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24,366 | 24,024 | 56f81878a6d7ea1400e173b0 | generic | The Polish nobility enjoyed many rights that were not available to the noble classes of other countries and, typically, each new monarch conceded them further privileges. Those privileges became the basis of the Golden Liberty in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Despite having a king, Poland was called the nobility'... | What was the nobilities commonwealth? | {'text': 'Poland', 'answer_start': 289} |
22,553 | 22,211 | 56f71d1f711bf01900a44993 | generic | The Slavs under name of the Antes and the Sclaveni make their first appearance in Byzantine records in the early 6th century. Byzantine historiographers under Justinian I (527–565), such as Procopius of Caesarea, Jordanes and Theophylact Simocatta describe tribes of these names emerging from the area of the Carpathian ... | Tribes of Slavs were invading what provinces of the Eastern Empire? | {'text': 'the Danubian provinces', 'answer_start': 376} |
120,737 | 120,395 | 5ad4e4705b96ef001a10a57d | generic | So that the maximum number of colors can be accurately reproduced on your computer screen, each color has been given a code number, or sRGB, which tells your computer the intensity of the red, green and blue components of that color. The intensity of each component is measured on a scale of zero to 255, which means the... | What is measure on a scale from 0 to 525? | {'text': 'The intensity of each component', 'answer_start': 234} |
72,920 | 72,578 | 5a8708c71d3cee001a6a1079 | generic | People with prolonged, frequent, or close contact with people with TB are at particularly high risk of becoming infected, with an estimated 22% infection rate. A person with active but untreated tuberculosis may infect 10–15 (or more) other people per year. Transmission should occur from only people with active TB – th... | Uninfected people are treated with what regimens? | {'text': 'anti-TB', 'answer_start': 828} |
124,883 | 124,541 | 573249b1b9d445190005e9c1 | generic | In November 1942, he was also appointed Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force of the North African Theater of Operations (NATOUSA) through the new operational Headquarters Allied (Expeditionary) Force Headquarters (A(E)FHQ). The word "expeditionary" was dropped soon after his appointment for security reasons. Th... | At what location was the North African campaign planned? | {'text': 'Rock of Gibraltar', 'answer_start': 417} |
122,672 | 122,330 | 5731ba670fdd8d15006c64ae | generic | The Duke of York had required that every community in his new lands of New York and New Jersey support some church, but this was more often Dutch Reformed, Quaker or Presbyterian, than Anglican. Some chose to support more than one church. He also ordained that the tax-payers were free, having paid his local tax, to cho... | Why was the Duke not a friend of Anglicanism? | {'text': 'openly divine-right Catholic,', 'answer_start': 469} |
13,269 | 12,927 | 56df54048bc80c19004e4aa8 | generic | Oklahoma City has a very active severe weather season from March through June, especially during April and May. Being in the center of what is colloquially referred to as Tornado Alley, it is prone to especially frequent and severe tornadoes, as well as very severe hailstorms and occasional derechoes. Tornadoes have oc... | When does Oklahoma city sever weather season end? | {'text': 'June', 'answer_start': 73} |
94,213 | 93,871 | 572975046aef051400154f27 | generic | Worldwide use of solar power and wind power continued to grow significantly in 2012. Solar electricity consumption increased by 58 percent, to 93 terawatt-hours (TWh). Use of wind power in 2012 increased by 18.1 percent, to 521.3 TWh. Global solar and wind energy installed capacities continued to expand even though new... | Analysts expect the market to triple by what year? | {'text': '2030', 'answer_start': 763} |
9,275 | 8,933 | 5a1ce37a4ea40d0018b06f78 | generic | Beginning in the 18th century, the situation changed from more or less active persecution of religious services to a state of restricted toleration of other religions, as long as their services took place secretly in private churches. | What was actively persecuted when taking place in private churches? | {'text': 'religious services', 'answer_start': 93} |
99,319 | 98,977 | 5ace53c532bba1001ae4a2bb | generic | Guam's climate is characterized as tropical marine moderated by seasonal northeast trade winds. The weather is generally very warm and humid with little seasonal temperature variation. The mean high temperature is 86 °F (30 °C) and mean low is 76 °F (24 °C) with an average annual rainfall of 96 inches (2,180 mm). The d... | What is the mean annual rainfall in Guam? | {'text': '96 inches', 'answer_start': 293} |
9,460 | 9,118 | 5ad3e002604f3c001a3ff4ac | generic | The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; French: Forces armées canadiennes, FAC), or Canadian Forces (CF) (French: les Forces canadiennes, FC), is the unified armed force of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of ... | What law constitutes the CEF? | {'text': 'National Defence Act', 'answer_start': 195} |
2,462 | 2,120 | 56d1195d17492d1400aab93b | generic | The context-sensitive button mechanic allows one button to serve a variety of functions, such as talking, opening doors, and pushing, pulling, and throwing objects.[e] The on-screen display shows what action, if any, the button will trigger, determined by the situation. For example, if Link is holding a rock, the conte... | What mechanic allows one button to serve many functions? | {'text': 'context-sensitive button mechanic', 'answer_start': 4} |
75,504 | 75,162 | 57277cf8708984140094deff | generic | North Carolina was inhabited for thousands of years by succeeding cultures of prehistoric indigenous cultures. Before 200 AD, they were building earthwork mounds, which were used for ceremonial and religious purposes. Succeeding peoples, including those of the ancient Mississippian culture established by 1000 AD in the... | What inhibited North Carolina for thousands of years? | {'text': 'prehistoric indigenous cultures', 'answer_start': 78} |
