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130,322 | 129,980 | 5735c3d0dc94161900571fee | generic | The National Library of Nepal is located in Patan. It is the largest library in the country with more than 70,000 books. English, Nepali, Sanskrit, Hindi, and Nepal Bhasa books are found here. The library is in possession of rare scholarly books in Sanskrit and English dating from the 17th century AD. Kathmandu also co... | What government department is located in the same building as the Kaiser Library? | {'text': 'Ministry of Education', 'answer_start': 402} |
34,051 | 33,709 | 5709e0746d058f1900182be9 | generic | Usually, the short-term goal of open market operations is to achieve a specific short-term interest rate target. In other instances, monetary policy might instead entail the targeting of a specific exchange rate relative to some foreign currency or else relative to gold. For example, in the case of the United States th... | What is the cajoling of certain market players to achieve specified outcomes also known as? | {'text': 'Moral suasion', 'answer_start': 627} |
45,253 | 44,911 | 5ad36009604f3c001a3fdf25 | generic | The release of Apple's iPad tablet computer had a negative impact on Dell and other major PC vendors, as consumers switched away from desktop and laptop PCs. Dell's own mobility division has not managed success with developing smartphones or tablets, whether running Windows or Google Android. The Dell Streak was a fail... | What Dell product was a commercial success? | {'text': 'Streak', 'answer_start': 303} |
59,792 | 59,450 | 5acfdfc477cf76001a686373 | generic | In Australia, Presbyterianism is the fourth largest denomination of Christianity, with nearly 600,000 Australians claiming to be Presbyterian in the 2006 Commonwealth Census. Presbyterian churches were founded in each colony, some with links to the Church of Scotland and others to the Free Church. There were also congr... | According to the 1901 census, how many Australians claim to be Presbyterian? | {'text': '600,000', 'answer_start': 94} |
77,984 | 77,642 | 5a5e50095bc9f4001a75aec5 | generic | Vaiśeṣika metaphysical premises are founded on a form of atomism, that the reality is composed of four substances (earth, water, air, fire). Each of these four are of two types: atomic (paramāṇu) and composite. An atom is, according to Vaiśeṣika scholars, that which is indestructible (anitya), indivisible, and has a sp... | How many realities are there? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 98} |
75,564 | 75,222 | 572791415951b619008f8db9 | generic | On October 25, 1836, construction began on the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad to connect the port city of Wilmington with the state capital of Raleigh. In 1849 the North Carolina Railroad was created by act of the legislature to extend that railroad west to Greensboro, High Point, and Charlotte. During the Civil War, ... | In 1849, what railroad was created? | {'text': 'North Carolina Railroad', 'answer_start': 165} |
21,621 | 21,279 | 56e8d58c0b45c0140094cd04 | generic | Between 1042 and 1052 King Edward the Confessor began rebuilding St Peter's Abbey to provide himself with a royal burial church. It was the first church in England built in the Romanesque style. The building was not completed until around 1090 but was consecrated on 28 December 1065, only a week before Edward's death o... | When did King Edward the Confessor die? | {'text': '5 January 1066', 'answer_start': 322} |
33,787 | 33,445 | 5709a209ed30961900e8439c | generic | Race and ethnicity are considered separate and distinct identities, with Hispanic or Latino origin asked as a separate question. Thus, in addition to their race or races, all respondents are categorized by membership in one of two ethnic categories, which are "Hispanic or Latino" and "Not Hispanic or Latino". However, ... | In ethnic classification for the U.S. Census, What option do respondents have other than not Hispanic or Latino? | {'text': 'Hispanic or Latino', 'answer_start': 261} |
16,184 | 15,842 | 56e07b187aa994140058e550 | generic | The German rocket center in Peenemünde was located in the eastern part of Germany, which became the Soviet zone of occupation. On Stalin's orders, the Soviet Union sent its best rocket engineers to this region to see what they could salvage for future weapons systems. The Soviet rocket engineers were led by Sergei Koro... | Sergei Korolev died in what year? | {'text': '1966', 'answer_start': 820} |
128,053 | 127,711 | 57339c184776f41900660ea5 | generic | The university owns several centers around the world used for international studies and research, conferences abroad, and alumni support. The university has had a presence in London, England, since 1968. Since 1998, its London center has been based in the former United University Club at 1 Suffolk Street in Trafalgar S... | In what year did Notre Dame first have a facility in England? | {'text': '1968', 'answer_start': 198} |
75,054 | 74,712 | 5a317223e4dcb1001abb2305 | generic | A minority view is that early seventeenth-century Baptists were influenced by (but not directly connected to) continental Anabaptists. According to this view, the General Baptists shared similarities with Dutch Waterlander Mennonites (one of many Anabaptist groups) including believer's baptism only, religious liberty, ... | Who did the Dutch Waterlander Mennonites avoid? | {'text': 'Anabaptist groups', 'answer_start': 247} |
27,386 | 27,044 | 56fa19cc8f12f319006300cd | generic | Wood is a heterogeneous, hygroscopic, cellular and anisotropic material. It consists of cells, and the cell walls are composed of micro-fibrils of cellulose (40% – 50%) and hemicellulose (15% – 25%) impregnated with lignin (15% – 30%). | What substance is hemicellulose impregnated with? | {'text': 'lignin', 'answer_start': 216} |
25,051 | 24,709 | 56f8d2919e9bad19000a059e | generic | In the first half of the 20th century the Olympic Winter Games were held three times in Alpine venues: the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France; the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland; and the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. During World War II the winter games were canceled bu... | When were the Winter Olympics held in Albertville, France? | {'text': '(1992)', 'answer_start': 501} |
