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104,300 | Where did Chopin go in the spring of 1848? This tour was suggested to him by his Scottish pupil Jane Stirling and her elder sister. |
104,301 | What was the gross primary enrollment rate for males? In 1998, the gross primary enrollment rate was 53.5%, with higher enrollment ratio for males (67.7%) compared to females (40%). |
104,302 | What are the four formal characteristics that are usually connected with Cubism? Though there are many points of intersection between Cubism and architecture, only a few direct links between them can be drawn. |
104,303 | Which word has been connected to Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala, India? The Syriac term Nasrani (Nazarene) has also been attached to the Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala, India. |
104,304 | How is the Faraday constant determined? The Faraday constant F is the charge of one mole of electrons, equal to the Avogadro constant NA multiplied by the elementary charge e. It can be determined by careful electrolysis experiments, measuring the amount of silver dissolved from an electrode in a given time and for a given electric current. |
104,305 | Who flew to the earthquake area 90 minutes after it hit? However, due to the rough terrain and close proximity of the quake's epicenter, the soldiers found it very difficult to get help to the rural regions of the province. |
104,306 | Who was Charles Evans Hughes? Even Charles Evans Hughes, a Chief Justice of the United States, believed “you must have administration, and you must have administration by administrative officers. |
104,307 | What are the origins of western schools? This is similar to the Western world, in which universities began as institutions of the Catholic church. |
104,308 | During what years was the Duke of Wellington at Eton? Wellington was at Eton from 1781 to 1784 and was to send his sons there. |
104,309 | What do the locals call The Vine? One of these is The Vine, known locally as The Bull and Bladder, in Brierley Hill near Birmingham, another the Cock at Broom, Bedfordshire a series of small rooms served drinks and food by waiting staff. |
104,310 | What is a cost of flocking? This has led to the development of many mixed-species feeding flocks, which are usually composed of small numbers of many species; these flocks provide safety in numbers but increase potential competition for resources. |
104,311 | What was forbidden in all provinces? Every other province had the freedom to regulate the religious question as it wished, although the Union stated every person should be free in the choice of personal religion and that no person should be prosecuted based on religious choice. |
104,312 | Where does Himachal Pradesh rank in per capita? Himachal now ranks fourth in respect of per capita income among the states of the Indian Union. |
104,313 | What has to be compressed in order to perform properly? If the data to be compressed is analog (such as a voltage that varies with time), quantization is employed to digitize it into numbers (normally integers). |
104,314 | Where did anti-terrorist fighting take place? Operations have taken place mostly in the Sulu Archipelago, where terrorists and other groups are active. |
104,315 | How long does it take, at the least, for a student to be eligible for the title of Chartered? Overall it takes a minimum of seven years before an architecture student can seek chartered status. |
104,316 | The dead of what war were the first to be commemorated by the Virginia War Memorial? Dedicated in 1956, the Virginia War Memorial is located on Belvedere overlooking the river, and is a monument to Virginians who died in battle in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War. |
104,317 | What is the permanence of hunter-gatherer settlements? Mobile communities typically construct shelters using impermanent building materials, or they may use natural rock shelters, where they are available. |
104,318 | What's the Dutch word for "money"? As a result, when West Flemish try to talk Standard Dutch, they're often unable to pronounce the g-sound, and pronounce it similar to the h-sound. |
104,319 | On what street in Southampton is the police headquarters for the city? The building, located on Southern Road, opened in 2011 and is near to Southampton Central railway station. |
104,320 | How do most birds mate? Most birds are highly adapted for rapid digestion to aid with flight. |
104,321 | Name another road they responsible for. Within Galicia are the Autopista AP-9 from Ferrol to Vigo and the Autopista AP-53 (also known as AG-53, because it was initially built by the Xunta de Galicia) from Santiago to Ourense. |
