Premise: What gaming tables can often be found in pubs?

Hypothesis: The term publican (in historical Roman usage a public contractor or tax farmer) has come into use since Victorian times to designate the pub landlord.


Premise: From what was the Tibetan language's script derived?

Hypothesis: Although spoken Tibetan varies according to the region, the written language, based on Classical Tibetan, is consistent throughout.


Premise: What is presumed to be written upon the Cascajal Block?

Hypothesis: The Olmec hieroglyphs tablet has been indirectly dated from ceramic shards found in the same context to approximately 900 BCE, around the time that Olmec occupation of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán began to wane.


Premise: When did the first mosque in Majuro open?

Hypothesis: Major religious groups in the Republic of the Marshall Islands include the United Church of Christ (formerly Congregational), with 51.5% of the population; the Assemblies of God, 24.2%; the Roman Catholic Church, 8.4%; and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), 8.3%; Also represented are Bukot Nan Jesus (also known as Assembly of God Part Two), 2.2%; Baptist, 1.0%; Seventh-day Adventists, 0.9%; Full Gospel, 0.7%; and the Baha'i Faith, 0.6%; Persons without any religious affiliation account for a very small percentage of the population.


Premise: When Malloy became president of Notre Dame what was the size of the endowment?

Hypothesis: He increased the faculty by more than 500 professors; the academic quality of the student body has improved dramatically, with the average SAT score rising from 1240 to 1360; the number of minority students more than doubled; the endowment grew from $350 million to more than $3 billion; the annual operating budget rose from $177 million to more than $650 million; and annual research funding improved from $15 million to more than $70 million.


Premise: What type of power did Fox think Burke was wrong about?

Hypothesis: When Parliament was debating the Quebec Bill for a constitution for Canada, Fox praised the revolution and criticised some of Burke's arguments, such as hereditary power.


Premise: What was the French term for philosophers in the period of Enlightenment?

Hypothesis: Some recent historians begin the period in the 1620s, with the start of the scientific revolution.


Premise: Why was the Chongqing Municipality formed?

Hypothesis: The new municipality was formed to spearhead China's effort to economically develop its western provinces, as well as to coordinate the resettlement of residents from the reservoir areas of the Three Gorges Dam project.


Premise: Who is the first official Burmese delegate to visit the white house following the 2010 elections in Burma ?

Hypothesis: The two leaders discussed to release more political prisoners, the institutionalisation of political reform and rule of law, and ending ethnic conflict in Myanmar—the two governments agreed to sign a bilateral trade and investment framework agreement on 21 May 2013.


Premise: What was the approximate cost to build the Emirates Airline Cable Car?

Hypothesis: Similar to the Santander Cycles bike hire scheme, the cable car is sponsored in a 10-year deal by the airline Emirates.


Premise: How many seats did Labour win in 2010?

Hypothesis: In the 2010 general election on 6 May that year, Labour with 29.0% of the vote won the second largest number of seats (258).


Premise: What are three of the bays named?

Hypothesis: Despite the small land mass, place names are repeated; there are, for example, two islands named Long Island, three bays named Long Bay (on Somerset, Main, and Cooper's islands), two Horseshoe Bays (one in Southampton, on the Main Island, the other at Morgan's Point, formerly Tucker's Island), there are two roads through cuttings called Khyber Pass (one in Warwick, the other in St. George's Parish), and St George's Town is located on St George's Island within St George's Parish (each known as St George's).


Premise: In what year were there 4,470 priests in the Dominican Order?

Hypothesis: By the year 2013 there were 6058 Dominican friars, including 4,470 priests.


Premise: Who started construction on the Gelati Monastery?

Hypothesis: In Tsromi the tesserae are still visible on the walls of the 7th-century church but only faint lines hint at the original scheme.


Premise: When were the Marshal Islands first settled?

Hypothesis: Over time, the Marshall Island people learned to navigate over long ocean distances by canoe using traditional stick charts.


Premise: Where is information provided to designate which character form to select?

Hypothesis: In this case, information can be provided within plain text to designate which alternate character form to select.


Premise: What is a common prize in a ladder match?

Hypothesis: The prizes include – but are not limited to any given championship belt (the traditional prize), a document granting the winner the right to a future title shot, or any document that matters to the wrestlers involved in the match (such as one granting the winner a cash prize).


Premise: How many number one DVD's has Queen released?

Hypothesis: The band have released a total of eighteen number one albums, eighteen number one singles, and ten number one DVDs worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists.


Premise: In what year was John Locke born?

Hypothesis: The "Radical Enlightenment" promoted the concept of separating church and state, an idea that often credited to English philosopher John Locke (1632–1704).


Premise: What was the MoD accused of doing to the public?

Hypothesis: This was confirmed by Sue Ellison, a representative of Porton Down who said that the results from these trials "will save lives, should the country or our forces face an attack by chemical and biological weapons."


Premise: What was the response to the idea of identifying people as biracial or multiracial?

Hypothesis: In the 1980s, parents of mixed-race children began to organize and lobby for the addition of a more inclusive term of racial designation that would reflect the heritage of their children.


Premise: What is the date that Cyrpus attained independence?

Hypothesis: On 16 August 1960, Cyprus attained independence after the Zürich and London Agreement between the United Kingdom, Greece and Turkey.


Premise: What is the most common reason people seek out alternative medicine?

Hypothesis: Pain is the most common reason for people to use complementary and alternative medicine.


Premise: In what borough is the National Tennis Center located?

Hypothesis: The annual United States Open Tennis Championships is one of the world's four Grand Slam tennis tournaments and is held at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens.


Premise: What is the premier basketball league?

Hypothesis: The most popular spectator sports in Israel are association football and basketball.


Premise: Who was the "architect earl"?

Hypothesis: The main block of this house followed Palladio's dictates quite closely, but Palladio's low, often detached, wings of farm buildings were elevated in significance.


Premise: What was the bureau's first task?

Hypothesis: The bureau's first official task was visiting and making surveys of the houses of prostitution in preparation for enforcing the "White Slave Traffic Act," or Mann Act, passed on June 25, 1910.


Premise: April 12, in the USSR, is what special day?

Hypothesis: " In 2011, it was declared the International Day of Human Space Flight by the United Nations.


Premise: How many MRAP vehicles has the Pentagon bought since 2007?

Hypothesis: The Oshkosh M-ATV will be kept the most at 5,681 vehicles, as it is smaller and lighter than other MRAPs for off-road mobility.


Premise: Despite its imperfection, what are now considered valuable achievements of Principia Mathematica?

Hypothesis: But beyond this somewhat ironic legacy, the book popularized modern mathematical logic and drew important connections between logic, epistemology, and metaphysics.


Premise: What is green a symbol of in China?

Hypothesis: In Europe and the U.S. green is sometimes associated with death (green has several seemingly contrary associations), sickness, or the devil, but in China its associations are very positive, as the symbol of fertility and happiness.


Premise: Does minority leader act solely to advance party objectives?

Hypothesis: For instance, a majority party riven by internal dissension, as occurred during the early 1900s when Progressive and "regular" Republicans were at loggerheads, may provide the minority leader with greater opportunities to achieve his or her priorities than if the majority party exhibited high degrees of party cohesion.


Premise: What is human phycology?

Hypothesis: Psychologists Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow introduced a positive, humanistic psychology in response to what they viewed as the overly pessimistic view of psychoanalysis in the early 1960s.


Premise: What is the longest standing alliance in the world?

Hypothesis: In 1373, Portugal made an alliance with England, which is the longest-standing alliance in the world.


Premise: What is special about Wutaishan Sports Center, from a historical perspective?

Hypothesis: There are two major sports centers in Nanjing, Wutaishan Sports Center and Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.


Premise: What name literally means "far-shooting?"

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


Premise: What was the lowest temperature ever recorded Charleston's city limit?

Hypothesis: Hurricanes are a major threat to the area during the summer and early fall, with several severe hurricanes hitting the area – most notably Hurricane Hugo on September 21, 1989 (a category 4 storm).


Premise: Who did the new deal programs benefit?

Hypothesis: North Carolina was hard hit by the Great Depression, but the New Deal programs of Franklin D. Roosevelt for cotton and tobacco significantly helped the farmers.


Premise: How long has the limited test system been operating?

Hypothesis: It consists of two separate satellite constellations – a limited test system that has been operating since 2000, and a full-scale global navigation system that is currently under construction.


Premise: What is the general materialistic view of an object?

Hypothesis: Each object is simply an inert clump of matter that is only externally related to other things.


Premise: What was the name of Columbia University's alumni association?

Hypothesis: Within months of beginning his tenure as the president of the university, Eisenhower was requested to advise U.S. Secretary of Defense James Forrestal on the unification of the armed services.


Premise: Who did CinemaScore ask for input on the film?

Hypothesis: Rotten Tomatoes sampled 274 reviews and judged 64% of the critiques to be positive, saying that the film "nudges Daniel Craig's rebooted Bond closer to the glorious, action-driven spectacle of earlier entries, although it's admittedly reliant on established 007 formula.


Premise: When did the FDA approve Enovid?

Hypothesis: Based on fundamental research performed by Gregory Pincus and synthetic methods for progesterone developed by Carl Djerassi at Syntex and by Frank Colton at G.D. Searle & Co., the first oral contraceptive, Enovid, was developed by E.D. Searle and Co. and approved by the FDA in 1960.


Premise: What did Beyoncé sing at President Obama's second inauguration?

Hypothesis: Beyoncé performed the American national anthem singing along with a pre-recorded track at President Obama's second inauguration in Washington, D.C.


Premise: What system used CP1251 encoding?

Hypothesis: Nevertheless, the spread of MS-DOS and OS/2 (IBM866), traditional Macintosh (ISO/IEC 8859-5) and Microsoft Windows (CP1251) created chaos and ended by establishing different encodings as de facto standards, with Windows-1251 becoming a de facto standard in Russian Internet and e-mail communication during the period of roughly 1995–2005.


Premise: When did youtube finally become available on the Playstation 4?

Hypothesis: In January 2009, YouTube launched "YouTube for TV", a version of the website tailored for set-top boxes and other TV-based media devices with web browsers, initially allowing its videos to be viewed on the PlayStation 3 and Wii video game consoles.


