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68,916 | 68,574 | 572704d8dd62a815002e97c2 | generic | The Allies had had time to consider the problem. The French being brought around to agree that the key to the defence was the Malakoff.:441 Emphasis of the siege at Sevastopol shifted to the British left, against the fortifications on Malakoff hill.:339 In March, there was fighting by the French over a new fort being b... | Mamelon is found on a hill in front of what suburban commune? | {'text': 'Malakoff', 'answer_start': 387} |
36,444 | 36,102 | 5a36f96795360f001af1b38b | generic | Easter was the Sunday after the 15th day of this moon, whose 14th day was allowed to precede the equinox. Where the two systems produced different dates there was generally a compromise so that both churches were able to celebrate on the same day. By the 10th century all churches (except some on the eastern border of t... | What was celebrated on the fifteenth day after the equinox? | {'text': 'Easter', 'answer_start': 0} |
5,776 | 5,434 | 56d1ebdfe7d4791d00902577 | generic | Besides emptiness, Mahayana schools often place emphasis on the notions of perfected spiritual insight (prajñāpāramitā) and Buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha). There are conflicting interpretations of the tathāgatagarbha in Mahāyāna thought. The idea may be traced to Abhidharma, and ultimately to statements of the Buddha ... | What does tathagatagarbha mean? | {'text': 'Buddha-nature', 'answer_start': 124} |
115,672 | 115,330 | 5733d2444776f419006612d9 | generic | Before the early 20th century, treatments for infections were based primarily on medicinal folklore. Mixtures with antimicrobial properties that were used in treatments of infections were described over 2000 years ago. Many ancient cultures, including the ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks, used specially selected mo... | When were some kinds of antimicrobials first used? | {'text': 'over 2000 years ago', 'answer_start': 198} |
39,341 | 38,999 | 5ad14d11645df0001a2d167e | generic | According to the apocryphal Gospel of James, Mary was the daughter of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne. Before Mary's conception, Anne had been barren and was far advanced in years. Mary was given to service as a consecrated virgin in the Temple in Jerusalem when she was three years old, much like Hannah took Samuel to the... | How old was Anne when she gave birth to Mary? | {'text': '12–14 years old', 'answer_start': 451} |
21,563 | 21,221 | 56e962d799e8941900975f7a | generic | In Bern, about 50,418 or (39.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 24,311 or (18.9%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 24,311 who completed tertiary schooling, 51.6% were Swiss men, 33.0% were Swiss women, 8.9% were non... | What percent of the population has completed additionaly higher education? | {'text': '18.9%', 'answer_start': 122} |
99,911 | 99,569 | 5a7c8d1fe8bc7e001a9e1ed3 | generic | Hegel certainly intends to preserve what he takes to be true of German idealism, in particular Kant's insistence that ethical reason can and does go beyond finite inclinations. For Hegel there must be some identity of thought and being for the "subject" (any human observer)) to be able to know any observed "object" (an... | What did Tucker try to preserve? | {'text': 'German idealism', 'answer_start': 64} |
85,530 | 85,188 | 572813c5ff5b5019007d9c9e | generic | St. John's, and the province as a whole, was gravely affected in the 1990s by the collapse of the Northern cod fishery, which had been the driving force of the provincial economy for hundreds of years. After a decade of high unemployment rates and depopulation, the city's proximity to the Hibernia, Terra Nova and White... | When did the Northern cod fishery collapse? | {'text': '1990s', 'answer_start': 69} |
18,639 | 18,297 | 5ad4f8ac5b96ef001a10a820 | generic | Its knowledge and uses spread from China through the Middle East to medieval Europe in the 13th century, where the first water powered paper mills were built. Because of paper's introduction to the West through the city of Baghdad, it was first called bagdatikos. In the 19th century, industrial manufacture greatly lowe... | In which century were the first oil powered paper mills built? | {'text': '13th century', 'answer_start': 91} |
23,019 | 22,677 | 56f86abca6d7ea1400e175ee | generic | The Supermarine Spitfire was designed and developed in Southampton, evolving from the Schneider trophy-winning seaplanes of the 1920s and 1930s. Its designer, R J Mitchell, lived in the Portswood area of Southampton, and his house is today marked with a blue plaque. Heavy bombing of the factory in September 1940 destro... | In what month of 1940 did bombs destroy the factory that made Mitchell's seaplanes? | {'text': 'September', 'answer_start': 299} |
38,158 | 37,816 | 5a6527a2c2b11c001a425cab | generic | C trigraphs were created to solve this problem for ANSI C, although their late introduction and inconsistent implementation in compilers limited their use. Many programmers kept their computers on US-ASCII, so plain-text in Swedish, German etc. (for example, in e-mail or Usenet) contained "{, }" and similar variants in... | What did Germans get used to? | {'text': 'variants in the middle of words', 'answer_start': 309} |
26,385 | 26,043 | 5acfbcb477cf76001a685b75 | generic | During the First Opium War, the British navy defeated Eight Banners forces at Ningbo and Dinghai. Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, signed in 1843, Ningbo became one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened to virtually unrestricted foreign trade. Much of Zhejiang came under the control of the Taiping Heavenly K... | What did much of Zhejiang reject of during the Taiping Rebellion? | {'text': 'Taiping Heavenly Kingdom', 'answer_start': 302} |
