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20,922 | 20,580 | 56e7a21637bdd419002c42a3 | generic | In 2012, the AFL celebrated its silver anniversary for its 25th season of operations. The season kicked off on March 9, 2012. The Tulsa Talons moved to San Antonio, Texas and Jeffrey Vinik became owner of the Tampa Bay Storm. The Dallas Vigilantes were left off the schedule for the 2012 season with no announcement from... | Who bought the Tampa Bay Storm in 2012? | {'text': 'Jeffrey Vinik', 'answer_start': 175} |
112,695 | 112,353 | 573201de0fdd8d15006c66da | generic | By mid-1942, the Japanese found themselves holding a vast area from the Indian Ocean to the Central Pacific, even though they lacked the resources to defend or sustain it. Moreover, Combined Fleet doctrine was inadequate to execute the proposed "barrier" defence. Instead, Japan decided on additional attacks in both the... | What admiral was the USS Lexington under? | {'text': 'Admiral Fletcher', 'answer_start': 649} |
98,614 | 98,272 | 572ab4c1f75d5e190021fc5f | generic | Philadelphia artists have had a prominent national role in popular music. In the 1970s, Philadelphia soul influenced the music of that and later eras. On July 13, 1985, Philadelphia hosted the American end of the Live Aid concert at John F. Kennedy Stadium. The city reprised this role for the Live 8 concert, bringing s... | Name a hip/hop artist from the city? | {'text': 'The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, The Goats, Freeway, Schoolly D, Eve, and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes', 'answer_start': 783} |
34,484 | 34,142 | 5a1081e806e79900185c33d2 | generic | The Schnellweg (en: expressway) system, a number of Bundesstraße roads, forms a structure loosely resembling a large ring road together with A2 and A7. The roads are B 3, B 6 and B 65, called Westschnellweg (B6 on the northern part, B3 on the southern part), Messeschnellweg (B3, becomes A37 near Burgdorf, crosses A2, b... | What road does B sixty-five become at Seelhorster Kreuz? | {'text': 'Westschnellweg', 'answer_start': 530} |
60,652 | 60,310 | 57266787708984140094c4ed | generic | England's first permanent settlement in the Americas was founded in 1607 in Jamestown, led by Captain John Smith and managed by the Virginia Company. Bermuda was settled and claimed by England as a result of the 1609 shipwreck there of the Virginia Company's flagship, and in 1615 was turned over to the newly formed Som... | When was England's first permanent settlement in the Americas founded? | {'text': '1607', 'answer_start': 68} |
55,161 | 54,819 | 572621b6ec44d21400f3d949 | generic | The presence of companies like Shell in the Niger-Delta has led to extreme environmental issues in the Niger Delta. Many pipelines in the Niger-Delta owned by Shell are old and corroded. Shell has acknowledged its responsibility for keeping the pipelines new but has also denied responsibility for environmental causes. ... | Shell has accepted responsibility for keeping its pipelines in what condition? | {'text': 'new', 'answer_start': 255} |
100,356 | 100,014 | 572b890d111d821400f38eee | generic | In the past, those who were disabled were often not eligible for public education. Children with disabilities were repeatedly denied an education by physicians or special tutors. These early physicians (people like Itard, Seguin, Howe, Gallaudet) set the foundation for special education today. They focused on individua... | What was a rule for disabled people in the past for education? | {'text': 'not eligible for public education', 'answer_start': 48} |
86,207 | 85,865 | 5ad344ed604f3c001a3fdc44 | generic | PlayStation Portable can connect with PlayStation 3 in many ways, including in-game connectivity. For example, Formula One Championship Edition, a racing game, was shown at E3 2006 using a PSP as a real-time rear-view mirror. In addition, users are able to download original PlayStation format games from the PlayStation... | What kind of game is Formula Two Championship Edition? | {'text': 'racing', 'answer_start': 147} |
70,204 | 69,862 | 5726e9e75951b619008f8252 | generic | The People's Republic of China issued its first round of official character simplifications in two documents, the first in 1956 and the second in 1964. A second round of character simplifications (known as erjian, or "second round simplified characters") was promulgated in 1977. It was poorly received, and in 1986 the ... | When was a second round announced? | {'text': '1977', 'answer_start': 274} |
4,298 | 3,956 | 56cfb1a2234ae51400d9be88 | generic | Over 600,000 students are enrolled in New York City's over 120 higher education institutions, the highest number of any city in the United States, including over half million in the City University of New York (CUNY) system alone in 2014. In 2005, three out of five Manhattan residents were college graduates, and one ou... | The City University of New York system consists of how many institutions? | {'text': '24', 'answer_start': 761} |
55,798 | 55,456 | 5726806a5951b619008f74df | generic | In 1803, an Act of Parliament, promoted by the East India Company, established the East India Dock Company, with the aim of establishing a new set of docks (the East India Docks) primarily for the use of ships trading with India. The existing Brunswick Dock, part of the Blackwall Yard site, became the Export Dock; whil... | The goal of the East in dock company was first what? | {'text': 'aim of establishing a new set of docks (the East India Docks) primarily for the use of ships trading with India', 'answer_start': 117} |
3,783 | 3,441 | 56ce31baaab44d1400b8853a | generic | New York City traces its roots to its 1624 founding as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664. New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the country's largest city... | What was the trading post that preceded New York City called? | {'text': 'New Amsterdam', 'answer_start': 119} |
