Context: 1942 in science | January 8 – Stephen Hawking, English cosmologist and best-selling author of A Brief History of Time (died 2018) ; January 12 – Michel Mayor, Swiss astronomer, recipient of a Nobel Prize in Physics ; January 27 – Tasuku Honjo, Japanese immunologist, recipient of a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ; March 27 – John Sulston, English molecular biologist, recipient of a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 2018) ; May 24 – Fraser Stoddart, Scottish-born chemist, recipient of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry ; June 8 – Jacques Dubochet, Swiss biophysicist, recipient of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry ; August 24 – Karen Uhlenbeck, American mathematician ; October 20 – Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, German developmental geneticist, recipient of a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ; November 14 – Hanna von Hoerner, German astrophysicist (died 2014) ; November 22 – Guion Bluford, African American aerospace engineer and astronaut ; November 30 – André Brahic, French astrophysicist (died 2016)

Prompt: Name the British scientist author of the best-selling book A Brief History of Time?

Answer: Stephen Hawkings


Context: 5 | "5 is the most common number of gears for automobiles with manual transmission. ; In radio communication, the term ""Five by five"" is used to indicate perfect signal strength and clarity. ; On almost all devices with a numeric keypad such as telephones, computers, etc., the 5 key has a raised dot or raised bar to make dialing easier. Persons who are blind or have low vision find it useful to be able to feel the keys of a telephone. All other numbers can be found with their relative position around the 5 button (on computer keyboards, the 5 key of the numpad has the raised dot or bar, but the 5 key that shifts with % does not). ; On most telephones, the 5 key is associated with the letters J, K, and L, but on some of the BlackBerry phones, it is the key for G and H. ; The Pentium, coined by Intel Corporation, is a fifth-generation x86 architecture microprocessor. ; The resin identification code used in recycling to identify polypropylene. "

Prompt: Without looking and cheating - what three letters are conventionally on the number 5 button of a phone?

Answer: J K L


Context: International Bureau of Weights and Measures |  The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (Bureau international des poids et mesures, BIPM) is an intergovernmental organisation, through which its 59 member-states act together on measurement standards in four areas: chemistry, ionising radiation, physical metrology, and coordinated universal time. It is based in Saint-Cloud, Paris, France. The organisation has been referred to as IBWM (from its name in English) in older literature.

Prompt: The International Bureau of Weights and Measures is based in which European country?

Answer: La Republique francaise


Context: Zapatista Army of National Liberation | " The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN), often referred to as the Zapatistas (Mexican ), is a libertarian socialist political and militant group   that controls a substantial amount of territory in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico. Since 1994 the group has been nominally at war with the Mexican state (although it may be described at this point as a frozen conflict). In recent years, the EZLN has focused on a strategy of civil resistance. The Zapatistas' main body is made up of mostly rural indigenous people, but it includes some supporters in urban areas and internationally. The EZLN's main spokesperson is Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano, previously known as Subcomandante Marcos (a.k.a. Compañero Galeano and Delegate Zero in relation to ""the "

Prompt: The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional) is a revolutionary group in which country?

Answer: Mexican Republic


Context: Oblation |  Oblation, meaning an offering (Late Latin oblatio, from offerre, oblatum, to offer), is a term used, particularly in ecclesiastical use, for a solemn offering or presentation to God.

Prompt: What is an oblation in relation to a god? Offering; Curse; Damnation; or Church?

Answer: Offering (album)


Context: Atora | " Atora is a British brand of pre-shredded suet (the hard fat around the kidneys). As suet most commonly needs to be shredded in its typical uses in British cuisine (e.g. in pie crusts, steamed puddings, and dumplings), Atora can be seen as a labor-saving convenience item. Atora only uses suet from cattle and sheep. Atora also now available in a vegetable fat-based version labeled ""vegetable suet""."

Prompt: What is the common name of the cooking ingredient from the hard fat of kidneys and loins of oxen, famously sold under the Atora brand?

Answer: Beef suet


Context: Sesame |  In a 100 g amount, dried whole sesame seeds provide 573 calories and are composed of 5% water, 23% carbohydrates (including 12% dietary fiber), 50% fat, and 18% protein. Whole sesame seeds are rich (20% or more of the Daily Value) in several B vitamins and dietary minerals, especially iron, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and zinc. The byproduct that remains after oil extraction from sesame seeds, also called sesame oil meal, is rich in protein (35-50%) and is used as feed for poultry and livestock. As many seeds do, whole sesame seeds contain a significant amount of phytic acid, which is considered an antinutrient in that it binds to certain nutritional elements consumed at the same time, especially minerals, and prevents their absorption by carrying them along as they pass through the small intestine. Heating and cooking reduce the amount of the acid in the seeds.

Prompt: Sesame seeds are a very good dietary source of what elemental mineral?

Answer: C8H14MgO10


Context: A Gay Girl In Damascus | " Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari was a fictional character and hoax persona created and maintained by American Tom MacMaster. The identity was presented as a Syrian-American blogger, identifying herself as a lesbian on her weblog A Gay Girl in Damascus and blogging in support of increased civil and political freedom for Syrians. During the 2011 Syrian uprising, a posting on the blog purportedly by ""Amina's"" cousin claimed that Amina was abducted on June 6, 2011. This sparked a strong outcry from the LGBT community and was covered widely in mainstream media. In the wake of the reports, questions arose regarding the possibility that Arraf al Omari was an elaborate hoax. On June "

Prompt: A Gay Girl in Damascus is the title of a hoax blog by fictional feminist/freedom campaigner Amina Abdallah Alaf al Omari, who in June 2011 was said to be based and abducted in which country?

Answer: الجمهورية العربية السورية


Context: Wildlife of Madagascar | "  The composition of Madagascar's wildlife reflects the fact that the island has been isolated for about 88 million years. The prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana separated the Madagascar-Antarctica-India landmass from the Africa-South America landmass around 135 million years ago. Madagascar later split from India about 88 million years ago, allowing plants and animals on the island to evolve in relative isolation. As a result of the island's long isolation from neighboring continents, Madagascar is home to an abundance of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth. Approximately 90 percent of all plant and animal species found in Madagascar are endemic, including the lemurs (a type of strepsirrhine primate), the carnivorous fossa and many birds. This distinctive ecology has led some ecologists to refer to Madagascar as the ""eighth continent"", and the island has been classified by Conservation International as a biodiversity hotspot. As recent as 2021, the ""smallest reptile on earth"" was also found in Madagascar, known as the Brookesia nana, or nano-chameleon."

Prompt: What island is noted for its biodiversity and 80% unique wildlife due to more than 80 million years' isolation from continental land mass?

Answer: Island of the moon


Context: Eighth generation of video game consoles |  In November 2010, Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils-Aime stated that the release of the next generation of Nintendo would be determined by the continued success of the Wii. Nintendo announced its successor to the Wii, the Wii U, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011 on June 7, 2011. After the announcement, several journalists classified the system as the first eighth generation home console. However, prominent sources have disputed this because of its comparative lack of power and older disc media type with respect to the announced specifications for PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One. The Wii U's main controller, the Wii U GamePad, features an embedded touchscreen that can work as an auxiliary interactive screen in

Prompt: What letter was added to Wii by Nintendo in 2011 when naming its next generation gaming console?


Context: Currency of Ecuador |  Ecuador's monetary unit, the peso, was renamed Sucre (decree of March 22, 1884, effective April 1), equal to 22.500 g fine silver. The Sucre was named after the Latin American revolutionary Antonio José de Sucre. The 1884 monetary law permitted free circulation of gold coin of France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Colombia, Peru, and the United States. As for silver, the law permitted the import of 5-franc pieces of France, Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland, of the pesos of Chile and Colombia, of the Peruvian sol, and of the United States dollar and its fractions. Copper (vellón) was made legal tender to 5 décimos. Bank reserves were in silver

Prompt: French for an additive, and a Venezuelan liberator of Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru from Spain, what was the currency of Ecuador before adopting the US dollar in the early 2000s?

Answer: Sucre, Chuquisaca


Context: Sukhoi |  The JSC Sukhoi Company (ПАО «Компания „Сухой“», ) was a major Soviet and now a Russian aircraft manufacturer, headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civilian and military aircraft. It was founded by Pavel Sukhoi in 1939 as the Sukhoi Design Bureau (OKB-51, design office prefix Su). During February 2006, the Russian government merged Sukhoi with Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Irkut, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Corporation.

Prompt: Sukhoi and Tupolev are aircraft manufacturers of what nation?

Answer: Russia (1991-1993)


Context: List of eponymous laws | " spring or other elastic object is proportional to the displacement from the equilibrium. Frequently cited in Latin as ""Ut tensio sic vis."" Named after Robert Hooke (1635–1703). ; Hotelling's law in economics: Under some conditions, it is rational for competitors to make their products as nearly identical as possible. ; Hubble's law: Galaxies recede from an observer at a rate proportional to their distance to that observer. Formulated by Edwin Hubble in 1929. ; Hume's law, in meta-ethics: normative statements cannot be deduced exclusively from descriptive statements. ; Hume-Rothery rules, named after William Hume-Rothery, are a set of basic "

Prompt: In 1929 Edwin Hubble formulated a law in his name which states (among other complexities) that what recede from an observer at a rate proportional to their distance to that observer?

Answer: List of hypothetical galaxies


Context: Articles of association |  The Board meets several times each year. At each meeting there is an 'agenda' before it. A minimum number of Directors (a quorum) is required to meet. This is either determined by the by-laws or is a statutory requirement. It is presided over by the Chairperson, or in their absence, by the Vice-Chair. The Directors survey their area of responsibility. They may determine to make a 'Resolution' at the next AGM or if it is an urgent matter, at an EGM. The Directors who are the electives of one major shareholder, may present their view but this is not necessarily so - they may have to view the Objectives of the company and competitive position. The Chair may have to break the vote if there is a tie. At the AGM, the various Resolutions are put to vote.

Prompt: What technical term refers to the minimum number of (voting) members, shareholders, directors, etc., required at a meeting to be able to make valid decisions, and therefore for the meeting to proceed?

