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55,805 | 55,463 | 5a84799b7cf838001a46a848 | 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... | Which dock company was never taken over by the Port of London Authority in 1909? | {'text': 'West India Dock Company', 'answer_start': 416} |
93,079 | 92,737 | 5a7b8ea821c2de001afea163 | generic | The practice of component interface testing can be used to check the handling of data passed between various units, or subsystem components, beyond full integration testing between those units. The data being passed can be considered as "message packets" and the range or data types can be checked, for data generated fr... | Usual data values in an interface can be used to explain what? | {'text': 'unexpected performance in the next unit', 'answer_start': 788} |
66,809 | 66,467 | 5726c12a5951b619008f7d4b | generic | The country currency is the Samoan tālā, issued and regulated by the Central Bank of Samoa. The economy of Samoa has traditionally been dependent on agriculture and fishing at the local level. In modern times, development aid, private family remittances from overseas, and agricultural exports have become key factors in... | What kind of oil does Samoa export? | {'text': 'coconut', 'answer_start': 450} |
5,698 | 5,356 | 56d1358ee7d4791d00902009 | generic | The Noble Eightfold Path—the fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths—consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, that when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. These eight factors are: Right View (or Right Understanding), Right Intention (or Right Thought), Right Speech, Right Action, R... | What is the end goal of the Fourth Truth? | {'text': 'the cessation of dukkha', 'answer_start': 168} |
97,057 | 96,715 | 5a42cfd64a4859001aac7336 | generic | But in statistical mechanics things get more complicated. On one hand, statistical mechanics is far superior to classical thermodynamics, in that thermodynamic behavior, such as glass breaking, can be explained by the fundamental laws of physics paired with a statistical postulate. But statistical mechanics, unlike cla... | What is superior to statistical mechanics? | {'text': 'classical thermodynamics', 'answer_start': 112} |
105,982 | 105,640 | 572ed370c246551400ce46f4 | generic | During the turbulent reign of Wang Mang, Han lost control over the Tarim Basin, which was conquered by the Northern Xiongnu in AD 63 and used as a base to invade Han's Hexi Corridor in Gansu. Dou Gu (d. 88 AD) defeated the Northern Xiongnu at the Battle of Yiwulu in AD 73, evicting them from Turpan and chasing them as ... | Where did the Northern Xiongnu flee to in AD 91? | {'text': 'Ili River valley', 'answer_start': 728} |
76,524 | 76,182 | 5a8c740cfd22b3001a8d880b | generic | Once at Golgotha, Jesus was offered wine mixed with gall to drink. Matthew's and Mark's Gospels record that he refused this. He was then crucified and hung between two convicted thieves. According to some translations from the original Greek, the thieves may have been bandits or Jewish rebels. According to Mark's Gospe... | Where were the two thieves buried after they died from crucifixion? | {'text': 'in a rock-hewn tomb', 'answer_start': 1162} |
121,485 | 121,143 | 57318cad05b4da19006bd292 | generic | Some of the best examples of later Islamic mosaics were produced in Moorish Spain. The golden mosaics in the mihrab and the central dome of the Great Mosque in Corduba have a decidedly Byzantine character. They were made between 965 and 970 by local craftsmen, supervised by a master mosaicist from Constantinople, who w... | When were the mosaics in the Great Mosque in Corduba created? | {'text': 'between 965 and 970', 'answer_start': 221} |
107,894 | 107,552 | 5a8a3d0e3b2508001a72a88b | generic | In the late 1940s, during the last days of the Dominion of Newfoundland (at the time a dominion-dependency in the Commonwealth and independent of Canada), there was mainstream support, although not majority, for Newfoundland to form an economic union with the United States, thanks to the efforts of the Economic Union P... | When were the last days of the U.S.-British alliance? | {'text': 'In the late 1940s', 'answer_start': 0} |
88,535 | 88,193 | 572bf917750c471900ed4c4c | generic | In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe, while in deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe. Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one God or in the oneness of God. In pantheism, God is the universe itself. In atheism, God is not believed to exist, while God is deemed ... | What is God in theism? | {'text': 'creator and sustainer of the universe', 'answer_start': 22} |
3,358 | 3,016 | 56d51b832593cc1400307a76 | generic | All of the highways into Wenchuan, and others throughout the province, were damaged, resulting in delayed arrival of the rescue troops. In Beichuan County, 80% of the buildings collapsed according to Xinhua News. In the city of Shifang, the collapse of two chemical plants led to leakage of some 80 tons of liquid ammoni... | What did the damaged roadways cause to the rescue operations? | {'text': 'delayed arrival', 'answer_start': 98} |
122,443 | 122,101 | 5ace308732bba1001ae49d51 | generic | The anti-bullying It Gets Better Project expanded from a single YouTube video directed to discouraged or suicidal LGBT teens, that within two months drew video responses from hundreds including U.S. President Barack Obama, Vice President Biden, White House staff, and several cabinet secretaries. Similarly, in response ... | What project was aimed toward LTBG teens? | {'text': 'It Gets Better Project', 'answer_start': 18} |