49,420 | 49,078 | 5ad1696b645df0001a2d1a3a | generic | Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. Their nine children married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the sobriquet "the grandmother of Europe". After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided... | In the earlier half of her reign, what happened to her popularity? | {'text': 'her popularity recovered', 'answer_start': 450} |
122,650 | 122,308 | 5731b8f8e17f3d1400422326 | generic | Jefferson's letter entered American jurisprudence in the 1878 Mormon polygamy case Reynolds v. U.S., in which the court cited Jefferson and Madison, seeking a legal definition for the word religion. Writing for the majority, Justice Stephen Johnson Field cited Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists to state that "C... | What was the case that used Jefferson's letter? | {'text': 'Reynolds v. U.S.', 'answer_start': 83} |
52,732 | 52,390 | 57261d0d38643c19005ad031 | generic | Investitures, which include the conferring of knighthoods by dubbing with a sword, and other awards take place in the palace's Ballroom, built in 1854. At 36.6 m (120 ft) long, 18 m (59 ft) wide and 13.5 m (44 ft) high, it is the largest room in the palace. It has replaced the throne room in importance and use. During ... | The Ballroom replaced which other room in terms of importance and use? | {'text': 'the throne room', 'answer_start': 274} |
126,134 | 125,792 | 57340b90d058e614000b687c | generic | Passos Coelho also announced that the retirement age will be increased from 65 to 66, announced cuts in the pensions, unemployment benefits, health, education and science expenses, abolished the English obligatory classes in Basic Education, but kept the pensions of the judges, diplomats untouched and didn't raise the ... | What did the instituting of these policies lead to? | {'text': 'social unrest and to confrontations between several institutions', 'answer_start': 457} |
111,246 | 110,904 | 5ad27d40d7d075001a4296b4 | generic | The classical period of Greek civilization covers a time spanning from the early 5th century BC to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC (some authors prefer to split this period into 'Classical', from the end of the Persian wars to the end of the Peloponnesian War, and 'Fourth Century', up to the death of Alexan... | The time span that isn't counted as the classical for the Greeks is from eras? | {'text': 'classical period of Greek civilization', 'answer_start': 4} |
110,012 | 109,670 | 572febdb04bcaa1900d76eb4 | generic | Arizona, south of the Gila River was legally bought from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase on June 8, 1854. Tucson became a part of the United States of America, although the American military did not formally take over control until March 1856. In 1857 Tucson became a stage station on the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line ... | Arizona is south of which river? | {'text': 'Gila River', 'answer_start': 22} |
49,223 | 48,881 | 5ace73cf32bba1001ae4a71f | generic | Roofing shingles account for most of the remaining asphalt/bitumen consumption. Other uses include cattle sprays, fence-post treatments, and waterproofing for fabrics. Asphalt/bitumen is used to make Japan black, a lacquer known especially for its use on iron and steel, and it is also used in paint and marker inks by s... | What lacquer is used to make the color lighter? | {'text': 'Japan black', 'answer_start': 200} |
42,222 | 41,880 | 570d675db3d812140066d84b | generic | With the defeat of the First Army, Prince Frederick Charles ordered a massed artillery attack against Canrobert's position at St. Privat to prevent the Guards attack from failing too. At 19:00 the 3rd Division of Fransecky's II Corps of the Second Army advanced across Ravine while the XII Corps cleared out the nearby t... | Which prince ordered an artillery attack against Canrobert? | {'text': 'Prince Frederick Charles', 'answer_start': 35} |
105,997 | 105,655 | 572ede7cc246551400ce475a | generic | Emperor Zhang's (r. 75–88 AD) reign came to be viewed by later Eastern Han scholars as the high point of the dynastic house. Subsequent reigns were increasingly marked by eunuch intervention in court politics and their involvement in the violent power struggles of the imperial consort clans. With the aid of the eunuch ... | Who managed the state after the death of Emperor He? | {'text': 'Empress Deng Sui', 'answer_start': 625} |
72,045 | 71,703 | 5727f92b4b864d19001640fb | generic | The scientific revolution is a convenient boundary between ancient thought and classical physics. Nicolaus Copernicus revived the heliocentric model of the solar system described by Aristarchus of Samos. This was followed by the first known model of planetary motion given by Johannes Kepler in the early 17th century, w... | What did Johannes Kepler's model suggest about the planets? | {'text': 'the planets follow elliptical orbits', 'answer_start': 339} |
61,602 | 61,260 | 5727d6e7ff5b5019007d9692 | generic | Early on, American courts, even after the Revolution, often did cite contemporary English cases. This was because appellate decisions from many American courts were not regularly reported until the mid-19th century; lawyers and judges, as creatures of habit, used English legal materials to fill the gap. But citations t... | When did cotations to English decisions gradually disappear? | {'text': '19th century', 'answer_start': 373} |
117,509 | 117,167 | 5730a9732461fd1900a9cf64 | generic | The Ubaid period is marked by a distinctive style of fine quality painted pottery which spread throughout Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf. During this time, the first settlement in southern Mesopotamia was established at Eridu (Cuneiform: NUN.KI), c. 5300 BC, by farmers who brought with them the Hadji Muhammed culture... | Where could the pottery be found spread throughout? | {'text': 'Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf', 'answer_start': 106} |
