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79,650 | 79,308 | 5a7e5b8548f7d9001a06354e | generic | Other notable places include Elizabeth Fort, the Cork Opera House, Christ Church on South Main Street (now the Triskel Arts Centre and original site of early Hiberno-Norse church), St Mary's Dominican Church on Popes Quay and Fitzgerald's Park to the west of the city, which contains the Cork Public Museum. Other popula... | What is the Cork Opera House the original site of? | {'text': 'early Hiberno-Norse church', 'answer_start': 152} |
32,088 | 31,746 | 57098140200fba14003680cd | generic | Gram quantities of various copper salts have been taken in suicide attempts and produced acute copper toxicity in humans, possibly due to redox cycling and the generation of reactive oxygen species that damage DNA. Corresponding amounts of copper salts (30 mg/kg) are toxic in animals. A minimum dietary value for health... | What is the minimum amount of copper rabbits should have in their diet? | {'text': '3 ppm', 'answer_start': 373} |
22,625 | 22,283 | 56f728733d8e2e1400e373ad | generic | In the 7th century, the Frankish merchant Samo, who supported the Slavs fighting their Avar rulers, became the ruler of the first known Slav state in Central Europe, which, however, most probably did not outlive its founder and ruler. This provided the foundation for subsequent Slavic states to arise on the former terr... | What Frankish merchant was the ruler of the first Slav state in Central Europe? | {'text': 'Samo', 'answer_start': 42} |
45,833 | 45,491 | 57105362b654c5140001f8cd | generic | The Enlightenment took hold in most European countries, often with a specific local emphasis. For example, in France it became associated with anti-government and anti-Church radicalism while in Germany it reached deep into the middle classes and where it expressed a spiritualistic and nationalistic tone without threat... | In which country did the government respond with hostility to the Enlightenment, even imprisoning philosophes? | {'text': 'France', 'answer_start': 402} |
59,778 | 59,436 | 5acfde3777cf76001a686359 | generic | The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) is by far the largest Protestant denomination in Taiwan, with some 238,372 members as of 2009 (including a majority of the island's aborigines). English Presbyterian missionary James Laidlaw Maxwell established the first Presbyterian church in Tainan in 1865. His colleague George... | In what year did Lee Teng-hui establish the first Presbyterian church in Tainan? | {'text': '1865', 'answer_start': 294} |
105,466 | 105,124 | 572eb435cb0c0d14000f1493 | generic | Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are required to create an Endangered Species Recovery Plan outlining the goals, tasks required, likely costs, and estimated timeline to recover endangered species (i.e., increase their numbers and improve their management to the point where th... | What is the average time of completion of an Endangered Species Recovery Plan? | {'text': 'approximately six years', 'answer_start': 559} |
28,230 | 27,888 | 56fb87368ddada1400cd64c8 | generic | The first years of the 14th century were marked by famines, culminating in the Great Famine of 1315–17. The causes of the Great Famine included the slow transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age, which left the population vulnerable when bad weather caused crop failures. The years 1313–14 and 1317–... | Along with 1317–21, what span saw extreme rains in Europe? | {'text': '1313–14', 'answer_start': 303} |
87,728 | 87,386 | 5a369c7695360f001af1b2ba | generic | Because of his stammer, Albert dreaded public speaking. After his closing speech at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley on 31 October 1925, one which was an ordeal for both him and his listeners, he began to see Lionel Logue, an Australian-born speech therapist. The Duke and Logue practised breathing exercises, an... | In what month did Albert visit Jamaica? | {'text': 'October', 'answer_start': 131} |
118,490 | 118,148 | 5731092be6313a140071cb7e | generic | The capital city of Windhoek plays a very important role in Namibia's tourism due to its central location and close proximity to Hosea Kutako International Airport. According to The Namibia Tourism Exit Survey, which was produced by the Millennium Challenge Corporation for the Namibian Directorate of Tourism, 56% of al... | What is the most popular hotel in Windhoek? | {'text': 'Windhoek Country Club Resort', 'answer_start': 751} |
14,256 | 13,914 | 5ace0a6932bba1001ae499fb | generic | The Russian SFSR was controlled by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, until the abortive 1991 August coup, which prompted President Yeltsin to suspend the recently created Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. | What event prompted the start of the control of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the RSFSR? | {'text': 'the abortive 1991 August coup', 'answer_start': 82} |
110,041 | 109,699 | 572ff55cb2c2fd140056864f | generic | The city's elevation is 2,643 ft (806 m) above sea level (as measured at the Tucson International Airport). Tucson is situated on an alluvial plain in the Sonoran desert, surrounded by five minor ranges of mountains: the Santa Catalina Mountains and the Tortolita Mountains to the north, the Santa Rita Mountains to the ... | How many mountain ranges is Tuscon surrounded by? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 185} |
113,745 | 113,403 | 57300c2a04bcaa1900d77092 | generic | As a result of the 19th century Russo-Persian wars, the Russians took over the Caucasus, and Iran irrevocably lost control over its integral territories in the region (comprising modern-day Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan), which got confirmed per the treaties of Gulistan and Turkmenchay. The area to the nor... | What region consisting of Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, & Azerbaijan did Iran lose control of to the Russians? | {'text': 'the Caucasus', 'answer_start': 75} |