Premise: What nation was highly receptive to the new definition of this concept?

Hypothesis: The coinage gained universal acceptance in 1856, when German historian and philologist Georg Voigt used humanism to describe Renaissance humanism, the movement that flourished in the Italian Renaissance to revive classical learning, a use which won wide acceptance among historians in many nations, especially Italy.


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

Hypothesis: A second biotechnology district is being planned for the median strip on Frontage Road, on land cleared for the never-built Route 34 extension.


Premise: Who awarded a teaching license in European schools?

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


Premise: Tim Staffell left the band Smile in what year?

Hypothesis: In late 1970, after Staffell left to join the band Humpy Bong, the remaining Smile members, encouraged by Bulsara, changed their name to "Queen" and continued working together.


Premise: What ethnicity made up 15.9.% of San Diego's population in 2009?

Hypothesis: The racial makeup of San Diego was 45.1% White, 6.7% African American, 0.6% Native American, 15.9% Asian (5.9% Filipino, 2.7% Chinese, 2.5% Vietnamese, 1.3% Indian, 1.0% Korean, 0.7% Japanese, 0.4% Laotian, 0.3% Cambodian, 0.1% Thai).


Premise: What does MANPADS mean?

Hypothesis: The SAMs launched by individuals are known in the United States as the Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS).


Premise: Under whose rule was Carnival established in the 16th century?

Hypothesis: The tradition was likely established under Venetian rule around the 16th century.


Premise: What type of organism did Frank apply the term "symbiosis" to?

Hypothesis: In 1877 Albert Bernhard Frank used the word symbiosis (which previously had been used to depict people living together in community) to describe the mutualistic relationship in lichens.


Premise: What were the original boundaries?

Hypothesis: Its original boundaries were formed by the downtown streets of North, East, West and South streets.


Premise: In what region does Estonia hold one of the highest per capita income levels?

Hypothesis: Proximity to the Scandinavian markets, its location between the East and West, competitive cost structure and a highly skilled labour force have been the major Estonian comparative advantages in the beginning of the 2000s (decade).


Premise: Modern medicine indicates Chopin may have suffered from what condition?

Hypothesis: Chopin's health continued to deteriorate, particularly from this time onwards.


Premise: How did Wilson recruit more qualified police?

Hypothesis: O.W. Wilson, a student of Vollmer, helped reduce corruption and introduce professionalism in Wichita, Kansas, and later in the Chicago Police Department.


Premise: What makes San Diego the ideal city to commute via bike?

Hypothesis: Testament to San Diego's cycling efforts, in 2006, San Diego was rated as the best city for cycling for U.S. cities with a population over 1 million.


Premise: When did texts begin to appear solely in Romance?

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: Who is the Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee?

Hypothesis: Of course, separationists have opposed the Catholic Church when it has sought to tap into the public till to support its parochial schools or to argue for on-campus released time in the public schools.


Premise: What has caused serious financial damage?

Hypothesis: Several computer security consulting firms produce estimates of total worldwide losses attributable to virus and worm attacks and to hostile digital acts in general.


Premise: In what language were most books printed in the middle ages?

Hypothesis: Since then, Paris has been the centre of the French publishing industry, the home of some of the world's best-known writers and poets, and the setting for many classic works of French literature.


Premise: New York City has how many acres of land dedicated to parks?

Hypothesis: The largest municipal park in the city is Pelham Bay Park with 2,700 acres (1,093 ha).


Premise: What did Greece have the highest percentage increase in between 2005 and 2011?

Hypothesis: Currently, Greece is ranked third in the European Union in the production of marble (over 920,000 tons), after Italy and Spain.


Premise: What is the percentage of Muslims living in the Congo?

Hypothesis: According to CIA World Factbook, the people of Republic of the Congo are largely a mix of Catholics (33.1%), Awakening Lutherans (22.3%) and other Protestants (19.9%).


Premise: What the sub-group of cyborg anthropology very closely related to, in addition to STS?

Hypothesis: Cyborg anthropology originated as a sub-focus group within the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in 1993.


Premise: From where did Eisenhower get the idea of a White House Chief of Staff?

Hypothesis: Eisenhower formalized this role, introducing the office of White House Chief of Staff – an idea he borrowed from the United States Army.


Premise: Who wrote the paper "Whos Gay? Does It Matter?

Hypothesis: ", Ritch Savin-Williams proposes two different approaches to assessing sexual orientation until well positioned and psychometrically sound and tested definitions are developed that would allow research to reliably identify the prevalence, causes, and consequences of homosexuality.


Premise: Which organization spoke against the courts ruling?

Hypothesis: In June 2010, Viacom's lawsuit against Google was rejected in a summary judgment, with U.S. federal Judge Louis L. Stanton stating that Google was protected by provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.


Premise: Where is Oxford University?

Hypothesis: The Egypt and the Near East region besides Egypt includes Cyprus, Persia and Afghanistan but not Asia Minor (a separate region).


Premise: Classical music is rooted in what kind of tradition?

Hypothesis: Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.


Premise: Old Church Slavonic manuscripts were based on the local Slavic speech of what?

Hypothesis: Slavic linguistic unity was to some extent visible as late as Old Church Slavonic manuscripts which, though based on local Slavic speech of Thessaloniki, could still serve the purpose of the first common Slavic literary language.


Premise: What was George IV's original plan for the house?

Hypothesis: While the work was in progress, in 1826, the King decided to modify the house into a palace with the help of his architect John Nash.


Premise: What type of songs are in Confessions of a Dance floor?

Hypothesis: A change was noted in the content of the songs in Music, with most of them being simple love songs, but with an underlying tone of melancholy.


Premise: What dairy product is produced in the valley of Emmental?

Hypothesis: While some dishes such as fondue, raclette or rösti are omnipresent through the country, each region developed its own gastronomy according to the differences of climate and languages.


Premise: What production did the agricultural policy favor over industrial and cash crops?

Hypothesis: Mao’s self-reliance policy and the reduction in maritime trade cut off the lifelines of the port cities of Ningbo and Wenzhou.


Premise: What is Melbourne's highest temperature recorded?

Hypothesis: While snow is occasionally seen at higher elevations in the outskirts of the city, it has not been recorded in the Central Business District since 1986.


Premise: How many miles of uninterrupted coastline does Burma encompass?

Hypothesis: Burma has 1,930 km (1,200 mi) of contiguous coastline along the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to the southwest and the south, which forms one quarter of its total perimeter.


Premise: What is the maximum premissible current density in open air of copper?

Hypothesis: The softness of copper partly explains its high electrical conductivity (59.6×106 S/m) and thus also high thermal conductivity, which are the second highest (to silver) among pure metals at room temperature.


Premise: How many total terms can a president be elected for?

Hypothesis: The system of government can be described as "semi-presidential".


Premise: What pieces of his did Chopin use to teach his technique?

Hypothesis: He used them to teach his own technique of piano playing—for instance playing double thirds (Op.


Premise: Who starred in 'Savage'/

Hypothesis: Spielberg's debut full-length feature film was The Sugarland Express, about a married couple who are chased by police as the couple tries to regain custody of their baby.


Premise: Where did Kerry earn a Silver Star?

Hypothesis: Eight days later, on February 28, 1969, came the events for which Kerry was awarded his Silver Star Medal.


Premise: By how much in percent has the population of Detroit declined since 1950?

Hypothesis: The city has declined in population in each census since 1950.


Premise: Which former director defended UNFPA?

Hypothesis: Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), criticized the State Department investigation, saying the investigators were shown "Potemkin Villages" where residents had been intimidated into lying about the family-planning program.


Premise: What three things did the Windows Everywhere campaign emphasize on?

Hypothesis: On June 12, 2013 during game 1 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals, Microsoft premiered the first ad in its "Windows Everywhere" campaign, which promoted Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and the company's suite of online services as an interconnected platform.


Premise: What was the original name of Olin Business School?

Hypothesis: In 2002, an Executive MBA program was established in Shanghai, in cooperation with Fudan University.


Premise: Who thought being a concubine was better than being a wife?

Hypothesis: In many cases, taking a concubine was akin to a marriage.


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

Hypothesis: Like its predecessor, this iPod has engraved the signatures of the four members of the band on its back, but this one was the first time the company changed the colour of the metal (not silver but black).


Premise: What is the percentage of The Sun readers who are women?

Hypothesis: Approximately 41% of readers are women.


Premise: When was the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo created?

Hypothesis: The religion with most followers in Montevideo is Roman Catholicism and has been so since the foundation of the city.


Premise: What former King was not invited to the wedding?

Hypothesis: In post-war Britain, it was not acceptable for the Duke of Edinburgh's German relations, including his three surviving sisters, to be invited to the wedding.


Premise: On what does Palermo's economy rely?

Hypothesis: Even though the city still suffers from widespread corruption, inefficient bureaucracy and organized crime, the level of crime in Palermo's has gone down dramatically, unemployment has been decreasing and many new, profitable opportunities for growth (especially regarding tourism) have been introduced, making the city safer and better to live in.


Premise: Who is Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope?

Hypothesis: Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, former head of the Royal Navy, has said that "To put it simply, countries that aspire to strategic international influence have aircraft carriers".


Premise: During what years was the Aztec Empire conquered?

Hypothesis: When the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his soldiers conquered the Aztec Empire in 1519-1521, they discovered slowly that the Aztecs had another treasure beside silver and gold; they had the tiny cochineal, a parasitic scale insect which lived on cactus plants, which, when dried and crushed, made a magnificent red.


Premise: What are public universities not allowed to do?

Hypothesis: In the US, a prominent form of racial preferences relates to access to education, particularly admission to universities and other forms of higher education.


Premise: What was the process that removed the property requirement for the Roman military called?

Hypothesis: In process known as the Marian reforms, Roman consul Gaius Marius carried out a programme of reform of the Roman military.


Premise: What annelids are hermaphrodites?

Hypothesis: Oligochaetes are full hermaphrodites and produce a ring-like cocoon around their bodies, in which the eggs and hatchlings are nourished until they are ready to emerge.


Premise: What does the Constitution establish of all Eritrean languages?