128,959 | 128,617 | 573403a24776f419006616ef | generic | The fairs held at the shrines of Sufi saints are called urs. They generally mark the death anniversary of the saint. On these occasions devotees assemble in large numbers and pay homage to the memory of the saint. Soul inspiring music is played and devotees dance in ecstasy. The music on these occasions is essentially ... | What are urs? | {'text': 'fairs held at the shrines of Sufi saints', 'answer_start': 4} |
66,125 | 65,783 | 5726ac06dd62a815002e8c90 | generic | As a relatively small and isolated oceanic island, Norfolk has few land birds but a high degree of endemicity among them. Many of the endemic species and subspecies have become extinct as a result of massive clearance of the island's native vegetation of subtropical rainforest for agriculture, hunting and persecution a... | What non-native birds caused the bird populations of Norfolk Island to suffer? | {'text': 'common blackbirds and crimson rosellas', 'answer_start': 487} |
119,279 | 118,937 | 573113d805b4da19006bcd59 | generic | With nitrides containing aluminium, most often AlGaN and AlGaInN, even shorter wavelengths are achievable. Ultraviolet LEDs in a range of wavelengths are becoming available on the market. Near-UV emitters at wavelengths around 375–395 nm are already cheap and often encountered, for example, as black light lamp replacem... | Shorter wavelength diodes provide wavelengths as low as what? | {'text': '240 nm', 'answer_start': 531} |
78,672 | 78,330 | 572784efdd62a815002e9f60 | generic | Founded to preach the Gospel and to combat heresy, the teaching activity of the order and its scholastic organization placed the Preachers in the forefront of the intellectual life of the Middle Ages. The order is famed for its intellectual tradition, having produced many leading theologians and philosophers. The Domin... | What is the Order of Preachers known for? | {'text': 'its intellectual tradition', 'answer_start': 224} |
114,853 | 114,511 | 5a62b6eff8d794001af1c1d7 | generic | Liberia's highest judicial authority is the Supreme Court, made up of five members and headed by the Chief Justice of Liberia. Members are nominated to the court by the president and are confirmed by the Senate, serving until the age of 70. The judiciary is further divided into circuit and speciality courts, magistrate... | How many members is the magistrate court made up of? | {'text': 'five members', 'answer_start': 70} |
8,848 | 8,506 | 56de57394396321400ee2830 | generic | In Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, the oldest technical university is Istanbul Technical University. Its graduates contributed to a wide variety of activities in scientific research and development. In 1950s, 2 technical universities were opened in Ankara and Trabzon. In recent years, Yildiz University is reorganized as... | When Konya Technical University opens, how many total institutes of technology will there be in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire? | {'text': 'six', 'answer_start': 520} |
59,993 | 59,651 | 5a7cccf3e8bc7e001a9e2058 | generic | Mining was important in Thuringia since the later Middle Ages, especially within the mining towns of the Thuringian Forest such as Schmalkalden, Suhl and Ilmenau. Following the industrial revolution, the old iron, copper and silver mines declined because the competition from imported metal was too strong. On the other ... | What did the Thuringian miners do to stop the Soviet Union? | {'text': 'uranium mining', 'answer_start': 1030} |
102,928 | 102,586 | 573193ec497a88190024906b | generic | Spielberg and actor Tom Cruise collaborated for the first time for the futuristic neo-noir Minority Report, based upon the science fiction short story written by Philip K. Dick about a Washington D.C. police captain in the year 2054 who has been foreseen to murder a man he has not yet met. The film received strong revi... | What movie did Spielberg collaborate with Cruise for? | {'text': 'Minority Report', 'answer_start': 91} |
125,490 | 125,148 | 57325ecbe99e3014001e672c | generic | Many causes for the financial crisis have been suggested, with varying weight assigned by experts. The U.S. Senate's Levin–Coburn Report concluded that the crisis was the result of "high risk, complex financial products; undisclosed conflicts of interest; the failure of regulators, the credit rating agencies, and the m... | What practices should have been adjusted by governments to address 21st-century financial markets? | {'text': 'regulatory', 'answer_start': 1487} |
85,678 | 85,336 | 57282bd74b864d1900164653 | generic | Metrobus Transit is responsible for public transit in the region. Metrobus has a total of 19 routes, 53 buses and an annual ridership of 3,014,073. Destinations include the Avalon Mall, The Village Shopping Centre, Memorial University, Academy Canada, the College of the North Atlantic, the Marine Institute, the Confede... | Who is responsible for public transit in the region? | {'text': 'Metrobus', 'answer_start': 0} |
39,613 | 39,271 | 5ad17cdb645df0001a2d1e0a | generic | Protestants in general reject the veneration and invocation of the Saints.:1174 Protestants typically hold that Mary was the mother of Jesus, but was an ordinary woman devoted to God. Therefore, there is virtually no Marian veneration, Marian feasts, Marian pilgrimages, Marian art, Marian music or Marian spirituality i... | Mary stated that she was the mother of Jesus, but also referred to herself as? | {'text': 'an ordinary woman', 'answer_start': 150} |
47,111 | 46,769 | 571a22104faf5e1900b8a8c0 | generic | The Seahawks' CenturyLink Field has hosted NFL playoff games in 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2015. The Seahawks have advanced to the Super Bowl three times: 2005, 2013 and 2014. They defeated the Denver Broncos 43-8 to win their first Super Bowl championship in Super Bowl XLVIII, but lost 24-28 against the New England Pa... | With what team do the Sounders share Century Link Field? | {'text': 'Seahawks', 'answer_start': 448} |