114,187 | 113,845 | 573034a1947a6a140053d28e | generic | There are two sovereign states in the isles: Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Ireland, sometimes called the Republic of Ireland, governs five sixths of the island of Ireland, with the remainder of the island forming Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom ... | Which three states in the United Kingdom have devolved governements? | {'text': 'Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland', 'answer_start': 1079} |
82,711 | 82,369 | 5a125a466614be00188f2534 | generic | However, most of the major FBS teams annually schedule early season non-conference preseason home games against lesser opponents that are lower-tier FBS, Football Championship, or Division II schools, which often result in lopsided victories in favor of the FBS teams and act as exhibition games in all but name, though ... | When did the college football playoff system and? | {'text': '2014', 'answer_start': 1177} |
107,288 | 106,946 | 572ef68ec246551400ce47e8 | generic | In the Contemporary era, there were various socio-technological trends. Regarding the 21st century and the late modern world, the Information age and computers were forefront in use, not completely ubiquitous but often present in daily life. The development of Eastern powers was of note, with China and India becoming m... | In what time were there many socio-technological trends? | {'text': 'Contemporary era', 'answer_start': 7} |
84,976 | 84,634 | 5a80f1fa8f0597001ac00215 | generic | The Vedas, the earliest texts on Indian philosophy and Hindu philosophy dating back to the late 2nd millennium BC, describe ancient Hindu cosmology, in which the universe goes through repeated cycles of creation, destruction and rebirth, with each cycle lasting 4,320 million years. Ancient Greek philosophers, including... | What are the earliest texts of Heraclitus philosophy? | {'text': 'The Vedas', 'answer_start': 0} |
26,431 | 26,089 | 5acfbddd77cf76001a685be3 | generic | Valleys and plains are found along the coastline and rivers. The north of the province lies just south of the Yangtze Delta, and consists of plains around the cities of Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou, where the Grand Canal of China enters from the northern border to end at Hangzhou. Another relatively flat area is found... | Where does the Grand Canal of Japan end? | {'text': 'Hangzhou', 'answer_start': 273} |
48,290 | 47,948 | 571ab7b210f8ca1400305312 | generic | During the years 1940-1955, the rate of decline in the U.S. death rate accelerated from 2% per year to 8% per year, then returned to the historical rate of 2% per year. The dramatic decline in the immediate post-war years has been attributed to the rapid development of new treatments and vaccines for infectious disease... | Who funded the Polio vaccine? | {'text': 'National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis', 'answer_start': 541} |
1,980 | 1,638 | 56cd8d2962d2951400fa66ec | generic | While the Ming dynasty traded horses with Tibet, it upheld a policy of outlawing border markets in the north, which Laird sees as an effort to punish the Mongols for their raids and to "drive them from the frontiers of China." However, after Altan Khan (1507–1582)—leader of the Tümed Mongols who overthrew the Oirat Mon... | Who convinced the Ming to reopen their border markets in 1573? | {'text': 'Altan Khan', 'answer_start': 242} |
76,961 | 76,619 | 572792f95951b619008f8de6 | generic | In Sri Lanka, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka was created in 1972 after the adoption of a new Constitution. The Supreme Court is the highest and final superior court of record and is empowered to exercise its powers, subject to the provisions of the Constitution. The court rulings take precedence over all lower Courts. ... | The Sri Lankan Supreme Court's decisions override what? | {'text': 'all lower Courts', 'answer_start': 302} |
19,982 | 19,640 | 5ad3c4e8604f3c001a3fefd1 | generic | In 1816, the United Kingdom annexed the islands, ruling them from the Cape Colony in South Africa. This is reported to have primarily been a measure to ensure that the French would be unable to use the islands as a base for a rescue operation to free Napoleon Bonaparte from his prison on Saint Helena. The occupation al... | What prevented the US from using Napoleon Bonaparte as a cruiser base? | {'text': 'The occupation', 'answer_start': 303} |
115,621 | 115,279 | 5733c4ca4776f419006611e7 | generic | Antibacterial-resistant strains and species, sometimes referred to as "superbugs", now contribute to the emergence of diseases that were for a while well controlled. For example, emergent bacterial strains causing tuberculosis (TB) that are resistant to previously effective antibacterial treatments pose many therapeuti... | What is the acronym used to describe resistant TB? | {'text': 'MDR-TB', 'answer_start': 415} |
110,459 | 110,117 | 572fb97d04bcaa1900d76c3c | generic | Further firefights between Armenian militiamen and Soviet troops occurred in Sovetashen, near the capital and resulted in the deaths of over 26 people, mostly Armenians. The pogrom of Armenians in Baku in January 1990 forced almost all of the 200,000 Armenians in the Azerbaijani capital Baku to flee to Armenia. On 17 M... | Where did the Armenians living in Baku escape to during the January 1990 massacre? | {'text': 'Armenia', 'answer_start': 304} |
12,857 | 12,515 | 5ad2d8e3d7d075001a42a456 | generic | The identification of Jesus as the Messiah is not accepted by Judaism. The term for a Christian in Hebrew is נוּצְרי (Notzri—"Nazarene"), a Talmudic term originally derived from the fact that Jesus came from the Galilean village of Nazareth, today in northern Israel. Adherents of Messianic Judaism are referred to in mo... | Who does Judaism accept as the Messiah? | {'text': 'Jesus', 'answer_start': 22} |
