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Q2254	when is it memorial day	Memorial Day	It typically marks the start of the summer vacation season, while Labor Day marks its end.	00
Q2254	when is it memorial day	Memorial Day	Many people visit cemeteries and memorials, particularly to honor those who have died in military service.	00
Q2254	when is it memorial day	Memorial Day	Many volunteers place an American flag on each grave in national cemeteries .	00
Q2254	when is it memorial day	Memorial Day	By the early 20th century, Memorial Day was an occasion for more general expressions of memory, as people visited the graves of their deceased relatives in church cemeteries, whether they had served in the military or not.	00
Q2254	when is it memorial day	Memorial Day	It also became a long weekend increasingly devoted to shopping, family gatherings, fireworks, trips to the beach, and national media events.	00
Q2254	when is it memorial day	Memorial Day	Annual Decoration Days for particular cemeteries are held on a Sunday in late spring or early summer in some rural areas of the American South, notably in the mountains.	00
Q2254	when is it memorial day	Memorial Day	In cases involving a family graveyard where remote ancestors as well as those who were deceased more recently are buried, this may take on the character of an extended family reunion to which some people travel hundreds of miles.	00
Q2254	when is it memorial day	Memorial Day	People gather on the designated day and put flowers on graves and renew contacts with kinfolk and others.	00
Q2254	when is it memorial day	Memorial Day	There often is a religious service and a "dinner on the ground," the traditional term for a potluck meal in which people used to spread the dishes out on sheets or tablecloths on the grass.	00
Q2254	when is it memorial day	Memorial Day	It is believed that this practice began before the American Civil War and thus may reflect the real origin of the "memorial day" idea.	00
Q2254	when is it memorial day	Memorial Day	Memorial Day is not to be confused with Veterans Day ; Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving, while Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, living or dead.	00
Q2255	What was "Freedom Summer"?	Freedom Summer	Mt. Zion Church state history marker near Philadelphia, Mississippi.	00
Q2255	What was "Freedom Summer"?	Freedom Summer	Freedom Summer (also known as the Mississippi Summer Project) was a campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi , which had historically excluded most blacks from voting.	11
Q2255	What was "Freedom Summer"?	Freedom Summer	The project also set up dozens of Freedom Schools, Freedom Houses, and community centers in small towns throughout Mississippi to aid the local black population.	11
Q2255	What was "Freedom Summer"?	Freedom Summer	The project was organized by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), a coalition of the Mississippi branches of the four major civil rights organizations ( SNCC , CORE , NAACP and SCLC ).	00
Q2255	What was "Freedom Summer"?	Freedom Summer	Most of the impetus, leadership, and financing for the Summer Project came from the SNCC.	00
Q2255	What was "Freedom Summer"?	Freedom Summer	Robert Parris Moses , SNCC field secretary and co-director of COFO, directed the summer project.	00
Q2258	What is the cultural background of blues	Blues	Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in communities of primarily the " Deep South " of the United States around the end of the 19th century from spirituals , work songs , field hollers , shouts and chants , and rhymed simple narrative ballads .	00
Q2258	What is the cultural background of blues	Blues	The blues form, ubiquitous in jazz , rhythm and blues , and rock and roll is characterized by specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues chord progression is the most common.	00
Q2258	What is the cultural background of blues	Blues	The blue notes that, for expressive purposes are sung or played flattened or gradually bent (minor 3rd to major 3rd) in relation to the pitch of the major scale , are also an important part of the sound.	00
Q2258	What is the cultural background of blues	Blues	The blues genre is based on the blues form but possesses other characteristics such as specific lyrics, bass lines, and instruments.	00
Q2258	What is the cultural background of blues	Blues	Blues can be subdivided into several subgenres ranging from country to urban blues that were more or less popular during different periods of the 20th century.	00
Q2258	What is the cultural background of blues	Blues	Best known are the Delta , Piedmont , Jump , and Chicago blues styles.	00
Q2258	What is the cultural background of blues	Blues	World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues and the progressive opening of blues music to a wider audience, especially white listeners.	00
Q2258	What is the cultural background of blues	Blues	In the 1960s and 1970s, a hybrid form called blues-rock evolved.	00
Q2258	What is the cultural background of blues	Blues	The term "the blues" refers to the "blue devils", meaning melancholy and sadness; an early use of the term in this sense is found in George Colman 's one-act farce Blue Devils (1798).	00
Q2258	What is the cultural background of blues	Blues	Though the use of the phrase in African-American music may be older, it has been attested to since 1912, when Hart Wand 's " Dallas Blues " became the first copyrighted blues composition.	00
Q2258	What is the cultural background of blues	Blues	In lyrics the phrase is often used to describe a depressed mood .	00
Q2260	who is on the quarter	Quarter (United States coin)	A quarter dollar, commonly shortened to quarter, is a coin worth 1⁄4 of a United States dollar or 25 cents.	00
Q2260	who is on the quarter	Quarter (United States coin)	The quarter has been produced since 1796.	00
Q2260	who is on the quarter	Quarter (United States coin)	The choice of 25¢ as a denomination, as opposed to 20¢ which is more common in other parts of the world, originated with the practice of dividing Spanish Milled Dollars into eight wedge shaped segments (cf. " pieces of eight ").	00
Q2260	who is on the quarter	Quarter (United States coin)	At one time " two bits ", i.e. two wedges, each wedge an eighth, thus a quarter of the Spanish real , was a common nickname for a quarter.	00
Q2262	where is dia de los muertos celebrated	Day of the Dead	Day of the Dead () is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures.	11
Q2262	where is dia de los muertos celebrated	Day of the Dead	The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.	00