62,671 | 62,329 | 572760f55951b619008f8907 | generic | The cottonseed which remains after the cotton is ginned is used to produce cottonseed oil, which, after refining, can be consumed by humans like any other vegetable oil. The cottonseed meal that is left generally is fed to ruminant livestock; the gossypol remaining in the meal is toxic to monogastric animals. Cottonsee... | For what is cottonseed used after it is separate from the fibers? | {'text': 'cottonseed oil', 'answer_start': 75} |
83,948 | 83,606 | 57287f0f2ca10214002da404 | generic | Founded by Dantidurga around 753, the Rashtrakuta Empire ruled from its capital at Manyakheta for almost two centuries. At its peak, the Rashtrakutas ruled from the Ganges River and Yamuna River doab in the north to Cape Comorin in the south, a fruitful time of political expansion, architectural achievements and famous... | What was the faith of the early rulers of the Rastrakuta Empire? | {'text': 'Hindu', 'answer_start': 399} |
43,618 | 43,276 | 570e32740b85d914000d7d33 | generic | Uranium is a naturally occurring element that can be found in low levels within all rock, soil, and water. Uranium is the 51st element in order of abundance in the Earth's crust. Uranium is also the highest-numbered element to be found naturally in significant quantities on Earth and is almost always found combined wit... | Along with potassium-40 and uranium, the decay of what element is a primary heat source driving plate tectonics? | {'text': 'thorium', 'answer_start': 475} |
107,173 | 106,831 | 572f8c1fa23a5019007fc723 | generic | FETs are divided into two families: junction FET (JFET) and insulated gate FET (IGFET). The IGFET is more commonly known as a metal–oxide–semiconductor FET (MOSFET), reflecting its original construction from layers of metal (the gate), oxide (the insulation), and semiconductor. Unlike IGFETs, the JFET gate forms a p–n ... | What is the common term for an IFGET? | {'text': 'a metal–oxide–semiconductor FET (MOSFET)', 'answer_start': 124} |
102,421 | 102,079 | 57318ff105b4da19006bd2c2 | generic | In the 1970s and 1980s there were reports of his making sexual advances toward female reporters and members of his entourage. After the civil war, more serious charges came to light. Annick Cojean, a journalist for Le Monde, wrote in her book, Gaddafi's Harem that Gaddafi had raped, tortured, performed urolagnia, and i... | What ICC prosector claimed that Gaddafi had ordered soldiers to rape opposition women? | {'text': 'Luis Moreno Ocampo', 'answer_start': 557} |
74,960 | 74,618 | 5727a5dd2ca10214002d92d4 | generic | The Carnival in Uruguay covers more than 40 days, generally beginning towards the end of January and running through mid March. Celebrations in Montevideo are the largest. The festival is performed in the European parade style with elements from Bantu and Angolan Benguela cultures imported with slaves in colonial times... | What is summoned by the Desfile de Llamadas parade? | {'text': 'candombe', 'answer_start': 480} |
5,454 | 5,112 | 56d1328117492d1400aabc04 | generic | West is among the most critically acclaimed artists of the twenty-first century, receiving praise from music critics, fans, fellow musicians, artists, and wider cultural figures for his work. AllMusic editor Jason Birchmeier writes of his impact, "As his career progressed throughout the early 21st century, West shatter... | What magazine compared Kanye to David Bowie? | {'text': 'The Guardian', 'answer_start': 1071} |
124,065 | 123,723 | 5a84d2307cf838001a46aaba | generic | Confer With the White House. If his or her party controls the White House, the minority leader confers regularly with the President and his aides about issues before Congress, the Administration's agenda, and political events generally. Strategically, the role of the minority leader will vary depending on whether the P... | When did Gephardt serve as Minority Leader? | {'text': '(1981–1995)', 'answer_start': 538} |
34,217 | 33,875 | 5a48768584b8a4001a7e7898 | generic | In September 2014, Professor Stefan Grimm, of the Department of Medicine, was found dead after being threatened with dismissal for failure to raise enough grant money. The College made its first public announcement of his death on 4 December 2014. Grimm's last email accused his employers of bullying by demanding that h... | What are police investigating? | {'text': "Stefan Grimm's death", 'answer_start': 519} |
72,373 | 72,031 | 5a11132706e79900185c352d | generic | In 2011, Bandai posted a countdown on a teaser site. Once the countdown was finished, it revealed a reboot of the Digimon World series titled Digimon World Re:Digitize. An enhanced version of the game released on Nintendo 3DS as Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode in 2013. Another role-playing game by the name Digimon Sto... | What did bandai do in 2012? | {'text': 'posted a countdown on a teaser site', 'answer_start': 16} |
48,617 | 48,275 | 5ad39ae3604f3c001a3fe888 | generic | An investigation by ProPublica found that at least 21 doctors have been paid more than $500,000 for speeches and consulting by drugs manufacturers since 2009, with half of the top earners working in psychiatry, and about $2 billion in total paid to doctors for such services. AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Eli Lilly... | What was the reason these doctors have to pay fines? | {'text': 'allegations that they paid doctors to promote drugs for unapproved uses', 'answer_start': 379} |
109,758 | 109,416 | 5a8c3282fd22b3001a8d8639 | generic | The relational model, first proposed in 1970 by Edgar F. Codd, departed from this tradition by insisting that applications should search for data by content, rather than by following links. The relational model employs sets of ledger-style tables, each used for a different type of entity. Only in the mid-1980s did comp... | What database language is now outlawed? | {'text': 'SQL', 'answer_start': 700} |
29,432 | 29,090 | 57069fac75f01819005e7c5e | generic | It took about 20 years to build the city from 1911. Many elements of New Delhi architecture borrow from indigenous sources; however, they fit into a British Classical/Palladian tradition. The fact that there were any indigenous features in the design were due to the persistence and urging of both the Viceroy Lord Hardi... | Approximately how long did it take to build New Delhi? | {'text': '20 years', 'answer_start': 14} |