82,103 | 81,761 | 5727d1372ca10214002d9747 | generic | Scholars continue to debate whether the U.S. Constitution adopted a particular interpretation of the "rule of law," and if so, which one. For example, John Harrison asserts that the word "law" in the Constitution is simply defined as that which is legally binding, rather than being "defined by formal or substantive cri... | For what body of principles is it debated whether or not it was constructed according to the rule of law? | {'text': 'U.S. Constitution', 'answer_start': 40} |
129,985 | 129,643 | 5735137e879d6814001cab04 | generic | A scientific study in the journal, Biological Conservation, states that trophy hunting is of "major importance to conservation in Africa by creating economic incentives for conservation over vast areas, including areas which may be unsuitable for alternative wildlife-based land uses such as photographic ecotourism." Ho... | Why is trophy hunting important to conservation in Africa? | {'text': 'creating economic incentives for conservation over vast areas', 'answer_start': 140} |
61,576 | 61,234 | 572ca233dfb02c14005c6bd3 | generic | However, it is important to understand that despite the presence of reception statutes, much of contemporary American common law has diverged significantly from English common law. The reason is that although the courts of the various Commonwealth nations are often influenced by each other's rulings, American courts ra... | When would American law be more likely to follow English law? | {'text': 'no American ruling on point', 'answer_start': 385} |
44,523 | 44,181 | 5ad3663f604f3c001a3fe05b | generic | The absence of a formal mechanism within the Conservative Party for choosing a leader meant that, following Eden's resignation, it fell to the Queen to decide whom to commission to form a government. Eden recommended that she consult Lord Salisbury, the Lord President of the Council. Lord Salisbury and Lord Kilmuir, th... | In what year did Lord Salisbury become the Lord President of the Council? | {'text': '1922', 'answer_start': 423} |
20,389 | 20,047 | 5acf629377cf76001a684d08 | generic | Sheahon Zenger was introduced as KU's new athletic director in January 2011. Under former athletic director Lew Perkins, the department's budget increased from $27.2 million in 2003 (10th in the conference) to currently over $50 million thanks in large part to money raised from a new priority seating policy at Allen Fi... | Who is in charge of no sports teams at KU? | {'text': 'Sheahon Zenger', 'answer_start': 0} |
48,003 | 47,661 | 571a76a610f8ca1400305057 | generic | According to 16th-century mystic Rabbi Elijah of Chelm, Ashkenazi Jews lived in Jerusalem during the 11th century. The story is told that a German-speaking Palestinian Jew saved the life of a young German man surnamed Dolberger. So when the knights of the First Crusade came to siege Jerusalem, one of Dolberger's family... | Who noted that Ashkenazi Jews lived in Jerusalem during the 11th century? | {'text': 'Rabbi Elijah of Chelm', 'answer_start': 33} |
104,817 | 104,475 | 5ad4237b604f3c001a40083a | generic | The City of Charleston Police Department, with a total of 452 sworn officers, 137 civilians, and 27 reserve police officers, is South Carolina's largest police department. Their procedures on cracking down on drug use and gang violence in the city are used as models to other cities to do the same.[citation needed] Acco... | Who is the former Chief of the Charleston Police Department? | {'text': 'Greg Mullen', 'answer_start': 453} |
48,847 | 48,505 | 571aa29f10f8ca1400305210 | generic | In the year 712, Muhammad bin Qasim, an Umayyad general, sailed from the Persian Gulf into Sindh in Pakistan and conquered both the Sindh and the Punjab regions along the Indus river. The conquest of Sindh and Punjab, in modern-day Pakistan, although costly, were major gains for the Umayyad Caliphate. However, further ... | To what dynasty did Vikramaditya II belong? | {'text': 'Pratihara', 'answer_start': 490} |
4,567 | 4,225 | 56d11eb317492d1400aab9d9 | generic | New York City has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government since its consolidation in 1898. The government of New York is more centralized than that of most other U.S. cities. In New York City, the city government is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, public saf... | What type of government does New York City have? | {'text': 'mayor-council', 'answer_start': 58} |
13,255 | 12,913 | 56df4c368bc80c19004e4a2a | generic | According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 620.34 square miles (1,606.7 km2), of which, 601.11 square miles (1,556.9 km2) of it is land and 19.23 square miles (49.8 km2) of it is water. The total area is 3.09 percent water. | Out of the 620.34 square miles, how much of it is water? | {'text': '19.23 square miles', 'answer_start': 172} |
55,755 | 55,413 | 5a8475a07cf838001a46a816 | generic | Hastings was entrusted with the power of peace and war. British judges and magistrates would also be sent to India to administer the legal system. The Governor General and the council would have complete legislative powers. The company was allowed to maintain its virtual monopoly over trade in exchange for the biennial... | Who is the lowest ranking person in British India? | {'text': 'The Governor General', 'answer_start': 147} |
76,384 | 76,042 | 57282a062ca10214002d9fae | generic | In Kazakhstan on June 19, 1989, young men carrying guns, firebombs, iron bars and stones rioted in Zhanaozen, causing a number of deaths. The youths tried to seize a police station and a water-supply station. They brought public transportation to a halt and shut down various shops and industries. By June 25, the riotin... | What did the rioters try to take over? | {'text': 'police station and a water-supply station', 'answer_start': 166} |
