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100,822 | 100,480 | 572d31bfb297151900c7ce86 | generic | Though the music varied widely between regions and artists, the post-punk movement has been characterized by its "conceptual assault" on rock conventions and rejection of aesthetics perceived of as traditionalist, hegemonic or rockist in favor of experimentation with production techniques and non-rock musical styles su... | What are non-rock styles that post-punk used as inspiration? | {'text': 'dub, electronic music, disco, noise, jazz, krautrock, world music and the avant-garde', 'answer_start': 326} |
117,592 | 117,250 | 5730b004396df91900096288 | generic | It is speculated by some archaeologists that Sumerian speakers were farmers who moved down from the north, after perfecting irrigation agriculture there. The Ubaid pottery of southern Mesopotamia has been connected via Choga Mami transitional ware to the pottery of the Samarra period culture (c. 5700 – 4900 BC C-14) in... | Where do some archaeologists speculate Sumerians originally moved from? | {'text': 'the north', 'answer_start': 96} |
106,421 | 106,079 | 5ad2292fd7d075001a42857c | generic | The physicist Abdus Salam, in his Nobel Prize banquet address, quoted a well known verse from the Quran (67:3-4) and then stated: "This in effect is the faith of all physicists: the deeper we seek, the more is our wonder excited, the more is the dazzlement of our gaze". One of Salam's core beliefs was that there is no ... | Which biologist quoted the Quran in his address after receiving the Nobel Prize? | {'text': 'Abdus Salam', 'answer_start': 14} |
30,947 | 30,605 | 570715c09e06ca38007e93d8 | generic | On February 8, 1847, Doniphan continued his march with 924 men mostly from Missouri; he accompanied a train of 315 wagons of a large commercial caravan heading to the state capital. Meanwhile, the Mexican forces in the state had time to prepare a defense against the Americans. About 20 miles (32 km) north of the capita... | Which was the most important battle fought in Chihuahua? | {'text': 'The Battle of Sacramento', 'answer_start': 486} |
96,012 | 95,670 | 5729d2193f37b3190047857f | generic | DeveloperWorks is a website run by IBM for software developers and IT professionals. It contains how-to articles and tutorials, as well as software downloads and code samples, discussion forums, podcasts, blogs, wikis, and other resources for developers and technical professionals. Subjects range from open, industry-st... | The Jolt Hall of Fame inducted DeveloperWorks in what year? | {'text': '2007', 'answer_start': 502} |
16,710 | 16,368 | 56e10dbdcd28a01900c674e2 | generic | The ranging signals are based on the CDMA principle and have complex structure typical of Galileo or modernized GPS. Similar to the other GNSS, there will be two levels of positioning service: open and restricted (military). The public service shall be available globally to general users. When all the currently planned... | What positioning levels will the BeiDou system offer? | {'text': 'open and restricted (military)', 'answer_start': 193} |
17,030 | 16,688 | 56e1189acd28a01900c675a4 | generic | The Book of Concord is the historic doctrinal statement of the Lutheran Church, consisting of ten credal documents recognized as authoritative in Lutheranism since the 16th century. However, the Book of Concord is a confessional document (stating orthodox belief) rather than a book of ecclesiastical rules or discipline... | What are the legislative systems of various Lutheran institutions called? | {'text': 'canons', 'answer_start': 460} |
98,617 | 98,275 | 572ab5c7be1ee31400cb81b5 | generic | Rowing has been popular in Philadelphia since the 18th century. Boathouse Row is a symbol of Philadelphia's rich rowing history, and each Big Five member has its own boathouse. Philadelphia hosts numerous local and collegiate rowing clubs and competitions, including the annual Dad Vail Regatta, the largest intercollegi... | What is the name of the big rowing races? | {'text': 'Dad Vail Regatta, the largest intercollegiate rowing event in the U.S, the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, and the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta', 'answer_start': 278} |