Q2262	where is dia de los muertos celebrated	Day of the Dead	It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it is a national holiday, and all banks are closed.	00
Q2262	where is dia de los muertos celebrated	Day of the Dead	The celebration takes place on November 1 and 2, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day .	00
Q2262	where is dia de los muertos celebrated	Day of the Dead	Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls , marigolds , and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.	00
Q2262	where is dia de los muertos celebrated	Day of the Dead	They also leave possessions of the deceased.	00
Q2262	where is dia de los muertos celebrated	Day of the Dead	Scholars trace the origins of the modern Mexican holiday to indigenous observances dating back hundreds of years and to an Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl .	00
Q2262	where is dia de los muertos celebrated	Day of the Dead	The holiday has spread throughout the world: In Brazil , Dia de Finados is a public holiday that many Brazilians celebrate by visiting cemeteries and churches.	00
Q2262	where is dia de los muertos celebrated	Day of the Dead	In Spain , there are festivals and parades, and, at the end of the day, people gather at cemeteries and pray for their dead loved ones.	00
Q2262	where is dia de los muertos celebrated	Day of the Dead	Similar observances occur elsewhere in Europe, and similarly themed celebrations appear in many Asian and African cultures.	00
Q2264	what was the Name the first electronic handheld calculator	Sumlock ANITA calculator	ANITA Mk VIII.	00
Q2264	what was the Name the first electronic handheld calculator	Sumlock ANITA calculator	The ANITA Mark VII and ANITA Mark VIII calculators were launched simultaneously in late 1961 as the world's first all- electronic desktop calculators .	11
Q2264	what was the Name the first electronic handheld calculator	Sumlock ANITA calculator	Designed and built by the Bell Punch Co .	00
Q2264	what was the Name the first electronic handheld calculator	Sumlock ANITA calculator	in Britain , and marketed through its Sumlock Comptometer division, they used vacuum tubes and cold-cathode switching tubes in their logic circuits and nixie tubes for their numerical displays.	00
Q2264	what was the Name the first electronic handheld calculator	Sumlock ANITA calculator	They were the first of a series of desktop and hand-held electronic calculators that the company was to develop and sell under the ANITA name into the mid-1970s.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	George Washington ( – , 1799) was the first President of the United States (1789–1797), the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War , and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States .	11
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	He presided over the convention that drafted the Constitution , which replaced the Articles of Confederation and established the position of President.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Washington was elected President as the unanimous choice of the 69 electors in 1788, and he served two terms in office.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	He oversaw the creation of a strong, well-financed national government that maintained neutrality in the wars raging in Europe, suppressed rebellion, and won acceptance among Americans of all types.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	His leadership style established many forms and rituals of government that have been used since, such as using a cabinet system and delivering an inaugural address .	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Further, the peaceful transition from his presidency to the presidency of John Adams established a tradition that continues into the 21st century.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Washington was hailed as " father of his country " even during his lifetime.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Washington was born into the provincial gentry of Colonial Virginia ; his wealthy planter family owned tobacco plantations and slaves.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	After both his father and older brother died when he was young, Washington became personally and professionally attached to the powerful William Fairfax , who promoted his career as a surveyor and soldier.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Washington quickly became a senior officer in the colonial forces during the first stages of the French and Indian War .	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Chosen by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to be commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, Washington managed to force the British out of Boston in 1776, but was defeated and almost captured later that year when he lost New York City .	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	After crossing the Delaware River in the dead of winter, he defeated the British in two battles, retook New Jersey and restored momentum to the Patriot cause.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Because of his strategy, Revolutionary forces captured two major British armies at Saratoga in 1777 and Yorktown in 1781 .	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Historians laud Washington for his selection and supervision of his generals, encouragement of morale and ability to hold together the army, coordination with the state governors and state militia units, relations with Congress and attention to supplies, logistics, and training.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	In battle, however, Washington was repeatedly outmaneuvered by British generals with larger armies.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	After victory had been finalized in 1783, Washington resigned as Commander-in-chief rather than seize power, proving his opposition to dictatorship and his commitment to American republicanism .	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Dissatisfied with the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation , in 1787 Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution .	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Elected unanimously as the first President of the United States in 1789, he attempted to bring rival factions together to unify the nation.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	He supported Alexander Hamilton 's programs to pay off all state and national debt, to implement an effective tax system and to create a national bank (despite opposition from Thomas Jefferson ).	