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72,762 | 72,420 | 5a73746653a187001ae631db | generic | Following a tentative agreement on by December 1, on December 3, 2009, the parties announced that Comcast would buy a controlling 51% stake in NBCUniversal for $6.5 billion in cash and $7.3 billion in programming. GE would take over the remaining 49% stake in NBCUniversal, using $5.8 billion to buy out Vivendi's 20% mi... | How much did Comcast pay to Vivendi? | {'text': '$5.8 billion', 'answer_start': 280} |
74,102 | 73,760 | 572785725951b619008f8c3e | generic | New Haven is a predominantly Roman Catholic city, as the city's Dominican, Irish, Italian, Mexican, Ecuadorian, and Puerto Rican populations are overwhelmingly Catholic. The city is part of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Jews also make up a considerable portion of the population, as do Black Baptists. There is a growing ... | With what religious movement do many Puerto Ricans in New Haven associate? | {'text': 'Pentecostals', 'answer_start': 352} |
12,192 | 11,850 | 56df81045ca0a614008f9b98 | generic | The Roland Levinsky building, the landmark building of the University of Plymouth, is located in the city's central quarter. Designed by leading architect Henning Larsen, the building was opened in 2008 and houses the University's Arts faculty. It has been consistently considered one of the UK's most beautiful universi... | What academic discipline at the university is based in the Roland Levinsky building? | {'text': 'Arts', 'answer_start': 231} |
83,055 | 82,713 | 57280996ff5b5019007d9b88 | generic | Politics & Policy was founded at Northwestern and is dedicated to the analysis of current events and public policy. Begun in 2010 by students in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communication, and Medill School of Journalism, the organization reaches students on more than 250 college campuses around... | How often is Politics & Policy published? | {'text': 'several times a week', 'answer_start': 392} |
4,529 | 4,187 | 56d10f6117492d1400aab86c | generic | In soccer, New York City is represented by New York City FC of Major League Soccer, who play their home games at Yankee Stadium. The New York Red Bulls play their home games at Red Bull Arena in nearby Harrison, New Jersey. Historically, the city is known for the New York Cosmos, the highly successful former profession... | What Major League Soccer franchise is based in New York? | {'text': 'New York City FC', 'answer_start': 43} |
44,435 | 44,093 | 5ad365a7604f3c001a3fe03e | generic | In 1956, the British and French prime ministers, Sir Anthony Eden and Guy Mollet, discussed the possibility of France joining the Commonwealth. The proposal was never accepted and the following year France signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union.... | In what year did Guy Mollet become the French prime minister? | {'text': '1956', 'answer_start': 3} |
118,193 | 117,851 | 5731036405b4da19006bccde | generic | The report "Mary: Faith and Hope in Christ", by the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, concluded that the teaching about Mary in the two definitions of the Assumption and the Immaculate Conception can be said to be consonant with the teaching of the Scriptures and the ancient common traditions. But the r... | What type of interpretation did the group believe was of concern in regard to Mary ? | {'text': 'The question arises for Anglicans, however, as to whether these doctrines concerning Mary are revealed by God in a way which must be held', 'answer_start': 456} |
86,669 | 86,327 | 572aaca8be1ee31400cb8144 | generic | Independently of the method used to signify royal assent, it is the responsibility of the Clerk of the Parliaments, once the assent has been duly notified to both houses, not only to endorse the act in the name of the monarch with the formal Norman French formula, but to certify that assent has been granted. The clerk ... | What is omitted when an act is published? | {'text': 'signature of the clerk is omitted, as is the Norman French formula', 'answer_start': 500} |
59,821 | 59,479 | 5a7ccaf7e8bc7e001a9e202f | generic | Since the Protestant Reformation, the most prominent Christian denomination in Thuringia has been Lutheranism. During the GDR period, church membership was discouraged and has continued shrinking since the reunification in 1990. Today over two thirds of the population is non-religious. The Protestant Evangelical Church... | Which church in the state has the smallest amount of members? | {'text': 'The Protestant Evangelical Church in Germany', 'answer_start': 287} |
110,684 | 110,342 | 572fb921947a6a140053cbde | generic | Bacteria exhibit an extremely wide variety of metabolic types. The distribution of metabolic traits within a group of bacteria has traditionally been used to define their taxonomy, but these traits often do not correspond with modern genetic classifications. Bacterial metabolism is classified into nutritional groups on... | What is commonly used to determine taxonomy of bacteria? | {'text': 'The distribution of metabolic traits', 'answer_start': 63} |
23,470 | 23,128 | 56f7451fa6d7ea1400e17123 | generic | Treaties are not necessarily permanently binding upon the signatory parties. As obligations in international law are traditionally viewed as arising only from the consent of states, many treaties expressly allow a state to withdraw as long as it follows certain procedures of notification. For example, the Single Conven... | What is the only barrier to withdrawal contained in many treaties? | {'text': 'procedures of notification', 'answer_start': 262} |
61,169 | 60,827 | 57266a39dd62a815002e842d | generic | In 1966, Tony married the family's housekeeper Joan Gustafson; they had two children, Jennifer (born 1967) and Mario (born 1968). At this point, Madonna started to resent him for decades, and developed a rebellious attitude. She attended St. Frederick's and St. Andrew's Catholic Elementary Schools, and West Middle Scho... | What is the name of the middle school that Madonna attended? | {'text': 'West Middle School', 'answer_start': 304} |