85,824 | 85,482 | 5728359e2ca10214002da0d1 | generic | Von Neumann raised the intellectual and mathematical level of economics in several stunning publications. For his model of an expanding economy, von Neumann proved the existence and uniqueness of an equilibrium using his generalization of the Brouwer fixed-point theorem. Von Neumann's model of an expanding economy cons... | What did von Neumann prove with his model of expanding economy? | {'text': 'uniqueness of an equilibrium using his generalization of the Brouwer fixed-point theorem', 'answer_start': 182} |
18,816 | 18,474 | 5ad507845b96ef001a10aa44 | generic | In Europe, and other regions using the ISO 216 paper sizing system, the weight is expressed in grammes per square metre (g/m2 or usually just g) of the paper. Printing paper is generally between 60 g and 120 g. Anything heavier than 160 g is considered card. The weight of a ream therefore depends on the dimensions of t... | Where is the dryness of paper expressed in grams per square meter? | {'text': 'Europe', 'answer_start': 3} |
75,886 | 75,544 | 5727824bdd62a815002e9f15 | generic | While on one hand the Heian period was an unusually long period of peace, it can also be argued that the period weakened Japan economically and led to poverty for all but a tiny few of its inhabitants. The control of rice fields provided a key source of income for families such as the Fujiwara and were a fundamental ba... | What was the name of the beneficiaries of Heian culture? | {'text': 'Ryōmin', 'answer_start': 393} |
128,687 | 128,345 | 57341d964776f419006618b5 | generic | Approximately 66,000 people of Native American heritage live in Montana. Stemming from multiple treaties and federal legislation, including the Indian Appropriations Act (1851), the Dawes Act (1887), and the Indian Reorganization Act (1934), seven Indian reservations, encompassing eleven tribal nations, were created in... | What year was the Dawes act passed? | {'text': '1887', 'answer_start': 193} |
86,567 | 86,225 | 572819772ca10214002d9dce | generic | In Australia, a technical issue arose with the royal assent in both 1976 and 2001. In 1976, a bill originating in the House of Representatives was mistakenly submitted to the Governor-General and assented to. However, it was later discovered that it had not been passed by each house. The error arose because two bills o... | The bill from the Australian House of Representatives was mistakenly sent and assented to by whom in 1976? | {'text': 'Governor-General', 'answer_start': 175} |
123,157 | 122,815 | 5731f248e17f3d1400422565 | generic | Soteriologically, most Methodists are Arminian, emphasizing that Christ accomplished salvation for every human being, and that humans must exercise an act of the will to receive it (as opposed to the traditional Calvinist doctrine of monergism). Methodism is traditionally low church in liturgy, although this varies gre... | What is Methodism known for, as far as music goes? | {'text': 'its rich musical tradition', 'answer_start': 456} |
54,710 | 54,368 | 57261a26ec44d21400f3d8df | generic | The names for the nation of Greece and the Greek people differ from the names used in other languages, locations and cultures. Although the Greeks call the country Hellas or Ellada (Greek: Ἑλλάς or Ελλάδα) and its official name is the Hellenic Republic, in English it is referred to as Greece, which comes from the Latin... | From what word is Greece derived? | {'text': 'Graecia', 'answer_start': 326} |
115,584 | 115,242 | 5733b6a2d058e614000b6122 | generic | With advances in medicinal chemistry, most modern antibacterials are semisynthetic modifications of various natural compounds. These include, for example, the beta-lactam antibiotics, which include the penicillins (produced by fungi in the genus Penicillium), the cephalosporins, and the carbapenems. Compounds that are ... | What are antibiotics in chemical terms? | {'text': 'semisynthetic modifications', 'answer_start': 69} |
108,107 | 107,765 | 572ff739b2c2fd1400568670 | generic | A Yagi-Uda array uses passive elements to greatly increase gain. It is built along a support boom that is pointed toward the signal, and thus sees no induced signal and does not contribute to the antenna's operation. The end closer to the source is referred to as the front. Near the rear is a single active element, typ... | Does this device improve the operation of the antenna? | {'text': 'does not contribute', 'answer_start': 169} |
121,688 | 121,346 | 5a77a6d5b73996001af5a4ce | generic | Early Modern universities initially continued the curriculum and research of the Middle Ages: natural philosophy, logic, medicine, theology, mathematics, astronomy (and astrology), law, grammar and rhetoric. Aristotle was prevalent throughout the curriculum, while medicine also depended on Galen and Arabic scholarship.... | Galileo Galilei was a professor of what subject? | {'text': 'medicine', 'answer_start': 964} |
1,587 | 1,245 | 56d372e959d6e41400146402 | generic | In London Chopin took lodgings at Dover Street, where the firm of Broadwood provided him with a grand piano. At his first engagement, on 15 May at Stafford House, the audience included Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The Prince, who was himself a talented musician, moved close to the keyboard to view Chopin's techniq... | What did Broadway provide for Chopin? | {'text': 'a grand piano.', 'answer_start': 94} |
39,454 | 39,112 | 5ad15cff645df0001a2d18b6 | generic | Differences in feasts may also originate from doctrinal issues—the Feast of the Assumption is such an example. Given that there is no agreement among all Christians on the circumstances of the death, Dormition or Assumption of Mary, the feast of assumption is celebrated among some denominations and not others. While t... | What is the name of the first Feast attended by Mary? | {'text': 'the Feast of the Assumption', 'answer_start': 63} |