32,551 | 32,209 | 57096cd5200fba1400367fc6 | generic | The Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh University Shimla, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT, CSIR Lab), Palampur, the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una the Central University Dharamshala, AP Goyal (Alakh Prakash Goyal) Shiml... | What are a few pioneer universities in the state? | {'text': 'The Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh University Shimla, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT, CSIR Lab)', 'answer_start': 0} |
117,551 | 117,209 | 5a651a89c2b11c001a425c18 | generic | Although short-lived, one of the first empires known to history was that of Eannatum of Lagash, who annexed practically all of Sumer, including Kish, Uruk, Ur, and Larsa, and reduced to tribute the city-state of Umma, arch-rival of Lagash. In addition, his realm extended to parts of Elam and along the Persian Gulf. He ... | What city was the ally of Lagash? | {'text': 'Umma', 'answer_start': 212} |
12,497 | 12,155 | 5ad56fb25b96ef001a10aebb | generic | On 14 May 1955, the USSR and other seven European countries "reaffirming their desire for the establishment of a system of European collective security based on the participation of all European states irrespective of their social and political systems" established the Warsaw Pact in response to the integration of the ... | What pact was declared in May 1956? | {'text': 'Warsaw', 'answer_start': 270} |
1,961 | 1,619 | 56cd8d1a62d2951400fa66c4 | generic | The Information Office of the State Council of the PRC preserves an edict of the Zhengtong Emperor (r. 1435–1449) addressed to the Karmapa in 1445, written after the latter's agent had brought holy relics to the Ming court. Zhengtong had the following message delivered to the Great Treasure Prince of Dharma, the Karmap... | Who was the edict addressed to? | {'text': 'the Karmapa', 'answer_start': 127} |
4,992 | 4,650 | 56ce7a03aab44d1400b887e3 | generic | Phase change materials such as paraffin wax and Glauber's salt are another thermal storage media. These materials are inexpensive, readily available, and can deliver domestically useful temperatures (approximately 64 °C or 147 °F). The "Dover House" (in Dover, Massachusetts) was the first to use a Glauber's salt heatin... | Paraffin wax is an example of what kind of storage media? | {'text': 'thermal', 'answer_start': 75} |
70,427 | 70,085 | 572947026aef051400154c4d | generic | In 1610, all but three of the survivors of the Sea Venture sailed on to Jamestown. Among them was John Rolfe, whose wife and child died and were buried in Bermuda. Later in Jamestown he married Pocahontas, a daughter of the powerful Powhatan, leader of a large confederation of about 30 Algonquian-speaking tribes in coa... | What is one of the main things John Rolfe is known for? | {'text': 'married Pocahontas', 'answer_start': 186} |
79,866 | 79,524 | 5727a76e2ca10214002d92f7 | generic | The name evolved during the Middle Ages from Gallaecia, sometimes written Galletia, to Gallicia. In the 13th century, with the written emergence of the Galician language, Galiza became the most usual written form of the name of the country, being replaced during the 15th and 16th centuries by the current form, Galicia,... | What is the name of the local government? | {'text': 'Xunta de Galicia', 'answer_start': 567} |
95,927 | 95,585 | 5a68ec628476ee001a58a896 | generic | On October 28, 2015, IBM announced its acquisition of digital assets from The Weather Company—a holding company of Bain Capital, The Blackstone Group and NBCUniversal which owns The Weather Channel, including its weather data platforms (such as Weather Services International), websites (Weather.com and Weather Undergro... | When did Bain Capital become incorporated? | {'text': 'October 28, 2015', 'answer_start': 3} |
89,959 | 89,617 | 5ad40de5604f3c001a4000f8 | generic | Alaska's economy depends heavily on increasingly expensive diesel fuel for heating, transportation, electric power and light. Though wind and hydroelectric power are abundant and underdeveloped, proposals for statewide energy systems (e.g. with special low-cost electric interties) were judged uneconomical (at the time ... | Why were alternative energy sources judged economical in 2001? | {'text': 'low (less than 50¢/gal) fuel prices, long distances and low population', 'answer_start': 348} |
55,021 | 54,679 | 57267fa95951b619008f74c9 | generic | Cacoyannis also directed Zorba the Greek with Anthony Quinn which received Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film nominations. Finos Film also contributed to this period with movies such as Λατέρνα, Φτώχεια και Φιλότιμο, Madalena, Η Θεία από το Σικάγο, Το ξύλο βγήκε από τον Παράδεισο and many more. During... | What film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1998? | {'text': 'Eternity and a Day', 'answer_start': 421} |
25,954 | 25,612 | 56f984f59e9bad19000a0a0b | generic | The SCN projects to a set of areas in the hypothalamus, brainstem, and midbrain that are involved in implementing sleep-wake cycles. An important component of the system is the reticular formation, a group of neuron-clusters scattered diffusely through the core of the lower brain. Reticular neurons send signals to the ... | A group of neuron-clusters scattered in the core of the lower brain is called what? | {'text': 'the reticular formation', 'answer_start': 173} |