33,776 | 33,434 | 57099f19200fba14003681e7 | generic | In September 1997, during the process of revision of racial categories previously declared by OMB directive no. 15, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) recommended that OMB combine the "race" and "ethnicity" categories into one question to appear as "race/ethnicity" for the 2000 US Census. The Interagency Co... | What organization recommended that race and ethnicity categories be combined into one question for the 2000 US census? | {'text': 'the American Anthropological Association', 'answer_start': 116} |
7,347 | 7,005 | 56d8d8d0dc89441400fdb334 | generic | Greece: On March 24, 2008, the Olympic Flame was ignited at Olympia, Greece, site of the ancient Olympic Games. The actress Maria Nafpliotou, in the role of a High Priestess, ignited the torch of the first torchbearer, a silver medalist of the 2004 Summer Olympics in taekwondo Alexandros Nikolaidis from Greece, who ha... | When did demonstrators yell for Tibet to be freed? | {'text': 'March 30, 2008', 'answer_start': 804} |
53,592 | 53,250 | 57260b4389a1e219009ac184 | generic | Clothing can and has in history been made from a very wide variety of materials. Materials have ranged from leather and furs, to woven materials, to elaborate and exotic natural and synthetic fabrics. Not all body coverings are regarded as clothing. Articles carried rather than worn (such as purses), worn on a single p... | What variety has there been in the materials of clothing throughout history? | {'text': 'very wide', 'answer_start': 49} |
10,377 | 10,035 | 56df8f054a1a83140091eb43 | generic | Lighting illuminates the performers and artists in a live theatre, dance, or musical performance, and is selected and arranged to create dramatic effects. Stage lighting uses general illumination technology in devices configured for easy adjustment of their output characteristics.[citation needed] The setup of stage li... | What is prepared prior to the performance for the lighting operator? | {'text': 'lighting cues', 'answer_start': 595} |
56,561 | 56,219 | 5a67d407f038b7001ab0c479 | generic | The CIPA DC-004 standard requires that Japanese manufacturers of digital still cameras use either the REI or SOS techniques, and DC-008 updates the Exif specification to differentiate between these values. Consequently, the three EI techniques carried over from ISO 12232:1998 are not widely used in recent camera models... | After 2007, newer camera models started using what techniques again? | {'text': 'the three EI techniques carried over from ISO 12232:1998', 'answer_start': 220} |
126,244 | 125,902 | 5734275c4776f41900661991 | generic | Traditional architecture is distinctive and include the Manueline, also known as Portuguese late Gothic, a sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century. A 20th-century interpretation of traditional architecture, Soft Portuguese style, appears extensively ... | What is the Manueline style also known as? | {'text': 'Portuguese late Gothic', 'answer_start': 81} |
57,535 | 57,193 | 5729483faf94a219006aa251 | generic | The Napoleonic Wars were the cause of the final dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, and ultimately the cause for the quest for a German nation state in 19th-century German nationalism. After the Congress of Vienna, Austria and Prussia emerged as two competitors. Austria, trying to remain the dominant power in Central... | What was the cause of the final dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire? | {'text': 'The Napoleonic Wars', 'answer_start': 0} |
75,414 | 75,072 | 5727623ef1498d1400e8f730 | generic | The coastal plain transitions to the Piedmont region along the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, a line which marks the elevation at which waterfalls first appear on streams and rivers. The Piedmont region of central North Carolina is the state's most urbanized and densely populated section. It consists of gently rolling co... | What is the average elevation in the west Piedmont region? | {'text': '1,000 feet', 'answer_start': 724} |
45,927 | 45,585 | 57108f32a58dae1900cd6a26 | generic | In France, the established men of letters (gens de lettres) had fused with the elites (les grands) of French society by the mid-18th century. This led to the creation of an oppositional literary sphere, Grub Street, the domain of a "multitude of versifiers and would-be authors". These men came to London to become autho... | Could the London market support the large numbers of writers that were emerging? | {'text': 'not', 'answer_start': 379} |
68,309 | 67,967 | 5726b53b708984140094ce7e | generic | The region also experiences occasional periods of drought, during which the city sometimes has restricted water use by residents. During the late summer and early fall, Raleigh can experience hurricanes. In 1996, Hurricane Fran caused severe damage in the Raleigh area, mostly from falling trees. The most recent hurrica... | How does drought effect the city? | {'text': 'restricted water use', 'answer_start': 95} |
13,026 | 12,684 | 5ace2bc932bba1001ae49c81 | generic | Columbia founded Epic Records in 1953. In 1956, Conkling left Columbia, he would help establish the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences before eventually becoming the first president of the newly launched Warner Bros. Records, and Goddard Lieberson began the first of two stints as head of the record company... | Epic Records founded Columbia in what year? | {'text': '1953', 'answer_start': 33} |
118,747 | 118,405 | 5a8639c1b4e223001a8e74eb | generic | In March 2013 it was announced that Russian is now the second-most used language on the Internet after English. People use the Russian language on 5.9% of all websites, slightly ahead of German and far behind English (54.7%). Russian is used not only on 89.8% of .ru sites, but also on 88.7% of sites with the former Sov... | What is Japanese on the internet after English? | {'text': 'the second-most used language', 'answer_start': 51} |
78,484 | 78,142 | 5a2eeab2a83784001a7d2563 | generic | While worship in the Temple in Jerusalem included musical instruments (2 Chronicles 29:25–27), traditional Jewish religious services in the Synagogue, both before and after the last destruction of the Temple, did not include musical instruments given the practice of scriptural cantillation. The use of musical instrumen... | What type of music is forbidden during Passover? | {'text': 'instrumental music', 'answer_start': 1059} |