Answer: Quorum


Context: Nitric acid |  Nitric acid is an important plot element in the Japanese manga series Dr. Stone, whose story revolves around the mysterious petrification of all humans on Earth. The highly corrosive property of the acid makes it a critical component in the revival fluid that undoes the petrification.

Prompt: What elements are in the compound nitric acid?

Answer: Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen


Context: Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire | " local populations was that voluntary vassalage would yield safety and coexistence, while continued resistance would result in more deaths and destruction. Another significant effect on the people in South America was the spread of Christianity. As Pizarro and the Spanish subdued the continent and brought it under their control, they forcefully converted many to Christianity, claiming to have educated them in the ways of the ""one true religion."" With the depopulation of the local populations along with the capitulation of the Inca Empire, the Spanish missionary work after colonization began was able to continue unimpeded. It took just a generation for the entire continent to be under Christian influence."

Prompt: The Inca people lived in which continent before conquest by the Spanish?

Answer: South amerika


Context: Rio Convention |  With 197 ratified parties, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is committed to the objective of “[stabilizing] greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.” Following the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 and previously the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, the UNFCCC Secretariat works to maintain the goals and objectives of the Convention, as the primary United Nations body whose role functions to address the threat of climate change.

Prompt: What is the climate change agreement aimed at stabilizing greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, named after the Japanese city in which participating nations agreed its framework in 1997?

Answer: Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change


Context: 2020 in North Africa | Chief of state and head of government: vacant ; Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (since August 21, 2019) ; Prime Minister: Abdalla Hamdok (since August 21, 2019) 🇸🇩 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was established in 1899, granting Sudan independence on January 1, 1956. Mostly Christian South Sudan broke off from the Muslim Republic of the Sudan in 2011. President Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in April 2019 and by August 20, 2019 the Sovereignty Council of Sudan was established. The 2022 Sudanese general election is scheduled to complete the transition to democracy by November 2022. Khartoum is the capital.

Prompt: A colony of Britain until 1956, with the capital city of Khartoum, the south of what African country became an independent state in July 2011?

Answer: Sudan


Context: Picts |   The Picts were a group of peoples who lived in what is now northern and eastern Scotland (north of the Firth of Forth) during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Where they lived and what their culture was like can be inferred from early medieval texts and Pictish stones. Their Latin name, Picti, appears in written records from the 3rd to the 10th century. Early medieval sources report the existence of a distinct Pictish language, which today is believed to have been an Insular Celtic language, closely related to the Brittonic spoken by the Britons who lived to the south. Picts are assumed to have been the descendants of the Caledonii and other Iron Age tribes that were mentioned by Roman historians or on the world map of Ptolemy. The Pictish kingdom, often called Pictland in modern sources, achieved a large degree

Prompt: The Picts were an ancient tribe of people occupying what country in Roman times?

Answer: The Scottish Nation


Context: Nestlé |  Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 2014. It ranked No. 64 on the Fortune Global 500 in 2017 and No. 33 in the 2016 edition of the Forbes Global 2000 list of largest public companies. Nestlé's products include baby food, medical food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, frozen food, pet foods, and snacks. Twenty-nine of Nestlé's brands have annual sales of over 1 billion CHF (about US$1.1billion), including Nespresso, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer's, Vittel, and Maggi. Nestlé has 447 factories, operates in 189 countries, and employs around 339,000 people. It is one of the main shareholders of L'Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics company. Nestlé

Prompt: Considered the largest food company globally (at 2011), Nestlé was founded and is headquartered in what country?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:CH


Context: Glossary of medicine | Major depressive disorder – (MDD), also known simply as depression, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of pervasive low mood. Low self-esteem, loss of interest in normally enjoyable activities, low energy, and pain without a clear cause are common symptoms. Those affected may also occasionally have delusions or hallucinations. Some people have periods of depression separated by years, while others nearly always have symptoms present. Major depression is more severe and lasts longer than sadness, which is a normal part of life. ; Male reproductive system – ; Mammary gland – ; Mandible – The mandible, lower jaw or jawbone is the largest, strongest and lowest bone in the human face. It

Prompt: Human depression illness is sometimes called?

Answer: Black Dog (disambiguation)


Context: Schism |  A schism (, , or, less commonly,  )  is a division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination. The word is most frequently applied to a split in what had previously been a single religious body, such as the Great East–West Schism or the Western Schism. It is also used of a split within a non-religious organization or movement or, more broadly, of a separation between two or more people, be it brothers, friends, lovers, etc. A schismatic is a person who creates or incites schism in an organization or who is a member of a splinter group. Schismatic as an adjective means pertaining to a schism or schisms, or to those ideas, policies, etc. that are thought to lead towards or promote schism. In religion, the charge of schism is distinguished from that of heresy, since

Prompt: A schism normally refers to a split within what sort of institution?

Answer: Tserkov


Context: Immortality |  Cryonics, the practice of preserving organisms (either intact specimens or only their brains) for possible future revival by storing them at cryogenic temperatures where metabolism and decay are almost completely stopped, can be used to 'pause' for those who believe that life extension technologies will not develop sufficiently within their lifetime. Ideally, cryonics would allow clinically dead people to be brought back in the future after cures to the patients' diseases have been discovered and aging is reversible. Modern cryonics procedures use a process called vitrification which creates a glass-like state rather than freezing as the body is brought to low temperatures. This process reduces the risk of ice crystals damaging the cell-structure, which would be especially detrimental to cell structures in the brain, as their minute adjustment evokes the individual's mind.

Prompt: What is the common term for the practice of freezing a human body in hope of a cure being developed enabling thawing and revival?

Answer: Cryonaut


Context: Gábor Kovács (financier) | 1980–1985 Hungarian National Bank, Foreign Exchange Controls Department, International Section, Scandinavian officer, ; 1985–1989 Citibank Rt. (Budapest), managing director, ; 1989–1991 Citibank (London), vice-president, ; 1991– Bankár Ltd. (Budapest), managing director, later Bankár Holding Plc., president-CEO.

Prompt: What notable vastly wealthy Budapest-born financier announced his retirement from managing external investment funds in 2011?

Answer: Gyorgy Soros


Context: Levant | " The term Levant appears in English in 1497, and originally meant 'the East' or 'Mediterranean lands east of Italy'. It is borrowed from the French levant 'rising', referring to the rising of the sun in the east, or the point where the sun rises. The phrase is ultimately from the Latin word levare, meaning 'lift, raise'. Similar etymologies are found in Greek Ἀνατολή (Anatolē, cf. Anatolia), in Germanic Morgenland, in Italian (as in 'Riviera di Levante', the portion of the Liguria coast east of Genoa), in Hungarian Kelet, in Spanish and Catalan Levante and Llevant, (""the place of rising""), and in Hebrew (מִזְרָח, mizrah, 'east'). "

Prompt: The Levant, (deriving from 15th century French, lever, 'rising', relating to the Eastern sunrise) refers to what part of the world?

Answer: Eastern Mediterranean


Context: Features of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | " the comics: the uniform is blue, with red highlights and chest stripes, and includes red fingerless gloves. In place of the Avengers logo, it has the flag of the United States on the arms, and a stylized star on the mask and chest. He also carries a handgun and a version of Captain America's shield given by Steve Rogers to Sam Wilson. After he is stripped of the title, he builds a new shield, and dyes his uniform black, becoming the ""U.S. Agent"". ; Sam Wilson dons a new version of the uniform as the new Captain America, incorporating his new vibranium wings. "

Prompt: What symbol(s) does the comic book hero Captain America have on his shield and chest?

Answer: Stellar diameter


Context: Sevoflurane |  It is one of the most commonly used volatile anesthetic agents, particularly for outpatient anesthesia, across all ages, as well as in veterinary medicine. Together with desflurane, sevoflurane is replacing isoflurane and halothane in modern anesthesia practice. It is often administered in a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen. Sevoflurane has an excellent safety record, but is under review for potential hepatotoxicity, and may accelerate Alzheimer's. There were rare reports involving adults with symptoms similar to halothane hepatotoxicity. Sevoflurane is the preferred agent for mask induction due to its lesser irritation to mucous membranes. Sevoflurane was discovered by Ross Terrell and independently by Bernard

Prompt: The substances isoflurane, desflurane, nitrous oxide, and sevoflurane are used as what in medicine?

Answer: Anesthetic


Context: Alan Greenspan | " Alan Greenspan (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist who served five terms as the 13th chair of the Federal Reserve in the United States from 1987 to 2006. He works as a private adviser and provides consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC. First appointed Federal Reserve chairman by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987, he was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring on January 31, 2006, after the second-longest tenure in the position (behind William McChesney Martin). Greenspan came to the Federal Reserve Board from a consulting career. Although he was subdued in his public appearances, favorable media coverage raised his profile to a point that several observers likened him to a ""rock star"". Democratic leaders of Congress criticized him for politicizing his office because of his support "

Prompt: Alan Greenspan is a former chairman of what organization?

Answer: Federal reserve of the united states


Context: Recession shapes | "  In a W-shaped recession (also known as a double-dip recession), the economy falls into recession, recovers with a short period of growth, then falls back into recession before finally recovering, giving a ""down up down up"" pattern resembling the letter W. The early 1980s recession in the United States is cited as an example of a W-shaped recession. The National Bureau of Economic Research considers two recessions to have occurred in the early 1980s. The economy fell into recession from January 1980 to July 1980, shrinking at an 8 percent annual rate from April to June 1980. The economy then entered a quick period of growth, and in the first three months of 1981 grew at an 8.4 percent annual rate. As the Federal Reserve under Paul Volcker raised interest rates to fight inflation, the economy dipped back into recession (hence, the ""double-dip"") from July 1981 to November "

Prompt: An economic recession that repeats soon, prior to recovery, is called a 'Double (what?) Recession'? Dip; Blip; Trouble; Bubble or Whammy?

Answer: DIP (disambiguation)


Context: Greywacke | "  Greywacke or graywacke (German grauwacke, signifying a grey, earthy rock) is a variety of sandstone generally characterized by its hardness, dark color, and poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments or lithic fragments set in a compact, clay-fine matrix. It is a texturally immature sedimentary rock generally found in Paleozoic strata. The larger grains can be sand- to gravel-sized, and matrix materials generally constitute more than 15% of the rock by volume. The term ""greywacke"" can be confusing, since it can refer to either the immature (rock fragment) aspect of the rock or its fine-grained (clay) component. The origin "

Prompt: In geology, Greywacke is classed as what form of sedimentary rock?