84,730 | 84,388 | 5a611100e9e1cc001a33ce89 | generic | The first session ended in a solemn ceremony on 8 December 1962 with the next session scheduled to occur in 1963 from 12 May to 29 June – this was announced on 12 November 1962. John XXIII's closing speech made subtle references to Pope Pius IX, and he had expressed the desire to see Pius IX beatified and eventually ca... | When was Pope Pius IX at a spiritual retreat? | {'text': 'in 1959', 'answer_start': 344} |
50,288 | 49,946 | 5acf801b77cf76001a684fea | generic | Relations between Grand Lodges are determined by the concept of Recognition. Each Grand Lodge maintains a list of other Grand Lodges that it recognises. When two Grand Lodges recognise and are in Masonic communication with each other, they are said to be in amity, and the brethren of each may visit each other's Lodges ... | What is not allowed when Grand Lodges are empty? | {'text': 'inter-visitation', 'answer_start': 386} |
1,651 | 1,309 | 56d38cc659d6e4140014672f | generic | Chopin's tombstone, featuring the muse of music, Euterpe, weeping over a broken lyre, was designed and sculpted by Clésinger. The expenses of the funeral and monument, amounting to 5,000 francs, were covered by Jane Stirling, who also paid for the return of the composer's sister Ludwika to Warsaw. Ludwika took Chopin's... | Who ended up with the 200 letters from Sand to Chopin? | {'text': 'Sand', 'answer_start': 444} |
99,134 | 98,792 | 572aaf31be1ee31400cb816d | generic | Rajasthan is known for its traditional, colorful art. The block prints, tie and dye prints, Bagaru prints, Sanganer prints, and Zari embroidery are major export products from Rajasthan. Handicraft items like wooden furniture and crafts, carpets, and blue pottery are commonly found here. Shopping reflects the colorful c... | Bagaru and Sanganer represent what type of art? | {'text': 'prints', 'answer_start': 116} |
33,937 | 33,595 | 5a8cc7f9fd22b3001a8d8e5f | generic | The word "dollar" is one of the words in the first paragraph of Section 9 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. In that context, "dollars" is a reference to the Spanish milled dollar, a coin that had a monetary value of 8 Spanish units of currency, or reales. In 1792 the U.S. Congress adopted legislation titled An act... | How many single silver dollars were meant cost one dollar to make? | {'text': 'four hundred and sixteen', 'answer_start': 662} |
76,256 | 75,914 | 57279998dd62a815002ea1a8 | generic | Gorbachev refused to make any changes to the status of Nagorno Karabakh, which remained part of Azerbaijan. He instead sacked the Communist Party Leaders in both Republics – on May 21, 1988, Kamran Baghirov was replaced by Abdulrahman Vezirov as First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party. From July 23 to Septemb... | How long did the Lenin Square protest last? | {'text': '18 days', 'answer_start': 1013} |
124,086 | 123,744 | 57324c1bb9d445190005e9e5 | generic | Gephardt added that "inclusion and empowerment of the people on the line have to be done to get the best performance" from the minority party. Other techniques for fostering party harmony include the appointment of task forces composed of partisan colleagues with conflicting views to reach consensus on issues; the crea... | What is a good technique to foster party harmony? | {'text': 'appointment of task forces', 'answer_start': 200} |
6,256 | 5,914 | 56db059de7c41114004b4c5a | generic | The winner receives a record deal with a major label, which may be for up to six albums, and secures a management contract with American Idol-affiliated 19 Management (which has the right of first refusal to sign all contestants), as well as various lucrative contracts. All winners prior to season nine reportedly earne... | The winner also receives a management contract with which company? | {'text': '19 Management', 'answer_start': 153} |
28,854 | 28,512 | 5706ac8d52bb891400689b6a | generic | Historians estimate that between the advent of Islam in 650CE and the abolition of slavery in the Arabian Peninsula in the mid-20th century, 10 to 18 million sub-Saharan Black Africans were enslaved by Arab slave traders and transported to the Arabian Peninsula and neighboring countries. This number far exceeded the nu... | Who was assimilated into the Arab slave owner families? | {'text': 'The mixed-race children of female slaves and Arab owners', 'answer_start': 767} |
5,469 | 5,127 | 56cf88bf234ae51400d9be0f | generic | As of 2013, West has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all-time. About.com ranked Kanye West No. 8 on their "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers" list. On May 16, 2008, Kanye West was crowned by MTV as the year's No. 1 "Hottest MC in the Game." On December 17, 2010, Kanye West was vote... | How many Grammies has Kanye won as of 2013? | {'text': '21', 'answer_start': 36} |
94,947 | 94,605 | 572b84ba34ae481900deae5d | generic | Symptoms of mild zinc deficiency are diverse. Clinical outcomes include depressed growth, diarrhea, impotence and delayed sexual maturation, alopecia, eye and skin lesions, impaired appetite, altered cognition, impaired host defense properties, defects in carbohydrate utilization, and reproductive teratogenesis. Mild z... | Symptoms ranging from diarrhea to eye lesions are from what? | {'text': 'mild zinc deficiency', 'answer_start': 12} |
81,580 | 81,238 | 5727c37eff5b5019007d94a2 | generic | When used as a count noun "a culture", is the set of customs, traditions and values of a society or community, such as an ethnic group or nation. In this sense, multiculturalism is a concept that values the peaceful coexistence and mutual respect between different cultures inhabiting the same territory. Sometimes "cult... | What falls within the term "cultural anthropology"? | {'text': 'the ideology and analytical stance of cultural relativism', 'answer_start': 488} |