1,988 | 1,646 | 56cd982562d2951400fa6772 | generic | Discussions of strategy in the mid Ming dynasty focused primarily on recovery of the Ordos region, which the Mongols used as a rallying base to stage raids into Ming China. Norbu states that the Ming dynasty, preoccupied with the Mongol threat to the north, could not spare additional armed forces to enforce or back up ... | Where were the Mongols trying to raise? | {'text': 'Ming China', 'answer_start': 161} |
62,120 | 61,778 | 5729072e1d04691400778f97 | generic | According to Pew Research, 7% of the population identifies as Christian; 4% as Muslim; 1% follows traditional animistic beliefs; and 2% follow other religions, including Mahayana Buddhism, Hinduism, and East Asian religions. However, according to a US State Department's 2010 international religious freedom report, offi... | What part of the populace does not identify with conformists religious majority? | {'text': '7% of the population identifies as Christian; 4% as Muslim; 1% follows traditional animistic beliefs; and 2% follow other religions', 'answer_start': 27} |
25,917 | 25,575 | 56f9738c9e9bad19000a093e | generic | All vertebrates have a blood–brain barrier that allows metabolism inside the brain to operate differently from metabolism in other parts of the body. Glial cells play a major role in brain metabolism by controlling the chemical composition of the fluid that surrounds neurons, including levels of ions and nutrients. | Glial cells control what inside the brain? | {'text': 'chemical composition of the fluid that surrounds neurons', 'answer_start': 219} |
62,875 | 62,533 | 5a66ac0af038b7001ab0c091 | generic | Other types of lossy compressors, such as the linear predictive coding (LPC) used with speech, are source-based coders. These coders use a model of the sound's generator (such as the human vocal tract with LPC) to whiten the audio signal (i.e., flatten its spectrum) before quantization. LPC may be thought of as a basic... | What uses a model of the sound's quantization? | {'text': 'source-based coders', 'answer_start': 99} |
95,556 | 95,214 | 5a5535e0134fea001a0e19d8 | generic | On November 30, 2010, CBC's senior director of regulatory affairs issued a letter to the CRTC regarding CBC's plans for transitioning to digital. The letter states, "CBC/Radio-Canada will not be converting its analogue retransmitters in mandatory markets to digital after August 31, 2011." On December 16, 2010, some mo... | The CRTC let broadcasters know the channels would continue to air in a news release in December of what year? | {'text': '2010,', 'answer_start': 307} |
106,041 | 105,699 | 572eee7903f9891900756aec | generic | The farmer, or specifically the small landowner-cultivator, was ranked just below scholars and officials in the social hierarchy. Other agricultural cultivators were of a lower status, such as tenants, wage laborers, and in rare cases slaves. Artisans and craftsmen had a legal and socioeconomic status between that of o... | What color of clothing were merchants that had registered with the state forced to wear? | {'text': 'white-colored', 'answer_start': 425} |
16,901 | 16,559 | 5a21d0bb8a6e4f001aa08f06 | generic | The Catholic Church has what is claimed to be the oldest continuously functioning internal legal system in Western Europe, much later than Roman law but predating the evolution of modern European civil law traditions. What began with rules ("canons") adopted by the Apostles at the Council of Jerusalem in the first cent... | What legal traditions were not included in early canons? | {'text': 'Hebrew (Old Testament), Roman, Visigothic, Saxon, and Celtic legal traditions', 'answer_start': 449} |
10,561 | 10,219 | 5ad38948604f3c001a3fe58e | generic | The president exercises a check over Congress through his power to veto bills, but Congress may override any veto (excluding the so-called "pocket veto") by a two-thirds majority in each house. When the two houses of Congress cannot agree on a date for adjournment, the president may settle the dispute. Either house or ... | Who settles the dispute when the President and Vice President cannot come to an agreement for a date of adjournment? | {'text': 'two houses of Congress', 'answer_start': 203} |
55,312 | 54,970 | 5a6293e0f8d794001af1c10e | generic | In the beginning of 1996, several human rights groups brought cases to hold Shell accountable for alleged human rights violations in Nigeria, including summary execution, crimes against humanity, torture, inhumane treatment and arbitrary arrest and detention. In particular, Shell stood accused of collaborating in the e... | What was Ken Saro-Wiwa accused of? | {'text': 'human rights violations', 'answer_start': 106} |
98,505 | 98,163 | 572a9e25111d821400f38c4d | generic | Throughout the 19th century, Philadelphia had a variety of industries and businesses, the largest being textiles. Major corporations in the 19th and early 20th centuries included the Baldwin Locomotive Works, William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, and the Pennsylvania Railroad. Industry, along with th... | When was the first World's Fair? | {'text': '1876', 'answer_start': 357} |
104,092 | 103,750 | 5acd891a07355d001abf462f | generic | To prevent the risk of out-of-phase supplies mixing, sections of line fed from different feeder stations must be kept strictly isolated. This is achieved by Neutral Sections (also known as Phase Breaks), usually provided at feeder stations and midway between them although, typically, only half are in use at any time, t... | The earthed section allows for what? | {'text': 'an arc being drawn from one live section to the other', 'answer_start': 713} |
54,845 | 54,503 | 57264cde708984140094c1be | generic | The Pindus range continues through the central Peloponnese, crosses the islands of Kythera and Antikythera and finds its way into southwestern Aegean, in the island of Crete where it eventually ends. The islands of the Aegean are peaks of underwater mountains that once constituted an extension of the mainland. Pindus i... | Islands in the Aegean Sea are formed by what? | {'text': 'underwater mountains', 'answer_start': 239} |