25,105 | 24,763 | 56f89cb39e9bad19000a01c7 | generic | The theories developed in the 1930s and 1940s to integrate molecular genetics with Darwinian evolution are called the modern evolutionary synthesis, a term introduced by Julian Huxley. Evolutionary biologists subsequently refined this concept, such as George C. Williams' gene-centric view of evolution. He proposed an e... | In what time span were the theories to integrate molecular genetic with Darwinian evolution developed? | {'text': 'the 1930s and 1940s', 'answer_start': 26} |
114,778 | 114,436 | 57301a88b2c2fd1400568878 | generic | The Americo-Liberian settlers did not identify with the indigenous peoples they encountered, especially those in communities of the more isolated "bush." They knew nothing of their cultures, languages or animist religion. Encounters with tribal Africans in the bush often developed as violent confrontations. The colonia... | What did Americo-liberians exclude tribes from? | {'text': 'citizenship in their own lands', 'answer_start': 638} |
1,987 | 1,645 | 56cd982562d2951400fa6771 | generic | Discussions of strategy in the mid Ming dynasty focused primarily on recovery of the Ordos region, which the Mongols used as a rallying base to stage raids into Ming China. Norbu states that the Ming dynasty, preoccupied with the Mongol threat to the north, could not spare additional armed forces to enforce or back up ... | Who used the the Ordos region as a place to stage raids? | {'text': 'the Mongols', 'answer_start': 105} |
129,691 | 129,349 | 5735f68a012e2f140011a0fc | generic | In most parts of medieval Europe, the upper class obtained the sole rights to hunt in certain areas of a feudal territory. Game in these areas was used as a source of food and furs, often provided via professional huntsmen, but it was also expected to provide a form of recreation for the aristocracy. The importance of ... | In medieval Europe who obtained sole rights to hunt in certain areas? | {'text': 'upper class', 'answer_start': 38} |
56,683 | 56,341 | 57267657708984140094c6fa | generic | Originally much of the valley laid beneath the waters of Lake Texcoco, a system of interconnected salt and freshwater lakes. The Aztecs built dikes to separate the fresh water used to raise crops in chinampas and to prevent recurrent floods. These dikes were destroyed during the siege of Tenochtitlan, and during coloni... | What made up Lake Texcoco? | {'text': 'a system of interconnected salt and freshwater lakes', 'answer_start': 71} |
105,583 | 105,241 | 5a84a2057cf838001a46a9db | generic | Opponents of the Endangered Species Act argue that with over 2,000 endangered species listed, and only 28 delisted due to recovery, the success rate of 1% over nearly three decades proves that there needs to be serious reform in their methods to actually help the endangered animals and plants. Others argue that the ESA... | What is another name for the ESA's practices? | {'text': 'Shoot, Shovel and Shut-Up', 'answer_start': 491} |
95,082 | 94,740 | 5a2c2d54bfd06b001a5aea20 | generic | A new phase in neoclassical design was inaugurated by Robert and James Adam, who travelled in Italy and Dalmatia in the 1750s, observing the ruins of the classical world. On their return to Britain, they published a book entitled The Works in Architecture in installments between 1773 and 1779. This book of engraved des... | What did Robert and James Adam start in the seventeenth century? | {'text': 'A new phase in neoclassical design', 'answer_start': 0} |
35,440 | 35,098 | 5acd830507355d001abf44f3 | generic | Another deck structure that can be seen is a ski-jump ramp at the forward end of the flight deck. This was first developed to help launch STOVL aircraft take off at far higher weights than is possible with a vertical or rolling takeoff on flat decks. Originally developed by the Royal Navy, it since has been adopted by ... | What does a ski-jump ramp convert in order to be a failure? | {'text': 'some of the forward rolling movement of the aircraft into vertical velocity', 'answer_start': 390} |
16,260 | 15,918 | 56e0f68f7aa994140058e834 | generic | The Soviet Union duplicated its dual-launch feat with Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 (June 16, 1963). This time they launched the first woman (also the first civilian), Valentina Tereshkova, into space on Vostok 6. Launching a woman was reportedly Korolev's idea, and it was accomplished purely for propaganda value. Tereshkova w... | What spacecraft carried Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space? | {'text': 'Vostok 6', 'answer_start': 67} |
60,281 | 59,939 | 5726e5995951b619008f81b9 | generic | It has been observed that well-fed predator animals in a lax captivity (for instance, pet or farm animals) will usually differentiate between putative prey animals who are familiar co-inhabitants in the same human area from wild ones outside the area. This interaction can range from peaceful coexistence to close compan... | Well-fed animals in captivity can become friends with prey animals due to what motivation? | {'text': 'mutual advantage or fear of reprisal from human masters', 'answer_start': 389} |
25,464 | 25,122 | 56f8d9db9b226e1400dd10e2 | generic | Guinea-Bissau is bordered by Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west. It lies mostly between latitudes 11° and 13°N (a small area is south of 11°), and longitudes 13° and 17°W. | What is to the west of Guinea-Bissau? | {'text': 'Atlantic Ocean', 'answer_start': 93} |
74,711 | 74,369 | 57275858f1498d1400e8f6a8 | generic | Carnival (see other spellings and names) is a Christian festive season that occurs before the Christian season of Lent. The main events typically occur during February or early March, during the period historically known as Shrovetide (or Pre-Lent). Carnival typically involves a public celebration and/or parade combini... | What is consumed in excessive amounts during Lent? | {'text': 'alcohol', 'answer_start': 570} |
