[ { "idx": 0, "question": "If Soros has not heavily shorted the Thai baht, what is the exchange rate mechanism between the baht and the dollar?", "answers": [ "fixed exchange rate system" ], "context": [ "and Monetary Union (EMU), as an umbrella term for the group of policies aimed at converging the economies of member states of the European Union over three phases Example: The baht-U.S. dollar co-operation. In 1963, the Thai government established the Exchange Equalization Fund (EEF) with the purpose of playing a role in stabilizing exchange rate movements. It linked to the U.S. dollar by fixing the amount of gram of gold per baht as well as the baht per U.S. dollar. Over the course of the next 15 years, the Thai government decided to depreciate the baht in terms of gold" ] }, { "idx": 1, "question": "If PlainsCapital Bank were to expand its operations to another state beyond Texas, how many states would it be operating in?", "answers": [ "2" ], "context": [ "PlainsCapital Bank, a subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings Inc., is one of the largest independent banks in Texas with approximately $11.8 billion in assets. PlainsCapital operates more than 60 branches in Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock, San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley. The bank, which is led by CEO Jerry Schaffner, employs about 1,200 people. History. The bank was founded as Plains National Bank by Alan B. White, former chairman and CEO, in 1988 in Lubbock, Texas USA. In 1999, it expanded with a branch in Dallas, and acquired Dallas-based residential mortgage lender PrimeLending. The bank added", "branches in other major Texas markets throughout the 2000s. In 2003, the bank changed its name to PlainsCapital Bank. Today, PlainsCapital Bank operates as a subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings, with PrimeLending as its main subsidiary. Services. PlainsCapital Bank conducts commercial and consumer banking in the state of Texas. The bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and states it is an Equal Housing Lender. The bank offers: PlainsCapital Bank, a subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings Inc., is one of the largest independent banks in Texas with approximately $11.8 billion in assets. PlainsCapital operates more than 60 branches" ] }, { "idx": 2, "question": "If the song \"Mr. Roboto\" had not been a hit, and the rest of the album remained unchanged, how many tracks would the album contain?", "answers": [ "15" ], "context": [ "also had a distribution arrangement with RCA Records). Because A&M/PolyGram had been unable to secure distribution rights to the song, most of the classic lineup of Styx (Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, Chuck Panozzo and James \"J.Y.\" Young) reunited to re-record the track at Dennis' home studio, The White Room. They were joined by uncredited session drummer Todd Sucherman, who filled in for John Panozzo due to Panozzo's failing health; Sucherman joined the band permanently in 1996, during the Return to Paradise tour. The track, which is very similar to the original, was titled \"Lady '95\". With the exception of \"Lady" ] }, { "idx": 3, "question": "If Ravil Kashapov had finished the 1988 European Marathon Cup in Huy, Belgium, 25 seconds later than he did, who would have been declared the winner?", "answers": [ "Alessio Faustini" ], "context": [ "The 1988 European Marathon Cup was the fourth edition of the quadrennial team marathon competition between European countries, which was held in Huy, Belgium on 30 April. The 1988 European Marathon Cup was the fourth edition of the quadrennial team marathon competition between European countries, which was held in Huy, Belgium on 30 April." ] }, { "idx": 4, "question": "If the Covid-19 pandemic had been effectively managed, in which month would the SM-3 Block IIA interception test have originally been scheduled?", "answers": [ "May" ], "context": [ "SM-3 interceptor to self-destruct, as designed. On 31 January 2018, an SM-3 Block IIA missile interceptor launched from a test site in Hawaii missed its target. On 26 October 2018, USS John Paul Jones detected and tracked a medium-range ballistic missile target with its Aegis Missile Defense System, launched an SM-3 Block IIA interceptor, and destroyed its target, which was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii. On 16 November 2020, an SM-3 Block IIA successfully intercepted a simulated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) target for the first time; the test was congressionally mandated and originally scheduled for" ] }, { "idx": 5, "question": "If Meusebach had been appointed by Pease as a special commissioner to settle colonist titles to land a year later, what year would that have been?", "answers": [ "1855" ], "context": [ "Pease as a special commissioner to settle colonist titles to land promised by the Verein between 1845 and 1846. The Republic of Texas had originally promised the colonists 640 acres apiece for a married couple, or 320 acres for unmarried colonists. When the original colonists settled on their promised acreage, the Verein had kept one half of the allotment. Meusebach's position was to rectify the land holdings. He issued 729 colonist land scripts in the amount of 324,160 acres. Three other Texas General Land Office commissioners also issued scripts, for the aggregate total of 1,735,200 acres in colonist land holdings." ] }, { "idx": 6, "question": "If \"Rang De Basanti\" had been released in the same year it was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the BAFTA Awards, what would have been its release year?", "answers": [ "2007" ], "context": [ "Delhi. The film was released globally on 26 January 2006, the Republic Day of India. Upon release, the film broke all opening box office records in India, becoming the country's highest-grossing film in its opening weekend and holding the highest opening-day collections for a Bollywood film. It received critical acclaim, winning the National Film Award for Best Popular Film, and being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2007 BAFTA Awards. \"Rang De Basanti\" was chosen as India's official entry for the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category, though it did" ] }, { "idx": 7, "question": "If the Latin word \"Scoti\" hadn't been used to refer to the Scottish people, what other term might have been used instead?", "answers": [ "Scotch" ], "context": [ "the Norse of the Northern Isles in the 15th century. In modern usage, \"Scottish people\" or \"Scots\" refers to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from Scotland. The Latin word \"Scoti\" originally referred to the Gaels, but came to describe all inhabitants of Scotland. Considered pejorative by some, the term Scotch has also been used for Scottish people, primarily outside Scotland. People of Scottish descent live in many countries. Emigration, influenced by factors such as the Highland and Lowland Clearances, Scottish emigration to various locales throughout the British Empire, and latterly industrial decline and unemployment, have" ] }, { "idx": 8, "question": "If Richard Clare Danko had not passed away, how old would he be turning this year (2023)?", "answers": [ "80" ], "context": [ "Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 \u2013 December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band. During the 1960s, Danko performed as a member of the Hawks, backing Ronnie Hawkins and then Bob Dylan. Then, between 1968 and 1977, Danko and the Hawks, now called the Band, released seven studio albums before breaking up. Beginning with the group's reformation in 1983 and up until his death, Danko participated in the Band's partial reunion. Biography. Early years (1943\u20131960). Danko was born on December 29, 1943 in Blayney, Ontario, a farming", "SVT, and he also used a 1959 Fender Bassman. Discography. With Danko/Fjeld/Andersen With Richard Manuel Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 \u2013 December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band. During the 1960s, Danko performed as a member of the Hawks, backing Ronnie Hawkins and then Bob Dylan. Then, between 1968 and 1977, Danko and the Hawks, now called the Band, released seven studio albums before breaking up. Beginning with the group's reformation in 1983 and up until his death, Danko participated in the Band's partial reunion. Biography." ] }, { "idx": 9, "question": "If the sales of \"What Will the Neighbours Say?\" in the United Kingdom (BPI) chart had doubled, what would have been the total number of sales?", "answers": [ "1,200,000" ], "context": [ "What Will the Neighbours Say? is the second studio album by English-Irish all-female pop group Girls Aloud. It was released in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2004 by Polydor Records. Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania were enlisted to produce the entire album, allowing for more inventive ideas. \"What Will the Neighbours Say?\" explores various subgenres of pop music. \"What Will the Neighbours Say?\" was released to mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. It yielded five top-ten singles and had high sales, going double platinum in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The album was followed by Girls" ] }, { "idx": 10, "question": "If the 57th Governor of New York City had ordered the shutdown of the subway system during the January 2015 nor'easter instead of the 56th Governor, who would that have been?", "answers": [ "Kathy Hochul" ], "context": [ "2009; the stub-end terminal tracks remained out of service until June 2017. Since 2015, there have been several blizzard-related subway shutdowns. On January 26, 2015, another full closure was ordered by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo due to the January 2015 nor'easter, originally projected to leave New York City with of snow; this was the first shutdown in the system's history to be ordered due to snow. The next day, the subway system was partially reopened. Several residents criticized the decision to shut down the subway system due to snow, as the nor'easter dropped much less snow in the city" ] }, { "idx": 11, "question": "If the original plan had not been altered, what would have been the final scene involving Cloud Strife?", "answers": [ "Cloud's cell phone sinking into the water" ], "context": [ "by taking up his sword and fighting, struggles to achieve it. Nojima sought to establish Cloud's withdrawn personality by depicting him with a cell phone, but never answering any calls. He originally intended for Aerith's name to be the last of those displayed while the backlog of ignored messages appears as Cloud's cell phone sinks into the water, but Nojima altered the scene because it \"sounded too creepy\". The wolf which Cloud imagines \"represents the deepest part of Cloud's psyche\" and \"appears in response to some burden that Cloud is carrying deep in his heart\", vanishing at the film's end." ] }, { "idx": 12, "question": "If the movie \"Up\" had been released as per its original schedule, what would have been its release date?", "answers": [ "June 12, 2009" ], "context": [ "score for a Pixar film to win the Oscar (Randy Newman also won for \"Monsters, Inc.\" and \"Toy Story 3\", but in the category of Best Original Song). Release. The 96-minute \"Up\" debuted at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2009, the first animated film to do so, followed by a premiere on May 16, at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. \"Up\" was originally scheduled for general release on June 12, but it was moved up to May 29. The film was also released in 3D format, making the first Pixar film to be given such." ] }, { "idx": 13, "question": "If Benito Mussolini had delayed his political ambitions by a decade, in which part of the 1930s would he have consolidated power under his National Fascist Party?", "answers": [ "mid-1930s" ], "context": [ "Fascist Party in the mid-1920s, an oppositional anti-fascist movement surfaced both in Italy and countries such as the United States. Many anti-fascist leaders in the United States were anarchist, socialist, and syndicalist \u00e9migr\u00e9s from Italy with experience in labor organizing and militancy. Ideologically, antifa in the United States sees itself as the successor to anti-Nazi activists of the 1930s. European activist groups that originally organized to oppose World War II-era fascist dictatorships re-emerged in the 1970s and 1980s to oppose white supremacy and skinheads, eventually spreading to the United States. Modern antifa politics can be traced to opposition to the" ] }, { "idx": 14, "question": "If the Uruguayan Electoral Court had been established a year earlier, what would have been its founding year?", "answers": [ "1923" ], "context": [ "The Electoral Court (Spanish: \"Corte Electoral\") is the autonomous court which oversees elections and electoral results at all levels of Uruguayan government: national and local elections, referendums, etc. The Electoral Court is ruled by Section XVIII of the Uruguayan Constitution and by law. In Uruguay, voting is compulsory for every person over 18 years. Every citizen must be registered at the Electoral Court and get a Civic Credential which allows that citizen to cast the vote. Candidates to any elective post must register their ballot papers at the Electoral Court before every election. There are other institutions whose elections are" ] }, { "idx": 15, "question": "If Austin had not refused to participate, who would have been his opponent in the original match?", "answers": [ "Coach", "Austin versus Coach" ], "context": [ "the Coach, Austin refused to participate because of issues he had with the storyline (the original story was said to have called for Austin to lose following a run-in by the returning Mark Henry). World Heavyweight Champion Batista was renamed the opponent to play up the \"SmackDown!\" vs. \"Raw\" storylines. On the October 31, 2005 edition of \"Raw\", Batista came out and accepted the match only to be attacked by Coach's backup, the returning Goldust and Vader. At Taboo Tuesday, Batista faced off against Coach in a Street Fight. Vader and Goldust tried to interfere in the match, but Batista" ] }, { "idx": 16, "question": "If the Line 1 Yonge\u2013University subway in Toronto had not undergone any expansion, what would be its length?", "answers": [ "7.4-kilometre, 4.6 mi" ], "context": [ "in England for 104 cars for $7,800,000 ($ in ) including spare parts. The Toronto Subway typeface and TTC logo were also designed during this period. The logo used during the subway's development was designed by mid-century architect John C. Parkin and chief architect Arthur Keith. Against the wishes of Walter Paterson, the chief engineer, TTC chairman William McBrien and general manager H.C. Patten rejected the design in favour of one that was more similar to the one previously used on TTC vehicles. Opening. After five years of construction, Ontario Premier Leslie Frost and Toronto Mayor Allan Lamport officially opened" ] }, { "idx": 17, "question": "If Danny Kirwan had never joined Fleetwood Mac, which song would not have been featured in their album \"Then Play On\"?", "answers": [ "Coming Your Way" ], "context": [ "included on the album. \"Then Play On\", 1969. Kirwan's skills came further to the forefront on the mid-1969 album \"Then Play On\", recorded at Kingsway Studios in Holborn, London. Green had told Kirwan when he joined the band that he would be responsible for half of the next album, and the songwriting and lead vocals on \"Then Play On\" were split almost equally between Kirwan and Green, with many of the performances featuring their dual lead Gibson Les Paul guitars. Fleetwood said that Kirwan, asked to write his first songs for the band, \"approached his assignment very cerebrally, much as" ] }, { "idx": 18, "question": "If \"The Angry Birds Movie 2\" had not been released earlier and had followed its final original scheduled date, when would it have premiered?", "answers": [ "September 20, 2019" ], "context": [ "Angry Birds Movie 2 VR: Under Pressure\", was released exclusively for the PlayStation 4's PlayStation VR system on August 6, 2019. The game takes place aboard the Piggy Gadget Lab that the main characters use to get to Eagle Island for the film's climatic confrontation. Release. Theatrical. \"The Angry Birds Movie 2\" was theatrically released in the United States on August 14, 2019, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the debut of the original \"Angry Birds\" game. The film was originally scheduled to be released on September 20, September 6, and August 16. It was released two weeks earlier on" ] }, { "idx": 19, "question": "If the Ever Victorious Army, a Chinese imperial force, had not been disbanded in May 1864, how many foreign officers would it have had?", "answers": [ "104" ], "context": [ "in the late 19th century. Commanded by Frederick Townsend Ward, the new force originally comprised about 200 mostly European mercenaries, recruited in the Shanghai area from sailors, deserters and adventurers. Many were dismissed in the summer of 1861, but the remainder became the officers of the Chinese soldiers recruited mainly in and around Sungkiang (Songjiang). The Chinese troops were increased to 3,000 by May 1862, all equipped with Western firearms and equipment by the British authorities in Shanghai. Throughout its four-year existence the Ever Victorious Army was mainly to operate within a thirty-mile radius of Shanghai. It was disbanded in" ] }, { "idx": 20, "question": "If Bob Stewart's first production company had been his most successful, what position in terms of success would Basada, Inc. have occupied?", "answers": [ "2nd" ], "context": [ "June 28, 1974. Stewart's biggest success with his second production company, Basada, Inc. (named after his sons Barry, Sande, and David), and one of TV's most honored and popular game shows, was \"Pyramid\", originally hosted by Dick Clark, which, like \"Password\", was a word-association game. Its March 26, 1973, premiere on CBS marked the biggest possible cash payoff on a quiz show since the short-lived \"100 Grand\" in September 1963. \"Pyramid\"'s network run would span 15 years, off and on, with escalating dollar amounts in the title reflecting increases in the payoff amount over the years. It has proven to" ] }, { "idx": 21, "question": "If Rudolph A. Marcus hadn't developed his theory for outer sphere electron transfer in redox reactions, whose theory would have been used to describe this phenomenon?", "answers": [ "Henry Eyring" ], "context": [ "partially in the Helmholtz double-layer and partially as the result of faradaic reactions with \"pseudocapacitance\" charge transfer of electrons and protons between electrode and electrolyte. The working mechanisms of pseudocapacitors are redox reactions, intercalation and electrosorption. Marcus. The physical and mathematical basics of electron charge transfer absent chemical bonds leading to pseudocapacitance was developed by Rudolph A. Marcus. Marcus Theory explains the rates of electron transfer reactions\u2014the rate at which an electron can move from one chemical species to another. It was originally formulated to address outer sphere electron transfer reactions, in which two chemical species change only in their" ] }, { "idx": 22, "question": "If the name \"Old Trafford\" originated from the existence of two Trafford Halls, Old Trafford Hall and New Trafford Hall, when was Old Trafford Hall demolished?", "answers": [ "1939" ], "context": [ "Road South. History. Old Trafford was a crossing point over the River Irwell in ancient times. The name Old Trafford possibly derives from the time when there were two Trafford Halls, Old Trafford Hall and New Trafford Hall. The old hall was close to what is now the White City Retail Park, and was said to have been the home of the de Trafford family since 1017, until the family moved to the new hall in what is now Trafford Park, some time between 1672 and 1720. The name of the area around Old Trafford Hall may subsequently have become" ] }, { "idx": 23, "question": "If Ethnic studies was established to contest the existing curriculum and concentrate on the history of various minority ethnicities in the United States, what academic field can be considered its antithesis?", "answers": [ "International studies" ], "context": [ "International studies, which was originally created to focus on the relations between the United States and Third World Countries, Ethnic studies was created to challenge the already existing curriculum and focus on the history of people of different minority ethnicity in the United States. Ethnic studies is an academic field that spans the humanities and the social sciences; it emerged as an academic field in the second half of the 20th century partly in response to charges that traditional social science and humanities disciplines such as anthropology, history, literature, sociology, political science, cultural studies, and area studies were conceived from" ] }, { "idx": 24, "question": "If the students from Howard University hadn't initiated the desegregation movement by tearing down the gates in 1888, what would the Le Droit Park area in Washington D.C. have remained as?", "answers": [ "White only zone" ], "context": [ "in 20th-century riots of whites against blacks that white fatalities outnumbered those of black people. The unrest was also one of the Red Summer riots in America. Background. Washington D.C. had evolved as one of the places in the United States where a significant number of successful African-Americans were living, with a particular concentration in the Le Droit Park area, near Howard University. This area had originally been segregated as a White-only zone, but students from Howard University had torn down the gates as part of a wider initiative to desegregate the suburb in 1888. The city as a whole" ] }, { "idx": 25, "question": "If the French Revolution in the 1790's hadn't occurred, which architectural structure would have remained undamaged?", "answers": [ "Notre-Dame de Paris", "Notre-Dame" ], "context": [ "Notre Dame, French for \"Our Lady\", a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, most commonly refers to: Notre Dame may also refer to: Notre Dame, French for \"Our Lady\", a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, most commonly refers to: Notre Dame may also refer to:" ] }, { "idx": 26, "question": "If \"The Sports Zone\" on WNYO-TV had maintained high ratings, what would have been the duration of each segment?", "answers": [ "10 minutes" ], "context": [ "Originally to be called \"2 On NYO 10 at 10\", the WNYO-TV newscast premiered on April 20 as \"2 News on 49, 10 at 10\"; the newscast was later retitled as \"Channel 2 News at 10\". It originated from WGRZ's studios on Delaware Avenue/NY 384 in Downtown Buffalo. The newscast originally aired ten minutes of news and weather with a sports program, called \"The Sports Zone\", completing the half-hour. However, due to low ratings, \"The Sports Zone\" was cut to only a 6\u20138 minute segment. It consistently lagged behind the WIVB-TV-produced newscast on WNLO in the ratings for numerous reasons." ] }, { "idx": 27, "question": "If Linkin Park had not added any additional members after its formation, how many members would the band have had?", "answers": [ "three", "3" ], "context": [ "and obtained a job as a graphic designer. Linkin Park. Shinoda founded Linkin Park with Rob Bourdon and Brad Delson in 1996. They eventually brought in turntablist Joe Hahn, bassist Dave Farrell, and vocalist Mark Wakefield. The earliest incarnation of the band was called Xero. The band was limited in resources and originally produced and recorded music in Shinoda's bedroom in 1996, resulting in a four-track demo tape, entitled Xero. When the band was unable to find a record deal, Wakefield and Farrell left the band to pursue other musical interests, though Farrell's departure turned out to be temporary. The", "years. Shinoda attended Agoura High School with Linkin Park bandmates Brad Delson and Rob Bourdon. The three formed the band Xero, and began to make a more serious attempt to pursue a career in the music industry. After graduating high school, Shinoda enrolled in the Art Center College of Design of Pasadena to study graphic design and illustration. He attended classes with DJ and turntablist Joseph Hahn. While studying at the Art Center College of Design, he experienced a form of identity crisis. Years later, he told an interviewer: Shinoda graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration" ] }, { "idx": 28, "question": "If the Los Angeles Dodgers had not emerged victorious in the 1963 World Series, which team would have claimed the title?", "answers": [ "New York Yankees" ], "context": [ "The 1963 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers sweeping the Series in four games to capture their second title in five years, and their third in franchise history. Starting pitchers Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Johnny Podres, and ace reliever Ron Perranoski combined to give up only four runs in four games. The dominance of the Dodgers pitchers was so complete that at no point in any of the four games did the Yankees have the lead. New York was held to a .171 team batting average, the" ] }, { "idx": 29, "question": "If the statue of Roberto Clemente had never been moved from its original location, where would it be situated?", "answers": [ "Three Rivers Stadium" ], "context": [ "route to PNC Park and Heinz Field. When PNC Park was built, a statue of Roberto Clemente, originally erected at Three Rivers Stadium, was placed at the southeast corner of the park, right at the north anchorage of the Roberto Clemente Bridge. The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation in cooperation with the Riverlife Task Force, the City of Pittsburgh, and Duquesne Light Company, funded and managed the architectural lighting of the bridge. On November 20, 2002, the bridge was lit for the first time. The Roberto Clemente Bridge, also known as the Sixth Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in" ] }, { "idx": 30, "question": "If the name of the coconut had remained as Marco Polo originally called it, what would we be referring to it as today?", "answers": [ "nux indica" ], "context": [ "the 16th-century Portuguese word \"coco\", meaning 'head' or 'skull' after the three indentations on the coconut shell that resemble facial features. \"Coco\" and \"coconut\" apparently came from 1521 encounters by Portuguese and Spanish explorers with Pacific islanders, with the coconut shell reminding them of a ghost or witch in Portuguese folklore called \"coco\" (also \"c\u00f4ca\"). In the West it was originally called \"nux indica\", a name used by Marco Polo in 1280 while in Sumatra. He took the term from the Arabs, who called it \u062c\u0648\u0632 \u0647\u0646\u062f\u064a \"jawz hind\u012b\", translating to 'Indian nut'. \"Thenga\", its Tamil/Malayalam name, was used in" ] }, { "idx": 31, "question": "If the song \"Co Gal\" by Hide had been released in the same year it was written, when would it have been released?", "answers": [ "1998" ], "context": [ "deceased musician's voice. The song was originally written and demoed for \"Ja, Zoo\" in 1998, took two years to finish and was included on an album by Universal Music released on December 10, 2014. \"Junk Story\", a theatrical documentary on Hide that includes interviews with friends, staff and fellow musicians who knew him, entered theaters across Japan on May 23, 2015. Hide with Spread Beaver performed on October 15, 2016, at Makuhari Messe alongside X Japan and Glay as part of the second day of the Visual Japan Summit. A special Hide 20th Memorial Super Live Spirits was held at" ] }, { "idx": 32, "question": "If Elvis Presley had never pursued an acting career, which film released in 1956 wouldn't have featured his single?", "answers": [ "Love Me Tender" ], "context": [ "a seven-picture contract. Parker made sure that the contract allowed Presley the freedom to make at least one film a year with another studio, and also managed to set up an office, with staff, at Paramount. Presley's acting career was originally intended to be a serious one, but after seeing a chance to cross-promote singles and albums with the films, Parker persuaded him to sing in his films. This proved very lucrative, especially when the single for Presley's first film, \"Love Me Tender,\" sold over one million copies in advance sales. With 1956 coming to a close, Parker had made" ] }, { "idx": 33, "question": "If the original inhabitants of the Oregon White Oaks grove had never left, which Native American tribe would still be living there?", "answers": [ "Kalapuya" ], "context": [ "oldest state building in Oregon in continuous use. Heritage oak grove. In 2007, a 200-year-old grove of Oregon White Oaks across the street from the main fairgrounds was designated by the Oregon Heritage Tree Committee as an Oregon Heritage Tree site. The grove was used as a camping and gathering place by the area's original inhabitants, the Kalapuya, who collected acorns and camas there. The site later became a camping place for fairgoers who originally arrived in wagons and created a tent city during the fair; the practice of camping in the grove continued into modern times. Reorganization. Following a" ] }, { "idx": 34, "question": "If Tropical Storm Irwin had maintained its original course, in what direction would it have continued to move?", "answers": [ "westward" ], "context": [ "track was very unusual. The system which originally started moving westward, turned north, then east and again back south, and east until dissipation, on October 17, as a remnant low. Also, between October 11 and 14, Irwin weakened into a tropical depression twice and again re-strengthened back to a tropical storm before finally weakening into a tropical depression on October 15. The depression turned west again and dissipated into a remnant low in the late hours of October 16. But the remnants of Tropical Storm Irwin continued to move westward generally, until it dissipated completely, on October 17. Tropical Depression" ] }, { "idx": 35, "question": "If the name \"Syria\" had remained the same as the 8th century BC Luwian term, what would it be called?", "answers": [ "Sura/i", "Sura", "Suri" ], "context": [ "Etymology. Several sources indicate that the name \"Syria\" is derived from the 8th century BC Luwian term \"Sura/i\", and the derivative ancient Greek name: , ', or , ', both of which originally derived from A\u0161\u0161\u016br\u0101yu (Assyria) in northern Mesopotamia. However, from the Seleucid Empire (323\u2013150 BC), this term was also applied to The Levant, and from this point the Greeks applied the term without distinction between the Assyrians of Mesopotamia and Arameans of the Levant. Mainstream modern academic opinion strongly favors the argument that the Greek word is related to the cognate , ', ultimately derived from the Akkadian" ] }, { "idx": 36, "question": "If the MOSFET had not been invented, which type of network would have been impossible to develop in the early 1990s?", "answers": [ "cellular", "Cellular networks" ], "context": [ "Bell System had developed cellular technology since 1947, and had cellular networks in operation in Chicago and Dallas prior to 1979, but commercial service was delayed by the breakup of the Bell System, with cellular assets transferred to the Regional Bell Operating Companies. The wireless revolution began in the early 1990s, leading to the transition from analog to digital networks. This was enabled by advances in MOSFET technology. The MOSFET, originally invented by Mohamed M. Atalla and Dawon Kahng at Bell Labs in 1959, was adapted for cellular networks by the early 1990s, with the wide adoption of power MOSFET," ] }, { "idx": 37, "question": "If the Emerald City scenes in \"Return to Oz\" hadn't been reshot, what color would Ozma's dress have been?", "answers": [ "Gold" ], "context": [ "to animate this accurately. The Emerald City scenes towards the end of film had to be fully reshot, as the character of Ozma was originally dressed in a gold lace dress which was deemed unsuitable during post-production. The scenes were re-shot with the actress wearing a white and green dress, described by Ridley as being \"very itchy and very uncomfortable\", as she had grown by the time filming took place. At one point during filming these scenes, Balk collapsed due to the high on-set temperature. Release. Theatrical. \"Return to Oz\" had its world premiere in the United States on June" ] }, { "idx": 38, "question": "If the beaver population introduced in Tierra del Fuego had increased by 10% in 2017, what would have been the maximum population estimate?", "answers": [ "55,000" ], "context": [ "fur trade. The introduced population in Tierra del Fuego is estimated at 35,000\u201350,000 individuals as of 2016. The Eurasian beaver's range is not contiguous but fragmented. It was historically widespread throughout Eurasia, but overhunting had greatly reduced its range by the early 20th century. In Europe, beavers were reduced to isolated populations in the Rh\u00f4ne of France, the Elbe in Germany, southern Norway, the Neman river and Dnieper Basin in Belarus and the Voronezh river in Russia with combined numbers estimated at 1,200 individuals. The beaver has since returned to parts of its former range because of management measures and" ] }, { "idx": 39, "question": "If a group of scientists from another university had discovered metallic hydrogen two months prior to the team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in which month would this discovery have been made?", "answers": [ "January 1996", "January" ], "context": [ "is an alkali metal. This was later verified in AcH8 and LaH10 with Tc approaching 270K leading to speculation that other compounds may even be stable at mere MPa pressures with room temperature superconductivity. Experimental pursuit. Shock-wave compression, 1996. In March 1996, a group of scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory reported that they had serendipitously produced the first identifiably metallic hydrogen for about a microsecond at temperatures of thousands of kelvins, pressures of over , and densities of approximately . The team did not expect to produce metallic hydrogen, as it was not using solid hydrogen, thought to be" ] }, { "idx": 40, "question": "If the original budget for \"Evil Dead\" had been increased by 15%, what would the new budget amount have been?", "answers": [ "$172,500" ], "context": [ "the spring of 1978, filming of \"Within the Woods\" started over a three-day weekend, on a budget of $1,600. \"Within the Woods\", as well as serving as a prototype, had impressed the filmmakers. For a marketing strategy, a screening was arranged at their former high school, with a positive response. Financing. Filming was first commissioned for the summer of 1979 in Michigan. In order to organize the budget, Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert and Bruce Campbell bought a few \"how to make an independent film\" guide publications. The budget was originally centered on $150,000 while shooting with a Super 8 camera." ] }, { "idx": 41, "question": "If the Belgian comic strip Gaston was created four years later than its original creation date, in what year would it have been established?", "answers": [ "1961" ], "context": [ "Gaston is a Belgian gag-a-day comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist Andr\u00e9 Franquin in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine \"Spirou\". The series focuses on the everyday life of Gaston Lagaffe (whose surname means \"the blunder\"), a lazy and accident-prone office junior who works at \"Spirou\"'s office in Brussels. Gaston is very popular in large parts of Europe (especially in Belgium and France) and has been translated into over a dozen languages, but except for a few pages by Fantagraphics in the early 1990s (as \"Gomer Goof\"), there was no English translation until Cinebook began publishing English language editions", "Th\u00e9o Fernandez as the titular character, this time called \"\", made by and co-starring Pierre-Fran\u00e7ois Martin-Laval was released in 2018. Gaston is a Belgian gag-a-day comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist Andr\u00e9 Franquin in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine \"Spirou\". The series focuses on the everyday life of Gaston Lagaffe (whose surname means \"the blunder\"), a lazy and accident-prone office junior who works at \"Spirou\"'s office in Brussels. Gaston is very popular in large parts of Europe (especially in Belgium and France) and has been translated into over a dozen languages, but except for a few pages by" ] }, { "idx": 42, "question": "If Queen Bona had chosen to eat her native country's food instead of Italian cuisine, what type of cuisine would she have been consuming?", "answers": [ "Polish Cuisine" ], "context": [ "konserwowy\" (preserved cucumber) which is preserved with vinegar rather than pickled and uses different spices creating a sweet and sour taste. The only indisputable fact is that the court of Queen Bona was fed in an Italian fashion, because she exclusively employed Italian cooks, some of whom were originally hired to prepare parties for aristocratic families but who were soon serving typical Italian dishes as part of the court's daily menus. Court records show that Queen Bona imported large volumes of southern European, American and Western Asian fruits (oranges, lemons, pomegranates, olives, figs, tomatoes), vegetables (potatoes and corn), nuts (chestnuts," ] }, { "idx": 43, "question": "If Charles, Prince of Wales's \"Foundation for Integrated Health\" had not been disbanded, which alternative medicine lobbying organization would not have been established?", "answers": [ "College of Medicine" ], "context": [ "a charity working in the poverty stricken Transkei, Eastern Cape, near Nelson Mandela's homeland. He is also a Trustee of the Listen Charity. In 2016-17 he chaired the OR Tambo Centenary Organising Committee. From 2014 he has been Visiting Professor at the University of South Wales. In September 2016 he was appointed Visiting Professor at Witwatersrand University Business School and in September 2017 was appointed Visiting Fellow at Henley Business School. Alternative medicine. He is a member of the Advisory Council for the \"College of Medicine,\" an alternative medicine lobbying organisation set up following the disbanding of Charles, Prince of" ] }, { "idx": 44, "question": "If World War II had not occurred, what would have been the original purpose of the main tower at Maine East High School?", "answers": [ "Art and music rooms" ], "context": [ "Street, with both wings meeting at \"the tower\" where the main entrance is located. Each of the wings is three stories tall. The tower is six stories tall, though the higher floors are not in use today because of fire hazard (there is only one narrow staircase granting access to these floors). The fourth floor contains the new heating and air-conditioning systems. The \"tower\" originally housed the art and music rooms, but since 1960 houses the broadcasting transmitter for WMTH 90.5 FM, the student-operated radio station. Following World War II and up into the late 1960s aviation classes were given" ] }, { "idx": 45, "question": "If Matt Kenseth hadn't won the race, how much prize money would he have missed out on?", "answers": [ "$6,485,630" ], "context": [ "for six consecutive seasons, tied with Jimmie Johnson for the most. He earned $6,485,630 in winnings. He also won an additional $100,000 dollars from his sponsor, Safeway. In 2008, Kenseth was winless and fell to 11th in the points standings. His best finish was second at the fall race at Dover. He had five Top 10 finishes during the Chase. This ended his streak of winning at least one race in six consecutive seasons and finishing in the Top 10 in the standings in six consecutive seasons. Kenseth started toward the back for the Daytona 500 and worked his way" ] }, { "idx": 46, "question": "If the patients hadn't been administered a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) and tryptophan, which syndrome would they likely not have developed?", "answers": [ "Serotonin syndrome" ], "context": [ "more opioids, further exacerbating the condition. Pathophysiology. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter involved in multiple complex biological processes including aggression, pain, sleep, appetite, anxiety, depression, migraine, and vomiting. In humans the effects of excess serotonin were first noted in 1960 in patients receiving a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) and tryptophan. The syndrome is caused by increased serotonin in the central nervous system. It was originally suspected that agonism of 5-HT1A receptors in central grey nuclei and the medulla was responsible for the development of the syndrome. Further study has determined that overstimulation of primarily the 5-HT2A receptors appears to contribute substantially" ] }, { "idx": 47, "question": "If the Nicholas Roerich Museum wasn't situated at 319 West 107th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side, where was its original location?", "answers": [ "Master Apartments" ], "context": [ "The museum was originally located in the Master Apartments at 103rd Street and Riverside Drive, which were built especially for Roerich in 1929. Currently, the museum includes between 100 and 200 of Roerich's works as well as a collection of archival materials. The Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York is the largest center of Roerich-related activity outside of Russia. Roerich Pact and Banner of Peace. The Roerich Pact and Banner of Peace movement grew rapidly during the early nineteen-thirties, with centers in a number of countries. There were three international conferences, in Bruges, Belgium, in Montevideo, Uruguay, and in Washington," ] }, { "idx": 48, "question": "If Mount Everest were 11000 ft shorter, which mountain would be the highest on Earth?", "answers": [ "K2" ], "context": [ "K2, at above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest (at ). It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in a China-administered territory of the Kashmir region included in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang. K2 also became popularly known as the \"Savage Mountain\" after George Bell\u2014a climber on the 1953 American expedition\u2014told reporters, \"It's a savage mountain that tries to kill you.\" Of the five highest mountains in the world, K2 is the deadliest; approximately one person dies on the mountain for every four who" ] }, { "idx": 49, "question": "If the Chennai Super Kings had lost the 2011 Indian Premier League Final, who would have been declared the winner?", "answers": [ "Royal Challengers Bangalore" ], "context": [ "The 2011 Indian Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Chennai Super Kings and the Royal Challengers Bangalore on 28 May 2011 at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai to determine the winner of the 2011 Indian Premier League, an annual professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. It ended as the defending champion Super Kings defeated the Royal Challengers by 58 runs. The Royal Challengers, captained by Daniel Vettori, topped the group stage table with 19 points in 14 matches, whereas the Super Kings, led by MS Dhoni, stood at the second position with just" ] }, { "idx": 50, "question": "If Tiger Woods had not won the 2000 PGA Championship, who would have been declared the winner?", "answers": [ "Bob May" ], "context": [ "The 2000 PGA Championship was the 82nd PGA Championship, held August 17\u201320 at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. It was the second time for the event at Valhalla, which hosted four years earlier in 1996. Tiger Woods won his second straight PGA Championship and fifth major in a three-hole playoff over Bob May. Woods and May finished at 18 under par to set the PGA Championship record to par, later equaled by Woods in 2006. It was the first time since 1937 that a PGA Championship title was successfully defended, and the first ever as a stroke play", "to par\" The 2000 PGA Championship was the 82nd PGA Championship, held August 17\u201320 at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. It was the second time for the event at Valhalla, which hosted four years earlier in 1996. Tiger Woods won his second straight PGA Championship and fifth major in a three-hole playoff over Bob May. Woods and May finished at 18 under par to set the PGA Championship record to par, later equaled by Woods in 2006. It was the first time since 1937 that a PGA Championship title was successfully defended, and the first ever as a" ] }, { "idx": 51, "question": "If \"Dawn of America\" had not been awarded the National Interest prize, which film would have received it?", "answers": [ "Furrows (film)", "Furrows" ], "context": [ "on the prestigious National Interest prize to \"Furrows\" but Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Garc\u00eda Escudero, who had made the decision, was removed and the prize was awarded to \"Dawn of America\". Dawn of America (Spanish: Alba de Am\u00e9rica) is a 1951 Spanish historical adventure film directed by Juan de Ordu\u00f1a and starring Antonio Vilar, Mar\u00eda Mart\u00edn and Jos\u00e9 Su\u00e1rez. The film depicts the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus in the late fifteenth century. Production. The film was made by the largest Spanish studio Cifesa. The production was conceived as a response to the 1949 British film \"Christopher Columbus\". The British" ] }, { "idx": 52, "question": "If Italy had lost in the 2006 FIFA World Cup final, which team would have claimed the title?", "answers": [ "France" ], "context": [ "in West Germany), and the tenth time that it was held in Europe. Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title. They defeated France 5\u20133 in a penalty shoot-out in the final, after extra time had finished in a 1\u20131 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3\u20131 to finish in third place. Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Trinidad and Tobago, and Togo made their first appearances in the finals. It was also the only appearance of Serbia and Montenegro under that name; they had previously appeared in 1998 as Yugoslavia. In late May 2006, immediately prior to the tournament, Montenegro voted" ] }, { "idx": 53, "question": "If A. P. J. Abdul Kalam had lost the 2002 Indian presidential elections, who would have become the President of India?", "answers": [ "Lakshmi Sahgal" ], "context": [ "Indian presidential election, 2002 was held on 15 July 2002 to elect President of India. On 18 July 2002, the results were declared. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam became the 11th President by beating his nearest rival Lakshmi Sahgal. Candidates. Official candidates. The election was fought between two major candidates, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Lakshmi Sahgal. Kalam was backed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance. Telugu Desam Party, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Bahujan Samaj Party also supported his candidature. The major opposition party Indian National Congress, two days after the", "nomination, declared its support to Kalam's candidature. Left Front were opposed to Kalam's candidature, and eventually nominated freedom fighter and Indian National Army's Rani of Jhansi Regiment commander Lakshmi Sahgal as their candidate. Potential candidates. Potential candidates included, President K. R. Narayanan, Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander, Vice President Krishan Kant and Former Chief Justice of India A. M. Ahmadi. Indian presidential election, 2002 was held on 15 July 2002 to elect President of India. On 18 July 2002, the results were declared. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam became the 11th President by beating his nearest rival Lakshmi Sahgal. Candidates." ] }, { "idx": 54, "question": "If England had lost the 2019 One Day International Cricket World Cup, who would have been declared the winner?", "answers": [ "New Zealand" ], "context": [ "Super Over, after equalling the 15 runs England managed in their over, Martin Guptill attempted to score the winning run but was run out by Jason Roy and Jos Buttler, meaning the Super Over was also tied. England won on the boundary count-back rule, having scored 26 boundaries to New Zealand's 17, thus becoming Cricket World Cup winners for the first time. It was the first time a One Day International final match required a Super Over, and subsequently the first time it had been decided by a boundary count. The match has been described as one of the greatest" ] }, { "idx": 55, "question": "If Ekmeleddin \u0130hsano\u011flu had won the 2014 Turkish presidential election instead of the actual winner, who would have assumed the role of Turkey's president?", "answers": [ "Ekmeleddin \u0130hsano\u011flu" ], "context": [ "of the vote. Former Organisation of Islamic Cooperation General Secretary Ekmeleddin \u0130hsano\u011flu, who ran as the joint candidate of 13 opposition parties including the Republican People's Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), came second with 38.44%. The co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirta\u015f, who received the backing of 8 left-wing parties, came third with 9.76%. Erdo\u011fan took over as president from Abdullah G\u00fcl on 28 August, while Ahmet Davuto\u011flu, who was elected leader of the AKP, succeeded Erdo\u011fan as Prime Minister on the same date. It has been speculated that Erdo\u011fan will continue to pursue his" ] }, { "idx": 56, "question": "If the unveiling of the Nokia 8210 mobile phone had been postponed by a week, what would have been the new announcement date?", "answers": [ "October 15, 1999" ], "context": [ "Nokia 8210 is a mobile phone by Nokia, announced on 8 October 1999 in Paris. At the time, it was the smallest, lightest Nokia mobile phone on the market, thus its selling point was based on its design and customization, with removable Xpress-on covers. Six differently coloured Xpress-on covers are available, as well as many third-party ones. Nokia 8210 uses the GSM 900/1800 band, supports the Extended GSM 900 band (EGSM), and can automatically switch between bands. Specifications. Design. The phone weighs 79 g (with a lithium battery) and is 101.5 mm long, 44.5 mm wide and 17.4 mm thick.", "as the mobile Internet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC. The only wireless option is infrared, allowing for an easy exchange of contacts between compatible devices. As a result, Nokia 8210 and like models command a greater price in the aftermarket. Nokia 8210 is a mobile phone by Nokia, announced on 8 October 1999 in Paris. At the time, it was the smallest, lightest Nokia mobile phone on the market, thus its selling point was based on its design and customization, with removable Xpress-on covers. Six differently coloured Xpress-on covers are available, as well as many third-party ones. Nokia 8210 uses the" ] }, { "idx": 57, "question": "If Daniel Moreno had won the 2015 Il Lombardia cycling race instead of coming in second place, which team would have claimed the victory?", "answers": [ "Katusha\u2013Alpecin", "Team Katusha" ], "context": [ "Despite losing some time to the chasers on the final climb, he came to the finish line alone to take his first ever Monument victory. Daniel Moreno () was second, with Thibaut Pinot () third. Background. Il Lombardia was the final race in the 2015 UCI World Tour. This was a change from recent years, when the Tour of Beijing was the final race. The individual victory in the World Tour had already been won by Alejandro Valverde (). Valverde had won two of the one-day classics that took place early in the season (La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne and Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge) and" ] }, { "idx": 58, "question": "If George Gershwin had not altered the title of the English-language opera, what would its original name have been?", "answers": [ "Porgy" ], "context": [ "Once again, it is Porgy who guides Bess back to the home key, re-establishing F major with a half cadence at the end of the B and C sections.\" Gershwin thereby subverts the rondo forms as a guaranteed sign of confidence and stability into an indication of the situation's volatility. Gershwin had originally changed the title from \"Porgy\" to \"Porgy and Bess\" to emphasise the romance between the two title characters and accommodate operatic conventions. On the technicality of Bess's role in the duet, Helen M. Greenwald, chair of the department of music history at New England Conservatory and editor" ] }, { "idx": 59, "question": "If Cambodia's independence in the mid-20th century had been postponed by a year, which year would they have achieved independence?", "answers": [ "1954" ], "context": [ "The Khmer Issarak (Free Khmer or Independent Khmer) () was a \"loosely structured\" anti-French and anti-colonial independence movement. Besides, the movement was labelled as \u201camorphous\u201d. The Issarak was formed around 1945 and composed of several factions each with its own leader. Most of the Issarak bands fought actively between the end of the Second World War in 1945 and Cambodia\u2019s independence in 1953. Initial objectives of the Khmer Issarak was to fight against the French in order to gain independence. Later, overthrowing the Cambodian government became some Issarak bands' agenda. Moreover, the term Issarak originally referred to non-communist, but in" ] }, { "idx": 60, "question": "If the new terminal, formerly known as \"Terminal 2\", at Warsaw Chopin Airport had commenced operations as initially scheduled, in which year would it have been fully operational?", "answers": [ "2006" ], "context": [ "in English. North hall. This new terminal (formerly known as \"Terminal 2\"), featuring the check-in areas C, D and E, became fully operational on 12 March 2008, two years after the originally planned opening date. The arrivals area was in operation from mid-2007 but problems with safety certification and disagreements between the airport and the construction firm delayed full operation. The new terminal is considerably larger than the older Terminal 1 and has taken over departures for all Star Alliance and Oneworld airlines and a few other carriers. August 2014 saw Chopin Airport as one of the first European airports" ] }, { "idx": 61, "question": "If the Los Angeles Lakers had been defeated in the Western Conference finals during the 2000 NBA playoffs, which team would have emerged as the Western Conference champions?", "answers": [ "Trail Blazers" ], "context": [ "Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals was the last game Patrick Ewing ever played as a Knick, and New York would not win another playoff series until 2013. The Trail Blazers defeated the Timberwolves and the Jazz in the first two rounds before falling to the Lakers in the conference final. The Trail Blazers would not win another playoff series until 2014. This season's playoffs also marked the debut of the five-year-old expansion Toronto Raptors. For the third straight year, New York eliminated Miami; it was their fourth consecutive postseason meeting. This was also the first NBA postseason to" ] }, { "idx": 62, "question": "If the New York Islanders hadn't selected Luongo in the first round of the NHL draft, which team would have likely picked him?", "answers": [ "Toronto Maple Leafs" ], "context": [ "Luongo was selected in the first round, fourth overall, by the New York Islanders. The pick originally belonged to the Toronto Maple Leafs but was traded to the Islanders in exchange for Wendel Clark, Mathieu Schneider and D. J. Smith. At the time of the draft, Luongo was the highest-picked goaltender in NHL history, surpassing Tom Barrasso, John Davidson, and Ray Martynuik's fifth overall selections in 1983, 1973, and 1970 (Luongo's selection was later surpassed by Rick DiPietro's first overall selection by the Islanders in 2000). Upon his draft, Luongo continued to play junior with the Foreurs in 1997\u201398. He" ] }, { "idx": 63, "question": "If Genghis Khan hadn't united the nomadic tribes in Mongolia, Manchuria, and Siberia in the late 12th century, which empire, known as the largest land empire in history, wouldn't have been established?", "answers": [ "Mongols", "Mongol Empire" ], "context": [ "the area permanently. A family can move on its own or with others; if it moves alone, they are usually no more than a couple of kilometers from each other. The geographical closeness of families is usually for mutual support. Pastoral nomad societies usually do not have a large population. One such society, the Mongols, gave rise to the largest land empire in history. The Mongols originally consisted of loosely organized nomadic tribes in Mongolia, Manchuria, and Siberia. In the late 12th century, Genghis Khan united them and other nomadic tribes to found the Mongol Empire, which eventually stretched the" ] }, { "idx": 64, "question": "If the 2008 legislation mandating condom use in adult films hadn't been approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, at which level of government would the legislation have been first introduced?", "answers": [ "State" ], "context": [ "positive test for a performer in May of that year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors sought to find a sponsor for a bill to mandate condom use in adult films. They had originally approved a resolution to seek legislation in October 2008, and made it part of their official state legislative agenda in December. The primary testing center at the time was the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation (AIM). Prior to this, in 2004, there were several related cases of HIV positive tests reported. Of the twenty-two reported cases roughly half were among men who work in" ] }, { "idx": 65, "question": "If Commodore Daniel Savary's rebellion in Ireland in May 1798 hadn't been prematurely triggered due to British intelligence infiltration, which country's troops would the rebellion have allied with?", "answers": [ "French" ], "context": [ "on their return were confronted off the Dutch coast by the Royal Navy's North Sea Fleet under Admiral Sir Adam Duncan. Duncan immediately attacked, and in the ensuing Battle of Camperdown captured or destroyed ten ships and scattered the rest, ending the Batavian invasion threat. Rebellion of 1798. Hoping to capitalise on the spontaneous uprising that spread across Ireland in May 1798, Commodore Daniel Savary led a third, and more successful, effort. He took a small frigate squadron flying false British colours to Killala, and in August landed 1,150 French troops under General Humbert. A larger force would have been" ] }, { "idx": 66, "question": "If the Changhsingian geological formation retained the name of its original geological unit, what would it be referred to as?", "answers": [ "Changxing Limestone" ], "context": [ "standard chronostratigraphic unit.\"\" The Wuchiapinginan and Changhsingian were first introduced in 1962, by J. Z. Sheng as the \"Wuchiaping Formation\" and \"Changhsing Formation\" within the Lopingian series. The GSSP for the base of the Wuchiapingian is located at Penglaitan, Guangxi, China and was ratified in 2004. The boundary is defined by the first appearance of \"Clarkina postbitteri postbitteri\"\"\" The Changhsingian was originally derived from the Changxing Limestone, a geological unit first named by the Grabau in 1923, ultimately deriving from Changxing County, Zhejiang .The GSSP for the base of the Changhsingian is located 88 cm above the base of the" ] }, { "idx": 67, "question": "If Phil had retained his initial demeanor in the 1989 EastEnders TV series, which brother, Phil or Grant, would have been considered the more composed one?", "answers": [ "Phil" ], "context": [ "because we couldn't find the 'right' brother.\" Steve McFadden, an actor who had worked extensively in television, was cast as Phil. His shape, skills in stage fighting and a variety of sports including boxing, football and karate made him an ideal choice to play one of Walford's latest \"tough-men.\" Ross Kemp got the role of Grant. Both actors worked well together and shared similar physical characteristics, such as short cropped hair and a \"round, open face\" \u2013 facial characteristics also shared by Danniella Westbrook, who was chosen to play their sister Samantha because of this. Personality. Initially, Phil was calmer" ] }, { "idx": 68, "question": "If Teenage Fanclub had not released some of the songs on their 1990 album \"A Catholic Education\", on which originally intended album would those songs have been featured?", "answers": [ "The Boy Hairdressers" ], "context": [ "joined with Gerard Love to form Teenage Fanclub. Originally a noisy and chaotic band, their first album \"A Catholic Education\", released in 1990 on Paperhouse, is largely atypical of their later sound, with the possible exception of \"Everything Flows\". Mostly written by Blake and McGinley, the record included several songs originally intended for The Boy Hairdressers. After recording his drum parts, Macdonald left the band to resume his university studies. They re-recorded several songs with Macdonald's replacement, Brendan O'Hare, because they weren't satisfied with the results of the original recording sessions, and because they wanted to involve O'Hare in the" ] }, { "idx": 69, "question": "If Canadian cable television companies were restricted to only providing television services as was the case before the 1990s, which communication service from their main competitor would they have been barred from offering?", "answers": [ "Telephone" ], "context": [ "transmit analog video using frequency division multiplexing via fibre-optic cabling. Digital signaling is a much more modern practice which only began in the early 2000s. Two-way capabilities were introduced, and larger systems were able to use \"addressable\" descramblers to offer pay television services and different tiers of channels. Cable television began to face serious competition from DTH satellite services in the late 1990s. Telephone companies and cable television providers have since been permitted, in most parts of Canada, to compete to provide services originally provided by the other. Cable television services are not the prime providers of broadband Internet in" ] }, { "idx": 70, "question": "If Eduardo Ruiz hadn't been informed on for testifying against drug lord Juan Obreg\u00f3n, who would have been the original informant in the case?", "answers": [ "Metzger" ], "context": [ "a tense exchange, Helena and Obreg\u00f3n come to an agreement. In exchange for an undetectable and state-of-the-art cocaine distribution, the Ayala family will become the sole distributor of Obreg\u00f3n cocaine, will have their debt forgiven, and Eduardo Ruiz will be killed. On the day of his testimony, Ruiz is murdered after an Obreg\u00f3n associate poisons his breakfast disguised as a bellboy. Ruiz dies in agony with Gordon helpless, effectively ending the trial and setting Ayala free. During a phone conversation between Ayala and Metzger, Ayala deduces that it was Metzger who originally informed on Ruiz. Evidently in a bid for" ] }, { "idx": 71, "question": "If Avex head staff had not denied Ayumi Hamasaki's original plan, after which studio album would her greatest hits album have been released in the early 2000s?", "answers": [ "I Am..." ], "context": [ "A Best (stylized as BEST) is the first greatest hits album by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on March 28, 2001, by Avex Trax and Avex Music Creative Inc.. Hamasaki had originally planned to release the greatest hits album after her 2002 studio album \"I Am...\", but the idea was denied by Avex head staff. Instead, Avex released the album in 2001, which caused conflict between the label and Hamasaki. The compilation was released in two different formats including a physical and a digital release. Seven different artworks were released in several editions of the album. The album", "the CD. Sales. Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) A Best (stylized as BEST) is the first greatest hits album by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on March 28, 2001, by Avex Trax and Avex Music Creative Inc.. Hamasaki had originally planned to release the greatest hits album after her 2002 studio album \"I Am...\", but the idea was denied by Avex head staff. Instead, Avex released the album in 2001, which caused conflict between the label and Hamasaki. The compilation was released in two different formats including a physical and a digital release. Seven different artworks were released in" ] }, { "idx": 72, "question": "If Kirk Hinrich had been named Co-Iowa Mr. Basketball in 2001 instead of 1999, which century would it have been?", "answers": [ "21st" ], "context": [ "Kirk James Hinrich ( born January 2, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He has also been a member of the USA National Team. Growing up in Sioux City, Iowa, Hinrich was exposed to basketball at an early age. His father, Jim, coached him from the third grade through high school. As a high school senior, Hinrich was named the 1999 Co-Iowa Mr. Basketball, along with future college teammate and roommate Nick Collison. Hinrich originally committed to play basketball at Iowa State but when the coach at the time, Tim Floyd, took the head coaching position for the", "family moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where Hinrich was hired at Sanford Power as a lead basketball specialist. Kirk James Hinrich ( born January 2, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He has also been a member of the USA National Team. Growing up in Sioux City, Iowa, Hinrich was exposed to basketball at an early age. His father, Jim, coached him from the third grade through high school. As a high school senior, Hinrich was named the 1999 Co-Iowa Mr. Basketball, along with future college teammate and roommate Nick Collison. Hinrich originally committed to play basketball" ] }, { "idx": 73, "question": "If budget constraints hadn't been a factor during the construction of Hong Kong Disneyland, what was originally planned to be featured under the Railroad station?", "answers": [ "a restaurant" ], "context": [ "has seven themed areas hosting various rides, shops, restaurants, and live entertainment. Main Street, U.S.A.. Inspired by the Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland, the buildings of this Main Street are almost identical to those in Anaheim. Like other Disney theme parks, Hong Kong Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A. serves as the entrance of the park. Plans originally featured a restaurant under the Railroad station, but were scrapped due to budget reasons. The decor is small-town America from the years 1890\u20131910. Though being very similar to Anaheim's main street, the theme is heavily influenced by European immigrants. Plaza Inn \u2014 which has" ] }, { "idx": 74, "question": "If guns had been mentioned in India a hundred years prior, in what year would that reference have been made?", "answers": [ "1342" ], "context": [ "whether it was the fire lance or the explosive bomb, the rocket or the metal-barrel handgun and bombard.\" By the 1320s Europe had guns, but scholars state that the exact time and method of migration from China remains a mystery. Evidence of firearms is found in Iran and Central Asia in the late fourteenth century. It was not until roughly 1442 that guns were referenced in India. Reliable references to guns in Russia begins around 1382. An illustration of a \"pot-shaped gun\" found in the Holkham Hall Milemete manuscript dated to 1326 shows earliest advent of firearms in European history." ] }, { "idx": 75, "question": "If there were no concerns about batch-to-batch variations in FBS, what would a combination of FBS and the cytokine leukemia inhibitory factor have continued to be used for?", "answers": [ "Embryonic stem cell", "embryonic stem cells" ], "context": [ "serum\" (antiserum) is a form of immunotherapy. Serum is also used in protein electrophoresis, due to the lack of fibrinogen which can cause false results. Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is rich in growth factors and is frequently added to growth media used for eukaryotic cell culture. A combination of FBS and the cytokine leukemia inhibitory factor was originally used to maintain embryonic stem cells, but concerns about batch-to-batch variations in FBS have led to the development of serum substitutes. Purification strategies. Blood serum and plasma are some of the largest sources of biomarkers, whether for diagnostics or therapeutics. Its vast" ] }, { "idx": 76, "question": "If the album \"Lasers\" hadn't undergone a name change, what would its original title have been?", "answers": [ "We Are Lasers" ], "context": [ "and final record, but his contract with Atlantic Records prevented him from doing so. From then he postponed \"LupE.N.D.\" indefinitely and intended on releasing an album tentatively titled \"The Great American Rap Album\" in June 2009. Instead, the album was also postponed and he announced that a new album was in the works, originally titled \"We Are Lasers\" and then changed to \"Lasers\". \"Lasers\" is a backronym for \"Love Always Shines Everytime, Remember 2 Smile\". Referring to the title of the album, Fiasco has stated: \"I've always had that word in my head, I'm a word guy. And I thought" ] }, { "idx": 77, "question": "If none of the towers of the Citadel of Damascus had been lost, how many towers would it have today?", "answers": [ "14" ], "context": [ "the Bab al-Faradis and the Bab al-Jabiyah. The citadel consists of a more or less rectangular curtain wall enclosing an area of . The walls were originally protected by 14 massive towers, but today only 12 remain. The citadel has gates on its northern, western and eastern flanks. The current citadel dates primarily to the Ayyubid period while incorporating parts of the older Seljuq fortress. Extensive repairs in response to sieges and earthquakes were carried out in the Mamluk and Ottoman periods. Before the citadel. It is uncertain whether a building stood on the site of the citadel before the" ] }, { "idx": 78, "question": "If the city in Mauritius, named in honor of Mah\u00e9 de La Bourdonnais, had retained its original name, what would it be called today?", "answers": [ "Bourg Mah\u00e9" ], "context": [ "brought from parts of Africa such as Mozambique and Zanzibar. As a result, the island's population rose dramatically from 15,000 to 49,000 within 30 thirty years. During the late 18th century African slaves accounted for around 80 percent of the island's population, and by the early 19th century there were 60,000 slaves on the island. In 1806, the Governor General, Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen, created the city of Mah\u00e9bourg, named in honour of Mah\u00e9 de La Bourdonnais. It was originally known as Bourg Mah\u00e9. From that year until 1810, the island was in charge of officials appointed by the French" ] }, { "idx": 79, "question": "If Jaguar Cars hadn't withdrawn from the project, who would have continued as the chief sponsor for Coventry City F.C.'s stadium?", "answers": [ "Jaguar Cars" ], "context": [ "use it; this appeared to raise concerns over the managing of the club's finances by previous club officials, because in 2001 the club was the fourth-longest serving club in the top flight of English football. The stadium naming rights were originally sold to Jaguar Cars, which has strong links with Coventry. Jaguar pulled out of the project on 16 December 2004 and a new major sponsor was needed. A \u00a310 million deal, which included naming rights, was signed and electronics manufacturer Ricoh became the new chief sponsor for the stadium. The project was funded largely by Coventry City Council and" ] }, { "idx": 80, "question": "If the transports carrying Marines had arrived on time for D-Day, on what date would the operation have commenced?", "answers": [ "1 August" ], "context": [ "their mission. \"D-day\" had originally been set for 1 August, but the late arrival of some of the transports carrying Marines pushed the date to 7 August. \"En route\", \"Wasp\"s engines became a problem, with a 14 July message from CTF 18 to CINCPAC reporting that she had suffered a casualty to her starboard high-pressure turbine that even at lowest speeds was making a loud scraping noise, limiting speed to only under her port engine thus making air operations entirely dependent on favorable wind. The ship's company was undertaking repairs, including lifting the turbine casing. Repairs to the rotor itself" ] }, { "idx": 81, "question": "If the government had not granted a six-month extension to the Smithwick Tribunal, when would the investigations have concluded?", "answers": [ "November 2011" ], "context": [ "recorded in South Armagh that day. Smithwick Tribunal. Judge Cory's investigation prompted the Irish Government to set up the Smithwick Tribunal, a judicial inquiry into the events surrounding the killings. The investigations by Judge Peter Smithwick were completed by July 2006 and the public hearings in Dublin began on 7 June 2011. They were originally scheduled to be concluded in November 2011, but a six-months extension was granted by the government. In May 2012 the judge requested and was given more time. On 16 October 2012 the tribunal received a third extension with the conclusion date set for 31 July" ] }, { "idx": 82, "question": "If the dam in Golden Bay hadn't been built using earth, what was the original material planned for its construction?", "answers": [ "concrete" ], "context": [ "power station is situated 600 vertical metres below and provides 32 MW of power. The average annual output is 192 GWh. It was built between 1936 and 1956. Construction was difficult due to the weather with an annual rainfall of over 2,200mm and snow and heavy frosts in winter. The dam was originally planned to be concrete but this was deemed to be not suitable and an earth dam was constructed instead. It first produced power in 1944. Asbestos mining. Asbestos was discovered in Golden Bay in 1882 in the mountains behind Takaka. Several attempts were made to obtain commercial" ] }, { "idx": 83, "question": "If the WWE had not adopted the term \"Extreme Rules\", what terminology would they have continued to use for their matches?", "answers": [ "hardcore match", "hardcore rules" ], "context": [ "features various matches that are contested under hardcore rules and generally features one Extreme Rules match. The defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion, which WWE acquired in 2003, originally used the \"extreme rules\" term to describe the regulations for all of its matches; WWE adopted the term and has since used it in place of \"hardcore match\" or \"hardcore rules\". The 2012 Extreme Rules event was the fourth event under the Extreme Rules chronology and the first since the end of the first brand split in August 2011. It took place on April 29, 2012, at the Allstate Arena in the" ] }, { "idx": 84, "question": "If \"Millionaire Hot Seat\" hadn't been given a weeknight timeslot, what type of series was it originally promoted as?", "answers": [ "short-run series" ], "context": [ "were confirmed when the Nine Network produced a pilot version of the format titled \"Millionaire: Russian Roulette\" in March 2009. The official title was announced as \"Millionaire Hot Seat\", but this was later shortened to simply \"Hot Seat\". The new format was originally promoted as a short-run series, with advertisements featuring McGuire exclaiming \"20 nights! 20 million dollars!