128,532 | 128,190 | 5733e5704776f41900661452 | generic | Anthrozoology (also known as "human–animal studies") is the study of interaction between living things. It is a burgeoning interdisciplinary field that overlaps with a number of other disciplines, including anthropology, ethology, medicine, psychology, veterinary medicine and zoology. A major focus of anthrozoologic re... | What is the study of interaction between living things? | {'text': 'Anthrozoology', 'answer_start': 0} |
10,258 | 9,916 | 5a18e53d9aa02b0018605f0a | generic | It is possible that other distinct dialect groups were already in existence during this period. Good candidates are the hypothethical ancestor languages of Alanian/Scytho-Sarmatian subgroup of Scythian in the far northwest; and the hypothetical "Old Parthian" (the Old Iranian ancestor of Parthian) in the near northwest... | What was not in use at the time? | {'text': 'other distinct dialect', 'answer_start': 20} |
114,367 | 114,025 | 57303e14947a6a140053d319 | generic | The growth in women's football has seen major competitions being launched at both national and international level mirroring the male competitions. Women's football has faced many struggles. It had a "golden age" in the United Kingdom in the early 1920s when crowds reached 50,000 at some matches; this was stopped on 5 ... | In 1971, who officially recognized women's football? | {'text': 'UEFA', 'answer_start': 480} |
115,555 | 115,213 | 5731bff5e17f3d1400422398 | generic | The successful outcome of antimicrobial therapy with antibacterial compounds depends on several factors. These include host defense mechanisms, the location of infection, and the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the antibacterial. A bactericidal activity of antibacterials may depend on the bacterial gr... | What does this eliminate? | {'text': 'bacterial infection', 'answer_start': 521} |
43,934 | 43,592 | 5ad11a5c645df0001a2d0d8a | generic | In 1972, the French physicist Francis Perrin discovered fifteen ancient and no longer active natural nuclear fission reactors in three separate ore deposits at the Oklo mine in Gabon, West Africa, collectively known as the Oklo Fossil Reactors. The ore deposit is 1.7 billion years old; then, uranium-235 constituted abo... | How old are the ore deposits in the Oslo mine? | {'text': '1.7 billion years old', 'answer_start': 264} |
13,428 | 13,086 | 5acd3de307355d001abf39fb | generic | Only a few contemporary societies are classified as hunter-gatherers, and many supplement their foraging activity with horticulture and/or keeping animals. | Which societies replace foraging with horticulture and/or keeping animals? | {'text': 'contemporary', 'answer_start': 11} |
37,861 | 37,519 | 570bc8b4ec8fbc190045baf3 | generic | Finally, an introduced species may unintentionally injure a species that depends on the species it replaces. In Belgium, Prunus spinosa from Eastern Europe leafs much sooner than its West European counterparts, disrupting the feeding habits of the Thecla betulae butterfly (which feeds on the leaves). Introducing new sp... | Where does the Prunus spinosa leaf much sooner? | {'text': 'In Belgium', 'answer_start': 109} |
21,817 | 21,475 | 56e8f03d0b45c0140094cd83 | generic | Subsequently, it became one of Britain's most significant honours to be buried or commemorated in the abbey. The practice of burying national figures in the abbey began under Oliver Cromwell with the burial of Admiral Robert Blake in 1657. The practice spread to include generals, admirals, politicians, doctors and scie... | Who was buried next to William Wilberforce? | {'text': 'William Pitt', 'answer_start': 649} |
66,077 | 65,735 | 5a81b1fd31013a001a334d82 | generic | After the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, Norfolk Island was placed under the authority of the new Commonwealth government to be administered as an external territory. During World War II, the island became a key airbase and refuelling depot between Australia and New Zealand, and New Zealand and the ... | What minor event did Norfolk Island become an important airbase and refueling station during? | {'text': 'World War II', 'answer_start': 194} |
62,539 | 62,197 | 5a817f9831013a001a334c62 | generic | Production capacity in Britain and the United States was improved by the invention of the cotton gin by the American Eli Whitney in 1793. Before the development of cotton gins, the cotton fibers had to be pulled from the seeds tediously by hand. By the late 1700s a number of crude ginning machines had been developed. H... | What business development did the Americans use to establish a hold on the global cotton market? | {'text': 'commercial chain', 'answer_start': 868} |
42,092 | 41,750 | 570d3aa2b3d812140066d595 | generic | The French were unaware of German numerical superiority at the beginning of the battle as the German 2nd Army did not attack all at once. Treating the oncoming attacks as merely skirmishes, Frossard did not request additional support from other units. By the time he realized what kind of a force he was opposing, it was... | What outcome surprised the Germans the following day? | {'text': 'Frossard had abandoned his position', 'answer_start': 1077} |
49,815 | 49,473 | 5723eae00dadf01500fa1f9d | generic | Victoria's self-imposed isolation from the public diminished the popularity of the monarchy, and encouraged the growth of the republican movement. She did undertake her official government duties, yet chose to remain secluded in her royal residences—Windsor Castle, Osborne House, and the private estate in Scotland that... | When Victoria isolated herself from the public, what movement began to grow? | {'text': 'the republican movement', 'answer_start': 122} |
78,229 | 77,887 | 5a73acce42eae6001a38995f | generic | The freedom to form, declare membership in, or campaign for candidates from a political party is considered a measurement of a state's adherence to liberal democracy as a political value. Regulation of parties may run from a crackdown on or repression of all opposition parties, a norm for authoritarian governments, to ... | What rights threaten the formation of a liberal democracy? | {'text': 'The freedom to form, declare membership in, or campaign for candidates from a political party', 'answer_start': 0} |