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Washington proclaimed the United States neutral in the wars raging in Europe after 1793.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	He avoided war with Great Britain and guaranteed a decade of peace and profitable trade by securing the Jay Treaty in 1795, despite intense opposition from the Jeffersonians .	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Although never officially joining the Federalist Party , he supported its programs.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Washington's Farewell Address was an influential primer on republican virtue and a warning against partisanship, sectionalism, and involvement in foreign wars.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	He retired from the presidency in 1797 and returned to his home, Mount Vernon , and his domestic life where he managed a variety of enterprises.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	He freed all his slaves by his final will.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	Washington had a vision of a great and powerful nation that would be built on republican lines using federal power.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	He sought to use the national government to preserve liberty, improve infrastructure, open the western lands, promote commerce, found a permanent capital, reduce regional tensions and promote a spirit of American nationalism.	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	At his death, Washington was eulogized as "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen" by Henry Lee .	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	The Federalists made him the symbol of their party but for many years, the Jeffersonians continued to distrust his influence and delayed building the Washington Monument .	00
Q2265	when was washington elected president	George Washington	As the leader of the first successful revolution against a colonial empire in world history, Washington became an international icon for liberation and nationalism, especially in France and Latin America.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	Fiscal Year 2012 U.S. Federal Spending – Cash or Budget Basis.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	Fiscal Year 2012 U.S. Federal Receipts.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	The Budget of the United States Government often begins as the President 's proposal to the U.S. Congress which recommends funding levels for the next fiscal year , beginning October 1.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	However, Congress is the body required by law to pass a budget annually and to submit the budget passed by both houses to the President for signature.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	Congressional decisions are governed by rules and legislation regarding the federal budget process .	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	Budget committees set spending limits for the House and Senate committees and for Appropriations subcommittees, which then approve individual appropriations bills to allocate funding to various federal programs.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	If Congress fails to pass an annual budget (as has been the case since 2009), a series of Appropriations bills must be passed as "stop gap" measures.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	After Congress approves an appropriations bill, it is sent to the President, who may sign it into law, or may veto it (as he would a budget when passed by the Congress).	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	A vetoed bill is sent back to Congress, which can pass it into law with a two-thirds majority in each chamber.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	Congress may also combine all or some appropriations bills into an omnibus reconciliation bill.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	In addition, the president may request and the Congress may pass supplemental appropriations bills or emergency supplemental appropriations bills.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	Several government agencies provide budget data and analysis.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	These include the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congressional Budget Office , the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. Treasury Department .	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	These agencies have reported that the federal government is facing a series of important financing challenges.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	In the short-run, tax revenues have declined significantly due to a severe recession and tax policy choices, while expenditures have expanded for wars, unemployment insurance and other safety net spending.	00
Q2266	what is the annual budget of medicare	United States federal budget	In the long-run, expenditures related to healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid are projected to grow faster than the economy overall as the population matures.	00
Q2267	where is the island New Guinea?	New Guinea	New Guinea (also, Tok Pisin: Niugini, Dutch: Nieuw Guinea, and ; historically: Papua) is the world's second largest island , after Greenland , covering a land area of 786,000 km2.	00
Q2267	where is the island New Guinea?	New Guinea	Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean , it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago , with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago .	11
Q2267	where is the island New Guinea?	New Guinea	Geologically it is a part of the same tectonic plate as Australia.	00
Q2267	where is the island New Guinea?	New Guinea	When world sea levels were low, the two shared shorelines (which now lie 100 to 140 metres below sea level), combining with lands now inundated into the tectonic continent of Sahul , also known as Greater Australia .	00
Q2267	where is the island New Guinea?	New Guinea	The two landmasses became separated when the area now known as the Torres Strait flooded after the end of the last glacial period .	00
Q2267	where is the island New Guinea?	New Guinea	Anthropologically, New Guinea is considered part of Melanesia .	00
Q2267	where is the island New Guinea?	New Guinea	Politically, the western half of the island comprises two Indonesian provinces: Papua and West Papua .	00