96,507 | 96,165 | 5a3bfd89cc5d22001a521ccd | generic | Following Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, East Prussia was partitioned between Poland and the Soviet Union according to the Potsdam Conference. Southern East Prussia was placed under Polish administration, while northern East Prussia was divided between the Soviet republics of Russia (the Kaliningrad Obl... | What was one of the countries that defeated Nazi Germany? | {'text': 'Lithuania', 'answer_start': 329} |
87,225 | 86,883 | 5a32f95bbd0d7f001aef953d | generic | Agriculture is dominated by the cultivation and sale of food crops such as cassava, peanuts, maize, sorghum, millet, sesame, and plantain. The annual real GDP growth rate is just above 3%. The importance of food crops over exported cash crops is indicated by the fact that the total production of cassava, the staple foo... | How much of the cassava as the principle cash crop is produced in the CAR? | {'text': 'from 25,000 to 45,000 tonnes a year', 'answer_start': 471} |
71,762 | 71,420 | 57271883dd62a815002e98ee | generic | The arrangement of plates and dielectric has many variations depending on the desired ratings of the capacitor. For small values of capacitance (microfarads and less), ceramic disks use metallic coatings, with wire leads bonded to the coating. Larger values can be made by multiple stacks of plates and disks. Larger val... | What do larger value capacitors often use as the dielectric medium? | {'text': 'impregnated paper or plastic – these are rolled up to save space', 'answer_start': 470} |
116,205 | 115,863 | 5730204ba23a5019007fcde4 | generic | Swaziland is a developing country with a small economy. Its GDP per capita of $9,714 means it is classified as a country with a lower-middle income. As a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), its main local trading partner is South Africa. Swazil... | What is the SACU? | {'text': 'Southern African Customs Union', 'answer_start': 168} |
27,323 | 26,981 | 56f9fe9b8f12f31900630047 | generic | No definite relation exists between the annual rings of growth and the amount of sapwood. Within the same species the cross-sectional area of the sapwood is very roughly proportional to the size of the crown of the tree. If the rings are narrow, more of them are required than where they are wide. As the tree gets large... | What part of a tree is the cross-sectional area of the sapwood approximately proportional to? | {'text': 'crown', 'answer_start': 202} |
38,134 | 37,792 | 570bd2ec6b8089140040fa6b | generic | When a Teletype 33 ASR equipped with the automatic paper tape reader received a Control-S (XOFF, an abbreviation for transmit off), it caused the tape reader to stop; receiving Control-Q (XON, "transmit on") caused the tape reader to resume. This technique became adopted by several early computer operating systems as a... | What two controls can be configured with 33 ASR? | {'text': 'Control-R (DC2) and Control-T (DC4)', 'answer_start': 647} |
99,555 | 99,213 | 5a57c040770dc0001aeefd4a | generic | The decidedly anti-Aristotelian and anti-clerical music theorist Vincenzo Galilei (ca. 1520–1591), father of Galileo and the inventor of monody, made use of the method in successfully solving musical problems, firstly, of tuning such as the relationship of pitch to string tension and mass in stringed instruments, and t... | Who wrote Music and Science in the age of Galileo? | {'text': 'Coelho', 'answer_start': 651} |
35,944 | 35,602 | 570af5b76b8089140040f630 | generic | The major settlements in the ceremonial county are concentrated on the Fylde coast (the Blackpool Urban Area), and a belt of towns running west-east along the M65: Preston, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Nelson and Colne. South of Preston are the towns of Leyland and Chorley; the three formed part of the Central Lanca... | Where are the major settlements in the ceremonial county located? | {'text': 'Fylde coast', 'answer_start': 71} |
95,184 | 94,842 | 572999673f37b319004784e2 | generic | As of the first decade of the 21st century, contemporary neoclassical architecture is usually classed under the umbrella term of New Classical Architecture. Sometimes it is also referred to as Neo-Historicism/Revivalism, Traditionalism or simply neoclassical architecture like the historical style. For sincere tradition... | What is another name for New Classical Architecture? | {'text': 'Neo-Historicism/Revivalism, Traditionalism', 'answer_start': 193} |
68,895 | 68,553 | 5726ffd8dd62a815002e9756 | generic | A large Russian assault on the allied supply base to the southeast, at Balaclava was rebuffed on 25 October 1854.:521–527 The Battle of Balaclava is remembered in the UK for the actions of two British units. At the start of the battle, a large body of Russian cavalry charged the 93rd Highlanders, who were posted north ... | Who did the Russians attack at the beginning off the Battle of Balaclava? | {'text': '93rd Highlanders', 'answer_start': 280} |
56,889 | 56,547 | 5726bc21f1498d1400e8e963 | generic | The Museo Soumaya, named after the wife of Mexican magnate Carlos Slim, has the largest private collection of original Rodin sculptures outside Paris. It also has a large collection of Dalí sculptures, and recently began showing pieces in its masters collection including El Greco, Velázquez, Picasso and Canaletto. The ... | What city houses the only collection of Rodin sculptures that is larger than the one in Mexico City? | {'text': 'Paris', 'answer_start': 144} |
307 | 307 | 138413 | pubqa | Seven people, some of them children, have been diagnosed with E.coli 0157 in a single village.
A further eight people who share the same private water supply are also being tested for the infection.
The water is shared by eight homes in Auchinclech, near Westhill in Aberdeenshire.
Two of the affected people were treate... | What is the location of the event?
