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54,842 | 54,500 | 57264b66f1498d1400e8db62 | generic | Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains or hills, making the country one of the most mountainous in Europe. Mount Olympus, the mythical abode of the Greek Gods, culminates at Mytikas peak 2,918 metres (9,573 ft), the highest in the country. Western Greece contains a number of lakes and wetlands and is dominated ... | The tallest mountain in the Pindus range is what? | {'text': 'Mt. Smolikas', 'answer_start': 451} |
62,211 | 61,869 | 57268047f1498d1400e8e1e2 | generic | Israelites enjoyed political independence twice in ancient history, first during the periods of the Biblical judges followed by the United Monarchy.[disputed – discuss] After the fall of the United Monarchy the land was divided into Israel and Judah. The term Jew originated from the Roman "Judean" and denoted someone f... | When did the Babylonian exile end? | {'text': '539 BCE', 'answer_start': 884} |
80,435 | 80,093 | 5a68fe0e8476ee001a58a99a | generic | Sichuan is one of the major industrial centers of China. In addition to heavy industries such as coal, energy, iron and steel, the province has also established a light industrial sector comprising building materials, wood processing, food and silk processing. Chengdu and Mianyang are the production centers for textile... | Which city in Yibin is known for its metallurgical industries? | {'text': 'Panzhihua', 'answer_start': 356} |
24,262 | 23,920 | 56f7cc5faef2371900625c15 | generic | The Polish term "szlachta" designated the formalized, hereditary noble class of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In official Latin documents of the old Commonwealth, hereditary szlachta are referred to as "nobilitas" and are indeed the equivalent in legal status of the English nobility. | Who is referred to as nobilitas? | {'text': 'hereditary szlachta', 'answer_start': 165} |
48,280 | 47,938 | 571cfac85efbb31900334e7b | generic | The aftermath of World War II saw an explosion in the discovery of new classes of antibacterial drugs including the cephalosporins (developed by Eli Lilly based on the seminal work of Giuseppe Brotzu and Edward Abraham), streptomycin (discovered during a Merck-funded research program in Selman Waksman's laboratory), th... | Many more antibiotics were made following the end of what war? | {'text': 'World War II', 'answer_start': 17} |
80,097 | 79,755 | 5727d0e74b864d1900163dce | generic | USB mice and keyboards can usually be used with older computers that have PS/2 connectors with the aid of a small USB-to-PS/2 adapter. For mice and keyboards with dual-protocol support, an adaptor that contains no logic circuitry may be used: the hardware in the USB keyboard or mouse is designed to detect whether it is... | What performs bidirectional data translation between two standards? | {'text': 'a microcontroller', 'answer_start': 560} |
34,636 | 34,294 | 5ad2531dd7d075001a428d14 | generic | Theories dealing with perception either use one or multiples perceptions in order to find an emotion (Goldie, 2007).A recent hybrid of the somatic and cognitive theories of emotion is the perceptual theory. This theory is neo-Jamesian in arguing that bodily responses are central to emotions, yet it emphasizes the meani... | What theory doesn't argue that conceptual cognition is not required for emotional meaning? | {'text': 'perceptual theory', 'answer_start': 188} |
29,757 | 29,415 | 5706070375f01819005e78a5 | generic | It is on Absecon Island, on the Atlantic coast. Atlantic City was incorporated on May 1, 1854, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township. The city borders Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Ventnor City and West Atlantic City. | In what year was Atlantic City incorporated? | {'text': '1854', 'answer_start': 89} |
106,506 | 106,164 | 5ad23157d7d075001a428704 | generic | Commentaries dealing with the zahir (outward aspects) of the text are called tafsir, and hermeneutic and esoteric commentaries dealing with the batin are called ta'wil ("interpretation" or "explanation"), which involves taking the text back to its beginning. Commentators with an esoteric slant believe that the ultimate... | What Arabic term applies to misinterpretations aimed at the deeper, esoteric meanings of a text? | {'text': "ta'wil", 'answer_start': 161} |
126,295 | 125,953 | 57327732b9d445190005eb41 | generic | Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition. The meaning of the term humanism has fluctuated according to the su... | These days humanism could be viewed as a form of what? | {'text': 'secularism', 'answer_start': 555} |
128,301 | 127,959 | 5ad29eded7d075001a429c54 | generic | Similar organizations in other countries followed: The American Anthropological Association in 1902, the Anthropological Society of Madrid (1865), the Anthropological Society of Vienna (1870), the Italian Society of Anthropology and Ethnology (1871), and many others subsequently. The majority of these were evolutionist... | What society was founded in Vienna in 1865? | {'text': 'the Anthropological Society of Vienna', 'answer_start': 147} |
56,638 | 56,296 | 57265d79708984140094c3ab | generic | During this battle, on September 13, the 4th Division, under John A. Quitman, spearheaded the attack against Chapultepec and carried the castle. Future Confederate generals George E. Pickett and James Longstreet participated in the attack. Serving in the Mexican defense were the cadets later immortalized as Los Niños H... | Who led the 4th division? | {'text': 'John A. Quitman', 'answer_start': 61} |
124,343 | 124,001 | 5a53f1c6bdaabd001a386816 | generic | Armenians enjoy many different native and foreign foods. Arguably the favorite food is khorovats an Armenian-styled barbecue. Lavash is a very popular Armenian flat bread, and Armenian paklava is a popular dessert made from filo dough. Other famous Armenian foods include the kabob (a skewer of marinated roasted meat an... | What reputation do cornelian cherries have? | {'text': 'for having an especially good flavor', 'answer_start': 759} |