104,322 | What is the main focus of the Marshall Islands' economy? With few natural resources, the islands' wealth is based on a service economy, as well as some fishing and agriculture; aid from the United States represents a large percentage of the islands' gross domestic product. |
104,323 | In what month and year was Roper v. Simmons decided? The Court, considering the case Roper v. Simmons in March 2005, found the execution of juvenile offenders unconstitutional by a 5–4 margin, effectively raising the minimum permissible age to 18. |
104,324 | What replaced the long-abolished Greater London Council in 2000? The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986, which left London as the only large metropolis in the world without a central administration. |
104,325 | What defined the US dollar? A new Spanish dollar was usually about 377 grains in weight, and so the new U.S. dollar was at a slight discount in relation to the Spanish dollar. |
104,326 | Why do birds migrate? Migration is marked by its annual seasonality. Non-migratory birds are said to be resident or sedentary. |
104,327 | What was the name of the 2009 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court awarded relief to New Haven firefighters against the city of New Haven? In April 2009, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a suit over reverse discrimination brought by 20 white and Hispanic firefighters against the city. |
104,328 | What newspaper did the Echo Boys sell? It also prints the Evening Echo, which for decades has been connected to the Echo Boys, who were poor and often homeless children who sold the newspaper. |
104,329 | What are both ecological and evolutionary definition modifiers of? Although the concept of population is central to ecology, evolutionary biology and conservation biology, most definitions of population rely on qualitative descriptions such as "a group of organisms of the same species occupying a particular space at a particular time" Waples and Gaggiotti identify two broad types of definitions for populations; those that fall into an ecological paradigm, and those that fall into an evolutionary paradigm. |
104,330 | What did Peter I found on the Baltic Sea? Ruling from 1682 to 1725, Peter defeated Sweden in the Great Northern War, forcing it to cede West Karelia and Ingria (two regions lost by Russia in the Time of Troubles), as well as Estland and Livland, securing Russia's access to the sea and sea trade. |
104,331 | Which two seas have been most central to Greek history? Greek colonies and communities have been historically established on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, but the Greek people have always been centered around the Aegean and Ionian seas, where the Greek language has been spoken since the Bronze Age. |
104,332 | What's Arnold Schwarzenegger's birth date? He served two terms as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011. |
104,333 | Who granted Cork's charter? The city's charter was granted by Prince John, as Lord of Ireland, in 1185. |
104,334 | What is an aerially accessible open space that includes at least one active surface such as a runway or a helipad? An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals. |
104,335 | What do all commonly used video compression methods use? Today, nearly all commonly used video compression methods (e.g., those in standards approved by the ITU-T or ISO) apply a discrete cosine transform (DCT) for spatial redundancy reduction. |
104,336 | What years were the railroad challenged by Chief Sitting Bull? These clashes, in part, contributed to the Panic of 1873 which delayed construction of the railroad into Montana. |
104,337 | Who led the American Idol band between seasons four and nine? From season four to season nine, the American Idol band was led by Rickey Minor; from season ten onwards, Ray Chew. |
104,338 | What social group grew as a result of the industrial revolution? This urbanized social group, sharing a culture of consumption and changing fashion, was the catalyst for the retail revolution. |
104,339 | How many people watched the 2011 MTV Music Awards? Her appearance helped that year's MTV Video Music Awards become the most-watched broadcast in MTV history, pulling in 12.4 million viewers; the announcement was listed in Guinness World Records for "most tweets per second recorded for a single event" on Twitter, receiving 8,868 tweets per second and "Beyonce pregnant" was the most Googled term the week of August 29, 2011. |
104,340 | Under the control of whose army was Galicia under during this war? Galicia was spared the worst of the fighting in that war: it was one of the areas where the initial coup attempt at the outset of the war was successful, and it remained in Nationalist (Franco's army's) hands throughout the war. |
104,341 | What event precipitated the Carnival starting in Haiti? Carnival in Haiti started in 1804 in the capital Port-au-Prince after the declaration of independence. |
