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99,075 | 98,733 | 572aa7a6f75d5e190021fbfe | generic | Ranthambore National Park is known worldwide for its tiger population and is considered by both wilderness lovers and photographers as one of the best place in India to spot tigers. At one point, due to poaching and negligence, tigers became extinct at Sariska, but five tigers have been relocated there. Prominent among... | What Rajasthani national park is known for its tigers? | {'text': 'Ranthambore National Park', 'answer_start': 0} |
31,259 | 30,917 | 59fb256bee36d60018400d4a | generic | Although England's first away kits were blue, England's traditional away colours are red shirts, white shorts and red socks. In 1996, England's away kit was changed to grey shirts, shorts and socks. This kit was only worn three times, including against Germany in the semi-final of Euro 96 but the deviation from the tra... | What color kits was Germany wearing during the Euro 96? | {'text': 'red shirts, white shorts and red socks', 'answer_start': 85} |
43,355 | 43,013 | 570e21540dc6ce1900204dd5 | generic | Even during the war, Eritrea developed its transportation infrastructure by asphalting new roads, improving its ports, and repairing war-damaged roads and bridges as a part of the Warsay Yika'alo Program. The most significant of these projects was the construction of a coastal highway of more than 500 km connecting Mas... | What type of locomotives are sometimes used on the Eritrean Railway to cater to groups of enthusiasts? | {'text': 'Steam', 'answer_start': 508} |
17,862 | 17,520 | 56e162a3e3433e1400422e47 | generic | The TD Garden, formerly called the FleetCenter and built to replace the old, since-demolished Boston Garden, is adjoined to North Station and is the home of two major league teams: the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. The arena seats 18,624 for b... | How many people can be seated in a basketball game at TD Garden? | {'text': '18,624', 'answer_start': 308} |
18,230 | 17,888 | 5ad15431645df0001a2d17a9 | generic | The long-awaited takeover of Universal Pictures by MCA, Inc. happened in mid-1962 as part of the MCA-Decca Records merger. The company reverted in name to Universal Pictures. As a final gesture before leaving the talent agency business, virtually every MCA client was signed to a Universal contract. In 1964 MCA formed U... | What name did the company revert to after the MAC takeover? | {'text': 'Universal Pictures', 'answer_start': 155} |
28,803 | 28,461 | 570652ab75f01819005e7b46 | generic | In early 1991, non-Arabs of the Zaghawa tribe of Sudan attested that they were victims of an intensifying Arab apartheid campaign, segregating Arabs and non-Arabs (specifically people of sub-Saharan African descent). Sudanese Arabs, who controlled the government, were widely referred to as practicing apartheid against ... | When did the Arab apartheid intensify? | {'text': 'early 1991', 'answer_start': 3} |
78,002 | 77,660 | 57279c2edd62a815002ea1f1 | generic | The Mīmāṃsā school has several subschools defined by epistemology. The Prābhākara subschool of Mīmāṃsā considered five epistemically reliable means to gaining knowledge: pratyakṣa (perception), anumāṇa (inference), upamāṇa (comparison and analogy), arthāpatti (postulation, derivation from circumstances), and śabda (wor... | What is the word for inference in the Prabhakara subschool? | {'text': 'anumāṇa', 'answer_start': 194} |
118,428 | 118,086 | 5acfad3077cf76001a685802 | generic | In 1993, the newly formed government of Namibia received funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Living in a Finite Environment (LIFE) Project. The Ministry of Environment and Tourism with the financial support from organisations such as USAID, Endangered Wildlife Trust, ... | When did the Living in a Finite Environment Project start? | {'text': '1993', 'answer_start': 3} |
61,944 | 61,602 | 5726f01c5951b619008f82d2 | generic | Much of the country lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator. It lies in the monsoon region of Asia, with its coastal regions receiving over 5,000 mm (196.9 in) of rain annually. Annual rainfall in the delta region is approximately 2,500 mm (98.4 in), while average annual rainfall in the Dry Zone in central My... | How much rain is received in the region where Burma is located ? | {'text': '5,000 mm (196.9 in) of rain annually', 'answer_start': 150} |
96,019 | 95,677 | 5729d2f6af94a219006aa64e | generic | Virtually all console gaming systems of the previous generation used microprocessors developed by IBM. The Xbox 360 contains a PowerPC tri-core processor, which was designed and produced by IBM in less than 24 months. Sony's PlayStation 3 features the Cell BE microprocessor designed jointly by IBM, Toshiba, and Sony. I... | How quickly did IBM take to create the Xbox 360 processor? | {'text': 'less than 24 months', 'answer_start': 197} |
108,069 | 107,727 | 572fe8da04bcaa1900d76e8e | generic | An antenna transmits and receives radio waves with a particular polarization which can be reoriented by tilting the axis of the antenna in many (but not all) cases. The physical size of an antenna is often a practical issue, particularly at lower frequencies (longer wavelengths). Highly directional antennas need to be ... | There is a relationship between the size of the antenna and the size of the wavelength with what antenna type? | {'text': 'Highly directional', 'answer_start': 281} |
89,906 | 89,564 | 5ad40beb604f3c001a400043 | generic | According to statistics collected by the Association of Religion Data Archives from 2010, about 34% of Alaska residents were members of religious congregations. 100,960 people identified as Evangelical Protestants, 50,866 as Roman Catholic, and 32,550 as mainline Protestants. Roughly 4% are Mormon, 0.5% are Jewish, 1% ... | Which other far away states are also considered to be less religious than others? | {'text': 'Washington and Oregon', 'answer_start': 744} |
