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What are the top 3 largest countries by territory?	Russia, Canada and China	open_qa
What are ways to improve running speed?	There are several training methods to increase your race speed, they all play with tempo in different forms. Interval training is one way to increase running speed. In this form of training, you alternate between slow and fast tempos within a training session. You run through several repetitions alternating between fast running pace and trotting pauses. Depending on the target distance and speed, this training unit can be designed differently. A marathon runner goes through a different interval training as a 800 meter runner. Another way to train and increase the running speed are tempo runs. Here you run at a higher pace than the actual target pace. The intensity of the load is correspondingly high, the duration of the load and the distance is therefore shorter. Overall, however, it is important to remember that base training is just as important for increasing race speed as fast tempo sessions. With long runs, the appropriate foundations are laid in order to build them up with the previously mentioned speed units.	open_qa
What is a noun?	A noun is a naming word. It generally refers to the name of a specific object, person, place or idea.	open_qa
What is a computer?	A computer is an electronic device that generates output from input by the user. A computer can have a visual display to show user input as well as output. Modern computers have lot of sophisticated parts which includes a monitor for display, a keyboard for typing input, a mouse for browsing and CPU for processing the input.	open_qa
What is the Simpson family dog named?	Santa's little helper	open_qa
Name some players on the Golden State Warriors basketball team.	The current roster of the Golden State Warriors basketball team includes the following players: Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole, Klay Thompson, Kevon Looney, Jonathan Kuminga.	open_qa
What is an Oxford comma and why do editors have such strong feelings about their use?	An Oxford comma is a comma before the last item in a series or list. For example take the following two statements: I was chased by the fox, the bear and the dog. I was chased by the fox, the bear, and the dog. The meaning is the same but the second statement contains an Oxford comma. Some say the Oxford comma adds clarity to some statements. This is apparent when there can be ambiguity between a list and an appositive. Take the following two example statements: We went to dinner with our coaches, Chris and Terry. We went to dinner with our coaches, Chris, and Terry. The first statement can appear to imply that we went to dinner with two people whose names are Chris and Terry who are both our coaches. There is no such implication that can be extracted from the second statement. The second statement implies we went to dinner with at least 4 people: Chris, Terry, and at least two coaches. This type of ambiguity is what proponents of the Oxford comma latch onto in its defense. On the other hand, opponents of the Oxford comma claim it should be avoided in favor of rewording sentences when necessary. The sentence: We went to dinner with our coaches, Chris, and Terry. Can easily be reworded as: We went to dinner with Chris and Terry, as well as our coaches. The "as well as" language is claimed to be more clear than the Oxford comma albeit less concise. Editors who oppose the Oxford comma typically privilege clarity over conciseness.	open_qa
What is supply and demand?	Supply and demand are economic terms in a free-market economy that dictate the price of a good or service. Typically shown on a two-dimensional axis where y is price and x is the quantity, the price of a particular good or service is when the two linear lines intersect. Supply has a negative sloping line indicating that when demand is fixed an increase in quantity of a good or service results in a lower unit price of that good or service. Demand has a positive linear line meaning that has more demand for a good or item increases while supply remains fixed then the price for that good or service increases.	open_qa
What is a quark?	A quark are elementary particles that make up a class of matter called hadrons, the most common of which are protons and neutrons. According to the Standard Model of elementary particle physics there are six types of quarks which come in pairs or families; Up/Down, Strange/Charm, and Bottom/Top.	open_qa
Name the place where Queen Elizabeth II is buried	Windsor Castle	open_qa
What is a hockey hat trick ?	when a player scores three goals in a game, usually earning him a cascade of hats thrown onto the ice by fans (especially if the player is on the home team). A natural hat trick is when a player scores three consecutive goals in a game.	open_qa
Why is my car making a clicking sound when I try to start it? The lights are turning on for a little bit but the engine is not turning over. My car is not that old!	It is likely that your bar battery is causing this issue. Your battery may have enough power to tun on the lights and connect to the starter, but not sufficient voltage to start your car. Modern car batteries last an average of three years, so if your car battery is three years or older it is within the replacement window. You can have your battery tested at an auto parts store or mechanic to confirm if it is a battery issue, or if there could be another issue, such as an alternator issue.	open_qa
Hugh Lofting created which famous character	Doctor Dolittle	open_qa
What are the four ingredients for beer?	Water, Barley, Yeast and Hops	open_qa
Name the famous place in Italy which was flooded for the 6th time in the last 1200 years.	Saint Mark's Square in Venice	open_qa
What is net worth?	Net worth is the value of the assets a person or corporation owns, minus the liabilities they owe. It is an important metric to gauge a person's health, providing a useful snapshot of its current financial position. Tracking your net worth over time is a helpful indicator of your financial stability. Looking at net worth can help you understand where your money has gone in the past vs. where you want it to go in the future.	open_qa
When is the world diabetes day celebrated?	World diabetes day is celebrated on November 14	open_qa
What is Categorization and Sentiment Analysis	Categorization and Sentiment Analysis is typically referred in the Customer Experience space where customer interaction data is analyzed to get insights into categories of topics and sentiment associated with those interactions. Some of the use cases that benefit from these insights include Customer Representative/Agent Performance and Training, Workload Management, Product Performance et al	open_qa
How many rounds are played in a professional golf tournament?	Four rounds are played in a professional golf tournament.	open_qa
What is the difference between the Debt Snowball and Debt Avalanche methods of paying off debt?	The Debt Snowball and Debt Avalanche are two widely known methods of paying off debt. One is a mathematically faster way to pay off the debt; whereas, the alternative is slightly slower but is more psychologically motivating. This motivation is what helps the person reach their debt pay off goals. The following set of debts will be used as the basis for explaining each method: Debt A has a balance of $10,000 at a 4% interest rate. Debt B has a balance of $5,000 at a 10% interest rate. Debt C has a balance of $8,000 at a 24% interest rate. The Debt Avalanche is typically the fastest and most cost effective way to pay off debt. The person makes minimum payments on all their debts and any extra goes towards the account with highest interest rate (Debt C in example above). Once that first balance is paid off, the person takes the payments from that and puts it all towards the second highest interest rate (Debt B). Repeat until all debts are paid. The Debt Snowball is a method popularized by a personal finance expert, Dave Ramsey, in Step 2 of his 7 Baby Steps to building wealth. This method uses psychology by paying off the smallest balance first (Debt B above). The theory is that the feeling of quickly paying off a debt balance provides the motivation to stick with the program. Similar to the Debt Avalanche, the person takes the payments from Debt B and puts it towards the next smallest balance (Debt C). Repeat until all debts are paid.	open_qa