104,342 | True aspirated consonants have been found in Kelabit Taa and what else? True aspirated voiced consonants, as opposed to murmured (breathy-voice) consonants such as the [bʱ], [dʱ], [ɡʱ] that are common in the languages of India, are extremely rare. |
104,343 | What are the minorities that live in eastern deserts of Egypt? There are also tribal Beja communities concentrated in the south-eastern-most corner of the country, and a number of Dom clans mostly in the Nile Delta and Faiyum who are progressively becoming assimilated as urbanisation increases. |
104,344 | What is the protection of information systems? It includes controlling physical access to the hardware, as well as protecting against harm that may come via network access, data and code injection, and due to malpractice by operators, whether intentional, accidental, or due to them being tricked into deviating from secure procedures. |
104,345 | What year did Alexis Bouvard publish relevant astronomical tables? Adams continued to work in 1845–46 and produced several different estimates of a new planet. |
104,346 | The Rajasthan economy is largely composed of what type of industries? Rajasthan is also the biggest wool-producing state in India and the main opium producer and consumer. |
104,347 | When did inhaled corticosteroids and short acting beta agonist start being used? Epinephrine was first referred to in the treatment of asthma in 1905. |
104,348 | Can illegal pinning methods result in being disqualified? Even if it is noticed, it is rare for such an attempt to result in a disqualification (see below), and instead it simply results in nullification of the pin attempt, so the heel wrestler rarely has anything to lose for trying it, anyway. |
104,349 | Aside from bombers, what aid did Eisenhower provide to the French? Eisenhower did provide France with bombers and non-combat personnel. |
104,350 | What religion did Arabs bring to Egypt? Sasanian War of 602–628 during which they established a new short-lived province for ten years known as Sasanian Egypt, until 639–42, when Egypt was invaded and conquered by the Islamic Empire by the Muslim Arabs. |
104,351 | What percent of families fall below the poverty line? 21.4% of the population and 16.0% of families are below the poverty line. |
104,352 | What was affected by the increasing use at Marvel of crossover stories between comic characters? Marvel earned a great deal of money and recognition during the comic book boom of the early 1990s, launching the successful 2099 line of comics set in the future (Spider-Man 2099, etc.) and the creatively daring though commercially unsuccessful Razorline imprint of superhero comics created by novelist and filmmaker Clive Barker. |
104,353 | Music from what two decades is notably featured on the soft AC format? Soft AC, which has never minded keeping songs in high rotation literally for years in some cases, does not appear necessarily to be facing similar pressures to expand its format. |
104,354 | What affects overall health status? Nutritional status affects overall health status, work performance potential, and the overall potential for economic development (either in terms of human development or traditional western models) for any given group of people. |
104,355 | Who was the famous astronomer that Avicenna met before he left Khwarezm? Various texts (such as the 'Ahd with Bahmanyar) show that he debated philosophical points with the greatest scholars of the time. |
104,356 | Which Amiibo figure makes Link lose more health when attacked? Special bundles of the game contain a Wolf Link Amiibo figurine, which unlocks a Wii U-exclusive dungeon called the "Cave of Shadows" and can carry data over to the upcoming 2016 Zelda game. |
104,357 | What two groups are annelids traditionally divided among? In turn the clitellates were divided into oligochaetes, which include earthworms, and hirudinomorphs, whose best-known members are leeches. |
104,358 | What was the outcome of the Battle of Manzikert for the Seljuk Turks? To escape death or servitude at the hands of those who had assassinated his relative, Gagik II, King of Ani, an Armenian named Roupen, went with some of his countrymen into the gorges of the Taurus Mountains and then into Tarsus of Cilicia. |
104,359 | What unpopular philosopher's text did Avicenna learn from? Abu Abdullah Nateli, who claimed philosophizing. |
104,360 | How many nominations did Beyoncé receive at the 52nd Grammy Awards ceremony? At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, Beyoncé received ten nominations, including Album of the Year for I Am... |
104,361 | Where is Adams ring from the center of Neptune? Neptune has a planetary ring system, though one much less substantial than that of Saturn. |
