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117,322 | 116,980 | 5730ac97069b53140083222a | generic | While other companies were moving on to 32-bit systems, Rare and Nintendo proved that the SNES was still a strong contender in the market. In November 1994, Rare released Donkey Kong Country, a platform game featuring 3D models and textures pre-rendered on SGI workstations. With its detailed graphics, fluid animation a... | How many copies of Donkey Kong Country were sold in its first 45 days? | {'text': '6.1 million', 'answer_start': 505} |
15,379 | 15,037 | 5acf955a77cf76001a68536c | generic | The English term comics derives from the humorous (or "comic") work which predominated in early American newspaper comic strips; usage of the term has become standard for non-humorous works as well. The term "comic book" has a similarly confusing history: they are most often not humorous; nor are they regular books, bu... | The word comic comes from the nonhumorous pieces found where? | {'text': 'newspaper comic strips', 'answer_start': 105} |
89,464 | 89,122 | 5728442cff5b5019007da055 | generic | In the first centuries AD, political and administrative subdivisions began to emerge in Estonia. Two larger subdivisions appeared: the province (Estonian: kihelkond) and the land (Estonian: maakond). Several elderships or villages made up a province. Nearly all provinces had at least one fortress. The king or other hig... | What type of structure did most provinces have? | {'text': 'fortress', 'answer_start': 289} |
40,372 | 40,030 | 570cf2c1fed7b91900d45b40 | generic | Compaq, who had previously held the third place spot among PC manufacturers during the 1980s and early-mid 1990s, initiated a successful price war in 1994 that vaulted them to the biggest by the year end, overtaking a struggling IBM and relegating Apple to third place. Apple's market share further struggled due to the ... | Who did Compaq overtake in the price war of 1994? | {'text': 'IBM', 'answer_start': 229} |
19,873 | 19,531 | 5a7b99a521c2de001afea19c | generic | NARA also maintains the Presidential Library system, a nationwide network of libraries for preserving and making available the documents of U.S. presidents since Herbert Hoover. The Presidential Libraries include: | What did Herbert Hoover maintain? | {'text': 'the Presidential Library system', 'answer_start': 20} |
13,944 | 13,602 | 56df526396943c1400a5d3b1 | generic | On December 30, 1922, with the creation of the Soviet Union, Russia became one of six republics within the federation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The final Soviet name for the republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, was adopted in the Soviet Constitution of 1936. By that time, Soviet... | In which war was Russia involved in 1700? | {'text': 'the Great Northern War', 'answer_start': 400} |
115,725 | 115,383 | 5a65e8ebc2b11c001a425df0 | generic | Vaccines rely on immune modulation or augmentation. Vaccination either excites or reinforces the immune competence of a host to ward off infection, leading to the activation of macrophages, the production of antibodies, inflammation, and other classic immune reactions. Antibacterial vaccines have been responsible for a... | Vaccines made from what have been replaced by less protein carriers? | {'text': 'attenuated whole cells or lysates', 'answer_start': 388} |
63,437 | 63,095 | 5726bd825951b619008f7cac | generic | Some pesticides are considered too hazardous for sale to the general public and are designated restricted use pesticides. Only certified applicators, who have passed an exam, may purchase or supervise the application of restricted use pesticides. Records of sales and use are required to be maintained and may be audited... | Agencies who regulate the environment exists in what regional capacities? | {'text': 'state or territorial', 'answer_start': 453} |
26,832 | 26,490 | 5a56dd956349e2001acdcfb9 | generic | In April 2008, a £90m contract was signed with Boeing for a "quick fix" solution, so they can fly by 2010: QinetiQ will downgrade the Chinooks—stripping out some of their more advanced equipment. | When was a contract signed for more advanced equipment? | {'text': 'April 2008', 'answer_start': 3} |
35,851 | 35,509 | 570ac1de4103511400d5999a | generic | Lancashire has a mostly comprehensive system with four state grammar schools. Not including sixth form colleges, there are 77 state schools (not including Burnley's new schools) and 24 independent schools. The Clitheroe area has secondary modern schools. Sixth form provision is limited at most schools in most districts... | Who has the smallest school population? | {'text': 'Fylde', 'answer_start': 525} |
10,805 | 10,463 | 5acfa1d377cf76001a685610 | generic | It is widely assumed that architectural success was the product of a process of trial and error, with progressively less trial and more replication as the results of the process proved increasingly satisfactory. What is termed vernacular architecture continues to be produced in many parts of the world. Indeed, vernacul... | In what environment were many of the latest human settlements? | {'text': 'urbanization', 'answer_start': 514} |
123,193 | 122,851 | 573249980fdd8d15006c6905 | generic | In America, Episcopalian Dennis Bennett is sometimes cited as one of the charismatic movement's seminal influence. In the United Kingdom, Colin Urquhart, Michael Harper, David Watson and others were in the vanguard of similar developments. The Massey conference in New Zealand, 1964 was attended by several Anglicans, in... | What American is considered to have been a seminal influence in the charismatic movement? | {'text': 'Dennis Bennett', 'answer_start': 25} |
19,033 | 18,691 | 56e6cac0de9d37140006804a | generic | Mainstream AC itself has evolved in a similar fashion over the years; traditional AC artists like Barbra Streisand, the Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, John Denver, and Olivia Newton-John found it harder to have major Top 40 hits as the 1980s wore on, and due to the influence of MTV, artists who were staples... | Along with Richard Marx, Bonnie Tyler, George Michael, Phil Collins, and Laura Branigan, what artist was also frequently played on Contemporary Hit Radio stations? | {'text': 'Michael Jackson', 'answer_start': 381} |
