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The Canadian ( ) is a transcontinental passenger train operated by Via Rail Canada with service between Union Station in Toronto , Ontario , and Pacific Central Station in Vancouver , British Columbia .
Before 1955 the Canadian was a Canadian Pacific Railway ( CPR ) train between Toronto and Chicago . In 1955 , CPR... | odql_7960--Canadian_(train).txt | {
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The Goulburn Correctional Centre , an Australian super-maximum , maximum , and minimum 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 Attorney Gener... | bb_2572--Goulburn_Correctional_Centre.txt | {
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The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing which was flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War . It was one of the largest aircraft operational during World War II and featured state of the art technology . It was the single most exp... | qg_2643--Boeing_B-29_Superfortress.txt | {
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MuḥammadFull name : Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim ( , lit : Father of Qasim Muhammad son of Abd Allah son of Abdul-Muttalib son of Hashim ) ( ; c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE ) Elizabeth Goldman ( 1995 ) , p. 63 , gives 8 June 632 CE , the dominant Islamic tradition . Many earlier ( ma... | jp_1936--Muhammad.txt | {
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The Championships , Wimbledon , commonly known simply as Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world , and is widely considered the most prestigious . It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon , London since 1877 .
Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments , the others bein... | qw_72--The_Championships,_Wimbledon.txt | {
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The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming , who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections . Since Fleming 's death in 1964 , eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelizations : Kingsley Amis , Christopher Wo... | qb_7255--James_Bond.txt | {
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Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw , named after a Greek mythological character . It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913 .
Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl , Eliza Doolittle , to pass for a duchess at an ambassador 's garden p... | qf_620--Pygmalion_(play).txt | {
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Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke ( born 13 June 1964 ) is an English actress , comedian , playwright and theatre director . She became known for her regular appearances in the sketch shows French and Saunders ( 1988–99 ) , Harry Enfield 's Television Programme ( 1990–92 ) and Harry Enfield and Chums ( 1994–98 ) , and for h... | qz_860--Kathy_Burke.txt | {
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Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero , created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories . Dare appeared in the Eagle comic story Dan Dare , Pilot of the Future from 1950 to 1967 ( and subsequently in reprints ) , and dramatised seven times a week on Radio Luxembourg ( 1951–1956 ) .
... | sfq_3253--Dan_Dare.txt | {
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Opera ( ; English plural : operas ; Italian plural : opere ) is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text ( libretto ) and musical score , usually in a theatrical setting . In traditional opera , singers do two types of singing : recitative , a speech-inflected style and arias , ... | sfq_23994--Opera.txt | {
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Around the World in Eighty Days ( ) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne , published in 1873 . In the story , Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager ( ) set by his friends at the Reform Club . It ... | qg_425--Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days.txt | {
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The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament , contested by national teams of the Rugby League International Federation , which was first held in France in 1954 , the first World Cup in either rugby code . The idea of a rugby league world cup tournament was first mooted in the 1930s with the F... | sfq_16684--Rugby_League_World_Cup.txt | {
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Anthracite is a hard , compact variety of coal that has a submetallic luster . It has the highest carbon content , the fewest impurities , and the highest calorific content of all types of coal except for graphite .