In the series A Song of Ice and Fire, who is the founder of House Frey?	Emmon Frey	open_qa
Who was favored to win the 2023 NCAA Men's Collegiate Basketball Championship game?	The final odds from the primary online gambling sites in the 2023 NCAA Men's Collegiate Basketball Championship game gave the University of Connecticut (UCONN) a 7.5 point advantage over San Diego State University (SDSU).	open_qa
how is yogurt made?	Yogurt is made from heating milk, and before milk can be made into yogurt the whey has to be removed from it. You add a certain bacteria to it, and then it starts to coagulate into yogurt. The bacteria that are added to the milk to turn it to yogurt at Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. After the yogurt is made sugar may be added to make it a specific flavor like chocolate or vanilla.	open_qa
What is the Taylor rule?	The Taylor rule is a monetary policy targeting rule. The rule was proposed in 1992 by American economist John B. Taylor for central banks to use to stabilize economic activity by appropriately setting short-term interest rates. The rule considers the federal funds rate, the price level and changes in real income. The Taylor rule computes the optimal federal funds rate based on the gap between the desired (targeted) inflation rate and the actual inflation rate; and the output gap between the actual and natural output level. According to Taylor, monetary policy is stabilizing when the nominal interest rate is higher/lower than the increase/decrease in inflation. Thus the Taylor rule prescribes a relatively high interest rate when actual inflation is higher than the inflation target.	open_qa
In the comic book series Calvin and Hobbes, who are Calvin and Hobbes named after?	Author Bill Watterson named Calvin after French theologian John Calvin and Hobbes after English philosopher Thomas Hobbes.	open_qa
Who is the best NBA player of all time?	This can be discussed but it is often admitted that Michael Jordan is the best NBA player of all time.	open_qa
At what temperature does water boil?	While some say a "watched pot never boils," water reaches its boiling point at 100 degrees celsius or 212 degrees fahrenheit.	open_qa
Who was the costliest player in Indian Premier League (IPL) auction of 2020?	Pat Cummins (Australian Cricketer)	open_qa
Why do people need sleep?	Sleep is necessary for your overall health and well-being. Sleep is even so important not enough sleep can actually kill you. Sleep enables the body engage in processes that help rejuvenate the body through better mental and physical performance. A good night of rest will give you higher energy levels, better mood, clearer thinking and concentration.	open_qa
What is considered a good meal?	Have plenty and balanced intake of carbs, proteins and fats. Have various ingredients including greens.	open_qa
What is IAAS?	IAAS is an acronym for Infrastructure-as-a-service and refers to the networking, storage, compute and virtualisation services the form the foundation of public cloud computing.	open_qa
What is the difference between a pomelo and a grapefruit?	Both a pomelo and a grapefruit have similar citrus tastes, but a pomelo is a larger fruit that is usually greenish yellow and its outer peel bruises much more easily than the pink peel of a grapefruit.	open_qa
Who produced the album Exit the Dragon	Exit the Dragon is the fifth album by American alternative rock group Urge Overkill, released in 1995. Exit the Dragon is characterized as being a darker album than their previous album, Saturation. It was their final album until 2011 saw the release of Rock & Roll Submarine, sixteen years after Exit the Dragon.	open_qa
what is the name of the podcast hosted by luke burbank?	TBTL	open_qa
Is rule 606 good for the industry	yes, overall create consistent accounting rules regardless of business or revenue model	open_qa
How many continents are there in total?	There are 7 continents in total.	open_qa
What did Special Agent Fox Mulder study when he was in university?	Fox Mulder, a main character on the TV show "The X-Files," studied at Oxford University and majored in psychology.	open_qa
What is ice hockey?	Ice hockey is a team sport which is popular primarily in North America and Europe. Gameplay consists of two teams attempting to propel a puck into the opposing team's net using hockey sticks. What makes ice hockey unique is that it's played on a sheet of ice and players must wear ice skates to maneuver around the playing surface. Ice hockey teams will generally have 6 players on the ice at any given time; 3 forwards whose objective it is to score goals, 2 defenseman whose main objective is to defend their own net from opposing players, and one goaltender who is tasked from preventing pucks from entering their team's net. The most popular professional ice hockey league is the National Hockey League (NHL) which is based in the US and Canada. However, there are professional hockey leagues throughout the world including the Kontinental Hockey League in Russia, Swedish Hockey League in Sweden, and the Liiga based in Finalnd.	open_qa
What is Microfinance?	Microfinance refers to the financial services provided to low-income individuals or groups who are typically excluded from traditional banking. Most microfinance institutions focus on offering credit in the form of small working capital loans, sometimes called microloans or microcredit.	open_qa
What is the pattern in this sequence and what is the next number: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13	In this sequence the pattern is that each number is the sum of the two previous numbers. Therefore the next number in this sequence is 21.	open_qa
What field of science (biology, physics or chemistry) was Marie Curie a researcher in?	Marie Curie was a chemist	open_qa
Did Gary Collins played in the NHL	Ranleigh Gary Collins (September 27, 1935 – June 17, 2022) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played two playoff games in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1958–59 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1956 to 1968, was spent in the minor leagues.. Collins died in June 2022 at the age of 86.	open_qa
What are three popular women's fashion rental services?	Rent the Runway, Nuuly, and FashionPass	open_qa
How many teams compete in Formula one world championship?	Currently there are 10 teams competing in the Formula one world championships. The number of teams that compete in Formula one world championship have varied in the past.	open_qa
Which book is Mary Shelley most famous for?	Frankenstein	open_qa
What are some must visit places in San Diego, CA?	San Diego is known as a sunny state and is one of those places in the US that receives most sun light through out the year. People from all over the US visit San Diego. Here are some must visit places in San Diego: - San Diego Zoo - Balboa Park - USS Midway Museum - Safari Park - Seaworld San Diego - Belmont Park	open_qa
What is Adderall?	Adderall is a brand name for a combination drug called mixed amphetamine salts. The mixture contains four salts of amphetamines including equal parts racemic amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, which produces a 3 to 1 ratio between dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine, the two enantiomers of amphetamine. Adderall increases activity in the central nervous system and stimulates the release of dopamine and other neurotransmitters, such as serotonin Adderall is generally considered effective in treating symptoms of ADHD and narcolepsy. At normal recommended doses, Adderall improves focus, increases energy levels and decreases fidgeting, impulsivity, restlessness and aggression.	open_qa
What decade is the Great Gatsby set in, and what is the nickname for that time period?	The Great Gatsby is set in the 1920s, known as the Roaring Twenties	open_qa