| {'answer_id': 274979, 'document_id': 450703, 'question_id': 138413, 'text': 'Aberdeenshire', 'answer_start': 267, 'answer_category': 'SHORT'} |
95,500 | 95,158 | 5a552284134fea001a0e196f | generic | According to filings to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) by Thunder Bay Electronics (owner of CBC's Thunder Bay affiliate CKPR-DT) and Bell Media (owner of CBC affiliates CFTK-TV in Terrace and CJDC-TV in Dawson Creek),[citation needed] the CBC informed them that it will not extend... | CTV and CTV2 purchased Bell Media in 2012 for what sum? | {'text': '$3.38 billion', 'answer_start': 1091} |
51,257 | 50,915 | 5725ea4038643c19005ace75 | generic | The Greek kingdom of Bactria began as a breakaway satrapy of the Seleucid empire, which, because of the size of the empire, had significant freedom from central control. Between 255-246 BCE, the governor of Bactria, Sogdiana and Margiana (most of present-day Afghanistan), one Diodotus, took this process to its logical ... | Bactria was led by what king from 255-246 BCE? | {'text': 'Diodotus', 'answer_start': 277} |
128,285 | 127,943 | 5733abaed058e614000b5fdb | generic | Waitz was influential among the British ethnologists. In 1863 the explorer Richard Francis Burton and the speech therapist James Hunt broke away from the Ethnological Society of London to form the Anthropological Society of London, which henceforward would follow the path of the new anthropology rather than just ethnol... | In what year did Richard Francis Burton break away from the Ethnological Society of London? | {'text': '1863', 'answer_start': 57} |
128,997 | 128,655 | 57340645d058e614000b67f9 | generic | For the popular taste however, light music, particularly Ghazals and folk songs, which have an appeal of their own, the names of Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, Nur Jehan, Malika Pukhraj, Farida Khanum, Roshen Ara Begum, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are well-known. Folk songs and dances of the Punjab reflect a wide range of moo... | Who sings about the joy of living? | {'text': 'Luddi, Bhangra and Sammi', 'answer_start': 366} |
125,546 | 125,204 | 5732b89acc179a14009dac32 | generic | Others have pointed out that there were not enough of these loans made to cause a crisis of this magnitude. In an article in Portfolio Magazine, Michael Lewis spoke with one trader who noted that "There weren’t enough Americans with [bad] credit taking out [bad loans] to satisfy investors' appetite for the end product.... | What financial innovation enabled investment banks and hedge funds to make large wagers? | {'text': 'credit default swaps, collateralized debt obligations and synthetic CDOs.', 'answer_start': 516} |
97,859 | 97,517 | 5ace6e5f32bba1001ae4a693 | generic | There is disagreement whether madaris ever became universities. Scholars like Arnold H. Green and Seyyed Hossein Nasr have argued that starting in the 10th century, some medieval Islamic madaris indeed became universities. George Makdisi and others, however, argue that the European university has no parallel in the med... | Who agreed that European universities and Islamic madaris have very little in common? | {'text': 'George Makdisi', 'answer_start': 223} |
56,563 | 56,221 | 5726722df1498d1400e8dfee | generic | where is the maximum possible exposure that does not lead to a clipped or bloomed camera output. Typically, the lower limit of the saturation speed is determined by the sensor itself, but with the gain of the amplifier between the sensor and the analog-to-digital converter, the saturation speed can be increased. The f... | What does the sensor usually determine? | {'text': 'lower limit of the saturation speed', 'answer_start': 113} |
122,226 | 121,884 | 5732354ce17f3d140042272f | generic | The emperor Julian made a short-lived attempt to revive traditional and Hellenistic religion and to affirm the special status of Judaism, but in 380 under Theodosius I, Nicene Christianity became the official state religion of the Roman Empire. Pleas for religious tolerance from traditionalists such as the senator Symm... | What aspects of Roman religion influenced Christian forms? | {'text': 'ritual', 'answer_start': 550} |
78,116 | 77,774 | 5727c075ff5b5019007d945d | generic | Pāśupatas divided the created world into the insentient and the sentient. The insentient was the unconscious and thus dependent on the sentient or conscious. The insentient was further divided into effects and causes. The effects were of ten kinds, the earth, four elements and their qualities, colour etc. The causes we... | Into what parts did the Pasupatas divide the world? | {'text': 'insentient and the sentient', 'answer_start': 45} |
128,853 | 128,511 | 5733fee24776f41900661680 | generic | In the mid-fifteenth century, the religion of Sikhism was born. During the Mughal empire, many Hindus increasingly adopted Sikhism. These became a formidable military force against the Mughals and later against the Afghan Empire. After fighting Ahmad Shah Durrani in the later eighteenth century, the Sikhs took control ... | When did Ahmad fight at Balakot? | {'text': '1831', 'answer_start': 1246} |
75,301 | 74,959 | 57278c79dd62a815002ea00d | generic | International influences help to encourage legal actions to be taken in India, such as the Geneva Declaration of the Right of Children Act was passed in 1924. This act was followed by The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 to which incorporated the basic human rights and needs of children for proper progress... | What did the international acts do? | {'text': 'encouraged major changes to the workforce', 'answer_start': 384} |
110,529 | 110,187 | 572fd240a23a5019007fca40 | generic | A liberal foreign investment law was approved in June 1994, and a law on privatisation was adopted in 1997, as well as a program of state property privatisation. Continued progress will depend on the ability of the government to strengthen its macroeconomic management, including increasing revenue collection, improving... | To what does Armenia attribute it's high unemployment rate? | {'text': 'refugees from the Karabakh conflict', 'answer_start': 509} |