55,506 | 55,164 | 5a3a04a52f14dd001ac726bc | generic | Mammalian hair, also known as pelage, can vary in color between populations, organisms within a population, and even on the individual organism. Light-dark color variation is common in the mammalian taxa. Sometimes, this color variation is determined by age variation, however, in other cases, it is determined by other ... | How does intraspecies communication vary? | {'text': 'between populations, organisms within a population, and even on the individual organism', 'answer_start': 56} |
5,997 | 5,655 | 56d2733d59d6e41400146002 | generic | Buddhism may have spread only slowly in India until the time of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, who was a public supporter of the religion. The support of Aśoka and his descendants led to the construction of more stūpas (Buddhist religious memorials) and to efforts to spread Buddhism throughout the enlarged Maurya empire a... | What does stupas mean in English? | {'text': 'Buddhist religious memorials', 'answer_start': 217} |
68,926 | 68,584 | 572707be5951b619008f84f2 | generic | For months each side had been building forward rifle pits and defensive positions, which resulted in many skirmishes. Artillery fire aiming to gain superiority over the enemy guns.:450–462 September saw the final assault. On 5 September, another French bombardment (the sixth) was followed by an assault by the French Ar... | Who failed to take back Malakoff? | {'text': 'the Russian defences', 'answer_start': 452} |
110,384 | 110,042 | 572f8ba7b2c2fd14005681e3 | generic | In 1045, the Byzantine Empire conquered Bagratid Armenia. Soon, the other Armenian states fell under Byzantine control as well. The Byzantine rule was short lived, as in 1071 Seljuk Turks defeated the Byzantines and conquered Armenia at the Battle of Manzikert, establishing the Seljuk Empire. To escape death or servitu... | Where did Roupen find refuge? | {'text': 'Tarsus of Cilicia', 'answer_start': 516} |
109,458 | 109,116 | 5acd035f07355d001abf31a5 | generic | Nociceptive pain is caused by stimulation of peripheral nerve fibers that respond to stimuli approaching or exceeding harmful intensity (nociceptors), and may be classified according to the mode of noxious stimulation. The most common categories are "thermal" (e.g. heat or cold), "mechanical" (e.g. crushing, tearing, s... | What are the common categories of modalities pain? | {'text': '"thermal" (e.g. heat or cold), "mechanical" (e.g. crushing, tearing, shearing, etc.) and "chemical"', 'answer_start': 250} |
28,731 | 28,389 | 56fdfa85761e401900d28c89 | generic | I/O is the means by which a computer exchanges information with the outside world. Devices that provide input or output to the computer are called peripherals. On a typical personal computer, peripherals include input devices like the keyboard and mouse, and output devices such as the display and printer. Hard disk dri... | A keyboard is what type of peripheral device? | {'text': 'input', 'answer_start': 212} |
60,603 | 60,261 | 5a5fe5d0eae51e001ab14cf8 | generic | Walt Disney Parks and Resorts plans on creating original Marvel attractions at their theme parks, with Hong Kong Disneyland becoming the first Disney theme park to feature a Marvel attraction. Due to the licensing agreement with Universal Studios, signed prior to Disney's purchase of Marvel, Walt Disney World and Tokyo... | Why is Walt Disney unable to have characters such as Star-Lord appear? | {'text': 'Due to the licensing agreement with Universal Studios', 'answer_start': 193} |
127,619 | 127,277 | 573388fa4776f41900660cce | generic | Among the notable structures in the town are the three forts built by the Swedes for defense purposes. One of these forts, known as Fort Oscar (formerly Gustav Adolph), which overlooks the sea is located on the far side of La Pointe. However, the ruins have been replaced by a modern military building which now houses t... | What was the former name of Fort Oscar? | {'text': 'Gustav Adolph', 'answer_start': 153} |
14,226 | 13,884 | 5ace090a32bba1001ae499db | generic | On December 8, 1991, at Viskuli near Brest (Belarus), the President of the Russian SFSR and the heads of Byelorussian SSR and Ukrainian SSR signed the "Agreement on the Establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States" (known in media as Belavezha Accords). The document, consisting of a preamble and fourteen art... | In what country is Viskuli not located? | {'text': 'Belarus', 'answer_start': 44} |
115,281 | 114,939 | 5ad3ded0604f3c001a3ff489 | generic | Whitehead makes the startling observation that "life is comparatively deficient in survival value." If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humorously notes, "they certainly did... | What are higher life forms never actively engaged in? | {'text': 'modifying their environment', 'answer_start': 491} |
16,029 | 15,687 | 56e08a18231d4119001ac291 | generic | While H2 is not very reactive under standard conditions, it does form compounds with most elements. Hydrogen can form compounds with elements that are more electronegative, such as halogens (e.g., F, Cl, Br, I), or oxygen; in these compounds hydrogen takes on a partial positive charge. When bonded to fluorine, oxygen, ... | What type of charge does hydrogen take when combined with a metal? | {'text': 'negative', 'answer_start': 163} |
130,556 | 130,214 | 5a7dbca870df9f001a8750b9 | generic | A source of definition difficulty in relativity arises from two definitions of mass in common use, one of which is formally equivalent to total energy (and is thus observer dependent), and the other of which is referred to as rest mass or invariant mass and is independent of the observer. Only "rest mass" is loosely eq... | Kinetic energy cannot add what kind of mass to a system? | {'text': 'rest', 'answer_start': 882} |
109,079 | 108,737 | 572f986a947a6a140053cab6 | generic | After working for many years at the University of Chicago, Arthur Holly Compton returned to St. Louis in 1946 to serve as Washington University's ninth chancellor. Compton reestablished the Washington University football team, making the declaration that athletics were to be henceforth played on a "strictly amateur" ba... | What role did Arthur Holly Compton serve at Washington University? | {'text': 'chancellor', 'answer_start': 152} |