9,941 | 9,599 | 5ad2ef2b604f3c001a3fd9f8 | generic | In 1630, Pope Urban VIII decreed their title to be Eminence (previously, it had been "illustrissimo" and "reverendissimo") and decreed that their secular rank would equate to Prince, making them secondary only to the Pope and crowned monarchs. | What did was the title of the pope before 1630? | {'text': 'previously, it had been "illustrissimo" and "reverendissimo"', 'answer_start': 61} |
61,845 | 61,503 | 572690725951b619008f76bc | generic | The Bronze Age arrived circa 1500 BC when people in the region were turning copper into bronze, growing rice and domesticating poultry and pigs; they were among the first people in the world to do so. Human remains and artifacts from this era were discovered in Monywa District in the Sagaing Division. The Iron Age bega... | When did the Age of Iron begin? | {'text': 'The Iron Age began around 500 BC', 'answer_start': 303} |
124,137 | 123,795 | 5a53cdfbbdaabd001a38673c | generic | Eric P. Hamp in his 2012 Indo-European family tree, groups the Armenian language along with Greek and Ancient Macedonian ("Helleno-Macedonian") in the Pontic Indo-European (also called Helleno-Armenian) subgroup. In Hamp's view the homeland of this subgroup is the northeast coast of the Black Sea and its hinterlands. H... | Where do Batumi languages originate? | {'text': 'the northeast coast of the Black Sea and its hinterlands', 'answer_start': 261} |
18,062 | 17,720 | 5ad13ae0645df0001a2d12e9 | generic | In 2006, after almost 80 years, NBC Universal sold all Walt Disney-produced Oswald cartoons, along with the rights to the character himself, back to Disney. In return, Disney released ABC sportscaster Al Michaels from his contract so he could work on NBC's Sunday night NFL football package. However, Universal retained ... | What did Universal retain ownership of from 1923 to 1949? | {'text': 'Oswald cartoons produced for them by Walter Lantz', 'answer_start': 333} |
39,104 | 38,762 | 5ad3ac00604f3c001a3feba1 | generic | The FBI has maintained files on numerous people, including celebrities such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, John Lennon, Jane Fonda, Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, the band MC5, Lou Costello, Sonny Bono, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, and Mickey Mantle. The files were collected for various reasons. Some of t... | Who has the FBI never maintained a file on? | {'text': 'Elvis Presley', 'answer_start': 79} |
125,664 | 125,322 | 57335128d058e614000b584d | generic | Another example relates to AIG, which insured obligations of various financial institutions through the usage of credit default swaps. The basic CDS transaction involved AIG receiving a premium in exchange for a promise to pay money to party A in the event party B defaulted. However, AIG did not have the financial stre... | How much money did taxpayers provide in government support to AIG during 2008 and early 2009? | {'text': 'over $180 billion', 'answer_start': 466} |
72,518 | 72,176 | 5a35ca66788daf001a5f8673 | generic | The permanent snow cover necessary for glacier formation is affected by factors such as the degree of slope on the land, amount of snowfall and the winds. Glaciers can be found in all latitudes except from 20° to 27° north and south of the equator where the presence of the descending limb of the Hadley circulation lowe... | At what latitudes does low percipitation lead to permanent snow? | {'text': '19˚N and 19˚S,', 'answer_start': 423} |
64,575 | 64,233 | 5ad02ce877cf76001a686cce | generic | At the end of the Late Middle Ages, professional actors began to appear in England and Europe. Richard III and Henry VII both maintained small companies of professional actors. Their plays were performed in the Great Hall of a nobleman's residence, often with a raised platform at one end for the audience and a "screen"... | Which Early Middle Age English kings kept their own troupes of professional actors? | {'text': 'Richard III and Henry VII', 'answer_start': 95} |
127,945 | 127,603 | 5aceeeed32bba1001ae4b954 | generic | Public education in Tajikistan consists of 11 years of primary and secondary education but the government has plans to implement a 12-year system in 2016. There is a relatively large number of tertiary education institutions including Khujand State University which has 76 departments in 15 faculties, Tajikistan State U... | As of 2018, tertiary education enrollment was what percent? | {'text': '17', 'answer_start': 615} |
75,602 | 75,260 | 5727a28c3acd2414000de871 | generic | According to a Forbes article written in 2013 Employment in the "Old North State" has gained many different industry sectors. See the following article summary: science, technology, energy and math, or STEM, industries in the area surrounding North Carolina's capital have grown 17.9 percent since 2001, placing Raleigh-... | What is the Nickname given to North Carolina? | {'text': 'Old North State', 'answer_start': 65} |
917 | 575 | 56bec94f3aeaaa14008c9450 | generic | In The New Yorker music critic Jody Rosen described Beyoncé as "the most important and compelling popular musician of the twenty-first century..... the result, the logical end point, of a century-plus of pop." When The Guardian named her Artist of the Decade, Llewyn-Smith wrote, "Why Beyoncé? [...] Because she made not... | Whats the first year that Beyonce appear on the Time 100 list? | {'text': '2013', 'answer_start': 700} |
84,425 | 84,083 | 572826daff5b5019007d9e17 | generic | Nasser played a significant part in the strengthening of African solidarity in the late 1950s and early 1960s, although his continental leadership role had increasingly passed to Algeria since 1962. During this period, Nasser made Egypt a refuge for anti-colonial leaders from several African countries and allowed the b... | What African group did Nasser help to form? | {'text': 'Organisation of African Unity', 'answer_start': 488} |
29,877 | 29,535 | 57063ba175f01819005e7aa3 | generic | According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 17.037 square miles (44.125 km2), including 10.747 square miles (27.835 km2) of land and 6.290 square miles (16.290 km2) of water (36.92%). | What is the area of land? | {'text': '10.747 square miles', 'answer_start': 119} |