806 | 464 | 56d4dfc82ccc5a1400d832ce | generic | Beyoncé names Michael Jackson as her major musical influence. Aged five, Beyoncé attended her first ever concert where Jackson performed and she claims to have realised her purpose. When she presented him with a tribute award at the World Music Awards in 2006, Beyoncé said, "if it wasn't for Michael Jackson, I would ne... | What song caused Beyoncé to practice runs as a child? | {'text': 'Vision of Love', 'answer_start': 534} |
37,573 | 37,231 | 59d2a4a12763a60018284153 | generic | From the 1950s on, many areas of the Great Plains have become productive crop-growing areas because of extensive irrigation on large landholdings. The United States is a major exporter of agricultural products. The southern portion of the Great Plains lies over the Ogallala Aquifer, a huge underground layer of water-be... | When was the last ice age? | {'text': 'the 1950s', 'answer_start': 5} |
97,659 | 97,317 | 5a0e1068d7c8500018864512 | generic | Given that water contamination is a major means of transmitting diarrheal disease, efforts to provide clean water supply and improved sanitation have the potential to dramatically cut the rate of disease incidence. In fact, it has been proposed that we might expect an 88% reduction in child mortality resulting from dia... | What is the reduction in mortality rate associated with disease instance? | {'text': '21–30%', 'answer_start': 530} |
107,434 | 107,092 | 572f20af04bcaa1900d76767 | generic | In the latter part of the second revolution, Thomas Alva Edison developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world and is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. In 1882, Edison switched on the world's first large-scale electrical supply network that provided 110 ... | Where was Thomas Edison's electrical supply network located? | {'text': 'lower Manhattan', 'answer_start': 368} |
45,028 | 44,686 | 570fca635ab6b81900390ff5 | generic | On August 17, 2007, Dell Inc. announced that after an internal investigation into its accounting practices it would restate and reduce earnings from 2003 through to the first quarter of 2007 by a total amount of between $50 million and $150 million, or 2 cents to 7 cents per share. The investigation, begun in November ... | What department did Dell launch an internal investigation on? | {'text': 'accounting', 'answer_start': 86} |
124,988 | 124,646 | 57325981e99e3014001e66e4 | generic | Eisenhower was the last president born in the 19th century, and at age 62, was the oldest man elected President since James Buchanan in 1856 (President Truman stood at 64 in 1948 as the incumbent president at the time of his election four years earlier). Eisenhower was the only general to serve as President in the 20th... | Who was the oldest man to become President prior to Eisenhower? | {'text': 'James Buchanan', 'answer_start': 118} |
67,364 | 67,022 | 5ad163ff645df0001a2d1972 | generic | An advantage of the universal motor is that AC supplies may be used on motors which have some characteristics more common in DC motors, specifically high starting torque and very compact design if high running speeds are used. The negative aspect is the maintenance and short life problems caused by the commutator. Such... | What kind of motor can employ both DC and DC? | {'text': 'universal', 'answer_start': 20} |
130,589 | 130,247 | 5a7dcb3b70df9f001a87518f | generic | In physics, degenerate matter refers to the ground state of a gas of fermions at a temperature near absolute zero. The Pauli exclusion principle requires that only two fermions can occupy a quantum state, one spin-up and the other spin-down. Hence, at zero temperature, the fermions fill up sufficient levels to accommod... | What is the minimum kinetic energy called? | {'text': 'Fermi energy', 'answer_start': 424} |
108,730 | 108,388 | 572fae0304bcaa1900d76bd8 | generic | Hyderabadi cuisine comprises a broad repertoire of rice, wheat and meat dishes and the skilled use of various spices. Hyderabadi biryani and Hyderabadi haleem, with their blend of Mughlai and Arab cuisines, have become iconic dishes of India. Hyderabadi cuisine is highly influenced by Mughlai and to some extent by Fren... | What is a large influence on Hyderabadi food? | {'text': 'Mughlai', 'answer_start': 286} |
97,419 | 97,077 | 572a6b587a1753140016af2e | generic | In 1929, Lionel Robbins assumed the helm of the London School of Economics (LSE). Eager to promote alternatives to what he regarded as the narrow approach of the school of economic thought that then dominated the English-speaking academic world (centred at the University of Cambridge and deriving largely from the work ... | What did Nicholas Kaldor say Hayek brought to macroeconomics? | {'text': 'less "facile and superficial" understanding', 'answer_start': 583} |
74,691 | 74,349 | 5727acde3acd2414000de95e | generic | "Alsatia", the Latin form of Alsace's name, has long ago entered the English language with the specialized meaning of "a lawless place" or "a place under no jurisdiction" - since Alsace was conceived by English people to be such. It was used into the 20th century as a term for a ramshackle marketplace, "protected by an... | What was the meaning or term used for Aslace that was used by english people in the 20th century? | {'text': 'ramshackle marketplace', 'answer_start': 280} |
89,431 | 89,089 | 5ad1664b645df0001a2d19ba | generic | For many years Labour held to a policy of not allowing residents of Northern Ireland to apply for membership, instead supporting the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) which informally takes the Labour whip in the House of Commons. The 2003 Labour Party Conference accepted legal advice that the party could not c... | What party held a policy of always allowing people from Northern Ireland to apply for membership? | {'text': 'Labour', 'answer_start': 15} |
122,744 | 122,402 | 5ad143a8645df0001a2d146e | generic | Jefferson's concept of "separation of church and state" first became a part of Establishment Clause jurisprudence in Reynolds v. U.S., 98 U.S. 145 (1878). In that case, the court examined the history of religious liberty in the US, determining that while the constitution guarantees religious freedom, "The word 'religio... | Jefferson's concept of 'separation of church and state" didn't become part of what jurisprudence? | {'text': 'Establishment Clause', 'answer_start': 79} |
