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Which state were Coolidge born in? | Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont | 231 |
Is Calvin Jr. older than John Coolidge? | No | 233 |
Did Coolidge get in Amherst College? | Yes | 235 |
What caused Calvin Jr.'s death? | heart attack | 237 |
Was John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was born in Las Vegas? | No | 239 |
Was Coolidge opposed in the Republican nomination for Governor of MassachuS08_setts in 1918? | Yes | 241 |
Did Coolidge meet and marry Grace Anna Goodhue? | Yes | 243 |
What year did Coolidge open his own law office? | 1898 | 245 |
What fraternity was Coolidge a member of? | Phi Gamma Delta | 247 |
In 1905 Coolidge met and married whom? | Grace Anna Goodhue | 249 |
Why did Coolidge not attend law school? | It was too expensive | 251 |
Have there been other US presidents that have visited Cuba? | No | 253 |
What years were Coolidge's two sons born in? | 1906 and 1908 | 255 |
Did France cede nearly all of its colonies in Europe in 1763? | Yes. | 281 |
Is Canada a member of the OECD? | Yes. | 284 |
Is Canada's official language Zulu? | No. | 287 |
What is one significant non-official language? | Chinese. | 290 |
In addition to Port Royal, where else did Samuel de Champlain establish a S08_settlement? | Quebec City | 293 |
What was the Consitution Act formerly called? | The British North America Act. | 295 |
Which countries established colonies in Canada? | France and Britain. | 298 |
How has Canada helped UN peacekeeping efforts? | During the Suez Crisis of 1956, Lester B. Pearson eased tensions by proposing the inception of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force. Canada has since served in 50 peacekeeping missions, including every UN peacekeeping effort until 1989 | 301 |
What percentage of the population don't speak English or French at home? | 28% | 304 |
Is Canada bilingual? | Yes. | 307 |
Did Canadian soldiers win the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917? | Yes | 309 |
Is an official language of Canada German? | No. | 311 |
How many provinces and territories does Canada have? | A federation now comprising ten provinces and three territories | 313 |
What is Canada's national unemployment rate? | While as of October 2007, Canada's national unemployment rate of 5.9% is its lowest in 33 years. Provincial unemployment rates vary from a low of 3.6% in Alberta to a high of 14.6% in Newfoundland and Labrador. | 315 |
Where is the most densely populated part of Canada? | The most densely populated part of the country is the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor along the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River in the southeast. | 317 |
What is the largest country in the world? | Canada is the second largest country in the world, after Russia, and largest on the continent. | 319 |
What is the largest religious group in Canada? | According to 2001 census, 77.1% of Canadians identified as being Christians; of this, Catholics make up the largest group (43.6% of Canadians). The largest Protestant denomination is the United Church of Canada; about 16.5% of Canadians declare no religious affiliation, and the remaining 6.3% were affiliated with religions other than Christianity, of which the largest is Islam numbering 1.9%, followed by Judaism: 1.1%. | 321 |
When did Canada have one of the largest armed forces in the world? | 1944. | 323 |
What have been inhabited for millennia by aboriginal peoples? | The lands | 325 |
European books and maps began referring to this region as Canada in what year? | 1545 | 326 |
What was Canada's most important industry until the 1800s? | The fur trade | 327 |
Is it true that it angered many residents of the thirteen colonies? | yes | 328 |
How do cuba and declining participation relate? | Canada maintains full relations with both. | 329 |
Is it true that provinces have a large degree of autonomy? | yes | 330 |
What did Canada adopt in 1965? | The Maple Leaf Flag | 331 |
What arrived in Britain? | The first Canadian Army units in WW II | 332 |
Are Canada 's two official languages English and French ? | yes | 333 |
Are Canada 's official national sports ice hockey ( winter ) and lacrosse ( summer ) ? | yes | 334 |
Is Canada a geographically vast and ethnically diverse country ? | yes | 335 |
Did Mainland Nova Scotia not come under British rule with the Treaty of Utrecht (: ; ? | no! | 336 |
Did Cartier not use the word ` Canada ' to refer to not only that village , but the entire area subject to Donnacona , Chief at Stadacona ? | yes | 337 |