Answer: Deep layer


Context: Group buying | " Google launched their own daily deals site in 2011 called ""Google Offers"" after its $6 billion acquisition offer to Groupon was rejected. Google Offers functions much like Groupon as well as its competitor LivingSocial. Users receive daily emails with local deals, which carry some preset time limit. When the deal reaches the minimum number of customers, all the users will receive the deal. The business model will remain the same. Facebook's 'Facebook deals' application was launched in five European countries in January 2011. The application works on a similar group buying model."

Prompt: Name the market-leading discount buying website with a portmanteau name, which rejected a $6bn takeover bid from Google?

Answer: Groupon.com


Context: IM 67118 |  The solution b = 1, a = 0.75 is proved correct by computing the areas of squares with the corresponding side-lengths, adding these areas, and computing the side-length of the square with the resulting area, that is, by taking the square root. This is an application of the Pythagorean theorem,, and the result agrees with the given value, c = 1.25. That the area is also correct is verified by computing the product, ab.

Prompt: What is the square root of 0.25?

Answer: 0.5


Context: Sanitization (classified information) |  In the context of government documents, redaction (also called sanitization) generally refers more specifically to the process of removing sensitive or classified information from a document prior to its publication, during declassification.

Prompt: The term 'redact' in relation to document publication means what?

Answer: Edit/remove


Context: Nitric acid | " Nitric acid, also known as aqua fortis (Latin for ""strong water"") and spirit of niter, is a highly corrosive mineral acid. The pure compound is colorless, but older samples tend to acquire a yellow cast due to decomposition into oxides of nitrogen and water. Most commercially available nitric acid has a concentration of 68% in water. When the solution contains more than 86% HNO3, it is referred to as fuming nitric acid. Depending on the amount of nitrogen dioxide present, fuming nitric acid is further characterized as red fuming nitric acid at concentrations above 86%, or white fuming nitric acid at concentrations above 95%. Nitric acid is the primary reagent used for nitration – the addition of a nitro group, typically to an organic molecule. While some resulting nitro compounds are shock- and thermally-sensitive explosives, a few are stable enough to be used in munitions and demolition, while others are still more stable and used as pigments in inks and dyes. Nitric acid is also commonly used as a strong oxidizing agent."

Prompt: What is the old name (Latin, meaning 'strong water') for a solution of nitric acid in water, used in alchemy and other ancient processes?

Answer: Aqua Fortis


Context: Chief executive (Irish local government) |  The Chief Executive of a city or county is the senior permanent official in local government in the Republic of Ireland. Whereas the county council and city council are elected officials who formulate policy, the chief executive is an appointed official who manages the implementation of policy. The position was introduced in 1929–42 based on the American council–manager government model, and until 2014 the chief executive was styled the county manager or city manager. Their salaries range from €132,511 to €189,301 per annum. The County and City Management Association (formerly the County and City Managers' Association) is the professional association for chief executives, and it is affiliated to the International City/County Management Association (ICMA).

Prompt: What was the (2011 reported) average annual salary of a UK ('county') Council Chief Executive?

Answer: £186k


Context: Beaufort scale | " 10 metres above the sea surface and B is Beaufort scale number. For example, B = 9.5 is related to 24.5 m/s which is equal to the lower limit of ""10 Beaufort"". Using this formula the highest winds in hurricanes would be 23 in the scale. F1 tornadoes on the Fujita scale and T2 TORRO scale also begin roughly at the end of level 12 of the Beaufort scale, but are independent scales – although the TORRO scale wind values are based on the 3/2 power law relating wind velocity to Beaufort force. Wave heights in the scale are for conditions in the open ocean, not along the shore."

Prompt: What number is Hurricane on the Beaufort Scale?

Answer: twelve


Context: Martha Lane Fox |  Lane Fox showed interest in acting and prison governorship but instead joined information technology and media consulting firm Spectrum, where she met Brent Hoberman. In 1998, Lane Fox and Hoberman founded Last Minute, an online travel and gift business. She stepped down as managing director in 2003. Meanwhile, the company survived the dot-com crash to be bought out by Sabre Holdings in 2005 for £577m. Following her departure from Last Minute, Lane Fox was tipped to take over day-to-day operations at Selfridges but was involved in an auto accident before she could assume that role. At the suggestion of advertising executive Julian Douglas, Fox teamed up with Nick Thistleton to launch karaoke company Lucky Voice. In 2007, Lane Fox joined the board of Marks

Prompt: Name the successful travel and 'e-tailer' website founded Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman in 1998?

Answer: Lastminute.com


Context: Las Vegas | " Las Vegas (Spanish for ""The Meadows""), often known simply as Vegas, is the 26th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its mega casino-hotels and associated "

Prompt: What US city is called in Spanish 'The Meadows'?

Answer: Las Vegas City Council


Context: Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant |  The plant was connected to the national grid on 3 September 2011, and the official inauguration was held on 12 September. By the inauguration time the plant had the capacity to run at 40% capacity, while the full projected capacity of the first unit is 1,000 megawatts. The opening ceremony was attended by Energy Minister of Russia Sergei Shmatko and head of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) Sergei Kiriyenko, AEOI Director Fereydoun Abbasi, Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou and a number of Iranian MPs. Under the terms of Russia–Iran agreement, approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Russia will be responsible for operating the plant, supplying the nuclear fuel and managing the spent fuel for the next two or three years before passing full control to Iran. Before the plant will reach full capacity in November, it will be disconnected from the grid for several weeks to make a number of tests.

Prompt: What country connected the ironically named Bushehr plant, the first nuclear power station in the Middle East, to its national grid in Sep 2011?

Answer: Irān


Context: Strumpshaw Fen RSPB reserve | Residents ; Eurasian bittern; in spring, the male's 'booming' song can be heard. Though they are hard to see as they are well camouflaged. ; Common kingfisher present all year and carrying fish back to nests in spring and summer. ; Western marsh harrier; in spring, pairs perform 'sky-dancing' high in the sky. ; Cetti's warbler, the loudest British song bird with a distinctive (once learnt) 'explosive' song. ; Bearded tit, ; Barn owl, they often nest in the woodlands and can be seen hunting at dawn and dusk ; Eurasian bullfinches ; Waterfowl include ; Gadwall, ; Great crested grebe and ; Little grebes. ; Summer migrants ; Hobby, ; Reed warbler, ; Blackcap, ; Common whitethroat.

Prompt: What is said to be the UK's loudest bird?

Answer: Bitterns


Context: Ragman Rolls | " Dictionary, s.v. Ragman. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable defines ""Ragman Roll"" as follows:  The name ragman roll survives in the colloquial rigmarole, a rambling, incoherent statement. Merriam Webster gives a very different account of the origin of rigmarole, suggesting the source to be a medieval game of verse called a Ragman Roll, after a fictional king purported to be the author of the verses. The name of Ragman has been sometimes confined to the record of 1296. There is an account of this given in Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in the Public Record Office, London."

Prompt: What English expression for a long complex procedure derived from a old legal document called a ragman roll?

Answer: Rigmarole


Context: Narrowboat | " Newer narrowboats, say post 1990, are usually powered by modern diesel engines and may be fitted inside to a high standard. There will be at least 6 ft internal headroom and often or usually similar domestic facilities as land homes: central heating, flush toilets, shower or even bath, four-ring hobs, oven, grill, microwave oven, and refrigerator; some may have satellite television and mobile broadband, using 4G technology. Externally, their resemblance to traditional boats can vary from a faithful imitation (false ""rivets"", and copies of traditional paintwork) through ""interpretation"" (clean lines and simplified paintwork) through to a free-style approach which does not try to pretend in any way that this is a traditional boat. They are owned by individuals, shared by "

Prompt: A traditional hoy boat is powered by?

Answer: Blustery


Context: Nepotism |  Nepotism is a form of favoritism which is granted to relatives and friends in various fields, including business, politics, entertainment, sports, fitness, religion, and other activities. The term originated with the assignment of nephews to important positions by Catholic popes and bishops. Nepotism has been criticized since the ancient times by several philosophers, including Aristotle, Valluvar, and Confucius, condemning it as both evil and unwise.

Prompt: What word, deriving from centuries-old papal custom, refers to favouring/favoring relatives in awarding responsibility and authority?

Answer: Nepotistical


Context: Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit | " Fear of the Lord is akin to wonder (or awe). With the gift of fear of the Lord, one is made aware of the glory and majesty of God. At a June 2014 general audience Pope Francis said that it “is no servile fear, but rather a joyful awareness of God’s grandeur and a grateful realization that only in him do our hearts find true peace”. A person with wonder and awe knows that God is the perfection of all one’s desires. This gift is described by Aquinas as a fear of separating oneself from God. He describes the gift as a ""filial fear,"" like a child's fear of offending his father, rather than a ""servile fear,"" that is, a fear of punishment. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It is the perfection of the theological virtue of hope."

Prompt: "What, in 2010, was Pope Benedict reported to have described as an ""...expression of the gift of oneself to God and others..""?"

Answer: Celibate


Context: United States (album) |  United States is the first full length hard rock collaborative album between hard rock guitar virtuoso Paul Gilbert and singer Freddie Nelson. The collaboration has been described as having elements of the sounds of Queen and Mr. Big.

Prompt: What is a Gilbert Virtuo?

Answer: Rugby ball


Context: Tata Motors |  passenger car, the Indica, and in 2008 launched the Tata Nano, the world's most affordable car. Tata Motors acquired the South Korean truck manufacturer Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company in 2004 and purchased Jaguar Land Rover from Ford in 2008. Tata Motors' principal subsidiaries include British premium car maker Jaguar Land Rover (the maker of Jaguar and Land Rover cars) and the South Korean commercial vehicle manufacturer Tata Daewoo. Tata Motors has a construction-equipment manufacturing joint venture with Hitachi (Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery), and a joint venture with Fiat Chrysler which manufactures automotive components and Fiat Chrysler and Tata branded vehicles. On Oct 12, 2021 private equity firm TPG invested $1 billion in Tata Motors' electric vehicle subsidiary. Tata Motors has auto manufacturing

Prompt: Indian corporation Tata bought what famous UK-twin-branded motor company from Ford in 2008?