111,862 | 111,520 | 5ad0d418645df0001a2d05d5 | generic | The Premier League has the highest revenue of any football league in the world, with total club revenues of €2.48 billion in 2009–10. In 2013–14, due to improved television revenues and cost controls, the Premier League had net profits in excess of £78 million, exceeding all other football leagues. In 2010 the Premier ... | With revenues of 78 million, which football league has the highest revenue in the world? | {'text': 'The Premier League', 'answer_start': 0} |
94,881 | 94,539 | 5acfc74b77cf76001a685ef5 | generic | Roughly one quarter of all zinc output in the United States (2009), is consumed in the form of zinc compounds; a variety of which are used industrially. Zinc oxide is widely used as a white pigment in paints, and as a catalyst in the manufacture of rubber. It is also used as a heat disperser for the rubber and acts to ... | Why is zinc oxide unhelpful in photocopying products? | {'text': 'semiconductor', 'answer_start': 445} |
65,006 | 64,664 | 5726a450f1498d1400e8e5c3 | generic | The pointed arch, one of the defining attributes of Gothic, was earlier incorporated into Islamic architecture following the Islamic conquests of Roman Syria and the Sassanid Empire in the Seventh Century. The pointed arch and its precursors had been employed in Late Roman and Sassanian architecture; within the Roman c... | Which type of architecture first used the pointed arch during the seventh century? | {'text': 'Islamic architecture', 'answer_start': 90} |
83,639 | 83,297 | 5727de82ff5b5019007d9724 | generic | During a 10-day run in Oklahoma City, the State Fair of Oklahoma attracts roughly one million people along with the annual Festival of the Arts. Large national pow-wows, various Latin and Asian heritage festivals, and cultural festivals such as the Juneteenth celebrations are held in Oklahoma City each year. The Tulsa ... | How many people attend the Tulsa State Fair each year? | {'text': 'over one million', 'answer_start': 340} |
88,020 | 87,678 | 5acfafea77cf76001a685872 | generic | The post-Imperial nature of Russian subdivision of government changed towards a generally autonomous model which began with the establishment of the USSR (of which Russia was governed as part). It was liberalized in the aftermath of the Soviet Union, with the reforms under Boris Yeltsin preserving much of the Soviet st... | Who wasn't in charge when the reform was going on? | {'text': 'Boris Yeltsin', 'answer_start': 274} |
31,417 | 31,075 | 5ad41e23604f3c001a400627 | generic | Underpinning Houston's land surface are unconsolidated clays, clay shales, and poorly cemented sands up to several miles deep. The region's geology developed from river deposits formed from the erosion of the Rocky Mountains. These sediments consist of a series of sands and clays deposited on decaying organic marine ma... | What type of fishing is Houston's waters good for? | {'text': 'rice farming', 'answer_start': 749} |
118,494 | 118,152 | 5acfd71977cf76001a686294 | generic | The capital city of Windhoek plays a very important role in Namibia's tourism due to its central location and close proximity to Hosea Kutako International Airport. According to The Namibia Tourism Exit Survey, which was produced by the Millennium Challenge Corporation for the Namibian Directorate of Tourism, 56% of al... | In what year did the Namibia Tourism Board get established? | {'text': '2012', 'answer_start': 372} |
41,574 | 41,232 | 570d6c96b3d812140066d8ce | generic | The city went through serious troubles in the mid-fourteenth century. On the one hand were the decimation of the population by the Black Death of 1348 and subsequent years of epidemics — and on the other, the series of wars and riots that followed. Among these were the War of the Union, a citizen revolt against the exc... | When was the Jewish section attacked? | {'text': '1391', 'answer_start': 984} |
117,192 | 116,850 | 57314376a5e9cc1400cdbdea | generic | In the 11th century and the 12th century, the princes and their retinues, which were a mixture of Slavic and Scandinavian elites, dominated the society of Kievan Rus'. Leading soldiers and officials received income and land from the princes in return for their political and military services. Kievan society lacked the ... | What was severely lacking in Kievan in the 12th century? | {'text': 'class institutions and autonomous towns', 'answer_start': 320} |
94,813 | 94,471 | 5acfbfd177cf76001a685c5b | generic | William Champion's brother, John, patented a process in 1758 for calcining zinc sulfide into an oxide usable in the retort process. Prior to this, only calamine could be used to produce zinc. In 1798, Johann Christian Ruberg improved on the smelting process by building the first horizontal retort smelter. Jean-Jacques ... | What did Galvani name the effect he created of causing the frogs legs to fly? | {'text': 'animal electricity', 'answer_start': 727} |
69,497 | 69,155 | 5726df19708984140094d431 | generic | In the Age of Reason philosophical tracts and speculations on history and human nature integrated literature with social and political developments. The inevitable reaction was the explosion of Romanticism in the later 18th century which reclaimed the imaginative and fantastical bias of old romances and folk-literature... | What literary movement in the 1700s recalled the fantastical literature of medieval times? | {'text': 'Romanticism', 'answer_start': 194} |
107,227 | 106,885 | 572faff7b2c2fd1400568351 | generic | The junction forward voltage is the voltage applied to the emitter–base junction of a BJT in order to make the base conduct a specified current. The current increases exponentially as the junction forward voltage is increased. The values given in the table are typical for a current of 1 mA (the same values apply to sem... | What is the junction forward voltage? | {'text': 'the voltage applied to the emitter–base junction of a BJT', 'answer_start': 32} |
62,901 | 62,559 | 5a66b515f038b7001ab0c0b1 | generic | If the data to be compressed is analog (such as a voltage that varies with time), quantization is employed to digitize it into numbers (normally integers). This is referred to as analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion. If the integers generated by quantization are 8 bits each, then the entire range of the analog signal is ... | What are all signal values within an analog quantized to? | {'text': 'the same number', 'answer_start': 409} |
