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8,857 | 8,515 | 56de5c204396321400ee2853 | generic | Polytechnics were granted university status under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. This meant that Polytechnics could confer degrees without the oversight of the national CNAA organization. These institutions are sometimes referred to as post-1992 universities. | What act allowed polytechnic schools to become universities? | {'text': 'the Further and Higher Education Act 1992', 'answer_start': 50} |
78,571 | 78,229 | 5727b2003acd2414000de9f8 | generic | The fourth a cappella musical to appear Off-Broadway, In Transit, premiered 5 October 2010 and was produced by Primary Stages with book, music, and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth. Set primarily in the New York City subway system its score features an eclectic mix of... | Where does most of In Transit take place? | {'text': 'the New York City subway system', 'answer_start': 251} |
28,153 | 27,811 | 56fb7fc38ddada1400cd648d | generic | During the 11th century, developments in philosophy and theology led to increased intellectual activity. There was debate between the realists and the nominalists over the concept of "universals". Philosophical discourse was stimulated by the rediscovery of Aristotle and his emphasis on empiricism and rationalism. Scho... | Who authored the Summa Theologica? | {'text': 'Thomas Aquinas', 'answer_start': 966} |
14,737 | 14,395 | 56dfdfae231d4119001abe4c | generic | Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the British engineer and railway builder, introduced the idea of a circular bar into the Swindon station pub in order that customers were served quickly and did not delay his trains. These island bars became popular as they also allowed staff to serve customers in several different rooms surrou... | At what establishment was the circular bar introduced? | {'text': 'Swindon station pub', 'answer_start': 114} |
97,619 | 97,277 | 572a5da0fed8de19000d5bab | generic | Poverty is a good indicator of the rate of infectious diarrhea in a population. This association does not stem from poverty itself, but rather from the conditions under which impoverished people live. The absence of certain resources compromises the ability of the poor to defend themselves against infectious diarrhea. ... | What is a good indicator of the rate of infectious diarrhea? | {'text': 'Poverty', 'answer_start': 0} |
106,184 | 105,842 | 572fa4aeb2c2fd140056828b | generic | Modern archaeology has led to the discovery of Han artwork portraying inventions which were otherwise absent in Han literary sources. As observed in Han miniature tomb models, but not in literary sources, the crank handle was used to operate the fans of winnowing machines that separated grain from chaff. The odometer c... | What use did the odometer cart provide? | {'text': 'measured journey lengths', 'answer_start': 346} |
37,374 | 37,032 | 570b6879ec8fbc190045b9f1 | generic | Emerging British acts included Free, who released their signature song "All Right Now" (1970), which has received extensive radio airplay in both the UK and US. After the breakup of the band in 1973, vocalist Paul Rodgers joined supergroup Bad Company, whose eponymous first album (1974) was an international hit. The mi... | What nationality was the band Nazareth? | {'text': 'Scottish', 'answer_start': 461} |
18,981 | 18,639 | 56e6b8c76fe0821900b8eb50 | generic | Adult contemporary is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as acoustic guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set. The electric guitars are normally faint and high-pitched. However, recent adult contemporary music may usu... | Along with being faint, what characteristic is usually present in electric guitars used in adult contemporary? | {'text': 'high-pitched', 'answer_start': 258} |
35,474 | 35,132 | 570ab8c54103511400d59966 | generic | The Royal Australian Navy is in the process of procuring two Canberra-class LHD's, the first of which was commissioned in November 2015, while the second is expected to enter service in 2016. The ships will be the largest in Australian naval history. Their primary roles are to embark, transport and deploy an embarked f... | What is one primary role of the Canbera-class LDH? | {'text': 'to embark, transport and deploy an embarked force', 'answer_start': 275} |
111,459 | 111,117 | 57307d192461fd1900a9ce5b | generic | Greek culture has evolved over thousands of years, with its beginning in the Mycenaean civilization, continuing through the Classical period, the Roman and Eastern Roman periods and was profoundly affected by Christianity, which it in turn influenced and shaped. Ottoman Greeks had to endure through several centuries of... | In what centennial was the massacre of the Greeks of Ottoman descent ? | {'text': 'genocide in the 20th century', 'answer_start': 350} |
125,715 | 125,373 | 5733612b4776f41900660932 | generic | The financial crisis was not widely predicted by mainstream economists except Raghuram Rajan, who instead spoke of the Great Moderation. A number of heterodox economists predicted the crisis, with varying arguments. Dirk Bezemer in his research credits (with supporting argument and estimates of timing) 12 economists wi... | Who was one of the only mainstream economist to predict the financial crisis? | {'text': 'Raghuram Rajan', 'answer_start': 78} |
114,024 | 113,682 | 5acd5cce07355d001abf3ee4 | generic | The British Isles lie at the juncture of several regions with past episodes of tectonic mountain building. These orogenic belts form a complex geology that records a huge and varied span of Earth's history. Of particular note was the Caledonian Orogeny during the Ordovician Period, c. 488–444 Ma and early Silurian peri... | What formed before the craton Baltica and Avalonia collision? | {'text': 'mountains and hills', 'answer_start': 395} |