What is considered as DACH region?	The DACH region comprises the three countries in the central Europe: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The abbreviation comes a mix of first letters of countries as per international country codes, i.e. Germany (DE), Austria (AT), and Switzerland (CH).	open_qa
Who is Oren Middlebrook	Oren Middlebrook (born January 23, 1953) is a former American football wide receiver. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1978.	open_qa
What is "diglossia"?	Diglossia is when one community uses two different languages or dialects depending on the circumstances e.g. for written things and for casual conversation. A weird (not actual schoolbook) case of that is Swiss German. High German is used for written and formal things while Swiss German is used to speak.	open_qa
Name a style of hot yoga.	Bikram.	open_qa
What can help with puppy teething?	Puppy teething will typically last until they are 4 or 5 months old. To help with the discomfort, you can give them puppy safe chew toys, a frozen carrot or banana, bully sticks, or cooling teethers. You can also try giving them a frozen kong toy, or wet and twist a rag, then freeze it.	open_qa
Name a few famous Dutch artists, and the respective movements for which they are known.	1. Rembrandt - Baroque, or the Dutch Golden Age. Known for his masterful use of light and shadow, and his expressive portraits. 2. Vermeer - Baroque, or the Dutch Golden Age. Known for the interplay of colors and light, and his depictions of ordinary domestic scenes. 3. Van Gogh - Post-Impression. Known for his vibrant and bold colors, and emotional portraits of daily life. 4. Mondrian - De Stijl. A pioneer of the De Stijl movement, which is known for its strict use of geometry and colors, he is well known for his abstract grid paintings.	open_qa
What is Bar Method?	Bar Method is a type of exercise routine based on body weight strength movements and stretching. The entire one-hour class is performed at a Ballet Bar and individual instruction and corrections are provided by a certified Bar Method teacher. Most movements are based on physical therapy with a focus on maximizing muscular strength and minimal joint impact.	open_qa
Where are the headquarters of FATF	FATF has headquarters in Paris, France	open_qa
What is the Norwood scale used for?	It is used to classify the stages of male pattern baldness. The scale is divided into seven stages.	open_qa
I am an odd number and if you take away a letter, I become even. What number am I?	I am the number seven.	open_qa
When did Hungary gain its independence?	Hungary declared independence on October 17, 1918 and officially formed its government on November 1 of that year.	open_qa
Who invented the first safety razor in 1895	King Camp Gillette	open_qa
What was the cause of Michael Jackson's death?	On August 28, 2009, the Los Angeles County coroner classified Jackson's death as a homicide, determining that Jackson died from acute propofol intoxication, exacerbated by the anxiolytic lorazepam, and less significantly midazolam, diazepam, lidocaine, and ephedrine.	open_qa
What are all Marvel movies with Thanos in it?	Here is a list of Marvel Cinematic Universe films in which the character Thanos makes an appearance: 1. The Avengers (2012) 2. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 3. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) 4. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 5. Avengers: Endgame (2019)	open_qa
What does HIPAA stand for?	HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.	open_qa
What is HTML?	The HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for creating web pages.	open_qa
Can kitesurfers sail up against the wind?	Yes, kitesurfers can sail up against the wind by edging their surfboard upwind at a slight angle relative to 90 degrees crosswind. Depending on the equipment and skill, kitesurfers can generally achieve an upwind angle of ~20 degrees.	open_qa
What is Go?	Go is a statically typed, compiled high-level programming language designed at Google by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. It is syntactically similar to C, but with memory safety, garbage collection, structural typing, and CSP-style concurrency. It is often referred to as Golang because of its former domain name, golang.org, but its proper name is Go.	open_qa
What does Chevron do?	Chevron is an oil and gas company that has operations in the entire well lifecycle. Chevron drills land and deep water wells. They have refineries for processing oil into gasoline and other products. Chevron has an entire trucking fleet company for delivering their produced gasoline to Chevron and Texaco gas station direct to consumer. They have surface facility networks for moving produced oil all over the United States. They also have Chevron shipping to move oil overseas to other countries. Chevron has all the talent - drilling engineers, petroleum engineers, geologists, petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, and seismologists, and other support personnel necessary to deliver the full well lifecycle	open_qa
How do you make money?	There are many ways to make money. You can apply for job and perform a service that pays money. If you have a talent you might be able monetize that talent through performance like acting in movies or tutoring students. If you are creative and build and make things you could sell those things for money like furniture or custom artwork. If you still don't know how to make money then going back to school might be an option to learn a new trade skill such as welding, construction, or working on cars and boats.	open_qa
Which clef does a viola use?	Viola music is normally written in the alto clef which is also known as the c clef. Occasionally, the treble clef may be used where there are high sections in music.	open_qa
What are the best places to eat and top Japanese sushi restaurant in San Mateo?	The best Japanese Restaurant in San Mateo are Sushi Sam and Sushi Maruyama	open_qa
How do fiber optic cables transmit data?	With light	open_qa
What is the best way to relax after work?	Ideally a person should do something post work that relaxes them. For example, take a hot shower, watch tv, cook, run, workout or anything that might interest you. I could also be beneficial to have a nice hot meal or hot tea to relax. Reading a book might also be a good option.	open_qa
What are five cities in the state of North Carolina?	Five cities in North Carolina are Charlotte, Raleigh, Boone, Durham, and Asheville.	open_qa
What is XML?	Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.	open_qa
What do redshifts tell astronomers?	Edwin Hubble discovered in the 1920s that the spectral lines of light reaching us from the universe's most distant galaxies were redshifting to areas of the electromagnetic spectrum with lower energy intensity. This allows us to confirm that the various objects in the universe are moving away from us and from one another. The faster a galaxy moves away from the observer, the further it is from the observer. This phenomenon is interpreted as proof of the universe's expansion and the Big Bang.	open_qa
What black sweet is particularly popular in the Netherlands	In the Netherlands, black sweet is particularly popular. It is a type of cake made from a light and fluffy sponge cake, filled with a dark chocolate ganache and topped with dark chocolate shavings.	open_qa
What is comparative genomics?	The core of comparative genome analysis is the establishment of the correspondence between genes (orthology analysis) or other genomic features in different organisms. It is these intergenomic maps that make it possible to trace the evolutionary processes responsible for the divergence of two genomes. A multitude of evolutionary events acting at various organizational levels shape genome evolution. At the lowest level, point mutations affect individual nucleotides. At a higher level, large chromosomal segments undergo duplication, lateral transfer, inversion, transposition, deletion and insertion. Ultimately, whole genomes are involved in processes of hybridization, polyploidization and endosymbiosis, often leading to rapid speciation. The complexity of genome evolution poses many exciting challenges to developers of mathematical models and algorithms, who have recourse to a spectrum of algorithmic, statistical and mathematical techniques, ranging from exact, heuristics, fixed parameter and approximation algorithms for problems based on parsimony models to Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms for Bayesian analysis of problems based on probabilistic models. Many of these studies are based on the detection of sequence homology to assign sequences to protein families.	open_qa