80,404 | 80,062 | 5a68f8138476ee001a58a93d | generic | Due to great differences in terrain, the climate of the province is highly variable. In general it has strong monsoonal influences, with rainfall heavily concentrated in the summer. Under the Köppen climate classification, the Sichuan Basin (including Chengdu) in the eastern half of the province experiences a humid sub... | What area of China has the least amount of earthquakes? | {'text': 'Sichuan Basin', 'answer_start': 227} |
14,567 | 14,225 | 56dfc4ba231d4119001abdd0 | generic | Alexander Graham Bell was ranked 57th among the 100 Greatest Britons (2002) in an official BBC nationwide poll, and among the Top Ten Greatest Canadians (2004), and the 100 Greatest Americans (2005). In 2006 Bell was also named as one of the 10 greatest Scottish scientists in history after having been listed in the Nat... | Which institution listed Bell in their Hall of Fame? | {'text': 'National Library of Scotland', 'answer_start': 317} |
82,325 | 81,983 | 5acfe8f777cf76001a68642c | generic | The Mongol Yuan dynasty, through the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs, or Xuanzheng Yuan, ruled Tibet through a top-level administrative department. One of the department's purposes was to select a dpon-chen ('great administrator'), usually appointed by the lama and confirmed by the Mongol emperor in Beijing. The... | What was one of the Mongol Yuan department's purposes? | {'text': 'to select a dpon-chen', 'answer_start': 192} |
129,911 | 129,569 | 57361c8b6c16ec1900b92967 | generic | Varmint hunting is an American phrase for the selective killing of non-game animals seen as pests. While not always an efficient form of pest control, varmint hunting achieves selective control of pests while providing recreation and is much less regulated. Varmint species are often responsible for detrimental effects ... | What is the non-native varmint of Louisiana? | {'text': 'nutria', 'answer_start': 798} |
26,649 | 26,307 | 56f95b969b226e1400dd139a | generic | Winston Churchill, on forming his government in 1940, created the office of Minister of Defence to exercise ministerial control over the Chiefs of Staff Committee and to co-ordinate defence matters. The post was held by the Prime Minister of the day until Clement Attlee's government introduced the Ministry of Defence A... | When did Winstron Churchill form his government? | {'text': '1940', 'answer_start': 48} |
111,250 | 110,908 | 572fb550a23a5019007fc8d1 | generic | In any case, Alexander's toppling of the Achaemenid Empire, after his victories at the battles of the Granicus, Issus and Gaugamela, and his advance as far as modern-day Pakistan and Tajikistan, provided an important outlet for Greek culture, via the creation of colonies and trade routes along the way. While the Alexan... | What Macedonian ruler helped to advance Greek beliefs and ways of life ? | {'text': 'Alexander', 'answer_start': 13} |
108,392 | 108,050 | 572f3e7d04bcaa1900d767bf | generic | Flower evolution continues to the present day; modern flowers have been so profoundly influenced by humans that some of them cannot be pollinated in nature. Many modern domesticated flower species were formerly simple weeds, which sprouted only when the ground was disturbed. Some of them tended to grow with human crops... | What feature helped flowers not get plucked? | {'text': 'prettiest', 'answer_start': 404} |
49,678 | 49,336 | 5723e05c0dadf01500fa1f67 | generic | Palmerston died in 1865, and after a brief ministry led by Russell, Derby returned to power. In 1866, Victoria attended the State Opening of Parliament for the first time since Albert's death. The following year she supported the passing of the Reform Act 1867 which doubled the electorate by extending the franchise to ... | Who replaced Derby after his resignation? | {'text': 'Benjamin Disraeli', 'answer_start': 435} |
64,046 | 63,704 | 5726df7c5951b619008f80e6 | generic | Yale's central campus in downtown New Haven covers 260 acres (1.1 km2) and comprises its main, historic campus and a medical campus adjacent to the Yale-New Haven Hospital. In western New Haven, the university holds 500 acres (2.0 km2) of athletic facilities, including the Yale Golf Course. In 2008, Yale purchased the ... | How many forests does Yale own? | {'text': 'seven', 'answer_start': 488} |
71,853 | 71,511 | 572723b8dd62a815002e9958 | generic | Capacitors may retain a charge long after power is removed from a circuit; this charge can cause dangerous or even potentially fatal shocks or damage connected equipment. For example, even a seemingly innocuous device such as a disposable-camera flash unit, powered by a 1.5 volt AA battery, has a capacitor which may co... | What type of charge could a capacitor pick up a transient charge from? | {'text': 'from static charges', 'answer_start': 923} |
110,155 | 109,813 | 57301b53947a6a140053d10e | generic | The community of Casas Adobes is also on the Northwest Side, with the distinction of being Tucson's first suburb, established in the late 1940s. Casas Adobes is centered on the historic Casas Adobes Plaza (built in 1948). Casas Adobes is also home to Tohono Chul Park (a nature preserve) near the intersection of North O... | What mall is located in Casas Adobes? | {'text': 'Foothills Mall', 'answer_start': 596} |
6,581 | 6,239 | 56db2c52e7c41114004b4e9e | generic | Jessica Sanchez received the fewest number of votes during the Top 7 week, and the judges decided to use their "save" option on her, making her the first female recipient of the save. The following week, unlike previous seasons, Colton Dixon was the only contestant sent home. Sanchez later made the final two, the first... | Who was the recipient of the Judges' Save? | {'text': 'Jessica Sanchez', 'answer_start': 0} |
92,491 | 92,149 | 572970aaaf94a219006aa414 | generic | A ballot initiative in Colorado, known as Amendment 36, would have changed the way in which the state apportions its electoral votes. Rather than assigning all 9 of the state's electors to the candidate with a plurality of popular votes, under the amendment Colorado would have assigned presidential electors proportiona... | What unique change to the electoral voting process did Colorado suggest should happen? | {'text': 'under the amendment Colorado would have assigned presidential electors proportionally to the statewide vote count, which would be a unique system', 'answer_start': 238} |