55,559 | 55,217 | 57264fa95951b619008f6f93 | generic | Soon after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, London merchants presented a petition to Queen Elizabeth I for permission to sail to the Indian Ocean. The permission was granted, and despite the defeat of the English Armada in 1589, on 10 April 1591 three ships sailed from Torbay around the Cape of Good Hope to th... | how many ships sailed from Torbay? | {'text': 'three', 'answer_start': 255} |
29,707 | 29,365 | 5706bcd30eeca41400aa0dcc | generic | Reverse migration, where the genetic programming of young birds fails to work properly, can lead to rarities turning up as vagrants thousands of kilometres out of range. | What is reverse migration? | {'text': 'where the genetic programming of young birds fails to work properly', 'answer_start': 19} |
35,484 | 35,142 | 570aba3b4103511400d59970 | generic | The British Royal Navy is constructing two new larger STOVL aircraft carriers, the Queen Elizabeth class, to replace the three Invincible-class carriers. The ships will be named HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. They will be able to operate up to 40 aircraft in peace time with a tailored group of up to 50, a... | When are the 2 Queen Elizabeth class ships due to become operational? | {'text': '2020', 'answer_start': 411} |
71,766 | 71,424 | 5acf742d77cf76001a684e51 | generic | The arrangement of plates and dielectric has many variations depending on the desired ratings of the capacitor. For small values of capacitance (microfarads and less), ceramic disks use metallic coatings, with wire leads bonded to the coating. Larger values can be made by multiple stacks of plates and disks. Larger val... | How are smaller value capacitors often constructed? | {'text': 'multiple stacks of plates and disks', 'answer_start': 273} |
96,241 | 95,899 | 5acd430a07355d001abf3aea | generic | In quantum mechanics, energy is defined in terms of the energy operator as a time derivative of the wave function. The Schrödinger equation equates the energy operator to the full energy of a particle or a system. Its results can be considered as a definition of measurement of energy in quantum mechanics. The Schröding... | In the case of an electromagnetic wave these are called quanta of light or protons | {'text': 'energy states', 'answer_start': 907} |
124,482 | 124,140 | 5ad3c2c6604f3c001a3fef97 | generic | Baptism is a requirement for being considered a member of Jehovah's Witnesses. Jehovah's Witnesses do not practice infant baptism, and previous baptisms performed by other denominations are not considered valid. Individuals undergoing baptism must affirm publicly that dedication and baptism identify them "as one of Jeh... | At what age does a Jehovah's Witness do baptism? | {'text': 'infant', 'answer_start': 115} |
71,811 | 71,469 | 57271f0a708984140094da10 | generic | Capacitors are connected in parallel with the power circuits of most electronic devices and larger systems (such as factories) to shunt away and conceal current fluctuations from the primary power source to provide a "clean" power supply for signal or control circuits. Audio equipment, for example, uses several capacit... | How do the capacitors connected in parallel act with currents from the power supply? | {'text': 'as a local reserve for the DC power source', 'answer_start': 427} |
18,439 | 18,097 | 5acd31de07355d001abf38ca | generic | After the Estonian War of Independence in 1919, the Estonian language became the state language of the newly independent country. In 1945, 97.3% of Estonia considered itself ethnic Estonian and spoke the language. | What war took place in 1945? | {'text': 'War of Independence', 'answer_start': 19} |
51,355 | 51,013 | 5726097838643c19005acf69 | generic | Despite their initial reluctance, the Successors seem to have later deliberately naturalized themselves to their different regions, presumably in order to help maintain control of the population. In the Ptolemaic kingdom, we find some Egyptianized Greeks by the 2nd century onwards. The Indo-Greek kingdom, we find kings... | Menander converted to what religion? | {'text': 'Buddhism', 'answer_start': 342} |
83,433 | 83,091 | 5acd706107355d001abf423f | generic | The Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire (BNU) is, with its collection of more than 3,000,000 titles, the second largest library in France after the Bibliothèque nationale de France. It was founded by the German administration after the complete destruction of the previous municipal library in 1871 and holds the uni... | In what year was the previous municipal library completely destroyed? | {'text': '1871', 'answer_start': 298} |
61,294 | 60,952 | 5726dd5f5951b619008f8072 | generic | The next year Madonna and Maverick sued Warner Music Group and its former parent company Time Warner, claiming that mismanagement of resources and poor bookkeeping had cost the company millions of dollars. In return, Warner filed a countersuit alleging that Maverick had lost tens of millions of dollars on its own. The ... | Warner filed a countersuit stating that who lost 10 of millions of dollars on its own? | {'text': 'Maverick', 'answer_start': 258} |
75,247 | 74,905 | 57277af45951b619008f8af1 | generic | In southeast Asian colonies, such as Hong Kong, child labour such as the Mui Tsai (妹仔), was rationalised as a cultural tradition and ignored by British authorities. The Dutch East India Company officials rationalised their child labour abuses with, "it is a way to save these children from a worse fate." Christian missi... | Did the child workers receive anything from the christian mission schools? | {'text': 'provided religious education', 'answer_start': 425} |
16,407 | 16,065 | 5a4d37147a6c4c001a2bbc52 | generic | Apple's Safari had its first beta release in January 2003; as of April 2011, it had a dominant share of Apple-based web browsing, accounting for just over 7% of the entire browser market. | When was Apple founded? | {'text': 'January 2003', 'answer_start': 45} |
8,388 | 8,046 | 5ad0170277cf76001a686979 | generic | The southwest of the country is a coastal plain for which the primary drainage is the Kouilou-Niari River; the interior of the country consists of a central plateau between two basins to the south and north. Forests are under increasing exploitation pressure. | How many basins are located outside of the country? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 173} |