108,777 | 108,435 | 572fc58204bcaa1900d76ce1 | generic | The most commonly used forms of medium distance transport in Hyderabad include government owned services such as light railways and buses, as well as privately operated taxis and auto rickshaws. Bus services operate from the Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station in the city centre and carry over 130 million passengers daily acros... | What is the light rail system in Hyderabad known as? | {'text': 'Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS)', 'answer_start': 395} |
47,701 | 47,359 | 5ad2bf7ed7d075001a42a0d6 | generic | Prior to the one-drop rule, different states had different laws regarding color. More importantly, social acceptance often played a bigger role in how a person was perceived and how identity was construed than any law. In frontier areas, there were fewer questions about origins. The community looked at how people perfo... | In what areas were there the most questions about origins? | {'text': 'frontier', 'answer_start': 222} |
84,899 | 84,557 | 5a7df3ba70df9f001a87535e | generic | The most precise timekeeping device of the ancient world was the water clock, or clepsydra, one of which was found in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I (1525–1504 BC). They could be used to measure the hours even at night, but required manual upkeep to replenish the flow of water. The Ancient Greeks and the peop... | What mechanism was used to replenish water in a water clock? | {'text': 'escapement mechanism', 'answer_start': 675} |
117,235 | 116,893 | 5ad01e2d77cf76001a686a9d | generic | The exact date of creation of the Kiev Metropolis is uncertain, as well as who was the first leader of the church. Predominantly it is considered that the first head was Michael I of Kiev, however some sources also claim Leontiy who is often placed after Michael or Anastas Chersonesos, became the first bishop of the Ch... | Who was the last bishop of the Churchof Tiches? | {'text': 'Leontiy', 'answer_start': 221} |
37,900 | 37,558 | 570bd0036b8089140040fa57 | generic | The history of biodiversity during the Phanerozoic (the last 540 million years), starts with rapid growth during the Cambrian explosion—a period during which nearly every phylum of multicellular organisms first appeared. Over the next 400 million years or so, invertebrate diversity showed little overall trend, and vert... | The Phanerozoic era covers what time period? | {'text': 'the last 540 million years', 'answer_start': 52} |
67,695 | 67,353 | 572791fc5951b619008f8dd3 | generic | The Federal Constitution adopted in 1848 is the legal foundation of the modern federal state. It is among the oldest constitutions in the world. A new Constitution was adopted in 1999, but did not introduce notable changes to the federal structure. It outlines basic and political rights of individuals and citizen parti... | How many main governing bodies are on the federal level in Switzerland? | {'text': 'three', 'answer_start': 467} |
31,656 | 31,314 | 5ad41bf5604f3c001a400553 | 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 happened in 1837? | {'text': 'Houston was founded', 'answer_start': 0} |
76,865 | 76,523 | 572788535951b619008f8c91 | generic | With respect to Pakistan's territories (i.e. FATA, Azad Kashmir, Northern Areas and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)) the Supreme Court's jurisdiction is rather limited and varies from territory to territory; it can hear appeals only of a constitutional nature from FATA and Northern Areas, while ICT generally function... | What Pakistani territory's own courts retain supremacy? | {'text': 'Azad Kashmir', 'answer_start': 345} |
25,498 | 25,156 | 56f8e05b9e9bad19000a0653 | generic | Beginning around 2005, drug traffickers based in Latin America began to use Guinea-Bissau, along with several neighboring West African nations, as a transshipment point to Europe for cocaine. The nation was described by a United Nations official as being at risk for becoming a "narco-state". The government and the mili... | Where did the drug traffickers come from? | {'text': 'Latin America', 'answer_start': 49} |
79,578 | 79,236 | 5a7e53b470df9f001a875737 | generic | The city's FM radio band features RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ lyric fm, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Today FM, 4fm, Newstalk and the religious station Spirit Radio. There are also local stations such as Cork's 96FM, Cork's Red FM, C103, CUH 102.0FM, UCC 98.3FM (formerly Cork Campus Radio 97.4fm) and Christian radio station ... | What days is Spirit Radio on the air? | {'text': 'Saturdays and Sundays only', 'answer_start': 463} |
80,102 | 79,760 | 5727d4e63acd2414000ded8f | generic | The standard connectors were deliberately intended to enforce the directed topology of a USB network: Type-A receptacles on host devices that supply power and Type-B receptacles on target devices that draw power. This prevents users from accidentally connecting two USB power supplies to each other, which could lead to ... | What do Type-A receptacles do on host devices? | {'text': 'supply power', 'answer_start': 142} |
104,749 | 104,407 | 57304155a23a5019007fd015 | generic | The traditional Charleston accent has long been noted in the state and throughout the South. It is typically heard in wealthy white families who trace their families back generations in the city. It has ingliding or monophthongal long mid-vowels, raises ay and aw in certain environments, and is nonrhotic. Sylvester Pri... | "Charleston's Provincialisms" was published in what year? | {'text': '1887', 'answer_start': 455} |
36,735 | 36,393 | 5a70ba628abb0b001a6760f5 | generic | Launched worldwide across 2005–2006, the Xbox 360 was initially in short supply in many regions, including North America and Europe. The earliest versions of the console suffered from a high failure rate, indicated by the so-called "Red Ring of Death", necessitating an extension of the device's warranty period. Microso... | When did the new extension of the warranty expire? | {'text': '2010', 'answer_start': 388} |