104,362 | What blows the glass bulbs into their characteristic shape? A continuous ribbon of glass is passed along a conveyor belt, heated in a furnace, and then blown by precisely aligned air nozzles through holes in the conveyor belt into molds. |
104,363 | What are the names of the Conservative synagogues in Richmond? Along with such religious congregations, there are a variety of other Jewish charitable, educational and social service institutions, each serving the Jewish and general communities. |
104,364 | What type of locomotive technology was to be developed by GE under its Ecoimagination program? The announcement prompted an op-ed piece in The New York Times to observe that, "while General Electric's increased emphasis on clean technology will probably result in improved products and benefit its bottom line, Mr. Immelt's credibility as a spokesman on national environmental policy is fatally flawed because of his company's intransigence in cleaning up its own toxic legacy." |
104,365 | What is this method commonly referred to as? This method is commonly referred to as perceptual coding. |
104,366 | Where were the sexual slave women mostly from? Some 35 Dutch comfort women brought a successful case before the Batavia Military Tribunal in 1948. |
104,367 | Saadia Gaon identified Ashkenaz with the Saquliba or what territories? His contemporary Saadia Gaon identified Ashkenaz with the Saquliba or Slavic territories, and such usage covered also the lands of tribes neighboring the Slavs, and Eastern and Central Europe. |
104,368 | What does UGR stand for? The Unified Glare Rating (UGR), the Visual Comfort Probability, and the Daylight Glare Index are some of the most well-known methods of measurement. |
104,369 | In what city was the headquarters of the US Occupation Zone located? He had no responsibility for the other three zones, controlled by Britain, France and the Soviet Union, except for the city of Berlin, which was managed by the Four-Power Authorities through the Allied Kommandatura as the governing body. |
104,370 | Who popularized ideas emphasizing the centrality of genes in evolution? Related ideas emphasizing the centrality of genes in evolution were popularized by Richard Dawkins. |
104,371 | How many private colleges does Israel have? The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University are ranked among the world's top 100 universities by Times Higher Education magazine. |
104,372 | Who released the 12 inch LP? 33 1⁄3 rpm microgroove record album was introduced by the Columbia Record Company at a New York press conference on June 18, 1948. |
104,373 | What three titles were part of the darker, grimmer Marvel Knights comics? In 1996, Marvel had some of its titles participate in "Heroes Reborn", a crossover that allowed Marvel to relaunch some of its flagship characters such as the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, and outsource them to the studios of two of the former Marvel artists turned Image Comics founders, Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld. |
104,374 | How many Namibian students were recorded in 1998 in primary school? The pupil-teacher ratio in 1999 was estimated at 32:1, with about 8% of the GDP being spent on education. |
104,375 | What are Russian astronauts called? The Russian language is also one of two official languages aboard the International Space Station - NASA astronauts who serve alongside Russian cosmonauts usually take Russian language courses. |
104,376 | Can the term "black people" have different meanings? As such, the meaning of the expression varies widely both between and within societies, and depends significantly on context. |
104,377 | What could possibly lessen the cost of fixing buggy software? With the advent of modern continuous deployment practices and cloud-based services, the cost of re-deployment and maintenance may lessen over time. |
104,378 | What do transaction translators do? The USB hub then uses either one transaction translator per hub to create a full/low-speed bus routed to all full and low speed devices on the hub, or uses one transaction translator per port to create an isolated full/low-speed bus per port on the hub. |
104,379 | What is the path of moderation between the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification called? He devoted himself to anapanasati meditation, through which he discovered what Buddhists call the Middle Way (Skt. madhyamā-pratipad): a path of moderation between the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification.[web 2][web 3] |
104,380 | What percent is the failure rate of contraceptive pills? In cases where antibacterials have been suggested to affect the efficiency of birth control pills, such as for the broad-spectrum antibacterial rifampicin, these cases may be due to an increase in the activities of hepatic liver enzymes' causing increased breakdown of the pill's active ingredients. |