\" It was announced on 7 April 2009 that \"Hot Seat\" would begin airing on 20 April 2009 in the \u2013 weeknight timeslot and would compete against the high-rating game show, \"Deal or No Deal\", on the Seven Network. As expected, the show's" ] }, { "idx": 85, "question": "If the school in Beith had postponed the addition of a second storey by a decade, in what year would this construction have occurred?", "answers": [ "1854" ], "context": [ "Beith' relates that the name of this clachan was 'Haselet' from 'Hasslehead Hamlet' (sic), previously 'Nethertown'. Matthew Pollock who established Beith's Caledonia Cabinet Works in the town and at the Bark Mill was educated here and after the school's closure he obtained the bell for use at his works in Beith to signal the start and end of the day; it is now located at Netherhouses, near old Templehouse, Dunlop. The school had originally been single storied and thatched, however a second storey was added in 1844 with substantial outside steps and it was slated at this time. The origin" ] }, { "idx": 86, "question": "If the publication of The Pat Hobby Stories had been postponed by two years, in what year would \"Esquire\" have first published them?", "answers": [ "1942" ], "context": [ "Billy Wilder described Fitzgerald's foray into Hollywood as like that of \"a great sculptor who is hired to do a plumbing job\". Edmund Wilson and Aaron Latham suggested Hollywood sucked Fitzgerald's creativity like a vampire. His failure in Hollywood pushed him to return to drinking, and he drank nearly 40 beers a day in 1939. Beginning that year, Fitzgerald mocked himself as a Hollywood hack through the character of Pat Hobby in a sequence of 17 short stories. \"Esquire\" originally published the Pat Hobby Stories between January 1940 and July 1941. Approaching the final year of life, Fitzgerald wrote regretfully" ] }, { "idx": 87, "question": "If the proposed arch between Alexanderplatz and Schillingstra\u00dfe subway station had been extended by 100 centimeters, what would have been its total length in meters?", "answers": [ "119 meters" ], "context": [ "Alexanderplatz and separate again at Berlin City Hall. The elevated railway company originally planned to run the E underground line through Landsberger Allee, which no longer exists in this section, from Alexanderplatz to B\u00fcschingplatz. There it should get a train station, then turn into the Weberstra\u00dfe to the southeast and at Strausberger Platz turn into the Gro\u00dfe Frankfurter Stra\u00dfe (today: Karl-Marx-Allee). In 1925, the city of Berlin received a suggestion from private circles to insert a 118-meter-long arch between Alexanderplatz and today's Schillingstra\u00dfe subway station, so that it could get to Gro\u00dfe Frankfurter Stra\u00dfe and not plan over B\u00fcschingplatz. There" ] }, { "idx": 88, "question": "If the star system Delta Velorum had been assigned an English name instead of the Arabic name \"Alsafinah\", what would it be?", "answers": [ "The Ship" ], "context": [ "and Ab. Nomenclature. \"\u03b4 Velorum\" (Latinised to \"Delta Velorum\") is the system's Bayer designation. The designations of the two constituents as \"Delta Velorum A\" and \"B\", and those of \"A\" components\u2014\"Delta Velorum Aa\" and \"Ab\"\u2014derive from the convention used by the Washington Multiplicity Catalog (WMC) for multiple star systems, and adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Delta Velorum bore the traditional name \"Alsafinah\", which stems from the Arabic name \"al-saf\u012bnah\" meaning \"the ship\", referring to the ancient Greek constellation Argo Navis, the ship of the Argonauts. It was first used in a 10th-century Arabic translation of the \"Almagest\", written" ] }, { "idx": 89, "question": "If the term \"higher criticism\" had never been introduced, what would Eichhorn's concept in his three-volume work, \"Einleitung ins Alte Testament,\" be referred to as?", "answers": [ "historical criticism" ], "context": [ "influential in the early twentieth century. George Ricker Berry says the term \"higher criticism\", which is sometimes used as an alternate name for historical criticism, was first used by Eichhorn in his three-volume work \"Einleitung ins Alte Testament\" (Introduction to the Old Testament) published between 1780 and 1783. The term was originally used to differentiate higher criticism, the term for historical criticism, from lower, which was the term commonly used for textual criticism at the time. The importance of textual criticism means that the term 'lower criticism' is no longer used much in twenty-first century studies. A twenty\u2013first century view" ] }, { "idx": 90, "question": "If Raymond Morrison had not been incarcerated, what might have been the original name of The Foundations?", "answers": [ "The Ramongs", "The Ramong Sound" ], "context": [ "a former member of the Terry Lightfoot and Alex Welsh bands. Alan Warner was the guitarist. Bassist Peter Macbeth was a former teacher. Tony Gomez, the keyboard player, was a former clerk, while Clem Curtis had been an interior decorator and professional boxer. There is some disagreement as to who was responsible for choosing the band's name, and various sources give slightly different accounts of their beginnings. One version is that they were originally called The Ramong Sound, or The Ramongs, and there were two lead singers, Clem Curtis and Raymond Morrison aka Ramong Morrison. When Raymond was imprisoned for" ] }, { "idx": 91, "question": "If the volume of the Brodmann area 10 (BA10) in a human brain was increased by 3 cm3, what would its new volume be?", "answers": [ "14 cm3", "17 cm3" ], "context": [ "the prefrontal cortex. BA10 is the largest cytoarchitectonic area in the human brain. It has been described as \"one of the least well understood regions of the human brain\". Present research suggests that it is involved in strategic processes in memory recall and various executive functions. During human evolution, the functions in this area resulted in its expansion relative to the rest of the brain. Anatomy. Size. The volume of the human BA10 is about 14 cm3 and constitutes roughly 1.2% of total brain volume. This is twice what would be expected in a hominoid with a human-sized brain. By" ] }, { "idx": 92, "question": "If \"The Adventures of Kingfish\" had continued for a longer duration, which series would it not have been combined with for syndication?", "answers": [ "Amos 'n' Andy" ], "context": [ "in 2012. Many of the episodes revolved around Moore's Kingfish character, supported by Ernestine Wade as his level-headed, emotionally strong wife Sapphire, and Amanda Randolph as his openly aggressive mother-in-law, without the participation of Amos or Andy. These Kingfish-only episodes were originally produced as a spinoff series, \"The Adventures of Kingfish\", which made its debut on CBS on January 4, 1955 but lasted only a few episodes. When the \"Amos 'n' Andy\" half-hours went into syndication, the \"Adventures of Kingfish\" shows were added to the syndicated package under the \"Amos 'n' Andy\" series title. In 1956, Moore and his fellow" ] }, { "idx": 93, "question": "If the \"NFTA Unlimited Access\" program had not been implemented by the Niagara Transportation Authority, which group would not have had unrestricted travel access on any Metro regularly?", "answers": [ "Students" ], "context": [ "was discontinued. There are presently seven fare categories. Previously, transfers were allowed between immediately connecting lines for a lesser charge than full-fare (with the exception being between bus and rail and vice versa). This practice was permanently discontinued on May 1, 2012, at which point passengers are required to pay a boarding fare upon each boarding or get a pass. College cooperative agreements. In recent years, the NFTA has aggressively pursued agreements with many local colleges and universities, using their \"NFTA Unlimited Access\" program. Under the program, students are offered semester passes that allow the user unrestricted travel on any" ] }, { "idx": 94, "question": "If the method of crucifixion had not been extended beyond slaves in the Roman Empire, which group would not have experienced this torturous death?", "answers": [ "Citizens of the lower classes" ], "context": [ "first Christian [[Roman Empire|emperor]], abolished crucifixion in the Roman Empire in 337 out of veneration for [[Jesus Christ]], its most famous victim. Society and law. Crucifixion was intended to be a gruesome spectacle: the most painful and humiliating death imaginable. It was used to punish [[slaves]], [[pirates]], and enemies of the state. It was originally reserved for [[Slavery in ancient Rome|slaves]] (hence still called \"supplicium servile\" by [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]]), and later extended to citizens of the lower classes (\"[[Roman Empire#Unequal justice|humiliores]]\"). The victims of crucifixion were stripped naked and put on public display while they were slowly tortured to" ] }, { "idx": 95, "question": "If World War II had not occurred, what material would cap guns originally have been made from?", "answers": [ "Cast Iron" ], "context": [ "A cap gun, cap pistol, or cap rifle is a toy gun that creates a loud sound simulating a gunshot and smoke when a small percussion cap is ignited. Cap guns were originally made of cast iron, but after World War II were made of zinc alloy, and most newer models are made of plastic. Cap guns get their name from the small discs of shock-sensitive explosive compounds (roughly in diameter) that provide the noise and smoke, effectively the same as the Maynard tape primer and percussion caps used in real firearms of the mid to late 1800s but usually", "for a surprise bang. Tri-ang Railways in the UK utilised caps in some of their OO gauge range of model rolling stock and accessories for toy play effect in the 1960s such as an exploding box car, a detonating rocket on their carrier transporter and an exploding fog signal accessory to mimic the effect of track detonators. A cap gun, cap pistol, or cap rifle is a toy gun that creates a loud sound simulating a gunshot and smoke when a small percussion cap is ignited. Cap guns were originally made of cast iron, but after World War II were" ] }, { "idx": 96, "question": "If Screamin' Jay Hawkins and his band hadn't been intoxicated during the recording session, what style would \"I Put a Spell on You\" have been performed in?", "answers": [ "Refined ballad" ], "context": [ "performed in a stylish wardrobe of leopard skins, red leather, and wild hats. Career. \"I Put a Spell on You\". Hawkins' most successful recording, \"I Put a Spell on You\" (1956), was selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. According to the \"AllMusic Guide to the Blues\", \"Hawkins originally envisioned the tune as a refined ballad.\" The entire band was intoxicated during a recording session where \"Hawkins screamed, grunted, and gurgled his way through the tune with utter drunken abandon.\" The resulting performance was no ballad but instead a" ] }, { "idx": 97, "question": "If the major village groups and towns hadn't developed after the 16th century in Ife, who would have been the original inhabitants?", "answers": [ "Igbos" ], "context": [ "who fled Benin with his accomplices after a dispute with the Oba of Benin who consequently exiled him in the 1560s. As they left Benin City heading eastwards, Eze Chima and his followers settled in a number of lands and established monarchies with the natives in those areas. Other accounts point to Eze Chima coming from Ife as a result of Ekaladeran, an Bini prince who migrated to Ife from Bini and usurped the original Igbo rulers. . Ife was originally inhabited by Igbos prior to 1300. Those grew into major village groups and towns after the 16th century. Collectively," ] }, { "idx": 98, "question": "If Rita Ora had made her television debut a year later than she did, what would have been her age?", "answers": [ "14" ], "context": [ "in an episode of the British drama series, \"The Brief\", was her first television role, at age 13. Shortly after, she appeared in the British film, \"Spivs\" (2004). In April 2014, Ora appeared alongside Korean popstar, Hyuna, in an episode of \"Funny or Die\" called \"Girl, You Better Walk.\" In 2015, she played Christian Grey's sister, Mia, in the film adaptation of the best-selling novel \"Fifty Shades of Grey\", a role she later reprised in the film's two sequels. Ora originally approached the production hoping to contribute to the film's soundtrack and instead was asked to audition for the role" ] }, { "idx": 99, "question": "If the fifth season premiere of \"The X-Files\" had not been broadcasted, what would have been the episode number of \"The Post-Modern Prometheus\"?", "answers": [ "fourth" ], "context": [ "\"The Post-Modern Prometheus\" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television series \"The X-Files\" and originally aired on the Fox network on November 30, 1997. Written and directed by series creator Chris Carter, \"The Post-Modern Prometheus\" is a \"Monster-of-the-Week\" episode, a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the overarching mythology of \"The X-Files\". \"The Post-Modern Prometheus\" earned a Nielsen household rating of 11.5, being watched by 18.68 million viewers upon its initial broadcast. The episode was nominated for seven awards at the 1998 Emmys and won one. The entry generally received positive reviews; some", "Directing and Outstanding Writing for Chris Carter. Graeme Murray, Greg Loewen and Shirley Inget won the award for Outstanding Art Direction. Carter was also nominated for an award for Outstanding Directing by the Directors Guild of America. \"The Post-Modern Prometheus\" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television series \"The X-Files\" and originally aired on the Fox network on November 30, 1997. Written and directed by series creator Chris Carter, \"The Post-Modern Prometheus\" is a \"Monster-of-the-Week\" episode, a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the overarching mythology of \"The X-Files\". \"The Post-Modern Prometheus\" earned" ] }, { "idx": 100, "question": "If Shinto architecture had never been incorporated into shrines, in which specific areas of Buddhist temples would it exclusively be found?", "answers": [ "lecture halls" ], "context": [ "the 6th century. It was originally used in the \"Kon-d\u014d\" and \"K\u014d-d\u014d\" (lecture halls) of Buddhist temples, but started to be used also in shrines later, during the Japanese Middle Ages. The name derives from its . In Japan the gable is right above the edge of the shrine's \"moya\", while the hip covers the \"hisashi\". In lay architecture it is often called just \"moya-zukuri\". Extant examples are Mikami Shrine in Shiga prefecture and Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto. \"Ishi-no-ma-zukuri\". , also called , and is the name of a complex shrine structure in which the \"haiden\", or worship hall, and" ] }, { "idx": 101, "question": "If the 2011 Canterbury earthquake hadn't caused damage, where would the 2011 ANZAC rugby league Test match have taken place?", "answers": [ "Lancaster Park" ], "context": [ "based in Sydney, have hosted matches at the ground. The 2011 ANZAC rugby league Test match was originally scheduled to be played at the stadium but was moved to the Robina Stadium on Australia's Gold Coast because of the damages from the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. Rugby league test matches. Lancaster Park has hosted three New Zealand rugby league internationals since 1920. Soccer. Lancaster Park hosted an A-League match between Wellington Phoenix and Adelaide United on 30 January 2010. The match attracted 19,276 which was, at the time, a record home league attendance for the Wellington team, prompting suggestions Christchurch may" ] }, { "idx": 102, "question": "If Shinsuke Nakamura had returned to New Japan, joining Masahiro Chono's Black New Japan faction one month prior to the actual date, in which month would this event have occurred?", "answers": [ "August" ], "context": [ "gym in order to gain muscle mass. NJPW President Simon Inoki later suggested that as part of his learning excursion, Nakamura would be loaned to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to gain experience in working large American shows. However, it proved to be mostly speculation and never came to pass as Nakamura was urgently needed back in New Japan due to Lesnar's departure. On September 24, Nakamura made his long-awaited return to New Japan, joining Masahiro Chono's Black New Japan faction, which had the goal of reforming New Japan with Chono as the president and Nakamura as the \"ace\". Nakamura had" ] }, { "idx": 103, "question": "If Henry Robinson Palmer had been granted a patent for \"indented or corrugated metallic sheets\" a year later than he actually did, in which decade would this have occurred?", "answers": [ "1830s" ], "context": [ "is used as a roof of trench for soldiers in the military to protect them from enemy's fire attack. It can also be used as the roof of the commander's post. The phrase \"Corrugated Steel Sheet\" was used in the book, \"Infantry Combat\", therefore, we can assume that corrugated galvanised iron is used as corrugated steel sheet in the military. History. Henry Robinson Palmer, architect and engineer to the London Dock Company, was granted a patent in 1829 for \"indented or corrugated metallic sheets\". It was originally made from wrought iron. It proved to be light, strong, corrosion-resistant, and easily" ] }, { "idx": 104, "question": "If Ray Charles had never been involved with heroin, what institution would he not have needed to attend to avoid imprisonment?", "answers": [ "rehab" ], "context": [ "big argument. In 1964, Charles's career was halted once more after he was arrested for a third time for possession of heroin. He agreed to go to rehab to avoid jail time and eventually kicked his habit at a clinic in Los Angeles. After spending a year on parole, Charles reappeared in the charts in 1966 with a series of hits composed with Ashford & Simpson and Jo Armstead, including the dance number \"I Don't Need No Doctor\" and \"Let's Go Get Stoned\", which became his first number-one R&B hit in several years. His cover version of \"Crying Time\", originally" ] }, { "idx": 105, "question": "If Kato Khandwala hadn't introduced Taylor Momsen to Ben Phillips, what activity might not have taken place?", "answers": [ "Writing songs" ], "context": [ "liked Khandwala because he was a rock producer as opposed to a pop producer. Khandwala introduced Momsen to Ben Phillips and the three of them began to write songs together. Three unnamed musicians were hired to form the band with Momsen. The band were originally called The Reckless, but had to change the name due to trademark problems. The band played its first concert on May 5, 2009 at The Annex in New York. After seven concerts the lineup of the band was changed. The new lineup of the band consisted of Momsen with John Secolo (guitar), Matt Chiarelli (bass)" ] }, { "idx": 106, "question": "If the band Ozric Tentacle hadn't adopted their style of psychedelic rock, which instruments wouldn't have been prominently used to facilitate their surge?", "answers": [ "samplers", "synthesizers", "guitars" ], "context": [ "a humorous conversation about possible names for alien breakfast cereal, hence the references to breakfast cereal in several album titles and covers. According to Wynne, \"'Ozric' is an old Viking name meaning 'divine energy', and 'tentacles' is a silly word to put on the end.\" The music scene in early-mid 1980s England allowed the band to make use of the re-emergence of free festivals to spread their music. Underground attention for their style of psychedelic rock \u2013 which makes prominent use of synthesizers, guitars, and samplers \u2013 allowed the band to surge. Notoriety spread mostly through the circulation of bootleg" ] }, { "idx": 107, "question": "If the peasant revolts in the late 16th century hadn't taken place, who wouldn't have written the play \"The Life and Death of Jack Straw\"?", "answers": [ "George peele" ], "context": [ "poem \"Piers Plowman\", which had been widely used by the rebels, made various changes to its text after the revolt in order to distance himself from their cause. The revolt formed the basis for the late 16th-century play, \"The Life and Death of Jack Straw\", possibly written by George Peele and probably originally designed for production in the city's guild pageants. It portrays Jack Straw as a tragic figure, being led into wrongful rebellion by John Ball, making clear political links between the instability of late-Elizabethan England and the 14th century. The story of the revolt was used in pamphlets" ] }, { "idx": 108, "question": "If the interior of the Round Tower at Windsor Castle hadn't been redesigned in 1991-3, which facility would not have received additional space?", "answers": [ "Royal Archives" ], "context": [ "redesigned in 1991\u20133 to provide additional space for the Royal Archives, an additional room being built in the space left by Wyatville's originally hollow extension. The Round Tower is in reality far from cylindrical, due to the shape and structure of the motte beneath it. The current height of the tower has been criticised as being disproportionate to its width; archaeologist Tim Tatton-Brown, for example, has described it as a mutilation of the earlier medieval structure. The western entrance to the Middle Ward is now open, and a gateway leads north from the ward onto the North Terrace. The eastern" ] }, { "idx": 109, "question": "If Daniel Thomas Le Batard hadn't co-hosted the daily radio show with Jon Weiner, on which channel would it not have been broadcasted?", "answers": [ "ESPN radio" ], "context": [ "Daniel Thomas Le Batard (born December 16, 1968) is an American newspaper sportswriter, ex radio host, podcast host and television reporter based in Miami, Florida. He has also worked at ESPN, and for his hometown paper, the \"Miami Herald\", for which he wrote from 1990 to 2016. Le Batard hosted a daily radio show with Jon Weiner that originated on WAXY in Miami and was carried nationally on ESPN Radio until early 2021. At ESPN, he also hosted \"Highly Questionable\", which aired daily and was originally titled \"Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable\"; Le Batard co-hosted the program with his" ] }, { "idx": 110, "question": "If Selena's version of \"Sukiyaki\" had not been translated, in which language would the song have remained?", "answers": [ "Japanese" ], "context": [ "and songwriter for most of her musical career, though did not write the tracks \"Sukiyaki\", \"Contigo Quiero Estar\", and \"No Te Vayas\". \"Sukiyaki\" was originally recorded in Japanese in the 1960s by Kyu Sakamoto; Selena used a translation into Spanish of an English version of the song by Janice Marie Johnson. \"Selena\" peaked at number seven on the US \"Billboard\" Regional Mexican Albums chart, becoming Selena's first recording to debut on a national music chart. The album performed better than other recordings from other contemporaneous female Tejano singers. In the same year, Coca-Cola wanted Selena to become one of their" ] }, { "idx": 111, "question": "If the milk is not treated with rBST, how does the American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology (AFACT) consider that milk?", "answers": [ "Inferior" ], "context": [ "industry groups have worked to assure the public that milk from rBST-treated cows is safe. In reaction to these trends, in early 2008, a pro-rBST advocacy group called American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology (AFACT), made up of dairies and originally affiliated with Monsanto, formed and began lobbying to ban such labels. AFACT stated that \"absence\" labels can be misleading and imply that milk from cows treated with rBST is inferior. The organization was dissolved in 2011. The International Dairy Foods Association has compiled a list, last updated in 2009, of state regulations in the U.S. for" ] }, { "idx": 112, "question": "If the \"d\u014djinshi\" novel by Clamp headwriter Nanase Ohkawa had not been published, which character would not have appeared in \"Tokyo Babylon\"?", "answers": [ "Subaru Sumeragi", "Hokuto Sumeragi", "Seishiro Sakurazuka" ], "context": [ "focused on Subaru's caring personality and his growing relationship with Seishiro such as during the narrative of \"Tokyo Babylon\". Critics also praised his return in \"X\" to face the man he loves as a rival, resulting in him being one of the series' most interesting characters. Creation and development. Subaru Sumeragi originated from a \"d\u014djinshi\" novel by Clamp headwriter Nanase Ohkawa. It involved a Japanese exorcist, \"onmy\u014dji\", who hunts elves. Subaru was present along with the original cast of whom only Hokuto Sumeragi and Seishiro Sakurazuka remain. The characters were twice drawn for covers, and when the members from the" ] }, { "idx": 113, "question": "If a clan does not possess its own chief, what is such a clan referred to as?", "answers": [ "Armigerous clan" ], "context": [ "by others. Historically, tartan designs were associated with Lowland and Highland districts whose weavers tended to produce cloth patterns favoured in those districts. By process of social evolution, it followed that the clans/families prominent in a particular district would wear the tartan of that district, and it was but a short step for that community to become identified by it. Many clans have their own clan chief; those that do not are known as armigerous clans. Clans generally identify with geographical areas originally controlled by their founders, sometimes with an ancestral castle and clan gatherings, which form a regular part" ] }, { "idx": 114, "question": "If Joe Casey and Nathan Fox had not taken over the creative team of the \"Haunt\" series, would the comic still have been featured as a supporting character in the \"Spawn\" series?", "answers": [ "No" ], "context": [ "Haunt is an American comic book published by Image Comics. Created by Todd McFarlane and Robert Kirkman, the series debuted in October 2009 and ended in December 2012 after 28 issues. The comic was originally written by Kirkman with pencils by Ryan Ottley, layouts by Greg Capullo, and inks by McFarlane, to a mixed to positive critical reception. Joe Casey and Nathan Fox took over as the book's creative team as of \"Haunt\" #19 to a universally negative reception, abandoning the original storyline and supporting cast and serving as a tie-in to the pair's \"Spawn\" series, in which Haunt is" ] }, { "idx": 115, "question": "If Santiago-Ruiz, the individual guilty of the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting, had not been transferred to USP Tucson in June 2021, where would he have remained incarcerated?", "answers": [ "Allenwood", "USP Allenwood" ], "context": [ "agreement in which Santiago would plead guilty in return for a sentence of life in prison, avoiding the death penalty, which federal prosecutors had originally considered pursuing. On May 23, 2018, Santiago pleaded guilty in the shooting. On August 17, 2018, Santiago was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences plus 120 years in prison. On September 12, 2018, he was transferred from FDC Miami to FTC Oklahoma City. On September 20, he was then transferred to USP Allenwood given Federal Bureau of Prisons number 15500-104. In June 2021, Santiago-Ruiz was transferred from Allenwood to USP Tucson. On January 6, 2017," ] }, { "idx": 116, "question": "If the mint hadn't encountered difficulties with the hard metal alloy, which coins would have been fully struck?", "answers": [ "Three-cent nickel pieces" ], "context": [ "article on the three-cent pieces, suggested that rarer specimens of the nickel three-cent piece are relatively inexpensive compared with coins of similar mintage in more popular series, such as the Morgan dollar. The design of the three-cent nickel piece remained stable throughout its run, and there are few varieties. An overdate is known, 1887/6. The die that struck those coins was originally dated 1886, when no circulation strikes were made. So the die would not be wasted, the Mint altered the last digit from a 6 to a 7; evidence of both numbers is visible. Some 1865 pieces in proof" ] }, { "idx": 117, "question": "If the stone fragments hadn't been scratched and reused, whose tribe's inscriptions would likely have been found?", "answers": [ "Crimean Goths" ], "context": [ "they were later overwritten by some Greek graffiti. The graffiti were scratched on two re-used fragments of early Byzantine cornice from the Mangup Basilica. The stone fragments on which the inscriptions were originally made were also probably reused later as part of the pavement, so they were also somewhat worn out. In any case, the full history of the use of these stones up to today is not entirely clear. The basilica that the stones belonged to was rebuilt several times through the centuries. These Gothic inscriptions were written in the second half of the 9th century or in the" ] }, { "idx": 118, "question": "If the character of Essie Harrison in \"Holby City\" had not appealed to her, which actress would not have taken up the role?", "answers": [ "Kaye Wragg" ], "context": [ "in \"Holby City\", a decision taken to raise awareness of the statistically high occurrence of cancer in society. Essie is killed off in the show\u2019s 1033rd episode, broadcast on 11 August 2020. Casting. Wragg's casting was publicised in February 2014. Wragg decided to accept the role because she liked Essie's introduction into the series. The character made her on-screen debut during the series sixteen episode \"My Name Is Joe\", which was broadcast on 6 May 2014. Wragg was originally employed by the show as a recurring cast member but was later invited back to play the role on a permanent" ] }, { "idx": 119, "question": "If Dover Athletic F.C hadn't added a grandstand in 1951, which club would they have continued sharing the lower pitch with?", "answers": [ "Rugby club" ], "context": [ "club originally shared the lower pitch with a rugby club, but moved to the upper pitch in the 1950s, adding a grandstand in 1951, followed soon after by terracing and floodlights. Dover Athletic continued to make improvements to the ground, although not in time to allow the club to take its place in the Football Conference in 1990. Subsequently, new turnstiles were installed and two new terraces and a second grandstand added. These improvements meant that the club was able to gain promotion after its second Southern League title in 1993. The stadium's modern capacity is 5,745 In 2007 the" ] }, { "idx": 120, "question": "If Brigadier Victor Windeyer's 20th Infantry Brigade hadn't gained experience from the amphibious operations at the landing at Lae, for which operation would they likely not have been selected?", "answers": [ "Landing at Scarlet Beach" ], "context": [ "having two Red Beaches, the landing beach was called Scarlet Beach instead. On 16 September, the day Lae fell, MacArthur ordered that Finschhafen be captured as soon as possible. The following day he held a conference at Port Moresby. He and Blamey selected the second contingency, a landing by a brigade of the 9th Division. Brigadier Victor Windeyer's 20th Infantry Brigade was chosen as it was still relatively fresh, and had experience with amphibious operations from the landing at Lae. The 6th Division's movement to New Guinea was postponed. Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey, the commander of the VII Amphibious" ] }, { "idx": 121, "question": "If the \"Little Chief\" figurine mascot hadn't been lost during the Second World War, what material would the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment's mascot have been made of instead of solid pine?", "answers": [ "pewter" ], "context": [ "A First Nations pewter figurine originally attached to a factory in Picton, Ontario, was used as the mascot for the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment. Named Little Chief, the unit brought the mascot over to Europe when it was deployed during the Second World War. However, the mascot was lost in June 1940 while the unit was deployed as a part of the Second British Expeditionary Force to France during Operation Aerial. A solid pine replacement was ordered and was shipped to the unit to Europe later during the Second World War. Mascot formerly used by Canadian Army units includes" ] }, { "idx": 122, "question": "If the Utah Transit Authority's original plan for the \"FrontRunner\" service had been implemented, how many crewmembers would have been employed on each train?", "answers": [ "one" ], "context": [ "ensures the extra training and pay these conductors receive will provide the company with maximum value for the investment. Train hosts. As there is no explicit Federal requirement for a two-person train crew in the United States, the Utah Transit Authority originally planned their \"FrontRunner\" service to be operated by an operator only, with revenue collected by a proof-of-payment system. Before operation began, the FRA required \"FrontRunner\" to employ a second crewmember on each train to assist with emergency evacuation, disabled access, and other safety-sensitive situations. \"FrontRunner\" classified this job as a \"train host\", with a focus on customer service" ] }, { "idx": 123, "question": "If the identification friend or foe (IFF) electronic devices had been introduced in the global conflict before the Second World War, in which war would they have made their debut?", "answers": [ "World War I", "First World War" ], "context": [ "less sophisticated arrangements. NATO later called these arrangements an \"air defence ground environment\", defined as \"the network of ground radar sites and command and control centres within a specific theatre of operations which are used for the tactical control of air defence operations\". Rules of Engagement are critical to prevent air defences engaging friendly or neutral aircraft. Their use is assisted but not governed byidentification friend or foe (IFF) electronic devices originally introduced during the Second World War. While these rules originate at the highest authority, different rules can apply to different types of air defence covering the same area" ] }, { "idx": 124, "question": "If President Carlos Andr\u00e9s P\u00e9rez had stepped down from his position the day after Attorney General Ram\u00f3n Escovar Salom initiated action against him, on what date would this have occurred?", "answers": [ "March 21, 1993" ], "context": [ "Jim\u00e9nez left $2 million in a suitcase on the runway of La Carlota Airport. Jaime Lusinchi (1984\u20131989). During the presidency from 1984\u20131989 of Jaime Lusinchi, US$36 billion were misused by the foreign exchange program RECADI. Carlos Andr\u00e9s P\u00e9rez (1989\u20131993). On 20 March 1993, Attorney General Ram\u00f3n Escovar Salom introduced action against President Carlos Andr\u00e9s P\u00e9rez for the embezzlement of bolivars belonging to a presidential discretionary fund, or \"partida secreta\". The issue had originally been brought to public scrutiny in by journalist Jos\u00e9 Vicente Rangel. P\u00e9rez and his supporters claim the money was used to support the electoral process in Nicaragua." ] }, { "idx": 125, "question": "If the movie \"African Cats\" had premiered in all Asian countries on the same day as the original full-length trailer release, in which month would it have been released in Thailand?", "answers": [ "December" ], "context": [ "accuracy, the directors recruited Dr. Sarah Durant of the Zoological Society of London. Durant worked in Tanzania for the last 19 years, studying cheetahs and working toward the conservation of all of Africa's large carnivores. The film is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. Release. The film was released on April 22, 2011, and as of April 12, 2011, over $1.7 million in tickets were sold in advance of the film's release. As of May 2, 2011, ticket sales translated into 50,000 acres of land saved in Kenya. The full-length trailer for \"African Cats\" was originally released on December 7, 2010." ] }, { "idx": 126, "question": "If the song \"Sad\", which was excluded from the album \"Binaural\", had retained its original title, what would it have been named in the 2003 Lost Dogs collection?", "answers": [ "Letter to the Dead" ], "context": [ "the Moonlight\", \"Education\", \"Fatal\", and \"Sweet Lew\". \"Sad\", originally called \"Letter to the Dead\", was called \"a great pop song\" by Ament, but he said the song did not fit the album because the band does not \"really [write] very many pop records.\" \"Sweet Lew\", about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was cut from \"Binaural\" because it did not fit the album according to Ament. \"Fatal\" was producer Tchad Blake's favorite song to come out of the recording sessions. \"Strangest Tribe\" and \"Drifting\" were also recorded around the time of the album's recording sessions, and both songs were released on the band's 1999" ] }, { "idx": 127, "question": "If the term \"tumour\" were still used in its original context, what types of swelling could a modern doctor refer to as a \"tumour\"?", "answers": [ "any" ], "context": [ "not required in the definition of neoplasia. Neoplasm vs. tumor. The word \"tumor\" or \"tumour\" comes from the Latin word for \"swelling\", which is one of the cardinal signs of inflammation. The word originally referred to any form of swelling, neoplastic or not. In modern English, \"tumor\" is used as a synonym for neoplasm (a solid or fluid-filled cystic lesion that may or may not be formed by an abnormal growth of neoplastic cells) that appears enlarged in size. Some neoplasms do not form a tumor - these include leukemia and most forms of carcinoma in situ. \"Tumor\" is also" ] }, { "idx": 128, "question": "If the tradition of Mehndi had remained unchanged from its original practice, which part of a woman's body would be exclusively stained with henna today?", "answers": [ "palms" ], "context": [ "the skin (as well as the hair and nails) for more than 4,000 years. According to \"A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English\" Mehndi also refers to \"the marriage-feast on the occasion of the bride's hands and feet being stained with henna (\u1e25in\u0101)\" or \"an ark, or tabernacle, carried in solemn procession by some Muslims on the eve of the anniversary of the death of a person who died just as he was about to marry:\u2014me\u1e45hd\u012b b\u0101\u1e45dhn\u0101 (-me\u1e45).\" It was originally used for only women's palms and sometimes for men, but as time progressed, it was more common for" ] }, { "idx": 129, "question": "If the Foreign Office of the German Empire were still operational today and led by the same job title as in its early years, what would that job title be?", "answers": [ "secretary of state" ], "context": [ "in 1871. It is still the name of the German foreign ministry today. From 1871 to 1919, the Foreign Office was led by a Foreign Secretary, and since 1919, it has been led by the Foreign Minister of Germany. History. Early years. Foundation. The \"Ausw\u00e4rtiges Amt\" was established in 1870 to form the foreign policy of the North German Confederation, and from 1871 of the German Empire. The Foreign Office was originally led by a secretary of state (therefore not called a ministry), while the Chancellor, who usually also held the office of Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs, remained in" ] }, { "idx": 130, "question": "If Carl Gustav Jung had replaced Karoly Kerenyi as the lecturer at the University of Basel in 1946/47, which language would he have been required to lecture in?", "answers": [ "Hungarian" ], "context": [ "canton of Ticino. During 1946/47 Ker\u00e9nyi lectured on Hungarian language and literature at the University of Basel. In 1947, he travelled to Hungary to give his inauguration speech at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, with the intent of contributing to the democratic development of Hungary. However, due to warnings of the imminent communist overthrow under M\u00e1ty\u00e1s R\u00e1kosi, Ker\u00e9nyi immediately left Budapest again. During the following Stalinist dictatorship, he was discredited and banned by the political propaganda under Gy\u00f6rgy Luk\u00e1cs, the leading communist ideologist. His academic title was withdrawn and only as late as 1989 it was reinstated post mortem. In" ] }, { "idx": 131, "question": "If the song \"Slow\" had been released when Martin Gore initially composed it, during which period of the 1990s would it have been made public?", "answers": [ "Early 1990s" ], "context": [ "on the piano. The band debated leaving the song \"My Little Universe\" off the album due to its more techno sound that made it stand out. The song was also massively changed from Gore's demo. The song \"Slow\" was originally written by Gore as far back as the early 1990s but was pushed aside until the \"Delta Machine\" sessions taking on a much more bluesy sound. Critical reception. \"Delta Machine\" received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 65," ] }, { "idx": 132, "question": "If the drummer Eike from the band Donots hadn't sustained an injury, in which month was the \"Karacho Tour\" originally scheduled to begin?", "answers": [ "March" ], "context": [ "6,500 people. Because of the positive response of the 20th anniversary single, they decided to record an entire album in German. Their tenth studio album \"Karacho\" (\"noise\" or \"crash\") was released in February 2015 along with its lead single \"Ich mach nicht mehr mit\" (\"I won't take part in this anymore\"). The album reached No. 5 at the German album charts, the band's highest-charting position yet. The \"Karacho Tour\" was originally planned to take place in March, but had to be postponed to November 2015 because of an injury by drummer Eike. The band returned to Japan in May 2015," ] }, { "idx": 133, "question": "If mochi donuts had not been popularized in Japan, which U.S. state would not have introduced them to the rest of the country?", "answers": [ "Hawaii" ], "context": [ "spheroid pastry similar to doughnuts called \"sata andagi\". Mochi donuts are \"a cross between a traditional cake-like doughnut and chewy mochi dough similar to what\u2019s wrapped around ice cream\". This hybrid confection was originally popularized in Japan by Mister Donut before spreading to the United States via Hawaii. The Mister Donut style, also known as \"pon de ring\", uses tapioca flour and produces mochi donuts that are easy to pull apart. Another variation developed in the United States uses glutinous rice flour which produces a denser mochi donut akin to Hawaiian-style butter mochi. Mochi donuts made from glutinous rice flour" ] }, { "idx": 134, "question": "If the anthology \"Two Friends and Other 19th-century American Lesbian Stories\" were published in the same format as the original story by Kate Chopin, where would it have been published?", "answers": [ "periodical" ], "context": [ "an anthology titled \"Two Friends and Other 19th-century American Lesbian Stories: by American Women Writers\", which includes stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson, Octave Thanet, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Kate Chopin and Sarah Orne Jewett that were originally published in periodicals of their time. Of these stories, which range \"from the explicit to inferentially lesbian\", Koppelman said, \"I recognize these stories as stories about women loving women in the variety of romantic ways that we wouldn't even have to struggle to define if we were talking about men and women loving each other.\" Since the 1970s, scholars of lesbian literature have" ] }, { "idx": 135, "question": "If \"He's Mine\" had been originally recorded by Rodney Atkins, who would not have been its original artist?", "answers": [ "Billy Ray Cyrus" ], "context": [ "The song was originally recorded by Billy Ray Cyrus, and Atkins chose to release it because it received positive reactions from fans in concert. It peaked at number 23 on the country chart in April 2012. \"Just Wanna Rock N' Roll\", the album's third single, peaked at number 31 on the Country Airplay chart in late 2012. \"Country Standard Time\" called Atkins \"the type of wholesome country musician that you would enjoy hanging out with on a Sunday afternoon with your wife and kids.\" It received a \"B\" from \"Entertainment Weekly\", whose Mikael Wood wrote that Atkins \"makes for a" ] }, { "idx": 136, "question": "If the terms for primary and secondary brain injury were interchanged, which type of injury would result from mechanical damage?", "answers": [ "Primary brain injury" ], "context": [ "Primary and secondary brain injury are ways to classify the injury processes that occur in brain injury. In traumatic brain injury (TBI), primary brain injury occurs during the initial insult, and results from displacement of the physical structures of the brain. Secondary brain Amaya-Rey|first2=Maria|year=2018|title=Secondary Brain Injury: A Concept Analysis|journal=Journal of Neuroscience Nursing|volume=50|issue=4|pages=220\u2013224|doi=10.1097/JNN.0000000000000384|pmid=29985274|s2cid=51602244}}</ref> Secondary injury, which is not caused by mechanical damage, can result from the primary injury or be independent of it. The fact that people sometimes deteriorate after brain injury was originally taken to mean that secondary injury was occurring. It is not well understood how much of a" ] }, { "idx": 137, "question": "If Chlamydia trachomatis had been composed as originally believed by researchers, which substance that it currently possesses would it have been lacking?", "answers": [ "peptidoglycan" ], "context": [ "trachomatis\" to be a bacterium. This is essentially due to the fact that they were found to possess DNA, RNA, and ribosomes like other bacteria. It was originally believed that Chlamydia lacked peptidoglycan because researchers were unable to detect muramic acid in cell extracts. Subsequent studies determined that \"C. trachomatis\" synthesizes both muramic acid and peptidoglycan, but relegates it to the microbe\u2019s division septum and does not utilize it for construction of a cell wall. The bacterium is still classified as gram-negative \"C. trachomatis\" agent was first cultured and isolated in the yolk sacs of eggs by Tang Fei-fan \"et" ] }, { "idx": 138, "question": "If Lilia Dizon had moved to Manila from Baguio one year prior to her actual relocation after the Second World War, what would have been her age?", "answers": [ "14" ], "context": [ "Claire Strauss y Dizon (1928 \u2013 June 15, 2020) professionally known as Lilia Dizon was a Filipina actress active in the 1940s and 1950s. Personal life. She was the only daughter of Regina Dizon, a Filipino, and Abraham \"Abe\" Strauss, an American of German Jewish descent. At the age of 15, she and her mother relocated to Manila from Baguio following the Second World War after her father left for America and then, she started performing in the theater under the name \"Carol Strauss\". She was the wife of LVN Pictures actor Gil de Le\u00f3n, with whom she had three" ] }, { "idx": 139, "question": "If the Holy Roman Empire had declared war on Prussia one month prior to the actual declaration, in what year would this have occurred?", "answers": [ "1756" ], "context": [ "allied against France and Austria. Realizing that war was imminent, Prussia pre-emptively struck Saxony and quickly overran it. The result caused uproar across Europe. Because of Austria's alliance with France to recapture Silesia, which had been lost in the War of the Austrian Succession, Prussia formed an alliance with Britain. Reluctantly, by following the Imperial diet of the Holy Roman Empire, which declared war on Prussia on 17 January 1757, most of the states of the empire joined Austria's cause. The Anglo-Prussian alliance was joined by a few smaller German states within the empire (most notably the Electorate of Hanover" ] }, { "idx": 140, "question": "If Clear Channel's XM stations had departed XM Satellite Radio as originally planned in 2013, which month would this have occurred?", "answers": [ "August" ], "context": [ "Fox Sports Radio, KIIS-FM, WGCI-FM, WHTZ, WLTW, and WSIX-FM. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, Clear Channel sold off its ownership stake in Sirius XM Radio. As a result of the sale, nearly all of Clear Channel's XM stations, including Extreme Talk, ceased broadcast over XM Satellite Radio on October 18, 2013. Only KIIS-FM and WHTZ continued on through their respective simulcasts, while also expanding to the Sirius Satellite Radio service. According to \"Radio Insight\", all of Clear Channel's other XM stations were originally scheduled to depart the satellite service on August 28, 2013. However, the online newsletter" ] }, { "idx": 141, "question": "If the Geiger Center had been constructed a year earlier than its original construction date, in which decade would it have been built?", "answers": [ "1960s" ], "context": [ "studio art classes. Bailey Business Center Constructed in 1993, the building on University Drive directly south of the campus oval is named in honor of William S. Bailey, a Tulsa philanthropist and business director. Ford Music Hall Constructed in 1951, the building is located on south University Drive directly west of Gold Star Park, southeast of the campus oval. Geiger Center Constructed in 1970, the Geiger Center is located east of Raley Chapel and north of Kerr Residence Center. The center was originally named \"University Center\" until 1982, when the building was renamed the \"Albert J. and Laura Belle Geiger" ] }, { "idx": 142, "question": "If David Oyelowo had only collaborated with director DuVernay in the year 2014, which movie would they have first worked on together?", "answers": [ "Selma" ], "context": [ "year in \"The Butler\". In 2014, Oyelowo formed his own independent production company, Yoruba Saxon Productions which has co-produced movies that featured him including, \"Nightingale\", \"Captive\", \"Five Nights in Maine\", and most recently, \"A United Kingdom\". He worked with DuVernay again for \"Selma\" (2014), playing civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. The film, based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, had originally been set to be directed by Lee Daniels, but the project was dropped by Daniels so he could focus on \"The Butler\". He is slated to star with Lupita Nyong'o in a film adaptation" ] }, { "idx": 143, "question": "If Lilia Dizon had given birth to one less child with her second husband, Antonio V. Abad, how many daughters would they have had together?", "answers": [ "1", "one" ], "context": [ "children who would each eventually become actors as well: Pinky de Leon, Christopher de Leon and Melissa de Leon. She had a second husband, Antonio V. Abad with whom she had two daughters Toni Abad and Cori Abad. She retired from showbiz during the 1980s. Death. Dizon died on June 15, 2020 at the age of 92 to complications due to metastatic lung cancer. Claire Strauss y Dizon (1928 \u2013 June 15, 2020) professionally known as Lilia Dizon was a Filipina actress active in the 1940s and 1950s. Personal life. She was the only daughter of Regina Dizon, a Filipino," ] }, { "idx": 144, "question": "If Lilia Dizon had only one child with her second husband Antonio V. Abad, what would have been her total number of children?", "answers": [ "4", "four" ], "context": [ "children who would each eventually become actors as well: Pinky de Leon, Christopher de Leon and Melissa de Leon. She had a second husband, Antonio V. Abad with whom she had two daughters Toni Abad and Cori Abad. She retired from showbiz during the 1980s. Death. Dizon died on June 15, 2020 at the age of 92 to complications due to metastatic lung cancer. Claire Strauss y Dizon (1928 \u2013 June 15, 2020) professionally known as Lilia Dizon was a Filipina actress active in the 1940s and 1950s. Personal life. She was the only daughter of Regina Dizon, a Filipino," ] }, { "idx": 145, "question": "If Vincent Thompson hadn't been arrested for his involvement in multiple armed bank robberies, who would have been his opponent in the boxing ring?", "answers": [ "Jarrell Miller" ], "context": [ "1 and again in round 2 before referee Benjy Esteves Jr. stopped the fight. In January 2014, Miller fought at the Harrah's Philadelphia in Chester, Pennsylvania against Jon Hill (6-4, 5 KOs), winning the fight via technical knockout in round 4. On May 5, Miller fought at the Millennium Theater in Brighton Beach, New York against Joshua Harris, who was a last-minute replacement moving up from cruiserweight. Miller, who weighed in 50 pounds heavier, knocked out and stopped Harris inside 2 rounds. Miller was originally scheduled to fight Vincent Thompson, who had been arrested before the event for his role" ] }, { "idx": 146, "question": "If the film \"The Beguiled\" had been released two years prior to its original release date, in which decade would it have fallen?", "answers": [ "1960s" ], "context": [ "The Beguiled is a 1971 American Southern Gothic film directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page. The script was written by Albert Maltz and is based on the 1966 novel written by Thomas P. Cullinan, originally titled \"A Painted Devil\". The film marks the third of five collaborations between Siegel and Eastwood, following \"Coogan's Bluff\" (1968) and \"Two Mules for Sister Sara\" (1970), and continuing with \"Dirty Harry\" (1971) and \"Escape from Alcatraz\" (1979). Plot. During the American Civil War in 1863, Amy, a 12-year-old student at the Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies in rural", "a film based on the same source material with Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning. It had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2017. The film was released by Focus Features on June 23, 2017. The Beguiled is a 1971 American Southern Gothic film directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page. The script was written by Albert Maltz and is based on the 1966 novel written by Thomas P. Cullinan, originally titled \"A Painted Devil\". The film marks the third of five collaborations between Siegel and Eastwood, following \"Coogan's Bluff\"" ] }, { "idx": 147, "question": "If the fourth season of the HBO original series \"The Wire\" had included an additional episode, what would have been the total number of episodes?", "answers": [ "14" ], "context": [ "\"Final Grades\" is the 13th and last episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series \"The Wire\". Written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and directed by Ernest Dickerson, it originally aired on December 10, 2006. With a running time of 78 minutes, it is the second longest episode of the whole series and received critical acclaim. Plot Summary. Homicide. Sergeant Jay Landsman walks into the homicide unit office humming a carol. His Christmas spirit is rapidly dispelled when he sees several red names being added to the case board. He quizzes", "#26 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes. \"Final Grades\" is the 13th and last episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series \"The Wire\". Written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and directed by Ernest Dickerson, it originally aired on December 10, 2006. With a running time of 78 minutes, it is the second longest episode of the whole series and received critical acclaim. Plot Summary. Homicide. Sergeant Jay Landsman walks into the homicide unit office humming a carol. His Christmas spirit is rapidly dispelled when he sees several red" ] }, { "idx": 148, "question": "If the musical \"Love Never Dies\" had closed for one day less in November 2010, how many days would it have been closed?", "answers": [ "3", "three" ], "context": [ "husband Raoul and son Gustave in tow, she journeys to Brooklyn, unaware that it is actually the Phantom who has arranged her appearance in the popular beach resort. Although Lloyd Webber began working on \"Love Never Dies\" in 1990, it was not until 2007 that he began writing the music. The show opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End on 9 March 2010, with previews from 22 February 2010. It was originally directed by Jack O'Brien and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, but the show closed for four days in November 2010 for substantial re-writes, which were overseen by" ] }, { "idx": 149, "question": "If the character of Gwen Stacy was never created in the comic universe, which superheroine persona would she not have assumed?", "answers": [ "Spider-Woman", "Spider-Gwen" ], "context": [ "to town and went to Iron Man's food truck, where he asked her to go for a date, but she refused. She then took part in the battle between the Avengers, the X-Men, the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Inhumans. Characteristics. Gwen Stacy's Spider-Woman is depicted as harboring much of Earth-616 Peter Parker's personality and conflicts, such as receiving negative media attention of herself and having the conflict of being a superheroine over her normal life of a band member. Critical commentary noted her as a sarcastic, wisecracking heroine when fighting criminals and supervillains. \"Spider-Gwen\" (Vol. 2) #1's summary" ] }, { "idx": 150, "question": "If \"A Little Bit of Ecstasy\" had surpassed one more song during its peak on the Billboard Hot 100, what rank would it have achieved?", "answers": [ "#54" ], "context": [ "of Ecstasy\" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart and #55 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The video was directed by Francis Lawrence who went on to direct Jennifer Lopez's \"Waiting For Tonight\" music video and the box office hits \"I Am Legend\" and \"Hunger Games\". The single was originally intended to be released in the fall of 1996 however Jocelyn's high school knee injury caught up to her and was not able to walk. However, due to scheduling she still recorded the video with an injured knee. As a compromise Jocelyn was lifted around set" ] }, { "idx": 151, "question": "If Frederick K. C. Price had not been narrating a parable about a rich man, but was instead genuinely boasting about his own wealth, what action would ABC News not have taken?", "answers": [ "apologize", "air a retraction", "air retraction" ], "context": [ "a March 2007 segment about finances and lifestyles of televangelists, \"20/20\" aired a segment by Stossel that included a clip of television minister Frederick K. C. Price, which had originally been broadcast by the Lifetime Network in 1997. Price alleged that the clip portrayed him describing his wealth in extravagant terms, when he was actually telling a parable about a rich man. ABC News twice aired a retraction and apologized for the error. The suit concluded with an out of court settlement including a public apology by ABC. Personal life. Stossel lives in New York City with his wife, Ellen" ] }, { "idx": 152, "question": "If Charles Latrobe had not visited Mexico City in 1834, which nickname would the city likely not have received?", "answers": [ "City of Palaces" ], "context": [ "for the Lieutenant Governors of Ontario (repurposed in 1937 and demolished in 1961), Quebec (destroyed by fire in 1966), or Alberta (closed in 1938 and repurchased and repurposed in 1964). Mexico. The capital of Mexico, Mexico City, is traditionally nicknamed the \"City of Palaces\"; a nickname usually attributed to Alexander von Humboldt after he visited the city in the late 18th century and early 19th century, but originally coined by Charles Latrobe, an English traveller who visited Mexico City in 1834 and \"got the feeling of living a dream\". In Central Mexico, the Aztec emperors built many palaces in the" ] }, { "idx": 153, "question": "If Thomas Wignell had been born four years prior to his actual birth year, in which decade would his birth have occurred?", "answers": [ "1740s" ], "context": [ "Thomas Wignell (1753 \u2013 21 February 1803) was an English-born actor and theatre manager in the colonial United States. Early years. Thomas Wignell was born into a working theatre family. He was born in England to his parents John and Henrietta Wignell in 1753. His father John Wignell worked at Covent Garden Theatre. His first appearance was at The Covent Garden in 1766 where he played Prince Arthur in \"King John\". He was originally apprenticed as a seal cutter but eventually left to become an actor. While acting in England, he was a member of Garrick's Company. Right before the" ] }, { "idx": 154, "question": "If the Tacoma Dome Station hadn't been removed from the 1996 program, which initiative would it have been included in?", "answers": [ "Sound Transit", "Sound Move" ], "context": [ "Street, or 26th Street. The project was proposed as part of a failed ballot measure in 1995 and was cut from the successful 1996 Sound Move program. The Roads and Transit package in 2007 included funding for a SeaTac\u2013Tacoma extension, but was also rejected; the smaller Sound Transit 2 proposal, approved by voters in 2008, funded construction to Federal Way and right of way acquisition for a future Tacoma extension until funding cutbacks during the Great Recession caused plans to be indefinitely delayed. The light rail extension was originally scheduled to be completed in 2030, but was delayed two years" ] }, { "idx": 155, "question": "If Loom had never incorporated built-in Roland MT-32 support, what alternative sound options would have been available?", "answers": [ "Ad Lib, Inc.", "PC speaker sound", "AdLib" ], "context": [ "away; it remains unclear whether Bobbin has left them in Chaos' realm or has saved them. Development. Music. The in-game music consists of excerpts from the \"Swan Lake\" ballet by Tchaikovsky, arranged for MIDI by George \"The Fat Man\" Sanger. While supporting basic PC speaker sound and AdLib, the EGA version originally lacked built-in Roland MT-32 support. A form included in the package could be mailed to Lucasfilm Games as an order for an extra game disk providing MT-32 support which was later also released as a downloadable patch. This disk also came with an additional overture which was played" ] }, { "idx": 156, "question": "If the Class of 1922 at Georgia Tech had used the original material for their famous \"TECH\" signs, what would that material have been?", "answers": [ "wood" ], "context": [ "Tower in 1918, giving rise to the building's present nickname. Their purpose, as defined by the donors during their first year at Georgia Tech, was to \"light the spirit of Tech to the four points of the compass.\" The signs were originally made of wood and painted white and gold \u2013 the Institute colors. In the 1930s, lightbulbs were affixed to the signs to illuminate them more effectively than the earlier ground-based spotlights. In 1949, the \"TECH\" signs were supplemented by neon lighting in metal frames. In 1978, Tech Tower and the surrounding of the original campus were added to" ] }, { "idx": 157, "question": "If the Pittsburgh players' protest against the addition of Sport Donnelly, Ed Malley, and Pudge Heffelfinger to the Chicago Athletic Association Football team had resulted in the original forfeit score being upheld, what would the final score have been?", "answers": [ "6-0" ], "context": [ "the final step to professionalism. The rematch was scheduled to be played in three weeks. On the day of the rematch between the two clubs, Sport Donnelly, Ed Malley and Pudge Heffelfinger of the Chicago Athletic Association Football team appeared in the Allegheny line-up. Pittsburgh objected to the new additions in the line-up and the game was originally called a 6\u20130 forfeit after the Pittsburgh players walked off the field in protest. However O.D. Thompson reappeared and reclaimed his position as Allegheny manager. After arguments and deliberations, the players took the field. The game ended in a 4\u20130 Allegheny win," ] }, { "idx": 158, "question": "If the 74 Mohawk IVs that were shipped to India from the United Kingdom in 1941 had been sent to their original intended recipient, which country would have received them?", "answers": [ "France" ], "context": [ "moved to India, and these aircraft were also absorbed into the RAF/RIAF as Mohawk IVs. They were supplemented by 10 Hawk 75A-9s that were war booty captured in Iran, during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran of August 1941. A further 74 Mohawk IVs that had originally been ordered by France were shipped to India from the United Kingdom. The only RAF units to see combat in Mohawks were No. 5 Squadron RAF and No. 155 Squadron RAF, using the type mainly for Bomber escort and ground attack. The type was retired by the RAF/RIAF in 1944. The South African Air" ] }, { "idx": 159, "question": "If ITV had one less regional franchise, how many regional franchises would it have had prior to the mergers?", "answers": [ "14", "fourteen" ], "context": [ "was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs the ITV channel, and STV Group, which runs the channel STV. The ITV network is a separate entity from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004. ITV plc holds the Channel 3 broadcasting licences for every region except for central and northern Scotland, which are held by STV Group. Today ITV plc simply commissions the network schedule centrally \u2013 programmes are made by its own subsidiary" ] }, { "idx": 160, "question": "If the platforms for the Piccadilly line had been constructed according to the original plan, how many cars could the trains accommodate?", "answers": [ "8" ], "context": [ "average speeds on the extension. Platforms long were originally planned for each station to fit 8-car trains, but were cut short to when built. Some stations were also built with wider platform tunnels to cater to expected high patronage. To connect with buses and trams, interchange stations were provided with exits which led passengers directly to the bus terminal or tram stop from the subsurface ticket hall. The exits were purposed to improve connections which avoided chaotic passenger flow such as at Finsbury Park. Wood Green was an exception due to engineering difficulties, with the ticket hall at street level" ] }, { "idx": 161, "question": "If a self-report measure did not yield consistent results each time it was administered, what characteristic would it lack according to its definition?", "answers": [ "consistency" ], "context": [ "presented on a scale. Self-report scales are also used to examine the disparities among people on scale items. These self-report scales, which are usually presented in questionnaire form, are one of the most used instruments in psychology, and thus it is important that the measures be constructed carefully, while also being reliable and valid. Reliability and validity of self-report measures. Reliable measures of self-report are defined by their consistency. Thus, a reliable self-report measure produces consistent results every time it is executed. A test's reliability can be measured a few ways. First, one can calculate a test-retest reliability. A test-retest" ] }, { "idx": 162, "question": "If the minor adjustments to the Anti-Comintern Pact had been made three months prior, during which season would these changes have occurred?", "answers": [ "summer" ], "context": [ "a note to Hitler, Ribbentrop commented on the Japanese government's aversion to and the Japanese army's support for publication of the treaty However, some minor adjustments were still made between August and October, when the pact was formally initialed. Its length was reduced to 5 years, down from 10 as had originally been planned. And, against \u014cshima's and Hitler's hopes, the military leadership in Japan insisted that the military provisions could be only defensive and not offensive, even if agreed upon in a secret addendum. The military leadership was concerned that, if Japan was caught in a war against China," ] }, { "idx": 163, "question": "If one less Snohomish headman had signed the Point Elliott Treaty of 1855, how many headmen in total would have signed it?", "answers": [ "8" ], "context": [ "members are seeking federal recognition as a tribe. They argue that the Treaty of Point Elliott (1855) explicitly recognized them as a tribe, since they are listed by name. Point Elliott Treaty of 1855. Nine Snohomish headmen signed the Point Elliott Treaty which was written by a council held for 1855 near present-day Mukilteo. About 350 Snohomish and their allies, the Snoqualmies, were represented by Chief Patkanim, who had originally been hostile to Americans, but had become impressed by their potential power. Patkanim allied himself with the Americans during the Indian War of 1855-1856, while most of the other Snohomish" ] }, { "idx": 164, "question": "If the rock band XTC were not based in England, which nationality would they not be?", "answers": [ "English" ], "context": [ "\"Dear God\" is a song by the English rock band XTC that was first released as a non-album single with the A-side \"Grass\". Written by Andy Partridge, it was inspired by a series of books with the same title, seen by Partridge as exploitation of children. The song was originally intended for the album \"Skylarking\", but left off due to concerns from Partridge and Virgin Records. After college radio DJs across America picked up the song, US distributor Geffen Records recalled and re-pressed \"Skylarking\" with the track included. Partridge was dissatisfied with \"Dear God\" as he felt the lyrics were", "bless my soul, I'm already there!\" He returned to biblical themes for \"Garden of Earthly Delights\", a children's guide to the world that served as the opening track on their follow-up album, \"Oranges & Lemons\" (1989). Explaining the lyric \"do what you want to do / just don't hurt nobody\", he said: \"I'm sure that's what heaven is, really. Heaven is not hurting anyone.\" Personnel. XTC Additional personnel Per Partridge. \"Dear God\" is a song by the English rock band XTC that was first released as a non-album single with the A-side \"Grass\". Written by Andy Partridge, it was inspired" ] }, { "idx": 165, "question": "If the film \"Night on Earth\" had been released two years prior, in which decade would Winona Ryder have played the role of a young taxicab driver?", "answers": [ "1980s" ], "context": [ "also made a cameo in Roy Orbison's music video, \"A Love So Beautiful\" with Matthew Modine. 1991\u20131995: Major roles. In 1991, Ryder played a young taxicab driver in Jim Jarmusch's \"Night on Earth\". The film was given a limited release, but received critical praise. Ryder then starred in the dual roles of Count Dracula's reincarnated love interest Mina Murray and Dracula's past lover Princess Elisabeta, in \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\" (1992), a project she brought to director Francis Ford Coppola's attention. The script was originally intended for a television adaptation but Ryder liked it so much she showed the script to" ] }, { "idx": 166, "question": "If the Nintendo DS had been launched in North America at a price $50 less than its original cost, what would have been its new price?", "answers": [ "$99.99" ], "context": [ "for A$199.95; and on March 11, 2005, in Europe for \u20ac149.99 (\u00a399.99 in the United Kingdom). The console was released in North America with a midnight launch event at Universal CityWalk EB Games in Los Angeles, California. The console was launched quietly in Japan compared to the North America launch; one source cited the cold weather as the reason. Regarding the European launch, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said this: North America and Japan. The Nintendo DS was launched in North America for US$149.99 on November 21, 2004; in Japan for JP\u00a515,000 on December 2 in the color \"Titanium\". Well over" ] }, { "idx": 167, "question": "If the Los Angeles Rams had 10,000 fewer spectators in their first home game of the 2017 NFL season, what would have been the total attendance?", "answers": [ "50,128" ], "context": [ "number of seats) the league has used for a full season since 1956. Oakland Raiders' relocation to Las Vegas. On January 19, 2017, the Oakland Raiders filed paperwork to relocate to Las Vegas, Nevada. The NFL officially approved the Raiders relocation to Las Vegas on March 27. Unlike the Chargers, the Raiders remained at the Oakland\u2013Alameda County Coliseum through the 2018 and 2019 seasons while Allegiant Stadium was built, with the team moving to Nevada in 2020. Attendance. The Los Angeles Rams, who had capped season ticket sales at 55,000 for the 2017 season, announced to have 60,128 spectators in" ] }, { "idx": 168, "question": "If the Disney Channel Original Movie \"Minutemen\" had premiered on its initially planned date, which month would it have debuted?", "answers": [ "March" ], "context": [ "Minutemen is a 2008 science-fiction Disney Channel Original Movie. The movie was the most viewed program on American cable TV for the week ending January 27, 2008, with 6.48 million viewers. The film was written by John Killoran (writing the teleplay) and David Diamond and David Weissman (writing the story) and directed by Lev L. Spiro, who received a Directors Guild nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programs for it. Andrew Gunn, Ann Marie Sanderlin and Doug Sloan are the executive producers. The movie was originally slated for release in March 2008, however, the movie premiered on Disney Channel in" ] }, { "idx": 169, "question": "If the Central Service of Refugees had not been established in September 1940, who would have been responsible for managing the Belgian refugees in the United Kingdom?", "answers": [ "British", "British government" ], "context": [ "United Kingdom, many of them without their possessions. The refugees had originally been dealt with by the British government, however in September 1940, the government established a Central Service of Refugees to provide material assistance and employment for Belgians in Britain. The British public was exceptionally hostile to Belgian refugees in 1940, because of the belief that Belgium had betrayed the Allies in 1940. A British Mass Observation report noted a \"growing feeling against Belgian refugees\" in the United Kingdom, closely linked to Leopold III's decision to surrender. The government was also involved in the provision of social, educational and" ] }, { "idx": 170, "question": "If the American hardcore punk band \"The Teen Idles\" had been formed with one fewer member in Washington, D.C. in 1979, how many members would it have consisted of?", "answers": [ "3", "three" ], "context": [ "The Teen Idles were an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in September 1979. Consisting of teenagers Nathan Strejcek, Geordie Grindle, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, they recorded two demo sessions and the 1980 \"Minor Disturbance\" EP before breaking up in November 1980. The influential independent record label Dischord Records was originally created with the sole purpose of releasing The Teen Idles \"Minor Disturbance\" 7\" record. They were an early landmark in the D.C. hardcore movement, and MacKaye and Nelson would later form the seminal punk rock outfit Minor Threat. The Teen Idles were among the first punk" ] }, { "idx": 171, "question": "If the current Customs House at 427 Queen Street, Brisbane CBD, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, had not replaced the original one, where would the original Customs House be located?", "answers": [ "Petrie Bight" ], "context": [ "Customs House is a heritage-listed customs house at 427 Queen Street, Brisbane CBD, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Charles H McLay and built from 1886 to 1889 at a cost of \u00a338,346 by John Petrie & Son. It was originally used for the collection of customs duty and was opened in 1889, when Queensland was a British colony, replacing the original Customs House located at Petrie Bight. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 February 2005. The collection of custom duties on imported products was particularly important to Queensland where the manufacturing sector was slow" ] }, { "idx": 172, "question": "If John Peel's first paid radio job hadn't been at WRR in Dallas, which radio station would he have been employed at first?", "answers": [ "KLIF" ], "context": [ "(AM) in Dallas. There, he presented the second hour of the Monday night programme \"Kat's Karavan\", which was primarily hosted by the American singer and radio personality Jim Lowe. Following this, and as Beatlemania hit the United States, Peel got a job with the Dallas radio station KLIF as the official Beatles correspondent on the strength of his connection to Liverpool. He later worked for KOMA in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, until 1965 when he moved to KMEN in San Bernardino, California, using the name \"John Ravencroft\" to present the breakfast show. Return to Britain. Peel returned to England in early" ] }, { "idx": 173, "question": "If Cupid was depicted as a Hindu deity instead of a Roman one in a narrative where he was known by another name, what would that name be?", "answers": [ "Kamadeva" ], "context": [ "who is shot by Cupid's arrow is filled with uncontrollable desire. In myths, Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion. He is a main character only in the tale of Cupid and Psyche, when wounded by his own weapons, he experiences the ordeal of love. Although other extended stories are not told about him, his tradition is rich in poetic themes and visual scenarios, such as \"Love conquers all\" and the retaliatory punishment or torture of Cupid. His powers are similar, though not identical, to Kamadeva the Hindu god of human love. In" ] }, { "idx": 174, "question": "If the season two finale episode \"Casino Night\" of \"The Office\" had attracted an additional 1 million viewers, what would have been the total viewership?", "answers": [ "8.7 million" ], "context": [ "Night\" also introduces the musical exploits of Kevin Malone, played by Brian Baumgartner. The episode received wide acclaim from television critics and earned a Nielsen rating of 3.9 in the 18\u201349 demographic, being seen by 7.7 million viewers. It is generally considered by both critics and audiences to be one of the show's greatest episodes. Plot. Michael Scott (Steve Carell) organizes a casino charity event in the warehouse, and unwittingly winds up with two dates for the evening, his boss Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) and his real-estate agent Carol Stills (Nancy Carell). Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) and Pam Beesly (Jenna" ] }, { "idx": 175, "question": "If daisies had been the original flower intended for the Unknown Australian Soldier's grave, what flower would visitors to the Australian War Memorial place in the gaps between the bronze plaques today?", "answers": [ "daisies" ], "context": [ "poppies in the gaps between the bronze plaques, beside the names of those they wish to honour. This tradition originated when the Unknown Australian Soldier was interred, as the Poppies were originally intended for his grave. Many continue to be inserted beside the names of those who died. The Memorial only remove the poppies when the plaques have to be rewaxed for their preservation, otherwise, the Memorial staff make no effort to remove them. The Colonial Gallery located behind the Temporary Exhibits Gallery states that the Imperial Bushman Breaker Morant of the Boer War does not appear in the Roll" ] }, { "idx": 176, "question": "If Slug from Atmosphere hadn't altered his initial interpretation of the character \"Lucy\" in relation to his personal relationships with women, what would he still consider this character as?", "answers": [ "ex-girlfriends", "A means of writing about ex-girlfriends" ], "context": [ "The most notable example of such allegories is a character whom Slug refers to as \"Lucy,\" who has been purported to be a symbol of a range of different entities. In earlier Atmosphere songs, it is believed that Slug used Lucy as a means of writing about ex-girlfriends. Lucy became so prominent that Atmosphere's 2001 album bore her name, \"Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs\", with the record itself concentrating fairly heavily on women and relationships in songs such as \"Don't Ever Fucking Question That\" and \"Mama Had A Baby And His Head Popped Off.\" The song \"Fuck You Lucy\" from" ] }, { "idx": 177, "question": "If the unauthorized low-quality mp3 file of Taylor Swift's song \"Mine\" hadn't leaked, when was it originally planned to be released?", "answers": [ "August 16, 2010" ], "context": [ "love and to stay in a relationship. The song is sort of about finding the exception to that and finding someone who would make you believe in love and realize that it could work out.\" \"Mine\" was one of the fourteen tracks in \"Speak Now\" that was written solely by Swift. She also co-produced the song with Nathan Chapman, who co-produced all of Swift's studio albums. It was originally planned to be released on August 16, 2010, however, after the leak of an unauthorized low-quality mp3 file of the song, Big Machine Records decided to ship the song to country" ] }, { "idx": 178, "question": "If the film \"Pretty Woman\" had been produced as initially planned, what occupation would have been the central theme?", "answers": [ "prostitution" ], "context": [ "and ascends the fire escape to kiss Vivian. Cast. Cast notes: Production. Development. The film was initially conceived as a dark drama about prostitution in Los Angeles in the 1980s. The relationship between Vivian and Edward also originally involved controversial themes, including Vivian being addicted to drugs; part of the deal was that she had to stay off cocaine for a week. Edward eventually throws her out of his car and drives off. The original script by J.F. Lawton, called \"3000\", ended with Vivian and her prostitute friend on the bus to Disneyland. Producer Laura Ziskin considered these elements detrimental", "Pretty Woman\" by Roy Orbison. It is the first film on-screen collaboration between Gere and Roberts; their second film, \"Runaway Bride\", was released in 1999. Originally intended to be a dark cautionary tale about class and prostitution in Los Angeles, the film was re-conceived as a romantic comedy with a large budget. It was widely successful at the box office and was the third-highest-grossing film of 1990. The film saw the highest number of ticket sales in the US ever for a romantic comedy, with Box Office Mojo listing it as the number-one romantic comedy by the highest estimated domestic" ] }, { "idx": 179, "question": "If the Crescent City Connection Division hadn't been renamed following a public contest in 1989, what would its original name have been?", "answers": [ "Greater New Orleans Bridge No. 2" ], "context": [ "for the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, it did not open to traffic until September 1988. The second span was originally designated as the Greater New Orleans Bridge No. 2. Both bridges were designed by Modjeski & Masters, Inc.. As soon as the new span was opened, the old span was temporarily closed in phases to replace the asphalt-on-steel deck with concrete. All the exits and entrances to the bridge were replaced as well. After the completion of the second span, a public contest was held in 1989 to rename the bridges, which was won by Jennifer Grodsky, of St. Clement" ] }, { "idx": 180, "question": "If the NHL lockout hadn't happened in 2012-13, when was the season originally scheduled to start?", "answers": [ "October 11, 2012" ], "context": [ "not be reached before the expiry of the NHL collective bargaining agreement on September 16, 2012. The lockout shortened the 2012\u201313 NHL season, originally scheduled to begin on October 11, 2012, from 82 to 48 games, a reduction of 41.5 percent. The revised season started on January 19, 2013 and ended on April 28, 2013. At issue for the owners were desires to reduce the players guaranteed 57% share of hockey-related revenues, introduce term limits on contracts, eliminate salary arbitration, and change free agency rules. The union's initial offers focused on increased revenue sharing between owners and a fixed salary" ] }, { "idx": 181, "question": "If S. J. Surya had been arrested ten days after the 22nd of August 2005, in which month would the arrest have occurred?", "answers": [ "September", "September 2005" ], "context": [ "did not revoke the censor certificate of the film, claiming it originally attained an \"A\" certificate \"under questionable circumstances\". Surya was arrested by city police on 22 August 2005 in connection for allegedly throwing a mobile phone at a woman censor board official in a fit of anger during the post-production of the film. According to the complainant, Vanathy Srinivasan, Surya was denied permission to add the \"Kumbakonam\" song to the film due to excessively obscene scenes and as a result he allegedly threw a mobile phone at her. He was late released without charge. A fresh case was launched" ] }, { "idx": 182, "question": "If Eureka College had been established two decades later, in which decade would it have been founded?", "answers": [ "1860s" ], "context": [ "Eureka College is a private liberal arts college in Eureka, Illinois, that is related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Enrollment in 2018 was approximately 567 students. Eureka College was the third college in the United States to admit men and women on an equal basis. It had a close connection with alumnus Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. In 2010, Eureka College was designated as a national historic district by the National Park Service. History. The college was founded in 1848 by a group of abolitionists who had left Kentucky because of their" ] }, { "idx": 183, "question": "If Charles Perrault had never written the famous fairy tale about a girl and her stepsisters, which Walt Disney Television production would not have been made?", "answers": [ "Cinderella", "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" ], "context": [ "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (also known as simply Cinderella) is a 1997 American musical fantasy television film produced by Walt Disney Television, directed by Robert Iscove and written by Robert L. Freedman. Based on the French fairy tale by Charles Perrault, the film is the second remake and third version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical, which originally aired on television in 1957. Adapted from Oscar Hammerstein II's book, Freedman modernized the script to appeal to more contemporary audiences by updating its themes, particularly re-writing its main character into a stronger heroine. Co-produced by Whitney Houston, who also appears as Cinderella's", "she's such a positive role model already. So I just wish her all the best. I absolutely love Halle and I love Chloe. I see so much of myself in Halle. Oh my God.\" Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (also known as simply Cinderella) is a 1997 American musical fantasy television film produced by Walt Disney Television, directed by Robert Iscove and written by Robert L. Freedman. Based on the French fairy tale by Charles Perrault, the film is the second remake and third version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical, which originally aired on television in 1957. Adapted from Oscar Hammerstein" ] }, { "idx": 184, "question": "If the titanosaur \"Dreadnoughtus\" had not been subjected to three-dimensional reconstructions, what would have been its estimated weight?", "answers": [ "59.3 tonnes" ], "context": [ "conflicting results, mass estimates for sauropods can vary widely causing disagreement among scientists over the accurate number. For example, the titanosaur \"Dreadnoughtus\" was originally estimated to weigh 59.3 tonnes by the allometric scaling of limb-bone proportions, whereas more recent estimates, based on three-dimensional reconstructions, yield a much smaller figure of 22.1\u201338.2 tonnes. Theropods. Sizes are given with a range, where possible, of estimates that have not been contradicted by more recent studies. In cases where a range of currently accepted estimates exist, sources are given for the sources with the lowest and highest estimates, respectively, and only the highest values" ] }, { "idx": 185, "question": "If Brian Bedford hadn't fallen ill during the production of \"The Misanthrope\" in 2011, who would not have had the opportunity to direct the play?", "answers": [ "David Grindley" ], "context": [ "1981. The most recent production ran from August 12 - October 29, 2011 at the Festival Theatre using the Richard Wilbur translation; Ben Carlson starred as Alceste and Sara Topham as Celimene. Brian Bedford was originally slated to direct and perform as Oronte, but was forced to step down due to illness, so the production was directed instead by David Grindley. Adaptations. Modern adaptations of the play have been written by Tony Harrison and Liz Lochhead. Lochhead's version is set in the early years of the revived Scottish Parliament and satirises Scottish Labour's relationship with the media. Originally written in" ] }, { "idx": 186, "question": "If Shakespeare's character Falstaff had not been renamed, what would have been its original name?", "answers": [ "Oldcastle" ], "context": [ "to defame Prince Henry. It may be that the tradition of Henry's riotous youth, immortalised by Shakespeare, is partly due to political enmity. Henry's record of involvement in war and politics, even in his youth, disproves this tradition. The most famous incident, his quarrel with the chief justice, has no contemporary authority and was first related by Sir Thomas Elyot in 1531. The story of Falstaff originated in Henry's early friendship with Sir John Oldcastle, a supporter of the Lollards. Shakespeare's Falstaff was originally named \"Oldcastle,\" following his main source, \"The Famous Victories of Henry V\". Oldcastle's descendants objected, and" ] }, { "idx": 187, "question": "If the MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor) had not made it possible to build high-density integrated circuits, what technological development would not have been possible?", "answers": [ "Microprocessor", "microprocessors", "The development of single-chip microprocessors.", "The development of the Intel 4004" ], "context": [ "Atalla and Dawon Kahng at Bell Labs in 1959. The MOSFET made it possible to build high-density integrated circuits, which led to the development of the first microprocessors. The single-chip microprocessor was made possible by an improvement in MOS technology, the silicon-gate MOS chip, developed in 1968 by Federico Faggin, who later used silicon-gate MOS technology to develop the first single-chip microprocessor, the Intel 4004, in 1971. A few researchers at places such as SRI and Xerox PARC were working on computers that a single person could use and that could be connected by fast, versatile networks: not home computers," ] }, { "idx": 188, "question": "If the current affairs programming on the Nine Network hadn't been moved to TCN in 2012, which station would have continued to handle it?", "answers": [ "GTV" ], "context": [ "in standard and high definition digital. Nine's core programming is fibre-fed out of GTV Melbourne to its sister stations and affiliates, with TCN Sydney providing national news and current affairs programming. The current affairs programming was originally done at GTV before moving to TCN in 2012. The receiving stations and affiliates then insert their own localised news and advertising which is then broadcast in metropolitan areas and Northern NSW via owned-and-operated stations, including TCN Sydney, GTV Melbourne, QTQ Brisbane, NWS Adelaide, STW Perth, NTD Darwin and NBN Northern New South Wales. Nine Network programming is also carried into the rest" ] }, { "idx": 189, "question": "If Robert Browning hadn't been convinced by his publisher, Moxon, to include some dramatic lyrics, what would have been the state of his reputation?", "answers": [ "partial recovery", "partial recovery." ], "context": [ "conflict during the Guelph-Ghibelline wars. This was published in 1840 and met with widespread derision, gaining him the reputation of wanton carelessness and obscurity. Tennyson commented that he only understood the first and last lines and Carlyle wrote that his wife had read the poem through and could not tell whether Sordello was a man, a city or a book. Browning's reputation began to make a partial recovery with the publication, 1841\u20131846, of \"Bells and Pomegranates\", a series of eight pamphlets, originally intended just to include his plays. Fortunately for Browning's career, his publisher, Moxon, persuaded him to include some" ] }, { "idx": 190, "question": "If the COVID-19 pandemic hadn't happened, when would the movie \"Back to the Future\" have originally premiered?", "answers": [ "May 29, 2020" ], "context": [ "was originally scheduled to begin on May 29, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the opening dates of various cinemas were delayed, and on a cinema-by-cinema basis slowly reopened. Many cinemas also showed the rest of the trilogy, partially due to the coinciding 30th anniversary of \"Part III\". Critical and public response. Marty McFly and Doc Brown were included in \"Empire\"s 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time, ranking No. 39 and No. 76 respectively. Cultural impact. \"Back to the Future\" Day. October 21, 2015, the date used for the setting of the future events during the first act" ] }, { "idx": 191, "question": "If the Sarawak Communist Organisation and the Bruneian rebels had not supported and propagated the unification of all British Borneo territories, which state would not have been formed?", "answers": [ "North Kalimantan" ], "context": [ "SCO had 24,000 members. During the 1940s and 1950s, Maoism had spread among Chinese vernacular schools in Sarawak. Following the Second World War, Communist influence also penetrated the labour movement and the predominantly Chinese Sarawak United People's Party, the state's first political party which was founded in June 1959. The Sarawak Insurgency began after the Brunei Revolt in 1962 and SCO would fight alongside the Bruneian rebels and Indonesian forces during the Indonesia\u2013Malaysia confrontation (1963\u20131966). The Sarawak Communist Organisation and the Bruneian rebels supported and propagated the unification of all British Borneo territories to form an independent leftist North Kalimantan" ] }, { "idx": 192, "question": "If Minister of the Indies Jos\u00e9 de G\u00e1lvez's plans had been fully realized, the viceregal system in New Spain would have been replaced by intendancies modeled after which country's system?", "answers": [ "Bourbon France" ], "context": [ "crown also established a standing military, with the aim of defending its overseas territories. The Spanish Bourbons monarchs' prime innovation introduction of intendancies, an institution emulating that of Bourbon France. They were first introduced on a large scale in New Spain, by the Minister of the Indies Jos\u00e9 de G\u00e1lvez, in the 1770s, who originally envisioned that they would replace the viceregal system (viceroyalty) altogether. With broad powers over tax collection and the public treasury and with a mandate to help foster economic growth over their districts, intendants encroached on the traditional powers of viceroys, governors and local officials, such" ] }, { "idx": 193, "question": "If the village of Arapahoe were still functioning as it was originally established, what would it be providing to the Arapaho people today?", "answers": [ "rations" ], "context": [ "constructed in 1917\u20131920. The village of Arapahoe was originally established as a US sub-agency to distribute rations to the Arapaho. At one time it also operated a large trading post. Irrigation was constructed to support farming and ranching in the arid region. The Arapaho constructed a flour mill near Fort Washakie. Separately, under the Dawes Act, communal tribal land was allotted to individual households, which could later be sold to non-tribal members, further diminishing the tribal land base. In 1904 the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho ceded a portion of the reservation north of the Wind River to the United" ] }, { "idx": 194, "question": "If Dennis Prager and Allen Estrin had followed through with their original plan for PragerU, what type of institution would it have been instead of a digital platform?", "answers": [ "brick-and-mortar", "A brick-and-mortar university" ], "context": [ "incorrect content in its videos, particularly those that downplay climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and racism, as well as those that oppose immigration. History. PragerU was founded in 2011 by conservative radio talk show host Dennis Prager and radio producer and screenwriter Allen Estrin, in order to advocate for conservative views and to offset what Prager regards as the undermining of college education by the left. The two originally considered making it a brick-and-mortar university, but the idea was revised into a digital product to save money. PragerU is based in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, and" ] }, { "idx": 195, "question": "If \"The Sitter\" had been released as per its original schedule, in which month would it have premiered?", "answers": [ "August" ], "context": [ "The Sitter is a 2011 American dark comedy film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka. The film follows a slacker college student who, after being suspended, is forced by his mother to fill in for a babysitter that called in sick. During this time, he takes his charges along for his extensive criminal escapades. The film is a Michael De Luca Productions and 20th Century Fox joint venture, distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was originally scheduled to be released in theaters on August 5, 2011, but was pushed back to December" ] }, { "idx": 196, "question": "If the county council for Glossop had not relocated in the late 1950s, where would it have been based in 1960?", "answers": [ "Derby" ], "context": [ "council, originally based in Derby, moved to Matlock in the late 1950s to facilitate easier travelling to the county hall from the northern extremities such as Glossop and the High Peak. For the county council, Glossop is split between the divisions of Glossop and Charlesworth (electing two councillors), and Etherow (electing one councillor). Etherow division contains Hadfield North, Hadfield South, Gamesley and the large and sparsely populated Tintwistle ward, which was formerly in Cheshire. These boundaries were set in 2013. At the district level, that is High Peak Borough Council, Glossop comprises these wards: Dinting, Gamesley, Hadfield North, Hadfield South," ] }, { "idx": 197, "question": "If the 14 F-16A/B Block 15 OCU fighters had been delivered to Pakistan as initially planned, under which contracts would they have been fulfilled?", "answers": [ "Peace Gate III/IV" ], "context": [ "Defense Articles) from 2005 to 2008, two of which were delivered on 10 July 2007. Between 2005 and 2008, 14 F-16A/B Block 15 OCU fighters were delivered to the PAF under renewed post-9/11 ties between the U.S. and Pakistan. These had originally been built for Pakistan under the Peace Gate III/IV contracts but were never delivered due to the subsequent U.S. arms embargo imposed on Pakistan in 1990. To upgrade the F-16A/B fleet, 32 Falcon STAR kits were purchased for the original \"Peace Gate I\" aircraft and 35 Mid-Life Update (MLU) kits were ordered, with 11 more MLU kits optional." ] }, { "idx": 198, "question": "If the Hiawatha and Minnehaha statue in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, were made of the same material as its original creation for the 1893 Columbian Exposition, what would that material be?", "answers": [ "plaster" ], "context": [ "was originally created in plaster for the Columbian Exposition in 1893, and cast in bronze and erected at the park in 1912. Other statues commemorate several notable figures including John H. Stevens, the first authorized resident on the west bank of the Mississippi River in what would become Minneapolis. He was granted permission to occupy the site, then part of the Fort Snelling military reservation, in exchange for providing ferry service to St. Anthony across the river. A statue of Swedish musician and poet Gunnar Wennerberg was placed in the park in 1915. A mask of Dakota leader Taoyateduta (Little" ] }, { "idx": 199, "question": "If the rock band Faith No More had chosen to replace the word \"faith\" with their bassist's name in late November 2008, what would their new band name have been?", "answers": [ "Billy Gould No More", "Billy No More" ], "context": [ "were circulating in late November 2008, but were originally dismissed by bassist Billy Gould. He explained: \"If anything like this were to happen, it would have to come from the band, and I haven't spoken with any of them in over a year. So as far as I know, there isn't anything to talk about, and I'm pretty sure that if you were to contact Patton, he would tell you the same thing.\" However, on February 24, 2009, after months of speculation and rumors, Faith No More announced they would be reforming with a line-up identical to the \"Album of" ] }, { "idx": 200, "question": "If Robert Lawson's design for the Bank of New South Wales building had been executed as initially planned, which architectural style would it have embodied more than its neighboring National Bank building?", "answers": [ "classical" ], "context": [ "National Bank, this is also Neoclassical in design, its limestone facade dominated by a great six-columned, unpedimented portico. The columns in the Corinthian order support a divided entablature; the lower section or architrave bears the inscription \"Bank of New South Wales\", while above the frieze remains undecorated. The building, while not jarring, has less architectural merit than the National Bank building, even though it was originally intended to be more classical and impressive than its neighbour. The imposing effect the architect sought is lessened at ground level where the portico's columns are linked by a balustrade. This extinguishes the clean-lined" ] }, { "idx": 201, "question": "If there were no nearby fishermen, what would the \"Sea Shepherd II\" have attempted to do to the small boat used for laying nets during the incident in February 1991?", "answers": [ "destroy" ], "context": [ "end, they boarded the \"Pan Pacific\" and inspected the logbook, which revealed locations where dolphins were being killed. Using the information, they travelled along the Mexican coast and stopped several tuna seiners from various Latin American countries from killing dolphins. In February 1991, representatives of a tuna boat in the Pacific south of Mexico said that they had been rammed by \"Sea Shepherd II\". Sea Shepherd accused it of catching and killing dolphins in its tuna nets and confirmed its ship had dealt the tuna boat a \"glancing blow.\" They had originally planned to destroy the fishermen's small boat used" ] }, { "idx": 202, "question": "If General Toshev had not attended the meeting in Gorna Oryahovitsa to discuss the plan for the Third Army in Bulgaria, whose strength would have remained unknown?", "answers": [ "Opposing force" ], "context": [ "during the opening stages of the war on Field Marshal Mackensen, General Toshev and their forces. A day earlier the commander of the army group and the commander of the Third Army had met in Gorna Oryahovitsa to finalize the offensive plan. General Toshev, who had more up to date intelligence regarding the strength of the opposing forces and their fortification, convinced the field marshal to commit the main forces for an attack of the Tutrakan fortress first, instead of attacking both it and Silistra as was originally noted in the army group directive from 28 August. The two also" ] }, { "idx": 203, "question": "If there were no sufficient quantities of glutamate and glutamine, what could not be used for hydrolysis in the production of monosodium glutamate?", "answers": [ "Seitan", "Wheat gluten" ], "context": [ "(FASEB)concluded, \"there may be a small number of unstable asthmatics who respond to doses of 1.5\u20132.5 g of MSG in the absence of food\". The FASEB evaluation concluded, \"sufficient evidence exists to indicate some individuals may experience manifestations of CRS when exposed to a \u22653 g bolus dose of MSG in the absence of food\". Production. MSG has been produced by three methods: hydrolysis of vegetable proteins with hydrochloric acid to disrupt peptide bonds (1909\u20131962); direct chemical synthesis with acrylonitrile (1962\u20131973), and bacterial fermentation (the current method). Wheat gluten was originally used for hydrolysis because it contains more than 30" ] }, { "idx": 204, "question": "If the development of Fleetwood in England hadn't occurred during the first half of the 19th century, what wouldn't have arrived in the Fylde?", "answers": [ "Railway" ], "context": [ "0.10% were Jewish and 0.05% were Sikh; these figures are all lower than the regional and national averages. A further 9.40% of people in the borough stated that they had no religion, also a lower figure than the regional and national averages. Transport. The development in the first half of the 19th century of Fleetwood led to the arrival of the railway in the Fylde. The Preston & Wyre Railway and Dock Company was formed to connect Fleetwood to Preston and the Preston and Wyre Railway line was completed in 1840. Poulton-le-Fylde railway station, on the line between Kirkham and" ] }, { "idx": 205, "question": "If the band hadn't already had enough mid-tempo songs for the \"Ten\" album, which song would not have been removed?", "answers": [ "Alone" ], "context": [ "1992 re-recorded version of the song is on the \"Go\" single. Another version of \"Alone\", with re-recorded vocals, appears on \"Lost Dogs\". According to McCready, \"Alone\" was cut from \"Ten\" because the band already had enough mid-tempo songs for the album. The song \"Dirty Frank\", which was released as a B-side on the \"Even Flow\" single and often thought to be a \"Ten\" outtake, was recorded after \"Ten\" was released. Thus, \"Dirty Frank\" is not from the \"Ten\" recording sessions. The song \"Footsteps\" began as an instrumental demo and was compiled onto the \"Stone Gossard Demos '91\" tape. Vedder added" ] }, { "idx": 206, "question": "If the term \"Stout\" in beer had retained its original meaning instead of shifting to refer to body and colour, what would it signify?", "answers": [ "Beer's strength" ], "context": [ "Throughout the bulk of its history, Guinness produced only three variations of a single beer type: porter or single stout, double or extra and foreign stout for export. \"Stout\" originally referred to a beer's strength, but eventually shifted meaning toward body and colour. Porter was also referred to as \"plain\", as mentioned in the famous refrain of Flann O'Brien's poem \"The Workman's Friend\": \"A pint of plain is your only man.\" Already one of the top-three British and Irish brewers, Guinness's sales soared from 350,000 barrels in 1868 to 779,000 barrels in 1876. In October 1886 Guinness became a public" ] }, { "idx": 207, "question": "If Marjory Stoneman Douglas had published one less fiction article or story between 1920 and 1990, what would have been her total count of such publications?", "answers": [ "108" ], "context": [ "something I've written\", she wrote in her autobiography. Freelance writer. After quitting the newspaper in 1923, Douglas worked as a freelance writer. From 1920 to 1990, Douglas published 109 fiction articles and stories. One of her first stories was sold to the pulp fiction magazine \"Black Mask\" for $600 (equivalent to $ in ). Forty of her stories were published in \"The Saturday Evening Post\"; one, \"Story of a Homely Woman\", was reprinted in 1937 in the \"Post's\" best short stories compilation. Recurring settings in her fiction were South Florida, the Caribbean, and Europe during World War I. Her protagonists" ] }, { "idx": 208, "question": "If the American rock band Melvins had been established a year prior to their actual formation, in which year would that have been?", "answers": [ "1982" ], "context": [ "Melvins are an American rock band formed in 1983, in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. They originally performed as only a trio but later also sometimes appeared as a quartet with either two drummers or two bassists. Since 1984, vocalist and guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have been constant members. The band was named after a supervisor at a Thriftway in Montesano, where Osborne also worked as a clerk; \"Melvin\" was disliked by other employees, and the band's members felt it to be an appropriately ridiculous name.", "of \"10 Heaviest Grunge Bands\". Members. Former members Touring members Melvins are an American rock band formed in 1983, in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. They originally performed as only a trio but later also sometimes appeared as a quartet with either two drummers or two bassists. Since 1984, vocalist and guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have been constant members. The band was named after a supervisor at a Thriftway in Montesano, where Osborne also worked as a clerk; \"Melvin\" was disliked by other employees, and the" ] }, { "idx": 209, "question": "If \"The Young Turks\" extended their live stream format by an hour, what would be the new duration?", "answers": [ "3-4 hours", "three to four hours" ], "context": [ "Gina Grad, Samantha Schacher, and Jayde Lovell. Production. \"The Young Turks\" is broadcast in a two-to-three hour live stream format, which airs Monday through Fridays at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time. The program was originally based out of the living room of creator/host Cenk Uygur, but it moved production to a small office in Los Angeles after the show hired a limited staff to produce the program. When the program was given a secondary live show on Current TV in 2011, the network provided a larger studio in Los Angeles to house its television and online broadcasts; production was forced to" ] }, { "idx": 210, "question": "If the reality television series hadn't been renamed to \"Teen Mom OG\" for the fifth season, what would its original title be?", "answers": [ "Teen Mom" ], "context": [ "Teen Mom (renamed Teen Mom OG starting with the fifth season) is an American reality television series broadcast by MTV. It is the first spin-off of \"16 and Pregnant\", and it focuses on the lives of several young mothers as they navigate motherhood and strained family and romantic relationships. Its first run consists of four seasons originally aired between December 8, 2009, and October 9, 2012, while another four seasons have aired during its second run that began on March 23, 2015. Season 9 premiered on January 26, 2021. The series originally focused on the lives of Maci Bookout (now", "million viewers. The first-season finale brought in 3.6 million viewers. The second-season finale pulled in over 5.6 million viewers. Teen Mom (renamed Teen Mom OG starting with the fifth season) is an American reality television series broadcast by MTV. It is the first spin-off of \"16 and Pregnant\", and it focuses on the lives of several young mothers as they navigate motherhood and strained family and romantic relationships. Its first run consists of four seasons originally aired between December 8, 2009, and October 9, 2012, while another four seasons have aired during its second run that began on March 23," ] }, { "idx": 211, "question": "If Adecco had placed 50,000 fewer individuals on assignment each day for its clients, what would be the total number of people placed?", "answers": [ "600,000" ], "context": [ "for staffing, The Adecco Group covers many sectors, including office, industrial, technical, financial and legal, amongst others. Global brands. The Adecco Group operates in the market through many different brands. These include: Scandals. In 2004, Adecco delayed publication of its results because of accounting problems. With investors already nervous following the collapse of Italian dairy group Parmalat, shares in Adecco - which places 650,000 people on assignment each day for clients such as IBM - were down 44.2% at 45.50 Swiss francs (\u00a320.13). The loss wiped out last year's 47% share price gain, which came amid expectations that global economic" ] }, { "idx": 212, "question": "If the British Army and the Royal Air Force had initiated the North African Campaign a year later than they did, in what year would it have commenced?", "answers": [ "1942" ], "context": [ "operations in Salerno. During the North African Campaign in 1941 the British Army and the Royal Air Force established Forward Air Support Links (FASL), a mobile air support system using ground vehicles. Light reconnaissance aircraft would observe enemy activity and report it by radio to the FASL which was attached at brigade level. The FASL was in communication (a two-way radio link known as a \"tentacle\") with the Air Support Control (ASC) Headquarters attached to the corps or armoured division which could summon support through a Rear Air Support Link with the airfields. They also introduced the system of ground" ] }, { "idx": 213, "question": "If the Concert in Central Park had been scheduled a year later than it actually was, in what year would it have occurred?", "answers": [ "1982" ], "context": [ "that further collaboration was not planned. Concert. The concert took place on Saturday, September 19, 1981, on the Great Lawn, the central open space of Central Park. The first spectators, many carrying chairs or picnic blankets, arrived at daybreak to secure a good spot. The Parks Department originally expected about 300,000 attendees. Although rain fell throughout the day and continued until the start of the concert, an estimated 500,000 audience members made this the seventh-largest concert attendance in the United States in history. The stage backdrop depicted an urban rooftop with water tank and air outlet, symbolic of New York's" ] }, { "idx": 214, "question": "If the original theory about LGM-1 was correct, from what kind of civilization would it be a transmission?", "answers": [ "extraterrestrial" ], "context": [ "the observed dips in the star's radiative flux. The nickname is a double entendre for the colloquial expression of disbelief, \"what the fuck\", or \"WTF\". The star has also been given the nickname \"LGM-2\" \u2013 a homage to the first pulsar discovered, PSR B1919+21, which was given the nickname \"LGM-1\" when it was originally theorized to be a transmission from an extraterrestrial civilization. Other designations in various star catalogues have been given to Tabby's Star. In the Kepler Input Catalog, a collection of astronomical objects catalogued by the Kepler space telescope, Tabby's Star is known as . In the Tycho-2" ] }, { "idx": 215, "question": "If King Richard II of England had ordered ten fewer sheep for his Christmas feast in 1377, how many sheep would have been consumed?", "answers": [ "290" ], "context": [ "was anointed on Christmas in 855 and King William I of England was crowned on Christmas Day 1066. By the High Middle Ages, the holiday had become so prominent that chroniclers routinely noted where various magnates celebrated Christmas. King Richard II of England hosted a Christmas feast in 1377 at which 28 oxen and 300 sheep were eaten. The Yule boar was a common feature of medieval Christmas feasts. Caroling also became popular, and was originally performed by a group of dancers who sang. The group was composed of a lead singer and a ring of dancers that provided the" ] }, { "idx": 216, "question": "If the Guildford City Boxing Club had retained its original name, what would it be known as today?", "answers": [ "Onslow Lions" ], "context": [ "two indoor rock climbing centres, Craggy Island on Moorfield Road in the Slyfield Industrial Estate, and a climbing wall at the Surrey Sports Park. Guildford City Boxing Club, (formerly Guildford City ABC), headed by GB coach, John Edwards and the BBBofC's Ben Harmsworth, is based in Cabell Road in Park Barn. Founded in the 1920s and originally called the Onslow Lions, the boxing club is considered one of the oldest in Surrey. Guildford Crows Aussie Rules FC was founded in 2009 and competes in the AFLGB Southern Division. The club trains at Stoke Park and plays home matches at Effingham" ] }, { "idx": 217, "question": "If the infantry units originally assigned to Price hadn't been redirected, which theater would not have received his infantry units?", "answers": [ "Western Theater" ], "context": [ "and military supplies\". Opposing forces. Price assembled a force he named the Army of Missouri, consisting of 12,000 men and fourteen artillery pieces. His army was divided into three divisions under Maj. Gen. James F. Fagan, Maj. Gen. John S. Marmaduke, and Brig. Gen. Joseph O. \"Jo\" Shelby. However, the infantry units originally assigned to Price were ordered to the Western Theater, changing his mission from an full-fledged invasion into a cavalry raid. Price's men were a mixture of the best and the worst, a full quarter of them being deserters who had been returned to duty. Hundreds of Price's" ] }, { "idx": 218, "question": "If Hugh McCulloch had not served as the head of the U.S. Treasury, which position would he not have held from 1865 to 1869?", "answers": [ "Secretary of the Treasury" ], "context": [ "Hugh McCulloch (December 7, 1808 \u2013 May 24, 1895) was an American financier who played a central role in financing the American Civil War. He served two non-consecutive terms as U.S. Treasury Secretary under three presidents. He was originally opposed to the creation of a system of national banks, but his reputation as head of the Bank of Indiana 1857 to 1863 persuaded the Treasury to bring him in to supervise the new system as Comptroller of the Currency 1863\u201365. As Secretary of the Treasury 1865\u201369 he reduced and funded the gigantic Civil War debt of the union, and reestablished", "National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Hugh McCulloch (December 7, 1808 \u2013 May 24, 1895) was an American financier who played a central role in financing the American Civil War. He served two non-consecutive terms as U.S. Treasury Secretary under three presidents. He was originally opposed to the creation of a system of national banks, but his reputation as head of the Bank of Indiana 1857 to 1863 persuaded the Treasury to bring him in to supervise the new system as Comptroller of the Currency 1863\u201365. As Secretary of the Treasury 1865\u201369 he reduced and funded the gigantic Civil" ] }, { "idx": 219, "question": "If the initial plan hadn't been scrapped, which Lennon album would have been released on CD for the first time in June 1989?", "answers": [ "Live Peace in Toronto 1969", "Live Peace in Toronto" ], "context": [ "on CD for the first time in June 1989, but the plan was scrapped. Ono, with the help of Rob Stevens from Quad Recording, supervised a remixing of \"Live Peace in Toronto 1969\" for its compact disc issue, released on 1 May 1995. Two of the remixed tracks feature a variation in Ono's vocals: while \"Dizzy Miss Lizzy\" has additional backing vocals from Ono, \"Money\" has fewer backing vocals from Ono. The CD booklet included a 1995 calendar, mimicking the original release. The album is also available from the audiophile label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, utilizing the same remix. The" ] }, { "idx": 220, "question": "If the character \"The Blob\" from Marvel Comics didn't possess an extreme amount of pliable body mass, which superhuman ability would he be without?", "answers": [ "superhuman strength" ], "context": [ "The Blob (Frederick J. \"Fred\" Dukes) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an adversary of the X-Men. A mutant originally depicted as a fat circus freak, the Blob claims to be immovable when he so desires. He possesses an extreme amount of pliable body mass, which grants him superhuman strength. Possessing the demeanor of a bully, he mostly uses his powers for petty crime and as a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants and Freedom Force. The Blob appeared in the 2009 superhero film \"\", where he" ] }, { "idx": 221, "question": "If Martin Hollis hadn't proposed a 3D version for the game produced by British studio Rare, which game would have been developed as a 2D platformer?", "answers": [ "Goldeneye 007" ], "context": [ "Martin Hollis, who had previously worked as a second programmer on the coin-op version of \"Killer Instinct\". In November 1994, after Nintendo and Rare discussed the possibility of developing a game based on the upcoming \"James Bond\" film \"GoldenEye\", Hollis told Tim Stamper, Rare's managing director, that he was interested in the project. Due to the success of Rare's 1994 game \"Donkey Kong Country\", \"GoldenEye 007\" was originally suggested as a 2D platformer for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. However, Hollis proposed a 3D shooting game for the upcoming Nintendo 64 console. He created a document with design ideas, including" ] }, { "idx": 222, "question": "If the 2008 Summer Olympics hadn't faced budgetary issues and problems, which event was planned to be conducted on a smaller scale?", "answers": [ "Torch relay" ], "context": [ "budgetary issues and the problems related to 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, the organizers decided to carry it out on a smaller scale than those carried out in previous editions. The torch was Guangdong province and was traveled across 21 major cities of the Guangdong Province. The flame of the torch was lit at the Great Wall of China on October 9, 2010, and traveled around the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. As originally scheduled 21 cities were present in the list of relay, with 2,010 torchbearers expected to carry it from October 12 to November 12, 2010; however, two" ] }, { "idx": 223, "question": "If the late-2000s recession and financial crisis in the USA hadn't occurred, when would the Dodd\u2013Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act not have been passed by Congress?", "answers": [ "July 2010" ], "context": [ "it falls under the guidance, rules, and regulations under the CFPB. The bank will then be known as a CFPB regulated bank. The CFPB will examine the institution for compliance with bank regulatory laws. History. In July 2010, Congress passed the Dodd\u2013Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, during the 111th United States Congress in response to the late-2000s recession and financial crisis. The agency was originally proposed in 2007 by then Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren, who later became a US senator. The proposed CFPB was actively supported by Americans for Financial Reform, a newly created umbrella" ] }, { "idx": 224, "question": "If the definition of \"sports car\" hadn't expanded from the 1920s to the 1970s to include cars with a fixed roof, what would the term originally refer to?", "answers": [ "Two-seat roadsters" ], "context": [ "Common categories of sports/performance cars are: The definitions for these categories are often blurred and a car may be a member of multiple categories. Sports car. Sports cars are designed to emphasize handling, performance, or the thrill of driving. Sports cars originated in Europe in the early 1900s, with one of the first recorded usages of the term \"sports car\" being in \"The Times\" newspaper in the United Kingdom in 1919. Sports cars started to become popular during the 1920s. The term was originally used for two-seat roadsters (cars without fixed roofs). However, since the 1970s the term has also" ] }, { "idx": 225, "question": "If Shah Jahan had not emerged victorious in the war of succession following Jahangir's death, who would have assumed the throne as emperor in Agra in 1628?", "answers": [ "Shahryar Mirza", "Shahryar" ], "context": [ "has been heavily adapted into Indian art, literature and cinema. He owned the royal treasury and several precious stones such as the Kohinoor and has thus often been regarded as the wealthiest person in history. Shah Jahan was considered the most competent of Emperor Jahangir's four sons. Jahangir's death in late 1627 spurred a war of succession, from which Shah Jahan emerged victorious. He executed all of his rivals for the throne and crowned himself emperor on January 1628 in Agra, under the regnal title \"Shah Jahan\" (which was originally given to him as a princely title). His rule saw" ] }, { "idx": 226, "question": "If the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, had not occurred in the United States, which federal department might not have been established?", "answers": [ "United States Department of Homeland Security", "Department of Homeland Security" ], "context": [ "Left Behind Act. He pushed for socially conservative efforts such as the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act and faith-based initiatives. A decisive event that reshaped his administration were the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, resulting in the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and war on terror. Bush ordered an invasion of Afghanistan, beginning the War in Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban, destroy al-Qaeda, and capture Osama bin Laden. He signed the Patriot Act in order to authorize surveillance of suspected terrorists. In 2003, Bush ordered an invasion of Iraq which began the Iraq War, falsely arguing that the" ] }, { "idx": 227, "question": "If Usain Bolt hadn't made a false start in 2011 and had won the 100 meters, how many World Championship titles would he have secured?", "answers": [ "12" ], "context": [ "him the first person to hold both records since fully automatic time became mandatory. An eleven-time World Champion, he won consecutive World Championship 100 m, 200 m and 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay gold medals from 2009 to 2015, with the exception of a 100 m false start in 2011. He is the most successful male athlete of the World Championships. Bolt is the first athlete to win four World Championship titles in the 200 m and is one of the most successful in the 100 m with three titles. Bolt improved upon his second 100 m world record of" ] }, { "idx": 228, "question": "If Dave Crosby, the keyboard player of the music band Rheostatics, had not been a part of the band, how many members would the band have had?", "answers": [ "3", "three" ], "context": [ "listener polls as among the best Canadian albums ever recorded. History. Early years. Formed in Etobicoke, Ontario in 1978, the band played their first gig at a club called The Edge in February 1980. The band originally consisted of guitarist Dave Bidini, bassist Tim Vesely, drummer Rod Westlake and keyboard player Dave Crosby. Westlake left the band almost immediately, however, and was replaced by Dave Clark. Crosby left the band in 1981. In their earliest years, the band members were all still teenagers, and required special permits to play in most music venues. The band's early sound was more R&B" ] }, { "idx": 229, "question": "If Tom Cruise hadn't adopted any children during his marriage to Nicole Kidman, how many biological children would he have?", "answers": [ "1", "one" ], "context": [ "(2014), and \"The Mummy\" (2017). Cruise has been married to actresses Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, and Katie Holmes. He has three children, two of whom were adopted during his marriage to Kidman and the other of whom is a biological daughter he had with Holmes. Cruise is an outspoken advocate for the Church of Scientology and its associated social programs, which he credits with helping him overcome dyslexia. In the 2000s, he sparked controversy with his Church-affiliated criticisms of psychiatry and anti-depressant drugs, his efforts to promote Scientology as a religion in Europe, and a leaked video interview of him" ] }, { "idx": 230, "question": "If Chelsea Victoria Clinton had not given birth to any children after the year 2015, how many sons would she have had?", "answers": [ "0" ], "context": [ "2005, and became engaged over Thanksgiving weekend in 2009. Following their wedding, the couple lived in New York City's Gramercy Park neighborhood for three years and later purchased a $10.5 million condominium in the NoMad district of Manhattan. Their first child, a daughter named Charlotte, was born on September 26, 2014. Their second child and first son, named Aidan, was born on June 18, 2016. Shortly after Aidan was born, the family moved to the nearby Flatiron District. Their third child and second son, Jasper, was born on July 22, 2019. In popular culture. Clinton is portrayed in the 1996" ] }, { "idx": 231, "question": "If there had been one less president before Josias Gorgas' tenure at the University of Alabama in 1878, what would have been his numerical position?", "answers": [ "7" ], "context": [ "marked by discord with the board of trustees and the stress of keeping the university financially afloat. A student residence hall built as part of the Sewanee Military Academy was later renamed \"Gorgas Hall\" in his honor. In 1878, Gorgas was elected 8th president of the University of Alabama. When he was forced to resign due to ill health, the trustees created the position of librarian for him, the position in which his wife was to succeed him. Upon his resignation as president, the university allowed the Gorgas family to move into the Pratt House, which also housed the campus" ] }, { "idx": 232, "question": "If the Nauvoo Blue Cheese company had started its cheese production a decade after the 1930s, in which decade would it have begun?", "answers": [ "1940s" ], "context": [ "population were below the poverty line, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 18.2% of those age 65 or over. Economy. The Nauvoo Blue Cheese company began to produce cheese in the 1930s. It was discovered the cool, moist wine cellars in the area were ideal for aging cheese. The wine cellars, and the wine-making business originally started by the Icarians, saw a decline in use because of prohibition. In 2003 the Nauvoo Cheese company went out of business when Saputo food company purchased it and relocated to other facilities. Nauvoo is also home to Baxter's Vineyards, a small" ] }, { "idx": 233, "question": "If the joint French and British attack during the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel hadn't been postponed, what would have been the original date of the assault?", "answers": [ "June 29, 1916" ], "context": [ "at Beaumont-Hamel. Beaumont-Hamel was situated near the northern end of the 45-kilometre front being assaulted by the joint French and British force. The attack, originally scheduled for 29 June 1916 was postponed by two days to July 1, 1916, partly on account of inclement weather, partly to allow more time for the artillery preparation. The 29th British Division, with its three infantry brigades faced defences manned by experienced troops of the 119th (Reserve) Infantry Regiment of the 26th (Wurttemberg) Reserve Division. The 119th (Reserve) Infantry Regiment had been involved in the invasion of France in August 1914 and had been" ] }, { "idx": 234, "question": "If the original composer for the film \"White Squall\" hadn't been replaced, who would have been responsible for the score?", "answers": [ "Maurice Jarre" ], "context": [ "embrace him. The end credits explain that in reality six people died in total (four students) and dedicates the film to them. Production. Part of the film was shot using a horizon tank in Malta, with a full-sized mock-up of the ship, the \"Eye of the Wind\", used to depict the \"Albatross\" in scenes shot mainly in the Caribbean. Maurice Jarre was originally scheduled to compose the original score, but was replaced by Hans Zimmer's prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Jeff Rona. Zimmer was set to replace Jarre but failed to commit due to time difficulties. The song in the end credits is \"Valparaiso\"" ] }, { "idx": 235, "question": "If the Church of St. Paul and St. Timothy had not been re-dedicated in 1993, how many years would it have remained consecrated in honour of Paul the Apostle?", "answers": [ "97 years" ], "context": [ "its construction started in May 1893. In December 1895 the church was completed\u2014except for the -tall spire and tower, which were added in 1897. The church was originally consecrated in February 1896 in honour of Paul the Apostle, but in 1993 it was re-dedicated as St. Paul's and St. Timothy's when the latter, a daughter church, was opened in Byron Street to replace Cecil Hall (which had long been used as an annexe of St Paul's). The Church of St. Paul and St. Timothy is now a Grade II* listed building and is located on Mansfield Road. Daybrook Baptist Church" ] }, { "idx": 236, "question": "If Mark Westrom had never pursued a career in the weapons industry, which rifle concept would he not have proposed?", "answers": [ "Special Purpose Rifle", "SPR", "SPR (Special Purpose Rifle)" ], "context": [ "Center Crane Division for US special operations units, not for Navy units in general. History. The SPR, used by Special Operations Forces of both the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, is a heavily modified light designated marksman variation of the M16 line of infantry weapons, chambered for NATO standard 5.56\u00d745mm ammunition. The SPR concept was originally proposed by Mark Westrom, currently president of ArmaLite, while working at Rock Island Arsenal in 2000. The program was an outgrowth of the desire by both US Army and Navy special operations forces for a rifle with greater effective range than an M4 carbine" ] }, { "idx": 237, "question": "If the Australian actor Spencer hadn't convinced the producers to alter Robert Chase's character's nationality in \"House\", what would have been Chase's original nationality?", "answers": [ "American" ], "context": [ "specialties in Intensive Care and Cardiology; he also took a residency in Neurosurgery at Melbourne Hospital, although he never became a board certified neurosurgeon. Concept and creation. When his agent suggested that Spencer audition for the role of Chase, he expected \"House\" to be a medical drama similar to \"General Hospital\". However, he was impressed with the show once his agent showed him the scripts, and found out that Bryan Singer was producing the show. The character of Robert Chase was originally intended to be American, but was later changed to an Englishman: after taking the role, Spencer, who is" ] }, { "idx": 238, "question": "If the second season of Grey's Anatomy had been shortened by five episodes, what would have been the total number of episodes?", "answers": [ "22" ], "context": [ "contained 27 episodes, out of which 4 were originally produced for the first season. In addition to the regular episodes, 2 clip shows recapped previous events of the show, both narrated by Steven W. Bailey in his recently introduced role as Joe the Bartender. \"Straight to Heart\" aired 1 week before the winter-holiday hiatus ended, recapping the most memorable events of the first season and the first-half of the second. \"Under Pressure\" aired before the twenty-third episode. The season finale was conceived as a 3-part story-arc, the first of this kind in the series, and was scheduled to air on" ] }, { "idx": 239, "question": "If Otomo, known for \"Akira\", hadn't found the original character design for Chiyoko too ordinary and boring, what would have been Chiyoko's gender?", "answers": [ "male", "old man" ], "context": [ "the Espers' codenames of Nos. 25\u201328, were taken from \"Tetsujin 28-go\". Kaneda's iconic motorcycle from the manga had no specific design. So Otomo said it came out \"kind of random\" and changed every time he drew it. The character Chiyoko was originally designed to be an old man, but Otomo felt that was too ordinary and \"a little boring\" and came up with the idea for an old lady, which then became a large old lady. The character grew on him as he drew and she ended up with a greater role than he originally planned. The logo for the" ] }, { "idx": 240, "question": "If Norval Morrisseau had never pursued his artistic career, from which sources would he not have drawn ancient legends and images?", "answers": [ "dreams", "visions" ], "context": [ "buried after a private ceremony in Northern Ontario next to the grave of his former wife, Harriet, on Anishinaabe land. The National Arts Centre, urban ink co-production, \"Copper Thunderbird\", premiered on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) on Monday, February 4, 2008. Norval Morrisseau was honoured with a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award during the NAAF Awards show in 2008. Style. Morrisseau was a self-taught artist. He developed his own techniques and artistic vocabulary that captured ancient legends and images that came to him in visions or dreams. He was originally criticized by the native community because his images disclosed traditional" ] }, { "idx": 241, "question": "If Mario Urioste had not been incarcerated for shoplifting, what form of sexual assault would he have avoided?", "answers": [ "rape", "Gang rape" ], "context": [ "BBC's \"Timewatch\" program, an eyewitness described the carnage in Cell Block 4. They saw an inmate held up in front of a window; he was being tortured by using a blowtorch on his face and eyes until his head exploded. Another story was about Mario Urioste, who was jailed for shoplifting. He was originally placed by officers in a violent unit where he was gang-raped by seven inmates. Mario had filed a lawsuit against his rapists, so prison officials had housed him in Cell Block 4 for his own protection. Urioste was one of the targets for revenge. His body" ] }, { "idx": 242, "question": "If the \"Indian Act\" had been enacted five years later than its original implementation in 1876, which decade would it fall into?", "answers": [ "1880s" ], "context": [ "act in a variety of ways, including the following: These provisions interfered with the matrilineal cultures of many First Nations, whereby children were born to the mother's clan and people gained their belonging in the clan from her family. Often property and hereditary leadership passed through the maternal line. In addition, the 1876 \"Indian Act\" maintained that Indigenous women with status who married status Indigenous men would, in the event of divorce, be unable to regain their status to the band they were originally registered in. This occurred as a result of the act's enforcement of the patrilineal descent principle" ] }, { "idx": 243, "question": "If the pitched roof of St George's Cathedral had never experienced leakage, what material would not have been used for its replacement?", "answers": [ "tiles" ], "context": [ "to the north-east of the present one. The cathedral is described in the Western Australian State Heritage Register as being a church in the Victorian Academic style, built of locally made brick, limestone from Rottnest Island and Western Australian jarrah. The pitched roof was originally covered with slates; these were replaced by tiles in the 1950s because the original roof leaked, and returned to slate in the restoration works in the early 2000s as the tiles were too heavy causing the roof to bow. A central nave, with a timber vaulted roof supported by hammerbeams, has an aisle on each" ] }, { "idx": 244, "question": "If the fifth stop of the year's Mad Money tour hadn't been rescheduled due to the Virginia Tech shooting, when would it have originally occurred?", "answers": [ "April 24, 2007" ], "context": [ "CEO of The Walt Disney Company. The fifth stop in this year's tour took place on October 18, 2007 at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Management located in Atlanta. It was originally scheduled to take place on April 24, 2007, but was postponed and rescheduled, due to the on-campus shooting deaths at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia on April 16, 2007. Cramer's special guest on the tenth edition was E. Neville Isdell, CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. Incidentally, Cramer's interview with Isdell was filmed on location at that company's headquarters in Atlanta. This is the first \"Mad Money\"" ] }, { "idx": 245, "question": "If the Nets had scored an additional 3 points in their first regular-season NBA game at the Barclays Center in 2012, what would their final score have been?", "answers": [ "110" ], "context": [ "via the , which stop at Atlantic Avenue\u2013Barclays Center. MTA Regional Bus Operations service is provided by , and buses. Notable events. Basketball. The first NBA basketball game played at the new arena was an NBA preseason game between the Nets and the Washington Wizards on October 15, 2012. The first regular-season NBA game at the Barclays Center took place on November 3, 2012, when the Nets beat the visiting Toronto Raptors 107\u2013100. The originally scheduled season opener home game was supposed to take place on November 1 against now-cross town rivals the New York Knicks, in what was planned" ] }, { "idx": 246, "question": "If the developmental issues with the Agena B stage had been resolved on schedule, when would the U.S. Air Force have initiated the flights of Ranger 3?", "answers": [ "late 1960", "early 1961" ], "context": [ "on Rangers 1-2. Agena was primarily the domain of the U.S. Air Force, who intended to use it for military payloads, and NASA had originally assumed it would begin flying in late 1960 or early 1961 by which time any developmental issues with the stage could be weeded out. However, Agena B ended up taking longer to put into service than originally anticipated and its performance also turned out to be somewhat less than expected, which forced some of the planned experiments on the Block II Rangers to be cancelled. While the Thor-Agena B had begun flying in October 1960," ] }, { "idx": 247, "question": "If the lower girdle facets of diamond cuts had remained the same length, how would the pavilion main facets have been affected?", "answers": [ "narrower" ], "context": [ "hurt the symmetry of the cut and are therefore considered during cut grading. Figure 1 assumes that the \"thick part of the girdle\" is the same thickness at all 16 \"thick parts\". It does not consider the effects of indexed upper girdle facets. Figure 2 is adapted from the Tolkowsky book, which was originally published in 1919. Since 1919, the lower girdle facets have become longer. As a result, the pavilion main facets have become narrower. Proportions. While the facet count is standard, the actual proportions\u2014\"crown height\" and \"crown angle\", \"pavilion depth\" and \"pavilion angle\", and \"table size\"\u2014are not universally" ] }, { "idx": 248, "question": "If the V-1 flying bomb's dive hadn't caused the fuel flow to stop, what type of dive was it originally intended to be?", "answers": [ "power", "Power dive" ], "context": [ "originally intended to be a power dive, in practice the dive caused the fuel flow to cease, which stopped the engine. The sudden silence after the buzzing alerted listeners of the impending impact. Initially, V-1s landed within a circle in diameter, but by the end of the war, accuracy had been improved to about , which was comparable to the V-2 rocket. Warhead. The warhead consisted of 850 kg of Amatol, 52A+ high-grade blast-effective explosive with three fuses. An electrical fuse could be triggered by nose or belly impact. Another fuse was a slow-acting mechanical fuse allowing deeper penetration into" ] }, { "idx": 249, "question": "If the Gothic polyptych had been made with one panel less, how many panels would it have in total?", "answers": [ "four" ], "context": [ "and the \"Allegory of Christian Learning\" on the left wall, and the large \"Crucifixion with the Way to Calvalry and the Descent into Limbo\" on the archway of the altar wall. The four-part vault contains scenes of Christ's resurrection, the navicella, the Ascension, and Pentecost. The five-panelled Gothic polyptych that was probably originally made for the chapel's altar, depicting the \"Madonna Enthroned with Child and Four Saints\" by Bernardo Daddi dates from 1344 and is currently on display in a small museum area reached ed through glass doors from the far end of the cloister. Together, the complex iconography of" ] }, { "idx": 250, "question": "If the character Mario from the \"Super Mario\" series had retained his initial name, what would he be known as?", "answers": [ "Mr. Video" ], "context": [ "platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally called \"Mr. Video\", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting of \"Donkey Kong\". He then began to star in the \"Super Mario\" series of platform games, beginning with the critically acclaimed \"Super Mario Bros.\" in 1985. Mario has been voiced by Charles Martinet since 1992, starting with \"Mario's Game Gallery\" and" ] }, { "idx": 251, "question": "If the English Football League had been established two years prior to its actual formation, when would its centenary celebration have taken place?", "answers": [ "1996" ], "context": [ "season celebrations, included Cantona on its list of 100 League Legends. Cantona's achievements in the English League were further marked in 2002 when he was made an inaugural inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame. Later in 1998, Cantona organised a match of Manchester United players against other players from around the world in what was originally designed to be a memorial for the victims of the Munich Air Disaster in 1958 and their families, but which was merged with a testimonial for Cantona himself. In his 1999 autobiography \"Managing My Life\", Alex Ferguson claimed that Cantona had informed" ] }, { "idx": 252, "question": "If John R. MacArthur hadn't published the incubator testimony in his work \"Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War\", which organization wouldn't have had to issue a retraction?", "answers": [ "Amnesty International" ], "context": [ "incubator testimony, were published in John R. MacArthur's \"Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War\", and came to wide public attention when an Op-ed by MacArthur was published in \"The New York Times\". This prompted a reexamination by Amnesty International, which had originally promoted an account alleging even greater numbers of babies torn from incubators than the original fake testimony. After finding no evidence to support it, the organization issued a retraction. President Bush then repeated the incubator allegations on television. In reality, the Iraqi Army did commit various well-documented crimes during its occupation of Kuwait, such as" ] }, { "idx": 253, "question": "If the original 1969 plan for the Green Line had remained unchanged, how many stations would it have had?", "answers": [ "two" ], "context": [ "system in 1968. At that time, a Green Line was planned to pass through some of the area's poorest and most transit-dependent neighborhoods and provide them with subway service. Riots following the death of Martin Luther King in 1968 destroyed much of the commercial district around 14th and U Streets, and planners hoped that adding a subway stop in that area would stimulate redevelopment. The original 1969 plan called for a line under 13th Street NW with just two stations. However, in 1970, the District of Columbia Council agreed to pay an additional $3 million to add a third station" ] }, { "idx": 254, "question": "If the land that became Port Washington had retained its original name, what would it be called today?", "answers": [ "Wisconsin City" ], "context": [ "One of these land speculators was Wooster Harrison, who settled the land that would become Port Washington in 1835, which he originally named \"Wisconsin City.\" At the time, the land was part of Washington County, and there were proposals that Port Washington become the county seat. However, Port Washington was far from the county's other early settlements, including Mequon, Grafton and Germantown. In 1850, the Wisconsin legislature bisected Washington County into northern and southern counties, with Port Washington as the northern seat and Cedarburg as the southern. County residents failed to ratify the bill, and in 1853 the legislature instead" ] }, { "idx": 255, "question": "If the Van Halen song \"Outta Space\" had retained its original title, what would it have been called?", "answers": [ "\"Let's Get Rockin'\"" ], "context": [ "originally been demoed by the band in the mid-1970s. Roth decided to join the project after hearing this song, as well as two other reworked tracks: \"Let's Get Rockin'\" \u2013 later renamed \"Outta Space\" \u2013 and \"Bullethead.\" Wolfgang's original intention with the album was to create a collection of previously released \"b-sides\" (According to Eddie, this would mean deep album tracks such as \"Drop Dead Legs\" and \"Girl Gone Bad\") along with three reworked demos, with Eddie saying: \"It would [have been] a record of our more hardcore songs and none of the pop stuff. That was the initial plan," ] }, { "idx": 256, "question": "If Kenny Omega had not won the 2008 JAPW Heavyweight Championship, who would have been the champion?", "answers": [ "Low Ki" ], "context": [ "WWE has since reportedly approached him with contracts in the spring of 2014, three times in 2015, and in early 2019. After his release from WWE, Omega intended to forge a career in mixed martial arts and entered Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournaments before deciding to return to professional wrestling. He then reinvented his wrestling persona and developed a new distinct move set. On March 8, 2008, Omega competed for Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) and captured the JAPW Heavyweight Championship by defeating Low Ki. On April 19, he retained his title against Frankie Kazarian at \"Spring Massacre\". Omega lost the JAPW" ] }, { "idx": 257, "question": "If the music video \"My Band\" had not been nominated for the Best Rap Video category at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, how many other nominations would it have received?", "answers": [ "two" ], "context": [ "Awards in 2004, \"My Band\" (directed by Philip G. Atwell, co-directed by Eminem) was nominated for Video of the Year, Best Group Video, and Best Rap Video, but did not win in any of the categories. During their performance of the song, Eminem mooned the audience. MTV originally planned to blur Eminem's bare bottom, but in light of their recent problems with the aforementioned \"wardrobe malfunction\" they instead decided to cut the mooning from the performance altogether. Pictures of Eminem's mooning have been spread across the internet. In an uncensored version of the video, a topless woman appears next to" ] }, { "idx": 258, "question": "If James Joyce hadn't expanded \"Ulysses\" into a novel, what form would it have originally taken?", "answers": [ "A short story", "short form book" ], "context": [ "it had a large impact on his writing. Though his new job took up most of his time, he revised the \"Dubliners\" and worked on \"Stephen Hero\". Rome was the birthplace of the idea for \"The Dead\", which would become the final story of \"Dubliners\", and for \"Ulysses\", which was originally conceived as a short story. His stay in the city was one his inspirations for \"Exiles\". While there, he read the socialist historian Guglielmo Ferrero in depth. Ferraro's anti-heroic interpretations of history, arguments against militarism, and conflicted attitudes toward Jews would find their way into \"Ulysses\", particularly in the" ] }, { "idx": 259, "question": "If the remaining garrison had not been rallied by Theodosius, where would they have originally been stationed?", "answers": [ "Britain" ], "context": [ "in 368 with the Batavi, Heruli, Jovii and Victores legions. Landing at Rutupi\u00e6, he proceeded to Londinium restoring order to southern Britain. Later, he rallied the remaining garrison which was originally stationed in Britain; it was apparent the units had lost their cohesiveness when Fullofaudes and Nectaridus had been defeated. Theodosius sent for Civilis to be installed as the new vicarius of the diocese and Dulcitius as an additional general. In 369, Theodosius set about reconquering the areas north of London; putting down the revolt of Valentinus, the brother-in-law of a vicarius, Maximinus. Subsequently, Theodosius restored the rest of Britain" ] }, { "idx": 260, "question": "If the original lease of the Bronx Opera House had not changed, who would have been the leaseholders?", "answers": [ "William Gibson", "Gustave Beiswenger" ], "context": [ "opening of 34x28 ft. and a 4 ft. apron. The theatre was equipped with 110 A.C. electricity. The backstage area featured 12 dressing rooms. The building, its fa\u00e7ade still standing today, has a fronting on 149th Street, between Bergen and Brook Avenue, and it runs back 205 feet to 148th Street. A three-story commercial building was on 149th Street. That space, apart from the 25-foot lobby leading to the theater, was originally leased to William Gibson and Gustave Beiswenger as a restaurant, caf\u00e9 and banquet hall on the first and second floor named the Bronx Opera House Restaurant, the third" ] }, { "idx": 261, "question": "If Bart Andrus, the American football coach, hadn't transferred to the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California in 1977, which institution would he have continued his education at?", "answers": [ "Los Angeles Valley College" ], "context": [ "the Generals of The Spring League. Early life and playing career. Andrus was born in Logan, Utah and grew up in Sepulveda, California (now called North Hills), a community in the San Fernando Valley of the city of Los Angeles. While attending Monroe High School, he played quarterback on the football team, earning first-team All-Mid-Valley League honors his senior year in 1975. Following graduation, Andrus played two years of junior college football. He originally enrolled at Los Angeles Valley College in 1976, before transferring to the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California the next year. In 1978, Andrus" ] }, { "idx": 262, "question": "If the Walt Disney Concert Hall hadn't opted for a less costly stainless steel exterior, what was the originally planned material for the exterior?", "answers": [ "Stone exterior", "stone" ], "context": [ "designs in 1991. Construction of the underground parking garage began in 1992 and was completed in 1996. The garage cost had been $110 million, and was paid for by Los Angeles County, which sold bonds to provide the garage under the site of the planned hall. Construction of the concert hall itself stalled from 1994 to 1996 due to lack of fundraising. Additional funds were required since the construction cost of the final project far exceeded the original budget. Plans were revised, and in a cost-saving move the originally designed stone exterior was replaced with a less costly stainless steel" ] }, { "idx": 263, "question": "If the episode \"Mecha-Streisand\" had been aired during the 11th season instead of the first, in what year would it have been broadcasted?", "answers": [ "1997" ], "context": [ "\"Mecha-Streisand\" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the first season of the American animated television series \"South Park\". It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 18, 1998. In the episode, Barbra Streisand obtains the Diamond of Pantheos from Stan, Cartman, Kyle and Kenny, and transforms into a giant mechanical dinosaur called Mecha-Streisand. She is ultimately defeated by The Cure frontman Robert Smith, who himself transforms into a giant moth monster. The episode was written by series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone along with writer Philip Stark, and was directed by Parker. \"Mecha-Streisand\" parodies", "more sophisticated computer imagery than the original, as the animation quality of the series has improved over the years in general. \"Mecha-Streisand\" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the first season of the American animated television series \"South Park\". It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 18, 1998. In the episode, Barbra Streisand obtains the Diamond of Pantheos from Stan, Cartman, Kyle and Kenny, and transforms into a giant mechanical dinosaur called Mecha-Streisand. She is ultimately defeated by The Cure frontman Robert Smith, who himself transforms into a giant moth monster. The episode was" ] }, { "idx": 264, "question": "If the settlement on the north side of Rickreall Creek in Oregon hadn't been renamed as Dallas, what were its original names?", "answers": [ "Cynthiana", "Cynthian", "Cynthianm" ], "context": [ "Dallas is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Oregon, United States. The population was 16,854 at the 2020 census. Dallas is along Rickreall Creek, about west of Salem, at an elevation of above sea level. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. History. Pioneers in the 1840s started the settlement that became known as Dallas on the north side of Rickreall Creek. It was originally named \"Cynthian\" or \"Cynthiana\". A 1947 \"Itemizer-Observer\" article states: \"[T]he town was called Cynthiana after Cynthiana, Ky., so named by Mrs. Thos. Lovelady.\" According to the county historical society in" ] }, { "idx": 265, "question": "If the Neighborhood Service Centers in Seattle hadn't been given their current name, what would they have been referred to as?", "answers": [ "little city halls" ], "context": [ "alleys - by the remaining used bookstores with late hours, and by the annual Street Fair and weekly Saturday Farmers Market. The Ave is also home to one of Seattle's Neighborhood Service Centers, outposts of the city government originally known as \"little city halls.\" Still, The Ave is also plagued with the problems of urban neighborhoods, including homelessness, drug use, and crime. A population of teenagers and young adults, often described as runaways, are referred to as \"Ave Rats\". The Ave is glorified by the Seattle hip hop group Blue Scholars in their song \"The Ave\" on their self-titled album." ] }, { "idx": 266, "question": "If the line in the English Christmas carol \"The Twelve Days of Christmas\" wasn't commonly sung today as \"four calling birds\", what would the original 18th-century version of the line be?", "answers": [ "four colly birds" ], "context": [ "Edward Thomas; And for that minute a blackbird sang Close by, and round him, mistier, Farther and farther, all the birds Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. In the English Christmas carol \"The Twelve Days of Christmas\", the line commonly sung today as \"four calling birds\" is believed to have originally been written in the 18th century as \"four colly birds\", an archaism meaning \"black as coal\" that was a popular English nickname for the common blackbird. The common blackbird, unlike many black creatures, is not normally seen as a symbol of bad luck, but R. S. Thomas wrote that there is" ] }, { "idx": 267, "question": "If Felipe Pazos had first observed chronic inflation a decade later, in which year would this observation have occurred?", "answers": [ "1982" ], "context": [ "20th-century phenomenon, being first observed by Felipe Pazos in 1972. High inflation can only be sustained with unbacked paper currencies over long periods, and before World War II unbacked paper currencies were rare except in countries affected by war \u2013 which often produced extremely high inflation but never for more than a few years. Most economists believe chronic inflation first emerged in Latin America following World War II, with the result that it was originally called \"Latin inflation\". Some economists, however, argue that the experience of France in the 1920s was the first case of chronic inflation. Japan (see below)" ] }, { "idx": 268, "question": "If the Italian men who immigrated to the United States and Argentina in the late nineteenth century via chain migration had not been interested in settling, what would have been the gender composition of these communities?", "answers": [ "male" ], "context": [ "men who immigrated for work. Once they had made enough money, many Italian men interested in settling began to bring their wives and families to their new homes in the Americas. The effects of Chinese Exclusion and discrimination prevented Chinese residents from assimilating into United States society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Those factors, as well as social and cultural ties, precipitated the rise of Chinatowns as ethnic enclaves for Chinese Americans. Chain migration and the pseudo-familial nature of \u201cpaper sons\u201d produced a relatively cohesive community that maintained ties with China. Remittances. Remittances contribute to chain migration" ] }, { "idx": 269, "question": "If the former guest house of the Charles V. Paterno estate had been constructed five years later, in which decade would it have been built?", "answers": [ "1930s" ], "context": [ "increasingly residential, and \"The New York Times\" quoted Paterno as saying that \"the many improvements in that part of the city ... had led to a strong residential movement in that area with a definite demand for the finer type of garden type apartments.\" Guest House. The former guest house of the estate is a remnant leftover after the estate's redevelopment. Located at 16 Chittenden Avenue at the corner of West 186th Street, the house was built around 1925, and sits on a pier suspended over a sheer drop to the Henry Hudson Parkway and the Hudson River Greenway. It" ] }, { "idx": 270, "question": "If the 2008 Maryland Terrapins recruiting class had been ranked two spots higher by Scout.com, what would their ranking have been?", "answers": [ "50th" ], "context": [ "returning statistical leaders included quarterback Chris Turner, who threw for 1,958 passing yards in 2007; wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, who had 786 receiving yards; and running back Da'Rel Scott, who had 135 rushing yards. Recruiting. The 2008 recruiting class was ranked 52nd in the nation by Scout.com and 38th by Rivals.com. Scout.com rated three recruits as four-star and six as three-star prospects, while Rivals.com rated six recruits each as four-star and three-star prospects. Kenny Tate, who was originally recruited as a wide receiver, was the only four-star prospect to see significant playing time in 2008. Before the season, he was" ] }, { "idx": 271, "question": "If the Irish gambling site Paddy Power hadn't altered the odds for Atlanta winning the Amazon HQ2 bid in January 2018, what would the odds have remained as?", "answers": [ "2-to-1" ], "context": [ "Washington, D.C. Irish gambling site Paddy Power originally listed Atlanta as the odds on favorite to win HQ2, with 2-to-1 odds, but as of January 2018, listed Atlanta and Austin as sharing 3-to-1 odds of winning Amazon HQ2. Promotional campaigns. Several cities and groups promoted their HQ2 bids by engaging in promotional campaigns and gimmicks, including offers and gifts to Amazon. Sun Corridor, a Tucson, Arizona economic development firm, sent a 21-foot saguaro cactus to Amazon in an attempt to promote the city's bid. The gift was rejected due to the company's corporate gifts policy, instead donating it to the" ] }, { "idx": 272, "question": "If CUL had only been used for its initial intended role, which TV documentary would it have been the mascot for?", "answers": [ "VOCALO Revolution" ], "context": [ "on the voice of Eri Kitamura. She sings in Japanese and was released by Internet co., Ltd on the December 22, 2011. CUL originally started out as the mascot for the TV documentary \"VOCALO Revolution\" which focused on the impact VOCALOID had had on the Japanese culture. Internet Co., Ltd noted that CUL was their most difficult vocal to produce in an interview and the vocal was re-done twice, though did not use any new recording sessions. Yuzuki Yukari. A Japanese female released for the Vocaloid 3 engine by AH Software on December 22, 2011. She is based on the" ] }, { "idx": 273, "question": "If Arnold Schoenberg's \"Verkl\u00e4rte Nacht\" was performed with the original number of instruments it was written for, how many instruments would be used?", "answers": [ "six" ], "context": [ "Myers with engineering by John Palladino, Sherwood Hall III, Hugh Davies, or Carson Taylor (as noted). The CD reissues, released between 1993-1997, were remastered by Paul Bally at the Abbey Road Studios; Stewart Brown, Executive Producer. The HSQ and modern repertoire. The HSQ repertoire included several contemporary compositions, including pieces that had not previously been recorded. Prior to the HSQ's 1950 recording, Arnold Schoenberg's \"Verkl\u00e4rte Nacht\" had only been released in a version for orchestra, although it was originally written for six instruments. Joined by Alvin Dinkin on second viola and Kurt Reher on second cello, the HSQ recording of" ] }, { "idx": 274, "question": "If the IV Corps had been assigned to launch a frontal assault from Granny White and Hillsboro Pikes on the reverse side of the Confederate line, which side would they have attacked?", "answers": [ "right" ], "context": [ "artillery firing from Redoubt No. 2. He was the highest-ranking Union officer killed in the battle. Smith's troops proceeded to Redoubt No. 2, which was quickly captured. In the meantime, the IV Corps had been tasked with making a frontal assault from Granny White and Hillsboro Pikes on the left end of the Confederate line. The assault was to begin once Smith's troops began their assault on the left flank redoubts. The Confederate line was supposed to lie on Montgomery Hill on the north side of Brown's Creek. While the Confederates had originally established their line there, they had withdrawn" ] }, { "idx": 275, "question": "If the character of Van Statten in the episode \"Dalek\" of the BBC show had retained his original name, what would it have been?", "answers": [ "Hiram Duchesne" ], "context": [ "Daleks\". The adventure changed the setting from the alternate Earth in \"Jubilee\" to 2012 Utah, with the lone Dalek featured being held captive by businessman Henry Van Statten, a caricature of Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates. According to Shearman the script went through 14 revisions. The story itself was initially called \"Creature of Lies\", and Van Statten was originally called Hiram Duchesne. For a short period of time, Adam was the villain's son, but Shearman decided against it. The most notable change to the script happened when the Nation estate, holders of the rights for the Daleks, blocked the use of" ] }, { "idx": 276, "question": "If the United States Navy had not opted for the proven AGM-84 SLAM-ER, which missile model would they have purchased instead?", "answers": [ "AGM-158", "453 AGM-158" ], "context": [ "further tests were held. Further tests in 2009 were more successful however, with 15 out of 16 rounds hitting the intended target, well above the 75% benchmark set for the test. This cleared JASSM for entry into service. The United States Air Force plans to acquire up to 4,900 AGM-158 missiles. Meanwhile, the United States Navy had originally planned to acquire 453 AGM-158 missiles but instead pulled out of the program in favor of retaining the proven AGM-84 SLAM-ER. Foreign sales. Australia. In 2006 the Australian government announced the selection of the Lockheed Martin JASSM to equip the Royal Australian" ] }, { "idx": 277, "question": "If the Kickstarter campaign for \"Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina Animated Special\" had proceeded as planned, when would the animated series have been available for Kickstarter backers to view?", "answers": [ "2020" ], "context": [ "2019, Critical Role launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a 22-minute animation called \"Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina Animated Special\". The final total raised by the Kickstarter when it closed on April 19, 2019, was $11.3M turning the intended animated special into a ten episodes animated series. When the campaign closed, it was one of the most quickly funded in Kickstarter history, and was the most funded Kickstarter for TV and film projects. In November 2019, Amazon Prime Video announced that they had acquired the streaming rights to \"The Legend of Vox Machina\", and had commissioned" ] }, { "idx": 278, "question": "If the re-edited version of \"Kaleidoscope\", a result of the collaboration between Kerli and Benny Benassi on July 21, had been included in the album it was initially recorded for, which album would it have been part of?", "answers": [ "Utopia" ], "context": [ "released as a single by Ultra Records at June 3, 2014. An accompanying music video for the song was released by August 16. Kerli teamed up with Benny Benassi on July 21; for a re-edit of \"Kaleidoscope\", a song originally recorded for her shelved second album Utopia. By the end of September Kerli worked again with Australian DJ tyDi in a song called \"Perfect Crush\" for tyDi's album \"Redefined\". In 2014, Kerli co-wrote the song \"See Through\" by Pentatonix with Joonas Angeria and Thomas Kirjonen for their third extended play, PTX, Vol. III. 2015\u2013present: \"Eesti Laul\" and \"Shadow Works\". On" ] }, { "idx": 279, "question": "If the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues had retained its original name, what would it be called today?", "answers": [ "Congresswomen's Caucus" ], "context": [ "The Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues is a bipartisan membership organization within the House of Representatives committed to advancing women's interests in Congress. It was founded by fifteen Congresswomen on April 19, 1977, and was originally known as the Congresswomen's Caucus. Its founding co-chairs were Reps. Elizabeth Holtzman, a New York Democrat, and Margaret Heckler, a Massachusetts Republican. In 1981, men were invited to join and the name of the organization was therefore changed to the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues. However, in January 1995, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to eliminate funding for offices and staff of caucus" ] }, { "idx": 280, "question": "If the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 had not escalated beyond its initial plan, what was the intended form of the Polish insurgency against the Red Army?", "answers": [ "armed demonstration" ], "context": [ "major political event was the Warsaw Uprising that began on 1 August 1944. The uprising, in which most of the city's population participated, was instigated by the underground Home Army and approved by the Polish government-in-exile in an attempt to establish a non-communist Polish administration ahead of the arrival of the Red Army. The uprising was originally planned as a short-lived armed demonstration in expectation that the Soviet forces approaching Warsaw would assist in any battle to take the city. The Soviets had never agreed to an intervention, however, and they halted their advance at the Vistula River. The Germans" ] }, { "idx": 281, "question": "If the X-ray detectors used for radiography weren't utilizing various digital detector types such as image plates and flat panel detectors, what would they have used previously?", "answers": [ "Photographic film", "photographic plates" ], "context": [ "X-ray detectors vary in shape and function depending on their purpose. Imaging detectors such as those used for radiography were originally based on photographic plates and later photographic film, but are now mostly replaced by various digital detector types such as image plates and flat panel detectors. For radiation protection direct exposure hazard is often evaluated using ionization chambers, while dosimeters are used to measure the radiation dose a person has been exposed to. X-ray spectra can be measured either by energy dispersive or wavelength dispersive spectrometers. For X-ray diffraction applications, such as X-ray crystallography, hybrid photon counting detectors are" ] }, { "idx": 282, "question": "If K. Balachander had not refused to produce the film \"Apoorva Sagodharargal\" (1989) due to its complexity, who would not have had the opportunity to produce it?", "answers": [ "Kamal Haasan" ], "context": [ "both team up and go to the circus where their mothers are held captive. Appu and Raja overpower the goons, Dharmaraj ends up hanging by a rope, and with silent approval of Kaveri, Appu shoots that rope, causing Dharmaraj to fall and be eaten by circus lions. Appu surrenders to the police, while Raja and Janaki reunite. Production. Development. In the mid-1980s, Kamal Haasan developed the desire to act as a dwarf in a feature film, and told Singeetam Srinivasa Rao about it. According to Haasan, the story was originally written for his mentor K. Balachander, who refused the film" ] }, { "idx": 283, "question": "If there hadn't been any construction delays at the Louisiana Superdome, which Super Bowl would have been the first to be held there?", "answers": [ "Super Bowl IX" ], "context": [ "the owners' meetings held in Scottsdale, Arizona. This was the third time that the Super Bowl was played in New Orleans, after Super Bowls IV and VI. Super Bowl IX was originally planned to be held at the Louisiana Superdome. However, construction delays at the Superdome (which pushed its opening to August 1975) forced the league to move the game to Tulane Stadium, where the city's previous two Super Bowls were held. This ended up being the last professional American football game played at Tulane Stadium. Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh advanced to their first Super Bowl and was playing for a" ] }, { "idx": 284, "question": "If Sarah Vowell had not been content with her career as a writer, what other role might she have pursued?", "answers": [ "voice acting", "voice acting roles" ], "context": [ "already earned a reputation for declining several voice acting jobs prior to \"The Incredibles\", to the point at which her agent warned Bird not to waste his time. However, Vowell states that she simply avoided pursuing voice roles in general because she was content being a writer and found few animated projects particularly interesting prior to \"The Incredibles\". The animators animated a rough test sequence to some of Vowell's dialogue from the radio segment about her father's cannon, in which Violet is depicted being startled by a gun that repeatedly fires in her hands. Despite experiencing some hesitation due to" ] }, { "idx": 285, "question": "If Norman Smiley hadn't been referred to as \"Lord Henry Norman\", what was his original wrestling name?", "answers": [ "Black magic" ], "context": [ "1970s, his parents divorced and Smiley and his mother emigrated to Miami, Florida in the United States. Smiley attended Miami Beach Senior High School, where he took part in amateur wrestling and powerlifting. He graduated in 1984. Professional wrestling career. Early career (1985\u20131991). Norman Smiley trained under Boris Malenko and Dean Malenko before making his debut in 1985 on the Floridian independent circuit. He was originally known as \"Black Magic\", then as the hated \"Lord Henry Norman\". Smiley wrestled in Japanese shoot-style group the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1988 and 1989. In 1990 Smiley competed at the World Championship Wrestling" ] }, { "idx": 286, "question": "If there had been no changes in rule and advancements in war technology, what structures in Albania would not have been renovated?", "answers": [ "Fortification", "Citadels", "Castles", "Forts" ], "context": [ "of animals and plants thrive in the national park. Attractions. Castles and forts. Albania's scenic landscapes are dotted with castles, forts and citadels. The castles and forts of the country constitute treasures and legacy of the historic past of Albania. From the early antiquity to the medieval period, they were originally made of earth and wood and later of stone and comes in many styles of architecture and design. The majority of forts have been renovated throughout history and different epochs with changing rule and adaptations to war technology development. Rozafa Castle is an ancient castle and one of the" ] }, { "idx": 287, "question": "If Chris had completed his project, in the movie \"Real Genius\", to whom would Hathaway not have offered the coveted post-graduation job?", "answers": [ "Kent" ], "context": [ "lighten up and begin enjoying life. Mitch acquiesces to stay and they exact revenge on Kent by disassembling his car and reassembling it in his dorm room. Hathaway, angry about the still-incomplete project and Chris\u2019s attitude, informs Chris that he intends to fail him in his final course needed for graduation and will give a coveted after-graduation job \u2014originally promised to Chris\u2014 to Kent instead, as well as take steps to ensure Chris will never find work in the field of laser physics. Chris is disheartened and Mitch must use Chris\u2019s same argument to convince him to stay. The two" ] }, { "idx": 288, "question": "If there hadn't been any confusion regarding the finalizer method in C# programming, what would it have been originally called?", "answers": [ "destructor" ], "context": [ "by language. In Java a finalizer is a method called codice_1, which overrides the codice_4 method. In Python, a finalizer is a method called codice_5. In Perl, a finalizer is a method called codice_6. In C#, a finalizer (called \"destructor\" in earlier versions of the standard) is a method whose name is the class name with codice_7 prefixed, as in codice_8 \u2013 this is the same syntax as a C++ \"destructor\", and these methods were originally called \"destructors\", by analogy with C++, despite having different behavior, but were renamed to \"finalizers\" due to the confusion this caused. In C++/CLI, which" ] }, { "idx": 289, "question": "If the \"aiz\u014dban\" edition of the \"Outlanders\" manga hadn't been released, whose tensions would not have cooled down?", "answers": [ "Manabe and Hakusensha" ], "context": [ "of \"Monthly ComiComi\". Hakusensha's release of the manga's eighth volume would be its last. An agreement was reached to release an \"aiz\u014dban\" edition of the manga shortly thereafter and tensions between Manabe and Hakusensha eventually cooled. Localization. The \"Outlanders\" manga was licensed in the United States and Canada by Dark Horse Comics as one of the company's earliest manga releases. Translator Toren Smith pitched the license to the publisher at the 1988 San Diego Comic-Con. Smith had helped pioneer the sale of manga outside of Japan by convincing retailers to carry it in monthly issues that could be read in" ] }, { "idx": 290, "question": "If the government had not initiated the modernization of the existing bus fleets for minimal environmental impact, which type of buses would not have been introduced in Pakistan?", "answers": [ "CNG buses" ], "context": [ "Since 2000, however, the government has taken a comprehensive initiative to modernize the existing bus fleets and minimally impact the environment. This public-private enterprise would gradually introduce 8,000 CNG buses throughout the country and 800 buses in Karachi. This venture will ensure high standards of efficiency and cleanliness. Bus service in urban areas and between cities is well established with services run by both public and private sectors. International bus services are also well established in Pakistan and connect to various countries: Taxis. Another very common form of transport, seen mainly at hotels and airports, are yellow taxis. Drivers charge" ] }, { "idx": 291, "question": "If haploid cells with the alleles for specific traits cannot be produced, what type of plants would be impossible to generate through plant breeding?", "answers": [ "Homozygous plants" ], "context": [ "haploid cell with the alleles for those traits can be produced, and then used to make a doubled haploid. The doubled haploid will be homozygous for the desired traits. Furthermore, two different homozygous plants created in that way can be used to produce a generation of F1 hybrid plants which have the advantages of heterozygosity and a greater range of possible traits. Thus, an individual heterozygous plant chosen for its desirable characteristics can be converted into a heterozygous variety (F1 hybrid) without the necessity of vegetative reproduction but as the result of the cross of two homozygous/doubled haploid lines derived" ] }, { "idx": 292, "question": "If Tanjai Ramayah Dass hadn't been impressed with his voice and hadn't given him an opportunity, who wouldn't have had the chance to sing a solo song in the movie \"Koondukkili\"?", "answers": [ "T. M. Soundararajan", "TMS" ], "context": [ "gave TMS the chance to sing all the Sivaji Ganesan songs in that production. In the same year, T. R. Ramanna and T. R. Rajakumari started RR Films. As the film Koondukkili was under production stage, TMS had originally been given a chance to sing only in a chorus. \"Koondukkili\" was the only film where MGR and Sivaji acted together. Tanjai Ramayah Dass was very impressed with the golden voice of TMS and asked the story and dialogue writer Vindhan to give a chance to TMS to sing a full solo. TMS sang \"Konjum Kiliyana Pennai\" under K. V. Mahadevan's" ] }, { "idx": 293, "question": "If the musical film \"It Couldn't Happen Here\" hadn't evolved into a full-scale feature film, what format was it originally conceived as?", "answers": [ "an hour-long video" ], "context": [ "It Couldn't Happen Here is a 1988 musical film starring the British pop duo Pet Shop Boys and based on the music from their first two studio albums \"Please\" and \"Actually\". It was originally conceived as an hour-long video based on \"Actually\", but it evolved into a surreal full-scale feature film directed by Jack Bond and co-starring Barbara Windsor, Joss Ackland, Neil Dickson and Gareth Hunt. Plot. In the early morning, dancers are warming up on an English beach (Clacton-on-Sea, Essex), and Neil Tennant appears on a bicycle. The song \"It Couldn't Happen Here\" is being played. He cycles up", "is now out of print. The limited edition will be followed by a standard release, replacing the exclusive digibook packaging with a normal Blu-ray case, on 20 July 2020. It Couldn't Happen Here is a 1988 musical film starring the British pop duo Pet Shop Boys and based on the music from their first two studio albums \"Please\" and \"Actually\". It was originally conceived as an hour-long video based on \"Actually\", but it evolved into a surreal full-scale feature film directed by Jack Bond and co-starring Barbara Windsor, Joss Ackland, Neil Dickson and Gareth Hunt. Plot. In the early morning," ] }, { "idx": 294, "question": "If Australia did not have a hot and semiarid climate, which species of weed would not have been able to naturalize?", "answers": [ "Prosopis" ], "context": [ "introduction of \"Prosopis\" spp., in particular, the \"P. pallida\", \"P. glandulosa\", \"P. velutina,\" and their hybrid \"P. juliflora\". \"Prosopis\" spp. are ranked nationally as one of the 20 most significant weeds. They now cover almost of land. \"Prosopis\" spp. were originally introduced to help with erosion because of their deep root systems. They also have immediate uses to humans through timber and providing a food source through their pods. Since Australia is a hot and semiarid region, \"Prosopis\" spp. have been able to become naturalized. The last known specimens of \"P. laevigata\" were eradicated in 2006, but given the possibility" ] }, { "idx": 295, "question": "If the fencepost error hadn't occurred, which calendar would have been able to calculate leap years correctly?", "answers": [ "Julian calendar" ], "context": [ "Fencepost errors can also occur in units other than length. For example, the Time Pyramid, consisting of 120 blocks placed at 10-year intervals between blocks, is scheduled to take 1,190 years to build (not 1,200), from the installation of the first block to the last block. One of the earliest fencepost errors involved time, where the Julian calendar originally calculated leap years incorrectly, due to counting inclusively rather than exclusively, yielding a leap year every three years rather than every four. \"Fencepost error\" can, in rare occasions, refer to an error induced by unexpected regularities in input values, which can" ] }, { "idx": 296, "question": "If there were no technological constraints during the development of \"Bulletstorm\", which types of multiplayer modes would the team have experimented with?", "answers": [ "campaign cooperative multiplayer mode", "competitive multiplayer modes" ], "context": [ "his men into committing war crimes and assassinating innocents. Development of the game began in June 2007. Adrian Chmielarz and Cliff Bleszinski served as its director and designer respectively, while Rick Remender, the author of \"Fear Agent\", wrote the game's story. It was originally envisioned to be a cover-based third-person shooter, though the core combat loop and gameplay perspective went through multiple revisions. Pulp fiction, \"Burnout\", \"Duke Nukem\" and \"Firefly\" all inspired the team during \"Bulletstorm\"s development. The team experimented with competitive multiplayer modes and campaign cooperative multiplayer mode during production, but decided to remove them because of technological constraints." ] }, { "idx": 297, "question": "If the downtown Hartford site had been large enough, where would WFSB not have announced plans for a new, modern studio?", "answers": [ "Rocky Hill, Connecticut", "Rocky Hill" ], "context": [ "By the mid-1990s, however, WFSB found itself in a shrinking market without any significant growth opportunities. In June 1997, Post-Newsweek traded WFSB to the Meredith Corporation in exchange for WCPX-TV (now WKMG-TV) in Orlando, Florida. The sale closed that September although the Post-Newsweek group maintained its base in Hartford until 2000, when the company relocated to its then-largest station, WDIV-TV in Detroit. In 2005, WFSB announced plans for a new, modern studio at an office park in suburban Rocky Hill, with a glass fa\u00e7ade and lobby. It was originally intended to be built in downtown Hartford at Main and Trumbull" ] }, { "idx": 298, "question": "If Nasser had not delayed the message about Israeli-American collusion to drag Egypt into war, when would he have received it?", "answers": [ "May 2nd", "2 May" ], "context": [ "considerably. Six-Day War. In mid May 1967, the Soviet Union issued warnings to Nasser of an impending Israeli attack on Syria, although Chief of Staff Mohamed Fawzi considered the warnings to be \"baseless\". According to Kandil, without Nasser's authorization, Amer used the Soviet warnings as a pretext to dispatch troops to Sinai on 14 May, and Nasser subsequently demanded UNEF's withdrawal. Earlier that day, Nasser received a warning from King Hussein of Israeli-American collusion to drag Egypt into war. The message had been originally received by Amer on 2 May, but was withheld from Nasser until the Sinai deployment on" ] }, { "idx": 299, "question": "If the Situationist International members hadn't published the instance in 1960, which sociological concept would not have been known?", "answers": [ "Recuperation" ], "context": [ "In the sociological sense, recuperation is the process by which politically radical ideas and images are twisted, co-opted, absorbed, defused, incorporated, annexed or commodified within media culture and bourgeois society, and thus become interpreted through a neutralized, innocuous or more socially conventional perspective. More broadly, it may refer to the cultural appropriation of any subversive symbols or ideas by mainstream culture. The concept of recuperation was formulated by members of the Situationist International, its first published instance in 1960. The term conveys a negative connotation because recuperation generally bears the intentional consequence (whether perceived or not) of fundamentally altering the" ] }, { "idx": 300, "question": "If the Standard Stock had not proven unreliable due to increased tube usage, which stock would not have been decided to be built?", "answers": [ "London 1962 stock", "1962 stock" ], "context": [ "Transport had built a batch of 12 prototype motor cars, known as the 1960 stock, to test out a number of new features, and it was originally intended that these would form the basis for a production run to replace the ageing Standard Stock. However, tube usage was increasing, and with the Standard Stock proving unreliable in these new circumstances, the decision was taken to build the 1962 stock, which was essentially the same as the earlier 1959 stock. Metropolitan-Cammell, the manufacturers, built both classes on the same production line, without a break. In August 1962, after years of lobbying" ] }, { "idx": 301, "question": "If the city of Severomorsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia had retained its original name, what would it be called?", "answers": [ "Vayenga", "Vaenga" ], "context": [ "the crews of 32 Hampden TB.1 torpedo bombers from No. 144 Squadron RAF and No. 455 Squadron RAAF flew to Northwest Russia, to protect arctic convoy PQ 18 from German surface vessels, such the battleship \"Tirpitz\". The Hampden crews flew from Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands to Vaenga (Vayenga; later known as Severomorsk) in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. This was a hazardous route, often subject to poor weather and spanning more than , partly over enemy-occupied territory in Norway and Finland. Eight Hampdens were lost or damaged beyond repair en route. 144 and 455 Squadrons flew a small number of sorties" ] }, { "idx": 302, "question": "If the Parliament hadn't made a decision in 1885, how many forms of the Norwegian language would not have been recognized as equally official?", "answers": [ "Two" ], "context": [ "other authors wrote texts in their own dialects from around this time. Norwegian is a North Germanic language. Dano-Norwegian from a tongue readily accessible to, and essentially written as Danish, took in increasing amounts of Norwegian. Meanwhile, Aasen's \"folk's speech\" became established. Parliament decided in 1885 that the two forms of written Norwegian were to be equally official. Both went through some name changes until 1929, when parliament decided that the one originally based on Danish should be called \"Bokm\u00e5l\" (literally \"book language\") and the one based on Norwegian dialects should be called \"Nynorsk\" (\"new Norwegian\"). In the early 20th" ] }, { "idx": 303, "question": "If the land survey in Vermont, USA hadn't taken place, to which country would that land have originally belonged?", "answers": [ "Canada" ], "context": [ "logging, and Foster (Soter) is living with his girlfriend and former coworker, Spurbury Police Chief Ursula Hanson (Coughlan). Mac receives a call from his former boss, Captain O'Hagen (Cox), to gather the group and meet for a fishing trip in Canada. Once the group arrives, they find that O'Hagen's intention had been for them to have a meeting with Vermont Governor Jessman (Carter). She explains that during a recent land survey, it was discovered that land in Canada was originally designated for the US. Canada has agreed to hand over the land, and Gov. Jessman needs to set up a" ] }, { "idx": 304, "question": "If Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert had not created any sidekicks for Batman, which fictional character would not have existed?", "answers": [ "Damian Wayne" ], "context": [ "Damian Wayne is a fictional superhero and sidekick appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, created by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert, commonly in association with Batman. He is the genetically engineered son of Batman and Talia al Ghul, and thus the grandson of Batman villain Ra's al Ghul and the potential inheritor of Wayne Enterprises.With the al Ghuls citing Bruce Wayne as the optimal successor to their empire, after a night of passion with the daughter of Ra's al Ghul, Damian was grown in an artificial womb, his existence being kept from Batman until \"Batman\" #656 (2006). In", "in current continuity have been made to the future of Bruce and Talia's son. Damian Wayne is a fictional superhero and sidekick appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, created by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert, commonly in association with Batman. He is the genetically engineered son of Batman and Talia al Ghul, and thus the grandson of Batman villain Ra's al Ghul and the potential inheritor of Wayne Enterprises.With the al Ghuls citing Bruce Wayne as the optimal successor to their empire, after a night of passion with the daughter of Ra's al Ghul, Damian was grown in" ] }, { "idx": 305, "question": "If the Sci-Fi channel hadn't announced the miniseries in 2007, which miniseries wouldn't have been aired?", "answers": [ "Andromeda Strain (miniseries)" ], "context": [ "miniseries of \"The Andromeda Strain\" executive-produced by Ridley and Tony Scott and Frank Darabont. On May 2, 2007, the SciFi channel's news website \"The SciFi Wire\" announced that the miniseries would be broadcast on the A&E Network. The miniseries originally aired as a four-hour, two-part miniseries, airing in the UK on May 11, 2008, and with part one premiering in the U.S. on May 26 and part two on May 27, 2008. It was screened as a single three-ish hour movie in Australia on September 21, 2009. Filming. On August 16, 2007, the cast and crew filmed at the Surrey," ] }, { "idx": 306, "question": "If DEC hadn't prioritized hard disk controllers, what was the original design for the slot in the Rainbow 100?", "answers": [ "DMA enabled serial card" ], "context": [ "BPB. The DEC Rainbow 100 had no general expansion bus. Instead, it had a number of expansion slots that could be used for a single purpose only: extra memory, graphics, rx-50 floppy controller. One slot was originally designed for a DMA enabled serial card, but hard disk controllers were used there instead because DEC bet wrong on which was more important. Univation produced an Ethernet card that could boot the Rainbow over the network for that slot. It stacked to allow both hard disk and ethernet in the same box, but it cost $750 which was prohibitively expensive so few" ] }, { "idx": 307, "question": "If the railway company Canadian National had not constructed the observation tower in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which acronym would the tower not have been named after?", "answers": [ "CN" ], "context": [ "The CN Tower () is a concrete communications and observation tower located in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built on the former Railway Lands, it was completed in 1976. Its name \"CN\" originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Following the railway's decision to divest non-core freight railway assets prior to the company's privatization in 1995, it transferred the tower to the Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation responsible for real estate development. The CN Tower held the record for the world's tallest free-standing structure for 32 years until 2007 when it", "resembles the tower itself. The CN Tower () is a concrete communications and observation tower located in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built on the former Railway Lands, it was completed in 1976. Its name \"CN\" originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Following the railway's decision to divest non-core freight railway assets prior to the company's privatization in 1995, it transferred the tower to the Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation responsible for real estate development. The CN Tower held the record for the world's tallest free-standing structure for 32 years" ] }, { "idx": 308, "question": "If the lobby of the Imperial Theatre in New York City had retained its original decoration, what colors would the tiles be?", "answers": [ "white", "dark", "Dark and white" ], "context": [ "facade, which is made of buff-colored brick, was intended as the carriage entrance. The lobby, originally decorated in dark and white tiles, leads to the rear of the theater's orchestra level. The auditorium contains Adam-style detailing, a large balcony, and box seats with carved panels above them. The flat proscenium arch above the stage is topped by a curved sounding board. The Shubert Organization's fiftieth venue in New York City, the Imperial was constructed in 1923 to replace the outdated Lyric Theatre. The Imperial opened on December 25, 1923, with the production \"Mary Jane McKane\". Since then, it has hosted" ] }, { "idx": 309, "question": "If Slash's Snakepit had been formed seven years later than its original formation, in which century would it have been established?", "answers": [ "21st" ], "context": [ "band, and the departures of Steven Adler and Izzy Stradlin. 1994\u20132002: Slash's Snakepit. In 1994, Slash formed Slash's Snakepit, a side project that featured his Guns N' Roses bandmates Matt Sorum and Gilby Clarke on drums and rhythm guitar respectively, as well as Alice in Chains' Mike Inez on bass and Jellyfish's Eric Dover on vocals. The band recorded Slash's material originally intended for Guns N' Roses, resulting in the release of \"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere\" in February 1995. The album was critically praised for ignoring the then-popular conventions of alternative music, and fared well on the charts, eventually selling" ] }, { "idx": 310, "question": "If the poem \"My Boy Jack\" had not been published in relation to the Battle of Jutland, where would it not have been featured?", "answers": [ "head of a story about the Battle of Jutland", "head of story" ], "context": [ "documentary \"\". However, the poem was originally published at the head of a story about the Battle of Jutland and appears to refer to a death at sea; the \"Jack\" referred to may be to the boy VC Jack Cornwell, or perhaps a generic \"Jack Tar\". In the Kipling family, Jack was the name of the family dog, while John Kipling was always John, making the identification of the protagonist of \"My Boy Jack\" with John Kipling somewhat questionable. However, Kipling was indeed emotionally devastated by the death of his son. He is said to have assuaged his grief by" ] }, { "idx": 311, "question": "If Frederick Trump had relocated to British Columbia three years later than he did, in which century would this have occurred?", "answers": [ "20th" ], "context": [ "\"a frequent dish was fresh-slaughtered, quick-frozen horse\". In May 1898, Trump and Levin moved to Bennett, British Columbia, a town known for prospectors building boats in order to travel to Dawson. In Bennett, Trump and Levin opened the Arctic Restaurant and Hotel, which offered fine dining, lodging and sex in a sea of tents. The Arctic was also originally housed in a tent, but demand for the hotel and restaurant grew until it occupied a two-story building. A letter to the \"Yukon Sun\" newspaper described the Arctic: For single men the Arctic has excellent accommodations as well as the best" ] }, { "idx": 312, "question": "If Francisco Franco had not taken on additional responsibilities, what would his original position have been in Spain?", "answers": [ "commander-in-chief" ], "context": [ "Franco became the undisputed caudillo of Spain. He ruled Spain until he died on November 20, 1975. The Nationalist senior generals had held an informal meeting in September 1936, where they elected Francisco Franco as leader of the Nationalists, with the rank of \"General\u00edsimo\". He was originally supposed to be only commander-in-chief, but after some discussion became head of state as well with nearly unlimited and absolute powers. Franco adopted in 1938 a variant of the Coat of Arms reinstating some elements originally used by the House of Trast\u00e1mara such as Saint John's Eagle and the yoke and bundle, as" ] }, { "idx": 313, "question": "If the 1911 Canadian coin sets had been produced as originally planned, which denomination would not have an empty space?", "answers": [ "$1" ], "context": [ "currency museum, while the other is in a private collection. The rarity stems from the fact the federal government chose not to proceed with producing a \"silver dollar\" in 1911. The 1911 coin sets were originally planned to include the $1, but the sets came with an empty gap where the $1 coin was supposed to be. Canada didn't issue a $1 circulation coin until 1935, when it issued a circulating dollar commemorating George V's Silver Jubilee. Among numismatists, the 1921 50-cent coin is considered the rarest Canadian circulation coin and is known as The King of Canadian coins. As" ] }, { "idx": 314, "question": "If the Chicago Woman's Club had not petitioned that the World's Columbian Exposition stay open, on which day of the week would it have been closed?", "answers": [ "Sunday" ], "context": [ "Labor issues In addition to working on reform and education, the club supported worker's rights. During the World's Colombian Exposition, the Chicago Woman's Club urged those planning the event to stay open on Sundays in order to allow the working class to have the opportunity to visit.[106][107] The Chicago Woman's Club also supported conferences like Women in Modern Industrialism which reported on the status of women in different professions.[108] Catherine Waugh McCulloch spoke affirmatively on the topic of whether married women should be involved in business at the Women in Modern Industrialism conference.[109]" ] }, { "idx": 315, "question": "If the Melbourne Cricket Club had given their support, where would the Australian Football Hall of Fame and Sensation museum have been situated?", "answers": [ "the MCG" ], "context": [ "retailers. AFL World. A modern museum called the Hall of Fame and Sensation opened in Melbourne in 2003 to celebrate the culture of the AFL and to provide a venue for the Australian Football Hall of Fame. The museum, a licensed offshoot of the AFL, was originally touted for the MCG, but the Hall of Fame failed to get support from the Melbourne Cricket Club. The new QV shopping centre on Swanston Street was then chosen as the location. However, controversy followed the appointment of an administrator as the museum began running at a loss. Many blamed high entry prices," ] }, { "idx": 316, "question": "If the Constitutional Convention had adopted the New Jersey plan, how many chambers would the United States Congress have?", "answers": [ "1", "one" ], "context": [ "to be misled\". The two proposed options for the formation of the legislative branch emerged in the deliberations. One was to form a bicameral legislature in which both chambers had representation proportional to the population of the states, which was supported by the Virginia plan. The second was to modify the unicameral legislature that had equal representation from all of the states, which was supported by the New Jersey plan. Roger Sherman was a devout supporter of a unicameral legislature, but when he saw that goal as unattainable he motioned to compromise. In terms of modes of election \"Sherman moved" ] }, { "idx": 317, "question": "If the framers of the United States Constitution had explicitly prohibited slavery, which war that concluded in 1865 might have been avoided?", "answers": [ "Civil War" ], "context": [ "this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.\" Slavery. Slavery was the main cause of disunion. Slavery had been a controversial issue during the framing of the Constitution but had been left unsettled. The issue of slavery had confounded the nation since its inception, and increasingly separated the United States into a slaveholding South and a free North. The issue was exacerbated by the rapid territorial expansion of the country, which repeatedly brought to the" ] }, { "idx": 318, "question": "If the mu meson had turned out to be the particle that Hideki Yukawa had predicted, what could it have been named?", "answers": [ "yukon" ], "context": [ "modify the theory of Heisenberg and Fermi in the following way. The transition of a heavy particle from neutron state to proton state is not always accompanied by the emission of light particles. The transition is sometimes taken up by another heavy particle. Because of its mass, the mu meson was initially thought to be Yukawa's particle and some scientists, including Niels Bohr, originally named it the yukon. Yukawa's predicted particle, the pi meson, was finally identified in 1947 (again from cosmic ray interactions), and was shown to differ from the mu meson by having the properties of a particle" ] }, { "idx": 319, "question": "If the team developing the game \"Theme Hospital\" hadn't faced time constraints, how many distinct gameplay modes would they have planned to include?", "answers": [ "4", "four" ], "context": [ "game based on a hospital, but Molyneux was not directly involved in development due to his work on \"Dungeon Keeper\". Designers originally planned to include four distinct gameplay modes corresponding to historical time periods, but this was dropped due to time pressures on the team. Multiplayer support with up to four players was added in a patch. The game received a generally positive reception, with reviewers praising the graphics and humour in particular. \"Theme Hospital\" was a commercial success, selling over 4 million copies worldwide, and was ported to the PlayStation in 1998. A Sega Saturn version was in development," ] }, { "idx": 320, "question": "If the relocation of the town Katonah, New York in 1897 hadn't been delayed by legal proceedings, in what year would it have been moved?", "answers": [ "1894" ], "context": [ "flooded by the construction of the New Croton Dam, which raised the water level behind it enough to submerge the existing Muscoot Dam, and the town, under the resultantly expanded Muscoot Reservoir. More than 50 buildings were moved from the old site to \"New Katonah\", rolled on logs pulled by horses. The move was originally ordered to start in 1894, but litigation delayed the process by almost three years. Evidently, not all of the moved houses were within the affected area, leaving empty foundations where new houses would eventually be built upon. An eleven-year-old child named B. Robertson wrote the" ] }, { "idx": 321, "question": "If the legal uncertainties hadn't led to the postponement of the first two rounds of games, when would the 2008\u201309 Ekstraklasa season have officially begun?", "answers": [ "25 July 2008" ], "context": [ "The 2008\u201309 Ekstraklasa was the seventy-fifth season of top-tier football in Poland. It began on 8 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. The season was originally scheduled to start on 25 July 2008. However, the first two rounds of games were postponed because of legal uncertainties about the number of teams in the competition following an association-wide corruption scandal. Wis\u0142a Krak\u00f3w won the league for the second time in a row and for the 12th time in their history after defeating \u015al\u0105sk Wroc\u0142aw 2\u20130 in the final match of the season. Legia Warsaw finished as runners-up and qualified", "the series to an unknown later date due to the appeals and, after the issues could not be settled in time, eventually decided not to hold any matches. The 2008\u201309 Ekstraklasa was the seventy-fifth season of top-tier football in Poland. It began on 8 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. The season was originally scheduled to start on 25 July 2008. However, the first two rounds of games were postponed because of legal uncertainties about the number of teams in the competition following an association-wide corruption scandal. Wis\u0142a Krak\u00f3w won the league for the second time in a" ] }, { "idx": 322, "question": "If Shackleford hadn't secured the second place, which prestigious race would he have missed the chance to enter?", "answers": [ "Kentucky Derby" ], "context": [ "of the lane, he was challenged by To Honor and Serve and repelled him. Three strides from the wire, he was caught by eventual Kentucky Derby co-favorite Dialed In and just missed the win, finishing second by a head. That second-place finish earned Shackleford a purse of $200,000 and enough graded earnings to enter the Kentucky Derby. In addition, by virtue of his start in the Fountain of Youth Stakes and his top-three finish in the Florida Derby, the colt became eligible for the XpressBet Consolation Bonus $550,000, part of the \"Preakness 5.5 Million Dollar Bonus\" program, if he won" ] }, { "idx": 323, "question": "If there had been no age-related conflicts concerning the Petrelli brothers, which character would have been easier to cast in the \"Heroes\" series?", "answers": [ "Petrelli" ], "context": [ "are greatly amused by Sylar's actions and Peter is relieved to find that Sylar hasn't reverted to his old ways. Later, the two walk through the Carnival with Sylar explaining to Peter that saving Emma while sparing Doyle felt good to him and he enjoyed being a hero. Peter watches shocked as Claire jumps from the top of the Ferris Wheel to expose her power to the world. Casting. Jason La Padura, the casting director for \"Heroes\", stated that the character of Peter Petrelli was the hardest to cast due to conflicts regarding the Petrelli brothers' ages. La Padura states" ] }, { "idx": 324, "question": "If Mat Fraser hadn't undergone an operation, which sport would he likely not have given up?", "answers": [ "weightlifting" ], "context": [ "operation. He gave up weightlifting as a sport after two years in Michigan, and went to Rocky Mountain House in Alberta to work on the oil fields for four months, before returning to Vermont to start a double major course in mechanical engineering and engineering management and a double minor in math and business at the University of Vermont in Burlington. Fraser started training in a CrossFit gym when he was 22, and competed in CrossFit events in 2013, but initially, he competed only to earn some pocket money while he was studying. Although he had originally intended to pursue" ] }, { "idx": 325, "question": "If the Chamorro language didn't have a flexible word order, which language would it not resemble?", "answers": [ "English" ], "context": [ "are consonants and 6 are vowels. Vowels. Chamorro has at least 6 vowels, which include: Consonants. Below is a chart of Chamorro consonants; all are unaspirated. Grammar. Chamorro is a VSO or verb\u2013subject\u2013object language. However, the word order can be very flexible and change to SVO (subject-verb-object), like English, if necessary to convey different types of relative clauses depending on context and to stress parts of what someone is trying to say or convey. Again, that is subject to debate as those on Guam believe the Chamorro word order is flexible, but those in the CNMI do not. Chamorro is" ] }, { "idx": 326, "question": "If the founding Corporation member Slaughter had not vacated his commissioner position, who would not have had the opportunity to fill this vacancy?", "answers": [ "Shawn Michaels", "Kane" ], "context": [ "first, having viciously being attacked by the group in a parking lot once it became clear he began to make decisions that did not cater to their interests. Michaels was originally given the vacant commissioner position left by founding Corporation member Slaughter to use his powers on their behalf. Kane's membership was unsteady from the start as he was only a member because the McMahons threatened to send him back to the insane asylum if he did not cooperate with them. Kane officially left the group after WrestleMania XV when Chyna, who was coerced into leaving DX, turned on him" ] }, { "idx": 327, "question": "If the Duma members had not voted to censure and bar him from speaking for one month, who would not have been proposed for defamation charges?", "answers": [ "Ilya Ponomarev", "Ponomarev" ], "context": [ "successful challenge to the legislation before the Constitutional Court, overturning some of its provisions. In June 2012, Ponomarev made a speech in the Duma in which he called United Russia members \"crooks and thieves\", a phrase originally used by anti-corruption activist Aleksei Navalny. In September of that year, Duma members voted to censure Ponomarev and bar him from speaking for one month. United Russia members also proposed charging him with defamation. In July, he strongly criticized the government response to the widespread flooding in Southern Russia Krymsk, which killed 172 people. Together with several other civil activists, including Alyona Popova," ] }, { "idx": 328, "question": "If Napoleon hadn't launched his campaign in 1798, which country wouldn't have had a printing press?", "answers": [ "Egypt" ], "context": [ "the Amiri Press. This press originally published works in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish, such as the first Egyptian newspaper \"Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya\". The printing press would radically change Egypt's literary output. \"Nahda\". In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Arab world experienced \"al-Nahda\", a cultural renaissance similar to that of Europe in the late Middle Ages. The \"Nahda\" movement touched nearly all areas of life, including literature. Muhammad Abduh and Jam\u0101l al-D\u012bn al-Afgh\u0101n\u012b founded a short-lived pan-Islamic revolutionary literary and political journal entitled \"Al-Urwah al-Wuthqa\" in 1884. Though it only ran from March to October 1884 and was banned" ] }, { "idx": 329, "question": "If Zaurbek Baysangurov hadn't been stripped of his title due to a back injury, when would the WBO light middleweight title match between him and Demetrius Andrade have taken place?", "answers": [ "July 6, 2013" ], "context": [ "KO and the others ending by unanimous decision. Andrade vs. Martirosyan. An opportunity arose in the Summer of 2013 when the vacant WBO light middleweight title would be decided by one match between Andrade and Armenian contender Vanes Martirosyan (33-0-1, 21 KOs). Andrade was scheduled to fight titlist Zaurbek Baysangurov on July 6 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Baysangurov was stripped after suffering a back injury and being sidelined for an extended period of time. The fight took place on November 9, 2013, at the American Bank Center in Texas. The fight was originally scheduled to take place on September 7 at" ] }, { "idx": 330, "question": "If a US customary cup is completely filled with water and then half of it is poured out, how many ounces of water would remain in the cup?", "answers": [ "8", "8 fluid" ], "context": [ "The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes. It is traditionally equal to . Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup being 250 millilitres. United States. Customary cup. In the United States, the customary cup is half of a liquid pint. Legal cup. The cup currently used in the United States for nutrition labelling is defined in United States law as 240 ml. Conversion table to US Legal cup. The following information is describing that how to", "In the United Kingdom the standard cup was set at 10 imperial fluid ounces, or half an imperial pint. The cup was rarely used in practice, as historically most kitchens tended to be equipped with scales and ingredients were measured by weight, rather than volume. A related measure, the gill (5 fluid ounces, or half an imperial cup), was commonly used in older cookbooks for liquids, and may still be used (in fractions of 1/4, 1/5 and 1/6) for spirits. International. Similar units in other languages and cultures are sometimes translated \"cup\", usually with various values around to of a" ] }, { "idx": 331, "question": "If 3 US teaspoons of milk were added to a container already holding 9 US teaspoons of milk, how many US tablespoons of milk would the container hold?", "answers": [ "4" ], "context": [ "\"tsp.\" or, less often, as \"t.\", \"ts.\", or \"tspn.\". The abbreviation is never capitalized because a capital letter is customarily reserved for the larger tablespoon (\"Tbsp.\", \"T.\", \"Tbls.\", or \"Tb.\"). Metric teaspoon. The metric teaspoon as a unit of culinary measure is 5 mL, equal to , UK/Canadian metric tablespoon, or Australian metric tablespoon. United States customary unit. As a unit of culinary measure, one teaspoon in the United States is tablespoon, exactly , 1 US fluid drams, US fl oz, US cup, US liquid gallon, or (0.30078125) cubic inches. For nutritional labeling and medicine in the US, the teaspoon" ] }, { "idx": 332, "question": "If a woman named Mary Anne Allen were to change her last name to that of the primary character in the TV series Breaking Bad, what would her new full name be?", "answers": [ "Mary Anne White" ], "context": [ "Breaking Bad is an American neo-Western crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show aired on AMC from January 20, 2008, to September 29, 2013, consisting of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes. It was set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited high school chemistry teacher who is struggling with a recent diagnosis of stage-three lung cancer. White turns to a life of crime, partnering with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), by producing and distributing crystal meth to" ] }, { "idx": 333, "question": "If the continent of Australia were to shift to the hemisphere opposite its current location, which hemisphere would it be in?", "answers": [ "Northern" ], "context": [ "The Southern Hemisphere is the half (hemisphere) of Earth that is south of the Equator. It contains all or parts of five continents (Antarctica, Australia, about 90% of South America, approx. one third of Africa, and some islands off the continental mainland of Asia), four oceans (Indian Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, and South Pacific Ocean), New Zealand and most of the Pacific Islands in Oceania. Its surface is 80.9% water, compared with 60.7% water in the case of the Northern Hemisphere, and it contains 32.7% of Earth's land. Owing to the tilt of Earth's rotation relative to the", "Peru with some ruins dated back to 3600 BCE. The Southern Hemisphere is the half (hemisphere) of Earth that is south of the Equator. It contains all or parts of five continents (Antarctica, Australia, about 90% of South America, approx. one third of Africa, and some islands off the continental mainland of Asia), four oceans (Indian Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, and South Pacific Ocean), New Zealand and most of the Pacific Islands in Oceania. Its surface is 80.9% water, compared with 60.7% water in the case of the Northern Hemisphere, and it contains 32.7% of Earth's land. Owing" ] }, { "idx": 334, "question": "If the depth of the Challenger Deep in the Western Pacific Ocean were to be halved, what would be its new depth?", "answers": [ "5,451-5,464.5 m" ], "context": [ "The Challenger Deep is the deepest known point of the seabed in the Earth's hydrosphere (the oceans and seas), with a depth of by direct measurement from deep-diving submersibles, remotely operated underwater vehicles, and benthic landers and (sometimes) slightly more by sonar bathymetry. The Challenger Deep is located in the Western Pacific Ocean, at the southern end of the Mariana Trench near the Mariana Islands group. According to the August 2011 version of the GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, the Challenger Deep is \u00b1 deep at . This location is in the ocean territory of the Federated States of" ] }, { "idx": 335, "question": "If three doughnuts are removed from a box that initially contained a dozen doughnuts, how many doughnuts would remain in the box?", "answers": [ "9", "nine" ], "context": [ "A dozen (commonly abbreviated doz or dz) is a grouping of twelve. The dozen may be one of the earliest primitive integer groupings, perhaps because there are approximately a dozen cycles of the Moon, or months, in a cycle of the Sun, or year. Twelve is convenient because it has a maximal number of divisors among the numbers up to its double, a property only true of 1, 2, 6, 12, 60, 360, and 2520. The use of twelve as a base number, known as the duodecimal system (also as \"dozenal\"), originated in Mesopotamia (see also sexagesimal). Counting in base-12", "of rolls being allowed to the purchaser of a dozen\". The term has also been defined in a jocular way, as \"twelve of today's and one of yesterday's.\" The 13th loaf added to the dozen is called the vantage loaf. A dozen (commonly abbreviated doz or dz) is a grouping of twelve. The dozen may be one of the earliest primitive integer groupings, perhaps because there are approximately a dozen cycles of the Moon, or months, in a cycle of the Sun, or year. Twelve is convenient because it has a maximal number of divisors among the numbers up to" ] }, { "idx": 336, "question": "If scientists had not discovered that missions would need to last 7 to 8 years to find all transiting Earth-sized planets, what was the original planned duration for these missions?", "answers": [ "3.5 years" ], "context": [ "7 to 8 years, as opposed to the originally planned 3.5 years, would be needed to find all transiting Earth-sized planets. On April 4, 2012, the \"Kepler\" mission was approved for extension through the fiscal year 2016, but this also depended on all remaining reaction wheels staying healthy, which turned out not to be the case (see Reaction wheel issues below). Orbit and orientation. Kepler orbits the Sun, which avoids Earth occultations, stray light, and gravitational perturbations and torques inherent in an Earth orbit. NASA has characterized Kepler's orbit as \"Earth-trailing\". With an orbital period of 372.5 days, Kepler is" ] }, { "idx": 337, "question": "If John \"Willie\" Wilcox had not joined Utopia, how many new members would the band have had during that period?", "answers": [ "2", "two" ], "context": [ "album Initiation, along with other Rundgren solo material. Shortly, former Moog programmer Roger Powell joined the band on synthesizer, restoring it to a sextet. Ellman left the band to become an executive at his family's Beefsteak Charlie's restaurant. He was replaced by John \"Willie\" Wilcox, who had been the drummer with Hall & Oates on the Rundgren-produced \"War Babies\" album. The live LP \"Another Live\" (1975) featured new members Powell and Wilcox. The record showcased several extended progressive tracks which were not released in studio versions and also displayed Rundgren's continuing interest in the Broadway musical via a version of" ] }, { "idx": 338, "question": "If Sevendust had produced one fewer studio album, what would have been the numerical order of the album they were recording when they collaborated with Shawn Grove in November 2007?", "answers": [ "6th" ], "context": [ "including two previously unreleased studio tracks, live concert footage never before seen, as well as the new music videos for the songs \"Beg To Differ\", \"Ugly\", \"Pieces\", and \"Driven\", was released on December 11, 2007. The song \"The Rim\" was released on the Alpha CD but only sold in Target retails stores as exclusive 13th track on the Alpha CD. \"Feed\" and \"Driven\" were used in the soundtrack to WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008. Sevendust joined Shawn Grove again, and returned to the studio at the end of November 2007 to finish their 7th studio album, titled \"\". The record" ] }, { "idx": 339, "question": "If NASCAR had never faced issues with ensuring spots for full-time teams and their sponsors when more than 50 cars attempted to race, which rule would not have been implemented in 2005?", "answers": [ "top-35 qualifying rule" ], "context": [ "any problems. Furthermore, NASCAR removed the top-35 qualifying rule that was introduced in 2005 to revert to the previous qualifying rule. The rule was originally established so that full-time teams, as well as their sponsors, were ensured a spot in the race when 50+ cars attempted to race. For 2013, the top 36 starting positions were set by qualifying speed. Positions 37 to 42 were set by provisionals (based on owners points). Similar to previous seasons, the forty-third position were given to the most recent series champion who didn't qualify on time or the next available team in owner's points." ] }, { "idx": 340, "question": "If the WXBU station had initially started broadcasting ten years prior, in what year would that have been?", "answers": [ "1943" ], "context": [ "WXBU, virtual channel 15 (UHF digital channel 32), is a TBD-affiliated television station licensed to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States and serving the Susquehanna Valley region (Harrisburg\u2013Lancaster\u2013Lebanon\u2013York). The station is owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, a partner company of the Sinclair Broadcast Group. WXBU's advertising sales office is located on Butler Road in West Cornwall Township (with a Lebanon postal address); the station shares transmitter facilities with Sinclair-owned, Harrisburg-licensed CBS affiliate WHP-TV (channel 21) on a ridge north of Linglestown Road in Susquehanna Township. History. Early history. The station first signed on the air on October 25, 1953 as WLBR-TV, operating" ] }, { "idx": 341, "question": "If the release of Slipknot's song \"Psychosocial\" hadn't been postponed, what would have been its original release date?", "answers": [ "July 1, 2008" ], "context": [ "\"Psychosocial\" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released as the second single and fourth track from their fourth studio album, \"All Hope Is Gone\" (2008). The song entered airplay on June 26, 2008 and was originally planned for release as a digital single on July 1 but was delayed and released on July 8. Slipknot performed \"Psychosocial\" live for the first time on July 9, 2008, at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. In 2008, the song was featured on the soundtrack to Marvel's \"\". The song was also nominated for 'Best Metal Performance'" ] }, { "idx": 342, "question": "If the band Diamond Rio had not undergone a name change, what would their original name have been?", "answers": [ "Tennessee River Boys", "Grizzly River Boys" ], "context": [ "Diamond Rio is an American country music band. The band was founded in 1982 as an attraction for the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee, and was originally known as the Grizzly River Boys, then the Tennessee River Boys. It was founded by Matt Davenport, Danny Gregg, and Ty Herndon, the last of whom became a solo artist in the mid-1990s. After undergoing several membership changes in its initial years, the band has consisted of the same six members since 1989: Marty Roe (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Johnson (mandolin, guitar, fiddle, tenor vocals), Jimmy Olander (lead guitar, banjo),", "Award nominations. In 2010 they received three nominations for the GMA Dove Awards, and on April 22 won the award for Country Album of the Year. In 2011, they received their first Grammy Award in the Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album category for \"The Reason\". Diamond Rio is an American country music band. The band was founded in 1982 as an attraction for the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee, and was originally known as the Grizzly River Boys, then the Tennessee River Boys. It was founded by Matt Davenport, Danny Gregg, and Ty" ] }, { "idx": 343, "question": "If the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Texas had 100 fewer species of native plants, how many species would it still feature?", "answers": [ "700" ], "context": [ "Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, located at the confluence of Onion Creek and Williamson Creek. The park includes several designated hiking trails and campsites with water and electric. The namesake features of the park are the scenic upper and lower falls along Onion Creek. The Emma Long Metropolitan Park is a municipal park along the shores of Lake Austin, originally constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is a botanical garden and arboretum that features more than 800 species of native Texas plants in both garden and natural settings; the Wildflower Center is located southwest" ] }, { "idx": 344, "question": "If the football stadium at the University of Colorado hadn't been renamed in honor of Coach Fred Folsom in November 1944, what would its name be?", "answers": [ "Colorado Stadium" ], "context": [ "Early games, which bore more resemblance to rugby than modern football, were played against the School of Mines and Utah. The football stadium, originally named \"Colorado Stadium,\" was opened in 1924 and was officially named Folsom Field in November 1944 to honor Coach Fred Folsom, one of the most respected college football coaches of his day. In 1934, the university's intercollegiate teams were officially nicknamed the \"Buffaloes.\" Previous nicknames used by the press included the \"Silver Helmets\" and \"Frontiersmen.