99,751 | 99,409 | 572b6a2734ae481900deadf0 | generic | Beginning with Immanuel Kant, German idealists such as G. W. F. Hegel, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, and Arthur Schopenhauer dominated 19th-century philosophy. This tradition, which emphasized the mental or "ideal" character of all phenomena, gave birth to idealistic and subjectivist schoo... | In what century did Hegel write? | {'text': '19th', 'answer_start': 165} |
32,174 | 31,832 | 5a835042e60761001a2eb568 | generic | Together with caesium and gold (both yellow), and osmium (bluish), copper is one of only four elemental metals with a natural color other than gray or silver. Pure copper is orange-red and acquires a reddish tarnish when exposed to air. The characteristic color of copper results from the electronic transitions between ... | What color is the planet caesium? | {'text': 'yellow', 'answer_start': 37} |
98,646 | 98,304 | 572abf9af75d5e190021fc97 | generic | The city's K-12 enrollment in district run schools has dropped in the last five years from 156,211 students in 2010 to 130,104 students in 2015. During the same time period, the enrollment in charter schools has increased from 33,995 students in 2010 to 62,358 students in 2015. This consistent drop in enrollment has le... | How many public schools have been closed in 2013? | {'text': '24', 'answer_start': 340} |
89,388 | 89,046 | 5ad154b9645df0001a2d17bd | generic | Harriet Harman became the Leader of the Opposition and acting Leader of the Labour Party following the resignation of Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010, pending a leadership election subsequently won by Ed Miliband. Miliband emphasised "responsible capitalism" and greater state intervention to change the balance of the UK ec... | Who won power after Ed Miliband? | {'text': 'Harriet Harman', 'answer_start': 0} |
111,623 | 111,281 | 572fb545b2c2fd140056838e | generic | The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people. In the 2014–15 season, the average Premier League match attendance exceeded 36,000, second highest of any professional football league behind the Bund... | What is the average game attendance for the league? | {'text': 'the average Premier League match attendance exceeded 36,000', 'answer_start': 193} |
109,632 | 109,290 | 572f98e5b2c2fd1400568230 | generic | The experience of pain has many cultural dimensions. For instance, the way in which one experiences and responds to pain is related to sociocultural characteristics, such as gender, ethnicity, and age. An aging adult may not respond to pain in the way that a younger person would. Their ability to recognize pain may be ... | What might an aging adult not respond to the same way as a younger person would? | {'text': 'pain', 'answer_start': 236} |
59,871 | 59,529 | 5a7cbea9e8bc7e001a9e1fac | generic | Some reordering of the Thuringian states occurred during the German Mediatisation from 1795 to 1814, and the territory was included within the Napoleonic Confederation of the Rhine organized in 1806. The 1815 Congress of Vienna confirmed these changes and the Thuringian states' inclusion in the German Confederation; th... | Who stopped the unification of Germany in 1871? | {'text': 'Prussian-led', 'answer_start': 513} |
49,879 | 49,537 | 57265c18dd62a815002e82a9 | generic | Victoria's youngest son, Leopold, was affected by the blood-clotting disease haemophilia B and two of her five daughters, Alice and Beatrice, were carriers. Royal haemophiliacs descended from Victoria included her great-grandsons, Tsarevich Alexei of Russia, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, and Infante Gonzalo of Spain. Th... | Which Royal haemophiliacs are said to have descended from Victoria? | {'text': 'Tsarevich Alexei of Russia, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, and Infante Gonzalo of Spain', 'answer_start': 231} |
86,497 | 86,155 | 572a9adaf75d5e190021fb84 | generic | Royal assent is the final stage in the legislative process for acts of the Scottish parliament. The process is governed by sections 28, 32, and 33 of the Scotland Act 1998. After a bill has been passed, the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament submits it to the monarch for royal assent after a four-week period,... | Under which Scotland Act sections is the royal assent governed? | {'text': '28, 32, and 33', 'answer_start': 132} |
9,168 | 8,826 | 5a1cbf334ea40d0018b06ef5 | generic | During the Dutch Golden Age in the late 16th century onward, the Dutch Republic dominated world trade in the 17th century, conquering a vast colonial empire and operating the largest fleet of merchantmen of any nation. The County of Holland was the wealthiest and most urbanized region in the world. | During the 17th century what did Holland conquer? | {'text': 'a vast colonial empire', 'answer_start': 134} |
91,170 | 90,828 | 572955523f37b31900478271 | generic | The reproductive system of female insects consist of a pair of ovaries, accessory glands, one or more spermathecae, and ducts connecting these parts. The ovaries are made up of a number of egg tubes, called ovarioles, which vary in size and number by species. The number of eggs that the insect is able to make vary by t... | Female insects reproductive system contain a pair of what? | {'text': 'ovaries', 'answer_start': 63} |
46,403 | 46,061 | 5ad2a497d7d075001a429d8f | generic | For its complete North American release, the Nintendo Entertainment System was progressively released over the ensuing years in four different bundles: the Deluxe Set, the Control Deck, the Action Set and the Power Set. The Deluxe Set, retailing at US$199.99 (equivalent to $475 in 2016), included R.O.B., a light gun ca... | Super Luigi Bros was paired with which game in the Action Set? | {'text': 'Duck Hunt', 'answer_start': 827} |