90,656 | 90,314 | 5ad20d8cd7d075001a42827c | generic | Beginning with the Paris Exposition of 1878, the instrument's popularity rebounded. The Exposition was one of many stops for a popular new performing group the Estudiantes Españoles (Spanish Students). They danced and played guitars, violins and the bandurria, which became confused with the mandolin. Along with the ene... | When did the mandolin's poplarity not rebound? | {'text': 'Beginning with the Paris Exposition of 1878', 'answer_start': 0} |
19,448 | 19,106 | 56e7b00300c9c71400d774e7 | generic | Xinjiang, China; Argentina; Chile; Iceland; Russia and other areas skew time zones westward, in effect observing DST year-round without complications from clock shifts. For example, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is at 106°39′ W longitude, slightly west of center of the idealized Mountain Time Zone (105° W), but the time in ... | In which direction do countries like Russia and Argentina shift their time zones that could be considered all-year DST? | {'text': 'westward', 'answer_start': 83} |
18,207 | 17,865 | 56e1644ee3433e1400422e6d | generic | Though Decca would continue to keep picture budgets lean, it was favored by changing circumstances in the film business, as other studios let their contract actors go in the wake of the 1948 U.S. vs. Paramount Pictures, et al. decision. Leading actors were increasingly free to work where and when they chose, and in 195... | What star did Lew Wasserman represent? | {'text': 'James Stewart', 'answer_start': 388} |
121,441 | 121,099 | 57318320497a881900248fa2 | generic | The craft has also been popular in early medieval Rus, inherited as part of the Byzantine tradition. Yaroslav, the Grand Prince of the Kievan Rus' built a large cathedral in his capital, Kiev. The model of the church was the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, and it was also called Saint Sophia Cathedral. It was built mai... | Where did Yaroslav build his Cathedral? | {'text': 'Kiev', 'answer_start': 187} |
109,490 | 109,148 | 572f70f1b2c2fd1400568127 | generic | Paraplegia, the loss of sensation and voluntary motor control after serious spinal cord damage, may be accompanied by girdle pain at the level of the spinal cord damage, visceral pain evoked by a filling bladder or bowel, or, in five to ten per cent of paraplegics, phantom body pain in areas of complete sensory loss. T... | What is an inefficient treatment for chronic pain which rarely provides any sort of true relief? | {'text': 'Surgical', 'answer_start': 606} |
39,362 | 39,020 | 5ad163ee645df0001a2d196c | generic | The doctrines of the Assumption or Dormition of Mary relate to her death and bodily assumption to Heaven. The Roman Catholic Church has dogmaically defined the doctrine of the Assumption, which was done in 1950 by Pope Pius XII in Munificentissimus Deus. Whether the Virgin Mary died or not is not defined dogmatically, ... | Which Eastern Church did Pope Pius XII visit in 1950? | {'text': 'the Eastern Orthodox Church', 'answer_start': 410} |
123,286 | 122,944 | 57325d03b9d445190005eaae | generic | World literature was enriched by the works of Edmund Spenser, John Milton, John Bunyan, John Donne, John Dryden, Daniel Defoe, William Wordsworth, Jonathan Swift, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edgar Allan Poe, Matthew Arnold, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Theodor Fontane, Washington Irv... | Edgar Allen Poe added value to literature in what area? | {'text': 'World', 'answer_start': 0} |
33,181 | 32,839 | 57098503200fba140036811d | generic | Haredi Judaism advocates segregation from non-Jewish culture, although not from non-Jewish society entirely. It is characterised by its focus on community-wide Torah study. Haredi Orthodoxy's differences with Modern Orthodoxy usually lie in interpretation of the nature of traditional halakhic concepts and in acceptable... | Attending secular institution of higher education is viewed as necessary but inferior in what society? | {'text': 'Haredi', 'answer_start': 646} |
50,829 | 50,487 | 5725bd7fec44d21400f3d49f | generic | After the collapse of the talks and a controversial visit by Likud leader Ariel Sharon to the Temple Mount, the Second Intifada began. Some commentators contend that the uprising was pre-planned by Yasser Arafat due to the collapse of peace talks. Sharon became prime minister in a 2001 special election. During his tenu... | Who visited the Temple Mount? | {'text': 'Ariel Sharon', 'answer_start': 74} |
82,585 | 82,243 | 5727bdc42ca10214002d9534 | generic | International friendlies give team managers the opportunity to experiment with team selection and tactics before the tournament proper, and also allow them to assess the abilities of players they may potentially select for the tournament squad. Players can be booked in international friendlies, and can be suspended fro... | What absurd number of substitutions had some international teams been making in friendlies before 2004? | {'text': '11', 'answer_start': 701} |
32,662 | 32,320 | 59fc3e7ba9fb160018f10ddf | generic | In a slightly more complex form a sender and a receiver are linked reciprocally. This second attitude of communication, referred to as the constitutive model or constructionist view, focuses on how an individual communicates as the determining factor of the way the message will be interpreted. Communication is viewed a... | Code books are represented in what? | {'text': 'the model', 'answer_start': 1300} |
52,574 | 52,232 | 5a7a390f17ab25001a8a03c3 | generic | By 1847, the couple had found the palace too small for court life and their growing family, and consequently the new wing, designed by Edward Blore, was built by Thomas Cubitt, enclosing the central quadrangle. The large East Front, facing The Mall, is today the "public face" of Buckingham Palace, and contains the balc... | What is considered the private nose of the palace? | {'text': 'The large East Front', 'answer_start': 211} |