Hypothesis: The nation has no official language, as the Constitution establishes the "equality of all Eritrean languages".


Premise: Which of Hayek's works did Thatcher produce at the Conservative Research Department?

Hypothesis: It was Hayek's The Constitution of Liberty.


Premise: What was the nobles guarantee that his throne would be inherited by his sons?

Hypothesis: King Władysław's quid pro quo for this boon was the nobles' guarantee that his throne would be inherited by one of his sons (who would be bound to honour the privileges theretofore granted to the nobility).


Premise: From what birds are chickens decended from ?

Hypothesis: Chickens are gregarious, omnivorous, ground-dwelling birds that in their natural surroundings search among the leaf litter for seeds, invertebrates, and other small animals.


Premise: What aspect ratio did the MUSE system use when demonstrated in 1981?

Hypothesis: Upon visiting a demonstration of MUSE in Washington, US President Ronald Reagan was impressed and officially declared it "a matter of national interest" to introduce HDTV to the US.


Premise: What was the grad rate in 2005?

Hypothesis: In 2005, Philadelphia had a district graduation rate of 52%.


Premise: Who thought that Melbourne saw Victoria as if she was his daughter?

Hypothesis: Charles Greville supposed that the widowed and childless Melbourne was "passionately fond of her as he might be of his daughter if he had one", and Victoria probably saw him as a father figure.


Premise: How much did Apple spend to advertise in a special post-election issue of Newsweek?

Hypothesis: Apple spent $2.5 million purchasing all 39 advertising pages in a special, post-election issue of Newsweek, and ran a "Test Drive a Macintosh" promotion, in which potential buyers with a credit card could take home a Macintosh for 24 hours and return it to a dealer afterwards.


Premise: The HVC-001 featured which kind of mod output?

Hypothesis: Video output connections varied from one model of the console to the next.


Premise: Which of Northwestern's alumni is notable for becoming The Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey?

Hypothesis: Among Northwestern's more notable alumni are U.S. Senator and presidential candidate George McGovern, Nobel Prize–winning economist George J. Stigler, Nobel Prize–winning novelist Saul Bellow, Pulitzer Prize–winning composer and diarist Ned Rorem, the much-decorated composer Howard Hanson, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Ali Babacan, the historian and novelist Wilma Dykeman, and the founder of the presidential prayer breakfast Abraham Vereide.


Premise: What is the name of Howard Dean's class at Yale?

Hypothesis: In 2009, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair picked Yale as one location – the others are Britain's Durham University and Universiti Teknologi Mara – for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation's United States Faith and Globalization Initiative.


Premise: In what year did Joseph I make his minister the Count of Oeiras?

Hypothesis: Following the earthquake, Joseph I gave his Prime Minister even more power, and Sebastião de Melo became a powerful, progressive dictator.


Premise: What was concluded about the construction?

Hypothesis: The chief engineer of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau said that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture.


Premise: How many hydroelectricity plants are larger than 10 GW?

Hypothesis: The average cost of electricity from a hydro plant larger than 10 megawatts is 3 to 5 U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour.


Premise: What did the literate segment of Greeks consider to be a part of their ethic lines ?

Hypothesis: The Greek speakers were the only ethnic group to actually call themselves Romioi, (as opposed to being so named by others) and, at least those educated, considered their ethnicity (genos) to be Hellenic.


Premise: In what decade did the Dutch diphthong lowering occur?

Hypothesis: The lowering of the diphthongs has long been current in many Dutch dialects, and is comparable to the English Great Vowel Shift, and the diphthongisation of long high vowels in Modern High German, which centuries earlier reached the state now found in Polder Dutch.


Premise: Who is in charge of releasing the World Directory of Medical Schools?

Hypothesis: Nowadays the YSMU is a Medical Institution corresponding to international requirements, trains medical staff for not only Armenia and neighbor countries, i.e. Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Georgia, but also many other leading countries all over the world.


Premise: According to Albert Baugh, what was the period in which Old English was used?

Hypothesis: Old English was not static, and its usage covered a period of 700 years, from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th century to the late 11th century, some time after the Norman invasion.


Premise: What framework did Dominic use in order to build his institution?

Hypothesis: The Rule of St. Augustine was an obvious choice for the Dominican Order, according to Dominic's successor, Jordan of Saxony, because it lent itself to the "salvation of souls through preaching".


Premise: When was Shiba Yoshimasa born?

Hypothesis: He should not scandalize his name forever by holding his one and only life too dear....


Premise: The Copper Canyon is deeper than what popular American canyon?

Hypothesis: The Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range, an extension of the Rocky Mountains, dominates the state's terrain and is home to the state's greatest attraction, Las Barrancas del Cobre, or Copper Canyon, a canyon system larger and deeper than the Grand Canyon.


Premise: How do digimon evolve?

Hypothesis: Some Digimon act feral.


Premise: What type of housing did the Han government provide to landless indebted peasants?

Hypothesis: The small landowner-cultivators formed the majority of the Han tax base; this revenue was threatened during the latter half of Eastern Han when many peasants fell into debt and were forced to work as farming tenants for wealthy landlords.


Premise: A World Property Journal report has ranked London as the most expensive office market in the world for how many consecutive years?

Hypothesis: London is the world's most expensive office market for the last three years according to world property journal (2015) report.


Premise: Where was the Roman abacus first used?

Hypothesis: The Roman abacus was used in Babylonia as early as 2400 BC.


Premise: What happens to the wages of adults?

Hypothesis: Some scholars[who?] suggest any labour by children aged 18 years or less is wrong since this encourages illiteracy, inhumane work and lower investment in human capital.


Premise: How do most MIs come about?

Hypothesis: Most MIs occur due to coronary artery disease.


Premise: What is current GDP estimated at?

Hypothesis: The state has about 25% of the national potential in this respect.


Premise: What is designing as it applies to built environments?

Hypothesis: Lighting design as it applies to the built environment is known as 'architectural lighting design'.


Premise: What network in Italy aired American Idol in season twelve?

Hypothesis: In the United Kingdom, episodes are aired one day after the U.S. broadcast on digital channel ITV2.


Premise: What can CD parameters be used as references for?

Hypothesis: Nevertheless, compression ratios are often published.


Premise: When was the Antikythera mechanism discovered?

Hypothesis: Devices of a level of complexity comparable to that of the Antikythera mechanism would not reappear until a thousand years later.


Premise: What famous writer has a house in Philadelphia?

Hypothesis: Philadelphia alone has 67 National Historic Landmarks, the third most of any city in the country.


Premise: Which Yale president assisted with New Haven's revitalization efforts?

Hypothesis: Yale has a complicated relationship with its home city; for example, thousands of students volunteer every year in a myriad of community organizations, but city officials, who decry Yale's exemption from local property taxes, have long pressed the university to do more to help.


Premise: How many of West's six albums have gone platinum?

Hypothesis: West's first six solo studio albums, all of which have gone platinum, have received numerous awards and critical acclaim.


Premise: West 132nd Street is interrupted by St. Nicholas Park and which college?

Hypothesis: The main portion of 132nd Street runs eastbound from Frederick Douglass Boulevard to northern end of Park Avenue where there is a southbound exit from/entrance to the Harlem River Drive.


Premise: What is the Tokugawa period also known as?

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


Premise: How long did the main tremor last?

Hypothesis: The epicenter was in Wenchuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, 80 km west/northwest of the provincial capital of Chengdu, with its main tremor occurring at 14:28:01.42 China Standard Time (06:28:01.42 UTC), on May 12, 2008 lasting for around 2 minutes, in the quake almost 80% of buildings were destroyed.


Premise: In 2014, other religions mad eup what percentage of the citys population?

Hypothesis: The same study says that other religions (including Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism) collectively make up about 10% of the population.


Premise: UCL Partners is the largest type of what facility in Europe?

Hypothesis: It is also a major centre for biomedical research, and three of the UK's five academic health science centres are based in the city – Imperial College Healthcare, King's Health Partners and UCL Partners (the largest such centre in Europe).


Premise: What is common in Romance languages?

Hypothesis: Prefixes are usually appended to verbs, for as in preveure ("foresee").


Premise: What does Article 371 say?

Hypothesis: Also one more aspect of Indian federalism is system of President's Rule in which the central government (through its appointed Governor) takes control of state's administration for certain months when no party can form a government in the state or there is violent disturbance in the state.


Premise: Who suppressed agermanats' uprising?

Hypothesis: The vicereine Germaine of Foix brutally repressed the uprising and its leaders, and this accelerated the authoritarian centralisation of the government of Charles I. Queen Germaine favoured harsh treatment of the agermanats.


Premise: What cannot see God itself?

Hypothesis: The contemplative then knows that God is, but she does not know what God is.


Premise: What doctrine was overturned by Mabo v Queensland establishing the concept of native title?

Hypothesis: In the case of indigenous Australians, unlike with the Māori of New Zealand, no treaty was ever entered into with the indigenous peoples entitling the Europeans to land ownership, under the doctrine of terra nullius (later overturned by Mabo v Queensland, establishing the concept of native title well after colonization was already a fait accompli).


Premise: What let to the assimilation of Baltic and Slavic populations?

Hypothesis: Massive German settlement led to the assimilation of Baltic (Old Prussians) and Slavic (Wends) populations, who were exhausted by previous warfare.


Premise: Who did Ethiopians support in World War II?

Hypothesis: He laid claim to both territories in a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Paris Peace Conference and at the First Session of the United Nations.


Premise: What do we get an extra hour of because we set the clocks forward?

Hypothesis: Typically, regions with summer time adjust clocks forward one hour close to the start of spring and adjust them backward in the autumn to standard time.


Premise: What are some of the negative experiences that peer pressure can influence during adolescence?

Hypothesis: Peers can have negative influences, such as encouraging experimentation with drugs, drinking, vandalism, and stealing through peer pressure.


Premise: Although the schedule in Israel became predictable after 2005, there were still problems in Windows until Israel adjusted DST to what calendar in 2013?

Hypothesis: For example, before 2005, DST in Israel varied each year and was skipped some years.


Premise: Where were the BMI awards held in 2011?

Hypothesis: At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, which Katy Perry presented to Brian May. Queen closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions".


