train_topics_v1.0.txt

Number: 1
Title: career choice for nursing and physician's assistant
Description: Considering career options for becoming a physician's assistant vs a nurse.  Discussion topics include required education (including time, cost), salaries, and which is better overall.
What is a physician's assistant?
What are the educational requirements required to become one?
What does it cost?
What's the average starting salary in the UK?
What about in the US?
What school subjects are needed to become a registered nurse?
What is the PA average salary vs an RN?
What the difference between a PA and a nurse practitioner? 
Do NPs or PAs make more?
Is a PA above a NP?
What is the fastest way to become a NP?
How much longer does it take to become a doctor after being an NP?

Number: 2
Title: goat breeds
Description: Interested in buying goats that implies interest in different breeds of goats and their use (milk, meat, and fur).
What are the main breeds of goat?
Tell me about boer goats.
What breed is good for meat?
Are angora goats good for it?
What about boer goats?
What are pygmies used for?
What is the best for fiber production?
How long do Angora goats live?
Can you milk them?
How many can you have per acre?
Are they profitable?

Number: 3
Title: irregular heart beat
Description: Find information about irregular heart beat.  This includes atrial fibrillation (afib) and atrial flutter), sinus bradycardia, and tachycardia.
Tell me about the types of irregular heart beat.
How serious is an irregular heart beat?
What are the different types of tachycardia?  
What is atrial flutter?
What causes it?
What's the difference between flutter and fibrillation?
How does afib affect an ECG?
Does it shorten your life?
What triggers it?
How do you stop an attack?
What is the best exercise for it?

Number: 4
Title: neolithic revolution
Description: The neolithic revolution and technology used within it and when it emerged in the british isles.  Also, the transition to the bronze age and its significance. 
What was the neolithic revolution?
When did it start and end?
Why did it start?
What did the neolithic invent?
What tools were used?
When was it brought to the british isles?
Describe the period that follows it.
What was its significance?
What were the houses like?

Number: 5
Title: cooking turkey
Description: Information about cooking a turkey including brining it, smoking it, and using leftovers (including recipes).
What are the best ways to cook a turkey?
Should I brine a turkey before smoking it?
How much salt do I use to brine it?
What kind of wood should I use?
How long should it be smoked for?
Is smoked turkey healthy?
What can you do with leftovers?
How long are leftovers good for in the fridge?
What's a recipe for smoked turkey soup?
How about one for chili?

Number: 6
Title: judicial history
Description: Judicial history in the US including key court cases and what they established.
Source: MARCO sessions
What are the most important US supreme court cases?
What did plessy v. ferguson establish?
How about marbury vs madison?
Was it unanimous?
What was the implication of roe vs wade?
What were the main arguments?
What was the point of brown v board of ed?
What were the main arguments?
Why is it important today?

Number: 7
Title: macromolecules
Description: A comparison of types of basic macromolecules: carbohydrates and lipids. 
What are the different types of macromolecules?
Tell me about the characteristics of carbohydrates.
What are they composed of?
What is their basic structure?
What are the main types with examples of each?
Tell me about lipids
What is their function?
What are the types of lipids?
What is the most common?
What is the difference between them and carbohydrates?
Why are carbs better?

Number: 8
Title: securities acts
Description: Find information regarding U.S. securities acts, as well as where securities are traded.
What was the securities act of 1933?
What is exempt from it? 
Why was it needed?
What was the reason for creating the 1934 act?
What is the largest securities exchange in the world?
How and when when was it created?
What was the first stock market? 

Number: 9
Title: statistics and studying it for a career
Description:  Explore metrics for understanding range in statistics, and career options in statistics.
Why is statistics important?
Why should one study it?
Tell me about its career options.
Are Data Scientists in high demand?
How much do they make on average in a year?
What is range in statistics?
Describe some different metrics to interpret it
What are quartiles?
How do you find the lower and upper quartile?

Number: 10
Title: freezing water and coldest places on earth
Description: Requires information about the process involved in freezing of water. Also, requests information about the coldest places on Earth in Antarctica.
How does water freeze?
What happens to its molecules?
Why isn't the bottom of the ocean frozen?
Can the bottom of the ocean freeze?
Where is the coldest place on Earth?
Does Dome Fuji have inhabitants?
Why is antarctica so cold?
How cold is the water underneath the ice?
What is the biggest town?

Number: 11
Title: futuristic designs
Description: General questions regarding futuristic designs and how it has affected the world of technology.
What are  futuristic designs?
How did this become a new trend?
Why are most of the constructions inspired by these designs?
What are the different domains where such designs have been adapted?
How has it affected technology?
How have the different giants in the business responded to this?
Has its introduction lead to increase in business?
If designs are already futuristic, how will this change in the future? 

Number: 12
Title: lasik surgery
Description: Find information about LASIK surgery, including its pros and cons, alternatives etc.
What is a good age to get LASIK?
Give me a short description of the procedure
What are its benefits?
What are the risks? 
Describe experiences of some people who had it this done.
Are there any good alternatives to it?
What is its success rate?
Once it's done, what kind of precautions do I need to take?
Does the effect of wear off with age?

Number: 13
Title: tofu
Description: Describe tofu, cooking methods, including recipes, and possible health effects. 
What is tofu exactly? 
How is it made?
What are its origins?
What is the best tofu?
Is it a kind of cheese?
Can I eat it raw?
What are common ways to cook it? 
In what cuisines is it popular?
Is tofu good for you? 
Can it make you sick?
Is too much tofu bad for you?