7,424 | 7,082 | 56d8e18ddc89441400fdb38c | generic | Reporters Without Borders organised several symbolic protests, including scaling the Eiffel Tower to hang a protest banner from it, and hanging an identical banner from the Notre Dame cathedral. | Which cathedral did Reporters Without Borders hang another protest banner? | {'text': 'Notre Dame cathedral', 'answer_start': 173} |
5,626 | 5,284 | 56d1caf1e7d4791d009021bd | generic | In Buddhism, Karma (from Sanskrit: "action, work") is the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds (Pali: "kusala") and bad, unskillful (Pāli: "akusala") actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. The... | what does vipaka mean? | {'text': 'result', 'answer_start': 576} |
32,196 | 31,854 | 5a147267c8eab200188dca37 | generic | The description or representation of individual and group identity is a central task for psychologists, sociologists and anthropologists and those of other disciplines where "identity" needs to be mapped and defined. How should one describe the identity of another, in ways which encompass both their idiosyncratic quali... | His central task is to describe social identity? | {'text': 'psychologists', 'answer_start': 89} |
63,416 | 63,074 | 5726b952708984140094cf3d | generic | Pesticides safety education and pesticide applicator regulation are designed to protect the public from pesticide misuse, but do not eliminate all misuse. Reducing the use of pesticides and choosing less toxic pesticides may reduce risks placed on society and the environment from pesticide use. Integrated pest manageme... | What is one country that has sucessfully used IPM? | {'text': 'Australia', 'answer_start': 488} |
99,986 | 99,644 | 5a7ca6d9e8bc7e001a9e1f49 | generic | Thomas Davidson taught a philosophy called "apeirotheism", a "form of pluralistic idealism...coupled with a stern ethical rigorism" which he defined as "a theory of Gods infinite in number." The theory was indebted to Aristotle's pluralism and his concepts of Soul, the rational, living aspect of a living substance whic... | Davidson's argument that God cannot exist apart from the world matched whose argument? | {'text': 'Aristotle', 'answer_start': 711} |
48,901 | 48,559 | 571aa41910f8ca1400305234 | generic | Hisham suffered still worse defeats in the east, where his armies attempted to subdue both Tokharistan, with its center at Balkh, and Transoxiana, with its center at Samarkand. Both areas had already been partially conquered, but remained difficult to govern. Once again, a particular difficulty concerned the question o... | What notable battle occurred in 731? | {'text': 'Battle of the Defile', 'answer_start': 744} |
53,331 | 52,989 | 5acd070807355d001abf31d8 | 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 ... | In what year did the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich develop its coat of arms? | {'text': '1888', 'answer_start': 12} |
28,602 | 28,260 | 56fdda6219033b140034cd91 | generic | The principle of the modern computer was first described by mathematician and pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing, who set out the idea in his seminal 1936 paper, On Computable Numbers. Turing reformulated Kurt Gödel's 1931 results on the limits of proof and computation, replacing Gödel's universal arithmetic-bas... | Who did Turing revise the results on the limits of proof and computation in 1931? | {'text': 'Kurt Gödel', 'answer_start': 212} |
127,844 | 127,502 | 5acedca532bba1001ae4b793 | generic | Tajikistan's economy grew substantially after the war. The GDP of Tajikistan expanded at an average rate of 9.6% over the period of 2000–2007 according to the World Bank data. This improved Tajikistan's position among other Central Asian countries (namely Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), which seem to have degraded econom... | The GDP of Tajikistan declined 9.6% over what period? | {'text': '2000–2007', 'answer_start': 132} |
81,871 | 81,529 | 5a4c50d07a6c4c001a2bbbe4 | generic | The average annual rainfall ranges from very low in the northern and southern fringes of the desert to nearly non-existent over the central and the eastern part. The thin northern fringe of the desert receives more winter cloudiness and rainfall due to the arrival of low pressure systems over the Mediterranean Sea alon... | what is nearly non existent across the Sahara? | {'text': 'annual rainfall', 'answer_start': 12} |
39,214 | 38,872 | 5ad394ee604f3c001a3fe729 | generic | The FBI's chief tool against organized crime is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The FBI is also charged with the responsibility of enforcing compliance of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 and investigating violations of the act in addition to prosecuting such violations with the... | What is not required to enforce compliance with the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964? | {'text': 'FBI', 'answer_start': 115} |
53,268 | 52,926 | 5725d32f271a42140099d269 | generic | Arsenal began winning silverware again with the surprise appointment of club physiotherapist Bertie Mee as manager in 1966. After losing two League Cup finals, they won their first European trophy, the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. This was followed by an even greater triumph: their first League and FA Cup double in ... | In which season did Arsenal win its first European trophy? | {'text': '1969–70', 'answer_start': 202} |
33,756 | 33,414 | 5acd913607355d001abf4745 | generic | The main active ingredient of beer is alcohol, and therefore, the health effects of alcohol apply to beer. Consumption of small quantities of alcohol (less than one drink in women and two in men) is associated with a decreased risk of cardiac disease, stroke and diabetes mellitus. The long term health effects of contin... | What are 3.3% of all deaths believed to be due to? | {'text': 'alcohol', 'answer_start': 512} |