What is the difference between a fire fighter and a nurse?	A fire fighter is responsible for responding to emergencies that are mostly related to fires. A typical task would be to ride in a fire truck from the fire station to a home that has caught fire and use water and other fire-fighting tools to put it out. A nurse is responsible for providing medical care to patients, typically in healthcare facilities like hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient clinics. A typical task for a nurse would be to care for the wounds and help manage pain for a patient following surgery.	open_qa
What rock icon was the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men?	David Bowie.	open_qa
Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got Nobel 1977	Amnesty International	open_qa
Is it football or soccer that they play in the Netherlands?	In the Netherlands they play football.	open_qa
Who was declared as the winner of LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2021?	Harnaaz Sandhu(Chandigarh)	open_qa
I have some vermouth and bitters. What cocktails can I make with those ingredients?	You can add whiskey to your vermouth and bitters to make a manhattan. Alternatively, if you have gin you can mix dry vermouth to make a martini or combine with sweet vermouth and Campari to make a negroni.	open_qa
What is SMTP?	The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard communication protocol for electronic mail transmission. Mail servers and other message transfer agents use SMTP to send and receive mail messages. User-level email clients typically use SMTP only for sending messages to a mail server for relaying, and typically submit outgoing email to the mail server on port 587 or 465 per RFC 8314. For retrieving messages, IMAP (which replaced the older POP3) is standard, but proprietary servers also often implement proprietary protocols.	open_qa
In which year did the Portuguese first arrived in Brazil?	The Portuguese first arrived in Brazil in the year of 1500.	open_qa
Who was the president of China before Xi?	It's Jingtao Hu. He was the president of China from 2003 to 2013.	open_qa
Which MTV show featured Jenny McCarthy hosting a dating show?	Singled Out	open_qa
What is the National Payments Corporation of India?	The National Payments Corporation of India is an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India, is an initiative of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, for creating a robust Payment & Settlement Infrastructure in India. It was created by RBI for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. Founded in December 2008, the NPCI is a not-for-profit organisation registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013, established by the Reserve Bank of India and Indian Banks' Association. The organisation is owned by a consortium of major banks, and has been promoted by the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India. The NPCI was incorporated in December 2008 and the Certificate of Commencement of Business was issued in April 2009. The authorised capital has been pegged at ₹3 billion (US$38 million) and paid-up capital is ₹1 billion (US$13 million).	open_qa
How many books are there in the Harry Potter series?	7	open_qa
What is the terminal outbound station of the D line in the Boston MBTA?	Riverside Station is the last station headed outbound on the D line of Boston's MBTA.	open_qa
What does a reverse osmosis filter do?	A reverse osmosis filter is a fine grained small pore filter that is used in water filtration. The RO filter membrane reduces 99.9% of 1000+ contaminants down to 0.0001 microns. Some of the contaminants it removes are chlorine, lead, heavy metals, fluoride, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), chloramine, total dissolved solids (TDS), limescale, and arsenic. A reverse osmosis membrane is a great way to make clean water at home if you are trying to get rid of bottled water consumption.	open_qa
What coloring of cat is almost always male?	Orange cats are generally male.	open_qa
What is the largest spider?	Goliath Birdeater	open_qa
Why was the 2023 Women's NCAA basketball championship controversial?	LSU beat Iowa to win the NCAA women's basketball championship in slightly controversial game. Many fans and pundits observed overly tight officiating resulting in many of the key stars on both teams with quick fouls and spending time on the bench altering the flow of the game requiring more bench players to play than expected. Particularly impactful was a questionable technical foul on Iowa player Caitlin Clark in the second half. Additionally, near the end of the game Angel Reece the LSU star mocked Iowa start Clark as her team won mimicking her soon to be placed championship ring on her hand. The 'trash talk' drove discussion on sportsmanship online among fans and journalists	open_qa
What team has won the most Stanley Cups?	The Montreal Canadiens have won the most Stanley Cups with 24.	open_qa
Who is the founder of Vanguard?	John C. Bogle	open_qa
Are there polar bears in Antarctica?	No, there are no polar bears in Antarctica. Polar bears are found in the northern hemisphere.	open_qa
Why do children of Indian Origin do well in SpellBee contests in the USA?	We find that a high percentage of the winners of the SpellBee contests in the US are children of Indian origin. Most of these children are born to parents who migrated to the USA to work in fields such as Information Technology, Research or white collar jobs that require a good academic qualification. In general, for people to migrate from India to the US one of the main criteria is exceptional academic performance with post graduate university qualifications in addition to being very proficient in English.So, the parents of these children of Indian origin have a strong academic educational background and try to create an environment at home that places great emphasis on academic learning. SpellBee has become very popular with the events being telecast on TV. The event is becoming more popular among the Indian community in the US as they see Indian kids being successful in the contests and getting national recognition when they perform well in SpellBee. When the Indian parents find that their kids are showing some aptitude in spelling and are capable of putting in the required effort, the parents start motivating the children to start practising for SpellBee contests. These children of Indian origin spend significant effort over a period of several months or in some cases even years fine tuning their skills to practise for SpellBee contests. A combination of hard work, the support from the parents and family and the motivation of these children to perform well in SpellBee are all factors contributing to the success of the children of Indian origin in the SpellBee contests in the USA.	open_qa
How many cents do I have if I have 3 dimes?	If you have 3 dimes, you have 30 cents.	open_qa
What is the SECA Art Award?	SECA stands for Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art. The SECA Art Award is an annual award that is given to emerging San Francisco Bay Area artists. It was organized by the SFMOMA in1967, and has been awarded every year since then. In 2022, 5 artists got selected: Binta Ayofemi, Maria A. Guzmán Capron, Cathy Lu, Marcel Pardo Ariza, and Gregory Rick. Their diverse works deal with racial conflict, American Asian identity, trans pride, black and indigenous presence in the urban landscape. SECA installations can be viewed at the SFMOMA Level 2 galleries from December through May annually.	open_qa