11,005 | 10,663 | 5acfb25577cf76001a685927 | generic | Since the 1980s, as the complexity of buildings began to increase (in terms of structural systems, services, energy and technologies), the field of architecture became multi-disciplinary with specializations for each project type, technological expertise or project delivery methods. In addition, there has been an incre... | What two architectural movements have never faced criticism for their focus on individuality? | {'text': 'Modernism and Postmodernism', 'answer_start': 823} |
36,727 | 36,385 | 5a70d27d8abb0b001a6761b3 | generic | The Xbox Live Marketplace is a virtual market designed for the console that allows Xbox Live users to download purchased or promotional content. The service offers movie and game trailers, game demos, Xbox Live Arcade games and Xbox 360 Dashboard themes as well as add-on game content (items, costumes, levels etc.). The... | What is the average price of a game? | {'text': '1,600 and 4,000-point', 'answer_start': 719} |
93,059 | 92,717 | 5a7b8bc121c2de001afea134 | generic | There are generally four recognized levels of tests: unit testing, integration testing, component interface testing, and system testing. Tests are frequently grouped by where they are added in the software development process, or by the level of specificity of the test. The main levels during the development process as... | What are the four unrecognized levels of tests? | {'text': 'unit testing, integration testing, component interface testing, and system testing', 'answer_start': 53} |
6,643 | 6,301 | 56db3174e7c41114004b4f1b | generic | The fourteenth season premiered on January 7, 2015. Ryan Seacrest returned to host, while Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. returned for their respective fourth, third and second seasons as judges. Eighth season runner-up Adam Lambert filled in for Urban during the New York City auditions. Randy Jackso... | When did season 14 premiere? | {'text': 'January 7, 2015', 'answer_start': 35} |
95,286 | 94,944 | 5a2c7345bfd06b001a5aeb82 | generic | South Slavic historically formed a dialect continuum, i.e. each dialect has some similarities with the neighboring one, and differences grow with distance. However, migrations from the 16th to 18th centuries resulting from the spread of Ottoman Empire on the Balkans have caused large-scale population displacement that ... | What are two characteristics of urbanization? | {'text': 'each dialect has some similarities with the neighboring one, and differences grow with distance', 'answer_start': 59} |
23,225 | 22,883 | 56f8c3489e9bad19000a0451 | generic | Hampshire County Cricket Club play close to the city, at the Rose Bowl in West End, after previously playing at the County Cricket Ground and the Antelope Ground, both near the city centre. There is also the Southampton Evening Cricket League. | Besides the Hampshire County Cricket Club, what's the name of the other cricket league in Southampton? | {'text': 'the Southampton Evening Cricket League', 'answer_start': 204} |
119,119 | 118,777 | 57314e60a5e9cc1400cdbe4b | generic | Daniel L. Magruder, Jr defines USAF culture as a combination of the rigorous application of advanced technology, individualism and progressive airpower theory. Major General Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. adds that the U.S. Air Force's culture also includes an egalitarianism bred from officers perceiving themselves as their se... | How have the enlisted forces of the US Air Force been seen? | {'text': 'primarily a rear echelon support force', 'answer_start': 828} |
48,868 | 48,526 | 5acf9ef077cf76001a68559e | generic | Muawiyah also encouraged peaceful coexistence with the Christian communities of Syria, granting his reign with "peace and prosperity for Christians and Arabs alike", and one of his closest advisers was Sarjun, the father of John of Damascus. At the same time, he waged unceasing war against the Byzantine Roman Empire. D... | When were Rhodes and Crete freed from occupation? | {'text': 'During his reign', 'answer_start': 319} |
16,087 | 15,745 | 56e17f00e3433e1400422f87 | generic | One of the first quantum effects to be explicitly noticed (but not understood at the time) was a Maxwell observation involving hydrogen, half a century before full quantum mechanical theory arrived. Maxwell observed that the specific heat capacity of H2 unaccountably departs from that of a diatomic gas below room tempe... | What cause H2 to resemble monatomic gas? | {'text': 'spacing of the (quantized) rotational energy levels', 'answer_start': 473} |
69,122 | 68,780 | 5a457b0d19a820001a1eda7d | generic | A charity is a nonprofit organisation that meets stricter criteria regarding its purpose and the method in which it makes decisions and reports its finances. For example, a charity is generally not allowed to pay its Trustees. In England and Wales, charities may be registered with the Charity Commission. In Scotland, t... | Who is the Charity Commission not allowed to pay? | {'text': 'Trustees', 'answer_start': 217} |
94,733 | 94,391 | 572b4db9111d821400f38e3e | generic | Zinc is a bluish-white, lustrous, diamagnetic metal, though most common commercial grades of the metal have a dull finish. It is somewhat less dense than iron and has a hexagonal crystal structure, with a distorted form of hexagonal close packing, in which each atom has six nearest neighbors (at 265.9 pm) in its own pl... | In it's pre commercial state, what color is zinc? | {'text': 'bluish-white', 'answer_start': 10} |
36,060 | 35,718 | 5a2f4c6fa83784001a7d26e5 | generic | The Late Cretaceous spans from 100 million to 65 million years ago. The Late Cretaceous featured a cooling trend that would continue on in the Cenozoic period. Eventually, tropics were restricted to the equator and areas beyond the tropic lines featured extreme seasonal changes in weather. Dinosaurs still thrived as ne... | Which water borne species brought about the extinction of the Mosasaurs? | {'text': 'Ichthyosaurs', 'answer_start': 482} |