121,049 | 120,707 | 57316483497a881900248ec5 | generic | During Mubarak's reign, the political scene was dominated by the National Democratic Party, which was created by Sadat in 1978. It passed the 1993 Syndicates Law, 1995 Press Law, and 1999 Nongovernmental Associations Law which hampered freedoms of association and expression by imposing new regulations and draconian pen... | When did parliamentary politics become irrelevant in Egypt? | {'text': 'late 1990s', 'answer_start': 379} |
25,991 | 25,649 | 56f98aa59e9bad19000a0a7c | generic | Neurophysiologists study the chemical, pharmacological, and electrical properties of the brain: their primary tools are drugs and recording devices. Thousands of experimentally developed drugs affect the nervous system, some in highly specific ways. Recordings of brain activity can be made using electrodes, either glue... | Electrodes are often glued to what like in EEG studies? | {'text': 'the scalp', 'answer_start': 325} |
94,776 | 94,434 | 5acfba9e77cf76001a685ad6 | generic | Zinc(I) compounds are rare, and require bulky ligands to stabilize the low oxidation state. Most zinc(I) compounds contain formally the [Zn2]2+ core, which is analogous to the [Hg2]2+ dimeric cation present in mercury(I) compounds. The diamagnetic nature of the ion confirms its dimeric structure. The first zinc(I) comp... | What is necessary to stabilize the high oxidation state of zinc(l) compounds? | {'text': 'bulky ligands', 'answer_start': 40} |
119,144 | 118,802 | 5730c1d7069b531400832313 | generic | Electroluminescence as a phenomenon was discovered in 1907 by the British experimenter H. J. Round of Marconi Labs, using a crystal of silicon carbide and a cat's-whisker detector. Soviet inventor Oleg Losev reported creation of the first LED in 1927. His research was distributed in Soviet, German and British scientifi... | What was the nationality of the man who discovered Electroluminescence? | {'text': 'British', 'answer_start': 66} |
51,913 | 51,571 | 5a85c17db4e223001a8e71f7 | generic | The domestication of poultry took place several thousand years ago. This may have originally been as a result of people hatching and rearing young birds from eggs collected from the wild, but later involved keeping the birds permanently in captivity. Domesticated chickens may have been used for cockfighting at first an... | Why did humans feel that additional breeding tactics were unnecessary in poultry? | {'text': 'breeding for fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility', 'answer_start': 441} |
80,702 | 80,360 | 5acd209007355d001abf35ea | generic | The UCS-2 and UTF-16 encodings specify the Unicode Byte Order Mark (BOM) for use at the beginnings of text files, which may be used for byte ordering detection (or byte endianness detection). The BOM, code point U+FEFF has the important property of unambiguity on byte reorder, regardless of the Unicode encoding used; U... | What is the code point for BOM? | {'text': 'U+FEFF', 'answer_start': 212} |
55,633 | 55,291 | 57262e0289a1e219009ac516 | generic | Every continued in pursuit and managed to overhaul Ganj-i-Sawai, which resisted strongly before eventually striking. Ganj-i-Sawai carried enormous wealth and, according to contemporary East India Company sources, was carrying a relative of the Grand Mughal, though there is no evidence to suggest that it was his daughte... | who was on the Ganji-i-Sawai according to the EIC? | {'text': 'a relative of the Grand Mughal', 'answer_start': 226} |
120,599 | 120,257 | 57312d2a05b4da19006bce4b | generic | Red was the color of the banner of the Byzantine emperors. In Western Europe, Emperor Charlemagne painted his palace red as a very visible symbol of his authority, and wore red shoes at his coronation. Kings, princes and, beginning in 1295, Roman Catholic cardinals began to wear red costumes. When Abbe Suger rebuilt Sa... | In what year did cardinals in the Roman Catholic church start wearing red? | {'text': '1295', 'answer_start': 235} |
89,116 | 88,774 | 5a85ffedb4e223001a8e7358 | generic | In addition to military efforts abroad, in the aftermath of 9/11 the Bush Administration increased domestic efforts to prevent future attacks. Various government bureaucracies that handled security and military functions were reorganized. A new cabinet-level agency called the United States Department of Homeland Securi... | What Bush agency was created before 9/11? | {'text': 'United States Department of Homeland Security', 'answer_start': 277} |
22,931 | 22,589 | 56f83185aef2371900625ee4 | generic | In the 2001 census Southampton and Portsmouth were recorded as being parts of separate urban areas, however by the time of the 2011 census they had merged to become the sixth largest built-up area in England with a population of 855,569. This built-up area is part of the metropolitan area known as South Hampshire, whic... | What's the other name for South Hampshire? | {'text': 'Solent City', 'answer_start': 339} |
103,159 | 102,817 | 5ad4d9b75b96ef001a10a3a1 | generic | As a result, they broke up in 1979, but remained close friends. Then in 1984 they renewed their romance, and in November 1985, they married, already having had a son, Max Samuel. After three and a half years of marriage, however, many of the same competing stresses of their careers caused them to divorce in 1989. They ... | Who was the husband in the most costly celebrity divorce in history? | {'text': 'Max Samuel', 'answer_start': 167} |
122,332 | 121,990 | 5acd6ce007355d001abf4197 | generic | All YouTube users can upload videos up to 15 minutes each in duration. Users who have a good track record of complying with the site's Community Guidelines may be offered the ability to upload videos up to 12 hours in length, which requires verifying the account, normally through a mobile phone. When YouTube was launch... | When did they do away with the limit for the maximum length allowed? | {'text': 'March 2006', 'answer_start': 412} |
104,245 | 103,903 | 5a7704962d6d7f001a4a9f16 | generic | After the Mexican War of Independence from Spain also, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, western Colorado and southwestern Wyoming became part of the Mexican territory of Alta California and most of New Mexico, western Texas, southern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, and Oklahoma panhandle were part of the territory of ... | What was North Dakota a part of? | {'text': 'Alta California', 'answer_start': 172} |