97,883 | 97,541 | 572a790e74f2e11900503fde | generic | Medievalist specialists who define the university as a legally autonomous corporation disagree with the term "university" for the Islamic madaris and jāmi‘ahs because the medieval university (from Latin universitas) was structurally different, being a legally autonomous corporation rather than a waqf institution like t... | What are two examples of waqfs? | {'text': 'madrasa and jāmiʻah', 'answer_start': 323} |
93,623 | 93,281 | 5729747d3f37b31900478405 | generic | Glass-ceramic materials share many properties with both non-crystalline glass and crystalline ceramics. They are formed as a glass, and then partially crystallized by heat treatment. For example, the microstructure of whiteware ceramics frequently contains both amorphous and crystalline phases. Crystalline grains are o... | What word means that ceramics don't absorb liquids? | {'text': 'vitreous', 'answer_start': 436} |
113,387 | 113,045 | 573036ea947a6a140053d2bd | generic | Numerous regional transportation projects have occurred in recent years to mitigate congestion in San Diego. Notable efforts are improvements to San Diego freeways, expansion of San Diego Airport, and doubling the capacity of the cruise ship terminal of the port. Freeway projects included expansion of Interstates 5 and... | What tollway connects Otay Mesa with SR 54? | {'text': 'The South Bay Expressway', 'answer_start': 551} |
44,413 | 44,071 | 570fb0945ab6b81900390f94 | generic | The engagement was not without controversy: Philip had no financial standing, was foreign-born (though a British subject who had served in the Royal Navy throughout the Second World War), and had sisters who had married German noblemen with Nazi links. Marion Crawford wrote, "Some of the King's advisors did not think h... | To whom did Philip's sisters marry? | {'text': 'German noblemen', 'answer_start': 220} |
117,584 | 117,242 | 5730af512461fd1900a9cf8f | generic | The Sumerians were a non-Semitic caucasoid people, and spoke a language isolate; a number of linguists believed they could detect a substrate language beneath Sumerian, because names of some of Sumer's major cities are not Sumerian, revealing influences of earlier inhabitants. However, the archaeological record shows c... | Who were a non-Semitic caucasoid people? | {'text': 'The Sumerians', 'answer_start': 0} |
52,930 | 52,588 | 5ad18d4e645df0001a2d1f0a | generic | Luminous efficacy of a light source may be defined in two ways. The radiant luminous efficacy (LER) is the ratio of the visible light flux emitted (the luminous flux) to the total power radiated over all wavelengths. The source luminous efficacy (LES) is the ratio of the visible light flux emitted (the luminous flux) t... | What does the acronym LES not stand for? | {'text': 'source luminous efficacy', 'answer_start': 221} |
22,042 | 21,700 | 56ea9b665a205f1900d6d388 | generic | In construction and shelter there are numerous opportunities for diversion and profit through substandard workmanship, kickbacks for contracts and favouritism in the provision of valuable shelter material. Thus while humanitarian aid agencies are usually most concerned about aid being diverted by including too many, re... | Substandard what is often one way for corruption to enter the construction field? | {'text': 'workmanship', 'answer_start': 106} |
77,258 | 76,916 | 5a8c9192fd22b3001a8d8b3a | generic | While textual criticism developed into a discipline of thorough analysis of the Bible — both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament — scholars also use it to determine the original content of classic texts, such as Plato's Republic. There are far fewer witnesses to classical texts than to the Bible, so scholars can use... | When were the latest witnesses of the New Testament? | {'text': 'within 200 years of the original', 'answer_start': 438} |
3,093 | 2,751 | 56ceddd1aab44d1400b88b59 | generic | In September 2015 it was announced that Sam Smith and regular collaborator Jimmy Napes had written the film's title theme, "Writing's on the Wall", with Smith performing it for the film. Smith said the song came together in one session and that he and Napes wrote it in under half an hour before recording a demo. Satisf... | How many recording sessions did it take to complete the song? | {'text': 'one', 'answer_start': 224} |
52,307 | 51,965 | 57266080708984140094c40b | generic | Many native speakers of Dutch, both in Belgium and the Netherlands, assume that Afrikaans and West Frisian are dialects of Dutch but are considered separate and distinct from Dutch: a daughter language and a sister language, respectively. Afrikaans evolved mainly from 17th century Dutch dialects, but had influences fro... | Afrikaans is mostly derived from the Dutch spoken in what century? | {'text': '17th', 'answer_start': 269} |
78,797 | 78,455 | 5ad24de0d7d075001a428c2c | generic | At the same time the order found itself face to face with the Renaissance. It struggled against pagan tendencies in Renaissance humanism, in Italy through Dominici and Savonarola, in Germany through the theologians of Cologne but it also furnished humanism with such advanced writers as Francesco Colonna (probably the w... | Which friars were celebrated in the science of the Renaissance age? | {'text': 'Fra Angelico and Fra Bartolomeo', 'answer_start': 469} |
112,302 | 111,960 | 5730077fb2c2fd1400568757 | generic | Shortly before 312 BCE, the Plebeian Council enacted the Plebiscitum Ovinium. During the early republic, only consuls could appoint new senators. This initiative, however, transferred this power to the censors. It also required the censor to appoint any newly elected magistrate to the senate. By this point, plebeians w... | In what year was the Plebiscitum Ovinium initiative enacted? | {'text': 'before 312 BCE', 'answer_start': 8} |