68,099 | 67,757 | 5726dc5cf1498d1400e8ed97 | generic | Mali faces numerous health challenges related to poverty, malnutrition, and inadequate hygiene and sanitation. Mali's health and development indicators rank among the worst in the world. Life expectancy at birth is estimated to be 53.06 years in 2012. In 2000, 62–65 percent of the population was estimated to have acces... | In 2000 what percentage of the population had access to safe drinking water? | {'text': '62–65', 'answer_start': 261} |
109,126 | 108,784 | 572faba604bcaa1900d76b9f | generic | In 2013, Washington University received a record 30,117 applications for a freshman class of 1,500 with an acceptance rate of 13.7%. More than 90% of incoming freshmen whose high schools ranked were ranked in the top 10% of their high school classes. In 2006, the university ranked fourth overall and second among privat... | How many freshman class applications did Washington University receive in 2013? | {'text': '30,117', 'answer_start': 49} |
27,766 | 27,424 | 56fae3e08f12f31900630255 | generic | In addition to Somali, Arabic, which is also an Afro-Asiatic tongue, is an official national language in both Somalia and Djibouti. Many Somalis speak it due to centuries-old ties with the Arab world, the far-reaching influence of the Arabic media, and religious education. Somalia and Djibouti are also both members of ... | For how long has Somalia had connections to the Arab world? | {'text': 'centuries', 'answer_start': 161} |
59,664 | 59,322 | 5acfd0c777cf76001a68616b | 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... | Who gave controversial lectures at Parliament University? | {'text': 'Cartwright', 'answer_start': 133} |
126,901 | 126,559 | 5acebb1632bba1001ae4b206 | generic | Colquhoun's utilitarian approach to the problem – using a cost-benefit argument to obtain support from businesses standing to benefit – allowed him to achieve what Henry and John Fielding failed for their Bow Street detectives. Unlike the stipendiary system at Bow Street, the river police were full-time, salaried offic... | How did the Bow Street group get paid by their employees? | {'text': 'stipendiary system', 'answer_start': 239} |
37,804 | 37,462 | 570bc0386b8089140040fa0c | generic | Biodiversity, a contraction of "biological diversity," generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth. One of the most widely used definitions defines it in terms of the variability within species, between species, and between ecosystems. It is a measure of the variety of organisms present in differen... | What type of biodiversity happens near the equator? | {'text': 'Terrestrial biodiversity', 'answer_start': 467} |
33,848 | 33,506 | 5a8cf205fd22b3001a8d9084 | generic | Though still predominantly green, post-2004 series incorporate other colors to better distinguish different denominations. As a result of a 2008 decision in an accessibility lawsuit filed by the American Council of the Blind, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is planning to implement a raised tactile feature in the ... | The transition period is being planned by which organization? | {'text': 'Bureau of Engraving and Printing', 'answer_start': 230} |
61,627 | 61,285 | 5a79bd6a17ab25001a8a0034 | generic | Federal law originates with the Constitution, which gives Congress the power to enact statutes for certain limited purposes like regulating interstate commerce. The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes. Many statutes give executive branch agencies... | What branch creates the Chevron doctrine? | {'text': 'executive', 'answer_start': 295} |
104,195 | 103,853 | 572e8a7bc246551400ce430e | generic | The Spanish language has been present in what is now the United States since the 16th and 17th centuries, with the arrival of Spanish colonization in North America that would later become the states of Florida, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and California. The Spanish explorers explored areas of 4... | Where in the United States did the Spanish explore? | {'text': 'The Spanish explorers explored areas of 42 future U.S. states', 'answer_start': 279} |
64,429 | 64,087 | 5ad0239977cf76001a686b72 | generic | Though many of the events were outside the traditional time-period of the Middle Ages, the end of the unity of the Western Church (the Protestant Reformation), was one of the distinguishing characteristics of the medieval period. The Catholic Church had long fought against heretic movements, but during the Late Middle ... | Which Oxford professor believed that the Bible shouldn't be the sole authority in religious questions? | {'text': 'John Wycliffe', 'answer_start': 429} |
92,197 | 91,855 | 5728df1b2ca10214002da9f9 | generic | Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the kithara, to a trial of skill. Tmolus, the mountain-god, was chosen to umpire. Pan blew on his pipes, and with his rustic melody gave great satisfaction to himself and his faithful follower, Midas, who happened to... | Who was chosen as umpire of the trial of skill? | {'text': 'Tmolus', 'answer_start': 138} |
80,073 | 79,731 | 5727c3aa4b864d1900163cbc | generic | When a USB device is first connected to a USB host, the USB device enumeration process is started. The enumeration starts by sending a reset signal to the USB device. The data rate of the USB device is determined during the reset signaling. After reset, the USB device's information is read by the host and the device is... | What happens whenever a USB host is restarted? | {'text': 'the enumeration process is repeated for all connected devices.', 'answer_start': 540} |
59,796 | 59,454 | 57269b73708984140094cb7d | generic | In 1977, two thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, along with most of the Congregational Union of Australia and all the Methodist Church of Australasia, combined to form the Uniting Church in Australia. The third who did not unite had various reasons for so acting, often cultural attachment but often conserva... | In what year did the Presbyterian Church of Australia , the Congregational Union of Australia , and all the Methodist Church of Australasia merge? | {'text': '1977', 'answer_start': 3} |