90,239 | 89,897 | 5ad2362ad7d075001a428800 | generic | Popper died of "complications of cancer, pneumonia and kidney failure" in Kenley at the age of 92 on 17 September 1994. He had been working continuously on his philosophy until two weeks before, when he suddenly fell terminally ill. After cremation, his ashes were taken to Vienna and buried at Lainzer cemetery adjacent... | When did Klagenfurt University lose its copyrights from the estate? | {'text': 'October 2008', 'answer_start': 966} |
88,278 | 87,936 | 5ace7cbc32bba1001ae4a7dc | generic | Annelids' cuticles are made of collagen fibers, usually in layers that spiral in alternating directions so that the fibers cross each other. These are secreted by the one-cell deep epidermis (outermost skin layer). A few marine annelids that live in tubes lack cuticles, but their tubes have a similar structure, and muc... | What are annelids' brain made out of? | {'text': 'collagen fibers', 'answer_start': 31} |
75,277 | 74,935 | 572785c8dd62a815002e9f6f | generic | Brazilian census data (PNAD, 1999) indicate that 2.55 million 10-14 year-olds were illegally holding jobs. They were joined by 3.7 million 15-17 year-olds and about 375,000 5-9 year-olds. Due to the raised age restriction of 14, at least half of the recorded young workers had been employed illegally which lead to many ... | Has these dangers caused and increase or decrease in child labour with drug cartels? | {'text': 'an increase', 'answer_start': 880} |
45,270 | 44,928 | 5ad36236604f3c001a3fdf86 | generic | In March 2013, the Blackstone Group and Carl Icahn expressed interest in purchasing Dell. In April 2013, Blackstone withdrew their offer, citing deteriorating business. Other private equity firms such as KKR & Co. and TPG Capital declined to submit alternative bids for Dell, citing the uncertain market for personal com... | What year did the Blackstone Group express interest in acquiring IBM? | {'text': '2013', 'answer_start': 9} |
81,486 | 81,144 | 5728c6dbff5b5019007da67e | generic | London has been the setting for many works of literature. The literary centres of London have traditionally been hilly Hampstead and (since the early 20th century) Bloomsbury. Writers closely associated with the city are the diarist Samuel Pepys, noted for his eyewitness account of the Great Fire, Charles Dickens, whos... | Who witnessed first-hand and wrote about the Great Fire of 1666? | {'text': 'Samuel Pepys', 'answer_start': 233} |
117,126 | 116,784 | 5ad0131077cf76001a6868d4 | generic | An unconventional power succession system was established (rota system) whereby power was transferred to the eldest member of the ruling dynasty rather than from father to son, i.e. in most cases to the eldest brother of the ruler, fomenting constant hatred and rivalry within the royal family.[citation needed] Familici... | What was not deployed when trying to gain power? | {'text': 'Familicide', 'answer_start': 312} |
3,765 | 3,423 | 56d66c621c8504140094710e | generic | However questions still remain, as some of the corrupt government officials have still not been brought to justice, while the many families who lost their only child, are still seeking compensation and justice to what had happened. According to the Times, many parents were warned by the government not to stage a protes... | What media reported the threat of arrest? | {'text': 'the Times', 'answer_start': 245} |
128,067 | 127,725 | 5733a55a4776f41900660f3a | generic | The School of Architecture was established in 1899, although degrees in architecture were first awarded by the university in 1898. Today the school, housed in Bond Hall, offers a five-year undergraduate program leading to the Bachelor of Architecture degree. All undergraduate students study the third year of the progra... | In 1899 Notre Dame formed which college? | {'text': 'School of Architecture', 'answer_start': 4} |
46,220 | 45,878 | 571117b1b654c5140001fb27 | generic | In 1986, Nintendo released the Famicom Disk System (FDS) in Japan, a type of floppy drive that uses a single-sided, proprietary 5 cm (2") disk and plugs into the cartridge port. It contains RAM for the game to load into and an extra single-cycle wavetable-lookup sound chip. The disks were originally obtained from kiosk... | What year did Nintendo release the Famicom Disk System? | {'text': '1986', 'answer_start': 3} |
104,736 | 104,394 | 5ad420e3604f3c001a400720 | generic | Charleston is known for its unique culture, which blends traditional Southern U.S., English, French, and West African elements. The downtown peninsula has gained a reputation for its art, music, local cuisine, and fashion. Spoleto Festival USA, held annually in late spring, has become one of the world's major performin... | What year was Spoleto Festival UK founded? | {'text': '1977', 'answer_start': 356} |
90,563 | 90,221 | 57289b78ff5b5019007da332 | generic | A mandolin (Italian: mandolino pronounced [mandoˈliːno]; literally "small mandola") is a musical instrument in the lute family and is usually plucked with a plectrum or "pick". It commonly has four courses of doubled metal strings tuned in unison (8 strings), although five (10 strings) and six (12 strings) course versi... | What musical family does the mandolin come from? | {'text': 'lute family', 'answer_start': 115} |
7,846 | 7,504 | 56dc587714d3a41400c267f8 | generic | New sequencing technologies, such as massive parallel sequencing have also opened up the prospect of personal genome sequencing as a diagnostic tool, as pioneered by Manteia Predictive Medicine. A major step toward that goal was the completion in 2007 of the full genome of James D. Watson, one of the co-discoverers of ... | What is Watson famous for helping discover? | {'text': 'the structure of DNA', 'answer_start': 320} |