34,196 | 33,854 | 570a4eb44103511400d595f8 | generic | Imperial submitted a total of 1,257 staff across 14 units of assessment to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment. In the REF results 46% of Imperial's submitted research was classified as 4*, 44% as 3*, 9% as 2* and 1% as 1*, giving an overall GPA of 3.36. In rankings produced by Times Higher Educatio... | How many staff members did Imperial claim to have in 2014? | {'text': '1,257', 'answer_start': 30} |
3,081 | 2,739 | 56cedd47aab44d1400b88b47 | generic | Thomas Newman returned as Spectre's composer. Rather than composing the score once the film had moved into post-production, Newman worked during filming. The theatrical trailer released in July 2015 contained a rendition of John Barry's On Her Majesty's Secret Service theme. Mendes revealed that the final film would ha... | Who wrote the music for Spectre? | {'text': 'Thomas Newman', 'answer_start': 0} |
68,056 | 67,714 | 5a284d65d1a287001a6d0b35 | generic | Mali's constitution provides for an independent judiciary, but the executive continues to exercise influence over the judiciary by virtue of power to appoint judges and oversee both judicial functions and law enforcement. Mali's highest courts are the Supreme Court, which has both judicial and administrative powers, an... | What do lower courts resolve at the local level? | {'text': 'disputes', 'answer_start': 519} |
110,058 | 109,716 | 573420364776f419006618e1 | generic | Tucson is located 118 mi (190 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (97 km) north of the United States - Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 980,263. In 2009, Tucson ranked as the 32nd largest city and 52nd largest metropolitan area in t... | What is Tucson's metro area population in 2015? | {'text': '1 million', 'answer_start': 611} |
122,721 | 122,379 | 5731bde8b9d445190005e4f9 | generic | The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (Amendment XIV) is one of the post-Civil War amendments, intended to secure rights for former slaves. It includes the due process and equal protection clauses among others. The amendment introduces the concept of incorporation of all relevant federal rights aga... | What clauses does the 14th Amendment include? | {'text': 'due process and equal protection clauses', 'answer_start': 177} |
129,438 | 129,096 | 5a830437e60761001a2eb303 | generic | The isolation of enzymes from infected tissue can also provide the basis of a biochemical diagnosis of an infectious disease. For example, humans can make neither RNA replicases nor reverse transcriptase, and the presence of these enzymes are characteristic of specific types of viral infections. The ability of the vira... | What needs to be combined with infected tissue to provide a biochemical diagnosis of an infectious disease? | {'text': 'enzymes', 'answer_start': 17} |
108,351 | 108,009 | 572f3442b2c2fd1400567f84 | generic | The great angiosperm radiation, when a great diversity of angiosperms appears in the fossil record, occurred in the mid-Cretaceous (approximately 100 million years ago). However, a study in 2007 estimated that the division of the five most recent (the genus Ceratophyllum, the family Chloranthaceae, the eudicots, the ma... | What were the angiosperms up to by the late Cretaceous? | {'text': 'dominated environments', 'answer_start': 463} |
21,727 | 21,385 | 5ad3f678604f3c001a3ff9db | generic | The abbey's two western towers were built between 1722 and 1745 by Nicholas Hawksmoor, constructed from Portland stone to an early example of a Gothic Revival design. Purbeck marble was used for the walls and the floors of Westminster Abbey, even though the various tombstones are made of different types of marble. Furt... | What kind of marble was used for the ceilings of the abbey? | {'text': 'Purbeck', 'answer_start': 167} |
62,946 | 62,604 | 5a66c197f038b7001ab0c0ea | generic | The most powerful used method works by comparing each frame in the video with the previous one. If the frame contains areas where nothing has moved, the system simply issues a short command that copies that part of the previous frame, bit-for-bit, into the next one. If sections of the frame move in a simple manner, the... | What still remains much shorter than video? | {'text': 'longer command', 'answer_start': 446} |
113,767 | 113,425 | 573014cc04bcaa1900d77147 | generic | Due to the 1973 spike in oil prices, the economy of Iran was flooded with foreign currency, which caused inflation. By 1974, the economy of Iran was experiencing double digit inflation, and despite many large projects to modernize the country, corruption was rampant and caused large amounts of waste. By 1975 and 1976, ... | Due to increased unemployment, who mainly opposed the Shah's regime? | {'text': 'millions of youth who had migrated to the cities', 'answer_start': 390} |
38,787 | 38,445 | 570c5825fed7b91900d458e7 | generic | On 11 August, Barcelona started the 2015–16 season winning a joint record fifth European Super Cup by beating Sevilla FC 5–4 in the 2015 UEFA Super Cup. They ended the year with a 3–0 win over Argentine club River Plate in the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final on 20 December to win the trophy for a record third time, with... | What was the only team to match Barcelona's record of trophy wins by 2015? | {'text': 'Al Ahly SC', 'answer_start': 493} |
82,368 | 82,026 | 5727d6c43acd2414000dedd3 | generic | For several decades, peace reigned in Tibet, but in 1792 the Qing Qianlong Emperor sent a large Chinese army into Tibet to push the invading Nepalese out. This prompted yet another Qing reorganization of the Tibetan government, this time through a written plan called the "Twenty-Nine Regulations for Better Government i... | What was the Qing reorganization of the Tibetan called? | {'text': 'Twenty-Nine Regulations for Better Government in Tibet', 'answer_start': 273} |