91,092 | 90,750 | 572927373f37b3190047808d | generic | Insects can be divided into two groups historically treated as subclasses: wingless insects, known as Apterygota, and winged insects, known as Pterygota. The Apterygota consist of the primitively wingless order of the silverfish (Thysanura). Archaeognatha make up the Monocondylia based on the shape of their mandibles, ... | Does an Apterygots have wings or wingless? | {'text': 'wingless', 'answer_start': 75} |
90,076 | 89,734 | 57293b9f3f37b3190047813f | generic | Another Alaskan transportation method is the dogsled. In modern times (that is, any time after the mid-late 1920s), dog mushing is more of a sport than a true means of transportation. Various races are held around the state, but the best known is the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a 1,150-mile (1,850 km) trail from Anch... | What does the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race commemorate in Alaskan history? | {'text': 'the famous 1925 serum run to Nome', 'answer_start': 463} |
15,598 | 15,256 | 56e06ed17aa994140058e4b4 | generic | In 2012, the government of St. Helena funded the creation of the St. Helena Human Rights Action Plan 2012-2015. Work is being done under this action plan, including publishing awareness-raising articles in local newspapers, providing support for members of the public with human rights queries, and extending several UN ... | What kind of articles were published to help this plan? | {'text': 'awareness-raising articles', 'answer_start': 176} |
69,303 | 68,961 | 5a7a34d717ab25001a8a03a5 | generic | The value judgement definition of literature considers it to exclusively include writing that possesses high quality or distinction, forming part of the so-called belles-lettres ('fine writing') tradition. This is the definition used in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–11) when it classifies literatur... | What years does the Encyclopedia Brittanica Tenth Edition cover? | {'text': '(1910–11', 'answer_start': 282} |
39,674 | 39,332 | 570d0efcb3d812140066d3b2 | generic | In the Islamic tradition, Mary and Jesus were the only children who could not be touched by Satan at the moment of their birth, for God imposed a veil between them and Satan. According to author Shabbir Akhtar, the Islamic perspective on Mary's Immaculate Conception is compatible with the Catholic doctrine of the same ... | What term is used to refer to Christains by author Shabbir Akhtar? | {'text': 'People of the Book', 'answer_start': 330} |
59,082 | 58,740 | 57266b61dd62a815002e8451 | generic | As of 2010, those of (non-Hispanic white) European ancestry accounted for 57.9% of Florida's population. Out of the 57.9%, the largest groups were 12.0% German (2,212,391), 10.7% Irish (1,979,058), 8.8% English (1,629,832), 6.6% Italian (1,215,242), 2.8% Polish (511,229), and 2.7% French (504,641). White Americans of a... | Most white Florida Immigrants descend from | {'text': 'mainly from English and Scots-Irish settlers, as well as some other British American settlers', 'answer_start': 818} |
88,450 | 88,108 | 5ace8b9832bba1001ae4a9f6 | generic | Accounts of the use of leeches for the medically dubious practise of blood-letting have come from China around 30 AD, India around 200 AD, ancient Rome around 50 AD and later throughout Europe. In the 19th century medical demand for leeches was so high that some areas' stocks were exhausted and other regions imposed re... | When did Russia begin using leeches? | {'text': '50 AD', 'answer_start': 159} |
96,536 | 96,194 | 572a4cf51d046914007798e3 | generic | A similar fate befell the Curonians who lived in the area around the Curonian Lagoon. While many fled from the Red Army during the evacuation of East Prussia, Curonians that remained behind were subsequently expelled by the Soviet Union. Only 219 lived along the Curonian Spit in 1955. Many had German names such as Frit... | Where did most of the Curonians flee to in 1958? | {'text': 'West Germany', 'answer_start': 480} |
126,238 | 125,896 | 573425ecd058e614000b6a09 | generic | People are usually well informed about their health status, the positive and negative effects of their behaviour on their health and their use of health care services. Yet their perceptions of their health can differ from what administrative and examination-based data show about levels of illness within populations. Th... | What number of Portuguese adults rated their health as good or very good? | {'text': 'one third', 'answer_start': 455} |