5,519 | 5,177 | 56d0e19c17492d1400aab676 | generic | In Theravada Buddhism, the ultimate goal is the attainment of the sublime state of Nirvana, achieved by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path (also known as the Middle Way), thus escaping what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth. Mahayana Buddhism instead aspires to Buddhahood via the bodhisattva path, a state wh... | How is Nirvana attained? | {'text': 'by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path', 'answer_start': 101} |
36,990 | 36,648 | 570b44876b8089140040f845 | generic | The loss of eight battleships and 2,403 Americans at Pearl Harbor forced the U.S. to rely on its remaining aircraft carriers, which won a major victory over Japan at Midway just six months into the war, and on its growing submarine fleet. The Navy and Marine Corps followed this up with an island hopping campaign across... | When did the Allies invade North Africa? | {'text': '1942', 'answer_start': 671} |
124,120 | 123,778 | 5a53cb55bdaabd001a386729 | generic | Historically, the name Armenian has come to internationally designate this group of people. It was first used by neighbouring countries of ancient Armenia. The earliest attestations of the exonym Armenia date around the 6th century BC. In his trilingual Behistun Inscription dated to 517 BC, Darius I the Great of Persia... | When does Darius I of Persia talk about Armenian village life and hospitality? | {'text': 'around 401 BC', 'answer_start': 723} |
60,209 | 59,867 | 57267d25708984140094c7d3 | generic | Predators may increase the biodiversity of communities by preventing a single species from becoming dominant. Such predators are known as keystone species and may have a profound influence on the balance of organisms in a particular ecosystem. Introduction or removal of this predator, or changes in its population densi... | What is the title of a predator that maintains balance with an ecosystem? | {'text': 'keystone species', 'answer_start': 138} |
123,767 | 123,425 | 57321bdce17f3d14004226a3 | generic | Greece's rail network is estimated to be at 2,548 km. Rail transport in Greece is operated by TrainOSE, a subsidiary of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE). Most of the country's network is standard gauge (1,565 km), while the country also has 983 km of narrow gauge. A total of 764 km of rail are electrified. Gree... | How many kilometers of Greece's railway is electrified? | {'text': '764', 'answer_start': 284} |
38,029 | 37,687 | 5a8cbe56fd22b3001a8d8ddf | generic | National park and nature reserve is the area selected by governments or private organizations for special protection against damage or degradation with the objective of biodiversity and landscape conservation. National parks are usually owned and managed by national or state governments. A limit is placed on the number... | Who usually owns and manages roads? | {'text': 'national or state governments', 'answer_start': 258} |
102,953 | 102,611 | 5ad4c3765b96ef001a109fbd | generic | Spielberg's film Munich, about the events following the 1972 Munich Massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games, was his second film essaying Jewish relations in the world (the first being Schindler's List). The film is based on Vengeance, a book by Canadian journalist George Jonas. It was previously adapted into... | Who directed Sword of Gideon? | {'text': 'Spielberg', 'answer_start': 0} |
83,405 | 83,063 | 5acd6e0407355d001abf41c4 | generic | Strasbourg features a number of prominent parks, of which several are of cultural and historical interest: the Parc de l'Orangerie, laid out as a French garden by André le Nôtre and remodeled as an English garden on behalf of Joséphine de Beauharnais, now displaying noteworthy French gardens, a neo-classical castle and... | What is the oldest park in Strasbourg? | {'text': 'Parc du Heyritz', 'answer_start': 1293} |
124,785 | 124,443 | 57324172b9d445190005e928 | generic | Eisenhower's main goals in office were to keep pressure on the Soviet Union and reduce federal deficits. In the first year of his presidency, he threatened the use of nuclear weapons in an effort to conclude the Korean War; his New Look policy of nuclear deterrence prioritized inexpensive nuclear weapons while reducing... | What did Eisenhower threaten to use to end the Korean War? | {'text': 'nuclear weapons', 'answer_start': 167} |
39,256 | 38,914 | 570c329dec8fbc190045bd82 | generic | The FBI also spied upon and collected information on Puerto Rican independence leader Pedro Albizu Campos and his Nationalist political party in the 1930s. Abizu Campos was convicted three times in connection with deadly attacks on US government officials: in 1937 (Conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United S... | What Puerto Rican leader did the FBI spy on? | {'text': 'Pedro Albizu Campos', 'answer_start': 86} |
25,722 | 25,380 | 56f9551e9e9bad19000a0831 | generic | 40°48′32″N 73°57′14″W / 40.8088°N 73.9540°W / 40.8088; -73.9540 122nd Street is divided into three noncontiguous segments, E 122nd Street, W 122nd Street, and W 122nd Street Seminary Row, by Marcus Garvey Memorial Park and Morningside Park. | How many segments is 122nd Street divided into? | {'text': 'three', 'answer_start': 96} |
50,718 | 50,376 | 5725b267b80e561500fa6f28 | generic | On 29 November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly recommended the adoption and implementation of the Partition Plan for Mandatory Palestine. This UN plan specified borders for new Arab and Jewish states and also specified an area of Jerusalem and its environs which was to be administered by the UN under an inter... | When did the UN recommend the Partition Plan? | {'text': '29 November 1947', 'answer_start': 3} |