31,508 | 31,166 | 570955309928a8140047153e | generic | Houston (i/ˈhjuːstən/ HYOO-stən) is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico. With a census-estimated 2014 population of 2.239 million people, within a land area of 599.6 square miles (1,553 km2), it also is the largest ci... | What was the population of Houston in 2014? | {'text': '2.239 million people', 'answer_start': 219} |
23,576 | 23,234 | 56f7f1d8a6d7ea1400e172f8 | generic | The Brazilian federal constitution states that the power to enter into treaties is vested in the president and that such treaties must be approved by Congress (articles 84, clause VIII, and 49, clause I). In practice, this has been interpreted as meaning that the executive branch is free to negotiate and sign a treaty,... | In order for a treaty to be valid in Brazil, a presidential decree incorporating the treaty into domestic law must be published where in order to be valid? | {'text': 'the federal register', 'answer_start': 606} |
25,901 | 25,559 | 56f96f189e9bad19000a0902 | generic | Neurotransmitters are chemicals that are released at synapses when an action potential activates them—neurotransmitters attach themselves to receptor molecules on the membrane of the synapse's target cell, and thereby alter the electrical or chemical properties of the receptor molecules. With few exceptions, each neuro... | What do neurotransmitters attach to? | {'text': "receptor molecules on the membrane of the synapse's target cell", 'answer_start': 141} |
115,662 | 115,320 | 5a65e1c2c2b11c001a425dab | generic | The emergence of antibiotic resistance has prompted restrictions on their use in the UK in 1970 (Swann report 1969), and the EU has banned the use of antibiotics as growth-promotional agents since 2003. Moreover, several organizations (e.g., The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), American Public Health Associatio... | What 3 medical associations supported antibiotics? | {'text': 'American Society for Microbiology (ASM), American Public Health Association (APHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA)', 'answer_start': 246} |
54,195 | 53,853 | 5726d182dd62a815002e913a | generic | Meanwhile, on 10 October 1950, the 89th Tank Battalion was attached to the 1st Cavalry Division, increasing the armor available for the Northern Offensive. On 15 October, after moderate KPA resistance, the 7th Cavalry Regiment and Charlie Company, 70th Tank Battalion captured Namchonjam city. On 17 October, they flanke... | Who did not capture the city of Namchonjam? | {'text': 'KPA', 'answer_start': 186} |
19,309 | 18,967 | 56e7594900c9c71400d76ff6 | generic | Opponents argue that actual energy savings are inconclusive, that DST increases health risks such as heart attack, that DST can disrupt morning activities, and that the act of changing clocks twice a year is economically and socially disruptive and cancels out any benefit. Farmers have tended to oppose DST. | What major health risk do people who oppose DST say it increases? | {'text': 'heart attack', 'answer_start': 101} |
65,785 | 65,443 | 5a21d2fc8a6e4f001aa08f27 | generic | In Anglo-American academic political philosophy, the publication of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice in 1971 is considered a milestone. Rawls used a thought experiment, the original position, in which representative parties choose principles of justice for the basic structure of society from behind a veil of ignorance.... | What did John Rawls write in 1974? | {'text': 'Anarchy, State, and Utopia', 'answer_start': 439} |
40,953 | 40,611 | 570d95f0b3d812140066da86 | generic | Britain had successful tested a new HAA gun, 3.6-inch, in 1918. In 1928 3.7-inch became the preferred solution, but it took 6 years to gain funding. Production of the QF 3.7-inch (94 mm) began in 1937; this gun was used both on mobile carriages with the field army and transportable guns on fixed mountings for static po... | How long of a running time did the Number 199 fuse have? | {'text': '30-second running time', 'answer_start': 656} |
93,326 | 92,984 | 57291f33af94a219006aa0a7 | generic | After the Nazi Party seized power in January 1933, the Länder increasingly lost importance. They became administrative regions of a centralised country. Three changes are of particular note: on January 1, 1934, Mecklenburg-Schwerin was united with the neighbouring Mecklenburg-Strelitz; and, by the Greater Hamburg Act (... | When did the Nazi Party seize power? | {'text': 'January 1933', 'answer_start': 37} |
104,188 | 103,846 | 5a76eaf72d6d7f001a4a9ef5 | generic | The Spanish language is the second most spoken language in the United States. There are 45 million Hispanophones who speak Spanish as a first or second language in the United States, as well as six million Spanish language students. Together, this makes the United States of America the second largest Hispanophone count... | How many Spanish speaking students are there in Spain? | {'text': 'six million Spanish language students', 'answer_start': 194} |
51,493 | 51,151 | 5a0cb00ef5590b0018dab4ff | generic | The foundation trust invests undistributed assets, with the exclusive goal of maximizing the return on investment. As a result, its investments include companies that have been criticized for worsening poverty in the same developing countries where the foundation is attempting to relieve poverty. These include companie... | What does the company invest? | {'text': 'undistributed assets', 'answer_start': 29} |
45,939 | 45,597 | 571091d6a58dae1900cd6a4a | generic | More importantly, the contests were open to all, and the enforced anonymity of each submission guaranteed that neither gender nor social rank would determine the judging. Indeed, although the "vast majority" of participants belonged to the wealthier strata of society ("the liberal arts, the clergy, the judiciary, and t... | What enforced contest rule guaranteed that neither gender nor social rank would determine the judging? | {'text': 'anonymity', 'answer_start': 66} |