96,136 | 95,794 | 5acd189307355d001abf348c | generic | In 1807, Thomas Young was possibly the first to use the term "energy" instead of vis viva, in its modern sense. Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis described "kinetic energy" in 1829 in its modern sense, and in 1853, William Rankine coined the term "potential energy". The law of conservation of energy was also first postulated in... | When was the law of conservation of physics first postulated? | {'text': '19th century', 'answer_start': 331} |
85,436 | 85,094 | 572832df4b864d19001646fb | generic | The bank is based in Frankfurt, the largest financial centre in the Eurozone. Its location in the city is fixed by the Amsterdam Treaty. The bank moved to new purpose-built headquarters in 2014 which were designed a Vienna-based architectural office named Coop Himmelbau. The building is approximately 180 metres (591 ft... | What decided where the bank was to be located? | {'text': 'Amsterdam Treaty', 'answer_start': 119} |
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Kazakhstan: The first torchbearer in Almaty, where the Olympic torch arrived for the first time ever on April 2, was the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev. The route ran 20 km from Medeo stadium to Astana Square. There were reports that Uighur activists were arrested and some were deported back to China. | What country did the torch get to for the first time? | {'text': 'Kazakhstan', 'answer_start': 2} |
67,580 | 67,238 | 5726a8f3dd62a815002e8c40 | generic | Straddling the intersection of Germanic and Romance Europe, Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Therefore, the Swiss, although predominantly German-speaking, do not form a nation in the sense of a common ethnicity or language; rather, Switzerland's stron... | What do the French Swiss call Switzerland? | {'text': 'Suisse', 'answer_start': 597} |
72,692 | 72,350 | 5a73563b53a187001ae63195 | generic | Comcast sold Comcast Cellular to SBC Communications in 1999 for $400 million, releasing them from $1.27 billion in debt. Comcast acquired Greater Philadelphia Cablevision in 1999. In March 1999, Comcast offered to buy MediaOne for $60 billion. However, MediaOne decided to accept AT&T Corporation's offer of $62 billion ... | How much did Comcast pay to purchase Greater Philadelphia Cablvision? | {'text': '$400 million', 'answer_start': 64} |
16,288 | 15,946 | 56e0fe47cd28a01900c673f1 | generic | On January 27, 1967, the same day the US and USSR signed the Outer Space Treaty, the crew of the first manned Apollo mission, Command Pilot Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White, and Pilot Roger Chaffee, were killed in a fire that swept through their spacecraft cabin during a ground test, less than a month... | The Outer Space Treaty was signed by the US and the USSR on what date? | {'text': 'January 27, 1967', 'answer_start': 3} |
7,851 | 7,509 | 5a5939ce3e1742001a15d02a | 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 ... | Who pioneered using the DNA structure as a diagnostic tool? | {'text': 'Manteia Predictive Medicine', 'answer_start': 166} |
42,946 | 42,604 | 5ad2612bd7d075001a429011 | generic | Some species of marine animals exist and rely, directly or indirectly, on the phytoplankton. Antarctic sea life includes penguins, blue whales, orcas, colossal squids and fur seals. The emperor penguin is the only penguin that breeds during the winter in Antarctica, while the Adélie penguin breeds farther south than an... | What penguin breeds south of Antarctica? | {'text': 'the Adélie penguin', 'answer_start': 273} |
44,900 | 44,558 | 571025e8a58dae1900cd6928 | generic | Research suggests that sexual orientation is independent of cultural and other social influences, but that open identification of one's sexual orientation may be hindered by homophobic/hetereosexist settings. Social systems such as religion, language and ethnic traditions can have a powerful impact on realization of se... | What does the american culture put a large emphasis on? | {'text': 'individual attributes, and views the self as unchangeable and constant.', 'answer_start': 1138} |
58,643 | 58,301 | 5ad0c5ea645df0001a2d02b2 | generic | In the 21st century the most famous department store in Russia is GUM in Moscow, followed by TsUM and the Petrovsky Passage. Other popular stores are Mega (shopping malls), Stockmann, and Marks & Spencer. Media Markt, M-video, Technosila, and White Wind (Beliy Veter) sell large number of electronic devices. In St. Pete... | Where is the least notable Russian department store located? | {'text': 'Moscow', 'answer_start': 73} |
79,151 | 78,809 | 5ad20f0bd7d075001a4282c4 | generic | The very large and ornate School Hall and School Library (by L K. Hall) were erected in 1906-8 across the road from Upper School as the school's memorial to the Etonians who had died in the Boer War. Many tablets in the cloisters and chapel commemorate the large number of dead Etonians of the Great War. A bomb destroye... | In what years was the Boer War fought? | {'text': '1906-8', 'answer_start': 88} |
50,500 | 50,158 | 572512df0a492a19004356dd | generic | Maria Deraismes was initiated into Freemasonry in 1882, then resigned to allow her lodge to rejoin their Grand Lodge. Having failed to achieve acceptance from any masonic governing body, she and Georges Martin started a mixed masonic lodge that actually worked masonic ritual. Annie Besant spread the phenomenon to the E... | Why did Deraismes resign from Freemasonry? | {'text': 'allow her lodge to rejoin their Grand Lodge', 'answer_start': 73} |
49,812 | 49,470 | 5ad172b0645df0001a2d1c0c | generic | In 1845, Ireland was hit by a potato blight. In the next four years over a million Irish people died and another million emigrated in what became known as the Great Famine. In Ireland, Victoria was labelled "The Famine Queen". She personally donated £2,000 to famine relief, more than any other individual donor, and als... | How many Irish people lived during the Great Famine? | {'text': 'over a million', 'answer_start': 68} |
95,998 | 95,656 | 5729d0391d046914007795fd | generic | IBM has been a leading proponent of the Open Source Initiative, and began supporting Linux in 1998. The company invests billions of dollars in services and software based on Linux through the IBM Linux Technology Center, which includes over 300 Linux kernel developers. IBM has also released code under different open so... | IBM began supporting this in 1998. | {'text': 'Linux', 'answer_start': 85} |