Answer: Jaguar Land Rover


Context: Cool Hand Luke |  Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system. Set in the early 1950s, it is based on Donn Pearce's 1965 Cool Hand Luke. Roger Ebert called Cool Hand Luke an anti-establishment film shot during emerging popular opposition to the Vietnam War. Filming took place within California's San Joaquin River Delta region; the set, imitating a prison farm in the Deep South, was based on photographs and measurements made by a crew the filmmakers sent to a Road Prison in Gainesville, Florida. The film uses Christian imagery. Upon its release, Cool Hand Luke received favorable reviews and was a box-office success.

Prompt: Paul Newman's title character in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke was imprisoned for decapitating what?, where he succcessfully accepted a challenge to eat 50 what?, respectively?

Answer: Parking meters and boiled eggs


Context: A Tale of Two Cities (1980 film) |  A Tale of Two Cities is a 1980 American historical drama film made for TV, directed by Jim Goddard and starring Chris Sarandon, who plays dual roles as two characters who are in love with the same woman. It is based on the 1859 Charles Dickens novel of the same name set in the French Revolution.

Prompt: A Tale of Two Cities?

Answer: Charles Dickons


Context: History of terrorism | " Founded in 1959 and functioning until 2018, the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (or ETA - Basque for ""Basque Homeland and Freedom"", pronounced ) was an armed Basque nationalist separatist organization. Formed in response to the suppression of the Basque language and culture under the régime of General Francisco Franco (in power 1939–1975) in Spain, ETA evolved from an advocacy group for traditional Basque culture into an armed Marxist group demanding Basque independence. Many ETA victims were government officials; the group's first known victim, a police chief, died in 1968. In 1973 ETA operatives killed Franco's apparent successor, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, by planting an underground bomb under his habitual parking-spot outside a Madrid church. "

Prompt: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, better known abbreviated, represents which cause?

Answer: Basque separatism


Context: Hematoma |  A hematoma, also spelled haematoma, or blood suffusion is a localized bleeding outside of blood vessels, due to either disease or trauma including injury or surgery and may involve blood continuing to seep from broken capillaries. A hematoma is benign and is initially in liquid form spread among the tissues including in sacs between tissues where it may coagulate and solidify before blood is reabsorbed into blood vessels. An ecchymosis is a hematoma of the skin larger than 10 mm. They may occur among/within many areas such as skin and other organs, connective tissues, bone, joints and muscle. A collection of blood (or even a hemorrhage) may be aggravated by anticoagulant medication (blood thinner). Blood seepage and collection of blood may occur if heparin is given via an intramuscular route; to avoid this, heparin must be given intravenously or subcutaneously. It is not to be confused with hemangioma, which is an abnormal buildup/growth of blood vessels in the skin or internal organs.

Prompt: Haematoma and Ecchymosis are medical terms which more commonly are called a?

Answer: Contuse


Context: Last Supper | " Communion (or fellowship) is now the sign of the New Covenant, when properly understood by the practicing believer. These meals evolved into more formal worship services and became codified as the Mass in the Catholic Church, and as the Divine Liturgy in the Eastern Orthodox Church; at these liturgies, Catholics and Eastern Orthodox celebrate the Sacrament of the Eucharist. The name ""Eucharist"" is from the Greek word εὐχαριστία (eucharistia) which means ""thanksgiving"". Early Christianity observed a ritual meal known as the ""agape feast"" These ""love feasts"" were apparently a full meal, with each participant bringing food, and with the meal eaten in a common room. They were held on Sundays, which became known as the Lord's Day, to recall the resurrection, the appearance of Christ to the disciples on the road to Emmaus, the appearance to Thomas and the Pentecost which all took place on Sundays after the Passion."

Prompt: What is the Christian service or ceremony, named from Greek meaning grateful, commemorating the Last Supper?

Answer: Communion (church)


Context: CCR5 | " on CCR5 Δ32. This hypothesis was based on the timing and severity of the Black Death pandemic, which killed 30% of the European population of all ages between 1346 and 1352. After the Black Death, there were less severe, intermittent epidemics. Individual cities experienced high mortality, but overall mortality in Europe was only a few percent. In 1655-1656 a second pandemic called the ""Great Plague"" killed 15-20% of Europe's population. Importantly, the plague epidemics were intermittent. Bubonic plague is a zoonotic disease, primarily infecting rodents, spread by fleas, and only occasionally infecting humans. Human-to-human infection of bubonic plague does not occur, though it can occur in pneumonic plague, which infects the lungs. Only when the density "

Prompt: What is the darkly common name for the plague which killed 30-50% of Europe between 1347-52?

Answer: Black death


Context: Stern |   The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite the bow, the foremost part of a ship. Originally, the term only referred to the aft port section of the ship, but eventually came to refer to the entire back of a vessel. The stern end of a ship is indicated with a white navigation light at night. Sterns on European and American wooden sailing ships began with two principal forms: the square or transom stern and the elliptical, fantail, or merchant stern,

Prompt: The stern of a ship is its?

Answer: Open Back-End


Context: Celtic Sea |  The Celtic Sea is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded to the east by Saint George's Channel; other limits include the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the Bay of Biscay, as well as adjacent portions of Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany. The southern and western boundaries are delimited by the continental shelf, which drops away sharply. The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of small islands in the sea.

Prompt: What sea lies directly south of the Irish Sea, bounded by England, Wales, Ireland and Brittany?

Answer: Mer celtique


Context: Saltire |  The flags of the Colombian archipelago of San Andrés and Providencia and the Spanish island of Tenerife also use a white saltire on a blue field. The Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza also use a blue saltire on a white field, with their coats-of-arms at the hub. Saltires are also seen in several other flags, including the flags of Grenada, Jamaica, Alabama, Florida, Jersey, Logroño, Vitoria, Amsterdam, Breda, Katwijk, Potchefstroom, The Bierzo and Valdivia, as well as the former Indian princely states of Khairpur, Rajkot and Jaora. The design is also part of the Confederate Battle Flag and Naval Jack used during the American Civil War (see Flags of the Confederate States of America). Arthur L. Rogers, designer of the final version of the Confederate National flag, claimed that it was based on the saltire of Scotland. The saltire is used on modern-day Southern U.S. state flags to honour the former Confederacy.

Prompt: The Saltire is which country's flag?

Answer: The Scottish Nation


Context: Margaret Thatcher | " Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013), was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. The longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century, she was the first woman to hold that office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the ""Iron Lady"", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As prime minister, she implemented policies that became known as Thatcherism. Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, and worked briefly as a research chemist, before becoming a barrister. She was elected Member of Parliament for Finchley in 1959. "

Prompt: UK 1980s prime minister Margaret Thatcher's nickname was the '(What?) Lady'?

Answer: Iron (element)


Context: Exogenous bacteria |  Botulism is a rare disease caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. This microbe is primarily found in the soil or untreated water. Botulism spores can survive in unproperly canned or ill-prepared foods. Even ingesting trace amounts of the spores can lead to severe poisoning that causes symptoms such as vomiting, nausea, and even paralysis.

Prompt: The Clostridium Botulinum bacteria causes what commonly known but rare human poisoning?

Answer: Botchalism


Context: Pakistani rupee |  The Pakistani rupee ( / ALA-LC: Rūpiyah; sign: ₨; code: abbreviated as PKR) has been the official currency of Pakistan since 1948. The coins and notes are issued and controlled by the central bank, namely State Bank of Pakistan. Since the United States dollar suspension in 1971 of convertibility of paper currency into any precious metal, Pakistani rupee is, de facto, fiat money. Before the collapse of Bretton Woods system, currency was pegged at fixed exchange rate to the United States dollar for international trade and was backed by the US gold. The currency was convertible to gold on demand. In Pakistani English, large values of rupees are counted in thousands; lakh (100,000); crore (ten-millions); arab (billions); kharab (trillions).

Prompt: What is the currency of Pakistan?

Answer: रू


Context: E-Prime | "1) The elimination of a whole class of sentences results in fewer alternatives and is likely to make writing less, rather than more, interesting. One can improve bad writing more by reducing use of the verb 'to be' than by eliminating it. ; 2) ""Effective writing techniques"" are not relevant to general semantics as a discipline, and therefore should not be promoted as general semantics practice. ; 3) The context often ameliorates the possible harmful effects from the use of the is-of-identity and the is-of-predication, so it is not necessary to eliminate all such sentences. For example, ""George is a Judge"" in response to a question of what he "

Prompt: Ameliorate means to make something that was bad, what?

Answer: Better


Context: For the Love of God | " For the Love of God is a sculpture by artist Damien Hirst produced in 2007. It consists of a platinum cast of an 18th-century human skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds, including a pear-shaped pink diamond located in the forehead that is known as the Skull Star Diamond. The skull's teeth are original, and were purchased by Hirst in London. The artwork is a memento mori, or reminder of the mortality of the viewer. In 2007, art historian Rudi Fuchs, described the work as ""out of this world, celestial almost. It proclaims victory over decay. At the same time it represents death as something infinitely more relentless. Compared to the tearful sadness of a vanitas scene, the diamond skull is glory itself."" Costing £12 million to produce, the work was placed on its inaugural display at the White Cube gallery in London in an exhibition Beyond Belief, with an asking price of £50 million. This would have been the highest price ever paid for a single work by a living artist."

Prompt: Name artist Damien Hirst's famous (supposedly £50m) diamond and platinum encrusted skull artwork?

Answer: For the Love of God (artwork)


Context: Significant figures | σx has only one or two significant figures as more precise uncertainty has no meaning. ; 1.79 ± 0.06 (correct), 1.79 ± 0.96 (correct), 1.79 ± 1.96 (incorrect). ; The digit positions of the last significant figures in xbest and σx are the same, otherwise the consistency is lost. For example, in 1.79 ± 0.067 (incorrect), it does not make sense to have more accurate uncertainty than the best estimate. 1.79 ± 0.9 (incorrect) also does not make sense since the rounding guideline for addition and subtraction below tells that the edges of the true value range are 2.7 and 0.9, that are less accurate than the best estimate. ; 1.79 ± 0.06 (correct), 1.79 ± 0.96 (correct), 1.79 ± 0.067 (incorrect), 1.79 ± 0.9 (incorrect). It is recommended for a measurement result to include the measurement uncertainty such as are:

Prompt: 9, 18, 22, 79 are significant?