Premise: What year did this ruling happen?

Hypothesis: In 2008, the High Court in South Africa ruled that Chinese South Africans who were residents during the apartheid era (and their descendants) are to be reclassified as "Black people," solely for the purposes of accessing affirmative action benefits, because they were also "disadvantaged" by racial discrimination.


Premise: When a new apex predator moves into an area this changes.

Hypothesis: Organisms that feed on autotrophs, the producers of the trophic pyramid, are known as herbivores or primary consumers; those that feed on heterotrophs such as animals are known as secondary consumers.


Premise: What did Arsenal consider the yellow and blue colors to be after losing a FA Cup final wearing red and white?

Hypothesis: Arsenal reached the FA Cup final again the following year wearing the red and white home strip and were beaten by Leeds United.


Premise: Towards which social topic did the Cubists  at the Salon d'Automne creat contrevesy towards?

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


Premise: Who was the creator of antibiotic?

Hypothesis: In 1910, Paul Ehrlich developed the first antibiotic, by changing dyes that selectively stained Treponema pallidum — the spirochaete that causes syphilis — into compounds that selectively killed the pathogen.


Premise: What is a requirement for being considered a member of Jehovah's Witnesses?

Hypothesis: Baptism is a requirement for being considered a member of Jehovah's Witnesses.


Premise: What language is the exception?

Hypothesis: Catalan has inherited the typical vowel system of Vulgar Latin, with seven stressed phonemes: /a ɛ e i ɔ o u/, a common feature in Western Romance, except Spanish.


Premise: What was Oklahoma cities gross metropolitan product in 2009?

Hypothesis: Its gross metropolitan product was $43.1 billion in 2005 and grew to $61.1 billion in 2009.


Premise: Who had more power during times of war than the raadspensionaris?

Hypothesis: In fact, there was an eighth province, the County of Drenthe, but this area was so poor it was exempt from paying federal taxes and as a consequence was denied representation in the States General.


Premise: What tenet of sharia did Gaddafi believe was incompatible with socialism?

Hypothesis: With preceding legal institutions abolished, Gaddafi envisioned the Jamahiriya as following the Qur'an for legal guidance, adopting sharia law; he proclaimed "man-made" laws unnatural and dictatorial, only permitting Allah's law.


Premise: What medical product does Punjab manufacture?

Hypothesis: Despite the lack of a coastline, Punjab is the most industrialised province of Pakistan; its manufacturing industries produce textiles, sports goods, heavy machinery, electrical appliances, surgical instruments, vehicles, auto parts, metals, sugar mill plants, aircraft, cement, agricultural machinery, bicycles and rickshaws, floor coverings, and processed foods.


Premise: When was Russia renamed the Russian Federation?

Hypothesis: This name and "Russia" were specified as the official state names in the April 21, 1992 amendment to the existing constitution and were retained as such in the 1993 Constitution of Russia.


Premise: Where is Camp Lejeune located?

Hypothesis: Also stationed in North Carolina is the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in Southport.


Premise: Coupled with British quick reactions what cause operational capacity hard to achieve?

Hypothesis: Moreover, the British had anticipated the change in strategy and dispersed its production facilities making them less vulnerable to a concentrated attack.


Premise: What type of baptism do Baptists conduct?

Hypothesis: Baptist churches are widely considered to be Protestant churches, though some Baptists disavow this identity.


Premise: What animals were not vulnerable to the mongoose?

Hypothesis: In other cases, such as mongooses in Hawaii, the introduction is deliberate but ineffective (nocturnal rats were not vulnerable to the diurnal mongoose).


Premise: Which American president pursued Villa?

Hypothesis: After nearly a year of pursuing Villa, American forces returned to the United States.


Premise: Starting this season, how many episodes of Idol aired every week?

Hypothesis: Changes this season include only airing one episode a week during the final ten.


Premise: Which recording types were effected by the imposed industry standards?

Hypothesis: The NAB, among other items, issued recording standards in 1949 for laterally and vertically cut records, principally transcriptions.


Premise: What were the key white hate groups targeted?

Hypothesis: The remaining 15% of COINTELPRO resources were expended to marginalize and subvert white hate groups, including the Ku Klux Klan and the National States' Rights Party.


Premise: What currency is Swaziland bound to?

Hypothesis: Swaziland is not poor enough to merit an IMF program; however, the country is struggling to reduce the size of the civil service and control costs at public enterprises.


Premise: What game was key to the SNES's success?

Hypothesis: Donkey Kong Country is said to have helped establish the SNES's market prominence in the latter years of the 16-bit generation, and for a time, maintain against the PlayStation and Saturn.


Premise: How many people died in the rioting over divisions of Bengal and Punjab?

Hypothesis: Along with the desire for independence, tensions between Hindus and Muslims had also been developing over the years.


Premise: How many awards did Beyoncé win at the 46th Grammy's Awards?

Hypothesis: both reached the top-five.


Premise: When did the 3.7-inch HAA gun become preferred?

Hypothesis: Britain had successful tested a new HAA gun, 3.6-inch, in 1918.


Premise: What besides the individual patient is targeted when antibiotics is being used?

Hypothesis: Safety profiles of newer drugs are often not as well established as for those that have a long history of use.


Premise: Has breeding changed the original characterictics of the animals ?

Hypothesis: Selective breeding for fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility took place over the centuries, and modern breeds often look very different from their wild ancestors.


Premise: What is a flammeum?

Hypothesis: Romans wore togas with red stripes on holidays, and the bride at a wedding wore a red shawl, called a flammeum.


Premise: What are some characters not originally intended for Unicode?

Hypothesis: Among the characters not originally intended for Unicode are rarely used Kanji or Chinese characters, many of which are part of personal and place names, making them rarely used, but much more essential than envisioned in the original architecture of Unicode.


Premise: On what month and day did the Silver Dart take its first flight?

Hypothesis: On February 23, 1909, Bell was present as the Silver Dart flown by J.A.D. McCurdy from the frozen ice of Bras d'Or, made the first aircraft flight in Canada.


Premise: What's the abbreviation for immersion silver plating?

Hypothesis: Other platings used are OSP (organic surface protectant), immersion silver (IAg), immersion tin, electroless nickel with immersion gold coating (ENIG), electroless nickel electroless palladium immersion gold (ENEPIG) and direct gold plating (over nickel).


Premise: Which country has been ranked highest the most number of times?

Hypothesis: Norway has been ranked the highest twelve times, Canada eight times, followed by Japan which has been ranked highest three times.


Premise: What arts does Liberia have a rich history of?

Hypothesis: One of the most well-known Liberian quilters was Martha Ann Ricks, who presented a quilt featuring the famed Liberian coffee tree to Queen Victoria in 1892.


Premise: What had some of the failed predictions of Jehovah's Witnesses been presented as?

Hypothesis: Some failed predictions had been presented as "beyond doubt" or "approved by God".


Premise: What sitcom did the Archie Bunker character feature in?

Hypothesis: The traditional New York area accent is characterized as non-rhotic, so that the sound [ɹ] does not appear at the end of a syllable or immediately before a consonant; hence the pronunciation of the city name as "New Yawk.


Premise: What is one country in the geographic area that was affected by the development of the Gothic style of architecture?

Hypothesis: From the 10th to the 13th century, Romanesque architecture had become a pan-European style and manner of construction, affecting buildings in countries as far apart as Ireland, Croatia, Sweden and Sicily.


Premise: What does a deistic God not do?

Hypothesis: Deism holds that God is wholly transcendent: God exists, but does not intervene in the world beyond what was necessary to create it.


Premise: Each party must have done what in order for the treaty to come into effect?

Hypothesis: The signatures of the parties' representatives follow at the very end.


Premise: Who asked Burke for more "very refreshing mental food"?

Hypothesis: In November 1790, François-Louis-Thibault de Menonville, a member of the National Assembly of France, wrote to Burke, praising Reflections and requesting more "very refreshing mental food" that he could publish.


Premise: An exchange of people between Greece and Turkey took place under what agreement?

Hypothesis: The resultant Greek exodus from Asia Minor was made permanent, and expanded, in an official Population exchange between Greece and Turkey.


Premise: What did Romulus offer to Jupiter in the first Roman Triumph?

Hypothesis: He founded the Consualia festival, inviting the neighbouring Sabines to participate; the ensuing rape of the Sabine women by Romulus's men further embedded both violence and cultural assimilation in Rome's myth of origins.


Premise: What earthquake happened in southern Sichuan?

Hypothesis: Panzhihua earthquake for details.)


Premise: The relationship between an albatross and a sailor is the central theme of what book?

Hypothesis: The relationship between an albatross and a sailor is the central theme of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which led to the use of the term as a metaphor for a 'burden'.


Premise: What factors sustained the beliefs in gods according to Varro?

Hypothesis: For Varro - well versed in Euhemerus' theory - popular religious observance was based on a necessary fiction; what the people believed was not itself the truth, but their observance led them to as much higher truth as their limited capacity could deal with.


Premise: What's the Dutch word for "money"?

Hypothesis: no difference between "held" (hero) and "geld" (money).


Premise: What is the danger to humans in regards to the spread of avian flu to humans ?

Hypothesis: In general, avian influenza is a disease of birds caused by bird-specific influenza A virus that is not normally transferred to people; however, people in contact with live poultry are at the greatest risk of becoming infected with the virus and this is of particular concern in areas such as Southeast Asia, where the disease is endemic in the wild bird population and domestic poultry can become infected.


Premise: Why were flights delayed and diverted?

Hypothesis: One SilkAir flight was diverted and landed in Kunming as a result.


Premise: When was the Mann Act passed?

Hypothesis: The bureau's first official task was visiting and making surveys of the houses of prostitution in preparation for enforcing the "White Slave Traffic Act," or Mann Act, passed on June 25, 1910.


Premise: When was Gaddafi's son by Fatiha al-Nuri born?

Hypothesis: Gaddafi married his first wife, Fatiha al-Nuri, in 1969.


Premise: What year can BYU's origin be traced to with a building called Cluff Hall?

Hypothesis: Said Young about his vision: "I hope to see an Academy established in Provo... at which the children of the Latter-day Saints can receive a good education unmixed with the pernicious atheistic influences that are found in so many of the higher schools of the country."