49,666 | 49,324 | 5ad1757b645df0001a2d1cc2 | generic | On 14 January 1858, an Italian refugee from Britain called Orsini attempted to assassinate Napoleon III with a bomb made in England. The ensuing diplomatic crisis destabilised the government, and Palmerston resigned. Derby was reinstated as prime minister. Victoria and Albert attended the opening of a new basin at the ... | What position didn't Derby hold? | {'text': 'prime minister', 'answer_start': 241} |
91,396 | 91,054 | 5728dbc5ff5b5019007da843 | generic | From the 17th through 19th centuries, the merging of folk beliefs about group differences with scientific explanations of those differences produced what one scholar has called an "ideology of race". According to this ideology, races are primordial, natural, enduring and distinct. It was further argued that some groups... | What were races considered to be, according to the ideology of race? | {'text': 'primordial, natural, enduring and distinct', 'answer_start': 238} |
55,147 | 54,805 | 5a623299f8d794001af1bed3 | generic | In February 2010 Shell and Cosan formed a 50:50 joint-venture, Raízen, comprising all of Cosan's Brazilian ethanol, energy generation, fuel distribution and sugar activities, and all of Shell's Brazilian retail fuel and aviation distribution businesses. In March 2010, Shell announced the sale of some of its assets, inc... | How much was Shell's liquid petroleum gas business worth? | {'text': '$28bn', 'answer_start': 398} |
22,656 | 22,314 | 5ad4ab1f5b96ef001a109d5a | generic | The first half of the 20th century in Russia and the Soviet Union was marked by a succession of wars, famines and other disasters, each accompanied by large-scale population losses. Stephen J. Lee estimates that, by the end of World War II in 1945, the Russian population was about 90 million fewer than it could have be... | When did Stephen J. Lee make his estimate about the Russian population? | {'text': '1945', 'answer_start': 243} |
65,095 | 64,753 | 5726b585708984140094ce87 | generic | The Gothic vault, unlike the semi-circular vault of Roman and Romanesque buildings, can be used to roof rectangular and irregularly shaped plans such as trapezoids. The other structural advantage is that the pointed arch channels the weight onto the bearing piers or columns at a steep angle. This enabled architects to ... | Which type of vault can be used for rectangular and trapezoidal shaped roofs? | {'text': 'The Gothic vault', 'answer_start': 0} |
102,031 | 101,689 | 57316bfea5e9cc1400cdbf3b | generic | Muammar Gaddafi was born in a tent near Qasr Abu Hadi, a rural area outside the town of Sirte in the deserts of western Libya. His family came from a small, relatively un-influential tribal group called the Qadhadhfa, who were Arabized Berber in heritage. His father, Mohammad Abdul Salam bin Hamed bin Mohammad, was kno... | Near what town was Gaddafi's birthplace of Qasr Abu Hadi? | {'text': 'Sirte', 'answer_start': 88} |
122,041 | 121,699 | 5731e806b9d445190005e655 | generic | Roman beliefs about an afterlife varied, and are known mostly for the educated elite who expressed their views in terms of their chosen philosophy. The traditional care of the dead, however, and the perpetuation after death of their status in life were part of the most archaic practices of Roman religion. Ancient votiv... | What did later Romans invest in rather than grave offerings? | {'text': 'monumental endowments', 'answer_start': 675} |
41,321 | 40,979 | 5a2ab45c5b078a001a2f06c3 | generic | In order to explain the common features shared by Sanskrit and other Indo-European languages, many scholars have proposed the Indo-Aryan migration theory, asserting that the original speakers of what became Sanskrit arrived in what is now India and Pakistan from the north-west some time during the early second millenni... | Who arrived in India during the first millennium BCE? | {'text': 'original speakers', 'answer_start': 174} |
88,199 | 87,857 | 5acfc10177cf76001a685cd1 | generic | In almost all federations the central government enjoys the powers of foreign policy and national defense as exclusive federal powers. Were this not the case a federation would not be a single sovereign state, per the UN definition. Notably, the states of Germany retain the right to act on their own behalf at an intern... | In nearly no federalism countries, central powers enjoy what? | {'text': 'the powers of foreign policy and national defense as exclusive federal powers', 'answer_start': 56} |
29,806 | 29,464 | 5706195175f01819005e797c | generic | In 1883, salt water taffy was conceived in Atlantic City by David Bradley. The traditional story is that Bradley's shop was flooded after a major storm, soaking his taffy with salty Atlantic Ocean water. He sold some "salt water taffy" to a girl, who proudly walked down to the beach to show her friends. Bradley's mothe... | What happened to David Bradley's shop that led to the creation of salt water taffy? | {'text': "Bradley's shop was flooded after a major storm", 'answer_start': 105} |
101,604 | 101,262 | 572f7b09a23a5019007fc676 | generic | Great Britain lost Minorca in the Mediterranean to the French in 1756 but captured the French colonies in Senegal in 1758. The British Royal Navy took the French sugar colonies of Guadeloupe in 1759 and Martinique in 1762 as well as the Spanish cities of Havana in Cuba, and Manila in the Philippines, both prominent Spa... | What success did the British have in Cuba? | {'text': 'Spanish cities of Havana in Cuba', 'answer_start': 237} |
56,447 | 56,105 | 572650e6708984140094c21c | generic | Based on earlier research work by Loyd Ancile Jones (1884–1954) of Kodak and inspired by the systems of Weston film speed ratings and General Electric film values, the American Standards Association (now named ANSI) defined a new method to determine and specify film speeds of black-and-white negative films in 1943. ASA... | When did the ANSI define its new measure? | {'text': '1943', 'answer_start': 311} |