60,545 | 60,203 | 5a5fdc90eae51e001ab14cbf | generic | In late 1994, Marvel acquired the comic book distributor Heroes World Distribution to use as its own exclusive distributor. As the industry's other major publishers made exclusive distribution deals with other companies, the ripple effect resulted in the survival of only one other major distributor in North America, Di... | What caused distributors to thrive in the mid-90s? | {'text': 'exclusive distribution deals with other companies', 'answer_start': 170} |
50,975 | 50,633 | 5725d09038643c19005acd87 | generic | Israel is served by two international airports, Ben Gurion International Airport, the country's main hub for international air travel near Tel Aviv-Yafo, Ovda Airport in the south, as well as several small domestic airports. Ben Gurion, Israel's largest airport, handled over 12.1 million passengers in 2010. On the Medi... | How many international airports are in Israel? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 20} |
23,411 | 23,069 | 56f71ecf711bf01900a449a5 | generic | When a state limits its treaty obligations through reservations, other states party to that treaty have the option to accept those reservations, object to them, or object and oppose them. If the state accepts them (or fails to act at all), both the reserving state and the accepting state are relieved of the reserved le... | Who remains unaffected when a party's reservation is accepted by a second party? | {'text': 'other parties to the treaty', 'answer_start': 480} |
17,482 | 17,140 | 56e19227cd28a01900c679d1 | generic | In Western Catalan, unstressed vowels reduce to five: /e ɛ/ > [e]; /o ɔ/ > [o]; /a u i/ remain distinct. This reduction pattern, inherited from Proto-Romance, is also found in Italian and Portuguese. Some Western dialects present further reduction or vowel harmony in some cases. | What do unstressed vowels reduce to in Western Catalan? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 48} |
75,932 | 75,590 | 5727758f5951b619008f8a66 | generic | Charles Darwin's grandfather Erasmus Darwin outlined a hypothesis of transmutation of species in the 1790s, and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published a more developed theory in 1809. Both envisaged that spontaneous generation produced simple forms of life that progressively developed greater complexity, adapting to the envir... | What theory did Erasmus Darwin outline in the 1790s? | {'text': 'hypothesis of transmutation of species', 'answer_start': 55} |
101,148 | 100,806 | 5a0dcbf06e16420018587b3e | generic | In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rath... | The American football defenders must be one you are from what? | {'text': 'the line of scrimmage.', 'answer_start': 666} |
41,846 | 41,504 | 5acec4b532bba1001ae4b34c | 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 took control of the Snake River in 1862-63? | {'text': 'Ulysses Grant', 'answer_start': 618} |
68,878 | 68,536 | 5726f606708984140094d707 | generic | The Crimean campaign opened in September 1854. 360 ships sailed in seven columns, each steamer towing two sailing ships.:422 Anchoring on 13 September in the bay of Eupatoria, the town surrendered and 500 Marines landed to occupy it. This town and bay would provide a fall back position in case of disaster.:201 The ship... | How many Marines cause Eupatoria to surrender? | {'text': '500 Marines', 'answer_start': 201} |
81,958 | 81,616 | 5a611cdbe9e1cc001a33cf3a | generic | By 500 BCE, Greeks arrived in the desert. Greek traders spread along the eastern coast of the desert, establishing trading colonies along the Red Sea. The Carthaginians explored the Atlantic coast of the desert, but the turbulence of the waters and the lack of markets caused a lack of presence further south than modern... | What made the areas south of Morocco ideal for settlement? | {'text': 'turbulence of the waters and the lack of markets', 'answer_start': 220} |
97,768 | 97,426 | 572a64d4b8ce0319002e2b13 | generic | The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers.[citation needed] After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-... | Where was the first madrasa located? | {'text': 'the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam', 'answer_start': 48} |
6,540 | 6,198 | 56d37d0c59d6e41400146514 | generic | Season ten is the first to include online auditions where contestants could submit a 40-second video audition via Myspace. Karen Rodriguez was one such auditioner and reached the final rounds. | What website hosted auditions for American Idols tenth season? | {'text': 'Myspace', 'answer_start': 114} |
89,186 | 88,844 | 5ad120fc645df0001a2d0e89 | generic | In 1899, a Doncaster member of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, Thomas R. Steels, proposed in his union branch that the Trade Union Congress call a special conference to bring together all left-wing organisations and form them into a single body that would sponsor Parliamentary candidates. The motion was pa... | What group did not pass the motion? | {'text': 'TUC', 'answer_start': 346} |
14,288 | 13,946 | 56df7e4f5ca0a614008f9b37 | generic | His family was long associated with the teaching of elocution: his grandfather, Alexander Bell, in London, his uncle in Dublin, and his father, in Edinburgh, were all elocutionists. His father published a variety of works on the subject, several of which are still well known, especially his The Standard Elocutionist (1... | Where did Bell's uncle live? | {'text': 'Dublin', 'answer_start': 120} |
123,395 | 123,053 | 5a2eecaca83784001a7d257d | generic | The Cathedral of Brasília in the capital of the Federative Republic of Brazil, is an expression of the architect Oscar Niemeyer. This concrete-framed hyperboloid structure, seems with its glass roof reaching up, open, to the heavens. On 31 May 1970, the Cathedral’s structure was finished, and only the 70 m (229.66 ft) ... | When was the capital of the Federative Republic of Brazil created? | {'text': 'On 31 May 1970', 'answer_start': 234} |