121,142 | 120,800 | 5731d2a9e99e3014001e6302 | generic | Egypt was producing 691,000 bbl/d of oil and 2,141.05 Tcf of natural gas (in 2013), which makes Egypt as the largest oil producer not member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the second-largest dry natural gas producer in Africa. In 2013, Egypt was the largest consumer of oil and natur... | Where does Egypt rank among oil and natural gas sonsumers in Africa? | {'text': 'largest consumer', 'answer_start': 287} |
35,152 | 34,810 | 570a8e676d058f1900182fa0 | generic | The club also owned and operated a professional basketball team, by the name of Everton Tigers, who compete in the elite British Basketball League. The team was launched in the summer of 2007 as part of the clubs' Community programme, and play their home games at the Greenbank Sports Academy. The team was an amalgam of... | When did the Everton Tigers win the BBL Cup? | {'text': '2009', 'answer_start': 477} |
121,868 | 121,526 | 57319878e17f3d1400422256 | generic | The myth of a Trojan founding with Greek influence was reconciled through an elaborate genealogy (the Latin kings of Alba Longa) with the well-known legend of Rome's founding by Romulus and Remus. The most common version of the twins' story displays several aspects of hero myth. Their mother, Rhea Silvia, had been orde... | What type of story was the Romulus and Remus tale? | {'text': 'hero myth', 'answer_start': 269} |
64,216 | 63,874 | 5ad3eca8604f3c001a3ff779 | generic | Yale has numerous athletic facilities, including the Yale Bowl (the nation's first natural "bowl" stadium, and prototype for such stadiums as the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl), located at The Walter Camp Field athletic complex, and the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, the second-largest indoor athletic compl... | What is the name of the world's second smallest indoor athletic building? | {'text': 'Payne Whitney Gymnasium', 'answer_start': 255} |
18,024 | 17,682 | 5ad1301e645df0001a2d10ec | generic | Despite Laemmle's role as an innovator, he was an extremely cautious studio chief. Unlike rivals Adolph Zukor, William Fox, and Marcus Loew, Laemmle chose not to develop a theater chain. He also financed all of his own films, refusing to take on debt. This policy nearly bankrupted the studio when actor-director Erich v... | Who else decided not to develop a theater chain with Laemmle? | {'text': 'Adolph Zukor, William Fox, and Marcus Loew', 'answer_start': 97} |
117,644 | 117,302 | 5730b6e08ab72b1400f9c6de | generic | Ziggurats (Sumerian temples) each had an individual name and consisted of a forecourt, with a central pond for purification. The temple itself had a central nave with aisles along either side. Flanking the aisles would be rooms for the priests. At one end would stand the podium and a mudbrick table for animal and veget... | Who were the rooms on either side of the aisles in the temple for? | {'text': 'the priests', 'answer_start': 232} |
13,325 | 12,983 | 56df6d8556340a1900b29b14 | generic | Other major sporting events include Thoroughbred and Quarter horse racing circuits at Remington Park and numerous horse shows and equine events that take place at the state fairgrounds each year. There are numerous golf courses and country clubs spread around the city. | What park hosts Quarter horse racing? | {'text': 'Remington Park', 'answer_start': 86} |
18,023 | 17,681 | 56e14927e3433e1400422d5c | generic | Despite Laemmle's role as an innovator, he was an extremely cautious studio chief. Unlike rivals Adolph Zukor, William Fox, and Marcus Loew, Laemmle chose not to develop a theater chain. He also financed all of his own films, refusing to take on debt. This policy nearly bankrupted the studio when actor-director Erich v... | Who was at one time Laemmle's personal secretary? | {'text': 'Irving Thalberg', 'answer_start': 874} |
68,661 | 68,319 | 572709f75951b619008f851a | generic | At the time of this entry, we were not able to identify any specific nutrition literacy studies in the U.S. at a national level. However, the findings of the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) provide a basis upon which to frame the nutrition literacy problem in the U.S. NAAL introduced the first ever me... | What percentage of Americans fell below the basics of health literacy? | {'text': '14', 'answer_start': 812} |
82,688 | 82,346 | 5727c5932ca10214002d95ef | generic | The Arena Football League briefly had a two-game exhibition season in the early 2000s, a practice that ended in 2003 with a new television contract. Exhibition games outside of a structured season are relatively common among indoor American football leagues; because teams switch leagues frequently at that level of play... | What type of league commonly plays unstructured exhibition games? | {'text': 'indoor American football leagues', 'answer_start': 225} |