78,824 | 78,482 | 5ad24fedd7d075001a428c9c | generic | The province of France has produced a large number of preachers. The conferences of Notre-Dame-de-Paris were inaugurated by Père Lacordaire. The Dominicans of the province of France furnished Lacordaire (1835–1836, 1843–1851), Jacques Monsabré (1869–1870, 1872–1890), Joseph Ollivier (1871, 1897), Thomas Etourneau (1898... | What is the name of another English Benedictine friar during this time? | {'text': 'Thomas Etourneau', 'answer_start': 298} |
19,288 | 18,946 | 56e74de737bdd419002c3e4a | generic | The history of time in the United States includes DST during both world wars, but no standardization of peacetime DST until 1966. In May 1965, for two weeks, St. Paul, Minnesota and Minneapolis, Minnesota were on different times, when the capital city decided to join most of the nation by starting Daylight Saving Time ... | What year was the extension to U.S. daylight savings proposed by the DST Coalition? | {'text': '1987', 'answer_start': 535} |
97,790 | 97,448 | 572a6788fed8de19000d5bf7 | generic | At the beginning of the Caliphate or Islamic Empire, the reliance on courts initially confined sponsorship and scholarly activities to major centres. Within several centuries, the development of Muslim educational institutions such as the madrasah and masjid eventually introduced such activities to provincial towns and... | What schools had the biggest impact on the rising literacy rates in the Caliphate? | {'text': 'maktab and madrasa institutions', 'answer_start': 1043} |
570 | 228 | 56be99b53aeaaa14008c9141 | generic | In 2011, documents obtained by WikiLeaks revealed that Beyoncé was one of many entertainers who performed for the family of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Rolling Stone reported that the music industry was urging them to return the money they earned for the concerts; a spokesperson for Beyoncé later confirmed to The Huf... | Which organization did Beyonce's spokespeople confirm her donations to? | {'text': 'The Huffington Post', 'answer_start': 313} |
116,136 | 115,794 | 5ad4a0cbba00c4001a268e56 | generic | Windows 8 surpassed Windows Vista in market share with a 5.1% usage rate according to numbers posted in July 2013 by Net Applications, with usage on a steady upward trajectory. However, intake of Windows 8 still lags behind that of Windows Vista and Windows 7 at the same point in their release cycles. Windows 8's table... | What percent of tablets were running Windows in Q1 2012? | {'text': '7.4%', 'answer_start': 372} |
36,182 | 35,840 | 5a1f24463de3f40018b26519 | generic | It was only in the 1980s that digital telephony transmission networks became possible, such as with ISDN networks, assuring a minimum bit rate (usually 128 kilobits/s) for compressed video and audio transmission. During this time, there was also research into other forms of digital video and audio communication. Many o... | In November, 1984, what else was being researched? | {'text': 'other forms of digital video and audio communication', 'answer_start': 260} |
102,020 | 101,678 | 57316b98e6313a140071cf27 | generic | In 1977, Gaddafi dissolved the Republic and created a new socialist state, the Jamahiriya ("state of the masses"). Officially adopting a symbolic role in governance, he retained power as military commander-in-chief and head of the Revolutionary Committees responsible for policing and suppressing opponents. Overseeing u... | What terrorist bombing was Gaddafi's Libya supposedly involved in? | {'text': 'Lockerbie', 'answer_start': 445} |
91,051 | 90,709 | 572913d3af94a219006aa041 | generic | The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections. Pliny the Elder intr... | Insect means to have a notched or divided what? | {'text': 'body', 'answer_start': 89} |
47,574 | 47,232 | 5ad29c2ed7d075001a429bee | generic | After the American Revolutionary War, the number and proportion of free people of color increased markedly in the North and the South as slaves were freed. Most northern states abolished slavery, sometimes, like New York, in programs of gradual emancipation that took more than two decades to be completed. The last slav... | When were the first slaves in New York freed? | {'text': '1827', 'answer_start': 356} |
72,567 | 72,225 | 5a35d653788daf001a5f86a2 | generic | Some rock formations in the path of a glacier are sculpted into small hills called roche moutonnée, or "sheepback" rock. Roche moutonnée are elongated, rounded, and asymmetrical bedrock knobs that can be produced by glacier erosion. They range in length from less than a meter to several hundred meters long. Roche mouto... | What are steep on their upside and and gentle on their down side? | {'text': '. Roche moutonnée', 'answer_start': 307} |
63,185 | 62,843 | 5726baf5f1498d1400e8e92c | generic | On 6 February 2015, it was announced that Judge Richard Marks is to be replaced by Judge Charles Wide at the retrial. Two days earlier, Marks had emailed counsel for the defendants telling them: "It has been decided (not by me but by my elders and betters) that I am not going to be doing the retrial". Reporting the dec... | Who was appointed presiding judge over the retrial in 2015? | {'text': 'Charles Wide', 'answer_start': 89} |
105,141 | 104,799 | 572ff89f04bcaa1900d76f72 | generic | On 15 September the Luftwaffe made two large daylight attacks on London along the Thames Estuary, targeting the docks and rail communications in the city. Its hope was to destroy its targets and draw the RAF into defending them, allowing the Luftwaffe to destroy their fighters in large numbers, thereby achieving an air... | What was this air battle called? | {'text': 'Battle of Britain Day', 'answer_start': 539} |
46,646 | 46,304 | 5aceb35532bba1001ae4b0c1 | generic | Rufinus relates a story that as Bishop Alexander stood by a window, he watched boys playing on the seashore below, imitating the ritual of Christian baptism. He sent for the children and discovered that one of the boys (Athanasius) had acted as bishop. After questioning Athanasius, Bishop Alexander informed him that th... | What school did the Bishop suggest for Athanasius? | {'text': 'clerical', 'answer_start': 636} |