\" The final game of 1934, against the University of Denver, saw also the inaugural running of a bison in a Colorado" ] }, { "idx": 345, "question": "If British diplomats or Sultan Abd\u00fclmecid I's own ministers hadn't intervened, how much would the Ottoman Empire's Sultan have originally donated to the Great Famine in Ireland?", "answers": [ "10,000" ], "context": [ "around \u00a314,000. The money raised included contributions by Irish soldiers serving there and Irish people employed by the East India Company. Russian Tsar Alexander II sent funds and Queen Victoria donated \u00a32,000. According to legend, Sultan Abd\u00fclmecid I of the Ottoman Empire originally offered to send \u00a310,000 but was asked either by British diplomats or his own ministers to reduce it to \u00a31,000 to avoid donating more than the Queen. U.S. President James K. Polk donated $50 and in 1847 Congressman Abraham Lincoln donated $10 ($307 in 2019 value). Pope Pius IX also made a personal contribution of 1000 Scudi" ] }, { "idx": 346, "question": "If Lyons Avenue in the Fifth Ward, Houston, had not been renamed in 1927, what would its original name have been?", "answers": [ "Odin Avenue", "John Mary Odin Street" ], "context": [ "of Galveston-Houston, John Mary Odin. The street received its current name in 1927. In pre-desegregation Fifth Ward, Lyons and Jensen were primary commercial avenues. As of 1979 the intersection of Lyons Avenue and Jensen Drive was called \"Pearl Harbor\" due to many violent incidents occurring there. The southern edge of the Fifth Ward, along the Buffalo Bayou, housed farms in its early history before becoming a host of slums and the city dump by the 1920s. Cleanup of this area began when Brown and Root began establishing its headquarters in the late 1940s. The Englewood Rail Yard, located in the" ] }, { "idx": 347, "question": "If Charles Booth hadn't popularized the concept in London at the turn of the 20th century, which idea related to poverty would not have come into existence?", "answers": [ "Poverty threshold", "Poverty line" ], "context": [ "Mollie Orshansky between 1963 and 1964. She attributed the poverty threshold as a measure of income inadequacy by taking the cost of food plan per family of three or four and multiplying it by a factor of three. In 1969 the inter agency poverty level review committee adjusted the threshold for only price changes. Charles Booth, a pioneering investigator of poverty in London at the turn of the 20th century, popularised the idea of a \"poverty line\", a concept originally conceived by the London School Board. Booth set the line at 10 (50p) to 20 shillings (\u00a31) per week, which" ] }, { "idx": 348, "question": "If the S\u014dseki Museum in the United Kingdom had not faced high maintenance costs and a decrease in attendance, would it have remained open?", "answers": [ "No" ], "context": [ "150-year commemoration of S\u014dseki's birth, the Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art displayed the letter S\u014dseki had written suggesting names for the villa itself. S\u014dseki had been on good terms with the owner, Shotaro Kaga, who asked him to name the house. S\u014dseki died before its completion in 1917. S\u014dseki's diary was also on display during the exhibition. In June 2019, retired professor Ikuo Tsunematsu reopened the S\u014dseki Museum, in Surrey, dedicated to the writer's life in the United Kingdom. The museum originally opened in 1982 in London, but closed in 2016 due to high maintenance costs and a" ] }, { "idx": 349, "question": "If Tania Nicol had not been addicted to drugs, what profession would she not have engaged in during the Ipswich serial murders?", "answers": [ "Sex work" ], "context": [ "also increased to around 10,000. Victims. Tania Nicol. Tania Nicol, aged 19, from Ipswich, disappeared on 30 October. Her body was discovered by police divers on 8 December in a river near Copdock Mill; there was no evidence of sexual assault and a post mortem could not establish a definite cause of death. Nicol attended Chantry High School but had left home at 16 to live in a hostel, engaging in sex work to fund her addiction to heroin and cocaine. She had originally worked in massage parlours, but was asked to leave on suspicion that she was using drugs." ] }, { "idx": 350, "question": "If Jon Schaffer hadn't been a big fan of the Spawn character, who wouldn't have been asked to create an album cover for Iced Earth?", "answers": [ "Todd McFarlane" ], "context": [ "along with Jon Schaffer. Cover art. The cover art of \"The Dark Saga\" depicts comic book artist Todd McFarlane's character Spawn (on whom the entire album is based). Jon Schaffer, who was a big fan of Spawn, originally contacted the director of promotions for Todd McFarlane, about possibly writing music for the upcoming Spawn film adaptation and animated series. Schaffer eventually met McFarlane and asked if he would do an album cover for Iced Earth, to which McFarlane agreed. Later on, Schaffer decided that the whole album should be based on Spawn, seeing how the character would be on the" ] }, { "idx": 351, "question": "If Batista hadn't suffered tricep injuries, who would Vince McMahon not have recommended to join the Evolution Professional Wrestling group?", "answers": [ "Mark Jindrak" ], "context": [ "Jindrak even shooting vignettes with the rest of the group, before it was decided to make Batista part of the group instead. This was further elaborated in 2020, when it was revealed that Vince McMahon wanted Jindrak in the group to replace Batista due to his triceps injuries in 2003. However, Triple H felt that Jindrak was not mature enough for the group and also felt that he was dragging Orton down, an assessment mutually agreed by Jindrak himself. Ultimately, management decided to place Jindrak in a tag team with Garrison Cade while the rest of Evolution waited for Batista" ] }, { "idx": 352, "question": "If neither the Miami nor Orlando ownership groups had made successful pitches, which committee would have decided on the NBA team expansion?", "answers": [ "Expansion committee" ], "context": [ "Miami-based team, originally known as the \"Florida Heat\" and eventually named the Miami Heat. When both Miami and Orlando ownership groups made successful pitches, the expansion committee decided to expand by four teams, allowing both to have a franchise. The Magic became the first-ever major-league professional sports franchise in the Orlando area, following an expansion fee of reportedly $32.5 million. They were one of the four new expansion franchises awarded by the NBA in 1987 along with the Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves. The Magic hired Matt Guokas as the team's first coach, who helped the Magic select" ] }, { "idx": 353, "question": "If the original recipe for grappa is followed, what is the intended outcome of using all parts of the grapes?", "answers": [ "waste", "Prevent waste" ], "context": [ "left over from winemaking after pressing the grapes. It was originally made to prevent waste by using these leftovers. A similar drink, known as \"acquavite d'uva\", is made by distilling whole must. Grappa is now a protected name in the European Union. To be called grappa, the following criteria must be met: Criterion 2 rules out the direct fermentation of pure grape juice, which is the method used to produce brandy. Criterion 3 has two important implications. First, the distillation must occur on solids. Thus, it is carried out not with a direct flame but with a bain-marie or steam" ] }, { "idx": 354, "question": "If Babbitt had not succeeded in the position of Governor of Arizona, who would have been the previous office holder?", "answers": [ "Ra\u00fal H\u00e9ctor Castro" ], "context": [ "was not eligible to become governor according to the Arizona state constitution. Babbitt, as attorney general, was next in the line of succession, and thus served the balance of the term to which Ra\u00fal H\u00e9ctor Castro had originally been elected in 1974. Babbitt was elected for a full four-year term later in 1978, and again in 1982. He did not run for a third term in 1986. In 1982, Babbitt intervened in negotiations between the Cochise County sheriff and leaders of the Christ Miracle Healing Church and Center over the release of church members whom the church was hiding from" ] }, { "idx": 355, "question": "If the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) hadn't adopted the \"Liberator\" name for its XB-24 planes, which foreign military division would have been the only one using this name for its XB-24 planes?", "answers": [ "Royal Air Force", "RAF", "Royal Air Force (RAF)" ], "context": [ "predecessor, the NA-40 introduced this feature in January 1939 \u2013 with the Consolidated Model 32 having long, thin wings with the efficient \"Davis\" high aspect ratio design (also used on the projected Model 31 twin-engined commercial flying boat) promising to provide maximum fuel efficiency. Wind tunnel testing and experimental programs using an existing Consolidated Model 31 provided extensive data on the flight characteristics of the Davis airfoil. Early orders, placed before the XB-24 had flown, included 36 for the USAAC, 120 for the French Air Force and 164 for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The name \"Liberator\" was originally given" ] }, { "idx": 356, "question": "If Poliquin hadn't utilized the Maine Tree Growth Tax Program for his oceanfront property in Georgetown, what would have been the original assessed value of the property in millions?", "answers": [ "1.8" ], "context": [ "his use of the Maine Tree Growth Tax Program, a program meant to preserve forestland from development pressures for commercial timber harvesting, with 10 acres of his oceanfront property in Georgetown. The program reduced the value of his property from the originally assessed $1.8 million to $725,500, resulting in Poliquin paying $30 a year in property taxes. A 2009 Maine Forest Service report discussed Poliquin's property as an example of one that might not be fully complying with the law, stating that restrictions on timber harvesting in shoreland areas would limit any commercial use of the land. But the report" ] }, { "idx": 357, "question": "If Thackeray hadn't made revisions to his novel \"The Virginians\" in the 1853 edition, which character would Samuel have been confused with?", "answers": [ "Eli" ], "context": [ "from \"The Virginians\", but was responsible for his still more lucrative lecture tours in Britain and the United States. From his first draft and following publication, Thackeray occasionally revised his allusions to make them more accessible for his readers. In Chapter 5, an original \"Prince Whadyecallem\" became \"Prince Ahmed\" by the 1853 edition. In Chapter 13, a passage about the filicidal Biblical figure Jephthah was removed, although references to Iphigenia remained important. In Chapter 56, Thackeray originally confused Samuel \u2013 the boy whose mother Hannah had given him up when called to by God \u2013 with Eli, the old priest" ] }, { "idx": 358, "question": "If Donald Cryer's father had pursued his original career path, what profession would he have been in?", "answers": [ "minister" ], "context": [ "role of Lex Luthor in the CW series \"Supergirl\", \"Arrow\", \"The Flash\" and \"Batwoman\". After appearing on the podcast \"Crime Writers On...\" it was announced that he would join the \"Undisclosed\" podcast for their second season. Early life. Cryer was born in New York City. His mother, Gretchen Kiger, is a playwright, songwriter, actress and singer. His father, Donald David Cryer, is an actor and singer who originally studied to be a minister. His paternal grandfather, the Rev. Donald W. Cryer, was a prominent Methodist minister. He has two sisters, Robin and Shelly. When Cryer was twelve years old, he" ] }, { "idx": 359, "question": "If the Allied Kommandatura had only retained its original member countries, which country would not have been included in the governing body?", "answers": [ "France" ], "context": [ "The Allied Kommandatura, or often just Kommandatura, also known as the \"Alliierte Kommandantur\" in German, was the governing body for the city of Berlin following Germany's defeat in World War II. The victorious allied powers established control of post-war Germany and other territories via shared Military Government councils, including for Berlin. The Kommandatura was often known as the little brother to the Allied Control Council, which had the same function for the whole of Germany, and was subordinate to it. It originally comprised representatives from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union but later included France. The" ] }, { "idx": 360, "question": "If the category of Liouvillian numbers was restricted to its original definition, what kind of exponentiation would be necessary for numbers in this class?", "answers": [ "explicit" ], "context": [ "these are the Liouvillian numbers (not to be confused with Liouville numbers in the sense of rational approximation), EL numbers and elementary numbers. The Liouvillian numbers, denoted , form the smallest \"algebraically closed\" subfield of closed under exponentiation and logarithm (formally, intersection of all such subfields)\u2014that is, numbers which involve \"explicit\" exponentiation and logarithms, but allow explicit and \"implicit\" polynomials (roots of polynomials); this is defined in . was originally referred to as elementary numbers, but this term is now used more broadly to refer to numbers defined explicitly or implicitly in terms of algebraic operations, exponentials, and logarithms. A" ] }, { "idx": 361, "question": "If actress Furlan had been willing to travel to Hawaii for filming, which character might not have been written out of the series?", "answers": [ "Rousseau", "Danielle Rousseau" ], "context": [ "because she did not want to travel to Hawaii to film her scenes, although she later called this an untrue rumor. The producers decided for Rousseau to be shot, with the possibility of her returning in season five. Co-show runners and executive producers Damon Lindelof and Cuse originally intended for Rousseau to get her own flashback episode in season four, however as a result of the Writer's Strike, this did not come to pass. When asked whether Rousseau would have a flashback in season five, Lindelof said that Rousseau's story would \"definitively\" be revealed, but that \"to use the word" ] }, { "idx": 362, "question": "If the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm had been allowed an additional 500 seats, what would have been its total seating capacity?", "answers": [ "13,000" ], "context": [ "Latvia (which withdrew from the race and endorsed the Swedish bid). At the congress in Bern in 2009, it was announced that Finland (the host for the 2012 World Championship) and Sweden would co-host both the 2012 and 2013 tournaments. Locations. The host arenas were the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm (12,500 permitted seats) and Hartwall Areena in Helsinki (13,506 permitted seats). Capacity has been limited to these numbers because of modern health and safety rules. Malm\u00f6 Arena was originally planned to co-host according to the Swedish bid, but the Swedish Hockey Federation decided to drop Malm\u00f6 as a host city" ] }, { "idx": 363, "question": "If the announcement of New York State's $100 million Restore NY program allocating $500,000 to Sharon Springs had been made three years later, in which decade would it have occurred?", "answers": [ "2010s" ], "context": [ "for it to have an Asian theme in the rear but the street side exterior was to closely match the original design. Kyu Sung Cho, who also owns Donbu Tour and Travel Inc., a bus tour company that ferries some 30,000 Korean visitors from New York City to Niagara Falls each year. Cho hopes to bring visitors from NYC to Sharon Springs as before when the spa was functional. New York State Grants. On January 15, 2008, it was announced that under New York State's $100 million Restore NY program, $500,000 was being allocated to Sharon Springs. The grant was" ] }, { "idx": 364, "question": "If Jos\u00e9 Reyes had achieved 500 fewer career hits by the time he faced the Phillies' Jamie Moyer, which number career hit would he have made on May 25?", "answers": [ "500th" ], "context": [ "was considered possible but he suffered yet another injury, a torn right hamstring while doing rehab work in August. 2010. On March 11, 2010, Reyes was diagnosed with a hyperactive thyroid gland, and was ordered by doctors to cease spring training activity. On March 23, his thyroid levels returned to normal and he was cleared to play. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list and missed the start of the regular season. On May 25, he had his 1000th career hit off of the Phillies' Jamie Moyer. On June 8, Reyes hit a tying home run in the 7th" ] }, { "idx": 365, "question": "If the city of Bolivar had been established ten years prior, in which year would that have been?", "answers": [ "1585" ], "context": [ "Bolivar was founded on December 21, 1595 by Antonio de Berr\u00edo, who had come from Nueva Granada (present-day Colombia) with the mission of populating Guyana. The town, originally called Santo Tom\u00e1s de Guayana, was a fortified port that had to move three times, since it was the target of constant assaults by Caribbean Indians and European corsairs, among whom Sir Walter Raleigh stood out in 1617. In 1764 it found a definitive site on the banks of the Orinoco, in its narrowest sector, for which it took the name of Santo Tom\u00e1s de la Nueva Guayana de la Angostura del" ] }, { "idx": 366, "question": "If Moroccan historian Ahmed Toufiq hadn't considered \"Tingi\" to share the same etymology as \"Tinghir\", which type of particle would \"Tingi\" not be associated with in its etymology?", "answers": [ "feminine" ], "context": [ "Berber name was \"Tingi\" (), which Ruiz connects to Berber \"tingis\", meaning \"marsh\". The Greeks later claimed that \"Ting\u00eds\" () had been named for Tinjis, a daughter of the titan Atlas, who was supposed to support the vault of heaven nearby. Latin Tingis then developed into Portuguese , Spanish , and French , which entered English as \"Tangier\" and \"Tangiers\". The Arabic and modern Berber name of the town is \"\u1e6canja\" (, ). Moroccan historian Ahmed Toufiq considers that the name \"Tingi\" has the same etymology as \"Tinghir\", and is composed of \"Tin\", which is a feminine particle that could" ] }, { "idx": 367, "question": "If the Beaux-Arts building had been constructed a decade earlier than its actual build time, in which century would it have been built?", "answers": [ "19th" ], "context": [ "being converted to a 47-room hotel called Casa Cipriani. The Beaux-Arts building was built from 1906 to 1909 and designed by the firm Walker and Morris as the easternmost section of the partially completed Whitehall Street Ferry Terminal. What is now the Battery Maritime Building was designed to serve ferries traveling to Brooklyn. The structure uses a variety of architectural metals and originally contained a large waiting area on the second floor. The Battery Maritime Building is the only Exposition Universelle-style ferry building still operating in Manhattan. The similarly-designed westernmost section of the Whitehall Street Ferry Terminal, serving ferries to" ] }, { "idx": 368, "question": "If the producers of General Hospital had released a casting call for a contract role four years prior to November 2013, in which decade would it have occurred?", "answers": [ "2000s" ], "context": [ "Nathan comes to Maxie's rescue only to be shot by Faison. While he survives emergency surgery, Nathan dies in recovery shortly after professing his love for Maxie. He was buried with full policeman honors. Maxie later gives birth to a baby boy; in memory of Nathan, she names their son James, Nathan's given name. Development. Casting and creation. In November 2013, the producers released a casting call for a contract role. In late December 2013, head writer Ron Carlivati announced on Twitter that model turned actor Ryan Paevey had joined the cast in the contract role of Detective Nathan West." ] }, { "idx": 369, "question": "If the British Rail Class 320 units were designed with one fewer Brush TM2141B traction motor, how many would they have used in total?", "answers": [ "3" ], "context": [ "and Class 311, which were by then 30 years old. The trains were built against lot numbers 31060\u20132, which were issued on 6 January 1989 and completed on 31 October 1990. The units run on 25 kV AC overhead line supply via a Brecknell Willis high speed pantograph, using four Brush TM2141B traction motors. With much shorter passenger journeys in mind, the Class 320 units originally lacked the toilets of the Class 321 units and also began life with a lower speed capability () due to the much closer spacing of stations on the North Clyde Line. The lower design" ] }, { "idx": 370, "question": "If baseball in Australia commenced its season one season earlier, in which season would it begin?", "answers": [ "winter" ], "context": [ "announce that Australia would receive an automatic berth in the Little League World Series starting in 2013. Baseball Associations and Leagues. Baseball Australia Baseball Victoria Baseball NSW Baseball Queensland Baseball SA Canberra Baseball Baseball NT Baseball TAS Baseball WA Summer vs Winter. Baseball is considered traditionally a summer sport, meaning such that it will start in spring and end in autumn, however, this has changed many times in Australia for different reasons. One of these reasons is because baseball in Australia was originally considered a sport for cricketers in the off-season, but as baseball became more popular as a standalone" ] }, { "idx": 371, "question": "If Tituba had remained unmarried, who would not have been her spouse?", "answers": [ "John Indian" ], "context": [ "she confessed to practicing witchcraft while she was also making claims that both Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne participated in the said witchcraft. She was imprisoned and later released by Samuel Conklin. Early life. Tituba's husband was John Indian, an Indigenous man whose origins are unknown, but he may have been from Central or South America, Tibit\u00f3, Colombia to be precise. It is said that she was named after her town or tribe. Tituba may have originally been from Barbados. Many historians such as Elaine Breslaw and Charles Upham gathered that Tituba was a Native American based on Samuel Fowler's" ] }, { "idx": 372, "question": "If no character was killed in the \"Rurouni Kenshin\" manga, which character starting with 'K' would Yukishiro Enishi not have supposedly killed?", "answers": [ "Kaoru" ], "context": [ "the video game \"Virtual On\"; the song's title was used in the final chapter of the Kyoto arc. Additionally, the final shot of Kenshin returning to Kaoru's dojo was inspired by the final shot of the \"Rurouni Kenshin\" anime's first opening theme:\"Sobakasu\" by Judy and Mary. In the next and final arc of the manga, the story took a darker tone as most of the characters believed Kaoru was killed by Yukishiro Enishi which made Kenshin question his own way of living and escape to a village of wanderers. Watsuki did not enjoy angst in Kenshin so his friend My\u014djin" ] }, { "idx": 373, "question": "If the \"Fleet of Doom\" Voltron special had been released ten years prior to its original release date, in which century would it have been launched?", "answers": [ "20th" ], "context": [ "were broadcast as seasons 1 and 3, while the next three contain the Vehicle Team episodes, broadcast as season 2. The \"\" special was released on DVD early in 2007, as an online Voltron.com exclusive. \"Fleet of Doom\" was a special crossover film where the Vehicle and Lion Voltrons joined forces to defeat the \"Fleet of Doom\" (Doom and Drule Empires). The special was originally released in 1986, but was never released in Japan. Media Blasters released \"Fleet of Doom\" on July 28, 2009, as a full retail release. A Blu-ray version was planned, but it was delayed many times" ] }, { "idx": 374, "question": "If filmmaker Frears hadn't attended the Berlin International Film Festival and watched \"Mifune's Last Song,\" which actress would he not have identified for the female lead role?", "answers": [ "Iben Hjejle" ], "context": [ "adaptation. The three reached out to Rosenberg who agreed to take his name off the credits. However, Rosenberg eventually refused to do so, leading to a writing credit dispute. According to Pink, Rosenberg was given credit due to a now-abolished rule in the WGA which gave full credit to the first screenwriter attached to any adaptation for \"anything they extracted from the book, or from the material from which they were adapting.\" Casting. Frears was at the Berlin International Film Festival and seeing \"Mifune's Last Song\", starring Iben Hjejle, realized that he had found the female lead. Frears read Hornby's" ] }, { "idx": 375, "question": "If Robert Patrick hadn't been chosen to play the T-1000 terminator in the movie, who was the original actor slated for that role?", "answers": [ "Blackie Lawless" ], "context": [ "Lawless embarking on a short lived solo career. Lawless was originally slated to play the T-1000 terminator in the movie \"\", but was later replaced by Robert Patrick after Arnold Schwarzenegger deemed Lawless \"too tall\" (1.93m). Blackie commenced work on his solo project, but under pressure from both promoters and fans, he released it as a W.A.S.P. album. Ironically, many critics feel that the resulting concept album, \"The Crimson Idol\", has been the best W.A.S.P. output so far. The follow-up to \"The Crimson Idol\" was \"Still Not Black Enough\" (1995), a collection of dark, introspective tunes that extended the \"Crimson" ] }, { "idx": 376, "question": "If Santo, the Italian-American mutant from Boston, had not been sent to the Xavier Institute, which mutant squad would he not have joined and befriended?", "answers": [ "Hellions" ], "context": [ "vol. 2 #3 and was created by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir. Fictional character biography. An Italian-American mutant from Boston, Santo was sent to the Xavier Institute where he befriended Julian and the would-be Hellions. He was originally advised by Iceman, but was selected by Emma Frost to be part of her prized Hellions squad. Vaccaro and the rest of the Hellions went on to win the field tournament and were declared the best squad at the end of the school year. Santo dreams of being a super-human wrestling star and enjoys murder-mystery television programs (such as \"Medium\" starring Patricia" ] }, { "idx": 377, "question": "If the tryptophan-based compounds, including psilocybin, had not evolved to perform more complex functions in multicellular organisms, what role would they have played in earlier life forms?", "answers": [ "Antioxidant", "antioxidants" ], "context": [ "a tryptamine compound with a chemical structure containing an indole ring linked to an ethylamine substituent. It is chemically related to the amino acid tryptophan, and is structurally similar to the neurotransmitter serotonin. Psilocybin is a member of the general class of tryptophan-based compounds that originally functioned as antioxidants in earlier life forms before assuming more complex functions in multicellular organisms, including humans. Other related indole-containing psychedelic compounds include dimethyltryptamine, found in many plant species and in trace amounts in some mammals, and bufotenine, found in the skin of psychoactive toads. Psilocybin is an alkaloid that is soluble in water," ] }, { "idx": 378, "question": "If Galileo had not changed the title of his work \"Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems\", what would its original title have been?", "answers": [ "Dialogue on the Ebb and Flow of the Sea" ], "context": [ "similar measurements of stars, and Marius and Riccioli concluded the smaller sizes were not small enough to answer Tycho's argument. Theory of tides. Cardinal Bellarmine had written in 1615 that the Copernican system could not be defended without \"a true physical demonstration that the sun does not circle the earth but the earth circles the sun\". Galileo considered his theory of the tides to provide such evidence. This theory was so important to him that he originally intended to call his \"Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems\" the \"Dialogue on the Ebb and Flow of the Sea\". The reference" ] }, { "idx": 379, "question": "If the Plebeian Council of the ancient Roman Republic had not adopted an organizational system based on residential districts or tribes in 471 BC, what would their organizational system have been based on?", "answers": [ "the Curia" ], "context": [ "The Concilium Plebis (English: Plebeian Council, Plebeian Assembly, People's Assembly or Council of the Plebs) was the principal assembly of the common people of the ancient Roman Republic. It functioned as a legislative/judicial assembly, through which the plebeians (commoners) could pass legislation (called plebiscites), elect plebeian tribunes and plebeian aediles, and try judicial cases. The Plebeian Council was originally organized on the basis of the Curia but in 471 BC adopted an organizational system based on residential districts or tribes. The Plebeian Council usually met in the well of the Comitium and could only be convoked by the Tribune of", "the power and authority of the Council of the Plebs. These categories are based on Tilly's Dimensions of Democratization. The Concilium Plebis (English: Plebeian Council, Plebeian Assembly, People's Assembly or Council of the Plebs) was the principal assembly of the common people of the ancient Roman Republic. It functioned as a legislative/judicial assembly, through which the plebeians (commoners) could pass legislation (called plebiscites), elect plebeian tribunes and plebeian aediles, and try judicial cases. The Plebeian Council was originally organized on the basis of the Curia but in 471 BC adopted an organizational system based on residential districts or tribes. The" ] }, { "idx": 380, "question": "If Godwin, Earl of Wessex, had not switched his allegiance to Harold Harefoot in 1037, who would have been his likely choice of support?", "answers": [ "Harthacnut" ], "context": [ "initial successor Harold Harefoot, but managed to switch sides in 1037\u2014although not without becoming involved in the 1036 murder of Alfred Aetheling, half-brother of Harthacnut and younger brother of the later King Edward the Confessor. When Harold Harefoot died in 1040, Harthacnut ascended the English throne and Godwin's power was imperiled by his earlier involvement in Alfred's murder, but an oath and large gift secured the new king's favour for Godwin. Harthacnut's death in 1042 probably involved Godwin in a role as kingmaker, helping to secure the English throne for Edward the Confessor. In 1045 Godwin reached the height of" ] }, { "idx": 381, "question": "If the guidebook, which includes complete information about Kaiji's first fifteen years of serialization, had been published two years earlier, in which decade would it have been released?", "answers": [ "2000s" ], "context": [ "role for the show. Other media. A guidebook, titled , was published by Kodansha on October 28, 2011. It includes complete information about the series' first fifteen years of serialization. It also includes a one-shot \"chapter 0\", titled , originally published in \"Young Magazine Z\u014dkan: Aka Buta\" #12 in 1997, and depicts a \"what if\" scenario where Kaiji chooses not to accept End\u014d's offer to board the Espoir. Good Smile Company launched a figma figure of Kaiji It\u014d in August 2011. In August 2011, when \"Kaiji\" reached its 500th chapter, \"Weekly Young Magazine\" published tribute illustrations by popular manga artists" ] }, { "idx": 382, "question": "If 100,000 fewer Polish people had migrated to Britain after the Second World War, what would have been the total number of Polish settlers?", "answers": [ "100,000" ], "context": [ "until it formally dissolved in 1991, after a democratically elected president had taken office in Warsaw. The European Union's 2004 enlargement and the UK Government's decision to allow immigration from the new accession states, encouraged Polish people to move to Britain rather than to Germany. Additionally, the Polish diaspora in Britain includes descendants of the nearly 200,000 Polish people who had originally settled in Britain after the Second World War. About one-fifth had moved to settle in other parts of the British Empire. History. A Polish cleric named John Laski (1499\u20131560), nephew of Jan \u0141aski (1456\u20131531), converted to Calvinism while" ] }, { "idx": 383, "question": "If the Dell Latitude ATG was not classified as a semi-rugged device, how many semi-rugged models would Dell have had in their product line?", "answers": [ "0", "zero" ], "context": [ "special modular bay battery. It used a Pentium 4-M processor and DDR SDRAM. The Dell C840 can support up to one gigabyte of RAM in each of two slots, for a total of two gigabytes in all. The GPU can also be upgraded on the C840/M50/i8200, from a GeForce2 Go to the Quadro4 Go 700 from the Precision M50. Rugged models. The Latitude ATG was a semi-rugged version of the D620, and was Dell's only semi-rugged offering, while their fully rugged offering originally consisted of the Augmentix XTG630, a D630 in a fully rugged case, and later the D630 XFR." ] }, { "idx": 384, "question": "If the source code of Netscape's Communicator 4.0 browser had been compatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL), which organizations would not have criticized it?", "answers": [ "Free Software Foundation", "FSF", "OSI", "Free Software Foundation (FSF)" ], "context": [ "project that successfully re-licensed for license incompatibility reasons is the Mozilla project and their Firefox browser. The source code of Netscape's Communicator 4.0 browser was originally released in 1998 under the Netscape Public License/Mozilla Public License but was criticised by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and OSI for being incompatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL). Around 2001 Time Warner, exercising its rights under the Netscape Public License, and at the request of the Mozilla Foundation, re-licensed all code in Mozilla that was under the Netscape Public License (including code by other contributors) to an MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1" ] }, { "idx": 385, "question": "If the Glasgow Subway Railway had retained its original name, what would it be referred to as today?", "answers": [ "Glasgow Subway", "Glasgow Subway Railway", "Glasgow District Subway" ], "context": [ "The Glasgow Subway is an underground rapid transit system in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro. It is also one of the very few railways in the world with a track running gauge of wide. Originally a cable railway, the subway was later electrified, but the double-track circular line was never expanded. The line was originally known as the Glasgow District Subway, and was later renamed Glasgow Subway Railway. In 1936 it was renamed the Glasgow Underground. Despite this rebranding, many" ] }, { "idx": 386, "question": "If the rollout of the Space Shuttle \"Atlantis\" to launch pad 39A had been delayed by a year, in what year would it have taken place?", "answers": [ "2011" ], "context": [ "-long payload bay. Packed inside it were the MRM-1 module and the cargo-carrying pallet ICC-VLD. Space Shuttle \"Atlantis\" began its rollout to launch pad 39A at 23:31 EDT on 21 April 2010. The complete shuttle stack and mobile launch platform were secured to the launch pad's structure at 6:03 EDT on 22 April 2010. The 3.4 mi () trek took 6 hours and 32 minutes to complete. The rollout was originally planned for the evening of 19 April 2010, but wet weather and thunderstorms on the Space Coast caused several delays. STS-132's payload was installed in the shuttle's cargo bay" ] }, { "idx": 387, "question": "If the seating capacity of Temple Israel's sanctuary were increased by 500, what would be its total seating capacity?", "answers": [ "2,000" ], "context": [ "chapel. The sanctuary, which sat up to 1,500, was semi-circular in shape, and designed so that no worshiper was more than fifteen rows from the Torah ark. It was lit by skylights, and had a balcony. Its ceiling, along with those of the entrance foyer and chapel, were of oak, as were the doors, trim, and paneling. The building's interior art work was designed by Efrem Weitzman, including the Torah ark, most ritual objects, stained glass, mosaics, and tapestries. In the architect's view, the compact design of the sanctuary, and the liberal use of stained glass and wood, \"achieved the" ] }, { "idx": 388, "question": "If the air temperature over the Altiplano had not decreased, which lake would not have formed?", "answers": [ "Lake Tauca" ], "context": [ "oscillation, left the salt deposits of Salar de Uyuni. Lake Tauca is one of several ancient lakes which formed in the Altiplano. Other known lakes are Lake Escara, Ouki, Salinas, Lake Minchin, Inca Huasi and Sajsi, in addition to several water-level rises of Lake Titicaca. The identity of these lakes is controversial; Sajsi is often considered part of Lake Tauca, and the lake is frequently divided into an earlier (Tica\u00f1a) and a later (Coipasa) phase. The formation of Lake Tauca depended on a reduction in air temperature over the Altiplano and an increase in precipitation, which may have been caused" ] }, { "idx": 389, "question": "If Jane Graverol had been born 15 days after her actual birth date, what would have been her birth year?", "answers": [ "1905" ], "context": [ "Jane Graverol (1905\u20131984), was a Belgian surrealist painter of French extraction. Life. Jane Graverol was born in Ixelles on 18 December 1905 to Alexandre Graverol and Anne-Marie Lagadec. After a traditional education, she enrolled in the Brussels Acad\u00e9mie Royale des Beaux-Arts in 1921, where she was taught by Jean Delville and Constant Montald. She started painting between 1920 and 1930, this was before the rise of surrealism, and before she adapted the style she is known for today. Her works from that time bear the stamp of symbolism. Between 1960 and 1970, when the popularity of surrealism decreased, she mainly", "beliefs. Her painting \"La Goutte d'eau\" is a collective portrait of the Belgian surrealists. She offered an original, dreamy version of feminine sensibility in painting, served by a figurative technique that was both precise and cold. Legacy. In 2018, Graverol was mentioned in a short documentary of Gloria Feman Orenstein by Cheri Gaulke, \"Gloria's Call\". Jane Graverol (1905\u20131984), was a Belgian surrealist painter of French extraction. Life. Jane Graverol was born in Ixelles on 18 December 1905 to Alexandre Graverol and Anne-Marie Lagadec. After a traditional education, she enrolled in the Brussels Acad\u00e9mie Royale des Beaux-Arts in 1921, where she" ] }, { "idx": 390, "question": "If the Axis staff had taken a pause of six weeks after the capture of Tobruk, what issue would not have persisted?", "answers": [ "supplies" ], "context": [ "take him through the Alamein position and he could then advance to the Nile with little further opposition. Supplies remained a problem because the Axis staff had originally expected a pause of six weeks after the capture of Tobruk. German air units were also exhausted and providing little help against the RAF's all-out attack on the Axis supply lines which, with the arrival of United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) heavy bombers, could reach as far as Benghazi. Although captured supplies proved useful, water and ammunition were constantly in short supply, while a shortage of transport impeded the distribution of" ] }, { "idx": 391, "question": "If serologic studies had distinguished two fewer human enterovirus serotypes based on antibody neutralization tests, how many serotypes would have been identified?", "answers": [ "69" ], "context": [ "Enterovirus is a genus of positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses associated with several human and mammalian diseases. Enteroviruses are named by their transmission-route through the intestine (enteric meaning intestinal). Serologic studies have distinguished 71 human enterovirus serotypes on the basis of antibody neutralization tests. Additional antigenic variants have been defined within several of the serotypes on the basis of reduced or nonreciprocal cross-neutralization between variant strains. On the basis of their pathogenesis in humans and animals, the enteroviruses were originally classified into four groups, polioviruses, Coxsackie A viruses (CA), Coxsackie B viruses (CB), and echoviruses, but it was quickly realized that", "and cardiac failure. Other treatments that have been investigated for enteroviral carditis include intravenous immunoglobulin. Taxonomy. The enterovirus genus includes the following fifteen species: These fifteen species' serotype include: Enterovirus is a genus of positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses associated with several human and mammalian diseases. Enteroviruses are named by their transmission-route through the intestine (enteric meaning intestinal). Serologic studies have distinguished 71 human enterovirus serotypes on the basis of antibody neutralization tests. Additional antigenic variants have been defined within several of the serotypes on the basis of reduced or nonreciprocal cross-neutralization between variant strains. On the basis of their pathogenesis" ] }, { "idx": 392, "question": "If the Weddle Bridge were situated one state south of Oregon, in which state would it be located?", "answers": [ "California" ], "context": [ "The Weddle Bridge is a long wooden covered bridge in Sweet Home, Oregon, United States. The bridge originally spanned Thomas Creek near Scio but was replaced by a concrete bridge in 1980 and was scheduled to be destroyed in 1987. To save the bridge, local activists staged protests and persuaded former Oregon Senator Mae Yih to help save the bridge. The Oregon Legislative Assembly soon approved the Oregon Covered Bridge Program, which helped pay for covered bridge rehabilitation projects statewide. The Weddle Bridge was the first to receive grants from the program. In 1989, using grant funds as well as", "events such as fundraisers for breast-cancer detection and related services or for private events such as weddings. The original bridge over Thomas Creek was named for a farmer who lived nearby, but it was also known as the \"Devaney Bridge\" for another early resident. Similar in design to other covered bridges along Thomas Creek, the Weddle Bridge featured a Howe truss, segmented portal arches, large side openings, and white board-and-batten siding. The Weddle Bridge is a long wooden covered bridge in Sweet Home, Oregon, United States. The bridge originally spanned Thomas Creek near Scio but was replaced by a concrete" ] }, { "idx": 393, "question": "If the Klamath microcontinent had never detached, under which region's ocean would it be located?", "answers": [ "southern California" ], "context": [ "terrane, which is between 400 and 100 million years old, the oldest rocks in Oregon. The Klamath microcontinent was originally located beneath the ocean near southern California before separating hundreds of millions of years ago. Plate tectonics pushed the microcontinent north, and bits of granite, sea floor sediment, subduction zones, and coral reefs gradually accreted into small islands. Between 212 and 170 million years ago, a massive volcanic arc erupted on the Klamath microcontinent, binding the islands together in a single block. The Klamath microcontinent went through a period of intense tectonic activity known as the Siskiyou orogeny roughly 170" ] }, { "idx": 394, "question": "If Oxford United had secured a regular home ground one year prior, in which year would that have been?", "answers": [ "1912" ], "context": [ "closed doors at Wembley, Oxford lost 2-1 to Wycombe Wanderers, Joe Jacobson's penalty proving decisive in the tie. Stadium. Oxford United had no regular home until 1913, switching between the Quarry Recreation Ground, Wootten's Field (now Stephen Road), Sandy Lane (now Osler Road) and the Britannia Field (now the top end of Lime Walk), all in Headington. In 1913 they were able to purchase Wootten's Field on London Road, however, this was redeveloped in 1920 before a stadium could be built. Having purchased the Sandy Lane site, the club developed and played at the Manor Ground between 1925 and 2001." ] }, { "idx": 395, "question": "If the term \"Kathoey\" had retained its original meaning, what group of people would it primarily refer to?", "answers": [ "Intersex people", "second-type female", "second kind of woman" ], "context": [ "women found that most of the participants referred to themselves as ' ( 'women'), with a minority referring to themselves as ' ('second kind of woman') and only very few referring to themselves as '. Related phrases include ' (, 'third sex'), and ' or ' (, \u2014both meaning 'second-type female'). The word \"\" is of Khmer origin. It is most often rendered as \"ladyboy\" in English conversation, an expression that has become popular across Southeast Asia. General description. Although ' is often translated as 'transgender woman' in English, this term is not correct in Thailand. As well as transgender" ] }, { "idx": 396, "question": "If films originally produced for theaters hadn't been available for broadcast in the 1950s, what would have been the primary content of television broadcasts?", "answers": [ "Kinescope recordings", "live performances" ], "context": [ "This established the precedent for residual payments from recorded performances. Television. In the early 1950s, a similar transition occurred in television. Initially, most television broadcasts were either live performances or broadcasts of older films originally produced for theaters. Kinescope recordings were made of live west coast performances so they could be broadcast several hours later on the east coast, which also made it possible to broadcast these shows later as many times as they wanted. In 1952, residual payments were extended to these television reruns, thanks in large part to Ronald Reagan, whose first term as president of the Screen" ] }, { "idx": 397, "question": "If the land along the River Torrens from Adelaide to Modbury hadn't been utilized for the O'Bahn Busway, what alternative transportation infrastructure was proposed?", "answers": [ "Light rail line", "Modbury Freeway", "Extension of the historic Glenelg tram line" ], "context": [ "MATS plan, was the subject of a new proposal in 1973 when the State Director-General of Transport suggested building a heavy rail line that would connect the suburb to the Adelaide railway system. A subsequent study, the \"North East Adelaide Public Transport Review\" (NEAPTR), considered heavy rail, light rail, busways, and freeways, ultimately concluding that a light rail line or busway would be most viable. The state government decided on a light rail proposal to extend the historic Glenelg tram line. The new route was to continue along King William Street beyond what was then the terminus in Victoria Square" ] }, { "idx": 398, "question": "If the filming of \"Aayirathil Oruvan\" had been completed within the time frame Reemma Sen initially signed on for, how many days would the shooting have lasted?", "answers": [ "40 days", "forty days" ], "context": [ "Oruvan\". In February 2009, filming was completed after 263 days of shooting; therefore the producers signaled for a summer release but it was postponed by six months. When inquired by the media in regard to the long periods of the shoot, whilst in production, the lead actor expressed that they were also unaware of how long the film's shoot was going to carry on. Reemma Sen originally signed for forty days whilst Andrea signed for three months, without knowing that the film would eventually take 263 days of filming. Furthermore, Parthiepan claimed to have been signed for forty days, whilst" ] }, { "idx": 399, "question": "If Lucio Fulci hadn't directed \"Zombi 2\", which movie's original line would not have been utilized in it?", "answers": [ "Dawn of the Dead" ], "context": [ "to George A. Romero's 1978 \"Dawn of the Dead\": Lucio Fulci's \"Zombi 2\" sold itself as the sequel to that film (which was called \"Zombi\" in Italy) and even used a line originally written for \"Dawn of the Dead\". In a similar, more infamous Italian example, the 1990 goblin-themed \"Troll 2\" was hastily marketed as a sequel to \"Troll\". The Philippine film industry is also known for its unauthorised adaptations of popular Western films. The popularity of the \"Batman\" films, most especially the 1966 TV series, has led to numerous unauthorised remakes and pastiches, such as \"James Batman\" starring comedian" ] }, { "idx": 400, "question": "If Justice N. Santosh Hegde had been the sole drafter of the Lokpal Bill, which activists would not have been involved in the process?", "answers": [ "Shanti Bhushan", "Prashant Bhushan", "Arvind Kejriwal", "Arvind Kerjiwal", "Prashant Brushan" ], "context": [ "with the activists, insisting the drafting committee would be headed by a government-appointed minister and not, as the protesters had demanded to prevent the government from making the bill less powerful, a civil society member. On 6 April, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, whom Hazare had accused of being corrupt, resigned from the group of ministers that had been tasked with reviewing the draft bill. On 9 April, the government agreed to establish a joint committee; this came from a compromise that politician Pranab Mukherjee would be chairman and a non-politician activist Shanti Bhushan would be co-chairman. Bhushan, together with Hazare," ] }, { "idx": 401, "question": "If the Herder Memorial Trophy hadn't been donated in 1935, which team would not have been the inaugural recipient?", "answers": [ "Corner Brook" ], "context": [ "The Herder Memorial Trophy, or Herder, is the championship trophy awarded annually to the senior ice hockey champions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The trophy was originally donated in 1935 by the Herder family, owners of \"The Evening Telegram\" newspaper, as a memorial to five brothers who played hockey in St. John's. The Herder was first awarded to the Corner Brook team that won the inaugural all-Newfoundland hockey championships on March 22, 1935. The most recent winners of the Herder Memorial Trophy were the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts on April 14, 2019. History. The Herder trophy was the brainchild of Ralph" ] }, { "idx": 402, "question": "If HM Prison Portland had remained an adult convict establishment as per its original purpose, which age group would be exclusively housed there today?", "answers": [ "adult" ], "context": [ "HM Prison Portland is a male Adult/Young Offenders Institution in the village of The Grove on the Isle of Portland, in Dorset, England. It is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. The prison was originally opened in 1848 as an adult convict establishment, before becoming a Borstal in 1921, and a YOI in 1988. In 2011 it became an Adult/Young Offenders establishment. History. Portland's prison opened in 1848 for the holding of adult convicts. The purpose of a prison at Portland was largely to make use of convict labour in the construction of the breakwaters of Portland Harbour and its" ] }, { "idx": 403, "question": "If Ayegee Paredes had not covered the song \"Hanggang Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan\", who else would have performed it?", "answers": [ "Richard Reynoso", "Gary Valenciano" ], "context": [ "ever after in heaven. Official soundtrack. The drama's main theme song \"\"Hanggang Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan\", composed by songwriter George Canseco, is performed by Filipino singer Gary Valenciano. The song was originally covered by Richard Reynoso as a theme song for the 1991 film \"Hihintayin Kita Sa Langit\", starring Richard Gomez and Dawn Zulueta. The song was also covered by Ayegee Paredes for the 2001 soap opera \"Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan\", starring Claudine Barretto and Mylene Dizon. A second album titled \"Walang Hanggan: The Official Soundtrack Volume 2\" was released with new songs including \"Pangako\" by Martin Nievera," ] }, { "idx": 404, "question": "If screenwriter Tewkesbury had never visited any clubs, which Nashville club would not have been featured in the film?", "answers": [ "Exit/In" ], "context": [ "to start the movie. And he said, 'Look, I want you to have fun with this. There is only one thing we have to remember. Every character in this movie loves one character. Every one of these characters loves Barbara Jean.' Well, within a short time Ronee Blakley was the only actor in the film who was universally disliked.\" Throughout the shoot, Altman and Blakley had several disputes regarding her character, and Blakley sometimes rewrote her scenes to Altman's dismay. Locations featured in the film include the Nashville International Airport, and the Exit/In, a Nashville club which screenwriter Tewkesbury had" ] }, { "idx": 405, "question": "If Austrian philosopher Hans K\u00f6chler had written his essay on cultural identity three years later than he originally did, in what year would it have been published?", "answers": [ "1975" ], "context": [ "by documenting the rise of Christianity from the Hellenized Roman Empire, the rise of the Islamic caliphates from the Christianized Roman Empire and the rise of Ottoman rule from the Islamic caliphates and the Christianized Roman Empire. Opposing concepts. In recent years, the theory of Dialogue Among Civilizations, a response to Huntington's Clash of Civilizations, has become the center of some international attention. The concept was originally coined by Austrian philosopher Hans K\u00f6chler in an essay on cultural identity (1972). In a letter to UNESCO, K\u00f6chler had earlier proposed that the cultural organization of the United Nations should take up" ] }, { "idx": 406, "question": "If Spider-Man did not have adversaries, which Marvel character known as a living vampire would not have been created?", "answers": [ "Morbius", "Morbius, the Living Vampire", "Dr. Michael Morbius" ], "context": [ "Morbius, the Living Vampire, a.k.a. Dr. Michael Morbius, Ph.D., M.D., is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Roy Thomas and originally designed by penciler Gil Kane, he first appeared as an enemy of the superhero Spider-Man in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #101 (October 1971). Despite his initial status as one of Spider-Man's horror-based rogues and also an adversary of the vampire hunter Blade, responsible for turning him into a dhampir, Morbius went on to become a brooding, gritty and tragically flawed antihero in his own series and other titles. His true identity", "fianc\u00e9, Martine Bancroft. However, at night, he begins exhibiting his old symptoms and comes into conflict with Spider-Man. It is later revealed that Bancroft is behind his troubles and gained her own vampiric abilities after she was attacked and killed by Dracula. Morbius, the Living Vampire, a.k.a. Dr. Michael Morbius, Ph.D., M.D., is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Roy Thomas and originally designed by penciler Gil Kane, he first appeared as an enemy of the superhero Spider-Man in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #101 (October 1971). Despite his initial status as one" ] }, { "idx": 407, "question": "If Dan Jurgens' cancer storyline hadn't created a Marvel continuity conflict, who would have been depicted as Deadpool's roommate during Christopher Priest's run?", "answers": [ "Titania" ], "context": [ "apartment window long enough to watch Titania pick up the gift. In an accompanying script excerpt, writer Dan Jurgens explains that Titania's illness has been cured. During Christopher Priest's run on \"Deadpool\", Titania appears as a roommate of Deadpool and the supervillain Constrictor, but is later revealed to be the shapeshifter Copycat. She was originally intended to be the real Titania, but Marvel editors came up with the Copycat explanation in order to resolve the continuity conflict with Dan Jurgens' cancer storyline simultaneously occurring in \"Thor\". Wielding the Power Gem. Titania proves unable to stay away from She-Hulk, and undergoes" ] }, { "idx": 408, "question": "If Jessica Forrest's casting for the role of Leanne Holiday in \"Hollyoaks\" had been announced a month prior, in which month would that announcement have been made?", "answers": [ "June" ], "context": [ "Leanne Holiday is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera \"Hollyoaks\" and its Internet spin-off \"\", played by Jessica Forrest. Forrest's casting was announced in July 2010 and she began filming her scenes in June. The actress originally commuted from Manchester to Liverpool for filming, before relocating there. Forrest was a drama and film studies student when she gained the role of Leanne. She made her first appearance in \"Hollyoaks: Freshers\" on 26 August 2010 before appearing in the main show. Leanne departed the show in 2013, as part of the show's eighteenth anniversary celebrations. Leanne was" ] }, { "idx": 409, "question": "If scientists hadn't faced challenges in determining the true structural form of DNA in the 1950s, which type of DNA structures wouldn't have been commonly hypothesized?", "answers": [ "Triple-stranded DNA structures" ], "context": [ "a loss of function of the CFTR, which is a plasma membrane chloride channel that is regulated by a cyclic-adenosine monophosphate(cAMP). In this study, they were able to create the novel treatment approach for CF through the use of nanoparticles to correct the F508 del \"CFTR\" mutation both in vitro in human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells and in vivo in a CF mouse model which resulted in the appearance of CFTR-dependent chloride transport. History. Triple-stranded DNA structures were common hypotheses in the 1950s when scientists were struggling to discover DNA's true structural form. Watson and Crick (who later won the" ] }, { "idx": 410, "question": "If Claire Strauss y Dizon, professionally known as Lilia Dizon, had started her acting career a decade earlier, in which decades would she have been active?", "answers": [ "1930s and 1940s" ], "context": [ "Claire Strauss y Dizon (1928 \u2013 June 15, 2020) professionally known as Lilia Dizon was a Filipina actress active in the 1940s and 1950s. Personal life. She was the only daughter of Regina Dizon, a Filipino, and Abraham \"Abe\" Strauss, an American of German Jewish descent. At the age of 15, she and her mother relocated to Manila from Baguio following the Second World War after her father left for America and then, she started performing in the theater under the name \"Carol Strauss\". She was the wife of LVN Pictures actor Gil de Le\u00f3n, with whom she had three", "children who would each eventually become actors as well: Pinky de Leon, Christopher de Leon and Melissa de Leon. She had a second husband, Antonio V. Abad with whom she had two daughters Toni Abad and Cori Abad. She retired from showbiz during the 1980s. Death. Dizon died on June 15, 2020 at the age of 92 to complications due to metastatic lung cancer. Claire Strauss y Dizon (1928 \u2013 June 15, 2020) professionally known as Lilia Dizon was a Filipina actress active in the 1940s and 1950s. Personal life. She was the only daughter of Regina Dizon, a Filipino," ] }, { "idx": 411, "question": "If Carl Warburg's malaria treatment formula had been published a year later in \"The Lancet\", what would have been the publication year?", "answers": [ "1876" ], "context": [ "originally sold as a secret medicine, Warburg's tincture was highly regarded by many eminent medical professionals who considered it as being superior to quinine (e.g. Surgeon-General W. C. Maclean, Professor of Military Medicine at British Army Medical School, Netley). Warburg's tincture appeared in \"\" from 1883 until about 1920. The formula was published in \"The Lancet\" 1875. Chloroquine. Chloroquine was, until recently, the most widely used anti-malarial. It was the original prototype from which most methods of treatment are derived. It is also the least expensive, best tested and safest of all available drugs. The emergence of drug-resistant parasitic strains" ] }, { "idx": 412, "question": "If George Antheil's Ballet M\u00e9canique had not become a standalone piece, which filmmaker's experimental film would it have accompanied?", "answers": [ "Fernand L\u00e9ger" ], "context": [ "to accompany an experimental film by Fernand L\u00e9ger, but the musical score is twice the length of the film and now stands alone. The score calls for a percussion ensemble consisting of three xylophones, four bass drums, a tam-tam, three airplane propellers, seven electric bells, a siren, two \"live pianists\", and sixteen synchronized player pianos. Antheil's piece was the first to synchronize machines with human players and to exploit the difference between what machines and humans can play. Dance. The Futuristic movement also influenced the concept of dance. Indeed, dancing was interpreted as an alternative way of expressing man's ultimate" ] }, { "idx": 413, "question": "If there hadn't been a desire for accessibility in Jamaica, which musical genre would not have been established?", "answers": [ "Jamaican dancehall" ], "context": [ "sound systems got better. The Jamaican dancehall scene was one created out of creativity and a desire for accessibility, and one that is inseparable from sound system culture. The term \u2018Dancehall\u2019, while now typically used in reference to the specific and uniquely Jamaican genre of music, originally referred to a physical location. This location was always an open-air venue from which DJs and later \u201cToasters\u201d, a precursor to MCs, could perform their original mixes and songs for their audience via their sound systems. The openness of the venue paired with the innately mobile nature of the sound system, allowed performers" ] }, { "idx": 414, "question": "If A. Leroy Ellison, Harry N. Cantrell, and Russell E. Edwards had never crossed paths, what venture would they not have initiated in 1968?", "answers": [ "Software development house" ], "context": [ "spreadsheet programming language. In 1968, three former employees from the General Electric computer company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona set out to start their own software development house. A. Leroy Ellison, Harry N. Cantrell, and Russell E. Edwards found themselves doing a large number of calculations when making tables for the business plans that they were presenting to venture capitalists. They decided to save themselves a lot of effort and wrote a computer program that produced their tables for them. This program, originally conceived as a simple utility for their personal use, would turn out to be the first software product" ] }, { "idx": 415, "question": "If Cuomo hadn't convinced his Weezer bandmates to record \"Dreamin'\", which song would have been chosen instead?", "answers": [ "This is the Way" ], "context": [ "due to his own memories and the personal nature of the song. Cuomo told \"Pitchfork\" that the song was partly inspired by the Mariah Carey song \"We Belong Together\". Cuomo's childhood friend Adam Orth commented on the autobiographical element of the lyrics for \"Everybody Get Dangerous\". \"Dreamin'\" was formerly known as \"Daydreamer\" and was described in the liner notes to \"\" as an \"epic, 6-minute, symphonic type of art song.\" \"This is the Way\", featured on \"Alone\", was written as a more straightforward counterpart, and was originally selected by the band to be recorded for the Weezer album, but Cuomo" ] }, { "idx": 416, "question": "If the first paired appearance of the demons Samael and Lilith had occurred a century later than it did, in which century would it have been?", "answers": [ "14th", "fourteenth" ], "context": [ "Waite, 255), Samael is described as the \"severity of God,\" and is listed as fifth of the archangels of the world of Briah. Although both Samael and Lilith are major demons in earlier Jewish traditions, they do not appear paired until the second half of the thirteenth century, when they are introduced together. Lilith is a demon created alongside Adam, originally created for the role Eve would fill, who then becomes Samael's bride. With her, Samael created a host of demon children, including a son, the \"Sword of Samael\" (or of Asmodai). In the Kabbalistic work \"Treatise on the Left" ] }, { "idx": 417, "question": "If Shana Alexander had requested a raise of $100 more than she actually did for \"Point/Counterpoint\", what would the total weekly pay request have been?", "answers": [ "$450", "$450 a week" ], "context": [ "most of the 1970s, the program included \"Point/Counterpoint\", in which a liberal and a conservative commentator debated a particular issue. This segment originally featured James J. Kilpatrick representing the conservative side and Nicholas von Hoffman for the liberal, with Shana Alexander taking over for von Hoffman after he departed in 1974. The segment was an innovation that caught the public imagination as a live version of competing editorials. In 1979, Alexander asked Hewitt to raise the pay of $350 a week; Hewitt declined, and the segment ended. \"Point/Counterpoint\" was lampooned by the NBC comedy series \"Saturday Night Live\", which featured" ] }, { "idx": 418, "question": "If Tim Hunt had not made controversial comments, who would have been his employer on June 10?", "answers": [ "University College London" ], "context": [ "and the interview, citing portions of Hunt's original remarks and criticizing them as sexist. The editors of \"Nature\" called on \"all involved in science [to] condemn the comments\", which they took as a seriously intended suggestion \"that single-sex labs might be preferable\". Hunt felt he had made it clear he was joking because he had included the phrase \"now seriously\" in his statement. The reconstruction of his words by an unnamed EU official corroborated the inclusion of these words. Resignations. On June 10 Hunt resigned from his position as an honorary professor with the University College London's Faculty of Life" ] }, { "idx": 419, "question": "If the sport of football had been given a name not related to the foot, which body part would not be used to explain the origin of the sport's name in medieval Europe?", "answers": [ "foot" ], "context": [ "that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played \"on foot\". There is no conclusive evidence for either explanation. Early history. Ancient games. Ancient China. The Chinese competitive game \"cuju\" (\u8e74\u97a0) resembles modern association football (soccer), descriptions appear in a military manual dated to the second and third centuries BC. It existed during the Han dynasty and possibly the Qin dynasty, in the second and third centuries BC. The Japanese version of \"cuju\" is \"kemari\" (\u8e74\u97a0), and was developed during the Asuka period. This is known to have been played within the Japanese imperial" ] }, { "idx": 420, "question": "If Kelly Clarkson hadn't chosen to name her second album after a song she recorded to keep her fans engaged until the album's release, what title would the album not have carried?", "answers": [ "Breakaway" ], "context": [ "\"Breakaway\" is a song recorded by American singer Kelly Clarkson. The song, written by Matthew Gerrard, Bridget Benenate and Avril Lavigne, was originally intended for Lavigne's debut studio album, \"Let Go\" (2002). After being deemed unsuitable for the album, it was passed to Clarkson to be recorded as a soundtrack for the film \"\". Clarkson, who was finishing her second studio album at that time, recorded \"Breakaway\" to tide her fans over until the first single from her new album was released. However, the song's success prompted its inclusion on Clarkson's second album where she decided to name the album" ] }, { "idx": 421, "question": "If the Chicago Fire FC had been established five years later than its original founding date, in which century would it have been founded?", "answers": [ "21", "21st" ], "context": [ "also won U.S. Open Cups in 2000, 2003, and 2006, in addition to the 2003 MLS Supporters' Shield. In 2015, the club won the first ever MLS Wooden Spoon, and repeated the feat in 2016. The Fire maintains an extensive development system, consisting of the Chicago Fire Development Academy and the Chicago Fire Juniors youth organization. They also operate the Chicago Fire Foundation, the team's community-based charitable division. The Fire's home stadium is Soldier Field. History. Overview. Chicago Fire FC was founded as Chicago Fire Soccer Club on October 8, 1997. The owner and chairman of the Fire is Joe", "New England Revolution. Records. Year-by-year. This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Fire. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Chicago Fire FC seasons. Chicago Fire Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Chicago. The team competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference, having moved to the conference in 2002. The franchise is named after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and was founded as the Chicago Fire Soccer Club on October 8, 1997, the event's 126th anniversary. The team began play in", "Chicago Fire Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Chicago. The team competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference, having moved to the conference in 2002. The franchise is named after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and was founded as the Chicago Fire Soccer Club on October 8, 1997, the event's 126th anniversary. The team began play in 1998 as one of the league's first expansion teams. The Fire won the MLS Cup as well as the U.S. Open Cup (the \"double\") in their first season in 1998. They" ] }, { "idx": 422, "question": "If the 1704 Battle of Blenheim hadn't taken place in the village of Blindheim in Bavaria, what would the palace, originally intended as a reward for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, not have been named?", "answers": [ "Blenheim Palace" ], "context": [ "Blenheim Palace (pronounced ) is a country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough and the only non-royal, non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and 1722, and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. The palace is named after the 1704 Battle of Blenheim, and thus ultimately after Blindheim (also known as Blenheim) in Bavaria. It was originally intended to be a reward to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough for his military triumphs against the" ] }, { "idx": 423, "question": "If the dime originally placed at the centre ice of the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics hadn't disappeared as the ice surface was built up, which coin would have remained?", "answers": [ "dime" ], "context": [ "city's E Center arena, where the ice hockey tournament was being held. Craig invited a couple of members from the ice crew in his hometown of Edmonton to assist. One of them, Trent Evans, secretly placed a loonie at centre ice. He originally placed a dime, but added the loonie after the smaller coin quickly vanished as the ice surface was built up. He placed the coins after realizing there was no target at centre ice for referees to aim for when dropping the puck for a faceoff. A thin yellow dot was painted on the ice surface over the" ] }, { "idx": 424, "question": "If the Shenandoah Valley Railroad had never undergone reorganization, what would its name have remained as?", "answers": [ "Valley Railroad", "Shenandoah Valley Railroad" ], "context": [ "Shenandoah Valley Railroad was a line completed on June 19, 1882, extending down the Shenandoah Valley from Hagerstown, Maryland through the West Virginia panhandle into Virginia to reach Roanoke, Virginia and to connect with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W). The development of this railroad had considerable backing from the Pennsylvania Railroad. In September 1890 it went into bankruptcy and was reorganized as the Shenandoah Valley Railway. In December 1890, it became part of N&W. Today the tracks are a major artery of the Norfolk Southern system. South of Harrisonburg, Virginia, a former part of the Norfolk Southern System a" ] }, { "idx": 425, "question": "If the book \"Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism\" had been published 12 years prior, in which decade would the term \"identity politics\" have first appeared in written form?", "answers": [ "1960s" ], "context": [ "asserting group distinctiveness and belonging and gaining power and recognition.\" History. The term \"identity politics\" may have been used in political discourse since at least the 1970s. The first known written appearance of the term is found in the April 1977 statement of the Black feminist socialist group, Combahee River Collective, which was originally printed in 1979's \"Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism\", later in \"Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology,\" edited by Barbara Smith, a founding member of the Collective, who have been credited with coining the term. In their terminal statement, they said: Identity politics, as" ] }, { "idx": 426, "question": "If the Danish version of \"Stormester\" (Taskmaster) had premiered three years after its original date, in which decade would it have been aired?", "answers": [ "2020s" ], "context": [ "\"Dicho y hecho\") [Said and Done]. In Denmark the programme is titled \"Stormester\" [Grandmaster] and premiered on 25 August 2018. In April 2017, a US version with Reggie Watts as the Taskmaster and Horne as the assistant was announced, made by Avalon, the same production company for the UK version and originally aired on Comedy Central on 27 April 2018. A German version featuring Atze Schr\u00f6der as the Taskmaster was commissioned by RTL in 2017; two episodes were recorded but not broadcast. In 2019 it was announced a New Zealand version would be produced, hosted by Jeremy Wells and Paul" ] }, { "idx": 427, "question": "If the first laws addressing prostitution in Canada were documented 50 years later than they actually were, in which century would they have been recorded?", "answers": [ "19th" ], "context": [ "activities surrounding the sex trade has made it difficult to practise prostitution without breaking any law. This is the first time that the exchange of sexual services for money is made illegal. History. Canada inherited laws from the United Kingdom. The first recorded laws dealing with prostitution were in Nova Scotia in 1759. Following Canadian Confederation in 1867, the laws were consolidated in the Criminal Code in 1892. These dealt principally with pimping, procuring, operating brothels and soliciting. Most amendments to date have dealt with the latter; originally classified as a \"vagrancy\" offence, this was amended to \"soliciting\" in 1972," ] }, { "idx": 428, "question": "If Russia had not planned to reprocess imported spent fuel, which country would not have originally pledged to take back some of the spent fuel?", "answers": [ "U.S." ], "context": [ "long history of reprocessing spent fuel for military purposes, and previously planned to reprocess imported spent fuel, possibly including some of the of spent fuel accumulated at sites in other countries who received fuel from the U.S., which the U.S. originally pledged to take back, such as Brazil, the Czech Republic, India, Japan, Mexico, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the European Union. An Environmental Protection Act in 1991 prohibited importing radioactive material for long-term storage or burial in Russia, but controversial legislation to allow imports for permanent storage was passed by the Russian Parliament and signed by President Putin" ] }, { "idx": 429, "question": "If the Cincinnati Bengals had experienced one less defeat before their home game against the Buffalo Bills in the 2011 season, what would have been their total number of losses?", "answers": [ "1" ], "context": [ "not converting the third downs or converting in the red zone, and we are not coming away with touchdowns. Right now, that is our biggest deficiency.\" Week 4: vs. Buffalo Bills. \"October 2, 2011 at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio (Blacked Out)\" After two losses, the Bengals played the Buffalo Bills at home with 41,142 people in attendance. Simpson was able to play this game, despite being under investigation for marijuana. Prior to this game, the Bengals lost 10-straight games to the Bills, dating back to the 1988 AFC championship game. After two possessions resulting in punts, the Bengals got" ] }, { "idx": 430, "question": "If the sports team represented by the mascot \"Brumby Jack\" hadn't been named after a wild animal, which name wouldn't it have adopted?", "answers": [ "Brumbies" ], "context": [ "generally worn for away matches. The Brumbies also have a traditional jersey which is used for games against fellow Australian Super 12 foundation teams NSW and Queensland, which reflects the original home jersey worn between 1996 and 2005. This features a navy 'saddle' across the shoulders and white below chest level, with gold trim. The primary jersey sponsor is the Plus500. The team is named after the feral horses which inhabit Canberra's hinterland. The Brumbies mascot is \"Brumby Jack\". The Brumbies were originally known as the \"ACT Brumbies\" when they were accepted into the Super 12 for its inaugural season" ] }, { "idx": 431, "question": "If Richard J. Evans had never authored any books, which Nazi regime would he not have covered in his writings?", "answers": [ "Third Reich" ], "context": [ "zum bitteren Ende\" (\"To the Bitter End\"), Gisevius writes: Historian Peter Hoffman questions Gisevius's evaluations based on the latter's brief acquaintance with Stauffenberg, misreporting of Stauffenberg's actions, and apparent rivalry with him: British historian Richard J. Evans, in his books on the Third Reich, covered various aspects of Stauffenberg's beliefs and philosophy. He wrote an article originally published in \"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung\", 23 January 2009 entitled \"Why did Stauffenberg plant the bomb?\" which states, \"Was it because Hitler was losing the war? Was it to put an end to the mass murder of the Jews. Or was it to save Germany's" ] }, { "idx": 432, "question": "If the Purdue Boilermakers had lost the game at the end of the 2019 NCAA FBS season, what would their rank be in terms of victories?", "answers": [ "49" ], "context": [ "of the 2019 season, Purdue has the 50th-most victories among NCAA FBS programs. Purdue was originally classified as a Major College school in the 1937 season until 1972. Purdue received Division I classification in 1973, becoming a Division I-A program from 1978 to 2006 and an FBS program from 2006 to the present. The Boilermakers have registered 64 winning seasons in their history, with 19 of those seasons resulting in eight victories or more, 10 seasons resulting in at least nine wins, and one season with ten victories or more. Of those successful campaigns, Purdue has produced five unbeaten seasons" ] }, { "idx": 433, "question": "If the song \"21 Questions\" had never been produced, which remix by Lil' Mo would not have been created?", "answers": [ "21 Answers" ], "context": [ "at number six, reached number one two days later, and stayed on the chart for 50 days. It also reached number two on the \"MuchMusic\" video charts. Remixes. Official remixes of the single includes featured artists among the likes of Nate Dogg, Monica, Free and Lil' Mo, all of whom have either rapped or sung their own verses over the song's instrumentals. 21 Answers. \"21 Answers\" is a remix by Lil' Mo and former 106 & Park co-host Free, which was released as an 'answer track' to \"21 Questions.