80,688 | 80,346 | 5728027a4b864d1900164208 | generic | Unicode defines two mapping methods: the Unicode Transformation Format (UTF) encodings, and the Universal Coded Character Set (UCS) encodings. An encoding maps (possibly a subset of) the range of Unicode code points to sequences of values in some fixed-size range, termed code values. The numbers in the names of the enc... | How many mapping methods does Unicode define? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 16} |
4,494 | 4,152 | 56d00d6d234ae51400d9c2e7 | generic | The Democratic Party holds the majority of public offices. As of November 2008, 67% of registered voters in the city are Democrats. New York City has not been carried by a Republican in a statewide or presidential election since President Calvin Coolidge won the five boroughs in 1924. In 2012, Democrat Barack Obama bec... | What was the last year that a republican candidate won all four boroughs of NYC? | {'text': '1924', 'answer_start': 280} |
35,400 | 35,058 | 5acd712607355d001abf4269 | generic | This new-found importance of naval aviation forced nations to create a number of carriers, in efforts to provide air superiority cover for every major fleet in order to ward off enemy aircraft. This extensive usage required the construction of several new 'light' carriers. Escort aircraft carriers, such as USS Bogue, w... | What was the expected service life of the UK 1924 Design Light Fleet Carrier? | {'text': '3 years', 'answer_start': 913} |
112,590 | 112,248 | 5731bfc80fdd8d15006c64f5 | generic | The major Allied participants were the United States, the Republic of China, the United Kingdom (including the armed forces of British India, the Fiji Islands, Samoa, etc.), Australia, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the Netherlands (as the possessor of the Dutch East Indies and the western part of New Guinea), Ne... | What nation possessed west New Guinea? | {'text': 'Netherlands', 'answer_start': 226} |
128,831 | 128,489 | 5a68e4ff8476ee001a58a84d | generic | The northwestern part of the South Asia, including Punjab, was repeatedly invaded or conquered by various foreign empires, such as those of Tamerlane, Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan. Having conquered Drangiana, Arachosia, Gedrosia and Seistan in ten days, Alexander crossed the Hindu Kush and was thus fully inform... | How long did it take Alexander to cross the Hindu Kush? | {'text': 'ten days', 'answer_start': 252} |
90,816 | 90,474 | 5728af434b864d1900164c1f | generic | Many adaptations of the instrument have been done to cater to the special needs of Indian Carnatic music. In Indian classical music and Indian light music, the mandolin, which bears little resemblance to the European mandolin, is usually tuned E-B-E-B. As there is no concept of absolute pitch in Indian classical music,... | What is another popular madonlin tuning? | {'text': 'C-G-C-G', 'answer_start': 468} |
57,775 | 57,433 | 5a5191fcb308da001a5a2305 | generic | Homo sapiens reached the region by around 45,000 years ago, having moved eastwards from the Indian subcontinent. Homo floresiensis also lived in the area up until 12,000 years ago, when they became extinct. Austronesian people, who form the majority of the modern population in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, East Timor, a... | Who arrived in Indinesia around the 2nd century BC? | {'text': 'Austronesian', 'answer_start': 207} |
40,600 | 40,258 | 570d282fb3d812140066d499 | generic | By March 2011, the market share of OS X in North America had increased to slightly over 14%. Whether the size of the Mac's market share and installed base is relevant, and to whom, is a hotly debated issue. Industry pundits have often called attention to the Mac's relatively small market share to predict Apple's impend... | What was the market share of OS X in North America by March 2011? | {'text': 'slightly over 14%', 'answer_start': 74} |
119,076 | 118,734 | 5731148c05b4da19006bcd6b | generic | The US Air Force Fitness Test (AFFT) is designed to test the abdominal circumference, muscular strength/endurance and cardiovascular respiratory fitness of airmen in the USAF. As part of the Fit to Fight program, the USAF adopted a more stringent physical fitness assessment; the new fitness program was put into effect ... | What is the more strict program that the USAF adopted in 2010 called? | {'text': 'Fit to Fight program', 'answer_start': 191} |
112,573 | 112,231 | 5731bc330fdd8d15006c64bb | generic | The official policy of the U.S. Government is that Thailand was not an ally of the Axis, and that the United States was not at war with Thailand. The policy of the U.S. Government ever since 1945 has been to treat Thailand not as a former enemy, but rather as a country which had been forced into certain actions by Japa... | According to the USA, what country did Japan blackmail? | {'text': 'Thailand', 'answer_start': 51} |
32,913 | 32,571 | 5a55762f134fea001a0e1aad | generic | The question of whether the government should intervene or not in the regulation of the cyberspace is a very polemical one. Indeed, for as long as it has existed and by definition, the cyberspace is a virtual space free of any government intervention. Where everyone agree that an improvement on cybersecurity is more th... | Is the cyberspace industry under attack or threatened by regulation? | {'text': 'industry only responds when you threaten regulation', 'answer_start': 720} |
55,619 | 55,277 | 57262b91271a42140099d6dd | generic | In September 1695, Captain Henry Every, an English pirate on board the Fancy, reached the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, where he teamed up with five other pirate captains to make an attack on the Indian fleet making the annual voyage to Mocha. The Mughal convoy included the treasure-laden Ganj-i-Sawai, reported to be the g... | How much treasure was taken by pirates? | {'text': '£50,000 to £60,000', 'answer_start': 610} |