67,028 | 66,686 | 5726bab35951b619008f7c17 | generic | He reminded the council fathers that only a few years earlier Pope Pius XII had issued the encyclical Mystici corporis about the mystical body of Christ. He asked them not to repeat or create new dogmatic definitions but to explain in simple words how the Church sees itself. He thanked the representatives of other Chri... | What edict did Pope Pius XXIII issue regarding the body of Christ? | {'text': 'Mystici corporis', 'answer_start': 102} |
58,929 | 58,587 | 572655255951b619008f6fe5 | generic | A peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida, it has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km), and is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Much of the state is at or near sea level and is ... | What is the longest Contiguous Coastline in the US | {'text': 'it has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, approximately 1,350 miles', 'answer_start': 88} |
127,746 | 127,404 | 5aced2ee32bba1001ae4b601 | generic | After the Russian Revolution of 1917 guerrillas throughout Central Asia, known as basmachi, waged a war against Bolshevik armies in a futile attempt to maintain independence. The Bolsheviks prevailed after a four-year war, in which mosques and villages were burned down and the population heavily suppressed. Soviet auth... | What religious institutions were not closed? | {'text': 'mosques, churches, and synagogues', 'answer_start': 450} |
65,087 | 64,745 | 5726b3bc708984140094ce3b | generic | Contrary to the diffusionist theory, it appears that there was simultaneously a structural evolution towards the pointed arch, for the purpose of vaulting spaces of irregular plan, or to bring transverse vaults to the same height as diagonal vaults. This latter occurs at Durham Cathedral in the nave aisles in 1093. Poi... | The use of the pointed arch for bringing transverse vaults to the same height diagonal ones, is in disagreement with what theory? | {'text': 'the diffusionist theory', 'answer_start': 12} |
66,314 | 65,972 | 57269f33dd62a815002e8b3b | generic | In 1744, Burke started at Trinity College Dublin, a Protestant establishment, which up until 1793, did not permit Catholics to take degrees. In 1747, he set up a debating society, "Edmund Burke's Club", which, in 1770, merged with TCD's Historical Club to form the College Historical Society; it is the oldest undergradu... | What type of people did Trinity College Dublin not allow to earn degrees there? | {'text': 'Catholics', 'answer_start': 114} |
54,306 | 53,964 | 5726f540f1498d1400e8f0fa | generic | The initial assault by North Korean KPA forces were aided by the use of Soviet T-34-85 tanks. A North Korean tank corps equipped with about 120 T-34s spearheaded the invasion. These drove against a ROK Army with few anti-tank weapons adequate to deal with the Soviet T-34s. Additional Soviet armor was added as the offen... | How many tanks were in the North Korean tank corps? | {'text': '120', 'answer_start': 140} |
59,659 | 59,317 | 57267d4ef1498d1400e8e179 | generic | In England, Presbyterianism was established in secret in 1592. Thomas Cartwright is thought to be the first Presbyterian in England. Cartwright's controversial lectures at Cambridge University condemning the episcopal hierarchy of the Elizabethan Church led to his deprivation of his post by Archbishop John Whitgift and... | In what year did Salter's Hall controversy, occur that would lead to a split? | {'text': '1719', 'answer_start': 1031} |
9,885 | 9,543 | 5ad2e303d7d075001a42a63a | generic | In cities other than Rome, the name cardinal began to be applied to certain church men as a mark of honour. The earliest example of this occurs in a letter sent by Pope Zacharias in 747 to Pippin III (the Short), ruler of the Franks, in which Zacharias applied the title to the priests of Paris to distinguish them from ... | What century did the term cardinal spread quickly throughout various Muslim cities? | {'text': '9th', 'answer_start': 390} |
51,631 | 51,289 | 5a0cf4e1f5590b0018dab6ae | generic | The K-12 and higher education reform programs of the Gates Foundation have been criticized by some education professionals, parents, and researchers because they have driven the conversation on education reform to such an extent that they may marginalize researchers who do not support Gates' predetermined policy prefer... | What have predetermined policy preferences shown about charter schools? | {'text': 'Charter Schools do not systematically improve student performance', 'answer_start': 611} |
97,136 | 96,794 | 572a1b2caf94a219006aa7f1 | generic | The Neolithic 1 (PPNA) period began roughly 10,000 years ago in the Levant. A temple area in southeastern Turkey at Göbekli Tepe dated around 9,500 BC may be regarded as the beginning of the period. This site was developed by nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes, evidenced by the lack of permanent housing in the vicinity and... | Who built the Göbekli Tepe temple? | {'text': 'nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes', 'answer_start': 226} |
74,813 | 74,471 | 57277db4dd62a815002e9e93 | generic | Other regions host festivities of smaller extent, focused on the reenactment of traditional carnevalic customs, such as Tyrnavos (Thessaly), Kozani (West Macedonia), Rethymno (Crete) and in Xanthi (East Macedonia and Thrace). Tyrnavos holds an annual Phallus festival, a traditional "phallkloric" event in which giant, g... | What are the giant, gaudily painted effigies of phalluses made of? | {'text': 'papier maché', 'answer_start': 365} |
35,292 | 34,950 | 570a88636d058f1900182f64 | generic | The influence of Old Norse certainly helped move English from a synthetic language along the continuum to a more analytic word order, and Old Norse most likely made a greater impact on the English language than any other language. The eagerness of Vikings in the Danelaw to communicate with their southern Anglo-Saxon ne... | Who argued that the influence of Old Norse caused English to become a clearer, stronger and more direct language? | {'text': 'Simeon Potter', 'answer_start': 418} |