101,660 | 101,318 | 572fbec0947a6a140053cc30 | generic | Not only that, Austria now found herself estranged with the new developments within the empire itself. Beside the rise of Prussia, Augustus III, although ineffective, could mustered up an army not only from Saxony, but also Poland, considering the elector was also the King of Poland. Bavaria's growing power and indepen... | Which British king supported Hanover following the war? | {'text': 'George III of Great Britain', 'answer_start': 547} |
13,025 | 12,683 | 56df13fdc65bf219000b3f43 | 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... | What type of music was Date Records known for? | {'text': 'rockabilly', 'answer_start': 400} |
26,029 | 25,687 | 56f8da749b226e1400dd10f0 | generic | At the beginning of the 19th century the Ottoman Empire included all of the Balkan Peninsula north to the southern edge of the Hungarian Plain, but by 1914 had lost all of it except Constantinople and Eastern Thrace to the rise of Balkan nationalism, which saw the independence of Greece, Serbia, the Danubian Principali... | What empire included all of the Balkan Peninsula north to the southern edge of the Hungarian Plain at the beginning of the 19th century? | {'text': 'the Ottoman Empire', 'answer_start': 37} |
11,745 | 11,403 | 56debe163277331400b4d701 | generic | Schwarzenegger's early victories included repealing an unpopular increase in the vehicle registration fee as well as preventing driver's licenses being given out to illegal immigrants, but later he began to feel the backlash when powerful state unions began to oppose his various initiatives. Key among his reckoning wit... | In what month of 2005 did Schwarzenegger hold a special election? | {'text': 'November', 'answer_start': 378} |
44,569 | 44,227 | 57101cc5a58dae1900cd68a2 | generic | Since Elizabeth rarely gives interviews, little is known of her personal feelings. As a constitutional monarch, she has not expressed her own political opinions in a public forum. She does have a deep sense of religious and civic duty, and takes her coronation oath seriously. Aside from her official religious role as S... | Apart from her membership in the Church of England, to what other church does she belong? | {'text': 'Church of Scotland', 'answer_start': 433} |
96,214 | 95,872 | 5acd409f07355d001abf3a69 | generic | Sunlight may be stored as gravitational potential energy after it strikes the Earth, as (for example) water evaporates from oceans and is deposited upon mountains (where, after being released at a hydroelectric dam, it can be used to drive turbines or generators to produce electricity). Sunlight also drives many weathe... | after being released at a wind powered dam, it can be used to drive turbines or generators to produce what? | {'text': 'electricity', 'answer_start': 274} |
29,241 | 28,899 | 570612ba75f01819005e7948 | generic | This 164-page monthly magazine is sold separately from the newspaper of record and is Britain's best-selling travel magazine. The first issue of The Sunday Times Travel Magazine was in 2003, and it includes news, features and insider guides. | What is the name of the travel magazine sold by The Times? | {'text': 'Sunday Times Travel Magazine', 'answer_start': 149} |
27,082 | 26,740 | 56fa85dd8f12f31900630171 | generic | In December 2009 the United Kingdom became the first European country to deploy high definition content using the new DVB-T2 transmission standard, as specified in the Digital TV Group (DTG) D-book, on digital terrestrial television. | What transmission standard did the UK start using in December 2009? | {'text': 'DVB-T2', 'answer_start': 118} |
93,106 | 92,764 | 5a7b95b321c2de001afea17e | generic | Regression testing focuses on finding defects after a major code change has occurred. Specifically, it seeks to uncover software regressions, as degraded or lost features, including old bugs that have come back. Such regressions occur whenever software functionality that was previously working correctly, stops working ... | What is usually the largest test effort in personal software development? | {'text': 'Regression testing', 'answer_start': 973} |
126,879 | 126,537 | 5732a05ccc179a14009dab94 | generic | In 1797, Patrick Colquhoun was able to persuade the West Indies merchants who operated at the Pool of London on the River Thames, to establish a police force at the docks to prevent rampant theft that was causing annual estimated losses of £500,000 worth of cargo. The idea of a police, as it then existed in France, was... | How did Colquhoun praise the French police? | {'text': '"the greatest degree of perfection"', 'answer_start': 729} |
112,718 | 112,376 | 57320f73e99e3014001e64a8 | generic | With Japanese and Allied forces occupying various parts of the island, over the following six months both sides poured resources into an escalating battle of attrition on land, at sea, and in the sky. Most of the Japanese aircraft based in the South Pacific were redeployed to the defense of Guadalcanal. Many were lost ... | Where were most of the Japanese aircraft in the South Pacific redeployed to defend? | {'text': 'Guadalcanal', 'answer_start': 292} |
31,598 | 31,256 | 5ad4233f604f3c001a40081b | 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 is the teacher enrollment of Rice University? | {'text': '6,000', 'answer_start': 305} |
7,813 | 7,471 | 5a592d173e1742001a15cfe4 | generic | When people say that the genome of a sexually reproducing species has been "sequenced", typically they are referring to a determination of the sequences of one set of autosomes and one of each type of sex chromosome, which together represent both of the possible sexes. Even in species that exist in only one sex, what i... | What are people referring to when they say species exist in one sex? | {'text': 'they are referring to a determination of the sequences of one set of autosomes and one of each type of sex chromosome', 'answer_start': 98} |