Premise: Along with the New Orleans VooDoo, Kansas City Brigade, Philadelphia Soul and Georgia Force, what former team returned for the 2011 season?

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 other government officials are subject to judgments of Brazil's highest court?

Hypothesis: It also judges, in original jurisdiction, cases involving members of congress, senators, ministers of state, members of the high courts and the President and Vice-President of the Republic.


Premise: Who's basic work in the area of coral reefs did the Royal Society's investigations follow?

Hypothesis: The boreholes on Funafuti, at the site now called Darwin's Drill, are the result of drilling conducted by the Royal Society of London for the purpose of investigating the formation of coral reefs to determine whether traces of shallow water organisms could be found at depth in the coral of Pacific atolls.


Premise: What type of capacitors can generate soft x-rays?

Hypothesis: High voltage vacuum capacitors can generate soft X-rays even during normal operation.


Premise: Which part of the Auto-Sembly manufacturing process is the most costly?

Hypothesis: This method of assembly is called through-hole construction.


Premise: What is the term for a ship's cargo manager?

Hypothesis: In the later 1890s and into first decade of the 20th century, structural changes occurred in the operation of the Pacific trading companies; they moved from a practice of having traders resident on each island to instead becoming a business operation where the supercargo (the cargo manager of a trading ship) would deal directly with the islanders when a ship visited an island.


Premise: Which candidate won the unanimous vote for vice presidency?

Hypothesis: All ten electors in the state cast ballots for John Edwards for vice president (John Edwards's name was spelled correctly on all ballots for vice president).


Premise: What overhelming percent of Australians voted for the 1967 Referendum?

Hypothesis: Holt also called the 1967 Referendum which removed the discriminatory clause in the Australian Constitution which excluded Aboriginal Australians from being counted in the census – the referendum was one of the few to be overwhelmingly endorsed by the Australian electorate (over 90% voted 'yes').


Premise: How many planets were the Sumerians aware of?

Hypothesis: The Sumerians were among the first astronomers, mapping the stars into sets of constellations, many of which survived in the zodiac and were also recognized by the ancient Greeks.


Premise: Ann Arbor has been linked with which university?

Hypothesis: Since the university's establishment in the city in 1837, the histories of the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor have been closely linked.


Premise: What event formed a crater in Saaremaa?

Hypothesis: According to the legend in the chronicle Tharapita was born on a forested mountain in Virumaa (Latin: Vironia), mainland Estonia from where he flew to Oesel, Saaremaa The name Taarapita has been interpreted as "Taara, help!"/"Thor, help!"


Premise: What ruler's death in 323 BC marks the beginning of the Hellenistic period?

Hypothesis: The Hellenistic period covers the period of ancient Greek (Hellenic) history and Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the subsequent conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year.


Premise: Who can individuals derive precedence from?

Hypothesis: As a general rule, individuals can derive precedence from their fathers or husbands, but not from their mothers or wives (see order of precedence in England and Wales for the exact positions).


Premise: what was the name of the ship that was a temporary fishing facility?

Hypothesis: This fire was devastating to the island because fishing is a mainstay of the economy.


Premise: What is used to light the flame on the Olympic Torch?

Hypothesis: The Torch is designed in reference to the traditional Chinese concept of the 5 elements that make up the entire universe.


Premise: What institute provides education in art, design, and media?

Hypothesis: In 2010, there were 245 museums in Estonia whose combined collections contain more than 10 million objects.


Premise: When is it damaging?

Hypothesis: Hydrogen is highly soluble in many rare earth and transition metals and is soluble in both nanocrystalline and amorphous metals.


Premise: Why did this occur?

Hypothesis: The error arose because two bills of the same title had originated from the house.


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

Hypothesis: In August and September 1871, she was seriously ill with an abscess in her arm, which Joseph Lister successfully lanced and treated with his new antiseptic carbolic acid spray.


Premise: What is the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System?

Hypothesis: It consists of two separate satellite constellations – a limited test system that has been operating since 2000, and a full-scale global navigation system that is currently under construction.


Premise: What is the overall population of Mexico City in 2008?

Hypothesis: Nonetheless, the annual rate of growth of the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City is much lower than that of other large urban agglomerations in Mexico, a phenomenon most likely attributable to the environmental policy of decentralization.


Premise: In which year did NBC Sports secure an extension of six years with the Premier League?

Hypothesis: The Premier League is broadcast in the United States through NBC Sports.


Premise: When was the new east wing built?

Hypothesis: Between 1847 and 1850, when Blore was building the new east wing, the Brighton Pavilion was once again plundered of its fittings.


Premise: In what year did Fascist Italy achieve full control of Somalia?

Hypothesis: After a quarter of a century of holding the British at bay, the Dervishes were finally defeated in 1920, when Britain for the first time in Africa used airplanes to bomb the Dervish capital of Taleex.


Premise: Burke's unfinished letter to Arthur Young became part of what publication?

Hypothesis: These fragments were inserted into the memorandum after his death and published posthumously in 1800 as, Thoughts and Details on Scarcity.


Premise: What worsened the situation at the end of 2012?

Hypothesis: Additionally, difficult weather conditions resulted in the delay of drilling during mid-2012 and the already dire situation was exacerbated by the "Kulluk" incident at the end of the year.


Premise: Why did Bermuda join CARICOM?

Hypothesis: Other nearby nations or territories, such as the United States, are not members (although the US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has observer status, and the United States Virgin Islands announced in 2007 they would seek ties with CARICOM).


Premise: What did members of the debate team get for their service?

Hypothesis: In addition, with late 19th-century concerns about the impact of modern life on the human body, athletics offered hope that neither the individual nor the society was coming apart.


Premise: What are the four sights in Buddhism?

Hypothesis: These experiences prompted Gautama to abandon royal life and take up a spiritual quest.


Premise: Who was the host of the gathering where Frédéric was introduced to George Sand?

Hypothesis: Sand, in a letter to Grzymała of June 1838, admitted strong feelings for the composer and debated whether to abandon a current affair in order to begin a relationship with Chopin; she asked Grzymała to assess Chopin's relationship with Maria Wodzińska, without realising that the affair, at least from Maria's side, was over.


Premise: What is a slow smooth rate of movement of faults called?

Hypothesis: These faults also tend to move at a smooth rate in what is termed "fault creep", which further reduces the risk of an earthquake.


Premise: How large is the Marshall Islands shark sanctuary in square miles?

Hypothesis: This is the world's largest shark sanctuary, extending the worldwide ocean area in which sharks are protected from 2,700,000 to 4,600,000 square kilometres (1,042,000 to 1,776,000 sq mi).


Premise: What did Feynman investigate while working on quantum gravity?

Hypothesis: After the success of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman turned to quantum gravity.


Premise: What problem results when rising temperatures decays power?

Hypothesis: As more effort is devoted to investigating this method, multi-color LEDs should have profound influence on the fundamental method that we use to produce and control light color.


Premise: Who did Gorbachev make First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party in 1988?

Hypothesis: He instead sacked the Communist Party Leaders in both Republics – on May 21, 1988, Kamran Baghirov was replaced by Abdulrahman Vezirov as First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party.


Premise: What museum is known for its display of French art of the 19th century?

Hypothesis: The Musée d'Orsay, in the former Orsay railway station, was the third-most visited museum in the city in 2014; it displays French art of the 19th century, including major collections of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.


Premise: A tragedy typically involved what subject matter?

Hypothesis: Greek drama exemplifies the earliest form of drama of which we have substantial knowledge.


Premise: How many Knights are in The Order?

Hypothesis: Although the Order of the British Empire has by far the highest number of members of the British Orders of Chivalry, with over 100,000 living members worldwide, there are fewer appointments to knighthoods than in other orders.


Premise: What seperates Tajikistan and Pakistan?

Hypothesis: Traditional homelands of Tajik people included present-day Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.


Premise: As a result of what war were many new temples built by victorious generals?

Hypothesis: The Roman triumph was at its core a religious procession in which the victorious general displayed his piety and his willingness to serve the public good by dedicating a portion of his spoils to the gods, especially Jupiter, who embodied just rule.


Premise: Where is the main base for the Tajikistan air force?

Hypothesis: It is now the main base of the Tajikistan air force.


Premise: In 2004, the novel as been picked by how many communities for citywide reading programs more than any other book?

Hypothesis: David Kipen of the National Endowment of the Arts, who supervised The Big Read, states "people just seem to connect with it.


Premise: What was spray pained on the properties of Christians who left the area?

Hypothesis: The term Nasara rose to prominence in July 2014, after the Fall of Mosul to the terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.


Premise: Multi-color LEDs offer what else besides the formation of white light?

Hypothesis: Multi-color LEDs offer not merely another means to form white light but a new means to form light of different colors.


Premise: What is a mission of EUCLID as it relates to signatory nations?

Hypothesis: The European University Institute, a post-graduate university specialised in the social sciences, is officially an intergovernmental organisation, set up by the member states of the European Union.


Premise: What type of war was caused by the clash of two generals?

Hypothesis: The internal unrest reached its most serious state, however, in the two civil wars that were caused by the clash between generals Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla starting from 88 BC.


Premise: What is hoped will strengthen the Tuvalu coast against sea level rise?

Hypothesis: The project of the Japan International Cooperation Agency is designed to increase the resilience of the Tuvalu coast against sea level rise through ecosystem rehabilitation and regeneration and through support for sand production.


Premise: Where do Afro-Spaniards come from?

Hypothesis: They today mainly come from Angola, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal.


Premise: What department store has the most success in Jiangsu Province?

Hypothesis: For example, INTIME department store has the biggest market presence in Zhejiang province, while Jinying department stores dominate Jiangsu Province.


Premise: When was the Guggenheim built?

Hypothesis: The tenth museum, the Museum for African Art, joined the ensemble in 2009, however its Museum at 110th Street, the first new museum constructed on the Mile since the Guggenheim in 1959, opened in late 2012.


Premise: What kingdom was Guinea-Bissau once part of?

Hypothesis: Upon independence, declared in 1973 and recognised in 1974, the name of its capital, Bissau, was added to the country's name to prevent confusion with Guinea (formerly French Guinea).