9,496 | 9,154 | 56dde2f49a695914005b9656 | generic | However, since the end of the Cold War, as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has moved much of its defence focus "out of area", the Canadian military has also become more deeply engaged in international security operations in various other parts of the world – most notably in Afghanistan since 2002. | What Treaty is the CAF part of? | {'text': 'the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)', 'answer_start': 43} |
104,555 | 104,213 | 5730141804bcaa1900d77135 | generic | The early settlement was often subject to attack from sea and land, including periodic assaults from Spain and France (both of whom contested England's claims to the region), and pirates. These were combined with raids by Native Americans, who tried to protect themselves from so-called European "settlers," who in turn ... | Beside European nations and Native Americans, who else attacked the Charleston settlement? | {'text': 'pirates', 'answer_start': 179} |
5,926 | 5,584 | 56d24e17b329da140004ed34 | generic | At the same time, these movements were influenced by, and in some respects continued, philosophical thought within the Vedic tradition as reflected e.g. in the Upanishads. These movements included, besides Buddhism, various skeptics (such as Sanjaya Belatthiputta), atomists (such as Pakudha Kaccayana), materialists (su... | The movement included atomists such as what? | {'text': 'Pakudha Kaccayana', 'answer_start': 284} |
29,725 | 29,383 | 5706cfe02eaba6190074ad17 | generic | Migration in birds is highly labile and is believed to have developed independently in many avian lineages. While it is agreed that the behavioral and physiological adaptations necessary for migration are under genetic control, some authors have argued that no genetic change is necessary for migratory behavior to devel... | What exists in nearly all avian lineages? | {'text': 'genetic framework for migratory behavior', 'answer_start': 358} |
51,612 | 51,270 | 5a0cea77f5590b0018dab656 | generic | One of the foundation's goals is to lower poverty by increasing the number of college graduates in the United States, and the organization has funded "Reimagining Aid Design and Delivery" grants to think tanks and advocacy organizations to produce white papers on ideas for changing the current system of federal financi... | What does the foundation want to lower by changing financial aid? | {'text': 'poverty', 'answer_start': 42} |
81,942 | 81,600 | 5a611ac3e9e1cc001a33cf1c | generic | By 6000 BCE predynastic Egyptians in the southwestern corner of Egypt were herding cattle and constructing large buildings. Subsistence in organized and permanent settlements in predynastic Egypt by the middle of the 6th millennium BCE centered predominantly on cereal and animal agriculture: cattle, goats, pigs and she... | What replaced metal objects? | {'text': 'stone', 'answer_start': 361} |
83,986 | 83,644 | 5728939a2ca10214002da482 | generic | The Hindu Shahis under Jayapala, is known for his struggles in defending his kingdom against the Ghaznavids in the modern-day eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan region. Jayapala saw a danger in the consolidation of the Ghaznavids and invaded their capital city of Ghazni both in the reign of Sebuktigin and in that of his ... | In what id Jayapala see a danger to his dynasty? | {'text': 'consolidation of the Ghaznavids', 'answer_start': 196} |
18,037 | 17,695 | 5ad137f8645df0001a2d11ff | generic | In 1926, Universal opened a production unit in Germany, Deutsche Universal-Film AG, under the direction of Joe Pasternak. This unit produced three to four films per year until 1936, migrating to Hungary and then Austria in the face of Hitler's increasing domination of central Europe. With the advent of sound, these pro... | Where did Universal Pictures distribute the subsidiary's films? | {'text': 'New York', 'answer_start': 597} |
8,894 | 8,552 | 56ddbae166d3e219004dacaf | generic | In 1996 Brewster Kahle, with Bruce Gilliat, developed software to crawl and download all publicly accessible World Wide Web pages, the Gopher hierarchy, the Netnews (Usenet) bulletin board system, and downloadable software. The information collected by these "crawlers" does not include all the information available on ... | When was the program necessary to crawl and archive the web created? | {'text': '1996', 'answer_start': 3} |
8,706 | 8,364 | 5acfc9f677cf76001a685fca | generic | In the UK, where devolved government is in place, the leaders of the Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh Governments are styled First Minister. In India, The Prime Minister is referred to as "Pradhan Mantri", meaning "prime minister". In Pakistan, the prime minister is referred to as "Wazir-e-Azam", meaning "Grand Vizie... | what is undeveloped in the UK? | {'text': 'government', 'answer_start': 26} |
125,623 | 125,281 | 5733450ed058e614000b5810 | generic | From 2004 to 2007, the top five U.S. investment banks each significantly increased their financial leverage (see diagram), which increased their vulnerability to a financial shock. Changes in capital requirements, intended to keep U.S. banks competitive with their European counterparts, allowed lower risk weightings fo... | Changes in what intended to keep U.S. banks competitive with their European counterparts? | {'text': 'capital requirements', 'answer_start': 192} |
66,912 | 66,570 | 5a6297e5f8d794001af1c137 | generic | Director Sima Urale is an award-winning filmmaker. Urale's short film O Tamaiti won the prestigious Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival in 1996. Her first feature film Apron Strings opened the 2008 NZ International Film Festival. The feature film Siones Wedding, co-written by Oscar Kightley, was financially suc... | Who wrote and directed Siones Wedding in 2011? | {'text': 'Tusi Tamasese', 'answer_start': 546} |
67,260 | 66,918 | 5ad155f1645df0001a2d17ee | generic | A major turning point in the development of DC machines took place in 1864, when Antonio Pacinotti described for the first time the ring armature with its symmetrically grouped coils closed upon themselves and connected to the bars of a commutator, the brushes of which delivered practically non-fluctuating current. The... | How similar were the motors in Gramme's demonstrations? | {'text': '2 km', 'answer_start': 647} |