Anthracite is the most metamorphosed type of coal ( but still represents low-grade metamorphism ) , ... | sfq_18559--Anthracite.txt | {
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A distilled beverage , spirit , liquor , hard liquor or hard alcohol is an alcoholic beverage produced by distillation of a mixture produced from alcoholic fermentation . This process purifies it and removes diluting components like water , for the purpose of increasing its proportion of alcohol content ( commonly expr... | sfq_25451--Distilled_beverage.txt | {
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Green is the color between blue and yellow on the spectrum of visible light . It is evoked by light with a predominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm . In the subtractive color system , used in painting and color printing , it is created by a combination of yellow and blue , or yellow and cyan ; in the RGB color model... | wh_925--Green.txt | {
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A samovar ( , ; literally `` self-boil '' , Persian : Samāvar , Turkish : semaver ) is a heated metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in and around Russia , as well as in countries in Central Europe , South-Eastern Europe , Eastern Europe , and the Middle-East . Since the heated water is typically u... | odql_3536--Samovar.txt | {
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Frankenstein ; or , The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley that tells the story of a young science student Victor Frankenstein , who creates a grotesque but sentient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment . Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 , ... | qz_2384--Frankenstein.txt | {
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A flower , sometimes known as a bloom or blossom , is the reproductive structure found in plants that are floral ( plants of the division Magnoliophyta , also called angiosperms ) . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction , usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs . Flower... | sfq_22941--Flower.txt | {
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} | The laburnum tree has what colour flowers? |
Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe ( from , ultimately from ferre to bear or carry ) and atomic number 26 . It is a metal in the first transition series . It is by mass the most common element on Earth , forming much of Earth 's outer and inner core . It is the fourth most common element in the Earth 's crust . ... | qw_3127--Iron.txt | {
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Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London 's West End in the City of Westminster , built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly . In this context , a circus , from the Latin word meaning `` circle '' , is a round open space at a street junction .
Piccadilly now links directly to the ... | bb_1288--Piccadilly_Circus.txt | {
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Angela Dorothea Merkel ( born 17 July 1954 ) is a German stateswoman and former research scientist . Merkel has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005 , and the leader of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) since 2000 .
Having earned a doctorate as a physical chemist , Merkel entered politics in the wake of t... | odql_10502--Angela_Merkel.txt | {
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Confectionery , also called sweets or candy is sweet food . The term varies among English-speaking countries . In general , though , confectionery is divided into two broad and somewhat overlapping categories , bakers ' confections and sugar confections .
Bakers ' confectionery , also called flour confections , inc... | dpql_1447--Confectionery.txt | {
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A car is a wheeled , self-powered motor vehicle used for transportation and a product of the automotive industry . Most definitions of the term specify that cars are designed to run primarily on roads , to have seating for one to eight people , to typically have four wheels with tyres , and to be constructed principall... | sfq_9736--Car.txt | {
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a cricket field , at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard-long pitch with a wicket , a set of three wooden stumps sited at each end . One team , designated the batting team , attempts to score as many runs as possible , whilst their op... | sfq_9311--Cricket.txt | {
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} | In cricket what is the term used for a ball bowled as an off break but designed to make the batsman think it's a leg break? |
A zombie ( Haitian French : zombi , Haitian Creole : zonbi ) is a fictional undead being created through the reanimation of a human corpse . Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works . The term comes from Haitian folklore , where a zombie is a dead body reanimated through various methods , most ... | tb_361--Zombie.txt | {
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A trajectory or flight path is the path that a moving object follows through space as a function of time . The object might be a projectile or a satellite . For example , it can be an orbit—the path of a planet , an asteroid , or a comet as it travels around a central mass . A trajectory can be described mathematically... | qw_3641--Trajectory.txt | {
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Tranquility Base ( Latin : Statio Tranquillitatis ) is the site on the Moon where , in 1969 , humans landed and walked on another celestial body for the first time . On July 20 , 1969 , Apollo 11 crewmembers Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their Apollo Lunar Module Eagle at approximately 20:17:40 UTC . Six hours ... | jp_189--Tranquility_Base.txt | {