Premise: When was the first Papal prounouncement against Freemasonry made?

Hypothesis: The first was Pope Clement XII's In eminenti apostolatus, 28 April 1738; the most recent was Pope Leo XIII's Ab apostolici, 15 October 1890.


Premise: Who was the Democratic candidate for president in 1960?

Hypothesis: Eisenhower, who was the oldest president in history at that time (then 70), was succeeded by the youngest elected president, as Kennedy was 43.


Premise: What teaching style did Milton Winternitz develop?

Hypothesis: He established the "Yale System" of teaching, with few lectures and fewer exams, and strengthened the full-time faculty system; he also created the graduate-level Yale School of Nursing and the Psychiatry Department, and built numerous new buildings.


Premise: What two positions did Nasser assume?

Hypothesis: Nasser was forced to acquiesce, but delayed Naguib's reinstatement until 4 March, allowing him to promote Amer to Commander of the Armed Forces—a position formerly occupied by Naguib.


Premise: Who presented a method for specifying a group by means of generators and relations?

Hypothesis: The theory of Lie groups, and more generally locally compact groups was studied by Hermann Weyl, Élie Cartan and many others.


Premise: What party did  Lithuania's Communist Party break apart from?

Hypothesis: On December 7, 1989, the Communist Party of Lithuania under the leadership of Algirdas Brazauskas, split from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and abandoned its claim to have a constitutional "leading role" in politics.


Premise: Which park interrupts 8th and 9th Street at Avenue B?

Hypothesis: 8th and 9th Streets run parallel to each other, beginning at Avenue D, interrupted by Tompkins Square Park at Avenue B, resuming at Avenue A and continuing to Sixth Avenue.


Premise: In addition to Russia, the Sixth Coalition consisted of forces from which two nations?

Hypothesis: In 1813, Prussia and Austria joined Russian forces in a Sixth Coalition against France.


Premise: What was Somalias largest ISP in 2009?

Hypothesis: It was at the time the only provider of dial up services in Somalia's south-central regions.


Premise: When was the high tide of the Cultural Revolution?

Hypothesis: During the Cultural Revolution (1966–76), Zhejiang was in chaos and disunity, and its economy was stagnant, especially during the high tide (1966–69) of the revolution.


Premise: What did Eastern European people want to do with communism?

Hypothesis: This example fueled a limited experiment with democracy in Poland, which quickly led to the toppling of the Communist government in Warsaw that summer – which in turn sparked uprisings that overthrew communism in the other five Warsaw Pact countries before the end of 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell.


Premise: What happened to home equity when housing prices decreased?

Hypothesis: Countrywide, sued by California Attorney General Jerry Brown for "unfair business practices" and "false advertising" was making high cost mortgages "to homeowners with weak credit, adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) that allowed homeowners to make interest-only payments".


Premise: Why were many children employed?

Hypothesis: Another reason many Indian children were hired was because they lack knowledge of their basic rights, they did not cause trouble or complain, and they were often more trustworthy.


Premise: Where can one find the Limkoking University of Creative Technology?

Hypothesis: A campus of Limkokwing University of Creative Technology can be found at Sidvwashini, a suburb of the capital Mbabane.


Premise: Who designed the Supermarine Spitfire?

Hypothesis: The Supermarine Spitfire was designed and developed in Southampton, evolving from the Schneider trophy-winning seaplanes of the 1920s and 1930s.


Premise: When was the state run Nehru Government Engineering College started?

Hypothesis: Further, state-run Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College started in 2006 at Sundernagar.


Premise: What are Islamic schools also known as?

Hypothesis: It was the theological interpretation championed by those such as al-Razi which eventually came to predominate in the madrasahs.


Premise: What were PVA troops told to do when planes flew by?

Hypothesis: During daylight activity or marching, soldiers were to remain motionless if an aircraft appeared, until it flew away; PVA officers were under order to shoot security violators.


Premise: What did Great Britain control?

Hypothesis: Finally, for King Leopold (ruled from 1865–1909), there was the large “piece of that great African cake” known as the Congo, which, unfortunately for the native Congolese, became his personal fiefdom to do with as he pleased in Central Africa.


Premise: To what party did Russell and Palmerston belong?

Hypothesis: Victoria complained to Russell that Palmerston sent official dispatches to foreign leaders without her knowledge, but Palmerston was retained in office and continued to act on his own initiative, despite her repeated remonstrances.


Premise: What is the plant expression of circadian rhythm?

Hypothesis: Plant circadian rhythms tell the plant what season it is and when to flower for the best chance of attracting pollinators.


Premise: What were the Pan-Slavic colors originally?

Hypothesis: Initially these were the colors of the Russian flag; as the Slavic movement grew, they were adopted by other Slavic peoples including Slovaks, Slovenes, and Serbs.


Premise: In 1960, what group made up 16.45% of Tennessee's population?

Hypothesis: By 1960 African Americans comprised 16.45% of the state's population.


Premise: What genre of music are Nirvana and Soundgarden?

Hypothesis: Seattle is considered the home of grunge music, having produced artists such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Mudhoney, all of whom reached international audiences in the early 1990s.


Premise: Who estimated the Russian population was 90 million fewer than it could have been in 1945?

Hypothesis: The first half of the 20th century in Russia and the Soviet Union was marked by a succession of wars, famines and other disasters, each accompanied by large-scale population losses.


Premise: How many winter days reach freezing in Seattle?

Hypothesis: Winters are cool and wet with December, the coolest month, averaging 40.6 °F (4.8 °C), with 28 annual days with lows that reach the freezing mark, and 2.0 days where the temperature stays at or below freezing all day; the temperature rarely lowers to 20 °F (−7 °C).


Premise: What team plays its home games at Weston Mill?

Hypothesis: Plymouth is home to Plymouth Argyle F.C., who play in the fourth tier of English football league known as Football League Two.


Premise: Where did Geoffrey W.A. Dummer work at?

Hypothesis: The idea of the integrated circuit was first conceived by a radar scientist working for the Royal Radar Establishment of the Ministry of Defence, Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.


Premise: What team did the Cincinnati Red Stockings become?

Hypothesis: The Cincinnati Red Stockings are the oldest professional baseball team, dating back to 1869.


Premise: Who was the first President of the Somali Republic?

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


Premise: When did Prince Albert die?

Hypothesis: Eventually, public opinion forced the Queen to return to London, though even then she preferred to live elsewhere whenever possible.


Premise: What suggests that memory has two different components?

Hypothesis: Some neuroscientists and psychologists mistakenly equate the concept of engram and memory, broadly conceiving all persisting after-effects of experiences as memory; others argue against this notion that memory does not exist until it is revealed in behavior or thought (Moscovitch 2007).


Premise: Who said that Kanye West effectively led a new wave of artists that weren't only interested in rapping about gunplay or drug dealing?

Hypothesis: According to Ben Detrick of XXL magazine, West effectively led a new wave of artists, including Kid Cudi, Wale, Lupe Fiasco, Kidz in the Hall, and Drake, who lacked the interest or ability to rap about gunplay or drug-dealing.


Premise: What organization is responsible for building and operating the Delhi Metro system?

Hypothesis: The Delhi Metro, a mass rapid transit system built and operated by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), serves many parts of Delhi and the neighbouring cities Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad.


Premise: What animal was found, through DNA testing, to pre-date the arrival of humans to the archipelago?

Hypothesis: Recently through genetic DNA studies, scientists have discovered that a species of turtle, the diamondback terrapin, previously thought to have been introduced, pre-dated the arrival of humans in the archipelago.


Premise: What document declares supreme power for the people?

Hypothesis: The people exercise their supreme power of the state on the elections of the Riigikogu through citizens who have the right to vote.


Premise: The Shambhala Music Festival was dedicated to what?

Hypothesis: Numerous live performance events dedicated to house music were founded during the course of the decade, including Shambhala Music Festival and major industry sponsored events like Miami's Winter Music Conference.


Premise: Francisco Franco was himself a Galician from which city?

Hypothesis: Franco's centralizing regime suppressed any official use of the Galician language, including the use of Galician names for newborns, although its everyday oral use was not forbidden.


Premise: Which two companies were involved in the "War of the Speeds"?

Hypothesis: The commercial rivalry between RCA Victor and Columbia Records led to RCA Victor's introduction of what it had intended to be a competing vinyl format, the 7-inch (175 mm) 45 rpm disc.


Premise: How does La Liga sell its broadcasting rights?

Hypothesis: The Premier League sells its television rights on a collective basis.


Premise: What was the name of Victoria's King Charles Spaniel?

Hypothesis: Her mother was extremely protective, and Victoria was raised largely isolated from other children under the so-called "Kensington System", an elaborate set of rules and protocols devised by the Duchess and her ambitious and domineering comptroller, Sir John Conroy, who was rumoured to be the Duchess's lover.


Premise: What is the most widely known event in Swazi culture?

Hypothesis: The royal family appoints a commoner maiden to be "induna" (captain) of the girls and she announces over the radio the dates of the ceremony.


Premise: What were the net profits of the Premier League in 2013-14?

Hypothesis: In 2013–14, due to improved television revenues and cost controls, the Premier League had net profits in excess of £78 million, exceeding all other football leagues.


Premise: What year was the reconstruction of the solis theater completed?

Hypothesis: In 1998, the government of Montevideo started a major reconstruction of the theatre, which included two US$110,000 columns designed by Philippe Starck.


Premise: When was the new east wing built?

Hypothesis: The Yellow Drawing Room has wallpaper supplied in 1817 for the Brighton Saloon, and a chimney piece which is a European vision of how the Chinese chimney piece may appear.


Premise: After King Ferdinand died, who remained under Spanish rule?

Hypothesis: After the death of the king Ferdinand VII, in 1833, only Cuba and Puerto Rico remained under Spanish rule, until the Spanish–American War in 1898.


Premise: What happened to Novgorod when Kievan Rus began to decline?

Hypothesis: Since then Novgorod enjoyed a wide degree of autonomy although being closely associated with the Kievan Rus.


Premise: What other discipline was combined with phonology by the generativists?