\" Kevin \"Dirty Swift\" Risto, one-half of Midi Mafia, originally penned the" ] }, { "idx": 434, "question": "If Jewel-Osco were to operate two fewer stores in its network, what would be the total number of its stores?", "answers": [ "186" ], "context": [ "Jewel-Osco is a supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area, headquartered in Itasca, a western suburb. It currently has 188 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwest Indiana. Jewel-Osco and Jewel are currently wholly owned subsidiaries of Boise-based Albertsons. The company originally started as a door-to-door coffee delivery service before it expanded into delivering non-perishable groceries and later into grocery stores, and supermarkets. Prior to its 1984 acquisition by American Stores, Jewel evolved into a large multi-state holding company that operated several supermarket chains and other non-food retail chain stores located from coast to", "suggesting solutions, and using flexibility in order to best serve the employees' concerns. Then the floor employees' duty was to be in service as the \"first assistant\" to the customers. Jewel also was progressive in creating partnerships with vendors, at a time when the practice was rare. Jewel-Osco is a supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area, headquartered in Itasca, a western suburb. It currently has 188 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwest Indiana. Jewel-Osco and Jewel are currently wholly owned subsidiaries of Boise-based Albertsons. The company originally started as a door-to-door coffee" ] }, { "idx": 435, "question": "If Yahoo! had not been involved in the search business, how many companies would have faced lawsuits from celebrities in Argentina demanding the removal of certain search results?", "answers": [ "1", "one" ], "context": [ "ruled that German murderer Paul Termann has the right to be forgotten. Argentina. Argentina has seen lawsuits by celebrities against Google and Yahoo! in which the plaintiffs demand the removal of certain search results, and require removal of links to photographs. One case, brought by artist Virginia da Cunha, involved photographs which had originally been taken with her permission and uploaded with her permission, however she alleged that the search results improperly associated her photographs with pornography. De Cunha's case achieved initial success resulting in Argentina search engines not showing images of the particular celebrity, however, this decision is on" ] }, { "idx": 436, "question": "If Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung had been working for DC Comics instead of Marvel when they created the Young Avengers, which comic book publisher's books would the team not have appeared in?", "answers": [ "Marvel Comics" ], "context": [ "The Young Avengers are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team, created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, features numerous adolescent characters who typically have connections to established members of Marvel's primary superhero team, the Avengers. The Young Avengers were originally featured in a twelve issue run, later appearing in several notable Marvel crossover series, including the \"Civil War\" and \"\" events, before the series was relaunched in January 2013 as part of the Marvel NOW! rebranding by writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie. The original series won the 2006 GLAAD", "such a project, although she believed that it \"could be a possibility\". The Young Avengers are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team, created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, features numerous adolescent characters who typically have connections to established members of Marvel's primary superhero team, the Avengers. The Young Avengers were originally featured in a twelve issue run, later appearing in several notable Marvel crossover series, including the \"Civil War\" and \"\" events, before the series was relaunched in January 2013 as part of the Marvel NOW! rebranding by writer Kieron" ] }, { "idx": 437, "question": "If the Maldon line from Castlemaine to Maldon had been extended as per the original plan, which station would it have ultimately connected to?", "answers": [ "Laanecoorie" ], "context": [ "now operated by the Daylesford Spa Country Railway as a heritage railway. A branch line was built between Redesdale Junction (north of Kyneton) and Redesdale by 1900, but it closed in 1954. The Maldon line was opened from Castlemaine to Maldon in 1884, and extended as far as Shelbourne in 1891, although it had originally been planned to run to Laanecoorie. The line from Maldon to Shelbourne was closed in 1969 following bush fire damage. The Maldon branch line closed in 1976. The Victorian Goldfields Railway has restored the line between Castlemaine and Maldon and operates trains over that section." ] }, { "idx": 438, "question": "If two fewer indigenous Lenape tribes had farmed and hunted on the land that is now modern-day Brooklyn, how many such tribes would have historically done so?", "answers": [ "three" ], "context": [ "Districts. History. Early settlement. Though modern-day Brooklyn is coextensive with Kings County, this was not always the case. South Brooklyn, an area in central Kings County extending to the former Brooklyn city line near Green-Wood Cemetery's southern border, was originally settled by the Canarsee Indians, one of several indigenous Lenape peoples who farmed and hunted on the land. The Canarsee Indians had several routes that crossed Brooklyn, including a path from Fulton Ferry along the East River that extended southward to Gowanus Creek, South Brooklyn (present-day Sunset Park), and Bay Ridge. The Canarsee traded with other indigenous peoples, and by" ] }, { "idx": 439, "question": "If Professor Charles King from Georgetown University had not endorsed the \"Final Report,\" which academic institution would have been an exception in the academic community's endorsement of the report?", "answers": [ "Georgetown University" ], "context": [ "the Presidential Commission received endorsement from the American media and the academic community. Georgetown University professor Charles King stated the following in his review of the Commission's \"Report\": \"the report is the most serious, in-depth, and far-reaching attempt to understand Romania's communist experience ever produced. It ... marked the culmination of months of feverish research and writing. It is based on thousands of pages of archival documents, recent scholarship in several languages, and the comparative experience of other European countries, all refracted through the critical lenses provided by some of Romania's most talented, and most abrasively honest, thinkers. ... The" ] }, { "idx": 440, "question": "If Donald Trump had received his first security briefing regarding Paul Manafort's connections a year after August 2016, in what year would this briefing have taken place?", "answers": [ "2017" ], "context": [ "In August 2016, Manafort's connections to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his pro-Russian Party of Regions drew national attention in the US, where it was reported that Manafort may have received $12.7 million in off-the-books funds from the Party of Regions. On August 17, 2016, Trump received his first security briefing. The same day, August 17, Trump shook up his campaign organization in a way that appeared to minimize Manafort's role. It was reported that members of Trump's family, particularly Kushner, who had originally been a strong backer of Manafort, had become uneasy about his Russian connections and suspected" ] }, { "idx": 441, "question": "If Haley Reinhart had been born ten years later than her actual birth year, in which century would she have been born?", "answers": [ "21st" ], "context": [ "Kind of Wonderful\" in a girl group which was notable for getting Steven Tyler to sit on the chair while they performed around him. She performed \"Hello, Goodbye\" for the Las Vegas' Beatles round with Scotty McCreery and Denise Jackson. Alaina was announced as the runner-up and was signed to 19/Interscope/Mercury Nashville, and her debut album, \"Wildflower\", was released on October 11, 2011. Haley Reinhart (born September 9, 1990) is from Wheeling, Illinois, and 20 years old at the time of the show. She originally auditioned in Chicago in the ninth season and did not advance to the Hollywood round." ] }, { "idx": 442, "question": "If \"Las Chemas\" had not been financially successful in their initial operations, which source of income would not have contributed to the establishment of the Cali Cartel's drug trafficking empire?", "answers": [ "kidnapping", "Kidnapping ransoms", "ransoms" ], "context": [ "the growth of the cocaine market in Europe, controlling 80% of the market there as well. By the mid-1990s, the Cali Cartel's international drug trafficking empire was a $7 billion a year criminal enterprise. Foundation. The Cali Cartel was formed by the Rodriguez Orejuela brothers and Santacruz, all coming from what is described as a higher social background than most other traffickers of the time. The recognition of this social background was displayed in the group's nickname as \"Los Caballeros de Cali\" (\"Gentlemen of Cali\"). The group originally assembled as a ring of kidnappers known as \"Las Chemas\", which was" ] }, { "idx": 443, "question": "If Georgetown in South Carolina had not been renamed, what was its original name?", "answers": [ "Prince George Parish, Winyah" ], "context": [ "Thomas Lynch Jr. (August 5, 1749 \u2013 1779) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of South Carolina and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; his father was unable to sign the Declaration of Independence because of illness. Early life. He was born in Hopsewee Plantation in Prince George Parish, Winyah, in what is now Georgetown, South Carolina, the son of Thomas Lynch and his wife, Beverly Allston Lynch. Before Thomas Lynch Jr. was born, his parents had two daughters named Sabina and Esther who were born in 1747 and 1748." ] }, { "idx": 444, "question": "If Pete Maravich hadn't been a highly touted high school player, who wouldn't have been hired as the head coach for the NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team?", "answers": [ "Maravich" ], "context": [ "from the net. Maravich had originally been hired in part because of his son Pete Maravich, who at the time was a highly touted high school player. After Pete failed to qualify academically at NC State, he accepted a scholarship to play at LSU. After the 1965\u201366 season, Press Maravich resigned as head coach of the Wolfpack to follow Pete to LSU. NC state finished eighth in the ACC in Maravich's final year. On April 30, 1966, the day after Maravich announced that he was leaving, Everett Case died while in a Raleigh hospital. Norm Sloan era (1967\u20131980). Just a" ] }, { "idx": 445, "question": "If there had been no delay due to the new concept used by the Rotodyne, when was the first flight of the Fairy Rotodyne originally projected to take place?", "answers": [ "1956" ], "context": [ "a portion of the costs for its development as well. Testing and evaluation. On 6 November 1957, the prototype performed its maiden flight, piloted by chief helicopter test pilot Squadron Leader W. Ron Gellatly and assistant chief helicopter test pilot Lieutenant Commander John G.P. Morton as second pilot. The first flight had originally been projected to take place in 1956; however, delay was viewed as inevitable with an entirely new concept such as used by the Rotodyne. On 10 April 1958, the Rotodyne achieved its first successful transition from vertical to horizontal and then back into vertical flight. On 5" ] }, { "idx": 446, "question": "If human evolution had not adapted, what would not be processed in the same areas of the brain as speech and sign language?", "answers": [ "Gestures" ], "context": [ "index together, while keeping the other fingers straight. Neurology. Gestures are processed in the same areas of the brain as speech and sign language such as the left inferior frontal gyrus (Broca's area) and the posterior middle temporal gyrus, posterior superior temporal sulcus and superior temporal gyrus (Wernicke's area). It has been suggested that these parts of the brain originally supported the pairing of gesture and meaning and then were adapted in human evolution \"for the comparable pairing of sound and meaning as voluntary control over the vocal apparatus was established and spoken language evolved\". As a result, it underlies" ] }, { "idx": 447, "question": "If movements against colonial powers hadn't occurred in the 1900s, which concept of nationalism wouldn't have evolved?", "answers": [ "Anti-colonial nationalism" ], "context": [ "New World as the site that originally conceived of nationalism as a concept, which is defined by its imagination of an ahistorical identity that negates colonialism by definition. This concept of nationalism was exemplified by the transformation of settler colonies into nations, while anti-colonial nationalism is exemplified by movements against colonial powers in the 1900s. Nationalist mobilization in French colonial Africa and British colonial India developed \"when colonial regimes refused to cede rights to their increasingly well-educated colonial subjects\", who formed indigenous elites and strategically adopted and adapted nationalist tactics. New national identities may cross pre-existing ethnic or linguistic divisions." ] }, { "idx": 448, "question": "If the Indian Censor Board hadn't made minor cuts to \"Vishwaroopam\", what certificate would the film have received?", "answers": [ "A" ], "context": [ "was given a \"U/A\" (Parental Guidance) certificate by the Indian Censor Board with minor cuts, while the Hindi version \"Vishwaroop\", which was originally given an \"A\" certificate, went through minor cuts to receive the \"U/A\" certificate. The makers planned the high-budget production to premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film released with over 3,000 prints worldwide. While the movie was scheduled to release in theatres on 25 January 2013, the DTH release was planned for 2 February 2013 via six DTH players \u2013 Tata Sky, Airtel, Sun, Dish, Videocon and Reliance. \"Vishwaroopam\" was scheduled to release in about" ] }, { "idx": 449, "question": "If continuous skills were not present in learning, what would significantly increase according to the Interference theory?", "answers": [ "Rate of forgetting" ], "context": [ "48 hours. Afterwards, forgetting diminishes at a gradual rate, which leaves about 5% to 10% of retained information available for learners to access from practice until the next session. Despite the numbers, retroactive interference can be reduced significantly by implementing over-learning practice schedules, periodic refresh sessions when practicing skills, and skill rehearsal time for the nonuse periods of practicing. Continuous skills are more resistant to the rate of forgetting compared to discrete skills, which indicates that the types of skills being practiced and retroactive interference significantly interact with one another. Theories. The phenomenon of retroactive interference is highly significant in" ] }, { "idx": 450, "question": "If Don Mankiewicz hadn't written the novel about a Mexican boy accused of rape and murder, which 1955 American film directed by Mark Robson would not have been produced?", "answers": [ "Trial" ], "context": [ "Trial is a 1955 American film directed by Mark Robson and starring Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy and Juano Hernandez. Based on the novel written by Don Mankiewicz, it is about a Mexican boy accused of rape and murder; originally victimized by prejudiced accusers, he becomes a pawn of his communist defender, whose propaganda purposes would be best served by a verdict of guilty. Plot. Angel Chavez (Rafael Campos) is a Mexican-American teenager who lives in the small California town of San Juno. During an annual event called Bass Night held at the town beach, he wanders onto the", "Reception. According to MGM records, the film earned $2,312,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $993,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $518,000. Trial is a 1955 American film directed by Mark Robson and starring Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy and Juano Hernandez. Based on the novel written by Don Mankiewicz, it is about a Mexican boy accused of rape and murder; originally victimized by prejudiced accusers, he becomes a pawn of his communist defender, whose propaganda purposes would be best served by a verdict of guilty. Plot. Angel Chavez (Rafael Campos) is a Mexican-American teenager who lives in" ] }, { "idx": 451, "question": "If the stadium now known as Stadio Artemio Franchi had not been renamed, what would have been its original name?", "answers": [ "Giovanni Berta" ], "context": [ "sides of the time from Northwest Italy. Also influential was the cultural revival and rediscovery of \"Calcio Fiorentino\", an ancestor of modern football that was played by members of the Medici family. After a rough start and three seasons in lower leagues, Fiorentina reached the Serie A in 1931. That same year saw the opening of the new stadium, originally named after Giovanni Berta, a prominent fascist, but now known as Stadio Artemio Franchi. At the time, the stadium was a masterpiece of engineering, and its inauguration was monumental. To be able to compete with the best teams in Italy," ] }, { "idx": 452, "question": "If Louis Napoleon had not carried out the coup d'\u00e9tat, which critic, who later rejected the amnesty offered to him, would have continued to support Napoleon?", "answers": [ "Victor Hugo" ], "context": [ "critics had questioned the vote's legality. Following the returns, many challenged the validity of such an implausibly lopsided result. One such critic was Victor Hugo, who had originally supported Louis Napoleon but had been infuriated by the coup d'\u00e9tat, departed for Brussels on 11 December 1851. He became the most bitter critic of Louis Napoleon, rejected the amnesty offered to him, and did not return to France for twenty years. Middle years. A New Empire. Louis Napoleon's goal was to move from despotism to parliamentary government without a revolution, but instead he was a moderate increasingly trapped between the royalist" ] }, { "idx": 453, "question": "If the Bolsheviks had not employed more politically repressive methods, which groups would have continued to support them?", "answers": [ "revolutionaries", "Anarchists" ], "context": [ "as more politically repressive methods were used, the Bolsheviks steadily lost support from many anarchists and revolutionaries. Prominent anarchist communists and libertarian Marxists such as Sylvia Pankhurst, Rosa Luxemburg, and later, Emma Goldman were among the first left-wing critics of Bolshevism. Rosa Luxemburg was heavily critical of the methods that Bolsheviks used to seize power in the October Revolution claiming that it was \"not a movement of the people but of the bourgeoisie.\" Primarily, Luxemburg's critiques were based on the manner in which the Bolsheviks suppressed anarchist movements. In one of her essays published titled, \"The Nationalities Question in the" ] }, { "idx": 454, "question": "If the Royal Dutch Mint had issued the world's first official coin with a QR code two years prior, in which decade would it have been released?", "answers": [ "2000s" ], "context": [ "members to keep track of visits. Psychologist Richard Wiseman was one of the first authors to include QR codes in a book, in \"\" (2011). QR codes have been incorporated into currency. In June 2011, The Royal Dutch Mint (\"Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt\") issued the world's first official coin with a QR code to celebrate the centenary of its current building and premises. The coin can be scanned by a smartphone and originally linked to a special website with contents about the historical event and design of the coin. In 2014, the Central Bank of Nigeria issued a 100-naira banknote to" ] }, { "idx": 455, "question": "If the first American manned space mission hadn't been delayed multiple times, when would it have originally launched?", "answers": [ "April 26, 1960" ], "context": [ "into space. Shepard later recalled Louise's response when he told her that she had her arms around the man who would be the first man in space: \"Who let a Russian in here?\" During training he flew 120 simulated flights. Although this flight was originally scheduled for April 26, 1960, it was postponed several times by unplanned preparatory work, initially to December 5, 1960, then mid-January 1961, March 6, 1961, April 25, 1961, May 2, 1961, and finally to May 5, 1961. On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, and the first to" ] }, { "idx": 456, "question": "If Brian Sweeney and his partners had managed to shorten their negotiations for the property by two months, what would have been the duration of their negotiations?", "answers": [ "7 months", "seven months" ], "context": [ "quarter horses and cattle on it. He built a cabin and barn on the site and improved it for use as a ranch. After Funt had a stroke in 1993, he tried to interest environmental groups in buying the land without success. After Funt died in 1999, land speculator Brian Sweeney and two partners, acting as Woodside Partners, a Las Vegas-based company, began nine months of negotiations to buy the property. Sweeney's lawyer unearthed long-forgotten records showing that the property was originally composed of nine land patents. He and his partners persuaded county officials to keep mum and bought the" ] }, { "idx": 457, "question": "If the GWR 6800 Class locomotives hadn't been updated after World War II, which type of tenders would they have continued to use?", "answers": [ "George Jackson Churchward", "Churchward", "Churchward tenders" ], "context": [ "motion parts. The locomotives were built in two batches to a single order (Lot No. 308): Nos. 6800-6859 were built between August 1936 and December 1937, and Nos. 6860-6879 appeared between February and May 1939. They were all named after Granges in the area covered by the GWR. Further construction of the class was cancelled due to the outbreak of war. They were originally fitted with Churchward tenders taken from withdrawn members of the 4300 Class. However, after the second world war several were fitted with newer and types. Performance. Although built to a thirty five-year-old design, in service they" ] }, { "idx": 458, "question": "If the Torino football team had managed to score two goals in the final match of the 1963-64 Coppa Italia, which team would have been deprived of the Coppa Italia trophy that year?", "answers": [ "Roma", "A.S. Roma" ], "context": [ "Egisto Pandolfini, Dino Da Costa and Dane Helge Bron\u00e9e. Their best finish of this period was under the management of Englishman Jesse Carver, when in 1954\u201355, they finished as runners-up after Udinese, who originally finished second were relegated for corruption. Although Roma were unable to break into the top four during the following decade, they did achieve some measure of cup success. Their first honour outside of Italy was recorded in 1960\u201361 when Roma won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup by defeating Birmingham City 4\u20132 in the finals. A few years later, Roma won their first Coppa Italia trophy in 1963\u201364" ] }, { "idx": 459, "question": "If there had been no complaints, what would Erwin Schr\u00f6dinger have originally credited as the source of life?", "answers": [ "negentropy", "negative entropy", "free energy" ], "context": [ "called, but in a later edition corrected himself in response to complaints and stated that the true source is free energy. More recent work has restricted the discussion to Gibbs free energy because biological processes on Earth normally occur at a constant temperature and pressure, such as in the atmosphere or at the bottom of the ocean, but not across both over short periods of time for individual organisms. Ideas about the relationship between entropy and living organisms have inspired hypotheses and speculations in many contexts, including psychology, information theory, the origin of life, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life." ] }, { "idx": 460, "question": "If the hairy-eared dwarf lemur had not been rediscovered in 1989, what would its status be?", "answers": [ "Extinct species", "extinct" ], "context": [ "The hairy-eared dwarf lemur (\"Allocebus trichotis\"), or hairy-eared mouse lemur, is one of the most scarcely known lemurs. \"A. trichotis\" is a nocturnal lemur that is endemic to Madagascar. It was originally named by Dr. Albert G\u00fcnther in 1875 as \"Cheirogaleus trichotis\" as part of the \"Cheirogaleidae\" family, or the dwarf lemurs. However, in 1967 Petter-Rousseaux and Petter reassigned the lemur to its own genus and is the now only member of the genus Allocebus. The hairy-eared dwarf lemur was thought to be extinct until its rediscovery in 1989 in a northeastern primary lowland rainforest. The population of these mammals" ] }, { "idx": 461, "question": "If incumbent senator Birch Bayh had not lost by over 160,000 votes in the 1980 US senatorial election, who would not have become the senator?", "answers": [ "Dan Quayle" ], "context": [ "re-elected in 1968 and 1974. He was Chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee and architect of 25th and 26th Amendments. This election was one of the key races in the country, and signaled a trend that would come to be known as Reagan's coattails, describing the influence Ronald Reagan had in congressional elections. Incumbent three-term senator Birch Bayh was defeated by over 160,000 votes to Representative Dan Quayle, who would later go on to be Vice President of the United States. | colspan=4 | Republican gain from Democratic Iowa. Incumbent Democrat John Culver sought re-election to a second term in the" ] }, { "idx": 462, "question": "If the expedition's officers hadn't decided to change their destination during the council of war, which location would they have joined with the Irish Protestant forces instead of Belfast Lough?", "answers": [ "Carlingford Lough" ], "context": [ "news of the relief of Derry had reached England. It meant that Schomberg could now act offensively. During a council of war, the expedition's officers decided to make for Belfast Lough rather than Carlingford Lough, allowing them to join up with the advancing Irish Protestant forces of Derry and Enniskillen. By 13 August the expedition was in sight of the Mountains of Mourne. They were accompanied into Bangor Bay by George Rooke who had led a Royal Navy force to clear Belfast Lough of French shipping. The same afternoon Schomberg began disembarking his men. He kept them at the alert" ] }, { "idx": 463, "question": "If the surrogate character mechanism hadn't been introduced in 1996, what would have remained limited to 16 bits?", "answers": [ "Unicode 2.0", "Unicode codespace" ], "context": [ "Freytag from Microsoft and Rick McGowan of NeXT joined the group. By the end of 1990, most of the work on mapping existing character encoding standards had been completed, and a final review draft of Unicode was ready. The Unicode Consortium was incorporated in California on 3 January 1991, and in October 1991, the first volume of the Unicode standard was published. The second volume, covering Han ideographs, was published in June 1992. In 1996, a surrogate character mechanism was implemented in Unicode 2.0, so that Unicode was no longer restricted to 16 bits. This increased the Unicode codespace to" ] }, { "idx": 464, "question": "If Vince Van Patten and Tony Dunst hadn't replaced the original commentators in the 2014 World Poker Tour, who would have continued in those roles?", "answers": [ "Ali Nejad", "Olivier Busquet" ], "context": [ "set. These cameras, built into the table, allow viewers to see the face-down hole cards dealt to each player. In 2014, the World Poker Tour launched a high roller tournament series, WPT Alpha8, broadcasting on Fox Sports 1. The series originally featured commentary and analysis by Ali Nejad and Olivier Busquet, with Gilmartin serving as anchor. In later seasons, Vince Van Patten and Tony Dunst replaced Nejad and Busquet, while Lynn Gilmartin continued to serve as anchor. The first three seasons of WPT are available on NTSC DVD. In February 2019, WPT announced a deal with BT Sport to broadcast" ] }, { "idx": 465, "question": "If the Kansai accent hadn't been assigned in the Japanese version, which character in the \"Persona 4 Arena\" series would have been less distinguishable?", "answers": [ "Labrys" ], "context": [ "main cast. The story was designed from the outset as a canonical sequel to \"Persona 4\". The game's script was primarily written by Teppei Kobayashi. Wada created the basic scenario draft, which was challenging for him due to both the genre differences and fan expectations. The scenario was managed by Yuichiro Tanaka. Tanaka also supervised the spin-off novel \"Persona x Detective Naoto\", and references to the novel were included in the scenario of \"Arena\". The character of Labrys was originally mentioned in an earlier \"Persona 3\" audio drama. To help distinguish the character, Labrys was given a Kansai accent in" ] }, { "idx": 466, "question": "If the Red Orchestra hadn't been established in Berlin in 1940, what ideology would not have been opposed by this diverse network?", "answers": [ "Nazism", "National Socialism", "Nazis" ], "context": [ "a loose network formed in Berlin in 1940 and 1941, of seven interconnected groups centred on personal friendships as well as groups originally formed for discussion and education. This disparate network was composed of over 150 Berlin Nazi opponents, including artists, scientists, citizens, workers, and students from several different backgrounds. There were Communists, political conservatives, Jews, Catholics, and atheists. Their ages ranged from 16 to 86, and about 40% of the group were women. Group members had different political views, but searched for the open exchange of views, at least in the private sector. For instance, Schulze-Boysen and Harnack shared" ] }, { "idx": 467, "question": "If Microsoft hadn't exerted pressure in 1996, which software implementation would not have been rejected?", "answers": [ "Wine software", "Wine project", "Public Windows Initiative" ], "context": [ "Windows applications. History. Bob Amstadt, the initial project leader, and Eric Youngdale started the Wine project in 1993 as a way to run Windows applications on Linux. It was inspired by two Sun Microsystems' products, the Wabi for the Solaris operating system, and the Public Windows Initiative, which was an attempt to get the Windows API fully reimplemented in the public domain as an ISO standard but rejected due to pressure from Microsoft in 1996. Wine originally targeted 16-bit applications for Windows 3.x, but focuses on 32-bit and 64-bit versions which have become the standard on newer operating systems. The" ] }, { "idx": 468, "question": "If Zyklon B had not been invented, which group would not have been able to use the gassing technique in the crematoria during the 1940s in Germany?", "answers": [ "Nazis" ], "context": [ "the basement and ground-level incinerators; they converted it into a killing factory by installing gas-tight doors, vents for the Zyklon B to be dropped into the chamber, and ventilation equipment to remove the gas afterwards. Crematorium III was built using the same design. Crematoria IV and V, designed from the beginning as gassing centers, were also constructed that spring. By June 1943, all four crematoria were operational. Most of the victims were murdered using these four structures. The Nazis began shipping large numbers of Jews from all over Europe to Auschwitz in the middle of 1942. Those who were not" ] }, { "idx": 469, "question": "If Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) hadn't altered the release schedule for the 2014 RoboCop film, when was it originally set to premiere?", "answers": [ "August 2013" ], "context": [ "and write the film, respectively, for a tentative 2010 release. The film was delayed numerous times, and Padilha signed on in 2011. In March 2012, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (successor company to Orion Pictures until September 11, 2014, the studio that released the original film) announced an August 2013 release, but that was then changed to February 2014. The principal characters were cast from March to July 2012. Principal photography began in September 2012 in Toronto and Vancouver in Canada, with additional locations in Hamilton, in Canada, and Detroit in the United States. The film was released in the United States on February" ] }, { "idx": 470, "question": "If Channel 39 in Houston had not changed hands, who would have been its original owner?", "answers": [ "KFOR-TV", "Gaylord Broadcasting", "Oklahoma Publishing Company", "WKY Television System" ], "context": [ "channel 39 allocation in Houston belonged to the now-defunct DuMont affiliate KNUZ-TV, which existed during the mid-1950s. Channel 39 was originally owned by the WKY Television System, a subsidiary of the Oklahoma Publishing Company, publishers of Oklahoma City's major daily newspaper, \"The Daily Oklahoman\". After the company's namesake station, WKY-TV, was sold in 1976, the WKY Television System became Gaylord Broadcasting, named for the family that owned Oklahoma Publishing. As Houston's first general entertainment independent station, KHTV ran a schedule of programs including children's shows, syndicated programs, movies, religious programs and some sporting events. One of its best known locally" ] }, { "idx": 471, "question": "If Diaghilev hadn't insisted on altering the gender composition of the lead roles in \"Jeux\", how many males would have been involved in the flirtatious interaction?", "answers": [ "3", "three" ], "context": [ "music by Claude Debussy, \"Le Sacre du Printemps\" (1913) to music by Igor Stravinsky, \"Jeux\" (1913), and \"Till Eulenspiegel\" (1916). \"Faune,\" considered one of the first modern ballets, caused controversy because of its sexually suggestive final scene. At the premiere of \"Le Sacre du Printemps\" fights broke out in the audience between those who loved and hated this startling new style of ballet and music. Nijinsky originally conceived \"Jeux\" as a flirtatious interaction among three males, although Diaghilev insisted it be danced by one male and two females. In 1913, Nijinsky married Hungarian Romola de Pulszky while on tour with" ] }, { "idx": 472, "question": "If the town of Commerce had not been named as such, what would have been its original name?", "answers": [ "Cow Hill" ], "context": [ "smallest college towns in Texas. History. The town of Commerce was formed when two merchants named William Jernigan and Josiah Jackson established a trading post and mercantile store where the present-day downtown area is. The rural area just to the northeast was an open prairie originally known as Cow Hill. The town was established in 1872 and named \"Commerce\" due to the thriving economic activity among the cotton fields and ideal farm and ranch lands between the Middle and South Sulphur rivers on the rich, black gumbo prairie in northeast Hunt County. The town incorporated in 1885. Two years later," ] }, { "idx": 473, "question": "If Pierre Raffeix had drawn his map referencing Lake Simcoe six years later than he actually did, in which decade would it have been created?", "answers": [ "1690s" ], "context": [ "Simcoe was born on 28 November 1710, in Staindrop, in County Durham, northeast England and served as an officer in the Royal Navy, dying of pneumonia aboard his ship, HMS \"Pembroke\", on 15 May 1759. Historically, at the time of the first European contact in the 17th century, the lake was called \"Ouentironk\" (\"Beautiful Water\") by the Wyandot (Huron) natives. A 1675 map by Pierre Raffeix referred to the lake with the French term \"Lac Taronto\" and a 1687 map by Lahontan called it \"Lake Taronto\", while the name \"Tarontos Lac\" appeared on a 1678 map of New France by" ] }, { "idx": 474, "question": "If Kerslake hadn't joined Black Sabbath and there was no need to give him a writing credit, where would \"No Bone Movies\" have been placed?", "answers": [ "B-side" ], "context": [ "be used only as a B-side but was added to the album in order to give Kerslake a writing credit, as all the other material had been written before he joined the band. Keyboardist Don Airey claims that parts of \"Revelation (Mother Earth)\" as well as the intro to \"Mr. Crowley\" were written by him in the studio, though he never received writing credit for these contributions. Chris Tsangarides was originally hired to produce the album, with Max Norman to serve as studio engineer. Osbourne and the band were very unhappy with Tsangarides' production and he was fired and replaced" ] }, { "idx": 475, "question": "If the 1882 Victorian Municipal Directory hadn't renamed Spring Creek as Puebla, what would Torquay have continued to be known as?", "answers": [ "Spring Creek" ], "context": [ "Torquay is a seaside resort in Victoria, Australia, which faces Bass Strait, 21 km south of Geelong and is the gateway to the Great Ocean Road. It is bordered on the west by Spring Creek and its coastal features include Point Danger and Zeally Bay. At the 2016 Census, Torquay had a population of 13,258. History. Wathaurong Aborigines lived in the area before British settlement. From the 1860s, picnickers began to frequent the location, which was originally known as Spring Creek, after the watercourse along its south-western edge, but it was named Puebla in the 1882 Victorian Municipal Directory. James" ] }, { "idx": 476, "question": "If the tradition of celebrating Father's Day in Australia hadn't shifted in the 1930s, in which month would it have been observed?", "answers": [ "June" ], "context": [ "of the household. Newspapers at the time printed satirical poems and critical editorials of the new American tradition. Father\u2019s Day was originally observed in June, matching the USA date, with church services and the wearing of a red flower. In June of 1925, Janet Heyden of Sydney (who also advocated for Mother's Day celebrations in Australia) began collecting donations to bring cheer to elderly men in nursing homes. While Mother\u2019s Day became instantly popular, it wasn\u2019t until the 1930s that Father\u2019s Day came to be popularly celebrated in Australia on the first Sunday in September. The Father's Day Council of" ] }, { "idx": 477, "question": "If Domenico di Bartolo had created the \"Madonna and Child\" painting a decade after the \"Madonna of Humility\", in what year would it have been completed?", "answers": [ "1447" ], "context": [ "Jacopo della Quercia's election, because of the efficient timing in which Domenico had been summoned to complete artworks for the cathedral. However, Domenico was only able to produce to the Cathedral one fresco a year, for Strehlke and other researchers observe that Domenico must have been occupied with other commissioned works. Almost none of these frescoes in the cathedral have been able to survive until today. Madonna and Child Enthroned (1437). In 1437, four years after the Madonna of Humility, Domenico di Bartolo painted a Madonna and Child. Giorgio Vasari identifies the panel painting \"Madonna and Child Enthroned\" as a" ] }, { "idx": 478, "question": "If the town in Maryland hadn't undergone a name change, what would it be called today?", "answers": [ "Surrattsville" ], "context": [ "Georgia and wrapped in December 2009. Fort Pulaski National Monument, located east of Savannah, served as the military prison in the film. Civil war reenactors and living historians were used to portray soldiers in various scenes. To supplement the reenactors, extras from the local community were also employed as soldiers. The Mary E. Surratt Boarding House still stands, and is located at 604 H Street NW in Washington D.C.'s Chinatown. Mary Surratt's farmhouse in Clinton, Maryland, is now a museum. The town in which the farmhouse stands was originally called Surrattsville. The United States Post Office renamed the town Robeysville" ] }, { "idx": 479, "question": "If the Maxau Rhine Bridge had been reconstructed and reopened in the same year it was damaged by a shipwreck, which year would that have been?", "answers": [ "1987" ], "context": [ "be rebuilt after being damaged by a shipwreck in 1987. The new bridge was opened on 29 April 1991 as a single-track bridge. Deutsche Bahn (since 1994). In the course of the German rail reform, the line was transferred to Deutsche Bahn on 1 January 1994. This was followed in 1995 with the integration of the line into the fare area of the \"Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund\" (Karlsruhe transport association, KVV). Since 2001, there has been a transition fare of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (Rhine-Neckar transport association, VRN) on the Winden-Maximiliansau section. In the mid-1990s, two tracks were restored on the W\u00f6rth\u2013Maximiliansau section" ] }, { "idx": 480, "question": "If the New York Yankees had not emerged victorious in the 2009 World Series, which team would have been the champions?", "answers": [ "Philadelphia Phillies" ], "context": [ "The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 season. As the 105th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National League (NL) and defending World Series champions, and the New York Yankees, champions of the American League (AL). The Yankees defeated the Phillies, 4 games to 2, winning their 27th World Series championship. The series was played between October 28 and November 4, broadcast on Fox, and watched by an average of roughly 19 million viewers. Home field advantage for the Series went", "his behalf wrote a backdated check to pay for them only after scrutiny in the case arose. The Commission ultimately fined Paterson $62,125 for his actions. The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 season. As the 105th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National League (NL) and defending World Series champions, and the New York Yankees, champions of the American League (AL). The Yankees defeated the Phillies, 4 games to 2, winning their 27th World Series championship. The series was played" ] }, { "idx": 481, "question": "If the city of Incheon hadn't requested AREX to add a station at Yongyu, how many new stations would they have requested AREX to add?", "answers": [ "2", "two" ], "context": [ "regular service on December 29, 2010, with the exception of Gongdeok station, which was planned to open around early 2011, but was delayed to November 29, 2011. Phase 3. Phase 3 of the line was opened in September 2018. During phase 3 Magongnaru station was opened. Further extensions and improvements. The city of Incheon requested that AREX add three new stations at Cheongna International City, Yeongjong, and Yongyu. The stations were originally planned to open with the second phase of the line, but were delayed due to delays in the real estate development projects the stations were to serve. Cheongna" ] }, { "idx": 482, "question": "If Panama had emerged victorious in the qualifiers for the 2013 World Baseball Classic, which country would they have defeated?", "answers": [ "Brazil" ], "context": [ "number 11 was retired in an official ceremony at Great American Ball Park. In 2010, his first year of eligibility for the Hall of Fame, Larkin had received 51.6% of the vote (75 percent is needed for election). In 2011, he received 62.1% of the vote, the highest of non-inducted players and third overall. He was invited by the Brazilian Baseball Federation to manage their national team in the qualifiers for the 2013 World Baseball Classic. Brazil beat host country Panama in Brazil's first time to qualify for the event. They were originally scheduled to play in Puerto Rico, but" ] }, { "idx": 483, "question": "If the Rotherham route had begun operation as originally planned, what year would it have started?", "answers": [ "2015" ], "context": [ "plan was to use electric vehicles capable of operating on either 750 V DC or 25 kV AC, via Rotherham Central to a new station at Rotherham Parkgate. The scheme was estimated to require \u00a315 million, later revised upwards to \u00a318.7 million to build when first proposed, but was eventually expected to cost \u00a375.1 million. The Rotherham route was originally intended to begin operation in 2015, however this date was put back several times until the October 2018 opening date after a series of delays. Part of the delay was due to the transport secretary failing to approve the building" ] }, { "idx": 484, "question": "If the television series \"Barnaby Jones\" had been cancelled in 1977, how many years would it have been on air?", "answers": [ "4", "four" ], "context": [ "Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California. The show was originally introduced as a midseason replacement on the CBS network and ran from 1973 to 1980. Halfway through the series' run, Mark Shera was added to the cast as a much younger cousin of Ebsen's character, who eventually joined the firm. \"Barnaby Jones\" was produced by QM Productions (with Woodruff Productions in the final two seasons). It had the second-longest QM series run (seven and", "was Ebsen's final theatrical appearance. Reruns. Beginning September 3, 2019, MeTV began broadcasting \"Barnaby Jones\" reruns. Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California. The show was originally introduced as a midseason replacement on the CBS network and ran from 1973 to 1980. Halfway through the series' run, Mark Shera was added to the cast as a much younger cousin of Ebsen's character, who eventually joined the firm. \"Barnaby Jones\" was produced by QM Productions (with" ] }, { "idx": 485, "question": "If the Clark Brothers had not built a sugar beet factory in California, who would not have established the town of Los Alamitos?", "answers": [ "Bixby family", "Lewellyn Bixby" ], "context": [ "period and after U.S. annexation is detailed in the article on Rancho Los Alamitos. The town of Los Alamitos was established in 1896 by Lewellyn Bixby to support the new sugar beet factory in town built by the extremely wealthy Clark Brothers. William Andrews Clark, a future Senator from Montana, had built his fortune in mining, banking and logging in that state. His younger brother, J. Ross Clark, managed their operations in California after he moved to that state for health reasons. Lewellyn Bixby, whose family owned the surrounding land on the Rancho Los Cerritos and Rancho Los Alamitos, had" ] }, { "idx": 486, "question": "If Clyde Packer hadn't fallen out with their father and moved to America, who would have taken over the running of PBL in the early 1970s?", "answers": [ "Clyde Packer" ], "context": [ "father, Sir Frank Packer, was one of Australia's first media moguls, and Kerry's son, James, was executive chairman of PBL, before resigning in 2008. Sir Frank wanted Kerry to experience work in the newspaper industry from the ground up, so Packer started in the loading dock of the Sydney newspaper \"The Telegraph\", loading papers. He was not originally destined for the role, but in the early 1970s Kerry took the place of the designated successor, his older brother, Clyde, after Clyde fell out with their father, quit PBL and moved to America. Kerry took over the running of PBL in" ] }, { "idx": 487, "question": "If American missionary doctor Joseph Andrew Hall hadn't initiated the process, which hospital in the Philippines would not have been established by the Protestants?", "answers": [ "Iloilo Mission Hospital" ], "context": [ "The Iloilo Mission Hospital (also known as Central Philippine University\u2013Iloilo Mission Hospital or CPU\u2013Iloilo Mission Hospital), commonly referred to as Mission Hospital, Mission, CPU\u2013IMH or IMH, is a private tertiary, academic and teaching hospital located in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines. Established in 1901 through the auspices of the Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board from the United States by the American missionary doctor, Joseph Andrew Hall, it is the \"first and oldest American and Protestant founded hospital in the Philippines\". It was originally named as Sabine Haines Memorial Union Mission Hospital in memory of Charles Haines's son, a New Yorker whose grant" ] }, { "idx": 488, "question": "If the anime adaptation of \"Kirarin Revolution\" had not been successful, how long was it originally planned to run?", "answers": [ "One year" ], "context": [ "and ending theme songs, as well as releasing music under Kirari Tsukishima's name. Kusumi noted in her autobiography, \"17-sai no Tenshoku\", that the anime was originally supposed to last for one year, but due to the success of the show, it was renewed for two more broadcast years. After the show's third renewal, \"Kirarin Revolution\" broadcast its second season with the subtitle \"Kirarin Revolution Stage 3\". The show aired on TV Tokyo from April 8, 2008 to March 27, 2009, for a total of 51 episodes. It was animated by SynergySP and SimImage in 3D animation and HD format. Noel" ] }, { "idx": 489, "question": "If the shoulder stock, priming pan, and matchlock mechanism hadn't been added in the late 15th century, which firearm wouldn't have become a handheld firearm and the first to be equipped with a trigger?", "answers": [ "arquebus" ], "context": [ "walls in the early 15th century. The addition of a shoulder stock, priming pan, and matchlock mechanism in the late 15th century turned the arquebus into a handheld firearm and also the first firearm equipped with a trigger. The exact dating of the matchlock's appearance is disputed. It could have appeared in the Ottoman Empire as early as 1465 and in Europe a little before 1475. The heavy arquebus, which was then called a musket, was developed to better penetrate plate armor and appeared in Europe around 1521. Heavy arquebuses mounted on wagons were called \"arquebus \u00e0 croc\". These carried", "cannons as late as 1444, but according to G\u00e1bor \u00c1goston the fact that they were listed separate from cannons in mid-15th century inventories suggest they were handheld firearms. Godfrey Goodwin dates the first use of the arquebus by the Janissaries to no earlier than 1465. In Europe, a shoulder stock, probably inspired by the crossbow stock, was added to the arquebus around 1470 and the appearance of the matchlock mechanism is dated to a little before 1475. The matchlock arquebus was the first firearm equipped with a trigger mechanism. It is also considered to be the first portable shoulder-arms firearm." ] }, { "idx": 490, "question": "If the town's name hadn't been changed in Dragon Quest IX, what would Wormwood Creek's original name be?", "answers": [ "Wyrmward Creek" ], "context": [ "uses it to restore the bridge to Upover, and as a result the people of Wormwood Creek realize their town's original purpose - it was originally named \"Wyrmward Creek\", and the natives served as wardens of Greygnarl. They apologize to the main character and send them off to Upover, faithful that they can defeat Barbarus with Greygnarl's help. The main character passes through Upover and meets with an aged Greygnarl, who initially mistakes them for a member of the Gittish Empire and attacks. After the main character convinces Greygnarl of Barbarus' return, Greygnarl gives them a seal he stole from" ] }, { "idx": 491, "question": "If the name of Israel's new border hadn't been changed, what would it have originally been called?", "answers": [ "Green Line" ], "context": [ "Egypt (24 February), Lebanon (23 March), Jordan (3 April) and Syria (20 July). No actual peace agreements were signed. With permanent ceasefire coming into effect, Israel's new borders, later known as the Green Line, were established. These borders were not recognized by the Arab states as international boundaries. Israel was in control of the Galilee, Jezreel Valley, West Jerusalem, the coastal plain and the Negev. The Syrians remained in control of a strip of territory along the Sea of Galilee originally allocated to the Jewish state, the Lebanese occupied a tiny area at Rosh Hanikra, and the Egyptians retained the" ] }, { "idx": 492, "question": "If Louisa May Alcott and her sisters, along with their mother, had not taken up work, who would they have been unable to support in attending public school?", "answers": [ "Abigail" ], "context": [ "reprinted in the volume \"Silver Pitchers\" (1876), which relates the family's experiment in \"plain living and high thinking\" at Fruitlands. Poverty made it necessary for Alcott to go to work at an early age as a teacher, seamstress, governess, domestic helper, and writer. Her sisters also supported the family, working as seamstresses, while their mother took on social work among the Irish immigrants. Only the youngest, Abigail, was able to attend public school. Due to all of these pressures, writing became a creative and emotional outlet for Alcott. Her first book was \"Flower Fables\" (1849), a selection of tales originally" ] }, { "idx": 493, "question": "If the highway segment between the junction Salmtal and the triangle Moselle Valley hadn't been opened, which stretch of the Bundesautobahn wouldn't have been continuously passable?", "answers": [ "Koblenz to Trier" ], "context": [ "the Dutch border near Goch to the French border near Lauterbourg was planned and built. Wisskirchen was reached in 1977, in 1981 Mechernich and in 1982 the current end of the autobahn at Blankenheim. South of Wittlich, the highway was opened in 1974 between the junction Salmtal and the triangle Moselle Valley, 1975, the gap between Wittlich and Salmtal closed, making it from Koblenz to Trier continuously passable. After the introduction of the new numbering system, this highway was initially designated as A 48 and was originally intended to lead from Luxembourg via Trier, Daun, Koblenz, Wetzlar and Gie\u00dfen to" ] }, { "idx": 494, "question": "If there hadn't been a coffee shop in the same building, what type of shop would Hudson Soft's founder Yuji Kudo not have opened?", "answers": [ "Wireless radio shop", "Wireless radio" ], "context": [ "catalogue on different occasions. History. Hudson Soft Ltd. was founded in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan on May 18, 1973 by brothers Yuji and Hiroshi Kudo. The founders grew up admiring trains, and named the business after their favourite, the Hudson locomotives (called the \"4-6-4\", and especially Japanese C62). Hudson began as an amateur radio shop called CQ Hudson (CQ\u30cf\u30c9\u30bd\u30f3), selling radio telecommunications devices and art photographs. Yuji Kudo had originally planned to start a coffee shop, but there was already one in the same building, resulting in the decision to change to a wireless radio shop at the eleventh hour. Although" ] }, { "idx": 495, "question": "If the Islamic population in India had declined by 12% according to the 2011 census, which religion would have been the second largest?", "answers": [ "Christianity" ], "context": [ "\"Rigveda\", and recording the dawning of Hinduism in India. The Dravidian languages of India were supplanted in the northern and western regions. By , stratification and exclusion by caste had emerged within Hinduism, and Buddhism and Jainism had arisen, proclaiming social orders unlinked to heredity. Early political consolidations gave rise to the loose-knit Maurya and Gupta Empires based in the Ganges Basin. Their collective era was suffused with wide-ranging creativity, but also marked by the declining status of women, and the incorporation of untouchability into an organised system of belief. In South India, the Middle kingdoms exported Dravidian-languages scripts and" ] }, { "idx": 496, "question": "If Sirius had a visual apparent magnitude of -0.70, which star would be the brightest in the night sky?", "answers": [ "Canopus" ], "context": [ "Sirius () is the brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greek word (, 'glowing' or 'scorching'). The star is designated \u03b1 Canis Majoris, Latinized to Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Alpha CMa or \u03b1 CMa. With a visual apparent magnitude of \u22121.46, Sirius is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. Sirius is a binary star consisting of a main-sequence star of spectral type A0 or A1, termed Sirius A, and a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DA2, termed Sirius B. The distance between the two varies between 8.2" ] }, { "idx": 497, "question": "If Marcell Jacobs had finished the 100 meter final at the 2020 Olympics five seconds later, who would have been the gold medalist instead?", "answers": [ "Fred Kerley" ], "context": [ "Italian record by 0.01. In the semi-final, he was third with a time of 9.84 seconds, setting a new European record and qualifying for the final with the third overall fastest time. He is the first Italian to ever reach an Olympic 100m final. In the final, Jacobs won the gold medal with a time of 9.80 seconds. Jacobs is the first Italian to win the gold medal in the event, and the first European to win since Linford Christie won the event at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. His effort broke the European record he set in the semi-final" ] }, { "idx": 498, "question": "If the orchestra and choir had stuck to the initial plan, how many songs would have been recorded for the album \"Imaginarium\"?", "answers": [ "12" ], "context": [ "on the previous albums \"Once\" (2004) and \"Dark Passion Play\" (2007), including the orchestral arranger Pip Williams. One difference from earlier orchestra recordings were the decision to record all rhythmic instruments separate from the rest of the orchestra, making it easier for the mixing process. Around this time, the decision had been made to divide the title track into the two separate \"Song of Myself\" and \"Imaginarium\", and the orchestra and choir recorded 13 songs, not 12 as had originally been planned. It was also around this time that the band had settled on an album name - \"Imaginarium\", which" ] }, { "idx": 499, "question": "If Larry Zbyszko hadn't interfered by handing a roll of coins to Curt Hennig during the AWA World Heavyweight Championship match at SuperClash II on May 2, 1987, who would have retained the title?", "answers": [ "Nick Bockwinkel" ], "context": [ "Super Ninja, Austin Idol, and Colonel DeBeers. His fourth and final reign as AWA World Heavyweight Champion ended on May 2, 1987 when he lost to Curt Hennig at SuperClash II in the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. The match ended in controversial fashion due to interference by Larry Zbyszko, who handed a roll of coins to Hennig to use on Bockwinkel. Verne Gagne had reportedly originally intended to reverse the decision and return the title to Bockwinkel, but decided to keep the title on Hennig due to the strong reception to him during the match and a desire" ] }, { "idx": 500, "question": "If there hadn't been any concerns about potential insurgent attacks, when was the CPA originally scheduled to transfer power to the Iraqi Interim Government?", "answers": [ "30 June 2004" ], "context": [ "around the world. In order to defeat possible insurgent planning and under pressure from the Bush White House which wanted the occupation to end by the 2004 presidential election, the CPA transferred power to the newly appointed Iraqi Interim Government at 10:26 AM local time on 28 June 2004. The transfer of power was originally scheduled for 30 June 2004, but because of a concern that the transfer would lead to insurgent attacks the ceremony was held, unannounced, two days ahead of schedule. The transfer took place behind closed doors with little fanfare. With the CPA disbanded, Bremer left Iraq" ] }, { "idx": 501, "question": "If Usain Bolt had finished the 100m final at the 2008 Summer Olympics 0.30 seconds slower, who would have claimed the gold medal instead?", "answers": [ "Richard Thompson" ], "context": [ "that a lack of experience would work against him. Bolt qualified for the 100 m final with times of 9.92 s and 9.85 s in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively. In the Olympic 100 m final (16 August), Bolt broke new ground, winning in 9.69 s (unofficially 9.683 s) with a reaction time of 0.165 s. This was an improvement upon his own world record, and he was well ahead of second-place finisher Richard Thompson, who finished in 9.89 s. Not only was the record set without a favourable wind (+0.0 m/s), but he also visibly slowed down to celebrate" ] }, { "idx": 502, "question": "If El Guerrouj had run a second slower in the 2004 Olympic 1500m final, who would have claimed the gold medal?", "answers": [ "Lagat", "Bernard Lagat" ], "context": [ "Only 20 days before the Olympic final, 2000 Olympic bronze medalist Bernard Lagat ran the fastest 1500 m in 2004 (3:27.40), narrowly defeating El Guerrouj (3:27.64) at the Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich meet on August 6. On August 24, in the final straight of the Olympic 1500m final, El Guerrouj beat Lagat by 0.12 seconds, winning the gold medal. In the finale, entering the home straight El Guerrouj led, only to be overtaken by Lagat- and then El Guerrouj re-took the lead a few strides from the line. Four days later, El Guerrouj won the 5,000 m final with a time of" ] }, { "idx": 503, "question": "If the Vlaams Blok had successfully executed their initial plan for the secession of the Flanders region, which country was intended to annex it?", "answers": [ "Netherlands" ], "context": [ "2017 legislative elections, the FP\u00d6 formed a government coalition with the Austrian People's Party, but lost seats in 2019. Belgium. Vlaams Blok, established in 1978, operated on a platform of law and order, anti-immigration (with particular focus on Islamic immigration) and secession of the Flanders region of the country. The secession was originally planned to end in the annexation of Flanders by the culturally and linguistically similar Netherlands until the plan was abandoned due to the multiculturalism in that country. In the elections to the Flemish Parliament in June 2004, the party received 24.2% of the vote, within less than" ] }, { "idx": 504, "question": "If Chris Bosh had decided to complete his degree instead of entering the NBA, from which university would he have graduated?", "answers": [ "Georgia Tech" ], "context": [ "footsteps of his cousin and aunt and attended Georgia Tech to study graphic design and computer imaging, and subsequently, management. There, he led the Yellow Jackets in averaging 15.6 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocks in 31 games, and led the Atlantic Coast Conference in field goal percentage (.560), joining Antawn Jamison as the only freshmen ever to do so. Bosh originally intended to complete his degree, but by the end of the 2002\u201303 season, his strong performances convinced him that he was ready for the NBA. He left Georgia Tech after his freshman season and entered the 2003 NBA" ] }, { "idx": 505, "question": "If the main character of \"Chipper & Sons Lumber Co.\" hadn't been criticized for resembling \"a scary animatronic animal,\" which horror game franchise might not have been created by Scott Cawthon?", "answers": [ "Five Nights at Freddy's" ], "context": [ "\"Chipper & Sons Lumber Co.\" Players said that the main character (a young beaver) looked like \"a scary animatronic animal\", and reviewer Jim Sterling called the game \"unintentionally terrifying\". Initially discouraged by the criticism, Cawthon (who had previously primarily developed Christian-oriented games) eventually used the feedback to make something intentionally scarier. \"Five Nights at Freddy's\" was released via Desura on August 8, 2014. On August 20, after it was approved by the service's crowdsourcing platform Greenlight, \"Five Nights at Freddy's\" was also released on Steam. The sequels were released on November 10, 2014, March 2, 2015, July 23, 2015, October" ] }, { "idx": 506, "question": "If \"Red Rose Speedway\" had been released as a double album as originally intended, which three-word titled song by Denny Laine would have been included?", "answers": [ "I Lie Around", "I Would Only Smile" ], "context": [ "written during the 1972 miners' strike. Laine later expressed his disappointment that only a single album was issued, saying that in its original form, \"Red Rose Speedway\" was \"more of a showcase for the band\". Among the omissions were his composition \"I Would Only Smile\", and \"I Lie Around\", on which Laine also sung the lead vocal. McCullough was similarly disappointed that several of McCartney's rock-oriented tracks were cut from the running order, which favoured the more lightweight material from the sessions. \"Live and Let Die\", the title song to the James Bond film of the same name, was recorded" ] }, { "idx": 507, "question": "If Paul McCartney hadn't conceded to EMI's opinion and made the album \"Red Rose Speedway\" as originally planned, how many discs would it have contained?", "answers": [ "2", "two" ], "context": [ "set. After producer Glyn Johns had walked out on the project, however, McCartney conceded to EMI's opinion that the material was \"substandard\" and cut it down to a single disc. Among the unreleased songs from the seven-month sessions was the Linda composition \"Seaside Woman\", which was finally issued in 1977, credited to \"Suzy and the Red Stripes\". Near the end of the \"Red Rose Speedway\" sessions, in October 1972, Wings recorded the theme song to the James Bond film \"Live and Let Die\", which reunited McCartney with Beatles producer/arranger George Martin. Issued as a non-album single in mid-1973, \"Live and" ] }, { "idx": 508, "question": "If Tyson Fury's contract with Wladimir Klitschko hadn't included a rematch clause, which boxing title would he have retained in 2015?", "answers": [ "International Boxing Federation", "IBF", "International Boxing Federation (IBF)" ], "context": [ "heavyweight title twice, he became the British and Commonwealth champion in 2011 by defeating the 14\u20130 Derek Chisora. He then won the Irish and WBO Inter-Continental titles, before defeating Chisora again in a 2014 rematch for the European and WBO International heavyweight titles. This success, along with his 24\u20130 record, set up a match with the long-reigning world champion Wladimir Klitschko in Germany, which Fury won by unanimous decision. Fury was stripped of his IBF title 10 days after the Klitschko bout as he was unable to grant a fight with the IBF's mandatory challenger, Vyacheslav Glazkov, due to a" ] }, { "idx": 509, "question": "If David Haye hadn't withdrawn from his second scheduled fight against Tyson Fury due to a shoulder injury, when would the bout have taken place?", "answers": [ "8 February 2014" ], "context": [ "a pay-per-view platform for the first time. However, Haye pulled out of the fight on 21 September, after sustaining a cut, which required six stitches, above the eye during training. The fight was originally postponed to 8 February 2014. Haye pulled out of the fight a second time on 17 November, stating that he had a career-threatening shoulder injury which required surgery, and hinted at his retirement. Fury believed that Haye was making excuses because he did not want the fight, saying \"I'm absolutely furious but in all honesty this is exactly what I expected. Everyone knows I was very" ] }, { "idx": 510, "question": "If the episode \"Goodbye Michael\" from \"The Office\" had premiered on NBC three days later than its original air date, in which month would it have first been broadcasted?", "answers": [ "May" ], "context": [ "\"Goodbye, Michael\" is the 22nd episode of the seventh season of the American comedy series \"The Office\" and the show's 148th episode overall. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 28, 2011. In the episode, Michael prepares to leave for Colorado with Holly and spends his last day in the office saying goodbye to everyone individually, wanting no drama to ensue. Meanwhile, new manager Deangelo and Andy try to keep Michael's biggest clients. The episode was written by series developer and executive producer Greg Daniels and was directed by Paul Feig. It marks the final appearance", "but once again lost to Richman and Levitan. \"Goodbye, Michael\" is the 22nd episode of the seventh season of the American comedy series \"The Office\" and the show's 148th episode overall. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 28, 2011. In the episode, Michael prepares to leave for Colorado with Holly and spends his last day in the office saying goodbye to everyone individually, wanting no drama to ensue. Meanwhile, new manager Deangelo and Andy try to keep Michael's biggest clients. The episode was written by series developer and executive producer Greg Daniels and was directed" ] }, { "idx": 511, "question": "If the Principia Mathematica had been composed as initially planned, which of Bertrand Russell's works would it have followed?", "answers": [ "\"The Principles of Mathematics\"" ], "context": [ "The Principia Mathematica (often abbreviated PM) is a three-volume work on the foundations of mathematics written by the mathematicians Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell and published in 1910, 1912, and 1913. In 1925\u201327, it appeared in a second edition with an important \"Introduction to the Second Edition\", an \"Appendix A\" that replaced \u27389 and all-new \"Appendix B\" and \"Appendix C\". \"PM\" is not to be confused with Russell's 1903 \"The Principles of Mathematics\". \"PM\" was originally conceived as a sequel volume to Russell's 1903 \"Principles\", but as \"PM\" states, this became an unworkable suggestion for practical and philosophical reasons:" ] }, { "idx": 512, "question": "If the consumption of lettuce hadn't spread globally by the late 20th century, which two continents would have been the primary consumers in 1999?", "answers": [ "Europe", "North America" ], "context": [ "America originally dominated the market for lettuce, but by the late 20th century the consumption of lettuce had spread throughout the world. , world production of lettuce and chicory was 27 million tonnes, 56% of which came from China. Lettuce was originally farmed by the ancient Egyptians, who transformed it from a plant whose seeds were used to obtain oil into an important food crop raised for its succulent leaves and oil-rich seeds. Lettuce spread to the Greeks and Romans; the latter gave it the name , from which the English \"lettuce\" is derived. By 50 AD, many types were" ] }, { "idx": 513, "question": "If Jean-Auguste Dominque Ingres had followed his original plan for the famous portrait of Louis-Francois Bertin, what would have been Bertin's pose instead of being seated?", "answers": [ "standing" ], "context": [ "Baudelaire called him \"the sole man in France who truly makes portraits. The portraits of M. Bertin, M. Mol\u00e9 and Mme d'Haussonville are true portraits, that is, the ideal reconstruction of individuals...A good portrait seems to me always as a biography dramatized.\" His most famous portrait is that of Louis-Fran\u00e7ois Bertin, the chief editor of the \"Journal des Debats\", which was widely admired when it was exhibited at the 1833 Salon. Ingres had originally planned to paint Bertin standing, but many hours of effort ended in a creative impasse before he decided on a seated pose. \u00c9douard Manet described the" ] }, { "idx": 514, "question": "If the original plans for the 2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony had been followed, who would have opened the games instead of Governor General Sir William Deane?", "answers": [ "John Howard" ], "context": [ "special tribute to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.\" The event was officially opened by Governor General Sir William Deane. This was the first occasion that a Summer Olympics held in a Commonwealth realm was not opened by the monarch or a member of the Royal Family, although it was the second overall, behind the 1988 Winter Olympics. Prime Minister John Howard had originally planned to open the games himself, with the agreement of the organising committee and the IOC. However, in November 1999 he changed his mind and advised the IOC that Deane would be opening the games." ] }, { "idx": 515, "question": "If the Maori action chant, characterized by hand gestures and foot stomping, were still performed in its original context, what event would it precede instead of a rugby game?", "answers": [ "a battle" ], "context": [ "used. Many New Zealand schools now have a as part of the M\u0101ori studies curriculum. Today, national competitions are held where groups are judged to find the best performers; these draw large crowds. The common expression \"\" is, strictly speaking, a tautology. The \u2013 an action chant, often described as a \"war dance\", but more a chant with hand gestures and foot stomping, originally performed by warriors before a battle, proclaiming their strength and prowess by way of abusing the opposition. Now, this procedure is regularly performed by New Zealand representatives of rugby and rugby league teams before a game" ] }, { "idx": 516, "question": "If Uriah Rennie had not been demoted from the list of Premier League referees, who would have officiated the 2000 FA Charity Shield match?", "answers": [ "Uriah Rennie" ], "context": [ "of their last 16 encounters. The football correspondent of the Sydney-based \"Daily Telegraph\" wrote that other clubs will focus on Manchester United's weaknesses rather than the final score of the match. Mike Riley was selected as the referee for the match; Uriah Rennie was originally slated to take charge of the match before it was discovered that he had been demoted from the list of Premier League referees, and he ultimately served as fourth official. Neither club sold out their allocation of tickets, with Chelsea selling 27,000 out of 30,000 reserved. Match. Team selection. Both teams lined up in a" ] }, { "idx": 517, "question": "If the CDC 7600 had retained its original name, what would have been the numerical difference between its title and that of its predecessor, the CDC 6600?", "answers": [ "200" ], "context": [ "including hardware, instructions, and its 60-bit word size, it was not object-code compatible with the CDC 6600. In addition, it was not entirely source-code (COMPASS) compatible, as some instructions in the 7600 did not exist in the 6600, and vice versa. It had originally been named the CDC 6800, but was changed to 7600 when Cray decided that it could not be completely compatible. However, due to the 7600's operating system design, the 6600 and 7600 shared a \"uniform software environment\" despite the low-level differences. In fact, from a high-level perspective, the 7600 was quite similar to the 6600. At" ] }, { "idx": 518, "question": "If the enrollment at Montgomery Blair High School in April 2010 had matched the school's original capacity, how many more students would there have been compared to the actual enrollment in April 2010?", "answers": [ "612" ], "context": [ "a population of about 3,400. As a result, the school at one point had eight auxiliary portable classrooms. Population has decreased slightly due to the opening of other schools and the Downcounty Consortium, and as a result 2 portables were removed at the beginning of the 2006\u20132007 school year. As of April 2010, the enrollment at Blair is 2,788, and the portable classrooms have been removed. Blair remains the county's largest school. The school has baseball and softball fields to the east of the main building as well as \"Blazer Stadium\" which serves as the home of the school's football," ] }, { "idx": 519, "question": "If the 1993 album by Duran Duran had retained its original name from the UK promo cassettes, what would its official title be?", "answers": [ "The Wedding" ], "context": [ "the four band members. While officially titled Duran Duran worldwide \u2013 the general belief that the alternative name was first adopted by fans post-release, due to the use of the members' parents\u2019 wedding photos on the cover, to differentiate it from the 1981 album, is incorrect. Instead, the name was originally used on two different UK promo cassettes prior to release \u2013 one calling it The Wedding & the other The Wedding Album. While this name was officially dropped before release \u2013 with, for example, the UK & US TV adverts calling it simply \"Duran Duran\" \u2013 uniquely, the commercially" ] }, { "idx": 520, "question": "If Muslim rule in the Indian state had maintained the same practices as before, with whom could the devadasis have developed relationships apart from at the end of the 14th century?", "answers": [ "the men" ], "context": [ "parts of Indian state have the practice of hierodulic prostitution, with similar customary forms such as basavi, and involves dedicating pre-pubescent and young adolescent girls from villages in a ritual marriage to a Hindu deity or a Hindu temple, who then work in the temple and function as spiritual guides, dancers, and prostitutes servicing male devotees in the temple. The devadasis were originally seen as intercessors who allowed upper-caste men to have contact with the gods. Though they did develop sexual relations with other men, they were not looked upon with lust. Before Muslim rule in the 14th century, they" ] }, { "idx": 521, "question": "If the roles in Toma Kamijo's epithet were reversed, who would he be purifying instead?", "answers": [ "demons" ], "context": [ "derived on the kanji he found from looking on the encyclopedia since he wanted a name that would \"stand out for the character the story was centered around\". He avoided using difficult kanji for Toma Kamijo's name to help readers able to read it but he kept the meaning behind the character's epithet (\"The One who Purifies God and Slays Demons\") a secret for now. When it came the time to write the story, Kamachi investigated the terms \"sorcerer\" and \"real\" online for him to build the world of magic and the magicians' existence in his light novel. He also" ] }, { "idx": 522, "question": "If the Meon Valley Railway had been constructed from the material initially planned, what would that material have been?", "answers": [ "concrete" ], "context": [ "heading back. Thus the Meon Valley Railway ceased to be a continuous route, not just officially, but in actuality. Closure to freight. By 1956 dismantling of the disused section of line had begun in earnest and this included the demolition of West Meon Viaduct. The huge iron bridge had a high scrap value and thus was one of the first structures to be taken down. It is fair to assume that if it had been built from concrete as originally planned it would probably still be standing. During the viaduct's demolition, it was found to be suffering from corrosion in" ] }, { "idx": 523, "question": "If the band Echoes had never been formed, which group including members Sakurai, Tahara, and Nakagawa would not have been influenced by them?", "answers": [ "The Walls" ], "context": [ "of the year, all three albums released that year were in the Top 10 best selling albums of 2012. In 2015, Mr. Children was named No.1 Concert Mobilization Power Ranking based on the overall number of people whom attended their performances during 2015 in Japan, mobilizing 1,119,000 fans (36 concerts). History. 