18,575 | 18,233 | 5acd469e07355d001abf3bb9 | generic | Estonian language planners such as Ado Grenzstein (a journalist active in Estonia in the 1870s–90s) tried to use formation ex nihilo, Urschöpfung; i.e. they created new words out of nothing. | In what years did Ado Grenzstein do journalism work in Germany? | {'text': '1870s–90s', 'answer_start': 89} |
99,496 | 99,154 | 5a57a1cf770dc0001aeefca0 | generic | Philosophical empiricists hold no knowledge to be properly inferred or deduced unless it is derived from one's sense-based experience. This view is commonly contrasted with rationalism, which states that knowledge may be derived from reason independently of the senses. For example, John Locke held that some knowledge (... | Where was philosophical empiricism popular? | {'text': 'continental', 'answer_start': 528} |
41,655 | 41,313 | 570d295cb3d812140066d4b5 | generic | GE has a history of some of its activities giving rise to large-scale air and water pollution. Based on year 2000 data, researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute listed the corporation as the fourth-largest corporate producer of air pollution in the United States, with more than 4.4 million pounds per yea... | According to which government agency is GE a leading producer of Superfund toxic waste sites? | {'text': 'EPA', 'answer_start': 450} |
129,388 | 129,046 | 573421ecd058e614000b69b6 | generic | Diagnosis of infectious disease is nearly always initiated by medical history and physical examination. More detailed identification techniques involve the culture of infectious agents isolated from a patient. Culture allows identification of infectious organisms by examining their microscopic features, by detecting th... | What technique can be used to produce images of internal abnormalities? | {'text': 'X-rays, CAT scans, PET scans or NMR', 'answer_start': 451} |
69,862 | 69,520 | 5acea15032bba1001ae4add6 | generic | The Necessary exists 'due-to-Its-Self', and has no quiddity/essence (mahiyya) other than existence (wujud). Furthermore, It is 'One' (wahid ahad) since there cannot be more than one 'Necessary-Existent-due-to-Itself' without differentia (fasl) to distinguish them from each other. Yet, to require differentia entails tha... | What is something that the necessary has? | {'text': 'a definition', 'answer_start': 653} |
56,461 | 56,119 | 5a67a409f038b7001ab0c3b8 | generic | The ASA standard underwent a major revision in 1960 with ASA PH2.5-1960, when the method to determine film speed was refined and previously applied safety factors against under-exposure were abandoned, effectively doubling the nominal speed of many black-and-white negative films. For example, an Ilford HP3 that had bee... | A 400 ASA became what after 1960? | {'text': '200 ASA', 'answer_start': 331} |
84,902 | 84,560 | 5a7df3ba70df9f001a875361 | 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... | For how long did the ancient Greeks make improvements to the water clock? | {'text': 'up to the Middle Ages', 'answer_start': 549} |
39,262 | 38,920 | 5ad3adea604f3c001a3fec20 | generic | The FBI also spied upon and collected information on Puerto Rican independence leader Pedro Albizu Campos and his Nationalist political party in the 1930s. Abizu Campos was convicted three times in connection with deadly attacks on US government officials: in 1937 (Conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United S... | What spied on the Cuban independence leader? | {'text': 'FBI', 'answer_start': 4} |
10,742 | 10,400 | 56e4731e8c00841900fbaf95 | generic | For Ruskin, the aesthetic was of overriding significance. His work goes on to state that a building is not truly a work of architecture unless it is in some way "adorned". For Ruskin, a well-constructed, well-proportioned, functional building needed string courses or rustication, at the very least. | What features at minimum did Ruskin insist on for a building to be considered functional? | {'text': 'string courses or rustication', 'answer_start': 250} |
13,027 | 12,685 | 5ace2bc932bba1001ae49c82 | generic | Columbia founded Epic Records in 1953. In 1956, Conkling left Columbia, he would help establish the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences before eventually becoming the first president of the newly launched Warner Bros. Records, and Goddard Lieberson began the first of two stints as head of the record company... | Lieberson helped establish the National Academy of what? | {'text': 'Recording Arts and Sciences', 'answer_start': 120} |
102,861 | 102,519 | 57319038a5e9cc1400cdc093 | generic | Next, Spielberg teamed with Star Wars creator and friend George Lucas on an action adventure film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first of the Indiana Jones films. The archaeologist and adventurer hero Indiana Jones was played by Harrison Ford (whom Lucas had previously cast in his Star Wars films as Han Solo). The film ... | Who was responsible for Star Wars? | {'text': 'George Lucas', 'answer_start': 57} |
31,597 | 31,255 | 5ad4233f604f3c001a40081a | generic | Several private institutions of higher learning—ranging from liberal arts colleges, such as The University of St. Thomas, Houston's only Catholic university, to Rice University, the nationally recognized research university—are located within the city. Rice, with a total enrollment of slightly more than 6,000 students,... | What famous research university is located in Texas? | {'text': 'Rice University', 'answer_start': 161} |
17,249 | 16,907 | 5a551bb5134fea001a0e1934 | generic | As of 2009, Internet via satellite had a steady growth rate of 10% to 15% per year. It was particularly in demand in remote areas that did not have either dialup or wireless online services. The local telecommunications company Dalkom Somalia provided internet over satellite, as well as premium routes for media operato... | When did Dalkom Somalia begin providing internet over satellite? | {'text': '2009', 'answer_start': 6} |
41,847 | 41,505 | 5acec4b532bba1001ae4b34d | generic | For the first two years Confederate forces did well in set battles but lost control of the border states. The Confederates had the advantage of defending a very large country in an area where disease caused twice as many deaths as combat. The Union pursued a strategy of seizing the coastline, blockading the ports, and ... | Who released Atlanta? | {'text': 'William T. Sherman', 'answer_start': 827} |
