubs team mascot?

Hypothesis: The bear cub itself was used in the clubs since the early 1900s and was the inspiration of the Chicago Staleys changing their team's name to the Chicago Bears, due to the Cubs allowing the football team to play at Wrigley Field in the 1930s.


Premise: Queen and Adam Lambert played two shows where in July 2012?

Hypothesis: On 25 and 26 April, May and Taylor appeared on the eleventh series of American Idol at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, performing a Queen medley with the six finalists on the first show, and the following day performed "Somebody to Love" with the 'Queen Extravaganza' band.


Premise: Santa Monica plans on water independence by what year?

Hypothesis: An urban runoff facility (SMURFF), the first of its kind in the US, catches and treats 3.5 million US gallons (13,000 m3) of water each week that would otherwise flow into the bay via storm-drains and sells it back to end-users within the city for reuse as gray-water, while bio-swales throughout the city allow rainwater to percolate into and replenish the groundwater supply.


Premise: What year was the last census before the Census 2000?

Hypothesis: Race was asked differently in the Census 2000 in several other ways than previously.


Premise: What is Harper Lee's hometown?

Hypothesis: Since 1990, a play based on the novel has been performed annually in Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama.


Premise: When did Emperor Huan's reign begin?

Hypothesis: In addition to tributary relations with the Kushans, the Han Empire received gifts from the Parthian Empire, from a king in modern Burma, from a ruler in Japan, and initiated an unsuccessful mission to Daqin (Rome) in AD 97 with Gan Ying as emissary.


Premise: What was the most notable naval victory EIC  had?

Hypothesis: At the Battle of Pulo Aura, which was probably the company's most notable naval victory, Nathaniel Dance, Commodore of a convoy of Indiamen and sailing aboard the Warley, led several Indiamen in a skirmish with a French squadron, driving them off.


Premise: What does Gunlick remark that the German System of  dual federalism requires strong Länder to have other than the capacity to implement legislation?

Hypothesis: A new delimitation of the federal territory keeps being debated in Germany, though "Some scholars note that there are significant differences among the American states and regional governments in other federations without serious calls for territorial changes ...", as political scientist Arthur B. Gunlicks remarks.


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

Hypothesis: In the 19th century the school incorporated graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Ph.D. in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887.


Premise: He was accused of selling grain for what reason?

Hypothesis: Classical scholar Timothy Barnes relates contemporary allegations against Athanasius: from defiling an altar, to selling Church grain that had been meant to feed the poor for his own personal gain, and even violence and murder to suppress dissent.


Premise: What was Apple's highest quarterly profit as of Q1 2008?

Hypothesis: On January 22, 2008, Apple reported the best quarter revenue and earnings in Apple's history so far.


Premise: What does the crowd sing during the 7th inning to honor Caray's memory?

Hypothesis: "Take me out to the ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch to honor Caray's memory.


Premise: How far do penguins travel when they migrate?

Hypothesis: Bird migration is not limited to birds that can fly.


Premise: What were members who did not practice the physical craft known as?

Hypothesis: It is reputed to be the oldest Masonic Lodge in the world.


Premise: Is mahogany a hardwood or a softwood?

Hypothesis: The density of wood varies with species.


Premise: condensed study texts where created in what tradition?

Hypothesis: Over the years, various attempts have been made to synthesize a single Buddhist text that can encompass all of the major principles of Buddhism.


Premise: What desert constitutes most of Egypt territory?

Hypothesis: With over 90 million inhabitants, Egypt is the most populous country in North Africa and the Arab World, the third-most populous in Africa (after Nigeria and Ethiopia), and the fifteenth-most populous in the world.


Premise: Following Arthur Eddington's lectures, what did Whitehead  publish?

Hypothesis: Even professional philosophers struggled to follow Whitehead's writings.


Premise: What are anarchists against?

Hypothesis: However, the anarchist definition of federalism tends to differ from the definition of federalism assumed by pro-state political scientists.


Premise: The higher-level phylogeny is of the what?

Hypothesis: In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period.


Premise: What nations' assets did Nasser nationalize in 1957?

Hypothesis: By the end of 1957, Nasser nationalized all remaining British and French assets in Egypt, including the tobacco, cement, pharmaceutical, and phosphate industries.


Premise: Who designed the Rialto Building in 1889?

Hypothesis: In 2012, the city contained a total of 594 high-rise buildings, with 8 under construction, 71 planned and 39 at proposal stage making the city's skyline the second largest in Australia.


Premise: What game used the SNES Mouse?

Hypothesis: Hudson Soft, under license from Nintendo, released the Super Multitap, a multiplayer adapter for use with its popular series of Bomberman games.