Number: 14
Title: data center network architectures 
Description: Technical information about data center network architectures.
What are scalable data center network architectures?
What are some examples? 
Describe the characteristics of FAT tree topology.
What routes can be taken by an upstream packet?
Describe core, aggregator and edge switches
Are flows bidirectional?
How many forwarding rules are there in each layer of the tree?
Describe the jellyfish architecture.
Which architecture is more resilient to failure?

Number: 15
Title: international linguistics olympiad
Description: Information about the International Linguistics Olympiad, and linguistics in general.
Tell me about the International Linguistics Olympiad.
How do I prepare for it?
How tough is the exam?
What kind of problems can I expect?
Tell me about the history of linguistics as a field.
Who was Panini and what were his contributions?
What is the link between linguistics and computer science?


Number: 16
Title: blood sugar
Description: Blood sugar levels and possible complications that may arise due to it.
What is a normal blood sugar level?
What does it mean if it's higher than this?
What is a dangerous level?
How do you bring it down quickly?
How fast can it rise?
And what if it's lower than normal?
How does this make you feel?
Do different activities lead to an imbalance?
Is there a relation between age and sugar levels?

Number: 17
Title: forms of energy
Description: Energy and its various forms.
What are the different forms of energy?
How can it be stored?
What type of energy is used in motion?
Tell me about mechanical energy.
Give me some examples
Why is sound a form of mechanical energy?
How does it differ from potential energy?
Are potential and kinetic the same?
What type does chemical energy belong to?
What form of energy is used in eating?

Number: 18
Title: uranus and neptune
Description: Information about Uranus and Neptune.
Describe Uranus
What makes it so unusual?
Tell me about its orbit
Why is it tilted?
How is its rotation different from other planets?
What is peculiar the seasons on it?
Are there any other planets similar to it?
Describe the characteristics of Neptune.
Why is it important to our solar system?
How are these two planets similar to each other?  
Can life exist on either of them? 

Number: 19
Title: chemical reaction
Description: Information about chemical reactions
What is chemical energy?
Describe a chemical reaction
How is it represented mathematically?
Give me an example
What are the different kinds of reactions?
What is a decomposition reaction?
How is it a chemical change?
What is a synthesis reaction?
Tell me the differences between synthesis and decomposition

Number: 20
Title: cell membrane
Description: Information about the cell membrane and its functions.
Describe cell membranes.
What are its important functions?
Tell me about the phospholipid bilayer.
What are its functions?
What if the membrane gets damaged?
Do they repair themselves?
Which nutrients may help in the repair process?

Number: 21
Title: weathering
Description: General queries regarding weathering, its various types, how it affects rocks etc.
What is weathering?
What are its major types?
Tell me about chemical weathering
How is it different from biological weathering?
Does it change the composition of rocks?
What is the end product of chemical weathering?
Give me an example
What happens when quartz undergoes weathering?

Number: 22
Title: spices
Description: Questions about spices, their benefits, and their composition.
What are the most common spices used in cooking?
How are they different from herbs?
Why do spices taste good?
Where do most of them come from?
What cuisines use them heavily?
What are the most popular Indian ones?
Tell me about turmeric
Are there any benefits of consuming it?
What is the oldest spice?
What is the most expensive and why?

Number: 23
Title: cattle farming for meat and dairy 
Description: Enquires about two different types of cattle farming - meat and dairy. 
What are the main types of cattle farming?
What breeds produce the most milk? 
How much do Holsteins produce?
What is special about Jersey milk? 
Do we eat dairy cows?
What are the most common breeds for meat?
Where are angus beef from?
How much space do they need? 

Number: 24
Title: smoking cessation
Description: Understanding the various ill effects of smoking and methods to prevent it.
How can I help my friend stop smoking?
What are its long term effects?
Does it cause cancer?
What makes it so addictive?
Are there any alternatives to nicotine?
How effective are the patches?
Tell me about the cold turkey method
Describe typical withdrawal symptoms

Number: 25
Title: killer whales
Description: More information about killer whales, and about a good time to observe them.
Tell me about orca whales
Are they really whales?
How do they hunt?
What do they eat?
Where did they get their name?
Are they dangerous?
Where can go to watch them? 
When is a good season for spotting them?
How does captivity affect them? 

Number: 26
Title: chemical elements
Description: Understanding various aspects of chemical elements, including how they are represented, relation to human body etc.
What defines a chemical element? 
How are they related to the Periodic Table?
How is it organised?
How does a chemical compound differ from an element?
What are different types of compounds?
How are they formed?
Which ones are important for the human body?
What are important ones used on a daily basis?

Number: 27
Title: dietary neds
Description: Trying to understand the importance of various dietary needs and its benefits.
What comprises a balanced diet?
Is it the same for men as well as women?
What are some specific recommendations for women?
Are dairy products necessary for a good health?
Can it harm you instead?
How necessary is fiber?
What happens if it's consumed in a smaller amount than recommended?

Number: 28
Title: global warming
Description: Understanding global warming, its dangers and what could be done to avoid it.
Describe global warming
What are its dangers?
Are there any methods to prevent it getting worse?
What can I do at an individual level?
How do I reduce my carbon footprint?
Is the US government doing anything about it?
How is overpopulation related?

Number: 29
Title: british invasion (music)
Description: You want to find out more about the phenomenon of British Invasion in Rock Music.
What is the British Invasion in Music?
What era did it happen?
What genre did it involve?
What is so special about it?
Which bands were key part of that?
What was the leading band and what was its role?
Is it related to any other musical movements?
What was its impact on American music?
What other music movement succeeded it?

Number: 30
Title: linux and windows
Description: A comparison of Windows and Linux, followed by some tips regarding software installation etc.
What are some advantages of using Linux?
Can I run Windows software in it?
How does it compare to Windows?
Which of these is more popular?
How do I install software on it?
What is an easy way to install Python?
Tell me about how I can share files.