Answer: Gold compound


Context: Symmetry in the Quran |  in some contexts (in Quran 17:7, 29:20, 38:7) ; “malaika” (angels), 88 times; “shayatin” (demons), 88 times ; According to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, the word malak (مَلَك) occurs 88 times if we count both singular (malak) and plural (malaika) forms together ; According to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, the words shaytan (Satan) and shayatin (plural Satans), when counted together (including the form with a suffix شَيَٰطِينِهِمْ in 2:14) occur 88 times ; “ar rajul (man), 24 times; “al mar’a (woman), 24 times ; According to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, the word rajul (رَجُل) in various forms occurs 29 times ; the word

Prompt: Malaikah in the Qur'an, and Mal'akh in the Hebrew Bible?

Answer: Angels in sikhism


Context: Refectory | "  A refectory (also frater, frater house, fratery) is a dining room, especially in monasteries, boarding schools and academic institutions. One of the places the term is most often used today is in graduate seminaries. The name derives from the Latin reficere ""to remake or restore,"" via Late Latin refectorium, which means ""a place one goes to be restored"" (cf. ""restaurant"")."

Prompt: What do people normally do in a refectory?

Answer: Food consumption


Context: Bachelor's degree | " in the framework (sometimes two levels where non-honours and honours bachelor's degrees are considered separately). However, some qualifications titled bachelor's degree may be at other levels (e.g., MBBS) and some qualifications with non-bachelor's titles may be classified as bachelor's degrees (e.g. the Scottish MA and Canadian MD). The term bachelor in the 12th century referred to a knight bachelor, who was too young or poor to gather vassals under his own banner. By the end of the 13th century, it was also used by junior members of guilds or universities. By folk etymology or wordplay, the word baccalaureus came to be associated with bacca lauri (""laurel berry"") in reference to laurels being awarded for academic success or honours. Under the British system, "

Prompt: What anciently originating term refers to a degree and other types of qualification, deriving from the word bachelor and a punning reference to early leafy awards?

Answer: Baccalaureate (disambiguation)


Context: Bass Brewery | " Bass was a pioneer in international brand marketing. ""Many years before 1855"" Bass applied a red triangle to casks of its Pale Ale. After 1855 the triangles were red, white or blue depending on which of three breweries it came from, but all bottles of Pale Ale had the red triangle from that date. The blue triangle was briefly revived after World War II for Pale Ale that wasn't bottle conditioned. The Bass Red Triangle was the first trade mark to be registered under the UK's Trade Marks Registration Act 1875. The Act came into effect on 1 January 1876 and legend has it that a Bass employee queued overnight outside the registrar's office on New Year's Eve in order to be the first in "

Prompt: Bass red triangle was the first ever registered (UK)?

Answer: Registered trademarks


Context: Mrs Dalloway | " Mrs Dalloway (published on 14 May 1925 ) is a novel by Virginia Woolf that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional high-society woman in post–First World War England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels. The working title of Mrs Dalloway was The Hours. The novel began as two short stories, ""Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street"" and the unfinished ""The Prime Minister"". It describes Clarissa's preparations for a party she will host in the evening, and the ensuing party. With an interior perspective, the story travels forward and back in time and in and out of the characters' minds to construct an image of Clarissa's life and of the inter-war social structure. In October 2005, Mrs Dalloway was included on Times list of the 100 best English-language novels written since Time debuted in 1923."

Prompt: Elizabeth Dalloway's dog, in Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway?

Answer: Stanley Grizzle


Context: HMS Foudroyant (1798) |  HMS Foudroyant was an 80-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, one of only two British-built 80-gun ships of the period (the other was ). Foudroyant was built in the dockyard at Plymouth Dock (a.k.a. Devonport) and launched on 31 March 1798. Foudroyant served Nelson as his flagship from 6 June 1799 until the end of June 1801. Foudroyant had a long and successful career, and although she was not involved in any major fleet action, she did provide invaluable service to numerous admirals throughout her 17 years on active service. In her last years she became a training vessel for boys.

Prompt: What ship, whose name means thunderbolt, was Nelson's flagship 1799-1801, and later a training ship for boys?

Answer: HMS Foudroyant


Context: War Horse (film) | " all … it has a much more daguerrotype feel, much more brownish. We're not using any of the techniques we used on Ryan. The only similarity is that it is war and it is handheld."" Michael Morpurgo, the author of the book on which the film is based, visited the set several times while filming was being undertaken: ""Spielberg's a wonderful storyteller and a kid. He adores stories and that's what he's best at. It's extraordinary to meet someone with that kind of enthusiasm, utterly unspoiled … When I went to visit him on set, he was clearly enthralled by the countryside. He fell for Devon in a big way. He was "

Prompt: Michael Morpurgo, author of the children's book War Horse, on which the 2012 Spielberg film (of the same name) is based, held what UK position from 2003-5?

Answer: Children's Laureate


Context: R. White's Lemonade | " In 1973, the popular 'Secret Lemonade Drinker' advertising campaign was launched by London agency Allen, Brady and Marsh and devised by Rod Allen, who wrote the slogan. The adverts featured actor Julian Chagrin in pyjamas creeping downstairs to raid the fridge for R. Whites Lemonade. Ross McManus wrote and sang the advert's song, with his son Declan McManus – later known by his stage name Elvis Costello – providing the backing vocals. An alternative, unaired version of the advert featured Costello and his father onstage, as the 'Secret Lemonade Drinker' fantasised about being a rock star. The commercials were the brand's most famous advertising campaign, and continued to air until 1984 and won a silver award at the 1974 International Advertising Festival. In 2000, “Secret Lemonade Drinker” was ranked seventh in Channel 4s poll of the ""100 Greatest Adverts""."

Prompt: Whose father wrote and sang the popular 'Secret Lemonade Drinker' song in the award-winning British 1970s-80s R Whites Lemonade TV advert ?

Answer: Elvis Costello


Context: Same (Homer) | " Same (Σάμη), also Samos (Σάμος) is an Ancient Greek name of a Homeric island in the Ionian Sea, near Ithaca and Cephalonia. In Homer's Odyssey Same is described as part of Odysseus's kingdom together with Ithaca, Dulichium, and Zacynthus. The Iliad, book II, in the Catalogue of Ships, contains a different list of islands comprising Odysseus's kingdom. Same is included together with Ithaca, Neritum, Krocylea, Aegilips and Zacynthus, indicating that the ""Catalogue of Ships"" could be a later addition to the Iliad. In Homer's Odyssey, there is an interesting geographical description: From the above passage, Homer's Same is not the Greek island Samos in the Eastern Aegean Sea, Same should be in the Ionian Sea, near Homer's Ithaca and there should be at least one rocky island between the two islands. Also, "

Prompt: The same (not the same as the question above, simply, 'the same') - from Italian?

Answer: Ditto (film)


Context: Husbandman | " The term husband refers to Middle English huseband, from Old English hūsbōnda, from Old Norse hūsbōndi (hūs, ""house"" + bōndi, būandi, present participle of būa, ""to dwell"", so, etymologically, ""a householder""). The origin is the verb ‘to husband’ which originally meant ‘till’ or ‘cultivate’."

Prompt: The word husband is derived from the ancient Old Norse meanings of 'house' and what activity?

Answer: Farm


Context: (A; not recorded since before 1950) ; Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus ; Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula ; Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius ; Eurasian dotterel, Charadrius morinellus Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Charadriidae The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water. " | "Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola ; European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria ; American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica (A) ; Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva (A) ; Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus (near-threatened) ; Spur-winged lapwing, Vanellus spinosus (A) ; Sociable lapwing, Vanellus gregarius (A) (critically endangered) ; White-tailed lapwing, Vanellus leucurus (A) ; Lesser sand-plover, Charadrius mongolus (A) ; Greater sand-plover, Charadrius leschenaultii (A) ; Caspian plover, Charadrius asiaticus (A) ; Kittlitz's plover, Charadrius pecuarius

Prompt: Plovers or dotterels are a type of birds classed as a?

Answer: Waders


Context: Subaru Crosstrek | " The Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid (2013) is a version of the Subaru XV Crosstrek with permanent magnet AC synchronous motor rated 10 kW and 65 Nm, Lineartronic CVT, Nickel hydride batteries, and 225/55 R17 tires. Externally, ""HYBRID"" badges have been applied to the front doors and on the rear liftgate, and unique rear lights and wheels are exclusive to the hybrid version. The vehicle was Subaru's first production hybrid after a series of concepts stretching back to the 2003 B9 Scrambler, and was unveiled at the 2013 New York International Auto Show. Compared to the conventionally-powered XV Crosstrek, a new gauge cluster and keyless start have "

Prompt: How many cross-stars feature in the Subaru automotive badge logo?

Answer: Six


Context: George Embiricos |  Embiricos's estate included the superyacht, Astarte II, and many other famous artworks. Notably, he sold the Paul Cézanne painting, The Card Players, for somewhere between $259 and $320 million reportedly to the Royal Family of Qatar in 2011. It was the most expensive painting sold up to that time.

Prompt: Who painted The Card Players, at Feb 2012 the most expensive artwork in the world?

Answer: Paul Cézanne


Context: Baldgate |  Baldgate (also known as botakgate and bald 11) is a Malaysian scandal that began on January 30, 2006, when Malaysian police detained eleven senior citizens for playing mahjong, a gambling game, and shaved their heads. Gambling with chips is common among Malaysian Chinese, but gambling for money is illegal without a license. The incident came only a few days after the independent commission reviewing the Malaysian lock-up detainee abuse scandal of 2005 released its findings. The suspects, Chee Kit Sing, 65, Chi Kong Eng, 31, Tee Boon Kiah, 55, Lee Chu Heng, 63, Lim Kee Swee, 64, Lee Swee Fong, 49,

Prompt: Babaotai Chuanwen refers to the so-called 'Eight (what?) Scandal' in Chinese news, Feb 2012?