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Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland ( commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland ) is an 1865 novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll . It tells of a girl named
Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar , anthropomorphic creat... | sfq_342--Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland.txt | {
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} | How did Alice get into Wonderland? |
An atom is the smallest constituent unit of ordinary matter that has the properties of a chemical element . Every solid , liquid , gas , and plasma is composed of neutral or ionized atoms . Atoms are very small ; typical sizes are around 100 pm ( a ten-billionth of a meter , in the short scale ) . However , atoms do no... | odql_5176--Atom.txt | {
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William Tecumseh Sherman ( February 8 , 1820 – February 14 , 1891 ) was an American soldier , businessman , educator and author . He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War ( 1861–65 ) , for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism f... | bt_1934--William_Tecumseh_Sherman.txt | {
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A polygraph , popularly referred to as a lie detector , measures and records several physiological indices such as blood pressure , pulse , respiration , and skin conductivity while the subject is asked and answers a series of questions . The belief underpinning the use of the polygraph is that deceptive answers will p... | bb_4319--Polygraph.txt | {
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Moremi Game Reserve is a Game Reserve in Botswana . It rests on the eastern side of the Okavango Delta and was named after Chief Moremi of the BaTawana tribe . Moremi was designated as a Game Reserve , and not a National Park , when it was created . This designation meant local people , the BaSarwa or Bushmen that live... | odql_8763--Moremi_Game_Reserve.txt | {
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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock , KBE , ( 13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980 ) was an English film director and producer , at times referred to as `` The Master of Suspense '' . He pioneered many elements of the suspense and psychological thriller genres . He had a successful career in British cinema with both silent films and... | qw_5867--Alfred_Hitchcock.txt | {
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} | "What is the setting for the Alfred Hitchcock film ""The Birds""?" |
A state of the United States of America is one of the 50 constituent political entities that shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government , Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they... | jp_3497--U.S._state.txt | {
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Oh ! What a Lovely War is a 1969 musical film directed by Richard Attenborough ( in his directorial debut ) , with an ensemble cast including Maggie Smith , Dirk Bogarde , John Gielgud , John Mills , Kenneth More , Laurence Olivier , Jack Hawkins , Corin Redgrave , Michael Redgrave , Vanessa Redgrave , Ralph Richardson... | sfq_6704--Oh!_What_a_Lovely_War.txt | {
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The Brontës ( , commonly ) were a nineteenth-century literary family associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire , England . The sisters , Charlotte ( 1816–1855 ) , Emily ( 1818–1848 ) , and Anne ( 1820–1849 ) , are well known as poets and novelists . Like many contemporary female writers , t... | odql_14620--Brontë_family.txt | {
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The Neva ( , ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast ( historical region of Ingria ) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland . Despite its modest length of 74 km , it is the third largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge ( after the Volga and... | jp_2095--Neva_River.txt | {
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The Norns ( Old Norse : norn , plural : nornir ) in Norse mythology are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men . They roughly correspond to other controllers of humans ' destiny , the Fates , elsewhere in European mythology .
In Snorri Sturluson 's interpretation of the Völuspá , Urðr ( Wyrd ) , Verðand... | sfq_416--Norns.txt | {
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Blackadder Goes Forth is the fourth and final series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder , written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton , which aired from 28 September to 2 November 1989 on BBC One . The series placed the recurring characters of Blackadder , Baldrick and George in a trench in Flanders during World War I , and foll... | qb_9589--Blackadder_Goes_Forth.txt | {
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Hanley , in Staffordshire , England , is one of the six major towns that joined together to form the city of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910 . Hanley was the only one of the six towns to be a county borough before the merger ; its status was transferred to the enlarged borough . Hanley was incorporated as a municipal borough in... | sfq_4226--Hanley,_Staffordshire.txt | {
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The coat of arms of the BBC was adopted in March 1927 to represent the purpose and values of the corporation . It is seldom used nowadays except for ceremonial purposes .
Elements
The various elements of the coat of arms were chosen to provide a heraldic translation of the qualities of the BBC .
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The pommel horse ( also side horse ) is an artistic gymnastics apparatus . Traditionally , it is used by only male gymnasts . Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover , modern pommel horses have a metal body covered with foam rubber and leather , with plastic handles ( or pommels ) .