Q2254

when is it memorial day

Memorial Day

It typically marks the start of the summer vacation season, while Labor Day marks its end.

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Q2254

when is it memorial day

Memorial Day

Many people visit cemeteries and memorials, particularly to honor those who have died in military service.

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Q2254

when is it memorial day

Memorial Day

Many volunteers place an American flag on each grave in national cemeteries .

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Q2254

when is it memorial day

Memorial Day

By the early 20th century, Memorial Day was an occasion for more general expressions of memory, as people visited the graves of their deceased relatives in church cemeteries, whether they had served in the military or not.

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Q2254

when is it memorial day

Memorial Day

It also became a long weekend increasingly devoted to shopping, family gatherings, fireworks, trips to the beach, and national media events.

00

Q2254

when is it memorial day

Memorial Day

Annual Decoration Days for particular cemeteries are held on a Sunday in late spring or early summer in some rural areas of the American South, notably in the mountains.

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Q2254

when is it memorial day

Memorial Day

In cases involving a family graveyard where remote ancestors as well as those who were deceased more recently are buried, this may take on the character of an extended family reunion to which some people travel hundreds of miles.

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Q2254

when is it memorial day

Memorial Day

People gather on the designated day and put flowers on graves and renew contacts with kinfolk and others.

00

Q2254

when is it memorial day

Memorial Day

There often is a religious service and a "dinner on the ground," the traditional term for a potluck meal in which people used to spread the dishes out on sheets or tablecloths on the grass.

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Q2254

when is it memorial day

Memorial Day

It is believed that this practice began before the American Civil War and thus may reflect the real origin of the "memorial day" idea.

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Q2254

when is it memorial day

Memorial Day

Memorial Day is not to be confused with Veterans Day ; Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving, while Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, living or dead.

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Q2255

What was "Freedom Summer"?

Freedom Summer

Mt. Zion Church state history marker near Philadelphia, Mississippi.

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Q2255

What was "Freedom Summer"?

Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer (also known as the Mississippi Summer Project) was a campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi , which had historically excluded most blacks from voting.

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Q2255

What was "Freedom Summer"?

Freedom Summer

The project also set up dozens of Freedom Schools, Freedom Houses, and community centers in small towns throughout Mississippi to aid the local black population.

11

Q2255

What was "Freedom Summer"?

Freedom Summer

The project was organized by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), a coalition of the Mississippi branches of the four major civil rights organizations ( SNCC , CORE , NAACP and SCLC ).

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Q2255

What was "Freedom Summer"?

Freedom Summer

Most of the impetus, leadership, and financing for the Summer Project came from the SNCC.

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Q2255

What was "Freedom Summer"?

Freedom Summer

Robert Parris Moses , SNCC field secretary and co-director of COFO, directed the summer project.

00

Q2258

What is the cultural background of blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in communities of primarily the " Deep South " of the United States around the end of the 19th century from spirituals , work songs , field hollers , shouts and chants , and rhymed simple narrative ballads .

00

Q2258

What is the cultural background of blues

Blues

The blues form, ubiquitous in jazz , rhythm and blues , and rock and roll is characterized by specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues chord progression is the most common.

00

Q2258

What is the cultural background of blues

Blues

The blue notes that, for expressive purposes are sung or played flattened or gradually bent (minor 3rd to major 3rd) in relation to the pitch of the major scale , are also an important part of the sound.