49,335 | 48,993 | 571b61ff9499d21900609c79 | generic | In 1914, Claridge's Company entered into a joint venture to produce tar-bound macadam, with materials manufactured through a subsidiary company called Clarmac Roads Ltd. Two products resulted, namely Clarmac, and Clarphalte, with the former being manufactured by Clarmac Roads and the latter by Claridge's Patent Asphalt... | What world event caused the end of Claridge's company? | {'text': 'First World War', 'answer_start': 387} |
71,937 | 71,595 | 5727026e5951b619008f8487 | generic | Mathematics: The earliest traces of mathematical knowledge in the Indian subcontinent appear with the Indus Valley Civilization (c. 4th millennium BC ~ c. 3rd millennium BC). The people of this civilization made bricks whose dimensions were in the proportion 4:2:1, considered favorable for the stability of a brick stru... | The Indus Valley Civilization was the first to have traces of what? | {'text': 'mathematical knowledge', 'answer_start': 36} |
46,056 | 45,714 | 5710de24a58dae1900cd6b07 | generic | Cesare Beccaria, a jurist and one of the great Enlightenment writers, became famous for his masterpiece Of Crimes and Punishments (1764), which was later translated into 22 languages. Another prominent intellectual was Francesco Mario Pagano, who wrote important studies such as Saggi Politici (Political Essays, 1783), ... | Into how many languages was Cesare Beccaria's Crimes and Punishments (1764) translated? | {'text': '22', 'answer_start': 170} |
69,204 | 68,862 | 57278dbd5951b619008f8d5a | generic | Public and private sector employment has, for the most part, been able to offer more for their employees than most nonprofit agencies throughout history. Either in the form of higher wages, more comprehensive benefit packages, or less tedious work, the public and private sector has enjoyed an advantage in attracting em... | What types of employees do NPOs usually attract? | {'text': 'mission-driven individuals who want to assist their chosen cause', 'answer_start': 376} |
12,033 | 11,691 | 56df6adb5ca0a614008f99e4 | generic | Plymouth is home to the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) which conducts research in all areas of the marine sciences. The Plymouth Marine Laboratory is an offshoot of the MBA. Together with the National Marine Aquarium, the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences, Plymouth University's ... | What group are many of Plymouth's marine organizations a part of? | {'text': 'Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership', 'answer_start': 422} |
59,260 | 58,918 | 572677eef1498d1400e8e0b8 | generic | The group's second LP, Queen II, was released in 1974, and features rock photographer Mick Rock's iconic image of the band on the cover. This image would be used as the basis for the 1975 "Bohemian Rhapsody" music video production. The album reached number five on the British album chart and became the first Queen albu... | Who designed the cover of Queen's second album? | {'text': 'Mick Rock', 'answer_start': 86} |
72,632 | 72,290 | 5a7330e253a187001ae63159 | generic | Comcast has also earned a reputation for being anti-union. According to one of the company's training manuals, "Comcast does not feel union representation is in the best interest of its employees, customers, or shareholders". A dispute in 2004 with CWA, a labor union that represented many employees at Comcast's offices... | Where are the offices for the Writers Guild of America? | {'text': 'Beaverton, Oregon', 'answer_start': 324} |
5,158 | 4,816 | 56cf67034df3c31400b0d71e | generic | While West had encountered controversy a year prior when he stormed out of the American Music Awards of 2004 after losing Best New Artist, the rapper's first large-scale controversy came just days following Late Registration's release, during a benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina victims. In September 2005, NBC broad... | Kanye participated alongside Mike Meyers in a relief benefit show for what natural disaster? | {'text': 'Hurricane Katrina', 'answer_start': 265} |
37,408 | 37,066 | 5a5a54799c0277001abe7126 | generic | Although Foo Fighters continued to be one of the most successful rock acts, with albums like In Your Honor (2005) reaching number two in the US and UK, many of the first wave of post-grunge bands began to fade in popularity. Acts like Creed, Staind, Puddle of Mudd and Nickelback took the genre into the 2000s with consi... | What band had considerable commercial success by producing angst and anger? | {'text': 'Nickelback', 'answer_start': 269} |
6,192 | 5,850 | 56d36bc559d6e41400146346 | generic | Once in Hollywood, the contestants perform individually or in groups in a series of rounds. Until season ten, there were usually three rounds of eliminations in Hollywood. In the first round the contestants emerged in groups but performed individually. For the next round, the contestants put themselves in small groups ... | Which season did not have a group round in Hollywood? | {'text': 'seven', 'answer_start': 634} |
25,947 | 25,605 | 56f981a79b226e1400dd14d8 | generic | In addition to all of the above, the brain and spinal cord contain extensive circuitry to control the autonomic nervous system, which works by secreting hormones and by modulating the "smooth" muscles of the gut. The autonomic nervous system affects heart rate, digestion, respiration rate, salivation, perspiration, uri... | Most of the processes of the autonomic nervous system are called what? | {'text': 'not under direct voluntary control', 'answer_start': 403} |
15,610 | 15,268 | 56e070fd231d4119001ac137 | generic | The island had a monocrop economy until 1966, based on the cultivation and processing of New Zealand flax for rope and string. St Helena's economy is now weak, and is almost entirely sustained by aid from the British government. The public sector dominates the economy, accounting for about 50% of gross domestic product... | What kind of crop economy did the Island originally have? | {'text': 'monocrop', 'answer_start': 17} |