104,381 | Where is Mexico City located? Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico, sometimes called the Basin of Mexico. |
104,382 | Who are some of the most prominent modern visual artists in Portugal? The 20th century saw the arrival of Modernism, and along with it came the most prominent Portuguese painters: Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, who was heavily influenced by French painters, particularly by the Delaunays. |
104,383 | What famous Grecian author inspired later authors and their works? The epics of Homer inspired the Aeneid of Virgil, and authors such as Seneca the younger wrote using Greek styles. |
104,384 | How is thermal mass used to keep buildings cool? Historically they have been used in arid climates or warm temperate regions to keep buildings cool by absorbing solar energy during the day and radiating stored heat to the cooler atmosphere at night. |
104,385 | Which first-class matches were hosted at Mardyke? The most notable cricket club in Cork is Cork County Cricket Club, which was formed in 1874. |
104,386 | When was the Consumer Preview set to expire? Alongside other changes, the build removed the Start button from the taskbar for the first time since its debut on Windows 95; according to Windows manager Chaitanya Sareen, the Start button was removed to reflect their view that on Windows 8, the desktop was an "app" itself, and not the primary interface of the operating system. |
104,387 | In what city was the first Presbytery formed? In time, the presbytery would be joined by two more to form a synod (1717) and would eventually evolve into the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in 1789. |
104,388 | How can glass be prevented from corroding? Presence of alkaline metal ions has also detrimental effect to the loss tangent of the glass, and to its electrical resistance; glasses for electronics (sealing, vacuum tubes, lamps...) have to take this in account. |
104,389 | What god was introduced in Rome in 138 BC? Greek deities were brought within the sacred pomerium: temples were dedicated to Juventas (Hebe) in 191 BC, Diana (Artemis) in 179 BC, Mars (Ares) in 138 BC), and to Bona Dea, equivalent to Fauna, the female counterpart of the rural Faunus, supplemented by the Greek goddess Damia. |
104,390 | Genetic studies show that Jews bear their strongest resemblance to the peoples of where? The genetic composition of different Jewish groups shows that Jews share a common genetic pool dating back 4,000 years, as a marker of their common ancestral origin. |
104,391 | When were the mosaics in the Church of St Stephen created? The perfectly preserved mosaic floor is the largest one in Jordan. |
104,392 | What percentage of Iran's population were internet users in 2014? According to 2014 census, around 40% of the population of Iran are Internet users. |
104,393 | Do girls who are malnourished start menustrating earlier or later than those with high-fat diets? Girls who experience malnutrition or are in societies in which children are expected to perform physical labor also begin menstruating at later ages. |
104,394 | What major interstate in New Haven provides access northward into Massachusetts, Vermont, and eventually reaches the Canadian border? New Haven lies at the intersection of Interstate 95 on the coast—which provides access southwards and/or westwards to the western coast of Connecticut and to New York City, and eastwards to the eastern Connecticut shoreline, Rhode Island, and eastern Massachusetts—and Interstate 91, which leads northward to the interior of Massachusetts and Vermont and the Canadian border. |
104,395 | What reason did the executive give for Shell's January 2014 announcement? It was unclear if Shell would recommence drilling in mid-2013, following the "Kulluk" incident and, in February 2013, the corporation stated that it would "pause" its closely watched drilling project off the Alaskan coast in 2013, and will instead prepare for future exploration. |
104,396 | What did Money magazine rate San Diego as being in 2006? According to Forbes in 2005, San Diego was the fifth wealthiest U.S. city but about 10.6% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.0% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over. |
104,397 | What type of weapon is thought to have shot down the Red Baron? When the war ended, it was clear that the increasing capabilities of aircraft would require better means of acquiring targets and aiming at them. |
104,398 | What was dedicated in 1932? During the difficult 1930s of the Great Depression, government at all levels was integral to creating jobs. |
104,399 | What bicycles did Kerry use while campaigning? Even during his many campaigns, he was reported to have visited bicycle stores in both his home state and elsewhere. |