93,664 | 93,322 | 5a671b11f038b7001ab0c1ee | generic | In physics, the standard definition of a glass (or vitreous solid) is a solid formed by rapid melt quenching. The term glass is often used to describe any amorphous solid that exhibits a glass transition temperature Tg. If the cooling is sufficiently rapid (relative to the characteristic crystallization time) then crys... | How is "glass" defines in the amorphous phase? | {'text': 'a solid formed by rapid melt quenching', 'answer_start': 70} |
34,812 | 34,470 | 570a70f04103511400d5970a | generic | The history of emotions has become an increasingly popular topic recently, with some scholars arguing that it is an essential category of analysis, not unlike class, race, or gender. Historians, like other social scientists, assume that emotions, feelings and their expressions are regulated in different ways by both di... | What historical school claims that sentiments and meta-emotions can be learned? | {'text': 'constructivist', 'answer_start': 373} |
6,589 | 6,247 | 56d37f1a59d6e41400146554 | generic | Phillips released "Home" as his coronation song, while Sanchez released "Change Nothing". Phillips' "Home" has since become the best selling of all coronation songs. | What is the name of the song that Jessica Sanchez released first after American Idol? | {'text': 'Change Nothing', 'answer_start': 73} |
13,780 | 13,438 | 56df55bb96943c1400a5d3cf | generic | According to UNFPA these elements promote the right of "reproductive health", that is physical, mental, and social health in matters related to reproduction and the reproductive system. | These elements concern health related to reproduction and what else? | {'text': 'the reproductive system', 'answer_start': 161} |
77,525 | 77,183 | 5727e0dbff5b5019007d975f | generic | The "orange peel" effect on vinyl records is caused by worn molds. Rather than having the proper mirror-like finish, the surface of the record will have a texture that looks like orange peel. This introduces noise into the record, particularly in the lower frequency range. With direct metal mastering (DMM), the master ... | What is the expected finish of a vinyl record? | {'text': 'mirror-like', 'answer_start': 97} |
66,163 | 65,821 | 5726b22bf1498d1400e8e7bf | generic | Islanders speak both English and a creole language known as Norfuk, a blend of 18th-century English and Tahitian. The Norfuk language is decreasing in popularity as more tourists travel to the island and more young people leave for work and study reasons; however, there are efforts to keep it alive via dictionaries and... | What is the official co-language of Norfolk Island? | {'text': 'The Norfuk language', 'answer_start': 114} |
124,320 | 123,978 | 573247c80fdd8d15006c68db | generic | Carpet-weaving is historically a major traditional profession for the majority of Armenian women, including many Armenian families. Prominent Karabakh carpet weavers there were men too. The oldest extant Armenian carpet from the region, referred to as Artsakh (see also Karabakh carpet) during the medieval era, is from ... | Where is the earliest known use of 'gorg'? | {'text': 'in a 1242–1243 Armenian inscription on the wall of the Kaptavan Church in Artsakh', 'answer_start': 486} |
29,523 | 29,181 | 5705e9bf52bb891400689694 | generic | The Arctic tern holds the long-distance migration record for birds, travelling between Arctic breeding grounds and the Antarctic each year. Some species of tubenoses (Procellariiformes) such as albatrosses circle the earth, flying over the southern oceans, while others such as Manx shearwaters migrate 14,000 km (8,700 ... | which bird migrates by circling the earth? | {'text': 'albatrosses', 'answer_start': 194} |
111,576 | 111,234 | 5ad2a0b9d7d075001a429c9c | generic | Another study from 2012 included 150 dental school students from University of Athens, the result showed that light hair colour (blonde/light ash brown) was predominant in 10.7% of the students. 36% had medium hair colour (Light brown/Medium darkest brown). 32% had darkest brown and 21% black (15.3 off black, 6% midnig... | What dominant hair color is not believed to be prevalent among Greeks | {'text': 'brown', 'answer_start': 274} |
28,820 | 28,478 | 5706931c52bb891400689a8d | generic | In South Africa, the period of colonization resulted in many unions and marriages between European men and African women from various tribes, resulting in mixed-race children. As the Europeans acquired territory and imposed rule over the Africans, they generally pushed mixed-race and Africans into second-class status. ... | Who was included in the Coloured group? | {'text': 'Bantu, Khoisan, and European descent', 'answer_start': 558} |
23,929 | 23,587 | 56f83b11a6d7ea1400e174e2 | generic | However, the NSA's report was completely disproved by Croatian experts. The report failed to recognize that Tito was a native speaker of the very distinctive local Kajkavian dialect of Zagorje. The acute accent, present only in Croatian dialects, which Tito is perfectly pronouncing, is the strongest proof of Tito's bel... | What was the distinct local dialect Tito spoke? | {'text': 'Zagorje', 'answer_start': 185} |
126,562 | 126,220 | 5732897457eb1f1400fd2d8b | generic | Earth was initially molten due to extreme volcanism and frequent collisions with other bodies. Eventually, the outer layer of the planet cooled to form a solid crust when water began accumulating in the atmosphere. The Moon formed soon afterwards, possibly as the result of a Mars-sized object with about 10% of the Eart... | When water was creating the oceans what was happening to atmospheric water vapor? | {'text': 'Condensing', 'answer_start': 632} |
4,765 | 4,423 | 56cf5a6aaab44d1400b890e4 | generic | Harper Lee was pleased with the movie, saying: "In that film the man and the part met... I've had many, many offers to turn it into musicals, into TV or stage plays, but I've always refused. That film was a work of art." Peck met Lee's father, the model for Atticus, before the filming. Lee's father died before the film... | Which one of Gregory Peck's relatives was named after Harper Lee? | {'text': 'grandson', 'answer_start': 847} |
26,177 | 25,835 | 56f8fa3c9b226e1400dd1215 | generic | These regions were occupied by "the brown men," with the yellow in the Far East and the black in Africa. The color issue was not settled until Kenya became independent in 1963, ending the last vestige of the British Empire. | When did Kenya become independent? | {'text': '1963', 'answer_start': 171} |