23,567 | 23,225 | 56f7ef08a6d7ea1400e172e5 | generic | After their adoption, treaties as well as their amendments have to follow the official legal procedures of the United Nations, as applied by the Office of Legal Affairs, including signature, ratification and entry into force. | What are three official legal procedures of the United Nations that all treaties must follow after their adoption? | {'text': 'signature, ratification and entry into force', 'answer_start': 180} |
86,710 | 86,368 | 5acfc5ab77cf76001a685e4a | generic | The constitution of Jordan grants its monarch the right to withhold assent to laws passed by its parliament. Article 93 of that document gives the Jordanian sovereign six months to sign or veto any legislation sent to him from the National Assembly; if he vetoes it within that timeframe, the assembly may override his v... | What kind of vote from either house is required to override the Jordanian sovereign? | {'text': 'two-thirds', 'answer_start': 329} |
70,910 | 70,568 | 5726f9365951b619008f83d4 | generic | The Nigerian film industry is known as Nollywood (a portmanteau of Nigeria and Hollywood) and is now the 2nd-largest producer of movies in the world. Nigerian film studios are based in Lagos, Kano and Enugu, forming a major portion of the local economy of these cities. Nigerian cinema is Africa's largest movie industry... | What is the nickname for Nigeria's movie industry? | {'text': 'Nollywood', 'answer_start': 39} |
117,886 | 117,544 | 5730ec2a497a881900248a57 | generic | Fetuvalu offers the Cambridge syllabus. Motufoua offers the Fiji Junior Certificate (FJC) at year 10, Tuvaluan Certificate at Year 11 and the Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate (PSSC) at Year 12, set by the Fiji-based exam board SPBEA. Sixth form students who pass their PSSC go on to the Augmented Foundation Programm... | Which students go into the Augmented Foundation Programme? | {'text': 'Sixth form', 'answer_start': 238} |
63,095 | 62,753 | 57269ef4f1498d1400e8e52a | generic | Despite its initial opposition to the closures, until 1997, the newspaper repeatedly called for the implementation of further Thatcherite policies, such as Royal Mail privatisation,[verification needed] and social security cutbacks, with leaders such as "Peter Lilley is right, we can't carry on like this",[verification... | What types of policies did The Sun support? | {'text': 'Thatcherite policies', 'answer_start': 126} |
54,869 | 54,527 | 572653eedd62a815002e81a4 | generic | According to the Constitution, executive power is exercised by the President of the Republic and the Government. From the Constitutional amendment of 1986 the President's duties were curtailed to a significant extent, and they are now largely ceremonial; most political power thus lies in the hands of the Prime Minister... | The constitution was amended to reduce the President's power in what year? | {'text': '1986', 'answer_start': 150} |
89,709 | 89,367 | 5728d5aa3acd2414000dffc5 | generic | The tradition of Estonian Song Festivals (Laulupidu) started at the height of the Estonian national awakening in 1869. Today, it is one of the largest amateur choral events in the world. In 2004, about 100,000 people participated in the Song Festival. Since 1928, the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds (Lauluväljak) have hos... | What name describes the Estonian Song Festivals? | {'text': 'Laulupidu', 'answer_start': 42} |
106,108 | 105,766 | 572f8446947a6a140053ca07 | generic | Ranked below the Three Councillors of State were the Nine Ministers, who each headed a specialized ministry. The Minister of Ceremonies was the chief official in charge of religious rites, rituals, prayers and the maintenance of ancestral temples and altars. The Minister of the Household was in charge of the emperor's ... | Who provided the emperor with sustenance and medical aid? | {'text': 'The Minister Steward', 'answer_start': 1353} |
81,768 | 81,426 | 5a4c243e7a6c4c001a2bbb9e | generic | To the north, the Sahara skirts the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt and portions of Libya, but in Cyrenaica and the Maghreb, the Sahara borders the Mediterranean forest, woodland, and scrub ecoregions of northern Africa, all of which have a Mediterranean climate characterized by hot summers and cool and rainy winters. Accor... | What ocean is North of the Sahara? | {'text': 'the Mediterranean', 'answer_start': 32} |
14,849 | 14,507 | 56dfecfb231d4119001abea8 | generic | A gastropub concentrates on quality food. The name is a portmanteau of pub and gastronomy and was coined in 1991 when David Eyre and Mike Belben took over The Eagle pub in Clerkenwell, London. The concept of a restaurant in a pub reinvigorated both pub culture and British dining, though has occasionally attracted criti... | In what city is the Eagle pub located? | {'text': 'London', 'answer_start': 185} |
50,139 | 49,797 | 572407900ba9f01400d97b2d | generic | Napoleon III, since the Crimean War Britain's closest ally, visited London in April 1855, and from 17 to 28 August the same year Victoria and Albert returned the visit. Napoleon III met the couple at Dunkirk and accompanied them to Paris. They visited the Exposition Universelle (a successor to Albert's 1851 brainchild ... | who was britains closest ally since the Crimean war? | {'text': 'Napoleon III', 'answer_start': 0} |
8,259 | 7,917 | 5ad000ce77cf76001a686748 | generic | The Republic of the Congo received full independence from France on August 15, 1960. Fulbert Youlou ruled as the country's first president until labour elements and rival political parties instigated a three-day uprising that ousted him. The Congolese military took charge of the country briefly and installed a civilian... | Who installed Fulbert Youlou as head of the civilian provisional government? | {'text': 'Congolese military', 'answer_start': 242} |