What are the top 3 largest countries by territory?

Russia, Canada and China

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What are ways to improve running speed?

There are several training methods to increase your race speed, they all play with tempo in different forms. Interval training is one way to increase running speed. In this form of training, you alternate between slow and fast tempos within a training session. You run through several repetitions alternating between fast running pace and trotting pauses. Depending on the target distance and speed, this training unit can be designed differently. A marathon runner goes through a different interval training as a 800 meter runner. Another way to train and increase the running speed are tempo runs. Here you run at a higher pace than the actual target pace. The intensity of the load is correspondingly high, the duration of the load and the distance is therefore shorter. Overall, however, it is important to remember that base training is just as important for increasing race speed as fast tempo sessions. With long runs, the appropriate foundations are laid in order to build them up with the previously mentioned speed units.

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What is a noun?

A noun is a naming word. It generally refers to the name of a specific object, person, place or idea.

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What is a computer?

A computer is an electronic device that generates output from input by the user. A computer can have a visual display to show user input as well as output. Modern computers have lot of sophisticated parts which includes a monitor for display, a keyboard for typing input, a mouse for browsing and CPU for processing the input.

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What is the Simpson family dog named?

Santa's little helper

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Name some players on the Golden State Warriors basketball team.

The current roster of the Golden State Warriors basketball team includes the following players: Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole, Klay Thompson, Kevon Looney, Jonathan Kuminga.

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What is an Oxford comma and why do editors have such strong feelings about their use?

An Oxford comma is a comma before the last item in a series or list. For example take the following two statements: I was chased by the fox, the bear and the dog. I was chased by the fox, the bear, and the dog. The meaning is the same but the second statement contains an Oxford comma. Some say the Oxford comma adds clarity to some statements. This is apparent when there can be ambiguity between a list and an appositive. Take the following two example statements: We went to dinner with our coaches, Chris and Terry. We went to dinner with our coaches, Chris, and Terry. The first statement can appear to imply that we went to dinner with two people whose names are Chris and Terry who are both our coaches. There is no such implication that can be extracted from the second statement. The second statement implies we went to dinner with at least 4 people: Chris, Terry, and at least two coaches. This type of ambiguity is what proponents of the Oxford comma latch onto in its defense. On the other hand, opponents of the Oxford comma claim it should be avoided in favor of rewording sentences when necessary. The sentence: We went to dinner with our coaches, Chris, and Terry. Can easily be reworded as: We went to dinner with Chris and Terry, as well as our coaches. The "as well as" language is claimed to be more clear than the Oxford comma albeit less concise. Editors who oppose the Oxford comma typically privilege clarity over conciseness.

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What is supply and demand?

Supply and demand are economic terms in a free-market economy that dictate the price of a good or service. Typically shown on a two-dimensional axis where y is price and x is the quantity, the price of a particular good or service is when the two linear lines intersect. Supply has a negative sloping line indicating that when demand is fixed an increase in quantity of a good or service results in a lower unit price of that good or service. Demand has a positive linear line meaning that has more demand for a good or item increases while supply remains fixed then the price for that good or service increases.

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What is a quark?

A quark are elementary particles that make up a class of matter called hadrons, the most common of which are protons and neutrons. According to the Standard Model of elementary particle physics there are six types of quarks which come in pairs or families; Up/Down, Strange/Charm, and Bottom/Top.

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Name the place where Queen Elizabeth II is buried

Windsor Castle

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What is a hockey hat trick ?

when a player scores three goals in a game, usually earning him a cascade of hats thrown onto the ice by fans (especially if the player is on the home team). A natural hat trick is when a player scores three consecutive goals in a game.

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Why is my car making a clicking sound when I try to start it? The lights are turning on for a little bit but the engine is not turning over. My car is not that old!

It is likely that your bar battery is causing this issue. Your battery may have enough power to tun on the lights and connect to the starter, but not sufficient voltage to start your car. Modern car batteries last an average of three years, so if your car battery is three years or older it is within the replacement window. You can have your battery tested at an auto parts store or mechanic to confirm if it is a battery issue, or if there could be another issue, such as an alternator issue.

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Hugh Lofting created which famous character

Doctor Dolittle

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What are the four ingredients for beer?

Water, Barley, Yeast and Hops

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Name the famous place in Italy which was flooded for the 6th time in the last 1200 years.

Saint Mark's Square in Venice

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What is net worth?

Net worth is the value of the assets a person or corporation owns, minus the liabilities they owe. It is an important metric to gauge a person's health, providing a useful snapshot of its current financial position. Tracking your net worth over time is a helpful indicator of your financial stability. Looking at net worth can help you understand where your money has gone in the past vs. where you want it to go in the future.

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When is the world diabetes day celebrated?

World diabetes day is celebrated on November 14

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What is Categorization and Sentiment Analysis

Categorization and Sentiment Analysis is typically referred in the Customer Experience space where customer interaction data is analyzed to get insights into categories of topics and sentiment associated with those interactions. Some of the use cases that benefit from these insights include Customer Representative/Agent Performance and Training, Workload Management, Product Performance et al

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How many rounds are played in a professional golf tournament?

Four rounds are played in a professional golf tournament.

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What is the difference between the Debt Snowball and Debt Avalanche methods of paying off debt?

The Debt Snowball and Debt Avalanche are two widely known methods of paying off debt. One is a mathematically faster way to pay off the debt; whereas, the alternative is slightly slower but is more psychologically motivating. This motivation is what helps the person reach their debt pay off goals. The following set of debts will be used as the basis for explaining each method: Debt A has a balance of $10,000 at a 4% interest rate. Debt B has a balance of $5,000 at a 10% interest rate. Debt C has a balance of $8,000 at a 24% interest rate. The Debt Avalanche is typically the fastest and most cost effective way to pay off debt. The person makes minimum payments on all their debts and any extra goes towards the account with highest interest rate (Debt C in example above). Once that first balance is paid off, the person takes the payments from that and puts it all towards the second highest interest rate (Debt B). Repeat until all debts are paid. The Debt Snowball is a method popularized by a personal finance expert, Dave Ramsey, in Step 2 of his 7 Baby Steps to building wealth. This method uses psychology by paying off the smallest balance first (Debt B above). The theory is that the feeling of quickly paying off a debt balance provides the motivation to stick with the program. Similar to the Debt Avalanche, the person takes the payments from Debt B and puts it towards the next smallest balance (Debt C). Repeat until all debts are paid.