Answer: Infantile


Context: Pelagic zone |  as the seafloor or a shoreline or a submarine seamount. Marine life is also affected by the proximity of the ocean surface, the boundary between the ocean and the atmosphere, which can bring light for photosynthesis but can also bring predation from above and wind stirring up waves and setting currents in motion. The pelagic zone refers to open and free waters in the body of the ocean that stretch between the ocean surface and the ocean bottom and are not too close to some boundary, like a shore or the seafloor or the surface. Marine life living in the pelagic zone can swim freely in any direction, unhindered by topographical constraints. The oceanic zone is the deep open

Prompt: Pelagic refers to the open what?

Answer: Open sea


Context: Goulburn Correctional Centre |  The Goulburn Correctional Centre, an Australian supermaximum security prison for males, is located in Goulburn, New South Wales, three kilometres north-east of the central business district. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Justice, of the Government of New South Wales. The Complex accepts prisoners charged and convicted under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation and serves as a reception prison for Southern New South Wales, and, in some cases, for inmates from the Australian Capital Territory. The High Risk Management Centre (commonly called the SuperMax) was opened in September 2001. This was the first such facility in Australia and makes the Centre the highest security prison in Australia. Supermax was completely renovated over 9 months and completed in April 2020. The current structure incorporates a massive, heritage-listed hand-carved sandstone gate and façade that was opened in 1884 based on designs by the Colonial Architect, James Barnet. The complex is listed on the Register of the National Estate and the New South Wales State Heritage Register as a site of State significance.

Prompt: As at 2012 Goulburn Correctional Centre is considered the highest security prison of which country?

Answer: Australia (Commonwealth realm)


Context: AUI (constructed language) | " in slogans often associated unrelated words into suggestive ""stereotyped formulas"", [that would] ""arrest the attention and appeal to the hearts of the national masses"" (Hitler, Mein Kampf, 1925). For example, in one of the most repeated political slogans, Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer! (""One people, One empire, One leader!"") the word Volk sounds similar to folgt, meaning to follow or obey; Reich also means rich; so the phrase points to a subliminal association: that the populace obeys and follows their leader, who leads them to a wealthy empire. Blu-Bo from Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil) was also a key slogan of Nazi ideology, as well as of course Heil Hitler! (Hail Hitler! - heil also meaning salvation, safe, "

Prompt: (As at 2012, and here translated into English) it is illegal to use the slogan 'One People, one Empire, one Leader' in what country?

Answer: United States of Germany


Context: Near-field communication |  NFC standards cover communications protocols and data exchange formats, and are based on existing RFID standards including ISO/IEC 14443 and FeliCa. The standards include ISO/IEC 18092 and those defined by the NFC Forum.

Prompt: Near Field Communication technology (NFC) is a set of standards for?

Answer: SmartPhone


Context: Dozen | " The English word dozen comes from the old form douzaine, a French word meaning ""a group of twelve"" (""Assemblage de choses de même nature au nombre de douze"" (translation: A group of twelve things of the same nature), as defined in the eighth edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française). This French word is a derivation from the cardinal number douze (""twelve"", from Latin duodĕcim) and the collective suffix -aine (from Latin -ēna), a suffix also used to form other words with similar meanings such as quinzaine (a group of fifteen), vingtaine (a group of twenty), centaine (a group of one hundred), etc. These French words have "

Prompt: What trade takes its name from the old word for twelve dozen?

Answer: Grocery shopping


Context: Renewable energy | " Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) systems employ sunlight concentrated onto photovoltaic surfaces for the purpose of electricity generation. Thermoelectric, or ""thermovoltaic"" devices convert a temperature difference between dissimilar materials into an electric current."

Prompt: The term photovoltaic refers to technology in what renewable energy?

Answer: Solar power plant


Context: André Maugars |  André Maugars (c. 1580 – c. 1645) was a French viola da gamba player. Marin Mersenne described him, along with Nicolas Hotman as the most excellent French viola da gamba virtuoso, in particular, improviser of diminutions. He is first identified as a musician attached to Henriette Marie de France, and follows her to London after her marriage to Charles I of England in 1625. He stayed there until about 1627 and was probably in the service of James I of England in his court orchestra. After his return, he published a French translation of the Francis Bacon's letter Advancement of learning. First he worked as a translator at the French court, later for the Cardinal Richelieu. This made him in 1630 the Prior of the

Prompt: Frenchman Maurice André, who attributed his stamina and breath control to his teenage years as a coal miner, was a famous virtuoso player of what instrument?

Answer: Trumpet.


Context: Hochelaga (village) |  Hochelaga (pronunciation: ) was a St. Lawrence Iroquoian 16th century fortified village on or near Mount Royal in present-day Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jacques Cartier arrived by boat on October 2, 1535; he visited the village on the following day. He was greeted well by the Iroquoians, and named the mountain he saw nearby Mount Royal. Several names in and around Montreal and the Hochelaga Archipelago can be traced back to him. A stone marker commemorating the former village was placed in 1925 on land adjacent to McGill University. It is believed to be in the vicinity of the village visited by Cartier in 1535. The site of the marker is designated a National Historic Site of Canada. The name of the village survives in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, the name of a neighbourhood of Montreal; a variant spelling survives in Montreal's contemporary Osheaga Festival.

Prompt: What Canadian city was named by explorer Jacques Cartier, meaning originally 'Royal Mount'?

Answer: Motnreal


Context: History of Portsmouth F.C. | " Portsmouth Association Football Club was an amateur team founded in 1883 by renowned Portsmouth architect, Arthur Edward Cogswell (1858–1934). Portsmouth AFC's most famous player was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Arriving in Portsmouth in June 1882, Doyle set up a medical practice at 1 Bush Villas in Elm Grove, Southsea. The practice was initially not very successful. While waiting for patients, Doyle began writing fiction, played cricket and also played as Portsmouth AFC goalkeeper under the pseudonym, ""A.C. Smith"". Portsmouth AFC were disbanded in 1896. Club founder Arthur Cogswell later went on to design the first buildings at Fratton Park between 1899 and 1905."

Prompt: What famous detective/crime writer was the first goalkeeper and a founder of Portsmouth United Football Club?

Answer: A Conan Doyle


Context: Dutch Americans | "According to tradition, in 1626 Peter Minuit obtained the island of Manhattan from the Native Americans in exchange for goods with a total value of 60 guilders ($24); most aspects of the story have been called into question by experts. Minuit, a Walloon, was employed by the Dutch West India Company to manage its colony of New Amsterdam, the future New York. The names of some other settlements that were established still exist today as boroughs and neighborhoods of New York: Brooklyn (Breukelen), Wall Street (Wal Straat), Stuyvesant, The Bronx (named after Dutch settler Jonas Bronck), Staten Island (named after the Dutch parliament, the Staten Generaal), Harlem (Haarlem), Coney Island (Konijnen Eiland, means ""Rabbit Island"") "

Prompt: What is the modern name of the island borough bought by Dutchman Peter Minuit from Native Americans in 1626, and then called New Amsterdam?

Answer: Manhattan, New York (state)


Context: Marjorie Scardino |  Before 1985, Scardino was the /publisher/ of the newspaper, The Georgia Gazette. She is the board chair of the MacArthur Foundation and a board member of the Carter Center. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She also won the 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal. In 2007, she was listed 17th on the Forbes list of the 100 most powerful women in the World. On October 3, 2012, it was announced that she will step down as CEO of Pearson to be replaced by John Fallon. In December 2013, she joined the board of Twitter as its first female director, after a controversy involving a lack of diversity on the Twitter board.

Prompt: As at 2012 Dame Marjorie Scardino is/was head of what high-performing global media/learning corporation?

Answer: Parker Publishing Company, Inc.


Context: Transparency (projection) |  A transparency, also known variously as a viewfoil, foil, or viewgraph, is a thin sheet of transparent flexible material, typically polyester (historically cellulose acetate), onto which figures can be drawn. These are then placed on an overhead projector for display to an audience. Many companies and small organizations use a system of projectors and transparencies in meetings and other groupings of people, though this system is being largely replaced by video projectors and interactive whiteboards.

Prompt: What traditionally mysterious, increasingly transparent organization is casually referred to as 'The Craft'?

Answer: Order de Felicité


Context: Hhohho Region |  Hhohho is a region of Eswatini, located in the north western part of the country. Hhohho was named after the capital of King Mswati II, who expanded the Swazi territory to the north and west, taking in the districts of Barberton, Nelspruit, Carolina and Piet Retief. These areas were later acquired by what was the Province of Transvaal and today they form part of the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. It has an area of 3,625.17 km², a population of 320,651 (2017), and is divided into 14 tinkhundla. The administrative center is the national capital of Mbabane. It borders Lubombo Region on the southeast and Manzini Region in the southwest.

Prompt: The wonderfully named district of Hhohho is in which continent?

Answer: Africay


Context: Obi (sash) |   An obi (帯) is a belt of varying size and shape worn with both traditional Japanese clothing and uniforms for Japanese martial arts styles. Originating as a simple thin belt in Heian period Japan, the obi developed over time into a belt with a number of different varieties, with a number of different sizes and proportions, lengths, and methods of tying. The obi, which once did not differ significantly in appearance between men and women, also developed into a greater variety of styles for women than for men. Despite the kimono having been at one point and continuing to appear to be held shut by the obi, many modern obi are too wide and stiff to function in this way, with a series of ties known as koshihimo, worn underneath the obi, used to keep the kimono closed instead. Obi are categorised

Prompt: What is the Japanese word for the sash worn as a belt in traditional dress (kimonos and martial arts uniforms, etc)?

Answer: Obi


Context: LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard | " Mallard is the holder of the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph. The record was achieved on 3 July 1938 on the slight downward grade of Stoke Bank south of Grantham on the East Coast Main Line, and the highest speed was recorded at milepost 90¼, between Little Bytham and Essendine. It broke the 1936 German (DRG Class 05) 002's record of 200.4 km/h. The record attempt was carried out during the trials of a new quick-acting brake (the Westinghouse ""QSA"" brake). Mallard was particularly suitable for such an endeavour. The A4 class was designed for sustained 100+ mph (160+ "

Prompt: Mallard is the official world speed record holding what?