... | qg_961--Pommel_horse.txt | {
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Rock climbing is an activity in which participants climb up , down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls . The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling . Due to the length and extended endurance required and because accidents are more... | jp_4375--Rock_climbing.txt | {
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Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket and is considered its highest standard . Test matches are played between national representative teams with `` Test status '' , as determined by the International Cricket Council ( ICC ) . The two teams of 11 players play a four-innings match , which may last up ... | sfq_21572--Test_cricket.txt | {
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Joseph `` Joe '' Weider ( November 29 , 1920 – March 23 , 2013 ) was a Canadian bodybuilder and entrepreneur who co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders ( IFBB ) alongside his brother Ben Weider . He was also the creator of the Mr. Olympia , the Ms. Olympia and the Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests ... | qb_6143--Joe_Weider.txt | {
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} | Which bodybuilding competition, first held in 1965, was created by Joe Weider to enable Mr Universe winners to continue competing and to earn money? |
Gamboge ( , , or ) is a partially transparent deep saffron to mustard yellow pigment.Other forms and spellings are : cambodia , cambogium , camboge , cambugium , gambaugium , gambogia , gambozia , gamboidea , gambogium , gumbouge , gambouge , gamboge , gambooge , gambugia . ( Oxford English Dictionary ) It is used to d... | dpql_1197--Gamboge.txt | {
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The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the head of Her Majesty 's Government in the United Kingdom . The prime minister ( informal abbreviation : PM ) and Cabinet ( consisting of all the most senior ministers , most of whom are government department heads ) are collectively ac... | qb_4219--Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom.txt | {
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The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup , the quadrennial international football world championship tournament . It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany , which won the right to host the event in July 2000 . Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents pa... | qw_6538--2006_FIFA_World_Cup.txt | {
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William Shakespeare ( ; 26 April 1564 ( baptised ) – 23 April 1616 ) was an English : poet , : playwright , and actor , widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world 's pre-eminent dramatist . ; ; . He is often called England 's national poet , and the `` Bard of Avon '' . His extant work... | qz_5584--William_Shakespeare.txt | {
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Leopold III ( 3 November 1901 – 25 September 1983 ) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951 , when he abdicated in favour of the heir apparent , his son Baudouin . From 1944 until 1950 , Leopold 's brother , Charles , served as prince regent while Leopold was declared incompetent to rule . In 1950 , the de... | qb_777--Leopold_III_of_Belgium.txt | {
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The Premier League is an English professional league for men 's association football clubs . At the top of the English football league system , it is the country 's primary football competition . Contested by 20 clubs , it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League ( EFL ; known a... | sfq_11331--Premier_League.txt | {
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The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI occurred on 28 February 2013 at 20:00 ( 8:00 PM ) CET ( 19:00 UTC ) . The resignation was first announced on the morning of 11 February 2013 by the Vatican . Benedict 's decision to step down as leader of the Catholic Church made him the first pope to relinquish the office since Pop... | jp_2305--Resignation_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI.txt | {
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The Lions Gate Bridge , opened in 1938 , officially known as the First Narrows Bridge , is a suspension bridge that crosses the first narrows of Burrard Inlet and connects the City of Vancouver , British Columbia , to the North Shore municipalities of the District of North Vancouver , the City of North Vancouver , and ... | tc_561--Lions_Gate_Bridge.txt | {
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We 're No Angels is a 1955 Christmas comedy film starring an ensemble cast of Humphrey Bogart , Peter Ustinov , Aldo Ray , Joan Bennett , Basil Rathbone , and Leo G. Carroll . Shot in both VistaVision and Technicolor , the Paramount Studios production was directed by Michael Curtiz , who had directed Bogart in Casablan... | qz_2822--We're_No_Angels_(1955_film).txt | {
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Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each , who take turns batting and fielding .