130,341 | 129,999 | 5735c7d26c16ec1900b927b1 | generic | Kathmandu has a larger proportion of tea drinkers than coffee drinkers. Tea is widely served but is extremely weak by western standards. It is richer and contains tea leaves boiled with milk, sugar and spices. Alcohol is widely drunk, and there are numerous local variants of alcoholic beverages. Drinking and driving is... | What is used to make thwon? | {'text': 'rice', 'answer_start': 411} |
75,887 | 75,545 | 5727824bdd62a815002e9f16 | generic | While on one hand the Heian period was an unusually long period of peace, it can also be argued that the period weakened Japan economically and led to poverty for all but a tiny few of its inhabitants. The control of rice fields provided a key source of income for families such as the Fujiwara and were a fundamental ba... | Currency gradually disappeared around what year? | {'text': '1000', 'answer_start': 627} |
6,969 | 6,627 | 56d5c9061c85041400946dcc | generic | Some breeds of dogs are prone to certain genetic ailments such as elbow and hip dysplasia, blindness, deafness, pulmonic stenosis, cleft palate, and trick knees. Two serious medical conditions particularly affecting dogs are pyometra, affecting unspayed females of all types and ages, and bloat, which affects the larger... | What are all dogs susceptible to? | {'text': 'parasites', 'answer_start': 437} |
36,805 | 36,463 | 5a70ba578abb0b001a6760d8 | generic | Two major hardware revisions of the Xbox 360 have succeeded the original models; the Xbox 360 S (also referred to as the "Slim") replaced the original "Elite" and "Arcade" models in 2010. The S model carries a smaller, streamlined appearance with an angular case, and utilizes a redesigned motherboard designed to allevi... | What kind of case did the Elite have? | {'text': 'angular', 'answer_start': 250} |
42,638 | 42,296 | 570df27f0dc6ce1900204d3e | generic | In 1989, Troiden proposed a four-stage model for the development of homosexual sexual identity. The first stage, known as sensitization, usually starts in childhood, and is marked by the child's becoming aware of same-sex attractions. The second stage, identity confusion, tends to occur a few years later. In this stage... | What is Troiden's first stage of development known as? | {'text': 'sensitization', 'answer_start': 122} |
42,304 | 41,962 | 570d76f1fed7b91900d46170 | generic | During the war, the Paris National Guard, particularly in the working-class neighbourhoods of Paris, had become highly politicised and units elected officers; many refused to wear uniforms or obey commands from the national government. National guard units tried to seize power in Paris on 31 October 1870 and 22 January... | What did the National Guard refuse to obey? | {'text': 'commands from the national government', 'answer_start': 197} |
130,021 | 129,679 | 573632886c16ec1900b92998 | generic | Hunting also has a significant financial impact in the United States, with many companies specialising in hunting equipment or speciality tourism. Many different technologies have been created to assist hunters, even including iPhone applications. Today's hunters come from a broad range of economic, social, and cultura... | What has been developed in the U.S. to help hunters? | {'text': 'different technologies', 'answer_start': 152} |
121,543 | 121,201 | 5a77c464b73996001af5a571 | generic | An important idea in the definition of a university is the notion of academic freedom. The first documentary evidence of this comes from early in the life of the first university. The University of Bologna adopted an academic charter, the Constitutio Habita, in 1158 or 1155, which guaranteed the right of a traveling sc... | In terms of academics what is a core requirement of a rector? | {'text': 'academic freedom', 'answer_start': 69} |
45,271 | 44,929 | 5ad36236604f3c001a3fdf87 | generic | In March 2013, the Blackstone Group and Carl Icahn expressed interest in purchasing Dell. In April 2013, Blackstone withdrew their offer, citing deteriorating business. Other private equity firms such as KKR & Co. and TPG Capital declined to submit alternative bids for Dell, citing the uncertain market for personal com... | What was the first public equity firm to decide not to submit a bid for Dell? | {'text': 'KKR & Co.', 'answer_start': 204} |