119,654 | 119,312 | 573121fca5e9cc1400cdbc64 | generic | China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States are often referred to as great powers by academics due to "their political and economic dominance of the global arena". These five nations are the only states to have permanent seats with veto power on the UN Security Council. They are also the only recogn... | How many countries are permanent seats on the UN Security Council? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 190} |
2,023 | 1,681 | 56ce362faab44d1400b885c7 | generic | With the death of Zhengde and ascension of Jiajing, the politics at court shifted in favor of the Neo-Confucian establishment which not only rejected the Portuguese embassy of Fernão Pires de Andrade (d. 1523), but had a predisposed animosity towards Tibetan Buddhism and lamas. Evelyn S. Rawski, a professor in the Depa... | What establishment did the politics at court shift in favor of? | {'text': 'Neo-Confucian establishment', 'answer_start': 98} |
78,645 | 78,303 | 5a307be3f1f7c7001ab92d78 | generic | In addition to singing words, some a cappella singers also emulate instrumentation by reproducing instrumental sounds with their vocal cords and mouth. One of the earliest 20th century practitioners of this method were The Mills Brothers whose early recordings of the 1930s clearly stated on the label that all instrumen... | What is another example of emulating Bobby McFerrin without singing the words? | {'text': 'the theme song for The New Addams Family series', 'answer_start': 567} |
128,989 | 128,647 | 573405aa4776f4190066171a | generic | Among the Punjabi poets, the names of Sultan Bahu, Bulleh Shah, Mian Muhammad Baksh, and Waris Shah and folk singers like Inayat Hussain Bhatti and Tufail Niazi, Alam Lohar, Sain Marna, Mansoor Malangi, Allah Ditta Lona wala, Talib Hussain Dard, Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi, Gamoo Tahliwala, Mamzoo Gha-lla, Akbar Jat, A... | When was Alam Lohar an important Punjabi folk singer? | {'text': 'from 1930 until 1979', 'answer_start': 700} |
73,445 | 73,103 | 5ad41831604f3c001a4003e8 | generic | Frederick Lynch, the author of Invisible Victims: White Males and the Crisis of Affirmative Action, did a study on white males that said they were victims of reverse discrimination. Lynch explains that these white men felt frustrated and unfairly victimized by affirmative action. Shelby Steele, another author against a... | What did black males feel was happening to them as a result of affirmative action? | {'text': 'reverse discrimination', 'answer_start': 158} |
128,519 | 128,177 | 5733e37ad058e614000b64da | generic | Ethnohistory is the study of ethnographic cultures and indigenous customs by examining historical records. It is also the study of the history of various ethnic groups that may or may not exist today. Ethnohistory uses both historical and ethnographic data as its foundation. Its historical methods and materials go beyo... | Who recognizes the utility of music, folkore and language? | {'text': 'Practitioners', 'answer_start': 370} |
23,705 | 23,363 | 56f72a1d3d8e2e1400e373c0 | generic | On 12 September 1944, King Peter II called on all Yugoslavs to come together under Tito's leadership and stated that those who did not were "traitors", by which time Tito was recognized by all Allied authorities (including the government-in-exile) as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, in addition to commander-in-chief o... | Who executed a massive offensive and succeeded in breaking through German lines? | {'text': 'the Partisans', 'answer_start': 698} |
114,914 | 114,572 | 5730337a04bcaa1900d77359 | generic | Numerous immigrants have come as merchants and become a major part of the business community, including Lebanese, Indians, and other West African nationals. There is a high percentage of interracial marriage between ethnic Liberians and the Lebanese, resulting in a significant mixed-race population especially in and ar... | There is high percentage of interracial marriage between what two groups? | {'text': 'Liberians and the Lebanese', 'answer_start': 223} |
66,549 | 66,207 | 5ad0d2fa645df0001a2d056d | generic | At this point, Fox whispered that there was "no loss of friendship". "I regret to say there is", Burke replied, "I have indeed made a great sacrifice; I have done my duty though I have lost my friend. There is something in the detested French constitution that envenoms every thing it touches". This provoked a reply fro... | What did Fox say about the French constitution? | {'text': 'that envenoms every thing it touches', 'answer_start': 256} |
113,175 | 112,833 | 57301733947a6a140053d0c2 | generic | The U.S. Census Bureau reported that in 2000, 24.0% of San Diego residents were under 18, and 10.5% were 65 and over. As of 2011[update] the median age was 35.6; more than a quarter of residents were under age 20 and 11% were over age 65. Millennials (ages 18 through 34) constitute 27.1% of San Diego's population, the ... | What percentage of the population in 2011 were millenials? | {'text': '27.1%', 'answer_start': 283} |
18,313 | 17,971 | 5ad164ac645df0001a2d198e | generic | In June 2014, Universal Partnerships took over licensing consumer products for NBC and Sprout with expectation that all licensing would eventually be centralized within NBCUniversal. In May 2015, Gramercy Pictures was revived by Focus Features as a genre label, that concentrated on action, sci-fi, and horror films. | What happened in June 2015? | {'text': 'Gramercy Pictures was revived by Focus Features', 'answer_start': 196} |
107,539 | 107,197 | 572f538ca23a5019007fc540 | generic | The last days of the Qing Dynasty were marked by civil unrest and foreign invasions. Responding to these civil failures and discontent, the Qing Imperial Court did attempt to reform the government in various ways, such as the decision to draft a constitution in 1906, the establishment of provincial legislatures in 1909... | What did the Qing dynasty attempt to do n the face of civil unrest? | {'text': 'attempt to reform the government in various', 'answer_start': 164} |