Hypothesis: An important consequence of the influence SPE had on phonological theory was the downplaying of the syllable and the emphasis on segments.


Premise: What were CD's originally created to store?

Hypothesis: Audio CDs and audio CD players have been commercially available since October 1982.


Premise: Who investigated the efficiency of high-brightness LED at Cardiff University in 1995?

Hypothesis: In 1995, Alberto Barbieri at the Cardiff University Laboratory (GB) investigated the efficiency and reliability of high-brightness LEDs and demonstrated a "transparent contact" LED using indium tin oxide (ITO) on (AlGaInP/GaAs).


Premise: How many justices make up the Philippines Supreme Court?

Hypothesis: While the Philippines is generally considered a civil law nation, its Supreme Court is heavily modelled after the American Supreme Court.


Premise: Who was the character Dill modeled after?

Hypothesis: She and Capote made up and acted out stories they wrote on an old Underwood typewriter Lee's father gave them.


Premise: The 10NES would reset the system how often?

Hypothesis: Many of the most frequent attempts to fix this problem instead ran the risk of damaging the cartridge and/or system.[citation needed]


Premise: What is the minimum number of members that must support a nominee to parliament in Swaziland?

Hypothesis: If he or she accepts it, he or she must be supported by at least ten members of that chiefdom.


Premise: What years was the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia decorated with mosaics?

Hypothesis: The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia was decorated with mosaics of high artistic quality in 425–430.


Premise: How many seats of the uninominal elections did the PRD get in the 2006 elections?

Hypothesis: In the 2006 elections leftist PRD got the absolute majority in the direct uninominal elections, securing 34 of the 40 FPP seats.


Premise: How are Freemasons invited to join a lodge?

Hypothesis: Candidates for Freemasonry will have met most active members of the Lodge they are joining before they are initiated.


Premise: How many members are in the Knesset?

Hypothesis: Israel is governed by a 120-member parliament, known as the Knesset.


Premise: How many miles does the average student at Notre Dame travel to study there?

Hypothesis: The university practices a non-restrictive early action policy that allows admitted students to consider admission to Notre Dame as well as any other colleges to which they were accepted.


Premise: What to the migrating birds usually follow?

Hypothesis: These routes typically follow mountain ranges or coastlines, sometimes rivers, and may take advantage of updrafts and other wind patterns or avoid geographical barriers such as large stretches of open water.


Premise: What was produced to inspire people on the assembly line to work harder?

Hypothesis: The gun became so important to the British war effort that they even produced a movie, The Gun, that encouraged workers on the assembly line to work harder.


Premise: What scan format is also included in MBAFF?

Hypothesis: (According to some reports, a mooted 750-line (720p) format (720 progressively scanned lines) was viewed by some at the ITU as an enhanced television format rather than a true HDTV format, and so was not included, although 1920×1080i and 1280×720p systems for a range of frame and field rates were defined by several US SMPTE standards.)


Premise: How many permanent Tibetan people live in Chengdu?

Hypothesis: Thus, significant minorities of Tibetan, Yi, Qiang and Nakhi people reside in the western portion that are impacted by inclement weather and natural disasters, environmentally fragile, and impoverished.


Premise: What committee estimated that 60 days of attacks would result in 600,000 deaths?

Hypothesis: By 1938 experts generally expected that Germany would attempt to drop as much as 3,500 tonnes in the first 24 hours of war and average 700 tonnes a day for several weeks.


Premise: What was New Jersey Transit called before?

Hypothesis: It was formerly used by the Milwaukee Road from Harlowton, Montana to Seattle-Tacoma, across the Continental Divide and including extensive branch and loop lines in Montana, and by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (now New Jersey Transit, converted to 25 kV AC) in the United States, and the Kolkata suburban railway (Bardhaman Main Line) in India, before it was converted to 25 kV 50 Hz AC.


Premise: Which two languages were the most dominant languages of scientific and literary publications?

Hypothesis: French and Latin were the dominant languages of publication, but there was also a steady demand for material in German and Dutch.


Premise: When did human rights for Aboriginal people begin to improve?

Hypothesis: During this period many Aboriginal activists began to embrace the term "black" and use their ancestry as a source of pride.


Premise: What percentage of the population was below the poverty line?

Hypothesis: About 23.1% of families and 25.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.6% of those under age 18 and 16.8% of those age 65 or over.


Premise: Who won the 1980 US Presidential Elections after President Carter's repeated failed attempts to resolve the US Iranian Embassy situation?

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


Premise: How tall is the City Hall?

Hypothesis: The 548 ft (167 m)


Premise: Safavid Iran peaked during whose reign?

Hypothesis: The Safavid Era peaked in the reign of Abbas the Great, 1587–1629, surpassing their Ottoman arch rivals in strength, and making the empire a leading hub in Western Eurasia for the sciences and arts.


Premise: What does Kermes vermilio eat to survive?

Hypothesis: The insects live on the sap of certain trees, especially Kermes oak trees near the Mediterranean region.


Premise: In 1650, settlers from what colony moved in to Albemarie Sound?

Hypothesis: As early as 1650, settlers from the Virginia colony moved into the area of Albemarle Sound.


Premise: Was the emperor able to reject an opinion that was made by the court conference?

Hypothesis: If the emperor rejected a court conference decision, he risked alienating his high ministers.


Premise: When did the freighter Nightingale run aground?

Hypothesis: Nightingale Island has no fresh water, so the penguins were transported to Tristan da Cunha for cleaning.


Premise: What is the typical operating current for high-power LEDs?

Hypothesis: Practical general lighting needs high-power LEDs, of one watt or more.


Premise: Through what act would Roman and German customs become intertwine?

Hypothesis: In Roman-held territories with Germanic populations, the Germanic and Roman peoples intermarried, and Roman, Germanic, and Christian traditions intermingled.


Premise: What brewing company produced the beer Millennium?

Hypothesis: Samuel Adams reached 20% abv with Millennium, and then surpassed that amount to 25.6% abv with Utopias.


Premise: How old are rock drawings in Valcamonica?

Hypothesis: The rock drawings in Valcamonica are more than 5000 years old; more than 200,000 drawings and etchings have been identified at the site.


Premise: What outcome surprised the Germans the following day?

Hypothesis: Frossard had abandoned his position on the heights.


Premise: What number describes the percentage of Russian Estonians?

Hypothesis: Thirteen of Estonia's 15 counties are over 80% ethnic Estonian, the most homogeneous being Hiiumaa, where Estonians account for 98.4% of the population.


Premise: What year did they begin to migrate to Izmir?

Hypothesis: Beginning several centuries ago, during the period of the Ottoman Empire, tens of thousands of Black Africans were brought by slave traders to plantations and agricultural areas situated between Antalya and Istanbul in present-day Turkey.


Premise: Where did Queen Victoria reside?

Hypothesis: Charles Greville supposed that the widowed and childless Melbourne was "passionately fond of her as he might be of his daughter if he had one", and Victoria probably saw him as a father figure.


Premise: Who was excluded?

Hypothesis: American University economist George Ayittey accused the Arab government of Sudan of practicing acts of racism against black citizens.


Premise: Who brought Catholicism into New Mexico?

Hypothesis: In the late 1800s, Presbyterian missionaries established a presence in what is now northern New Mexico.


Premise: What emerging economies did the U.S. borrow money from between 1996 and 2004 to finance its imports?

Hypothesis: These were mainly the emerging economies in Asia and oil-exporting nations.


Premise: During the Protestant Reformation, the Church of England (Anglicans) separated from who?

Hypothesis: During the Protestant Reformation, the Church of England (Anglicans) separated from the Roman Catholic Church.


Premise: In what group is Tuvalu involved?

Hypothesis: Tuvalu participates in the work of Secretariat of the Pacific Community, or SPC (sometimes Pacific Community) and is a member of the Pacific Islands Forum, the Commonwealth of Nations and the United Nations.


Premise: Which political leaders spoke out against the proposed designations?

Hypothesis: Some African-American organizations and political leaders, such as Senator Diane Watson and Representative Augustus Hawkins, were particularly vocal in their rejection of the category.


Premise: Who was well known for important works of traditional blugrass?

Hypothesis: Chris Thile of California is a well-known player, and has accomplished many feats of traditional bluegrass, classical, contemporary pop and rock; the band Nickel Creek featured his playing in its blend of traditional and pop styles, and he now plays in his band Punch Brothers.


Premise: In what state's supreme court was State v. Santiago decided?

Hypothesis: While the bill repealing capital punishment in Connecticut was not retroactive, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in 2015 in State v. Santiago that the legislature's decision to prospectively abolish capital punishment rendered it an offense to "evolving standards of decency," thus commuting the sentences of the 11 men remaining on death row to life in prison without parole.


Premise: What is considered to be the end game of Gaius Gracchus?

Hypothesis: Gaius Gracchus' ultimate goal was to weaken the senate and to strengthen the democratic forces.


Premise: When did Strasbourg accept Protestantism?

Hypothesis: His efforts were countered by the Roman Catholic Habsburgs who tried to eradicate heresy in Upper Alsace.


Premise: Who supplied assistance to the Chinese military?

Hypothesis: The Japanese continued to push the Chinese forces back, capturing the capital Nanking in December 1937 and committed which was known as Nanking Massacre.


Premise: When was the Tang Dynasty?

Hypothesis: The earliest, colloquial stratum is traced to the Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE); the second colloquial one comes from the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420 - 589 CE); the third stratum of pronunciations (typically literary ones) comes from the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) and is based on the prestige dialect of Chang'an (modern day Xi'an), its capital.


Premise: What was the value of the U.S. dollar no longer anchored to?

Hypothesis: The Federal Reserve, however, continued to increase the money supply, resulting in stagflation and a rapidly declining value of the U.S. dollar in the 1970s.


Premise: What does NESA stand for?

Hypothesis: The Directorate of Intelligence, one of four directorates into which the CIA is divided, includes the Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis (NESA).


Premise: Landside, where can filming take place?

Hypothesis: Landside, filming can take place in all public areas.


Premise: What film previously held the UK record for highest first week opening gross?

Hypothesis: The film also broke the record for the best per-screen opening average with $110,000, a record previously held by The Dark Knight with $100,200.