97,312 | 96,970 | 5a7d402b70df9f001a875053 | generic | Most clothing appears to have been made of animal skins, as indicated by finds of large numbers of bone and antler pins which are ideal for fastening leather. Wool cloth and linen might have become available during the later Neolithic, as suggested by finds of perforated stones which (depending on size) may have served... | What might have become available during the Copper age? | {'text': 'Wool cloth and linen', 'answer_start': 159} |
31,123 | 30,781 | 5707294790286e26004fc96d | generic | On March 26, 1913, Venustiano Carranza issued the Plan de Guadalupe, which refused to recognize Huerta as president and called for war between the two factions. Soon after the assassination of President Madero, Carranza returned to Mexico to fight Huerta, but with only a handful of comrades. However, by 1913 his forces... | Carranza threatened war with what country in order to maintain credibility nationally? | {'text': 'United States', 'answer_start': 854} |
126,599 | 126,257 | 57328bf706a3a419008acaf5 | generic | The Paleozoic spanned from roughly 541 to 252 million years ago (Ma) and is subdivided into six geologic periods; from oldest to youngest they are the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian. Geologically, the Paleozoic starts shortly after the breakup of a supercontinent called Pannotia and... | The Permian is an example of what? | {'text': 'geologic periods', 'answer_start': 96} |
101,777 | 101,435 | 572e82fc03f98919007566fb | generic | Due to the top secret nature of the work, Los Alamos was isolated. In Feynman's own words, "There wasn't anything to do there." Bored, he indulged his curiosity by learning to pick the combination locks on cabinets and desks used to secure papers. Feynman played many jokes on colleagues. In one case he found the combin... | Feynman borrowed a car from Klaus Fuchs, who was later found to be a what? | {'text': 'spy for the Soviets', 'answer_start': 956} |
120,514 | 120,172 | 5731ac2fe17f3d14004222e1 | generic | Genetic studies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of Amerindians and some Siberian and Central Asian peoples also revealed that the gene pool of the Turkic-speaking peoples of Siberia such as Altaians, Khakas, Shors and Soyots, living between the Altai and Lake Baikal along the Sayan mountains, are genetically closest to Am... | Who have studies of the mtDNA of Turkic-speaking peoples shown they're closest to genetically? | {'text': 'Amerindians', 'answer_start': 48} |
56,016 | 55,674 | 5726c2cc5951b619008f7d86 | generic | Quite a few words from the variety of Old Chinese spoken in the state of Wu (where the ancestral language of Min and Wu dialect families originated and which was likely influenced by the Chinese spoken in the state of Chu which itself was not founded by Chinese speakers),[citation needed] and later words from Middle Ch... | Chinese spoken in Wu was influenced by Chinese spoken where? | {'text': 'the state of Chu', 'answer_start': 205} |
20,612 | 20,270 | 56e7a0d637bdd419002c428c | generic | According to the Sixth China Census, the total population of the City of Nanjing reached 8.005 million in 2010. The statistics in 2011 estimated the total population to be 8.11 million. The birth rate was 8.86 percent and the death rate was 6.88 percent. The urban area had a population of 6.47 million people. The sex r... | What was the population of Nanjing in 2010? | {'text': '8.005 million', 'answer_start': 89} |
121,354 | 121,012 | 57316c1d05b4da19006bd127 | generic | The Monreale mosaics constitute the largest decoration of this kind in Italy, covering 0,75 hectares with at least 100 million glass and stone tesserae. This huge work was executed between 1176 and 1186 by the order of King William II of Sicily. The iconography of the mosaics in the presbytery is similar to Cefalu whil... | At least how many tesserae are used in the the Monreale mosaics? | {'text': '100 million', 'answer_start': 115} |
6,422 | 6,080 | 56d3768e59d6e4140014648b | generic | This season also saw the launch of the American Idol Songwriter contest which allows fans to vote for the "coronation song". Thousands of recordings of original songs were submitted by songwriters, and 20 entries selected for the public vote. The winning song, "This Is My Now", was performed by both finalists during th... | How was "This is My Now" decided as the first single for the American Idol winner in 2007? | {'text': 'public vote', 'answer_start': 230} |