32,762 | 32,420 | 57097050200fba1400367ff2 | generic | Denial of service attacks are designed to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users. Attackers can deny service to individual victims, such as by deliberately entering a wrong password enough consecutive times to cause the victim account to be locked, or they may overload the capabilities of ... | What does DDoS stand for? | {'text': 'Distributed denial of service', 'answer_start': 478} |
71,363 | 71,021 | 5726db87dd62a815002e92e0 | generic | The Communist Party of Germany featured similar attitudes. In Die Welt, a communist newspaper published in Stockholm[e] the exiled communist leader Walter Ulbricht opposed the allies (Britain representing "the most reactionary force in the world") and argued: "The German government declared itself ready for friendly re... | The British army was considered to be what by Walter Ulbricbht? | {'text': 'the most reactionary force in the world', 'answer_start': 206} |
98,344 | 98,002 | 572a80b8111d821400f38b71 | generic | The government of the City of Miami (proper) uses the mayor-commissioner type of system. The city commission consists of five commissioners which are elected from single member districts. The city commission constitutes the governing body with powers to pass ordinances, adopt regulations, and exercise all powers confer... | How many members are on the city commission? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 121} |
125,149 | 124,807 | 573280c306a3a419008aca9d | generic | Eisenhower began smoking cigarettes at West Point, often two or three packs a day. Eisenhower stated that he "gave [himself] an order" to stop cold turkey in March 1949 while at Columbia. He was probably the first president to release information about his health and medical records while in office. On September 24, 19... | Who was the cardiologist who treated Eisenhower after his heart attack? | {'text': 'Paul Dudley White', 'answer_start': 577} |
92,493 | 92,151 | 572970aaaf94a219006aa416 | generic | A ballot initiative in Colorado, known as Amendment 36, would have changed the way in which the state apportions its electoral votes. Rather than assigning all 9 of the state's electors to the candidate with a plurality of popular votes, under the amendment Colorado would have assigned presidential electors proportiona... | Did everyone agree that Amendment 36 was a good idea? | {'text': "Detractors claimed that this splitting would diminish Colorado's influence in the Electoral College", 'answer_start': 485} |
98,234 | 97,892 | 5ad38f99604f3c001a3fe62b | generic | During the mid-2000s, the city witnessed its largest real estate boom since the Florida land boom of the 1920s. During this period, the city had well over a hundred approved high-rise construction projects in which 50 were actually built. In 2007, however, the housing market crashed causing lots of foreclosures on hous... | Where does the area around Miami rank internationally in terms of foreclosures? | {'text': '8th', 'answer_start': 569} |
11,240 | 10,898 | 56de37c0cffd8e1900b4b685 | generic | The Roman Empire came to dominate the entire Mediterranean basin in a vast empire based on Roman law and Roman legions. It promoted trade, tolerance, and Greek culture. By 300 AD the Roman Empire was divided into the Western Roman Empire based in Rome, and the Eastern Roman Empire based in Constantinople. The attacks o... | Where was the headquarters of the Eastern Roman Empire? | {'text': 'Constantinople', 'answer_start': 291} |
116,450 | 116,108 | 5a7e138a70df9f001a87547f | generic | In general, translators have sought to preserve the context itself by reproducing the original order of sememes, and hence word order — when necessary, reinterpreting the actual grammatical structure, for example, by shifting from active to passive voice, or vice versa. The grammatical differences between "fixed-word-o... | What have translators tried to get rid of? | {'text': 'context itself', 'answer_start': 52} |
95,028 | 94,686 | 5a2c0db6bfd06b001a5ae9a6 | generic | The baroque style had never truly been to the English taste. Four influential books were published in the first quarter of the 18th century which highlighted the simplicity and purity of classical architecture: Vitruvius Britannicus (Colen Campbell 1715), Palladio's Four Books of Architecture (1715), De Re Aedificatori... | What the books published in the 1800s highlight about classical architecture? | {'text': 'the simplicity and purity', 'answer_start': 158} |
46,733 | 46,391 | 5acec49232bba1001ae4b346 | generic | Athanasius also wrote a two-part Against the Heathen and The Incarnation of the Word of God. Completed probably early in his life, before the Arian controversy, they constitute the first classic work of developed Orthodox theology. In the first part, Athanasius attacks several pagan practices and beliefs. The second pa... | Which of his works did not address redemption and the Son of God? | {'text': 'Incarnation of the Word of God', 'answer_start': 61} |
112,728 | 112,386 | 573215140fdd8d15006c6771 | generic | In August 1943 the Allies formed a new South East Asia Command (SEAC) to take over strategic responsibilities for Burma and India from the British India Command, under Wavell. In October 1943 Winston Churchill appointed Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten as its Supreme Commander. The British and Indian Fourteenth Army was ... | What Allied command replaced the British India Command in August, 1943? | {'text': 'South East Asia Command', 'answer_start': 39} |
64,307 | 63,965 | 5726a7a0f1498d1400e8e64a | generic | After the failed union of Sweden and Norway of 1319–1365, the pan-Scandinavian Kalmar Union was instituted in 1397. The Swedes were reluctant members of the Danish-dominated union from the start. In an attempt to subdue the Swedes, King Christian II of Denmark had large numbers of the Swedish aristocracy killed in the ... | When was the Kalmar Union formed? | {'text': '1397', 'answer_start': 110} |
77,175 | 76,833 | 5a8c838bfd22b3001a8d89d0 | generic | McKerrow had articulated textual criticism's goal in terms of "our ideal of an author's fair copy of his work in its final state". Bowers asserted that editions founded on Greg's method would "represent the nearest approximation in every respect of the author's final intentions." Bowers stated similarly that the editor... | What did Tanselle say about modern authors? | {'text': "represent the nearest approximation in every respect of the author's final intentions", 'answer_start': 193} |