Answer: Choo-choo train


Context: History of Facebook |  In August 2009, Facebook acquired social media real-time news aggregator FriendFeed, a startup created by Gmail's first engineer Paul Buchheit. In February 2010, Facebook acquired Malaysian contact-importing startup Octazen Solutions. On April 2, 2010, Facebook announced acquisition of a photo-sharing service called Divvyshot for an undisclosed amount. In June 2010, an online marketplace for trading private Facebook stock reflected a valuation of $11.5 billion. On April 12, 2012, Facebook acquired photo sharing service Instagram for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock. On March 8, 2013, Facebook announced that they acquired the team from Storylane, but not the product itself. On October 13, 2013, Facebook acquired Onavo, an Israeli analytics company, for approximately $120 million. On February 19, 2014, Facebook announced its acquisition of WhatsApp, a smartphone instant messaging application for $19 billion in a mix of stock and cash. The acquisition is the most ever paid for a venture-capital backed startup. On March 25, 2014, Facebook announced they had acquired virtual reality startup Oculus VR for $2 billion in cash and stock. In April 2020, Facebook, Inc. bought a 9.9% stake in Jio, which was the highest foreign direct investment in the Indian technology sector.

Prompt: Facebook announced the acquisition of what major photo app company in April 2012?

Answer: Instagr.am


Context: Aubrey de Grey | " A 2005 article about SENS published in the viewpoint section of EMBO Reports by 28 scientists concluded that none of De Grey's hypotheses ""has ever been shown to extend the lifespan of any organism, let alone humans"". The SENS Research Foundation, of which De Grey was a cofounder, acknowledges this as it states, ""If you want to reverse the damage of aging right now I'm afraid the simple answer is, you can't."" Moreover, De Grey argues that this reveals a serious gap in understanding between basic scientists and technologists and between biologists studying aging and those studying regenerative medicine. The 31-member Research Advisory Board of De Grey's SENS Research Foundation have signed an endorsement of the plausibility of the SENS approach."

Prompt: In 2012 Harvard professor Jonathan Tilley announced research apparently proving (contrary to all previous medical thinking) what human feature can be enabled to be replenished in the host body?

Answer: Egg (biology)


Context: List of largest cities |  The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities in all jurisdictions are classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the cities proper, the extent of their urban area, or their metropolitan regions. The largest city by population using the city proper definition, which is the area under the administrative boundaries of a local government, is Chongqing, China. The largest city by population using the metropolitan area definition, which is a loose term referring to urban area and its primary commuter areas, is Tokyo, Japan. The largest city by population using the urban area definition, which is a loose term referring to a contiguous area with a certain population density, is also Tokyo, Japan.

Prompt: What is the largest city by population in the world (at 2012, according to 'core districts' definition of city or equivalent)?

Answer: Economy of Shanghai


Context: Jim Yong Kim |  Jim Yong Kim (born December 8, 1959), also known as Kim Yong (/金墉), is an American physician and anthropologist who served as the 12th president of the World Bank from 2012 to 2019. On January 7, 2019, he announced that he would step down effective February 1, 2019. A global health leader, Kim was formerly the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a co-founder and executive director of Partners In Health before serving as the President of Dartmouth College from 2009 to 2012, becoming the first Asian American president of an Ivy League institution. Kim was named the world's 50th most powerful person by Forbes Magazine's List of The World's Most Powerful People in 2013.

Prompt: American Jim Yong Kim was appointed head of which international organization in April 2012?

Answer: World Bank Publications


Context: Nuristan Province |  origin of the local Nuristani people has been disputed, ranging from being the indigenous inhabitants forced to flee to this region after refusing to surrender to Muslim invaders, to being linked to various ancient groups of people and the Turk Shahi kings. The primary occupations are agriculture, animal husbandry, and day labor. Located on the southern slopes of the Hindu Kush mountains in the northeastern part of the country, Nuristan spans the basins of the Alingar, Pech, Landai Sin, and Kunar rivers. Most of Nuristan is covered by mountainous forests and it has a rich biodiversity with a domestically unique monsoon climate by air coming from the Indian Ocean. As of 2020, the entirety of Nuristan is now a protected national park. In 2021, the Taliban gained control of the province during the 2021 Taliban offensive.

Prompt: The mountainous and partly lawless province of Nuristan lies in the north-east of which country?

Answer: Afghanistan


Context: Apollo 13 |   The Apollo 13 mission insignia depicts the Greek god of the Sun, Apollo, with three horses pulling his chariot across the face of the Moon, and the Earth seen in the distance. This is meant to symbolize the Apollo flights bringing the light of knowledge to all people. The mission motto, Ex luna, scientia (From the Moon, knowledge), appears. In choosing it, Lovell adapted the motto of his alma mater, the Naval Academy, Ex scientia, tridens (From knowledge, sea power). On the patch, the mission number appeared in Roman numerals as Apollo XIII. It did not have to be modified after Swigert replaced Mattingly, as it is one of only two Apollo mission insignia – the other being Apollo 11 – not to include the names of the crew. It was designed by artist Lumen Martin Winter, who based it on a mural he had painted for the

Prompt: Three what feature on the insignia or badge of the abortive Apollo 13 lunar misson?

Answer: Horse


Context: 2012 in France | April 22 – François Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy are selected as second round competitors in the 2012 French presidential election. ; May 6 – François Hollande is elected as the new president of France. ; May 15 – François Hollande is sworn in as president of France; he will serve only one term.

Prompt: Name the new French president of 2012?

Answer: Francois Hollande


Context: Moon |  composition, which is more iron-rich than that of Earth. The crust is on average about 50 km thick. The Moon is the second-densest satellite in the Solar System, after Io. However, the inner core of the Moon is small, with a radius of about 350 km or less, around 20% of the radius of the Moon. Its composition is not well understood, but is probably metallic iron alloyed with a small amount of sulfur and nickel; analyses of the Moon's time-variable rotation suggest that it is at least partly molten. The pressure at the lunar core is estimated to be 5 GPa.

Prompt: What is the main metallic element in the core of the moon?

Answer: Iron (element)


Context: Trombone |  the French horn. The most frequently encountered trombones are the tenor trombone and bass trombone. These are treated as non-transposing instruments and are pitched in B, an octave below the B trumpet and an octave above the pedal B tuba. The once common E alto trombone became less widely used as improvements in technique extended the upper range of the tenor, but it is now resurging due to its lighter sonority which is appreciated in many classical and early romantic works. Trombone music is usually written in concert pitch in either bass or tenor clef, although exceptions do occur, notably in British brass-band music where the tenor trombone is presented as a B transposing instrument, written in treble clef; and the alto trombone is written at concert pitch usually in alto clef. A person who plays the trombone is called a trombonist or trombone player.

Prompt: Trumpets and trombones are most commonly pitched at?

Answer: B-B


Context: Analgesic nephropathy |  The term analgesic nephropathy usually refers to damage induced by excessive use of combinations of these medications, specifically combinations that include phenacetin. For this reason, it is also called analgesic abuse nephropathy. Murray prefers the less judgmental analgesic-associated nephropathy. Both terms are abbreviated to the acronym AAN, by which the condition is also commonly known.

Prompt: An analgesic drug is commonly called a?

Answer: Pain killing


Context: Baseball glove | " A baseball glove or mitt is a large glove (traditionally made of leather, today other options do exist) worn by baseball players of the defending team, which assists players in catching and fielding balls hit by a batter or thrown by a teammate. By convention, the glove is described by the handedness of the intended wearer, rather than the hand on which the glove is worn: a glove that fits on the left hand—used by a right-handed thrower—is called a right-handed (RH) or ""right-hand throw"" (RHT) glove. Conversely, a left-handed glove (LH or LHT) is worn on the right hand, allowing the player to throw the ball with the left hand."

Prompt: What name besides glove is given commonly to a baseball player's handwear?

Answer: Mitt


Context: Horseradish | " Outside Japan, the Japanese condiment wasabi, although traditionally prepared from the true wasabi plant (Wasabia japonica), is now usually made with horseradish due to the scarcity of the wasabi plant. The Japanese botanical name for horseradish is seiyōwasabi (セイヨウワサビ, 西洋山葵), or ""Western wasabi"". Both plants are members of the family Brassicaceae."

Prompt: The Japanese condiment wasabi is produced from what part of the the wasabi plant?

Answer: Root (botany)


Context: Barra Airport |  Barra Airport (Port-adhair Bharraigh) (also known as Barra Eoligarry Airport) is a short-runway airport (or STOLport) situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhòr at the northern tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The airport is unique, believed to be the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a tidal beach as the runway. The airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, which owns most of the regional airports in mainland Scotland and the outlying islands. Barra Airport opened in 1936. The airport's only destination is Glasgow.

Prompt: Barra island, Outer Hebrides, has at 2012 the world's only official beach-based what?

Answer: Airline destinations


Context: 2012 Summer Olympics | " features the Games logo, the River Thames and a series of lines representing ""the energy of athletes and a sense of pulling together"". The medals were transferred to the Tower of London vaults on 2 July 2012 for storage. Each gold medal is 92.5 percent silver and 1.34 percent gold, with the remainder copper. The silver medal is 92.5 percent silver, with the remainder copper. The bronze medal is made up of 97 percent copper, 2.5 percent zinc, and 0.5 per cent tin. The value of the materials in the gold medal is about £410 (US$644), the silver about £210 (US$330), and the bronze about £3 (US$4.71) as of 30 July 2012."

Prompt: As at 2012 an Olympic gold medal is mainly made of what metal?

Answer: ATC code D08AL30


Context: Lug wrench |   A lug wrench is the name for a type of socket wrench used to loosen and tighten lug nuts on automobile wheels. In the United Kingdom and Australia it is commonly known as a wheel brace. Lug wrenches may be L-shaped, or X-shaped. The form commonly found in car trunks is an L-shaped metal rod with a socket wrench on the bent end and a prying tip on the other end. The prying tip is mainly intended to remove hub caps or wheel covers that may be covering a wheel's lug nuts. Another common type, sometimes called a spider wrench, is made in the shape of a cross with different sized sockets on each of the four ends. Other names are four way wheel wrench, spanner, brace or cross.