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In the series A Song of Ice and Fire, who is the founder of House Frey?

Emmon Frey

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Who was favored to win the 2023 NCAA Men's Collegiate Basketball Championship game?

The final odds from the primary online gambling sites in the 2023 NCAA Men's Collegiate Basketball Championship game gave the University of Connecticut (UCONN) a 7.5 point advantage over San Diego State University (SDSU).

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how is yogurt made?

Yogurt is made from heating milk, and before milk can be made into yogurt the whey has to be removed from it. You add a certain bacteria to it, and then it starts to coagulate into yogurt. The bacteria that are added to the milk to turn it to yogurt at Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. After the yogurt is made sugar may be added to make it a specific flavor like chocolate or vanilla.

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What is the Taylor rule?

The Taylor rule is a monetary policy targeting rule. The rule was proposed in 1992 by American economist John B. Taylor for central banks to use to stabilize economic activity by appropriately setting short-term interest rates. The rule considers the federal funds rate, the price level and changes in real income. The Taylor rule computes the optimal federal funds rate based on the gap between the desired (targeted) inflation rate and the actual inflation rate; and the output gap between the actual and natural output level. According to Taylor, monetary policy is stabilizing when the nominal interest rate is higher/lower than the increase/decrease in inflation. Thus the Taylor rule prescribes a relatively high interest rate when actual inflation is higher than the inflation target.

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In the comic book series Calvin and Hobbes, who are Calvin and Hobbes named after?

Author Bill Watterson named Calvin after French theologian John Calvin and Hobbes after English philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

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Who is the best NBA player of all time?

This can be discussed but it is often admitted that Michael Jordan is the best NBA player of all time.

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At what temperature does water boil?

While some say a "watched pot never boils," water reaches its boiling point at 100 degrees celsius or 212 degrees fahrenheit.

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Who was the costliest player in Indian Premier League (IPL) auction of 2020?

Pat Cummins (Australian Cricketer)

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Why do people need sleep?

Sleep is necessary for your overall health and well-being. Sleep is even so important not enough sleep can actually kill you. Sleep enables the body engage in processes that help rejuvenate the body through better mental and physical performance. A good night of rest will give you higher energy levels, better mood, clearer thinking and concentration.

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What is considered a good meal?

Have plenty and balanced intake of carbs, proteins and fats. Have various ingredients including greens.

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What is IAAS?

IAAS is an acronym for Infrastructure-as-a-service and refers to the networking, storage, compute and virtualisation services the form the foundation of public cloud computing.

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What is the difference between a pomelo and a grapefruit?

Both a pomelo and a grapefruit have similar citrus tastes, but a pomelo is a larger fruit that is usually greenish yellow and its outer peel bruises much more easily than the pink peel of a grapefruit.

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Who produced the album Exit the Dragon

Exit the Dragon is the fifth album by American alternative rock group Urge Overkill, released in 1995. Exit the Dragon is characterized as being a darker album than their previous album, Saturation. It was their final album until 2011 saw the release of Rock & Roll Submarine, sixteen years after Exit the Dragon.

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what is the name of the podcast hosted by luke burbank?

TBTL

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Is rule 606 good for the industry

yes, overall create consistent accounting rules regardless of business or revenue model

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How many continents are there in total?

There are 7 continents in total.

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What did Special Agent Fox Mulder study when he was in university?

Fox Mulder, a main character on the TV show "The X-Files," studied at Oxford University and majored in psychology.

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What is ice hockey?

Ice hockey is a team sport which is popular primarily in North America and Europe. Gameplay consists of two teams attempting to propel a puck into the opposing team's net using hockey sticks. What makes ice hockey unique is that it's played on a sheet of ice and players must wear ice skates to maneuver around the playing surface. Ice hockey teams will generally have 6 players on the ice at any given time; 3 forwards whose objective it is to score goals, 2 defenseman whose main objective is to defend their own net from opposing players, and one goaltender who is tasked from preventing pucks from entering their team's net. The most popular professional ice hockey league is the National Hockey League (NHL) which is based in the US and Canada. However, there are professional hockey leagues throughout the world including the Kontinental Hockey League in Russia, Swedish Hockey League in Sweden, and the Liiga based in Finalnd.

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What is Microfinance?

Microfinance refers to the financial services provided to low-income individuals or groups who are typically excluded from traditional banking. Most microfinance institutions focus on offering credit in the form of small working capital loans, sometimes called microloans or microcredit.

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What is the pattern in this sequence and what is the next number: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13

In this sequence the pattern is that each number is the sum of the two previous numbers. Therefore the next number in this sequence is 21.

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What field of science (biology, physics or chemistry) was Marie Curie a researcher in?

Marie Curie was a chemist

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Did Gary Collins played in the NHL

Ranleigh Gary Collins (September 27, 1935 – June 17, 2022) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played two playoff games in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1958–59 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1956 to 1968, was spent in the minor leagues.. Collins died in June 2022 at the age of 86.

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What are three popular women's fashion rental services?

Rent the Runway, Nuuly, and FashionPass

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How many teams compete in Formula one world championship?

Currently there are 10 teams competing in the Formula one world championships. The number of teams that compete in Formula one world championship have varied in the past.

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Which book is Mary Shelley most famous for?

Frankenstein

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What are some must visit places in San Diego, CA?

San Diego is known as a sunny state and is one of those places in the US that receives most sun light through out the year. People from all over the US visit San Diego. Here are some must visit places in San Diego: - San Diego Zoo - Balboa Park - USS Midway Museum - Safari Park - Seaworld San Diego - Belmont Park

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What is Adderall?

Adderall is a brand name for a combination drug called mixed amphetamine salts. The mixture contains four salts of amphetamines including equal parts racemic amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, which produces a 3 to 1 ratio between dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine, the two enantiomers of amphetamine. Adderall increases activity in the central nervous system and stimulates the release of dopamine and other neurotransmitters, such as serotonin Adderall is generally considered effective in treating symptoms of ADHD and narcolepsy. At normal recommended doses, Adderall improves focus, increases energy levels and decreases fidgeting, impulsivity, restlessness and aggression.