Premise: How many square miles of land is Boston?

Hypothesis: The highest point in Boston is Bellevue Hill at 330 feet (100 m) above sea level, and the lowest point is at sea level.


Premise: What racial group was primarily involved in babershop a cappella in its earliest days?

Hypothesis: In 1938, the first formal men's barbershop organization was formed, known as the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A), and in 2004 rebranded itself and officially changed its public name to the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS).


Premise: What type of group founded Espanyol?

Hypothesis: Blanc-i-blaus, being one of the clubs granted royal patronage, was founded exclusively by Spanish football fans, unlike the multinational nature of Barça's primary board.


Premise: What is the pope's official title?

Hypothesis: The actual subject material of the canons is not just doctrinal or moral in nature, but all-encompassing of the human condition.


Premise: Who wrote Argonautica?

Hypothesis: He promoted short poetic forms such as the epigram, epyllion and the iambic and attacked epic as base and common ("big book, big evil" was his doctrine).


Premise: The Austro-Turkish war took place over what years?

Hypothesis: After the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718 the Treaty of Passarowitz confirmed the loss of the Banat, Serbia and "Little Walachia" (Oltenia) to Austria.


Premise: What is a variorum?

Hypothesis: The collation of all known variants of a text is referred to as a variorum, namely a work of textual criticism whereby all variations and emendations are set side by side so that a reader can track how textual decisions have been made in the preparation of a text for publication.


Premise: Where was the VIII International Congress of Photography held?

Hypothesis: held in Dresden from August 3 to 8, 1931.


Premise: What did the Russian send to Sinop?

Hypothesis: Public opinion in the UK and France was outraged and demanded war.


Premise: What do people in France eat more of that in most western countries?

Hypothesis: Comparing diets among Western countries, researchers have discovered that although the French tend to eat higher levels of animal fat, the incidence of heart disease remains low in France.


Premise: Sample montages were a key difference between british house music and what?

Hypothesis: many of the early hits were based on sample montage, rap was often used for vocals (far more than in the US),[citation needed] and humor was frequently an important element.


Premise: What country has attempted to better the controls of pesticide exchanges?

Hypothesis: The former seeks to implement procedures for ensuring that prior informed consent exists between countries buying and selling pesticides, while the latter seeks to create uniform standards for maximum levels of pesticide residues among participating countries.


Premise: What's the name of the team-up between Samoa and Virgin Australia?

Hypothesis: Observers point to the flexibility of the labour market as a basic strength for future economic advances.[citation needed]


Premise: What was the first samurai armor called?

Hypothesis: The first types of Japanese armors identified as samurai armor were known as yoroi.


Premise: What are current-limiting motor starters referred to as?

Hypothesis: However, the increasing use of current-limiting motor starters, commonly known as "soft-start" contactors, avoid much of this problem, and the current draw of the pump motor is less of a limiting concern.


Premise: Who sent the first known letter from North America?

Hypothesis: When John Rut visited St. John's in 1527 he found Norman, Breton and Portuguese ships in the harbour.


Premise: Which branch of government denied the UNFPA funding?

Hypothesis: President Bush denied funding to the UNFPA.


Premise: What does this theory entail?

Hypothesis: Known as the fraternal birth order (FBO) effect, this theory has been backed up by strong evidence of its prenatal origin, although no evidence thus far has linked it to an exact prenatal mechanism.


Premise: The goal of what is to suppress opposing air defence systems?

Hypothesis: Israel, and The US Air Force, in conjunction with the members of NATO, has developed significant tactics for air defence suppression.


Premise: Where is Galicia's warmest coastal station?

Hypothesis: Being located on the Atlantic coastline, Galicia has a very mild climate for the latitude and the marine influence affects most of the province to various degrees.


Premise: What is one primary source of orphan protein-coding genes?

Hypothesis: De novo or "orphan" genes, whose sequence shows no similarity to existing genes, are extremely rare.


Premise: How long were swift boats?

Hypothesis: "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war.


Premise: Which season five contestant caused controversy with their performance of I Walk the Line?

Hypothesis: Chris Daughtry's performance of Fuel's "Hemorrhage (


Premise: What makes up the federal taxes Puerto Rican citizens pay?

Hypothesis: Most Puerto Rico residents do not pay federal income tax but do pay federal payroll taxes (Social Security and Medicare).


Premise: rapid decompression is more dangerous than what?

Hypothesis: Rapid decompression can be much more dangerous than vacuum exposure itself.


Premise: What Roman art involved speeches made to the public?