103,555 | 103,213 | 5acebb0132bba1001ae4b1ff | generic | Meanwhile, Le Verrier by letter urged Berlin Observatory astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle to search with the observatory's refractor. Heinrich d'Arrest, a student at the observatory, suggested to Galle that they could compare a recently drawn chart of the sky in the region of Le Verrier's predicted location with the c... | Who discovered Nepptune in the 18th century? | {'text': 'Galle', 'answer_start': 457} |
9,596 | 9,254 | 56dde9c366d3e219004dadf4 | generic | At the end of the Second World War, Canada possessed the fourth-largest air force and fifth-largest naval surface fleet in the world, as well as the largest volunteer army ever fielded. Conscription for overseas service was introduced only near the end of the war, and only 2,400 conscripts actually made it into battle.... | What country fell providing with more information on Canada's army size? | {'text': 'the Soviet Union', 'answer_start': 422} |
100,483 | 100,141 | 572bba49111d821400f38f5b | generic | Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Although the terms "educational psychology" and "school psychology" are often used interchangeably, research... | What is also used interchangeably with Education psychology? | {'text': 'school psychology', 'answer_start': 261} |
82,617 | 82,275 | 5a124e006614be00188f24d6 | generic | The Flying Fathers, a Canadian group of Catholic priests, regularly toured North America playing exhibition hockey games for charity. One of the organization's founders, Les Costello, was a onetime NHL player who was ordained as a priest after retiring from professional hockey. Another prominent exhibition hockey team ... | What exhibition team is made up of almost all NHL players? | {'text': 'Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team,', 'answer_start': 327} |
115,812 | 115,470 | 5730215004bcaa1900d771df | generic | Many other builds were released until the Japan's Developers Day conference, when Steven Sinofsky announced that Windows 8 Release Preview (build 8400) would be released during the first week of June. On May 28, 2012, Windows 8 Release Preview (Standard Simplified Chinese x64 edition, not China-specific version, build ... | What were the main components of the Release preview? | {'text': 'addition of Sports, Travel, and News apps, along with an integrated version of Adobe Flash Player', 'answer_start': 520} |
23,762 | 23,420 | 56f736e2711bf01900a44a6e | generic | The Tito-Stalin split had large ramifications for countries outside the USSR and Yugoslavia. It has, for example, been given as one of the reasons for the Slánský trial in Czechoslovakia, in which 14 high-level Communist officials were purged, with 11 of them being executed. Stalin put pressure on Czechoslovakia to con... | What country had pressure put on it by Stalin to conduct purges? | {'text': 'Czechoslovakia', 'answer_start': 299} |
12,087 | 11,745 | 56df70c65ca0a614008f9a41 | generic | The city's airport was Plymouth City Airport about 4 miles (6 km) north of the city centre. The airport was home to the local airline Air Southwest, which operated flights across the United Kingdom and Ireland. In June 2003, a report by the South West RDA was published looking at the future of aviation in the south-wes... | What local airport closed in 2011? | {'text': 'Plymouth City Airport', 'answer_start': 23} |
54,341 | 53,999 | 5acfc97977cf76001a685f9c | generic | Copyright infringement disputes are usually resolved through direct negotiation, a notice and take down process, or litigation in civil court. Egregious or large-scale commercial infringement, especially when it involves counterfeiting, is sometimes prosecuted via the criminal justice system. Shifting public expectatio... | What are content creation industries focusing on doing to aid infringement? | {'text': 'expanding copyright law to recognize and penalize – as "indirect" infringers – the service providers and software distributors', 'answer_start': 591} |
5,110 | 4,768 | 56d45f882ccc5a1400d830f1 | generic | Kanye West began his early production career in the mid-1990s, making beats primarily for burgeoning local artists, eventually developing a style that involved speeding up vocal samples from classic soul records. His first official production credits came at the age of nineteen when he produced eight tracks on Down to ... | What late 1990s Chicago rap group was Kanye West a member of? | {'text': 'Go-Getters', 'answer_start': 587} |
89,822 | 89,480 | 5ad40662604f3c001a3ffe57 | generic | The climate in Southeast Alaska is a mid-latitude oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) in the southern sections and a subarctic oceanic climate (Köppen Cfc) in the northern parts. On an annual basis, Southeast is both the wettest and warmest part of Alaska with milder temperatures in the winter and high... | In what region of Alaska is the nighttime temperature above freezing during summer? | {'text': 'Southeast', 'answer_start': 15} |
100,082 | 99,740 | 572b8885be1ee31400cb841d | generic | Bohemia (as Czech civilization was known by then) increased in power over the centuries, as its language did in regional importance. This growth was expedited during the fourteenth century by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who founded Charles University in Prague in 1348. Here, early Czech literature (a biblical transl... | What did Jan Hus advocate for among the Czech commoners? | {'text': 'widespread literacy', 'answer_start': 571} |
36,751 | 36,409 | 570b2c4e6b8089140040f7cd | generic | TechRadar deemed the Xbox 360 as the most influential game system through its emphasis of digital media distribution, Xbox Live online gaming service, and game achievement feature. During the console's lifetime, the Xbox brand has grown from gaming-only to encompassing all multimedia, turning it into a hub for "living-... | How many years after initial launch of the console was Kinect released? | {'text': 'Five years', 'answer_start': 349} |
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