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What decade is the Great Gatsby set in, and what is the nickname for that time period?

The Great Gatsby is set in the 1920s, known as the Roaring Twenties

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What is considered as DACH region?

The DACH region comprises the three countries in the central Europe: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The abbreviation comes a mix of first letters of countries as per international country codes, i.e. Germany (DE), Austria (AT), and Switzerland (CH).

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Who is Oren Middlebrook

Oren Middlebrook (born January 23, 1953) is a former American football wide receiver. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1978.

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What is "diglossia"?

Diglossia is when one community uses two different languages or dialects depending on the circumstances e.g. for written things and for casual conversation. A weird (not actual schoolbook) case of that is Swiss German. High German is used for written and formal things while Swiss German is used to speak.

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Name a style of hot yoga.

Bikram.

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What can help with puppy teething?

Puppy teething will typically last until they are 4 or 5 months old. To help with the discomfort, you can give them puppy safe chew toys, a frozen carrot or banana, bully sticks, or cooling teethers. You can also try giving them a frozen kong toy, or wet and twist a rag, then freeze it.

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Name a few famous Dutch artists, and the respective movements for which they are known.

1. Rembrandt - Baroque, or the Dutch Golden Age. Known for his masterful use of light and shadow, and his expressive portraits. 2. Vermeer - Baroque, or the Dutch Golden Age. Known for the interplay of colors and light, and his depictions of ordinary domestic scenes. 3. Van Gogh - Post-Impression. Known for his vibrant and bold colors, and emotional portraits of daily life. 4. Mondrian - De Stijl. A pioneer of the De Stijl movement, which is known for its strict use of geometry and colors, he is well known for his abstract grid paintings.

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What is Bar Method?

Bar Method is a type of exercise routine based on body weight strength movements and stretching. The entire one-hour class is performed at a Ballet Bar and individual instruction and corrections are provided by a certified Bar Method teacher. Most movements are based on physical therapy with a focus on maximizing muscular strength and minimal joint impact.

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Where are the headquarters of FATF

FATF has headquarters in Paris, France

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What is the Norwood scale used for?

It is used to classify the stages of male pattern baldness. The scale is divided into seven stages.

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I am an odd number and if you take away a letter, I become even. What number am I?

I am the number seven.

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When did Hungary gain its independence?

Hungary declared independence on October 17, 1918 and officially formed its government on November 1 of that year.

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Who invented the first safety razor in 1895

King Camp Gillette

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What was the cause of Michael Jackson's death?

On August 28, 2009, the Los Angeles County coroner classified Jackson's death as a homicide, determining that Jackson died from acute propofol intoxication, exacerbated by the anxiolytic lorazepam, and less significantly midazolam, diazepam, lidocaine, and ephedrine.

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What are all Marvel movies with Thanos in it?

Here is a list of Marvel Cinematic Universe films in which the character Thanos makes an appearance: 1. The Avengers (2012) 2. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 3. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) 4. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 5. Avengers: Endgame (2019)

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What does HIPAA stand for?

HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

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What is HTML?

The HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for creating web pages.

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Can kitesurfers sail up against the wind?

Yes, kitesurfers can sail up against the wind by edging their surfboard upwind at a slight angle relative to 90 degrees crosswind. Depending on the equipment and skill, kitesurfers can generally achieve an upwind angle of ~20 degrees.

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What is Go?

Go is a statically typed, compiled high-level programming language designed at Google by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. It is syntactically similar to C, but with memory safety, garbage collection, structural typing, and CSP-style concurrency. It is often referred to as Golang because of its former domain name, golang.org, but its proper name is Go.

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What does Chevron do?

Chevron is an oil and gas company that has operations in the entire well lifecycle. Chevron drills land and deep water wells. They have refineries for processing oil into gasoline and other products. Chevron has an entire trucking fleet company for delivering their produced gasoline to Chevron and Texaco gas station direct to consumer. They have surface facility networks for moving produced oil all over the United States. They also have Chevron shipping to move oil overseas to other countries. Chevron has all the talent - drilling engineers, petroleum engineers, geologists, petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, and seismologists, and other support personnel necessary to deliver the full well lifecycle

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How do you make money?

There are many ways to make money. You can apply for job and perform a service that pays money. If you have a talent you might be able monetize that talent through performance like acting in movies or tutoring students. If you are creative and build and make things you could sell those things for money like furniture or custom artwork. If you still don't know how to make money then going back to school might be an option to learn a new trade skill such as welding, construction, or working on cars and boats.

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Which clef does a viola use?

Viola music is normally written in the alto clef which is also known as the c clef. Occasionally, the treble clef may be used where there are high sections in music.

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What are the best places to eat and top Japanese sushi restaurant in San Mateo?

The best Japanese Restaurant in San Mateo are Sushi Sam and Sushi Maruyama

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How do fiber optic cables transmit data?

With light

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What is the best way to relax after work?

Ideally a person should do something post work that relaxes them. For example, take a hot shower, watch tv, cook, run, workout or anything that might interest you. I could also be beneficial to have a nice hot meal or hot tea to relax. Reading a book might also be a good option.

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What are five cities in the state of North Carolina?

Five cities in North Carolina are Charlotte, Raleigh, Boone, Durham, and Asheville.

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What is XML?

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.

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What do redshifts tell astronomers?

Edwin Hubble discovered in the 1920s that the spectral lines of light reaching us from the universe's most distant galaxies were redshifting to areas of the electromagnetic spectrum with lower energy intensity. This allows us to confirm that the various objects in the universe are moving away from us and from one another. The faster a galaxy moves away from the observer, the further it is from the observer. This phenomenon is interpreted as proof of the universe's expansion and the Big Bang.

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What black sweet is particularly popular in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, black sweet is particularly popular. It is a type of cake made from a light and fluffy sponge cake, filled with a dark chocolate ganache and topped with dark chocolate shavings.

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What is comparative genomics?