130,218 | 129,876 | 5735b062dc94161900571f27 | generic | With the opening of the tourist industry after the change in the political scenario of Nepal in 1950, the hotel industry drastically improved. Now Kathmandu boasts several luxury such as the Hyatt Regency, Dwarika's, theYak & Yeti, The Everest Hotel, Hotel Radisson, Hotel De L'Annapurna, The Malla Hotel, Shangri-La Hot... | What attractions are present at Hotel Yak & Yeti and the Hyatt Regency? | {'text': 'casinos', 'answer_start': 706} |
123,786 | 123,444 | 57321d1eb9d445190005e81c | generic | In 2010 Piraeus handled 513,319 TEUs, followed by Thessaloniki, which handled 273,282 TEUs. In the same year, 83.9 million people passed through Greece's ports, 12.7 million through the port of Paloukia in Salamis, another 12.7 through the port of Perama, 9.5 million through Piraeus and 2.7 million through Igoumenitsa.... | What record amount of TEUs did Piraeus handle in 2013? | {'text': '3.16 million', 'answer_start': 355} |
57,372 | 57,030 | 5726ebd5708984140094d606 | generic | Napoleon's educational reforms laid the foundation of a modern system of education in France and throughout much of Europe. Napoleon synthesized the best academic elements from the Ancien Régime, The Enlightenment, and the Revolution, with the aim of establishing a stable, well-educated and prosperous society. He made ... | What language did Napoleon make the only official one? | {'text': 'French', 'answer_start': 320} |
87,046 | 86,704 | 5a32d6e6bd0d7f001aef947c | generic | Approximately 10,000 years ago, desertification forced hunter-gatherer societies south into the Sahel regions of northern Central Africa, where some groups settled and began farming as part of the Neolithic Revolution. Initial farming of white yam progressed into millet and sorghum, and before 3000 BC the domestication... | What is production of alcoholic beverages an example of? | {'text': 'artistic expression', 'answer_start': 835} |
27,083 | 26,741 | 56fa85dd8f12f31900630172 | generic | In December 2009 the United Kingdom became the first European country to deploy high definition content using the new DVB-T2 transmission standard, as specified in the Digital TV Group (DTG) D-book, on digital terrestrial television. | What does DTG stand for? | {'text': 'Digital TV Group', 'answer_start': 168} |
100,732 | 100,390 | 572c97fbf182dd1900d7c7ec | generic | Interstate 40 crosses the state in a west-east orientation. Its branch interstate highways include I-240 in Memphis; I-440 in Nashville; I-140 from Knoxville to Alcoa and I-640 in Knoxville. I-26, although technically an east-west interstate, runs from the North Carolina border below Johnson City to its terminus at Kin... | Which city is the endpoint of I-26? | {'text': 'Kingsport', 'answer_start': 317} |
21,427 | 21,085 | 56e8629c37bdd419002c44ce | generic | No archaeological evidence that indicates a settlement on the site of today′s city centre prior to the 12th century has been found so far. In antiquity, a Celtic oppidum stood on the Engehalbinsel (peninsula) north of Bern, fortified since the 2nd century BC (late La Tène period), thought to be one of the twelve oppida... | When was the earliest evidnce of settlement in the city centre? | {'text': '12th century', 'answer_start': 103} |
87,266 | 86,924 | 5a4fd6f0af0d07001ae8cc43 | generic | There is no cure for asthma. Symptoms can be prevented by avoiding triggers, such as allergens and irritants, and by the use of inhaled corticosteroids. Long-acting beta agonists (LABA) or antileukotriene agents may be used in addition to inhaled corticosteroids if asthma symptoms remain uncontrolled. Treatment of rapi... | What is one thing you need to take if your LABA is severe? | {'text': 'intravenous corticosteroids', 'answer_start': 475} |
90,874 | 90,532 | 5728b30aff5b5019007da4cc | generic | The mandolin has been used extensively in the traditional music of England and Scotland for generations. Simon Mayor is a prominent British player who has produced six solo albums, instructional books and DVDs, as well as recordings with his mandolin quartet the Mandolinquents. The instrument has also found its way int... | Who played the mandolin on the album Tubular Bells? | {'text': 'Mike Oldfield', 'answer_start': 369} |
77,475 | 77,133 | 5727c9d34b864d1900163d22 | generic | Through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, various methods to improve the dynamic range of mass-produced records involved highly advanced disc cutting equipment. These techniques, marketed, to name two, as the CBS DisComputer and Teldec Direct Metal Mastering, were used to reduce inner-groove distortion. RCA Victor introduce... | What would be found with higher recorded volumes? | {'text': 'wider spacing', 'answer_start': 1037} |
21,195 | 20,853 | 5ad26cd3d7d075001a4293a5 | generic | The German dialects show a wide spectrum of variation. Most of them are not mutually intelligible. German dialectology traditionally names the major dialect groups after Germanic tribes from which they were assumed to have descended.[citation needed] | It is assumed Germanic tribes descended from what? | {'text': 'major dialect groups', 'answer_start': 143} |
24,860 | 24,518 | 56f89f569b226e1400dd0cdf | generic | Major European rivers flow from Switzerland, such as the Rhine, the Rhone, the Inn, the Ticino and the Po, all of which have headwaters in the Alps and flow into neighbouring countries, finally emptying into the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea. Other rivers such as the Danube have m... | The Rhine, the Rhone, the Inn, the Ticino and the Po rivers flow from what Country? | {'text': 'Switzerland', 'answer_start': 32} |