00

Q2258

What is the cultural background of blues

Blues

The blues genre is based on the blues form but possesses other characteristics such as specific lyrics, bass lines, and instruments.

00

Q2258

What is the cultural background of blues

Blues

Blues can be subdivided into several subgenres ranging from country to urban blues that were more or less popular during different periods of the 20th century.

00

Q2258

What is the cultural background of blues

Blues

Best known are the Delta , Piedmont , Jump , and Chicago blues styles.

00

Q2258

What is the cultural background of blues

Blues

World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues and the progressive opening of blues music to a wider audience, especially white listeners.

00

Q2258

What is the cultural background of blues

Blues

In the 1960s and 1970s, a hybrid form called blues-rock evolved.

00

Q2258

What is the cultural background of blues

Blues

The term "the blues" refers to the "blue devils", meaning melancholy and sadness; an early use of the term in this sense is found in George Colman 's one-act farce Blue Devils (1798).

00

Q2258

What is the cultural background of blues

Blues

Though the use of the phrase in African-American music may be older, it has been attested to since 1912, when Hart Wand 's " Dallas Blues " became the first copyrighted blues composition.

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Q2258

What is the cultural background of blues

Blues

In lyrics the phrase is often used to describe a depressed mood .

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Q2260

who is on the quarter

Quarter (United States coin)

A quarter dollar, commonly shortened to quarter, is a coin worth 1⁄4 of a United States dollar or 25 cents.

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Q2260

who is on the quarter

Quarter (United States coin)

The quarter has been produced since 1796.

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Q2260

who is on the quarter

Quarter (United States coin)

The choice of 25¢ as a denomination, as opposed to 20¢ which is more common in other parts of the world, originated with the practice of dividing Spanish Milled Dollars into eight wedge shaped segments (cf. " pieces of eight ").

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Q2260

who is on the quarter

Quarter (United States coin)

At one time " two bits ", i.e. two wedges, each wedge an eighth, thus a quarter of the Spanish real , was a common nickname for a quarter.

00

Q2262

where is dia de los muertos celebrated

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead () is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures.

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Q2262

where is dia de los muertos celebrated

Day of the Dead

The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.

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Q2262

where is dia de los muertos celebrated

Day of the Dead

It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it is a national holiday, and all banks are closed.

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Q2262

where is dia de los muertos celebrated

Day of the Dead

The celebration takes place on November 1 and 2, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day .

00

Q2262

where is dia de los muertos celebrated

Day of the Dead

Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls , marigolds , and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.

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Q2262

where is dia de los muertos celebrated

Day of the Dead

They also leave possessions of the deceased.

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Q2262

where is dia de los muertos celebrated

Day of the Dead

Scholars trace the origins of the modern Mexican holiday to indigenous observances dating back hundreds of years and to an Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl .

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Q2262

where is dia de los muertos celebrated

Day of the Dead

The holiday has spread throughout the world: In Brazil , Dia de Finados is a public holiday that many Brazilians celebrate by visiting cemeteries and churches.

00

Q2262

where is dia de los muertos celebrated

Day of the Dead

In Spain , there are festivals and parades, and, at the end of the day, people gather at cemeteries and pray for their dead loved ones.

00

Q2262

where is dia de los muertos celebrated

Day of the Dead

Similar observances occur elsewhere in Europe, and similarly themed celebrations appear in many Asian and African cultures.

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Q2264

what was the Name the first electronic handheld calculator

Sumlock ANITA calculator

ANITA Mk VIII.

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Q2264

what was the Name the first electronic handheld calculator

Sumlock ANITA calculator

The ANITA Mark VII and ANITA Mark VIII calculators were launched simultaneously in late 1961 as the world's first all- electronic desktop calculators .

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Q2264

what was the Name the first electronic handheld calculator

Sumlock ANITA calculator

Designed and built by the Bell Punch Co .

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Q2264

what was the Name the first electronic handheld calculator

Sumlock ANITA calculator

in Britain , and marketed through its Sumlock Comptometer division, they used vacuum tubes and cold-cathode switching tubes in their logic circuits and nixie tubes for their numerical displays.

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Q2264

what was the Name the first electronic handheld calculator

Sumlock ANITA calculator

They were the first of a series of desktop and hand-held electronic calculators that the company was to develop and sell under the ANITA name into the mid-1970s.

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