104,992 | 104,650 | 572f7ac2b2c2fd140056816d | generic | The Luftwaffe's poor intelligence meant that their aircraft were not always able to locate their targets, and thus attacks on factories and airfields failed to achieve the desired results. British fighter aircraft production continued at a rate surpassing Germany's by 2 to 1. The British produced 10,000 aircraft in 194... | How big was the crew of a bomber? | {'text': 'four to five crewmen', 'answer_start': 771} |
5,558 | 5,216 | 56d1c49ce7d4791d0090213b | generic | The evidence of the early texts suggests that Siddhārtha Gautama was born in a community that was on the periphery, both geographically and culturally, of the northeastern Indian subcontinent in the fifth century BCE. It was either a small republic, in which case his father was an elected chieftain, or an oligarchy, in... | If Siddhartha lived in a small republic, his father would have been a what? | {'text': 'elected chieftain', 'answer_start': 282} |
6,153 | 5,811 | 56daf04ae7c41114004b4b48 | generic | The show had originally planned on having four judges following the Pop Idol format; however, only three judges had been found by the time of the audition round in the first season, namely Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell. A fourth judge, radio DJ Stryker, was originally chosen but he dropped out citing "ima... | Which judge quit before the premiere, citing image concerns? | {'text': 'DJ Stryker', 'answer_start': 256} |
70,670 | 70,328 | 5726bcd95951b619008f7c95 | generic | Modern-day Nigeria has been the site of numerous kingdoms and tribal states over the millennia. The modern state originated from British colonial rule beginning in the 19th century, and the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and lega... | When did the Southern and Northern Nigeria Protectorates merge? | {'text': '1914', 'answer_start': 272} |
9,517 | 9,175 | 56dde48b9a695914005b966d | generic | Consistent with the missions and priorities outlined above, the Canadian Armed Forces also contribute to the conduct of Canadian defence diplomacy through a range of activities, including the deployment of Canadian Defence Attachés, participation in bilateral and multilateral military forums (e.g. the System of Coopera... | What is an example of another activity that the CAF performs? | {'text': 'deployment of Canadian Defence Attachés', 'answer_start': 192} |
55,876 | 55,534 | 57262801ec44d21400f3da72 | generic | The term Hokkien (福建; hɔk˥˥kɪɛn˨˩) is itself a term not used in Chinese to refer to the dialect, as it simply means Fujian province. In Chinese linguistics, these dialects are known by their classification under the Quanzhang Division (Chinese: 泉漳片; pinyin: Quánzhāng piàn) of Min Nan, which comes from the first charact... | What division of dialects does Hokkien belong to? | {'text': 'Quanzhang Division (Chinese: 泉漳片; pinyin: Quánzhāng piàn) of Min Nan', 'answer_start': 216} |
74,485 | 74,143 | 5a6fb1d08abb0b001a675f53 | generic | The region, as part of Lorraine, was part of the Holy Roman Empire, and then was gradually annexed by France in the 17th century, and formalized as one of the provinces of France. The Calvinist manufacturing republic of Mulhouse, known as Stadtrepublik Mülhausen, became a part of Alsace after a vote by its citizens on ... | What was the former duchy of Alsace? | {'text': 'Lorraine', 'answer_start': 420} |
62,018 | 61,676 | 572886362ca10214002da441 | generic | Since the democratic transition began in 2011, there has been continuous violence as 280 people have been killed and 140,000 forced to flee from their homes in the Rakhine state. A UN envoy reported in March 2013 that unrest had re-emerged between Myanmar's Buddhist and Muslim communities, with violence spreading to to... | Who recorded the visual evidence on the disdainful incident? | {'text': 'footage was filmed by members of the Burmese police force in the town of Meiktila', 'answer_start': 558} |
46,863 | 46,521 | 571ae5e132177014007e9fb4 | generic | Two years later, the Emperor Valens, who favored the Arian position, in his turn exiled Athanasius. This time however, Athanasius simply left for the outskirts of Alexandria, where he stayed for only a few months before the local authorities convinced Valens to retract his order of exile. Some early reports state that ... | For how long was he exiled this time? | {'text': 'few months', 'answer_start': 202} |