115,374 | 115,032 | 5ad3d82d604f3c001a3ff372 | generic | Overall, however, Whitehead's influence is very difficult to characterize. In English-speaking countries, his primary works are little-studied outside of Claremont and a select number of liberal graduate-level theology and philosophy programs. Outside of these circles his influence is relatively small and diffuse, and ... | What did Gilles Deleuze hate about Whitehead? | {'text': "he stands provisionally as the last great Anglo-American philosopher before Wittgenstein's disciples spread their misty confusion, sufficiency, and terror", 'answer_start': 925} |
37,567 | 37,225 | 59d2a3ad2763a6001828414c | generic | Although the eastern image of farm life in the prairies emphasized the isolation of the lonely farmer and wife, plains residents created busy social lives for themselves. They often sponsored activities that combined work, food and entertainment such as barn raisings, corn huskings, quilting bees, Grange meetings, chur... | Who did barn raisings at farm on the Great Plains? | {'text': 'Women', 'answer_start': 356} |
23,821 | 23,479 | 56f7f7eea6d7ea1400e1733a | generic | In 1971, Tito was re-elected as President of Yugoslavia by the Federal Assembly for the sixth time. In his speech before the Federal Assembly he introduced 20 sweeping constitutional amendments that would provide an updated framework on which the country would be based. The amendments provided for a collective presiden... | Who elected Tito president in 1971? | {'text': 'Federal Assembly', 'answer_start': 63} |
67,889 | 67,547 | 5727bc974b864d1900163bef | generic | Skiing, snowboarding and mountaineering are among the most popular sports in Switzerland, the nature of the country being particularly suited for such activities. Winter sports are practiced by the natives and tourists since the second half of the 19th century with the invention of bobsleigh in St. Moritz. The first wo... | Where was the bobsleigh invented? | {'text': 'St. Moritz', 'answer_start': 296} |
121,041 | 120,699 | 57315e23e6313a140071cea1 | generic | In 1970, President Nasser died and was succeeded by Anwar Sadat. Sadat switched Egypt's Cold War allegiance from the Soviet Union to the United States, expelling Soviet advisors in 1972. He launched the Infitah economic reform policy, while clamping down on religious and secular opposition. In 1973, Egypt, along with S... | What was the October War? | {'text': 'surprise attack to regain part of the Sinai territory Israel had captured 6 years earlier', 'answer_start': 354} |
114,682 | 114,340 | 5a13a6e6c8eab200188dc9e7 | generic | Public buildings generally varied between the extremes of plain boxes with grid windows and Italian Late Renaissance palaces, depending on budget. Somerset House in London, designed by Sir William Chambers in 1776 for government offices, was as magnificent as any country house, though never quite finished, as funds ran... | What government building was finished in 1776? | {'text': 'Somerset House in London', 'answer_start': 147} |
76,919 | 76,577 | 57278e85dd62a815002ea049 | generic | When it comes to civil and criminal cases, the Bundesgerichtshof is at the top of the hierarchy of courts. The other branches of the German judicial system each have their own appellate systems, each topped by a high court; these are the Bundessozialgericht for matters of social security, the Bundesarbeitsgericht for e... | Germany's Joint Senate of the Supreme Courts is also known by what name? | {'text': 'Gemeinsamer Senat der Obersten Gerichtshöfe', 'answer_start': 468} |
20,953 | 20,611 | 56e7a4c900c9c71400d77473 | generic | On November 12, the league announced the defending champion San Jose SaberCats would be ceasing operations due to "reasons unrelated to League operations". A statement from the league indicated that the AFL is working to secure new, long-term owners for the franchise. This leaves the AFL with eight teams for 2016. | Who were the defending champions of the Arena Football League? | {'text': 'San Jose SaberCats', 'answer_start': 60} |
122,901 | 122,559 | 5ad14ada645df0001a2d15d0 | generic | Jeffries and Ryan (2001) argue that the modern concept of separation of church and state dates from the mid-twentieth century rulings of the Supreme Court. The central point, they argue, was a constitutional ban against aid to religious schools, followed by a later ban on religious observance in public education. Jeffr... | What was later not banned in public education? | {'text': 'religious observance', 'answer_start': 273} |
117,440 | 117,098 | 5a42f4eb4a4859001aac73bf | generic | During the SNES's life, Nintendo contracted with two different companies to develop a CD-ROM-based peripheral for the console to compete with Sega's CD-ROM based addon, Mega-CD. Ultimately, deals with both Sony and Philips fell through, (although a prototype console was produced by Sony) with Philips gaining the right ... | What did Sony do to develop a CD ROM to compete with Philips? | {'text': 'contracted with two different companies', 'answer_start': 33} |
9,077 | 8,735 | 56ddd7179a695914005b9601 | generic | The Dutch Republic, also known as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden), Republic of the United Netherlands or Republic of the Seven United Provinces (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Provinciën), was a republic in Europe existing from 1581, when part of the Netherlands s... | The Dutch Republic was a republic of Europe during what time? | {'text': 'from 1581, when part of the Netherlands separated from Spanish rule, until 1795', 'answer_start': 279} |
73,609 | 73,267 | 5a8c7ba2fd22b3001a8d88ea | generic | Winners receive the FA Cup trophy, of which there have been two designs and five actual cups; the latest is a 2014 replica of the second design, introduced in 1911. Winners also qualify for European football and a place in the FA Community Shield match. Arsenal are the current holders, having beaten Aston Villa 4–0 in ... | How many FA Cup Trophy replicas have been made? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 76} |
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