27,044 | 26,702 | 56fa7b568f12f31900630154 | generic | The first regular broadcasts started on January 1, 2004 when the Belgian company Euro1080 launched the HD1 channel with the traditional Vienna New Year's Concert. Test transmissions had been active since the IBC exhibition in September 2003, but the New Year's Day broadcast marked the official launch of the HD1 channel... | When did test transmissions of HDTV begin in Europe? | {'text': 'September 2003', 'answer_start': 226} |
3,754 | 3,412 | 56d64c331c85041400947081 | generic | On May 29, 2008, government officials began inspecting the ruins of thousands of schools that collapsed, searching for clues about why they crumbled. Thousands of parents around the province have accused local officials and builders of cutting corners in school construction, citing that after the quake other nearby bui... | As of July 17, 2008 what did parents complain of not receiving? | {'text': 'any reports', 'answer_start': 578} |
108,821 | 108,479 | 572f21e6b2c2fd1400567f3e | generic | Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. built a plant in 1922 at Clover Field (Santa Monica Airport) for the Douglas Aircraft Company. In 1924, four Douglas-built planes took off from Clover Field to attempt the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. Two planes made it back, after having covered 27,553 miles (44,342 km) in 175 ... | What company was the structure at Clover Field for? | {'text': 'Douglas Aircraft', 'answer_start': 95} |
57,804 | 57,462 | 572652fddd62a815002e8188 | generic | There are several theories to the Islamisation process in Southeast Asia. Another theory is trade. The expansion of trade among West Asia, India and Southeast Asia helped the spread of the religion as Muslim traders from Southern Yemen (Hadramout) brought Islam to the region with their large volume of trade. Many settl... | In the 15th century, the ruler of which port embraced Islam? | {'text': 'Malacca Sultanate', 'answer_start': 866} |
29,739 | 29,397 | 5706d88c0eeca41400aa0e7c | generic | Some predators take advantage of the concentration of birds during migration. Greater noctule bats feed on nocturnal migrating passerines. Some birds of prey specialize on migrating waders. | What do greater noctule bats feed on? | {'text': 'nocturnal migrating passerines', 'answer_start': 107} |
20,567 | 20,225 | 56e797ad00c9c71400d7732c | generic | A few days before the fall of the city, the National Government of China was relocated to the southwestern city Chungking (Chongqing) and resumed Chinese resistance. In 1940, a Japanese-collaborationist government known as the "Nanjing Regime" or "Reorganized National Government of China" led by Wang Jingwei was establ... | When did the KMT move back to Nanjing? | {'text': '1946', 'answer_start': 397} |
46,486 | 46,144 | 571129e6b654c5140001fbfc | generic | When Nintendo released the NES in the US, the design styling was deliberately different from that of other game consoles. Nintendo wanted to distinguish its product from those of competitors and to avoid the generally poor reputation that game consoles had acquired following the video game crash of 1983. One result of ... | The ZIF insertion used by Nintendo was set to emulate what device? | {'text': 'VCR', 'answer_start': 496} |
102,386 | 102,044 | 57318bd9497a881900248ffb | generic | Only a few towns in western Libya—such as Bani Walid, Sebha and Sirte—remained Gaddafist strongholds. Retreating to Sirte after Tripoli's fall, Gaddafi announced his willingness to negotiate for a handover to a transitional government, a suggestion rejected by the NTC. Surrounding himself with bodyguards, he continuall... | In what geographic part of Libya is Bani Walid located? | {'text': 'western', 'answer_start': 20} |
91,598 | 91,256 | 572932863f37b319004780f0 | generic | Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Sociology professor at Duke University, remarks, "I contend that racism is, more than anything else, a matter of group power; it is about a dominant racial group (whites) striving to maintain its systemic advantages and minorities fighting to subvert the racial status quo." The types of practice... | What idea does color-blind racism thrive on? | {'text': 'that race is no longer an issue', 'answer_start': 468} |
44,638 | 44,296 | 57102549b654c5140001f86f | generic | In May 2007, The Daily Telegraph, citing unnamed sources, reported that the Queen was "exasperated and frustrated" by the policies of the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, that she was concerned the British Armed Forces were overstretched in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that she had raised concerns over rural and countr... | When did Elizabeth make the first visit to Ireland by a British monarch? | {'text': 'May 2011.', 'answer_start': 728} |
48,689 | 48,347 | 571d2dbf5efbb31900334ecc | generic | Depending on a number of considerations, a company may apply for and be granted a patent for the drug, or the process of producing the drug, granting exclusivity rights typically for about 20 years. However, only after rigorous study and testing, which takes 10 to 15 years on average, will governmental authorities gran... | What decade was the pharmaceutical industry's "golden era"? | {'text': '1990s', 'answer_start': 1034} |
24,858 | 24,516 | 56f89db09b226e1400dd0cce | generic | The Alps provide lowland Europe with drinking water, irrigation, and hydroelectric power. Although the area is only about 11 percent of the surface area of Europe, the Alps provide up to 90 percent of water to lowland Europe, particularly to arid areas and during the summer months. Cities such as Milan depend on 80 per... | How much water does Milan depend on from the Alpine runoff? | {'text': '80 percent', 'answer_start': 314} |