125,957 | 125,615 | 5733a8ffd058e614000b5f9b | generic | Despite the calamity and huge death toll, Lisbon suffered no epidemics and within less than one year was already being rebuilt. The new city centre of Lisbon was designed to resist subsequent earthquakes. Architectural models were built for tests, and the effects of an earthquake were simulated by marching troops aroun... | What type of natural disaster was the city center of Lisbon designed to resist? | {'text': 'earthquakes', 'answer_start': 192} |
77,789 | 77,447 | 5a8253d031013a001a335401 | generic | Most feature movies shown during the prime time and early overnight hours (8:00 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Eastern Time) are presented by film historian Robert Osborne (who has been with the network since its 1994 launch, except for a five-month medical leave from July to December 2011, when guest hosts presented each night's f... | Who presents films on Eastern on Wednesday nights? | {'text': 'Robert Osborne', 'answer_start': 144} |
26,049 | 25,707 | 56f8e0bc9b226e1400dd116c | generic | The geographical terms "Near East" and "Far East" referring to areas of the globe in or contiguous to the former British Empire and the neighboring colonies of the Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and Germans, fit together as a pair based on the opposites of far and near, suggesting that they were innovated together. They ap... | The terms "Near East" and "Far East" referring to areas of the globe in or contiguous to the former British Empire and the neighboring colonies fit together as a pair based on what? | {'text': 'the opposites of far and near', 'answer_start': 236} |
122,746 | 122,404 | 5ad143a8645df0001a2d1470 | generic | Jefferson's concept of "separation of church and state" first became a part of Establishment Clause jurisprudence in Reynolds v. U.S., 98 U.S. 145 (1878). In that case, the court examined the history of religious liberty in the US, determining that while the constitution guarantees religious freedom, "The word 'religio... | What doesn't the constitution guarantee when it comes to religion? | {'text': 'freedom', 'answer_start': 293} |
121,028 | 120,686 | 57315ab9a5e9cc1400cdbee9 | generic | In 1958, Egypt and Syria formed a sovereign union known as the United Arab Republic. The union was short-lived, ending in 1961 when Syria seceded, thus ending the union. During most of its existence, the United Arab Republic was also in a loose confederation with North Yemen (or the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen), kno... | How long did the union with Syria last? | {'text': '1961', 'answer_start': 122} |
86,741 | 86,399 | 5acfc84877cf76001a685f3c | generic | Title IV of the 1978 Spanish constitution invests the Consentimiento Real (Royal Assent) and promulgation (publication) of laws with the monarch of Spain, while Title III, The Cortes Generales, Chapter 2, Drafting of Bills, outlines the method by which bills are passed. According to Article 91, within fifteen days of p... | The monarch does not have a right to call for a referendum according to which article? | {'text': '92', 'answer_start': 438} |
81,938 | 81,596 | 5728c7763acd2414000dfe35 | generic | By 6000 BCE predynastic Egyptians in the southwestern corner of Egypt were herding cattle and constructing large buildings. Subsistence in organized and permanent settlements in predynastic Egypt by the middle of the 6th millennium BCE centered predominantly on cereal and animal agriculture: cattle, goats, pigs and she... | What were Egyptians herding in the early BCE period? | {'text': 'cattle', 'answer_start': 83} |
118,248 | 117,906 | 5acfea3877cf76001a68646d | generic | Namibia has free education for both Primary and secondary education levels. Grades 1–7 are primary level, grades 8–12 secondary. In 1998, there were 400,325 Namibian students in primary school and 115,237 students in secondary schools. The pupil-teacher ratio in 1999 was estimated at 32:1, with about 8% of the GDP bein... | How many teachers are there in Namibia in primary and secondary schools? | {'text': '115,237', 'answer_start': 197} |
118,639 | 118,297 | 5730bc42396df919000962fd | generic | Until the 20th century, the language's spoken form was the language of only the upper noble classes and urban population, as Russian peasants from the countryside continued to speak in their own dialects. By the mid-20th century, such dialects were forced out with the introduction of the compulsory education system tha... | Who spoke Russian before the 20th century? | {'text': 'the upper noble classes and urban population', 'answer_start': 76} |
114,737 | 114,395 | 57301295b2c2fd1400568800 | generic | Longstanding political tensions from the 27 year rule of William Tubman resulted in a military coup in 1980 that overthrew the leadership soon after his death, marking the beginning of political instability. Five years of military rule by the People's Redemption Council and five years of civilian rule by the National D... | In what year did a military coupe overthrow leadership leading to william tubmans death? | {'text': '1980', 'answer_start': 103} |
95,549 | 95,207 | 5a55334a134fea001a0e19d0 | generic | On August 6, 2010, the CBC issued a press release stating that due to financial reasons, the CBC and Radio-Canada would only transition 27 transmitters total, one in each market where there was an originating station (i.e. a CBC or Radio-Canada television station located in that market). Further, the CBC stated in the ... | How many stations did the CBC have broadcasting in analog in 2012? | {'text': 'eight', 'answer_start': 745} |
85,024 | 84,682 | 572808863acd2414000df2d6 | generic | The theory of special relativity finds a convenient formulation in Minkowski spacetime, a mathematical structure that combines three dimensions of space with a single dimension of time. In this formalism, distances in space can be measured by how long light takes to travel that distance, e.g., a light-year is a measure... | In Minkowski spacetime, how can distances in space be measured? | {'text': 'by how long light takes to travel that distance', 'answer_start': 240} |
31,802 | 31,460 | 5ad41f8f604f3c001a4006a3 | generic | Centered on Post Oak Boulevard and Westheimer Road, the Uptown District boomed during the 1970s and early 1980s when a collection of mid-rise office buildings, hotels, and retail developments appeared along Interstate 610 west. Uptown became one of the most prominent instances of an edge city. The tallest building in U... | Until 1909 what was the Williams Tower known as? | {'text': 'Transco Tower', 'answer_start': 444} |