121,724 | 121,382 | 5a77bfb8b73996001af5a553 | generic | In Canada, "college" generally refers to a two-year, non-degree-granting institution, while "university" connotes a four-year, degree-granting institution. Universities may be sub-classified (as in the Macleans rankings) into large research universities with many PhD granting programs and medical schools (for example, ... | A college teaches students for how many years in Macleans? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 43} |
95,676 | 95,334 | 5ace62b632bba1001ae4a507 | generic | Before the French and Indian War, the Appalachian Mountains laid on the indeterminate boundary between Britain's colonies along the Atlantic and French areas centered in the Mississippi basin. After the French and Indian War, the Proclamation of 1763 restricted settlement for Great Britain's thirteen original colonies ... | Who was the British King? | {'text': 'George Rogers Clark', 'answer_start': 1014} |
29,631 | 29,289 | 5706865b75f01819005e7bcf | generic | The most pelagic species, mainly in the 'tubenose' order Procellariiformes, are great wanderers, and the albatrosses of the southern oceans may circle the globe as they ride the "roaring forties" outside the breeding season. The tubenoses spread widely over large areas of open ocean, but congregate when food becomes av... | How long did the Manx shearwater live? | {'text': '50 year', 'answer_start': 813} |
6,078 | 5,736 | 56d29dd059d6e4140014614b | generic | The Mahayana sutras often claim to articulate the Buddha's deeper, more advanced doctrines, reserved for those who follow the bodhisattva path. That path is explained as being built upon the motivation to liberate all living beings from unhappiness. Hence the name Mahāyāna (lit., the Great Vehicle). | What does Mahayana mean? | {'text': 'the Great Vehicle', 'answer_start': 281} |
96,199 | 95,857 | 5729f51d6aef051400155160 | generic | It would appear that living organisms are remarkably inefficient (in the physical sense) in their use of the energy they receive (chemical energy or radiation), and it is true that most real machines manage higher efficiencies. In growing organisms the energy that is converted to heat serves a vital purpose, as it allo... | What states that energy tends to become more evenly spread out across the universe? | {'text': 'The second law of thermodynamics', 'answer_start': 411} |
50,042 | 49,700 | 5ad16a59645df0001a2d1a65 | generic | Victoria's father was Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of the reigning King of the United Kingdom, George III. Until 1817, Edward's niece, Princess Charlotte of Wales, was the only legitimate grandchild of George III. Her death in 1817 precipitated a succession crisis that brought pressure on ... | What year did Princess Charlotte of Wales get sick? | {'text': '1817', 'answer_start': 257} |
10,956 | 10,614 | 56e4b69439bdeb14003479b6 | generic | Architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright developed Organic architecture, in which the form was defined by its environment and purpose, with an aim to promote harmony between human habitation and the natural world with prime examples being Robie House and Fallingwater. | Who was instrumental in creating Organic architecture? | {'text': 'Frank Lloyd Wright', 'answer_start': 19} |
34,393 | 34,051 | 5709f21e4103511400d594b0 | generic | In 1636 George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruler of the Brunswick-Lüneburg principality of Calenberg, moved his residence to Hanover. The Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg were elevated by the Holy Roman Emperor to the rank of Prince-Elector in 1692, and this elevation was confirmed by the Imperial Diet in 1708. Thus the pr... | Where did the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg move his residence to? | {'text': 'Hanover', 'answer_start': 126} |
4,006 | 3,664 | 56cfe15f234ae51400d9bfe9 | generic | New York has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct time periods, from the saltbox style Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, the oldest section of which dates to 1656, to the modern One World Trade Center, the skyscraper at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan and currently the... | The most expensive office tower built in the world today is what? | {'text': 'One World Trade Center', 'answer_start': 230} |
103,243 | 102,901 | 572e88edcb0c0d14000f1270 | generic | In 1852, Elisha Otis introduced the safety elevator, which prevented the fall of the cab if the cable broke. The design of the Otis safety elevator is somewhat similar to one type still used today. A governor device engages knurled roller(s), locking the elevator to its guides should the elevator descend at excessive s... | Where was the first safety elevator installed? | {'text': '488 Broadway in New York City', 'answer_start': 500} |
39,019 | 38,677 | 570c285fec8fbc190045bcbd | generic | In 2003 a congressional committee called the FBI's organized crime informant program "one of the greatest failures in the history of federal law enforcement." The FBI allowed four innocent men to be convicted of the March 1965 gangland murder of Edward "Teddy" Deegan in order to protect Vincent Flemmi, an FBI informant... | How many of the men died in prison? | {'text': 'Two', 'answer_start': 466} |
18,395 | 18,053 | 5acd2f5507355d001abf384c | generic | The earliest extant samples of connected (north) Estonian are the so-called Kullamaa prayers dating from 1524 and 1528. In 1525 the first book published in the Estonian language was printed. The book was a Lutheran manuscript, which never reached the reader and was destroyed immediately after publication. | What manuscript was written in 1528? | {'text': 'Lutheran manuscript', 'answer_start': 206} |
