Given the following passage  "Most British pubs still have decorated signs hanging over their doors, and these retain their original function of enabling the identification of the pub. Today's pub signs almost always bear the name of the pub, both in words and in pictorial representation. The more remote country pubs often have stand-alone signs directing potential customers to their door.",  answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text.  Question: Why put a sign above the door?
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Answer: identification of the pub


Given the following passage  "Until the death of Sigismund II Augustus, the last king of the Jagiellonian dynasty, monarchs could be elected from within only the royal family. However, starting from 1573, practically any Polish noble or foreigner of royal blood could become a Polish–Lithuanian monarch. Every newly elected king was supposed to sign two documents—the Pacta conventa ("agreed pacts")—a confirmation of the king's pre-election promises, and Henrican articles (artykuły henrykowskie, named after the first freely elected king, Henry of Valois). The latter document served as a virtual Polish constitution and contained the basic laws of the Commonwealth:",  answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text.  Question: Who was the last king not freely elected?
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Answer: Sigismund II Augustus


Given the following passage  "The first British Mont Blanc ascent was in 1788; the first female ascent in 1819. By the mid-1850s Swiss mountaineers had ascended most of the peaks and were eagerly sought as mountain guides. Edward Whymper reached the top of the Matterhorn in 1865 (after seven attempts), and in 1938 the last of the six great north faces of the Alps was climbed with the first ascent of the Eiger Nordwand (north face of the Eiger).",  answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text.  Question: What happened earlier, the first British Mont Blanc ascent or the first ascent of the Eiger Nordwand?
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Answer:
first British Mont Blanc ascent