118,360 | 118,018 | 5730f379497a881900248a92 | generic | Since independence Namibia has successfully completed the transition from white minority apartheid rule to parliamentary democracy. Multiparty democracy was introduced and has been maintained, with local, regional and national elections held regularly. Several registered political parties are active and represented in ... | How long did president Same Nujoma rule? | {'text': '15-year', 'answer_start': 435} |
107,765 | 107,423 | 5a8a25983b2508001a72a6b1 | generic | Puerto Rico has been under U.S. sovereignty for over a century when it was ceded to the U.S. by Spain following the end of the Spanish–American War, and Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917. The island's ultimate status has not been determined as of 2012[update], its residents do not have voting representat... | How long has Congress been U.S. citizens? | {'text': 'since 1917', 'answer_start': 191} |
114,816 | 114,474 | 573020b2947a6a140053d157 | generic | The subsequent 2005 elections were internationally regarded as the most free and fair in Liberian history. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard-trained economist and former Minister of Finance, was elected as the first female president in Africa. Upon her inauguration, Sirleaf requested the extradition of Taylor from Niger... | Who is ellen johnson sirleaf? | {'text': 'a Harvard-trained economist and former Minister of Finance', 'answer_start': 130} |
6,511 | 6,169 | 56db2664e7c41114004b4e18 | generic | Crystal Bowersox, who has Type-I diabetes, fell ill due to diabetic ketoacidosis on the morning of the girls performance night for the top 20 week and was hospitalized. The schedule was rearranged so the boys performed first and she could perform the following night instead; she later revealed that Ken Warwick, the sho... | When was Crystal hospitalized? | {'text': 'top 20 week', 'answer_start': 135} |
67,766 | 67,424 | 5727a1ec2ca10214002d9265 | generic | The Swiss Federal budget had a size of 62.8 billion Swiss francs in 2010, which is an equivalent 11.35% of the country's GDP in that year; however, the regional (canton) budgets and the budgets of the municipalities are not counted as part of the federal budget and the total rate of government spending is closer to 33.... | Which sectors have experienced a reduction in federal government expenditures? | {'text': 'agriculture and national defense', 'answer_start': 838} |
20,566 | 20,224 | 56e797ad00c9c71400d7732b | generic | A few days before the fall of the city, the National Government of China was relocated to the southwestern city Chungking (Chongqing) and resumed Chinese resistance. In 1940, a Japanese-collaborationist government known as the "Nanjing Regime" or "Reorganized National Government of China" led by Wang Jingwei was establ... | Who was the leader of the Nanjing Regime? | {'text': 'Wang Jingwei', 'answer_start': 297} |
121,987 | 121,645 | 5731cd7fe17f3d1400422429 | generic | In the Regal era, a rex sacrorum (king of the sacred rites) supervised regal and state rites in conjunction with the king (rex) or in his absence, and announced the public festivals. He had little or no civil authority. With the abolition of monarchy, the collegial power and influence of the Republican pontifices incre... | Who supervised sacred rites during the era of kings? | {'text': 'rex sacrorum', 'answer_start': 20} |
112,086 | 111,744 | 572ff2c7b2c2fd1400568635 | generic | Players may only be transferred during transfer windows that are set by the Football Association. The two transfer windows run from the last day of the season to 31 August and from 31 December to 31 January. Player registrations cannot be exchanged outside these windows except under specific licence from the FA, usuall... | Why was this new rule put into effect? | {'text': "This was to enable the 'home grown' rule to be enacted,", 'answer_start': 598} |
77,963 | 77,621 | 57278fba5951b619008f8d91 | generic | The Yoga school builds on the Samkhya school theory that jñāna (knowledge) is a sufficient means to moksha. It suggests that systematic techniques/practice (personal experimentation) combined with Samkhya's approach to knowledge is the path to moksha. Yoga shares several central ideas with Advaita Vedanta, with the dif... | What state in life does yoga believe is achievable? | {'text': 'liberation/freedom', 'answer_start': 501} |
105,299 | 104,957 | 57305376069b53140083205d | generic | The military effectiveness of bombing varied. The Luftwaffe dropped around 45,000 short tons (41,000 t) of bombs during the Blitz disrupting production and transport, reducing food supplies and shaking the British morale. It also helped to support the U-Boat blockade by sinking some 58,000 long tons (59,000 t) of shipp... | The Luftwaffe used how many short tons of bombs during the Blitz? | {'text': '45,000 short tons', 'answer_start': 75} |
125,296 | 124,954 | 573256250fdd8d15006c69db | generic | East of the Bronx River, the borough is relatively flat and includes four large low peninsulas, or 'necks,' of low-lying land which jut into the waters of the East River and were once saltmarsh: Hunts Point, Clason's Point, Screvin's Neck (Castle Hill Point) and Throgs Neck. The East Bronx has older tenement buildings,... | What is NYC's largest park? | {'text': 'Pelham Bay Park', 'answer_start': 455} |
18,782 | 18,440 | 5ad504cb5b96ef001a10a9d6 | generic | Wove paper does not exhibit "laidlines", which are small regular lines left behind on paper when it was handmade in a mould made from rows of metal wires or bamboo. Laidlines are very close together. They run perpendicular to the "chainlines", which are further apart. Handmade paper similarly exhibits "deckle edges", o... | What type of lines are exhibited on woven paper? | {'text': 'laidlines', 'answer_start': 29} |