34,801 | 34,459 | 5ad24569d7d075001a428a9c | generic | Western philosophy regarded emotion in varying ways. In stoic theories it was seen as a hindrance to reason and therefore a hindrance to virtue. Aristotle believed that emotions were an essential component of virtue. In the Aristotelian view all emotions (called passions) corresponded to appetites or capacities. During... | What did the Aristotelians not call emotions? | {'text': 'passions', 'answer_start': 263} |
32,413 | 32,071 | 57096228ed30961900e8403e | generic | Himachal has a rich heritage of handicrafts. These include woolen and pashmina shawls, carpets, silver and metal ware, embroidered chappals, grass shoes, Kangra and Gompa style paintings, wood work, horse-hair bangles, wooden and metal utensils and various other house hold items. These aesthetic and tasteful handicraft... | What does Himachal have a rich heritage of? | {'text': 'handicrafts', 'answer_start': 32} |
24,951 | 24,609 | 56f8b80d9b226e1400dd0eac | generic | During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, the Carthaginian general Hannibal probably crossed the Alps with an army numbering 38,000 infantry, 8,000 cavalry, and 37 war elephants. This was one of the most celebrated achievements of any military force in ancient warfare, although no evidence exists of the actual crossing or... | Who was the Carthaginian general? | {'text': 'Hannibal', 'answer_start': 64} |
33,933 | 33,591 | 5709bd0d200fba14003682a1 | generic | The word "dollar" is one of the words in the first paragraph of Section 9 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. In that context, "dollars" is a reference to the Spanish milled dollar, a coin that had a monetary value of 8 Spanish units of currency, or reales. In 1792 the U.S. Congress adopted legislation titled An act... | How many grains of pure silver were meant to be in a single dollar? | {'text': 'three hundred and seventy-one', 'answer_start': 577} |
109,996 | 109,654 | 573409114776f41900661760 | generic | Tucson was probably first visited by Paleo-Indians, known to have been in southern Arizona about 12,000 years ago. Recent archaeological excavations near the Santa Cruz River have located a village site dating from 2100 BC.[citation needed] The floodplain of the Santa Cruz River was extensively farmed during the Early ... | How old was the village site found near the Santa Cruz River? | {'text': '2100 BC', 'answer_start': 215} |
2,050 | 1,708 | 56ce43ebaab44d1400b88636 | generic | Of the third Dalai Lama, China Daily states that the "Ming dynasty showed him special favor by allowing him to pay tribute." China Daily then says that Sonam Gyatso was granted the title Dorjichang or Vajradhara Dalai Lama in 1587 [sic!], but China Daily does not mention who granted him the title. Without mentioning th... | In 1713 who did the Qing emperor grant a title to? | {'text': 'the fifth Panchen Lama', 'answer_start': 572} |
85,680 | 85,338 | 5a6284e3f8d794001af1c095 | generic | Metrobus Transit is responsible for public transit in the region. Metrobus has a total of 19 routes, 53 buses and an annual ridership of 3,014,073. Destinations include the Avalon Mall, The Village Shopping Centre, Memorial University, Academy Canada, the College of the North Atlantic, the Marine Institute, the Confede... | What transit has 19 buses? | {'text': 'Metrobus Transit', 'answer_start': 0} |
32,733 | 32,391 | 570983a2200fba14003680f7 | generic | There are several sources of the seedlessness trait, and essentially all commercial cultivators get it from one of three sources: Thompson Seedless, Russian Seedless, and Black Monukka, all being cultivars of Vitis vinifera. There are currently more than a dozen varieties of seedless grapes. Several, such as Einset See... | What species of grape are grown by Black Monukka? | {'text': 'Vitis vinifera', 'answer_start': 209} |
10,816 | 10,474 | 56e4839b39bdeb1400347969 | generic | Early Asian writings on architecture include the Kao Gong Ji of China from the 7th–5th centuries BCE; the Shilpa Shastras of ancient India and Manjusri Vasthu Vidya Sastra of Sri Lanka. | When was the Kao Gong Ji written? | {'text': '7th–5th centuries BCE', 'answer_start': 79} |
12,676 | 12,334 | 5acd16f507355d001abf3436 | generic | The nature and definition of matter - like other key concepts in science and philosophy - have occasioned much debate. Is there a single kind of matter (hyle) which everything is made of, or multiple kinds? Is matter a continuous substance capable of expressing multiple forms (hylomorphism), or a number of discrete, un... | What has never been debated? | {'text': 'The nature and definition of matter', 'answer_start': 0} |
119,123 | 118,781 | 57314fe6497a881900248dba | generic | Cultural and career issues in the U.S. Air Force have been cited as one of the reasons for the shortfall in needed UAV operators. In spite of an urgent need for UAVs or drones to provide round the clock coverage for American troops during the Iraq War, the USAF did not establish a new career field for piloting them unt... | What branch of the US Military does a cultural divide prevent the US Air Force from adopting their drone protocols? | {'text': 'US Army', 'answer_start': 596} |
3,430 | 3,088 | 56cebae8aab44d1400b8893f | generic | In terms of school casualties, thousands of school children died due to shoddy construction. In Mianyang City, seven schools collapsed, burying at least 1,700 people. At least 7,000 school buildings throughout the province collapsed. Another 700 students were buried in a school in Hanwang. At least 600 students and sta... | How many people were buried in the collapsed schools? | {'text': '1,700', 'answer_start': 153} |
24,574 | 24,232 | 56f8954b9b226e1400dd0c4c | generic | Sometime after the publication of the Eclogues (probably before 37 BC), Virgil became part of the circle of Maecenas, Octavian's capable agent d'affaires who sought to counter sympathy for Antony among the leading families by rallying Roman literary figures to Octavian's side. Virgil came to know many of the other lead... | What were Octavian' s agent d'affaires called? | {'text': 'Maecenas', 'answer_start': 108} |