1987\u20131992. The group's members first met in the year of 1987, when Sakurai, Tahara and Nakagawa were in \"The Walls\", which was originally influenced by the band Echoes. The frontman of Echoes, Jinsei Tsuji, was a political activist, and because of this, The Walls too became a political band." ] }, { "idx": 524, "question": "If the operating system codenamed \"Neptune\" had not been initiated, which market was the updated version of Windows 2000 intended for?", "answers": [ "business market" ], "context": [ "Windows XP is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It is the direct successor to both Windows 2000 for professional users and Windows Me for home users, and was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. Development of Windows XP began in the late 1990s under the codename \"Neptune\", built on the Windows NT kernel that was intended specifically for mainstream consumer use. An updated version of Windows 2000 was also originally planned for the business market; however, in January 2000, both projects were scrapped in" ] }, { "idx": 525, "question": "If the original MacBook had never been discontinued or had its price lowered, where would the MacBook Air have been positioned in relation to it?", "answers": [ "above" ], "context": [ "The MacBook Air is a line of notebook computers developed and manufactured by Apple Inc. It consists of a full-size keyboard, a machined aluminum case, and, in the more modern versions, a thin light structure. The Air was originally positioned above the previous MacBook line as a premium ultraportable. Since then, the original MacBook's discontinuation in 2011, and lowered prices on subsequent iterations, have made the Air Apple's entry-level notebook. In the current product line, the MacBook Air is situated below the performance range MacBook Pro. The Intel-based MacBook Air was introduced in January 2008 with a 13.3-inch screen, and" ] }, { "idx": 526, "question": "If there had been no confusion about the term G4, for which structures that might have a role in meiosis would the term G4 DNA have been exclusively used?", "answers": [ "tetramolecular structures", "tetramolecular" ], "context": [ "form a quadruplex. Such a quadruplex is described as tetramolecular, reflecting the requirement of four separate strands. The term G4 DNA was originally reserved for these tetramolecular structures that might play a role in meiosis. However, as currently used in molecular biology, the term G4 can mean G-quadruplexes of any molecularity. Longer sequences, which contain two contiguous runs of three or more guanine bases, where the guanine regions are separated by one or more bases, only require two such sequences to provide enough guanine bases to form a quadruplex. These structures, formed from two separate G-rich strands, are termed bimolecular" ] }, { "idx": 527, "question": "If the Roman town in the Paris Basin had never been renamed, what would its current name be?", "answers": [ "Lutetia", "Parisius" ], "context": [ "and minted their own coins for that purpose. The Romans conquered the Paris Basin in 52 BC and began their settlement on Paris's Left Bank. The Roman town was originally called Lutetia (more fully, \"Lutetia Parisiorum\", \"Lutetia of the Parisii\", modern French \"Lut\u00e8ce\"). It became a prosperous city with a forum, baths, temples, theatres, and an amphitheatre. By the end of the Western Roman Empire, the town was known as \"Parisius\", a Latin name that would later become \"Paris\" in French. Christianity was introduced in the middle of the 3rd century AD by Saint Denis, the first Bishop of Paris:" ] }, { "idx": 528, "question": "If Xiah Junsu had joined the S.M. training team two years prior, what would have been his age?", "answers": [ "9", "nine" ], "context": [ "from four different S.M. training teams to debut in a vocal dance unit. Xiah Junsu, the first to join the new group, became an S.M. trainee at age eleven and was originally trained to be a solo singer. He was put into an R&B trio with trainees Sungmin and Eunhyuk (both now of Super Junior fame), and the trio made their first appearance on the reality show \"Survival Audition \u2013 Heejun vs. Kangta, Battle of the Century\", a 2002 series that starred former H.O.T. members Kangta and Moon Hee-jun as mentors for prospective singers. U-Know Yunho, who signed with S.M." ] }, { "idx": 529, "question": "If \"The Simpsons\" had only been broadcasted on its original network, which network would that be?", "answers": [ "Fox" ], "context": [ "\"Trash of the Titans\" is the twenty-second episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series \"The Simpsons\". The 200th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 26, 1998. The episode, which was written by Ian Maxtone-Graham and directed by Jim Reardon, sees Homer Simpson run for the job of Springfield's Sanitation Commissioner. Steve Martin guest stars as Ray Patterson, the incumbent commissioner, while U2 play themselves after requesting an appearance on the show. Inspired by a friend's experience in politics, Maxtone-Graham decided to have Homer run" ] }, { "idx": 530, "question": "If Norbert-Auguste Maillart had not been replaced and had completed the Buenos Aires Central Post Office, who would have been its designer?", "answers": [ "Norbert-Auguste Maillart" ], "context": [ "the project in disagreement with the authorities. The National Direction of Architecture appointed Maillart's main collaborator, Russian Jacques Spolsky to continue the project. Spolsky had already designed the Palacio de Correos of Tucum\u00e1n and its homonym of Rosario. After Spolsky was designated the original project was significantly modified. Some of the changes included a metallic structure and the use of materials such as cement. Due to the land having been reclaimed from the R\u00edo de la Plata, it was necessary to sink 2,882 concrete piles to avoid problems with the foundations. In 1916, one year after the company hired for" ] }, { "idx": 531, "question": "If Martin Rogan had been defeated by Yavor Marinchev in Ireland, how many fights would he have won in Ireland?", "answers": [ "one" ], "context": [ "arm injury. Since the defeats to Sexton, Rogan took exactly a year before making a return to the ring after undergoing career-saving neck and spinal operations. He won two fights within two weeks against Yavor Marinchev and Werner Kreiskott in Ireland. Rogan was scheduled to fight Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev for the European Heavyweight title but pulled out citing lack of preparation. The Pulev fight was originally rescheduled for November in Germany although Rogan was instead scheduled to fight former cruiserweight world title challenger Lewis Andreas Pineda for the vacant WBU World Heavyweight title on 27 October at the Odyssey" ] }, { "idx": 532, "question": "If the New England Patriots had been defeated in Super Bowl LI, which team would have been declared the champions?", "answers": [ "Atlanta Falcons" ], "context": [ "Super Bowl LI was an American football game played at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on February 5, 2017, to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2016 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Atlanta Falcons, 34\u201328. Super Bowl LI featured the largest comeback in Super Bowl history, with the Patriots overcoming a 28\u20133 deficit to emerge victorious. Due to the comeback, the Falcons' blown 28\u20133 lead would enter NFL lore. The game was also the first and currently only Super Bowl to be decided", "LI 1Completions/attempts2Carries3Long gain4Receptions5Times targeted Officials. Super Bowl LI had eight officials. The numbers in parentheses below indicate their uniform numbers. Super Bowl LI was an American football game played at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on February 5, 2017, to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2016 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Atlanta Falcons, 34\u201328. Super Bowl LI featured the largest comeback in Super Bowl history, with the Patriots overcoming a 28\u20133 deficit to emerge victorious. Due to the comeback, the Falcons' blown" ] }, { "idx": 533, "question": "If the NFL Players Association hadn't blocked the use of MX Encoders, how many NFL teams had originally planned to implement the system?", "answers": [ "eight", "8" ], "context": [ "created the Head Impact Telemetry System (HITS) and Sideline Response System (SRS) to record the frequency and severity of player hits during practices and games. On every helmet with the system, MX Encoders are implemented, which can automatically record every hit. Eight NFL teams had originally planned to use the system in the season, but the NFL Players Association ultimately blocked its use. Other impact-detection devices include CheckLight, by Reebok and MC10., and the online test providers ImPACT Test, BrainCheck, and XLNTbrain which establish cognitive function baselines against which the athlete is monitored over time. The CCAT online tool developed" ] }, { "idx": 534, "question": "If the company had not rebranded, what would Dimension Cable Television be known as?", "answers": [ "Times-Mirror Cable" ], "context": [ "Newspapers: WAPI-TV (now WVTM-TV) in Birmingham, Alabama; KTVI in St. Louis; WSYR-TV (now WSTM-TV) in Syracuse, New York and its satellite station WSYE-TV (now WETM-TV) in Elmira, New York; and WTPA-TV (now WHTM-TV) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The company also entered the field of cable television, servicing the Phoenix and San Diego areas, amongst others. They were originally titled Times-Mirror Cable, and were later renamed to Dimension Cable Television. Similarly, they also attempted to enter the pay-TV market, with the Spotlight movie network; it wasn't successful and was quickly shut down. The cable systems were sold in the mid-1990s to Cox" ] }, { "idx": 535, "question": "If the gold medal prize of \"Sciences Morales\" at the Paris World's Fair had been awarded as originally planned, who would have received all the prize money?", "answers": [ "Henry Dunant", "Dunant" ], "context": [ "likely used his influence to attempt to ensure that Dunant would not receive assistance and support from his friends. For example, the gold medal prize of \"Sciences Morales\" at the Paris World's Fair did not go to Dunant as originally planned but to Moynier, Dufour, and Dunant together so that the prize money would only go to the committee as a whole. Napol\u00e9on III's offer to take over half of Dunant's debts if Dunant's friends would secure the other half was also thwarted by Moynier's efforts. Dunant moved to Paris, where he lived in meagre conditions. However, he continued to" ] }, { "idx": 536, "question": "If the name of Texas City had not been changed, what would it have been called?", "answers": [ "Shoal Point" ], "context": [ "location along Galveston Bay, known locally as Shoal Point, had the potential to become a major port. Shoal Point had existed since the 1830s, when veterans of the Texas Revolution (1835-1836) were awarded land for their services. The name was applied to the community when a post office opened in 1878. The duck hunters were three brothers from Duluth, Minnesota, named Benjamin, Henry, and Jacob Myers. After they returned to Duluth, they formed the Myers Brothers syndicate, convinced other investors to put up money to buy of Galveston Bay frontage, including Shoal Point. They renamed the area Texas City. Founding." ] }, { "idx": 537, "question": "If the Lauter Valley Railway had proceeded with the original plan, in what year would the electronic interlocking technology of the \u201cBruchsal G\u201d type have been installed?", "answers": [ "2004" ], "context": [ "In the period from 16 to 18 December 2005, the previous mechanical interlocking technology on the Lauter Valley Railway, which had been used for over 100 years, was replaced by an electronic interlocking technology of the \u201cBruchsal G\u201d type, which had originally been planned to be installed in the autumn of the previous year. Since then the railway facilities have been controlled by an electronic interlocking at Neustadt an der Weinstra\u00dfe. This has reduced costs on the line. Route. The route follows the entire length of the Lauter river. Shortly before Kaiserslautern West, it runs through a cutting and then" ] }, { "idx": 538, "question": "If the Safaricom M-PESA brand had expanded to three fewer African countries, how many countries would it have reached in total?", "answers": [ "9", "nine" ], "context": [ "After the pilot testing it was broadened to become a general money-transfer scheme. since then safaricom m-pesa brand has reached 12 countries in Africa and three countries outside the continent. How it works. Once a user registers for M-PESA, they pay money into the system by handing cash at an M-Pesa agent, who then credits the money to the user's M-Pesa account. The user then gets an SMS notifying them of the transaction. A user withdraws money by visiting an agent, who checks that the user has sufficient funds before debiting the user's account and handing over the cash. An" ] }, { "idx": 539, "question": "If \"Star Citizen\" had been released as initially planned, what year would it have come out?", "answers": [ "2014" ], "context": [ "the challenges backers who have abandoned the project have faced in receiving a refund. The launch of the game was originally anticipated for 2014, but was repeatedly delayed. In 2013, Cloud Imperium Games began releasing parts of the game, known as \"modules\", to provide players with the opportunity to experience gameplay features prior to release. The latest of these modules, known as the \"Persistent Universe\", was made available for testing to pre-purchasers in 2015 and continues to receive updates. No projected date for the commercial release of \"Star Citizen\" is currently given. After the initial Kickstarter ended, Cloud Imperium Games" ] }, { "idx": 540, "question": "If Brie Larson had not accepted the role in \"The Glass Castle\", which actress was originally considered for it?", "answers": [ "Jennifer Lawrence" ], "context": [ "mother, respectively. Larson's role was originally considered by Jennifer Lawrence, but she dropped out while the studio was seeking the male lead. The film was released on August 10, 2017. It received mixed reviews from critics; they praised the performances of its cast (particularly Larson and Harrelson) but criticized the emotional tones and adaptation of the source material. In 2016, it was announced that Ryan Coogler had teamed up with Cretton and poet/playwright Chinaka Hodge to develop \"Minors\", a television drama series produced by Charles D. King. Drawing from Cretton's experiences working in residential foster care, Hodge's background teaching under-served" ] }, { "idx": 541, "question": "If the Spanish officials hadn't found maintaining the mission in Nacogdoches too costly, where would the settlers not have been ordered to move to?", "answers": [ "San Antonio" ], "context": [ "Nevantin, the primary village of the Nacogdoche tribe of Caddo Indians. Nacogdoches remained a Caddo Indian settlement until the early 19th century. In 1716, Spain established a mission there, Misi\u00f3n Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Guadalupe. That was the first European construction in the area. The \"town\" of Nacogdoches got started after the French had vacated the region (1760s, following the French and Indian War), and Spanish officials decided that maintaining the mission was too costly. In 1772, they ordered all settlers in the area to move to San Antonio. Some were eager to escape the wilderness, but others had to be" ] }, { "idx": 542, "question": "If the film \"Blue Steel\" had been produced with its original budget, how much money would have been allocated for its production?", "answers": [ "10 million" ], "context": [ "stalked by a psychopathic killer, played by Ron Silver. As with \"Near Dark\", Eric Red co-wrote the screenplay. The film, originally bankrolled for $10 million, was shot on location in New York due to financial considerations and because Bigelow doesn't \"like movies where you see a welfare apartment and it's the size of two football fields.\" Bigelow followed \"Blue Steel\" with the cult classic \"Point Break\" (1991), which starred Keanu Reeves as an FBI agent who poses as a surfer to catch the \"Ex-Presidents\", a team of surfing armed robbers led by Patrick Swayze who wear Reagan, Nixon, LBJ and" ] }, { "idx": 543, "question": "If Brian Michael Bendis had accepted the offer from Bill Jemas and Joe Quesada to write the title for \"Ultimate X-Men\", who would have missed out on the job?", "answers": [ "Mark Millar" ], "context": [ "Upon its debut in February 2001, \"Ultimate X-Men\" was the second comic of the Ultimate Marvel line, preceded a few months by its sister title \"Ultimate Spider-Man\". The heads of the Ultimate Universe line, Bill Jemas and Joe Quesada, originally tried to hire Brian Michael Bendis to write the title, but he declined. Marvel hired Scottish writer Mark Millar, who was best known at the time for his run on \"The Authority\" and was largely ignorant of the X-Men franchise. With the 2000 \"X-Men\" film as his only reference, Millar reinvented the X-Men. As a result, Millar's original X-Men consisted" ] }, { "idx": 544, "question": "If the Republican nominee had been victorious in the 1916 Tennessee gubernatorial election, who would have been the governor?", "answers": [ "John W. Overall" ], "context": [ "The 1916 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democrat Thomas Clarke Rye defeated Republican nominee John W. Overall with 55.04% of the vote. The 1916 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democrat Thomas Clarke Rye defeated Republican nominee John W. Overall with 55.04% of the vote." ] }, { "idx": 545, "question": "If Walter O'Malley had completed his law degree at the initial university he enrolled in, which institution would he have graduated from?", "answers": [ "Columbia University" ], "context": [ "Applied Science his father gave him a cabin cruiser that slept eight. He was also Junior and Senior class president. O'Malley originally enrolled at Columbia University in New York City for law school, but after his family lost their money in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, he switched from Columbia Law School to night school at Fordham University. Edwin O'Malley's dry goods business was failing and Walter had to help run the business. Personal. On September 5, 1931, he married Katherine Elizabeth \"Kay\" Hanson (1907\u201379), whom he had dated since high school, at Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church in" ] }, { "idx": 546, "question": "If the \"Shaman King\" manga had never been re-launched by Kodansha and remained in its original publication, which publication would have exclusively featured the manga?", "answers": [ "Weekly Sh\u014dnen Jump" ], "context": [ "is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight. Takei chose shamanism as the main theme of the series because he wanted a topic that had never been attempted before in manga. The \"Shaman King\" manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's \"Weekly Sh\u014dnen Jump\" between June 1998 and August 2004. The individual chapters were collected and released in 32 \"tank\u014dbon\" volumes. In 2017, Kodansha acquired the rights to the series and re-launched it", "version has \"a great ending\", whose \"transcendental climax is not too different from Katsuhiro Otomo's \"Akira\", or for many American comics about beings with ultimate power.\" is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight. Takei chose shamanism as the main theme of the series because he wanted a topic that had never been attempted before in manga. The \"Shaman King\" manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's \"Weekly Sh\u014dnen Jump\" between June 1998" ] }, { "idx": 547, "question": "If Steve Ells, the founder of Chipotle Mexican Grill, had utilized the profits from his first restaurant as he initially planned, what type of restaurant would he have established after the first Chipotle?", "answers": [ "fine-dining restaurant", "fine-dining" ], "context": [ "sell 107 burritos per day to be profitable. After one month, the original restaurant was selling over 1,000 burritos a day. The second store opened in 1995 using Chipotle's cash flow, and the third was opened using an SBA loan. To fund more growth, Ells' father invested $1.5 million. Afterwards, Ells created a board of directors and business plan, raising an additional $1.8 million for the company. Ells had originally planned to use funds from the first Chipotle to open a fine-dining restaurant, but instead focused on Chipotle Mexican Grill when the restaurants saw success. In 1998, the first restaurant" ] }, { "idx": 548, "question": "If Kagome Higurashi from the manga and anime Inuyasha had been pulled into the parallel universe a year earlier than the story's timeline, what would have been her age during her initial visit to that universe?", "answers": [ "14", "fourteen" ], "context": [ "(and later on its revived Toonami block) from 2002 to 2015. The manga series had over 50 million copies in circulation as of September 2020. In 2002, the manga won the 47th Shogakukan Manga Award for the \"sh\u014dnen\" category. Plot. In modern-day Tokyo, Kagome Higurashi lives on the grounds of her family's Shinto shrine with her mother, grandfather, and younger brother. On her fifteenth birthday, while searching for her cat, Kagome is dragged into the enshrined by a centipede demon that emerges from it. But rather than hit the bottom, Kagome finds herself in another universe which is parallel to" ] }, { "idx": 549, "question": "If Guy Sebastian, the Australian pop singer, hadn't co-written the ballad \"Art of Love\", who would have been the sole writer of the song?", "answers": [ "Adam Reily" ], "context": [ "\"Art of Love\" was used to promote the 2010 season of Australian drama \"Home and Away\". The song was shortlisted for the 2010 APRA Song of the Year and received an ARIA Music Award nomination for Most Popular Australian Single. Background. \"Art of Love\" is a ballad co-written by Sebastian and Adam Reily. In an interview with Undercover Sebastian said it was a song that wasn't actually written for the album. \"I was writing it as a pitch. I was just going to pitch it to another artist who was more maybe R&B. But after writing it I thought 'I" ] }, { "idx": 550, "question": "If the manual recount of votes from Camarines Sur, Iloilo, and Negros Oriental for the 2016 Philippine presidential election had started as per the original schedule, which month would it have commenced?", "answers": [ "February" ], "context": [ "originally scheduled for February but was postponed to March 19, and then moved again to April 2. The first day was plagued with issues of some ballots from Bato, Camarines Sur being drenched wet causing these to be intelligible, and missing audit cards. The Robredo camp said that these may have been damaged from previous floods and typhoons, and that the tribunal can go over to the ballot images, and reprint the audit logs from the records of the commission, while Marcos' lawyers said that it was recently doused over. Caguioa along with Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio were the" ] }, { "idx": 551, "question": "If the video game \"Mighty No. 9\" had been released as per its original schedule, what would have been its release year?", "answers": [ "2015" ], "context": [ "additional \"stretch goals\" related to it were achieved, increasing the total funds obtained to over 400% of the original goal. The game was originally scheduled to be released in April 2015, but was delayed multiple times until it was eventually released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, OS X and Linux in mid-2016, with planned versions for the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS never surfacing. \"Mighty No. 9\" was highly anticipated after it was announced, but lengthy delays and Comcept's decision to fund another project, \"\", through Kickstarter were met with accusations of" ] }, { "idx": 552, "question": "If the role of Paula in \"The 40-Year-Old Virgin\" had been given to a male actor as originally intended, which actress would not have been cast?", "answers": [ "Jane Lynch" ], "context": [ "show mockumentary, \"Best in Show.\" Lynch played Christy Cummings, a butch lesbian personal dog handler to trophy wife Sheri Ann Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge). From there, she became a staple actress in Guest's casts, appearing in the director's \"A Mighty Wind\" (2003) as porn actress-turned-folk singer Laurie Bohner and in \"For Your Consideration\" (2006) as an entertainment reporter. Audiences and critics took notice of Lynch for her turn in Judd Apatow's \"The 40-Year-Old Virgin.\" She told \"Fresh Air's\" Terry Gross that the role was originally intended for a man but also that, at the urging of Steve Carell's wife Nancy Walls," ] }, { "idx": 553, "question": "If the MKRN3 gene in humans had retained its original name, what would we be calling it today?", "answers": [ "Zinc finger protein 127" ], "context": [ "in the LIN28 and KISS1/KISS1R genes to be the common cause underlying ICPP. The gene MKRN3, which is a maternally imprinted gene, was first cloned by Jong et al. in 1999. MKRN3 was originally named Zinc finger protein 127. It is located on human chromosome 15 on the long arm in the Prader-Willi syndrome critical region2, and has since been identified as a cause of premature sexual development or CPP. The identification of mutations in MKRN3 leading to sporadic cases of CPP has been a significant contribution to better understanding the mechanism of puberty. MKRN3 appears to act as a" ] }, { "idx": 554, "question": "If the seven specially created stories hadn't appeared in Tintin, which comic would have become the most popular in the Netherlands?", "answers": [ "Spike and Suzy" ], "context": [ "main series \"Nero\" appeared in the newspaper \"Het Volk\" from 1947 on. Willy Vandersteen worked for a whole series of magazines, both in Dutch and French, but his main series \"Spike and Suzy\" appeared in \"De Standaard\" from 1945 on. These two artists dominated the Flemish comics scene until 1980, but even though \"Nero\" gets translated in French and German, the only success outside Flanders was \"Spike and Suzy\", which became the most popular comic of the Netherlands and got a sizable audience in Wallonia as well, mainly because of the appearance of seven specially created stories in \"Tintin\", which" ] }, { "idx": 555, "question": "If Peter Pan had been able to face responsibilities, who would Captain Mainwaring not have compared him to?", "answers": [ "Sergeant Wilson", "Wilson" ], "context": [ "Meadow Bridge, having failed the entrance exam for Harrow. He was destined for the Indian Civil Service but failed that exam too. The final episode reveals Wilson to have reached the rank of captain in the Middlesex Regiment serving during the First World War. Captain Mainwaring, Wilson's senior in the Home Guard and in the bank, envies and resents Wilson's privileged background and once compared Wilson with Peter Pan, because he could never face responsibilities. These include Private Pike, who worships his \"Uncle Arthur\" but may be Wilson's son \u2013 Wilson has had a long relationship with Mavis Pike, Pike's" ] }, { "idx": 556, "question": "If the Royal Australian Navy hadn't planned to replace the \"Oberon\"-class submarines, how many companies' proposals would not have been received?", "answers": [ "Seven" ], "context": [ "The \"Collins\" class submarines are Australian-built diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The \"Collins\" class takes its name from Australian Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins; each of the six submarines is named after significant RAN personnel who distinguished themselves in action during . The six vessels were the first submarines built in Australia, prompting widespread improvements in Australian industry and delivering a sovereign (Australian controlled) sustainment/maintenance capability. Planning for a new design to replace the RAN's \"Oberon\"-class submarines began in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Proposals were received from seven companies; two were selected for a" ] }, { "idx": 557, "question": "If C\u00e1rdenas had not been captured and extradited, which group would not have become the dominant force in the Gulf Cartel by 2010?", "answers": [ "Los Zetas" ], "context": [ "and hyper-violent execution styles included practices such as flaying and castration as well as public displays of the victims. Split from the Gulf Cartel and Civil War between Los Zetas and Gulf Cartel. Following the capture and extradition of C\u00e1rdenas, Los Zetas became so powerful that they outnumbered and outclassed the Gulf Cartel in revenue, membership, and influence by 2010. As a result of this imbalance, the Cartel tried to curtail their own enforcers' influence and ended up instigating a civil war. In addition, the Cartel, through its narco-banners in Matamoros and Reynosa, accused Los Zetas of expanding their operations" ] }, { "idx": 558, "question": "If Percheron horses weren't utilized for pulling stagecoaches and agricultural tasks in the 17th century, what was their primary purpose?", "answers": [ "Horses in warfare", "war horses" ], "context": [ "The Percheron is a breed of draft horse that originated in the Huisne river valley in western France, part of the former Perche province from which the breed takes its name. Usually gray or black in color, Percherons are well muscled, and known for their intelligence and willingness to work. Although their exact origins are unknown, the ancestors of the breed were present in the valley by the 17th century. They were originally bred for use as war horses. Over time, they began to be used for pulling stagecoaches and later for agriculture and hauling heavy goods. In the late" ] }, { "idx": 559, "question": "If no American action adventure television series had been syndicated from 1958 to 1961, which show featuring Lloyd Bridges as Mike Nelson would not have been aired?", "answers": [ "Sea Hunt" ], "context": [ "Sea Hunt is an American action adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced. It stars Lloyd Bridges as former Navy diver Mike Nelson, and was produced by Ivan Tors. Development. Series executive producer Ivan Tors conceived the idea for \"Sea Hunt\" while working on the 1958 film \"Underwater Warrior\". He tried in vain to sell the series to all three major networks, but each network passed on it because they felt that a series set underwater could not be", "Bridges also endorsed swim equipment by Voit. Home media. TGG Direct released all 4 seasons on DVD in Region 1 on January 29, 2013. 50th anniversary. The Underwater Videographer Podcast presented a \"Sea Hunt\" 50th Anniversary podcast in December 2007. Appearing on the podcast were author Eric Hanauer, who interviewed Lloyd Bridges shortly before he died, actress Susan Silo, who guest starred in the \"Cougar\" episode, and Jeff Bridges, who shared memories of his father and \"Sea Hunt\". Sea Hunt is an American action adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular for decades" ] }, { "idx": 560, "question": "If Bart and Lisa had not inadvertently caused zombies to attack in the \"Treehouse of Horror III\" episode, which location would have been spared?", "answers": [ "Springfield" ], "context": [ "\"Treehouse of Horror III\" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series \"The Simpsons\". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 29, 1992. The third annual \"Treehouse of Horror\" episode, Homer buys Bart an evil talking Krusty doll, King Homer is captured by Mr. Burns, and Bart and Lisa inadvertently cause zombies to attack Springfield. The episode was written by Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Kogen, Wallace Wolodarsky, Sam Simon, and Jon Vitti, and directed by Carlos Baeza. Plot. Homer appears in front of a curtain and warns" ] }, { "idx": 561, "question": "If the chestnut-colored horse bred in California didn't have flashy white markings, what wouldn't it be called by horse aficionados?", "answers": [ "Chrome" ], "context": [ "California Chrome (foaled February 18, 2011) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2014 Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and 2016 Dubai World Cup. He was the 2014 and 2016 American Horse of the Year. In 2016, he surpassed Curlin as the all-time leading North American horse in earnings won. Bred in California, the chestnut-colored horse was named for his flashy white markings, called \"chrome\" by horse aficionados. He was bred and originally owned by Perry Martin from Yuba City, California, and Steve Coburn of Topaz Lake, Nevada, who named their partnership DAP Racing, standing for \"Dumb Ass Partners\"\u2014a" ] }, { "idx": 562, "question": "If the south section of West Quay in Southampton, England, had not undergone a name change, what would it still be called?", "answers": [ "West Quay Watermark" ], "context": [ "city status, becoming the City of Southampton, and because of the Local Government Act 1972 was turned into a non-metropolitan district within the Hampshire county in 1973. Southampton City Council took over most of the functions of Hampshire County Council within the city in April 1997 (including education and social services, but not the fire service), and thus became a unitary authority. 21st century. In the 2010s several developments to the inner-city of Southampton were completed. In 2016 the south section of West Quay, or West Quay South, originally known as West Quay Watermark, was opened to the public. Its" ] }, { "idx": 563, "question": "If the track \"Shadow of Your Love\" by Hollywood Rose had been included in the album \"Appetite for Destruction\", where would it not have been released?", "answers": [ "It's So Easy/Mr. Brownstone" ], "context": [ "band's debut album, \"Appetite for Destruction\", were written beforehand and originally intended for earlier projects. While the Hollywood Rose track \"Shadow of Your Love\" was re-recorded during these sessions, it didn't make it to the album. However, it was released as a B-side of the album's first single, \"It's So Easy/Mr. Brownstone\". Tobias was also thanked in the album's credits. The third Guns N' Roses studio album, \"Use Your Illusion I\", was released in 1991, featuring a re-recorded version of \"Back Off Bitch\". At the time, Rose stated in an interview that the song was roughly ten years old. In" ] }, { "idx": 564, "question": "If the chip had not been adopted by Psion, Palm, and Nokia for PDAs, smartphones, camera phones, and cameras, how would ARM's licensing model have contributed to the success of tablet computers?", "answers": [ "Extend battery life", "Shrink component count", "Reduce the size of devices" ], "context": [ "Acorn A4 laptop in 1992. The chip was adopted by Psion, Palm and Nokia for PDAs and later smartphones, camera phones, cameras, etc. ARM's licensing model supported this success by allowing device manufacturers to license, alter and fabricate custom SoC derivatives tailored to their own products. This has helped manufacturers extend battery life and shrink component count along with the size of devices. The multiple licensees ensured that multiple fabricators could supply near-identical products, while encouraging price competition. This forced unit prices down to a fraction of their x86 equivalents. The architecture has historically had limited support from Microsoft, with" ] }, { "idx": 565, "question": "If Warner had chosen to distribute the live performance of \"I Love You Goodbye\" on TV stations, what would they not have created for the song?", "answers": [ "Official music video" ], "context": [ "in full chest voice. \"Constantly\" is the fourth single and it also performed well on charts. \"I Love You Goodbye\" was released as the final single from the album. Warner made an official music video for the song, instead of distributing the live performance on TV stations. Background and development. Nina's first two studio releases are heavily influenced by the pop-R&B sound reminiscent to international music at that time. Both albums contain a few cover versions, some of which were released as official singles and became commercially successful in the Philippines. \"Heaven\" contains two revivals, namely \"Foolish Heart\" (originally by" ] }, { "idx": 566, "question": "If there had been no dissatisfaction with Scott's expedition, who would not have resigned?", "answers": [ "Roland Huntford", "Huntford", "Meares" ], "context": [ "Scott at the top of the Beardmore Glacier on 22 December 1911. Several events occurred to obscure and ultimately frustrate this order. The fact that Meares had turned back from the polar march much later than originally planned meant that he did not return to Cape Evans until 5 January. Huntford suggests he resigned at this point because he was \"disgusted\" with Scott's expedition. Fiennes in contrast quotes from a letter by Cherry-Garrard in 1938 that Meares had been ready at Cape Evans to resupply One Ton Depot as ordered, when he had seen the ship arrive in the bay" ] }, { "idx": 567, "question": "If the initial recording of \"Carnival of Carnage\" had been published, who would have been the vocalist?", "answers": [ "Esham Attica Smith", "Esham" ], "context": [ "another producer, Mike E. Clark. The group finished recording the album with Clark at The Tempermill Studio in Ferndale, Michigan. Clark mastered his part of the album at Rythmatic Studio, and continued to work with the group throughout their career. Original group member John Kickjazz appeared on the songs \"Your Rebel Flag\", \"Psychopathic\", \"Blacken' Your Eyes\", \"Wizard of the Hood\", \"Red Neck Hoe\" and \"Taste\". \"Carnival of Carnage\" was originally recorded by Esham at Hells Doors Studio, but he pronounced \"carnage\" as \"carnicks\" and refused to redo it. The final version of the song was recorded by Joseph Bruce over" ] }, { "idx": 568, "question": "If Sony hadn't received negative feedback about the PlayStation Store's closure, what would have been the fate of the PS3 and Vita stores?", "answers": [ "closed", "closure" ], "context": [ "developers who had been producing titles for the PS Vita were not forewarned by Sony of the PlayStation Store's closure, requiring some to crunch to meet the deadline, while others whose games would not be ready made the decision to cancel them. As a result of the negative feedback, Sony announced on April 19, 2021, that they had reversed their decision to close the PS3 and Vita stores, leaving these available for the foreseeable future, though the PSP store will still close as originally planned on July 2, 2021. The day prior to the planned closure of the PSP store," ] }, { "idx": 569, "question": "If the hypothesis about antennal movements in lepidopterans aiding in body rotation sensation was not proposed, what would scientists believe these movements assist with?", "answers": [ "Wind or gravity perception" ], "context": [ "angles during flight. Antennal movements in lepidopterans were originally hypothesized to aid in wind or gravity perception. A study performed using the hawk moth, \"Manduca sexta\", confirmed that these tiny, antennal oscillations were actually contributing to body rotation sensation. Sane \"et al.\" (2007) determined that antennae were responsible for flight stabilization in hawk moths by removing the long part of the antenna (the flagellum), then reattaching it to determine its influence on flight performance. When the flagella were removed, the moths were no longer able to maintain stable flight. After reattachment of the flagella, flight performance was restored. The source" ] }, { "idx": 570, "question": "If feathers in birds did not evolve for the purpose of mate selection, what other function might have led to their evolution?", "answers": [ "gliding", "Insulation" ], "context": [ "they don't find it likely that pycnofibers and feathers likely and find it that pterosaur pycnofibers are poor models for constraining the evolutionary origin of feathers. Feathered dinosaurs. Several non-avian dinosaurs had feathers on their limbs that would not have functioned for flight. One theory suggests that feathers originally evolved on dinosaurs due to their insulation properties; then, small dinosaur species which grew longer feathers may have found them helpful in gliding, leading to the evolution of proto-birds like \"Archaeopteryx\" and \"Microraptor zhaoianus\". Another theory posits that the original adaptive advantage of early feathers was their pigmentation or iridescence, contributing" ] }, { "idx": 571, "question": "If Lorraine Bracco hadn't accepted the role of Dr. Jennifer Melfi in \"The Sopranos\", which character was she originally asked to portray?", "answers": [ "Carmela Soprano" ], "context": [ "Imperioli because he had been in \"Goodfellas.\" James Gandolfini was invited to audition for the part of Tony Soprano after casting director Susan Fitzgerald saw a short clip of his performance in the 1993 film \"True Romance\". Lorraine Bracco played the role of mob wife Karen Hill in \"Goodfellas\", and she was originally asked to play the role of Carmela Soprano. She took the role of Dr. Jennifer Melfi instead because she wanted to try something different and felt that the part of the highly educated Dr. Melfi would be more of a challenge for her. Tony Sirico has a" ] }, { "idx": 572, "question": "If the Old Park School hadn't moved to new premises in Quarry Bank in 2011, where would it have continued to operate?", "answers": [ "Russells Hall Estate" ], "context": [ "in favour of concentrating post-16 education in the borough's further education colleges. Special schools. There are several special schools within Dudley, to cater for students with special educational needs. The Old Park School serves pupils from the age of 3 to 19, and was originally located in the Russells Hall Estate, but relocated to new premises in Quarry Bank in 2011. The Rosewood School also caters for children within the age range. It was built on the Russells Hall Estate during the 1960s, but relocated to the former Highfields Primary School site in Coseley in March 2008. The Woodsetton School" ] }, { "idx": 573, "question": "If the Trappist monasteries didn't brew beer for funding their works and charitable causes, what would be their primary reason for brewing beer?", "answers": [ "to feed the community", "for self-sufficiency" ], "context": [ "own brewery in 1685. Breweries were later introduced in monasteries of other countries as the Trappist order spread from France into the rest of Europe. The Trappists, like many other religious orders, originally brewed beer to feed the community, in a perspective of self-sufficiency. Nowadays, Trappist breweries also brew beer to fund their works and charitable causes. Many of the Trappist monasteries and breweries were destroyed during the French Revolution and the World Wars. In the last 300 years, there were at least nine Trappist breweries in France, six in Belgium, two in the Netherlands, one in Germany, one in" ] }, { "idx": 574, "question": "If the 1982 National Football League's regular season hadn't been extended due to the players' strike, when was it originally scheduled to end?", "answers": [ "December 26, 1982", "December 26" ], "context": [ "regular season and the playoffs. The league expanded to a 16-game regular season and a 10-team playoff tournament in , but it was not until that the regular season ended after Christmas. It was originally scheduled to end on Sunday, December 26 of that year, but the regular season was extended to Sunday, January 2, 1983 after the 57-day NFL players' strike reduced the season from 16 games to 9; the NFL compensated by extending the regular season one week and eliminating the off week between the conference championships and the Super Bowl. In and again in , the NFL" ] }, { "idx": 575, "question": "If the Treaty of Peace hadn't been signed by the United States on June 1, 1868, which tribe's four-year period of hardships and exile would not have come to an end?", "answers": [ "Navajo Indian Tribe" ], "context": [ "and Treaties\" material is full of treaties between Natives and the U.S. government. For this bill, however, the protection was originally created by the Treaty of Peace between the Navajo Indian Tribe and the United States. On June 1, 1868, with the signing by 29 Navajo headmen and 10 officers of the United States Army, the sovereignty of the Navajo Tribe was officially recognized. (It was later ratified by the Senate on July 23 and proclaimed by President Andrew Johnson on August 12). With this treaty, it brought the end to a four-year period of the hardships and exile brought" ] }, { "idx": 576, "question": "If the rectification works to link up with the new Beltway in the city of Maua hadn't been carried out, which stream would have retained its original vegetation?", "answers": [ "Taboao stream", "Tabo\u00e3o stream" ], "context": [ "with species of Araucaria and Planalto Paulista typical of altitude climate. In the city, the Atlantic Forest areas most preserved are the wellsprings, the tank of Paulista, the Ecological Park Santa Luzia and the slopes of Guaraciaba. The wetlands were largely covered by reeds and cattails, plants typical of wetlands and marshlands. Currently, only the Tabo\u00e3o stream have the original vegetation in the urban environment, but will lose much of it due to rectification works to link up with the new Beltway. The valleys of the rivers Guai\u00f3 and Pinheirinho and the region of Cappburgo are still with this vegetation," ] }, { "idx": 577, "question": "If the uprisings demanding independence rather than reunification hadn't increased, which Chinese government would have potentially avoided collapse?", "answers": [ "Qing dynasty", "Qing dynasty government" ], "context": [ "unclear. It has been speculated that the increase in uprisings demanding independence rather than reunification was the result of the collapse of the Qing dynasty government in China, which deprived locals of a governmental figure with whom they were originally accustomed to identify. Aboriginals and Han joined together to revolt during the Seirai Temple Incident under Yo Seih\u014d (\u4f59 \u6e05\u82b3, \"Yu Qingfang\"). Multiple Japanese police stations were stormed by Aboriginal and Han Chinese fighters under K\u014d Tei (\u6c5f \u5b9a, \"Jiang Ding\") and Yo Seih\u014d. Seediq resistance. \"Musha\" events. Starting from 1897, the Japanese began a road building program that brought" ] }, { "idx": 578, "question": "If the young Emperor Leo II had remained alive, would Elia Verina still have turned against her son-in-law?", "answers": [ "Zeno" ], "context": [ "Verina was not content in the role of a widow. According to both Candidus and John of Antioch, she found a lover in the person of Patricius, a former Praetorian prefect. Verina had originally supported Zeno while the young emperor Leo II was still alive. Not long after her grandson's death, Verina turned against her son-in-law. John Malalas attributes her hostility to an argument between them over a request the senior Augusta had made on her son-in-law. Malalas does not clarify what was the request. A modern interpretation suggests that the request concerned her second marriage to Patricius. Which Zeno" ] }, { "idx": 579, "question": "If the detachment unit, known as Stanke Bey, under the command of German Lieutenant Colonel Stange hadn't been established from the 3rd Infantry Division originally stationed in Thrace, which forces would not have been reinforced and pinned down?", "answers": [ "Russians" ], "context": [ "German Lieutenant Colonel Stange was established from the 3rd Infantry Division, originally stationed in Thrace, to reinforce the offense and pin down the Russians. This detachment unit, known as Stanke Bey, consisted of two battalions of the 8th Infantry Regiment and two artillery batteries. The fighting power of 83,000 regular troops, reserves, and personnel from the Erzurum Fortress totalled 118,000. The total manpower including transportation units, depot regiments, and military police was 150,000. There were 73 machine guns and 218 artillery pieces. Ottoman forces were inadequately prepared for the campaign. Two divisions of the IX Corps began a long trek" ] }, { "idx": 580, "question": "If Pope Adrian IV had not issued the authorization letter for the reformation of the Irish church in 1155, who would not have had the opportunity to assert control over Ireland?", "answers": [ "Henry" ], "context": [ "and that was not in fact Adrian's intention. It originally allowed Henry's brother William some territory. Henry did not personally act on this until 1171 by which time William was already dead. He invaded Ireland to assert his authority over knights who had accrued autonomous power after they recruited soldiers in England and Wales and colonised Ireland with his permission. Henry later gave Ireland to his youngest son, John. In 1172 Henry gave John the castles of Chinon, Loudun and Mirebeau as a wedding gift. This angered Henry's eighteen-year-old son, Henry the Young King, who believed these were his. A" ] }, { "idx": 581, "question": "If the Red Velvet flavor of Pop Tarts had not been a successful seller, until what year would it have been produced?", "answers": [ "2017" ], "context": [ "Eggo flavored Pop Tarts. Occasionally a limited flavor will sell so well that Kellogg's will keep producing it longer or make it a regular flavor. Red Velvet was originally released as a limited flavor in 2013, but sold so well it was kept in production until 2017, and then returned as a standard flavor in 2021. Outside the United States. A much more limited number of flavors are available outside the US. This is due to local laws that may prohibit the use of specific food dyes, or the use of high fructose corn syrup. Only three flavors are available" ] }, { "idx": 582, "question": "If a viral genome containing inactivating damage does not interact with an infected cell, what cannot be formed according to the concept of multiplicity reactivation?", "answers": [ "viral genome" ], "context": [ "damage interact within an infected cell to form a viable viral genome. MR was originally discovered with the bacterial virus bacteriophage T4, but was subsequently also found with pathogenic viruses including influenza virus, HIV-1, adenovirus simian virus 40, vaccinia virus, reovirus, poliovirus and herpes simplex virus. When HSV particles are exposed to doses of a DNA damaging agent that would be lethal in single infections, but are then allowed to undergo multiple infection (i.e. two or more viruses per host cell), MR is observed. Enhanced survival of HSV-1 due to MR occurs upon exposure to different DNA damaging agents, including" ] }, { "idx": 583, "question": "If the casting directors had succeeded in their plan of incorporating multiple voice cameos, who would not have been the sole celebrity voice actor in the film \"Space Jam\"?", "answers": [ "Danny Devito" ], "context": [ "the voice actors for the established \"Looney Tunes\" characters being far better than Mel Blanc and not just replications. Joe Alaskey, one of Blanc's successors at Warner Bros. Animation, was put by Reitman through a set of auditions which lasted months until Alaskey got tired of waiting to be cast and backed out from the project despite that his agent was called up by Reitman to bring him back. The casting directors originally planned several voice cameos; however, that did not work out, and Danny DeVito ended up being the only celebrity voice actor in the film, which was for" ] }, { "idx": 584, "question": "If Amanda Seyfried hadn't had scheduling conflicts with the film \"Big Love\", which movie would she have potentially starred in as \"Baby Doll\"?", "answers": [ "Sucker Punch (2011 film)", "Sucker Punch" ], "context": [ "the song \"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)\". In March 2008, Seyfried was cast in the comedy horror film \"Jennifer's Body\" as Anita \"Needy\" Lesnicki, the title character's best friend. The film, which premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and was released to theaters on September 18, 2009, received mixed reviews from critics. The same year she was cast in the comedy-drama independent film \"Boogie Woogie\". She played Paige Oppenheimer, one of the lead roles in the ensemble movie. The movie was originally shown on June 26, 2009, at Edinburgh International Film Festival, and was shown in" ] }, { "idx": 585, "question": "If the Olympic symbol didn't consist of five interlocking rings, what wouldn't it represent?", "answers": [ "Five continents", "continents" ], "context": [ "was originally created in 1913 by Coubertin. He appears to have intended the rings to represent the five inhabited continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. According to Coubertin, the colours of the rings together with the white of the background included the colours composing every competing country's flag at the time. Upon its initial introduction, Coubertin stated the following in the August 1913 edition of \"Olympique\": In his article published in the \"Olympic Revue\" the official magazine of the International Olympic Committee in November 1992, the American historian Robert Barney explains that the idea of the interlaced rings" ] }, { "idx": 586, "question": "If the weather conditions had been favorable, which stage of the race would have commenced in Bormio?", "answers": [ "15th", "fifteenth" ], "context": [ "stage between Parma and Colle Don Bosco was cancelled due to protests near the finish line. The fifteenth stage was originally intended to be and to start in Bormio. However, due to very poor weather conditions, the start was moved to Spondigna and the stage was shortened to . The route originally had the riders crossing the Stelvio Pass, but it was skipped due to snowdrifts that had developed on the roads. Excluding the finish on the Merano 2000, the stage was relatively flat after the adjustments. In previous years, the organizers had made the race easier for the Italian" ] }, { "idx": 587, "question": "If a case was filed in an incorrect court within the jurisdiction, what can the defendant invoke to move it?", "answers": [ "removal jurisdiction", "Move for \"forum non conveniens\"", "Request for a change of venue" ], "context": [ "may invoke the removal jurisdiction of a federal court to take a claim out of the state court, request for a change of venue because the case was brought in the improper court within the jurisdiction, and move for \"forum non conveniens\" on the ground that the case was brought in an inappropriate forum based on the locations of the parties or evidence. In criminal cases. Forum shopping also happens, albeit less frequently, in U.S. federal criminal trials, especially as certain districts and circuits are widely thought to favor the government in particular issues or trials. It is often claimed" ] }, { "idx": 588, "question": "If the character in the \"Half-Life 2\" video game didn't have to fight against increasingly unfavorable odds to survive, who would he have been battling against?", "answers": [ "Freeman" ], "context": [ "come to bear fully upon human society, and he is forced to fight against increasingly unfavorable odds in order to survive. In his struggle, he is joined by various acquaintances, including former Black Mesa colleagues, oppressed citizens of City 17, and the Vortigaunts, all of whom later prove to be valuable allies. \"Half-Life 2\" received critical acclaim, including 35 Game of the Year awards, when it was originally released for Windows in 2004. , over 6.5 million copies of Half-Life 2 have been sold at retail. Although Steam sales figures are unknown, their rate surpassed retail's in mid-2008 and they" ] }, { "idx": 589, "question": "If the studio had decided to impose a $25,000 fine for producing, distributing, or exhibiting any film without a specific approval, what approval would they need to avoid this fine?", "answers": [ "PCA", "Production Code Administration" ], "context": [ "to impose a $25,000 fine for producing, distributing, or exhibiting any film without PCA approval. Hays had originally hired Breen, who had worked in public relations, in 1930 to handle Production Code publicity, and the latter was popular among Catholics. Joy began working solely for Fox Studios, and Wingate had been bypassed in favor of Breen in December 1933. Hays became a functionary, while Breen handled the business of censoring films. Breen initially had anti-Semitic prejudices, and was quoted as stating that Jews \"are, probably, the scum of the earth.\" When Breen died in 1965, the trade magazine \"Variety\" stated," ] }, { "idx": 590, "question": "If the soil mechanics had not been poor, what would not have needed to be moved on the Nordland line?", "answers": [ "Right-of-way" ], "context": [ "right-of-way had to be moved because of poor soil mechanics. There were similar issues north of the Lunnan Tunnel, forcing the tunnel to be extended and a supporting being built. Steinkjer is surrounded by a moraine which had to be traversed with a cutting, long and up to deep. of earthwork was removed, half with a steam shovel, and largely used to build reclaimed land for the railway's right-of-way through Steinkjer. The long section from Hell to Stj\u00f8rdal started revenue service on 1 February 1902. The long section from Stj\u00f8rdalshalsen to Levanger was officially opened on 27 October 1902, with" ] }, { "idx": 591, "question": "If the directors of Pecunix hadn't relocated the gold bullion to an undisclosed location in 2008, where would it have remained?", "answers": [ "Mat Securitas Express AG" ], "context": [ "to be available. As a consequence of these charges, by January 2010 the U.S. Government had seized all of the assets of e-Bullion, resulting in the complete closure of the company. In June 2011 a California jury found Fayed guilty of murder and sentenced him to death. Pecunix. Pecunix was a gold based digital currency (or e-currency) in which accounts had balances in GAU (gold grams). Pecunix was founded by Simon \"Sidd\" Davis in 2002, and was registered and incorporated in Panama. All gold bullion was originally stored with Mat Securitas Express AG in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland, but in 2008 the" ] }, { "idx": 592, "question": "If the University of Birmingham project hadn't promoted new tourism opportunities, which hills' springs and wells would not have been identified?", "answers": [ "Malvern Hills" ], "context": [ "and restoration to 20 historical sites, a grant of \u00a3270,000 was awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The MSA produces a free newsletter available at the Tourist Information Centre in Great Malvern, at St Ann's Well and for download. The Friends of Malvern Springs and Wells is an informal group led by Cora Weaver and Bruce Osborne that identified the 130+ springs and wells of the Malvern Hills in the early 1990s. This was in conjunction with a University of Birmingham project to promote new tourism opportunities. Since then they have published various books and a regular bi-monthly newsletter and" ] }, { "idx": 593, "question": "If the 2011 cladistic analysis by Novas \"et al.\" had not suggested that \"Pradhania\" is a massospondylid, what was \"Pradhania\" originally classified as?", "answers": [ "Basal sauropodomorph" ], "context": [ "\"Massospondylus\", was also classified as a massospondylid, as was \"Leyesaurus\", another South American genus that was named in 2011. \"Pradhania\" was originally regarded as a more basal sauropodomorph but new cladistic analysis performed by Novas \"et al.\", 2011 suggests that \"Pradhania\" is a massospondylid. \"Pradhania\" presents two shared traits of the Massospondylidae recovered in their phylogenetic analysis, and the fossils of \"Pradhania\" were discovered from the same region and basin in India as \"M. hislopi\". The following cladogram shows the position of \"Massospondylus\" within Massospondylidae, according to Fernando E. Novas and colleagues, 2011: Paleobiology. As with all dinosaurs, much of" ] }, { "idx": 594, "question": "If the Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Sepracor hadn't sold the development rights of Fexofenadine to Hoechst Marion Roussel (now part of Sanofi-Aventis), who would have originally held the development rights?", "answers": [ "Biotechnology company Sepracor" ], "context": [ "into the related carboxylic acid, fexofenadine. Fexofenadine was found to retain all of the biological activity of its parent, while giving fewer adverse reactions in patients, so terfenadine was replaced in the market by its metabolite. Fexofenadine was originally synthesized in 1993 by Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Sepracor, which then sold the development rights to Hoechst Marion Roussel (now part of Sanofi-Aventis), and was later approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996. Albany Molecular Research Inc. (AMRI) holds the patents to the intermediates and production of fexofenadine HCl, along with Roussel. Since that time, it has achieved" ] }, { "idx": 595, "question": "If a user is required to log onto a specific company's website to read their received messages, which system does this secure messaging method closely resemble?", "answers": [ "Webmail" ], "context": [ "of usage and no need for the end users to install a program. Secure messaging is in use where an entity (hospitals, banks, etc.) wishes to control the dissemination of sensitive information. Secure messaging functions similarly to webmail, in that the user must log on to a websiteoperated by the company or entity in questionto read received messages. With both secure messaging and webmail, all email data is stored on the email provider's servers and thus subject to unauthorized access, or access by government agencies. However, in the case of email clients, it is possible to configure the client such" ] }, { "idx": 596, "question": "If Karl Marx had not lived in exile from 1843 until 1849, which book might not have been published?", "answers": [ "The Poverty of Philosophy" ], "context": [ "The Poverty of Philosophy ( \"Mis\u00e8re de la philosophie\") is a book by Karl Marx published in Paris and Brussels in 1847, where he lived in exile from 1843 until 1849. It was originally written in French as a critique of the economic and philosophical arguments of French anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon set forth in his 1846 book \"The System of Economic Contradictions, or The Philosophy of Poverty.\" History. The ideas of Proudhon. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) was a French anarchist theoretician who wrote extensively on the relationship between the individual and the state. Proudhon believed in an orderly society but argued", "publication of Volume 6 of the joint Soviet-British-American publication of \"Marx-Engels Collected Works\" in 1975. The Poverty of Philosophy ( \"Mis\u00e8re de la philosophie\") is a book by Karl Marx published in Paris and Brussels in 1847, where he lived in exile from 1843 until 1849. It was originally written in French as a critique of the economic and philosophical arguments of French anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon set forth in his 1846 book \"The System of Economic Contradictions, or The Philosophy of Poverty.\" History. The ideas of Proudhon. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) was a French anarchist theoretician who wrote extensively on the" ] }, { "idx": 597, "question": "If WOR-TV's license had been relocated in 1983, where would the station be situated?", "answers": [ "New Jersey" ], "context": [ "without any commercial VHF allocations located within the state due to the 1962 conversion of Newark's channel 13 to a non-commercial outlet). Soon after this law took effect, RKO moved WOR-TV's license to Secaucus, New Jersey ( west of Manhattan) on April 20, 1983. However, for all intents and purposes, it remained a New York City station. WOR radio had originally been licensed to Newark when it signed on in 1922; while it moved its studios across the Hudson River in 1926, it remained licensed in Newark until 1941. One of the FCC's conditions of renewing channel 9's license required" ] }, { "idx": 598, "question": "If Jeff Hardy hadn't been discovered unconscious in his hotel stairwell, which match would he have participated in at the Survivor Series?", "answers": [ "WWE Championship Match" ], "context": [ "WWE draft. Hardy made his debut for the brand on the July 4 episode of \"SmackDown\", defeating John Morrison. Hardy participated in the WWE Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven and also challenged for the championship at No Mercy and Cyber Sunday, but failed to win each time. He was originally scheduled to be in the WWE Championship match at Survivor Series, but, in storyline, was found unconscious in his hotel stairwell, allowing the returning Edge to replace him in the match and win the title. At Armageddon, Hardy defeated Edge and Triple H in a triple threat match to capture" ] }, { "idx": 599, "question": "If the NHL hadn't experienced a lockout during the 2012-2013 season, which special events would have been spared from cancellation?", "answers": [ "2013 NHL Winter Classic", "2013 All-Star Game" ], "context": [ "NHL season officially entered a lockout after the expiration of the CBA on September 15, 2012, prior to the planned start of the pre-season. Locked-out players immediately began signing with the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Czech Extraliga (ELH), the SM-liiga, and the Elitserien (SEL), the last of which largely resisted signing locked-out players. The NHL canceled all regular-season games originally scheduled up to January 14, 2013, including the 2013 NHL Winter Classic. The 2013 NHL All-Star Game was also canceled. On January 6, 2013, after a 16-hour negotiating session, the owners and players union reached a tentative agreement for a" ] }, { "idx": 600, "question": "If the rooms in the Hotel Aubecq in Brussels had been designed with a regular shape, what would Victor Horta likely have preserved?", "answers": [ "furniture", "Original family furniture" ], "context": [ "Its peculiarity was the octagonal shape of the rooms, and the three facades with windows, designed to give maximum light. The owner originally wished to keep his original family furniture, but because of the odd shape of the rooms, Horta was commissioned to create new furniture. By 1948, Art Nouveau was out of style, the house was sold to a new owner, who wished to demolish it. A movement began to preserve the house, but in the end only the facade and the furnishings were saved by the City of Brussels. The facade was disassembled and put into storage, and" ] }, { "idx": 601, "question": "If Sandra Gough hadn't been cast as Nellie Dingle, who would have likely taken on the role?", "answers": [ "Jane Cox" ], "context": [ "was first introduced by producer Mervyn Watson in 1996 who cast Jane Cox for the role. Lisa first appeared in August 1996, as a potential love interest for Zak Dingle (Steve Halliwell) after his wife Nellie Dingle (Sandra Gough) left to care for her father in Ireland. Jane Cox really loved the idea to play Lisa Clegg in \"Emmerdale\". In an interview shortly after landing the role of Lisa, Jane stated [...] 'I was told that Lisa was a big lady and most comfortable in wellington boots [...] . Jane Cox had originally auditioned for the role of Nellie Dingle." ] }, { "idx": 602, "question": "If the Hais pipeline during Operation Pluto in World War II had been constructed according to the original plan, which area's beach would have been the pipeline's destination instead of Boulogne's?", "answers": [ "Ambleteuse" ], "context": [ "commenced pumping on 26 October, and remained in action until the end of the war. Lines were run to a beach in the outer harbour of Boulogne, distant across the Strait of Dover, instead of Ambleteuse as originally planned because the beach at the latter was heavily mined. This involved a longer distance and a more difficult approach, but cable-laying techniques had been refined. The ends of the cable were dropped just offshore and picked up by the barges for connection to the shore. The Hamel pipe gave more trouble, but after some trial and error, it was laid with" ] }, { "idx": 603, "question": "If the film \"The Bad Guys\" had not been delayed and was released as initially planned, what would have been its theatrical release date?", "answers": [ "September 17, 2021" ], "context": [ "executive producers for the film. On the same day, director Pierre Perifel announced the character casting on his Instagram account. Music. On June 22, 2021, Daniel Pemberton was signed to compose the score for the film. Marketing. The first trailer was released on December 14, 2021. Release. Theatrical. On October 7, 2019, it was reported that the film would be theatrically released on September 17, 2021, taking over the release date of \"Spooky Jack\". In December 2020, the film was delayed with \"\" taking its original slot, though it was confirmed that it would get a new date \"within the" ] }, { "idx": 604, "question": "If the Walt Disney World Railroad in Florida had acquired two more operational Baldwin locomotives, what would be the total count of these locomotives?", "answers": [ "six" ], "context": [ "along with the 6 in swamp trackage, hauling logs to the mill in Hardeeville. Upon arrival at the MCRR in 1960, it received substantial repairs and was put into service by the early 1970s, replacing the 6 as the MCRR's main engine. In 1987, the 2 was taken out of service for a complete rebuild which is still in progress as of January 2011. The Walt Disney World Railroad, which runs around the Magic Kingdom in Florida, has four operational Baldwin locomotives: a 1916 Class 8-C 4-4-0 No. 4 (The \"Roy O. Disney\"), twin locomotives No. 1 and No. 3," ] }, { "idx": 605, "question": "If Terry Bisson had undergone one more divorce and subsequent remarriage, what would be his total count of marriages?", "answers": [ "four" ], "context": [ "Judy Jensen. Bisson has been married three times. He and his first wife, Deirdre Holst, have three children. His second marriage was to Mary Corey. Bisson married his \"longtime companion\" Judy Jensen on December 24, 2004; the couple has one daughter, and Bisson acts as stepfather to Jensen's two children. In the 1960s, early in his career, Bisson collaborated on several comic book stories with Clark Dimond, and he edited Major Publications' black-and-white horror-comics magazine \"Web of Horror\", leaving before the fourth issue. Bisson's first novel was \"Wyrldmaker\", a science fiction novel influenced by James Blish's \"The Seedling Stars\". His" ] }, { "idx": 606, "question": "If the sales of the IBM PCjr computing system had doubled in June 1984, how many units would each store have sold in that month?", "answers": [ "3.8" ], "context": [ "every month from June (1.9 units sold per store) to September (4.2) and many dealers reported selling more in the weeks following the changes than in the previous seven months. The more expensive model now cost the $800 to $900 that had originally been expected prior to release. With the new hardware options and lower prices consumers could buy a PCjr for $1,000 less than a comparable PC. The PCjr reportedly became the best-selling computer, outselling the Apple IIe and IIc by four to one in some stores and even the C64. As sales reached an estimated 50 per store" ] }, { "idx": 607, "question": "If the Lighthouse residential project in Aarhus Docklands of Denmark hadn't encountered any financial issues, how many stages would the project have been divided into?", "answers": [ "two" ], "context": [ "was sub-divided in 2 stages. Both stages are completed, with stage 2 finished in 2014. The third and last stage with the tower landmark is current under planning. Construction and change of plans. The original phase 2 of the Light House project, included a 142 m tall tower. Located at the edge of the harbour front, overlooking the Aarhus Bay, it would have been the tallest building in Denmark and a landmark for the city of Aarhus. It was supposed to comprise more apartments, offices, a hotel and restaurant and underground parking lots. In addition to the original financial problems," ] }, { "idx": 608, "question": "If Woodrow Wilson, the incumbent Democratic President, had been defeated in the 1916 United States presidential election, who would have taken his place?", "answers": [ "Charles Evans Hughes" ], "context": [ "The 1916 United States presidential election was the 33rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate. In June, the 1916 Republican National Convention chose Hughes as a compromise between the conservative and progressive wings of the party. Hughes, who had served as Governor of New York prior to the Supreme Court, defeated John W. Weeks, Elihu Root, and several other candidates on the third ballot of the convention. While conservative and progressive Republicans had been divided in the" ] }, { "idx": 609, "question": "If Darrell Waltrip Motorsports had never changed its original name, what would it be known as?", "answers": [ "DarWal, Inc", "DarWal Inc." ], "context": [ "Darrell Waltrip Motorsports was a NASCAR team owned by three-time Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip. It was formed in 1991 when Waltrip resigned from Hendrick Motorsports to start his own team, and was originally named DarWal, Inc.. During the 1970s, Waltrip, like many drivers of the time, formed their own teams for racing, in lower levels, originally DarWal, Inc, was his personal licensing agent and operator for many short-track cars he would race at many circuits on non-Cup weekends or special events, and eventually went to Busch Series racing. In 1991, the racing team moved up to the Cup level,", "although Justin Labonte also drove a few races for the team. After one last race with Michael McDowell the team sold off its truck equipment in October 2007 to legendary road racing team The Racer's Group. Darrell Waltrip Motorsports was a NASCAR team owned by three-time Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip. It was formed in 1991 when Waltrip resigned from Hendrick Motorsports to start his own team, and was originally named DarWal, Inc.. During the 1970s, Waltrip, like many drivers of the time, formed their own teams for racing, in lower levels, originally DarWal, Inc, was his personal licensing agent" ] }, { "idx": 610, "question": "If four more members had been included in the formation of the Japanese girl group E-Girls, what would have been the total number of members in the group at its inception?", "answers": [ "25" ], "context": [ "and CEO of LDH\u2014announced the \"Girls Entertainment Project\", which was later changed to E-Girls; he confirmed that it would consist of all members from Dream, Happiness, and Flower. Bunny were not originally formed as part of E-Girls, and were to debut separately in 2013, but they never carried out any activities. Following their formation, E-girls consisted of 21 members. On 28 December 2011, the group debuted with their single \"Celebration\", which peaked inside the top ten on the Oricon Singles Chart. Sayaka Yamamoto became the first member of E-girls to leave the group, and subsequently her band Dream; her promise" ] }, { "idx": 611, "question": "If the COVID-19 pandemic hadn't caused any delays, when would the trial of Jason Kessler, the primary organizer of the Unite the Right rally, have commenced?", "answers": [ "2020" ], "context": [ "Unite the Right rally in August 2017. Kessler was the first named defendant in the case due to his role as a primary organiser of the Unite the Right rally. The trial was originally scheduled for late 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The trial began on October 25, 2021, and the jury reached a verdict on November 23. Kessler was found liable on two counts; civil conspiracy under Virginia state law, and engaging in race-base harassment or violence. External links. Personal website [] Jason Eric Kessler (born September 22, 1983) is an American neo-Nazi, white supremacist," ] }, { "idx": 612, "question": "If the restaurant located upstairs in the East Broadway Mall in Manhattan, New York City, had retained its original name since its inception, what would it be known as?", "answers": [ "Triple Eight Palace" ], "context": [ "Theater and upstairs of the mall housed the 88 Palace Restaurant serving Hong Kong style dim sum meals. The property ground is actually city-owned and it was once a vacant lot. However, in 1985, the city signed a 50-year lease with a developer named Kwok Ming Chan building the East Broadway Mall and the official opening of the mall was in 1988. It initially first opened with storefronts being primarily Cantonese shops with many Cantonese customers as the Chinese population in the area was mainly Cantonese speaking at that time and the restaurant upstairs was originally named \"Triple Eight Palace\"." ] }, { "idx": 613, "question": "If the release of \"The Craft: Music from the Motion Picture\" soundtrack had been postponed by a week, in which month would it have been released?", "answers": [ "May" ], "context": [ "boring. The makeup effects were designed and created by Tony Gardner and his special effects company Alterian, Inc., which also created the beached sharks for the film. Soundtrack. \"The Craft: Music from the Motion Picture\" was released on April 30, 1996, by Columbia Records on CD and cassette, one month before the film's official theatrical release in the United States. The soundtrack contains a collection of songs, to suit the theme of the movie, from various artists including Heather Nova, Letters to Cleo, and Spacehog. Nova's version of \"I Have the Touch\", originally performed by Peter Gabriel, which featured during" ] }, { "idx": 614, "question": "If the capacity of Torpedo Stadium in Minsk, Belarus was doubled, what would be its new spectator capacity?", "answers": [ "10,400" ], "context": [ "Torpedo Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Minsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Torpedo Minsk. The stadium holds 5,200 spectators. History. The stadium was built and opened in 1958. It was used by Torpedo Minsk until the club's dissolution in 2005. Since 2006, the stadium in owned by FC Minsk, who used it as a primary home ground during 2006\u20132009 and 2013\u20132015. In 2014, reformed Torpedo Minsk started using the stadium again, leasing it from FC Minsk. The stadium is also used occasionally as a home venue for Belarus national", "youth and female teams. In 2009, it hosted matches of the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. Torpedo Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Minsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Torpedo Minsk. The stadium holds 5,200 spectators. History. The stadium was built and opened in 1958. It was used by Torpedo Minsk until the club's dissolution in 2005. Since 2006, the stadium in owned by FC Minsk, who used it as a primary home ground during 2006\u20132009 and 2013\u20132015. In 2014, reformed Torpedo Minsk started using the stadium again, leasing it" ] }, { "idx": 615, "question": "If Philip Roth's novel \"Everyman\" had been published a year later than its original release, what would have been its publication year?", "answers": [ "2007" ], "context": [ "Everyman is a novel by Philip Roth, published by Houghton Mifflin in May 2006. It won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2007. It is Roth's third novel to receive the prize. Plot. The book begins at the funeral of its protagonist. The remainder of the book, which ends with his death, looks mournfully back on episodes from his life, including his childhood, where he and his older brother, Howie, worked in his father's shop, Everyman's Jewelry Store. He has been married three times, with two sons from his first marriage who resent him for leaving their mother, and one", "but Death says, \"I am Death\" and Everyman's answer is the first great line in English drama: \"Oh, Death, thou comest when I had thee least in mind.