The batting team attempts to score runs by hitting a ball that is thrown by the pitcher with a bat swung by the batter , then running counter-clockwise around a series of four bases : first , second... | qg_357--Baseball.txt | {
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Phar Lap ( 4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932 ) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public 's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression . Foaled in New Zealand , he was trained and raced in Australia by Harry Telford . Phar Lap dominated Australian racing during a distingui... | qw_15440--Phar_Lap.txt | {
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th Eurovision Song Contest . The contest was won by the Spanish song `` La , la , la '' , performed by Massiel , closely followed by the United Kingdom and Cliff Richard with `` Congratulations ! '' with a margin of just one point . Originally Spain entered Joan Manuel Serrat ... | qb_4801--Eurovision_Song_Contest_1968.txt | {
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} | In which European city was the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest held? |
The wives of Henry VIII were the six queens consort wedded to Henry VIII , King of England between 1509 and 1547 . After his first divorce he appealed to the pope , who denounced him . He then turned to the Predestine party who had no inclined belief over the subject and had divorce written into the laws of the people ... | jp_2757--Wives_of_Henry_VIII.txt | {
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524
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"anne boleyn"
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Goosnargh ( ) is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston district of Lancashire , England . The village lies between Broughton and Longridge , and mostly lies in the civil parish of Whittingham , although the ancient centre lies in the civil parish of Goosnargh . The parish of Goosnargh had a population of 1,... | sfq_14501--Goosnargh.txt | {
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The 40th Ryder Cup matches were held 26–28 September 2014 in Scotland on the PGA Centenary Course at the Gleneagles Hotel near Auchterarder in Perthshire . This was the second Ryder Cup held in Scotland ; it was previously at Muirfield in 1973 . The team captains in 2014 were Paul McGinley for Europe and Tom Watson for... | dpql_3078--2014_Ryder_Cup.txt | {
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306
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"text": [
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} | Who was captain of the US team for the 2014 Ryder Cup? |
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu ( born 7 November 1988 ) , better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah , is an English rapper , singer , songwriter and record producer . He has been signed to Parlophone Records since 2009 , a subsidiary of Warner Music Group . He created his own record and fashion label Disturbing London ( ... | odql_5622--Tinie_Tempah.txt | {
"answer_start": [
85
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"text": [
"tinie tempah"
]
} | His debut album 'Disc-Overy' was released in 2010. By what stage-name id Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu better known? |
of territory claimed in Antarctica .
Chile ( ; ) , officially the Republic of Chile ( ) , is a South American country occupying a long , narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west . It borders Peru to the north , Bolivia to the northeast , Argentina to the east , and the Dr... | sfq_4807--Chile.txt | {
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5777
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"text": [
"santiago"
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} | Which South American capital was founded on the banks of the Rio Mapocho by Pedro de Valdivia in 1541? |
Sir Alexander Chapman `` Alex '' Ferguson , CBE ( born 31 December 1941 ) is a former Scottish football manager and player who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013 . He is regarded by many players , managers and analysts to be one of the greatest and most successful managers of all time .
Ferguson played as ... | qw_11461--Alex_Ferguson.txt | {
"answer_start": [],
"text": []
} | When Sir Alex Ferguson retired in May 2013 after 26 years as manager for Manchester United Football Club who succeeded him ? |
Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert ( 1836–1911 ) and the composer Arthur Sullivan ( 1842–1900 ) and to the works they jointly created . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896 , of which H.M.S . Pinafore , The Pirates o... | sfq_11829--Gilbert_and_Sullivan.txt | {
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"text": [
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Taiwan , officially the Republic of China ( ROC ) , is a state in East Asia . Neighboring states include the People 's Republic of China to the west , Japan to the northeast , and the Philippines to the south . Taiwan is the most populous non-UN state and the largest economy outside the UN .
The island of Taiwan wa... | qw_6502--Taiwan.txt | {
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"text": [
"proc"
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} | The island of Taiwan is off the coast of where? |
Dave and Ansell Collins are a Jamaican vocal/instrumental duo ( sometimes billed as Dave and Ansil Collins or Dave and Ansel Collins ) .
History
Dave Barker ( born David John Crooks , 10 October 1947 , Kingston , Jamaica ) is a session vocalist , and Ansell Collins ( born 1949 , also in Kingston ) is a keyboard... | sfq_18011--Dave_and_Ansell_Collins.txt | {
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470
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"text": [
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} | Dave and Ansell Collins had a U.K No 1 hit with which song? |
Cape Cod is a geographic cape separated from the mainland by the Cape Cod Canal . It extends into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts , in the northeastern United States . Its historic , maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer months .