50,072 | 49,730 | 5726706bdd62a815002e84dd | generic | At the start of her reign Victoria was popular, but her reputation suffered in an 1839 court intrigue when one of her mother's ladies-in-waiting, Lady Flora Hastings, developed an abdominal growth that was widely rumoured to be an out-of-wedlock pregnancy by Sir John Conroy. Victoria believed the rumours. She hated Con... | Who was believed to be the father of Lady Flor's "baby"? | {'text': 'Sir John Conroy', 'answer_start': 259} |
105,373 | 105,031 | 572e91dccb0c0d14000f12d1 | generic | It authorized the Secretary of the Interior to list endangered domestic fish and wildlife and allowed the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to spend up to $15 million per year to buy habitats for listed species. It also directed federal land agencies to preserve habitat on their lands. The Act also consolidated a... | The Endangered Species Act permitted how much annual expenditure by the US Fish and Wildlife Service for habitat purchase? | {'text': '$15 million per year', 'answer_start': 161} |
102,665 | 102,323 | 572ea2bbc246551400ce4447 | generic | In modern times Cypriot art history begins with the painter Vassilis Vryonides (1883–1958) who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Arguably the two founding fathers of modern Cypriot art were Adamantios Diamantis (1900–1994) who studied at London's Royal College of Art and Christopheros Savva (1924–1968) who... | Where did Vassilis Vryonides study? | {'text': 'Academy of Fine Arts in Venice', 'answer_start': 110} |
10,616 | 10,274 | 56de4529cffd8e1900b4b75d | generic | The first six presidents of the United States did not make extensive use of the veto power: George Washington only vetoed two bills, James Monroe one, and John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams none. James Madison, a firm believer in a strong executive, vetoed seven bills. None of the first six Presidents, ... | How many bills did George Washington veto? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 122} |
58,606 | 58,264 | 572673e0dd62a815002e8560 | generic | The first department store in the Philippines is the Hoskyn's Department Store of Hoskyn & Co. established in 1877 in Iloilo by the Englishman Henry Hoskyn, nephew of Nicholas Loney, the first British vice-consul in Iloilo. Some of the earliest department stores in the Philippines were located in Manila as early as 189... | When were the companies Shoemart and Rustan's established? | {'text': '1950s', 'answer_start': 984} |
83,691 | 83,349 | 5727e3653acd2414000def0c | generic | The state has two primary newspapers. The Oklahoman, based in Oklahoma City, is the largest newspaper in the state and 54th-largest in the nation by circulation, with a weekday readership of 138,493 and a Sunday readership of 202,690. The Tulsa World, the second most widely circulated newspaper in Oklahoma and 79th in ... | What is the largest Oklahoma newspaper? | {'text': 'The Oklahoman', 'answer_start': 38} |
85,431 | 85,089 | 5a7a81c421c2de001afe9cbc | generic | Think-tanks such as the World Pensions Council have also argued that European legislators have pushed somewhat dogmatically for the adoption of the Basel II recommendations, adopted in 2005, transposed in European Union law through the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD), effective since 2008. In essence, they forced ... | Which agencies have lost their authority on assessing the risk of financial institutions? | {'text': "Moody's and S&P", 'answer_start': 563} |
33,039 | 32,697 | 5a5546d5134fea001a0e1a0c | generic | An unauthorized user gaining physical access to a computer is most likely able to directly download data from it. They may also compromise security by making operating system modifications, installing software worms, keyloggers, or covert listening devices. Even when the system is protected by standard security measure... | What increases the safety of a computer? | {'text': 'Disk encryption and Trusted Platform Module', 'answer_start': 440} |
12,984 | 12,642 | 56df11de3277331400b4d933 | generic | Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (sometimes known as Sony Music or by the initials, SME) is an American music corporation managed and operated by Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation. In 1929, the enterprise was first founded as American Record Corporation (ARC) and, in... | What was the first name of Sony Music Entertainment, Inc? | {'text': 'American Record Corporation', 'answer_start': 279} |
62,187 | 61,845 | 5ace85a332bba1001ae4a95c | generic | According to the Hebrew Bible narrative, Jewish ancestry is traced back to the Biblical patriarchs such as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the Biblical matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel, who lived in Canaan around the 18th century BCE. Jacob and his family migrated to Ancient Egypt after being invited to live w... | Who invited the Pharaoh to live in Egypt? | {'text': 'Joseph', 'answer_start': 336} |
73,972 | 73,630 | 57294fd36aef051400154ca8 | generic | The American Civil War boosted the local economy with wartime purchases of industrial goods, including that of the New Haven Arms Company, which would later become the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. (Winchester would continue to produce arms in New Haven until 2006, and many of the buildings that were a part of the... | The Civil War had many effects after the war, what was the main effect for New Haven? | {'text': 'population grew and doubled', 'answer_start': 429} |
127,293 | 126,951 | 5733f9c64776f41900661616 | generic | The exclusion of social and political groups as targets of genocide in the CPPCG legal definition has been criticized by some historians and sociologists, for example M. Hassan Kakar in his book The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979–1982 argues that the international definition of genocide is too restricted... | In what book did Kakar contend that the international definition of genocide was too narrow? | {'text': 'The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response', 'answer_start': 195} |