19,610 | 19,268 | 5a78c075b73996001af5b067 | generic | The British Architectural Library, sometimes referred to as the RIBA Library, was established in 1834 upon the founding of the institute with donations from members. Now, with over four million items, it is one of the three largest architectural libraries in the world and the largest in Europe. Some items from the coll... | What is a prohibited name for the Royal Institute Library? | {'text': 'The British Architectural Library', 'answer_start': 0} |
52,113 | 51,771 | 57265c265951b619008f7090 | generic | Both intensive and free-range farming have animal welfare concerns. In intensive systems, cannibalism, feather pecking and vent pecking can be common, with some farmers using beak trimming as a preventative measure. Diseases can also be common and spread rapidly through the flock. In extensive systems, the birds are ex... | How is the spread of the avian flu related to the conditions in which chickens are kept? | {'text': 'In Southeast Asia, a lack of disease control in free-range farming has been associated with outbreaks of avian influenza.', 'answer_start': 482} |
125,007 | 124,665 | 573260b5e17f3d140042290f | generic | As the 1954 congressional elections approached, and it became evident that the Republicans were in danger of losing their thin majority in both houses, Eisenhower was among those blaming the Old Guard for the losses, and took up the charge to stop suspected efforts by the right wing to take control of the GOP. Eisenhow... | Prior to the 1954 elections, who had majorities in Congress? | {'text': 'Republicans', 'answer_start': 79} |
94,090 | 93,748 | 5ad12ac6645df0001a2d1054 | generic | Nearly all the gasoline sold in the United States today is mixed with 10 percent ethanol, a mix known as E10, and motor vehicle manufacturers already produce vehicles designed to run on much higher ethanol blends. Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and GM are among the automobile companies that sell flexible-fuel cars, trucks, and... | What was the Energy Policy Act of 2004? | {'text': '7.5 billion US gallons (28,000,000 m3) of biofuels to be used annually', 'answer_start': 587} |
53,535 | 53,193 | 57261351ec44d21400f3d893 | generic | Arsenal have often been stereotyped as a defensive and "boring" side, especially during the 1970s and 1980s; many comedians, such as Eric Morecambe, made jokes about this at the team's expense. The theme was repeated in the 1997 film The Full Monty, in a scene where the lead actors move in a line and raise their hands,... | What film featured a Arsenal play in derogatory way? | {'text': 'The Full Monty', 'answer_start': 234} |
14,026 | 13,684 | 56e098f17aa994140058e611 | generic | The RSFSR was established on November 7, 1917 (October Revolution) as a sovereign state. The first Constitution was adopted in 1918. In 1922 the Russian SFSR signed the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR. | In what year was the Constitution adopted? | {'text': '1918', 'answer_start': 127} |
25,613 | 25,271 | 56f8ad589e9bad19000a02d5 | generic | East 2nd Street begins just North of East Houston Street at Avenue C and also continues to Bowery. The East end of East 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th Streets is Avenue D, with East 6th Street continuing further Eastward and connecting to FDR Drive. | Which Avenue is the starting location for East 2nd Street? | {'text': 'C', 'answer_start': 67} |
79,768 | 79,426 | 5a5d72bf5e8782001a9d5f26 | generic | The Cork Suburban Rail system also departs from Kent Station and provides connections to parts of Metropolitan Cork. Stations include Little Island, Mallow, Midleton, Fota and Cobh. In July 2009 the Glounthaune to Midleton line was reopened, with new stations at Carrigtwohill and Midleton (with future stations planned ... | What Railway station serves the Northern Suburbs? | {'text': 'Kilbarry Railway Station', 'answer_start': 442} |
89,765 | 89,423 | 57285c163acd2414000df955 | generic | Also referred to as the Panhandle or Inside Passage, this is the region of Alaska closest to the rest of the United States. As such, this was where most of the initial non-indigenous settlement occurred in the years following the Alaska Purchase. The region is dominated by the Alexander Archipelago as well as the Tonga... | What is the area closest to the continental US called? | {'text': 'Panhandle or Inside Passage', 'answer_start': 24} |
52,691 | 52,349 | 5726252189a1e219009ac35e | generic | The palace, like Windsor Castle, is owned by the Crown Estate. It is not the monarch's personal property, unlike Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle. Many of the contents from Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace, and St James's Palace are part of the Royal Collection, held in trust by the Sovereign; ... | Since when have the palaces rooms been opened to the public? | {'text': 'since 1993', 'answer_start': 757} |
67,753 | 67,411 | 57279eac3acd2414000de80a | generic | Switzerland's most important economic sector is manufacturing. Manufacturing consists largely of the production of specialist chemicals, health and pharmaceutical goods, scientific and precision measuring instruments and musical instruments. The largest exported goods are chemicals (34% of exported goods), machines/ele... | What accounts for 16.9% of Switzerland's exported goods? | {'text': 'precision instruments/watches', 'answer_start': 342} |
5,232 | 4,890 | 56d10fb217492d1400aab879 | generic | In June 2013, West and television personality Kim Kardashian announced the birth of their first child, North. In October 2013, the couple announced their engagement to widespread media attention. November 2013, West stated that he was beginning work on his next studio album, hoping to release it by mid-2014, with produ... | What musician joined Kanye West on the song "Only One"? | {'text': 'Paul McCartney', 'answer_start': 675} |