98,262 | 97,920 | 5ad39216604f3c001a3fe68f | generic | According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2004, Miami had the third highest incidence of family incomes below the federal poverty line in the United States, making it the third poorest city in the USA, behind only Detroit, Michigan (ranked #1) and El Paso, Texas (ranked #2). Miami is also one of the very few cities where... | As of 2014, what city was the poorest in the United States? | {'text': 'Detroit', 'answer_start': 212} |
6,305 | 5,963 | 56d3726559d6e414001463e9 | generic | Corey Clark was disqualified during the finals for having an undisclosed police record; however, he later alleged that he and Paula Abdul had an affair while on the show and that this contributed to his expulsion. Clark also claimed that Abdul gave him preferential treatment on the show due to their affair. The allegat... | Which contestant was removed from the competition for not revealing his police record? | {'text': 'Corey Clark', 'answer_start': 0} |
79,534 | 79,192 | 5a5d4b0e5e8782001a9d5ea0 | generic | Cork is home to the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, and to many musical acts, including John Spillane, The Frank And Walters, Sultans of Ping, Simple Kid, Microdisney, Fred, Mick Flannery and the late Rory Gallagher. Singer songwriter Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan of The High Llamas also hail from Cork. The opera singers Cara... | What Opera singers currently lives in Cork? | {'text': "Cara O'Sullivan, Mary Hegarty, Brendan Collins, and Sam McElroy", 'answer_start': 316} |
15,641 | 15,299 | 56e078cb7aa994140058e532 | generic | In 1821, Saul Solomon issued a 70,560 copper tokens worth a halfpenny each Payable at St Helena by Solomon, Dickson and Taylor – presumably London partners – that circulated alongside the East India Company's local coinage until the Crown took over the island in 1836. The coin remains readily available to collectors. | Who issued the copper tokens in 1821? | {'text': 'Saul Solomon', 'answer_start': 9} |
32,299 | 31,957 | 5a148907a54d420018529235 | generic | A person may display either relative weakness or relative strength in terms of both exploration and commitments. When assigned categories, four possible permutations result: identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, identity moratorium, and identity achievement. Diffusion is when a person lacks both exploration in life... | What is both relatively weak or relatively strong? | {'text': 'exploration and commitments.', 'answer_start': 84} |
125,363 | 125,021 | 57325d96b9d445190005eab5 | generic | In the Presidential primary elections of February 5, 2008, Sen. Clinton won 61.2% of the Bronx's 148,636 Democratic votes against 37.8% for Barack Obama and 1.0% for the other four candidates combined (John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Bill Richardson and Joe Biden). On the same day, John McCain won 54.4% of the borough's... | In the 2008 primary, how much of the Bronx vote did McCain get? | {'text': '54.4%', 'answer_start': 298} |
12,392 | 12,050 | 5a5adb7e9c0277001abe71ee | generic | In other contexts the term does not necessarily have pejorative overtones and may even be complimentary when used, in areas where innovation is welcome, of ideas that are in fundamental disagreement with the status quo in any practice and branch of knowledge. Scientist/author Isaac Asimov considered heresy as an abstra... | What term always has negatie overtones? | {'text': 'heresy', 'answer_start': 301} |
61,899 | 61,557 | 5726de88708984140094d423 | generic | In August 2007, an increase in the price of diesel and petrol led to Saffron Revolution led by Buddhist monks that were dealt with harshly by the government. The government cracked down on them on 26 September 2007. The crackdown was harsh, with reports of barricades at the Shwedagon Pagoda and monks killed. There were... | Did the insurgency lead to any economic changes in Burma ? | {'text': 'an increase in economic sanctions against the Burmese Government.', 'answer_start': 554} |
83,106 | 82,764 | 5ad2d1acd7d075001a42a36a | generic | In 1998, two former Northwestern basketball players were charged and convicted for sports bribery as a result of being paid to shave points in games against three other Big Ten schools during the 1995 season. The football team became embroiled in a different betting scandal later that year when federal prosecutors indi... | What were 2 former Northwestern soccer players charged and convicted for in 1998? | {'text': 'sports bribery', 'answer_start': 83} |
49,422 | 49,080 | 5722caddf6b826140030fc31 | generic | Victoria later described her childhood as "rather melancholy". Her mother was extremely protective, and Victoria was raised largely isolated from other children under the so-called "Kensington System", an elaborate set of rules and protocols devised by the Duchess and her ambitious and domineering comptroller, Sir John... | What system of rules kept her isolated from other children? | {'text': 'Kensington System', 'answer_start': 182} |
113,776 | 113,434 | 5730168bb2c2fd140056883f | generic | On November 4, 1979, a group of students seized the United States Embassy and took the embassy with 52 personnel and citizens hostage, after the United States refused to return Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Iran to face trial in the court of the new regime. Attempts by the Jimmy Carter administration to negotiate for the re... | ALl of the hostages were completely freed as the result of what treaty? | {'text': 'Algiers Accords', 'answer_start': 540} |
10,703 | 10,361 | 5acf961377cf76001a685397 | generic | The earliest surviving written work on the subject of architecture is De architectura, by the Roman architect Vitruvius in the early 1st century AD. According to Vitruvius, a good building should satisfy the three principles of firmitas, utilitas, venustas, commonly known by the original translation – firmness, commodi... | What was Vitruvius' fourth principles for a well made building? | {'text': 'delight', 'answer_start': 327} |
130,202 | 129,860 | 5735ac9bdc94161900571f11 | generic | The economic output of the metropolitan area alone is worth more than one third of national GDP around $6.5billion in terms of nominal GDP NR.s 550 billion approximately per year $2200 per capital income approx three times national average. Kathmandu exports handicrafts, artworks, garments, carpets, pashmina, paper; tr... | What portion of Kathmandu's economy consists of agriculture? | {'text': '9%', 'answer_start': 589} |