61,916 | 61,574 | 5726e65f5951b619008f81d3 | generic | The goal of the Burmese constitutional referendum of 2008, held on 10 May 2008, is the creation of a "discipline-flourishing democracy". As part of the referendum process, the name of the country was changed from the "Union of Myanmar" to the "Republic of the Union of Myanmar", and general elections were held under the... | Where the elections of 2010 conducted fairly in Burma? | {'text': 'allegations of polling station irregularities were raised', 'answer_start': 434} |
51,184 | 50,842 | 5725d86eec44d21400f3d692 | generic | The vast Seleucid Empire was, like Egypt, mostly dominated by a Greco-Macedonian political elite. The Greek population of the cities who formed the dominant elite were reinforced by emigration from Greece. These cities included newly founded colonies such as Antioch, the other cities of the Syrian tetrapolis, Seleucia ... | What are Seleucid garrisons called? | {'text': 'choria', 'answer_start': 658} |
29,629 | 29,287 | 5706865b75f01819005e7bcd | generic | The most pelagic species, mainly in the 'tubenose' order Procellariiformes, are great wanderers, and the albatrosses of the southern oceans may circle the globe as they ride the "roaring forties" outside the breeding season. The tubenoses spread widely over large areas of open ocean, but congregate when food becomes av... | Which bird broke a record in how far it flew over it's life? | {'text': 'Manx shearwater', 'answer_start': 722} |
45,084 | 44,742 | 5ad367cf604f3c001a3fe0a6 | generic | Dell opened plants in Penang, Malaysia in 1995, and in Xiamen, China in 1999. These facilities serve the Asian market and assemble 95% of Dell notebooks. Dell Inc. has invested[when?] an estimated $60 million in a new manufacturing unit in Chennai, India, to support the sales of its products in the Indian subcontinent.... | How much did Dell spend to destroy a new plant in India? | {'text': '$60 million', 'answer_start': 197} |
130,285 | 129,943 | 5735c028e853931400426b35 | generic | Kathmandu is home to a number of museums and art galleries, including the National Museum of Nepal and the Natural History Museum of Nepal. Nepal's art and architecture is an amalgamation of two ancient religions, Hinduism and Buddhhism. These are amply reflected in the many temples, shrines, stupas, monasteries, and p... | Along with the National Museum of Nepal, what notable Nepalese museum is present in Kathmandu? | {'text': 'Natural History Museum of Nepal', 'answer_start': 107} |
107,309 | 106,967 | 572ee763cb0c0d14000f1665 | generic | The Qing dynasty (1644–1911) was founded after the fall of the Ming, the last Han Chinese dynasty, by the Manchus. The Manchus were formerly known as the Jurchens. When Beijing was captured by Li Zicheng's peasant rebels in 1644, the Chongzhen Emperor, the last Ming emperor, committed suicide. The Manchus then allied w... | The Qing dynasty lasted through what time period? | {'text': '1644–1911', 'answer_start': 18} |
39,974 | 39,632 | 570e83490b85d914000d7f71 | generic | Melbourne's air quality is generally good and has improved significantly since the 1980s. Like many urban environments, the city faces significant environmental issues, many of them relating to the city's large urban footprint and urban sprawl and the demand for infrastructure and services. One such issue is water usag... | Which government announced a $3.1 billion Wonthaggi desalination plant in June 2007? | {'text': 'Bracks Government', 'answer_start': 881} |
96,122 | 95,780 | 5acd17c607355d001abf345c | generic | In the late 17th century, Gottfried Leibniz proposed the idea of the Latin: vis viva, or living force, which defined as the product of the mass of an object and its velocity squared; he believed that total vis viva was conserved. To account for slowing due to friction, Leibniz theorized that thermal energy consisted of... | What is a term for dying force? | {'text': 'vis viva', 'answer_start': 76} |
69,346 | 69,004 | 5a7d395370df9f001a875022 | generic | Poetry is a form of literary art which uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry has traditionally been distinguished from prose by its being set in verse;[a] prose is cast in sentences, poetry in lines; the syntax of prose is ... | What is prose cast in if poetry is cast in sentences? | {'text': 'lines', 'answer_start': 290} |
13,919 | 13,577 | 56e098707aa994140058e608 | generic | The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR; Russian: Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, tr. Rossiyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika listen (help·info)) commonly referred to as Soviet Russia or simply as Russia, was a sovereign state i... | How many autonomous oblasts were part of the RSFSR? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 562} |
48,543 | 48,201 | 571d1c3fdd7acb1400e4c21c | generic | Drug discovery and development is very expensive; of all compounds investigated for use in humans only a small fraction are eventually approved in most nations by government appointed medical institutions or boards, who have to approve new drugs before they can be marketed in those countries. In 2010 18 NMEs (New Molec... | What does NMEs stand for? | {'text': 'New Molecular Entities', 'answer_start': 311} |
95,505 | 95,163 | 5a5524ab134fea001a0e1989 | generic | CBC Television stations can be received in many United States communities along the Canadian border over-the-air and have a significant audience in those areas. Such a phenomenon can also take place within Great Lakes communities such as Ashtabula, Ohio, which received programming from the CBC's London, Ontario, transm... | What has caused the ratings of the CBC to lapse since September 2010? | {'text': 'shut down its analogue transmitter and decided not to replace it with a digital transmitter', 'answer_start': 413} |