Prompt: What is the US word for an automotive wheel nut or the brace used to loosen/tighten one?

Answer: Lugs


Context: Glucose |  Diabetes is a metabolic disorder where the body is unable to regulate levels of glucose in the blood either because of a lack of insulin in the body or the failure, by cells in the body, to respond properly to insulin. Each of these situations can be caused by persistently high elevations of blood glucose levels, through pancreatic burnout and insulin resistance. The pancreas is the organ responsible for the secretion of the hormones insulin and glucagon. Insulin is a hormone that regulates glucose levels, allowing the body's cells to absorb and use glucose. Without it, glucose cannot enter the cell and therefore cannot be used as fuel

Prompt: The main feature of the human illness diabetes is the body's inability to produce what hormone?

Answer: Insulin antagonists


Context: Syrah |  Syrah, also known as Shiraz, is a dark-skinned grape variety grown throughout the world and used primarily to produce red wine. In 1999, Syrah was found to be the offspring of two obscure grapes from southeastern France, Dureza and Mondeuse Blanche. Syrah should not be confused with Petite Sirah, a cross of Syrah with Peloursin dating from 1880. The style and flavor profile of wines made from Syrah are influenced by the climate where the grapes are grown with moderate climates (such as the northern Rhone Valley and parts of the Walla Walla AVA in Washington State) tending to produce medium to full-bodied wines with medium-plus to high levels of tannins and notes of blackberry, mint and black pepper. In hot climates (such as Crete, and the Barossa

Prompt: The Syrah grape variety makes wine that is?

Answer: Red (colour)


Context: Anaphylaxis | " The term aphylaxis was coined by French physiologist Charles Richet in 1902 in the sense ""lack of protection"". Richet himself later changed the term to anaphylaxis on grounds of euphony. The term is from the Greek ἀνά-, ana-, meaning ""against"", and φύλαξις, phylaxis, meaning ""protection"". In his experiments, Richet injected a dog with sea anemone (Actinia) toxin in an attempt to protect it. Although the dog had previously tolerated the toxin, on re-exposure, three weeks later with the same dose, it developed fatal anaphylaxis. Thus instead of inducing tolerance (prophylaxis), when lethal responses resulted from previously tolerated doses, he coined the word a (without) phylaxis (protection). He was subsequently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on anaphylaxis in 1913. The phenomenon itself, however, has been described since ancient times."

Prompt: From the root Greek words 'against' and 'protection', what medical term refers to a serious human allergic reaction?

Answer: Anaphylactoid reaction


Context: Bariatrics | " The term bariatrics was coined around 1965, from the Greek root bar- (""weight"" as in barometer), suffix -iatr (""treatment,"" as in pediatrics), and suffix -ic (""pertaining to""). The field encompasses dieting, exercise and behavioral therapy approaches to weight loss, as well as pharmacotherapy and surgery. The term is also used in the medical field as somewhat of a euphemism to refer to people of larger sizes without regard to their participation in any treatment specific to weight loss, such as medical supply catalogs featuring larger hospital gowns and hospital beds referred to as ""bariatric""."

Prompt: The medical term bariatric refers (increasingly politically correctly) to what human condition?

Answer: Fat people


Context: Lactic acid | Oxidation back to pyruvate by well-oxygenated muscle cells, heart cells, and brain cells ; Pyruvate is then directly used to fuel the Krebs cycle ; Conversion to glucose via gluconeogenesis in the liver and release back into circulation; see Cori cycle ; If blood glucose concentrations are high, the glucose can be used to build up the liver's glycogen stores. C6H12O6 → 2 + 2 H+ During power exercises such as sprinting, when the rate of demand for energy is high, glucose is broken down and oxidized to pyruvate, and lactate is then produced from the pyruvate faster than the body can process it, causing lactate concentrations to rise. The production of lactate

Prompt: What, alternatively called milk acid, is produced in the human body in power exercises?

Answer: (S)-lactate


Context: Restless legs syndrome |  Restless legs syndrome (RLS), now known as Willis-Ekbom Disease (WED), is generally a long-term disorder that causes a strong urge to move one's legs. There is often an unpleasant feeling in the legs that improves somewhat by moving them. This is often described as aching, tingling, or crawling in nature. Occasionally, arms may also be affected. The feelings generally happen when at rest and therefore can make it hard to sleep. Due to the disturbance in sleep, people with RLS may have daytime sleepiness, low energy, irritability and a depressed mood. Additionally, many have limb twitching during sleep. RLS is not the same as habitual foot tapping or leg rocking. Risk factors for RLS include low iron levels, kidney failure, Parkinson's disease, diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, pregnancy and celiac disease. A number of

Prompt: Willis-Ekbom disease is more commonly known as?

Answer: Restless leg


Context: J. Press |  J. Press is a traditional men's clothier founded in 1902 on Yale University's campus in New Haven, Connecticut by Jacobi Press. The brand also has stores in  New York City and Washington, D.C.. In 1974, the Press family sold the rights to license J. Press for the Japanese market, making it the first American brand to be licensed in Japan. In 1986, J. Press was acquired by the Japanese apparel company Onward Kashiyama, who had previously been his licensee for 14 years. Japanese licensed distribution is roughly six times larger than the American-made J. Press. J. Press is currently part of the Onward Group (Onward Holdings, Ltd.).

Prompt: From what is the J derived in the brand name 'J-cloth'?

Answer: Noramco


Context: Wherry |   A wherry is a type of boat that was traditionally used for carrying cargo or passengers on rivers and canals in England, and is particularly associated with the River Thames and the River Cam. They were also used on the Broadland rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk.

Prompt: A 'wherry' is a Drink; Cheese; Wind; or Boat?

Answer: Ski boat


Context: Physics | " solver is looking for. Pure physics is a branch of fundamental science (also called basic science. Physics is also called ""the fundamental science"" because all branches of natural science like chemistry, astronomy, geology, and biology are constrained by laws of physics. Similarly, chemistry is often called the central science because of its role in linking the physical sciences. For example, chemistry studies properties, structures, and reactions of matter (chemistry's focus on the molecular and atomic scale distinguishes it from physics). Structures are formed because particles exert electrical forces on each other, properties include physical characteristics of given substances, and reactions are bound by laws of physics, like conservation of energy, mass, and charge. Physics is applied in industries like engineering and medicine."

Prompt: What science is sometimes called 'the central science' because it connects maths and physics with other main branches of science such as astronomy, engineering, biology, etc?

Answer: Chemical sciences


Context: Prehistory of France |  century BC) in eastern France, Switzerland, Austria, southwest Germany, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. Farther to the north extended the contemporary Pre-Roman Iron Age culture of Northern Germany and Scandinavia. In subtraction, Greeks and Phoenicians settled outposts like Marseille in this period (c. 600 BC). By the 2nd century BC, Celtic France was called Gaul by the Romans, and its people were called Gauls. The people to the north (in what is present-day Belgium) were called Belgae (scholars believe this may represent a mixture of Celtic and Germanic elements) and the peoples of the south-west of France were called the Aquitani by the Romans, and may have been Celtiberians or Vascons.

Prompt: Where during the Iron Age and Roman era was Gaul? West Central Europe; Spain and North Africa; Scandinavia; or Eastern Europe?

Answer: West Central Europe


Context: Enrico Ferri (politician) |  Graduated in law at the University of Florence in 1966, Ferri has been a magistrate since 1970 and since 1971 a praetor in Pontremoli. He was a member of the Superior Council of the Judiciary from 1976 to 1981, when he became National Secretary of the Independent Judiciary (1981−1987). From 1988 to 1989 he served as Minister of Public Works in the De Mita Cabinet and is known for having set the limit of 110 km/h on the highway. In 1989 he was elected MEP for the PSDI and in 1992 he was elected Deputy in the National Parliament. In 1990 he was also elected Mayor of Pontremoli (he held office until

Prompt: Which politician, in his previous work, set a world record in Florence in 1981 which endured for 16 years?

Answer: Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe


Context: Hundredth | " In arithmetic, a hundredth is a single part of something that has been divided equally into a hundred parts. For example, a hundredth of 675 is 6.75. In this manner it is used with the prefix ""centi"" such as in centimeter. A hundredth is the reciprocal of 100. A hundredth is written as a decimal fraction as 0.01, and as a vulgar fraction as 1/100. “Hundredth” is also the ordinal number that follows “ninety-ninth” and precedes “hundred and first.” It is written as 100th."

Prompt: What is a hundredth of a thousandth?

Answer: A hundred-thousandth


Context: Ancient Roman sarcophagi |   While the seasonal imagery focuses on nature's abundance and the cosmic order that underlies it, bucolic imagery emphasizes a slightly different side to what nature might offer. Bucolic sarcophagi imagine nature as a place of escape from the strains of city life. They present an idealized vision of the 'natural state' to be enjoyed in the countryside — free from crushing crowds, free from noise, free from politics, free from social demands and social strife, in short, free from everything negative that elite Romans associated with the city — which is visually embodied on the sarcophagi through images of shepherds tending their flocks in rustic surrounds. A gorgeous

Prompt: The word bucolic refers to pleasant/positive aspects of?

Answer: Countryside/life


Context: Tunica intima | " The tunica intima (New Latin ""inner coat""), or intima for short, is the innermost tunica (layer) of an artery or vein. It is made up of one layer of endothelial cells and is supported by an internal elastic lamina. The endothelial cells are in direct contact with the blood flow. The three layers of a blood vessel are an inner layer (the tunica intima), a middle layer (the tunica media), and an outer layer (the tunica externa). In dissection, the inner coat (tunica intima) can be separated from the middle (tunica media) by a little maceration, or it may be stripped off in small pieces; but, because of its friability, it cannot be separated as a complete membrane. It is a fine, transparent, colorless structure which is highly elastic, and, after death, is commonly corrugated into longitudinal wrinkles."

Prompt: The tunica intima, or intima, is the inner layer of what in the human body?

Answer: Arteries/veins