\" When I thought of you least. Everyman is a novel by Philip Roth, published by Houghton Mifflin in May 2006. It won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2007. It is Roth's third novel to receive the prize. Plot. The book begins at the funeral of its protagonist. The remainder of the book, which ends with his death, looks mournfully back on episodes from his life, including his childhood, where he and" ] }, { "idx": 616, "question": "If Mauricio Macri had won his reelection bid in the 2019 Argentine general election, who would have been the president?", "answers": [ "Mauricio Macri" ], "context": [ "General elections were held in Argentina on 27 October 2019, to elect the president of Argentina, members of the national congress and the governors of most provinces. Former Cabinet Chief Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez of Frente de Todos defeated incumbent president Mauricio Macri of Juntos por el Cambio, exceeding the threshold to win the presidency in a single round. Macri became the first incumbent president in Argentine history to be defeated in his reelection bid. Electoral system. The election of the president was conducted under the ballotage system, a modified version of the two-round system. A candidate can win the presidency in" ] }, { "idx": 617, "question": "If the size of the Snickers bar hadn't been reduced, what would have been its original weight in the United Kingdom before 2009?", "answers": [ "62.5g" ], "context": [ "been refined to milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, skim milk, lactose, milkfat, soy lecithin, artificial flavor), peanuts, corn syrup, sugar, palm oil, skim milk, lactose, salt, egg whites, artificial flavor. Caloric value. The USDA lists the caloric value of a 2-ounce (57 gram) Snickers bar as . As of 2018, the United Kingdom bar has a weight of 48g, with 245 kcal, and the Canadian bar 52g with 250 kcal. Bar weight. Over the years, the bar weight has decreased: Before 2009, in the UK a single Snickers bar had a weight of 62.5g. This weight was subsequently reduced" ] }, { "idx": 618, "question": "If terrestrial tetrapod fossils were not predominantly discovered in lacustrine environments, which eutriconodont's aquatic occurrences would be considered less significant?", "answers": [ "Astroconodon" ], "context": [ "of piscivorous mammal molars, occluding instead of interlocking, and that \"Astroconodon\"'s aquatic occurrences may be of little significance when most terrestrial tetrapod fossils are found in lacustrine environments anyway. However, two other eutriconodonts, \"Dyskritodon\" and \"Ichthyoconodon\", occur in marine deposits with virtually no dental erosion, implying that they died \"in situ\" and are thus truly aquatic mammals. Nonetheless, \"Ichthyoconodon\" may not be aquatic, but instead a gliding or even flying mammal. More recently, \"Yanoconodon\" and \"Liaoconodon\" have been interpreted as semiaquatic, bearing a long body and paddle-like limbs. A metatherian, the stagodontid \"Didelphodon\", has been suggested to be aquatic, due" ] }, { "idx": 619, "question": "If Luang Phaw Sot hadn't believed that he had reached the essence of Buddha's teachings, which meditation method would not have started as a tradition?", "answers": [ "Dhammak\u0101ya meditation" ], "context": [ "true Self (as opposed to the non-self). According to Mackenzie, \"Luang Phaw Sot sought to relate his breakthrough to the \"Satipa\u1e6d\u1e6dh\u0101na Sutta\". He interpreted a phrase which is normally understood as 'contemplating the body a body' as 'contemplating the body the body'. [Emphasis added] Convinced that he had attained the core of the Buddha's teaching, Phra Sodh started a new chapter in his life, which marked the start of Dhammak\u0101ya meditation as a tradition. Phra Sodh devoted the rest of his life to teaching and furthering the depth of knowledge of Dhammak\u0101ya meditation, a meditation method which he also called" ] }, { "idx": 620, "question": "If the two coastal villages in the county of Cumbria, North West England, had remained separate, which continuous settlement would not have been formed?", "answers": [ "Askam and Ireleth" ], "context": [ "Askam and Ireleth is a civil parish close to Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, in North West England. Historically part of Lancashire, it originally consisted of two separate coastal villages with different origins and histories which, in recent times, have merged to become one continuous settlement. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,632, reducing at the 2011 census to 3,462. Ireleth has its origins as a mediaeval farming village clustered on the hillside overlooking the flat sands of the Duddon Estuary. Askam was established following the discovery of large quantities of iron ore near the" ] }, { "idx": 621, "question": "If the term \"saints\" in Cotton Mather's book Magnalia Christi Americana does not refer to the canonized saints of the Catholic church, to whom does it refer?", "answers": [ "Puritan divines" ], "context": [ "saints and describes the process of the New England settlement. In this context \"saints\" does not refer to the canonized saints of the Catholic church, but to those Puritan divines about whom Mather is writing. It comprises seven total books, including \"Pietas in Patriam: The life of His Excellency Sir William Phips\", originally published anonymously in London in 1697. Despite being one of Mather's best-known works, some have openly criticized it, labeling it as hard to follow and understand, and poorly paced and organized. However, other critics have praised Mather's work, citing it as one of the best efforts at" ] }, { "idx": 622, "question": "If Marcus Albaladejo, better known as Crypt the Warchild, had not started rapping with his high school friends Mario Collazo and Richard Cruz, which group would not have been formed in the early 1990s?", "answers": [ "OuterSpace", "Group Outerspace" ], "context": [ "Marcus Albaladejo (born August 18, 1980), better known by his stage name Crypt the Warchild, is an underground rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Albaladejo is one half of the rap duo OuterSpace and is a member of Army of the Pharaohs. Crypt the Warchild is the older brother of rapper King Syze, who is also a member of Army of the Pharaohs. Biography. 1995-1999: Early Career. Crypt the Warchild started rapping with high school friends Mario Collazo and Richard Cruz. The trio later went on to form the group OuterSpace. The group originally started to form in the early 1990s and" ] }, { "idx": 623, "question": "If the Great Smoky Mountains National Park had not been developed, between which two locations would the highway not have been constructed in 1932?", "answers": [ "Tennessee to North Carolina" ], "context": [ "the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, was completed in 1839 and named after the old Cherokee Indian trail that the road paralleled. Newfound Gap itself was not recognized as the lowest gap over the mountains until 1872, when Arnold Guyot measured many of the mountains in the area and determined the \"Newfound Gap\" to be a lower, more accessible mountain pass. Newfound Gap Road. With the development of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park came the construction of a newer, more modern highway from Tennessee to North Carolina, completed in 1932 \u2013 this time crossing Newfound Gap, replacing" ] }, { "idx": 624, "question": "If Bob Arum hadn't encouraged him to continue by saying it was 'a magnificent fight', who would have quit boxing after the International Boxing Federation's title fight on June 13, 2009?", "answers": [ "Joshua Clottey" ], "context": [ "offensive, noticing that Cotto was unable to see right punches. During the last rounds, Cotto decided to employ his technique from outside, while the fight's tempo remained close. The judges decided the fight's outcome by split decision, awarding scores of 115\u2013112 and 116\u2013111 for Cotto and 114\u2013113 for Clottey. When the scorecards were read, Clottey shouted, \"Oh no! This can't happen\", then went over to Bob Arum and said, \"That's it, I quit, I'm done with boxing. I can't take it anymore.\" Arum said he thought it was 'a magnificent fight and you have to continue.' Cotto vs. Pacquiao. Immediately" ] }, { "idx": 625, "question": "If political reasons were not a factor, which aircraft would not have received fighter designations?", "answers": [ "F-117", "F-111" ], "context": [ "or unarmed reconnaissance. This may be for political or national security reasons, for advertising purposes, or other reasons. The Sopwith Camel and other \"fighting scouts\" of World War I performed a great deal of ground-attack work. In World War II, the USAAF and RAF often favored fighters over dedicated light bombers or dive bombers, and types such as the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and Hawker Hurricane that were no longer competitive as aerial combat fighters were relegated to ground attack. Several aircraft, such as the F-111 and F-117, have received fighter designations though they had no fighter capability due to political" ] }, { "idx": 626, "question": "If the Athenian daily \"Ethnos\" hadn't leaked the alleged secret diplomatic correspondence of the U.S. Department of State, who would have been the official respondents to the proposal regarding the Macedonia naming dispute?", "answers": [ "Athens", "Skopje" ], "context": [ "In the meantime, all major opposition parties expressed serious concerns about the proposal since it crossed the \"red line\" that Greece had set on a single name to be used \"erga omnes\". Before either Athens or Skopje had officially responded to the proposal, the Athenian daily \"Ethnos\" published an alleged secret diplomatic correspondence of the U.S. Department of State. The leaked document, originally tagged as classified until 2018, was said to detail a behind-the-scenes deal between Washington and Skopje on the main provisions of the Nimetz proposal as early as July. According to the newspaper, the latest UN-sponsored set of" ] }, { "idx": 627, "question": "If WIVB-TV had not undergone a name change, what was its original name when it first signed on the air on May 14, 1948 in Buffalo, New York?", "answers": [ "WBEN-TV" ], "context": [ "WIVB-TV, virtual channel 4 (UHF digital channel 36), is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Buffalo, New York, United States. Owned by Irving, Texas-based Nexstar Media Group, it is part of a duopoly with CW affiliate WNLO (channel 23). Both stations share studios on Elmwood Avenue in North Buffalo and transmitter facilities in Colden, New York. However, master control and some internal operations are based at Springfield, Massachusetts-licensed Nexstar sister station and NBC affiliate WWLP's studios in Chicopee. History. The station first signed on the air on May 14, 1948 as WBEN-TV. It was Buffalo's first television station, and the" ] }, { "idx": 628, "question": "If the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company had not merged with Pilot Life in 1968, which corporation would it not have formed?", "answers": [ "Jefferson-Pilot Corporation" ], "context": [ "the first fully licensed station in the South. At the time, the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company also had a 16.5% interest in the Greensboro News Company, licensee of WFMY-TV, which signed on from Greensboro two months after WBTV. Jefferson Standard had purchased WBT from CBS in 1947. Shortly before the television station went on the air, its call letters were modified from WBT-TV to WBTV. Jefferson Standard merged with Pilot Life in 1968 (although it had owned controlling interest since 1945) and became Jefferson-Pilot Corporation. In 1970, the media interests were folded into a new subsidiary, Jefferson-Pilot Communications. WBTV" ] }, { "idx": 629, "question": "If stealth technology hadn't enabled Iron Man to evade detection and infiltrate restricted areas undetected, which specific suit of armor would not have been developed?", "answers": [ "Stealth Armor" ], "context": [ "external thrustier, unique to this Iron Man version; however, the nuclear jets which allowed this made the suit bulky, heavy and awkward in Earth's gravity. The dangers inherent in an atomic-energy based propulsion system of such immense power seem to have driven Stark to build the thruster unit which he has been using ever since. Iron Man Armor Model 07 (Stealth Armor MK I). The Stealth armor is another of the specialized suits of armor developed by Stark for specific missions, similar to the Space Armor; indeed, its creation was inspired due to him being tracked by radar during his" ] }, { "idx": 630, "question": "If the station had agreed to remove a certain remark from the \"Huui, Huui\" episode of the series \"Critique\", who would not have resigned after only five programs?", "answers": [ "John Charles Daly", "John Daly" ], "context": [ "Louis Calder Foundation (paper industry leader), \u201cCritique\u201d was originally scheduled for 26 weekly programs. However, Daly resigned after only five programs because the station declined to delete from a taped program in the series \u2014 titled \"Huui, Huui,\" an opening production of the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater \u2014 a remark by David Goldman of radio station WCBS in New York that Daly considered obscene. The most notable and last guest on a \"Critique\" program hosted by Daly was Bronx-born singer/songwriter/pianist Laura Nyro, probably recorded on December 4, 1968, and originally broadcast on January 1, 1969, in which she" ] }, { "idx": 631, "question": "If the pearling industry hadn't been established in 1884, which island would not have attracted workers from various countries like Japan, Malaya, and India?", "answers": [ "Thursday Island" ], "context": [ "The new port was called Port Kennedy, after Edmund Kennedy, the explorer of Cape York Peninsula, and was established in 1867. The town that developed on the island was also called Port Kennedy, but on 1 June 1962 the town was renamed Thursday Island. In 1877, an administrative centre for the Torres Strait Islands was set up on the island by the Queensland Government and by 1883 over 200 pearling vessels were based on the island. Pearl trade. A lucrative pearling industry was founded on the island in 1884, attracting workers from around Asia, including Japan, Malaya and India, seeking" ] }, { "idx": 632, "question": "If Clay had not given his encouragement in 2013, who would not have performed their \"silly dance moves\" on the WWE Main Event?", "answers": [ "Matt Bloom", "Tensai" ], "context": [ "2013, Clay competed in the 2013 Royal Rumble match and was eliminated by five men. Tensai was embarrassed after a dance contest, but Clay encouraged him to dance and have fun because \"what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas\". Tensai, with Clay's encouragement, began using several \"silly dance moves\". Two days later on \"WWE Main Event\", Clay came out to support Tensai during his match with Titus O'Neil. Following this, Clay and Tensai formed a tag team and went on to defeat established teams such as Primo & Epico, Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal of 3MB and Team Rhodes Scholars" ] }, { "idx": 633, "question": "If the track \"Arms Around You\" hadn't been modified to include bigger star co-features, who was the original collaborator in 2017?", "answers": [ "Rio Santana" ], "context": [ "A music video was later released on what would've been Onfroy's 21st birthday. On October 22, 2018, Onfroy's manager Soloman Sobande stated in an interview with \"Billboard\" that Onfroy's third album would come \"very soon\" and that he had more than two album's worth of material. On October 25, 2018, EDM DJ-producer Skrillex released the song \"Arms Around You\", which is a collaboration he made with Onfroy, Lil Pump, Maluma and Swae Lee. The track was originally recorded in 2017 with Rio Santana, who appeared on Onfroy's \"?\" album, but was later changed to add bigger star co-features. Specifically, Lil" ] }, { "idx": 634, "question": "If the post-production schedules for \"Ready Player One\" and \"The Post\" hadn't overlapped, who would have composed the music for both films?", "answers": [ "John William", "John Williams" ], "context": [ "later, on November 13. Costume design. Writing for \"The New York Times\", Manohla Dargis indicated some high points in the costume design used in the film stating, \"The costume designer Ann Roth subtly brightens Katharine, taking her from leaden gray to free-flowing gold.\" Music. The score for the film was written by John Williams; it is his 28th collaboration with Spielberg. The music is a combination of traditional orchestral instrumentation and what Williams has called \"very light, computerised electronic effects.\" Williams was originally attached to write the music for Spielberg's \"Ready Player One\", but, because both films had similar post-production" ] }, { "idx": 635, "question": "If the lions guarding the entrance of the New York Public Library Main Branch at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street retained their original names, what would they be referred to as?", "answers": [ "Leo Astor", "Leo Lenox", "Leo Lennox" ], "context": [ "New York Public Library Main Branch at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street were originally named Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, after Astor and James Lenox, who founded the library from his own collection. Next, they were called Lord Astor and Lady Lenox (both lions are males). Mayor Fiorello La Guardia renamed them \"Patience\" and \"Fortitude\" during the Great Depression. The neighborhood of Astoria in Queens, New York City, is named after Astor. The one-block Astor Place street in Manhattan, New York City, was named after Astor, soon after his death. The coastal town of Astoria, Oregon, is named after Astor." ] }, { "idx": 636, "question": "If none of Uncle Theodor's children had desired to portray the Moor King in the nativity play, who would have assumed the role?", "answers": [ "Toxi" ], "context": [ "babies. Significance of the end of the film. At the end of Toxi, Toxi and Uncle Theodor's children put on a nativity play for the family. Although Toxi is originally supposed to be the Moor King, one of Uncle Theodor's children wants the role. Thus they paint the other girl's face black and Toxi's face white in order to symbolize a post-racial era and support the idea of the film that race is not something that people should discriminate and differentiate on. However, while the nativity play is in progress Toxi's grandmother brings Toxi's black American father into the house." ] }, { "idx": 637, "question": "If the Democratic Republic of the Congo had not adopted its present name in 1964, what would it still be called?", "answers": [ "Belgian Congo" ], "context": [ "The Belgian Congo (, ; ) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964. Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century. King Leopold II of Belgium attempted to persuade the Belgian government to support colonial expansion around the then-largely unexploited Congo Basin. Their ambivalence resulted in Leopold's establishing a colony himself. With support from a number of Western countries, Leopold achieved international recognition of the Congo Free State, in 1885. By the turn of the" ] }, { "idx": 638, "question": "If Father Greaton hadn't constructed the chapel in 1733, where would he have continued to conduct mass in Philadelphia?", "answers": [ "his house" ], "context": [ "Old St. Joseph's Church is a church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the first Roman Catholic church in the city. The church was founded in 1733; the current building was dedicated in 1839. History. Old St. Joseph's Church was founded by Joseph Greaton (1679\u20131753), an English Jesuit who came to Philadelphia from Maryland in 1729 to establish a mission. He originally celebrated mass in his house at 321 Willings Alley. Father Greaton built the first chapel in 1733, almost certainly a house-chapel attached to his residence. The right of Roman Catholics in the Province of Pennsylvania to worship at the" ] }, { "idx": 639, "question": "If Billy Idol had not been in a relationship with Linda Mathis, who would not have been born?", "answers": [ "Bonnie Blue" ], "context": [ "member of the rock band FIM. Lister and Idol separated in 1989. Idol also has a daughter, Bonnie Blue, from another relationship with Linda Mathis. On 6 February 1990 in Hollywood, Idol was involved in a serious motorcycle accident that nearly cost him a leg. He was hit by a car when he ran a stop sign while riding home from the studio one night, requiring a steel rod to be placed in his leg. Shortly prior to this, film director Oliver Stone had chosen Idol for a role in his film \"The Doors\", but the accident prevented him from" ] }, { "idx": 640, "question": "If Rishpon had retained its supposed ancient name based on the Assyrian inscription, what would it be called?", "answers": [ "Arsuf" ], "context": [ "Rishpon () is a moshav in the Central District of Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Herzliya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . The moshav was established in 1936. Its name is an artificial reconstruction of the supposed ancient name of Arsuf, based on a misreading of an Assyrian inscription. Rishpon () is a moshav in the Central District of Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Herzliya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . The moshav was" ] }, { "idx": 641, "question": "If T. S. Eliot had never been born, which country would Qiu Xiaolong likely not have visited in 1988?", "answers": [ "The United States" ], "context": [ "Qiu Xiaolong (, Chinese pronunciation /t\u0255\u02b0jo\u028a\u02d0 \u02cc\u0255j\u0251\u028a\u02c8l\u028a\u014b/, American English pronunciation ; born Shanghai, China, 1953) is a crime novelist, English-language poet, literary translator, critic, and academic, who has lived for many years in St. Louis, Missouri. He originally visited the United States in 1988 to write a book about T. S. Eliot, but following the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, he remained in America to avoid persecution by the Communist Party of China. He has published nine crime-thriller/mystery novels as part of the Inspector Chen Cao species. These include \"Death of a Red Heroine\", which won the Anthony Award for", "Wilkinson (\"Death of a Red Heroine\", \"Red Mandarin Dress\", \"The Mao Case\", \"Don't Cry, Tai Lake\" and \"Hold Your Breath, China\") and John Harvey (\"A Loyal Character Dancer\", \"When Red is Black\", \"A Case of Two Cities\", \"Enigma of China\" and \"Shanghai Redemption\".) Qiu Xiaolong (, Chinese pronunciation /t\u0255\u02b0jo\u028a\u02d0 \u02cc\u0255j\u0251\u028a\u02c8l\u028a\u014b/, American English pronunciation ; born Shanghai, China, 1953) is a crime novelist, English-language poet, literary translator, critic, and academic, who has lived for many years in St. Louis, Missouri. He originally visited the United States in 1988 to write a book about T. S. Eliot, but following the Tiananmen Square" ] }, { "idx": 642, "question": "If James Franco hadn't dropped out before filming began, who would have played the role of Robert Pronge in the biographical film \"The Iceman\"?", "answers": [ "James Franco" ], "context": [ "350 reviews. \"The Avengers\" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects and a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) nomination for Best Special Visual Effects. For his last release of 2012, he played hitman Robert Pronge in the biographical film \"The Iceman,\" about the murderer Richard Kuklinski. Evans' role was originally intended for James Franco, but he dropped out before filming began. In order to look the part, Evans wore a wig and grew a beard. Writing for \"The Hollywood Reporter\", David Rooney complimented Evans' versatile performance, which was unlike his Captain America persona. Returning to the science fiction" ] }, { "idx": 643, "question": "If electronic dubbing hadn't been introduced, what would physical editing of a taped audience show cause on the soundtrack?", "answers": [ "Bumps and gaps" ], "context": [ "method of filming with a live audience using a setup of multiple film cameras. This process was originally employed for their sitcom \"I Love Lucy\", which used a live studio audience and no laugh track. Multi-camera shows with live audiences sometimes used recorded laughs to supplement responses. Sketch comedy and variety shows eventually migrated from live broadcasting to videotape, which allowed for editing before a show was aired. Physically editing a taped audience show (then using quadruplex videotape) before electronic dubbing arrived caused bumps and gaps on the soundtrack; Douglass was then called upon to bridge these gaps. Both performers" ] }, { "idx": 644, "question": "If the comic series \"Spawn\" by McFarlane hadn't gained popularity, which title would not have been created?", "answers": [ "Sam and Twitch" ], "context": [ "Sam Burke and Maximilian \"Twitch\" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series \"Spawn\". Due to their popularity, they were later given their own title in 1999, called \"Sam and Twitch\". In their self-titled series, the duo were the protagonists in a dark and gritty New York City. The fictional universe of \"Sam and Twitch\" is somewhat different from average comics in which costumed heroes are not the norm. Sam Burke. Detective Sam Burke is often seen as the brawn of the group. Sam is a", "original series was concurrent with the duo's appearances in \"Spawn\", the continuity of \"Case Files\" starts much later in their lives and revisits one of their old nemesis. \"Sam and Twitch: The Writer\". A four-issue mini series. \"Sam and Twitch: True Detectives\". An eight-issue series focusing on Sam and Twitch to tie into the movie. Sam Burke and Maximilian \"Twitch\" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series \"Spawn\". Due to their popularity, they were later given their own title in 1999, called \"Sam and Twitch\"." ] }, { "idx": 645, "question": "If Bishop McQuaid hadn't founded the O-Neh-Da Vineyard in 1872, what wouldn't be present at Hemlock Lake?", "answers": [ "Sacramental wine", "The nation's oldest sacramental winery", "Sacramental winery" ], "context": [ "Hemlock Lake is home to the state's oldest nesting bald eagle site, dating back to the early 1960s. The nesting bald eagles of Hemlock Lake have fostered a resurgence of bald eagles throughout New York State. Hemlock Lake, originally known as \"O-Neh-Da\" which is Seneca for \"Lake of Hemlock Trees\", is home to the nation's oldest sacramental winery, founded by Bishop McQuaid in 1872. Today, O-Neh-Da Vineyard continues to make premium natural pure grape wine for churches and foodies alike. Wine. The Finger Lakes region is New York's largest wine-producing region. Over 400 wineries and vineyards surround Seneca, Cayuga, Canandaigua," ] }, { "idx": 646, "question": "If a contestant had not managed to win five races in \"Death Race 2\", whose idea was it that they would still be released from prison?", "answers": [ "Weyland" ], "context": [ "a \"Death Race\", where the contestants will have to race over days to win each match. The person who manages to win five races will be released from prison, originally credited as Weyland's idea. Luke joins the race, during which other prisoners try to kill him to earn Markus' bounty. The female convicts are brought back to play navigator for each racer, and Katrina is paired with Luke. During the second race, Luke intervenes in an altercation between two other racers, and saves the life of 14K, known to be associated with the Triads. As a result, 14K claims to" ] }, { "idx": 647, "question": "If the consortium had not altered their proposal to relocate the proposed stadium to Denbigh North, where would the stadium have been originally located?", "answers": [ "National Bowl" ], "context": [ "by music promoter Pete Winkelman and supported by Asda (a Walmart subsidiary) and IKEA proposed a large retail development in Milton Keynes including a Football League-standard stadium. The consortium originally proposed that the stadium be located at the National Bowl but later altered their proposal to change the site of the proposed stadium to Denbigh North, the same site as the mooted retail development. The consortium proposed that an established league club move to use this site; it approached Luton, Wimbledon, Crystal Palace, Barnet and Queens Park Rangers. In 2001 R\u00f8kke and Gjelsten appointed a new chairman, Charles Koppel, who" ] }, { "idx": 648, "question": "If Marvel Comics had not published their comic books, which team of superheroes would not have been created?", "answers": [ "Thor", "Ant-Man", "The Avengers", "Iron Man", "Captain America", "Hulk", "the Wasp" ], "context": [ "The Avengers are a fictional team of superheroes that appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in \"The Avengers\" #1 (cover-dated Sept. 1963), created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby. Labeled \"Earth's Mightiest Heroes\", the Avengers originally consisted of Iron Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Thor and the Wasp. The original Captain America was discovered trapped in ice in issue #4, and joined the group after they revived him. The Avengers are an all-star ensemble cast of established superhero characters from the Marvel Comics portfolio. Diegetically, these superheroes usually operate independently but occasionally", "the Galaxy. Captain America returns to the past to marry Peggy Carter, and in the present he becomes old and passes his shield and mantle to Falcon, making him his successor. The Avengers are a fictional team of superheroes that appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in \"The Avengers\" #1 (cover-dated Sept. 1963), created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby. Labeled \"Earth's Mightiest Heroes\", the Avengers originally consisted of Iron Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Thor and the Wasp. The original Captain America was discovered trapped in ice in issue #4, and" ] }, { "idx": 649, "question": "If the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum hadn't opened on the speedway grounds in 1956, what wouldn't have been housed there?", "answers": [ "Hall of fame" ], "context": [ "the Formula One United States Grand Prix, and from 2008 to 2015 the Moto GP. On the grounds of the speedway is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, which opened in 1956, and houses the Hall of Fame. The museum moved into its current building located in the infield in 1976. Also on the grounds is the Brickyard Crossing Golf Resort, which originally opened as the Speedway Golf Course in 1929. The golf course has 14 holes outside the track, along the backstretch, and four holes in the infield. The site is among the most visited attractions in Indianapolis, with 1" ] }, { "idx": 650, "question": "If Tanedra Howard hadn't won the reality show \"Scream Queens\" in 2008, in which film would she have secured a role?", "answers": [ "Saw VI" ], "context": [ "end of \"Saw V\". Greutert said in an interview with Bloody Disgusting that \"Saw VI\" would have the most characters of any \"Saw\" film to date but reassured the writers would stay true to previous storylines to prevent any \"violations of logic and chronology\". A TV reality show called \"Scream Queens\" aired in 2008 on VH1, in which 10 unknown actresses competed for a \"breakout\" role in \"Saw VI\". Unknown actress Tanedra Howard won the role. Lionsgate made a public statement ensuring her a leading role in the film but did not elaborate further on her character. On March 24," ] }, { "idx": 651, "question": "If the gold had not been discovered in 1874 by the Black Hills Expedition, which group of miners and settlers would not have migrated into the Dakota Territory?", "answers": [ "European-American miners" ], "context": [ "public discovery of gold in 1874 by the Black Hills Expedition, led by George Armstrong Custer, brought a mass influx of European-American miners and settlers into this region of the Dakota Territory. A group of unsuccessful miners founded Rapid City in 1876, trying to create other chances; they promoted their new city as the \"Gateway to the Black Hills\"; it was originally known as Hay Camp. The \"Gateway\" nickname is shared by neighboring Box Elder. In February 1876 John Richard Brennan and Samuel Scott, with a small group of men, laid out Rapid City. It was eventually named for the" ] }, { "idx": 652, "question": "If the Rockefeller Drug Laws hadn't been passed in New York State in 1973, who wouldn't have faced mandatory minimum prison sentences?", "answers": [ "small-scale drug possession", "small-scale drug possessors" ], "context": [ "May 2021 the Federal Bureau of Prisons listed 46.3 percent of federal inmates as incarcerated because of drug convictions. 1970s. In 1973, following the lead of President Nixon, New York State passed the Rockefeller Drug Laws, establishing mandatory minimum prison sentences for small-scale drug possession. Although not as harsh as Governor Nelson Rockefeller had originally called for, these laws inspired other states to enact similarly strict punishments for drug offenses, including mandatory minimum sentences in almost every instance. Also in 1973, conservative businesses and tough-on-crime politicians came together to establish the influential lobbying group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In" ] }, { "idx": 653, "question": "If \"Fairytale of New York\" had not been released as a single on 23 November 1987, which album would it not have been featured on?", "answers": [ "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" ], "context": [ "\"Fairytale of New York\" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their London-based band the Pogues, featuring singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals. The song is an Irish folk-style ballad and was written as a duet, with the Pogues' singer MacGowan taking the role of the male character and MacColl the female character. It was originally released as a single on 23 November 1987 and later featured on the Pogues' 1988 album \"If I Should Fall from Grace with God\". Originally begun in 1985, the song had a troubled two-year development history, undergoing rewrites and" ] }, { "idx": 654, "question": "If the sim racing game didn't have a dedicated and active modding community, what status would it likely not have achieved?", "answers": [ "Best racing sims" ], "context": [ "rally sim available. Much like most sims from the graphic accelerator and modern era, the game is highly modifiable and has many third-party mods that introduce anything from new cars to new physics. In 2005, Image Space Incorporated released \"rFactor\", a highly modifiable sim based on their Motor2 physics engine. Notable for its initial download-only distribution model, \"rFactor\" originally released with fictional cars and tracks. Thanks to its enthusiastic and ongoing modding community, the game has remained as one of the best racing sims around. In 2006, SimBin Studios released \"GTR 2\" (itself a sequel to \"GTR \u2013 FIA GT" ] }, { "idx": 655, "question": "If the need for accuracy in diagnosis and respect for the individual hadn't been realized, which term wouldn't have become widely accepted?", "answers": [ "Savant syndrome" ], "context": [ "as a misnomer because not all reported cases fit the definition of idiot, originally used for a person with a very severe intellectual disability. The term \"autistic savant\" was also used as a description of the disorder. Like \"idiot savant\", the term came to be considered a misnomer because only half of those who were diagnosed with savant syndrome were autistic. Upon realization of the need for accuracy of diagnosis and dignity towards the individual, the term \"savant syndrome\" became widely accepted terminology. Savant syndrome is a rare condition in which someone with significant mental disabilities demonstrates certain abilities far" ] }, { "idx": 656, "question": "If the film crew had been certain about the release of a sequel, how would they have titled the first Star Wars movie in May 1977?", "answers": [ "Star Wars" ], "context": [ "a galaxy far, far away...\". \"Episode IV\" opening crawl. The opening crawl in the first \"Star Wars\" film is very different from Lucas's original intention. The original text, used in the rough cut he showed to friends and studio executives in February 1977, appears in the Marvel Comics adaptation of the film. When originally released in May 1977, the first film was simply titled \"Star Wars\", as 20th Century Fox forbade Lucas to use a subtitle on grounds that it could be confusing, since there had been no other \"Star Wars\" movies prior to 1977. In addition, it was not" ] }, { "idx": 657, "question": "If the technique of remixing to pseudostereo was not available, in what format would music not have been recorded by companies in the 1970s?", "answers": [ "Stereophonic sound", "Stereo" ], "context": [ "groove format developed earlier by Blumlein. Decca Records in England came out with FFRR (Full Frequency Range Recording) in the 1940s, which became internationally accepted as a worldwide standard for higher quality recording on vinyl records. The Ernest Ansermet recording of Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka was key in the development of full frequency range records and alerting the listening public to high fidelity in 1946. Until the mid-1960s, record companies mixed and released most popular music in monophonic sound. From mid-1960s until the early 1970s, major recordings were commonly released in both mono and stereo. Recordings originally released only in mono" ] }, { "idx": 658, "question": "If German settlers and missionaries had not occupied and worked in the region, which territory in Namibia would not have been established?", "answers": [ "German south west Africa" ], "context": [ "to armed conflict prior to the integration of the detribalized Orlam groups, Witbooi altered this understanding and believed it was his mission to continue the resistance effort among the Nama. Hendrik Witbooi was killed in battle with German colonial military forces in 1905 and is now understood to be a national hero in Namibia. German South West Africa was established in 1884 following decades of German settlers and missionaries occupying the region and conducting work through missionary societies such as the Rhenish Missionary Society. The German Empire officially claimed dominion and sovereignty over present-day Namibia, which included the traditional territories" ] }, { "idx": 659, "question": "If the feral goats, also known as Balearen bocs, had not become a threat to domesticated goats and native tree species in the Mediterranean Sea, what would have been their primary use by humans?", "answers": [ "Food source" ], "context": [ "in the Mediterranean Sea. These feral goats, also known as Balearen bocs, were introduced by humans between 2300 and 2050 BC. They were originally used as a food source but eventually they began being a threat to domesticated goats and native tree species. The biggest threat to their conservation is hybridization with current domestic goats, but both are the same subspecies (\"Capra aegagrus hircus\"). These populations threaten the growth of new trees in several forests on the island, specially oak forests. England. Around 5000 BP non-native goats also known as British primitive goats were brought to Britain as domestic stock," ] }, { "idx": 660, "question": "If Max Verstappen had only signed a three-year contract extension with Red Bull in 2020, in which year would the contract have ended?", "answers": [ "2023" ], "context": [ "he passed Lewis Hamilton for the lead on two occasions before going on to claim his third victory of the season. Verstappen ended the season with a 2nd-place finish in Abu Dhabi. Verstappen finished the 2019 season in 3rd place in the championship with 278 points, the best result of his career thus far. He claimed three race victories, nine podium finishes, two pole positions, and three fastest laps. 2020 season. In 2020, Verstappen signed a contract extension to race for Red Bull until the end of . Verstappen continued to race for Red Bull in , alongside Albon. At" ] }, { "idx": 661, "question": "If Diego Maradona hadn't scored the \"Goal of the Century\" in the 1986 World Cup quarter final, how many goals would he have scored in that match?", "answers": [ "1" ], "context": [ "player. In the 1986 World Cup quarter final, he scored both goals in a 2\u20131 victory over England that entered football history for two different reasons. The first goal was an unpenalized handling foul known as the \"Hand of God\", while the second goal followed a dribble past five England players, voted \"Goal of the Century\" by FIFA.com voters in 2002. Maradona became the coach of Argentina's national football team in November 2008. He was in charge of the team at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa before leaving at the end of the tournament. He then coached Dubai-based" ] }, { "idx": 662, "question": "If Andre Agassi had triumphed in the 2002 US Open instead of Pete Sampras, how many major singles titles would Sampras have had by the end of his career?", "answers": [ "13" ], "context": [ "Petros \"Pete\" Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre Agassi in the final. Sampras won 14 major singles titles during his career, which was an all-time record at the time of his retirement: a then-record seven Wimbledon titles, two Australian Opens and a joint Open Era record five US Open titles. He won 64 singles titles in total. He first reached the world No. 1 ranking in 1993, and held that position for", "history. Other awards. Summary of professional awards. Petros \"Pete\" Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre Agassi in the final. Sampras won 14 major singles titles during his career, which was an all-time record at the time of his retirement: a then-record seven Wimbledon titles, two Australian Opens and a joint Open Era record five US Open titles. He won 64 singles titles in total. He first reached the world No. 1 ranking" ] }, { "idx": 663, "question": "If Zinedine Zidane hadn't participated in the 1998 and 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, how many international appearances would he have made for France?", "answers": [ "106" ], "context": [ "in the competition's history. Capped 108 times by France, Zidane won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring twice in the final, and was named to the All-Star Team. This triumph made him a national hero in France and he received the Legion of Honour in 1998. He won UEFA Euro 2000 and was named Player of the Tournament. He also received the Golden Ball for Player of the Tournament at the 2006 World Cup, despite his infamous sending off in the final against Italy for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest. He retired as the fourth-most capped player in French" ] }, { "idx": 664, "question": "If tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf had not become parents after the year 2000, how many sons would they have?", "answers": [ "0" ], "context": [ "Steffi Graf on October 22, 2001, at their Las Vegas home; the only witnesses were their mothers. They have two children: son Jaden Gil (born 2001) and daughter Jaz Elle (born 2003). Agassi has said that he and Graf are not pushing their children toward becoming tennis players. The Graf-Agassi family resides in Summerlin, a community in the Las Vegas Valley. Graf's mother and brother, Michael, with his four children, also live there. Long-time trainer Gil Reyes has been called one of Agassi's closest friends; some have described him as being a \"father figure\" to Agassi. In 2012, Agassi and" ] }, { "idx": 665, "question": "If Hurricane Katrina hadn't occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, where would the 2007 LCMS National Youth Gathering have been held?", "answers": [ "New Orleans, Louisiana" ], "context": [ "New Orleans was based on the theme \"We Believe\". In both 2007 and 2004, The LCMS National Youth Gatherings were held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The gathering's theme in 2007 was \"Chosen.\" The gathering in 2007 was originally planned to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, but due to Hurricane Katrina, the location was changed to Orlando, Florida. Around 25,000 youth attend each gathering. Many Christian bands and artists perform at gatherings. Church structure. The LCMS has a modified form of congregational polity. This is different from some other Lutheran bodies which have maintained episcopal" ] }, { "idx": 666, "question": "If there hadn't been a shortage of funding and an economic downturn in America, when would the construction of the Flight 93 National Memorial have been completed?", "answers": [ "September 11, 2011" ], "context": [ "is estimated at $60 million. As of March 2011, $20 million in private donations had been raised, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was providing $18.5 million, and Congress had appropriated $10 million; the families of the victims of Flight 93 urged Congress to appropriate $3.7 million more in the fiscal year 2012 budget. The permanent memorial was originally planned for dedication on September 11, 2011; however, the pace of construction was delayed due to, among other factors, shortage of funding and the general economic downturn in America. Ground was broken on November 8, 2009, at a ceremony led by Secretary of" ] }, { "idx": 667, "question": "If the transesterification process in the preparation of phosphite esters was irreversible, which compound would not be able to be produced?", "answers": [ "Mixed alkyl phosphites" ], "context": [ "presence of proton acceptors, one obtains the C3-symmetric trialkoxy derivatives: Numerous derivatives have been prepared for both types of phosphites. Phosphite esters can also be prepared by transesterification, as they undergo alcohol exchange upon heating with other alcohols. This process is reversible and can be used to produce mixed alkyl phosphites. Alternatively, if the phosphite of a volatile alcohol is used, such as trimethyl phosphite, then the by product (methanol) can be removed by distillation, allowing the reaction to be driven to completion. Reactions and applications of tris(organo)phosphites. Reactions. Phosphites are oxidized to phosphate esters: This reaction underpins the commercial" ] }, { "idx": 668, "question": "If Hyderabad had been allowed to maintain its independence, who insisted that this would tarnish the prestige of the Indian Government and compromise the security of both Hindus and Muslims in its realm?", "answers": [ "Patel" ], "context": [ "switched sides and began attacking Congress groups. Attempts by Mountbatten to find a negotiated solution failed and, in August, the Nizam, claiming that he feared an imminent invasion, attempted to approach the UN Security Council and the International Court of Justice. Patel now insisted that if Hyderabad was allowed to continue its independence, the prestige of the Government would be tarnished and then neither Hindus nor Muslims would feel secure in its realm. On 13 September 1948, the Indian Army was sent into Hyderabad under Operation Polo on the grounds that the law and order situation there threatened the peace" ] }, { "idx": 669, "question": "If the COVID-19 pandemic hadn't occurred, which show by Dara O'Briain would not have been postponed during his debut tour in Canada and the US?", "answers": [ "Voice of reason" ], "context": [ "took part in two shows of the 16-date \"Uncaged Monkeys\" tour with Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince, Ben Goldacre, Simon Singh and Chris Addison. In Oct 2017 he started touring his show \"Voice of Reason\". As well as another 37 nights in Vicar St Theatre in Dublin (to bring his total there to 197 shows), \"Voice of Reason\" was performed more than 175 times, in 20 countries, including debut shows in Reykjavik, St Petersburg, Malta, Germany and New Zealand. It was recorded as a BBC special at the Hammersmith Apollo, for broadcast in 2019. He had originally planned to perform" ] }, { "idx": 670, "question": "If the three Batavia pitchers (Gabriel Castellanos, Brett Lilek, Steven Farnworth) hadn't combined their efforts, against which team would the first perfect game in Batavia's history not have been achieved?", "answers": [ "Mahoning Valley Scrappers" ], "context": [ "and rolled to the wall where Bradford's Tommy Keane was originally given a double, it was then changed to an error after the game. On June 24, 2015 three Batavia pitchers (Gabriel Castellanos, Brett Lilek, Steven Farnworth) combined for the teams first perfect game in history against the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. Playoff history. In the team's storied history they have made a total of 19 playoff appearances. Overview. Batavia has won four league championships including 2008 as the Muckdogs, 1963 season as the Batavia Pirates and the 1945 and 1946 seasons as the Batavia Clippers. Batavia has won five division" ] }, { "idx": 671, "question": "If Pocatello High School had retained its original name, what would it be called?", "answers": [ "West Side School" ], "context": [ "originally called West Side School, holding all grades in the same school. Pocatello High School was the most impressive building in the area during the early 1900s and on many occasions the school served as a town square where concerts and athletic contests were held. Two presidents of the United States spoke on the grounds of Pocatello High School, President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 and William Howard Taft in 1908. John F. Kennedy would visit in 1962 and speak during a campaign trip. In 1914, a fire started in the boiler room and the high school burnt completely to the" ] }, { "idx": 672, "question": "If Rudolf Clausius hadn't introduced the term \"entropy\" in his thermodynamic free energy theory, what was the original name for this concept?", "answers": [ "Transformation content" ], "context": [ "step of or state of the engine cycle to the next, e.g., from (formula_37) to (formula_38). Clausius originally called this the \u201ctransformation content\u201d of the body, and then later changed the name to entropy. Thus, the heat used to transform the working body of molecules from one state to the next cannot be used to do external work, e.g., to push the piston. Clausius defined this \"transformation heat\" as formula_39. In 1873, Willard Gibbs published \"A Method of Geometrical Representation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Substances by Means of Surfaces\", in which he introduced the preliminary outline of the principles" ] }, { "idx": 673, "question": "If Timothy Walker, the former director of the Oxford Botanic Garden and Lecturer in Plant Sciences, had not designed the garden outside the Thatcher Centre at Somerville College, Oxford, what color themes would the garden not have retained?", "answers": [ "blue", "Yellow" ], "context": [ "Main Quad and in Darbishire Quad in case of firebombing, and the lawns dug up and planted with vegetables. In the Main or Library Quad has a cedar planted by Harold Macmillan in 1976, after an earlier cedar fell victim to a winter storm. Another tree, a \"Picea likiangensis\" (var. \"rubescens\"), was planted in 2007 on the chapel lawn, providing Somerville with an outdoor Christmas tree. The library border of lavender and \"Agapanthus\" references the bluestocking reputation of Somerville. The tory blue \"Ceratostigma willmottianum\" stands outside the Margaret Thatcher Centre. The garden outside the Thatcher Centre, now dedicated to Lisa" ] }, { "idx": 674, "question": "If Hurricane Rita hadn't caused flooding in Erath, Louisiana, which school would have remained open and not been demolished?", "answers": [ "Henry High School" ], "context": [ "lived at or below the poverty line. Economy. Erath is home to Henry Hub, an important junction of natural gas pipeline systems. Natural gas prices in North America are more or less set at this junction. The \"Henry\" hub is so named for its location in the Henry hamlet of Erath, which was named after the Henry High School that stood there until damage from flooding due to Hurricane Rita forced its closure and demolition. This school was named for its benefactor, William Henry, who originally immigrated from Copenhagen, Denmark as Ludwig Wilhelm Kattentidt, circa 1840, then dropped the surname" ] }, { "idx": 675, "question": "If the village of Cadgwith had retained its original name, what would it be known as today?", "answers": [ "Porthcaswydh" ], "context": [ "Cadgwith (, meaning \"cove of the thicket\") is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the Lizard Peninsula between The Lizard and Coverack. It is in the civil parish of Grade Ruan. History. The village has its origins in medieval times as a collection of fish cellars in a sheltered south-east facing coastal valley with a shingle cove. Fishing subsidised local farmers' livelihoods. Cadgwith was originally called 'Porthcaswydh', becoming 'Por Cadjwydh' in Late Cornish, and is derived from the Cornish word for 'a thicket', literally meaning \"battle of trees\", probably because the valley was" ] }, { "idx": 676, "question": "If Futch hadn't suffered an ankle injury, which professional career would he have likely pursued?", "answers": [ "baseball" ], "context": [ "of ten children, and his father worked as a truck driver. Futch had originally considered a professional career in baseball, but chose not to after breaking his ankle. Growing up, he cited Cajun music as a musical influence, along with the country music sounds from popular radio broadcasts such as the \"Louisiana Hayride\", New Orleans blues, and the new sounds of rock and roll. Futch first played in a band at age thirteen. He later went to work for a radio station in Georgia when his family moved there, and in 1962 he self-released the single \"Once a Fool\". The" ] }, { "idx": 677, "question": "If the Great Depression had never taken place, what was the original intended use for the area of the trade center in Federal Triangle?", "answers": [ "major government office building" ], "context": [ "proposed that a huge $300 million structure be built on unused land adjacent to Maine Avenue SW. Despite local citizen opposition, the organization convinced D.C. Mayor Marion Barry to begin pushing the plan through the D.C. City Council and Congress. Opposition from executive branch agencies, however, derailed the plan, and by 1986 the Federal City Council was looking for an alternative site for the building. In late 1986, the association began pushing for construction of the trade center on a parking lot in Federal Triangle, an area originally intended for a major government office building in the 1930s but never" ] }, { "idx": 678, "question": "If Robert Moses, the New York City parks commissioner, had not intervened, where would P.S. 173 have originally been constructed?", "answers": [ "Utopia Playground" ], "context": [ "awarded contracts of over $1,800,000, , to construct P.S. 26, an elementary school with a capacity of 1,494 students. On April 21, 1947, ground was broken for the school's construction. The school, P.S. 26, also known as the Rufus King School, opened in February 1949. P.S. 173 opened soon afterwards, in September 1949, at 69th Avenue and Fresh Meadows Lane. P.S. 173 was originally supposed to be built on the site of Utopia Playground one block west, but the school had been relocated due to opposition from Robert Moses, the New York City parks commissioner. The first twenty families moved" ] }, { "idx": 679, "question": "If Tom DeLonge had pursued his initial career interest, what profession would he have entered?", "answers": [ "A firefighter" ], "context": [ "a musician was not his first calling. DeLonge originally planned to become a firefighter, and participated in the San Diego Cadet Program. He first picked up the guitar from a friend at church camp, and became preoccupied by the instrument. DeLonge received his first guitar as a Christmas present from two friends in the sixth grade \u2013 \"a beat-up, shitty acoustic guitar that was worth about $30.\" He gathered his brother, Shon, and sister, Kari, as an audience for his original songs. In the seventh grade, DeLonge visited a friend in Oregon who introduced him to the music of Stiff" ] }, { "idx": 680, "question": "If the name of \"Poudre B\" hadn't been changed arbitrarily to distract German espionage, what would its original name have been?", "answers": [ "Poudre V" ], "context": [ "used roller presses to transform this gelatinized colloidal substance into extremely thin sheets which, after drying, were cut up into small flakes. This single-base smokeless powder was originally named \"Poudre V\" after the inventor's name. That denomination was later changed arbitrarily to \"Poudre B\" in order to distract German espionage. The original \"Poudre B\" of 1884 was almost immediately replaced by improved \"Poudre BF(NT)\" in 1888. In 1896, \"Poudre BF(NT)\" was replaced by \"Poudre BF(AM)\", which was followed by \"Poudre BN3F\" in 1901. The latter was stabilized with the antioxidant diphenylamine instead of amyl alcohol, and it gave safe and" ] }, { "idx": 681, "question": "If the Dornier Do 17 had been equipped with the initially planned engine, what would that engine have been?", "answers": [ "Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs engine" ], "context": [ "planned to be powered by Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs engines, but as these were unavailable, it was fitted with BMW VI 7.3 engines like the V1 and flew on 19 September 1935. The V1 prototype remained the only built machine with the single stabilizer. It is claimed that, unlike the Heinkel He 111 series, whose military use was planned from the start, the Do 17 V1 was contracted as a fast six-passenger mail plane to compete with the smaller Heinkel He 70 monoplane It has been suggested that it was rejected by Luft Hansa, as the cramped cabin was too uncomfortable for" ] }, { "idx": 682, "question": "If Ilsington House in Puddletown had never changed ownership after its original owner, who would have remained its sole proprietor?", "answers": [ "3rd Earl of Huntingdon" ], "context": [ "burned. Wages were raised from about six or seven shillings per week to ten as a result. To the east of the church is Ilsington House, also known as the Old Manor, which was built in the late 17th to early 18th century. It was originally owned by the 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and in 1724 by Robert Walpole. Between 1780 and 1830 it was leased to General Thomas Garth, principal equerry to King George III. The General adopted King George III's illegitimate grandson by Princess Sophia, and brought him up at the manor. In 1861 the house was acquired" ] }, { "idx": 683, "question": "If Dan the Automator hadn't asked Del to stay in the studio longer, which hit song would he not have collaborated on with Gorillaz?", "answers": [ "Clint Eastwood", "Rock the House" ], "context": [ "Culture\". Del collaborated with the virtual band Gorillaz on two songs on their debut album, \"Clint Eastwood\" and \"Rock the House\", both of which became singles and videos and achieved chart success. Del was not, however, originally selected to collaborate on these songs. By the time Del came onto the project, the album was already finished, and British hip-hop group Phi Life Cypher had already recorded verses for \"Clint Eastwood\". But when Del finished making \"Deltron 3030\" with Dan the Automator, Dan asked if he could stay in the studio a little longer to record new verses for the Gorillaz" ] }, { "idx": 684, "question": "If the base model of the Ford F-150 hadn't been similar in size and price to the American Ranger in 2012, where would Ford have chosen not to sell the Ranger's global replacement?", "answers": [ "North America" ], "context": [ "provinces as a commercial vehicle. Until the late-2000s, the North American market tended to lean towards compact and midsized crew-cab four-door pickups such as the Ford Explorer Sport Trac and Chevrolet Colorado. However, with the compact pickups having grown towards midsized and encroaching on base models of more profitable full-sized pickups, some manufacturers such as Ford and Ram Trucks have discontinued even their compact and midsized offerings; Ford discontinued the American Ranger in 2012 and originally opted not to sell its global replacement in North America due to being too close in size and price to the base model Ford" ] }, { "idx": 685, "question": "If the Moreelsepark tram terminal in Utrecht, Netherlands hadn't closed, which stop would not have been adapted as the new terminal for the shortened SUNIJ line in 2009?", "answers": [ "Utrecht Centraal stop", "Centraal stop" ], "context": [ "on display at Madurodam. Tram and bus facilities. Light-rail (\"sneltram\") service at Utrecht Centraal began in 1983 with the opening of the SUNIJ line (sneltram Utrecht-Nieuwegein/IJsselstein). Its tram stop (named \"Utrecht Centraal\") was originally located on the east side of the station. In 2009, when the nearby Moreelsepark tram terminal was closed, the Centraal stop was adapted to be the new terminal for the shortened SUNIJ line. At this time, the Centraal stop was given a minor makeover including provision for the OV-chipkaart and travel information displays. In 2013, to accommodate construction work at the railway station, the SUNIJ line" ] }, { "idx": 686, "question": "If the guards hadn't subjected the prisoners to sadistic treatment, how long was Zimbardo's experiment originally planned to last?", "answers": [ "Two weeks" ], "context": [ "role of either guard or prisoner. These men were specifically chosen because they had no abnormal personality traits (e.g.: narcissistic, authoritarian, antisocial, etc.) The experiment, originally planned to span over two weeks, ended after only six days because of the sadistic treatment of the prisoners by the guards. Zimbardo attributed this behavior to deindividuation due to immersion within the group and creation of a strong group dynamic. Several elements added to the deindividuation of both guards and prisoners. Prisoners were made to dress alike, wearing stocking caps and hospital dressing gowns, and also were identified only by a number assigned" ] }, { "idx": 687, "question": "If Egypt were to descend into a chaotic age, according to Neferti's prophecy in ancient Egyptian literature, who would restore it to its former glory?", "answers": [ "Ameny", "Righteous king, Ameny" ], "context": [ "Sneferu (r. 2613\u20132589 BC) of the Fourth dynasty summons to court the sage and lector priest Neferti. Neferti entertains the king with prophecies that the land will enter into a chaotic age, alluding to the First Intermediate Period, only to be restored to its former glory by a righteous king\u2014 Ameny\u2014whom the ancient Egyptian would readily recognize as Amenemhat I. A similar model of a tumultuous world transformed into a golden age by a savior king was adopted for the \"Lamb\" and \"Potter\", although for their audiences living under Roman domination, the savior was yet to come. Although written during" ] }, { "idx": 688, "question": "If the Flossenb\u00fcrg Nazi concentration camp, built in May 1938, had not shifted its focus to the production of Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter planes and other armaments for Germany's war effort in 1943, what would have been its original purpose for utilizing the forced labor of prisoners?", "answers": [ "Production of granite" ], "context": [ "Flossenb\u00fcrg was a Nazi concentration camp built in May 1938 by the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office. Unlike other concentration camps, it was located in a remote area, in the Fichtel Mountains of Bavaria, adjacent to the town of Flossenb\u00fcrg and near the German border with Czechoslovakia. The camp's initial purpose was to exploit the forced labor of prisoners for the production of granite for Nazi architecture. In 1943, the bulk of prisoners switched to producing Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter planes and other armaments for Germany's war effort. Although originally intended for \"criminal\" and \"asocial\" prisoners, after Germany's invasion" ] }, { "idx": 689, "question": "If organic acids were not used for integral colour anodizing, which other acid could potentially produce the same effect?", "answers": [ "very dilute sulfuric acid", "phosphoric acid" ], "context": [ "colour anodizing is generally done with organic acids, but the same effect has been produced in laboratories with very dilute sulfuric acid. Integral colour anodizing was originally performed with oxalic acid, but sulfonated aromatic compounds containing oxygen, particularly sulfosalicylic acid, have been more common since the 1960s. Thicknesses of up to 50 \u03bcm can be achieved. Organic acid anodizing is called Type IC by MIL-A-8625. Phosphoric acid. Anodizing can be carried out in phosphoric acid, usually as a surface preparation for adhesives. This is described in standard ASTM D3933. Borate and tartrate baths. Anodizing can also be performed in borate" ] }, { "idx": 690, "question": "If the \"Octeon\" brand name had been successful, when would it not have been abandoned?", "answers": [ "2001", "when Bombardier acquired Adtranz" ], "context": [ "locomotive Iore. The GTO thyristor based converters of these locomotives were from the water-cooled \"Camilla\" family, which was developed by ABB as successor for the oil-cooled converters in the SBB-CFF-FFS Re 460. The \"Octeon\" brand name did not catch on and was abandoned when Bombardier acquired Adtranz in 2001. Between 2000 and 2002, a version of the DBAG Class 145 for passenger trains, with hollow shaft final drive and a higher top speed of 160 km/h, was produced for DB's regional business area DB Regio. The top of the front of the carbodies was modified to provide space for a" ] }, { "idx": 691, "question": "If racial tensions hadn't arisen, where would the filming of Sounder have taken place?", "answers": [ "Macon, Georgia" ], "context": [ "in Macon, Georgia, but pulled out at the last moment due to racial tensions. At one point, production was delayed by a hurricane that flooded several shooting locations. Soundtrack. Taj Mahal recorded a soundtrack to the film, released in 1972 by Columbia Records. According to music journalist Robert Christgau, it was \"the first soundtrack ever patterned after a field recording\", featuring a \"suite/montage/succession of hums, moans, claps, and plucked fragments\", all performed in the key of the gospel blues song \"Needed Time\" by Lightnin' Hopkins. Fellow critic Greil Marcus regarded it as Mahal's \"most eloquent music\", although Christgau said \"even" ] }, { "idx": 692, "question": "If the steam locomotive hadn't required a water refill in Wesel, what would have been the original plan?", "answers": [ "Fixed program", "No fixed program" ], "context": [ "commissioning of the Dinslaken\u2013Wesel\u2013Emmerich section on 20 October 1856. The CME had held opening ceremonies over several days from 17 October 1856, including, among other things, a special trip from Deutz to Amsterdam and back. While the outward journey between Ruhrort and Emmerich used water transport on the Rhine with a stop in Wesel, a train was taken for the return journey. No fixed program was originally planned in Wesel. Because the steam locomotive had to replenish its water supplies in Wesel, the people of Wesel decided to take advantage of this ten-minute break; the festival committee was informed of" ] }, { "idx": 693, "question": "If Buddhist scriptures didn't exist and Japan hadn't adopted the numbers, how many multisyllabic names wouldn't have been derived from India?", "answers": [ "Three", "3" ], "context": [ "10, the intervening factors of 10 and produced with \u4e07 \"man\". The current edition of the \"Jink\u014dki\", the 11th, follows a factor of 10 throughout, though individuals even today some people use the values from the 8th edition.) The first three numbers with multisyllabic names and variation in assigned values ultimately derive from India, though they did not have defined values there. \u6052\u6cb3\u6c99 \"g\u014dgasha\" was originally used in Buddhist scripture for an indefinitely large quantity; it derives from \u0917\u0919\u094d\u0917\u093e \"gang\u0101\" 'Ganges' (which conveniently includes the character \u6cb3 \"ka\" 'river') and \u6c99 \"sha\" 'sand', referring to the innumerable sands of the" ] }, { "idx": 694, "question": "If the bandurists had not been persecuted in the 1930s, which bandurist group established in 1941 would not have emigrated as a group?", "answers": [ "Ukrainian bandurist Chorus" ], "context": [ "of bandurists in the 1930s resulted in many players being murdered or persecuted in the 1930s. Many of those that continued playing took the opportunity of seeking freedom emigrating to the West. The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus which was originally established in 1941 during the Nazi occupation emigrated as a group. It settled in Detroit in the USA where it continued to actively propagated the art form in the West. The Kiev State Bandurist Capella was re-established in Kiev in 1948 under the direction of Oleksander Minkivsky. Many members after being mobilized to the front in 1941 had died. Others had" ] }, { "idx": 695, "question": "If Ho Ngoc Ha hadn't transitioned to a singing career, what would have been her primary profession?", "answers": [ "acting", "modeling" ], "context": [ "was the milestone of her 10-year singing career. 2015-2016: \"Love Songs\" and \"The Face Vietnam\". After teasing behind-the-scene photos, the producer of the movie \"Hy Sinh \u0110\u1eddi Trai\" continued to reveal more detail about the movie. Along with Tran Bao Son, director Luu Huynh's new movie was greatly contributed by 30 artists in plenty different fields, including Ly Hung, Phuoc Sang, Binh Minh, Than Thuy Ha, Dinh Y Nhung, Tuyen Map, Andrea Aybar, Cat Phuong...among the cast, \"King of the Box Office\" Thai Hoa and \"Queen of Entertainment\" Ho Ngoc Ha were announced to be participating in the movie. She" ] }, { "idx": 696, "question": "If the Oregon-born guitarist Hamilton had not departed from the rock group Band of Susans, which band would he not have established?", "answers": [ "Helmet" ], "context": [ "School of Music, the Oregon born guitarist recruited bassist Henry Bogdan who was also from Oregon, Australian guitarist Peter Mengede and Floridian drummer John Stanier as the group's first official line-up. Before Hamilton had settled on a name, the guitarist Peter Mengede's then-wife Reyne Cuccuro suggested the Germanic name \"Helmuth\". Hamilton misinterpreted her and mistakenly believed that she was referring to the form of protective gear. Hamilton then thought excitedly that Helmet had \"sounded like a pretty cool name for a band\" and opted for the Anglicized spelling. Other names taken in consideration were \"Cry Ruth\" and \"Poly Orchids\", along" ] }, { "idx": 697, "question": "If the film \"Winnie Mandela\", starring Jennifer Hudson, had been released according to its original schedule, when would it have been released?", "answers": [ "December 2011" ], "context": [ "L. Johnson based the film's script on Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob's biography, \"Winnie Mandela: A Life\". The Creative Workers Union of South Africa have opposed this choice, stating they will push for a moratorium on the film if the casting is not reversed. Winnie Mandela has threatened legal action over this film, claiming she was not \"consulted\" about the film. \"Winnie Mandela\" was originally scheduled to be released in December 2011; the trailer was released in 2010. Image Entertainment released the film on September 6, 2013. In January 2008, Hudson returned to the studio to record new songs for" ] }, { "idx": 698, "question": "If the Interstate Highway I-440 in Tennessee had not been inaugurated, by what percentage would the traffic on I-40 not have reduced?", "answers": [ "16 percent" ], "context": [ "dedicated on April 3, 1987. It was the last interstate highway that was originally allocated to Tennessee by the Interstate Highway Act to be completed. It was also the most expensive road, per mile, built in Tennessee at the time, with a total cost of $178.3 million (equivalent to $ in ). In the first year that I-440 was open, traffic on I-40 decreased by about 16 percent. Trucks were initially prohibited from using I-440, due to pressure from nearby residents concerned about noise pollution, but this ban was blocked by a federal court in 1988 after being challenged by" ] }, { "idx": 699, "question": "If the construction of the bike tunnel at the main railway station in Z\u00fcrich hadn't been postponed, when was it originally planned to be completed?", "answers": [ "2016" ], "context": [ "mainly due to postponing. The institution of the bike tunnel at the main railway station, originally planned for 2016, is currently (2016) delayed to at least 2019. Pro Velo, a nationwide interest group, has publicly questioned whether the masterplan already failed. The critique aims at badly governed traffic management at construction sites, missing possibilities to park bikes in the city as well as rather diffident ambitions. In response, the responsible city department points to the big investments made every year and mentions ongoing discussions that would finally lead to even better results. Demographics. Population. There are people living in Z\u00fcrich" ] } ]