95,989 | 95,647 | 5729cdaa3f37b31900478572 | generic | On September 21, 1953, Thomas Watson, Jr., the company's president at the time, sent out a controversial letter to all IBM employees stating that IBM needed to hire the best people, regardless of their race, ethnic origin, or gender. He also publicized the policy so that in his negotiations to build new manufacturing p... | IBM publicized its hiring policy to help negotiations in two states where in the U.S.? | {'text': 'the U.S. South', 'answer_start': 362} |
14,211 | 13,869 | 5ace081c32bba1001ae499cb | generic | On March 17, 1991, an all-Russian referendum created the post of President of the RSFSR. On June 12, Boris Yeltsin was elected President of Russia by popular vote. During an unsuccessful coup attempt on August 19–21, 1991 in Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union and Russia, President of Russia Yeltsin strongly suppor... | During what period was there an attempted coup in Kiev? | {'text': 'August 19–21, 1991', 'answer_start': 203} |
30,257 | 29,915 | 570640a275f01819005e7ac6 | generic | A sample rate of 44.1 kHz is almost always used, because this is also used for CD audio, the main source used for creating MP3 files. A greater variety of bit rates are used on the Internet. The rate of 128 kbit/s is commonly used, at a compression ratio of 11:1, offering adequate audio quality in a relatively small sp... | What sampling rate is used for CD audio? | {'text': '44.1 kHz', 'answer_start': 17} |
35,595 | 35,253 | 5acd738407355d001abf42fc | generic | In December 2009, then Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma said at his maiden navy week press conference that concepts currently being examined by the Directorate of Naval Design for the second indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC-2), are for a conventionally powered carrier displacing over 50,000 tons and equippe... | What does MEALS stand for? | {'text': 'Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System', 'answer_start': 652} |
22,164 | 21,822 | 56eab6970030b61400a3505b | generic | In the 1990s, initiatives were taken at an international level (in particular by the European Community, the Council of Europe, the OECD) to put a ban on corruption: in 1996, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, for instance, adopted a comprehensive Programme of Action against Corruption and, subsequent... | What decade saw international initiatives to combat corruption? | {'text': '1990s', 'answer_start': 7} |
110,130 | 109,788 | 573427834776f4190066199d | generic | On Sentinel Peak (also known as "'A' Mountain"), just west of downtown, there is a giant "A" in honor of the University of Arizona. Starting in about 1916, a yearly tradition developed for freshmen to whitewash the "A", which was visible for miles. However, at the beginning of the Iraq War, anti-war activists painted i... | What color did college freshmen paint the A? | {'text': 'white', 'answer_start': 201} |
70,532 | 70,190 | 572950c96aef051400154cbc | generic | This is a socio-economic bloc of nations in or near the Caribbean Sea. Other outlying member states include the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and the Republic of Suriname in South America, along with Belize in Central America. The Turks and Caicos Islands, an associate member of CARICOM, and the Commonwealth of The B... | Who has "observer status" to CARICOM? | {'text': 'US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico', 'answer_start': 496} |
116,026 | 115,684 | 5ad49c78ba00c4001a268da4 | generic | Microsoft released minimum hardware requirements for tablet and laplet devices to be "certified" for Windows 8, and defined a convertible form factor as a standalone device that combines the PC, display and rechargeable power source with a mechanically attached keyboard and pointing device in a single chassis. A conver... | What didn't Microsoft change the tablet resolution requirements on March 12, 2013? | {'text': '1024×768', 'answer_start': 600} |
68,798 | 68,456 | 5726c641708984140094d123 | generic | The immediate chain of events leading to France and the United Kingdom declaring war on Russia on 27 and 28 March 1854 came from the ambition of the French emperor Napoleon III to restore the grandeur of France. He wanted Catholic support that would come his way if he attacked Eastern Orthodoxy, as sponsored by Russia.... | Who demanded protection for Roman Catholic rights in sacred places in Palestine? | {'text': 'Charles de La Valette', 'answer_start': 337} |
122,564 | 122,222 | 5731b311b9d445190005e46e | generic | Jefferson's metaphor of a wall of separation has been cited repeatedly by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Reynolds v. United States (1879) the Court wrote that Jefferson's comments "may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the [First] Amendment." In Everson v. Board of Education (194... | What did the Court write about Jefferson's comments as it related to the scope and effect of the First Amendment? | {'text': 'authoritative declaration', 'answer_start': 206} |
117,275 | 116,933 | 5a42a5a04a4859001aac726c | generic | On August 23, 1991,[a] Nintendo released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, a redesigned version of the Super Famicom, in North America for US$199. The SNES was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland in April 1992 for GB£150, with a German release following a few weeks later. Most of the PAL region versions o... | How much did the Super Famicom cost in Germany? | {'text': '$199', 'answer_start': 148} |
72,374 | 72,032 | 5a11132706e79900185c352e | generic | In 2011, Bandai posted a countdown on a teaser site. Once the countdown was finished, it revealed a reboot of the Digimon World series titled Digimon World Re:Digitize. An enhanced version of the game released on Nintendo 3DS as Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode in 2013. Another role-playing game by the name Digimon Sto... | What revealed a real release of the Digimon series? | {'text': 'countdown', 'answer_start': 25} |
111,585 | 111,243 | 5ad2a11fd7d075001a429cbe | generic | The history of the Greek people is closely associated with the history of Greece, Cyprus, Constantinople, Asia Minor and the Black Sea. During the Ottoman rule of Greece, a number of Greek enclaves around the Mediterranean were cut off from the core, notably in Southern Italy, the Caucasus, Syria and Egypt. By the earl... | During what period of domination were many Greeks able to interact with it's central location | {'text': 'Ottoman rule of Greece', 'answer_start': 147} |