1,051 | 709 | 56d4f6e02ccc5a1400d8339e | generic | In 2005, Beyoncé teamed up with House of Brands, a shoe company, to produce a range of footwear for House of Deréon. In January 2008, Starwave Mobile launched Beyoncé Fashion Diva, a "high-style" mobile game with a social networking component, featuring the House of Deréon collection. In July 2009, Beyoncé and her moth... | What company did Beyoncé get together with in 2005 to add shoes to her fashions? | {'text': 'House of Brands', 'answer_start': 32} |
128,457 | 128,115 | 5733dc134776f4190066138e | generic | Feminist anthropology is a four field approach to anthropology (archeological, biological, cultural, linguistic) that seeks to reduce male bias in research findings, anthropological hiring practices, and the scholarly production of knowledge. Anthropology engages often with feminists from non-Western traditions, whose ... | What type of anthropology focuses on a political agenda rather than on contributing to science? | {'text': 'Feminist', 'answer_start': 0} |
80,055 | 79,713 | 5727bdeeff5b5019007d93f4 | generic | The design architecture of USB is asymmetrical in its topology, consisting of a host, a multitude of downstream USB ports, and multiple peripheral devices connected in a tiered-star topology. Additional USB hubs may be included in the tiers, allowing branching into a tree structure with up to five tier levels. A USB ho... | What hub is built into the host controller? | {'text': 'the root hub', 'answer_start': 611} |
11,410 | 11,068 | 56de61a3cffd8e1900b4b83c | generic | BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 Novem... | In what country is the BBC headquartered? | {'text': 'United Kingdom', 'answer_start': 112} |
9,221 | 8,879 | 56dde8ce66d3e219004dadd9 | generic | After the Peace of Westphalia, several border territories were assigned to the United Provinces. They were federally-governed Generality Lands (Generaliteitslanden). They were Staats-Brabant (present North Brabant), Staats-Vlaanderen (present Zeeuws-Vlaanderen), Staats-Limburg (around Maastricht) and Staats-Oppergelre ... | Several border territories were designated to the United Provinces after what? | {'text': 'the Peace of Westphalia', 'answer_start': 6} |
57,616 | 57,274 | 572952cb6aef051400154ce3 | generic | The native language of Germans is German, a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch, and sharing many similarities with the North Germanic and Scandinavian languages. Spoken by approximately 100 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and the most wide... | What languages is German related to? | {'text': 'English and Dutch', 'answer_start': 104} |
10,234 | 9,892 | 56ddf6ac4396321400ee2515 | generic | In addition to Old Persian and Avestan, which are the only directly attested Old Iranian languages, all Middle Iranian languages must have had a predecessor "Old Iranian" form of that language, and thus can all be said to have had an (at least hypothetical) "Old" form. Such hypothetical Old Iranian languages include Ca... | What language did Herodotus invent a name for? | {'text': 'Scythian', 'answer_start': 874} |
103,067 | 102,725 | 5731c899b9d445190005e549 | generic | After completing filming on Ready Player One, while it is in its lengthy, effects-heavy post-production, he will film his long-planned adaptation of David Kertzer's acclaimed The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara. The book follows the true story of a young Jewish boy in 1858 Italy who was secretly baptized by a family serv... | Where does 'The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara' take place? | {'text': 'Italy', 'answer_start': 272} |
41,830 | 41,488 | 5acebf2832bba1001ae4b29c | generic | After the war, though, the Continental Army was quickly given land certificates and disbanded in a reflection of the republican distrust of standing armies. State militias became the new nation's sole ground army, with the exception of a regiment to guard the Western Frontier and one battery of artillery guarding West ... | In what year was the the government of the United States established? | {'text': '1791', 'answer_start': 679} |
34,642 | 34,300 | 570a5c404103511400d59664 | generic | Social sciences often examine emotion for the role that it plays in human culture and social interactions. In sociology, emotions are examined for the role they play in human society, social patterns and interactions, and culture. In anthropology, the study of humanity, scholars use ethnography to undertake contextual ... | What field of study studies the organizational role of emotions? | {'text': 'communication sciences', 'answer_start': 484} |
110,695 | 110,353 | 572fbcc4947a6a140053cc0c | generic | Bacteria are further divided into lithotrophs that use inorganic electron donors and organotrophs that use organic compounds as electron donors. Chemotrophic organisms use the respective electron donors for energy conservation (by aerobic/anaerobic respiration or fermentation) and biosynthetic reactions (e.g., carbon d... | What do respiratory organisms use as electron donors? | {'text': 'chemical compounds', 'answer_start': 436} |
91,198 | 90,856 | 57295baf6aef051400154d61 | generic | Other developmental and reproductive variations include haplodiploidy, polymorphism, paedomorphosis or peramorphosis, sexual dimorphism, parthenogenesis and more rarely hermaphroditism.:143 In haplodiploidy, which is a type of sex-determination system, the offspring's sex is determined by the number of sets of chromoso... | The sex-determination system is found in which insects? | {'text': 'bees and wasps', 'answer_start': 374} |
58,817 | 58,475 | 57265386708984140094c282 | generic | Trade secret misappropriation is different from violations of other intellectual property laws, since by definition trade secrets are secret, while patents and registered copyrights and trademarks are publicly available. In the United States, trade secrets are protected under state law, and states have nearly universal... | Commonwealth common law regards trade secrets as what kind of right? | {'text': 'an equitable right', 'answer_start': 969} |
23,666 | 23,324 | 56f71a5e3d8e2e1400e3735a | generic | In 1934 the Zagreb Provincial Committee sent Tito to Vienna where all the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia had sought refuge. He was appointed to the Committee and started to appoint allies to him, among them Edvard Kardelj, Milovan Đilas, Aleksandar Ranković and Boris Kidrič. In 1935, Tito travel... | When was Tito sent to Vienna? | {'text': '1934', 'answer_start': 3} |