55,731 | 55,389 | 57267215dd62a815002e851e | generic | In 1838 with the amount of smuggled opium entering China approaching 1,400 tons a year, the Chinese imposed a death penalty for opium smuggling and sent a Special Imperial Commissioner, Lin Zexu, to curb smuggling. This resulted in the First Opium War (1839–42). After the war Hong Kong island was ceded to Britain under... | in 1838 what was the sentence for smuggling opium in to China? | {'text': 'death penalty', 'answer_start': 110} |
119,246 | 118,904 | 5ad19124645df0001a2d1fba | generic | The first blue-violet LED using magnesium-doped gallium nitride was made at Stanford University in 1972 by Herb Maruska and Wally Rhines, doctoral students in materials science and engineering. At the time Maruska was on leave from RCA Laboratories, where he collaborated with Jacques Pankove on related work. In 1971, t... | The first red-violet LED was developed at what University? | {'text': 'Stanford', 'answer_start': 76} |
110,804 | 110,462 | 572fed76a23a5019007fcb49 | generic | Though it was known in the nineteenth century that bacteria are the cause of many diseases, no effective antibacterial treatments were available. In 1910, Paul Ehrlich developed the first antibiotic, by changing dyes that selectively stained Treponema pallidum — the spirochaete that causes syphilis — into compounds tha... | What bacteria did he treat first? | {'text': 'Treponema pallidum', 'answer_start': 242} |
64,028 | 63,686 | 5ad3e1b4604f3c001a3ff517 | generic | Much of Yale University's staff, including most maintenance staff, dining hall employees, and administrative staff, are unionized. Clerical and technical employees are represented by Local 34 of UNITE HERE and service and maintenance workers by Local 35 of the same international. Together with the Graduate Employees an... | What union are the members of the Yale University Police Department not a part of? | {'text': 'Yale Police Benevolent Association', 'answer_start': 677} |
13,057 | 12,715 | 56df15ca3277331400b4d96f | generic | Also in late 1965, the Date subsidiary label was revived. This label released the first string of hits for Peaches & Herb and scored a few minor hits from various other artists. Date's biggest success was "Time of the Season" by the Zombies, peaking at #2 in 1969. The label was discontinued in 1970. | What place on the charts did Date Records' big success land on? | {'text': '#2', 'answer_start': 253} |
85,457 | 85,115 | 572835132ca10214002da0c0 | generic | The ECB's first supplementary longer-term refinancing operation (LTRO) with a six-month maturity was announced March 2008. Previously the longest tender offered was three months. It announced two 3-month and one 6-month full allotment of Long Term Refinancing Operations (LTROs). The first tender was settled 3 April, an... | How many bids were recorded at the auction for the first 12 month LRTO? | {'text': 'close to 1100 bidders', 'answer_start': 568} |
48,908 | 48,566 | 571aa46c10f8ca140030523b | generic | The Hashimiyya movement (a sub-sect of the Kaysanites Shia), led by the Abbasid family, overthrew the Umayyad caliphate. The Abbasids were members of the Hashim clan, rivals of the Umayyads, but the word "Hashimiyya" seems to refer specifically to Abu Hashim, a grandson of Ali and son of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya. Acco... | What group were the Hashimiyya a sect of? | {'text': 'Kaysanites Shia', 'answer_start': 43} |
93,980 | 93,638 | 57293ff51d046914007791f3 | generic | During the five-years from the end of 2004 through 2009, worldwide renewable energy capacity grew at rates of 10–60 percent annually for many technologies. In 2011, UN under-secretary general Achim Steiner said: "The continuing growth in this core segment of the green economy is not happening by chance. The combination... | Who was the UN under-secretary in 2011? | {'text': 'Achim Steiner', 'answer_start': 192} |
23,387 | 23,045 | 56f715cc711bf01900a4492a | generic | The signatures of the parties' representatives follow at the very end. When the text of a treaty is later reprinted, such as in a collection of treaties currently in effect, an editor will often append the dates on which the respective parties ratified the treaty and on which it came into effect for each party. | Who, upon reprinting, will often append the dates on which the treaty was ratified and came into effect? | {'text': 'an editor', 'answer_start': 174} |
43,541 | 43,199 | 570e3b210b85d914000d7db3 | generic | In the 1950s, the Ethiopian feudal administration under Emperor Haile Selassie sought to annex Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. He laid claim to both territories in a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Paris Peace Conference and at the First Session of the United Nations. In the United Nations, the debate over the f... | What did Emperor Haile Selassie seek to annex in the 1950's? | {'text': 'Eritrea and Italian Somaliland', 'answer_start': 95} |
58,712 | 58,370 | 5ad0c883645df0001a2d0318 | generic | After World War II Hudson's realized that the limited parking space at its downtown skyscraper would increasingly be a problem for its customers. The solution in 1954 was to open the Northland Center in nearby Southfield, just beyond the city limits. It was the largest suburban shopping center in the world, and quickly... | What company purchased the Northland Center in 2016? | {'text': 'Federated Department Stores', 'answer_start': 596} |
86,250 | 85,908 | 572831a53acd2414000df6b9 | generic | The system displays the What's New screen by default instead of the [Games] menu (or [Video] menu, if a movie was inserted) when starting up. What's New has four sections: "Our Pick", "Recently Played", latest information and new content available in PlayStation Store. There are four kinds of content the What's New scr... | How many different sections does What's New have? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 157} |