101,351 | 101,009 | 5a0f8530decec900184755c5 | generic | During the last three minutes of a half, the penalty for failure to place the ball in play within the 20-second play clock, known as "time count" (this foul is known as "delay of game" in American football), is dramatically different from during the first 27 minutes. Instead of the penalty being 5 yards with the down r... | What is the penalty in American football for not having the down repeated within 20 seconds? | {'text': 'delay of game', 'answer_start': 170} |
40,949 | 40,607 | 570d94dfb3d812140066da6d | generic | Poland's AA defences were no match for the German attack and the situation was similar in other European countries. Significant AA warfare started with the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. 3.7-inch HAA were to provide the backbone of the groundbased AA defences, although initially significant numbers of 3-inch ... | What was formed in 1941 to protect airfields? | {'text': 'RAF regiment', 'answer_start': 544} |
57,041 | 56,699 | 57265bfff1498d1400e8dd30 | generic | By 1795, Bonaparte had become engaged to Désirée Clary, daughter of François Clary. Désirée's sister Julie Clary had married Bonaparte's elder brother Joseph. In April 1795, he was assigned to the Army of the West, which was engaged in the War in the Vendée—a civil war and royalist counter-revolution in Vendée, a regio... | What excuse did Napoleon use to avoid being assigned to an infantry command? | {'text': 'poor health', 'answer_start': 492} |
76,545 | 76,203 | 5a8c773cfd22b3001a8d8851 | generic | According to the First Epistle to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 15:4), Jesus was raised from the dead ("on the third day" counting the day of crucifixion as the first) and according to the canonical Gospels, appeared to his disciples on different occasions before ascending to heaven. The account given in Acts of the Apostles... | How often do scholars need to revise what they have written about the Bible? | {'text': 'on different occasions', 'answer_start': 228} |
111,931 | 111,589 | 5ad0dde9645df0001a2d0720 | generic | The first Sky television rights agreement was worth £304 million over five seasons. The next contract, negotiated to start from the 1997–98 season, rose to £670 million over four seasons. The third contract was a £1.024 billion deal with BSkyB for the three seasons from 2001–02 to 2003–04. The league brought in £320 mi... | The second contract began in the 1996 season and was worth how much? | {'text': '£670 million over four seasons', 'answer_start': 156} |
37,943 | 37,601 | 5a8ca7a2fd22b3001a8d8cd0 | generic | The fossil record suggests that the last few million years featured the greatest biodiversity in history. However, not all scientists support this view, since there is uncertainty as to how strongly the fossil record is biased by the greater availability and preservation of recent geologic sections. Some scientists bel... | What suggests that the last few million years featured the greatest scientists in history? | {'text': 'The fossil record', 'answer_start': 0} |
77,524 | 77,182 | 5727e0dbff5b5019007d975e | generic | The "orange peel" effect on vinyl records is caused by worn molds. Rather than having the proper mirror-like finish, the surface of the record will have a texture that looks like orange peel. This introduces noise into the record, particularly in the lower frequency range. With direct metal mastering (DMM), the master ... | What is an effect of using worn molds when casting records? | {'text': 'The "orange peel" effect', 'answer_start': 0} |
21,423 | 21,081 | 56e860fd00c9c71400d77676 | generic | In 1983 the historic old town in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bern is ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life (2010). | When did the centre of Bern become the UNESCO World Heritage Site? | {'text': '1983', 'answer_start': 3} |
42,382 | 42,040 | 570d6464b3d812140066d7de | generic | Adolescents' thinking is less bound to concrete events than that of children: they can contemplate possibilities outside the realm of what currently exists. One manifestation of the adolescent's increased facility with thinking about possibilities is the improvement of skill in deductive reasoning, which leads to the d... | Adolescents develop a more sophisticated understanding of what mathematical concept thanks to their increased hypothetical thinking abilties? | {'text': 'probability', 'answer_start': 665} |
57,007 | 56,665 | 57264acb708984140094c1a9 | generic | Hoping to extend the Continental System, Napoleon invaded Iberia and declared his brother Joseph the King of Spain in 1808. The Spanish and the Portuguese revolted with British support. The Peninsular War lasted six years, noted for its brutal guerrilla warfare, and culminated in an Allied victory. Fighting also erupte... | What region did Napoleon invade in an effort to extend the Continental System? | {'text': 'Iberia', 'answer_start': 58} |
111,346 | 111,004 | 572fc73c947a6a140053cca7 | generic | The terms used to define Greekness have varied throughout history but were never limited or completely identified with membership to a Greek state. By Western standards, the term Greeks has traditionally referred to any native speakers of the Greek language, whether Mycenaean, Byzantine or modern Greek. Byzantine Greek... | What do the Grecian Romioi descendants of the Constantine rule believe to be true in regards to the status as beneficiaries ? | {'text': 'considered themselves the political heirs of Rome', 'answer_start': 351} |
77,075 | 76,733 | 57278182dd62a815002e9f04 | generic | Two common considerations have the Latin names lectio brevior (shorter reading) and lectio difficilior (more difficult reading). The first is the general observation that scribes tended to add words, for clarification or out of habit, more often than they removed them. The second, lectio difficilior potior (the harder ... | Define "lectio brevior" | {'text': 'shorter reading', 'answer_start': 63} |