93,332 | 92,990 | 5a515229ce860b001aa3fd0c | 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 (... | Why did the Lander increase in power after 1933? | {'text': 'the Nazi Party seized power', 'answer_start': 6} |
58,160 | 57,818 | 572897fe2ca10214002da4a3 | generic | A few special additions enhance the language-learning experience. For example, BYU's International Cinema, featuring films in several languages, is the largest and longest-running university-run foreign film program in the country. As already noted, BYU also offers an intensive foreign language living experience, the F... | How many native speakers are in each apartment building in the Foreign Language Student Residence program? | {'text': 'at least one', 'answer_start': 506} |
126,329 | 125,987 | 5a81dffd31013a001a334f37 | generic | In 1808 Bavarian educational commissioner Friedrich Immanuel Niethammer coined the term Humanismus to describe the new classical curriculum he planned to offer in German secondary schools, and by 1836 the word "humanism" had been absorbed into the English language in this sense. The coinage gained universal acceptance ... | Who destroyed the term Humanismus? | {'text': 'Friedrich Immanuel Niethammer', 'answer_start': 42} |
92,298 | 91,956 | 5a7226910efcfe001a8afe65 | generic | In September 2003, retired four-star general Wesley Clark announced his intention to run in the presidential primary election for the Democratic Party nomination. His campaign focused on themes of leadership and patriotism; early campaign ads relied heavily on biography. His late start left him with relatively few deta... | In what year did Wesley Clark retire? | {'text': '2003', 'answer_start': 13} |
13,682 | 13,340 | 56dfc69b231d4119001abde8 | generic | There are nevertheless a number of contemporary hunter-gatherer peoples who, after contact with other societies, continue their ways of life with very little external influence. One such group is the Pila Nguru (Spinifex people) of Western Australia, whose habitat in the Great Victoria Desert has proved unsuitable for ... | Where do the Pila Nguru people live? | {'text': 'Western Australia', 'answer_start': 232} |
86,242 | 85,900 | 5728304b2ca10214002da02a | generic | What's New was announced at Gamescom 2009 and was released on September 1, 2009, with PlayStation 3 system software 3.0. The feature was to replace the existing [Information Board], which displayed news from the PlayStation website associated with the user's region. The concept was developed further into a major PlaySt... | What did What's New replace? | {'text': 'Information Board', 'answer_start': 162} |
129,450 | 129,108 | 5a83060be60761001a2eb30e | generic | Serological methods are highly sensitive, specific and often extremely rapid tests used to identify microorganisms. These tests are based upon the ability of an antibody to bind specifically to an antigen. The antigen, usually a protein or carbohydrate made by an infectious agent, is bound by the antibody. This binding... | What does the binding set off that will result in something invisible in various ways? | {'text': 'a chain of events', 'answer_start': 335} |
25,832 | 25,490 | 56f8bfeb9b226e1400dd0f27 | generic | Most of the space in the brain is taken up by axons, which are often bundled together in what are called nerve fiber tracts. A myelinated axon is wrapped in a fatty insulating sheath of myelin, which serves to greatly increase the speed of signal propagation. (There are also unmyelinated axons). Myelin is white, making... | Grey matter of the brain consist of lots of what? | {'text': 'neuron cell bodies', 'answer_start': 501} |
104,135 | 103,793 | 5acd8e4b07355d001abf470b | generic | Additionally, there are issues of connections between different electrical services, particularly connecting intercity lines with sections electrified for commuter traffic, but also between commuter lines built to different standards. This can cause electrification of certain connections to be very expensive simply bec... | What is often built to the same standards? | {'text': 'commuter lines', 'answer_start': 190} |
70,453 | 70,111 | 57294a001d0469140077925d | generic | The end of the war, however, was to cause profound change in Bermuda, though some of those changes would take decades to crystallise. Following the war, with the buildup of Naval and military forces in Bermuda, the primary leg of the Bermudian economy became defence infrastructure. Even after tourism began later in the... | How does the British crown view Bermuda? | {'text': 'a base more than a colony', 'answer_start': 376} |
90,610 | 90,268 | 5ad16f83645df0001a2d1b38 | generic | Beside the introduction of the lute to Spain (Andalusia) by the Moors, another important point of transfer of the lute from Arabian to European culture was Sicily, where it was brought either by Byzantine or later by Muslim musicians. There were singer-lutenists at the court in Palermo following the Norman conquest of ... | Who did Spain introduce the lute to? | {'text': 'Moors', 'answer_start': 64} |
65,727 | 65,385 | 5726a213f1498d1400e8e572 | generic | John Locke in particular exemplified this new age of political theory with his work Two Treatises of Government. In it Locke proposes a state of nature theory that directly complements his conception of how political development occurs and how it can be founded through contractual obligation. Locke stood to refute Sir ... | Who was responsible for the work Two Treatises of Government? | {'text': 'John Locke', 'answer_start': 0} |
25,068 | 24,726 | 56f88b90aef2371900626169 | generic |
A gene is a locus (or region) of DNA that encodes a functional RNA or protein product, and is the molecular unit of heredity.:Glossary The transmission of genes to an organism's offspring is the basis of the inheritance of phenotypic traits. Most biological traits are under the influence of polygenes (many different g... | What is one instantly visible genetic trait? | {'text': 'eye colour or number of limbs', 'answer_start': 423} |
90,020 | 89,678 | 5ad4109c604f3c001a4001bb | generic | Built around 1915, the Alaska Railroad (ARR) played a key role in the development of Alaska through the 20th century. It links north Pacific shipping through providing critical infrastructure with tracks that run from Seward to Interior Alaska by way of South Central Alaska, passing through Anchorage, Eklutna, Wasilla,... | What year was the Alaska Railroad destroyed? | {'text': 'around 1915', 'answer_start': 6} |