87,234 | 86,892 | 5a32fc4cbd0d7f001aef9546 | generic | Presently, the Central African Republic has active television services, radio stations, internet service providers, and mobile phone carriers; Socatel is the leading provider for both internet and mobile phone access throughout the country. The primary governmental regulating bodies of telecommunications are the Minist... | What government body does Socatel regulate in telecommunications? | {'text': 'the Ministère des Postes and Télécommunications et des Nouvelles Technologies', 'answer_start': 310} |
107,524 | 107,182 | 572f494104bcaa1900d76810 | generic | The assertions of Chinese philosophy began to integrate concepts of Western philosophy, as steps toward modernization. By the time of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, there were many calls, such as the May Fourth Movement, to completely abolish the old imperial institutions and practices of China. There were attempts to ... | What did Marxist-Leninst add to Chinese philosophy? | {'text': 'Marxist-Leninist thought', 'answer_start': 541} |
69,783 | 69,441 | 5ace50e432bba1001ae4a27b | generic | Meanwhile, he had written to Abu Ya'far, the prefect of the dynamic city of Isfahan, offering his services. The new emir of Hamadan, hearing of this correspondence and discovering where Ibn Sina was hiding, incarcerated him in a fortress. War meanwhile continued between the rulers of Isfahan and Hamadãn; in 1024 the fo... | What mercenaries captured Hamadan in the 10th century? | {'text': 'Tajik mercenaries', 'answer_start': 371} |
8,002 | 7,660 | 5ad5f7a45b96ef001a10af46 | generic | In these schools children could be selected on the basis of curriculum aptitude related to the school's specialism even though the schools do take quotas from each quartile of the attainment range to ensure they were not selective by attainment. A problem with this is whether the quotas should be taken from a normal di... | How many selective high schools are still currently functioning in England and Wales? | {'text': '164', 'answer_start': 673} |
31,954 | 31,612 | 57096523ed30961900e84090 | generic | In Greece, copper was known by the name chalkos (χαλκός). It was an important resource for the Romans, Greeks and other ancient peoples. In Roman times, it was known as aes Cyprium, aes being the generic Latin term for copper alloys and Cyprium from Cyprus, where much copper was mined. The phrase was simplified to cupr... | What property does copper have that links it to Aphrodite and Venus? | {'text': 'lustrous beauty', 'answer_start': 430} |
44,041 | 43,699 | 5a220964819328001af389cf | generic | Circadian rhythms allow organisms to anticipate and prepare for precise and regular environmental changes. They thus enable organisms to best capitalize on environmental resources (e.g. light and food) compared to those that cannot predict such availability. It has therefore been suggested that circadian rhythms put or... | What do circadian rhythms put at a selective disadvantage in evolutionary terms? | {'text': 'organisms', 'answer_start': 318} |
98,239 | 97,897 | 572a7a17be1ee31400cb802b | generic | Miami International Airport and PortMiami are among the nation's busiest ports of entry, especially for cargo from South America and the Caribbean. The Port of Miami is the world's busiest cruise port, and MIA is the busiest airport in Florida, and the largest gateway between the United States and Latin America. Additi... | In what year did Miami play host to the negotiations concerning the Free Trade Area of the Americas? | {'text': '2003', 'answer_start': 713} |
107,411 | 107,069 | 572f19dc03f9891900756b92 | generic | When the Central Junta fell to the French, numerous new Juntas appeared all across the Americas, eventually resulting in a chain of newly independent countries stretching from Argentina and Chile in the south, to Mexico in the north. After the death of the king Ferdinand VII, in 1833, only Cuba and Puerto Rico remained... | When did the Spanish-American war occur? | {'text': 'in 1898', 'answer_start': 372} |
75,033 | 74,691 | 5a316c04e4dcb1001abb22e6 | generic | Smyth, convinced that his self-baptism was invalid, applied with the Mennonites for membership. He died while waiting for membership, and some of his followers became Mennonites. Thomas Helwys and others kept their baptism and their Baptist commitments. The modern Baptist denomination is an outgrowth of Smyth's movemen... | Who thought their self-baptism was valid? | {'text': 'Smyth', 'answer_start': 0} |
50,248 | 49,906 | 57267cb7dd62a815002e86ee | generic | Victoria was pleased when Gladstone resigned in 1885 after his budget was defeated. She thought his government was "the worst I have ever had", and blamed him for the death of General Gordon at Khartoum. Gladstone was replaced by Lord Salisbury. Salisbury's government only lasted a few months, however, and Victoria was... | Who replaced Gladstone? | {'text': 'Lord Salisbury', 'answer_start': 230} |
76,777 | 76,435 | 5727aa092ca10214002d9330 | generic | The presence of the Virgin Mary under the cross[Jn. 19:26-27] has in itself been the subject of Marian art, and well known Catholic symbolism such as the Miraculous Medal and Pope John Paul II's Coat of Arms bearing a Marian Cross. And a number of Marian devotions also involve the presence of the Virgin Mary in Calvary... | Which pope claims Mary was present at Jesus' Crucifixion? | {'text': 'Pope John Paul II', 'answer_start': 328} |
31,349 | 31,007 | 59fb2338ee36d60018400d41 | generic | All England matches are broadcast with full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. From the 2008–09 season until the 2017–18 season, England's home and away qualifiers, and friendlies both home and away are broadcast live on ITV (often with the exception of STV, the ITV affiliate in central and northern Scotland). England's a... | Who did England play against on 10 October 2009? | {'text': 'Ukraine', 'answer_start': 491} |
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