Did continental European immigrants not S08_settle the prairies ? | no | 338 |
Is it the world 's second largest country by total area? | yes | 339 |
What happened in 1867? | Canada was formed as a federal, semi-autonomous polity | 340 |
Are ducks in the Arctic Northern Hemisphere migratory? | Some are | 341 |
Is a drake a male? | Yes | 343 |
Do all ducks "quack"? | No | 345 |
What is the name of a specialized species of duck adapted to catch large fish? | the smew | 347 |
What animal attracts the most humor and silliness? | The duck | 348 |
What is an economic use of a duck? | Meat | 350 |
Who is Daffy Duck? | A silly cartoon character | 352 |
What makes it more difficult for a diving duck to fly? | They are heavier | 354 |
What are the reasons for hunting wild ducks? | Meat, eggs, and feathers | 356 |
Do ducks forage underwater? | yes | 357 |
Is foie gras often made from ducks? | yes | 361 |
What economic uses to ducks have? | They are farmed for their meat, eggs and feathers. They are also kept and bred by aviculturists and often displayed in zoos. | 363 |
What kind of ducks feed on land? | Dabbling ducks | 365 |
What unrelated water birds are ducks sometimes confused with? | loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots | 367 |
What does the word duck mean? | It is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds. | 369 |
What are some common predators of ducks? | Pike, crocodilians, herons, hawks and eagles. | 371 |
How does a Mallard's tongue work? | It's tongue is a flat plate, and on the tongue's back end is a short liftable flap with about 18 short spikes for pushing struggling prey and other food down its throat | 373 |
Are diving ducks heavier tha dabbling ducks? | Yes | 375 |
Are adult ducks fast fliers? | Yes | 377 |
Are ducks an accepted presence in some populated areas? | Yes | 379 |
What types of unrelated water birds with similar forms are ducks sometimes confused with? | loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots | 381 |
Why are ducklings particularly vulnerable? | Their inability to fly. | 383 |
What are some economic uses for duck? | Meat,eggs,feathers | 385 |
What allows a duck to filter water out of the side of their beaks and keep food inside? | Tiny rows of plates called lamellae | 387 |
What expression is part of a conceptual framework for testing computer systems? | Quacks like a duck | 389 |
Where did the expression "a sitting duck" come from? | In many areas, wild duckof various species (including ducks farmed and released into the wild) are hunted for food or sport, by shooting, or formerly by decoys. | 391 |
Is Egypt bordered by the Gaza Strip? | yes | 393 |
Is Egypt the most populated country in Africa? | no | 395 |
Does Egypt have political influence in the Middle East? | yes | 397 |
When was the Six Day War? | 1967 | 399 |
What religions has Egypt outlawed? | All but Christianity, Islam, and Judaism | 401 |
What is the poulation of Egypt? | more than 78 million | 403 |
Why does most of Egypt's population live near the Nile? | the only arable agricultural land is found there, | 405 |
Are there a large number of Jews living in Egypt today? | no | 407 |
During what period was Akhenaten a Pharaoh? | The New Kingdom (c.1550−1070 BC) | 409 |
Is Egypt in Asia? | No. | 411 |
Does Egypt receive the least rainfall in the world? | Yes. | 412 |
Does Egypt's foreign policy operates along moderate lines? | Yes. | 414 |
Since when has Egypt been a republic? | June 18 1953. | 416 |
When were the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza built? | During the Old Kingdom. | 418 |
What countries border Egypt? | Libya, Sudan, the Gaza Strip and Israel. | 420 |
What is the estimated population of Egypt? | More than 78 million. | 422 |
Does snow fall in Egypt? | Yes. | 424 |
When did organized agriculture appear in the Nile Valley? | 6000 BC. | 426 |
Are elephants the largest land animals alive today? | yes | 428 |
Can an elephant kill a rhinoceros? | yes | 430 |
Are elephants good swimmers? | yes | 432 |
How many living species of African Elephants are there? | 2 | 434 |
How long may elephants live? | 70 years | 436 |
Why does the phrase 'elephants never forget' have no metaphorical meaning? | it refers literally to elephants supposedly having an excellent memory | 438 |
How many living species of Asian Elephants are there? | 1 | 440 |
How much do elephants weight at birth? | 120 kilograms | 442 |
What did Aristotle say about elephants? | the beast which pasS08_seth all others in wit and mind | 444 |