58,005 | 57,663 | 5728253a2ca10214002d9ef5 | generic | BYU offers programs in liberal arts, engineering, agriculture, management, physical and mathematical sciences, nursing and law. The university is broadly organized into 11 colleges or schools at its main Provo campus, with certain colleges and divisions defining their own admission standards. The university also admini... | How many colleges make up BYU at its main campus? | {'text': '11', 'answer_start': 169} |
57,941 | 57,599 | 5a51cb85b308da001a5a23b0 | generic | The arts of Southeast Asia have affinity with the arts of other areas. Dance in much of Southeast Asia includes movement of the hands as well as the feet, to express the dance's emotion and meaning of the story that the ballerina is going to tell the audience. Most of Southeast Asia introduced dance into their court; i... | What empire influenced ndian Hinduism? | {'text': 'Khmer Empire,', 'answer_start': 410} |
94,463 | 94,121 | 5a749bfc42eae6001a389a1c | generic | Thus, the languages mentioned above (Germanic, Romance, Slavic, Greek) have old terms for "green" which are derived from words for fresh, sprouting vegetation. However, comparative linguistics makes clear that these terms were coined independently, over the past few millennia, and there is no identifiable single Proto-... | What is the Mongolian word for meadow? | {'text': 'jašɨl', 'answer_start': 472} |
108,255 | 107,913 | 5730435ab2c2fd1400568b1d | generic | Recall that a current will reflect when there are changes in the electrical properties of the material. In order to efficiently send the signal into the transmission line, it is important that the transmission line has the same impedance as the elements, otherwise some of the signal will be reflected back into the ante... | What sort of changes in material would a current reflect? | {'text': 'electrical', 'answer_start': 65} |
14,571 | 14,229 | 56dfc5307aa994140058e187 | generic | Bell died of complications arising from diabetes on August 2, 1922, at his private estate, Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, at age 75. Bell had also been afflicted with pernicious anemia. His last view of the land he had inhabited was by moonlight on his mountain estate at 2:00 a.m.[N 29][N 30] While tending to him after hi... | In what Province did Bell die? | {'text': 'Nova Scotia', 'answer_start': 106} |
94,870 | 94,528 | 5acfc67477cf76001a685e91 | generic | Similar alloys with the addition of a small amount of lead can be cold-rolled into sheets. An alloy of 96% zinc and 4% aluminium is used to make stamping dies for low production run applications for which ferrous metal dies would be too expensive. In building facades, roofs or other applications in which zinc is used a... | What is made with an alloy of 4% magic mixed with 96% zinc? | {'text': 'stamping dies', 'answer_start': 145} |
82,566 | 82,224 | 5727bbedff5b5019007d93bc | generic | Since the introduction of league football, most club sides play a number of friendlies before the start of each season (called pre-season friendlies). Friendly football matches are considered to be non-competitive and are only used to "warm up" players for a new season/competitive match. There is generally nothing comp... | What do friendly short football tournaments have little of? | {'text': 'prestige', 'answer_start': 925} |
55,533 | 55,191 | 5a3a0cbe2f14dd001ac726dc | generic | In intelligent mammals, such as primates, the cerebrum is larger relative to the rest of the brain. Intelligence itself is not easy to define, but indications of intelligence include the ability to learn, matched with behavioral flexibility. Rats, for example, are considered to be highly intelligent, as they can learn ... | What are cats able to do when they find a new home? | {'text': 'learn and perform new tasks', 'answer_start': 314} |
23,911 | 23,569 | 56f837f9aef2371900625f23 | generic | In his youth Tito attended Catholic Sunday school, and was later an altar boy. After an incident where he was slapped and shouted at by a priest when he had difficulty assisting the priest to remove his vestments, Tito would not enter a church again. As an adult, he frequently declared that he was an atheist. | What did Tito declare himself to be religiously as an adult? | {'text': 'atheist', 'answer_start': 302} |
98,605 | 98,263 | 572ab36d34ae481900deac5f | generic | Areas such as South Street and Old City have a vibrant night life. The Avenue of the Arts in Center City contains many restaurants and theaters, such as the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, which is home to the Philadelphia Orchestra, generally considered one of the top five orchestras in the United States, and t... | What is the countries oldest opera house? | {'text': 'Academy of Music', 'answer_start': 323} |
79,751 | 79,409 | 5727de8b4b864d1900163ee8 | generic | Within the city there have been two tram networks in operation. A proposal to develop a horse-drawn tram (linking the city's railway termini) was made by American George Francis Train in the 1860s, and implemented in 1872 by the Cork Tramway Company. However, the company ceased trading in 1875 after Cork Corporation re... | Why did the cab operators not like the tracks? | {'text': 'protruded from the road surface', 'answer_start': 509} |
15,997 | 15,655 | 56e0711b231d4119001ac142 | generic | Hydrogen is a chemical element with chemical symbol H and atomic number 1. With an atomic weight of 7000100794000000000♠1.00794 u, hydrogen is the lightest element on the periodic table. Its monatomic form (H) is the most abundant chemical substance in the Universe, constituting roughly 75% of all baryonic mass.[note 1... | What is the atomic number used for hydrogen? | {'text': '1', 'answer_start': 72} |
125,588 | 125,246 | 573335cbd058e614000b5782 | generic | The Fed then raised the Fed funds rate significantly between July 2004 and July 2006. This contributed to an increase in 1-year and 5-year adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) rates, making ARM interest rate resets more expensive for homeowners. This may have also contributed to the deflating of the housing bubble, as asset ... | How do asset prices generally move in relation to interest rates? | {'text': 'inversely', 'answer_start': 342} |
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