27,788 | 27,446 | 56fae60d8f12f3190063026f | generic | Somali art is the artistic culture of the Somali people, both historic and contemporary. These include artistic traditions in pottery, music, architecture, wood carving and other genres. Somali art is characterized by its aniconism, partly as a result of the vestigial influence of the pre-Islamic mythology of the Somal... | What is a notable characteristic of Somali art? | {'text': 'aniconism', 'answer_start': 222} |
75,532 | 75,190 | 57278604708984140094dfe6 | generic | Differences in the settlement patterns of eastern and western North Carolina, or the Low Country and uplands, affected the political, economic, and social life of the state from the 18th until the 20th century. The Tidewater in eastern North Carolina was settled chiefly by immigrants from rural England and the Scottish... | Where did immigrants from England and the Scottish Highlands settle? | {'text': 'The Tidewater', 'answer_start': 211} |
29,430 | 29,088 | 57069e7a52bb891400689aee | generic | The New Delhi town plan, like its architecture, was chosen with one single chief consideration: to be a symbol of British power and supremacy. All other decisions were subordinate to this, and it was this framework that dictated the choice and application of symbology and influences from both Hindu and Islamic architec... | What town plan was chosen with the chief consideration of displaying British power and superiority? | {'text': 'The New Delhi town plan', 'answer_start': 0} |
102,650 | 102,308 | 572ea043c246551400ce4425 | generic | Cyprus has two official languages, Greek and Turkish. Armenian and Cypriot Maronite Arabic are recognised as minority languages. Although without official status, English is widely spoken and it features widely on road signs, public notices, and in advertisements, etc. English was the sole official language during Brit... | Are there any Western languages spoken in Cyprus? | {'text': 'English', 'answer_start': 163} |
125,341 | 124,999 | 57325bc30fdd8d15006c6a2d | generic | In 2009, Hispanic and Latino Americans represented 52.0% of the Bronx's population. Puerto Ricans represented 23.2% of the borough's population. Over 72,500 Mexicans lived in the Bronx, and they formed 5.2% of the population. Cubans numbered over 9,640 members and formed 0.7% of the population. In addition, over 319,00... | What percent of the Bronx is Hispanic and Latino Americans? | {'text': '52.0%', 'answer_start': 51} |
66,081 | 65,739 | 5726a65e708984140094cce3 | generic | Financial problems and a reduction in tourism led to Norfolk Island's administration appealing to the Australian federal government for assistance in 2010. In return, the islanders were to pay income tax for the first time but would be eligible for greater welfare benefits. However, by May 2013 agreement had not been r... | What lead to Norfolk Island asking for assistance from Australia in 2010? | {'text': 'Financial problems and a reduction in tourism', 'answer_start': 0} |
52,393 | 52,051 | 5726822d5951b619008f7509 | generic | Instead, he argues, this development has been artificially frozen in an "intermediate" state by the standardisation of Dutch pronunciation in the 16th century, where lowered diphthongs found in rural dialects were perceived as ugly by the educated classes and accordingly declared substandard. Now, however, in his opini... | What word did Stroop use to describe the static stage of diphthong pronunciation? | {'text': '"intermediate"', 'answer_start': 72} |
123,618 | 123,276 | 57320b1be17f3d140042260e | generic | Greece was accused of trying to cover up the extent of its massive budget deficit in the wake of the global financial crisis. The allegation was prompted by the massive revision of the 2009 budget deficit forecast by the new PASOK government elected in October 2009, from "6–8%" (estimated by the previous New Democracy ... | When did the Parliament vote in favor of an investigation? | {'text': 'February 2012', 'answer_start': 445} |
74,038 | 73,696 | 572772285951b619008f8a1e | generic | New Haven lies in the transition between a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa) and humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), but having more characteristics of the former, as is typical of much of the New York metropolitan area. Summers are humid and warm, with temperatures exceeding 90 °F (32 ... | How heavy is the snowfall typically throughout the winter in New Haven? | {'text': 'moderate', 'answer_start': 368} |
110,017 | 109,675 | 573409fbd058e614000b684a | generic | Arizona, south of the Gila River was legally bought from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase on June 8, 1854. Tucson became a part of the United States of America, although the American military did not formally take over control until March 1856. In 1857 Tucson became a stage station on the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line ... | When did the mail stagecoaches stop running? | {'text': 'August 1861', 'answer_start': 611} |
80,765 | 80,423 | 5acd276d07355d001abf3708 | generic | Several subsets of Unicode are standardized: Microsoft Windows since Windows NT 4.0 supports WGL-4 with 652 characters, which is considered to support all contemporary European languages using the Latin, Greek, or Cyrillic script. Other standardized subsets of Unicode include the Multilingual European Subsets: MES-1 (L... | How many characters are in MES-3B? | {'text': '1062', 'answer_start': 389} |
74,859 | 74,517 | 572787e6dd62a815002e9f98 | generic | For the King's funeral, people dress in elaborate mourning costume, many of them cross-dressing men who carry bouquets of phallic vegetables. In the funeral house, the body of the King is surrounded by an honor guard and weeping concubines, crying over the loss of sexual pleasure brought about by his death. The King's ... | Who weeps around the body of the King? | {'text': 'concubines', 'answer_start': 229} |
79,273 | 78,931 | 5ad21ea2d7d075001a428483 | generic | The opposite of a Show Up is a "Rip". This is for sub-standard work, which is sometimes torn at the top of the page/sheet and must be submitted to the boy's housemaster for signature. Boys who accumulate rips are liable to be given a "White Ticket", which must be signed by all his teachers and may be accompanied by oth... | Who must sign a Show Up? | {'text': "boy's housemaster and tutor", 'answer_start': 555} |