5,741 | 5,399 | 56d1e3efe7d4791d00902344 | generic | Suffering (Pāli: दुक्ख dukkha; Sanskrit दुःख duḥkha) is also a central concept in Buddhism. The word roughly corresponds to a number of terms in English including suffering, pain, unsatisfactoriness, sorrow, affliction, anxiety, dissatisfaction, discomfort, anguish, stress, misery, and frustration. Although the term is... | The philosophical meaning of suffering is close what term? | {'text': 'disquietude', 'answer_start': 402} |
33,418 | 33,076 | 5709d15f4103511400d59464 | generic | The Platyzoa include the phylum Platyhelminthes, the flatworms. These were originally considered some of the most primitive Bilateria, but it now appears they developed from more complex ancestors. A number of parasites are included in this group, such as the flukes and tapeworms. Flatworms are acoelomates, lacking a b... | What is another name for flatworm? | {'text': 'Platyhelminthes', 'answer_start': 32} |
87,959 | 87,617 | 5acf9e6477cf76001a685572 | generic | Although the drafts of both the Maastricht treaty and the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe mentioned federalism, the representatives of the member countries (all of whom would have had to agree to use of the term) never formally adopted it. The strongest advocates of European federalism have been Germany, ... | Who is the strongest opponent of the European Federalism? | {'text': 'Germany, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg', 'answer_start': 311} |
11,094 | 10,752 | 5ad0cfe5645df0001a2d0489 | generic | The 2010 Human Development Report by the United Nations Development Program was released on November 4, 2010, and calculates HDI values based on estimates for 2010. Below is the list of the "very high human development" countries: | What was released on November 5, 2010? | {'text': 'United Nations Development Program', 'answer_start': 41} |
84,178 | 83,836 | 5727eecd3acd2414000df02c | generic | Aburish asserts that Nasser was not distressed by his frequent relocations, which broadened his horizons and showed him Egyptian society's class divisions. His own social status was well below the wealthy Egyptian elite, and his discontent with those born into wealth and power grew throughout his lifetime. Nasser spent... | What was Nasser's position in Egypt's society? | {'text': 'well below the wealthy Egyptian elite', 'answer_start': 182} |
113,711 | 113,369 | 5730048aa23a5019007fcc4d | generic | The blossoming literature, philosophy, medicine, and art of Iran became major elements in the formation of a new age for the Iranian civilization, during the period known as the Islamic Golden Age. The Islamic Golden Age reached its peak by the 10th and 11th centuries, during which Iran was the main theater of the scie... | What period was known for an era where Iranian civilization blossomed and peaked? | {'text': 'the Islamic Golden Age', 'answer_start': 174} |
103,699 | 103,357 | 5acee22032bba1001ae4b861 | generic | The dipole component of the magnetic field at the magnetic equator of Neptune is about 14 microteslas (0.14 G). The dipole magnetic moment of Neptune is about 2.2 × 1017 T·m3 (14 μT·RN3, where RN is the radius of Neptune). Neptune's magnetic field has a complex geometry that includes relatively large contributions from... | What is the fourth planet to have small quadrupole moments compared to Neptune? | {'text': 'Saturn', 'answer_start': 461} |
56,984 | 56,642 | 572743e2f1498d1400e8f56c | generic | The city is colloquially known as Chilangolandia after the locals' nickname chilangos. Chilango is used pejoratively by people living outside Mexico City to "connote a loud, arrogant, ill-mannered, loutish person". For their part those living in Mexico City designate insultingly those who live elsewhere as living in la... | How do Mexicans take being called "chilangos?" | {'text': 'proudly', 'answer_start': 373} |
39,850 | 39,508 | 570e69d10b85d914000d7ea5 | generic | The layout of the inner suburbs on a largely one-mile grid pattern, cut through by wide radial boulevards, and string of gardens surrounding the central city was largely established in the 1850s and 1860s. These areas were rapidly filled from the mid 1850s by the ubiquitous terrace house, as well as detached houses and... | Around what year did Yarra rowing clubs and "regattas" become popular? | {'text': '1859', 'answer_start': 714} |
33,340 | 32,998 | 57099130ed30961900e84342 | generic | Hirsch held the opinion that Judaism demands an application of Torah thought to the entire realm of human experience, including the secular disciplines. His approach was termed the Torah im Derech Eretz approach, or "neo-Orthodoxy". While insisting on strict adherence to Jewish beliefs and practices, he held that Jews ... | Who held the opinion that judiasm demands and application of torah thought to the entire realm of human experience? | {'text': 'Hirsch', 'answer_start': 0} |
36,289 | 35,947 | 570b198fec8fbc190045b820 | generic | Simultaneous videoconferencing among three or more remote points is possible by means of a Multipoint Control Unit (MCU). This is a bridge that interconnects calls from several sources (in a similar way to the audio conference call). All parties call the MCU, or the MCU can also call the parties which are going to part... | Where can an MCU be embedded? | {'text': 'dedicated videoconferencing units', 'answer_start': 825} |
10,922 | 10,580 | 5acfb00a77cf76001a68587b | generic | With the emerging knowledge in scientific fields and the rise of new materials and technology, architecture and engineering began to separate, and the architect began to concentrate on aesthetics and the humanist aspects, often at the expense of technical aspects of building design. There was also the rise of the "gent... | What three fields began to grow apart? | {'text': 'architecture and engineering', 'answer_start': 95} |