Cape ... | sfq_12070--Cape_Cod.txt | {
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} | Which island off Cape Cod was once the site of the world's biggest whaling port? |
Cheese is a food derived from milk that is produced in a wide range of flavors , textures , and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein . It comprises proteins and fat from milk , usually the milk of cows , buffalo , goats , or sheep . During production , the milk is usually acidified , and adding the enzyme re... | qw_16426--Cheese.txt | {
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124
],
"text": [
"milk protein"
]
} | The Italian cheese called dolcelatte translates into English as what? |
Clive Staples Lewis ( 29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 ) was a British novelist , poet , academic , medievalist , literary critic , essayist , lay theologian , broadcaster , lecturer , and Christian apologist . He held academic positions at both Oxford University ( Magdalen College ) , 1925–54 , and Cambridge Univer... | qb_9289--C._S._Lewis.txt | {
"answer_start": [],
"text": []
} | What is the title of the first novel to be published in the ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ series by C S Lewis? |
In the United States , Native Americans are considered to be people whose pre-Columbian ancestors were indigenous to the lands within the nation 's modern boundaries . These peoples were composed of numerous distinct tribes , bands , and ethnic groups , and many of these groups survive intact today as sovereign nations... | qw_13276--Native_Americans_in_the_United_States.txt | {
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`` Dirty Old Town '' is an English song written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 that was made popular by The Dubliners and has been recorded by many others .
History
The song was written about Salford , Greater Manchester , England , the town where MacColl was born and brought up . It was originally composed for an int... | sfq_962--Dirty_Old_Town.txt | {
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193
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"text": [
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} | Which city was the subject of the 1949 song 'Dirty Old Town' by Ewan McColl? |
Clara Schumann ( née Clara Josephine Wieck ; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896 ) was a German musician and composer , considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era . She exerted her influence over a 61-year concert career , changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital and the tastes of ... | odql_1727--Clara_Schumann.txt | {
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Turandot ( or ; ; see below ) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini , completed by Franco Alfano , and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni .
Though Puccini 's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller 's 1801 adaptation of the play , his work is... | sfq_4771--Turandot.txt | {
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The onion ( Allium cepa L. , from Latin cepa `` onion '' ) , also known as the bulb onion or common onion , is a vegetable and is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium .
This genus also contains several other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food , such as the Japanese bun... | dpql_3157--Onion.txt | {
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} | Of what family are Onion, garlic, shallot, leek and chive? |
Darts is a form of throwing game in which small missiles are thrown at a circular dartboard fixed to a wall . Though various boards and rules have been used in the past , the term `` darts '' usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules . As well as being a professional c... | qb_628--Darts.txt | {
"answer_start": [],
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Species reintroduction is the deliberate release of a species into the wild , from captivity or other areas where the animal survives . A species that needs reintroduction is usually one whose existence has become threatened or endangered in the wild . However , reintroduction of a species can also be for pest control ... | sfq_6589--Species_reintroduction.txt | {
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The A57 is a major road in England . It runs east from Liverpool to Lincoln , via Warrington , Cadishead , Irlam , Patricroft , Eccles , Salford and Manchester , then through the Pennines over the Snake Pass ( between the high moorlands of Bleaklow and Kinder Scout ) , around the Ladybower Reservoir , through Sheffield... | sfq_20499--A57_road.txt | {
"answer_start": [
68
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} | The A57 road runs from Liverpool to which English town or city? |
Whoville is a fictional town created by author Theodor Seuss Geisel , under the name Dr. Seuss . Whoville appeared in the books Horton Hears a Who ! and How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! However , there were significant differences between the two renditions .
Location
The exact location of Whoville seems to var... | qg_4615--Whoville.txt | {
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161
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} | Who tried to steal Christmas from the town of Whoville? |
The Honda Torneo is a sedan introduced by Honda in 1997 exclusively for the Japanese domestic market , derived from the Honda Accord . While the Accord was sold exclusively at Honda Clio dealerships , the Torneo was available at the other two Honda networks , Honda Verno and Honda Primo as the successor to the Honda As... | sfq_9379--Honda_Torneo.txt | {
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"text": [
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} | Which car manufacturer produces models called Concerto, Inspire, Legend, Torneo, etc? |
The rule of thirds is a `` rule of thumb '' or guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images such as designs , films , paintings , and photographs .
The guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally space... | bb_6022--Rule_of_thirds.txt | {
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"text": [
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} | What is a third divided by a half? |
Sir Edward William Elgar , 1st Baronet ( 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934 ) was an English composer , many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire . Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations , the Pomp and Circumstance Marches , c... | sfq_9907--Edward_Elgar.txt | {
"answer_start": [
263
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"text": [
"enigma variation"
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} | Which musical work of 1898 features a section called 'Nimrod'? |
A beard is the collection of hair that grows on the chin and cheeks of humans and some non-human animals . In humans , usually only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards . From an evolutionary viewpoint the beard is a part of the broader category of androgenic hair . It is a vestigial trait from a time when ... | odql_10008--Beard.txt | {
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10637
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"text": [
"emperor hadrian"
]
} | Who was the first Roman Emperor to sport a beard? |
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 .
Bible use
The Latin Vulgate , and following this many English versions such as the KJV , 1611 , uses the word to stand ... | bb_1767--Oblation.txt | {
"answer_start": [
22
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"text": [
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} | What is an oblation in relation to a god? Offering; Curse; Damnation; or Church? |
The President of the French Republic ( , ) , is the executive head of state of the French Fifth Republic . The powers , functions and duties of prior presidential offices , and their relation with the first minister and cabinets has over time differed with the various French constitutions .
The President of France ... | odql_1598--President_of_France.txt | {
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1485
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"text": [
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]
} | Who was the President of France at the time of the Falklands War? |
Paul David Hewson ( born 10 May 1960 ) , known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer-songwriter , musician , venture capitalist , businessman , and philanthropist . He is best known as the lead vocalist of rock band U2 . Bono was born and raised in Dublin , Ireland , and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School... | sfq_5871--Bono.txt | {
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0
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"text": [
"paul david hewson"
]
} | As whom is Paul David Hewson better known? |
The Schilling ( German : Österreichischer Schilling ) was the currency of Austria from 1925 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999 , and the circulating currency until 2002 . The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 Schilling to replace it . The Schilling was divided into 100 Groschen .
History
First Sc... | qw_11750--Austrian_schilling.txt | {
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74
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"text": [
"austria"
]
} | Until the introduction of the euro, on 1 January 2002, which country had the schilling as its basic currency unit? |
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language , spoken natively by about 9 million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland , where it has equal legal standing with Finnish . It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish ( see the section `` Classification '' ) . Along with the other North Germani... | dpql_2122--Swedish_language.txt | {
"answer_start": [],
"text": []
} | “Scandicrime” drama The Bridge is mainly set in Copenhagen and in which Swedish city? |
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28 , 1986 , when the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger ( OV-099 ) ( mission STS-51-L ) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight , leading to the deaths of its seven crew members , which included five NASA astronauts and two Payload Specialists . The spacecraft... | sfq_17796--Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster.txt | {
"answer_start": [
18
],
"text": [
"challenger"
]
} | Name the space craft that exploded 72 seconds after lift off killing all 7 crew members in 1986. |
Old Wave is the ninth studio album by the Beatles ' former drummer , Ringo Starr . The album was released in 1983 , on the label Bellaphon Records , and is the two-year follow-up to his 1981 album Stop and Smell the Roses .
The title is a play on new wave music .
Background and recording
After John Lennon '... | qw_13873--Old_Wave.txt | {
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69
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"text": [
"ringo star"
]
} | "Who released the albums ""Sentimental Journey"", ""Goodnight Vienna"", ""Bad Boy"", ""Old Wave"" and ""Vertical Man"" between 1970 and 1999?" |
Russian ( , ' , pronounced ) is an East Slavic language and an official language in Russia , Belarus , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan and many minor or unrecognised territories . It is an unofficial but widely-spoken language in Ukraine , Latvia , Estonia , and to a lesser extent , the other countries that were once constitue... | jp_3613--Russian_language.txt | {
"answer_start": [],
"text": []
} | What alphabet is used in Russia? |
Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup , which is Australia 's richest horse race . The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats , next to the Maribyrnong River . The area was first used for horse racing in M... | bb_4598--Flemington_Racecourse.txt | {
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1547
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"text": [
"racehorse"
]
} | Flemington, Greyville, and Longchamp are associated with what, respectively in Australia, South Africa, and France? |
The Church of England is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion . The church has both liberal and conservative clergy and members .