887 | 545 | 56d4e62e2ccc5a1400d83310 | generic | According to Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, Beyoncé uses different fashion styles to work with her music while performing. Her mother co-wrote a book, published in 2002, titled Destiny's Style an account of how fashion had an impact on the trio's success. The B'Day Anthology Video Album showed many instances... | What magazine said Beyoncé was the "best-dressed celebrity"? | {'text': 'People', 'answer_start': 551} |
104,565 | 104,223 | 57301654a23a5019007fcd4b | generic | Africans were brought to Charles Town on the Middle Passage, first as "servants", then as slaves. Ethnic groups transported here included especially Wolof, Yoruba, Fulani, Igbo, Malinke, and other people of the Windward Coast. An estimated 40% of the total 400,000 Africans transported and sold as slaves into North Amer... | Which African coast did many slaves that were sold in Charles Town come from? | {'text': 'Windward Coast', 'answer_start': 211} |
23,620 | 23,278 | 56f7fdf7aef2371900625d43 | generic | In other cases, such as New Zealand and Canada, treaties allowed native peoples to maintain a minimum amount of autonomy. In the case of indigenous Australians, unlike with the Māori of New Zealand, no treaty was ever entered into with the indigenous peoples entitling the Europeans to land ownership, under the doctrine... | The concept of native title was established by what court case? | {'text': 'Mabo v Queensland', 'answer_start': 359} |
72,525 | 72,183 | 5a35ccc8788daf001a5f867b | generic | Even at high latitudes, glacier formation is not inevitable. Areas of the Arctic, such as Banks Island, and the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica are considered polar deserts where glaciers cannot form because they receive little snowfall despite the bitter cold. Cold air, unlike warm air, is unable to transport much w... | What formed in central and north Alaska during the last ice age due to the extreme cold? | {'text': 'glaciers', 'answer_start': 498} |
104,347 | 104,005 | 572eb8ccc246551400ce4565 | generic | In the 2000s, more Venezuelans opposing the economic and political policies of president Hugo Chávez migrated to the United States (mostly to Florida, but New York City and Houston are other destinations). The largest concentration of Venezuelans in the United States is in South Florida, especially the suburbs of Doral... | What areas of America did the Venezuelans settle in? | {'text': 'mostly to Florida, but New York City and Houston are other destinations). The largest concentration of Venezuelans in the United States is in South Florida', 'answer_start': 132} |
10,808 | 10,466 | 56e481598c00841900fbafc4 | generic | In many ancient civilizations, such as those of Egypt and Mesopotamia, architecture and urbanism reflected the constant engagement with the divine and the supernatural, and many ancient cultures resorted to monumentality in architecture to represent symbolically the political power of the ruler, the ruling elite, or th... | To what did these civilizations have ties that to were shown off by their architecture? | {'text': 'the divine and the supernatural', 'answer_start': 136} |
123,396 | 123,054 | 5a2eecaca83784001a7d257e | 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) ... | Who founded the capital of Brazil? | {'text': 'Oscar Niemeyer', 'answer_start': 113} |
19,552 | 19,210 | 5a78bb2fb73996001af5af64 | generic | The content of the acts, particularly section 1 (1) of the amending act of 1938, shows the importance which was then attached to giving architects the responsibility of superintending or supervising the building works of local authorities (for housing and other projects), rather than persons professionally qualified on... | What was opened as a result of legislation changing the name of ARCUK? | {'text': 'the ARCUK Board of Architectural Education', 'answer_start': 1198} |
117,637 | 117,295 | 5730b6398ab72b1400f9c6d6 | generic | These deities formed a core pantheon; there were additionally hundreds of minor ones. Sumerian gods could thus have associations with different cities, and their religious importance often waxed and waned with those cities' political power. The gods were said to have created human beings from clay for the purpose of se... | How could a citizen avoid their labor duty to their local temple? | {'text': 'a payment of silver', 'answer_start': 485} |
66,960 | 66,618 | 5726a578f1498d1400e8e5f5 | generic | His organisational skills led him to a career in the Roman Curia, the papal civil service. In 1931, Pacelli appointed him to teach history at the Papal Academy for Diplomats In 1937, after his mentor Giuseppe Pizzardo was named a cardinal and was succeeded by Domenico Tardini, Montini was named Substitute for Ordinary ... | When was Paccelli elected to the papacy? | {'text': '1939', 'answer_start': 681} |
16,523 | 16,181 | 5a4d7b69755ab9001a10f3fb | generic | Early web browsers supported only a very simple version of HTML. The rapid development of proprietary web browsers led to the development of non-standard dialects of HTML, leading to problems with interoperability. Modern web browsers support a combination of standards-based and de facto HTML and XHTML, which should be... | What did early XHTML support? | {'text': 'a very simple version of HTML', 'answer_start': 34} |
97,562 | 97,220 | 5a0dfa2fd7c85000188644a1 | generic | Prevention of infectious diarrhea is by improved sanitation, clean drinking water, and hand washing with soap. Breastfeeding for at least six months is also recommended as is vaccination against rotavirus. Oral rehydration solution (ORS), which is clean water with modest amounts of salts and sugar, is the treatment of ... | Name two examples when amounts of salts and sugar are recommended although rarely used? | {'text': 'in a few cases such as those who have bloody diarrhea and a high fever', 'answer_start': 829} |