126,105 | 125,763 | 5734061fd058e614000b67ee | generic | Industry is diversified, ranging from automotive (Volkswagen Autoeuropa and Peugeot Citroen), aerospace (Embraer and OGMA), electronics and textiles, to food, chemicals, cement and wood pulp. Volkswagen Group's AutoEuropa motor vehicle assembly plant in Palmela is among the largest foreign direct investment projects in... | What aerospace companies exist in Portugal? | {'text': 'Embraer and OGMA', 'answer_start': 105} |
70,014 | 69,672 | 5aceaae532bba1001ae4af83 | generic | George Sarton, the author of The History of Science, described Ibn Sīnā as "one of the greatest thinkers and medical scholars in history" and called him "the most famous scientist of Islam and one of the most famous of all races, places, and times." He was one of the Islamic world's leading writers in the field of medi... | During what centuries was Ibn Sina not ranked among such medical greats as Hippocrates? | {'text': 'early fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries', 'answer_start': 1364} |
71,196 | 70,854 | 5ad27de2d7d075001a4296d8 | generic | By the end of May, drafts were formally presented. In mid-June, the main Tripartite negotiations started. The discussion was focused on potential guarantees to central and east European countries should a German aggression arise. The USSR proposed to consider that a political turn towards Germany by the Baltic states w... | Who never predicted soviet aggression in the Baltic region? | {'text': 'Britain', 'answer_start': 387} |
75,324 | 74,982 | 5727972a708984140094e1aa | generic | In addition to setting the international law, the United Nations initiated International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) in 1992. This initiative aims to progressively eliminate child labour through strengthening national capacities to address some of the causes of child labour. Amongst the key initia... | What do they want to do with regards to schooling of young children? | {'text': 'universal primary school', 'answer_start': 504} |
98,371 | 98,029 | 5ad396ba604f3c001a3fe79a | generic | Other major newspapers include Miami Today, headquartered in Brickell, Miami New Times, headquartered in Midtown, Miami Sun Post, South Florida Business Journal, Miami Times, and Biscayne Boulevard Times. An additional Spanish-language newspapers, Diario Las Americas also serve Miami. The Miami Herald is Miami's primar... | Approximately how many people write The Miami Herald? | {'text': 'a million', 'answer_start': 342} |
76,312 | 75,970 | 57281249ff5b5019007d9c6f | generic | The Baltic Way or Baltic Chain (also Chain of Freedom Estonian: Balti kett, Latvian: Baltijas ceļš, Lithuanian: Baltijos kelias, Russian: Балтийский путь) was a peaceful political demonstration on August 23, 1989. An estimated 2 million people joined hands to form a human chain extending 600 kilometres (370 mi) across ... | What anniversary did the chain take place on? | {'text': '50th anniversary of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact', 'answer_start': 459} |
96,393 | 96,051 | 572a1e59af94a219006aa7f7 | generic | The Administrator of Prussia, the grandmaster of the Teutonic Order Maximilian III, son of emperor Maximilian II died in 1618. When Maximilian died, Albert's line died out, and the Duchy of Prussia passed to the Electors of Brandenburg, forming Brandenburg-Prussia. Taking advantage of the Swedish invasion of Poland in ... | In what year did Maximilian III die? | {'text': '1618', 'answer_start': 121} |
93,308 | 92,966 | 57291d241d04691400779065 | generic | A new delimitation of the federal territory has been discussed since the Federal Republic was founded in 1949 and even before. Committees and expert commissions advocated a reduction of the number of states; academics (Rutz, Miegel, Ottnad etc.) and politicians (Döring, Apel, and others) made proposals – some of them ... | What has been discussed since the Federal Republic was founded in 1949? | {'text': 'new delimitation of the federal territory', 'answer_start': 2} |
98,132 | 97,790 | 572a73f17a1753140016af92 | generic | Miami is partitioned into many different sections, roughly into North, South, West and Downtown. The heart of the city is Downtown Miami and is technically on the eastern side of the city. This area includes Brickell, Virginia Key, Watson Island, and PortMiami. Downtown is South Florida's central business district, and... | Along with Port Miami, Watson Island and Brickell, what area is in Downtown Miami? | {'text': 'Virginia Key', 'answer_start': 218} |
86,724 | 86,382 | 5acfc6d877cf76001a685ec6 | generic | The government, consisting of the monarch and the ministers, will then usually approve the proposal and the sovereign and one of the ministers signs the proposal with the addition of an enacting clause, thereafter notifying the States General that "The King assents to the proposal." It has happened in exceptional circu... | In what case will the monarch but not the minister sign the bill? | {'text': 'government does not approve a law that has been passed in parliament', 'answer_start': 338} |
46,287 | 45,945 | 5ad2ad6fd7d075001a429ed0 | generic | Problems with the 10NES lockout chip frequently resulted in the console's most infamous problem: the blinking red power light, in which the system appears to turn itself on and off repeatedly because the 10NES would reset the console once per second. The lockout chip required constant communication with the chip in the... | What wasn't the console's most common problem? | {'text': 'blinking red power light', 'answer_start': 101} |
123,394 | 123,052 | 5731de9c0fdd8d15006c65c5 | generic | The Cathedral of Brasília in the capital of the Federative Republic of Brazil, is an expression of the architect Oscar Niemeyer. This concrete-framed hyperboloid structure, seems with its glass roof reaching up, open, to the heavens. On 31 May 1970, the Cathedral’s structure was finished, and only the 70 m (229.66 ft) ... | How much do the Cathedral of Brasília's columns weigh? | {'text': '90 t', 'answer_start': 624} |