The core of comparative genome analysis is the establishment of the correspondence between genes (orthology analysis) or other genomic features in different organisms. It is these intergenomic maps that make it possible to trace the evolutionary processes responsible for the divergence of two genomes. A multitude of evolutionary events acting at various organizational levels shape genome evolution. At the lowest level, point mutations affect individual nucleotides. At a higher level, large chromosomal segments undergo duplication, lateral transfer, inversion, transposition, deletion and insertion. Ultimately, whole genomes are involved in processes of hybridization, polyploidization and endosymbiosis, often leading to rapid speciation. The complexity of genome evolution poses many exciting challenges to developers of mathematical models and algorithms, who have recourse to a spectrum of algorithmic, statistical and mathematical techniques, ranging from exact, heuristics, fixed parameter and approximation algorithms for problems based on parsimony models to Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms for Bayesian analysis of problems based on probabilistic models. Many of these studies are based on the detection of sequence homology to assign sequences to protein families.

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What is the difference between a fire fighter and a nurse?

A fire fighter is responsible for responding to emergencies that are mostly related to fires. A typical task would be to ride in a fire truck from the fire station to a home that has caught fire and use water and other fire-fighting tools to put it out. A nurse is responsible for providing medical care to patients, typically in healthcare facilities like hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient clinics. A typical task for a nurse would be to care for the wounds and help manage pain for a patient following surgery.

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What rock icon was the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men?

David Bowie.

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Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got Nobel 1977

Amnesty International

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Is it football or soccer that they play in the Netherlands?

In the Netherlands they play football.

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Who was declared as the winner of LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2021?

Harnaaz Sandhu(Chandigarh)

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I have some vermouth and bitters. What cocktails can I make with those ingredients?

You can add whiskey to your vermouth and bitters to make a manhattan. Alternatively, if you have gin you can mix dry vermouth to make a martini or combine with sweet vermouth and Campari to make a negroni.

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What is SMTP?

The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard communication protocol for electronic mail transmission. Mail servers and other message transfer agents use SMTP to send and receive mail messages. User-level email clients typically use SMTP only for sending messages to a mail server for relaying, and typically submit outgoing email to the mail server on port 587 or 465 per RFC 8314. For retrieving messages, IMAP (which replaced the older POP3) is standard, but proprietary servers also often implement proprietary protocols.

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In which year did the Portuguese first arrived in Brazil?

The Portuguese first arrived in Brazil in the year of 1500.

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Who was the president of China before Xi?

It's Jingtao Hu. He was the president of China from 2003 to 2013.

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Which MTV show featured Jenny McCarthy hosting a dating show?

Singled Out

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What is the National Payments Corporation of India?

The National Payments Corporation of India is an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India, is an initiative of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, for creating a robust Payment & Settlement Infrastructure in India. It was created by RBI for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. Founded in December 2008, the NPCI is a not-for-profit organisation registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013, established by the Reserve Bank of India and Indian Banks' Association. The organisation is owned by a consortium of major banks, and has been promoted by the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India. The NPCI was incorporated in December 2008 and the Certificate of Commencement of Business was issued in April 2009. The authorised capital has been pegged at ₹3 billion (US$38 million) and paid-up capital is ₹1 billion (US$13 million).

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How many books are there in the Harry Potter series?

7

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What is the terminal outbound station of the D line in the Boston MBTA?

Riverside Station is the last station headed outbound on the D line of Boston's MBTA.

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What does a reverse osmosis filter do?

A reverse osmosis filter is a fine grained small pore filter that is used in water filtration. The RO filter membrane reduces 99.9% of 1000+ contaminants down to 0.0001 microns. Some of the contaminants it removes are chlorine, lead, heavy metals, fluoride, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), chloramine, total dissolved solids (TDS), limescale, and arsenic. A reverse osmosis membrane is a great way to make clean water at home if you are trying to get rid of bottled water consumption.

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What coloring of cat is almost always male?

Orange cats are generally male.

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What is the largest spider?

Goliath Birdeater

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Why was the 2023 Women's NCAA basketball championship controversial?

LSU beat Iowa to win the NCAA women's basketball championship in slightly controversial game. Many fans and pundits observed overly tight officiating resulting in many of the key stars on both teams with quick fouls and spending time on the bench altering the flow of the game requiring more bench players to play than expected. Particularly impactful was a questionable technical foul on Iowa player Caitlin Clark in the second half. Additionally, near the end of the game Angel Reece the LSU star mocked Iowa start Clark as her team won mimicking her soon to be placed championship ring on her hand. The 'trash talk' drove discussion on sportsmanship online among fans and journalists

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What team has won the most Stanley Cups?

The Montreal Canadiens have won the most Stanley Cups with 24.

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Who is the founder of Vanguard?

John C. Bogle

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Are there polar bears in Antarctica?

No, there are no polar bears in Antarctica. Polar bears are found in the northern hemisphere.

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Why do children of Indian Origin do well in SpellBee contests in the USA?

We find that a high percentage of the winners of the SpellBee contests in the US are children of Indian origin. Most of these children are born to parents who migrated to the USA to work in fields such as Information Technology, Research or white collar jobs that require a good academic qualification. In general, for people to migrate from India to the US one of the main criteria is exceptional academic performance with post graduate university qualifications in addition to being very proficient in English.So, the parents of these children of Indian origin have a strong academic educational background and try to create an environment at home that places great emphasis on academic learning. SpellBee has become very popular with the events being telecast on TV. The event is becoming more popular among the Indian community in the US as they see Indian kids being successful in the contests and getting national recognition when they perform well in SpellBee. When the Indian parents find that their kids are showing some aptitude in spelling and are capable of putting in the required effort, the parents start motivating the children to start practising for SpellBee contests. These children of Indian origin spend significant effort over a period of several months or in some cases even years fine tuning their skills to practise for SpellBee contests. A combination of hard work, the support from the parents and family and the motivation of these children to perform well in SpellBee are all factors contributing to the success of the children of Indian origin in the SpellBee contests in the USA.

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How many cents do I have if I have 3 dimes?

If you have 3 dimes, you have 30 cents.

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What is the SECA Art Award?

SECA stands for Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art. The SECA Art Award is an annual award that is given to emerging San Francisco Bay Area artists. It was organized by the SFMOMA in1967, and has been awarded every year since then. In 2022, 5 artists got selected: Binta Ayofemi, Maria A. Guzmán Capron, Cathy Lu, Marcel Pardo Ariza, and Gregory Rick. Their diverse works deal with racial conflict, American Asian identity, trans pride, black and indigenous presence in the urban landscape. SECA installations can be viewed at the SFMOMA Level 2 galleries from December through May annually.

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