Hypothesis: Oratory was an art to be practiced and learnt, and good orators commanded respect.[citation needed]


Premise: How did the USAMGIK respond to the uprisings?

Hypothesis: Civil disorder spread throughout the country in what became known as the Autumn uprising.


Premise: What receptors absorb red and blue light in plants?

Hypothesis: One phytochrome, phyA, is the main phytochrome in seedlings grown in the dark but rapidly degrades in light to produce Cry1.


Premise: Some cable boxes are capable of doing what?

Hypothesis: Some cable boxes are capable of receiving or recording two or more broadcasts at a time in HDTV format, and HDTV programming, some included in the monthly cable service subscription price, some for an additional fee, can be played back with the cable company's on-demand feature.


Premise: What did Londoners use for bomb-shelters?

Hypothesis: In the wake of the Coventry Blitz, there was widespread agitation from the Communist Party over the need for bomb-proof shelters.


Premise: What piece is often used in the horror genre?

Hypothesis: Certain staples of classical music are often used commercially (either in advertising or in movie soundtracks).


Premise: Which country prefers a bass turnover setting of 250-300 Hz?

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: What is the best for an recieving antenna for optimum reception?

Hypothesis: Transmission from a circularly polarized antenna received by a linearly polarized antenna (or vice versa) entails a 3 dB reduction in signal-to-noise ratio as the received power has thereby been cut in half.


Premise: What do the new telecommunications firms in Somalia offer that is not available in many other parts of the continent?

Hypothesis: After the start of the civil war, various new telecommunications companies began to spring up in the country and competed to provide missing infrastructure.


Premise: What do the French call snack restaurants besides les snacks?

Hypothesis: The island has over 70 restaurants serving many dishes and others are a significant number of gourmet restaurants; many of the finest restaurants are located in the hotels.


Premise: The rule that adjust the curve at different temperatures is known as what?

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


Premise: What's one example in Tennessee's constitution?

Hypothesis: Some of these same states specify that the oath of office include the words "so help me God."


Premise: What month and year were two neighboring cities in Minnesota on different time schedules?

Hypothesis: In May 1965, for two weeks, St. Paul, Minnesota and Minneapolis, Minnesota were on different times, when the capital city decided to join most of the nation by starting Daylight Saving Time while Minneapolis opted to follow the later date set by state law.


Premise: At what century's start did revivalist fall into disfavor?

Hypothesis: Around the beginning of the 20th century, a general dissatisfaction with the emphasis on revivalist architecture and elaborate decoration gave rise to many new lines of thought that served as precursors to Modern Architecture.


Premise: What kind of company does ANTEL run?

Hypothesis: The government also owns part of other companies operating under private law, such as those owned wholly or partially by the CND (National Development Corporation).


Premise: What decade did the term "graphic novel" become well known by the public?

Hypothesis: The term became widely known with the public after the commercial success of Maus, Watchmen, and The Dark Knight Returns in the mid-1980s.


Premise: As internet access increases, news media and online portals replace what form of media?

Hypothesis: Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal services in the nation are largely concentrated in the private sector.


Premise: What is the rate of  vitamin A deficiency in children worldwide?

Hypothesis: Similarly, vitamin A deficiency can cause an increase in the severity of diarrheal episodes, however there is some discrepancy when it comes to the impact of vitamin A deficiency on the rate of disease.


Premise: What building did William Buckland model the Hammon-Harwood House?

Hypothesis: Perhaps the best remaining house is the pristine Hammond-Harwood House (1774) in Annapolis, Maryland, designed by the colonial architect William Buckland and modelled on the Villa Pisani at Montagnana, Italy as depicted in Andrea Palladio's I quattro libri


Premise: Muslims make up how much of the Israel's population?

Hypothesis: Out of more than one million immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel, about 300,000 are considered not Jewish by the Orthodox rabbinate.


Premise: What was the high end of the estimated death rate of the Black Plague?

Hypothesis: Estimates of the death rate caused by this epidemic range from one third to as much as sixty percent.


Premise: How is Catalan different from other Romance languages?

Hypothesis: In contrast with other Romance languages, Catalan has many monosyllabic words; and those ending in a wide variety of consonants and some consonant clusters.


Premise: What was the point of public procession to the god's temples?

Hypothesis: The same divine agencies who caused disease or harm also had the power to avert it, and so might be placated in advance.


Premise: What is the airport in Namibia?

Hypothesis: The capital city of Windhoek plays a very important role in Namibia's tourism due to its central location and close proximity to Hosea Kutako International Airport.


Premise: Greece's Jewish community spoke what language traditionally?