92,036 | 91,694 | 57290621af94a219006a9f7c | generic | Paris today has more than 421 municipal parks and gardens, covering more than 3,000 hectares and containing more than 250,000 trees. Two of Paris' oldest and most famous gardens are the Tuileries Garden, created in 1564 for the Tuileries Palace, and redone by André Le Nôtre between 1664 and 1672, and the Luxembourg Gar... | When was the Tuileries Garden created? | {'text': '1564', 'answer_start': 215} |
59,722 | 59,380 | 572689745951b619008f7630 | generic | The biggest Presbyterian church is the National Presbyterian Church in Mexico (Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de México), which has around 2,500,000 members and associates and 3000 congregations, but there are other small denominations like the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Mexico which was founded in 1875 ... | How many members are in the National Presbyterian Church in Mexico? | {'text': '2,500,000', 'answer_start': 139} |
114,228 | 113,886 | 5acda46b07355d001abf48a5 | generic | The Northern Ireland Peace Process has led to a number of unusual arrangements between the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom. For example, citizens of Northern Ireland are entitled to the choice of Irish or British citizenship or both and the Governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom cons... | What type of citizenship are people from Britain entitled to? | {'text': 'Irish or British citizenship or both', 'answer_start': 225} |
19,581 | 19,239 | 56e7498e00c9c71400d76f4a | generic | The Institute also maintains a dozen regional offices around the United Kingdom, it opened its first regional office for the East of England at Cambridge in 1966. | When was RIBA's first satellite office opened? | {'text': '1966', 'answer_start': 157} |
87,051 | 86,709 | 57280ab8ff5b5019007d9ba2 | generic | During the 16th and 17th centuries slave traders began to raid the region as part of the expansion of the Saharan and Nile River slave routes. Their captives were slaved and shipped to the Mediterranean coast, Europe, Arabia, the Western Hemisphere, or to the slave ports and factories along the West and North Africa or... | Which people were major slave traders in the 19th century? | {'text': 'Bobangi people', 'answer_start': 386} |
112 | 112 | 138440 | pubqa | In the winter and spring of 2011 a large outbreak of cryptosporidiosis occurred in Skellefte municipality, Sweden. This study summarizes the outbreak investigation in terms of outbreak size, duration, clinical characteristics, possible source(s) and the potential for earlier detection using calls to a health advice lin... | What are the first steps of mitigation?
| {'answer_id': 265077, 'document_id': 394251, 'question_id': 138440, 'text': 'A boil water notice (BWN)', 'answer_start': 4495, 'answer_category': 'LONG'} |
106,464 | 106,122 | 572ec0e903f98919007569f7 | generic | Because the Quran is spoken in classical Arabic, many of the later converts to Islam (mostly non-Arabs) did not always understand the Quranic Arabic, they did not catch allusions that were clear to early Muslims fluent in Arabic and they were concerned with reconciling apparent conflict of themes in the Quran. Commenta... | What is the name of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's published Quran commentary? | {'text': 'Tafseer e Kabir', 'answer_start': 832} |
72,827 | 72,485 | 57271bf2dd62a815002e9919 | generic | Comcast was given an "F" for its corporate governance practices in 2010, by Corporate Library, an independent shareholder-research organization. According to Corporate Library, Comcast's board of directors ability to oversee and control management was severely compromised (at least in 2010) by the fact that several of ... | What conflict did Corporate Library note with Comcast's Board? | {'text': 'several of the directors either worked for the company or had business ties to it', 'answer_start': 309} |
16,199 | 15,857 | 56e08680231d4119001ac26b | generic | For its part, the Soviet Union harbored fears of invasion. Having suffered at least 27 million casualties during World War II after being invaded by Nazi Germany in 1941, the Soviet Union was wary of its former ally, the United States, which until late 1949 was the sole possessor of atomic weapons. The United States ha... | How many casualties did the Soviet Union have during WWII? | {'text': '27 million', 'answer_start': 84} |
37,327 | 36,985 | 5a5a28d59c0277001abe7085 | generic | In the early 1970s the Rolling Stones developed their hard rock sound with Exile on Main St. (1972). Initially receiving mixed reviews, according to critic Steve Erlewine it is now "generally regarded as the Rolling Stones' finest album". They continued to pursue the riff-heavy sound on albums including It's Only Rock ... | Who said of the album Exile on Main St.; it was not the Rolling Stones finest album? | {'text': 'Steve Erlewine', 'answer_start': 156} |
53,747 | 53,405 | 57261ee889a1e219009ac2a2 | generic | A resin used for making non-wrinkle shirts releases formaldehyde, which could cause contact dermatitis for some people; no disclosure requirements exist, and in 2008 the U.S. Government Accountability Office tested formaldehyde in clothing and found that generally the highest levels were in non-wrinkle shirts and pants... | What government office found high levels of formaldehyde in non-wrinkle clothing in 2008? | {'text': 'Accountability', 'answer_start': 186} |
46,289 | 45,947 | 5ad2ad6fd7d075001a429ed2 | 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 didn't disrupt the communication as well? | {'text': 'Dirty, aging and bent connectors', 'answer_start': 335} |
11,442 | 11,100 | 5a83182ce60761001a2eb3e7 | generic | The BBC began its own regular television programming from the basement of Broadcasting House, London, on 22 August 1932. The studio moved to larger quarters in 16 Portland Place, London, in February 1934, and continued broadcasting the 30-line images, carried by telephone line to the medium wave transmitter at Brookman... | What park were the telephone lines located in? | {'text': 'Brookmans Park', 'answer_start': 312} |