5,898 | 5,556 | 56d244ddb329da140004ecb4 | generic | In Theravāda Buddhism, the cause of human existence and suffering is identified as craving, which carries with it the various defilements. These various defilements are traditionally summed up as greed, hatred and delusion. These are believed deeply rooted afflictions of the mind that create suffering and stress. To be... | What is the ultimate goal for Theravadins? | {'text': 'Nibbāna', 'answer_start': 652} |
112,669 | 112,327 | 5731ec3fe99e3014001e63ce | generic | In January, Japan invaded Burma, the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and captured Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Rabaul. After being driven out of Malaya, Allied forces in Singapore attempted to resist the Japanese during the Battle of Singapore but surrendered to the Japanese on 15 February 1942; about 13... | What islands did Japan invade? | {'text': 'Solomon Islands', 'answer_start': 72} |
2,866 | 2,524 | 56cdd17262d2951400fa68ab | generic | The two travel to the hotel and discover White's secret room where they find co-ordinates pointing to Oberhauser's operations base in the desert. They travel by train to the nearest station, but are once again confronted by Hinx; they engage in a fight throughout the train in which Mr Hinx is eventually thrown off the ... | What did Oberhauser call himself after he faked his death? | {'text': 'Ernst Stavro Blofeld', 'answer_start': 951} |
14,011 | 13,669 | 56df5ac48bc80c19004e4b08 | generic | In 1943, Karachay Autonomous Oblast was dissolved by Joseph Stalin, when the Karachays were exiled to Central Asia for their alleged collaboration with the Germans and territory was incorporated into the Georgian SSR. | Where were the Karachays sent after their oblast was broken up? | {'text': 'Central Asia', 'answer_start': 102} |
127,077 | 126,735 | 5732bf5c328d98190060203f | generic | Unmarked vehicles are used primarily for sting operations or apprehending criminals without alerting them to their presence. Some police forces use unmarked or minimally marked cars for traffic law enforcement, since drivers slow down at the sight of marked police vehicles and unmarked vehicles make it easier for offic... | When do police often use unmarked cars? | {'text': 'primarily for sting operations or apprehending criminals without alerting them to their presence', 'answer_start': 27} |
126,169 | 125,827 | 573413df4776f41900661807 | generic | Portugal has the largest aquarium in Europe, the Lisbon Oceanarium, and the Portuguese have several other notable organizations focused on science-related exhibits and divulgation, like the state agency Ciência Viva, a programme of the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology to the promotion of a scientific and t... | What is the name of the largest European aquarium? | {'text': 'Lisbon Oceanarium', 'answer_start': 49} |
95,745 | 95,403 | 5ace2fda32bba1001ae49d36 | generic | The dominant northern and high elevation conifer is the red spruce (Picea rubens), which grows from near sea level to above 4,000 ft (1,200 m) above sea level (asl) in northern New England and southeastern Canada. It also grows southward along the Appalachian crest to the highest elevations of the southern Appalachians... | How high does the black spruce grow? | {'text': '4,000 ft (1,200 m) above sea level', 'answer_start': 124} |
30,266 | 29,924 | 570641f775f01819005e7ad8 | generic | Non-standard bit rates up to 640 kbit/s can be achieved with the LAME encoder and the freeformat option, although few MP3 players can play those files. According to the ISO standard, decoders are only required to be able to decode streams up to 320 kbit/s. | What is the highest bit rate the LAME encoder allows? | {'text': '640 kbit/s', 'answer_start': 29} |
16,968 | 16,626 | 56e1040ecd28a01900c67441 | generic | The first Code of Canon Law, 1917, was mostly for the Roman Rite, with limited application to the Eastern Churches. After the Second Vatican Council, (1962 - 1965), another edition was published specifically for the Roman Rite in 1983. Most recently, 1990, the Vatican produced the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches... | When was the first Code produced for Eastern Churches? | {'text': '1990', 'answer_start': 251} |
76,996 | 76,654 | 572775a9dd62a815002e9d67 | generic | Many ancient works, such as the Bible and the Greek tragedies,[citation needed] survive in hundreds of copies, and the relationship of each copy to the original may be unclear. Textual scholars have debated for centuries which sources are most closely derived from the original, hence which readings in those sources are... | What manuscripts prompted a textual analysis of the Qur'an | {'text': "Sana'a manuscripts", 'answer_start': 645} |
20,316 | 19,974 | 5acf5f2777cf76001a684c9c | generic | KU's Edwards Campus is in Overland Park, Kansas. Established in 1993, its goal is to provide adults with the opportunity to complete college degrees. About 2,100 students attend the Edwards Campus, with an average age of 32. Programs available at the Edwards Campus include developmental psychology, public administratio... | Who are the secondary kinds of students at the Edwards Campus? | {'text': 'adults', 'answer_start': 93} |
111,461 | 111,119 | 57307d192461fd1900a9ce5d | generic | Greek culture has evolved over thousands of years, with its beginning in the Mycenaean civilization, continuing through the Classical period, the Roman and Eastern Roman periods and was profoundly affected by Christianity, which it in turn influenced and shaped. Ottoman Greeks had to endure through several centuries of... | Who was given the merit for the reemergence of the Greek way of life ? | {'text': 'Diafotismos is credited with revitalizing Greek culture', 'answer_start': 456} |
34,028 | 33,686 | 5709dce26d058f1900182bdc | generic | Early releases of the Washington coin included error coins shipped primarily from the Philadelphia mint to Florida and Tennessee banks. Highly sought after by collectors, and trading for as much as $850 each within a week of discovery, the error coins were identified by the absence of the edge impressions "E PLURIBUS U... | Where did error coins originate? | {'text': 'Philadelphia mint', 'answer_start': 86} |
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