The church dates its establishment to the 6th-century Gregorian mission in Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury . The Engl... | qb_2823--Church_of_England.txt | {
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2401
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"text": [
"british monarch"
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} | Who always holds the title of the Supreme Governor of the Church of England? |
The Inca Empire ( Quechua : Tawantinsuyu , '' The Four Regions '' ) , also known as the Incan Empire , was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America . The administrative , political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru . The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru somet... | bb_1870--Inca_Empire.txt | {
"answer_start": [
547
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"text": [
"south america"
]
} | The Inca people lived in which continent before conquest by the Spanish? |
Quantum mechanics ( QM ; also known as quantum physics or quantum theory ) , including quantum field theory , is a fundamental branch of physics concerned with processes involving , for example , atoms and photons . Systems such as these which obey quantum mechanics can be in a quantum superposition of different states... | qw_2610--Quantum_mechanics.txt | {
"answer_start": [
400
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"text": [
"planck"
]
} | Who won a Nobel prize in 1918 for his Law of Radiation and is the originator of Quantum Theory? |
Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC . The series aired from October 3 , 2004 , to December 8 , 2008 . The series , starring James Spader , with Candice Bergen , and William Shatner , is a spin-off of the long-running K... | qw_4124--Boston_Legal.txt | {
"answer_start": [
0
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"text": [
"boston legal"
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} | "Which American legal TV drama-comedy (2004 to 2008), a spin-off of ""The Practice"", followed the exploits of attorneys at Crane, Poole & Schmidt?" |
Catherine `` Kate '' Bush , CBE ( born 30 July 1958 ) is an English singer-songwriter , musician and record producer . She is known for her eclectic and experimental music as well as her idiosyncratic performances .
Bush first came to note in 1978 when , at the age of 19 , she topped the UK Singles Chart for four w... | qz_4267--Kate_Bush.txt | {
"answer_start": [],
"text": []
} | Which singer picked up three Ivor Novello awards in May, including songwriter of the year for her hit single, The Fear? |
Johann Sebastian Bach ( - 28 July 1750 ) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period . He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint , harmonic and motivic organisation , and the adaptation of rhythms , forms , and textures from abroad , particularly from Italy and France . Bach '... | odql_7033--Johann_Sebastian_Bach.txt | {
"answer_start": [
7611
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"text": [
"emanuel"
]
} | CPE Bach was the son of JS Bach. What was the E in his name? |
Charles VI ( 1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740 ; ) succeeded his elder brother , Joseph I , as Holy Roman Emperor , King of Bohemia ( as Charles II ) , King of Hungary and Croatia ( as Charles III ) , and King of Serbia , Archduke of Austria , etc. , in 1711 . He unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Spain as Charles III... | sfq_12585--Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor.txt | {
"answer_start": [
2119
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"text": [
"liech"
]
} | Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI created which principality in 1719? |
Gentle Ben is a bear character created by author Walt Morey and first introduced in a 1965 children 's novel , Gentle Ben . The original novel told the story of the friendship between a large male bear named Ben and a boy named Mark . The story provided the basis for the 1967 film Gentle Giant ( 1967 ) , the popular la... | tc_938--Gentle_Ben.txt | {
"answer_start": [
11251
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"text": [
"bear cub"
]
} | Who or what was Gentle Ben in the 60s TV series? |
The Bank of England , which is now the Central Bank of the United Kingdom , has issued banknotes since 1694 . In 1921 The Bank of England gained a legal monopoly on the issue of banknotes in England and Wales , a process that started with the Bank Charter Act of 1844 when the ability of other banks to issue notes was r... | wh_4170--Bank_of_England_note_issues.txt | {
"answer_start": [
549
],
"text": [
"1970"
]
} | In which year was the ten shilling note withdrawn in the UK following the introduction of the 50p coin ? |
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