86,610 | 86,268 | 5acfbe1d77cf76001a685bf7 | generic | In the United Kingdom, a bill is presented for royal assent after it has passed all the required stages in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the House of Commons may, under certain circumstances, direct that a bill be presented for assent despite lack of passage ... | Each house must be notified jointly before what? | {'text': 'the bill takes effect', 'answer_start': 574} |
11,254 | 10,912 | 5a63202a68151a001a92220c | generic | During the Middle Ages, the Eastern Roman Empire survived, though modern historians refer to this state as the Byzantine Empire. In Western Europe, Germanic peoples moved into positions of power in the remnants of the former Western Roman Empire and established kingdoms and empires of their own. | What did Roman people create in place of the Western Roman Empire? | {'text': 'kingdoms and empires of their own', 'answer_start': 262} |
24,335 | 23,993 | 56f7f86faef2371900625d09 | generic | In Ruthenia the nobility gradually gravitated its loyalty towards the multicultural and multilingual Grand Duchy of Lithuania after the principalities of Halych and Volhynia became a part of it. Many noble Ruthenian families intermarried with Lithuanian ones. | What was common for families of ruthenian and lithuanian? | {'text': 'intermarried', 'answer_start': 225} |
11,889 | 11,547 | 56de6c80cffd8e1900b4b8a2 | generic | Throughout the 17th century Plymouth had gradually lost its pre-eminence as a trading port. By the mid-17th century commodities manufactured elsewhere in England cost too much to transport to Plymouth and the city had no means of processing sugar or tobacco imports, although it did play a relatively small part in the A... | During what century was Plymouth involved with the Atlantic slave trade? | {'text': '18th', 'answer_start': 357} |
106,870 | 106,528 | 5a5678176349e2001acdcd9a | generic | As a result, in 1979, Sony and Philips set up a joint task force of engineers to design a new digital audio disc. Led by engineers Kees Schouhamer Immink and Toshitada Doi, the research pushed forward laser and optical disc technology. After a year of experimentation and discussion, the task force produced the Red Book... | What did CD-DA stand for? | {'text': 'laser and optical disc technology', 'answer_start': 201} |
114,615 | 114,273 | 573016e1a23a5019007fcd53 | generic | Windows in all types of buildings were large and regularly placed on a grid; this was partly to minimize window tax, which was in force throughout the period in the United Kingdom. Some windows were subsequently bricked-in. Their height increasingly varied between the floors, and they increasingly began below waist-hei... | What plans became universal inside larger houses? | {'text': 'Corridor plans', 'answer_start': 581} |
117,965 | 117,623 | 573120dda5e9cc1400cdbc4c | generic | Funafuti is the only port but there is a deep-water berth in the harbour at Nukufetau. The merchant marine fleet consists of two passenger/cargo ships Nivaga III and Manu Folau. These ships carry cargo and passengers between the main atolls and travel between Suva, Fiji and Funafuti 3 to 4 times a year. The Nivaga III ... | What ship did Japan donate to Tuvalu in 2015? | {'text': 'Nivaga III', 'answer_start': 805} |
43,526 | 43,184 | 5ad0b422645df0001a2d00e8 | generic | At the end of the 16th century, the Aussa Sultanate was established in the Denkel lowlands of Eritrea. The polity had come into existence in 1577, when Muhammed Jasa moved his capital from Harar to Aussa (Asaita) with the split of the Adal Sultanate into Aussa and the Sultanate of Harar. At some point after 1672, Aussa... | In what year was Muhammed Jasa born? | {'text': '1577', 'answer_start': 141} |
85,988 | 85,646 | 5ad33dba604f3c001a3fdb9d | generic | The console was originally planned for a global release through November, but at the start of September the release in Europe and the rest of the world was delayed until March. With it being a somewhat last-minute delay, some companies had taken deposits for pre-orders, at which Sony informed customers that they were e... | On what date did the PlayStation 2 go on sale in Africa? | {'text': 'March 23, 2007', 'answer_start': 453} |
86,328 | 85,986 | 5728400b3acd2414000df7bd | generic | Critical and commercial reception to PS3 improved over time, after a series of price revisions, Blu-ray's victory over HD DVD, and the release of several well received titles. Ars Technica's original launch review gave PS3 only a 6/10, but second review of the console in June 2008 rated it a 9/10. In September 2009, IG... | What rating did Ars Technica initially give PlayStation 3? | {'text': '6/10', 'answer_start': 230} |
17,266 | 16,924 | 5a551e9d134fea001a0e1959 | generic | In November 2013, Somalia received its first fiber optic connection. The country previously had to rely on expensive satellite links due to the civil conflict, which limited internet usage. However, residents now have access to broadband internet cable for the first time after an agreement reached between Hormuud Telec... | How long is Hormuud's cable network? | {'text': '17,000 km (10,500 mile)', 'answer_start': 396} |
19,477 | 19,135 | 56e70b3d6fe0821900b8eca5 | generic | After the grant of the royal charter it had become known as the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, eventually dropping the reference to London in 1892. In 1934, it moved to its current headquarters on Portland Place, with the building being opened by King George V and Queen Mary. | Where is the Royal Institute of British Architects located? | {'text': 'Portland Place', 'answer_start': 215} |
64,887 | 64,545 | 5ace4cb332bba1001ae4a21c | generic | The University of Michigan Medical Center, the only teaching hospital in the city, took the number 1 slot in U.S. News & World Report for best hospital in the state of Michigan, as of 2015. The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) includes University Hospital, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Women's Hospital i... | What hospital was rated number 1 in Michigan in 2014? | {'text': 'The University of Michigan Medical Center', 'answer_start': 0} |
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