124,174 | 123,832 | 5a53d449bdaabd001a386762 | generic | From the early 16th century, both Western Armenia and Eastern Armenia fell under Iranian Safavid rule. Owing to the century long Turco-Iranian geo-political rivalry that would last in Western Asia, significant parts of the region were frequently fought over between the two rivalling empires. From the mid 16th century w... | What came under Russian rule in the early 16th century? | {'text': 'both Western Armenia and Eastern Armenia', 'answer_start': 29} |
23,993 | 23,651 | 56f78ae6a6d7ea1400e17244 | generic | The majority of the citizens of the Marshall Islands are of Marshallese descent, though there are small numbers of immigrants from the United States, China, Philippines and other Pacific islands. The two official languages are Marshallese, which is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, and English. Almost the en... | What does UCCCMI stand for? | {'text': 'United Church of Christ – Congregational in the Marshall Islands', 'answer_start': 432} |
83,178 | 82,836 | 5acd4b1307355d001abf3c2e | generic | Strasbourg's historic city centre, the Grande Île (Grand Island), was classified a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1988, the first time such an honour was placed on an entire city centre. Strasbourg is immersed in the Franco-German culture and although violently disputed throughout history, has been a bridge of unity ... | In what year was University of Strasbourg established? | {'text': '1988', 'answer_start': 116} |
36,607 | 36,265 | 5a70ba5a8abb0b001a6760e1 | generic | At launch, the Xbox 360 was available in two configurations: the "Xbox 360" package (unofficially known as the 20 GB Pro or Premium), priced at US$399 or GB£279.99, and the "Xbox 360 Core", priced at US$299 and GB£209.99. The original shipment of the Xbox 360 version included a cut-down version of the Media Remote as a... | What was the Xbox 360 Core package unofficially known as? | {'text': '20 GB Pro or Premium', 'answer_start': 111} |
96,462 | 96,120 | 572a38ef3f37b319004787df | generic | Erich Koch headed the East Prussian Nazi party from 1928. He led the district from 1932. This period was characterized by efforts to collectivize the local agriculture and ruthlessness in dealing with his critics inside and outside the Party. He also had long-term plans for mass-scale industrialization of the largely a... | What even occurred during the summer of 1932 in Konigsberg? | {'text': 'attack on the headquarters of the Social Democrats', 'answer_start': 541} |
65,206 | 64,864 | 5ad0f932645df0001a2d092c | generic | The Palais des Papes in Avignon is the best complete large royal palace, alongside the Royal palace of Olite, built during the 13th and 14th centuries for the kings of Navarre. The Malbork Castle built for the master of the Teutonic order is an example of Brick Gothic architecture. Partial survivals of former royal res... | What is the name of the special residence built for the citizens of France in Paris? | {'text': 'the famous Conciergerie', 'answer_start': 461} |
120,735 | 120,393 | 57313d5fa5e9cc1400cdbd8c | generic | So that the maximum number of colors can be accurately reproduced on your computer screen, each color has been given a code number, or sRGB, which tells your computer the intensity of the red, green and blue components of that color. The intensity of each component is measured on a scale of zero to 255, which means the... | Crimson is identified by what sRGB number? | {'text': '220, 20, 60', 'answer_start': 562} |
114,019 | 113,677 | 573017b304bcaa1900d77175 | generic | The British Isles lie at the juncture of several regions with past episodes of tectonic mountain building. These orogenic belts form a complex geology that records a huge and varied span of Earth's history. Of particular note was the Caledonian Orogeny during the Ordovician Period, c. 488–444 Ma and early Silurian peri... | What formed after the craton Baltica and the terrane Avalonia collision? | {'text': 'mountains and hills', 'answer_start': 395} |
17,375 | 17,033 | 56e15083e3433e1400422daa | generic | In Andorra, Catalan has always been the sole official language. Since the promulgation of the 1993 constitution, several Andorranization policies have been enforced, like Catalan medium education. | Where has Catalan always been the only language? | {'text': 'Andorra', 'answer_start': 3} |
52,656 | 52,314 | 5a7a3edd17ab25001a8a0407 | generic | At the centre of this wing is the famous balcony with the Centre Room behind its glass doors. This is a Chinese-style saloon enhanced by Queen Mary, who, working with the designer Sir Charles Allom, created a more "binding" Chinese theme in the late 1920s, although the lacquer doors were brought from Brighton in 1873. ... | Which room avoids the famous balcony? | {'text': 'Centre Room', 'answer_start': 58} |
106,609 | 106,267 | 5ad22f2dd7d075001a428681 | generic | Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei says that according to the popular explanation among the later exegetes, ta'wil indicates the particular meaning a verse is directed towards. The meaning of revelation (tanzil), as opposed to ta'wil, is clear in its accordance to the obvious meaning of the words as they were revealed. But thi... | What wasn't the original meaning of ta'wil? | {'text': '"to return" or "the returning place"', 'answer_start': 445} |
33,687 | 33,345 | 570a6bdc6d058f1900182e45 | generic | Beer is the world's most widely consumed and likely the oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. The production of beer is called brewing, which involves the fermentation of starches, mainly derived from cereal grains—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize ... | What brewing process naturally carbonates beer? | {'text': 'fermentation', 'answer_start': 526} |
43,469 | 43,127 | 5ad0c270645df0001a2d0203 | generic | When Emperor Haile Selassie unilaterally dissolved the Eritrean parliament and annexed the country in 1962, the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) waged an armed struggle for independence. The ensuing Eritrean War for Independence went on for 30 years against successive Ethiopian governments until 1991, when the Eritrean ... | What was the capital of Eritrea? | {'text': 'Addis Ababa', 'answer_start': 506} |
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