Hypothesis: Other notable minority languages include Armenian, Georgian, and the Greco-Turkic dialect spoken by the Urums, a community of Caucasus Greeks from the Tsalka region of central Georgia and ethnic Greeks from southeastern Ukraine who arrived in mainly Northern Greece as economic migrants in the 1990s.


Premise: Where is the term Hokkien mainly used?

Hypothesis: oē;Tâi-lô:Hok-kiàn-uē), on the other hand, is used commonly in South East Asia to refer to Min-nan dialects.


Premise: This caused a stir in deciding who should enter first and who should do what?

Hypothesis: In Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator, author Andreas Bernard documents other social impacts caused by the modern elevator, including thriller movies about stuck elevators, casual encounters and sexual tension on elevators, the reduction of personal space, and concerns about personal hygiene.


Premise: Pan-Slavism became compromised when what empire started to use it as an ideology justifying its territorial conquests?

Hypothesis: Pan-Slavism became compromised when the Russian Empire started to use it as an ideology justifying its territorial conquests in Central Europe as well as subjugation of other ethnic groups of Slavic origins such as Poles and Ukrainians, and the ideology became associated with Russian imperialism.


Premise: What teachings are the most important to Buddhism?

Hypothesis: The teachings on the Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism, and are said to provide a conceptual framework for Buddhist thought.


Premise: Where did Rome receive half of their army from?

Hypothesis: Rome's military confederation with the other peoples of the Italian peninsula meant that half of Rome's army was provided by the Socii, such as the Etruscans, Umbrians, Apulians, Campanians, Samnites, Lucani, Bruttii, and the various southern Greek cities.


Premise: What eye color is believed to be the norm among Greeks ?

Hypothesis: The same study also showed that the eye colour of the students was 14.6% blue/green, 28% medium (light brown) and 57.4% dark brown.


Premise: What type of precipitation is the Piedmont known for?

Hypothesis: Annual precipitation and humidity are lower in the Piedmont than in the mountains or the coast, but even at its lowest, the average is 40 in (1,020 mm) per year.


Premise: What other components of the immune systems are included?

Hypothesis: This among other factors leads to bouts of narrowing of the airway and the classic symptoms of wheezing.


Premise: At what time did Paul VI die?

Hypothesis: On 6 August 1978 at 21:41 Paul VI died in Castel Gandolfo.


Premise: Which literary work used the fictional narrator Mr. Spectator to entertain and provoke discussion regarding serious philosophical matters?

Hypothesis: Together, Steele and Addison published The Spectator (1711), a daily publication which aimed, through fictional narrator Mr. Spectator, both to entertain and to provoke discussion regarding serious philosophical matters.


Premise: How did the "Classic Period" end?

Hypothesis: The "classic period" ended with the death and defeat of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707 by the rising Hindu Maratha Empire, although the dynasty continued for another 150 years.


Premise: What word is used when speaking of correct teachings in contrast to a false teacher?

Hypothesis: The Greek for the phrase "divisive person" became a technical term in the early Church for a type of "heretic" who promoted dissension.


Premise: How many movements are No. 2, Op. 35 and No. 3, Op 58 in?

Hypothesis: The two mature piano sonatas (No. 2, Op. 35, written in 1839 and No. 3, Op.


Premise: What does bronchial thermoplasty consist of?

Hypothesis: For those with severe persistent asthma not controlled by inhaled corticosteroids and LABAs, bronchial thermoplasty may be an option.


Premise: What does Hokkien mean?

Hypothesis: In Chinese linguistics, these dialects are known by their classification under the Quanzhang Division (Chinese: 泉漳片; pinyin: Quánzhāng piàn) of Min Nan, which comes from the first characters of the two main Hokkien urban centers Quanzhou and Zhangzhou.


Premise: One theory posits that Samoans originated from what people during the Lapita expansion period?

Hypothesis: The Samoan origins are currently being reassessed due to new scientific evidence and carbon dating findings from 2003 and onwards.


Premise: The fuse length could be set using height reported by whom?

Hypothesis: The HRF was soon joined by the Height/Fuse Indicator (HFI), this was marked with elevation angles and height lines overlaid with fuse length curves, using the height reported by the HRF operator, the necessary fuse length could be read off.


Premise: What lake reulted from completion of Aswan High Dam?

Hypothesis: The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1970 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt.


Premise: Who ordered the deportation of the residents of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR?

Hypothesis: The territory of the ASSR was divided between other administrative unit of Russian SFSR and the Georgian SSR.


Premise: What structure did the British build in the North Sea?

Hypothesis: Several in Berlin were some of the last buildings to fall to the Soviets during the Battle of Berlin in 1945.