130,529 | 130,187 | 5a7db6b770df9f001a875073 | generic | Matter commonly exists in four states (or phases): solid, liquid and gas, and plasma. However, advances in experimental techniques have revealed other previously theoretical phases, such as Bose–Einstein condensates and fermionic condensates. A focus on an elementary-particle view of matter also leads to new phases of ... | How many forms of solids are there? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 26} |
94,223 | 93,881 | 5ad13802645df0001a2d1204 | generic | The incentive to use 100% renewable energy, for electricity, transport, or even total primary energy supply globally, has been motivated by global warming and other ecological as well as economic concerns. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said that there are few fundamental technological limits to inte... | What motivated the incentive to use 10 percent renewable energy? | {'text': 'global warming', 'answer_start': 140} |
113,824 | 113,482 | 57302728947a6a140053d1a2 | generic | The Special Clerical Court handles crimes allegedly committed by clerics, although it has also taken on cases involving lay people. The Special Clerical Court functions independently of the regular judicial framework and is accountable only to the Supreme Leader. The Court's rulings are final and cannot be appealed. Th... | When crimes are committed by clerics, who handles the cases? | {'text': 'The Special Clerical Court', 'answer_start': 0} |
27,345 | 27,003 | 56fa0745f34c681400b0bf5f | generic | Different pieces of wood cut from a large tree may differ decidedly, particularly if the tree is big and mature. In some trees, the wood laid on late in the life of a tree is softer, lighter, weaker, and more even-textured than that produced earlier, but in other trees, the reverse applies. This may or may not correspo... | If you need really hard, strong wood from a small tree, would it likely be better to use the heartwood or sapwood? | {'text': 'sapwood', 'answer_start': 368} |
7,564 | 7,222 | 56d96b3edc89441400fdb430 | generic |
Malaysia: The event was held in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, on April 21. The 16.5 km long-relay began from the historic Independence Square, passed in front of several city landmarks before coming to an end at the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. Among the landmarks the Olympic flame passed next to were the Parliamen... | When did the torch visit Malaysia? | {'text': 'April 21', 'answer_start': 69} |
115,608 | 115,266 | 5731c904b9d445190005e553 | generic | Several molecular mechanisms of antibacterial resistance exist. Intrinsic antibacterial resistance may be part of the genetic makeup of bacterial strains. For example, an antibiotic target may be absent from the bacterial genome. Acquired resistance results from a mutation in the bacterial chromosome or the acquisition... | When does the spread of antibacterial resistance frequently occurs/ | {'text': 'vertical transmission', 'answer_start': 581} |
15,317 | 14,975 | 5acf915177cf76001a6852a8 | generic | Coulton Waugh attempted the first comprehensive history of American comics with The Comics (1947). Will Eisner's Comics and Sequential Art (1985) and Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics (1993) were early attempts in English to formalize the study of comics. David Carrier's The Aesthetics of Comics (2000) was the first... | What book did Will Eisner create in 1958? | {'text': 'Comics and Sequential Art', 'answer_start': 113} |
54,620 | 54,278 | 5726db83708984140094d3c8 | generic | Some copyright owners voluntarily reduce the scope of what is considered infringement by employing relatively permissive, "open" licensing strategies: rather than privately negotiating license terms with individual users who must first seek out the copyright owner and ask for permission, the copyright owner publishes a... | What is an example of a free software license? | {'text': 'GNU General Public License', 'answer_start': 661} |
44,547 | 44,205 | 57100daba58dae1900cd6823 | generic | In 1997, a year after the divorce, Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris. The Queen was on holiday with her extended family at Balmoral. Diana's two sons by Charles—Princes William and Harry—wanted to attend church and so the Queen and Prince Philip took them that morning. After that single public appearance, for fi... | When did Diana die? | {'text': '1997', 'answer_start': 3} |
6,640 | 6,298 | 56d3827a59d6e414001465c1 | generic | The fourteenth season premiered on January 7, 2015. Ryan Seacrest returned to host, while Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. returned for their respective fourth, third and second seasons as judges. Eighth season runner-up Adam Lambert filled in for Urban during the New York City auditions. Randy Jackso... | Which former contestant replaced Keith Urban for auditions in New York City? | {'text': 'Adam Lambert', 'answer_start': 239} |
94,071 | 93,729 | 572950ad6aef051400154cb5 | generic | As of 2014, the wind industry in the USA is able to produce more power at lower cost by using taller wind turbines with longer blades, capturing the faster winds at higher elevations. This has opened up new opportunities and in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, the price of power from wind turbines built 300 feet to 400 fee... | How tall are new wind turbines that are being built in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio? | {'text': '300 feet to 400 feet above the ground', 'answer_start': 301} |
56,846 | 56,504 | 5726a33e708984140094cc9d | generic | The local government continuously strives for a reduction of massive traffic congestion, and has increased incentives for making a bicycle-friendly city. This includes North America's second-largest bicycle sharing system, EcoBici, launched in 2010, in which registered residents can get bicycles for 45 minutes with a p... | What is the name of the city's bike sharing system? | {'text': 'EcoBici', 'answer_start': 223} |
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