58,072 | 57,730 | 5726712af1498d1400e8dfbf | generic | Dallin H. Oaks replaced Wilkinson as president in 1971. Oaks continued the expansion of his predecessor, adding a law school and proposing plans for a new School of Management. During his administration, a new library was also added, doubling the library space on campus. Jeffrey R. Holland followed as president in 1980... | Which BYU president suffered from a terminal illness? | {'text': 'Rex E. Lee', 'answer_start': 698} |
80,014 | 79,672 | 5727ad6a3acd2414000de966 | generic | Unlike other data cables (e.g., Ethernet, HDMI), each end of a USB cable uses a different kind of connector; a Type-A or a Type-B. This kind of design was chosen to prevent electrical overloads and damaged equipment, as only the Type-A socket provides power. There are cables with Type-A connectors on both ends, but the... | What size is the Type-B connector? | {'text': 'the Type-B side can vary as needed', 'answer_start': 629} |
53,328 | 52,986 | 5725e99c89a1e219009ac090 | generic | Unveiled in 1888, Royal Arsenal's first crest featured three cannon viewed from above, pointing northwards, similar to the coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich (nowadays transferred to the coat of arms of the Royal Borough of Greenwich). These can sometimes be mistaken for chimneys, but the presence of ... | After the team moved to what city were the cannon left off the crest? | {'text': 'Highbury', 'answer_start': 442} |
70,761 | 70,419 | 5726dda25951b619008f8089 | generic | Nigeria is a Federal Republic modelled after the United States, with executive power exercised by the president. It is influenced by the Westminster System model[citation needed] in the composition and management of the upper and lower houses of the bicameral legislature. The president presides as both Head of State an... | What is Nigeria's form of government? | {'text': 'Federal Republic', 'answer_start': 13} |
112,447 | 112,105 | 57304103b2c2fd1400568afc | generic | Citizens were organized on the basis of centuries and tribes, which would each gather into their own assemblies. The Comitia Centuriata ("Centuriate Assembly") was the assembly of the centuries (i.e. soldiers). The president of the Comitia Centuriata was usually a consul. The centuries would vote, one at a time, until ... | What profession of people made up the entireity of the Comitia Centuriata? | {'text': 'centuries', 'answer_start': 184} |
121,191 | 120,849 | 5731e624e17f3d140042251c | generic | Egyptian cinema became a regional force with the coming of sound. In 1936, Studio Misr, financed by industrialist Talaat Harb, emerged as the leading Egyptian studio, a role the company retained for three decades. For over 100 years, more than 4000 films have been produced in Egypt, three quarters of the total Arab pro... | What share of Arab productions have come from Egypt? | {'text': 'three quarters', 'answer_start': 284} |
123,071 | 122,729 | 5731d56fe17f3d1400422472 | generic | A noteworthy development in 20th-century Protestant Christianity was the rise of the modern Pentecostal movement. Sprung from Methodist and Wesleyan roots, it arose out of meetings at an urban mission on Azusa Street in Los Angeles. From there it spread around the world, carried by those who experienced what they belie... | What were the roots of the modern Pentecostal movement? | {'text': 'Methodist and Wesleyan', 'answer_start': 126} |
104,626 | 104,284 | 5ad41c52604f3c001a400574 | generic | Clinton returned in 1780 with 14,000 soldiers. American General Benjamin Lincoln was trapped and surrendered his entire 5,400-man force after a long fight, and the Siege of Charles Towne was the greatest American defeat of the war. Several Americans who escaped the carnage joined other militias, including those of Fran... | How many soldiers didb't General Clinton return with? | {'text': '14,000', 'answer_start': 30} |
12,282 | 11,940 | 5a5ac1339c0277001abe7177 | generic | Within six years of the official criminalization of heresy by the Emperor, the first Christian heretic to be executed, Priscillian, was condemned in 386 by Roman secular officials for sorcery, and put to death with four or five followers. However, his accusers were excommunicated both by Ambrose of Milan and Pope Siric... | Who was put to death for socery in the 3rd century? | {'text': 'Priscillian', 'answer_start': 119} |
91,340 | 90,998 | 5729a3d56aef051400155074 | generic | In some cultures, insects, especially deep-fried cicadas, are considered to be delicacies, while in other places they form part of the normal diet. Insects have a high protein content for their mass, and some authors suggest their potential as a major source of protein in human nutrition.:10–13 In most first-world coun... | Insects are considered as what in some cultures? | {'text': 'delicacies', 'answer_start': 79} |
98,948 | 98,606 | 572acab534ae481900deacee | generic | In addition to the sports he played at Yale, Kerry is described by Sports Illustrated, among others, as an "avid cyclist", primarily riding on a road bike. Prior to his presidential bid, Kerry was known to have participated in several long-distance rides (centuries). Even during his many campaigns, he was reported to h... | What bicycles did Kerry use while campaigning? | {'text': 'recumbent stationary bikes for his hotel rooms', 'answer_start': 405} |
4,670 | 4,328 | 56ce6f81aab44d1400b8878b | generic | Scholars have characterized To Kill a Mockingbird as both a Southern Gothic and coming-of-age or Bildungsroman novel. The grotesque and near-supernatural qualities of Boo Radley and his house, and the element of racial injustice involving Tom Robinson contribute to the aura of the Gothic in the novel. Lee used the term... | What genre of book is To Kill a Mockingbird typically called? | {'text': 'Southern Gothic and coming-of-age or Bildungsroman novel', 'answer_start': 60} |
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