Premise: Who was the founder of the Arena Football League?

Hypothesis: It was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster, making it the third longest-running professional football league in North America, after the Canadian Football League and the National Football League.


Premise: What is an alternative name for Sixth Avenue?

Hypothesis: This segment runs in the Mount Morris Historical District and crosses portions of Lenox Avenue (Sixth Avenue), Seventh Avenue, Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue), and Manhattan Avenue.


Premise: What Gran Turismo game was shown in 2007 but not released until after 2007?

Hypothesis: They also showed off a number of titles that were set for release in 2008 and 2009; most notably Killzone 2, Infamous, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, LittleBigPlanet and SOCOM:


Premise: In what former industrial facility is the Richmond National Battlefield Park Visitors Center located?

Hypothesis: As the primary former Capital of the Confederate States of America, Richmond is home to many museums and battlefields of the American Civil War.


Premise: Portugese and British troops fought against the invasion of which country?

Hypothesis: Portuguese and their allied British troops fought against the French Invasion of Portugal and by 1815 the situation in Europe had cooled down sufficiently that João VI would have been able to return safely to Lisbon.


Premise: Where was Spielberg honored on Dec 3, 2006?

Hypothesis: The tribute to Spielberg featured a short, filmed biography narrated by Tom Hanks and included thank-yous from World War II veterans for Saving Private Ryan, as well as a performance of the finale to Leonard Bernstein's Candide, conducted by John Williams (Spielberg's frequent composer).[citation needed]


Premise: What company did this partnership purchase?

Hypothesis: Storecast Corporation of America, a product placement supermarket specialist marketing firm, was purchased by American Cable in 1965.


Premise: Who's art collection was the reason the Museo Tamayo opened?

Hypothesis: The Museo Tamayo was opened in the mid-1980s to house the collection of international contemporary art donated by famed Mexican (born in the state of Oaxaca) painter Rufino Tamayo.


Premise: What "ices" makes up Neptune?

Hypothesis: However, its interior, like that of Uranus, is primarily composed of ices and rock, and hence Uranus and Neptune are normally considered "ice giants" to emphasise this distinction.


Premise: What happened since 1997?

Hypothesis: Since the 1997 referendums in Scotland and Wales and the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, three of the four constituent countries of the UK now have some level of autonomy.


Premise: Who was Frédéric a guest of during his stay in Berlin in 1829?

Hypothesis: On an 1829 return trip to Berlin, he was a guest of Prince Antoni Radziwiłł, governor of the Grand Duchy of Posen—himself an accomplished composer and aspiring cellist.


Premise: What is summoned by the Desfile de Llamadas parade?

Hypothesis: The main attractions of Uruguayan Carnival include two colorful parades called Desfile de Carnaval (Carnival Parade) and Desfile de Llamadas (Calls Parade, a candombe-summoning parade).


Premise: Why are the buildings so shoddily built?

Hypothesis: One local was quoted in the article as saying that "the supervising agencies did not check to see if it met the national standards."


Premise: Who spoke to the media about China's lack of freedom of speech?

Hypothesis: Among them was Jane Birkin, who spoke to the media about the "lack of freedom of speech" in China.


Premise: Which territory did France control?

Hypothesis: By 1883, France was in full control of the region and had reached the Chinese border.


Premise: What organ did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart play on?

Hypothesis: The Neo-Gothic church Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux Catholique (there is also an adjacent church Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux Protestant) serves as a shrine for several 15th-century wood worked and painted altars coming from other, now destroyed churches and installed there for public display.


Premise: When was the Compagnies Republicaines de Securite formed?

Hypothesis: Its headquarters is on Place Louis Lépine on the Île de la Cité.


Premise: During which decade was assention by commission discontinued?

Hypothesis: " The granting of assent by the monarch in person, or by commission, is still possible, but this third form is used on a day-to-day basis.


Premise: How do you predict the clinical result?

Hypothesis: These findings are based on laboratory studies, and in clinical settings have also been shown to eliminate bacterial infection.


Premise: In what way can an MCU be characterized?

Hypothesis: All parties call the MCU, or the MCU can also call the parties which are going to participate, in sequence.


Premise: Who listed Yale as one of the most beautiful campuses in the United States?

Hypothesis: In 2011, Travel+Leisure listed the Yale campus as one of the most beautiful in the United States.


Premise: Who comprises the invisible church?

Hypothesis: Protestants reject the Roman Catholic Church's doctrine that it is the one true church, believing in the invisible church, which consists of all who profess faith in Jesus Christ.


Premise: What type of study does the European University Institute focus on?

Hypothesis: EUCLID (Pôle Universitaire Euclide, Euclid University) is chartered as a university and umbrella organisation dedicated to sustainable development in signatory countries, and the United Nations University engages in efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are of concern to the United Nations, its peoples and member states.


Premise: When was Principles of Phonology published?

Hypothesis: One of its leading members was Prince Nikolai Trubetzkoy, whose Grundzüge der Phonologie (Principles of Phonology), published posthumously in 1939, is among the most important works in the field from this period.


Premise: The Mahasanghikas argued that the Sthaviras were trying to expand what?

Hypothesis: The Dipavamsa of the Theravāda says that the losing party in the Second Council dispute broke away in protest and formed the Mahasanghika.


Premise: Birds live on how many continents?

Hypothesis: Several families of birds have adapted to life both on the world's oceans and in them, with some seabird species coming ashore only to breed and some penguins have been recorded diving up to 300 metres (980 ft).


Premise: Which ideas had little criticism for the most part?

Hypothesis: The necessity and inerrancy were well-established ideas, garnering little criticism, though they later came under debate from outside during the Enlightenment.


Premise: How many of the buildings in Beichuan collapsed?

Hypothesis: In Beichuan County, 80% of the buildings collapsed according to Xinhua News.


Premise: Who does space superiority ensure freedom of action in space for?

Hypothesis: Space superiority provides freedom of action in space for friendly forces and, when directed, denies the same freedom to the adversary.


Premise: With whom did Hayek more frequently converse?

Hypothesis: In his unpublished autobiographical notes, Hayek recalled a division between him and his younger brothers who were only few years younger than him, but he believed that they were somehow of a different generation.


Premise: Why did Mustafa A.G. Abushagur not become prime minister?

Hypothesis: Following his defeat in the civil war, Gaddafi's system of governance was dismantled and replaced under the interim government of the NTC, who legalised trade unions and freedom of the press.


Premise: What is the most common of the special matches?

Hypothesis: The most common of these is the ladder match.


Premise: Ebreo is an Italian word derivation of what word?

Hypothesis: The German word "Jude" is pronounced [ˈjuːdə], the corresponding adjective "jüdisch" [ˈjyːdɪʃ] (Jewish) is the origin of the word "Yiddish".


Premise: How much of the Bronx speaks English at home?

Hypothesis: As of 2010, 46.29% (584,463) of Bronx residents aged five and older spoke Spanish at home, while 44.02% (555,767) spoke English, 2.48% (31,361) African languages, 0.91% (11,455) French, 0.90% (11,355) Italian, 0.87% (10,946) various Indic languages, 0.70% (8,836) other Indo-European languages, and Chinese was spoken at home by 0.50% (6,610) of the population over the age of five.


Premise: How long ago did Tuscan have their first visitors?

Hypothesis: Tucson was probably first visited by Paleo-Indians, known to have been in southern Arizona about 12,000 years ago.


Premise: Who was the last monarch to use the royal assent in 1708?

Hypothesis: The last Stuart monarch, Anne, similarly withheld on 11 March 1708, on the advice of her ministers, her assent from a bill for the settling of Militia in Scotland.


Premise: When did the co-operation between Chinese nationalist forces and communists end?

Hypothesis: However, its policies of brutality toward the Chinese population, of not yielding any real power to these regimes, and of supporting several rival governments failed to make any of them a viable alternative to the Nationalist government led by Chiang Kai-shek.


Premise: What was the hit off Steppenwolf's self-titled debut lp?

Hypothesis: San Francisco band Blue Cheer released a crude and distorted cover of Eddie Cochran's classic "Summertime Blues", from their 1968 debut album Vincebus Eruptum, that outlined much of the later hard rock and heavy metal sound.


Premise: What percentage of total waste can be attributed to paper?

Hypothesis: Americans also use on the order of 16 billion paper cups per year.


Premise: What did people who became ill with beri-beri have as their main food source?

Hypothesis: A dramatic example of the effect of food processing on a population's health is the history of epidemics of beri-beri in people subsisting on polished rice.


Premise: What professor was retired in a 2003 labor strike?

Hypothesis: In a 2003 strike, however, the university claimed that more union employees were working than striking.


Premise: What did John Maynard Keynes want to separate?

Hypothesis: Following World War II, Milton Friedman created the concept of monetarism.


Premise: What kind of derivation in Catalan is similar to other languages?

Hypothesis: Many times, several affixes are appended to a preexisting lexeme, and some sound alternations can occur, for example elèctric [əˈlɛktrik] ("electrical") vs. electricitat [ələktrisiˈtat].


Premise: What do the Vilanovins mock the media friendly Carnivals as being about?

Hypothesis: It is best known for Les Comparses (held on Sunday), a tumultuous dance in which 12,000 or more dancers organized into rival groups throw 75 tons of hard candies at one other.


Premise: What did CBS call ARC after buying it?

Hypothesis: ARC was renamed Columbia Recording Corporation.


Premise: Under the reign of who did the Ottoman empire control much of Southeastern Europe?

Hypothesis: At the beginning of the 17th century the empire contained 32 provinces and numerous vassal states.


Premise: What stigma do correctional officers have to deal with?

Hypothesis: In her analysis Tracy uses the example of correctional officers trying to shake the stigma of "glorified maids" (Tracy & Tretheway 2005).


Premise: Yale University also contains a historical site within it campus, the name of it?

Hypothesis: The Old Campus of Yale University is located next to the Green, and includes Connecticut Hall, Yale's oldest building and a National Historic Landmark.


Premise: Which family of birds are neither migratory or sedentary but considered to be dispersive, irruptive or nomadic?

Hypothesis: Some species may also be nomadic, holding no fixed territory and moving according to weather and food availability.