6,816 | 6,474 | 56db635fe7c41114004b5059 | generic | American Idol was nominated for the Emmy's Outstanding Reality Competition Program for nine years but never won. Director Bruce Gower won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series in 2009, and the show won a Creative Arts Emmys each in 2007 and 2008, three in 2009, and two i... | How many times was American Idol nominated for an Emmy? | {'text': 'nine', 'answer_start': 87} |
59,711 | 59,369 | 5acfd8c177cf76001a6862c3 | generic | In the late 1800s, Presbyterian missionaries established a presence in what is now northern New Mexico. This provided an alternative to the Catholicism, which was brought to the area by the Spanish Conquistadors and had remained unchanged. The area experienced a "mini" reformation, in that many converts were made to Pr... | Which churches can no longer be found in the area? | {'text': 'stalwart Presbyterians and Presbyterian churches', 'answer_start': 640} |
126,454 | 126,112 | 573284c406a3a419008acac8 | generic | Active in the early 1920s, F.C.S. Schiller labelled his work "humanism" but for Schiller the term referred to the pragmatist philosophy he shared with William James. In 1929, Charles Francis Potter founded the First Humanist Society of New York whose advisory board included Julian Huxley, John Dewey, Albert Einstein an... | When was the first public group for Humanist founded? | {'text': '1929', 'answer_start': 169} |
49,437 | 49,095 | 5724d2c40a492a190043562f | generic | Victoria later described her childhood as "rather melancholy". Her mother was extremely protective, and Victoria was raised largely isolated from other children under the so-called "Kensington System", an elaborate set of rules and protocols devised by the Duchess and her ambitious and domineering comptroller, Sir John... | How did Victoria describe her childhood? | {'text': 'rather melancholy', 'answer_start': 43} |
43,472 | 43,130 | 570e31d70b85d914000d7d28 | generic | Disagreements following the war have resulted in stalemate punctuated by periods of elevated tension and renewed threats of war. The stalemate led the President of Eritrea to urge the UN to take action on Ethiopia with the Eleven Letters penned by the President to the United Nations Security Council. The situation has ... | What did the stalemate lead the President of Eritrea to urge the UN to do? | {'text': 'take action on Ethiopia', 'answer_start': 190} |
31,655 | 31,313 | 5ad41bf5604f3c001a400552 | generic | Houston was founded in 1836 on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou (now known as Allen's Landing) and incorporated as a city on June 5, 1837. The city was named after former General Sam Houston, who was president of the Republic of Texas and had commanded and won at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles (40 km) east of w... | What used to be known as Allan's Landing | {'text': 'Buffalo Bayou', 'answer_start': 54} |
51,875 | 51,533 | 5725e90738643c19005ace66 | generic | The State Railways Administration of Uruguay (AFE) operates three commuter rail lines, namely the Empalme Olmos, San Jose and Florida. These lines operate to major suburban areas of Canelones, San José and Florida. Within the Montevideo city limits, local trains stop at Lorenzo Carnelli, Yatai (Step Mill), Sayago, Colu... | What neighborhood is the General Artigas Central Station located? | {'text': 'Aguada', 'answer_start': 496} |
79,676 | 79,334 | 5a5d67e95e8782001a9d5ef3 | generic | The retail trade in Cork city includes a mix of both modern, state of the art shopping centres and family owned local shops. Department stores cater for all budgets, with expensive boutiques for one end of the market and high street stores also available. Shopping centres can be found in many of Cork's suburbs, includi... | What area was effected by the economic growth of 2008? | {'text': "St. Patrick's Street", 'answer_start': 844} |
34,228 | 33,886 | 5a48796884b8a4001a7e78b5 | generic | Imperial College Boat Club
The Imperial College Boat Club was founded on 12 December 1919. The Gold medal winning GB 8+ at the 2000 Sydney Olympics had been based at Imperial College's recently refurbished boathouse and included 3 alumni of the college along with their coach Martin McElroy. The club has been highly suc... | What event did the club loose in 2013? | {'text': 'The Prince Albert Challenge Cup', 'answer_start': 416} |
50,085 | 49,743 | 5724041d0ba9f01400d97b1d | generic | In 1870, republican sentiment in Britain, fed by the Queen's seclusion, was boosted after the establishment of the Third French Republic. A republican rally in Trafalgar Square demanded Victoria's removal, and Radical MPs spoke against her. In August and September 1871, she was seriously ill with an abscess in her arm,... | Who lanced and treated the abscess on Queen Victorias arm? | {'text': 'Joseph Lister', 'answer_start': 327} |
124,023 | 123,681 | 5a84ac7c7cf838001a46aa31 | generic | Devise Minority Party Strategies. The minority leader, in consultation with other party colleagues, has a range of strategic options that he or she can employ to advance minority party objectives. The options selected depend on a wide range of circumstances, such as the visibility or significance of the issue and the d... | What is usually strongly holding the Progressives together? | {'text': 'cohesion', 'answer_start': 329} |
4,493 | 4,151 | 56d00d6d234ae51400d9c2e6 | generic | The Democratic Party holds the majority of public offices. As of November 2008, 67% of registered voters in the city are Democrats. New York City has not been carried by a Republican in a statewide or presidential election since President Calvin Coolidge won the five boroughs in 1924. In 2012, Democrat Barack Obama bec... | Which US president became the first to receive over 80 percent of NYC votes? | {'text': 'Barack Obama', 'answer_start': 304} |
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