111,205 | 110,863 | 5ad26fb8d7d075001a429439 | generic | The Greeks of classical antiquity idealized their Mycenaean ancestors and the Mycenaean period as a glorious era of heroes, closeness of the gods and material wealth. The Homeric Epics (i.e. Iliad and Odyssey) were especially and generally accepted as part of the Greek past and it was not until the 19th century that sc... | Who wasn't the author of these tales ? | {'text': 'Homer', 'answer_start': 345} |
13,233 | 12,891 | 56df33ca8bc80c19004e497e | generic | Oklahoma City is on the I-35 Corridor and is one of the primary travel corridors into neighboring Texas and Mexico. Located in the Frontier Country region of the state, the city's northeast section lies in an ecological region known as the Cross Timbers. The city was founded during the Land Run of 1889, and grew to a p... | When was the Oklahoma City bombing? | {'text': '1995', 'answer_start': 415} |
45,397 | 45,055 | 5ad3f803604f3c001a3ffa4b | generic | Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, a state prisoner is ordinarily only allowed one suit for habeas corpus in federal court. If the federal courts refuse to issue a writ of habeas corpus, an execution date may be set. In recent times, however, prisoners have postponed execution through a fi... | In what year was the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act rejected? | {'text': '1996', 'answer_start': 59} |
102,789 | 102,447 | 57318ca7497a88190024901b | generic | While still a student, he was offered a small unpaid intern job at Universal Studios with the editing department. He was later given the opportunity to make a short film for theatrical release, the 26-minute, 35mm, Amblin', which he wrote and directed. Studio vice president Sidney Sheinberg was impressed by the film, w... | How long was 'Amblin'? | {'text': '26-minute', 'answer_start': 198} |
75,319 | 74,977 | 5727965f708984140094e198 | generic | In 1999, ILO helped lead the Worst Forms Convention 182 (C182), which has so far been signed upon and domestically ratified by 151 countries including the United States. This international law prohibits worst forms of child labour, defined as all forms of slavery and slavery-like practices, such as child trafficking, d... | What types of child labour does this prohibit? | {'text': 'all forms of slavery', 'answer_start': 243} |
28,054 | 27,712 | 56fb7490b28b3419009f1d61 | generic | Missionary efforts to Scandinavia during the 9th and 10th centuries helped strengthen the growth of kingdoms such as Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, which gained power and territory. Some kings converted to Christianity, although not all by 1000. Scandinavians also expanded and colonised throughout Europe. Besides the set... | Along with Iceland, Normandy, Ireland and England, what other area did Scandinavians colonize during this period? | {'text': 'Russia', 'answer_start': 409} |
57,767 | 57,425 | 5726476ddd62a815002e804c | generic | Homo sapiens reached the region by around 45,000 years ago, having moved eastwards from the Indian subcontinent. Homo floresiensis also lived in the area up until 12,000 years ago, when they became extinct. Austronesian people, who form the majority of the modern population in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, East Timor, a... | When did the Austronesian people arrive in indonesia? | {'text': '2000 BC', 'answer_start': 422} |
69,460 | 69,118 | 5a7e43ed70df9f001a875660 | generic | In ancient India, literature originated from stories that were originally orally transmitted. Early genres included drama, fables, sutras and epic poetry. Sanskrit literature begins with the Vedas, dating back to 1500–1000 BCE, and continues with the Sanskrit Epics of Iron Age India. The Vedas are among the oldest sacr... | What did the period between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC see? | {'text': 'the composition and redaction of the two most influential Indian epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana', 'answer_start': 674} |
75,476 | 75,134 | 57277607f1498d1400e8f8bc | generic | After 1800, cotton and tobacco became important export crops. The eastern half of the state, especially the Tidewater region, developed a slave society based on a plantation system and slave labor. Many free people of color migrated to the frontier along with their European-American neighbors, where the social system w... | What region of North Carolina used slave labor and developed a slave society? | {'text': 'the Tidewater region', 'answer_start': 104} |
107,228 | 106,886 | 572faff7b2c2fd1400568352 | 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 purpose of a junction forward voltage? | {'text': 'to make the base conduct a specified current', 'answer_start': 99} |
108,959 | 108,617 | 5a2d6060f28ef0001a526511 | generic | The Santa Monica Freeway (Interstate 10) begins in Santa Monica near the Pacific Ocean and heads east. The Santa Monica Freeway between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles has the distinction of being one of the busiest highways in all of North America. After traversing Los Angeles County, I-10 crosses seven more sta... | On what street does State Route 1 originate? | {'text': 'Sepulveda Boulevard', 'answer_start': 893} |
116,192 | 115,850 | 5ad4a2a9ba00c4001a268e9f | generic | The upgrade addressed a number of criticisms faced by Windows 8 upon its release, with additional customization options for the Start screen, the restoration of a visible Start button on the desktop, the ability to snap up to four apps on a single display, and the ability to boot to the desktop instead of the Start scr... | What main feature was taken away from the desktop? | {'text': 'a visible Start button', 'answer_start': 161} |
22,800 | 22,458 | 5ad4c4915b96ef001a109fdc | generic | Note: Besides ethnic groups, Slavs often identify themselves with the local geographical region in which they live. Some of the major regional South Slavic groups include: Zagorci in northern Croatia, Istrijani in westernmost Croatia, Dalmatinci in southern Croatia, Boduli in Adriatic islands, Vlaji in hinterland of Da... | What are the names of the cities in the north Bulgarian region? | {'text': 'Warmia and Mazuria', 'answer_start': 1151} |
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