86,042 | 85,700 | 5ad33f45604f3c001a3fdbc1 | generic | At E3 2007, Sony was able to show a number of their upcoming video games for PlayStation 3, including Heavenly Sword, Lair, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Warhawk and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune; all of which were released in the third and fourth quarters of 2007. They also showed off a number of titles t... | Which Ratchet & Clank title debuted at E2 2007? | {'text': 'Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction', 'answer_start': 124} |
41,097 | 40,755 | 570e22010dc6ce1900204de0 | generic | Sanskrit (/ˈsænskrɪt/; Sanskrit: saṃskṛtam [səmskr̩t̪əm] or saṃskṛta, originally saṃskṛtā vāk, "refined speech") is the primary sacred language of Hinduism, a philosophical language in Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism, and a literary language that was in use as a lingua franca in Greater India. It is a standardi... | From what is Sanskrit an adaption? | {'text': 'Old Indo-Aryan', 'answer_start': 335} |
34,107 | 33,765 | 5a8ce29dfd22b3001a8d8fb4 | generic | Technically, all these coins are still legal tender at face value, though some are far more valuable today for their numismatic value, and for gold and silver coins, their precious metal value. From 1965 to 1970 the Kennedy half dollar was the only circulating coin with any silver content, which was removed in 1971 and... | How much was the experimental Kennedy coin valued at? | {'text': '$4.00', 'answer_start': 591} |
53,939 | 53,597 | 57268adcdd62a815002e88e2 | generic | In 1981, after 6 decades under the Wrigley family, the Cubs were purchased by Tribune Company for $20,500,000. Tribune, owners of the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, WGN Television, WGN Radio and many other media outlets, controlled the club until December 2007, when Sam Zell completed his purchase of the entire Tr... | What company purchased the Cubs in 1981? | {'text': 'Tribune Company', 'answer_start': 78} |
39,590 | 39,248 | 570ce6fffed7b91900d45aad | generic | The views of the Church Fathers still play an important role in the shaping of Orthodox Marian perspective. However, the Orthodox views on Mary are mostly doxological, rather than academic: they are expressed in hymns, praise, liturgical poetry and the veneration of icons. One of the most loved Orthodox Akathists (i.e.... | What is name of the Orthodox hymn devoted to Mary? | {'text': 'the Akathist Hymn', 'answer_start': 386} |
125,750 | 125,408 | 57336a43d058e614000b5aa9 | generic | IndyMac reported that during April 2008, Moody's and Standard & Poor's downgraded the ratings on a significant number of Mortgage-backed security (MBS) bonds including $160 million of those issued by IndyMac and which the bank retained in its MBS portfolio. IndyMac concluded that these downgrades would have negatively ... | What was one of the agencies that downgraded a significant number of IndyMac's MBS bonds in April 2008? | {'text': "Moody's", 'answer_start': 41} |
116,359 | 116,017 | 5730492d947a6a140053d3a7 | generic | Education in Swaziland begins with pre-school education for infants, primary, secondary and high school education for general education and training (GET), and universities and colleges at tertiary level. Pre-school education is usually for children 5-year or younger after that the students can enroll in a primary scho... | What percentage of children of age for preschool have access to education in Swaziland? | {'text': '21.6%', 'answer_start': 493} |
24,590 | 24,248 | 5a7e48f570df9f001a87568b | generic | At Maecenas' insistence (according to the tradition) Virgil spent the ensuing years (perhaps 37–29 BC) on the long didactic hexameter poem called the Georgics (from Greek, "On Working the Earth") which he dedicated to Maecenas. The ostensible theme of the Georgics is instruction in the methods of running a farm. In han... | What kind of poems did Hesiod write? | {'text': 'hexameter', 'answer_start': 124} |
59,142 | 58,800 | 572672ecdd62a815002e853a | generic | The fast-growing I-4 corridor area, which runs through Central Florida and connects the cities of Daytona Beach, Orlando, and Tampa/St. Petersburg, has had a fairly even breakdown of Republican and Democratic voters. The area is often seen as a merging point of the conservative northern portion of the state and the lib... | The vote in this area since the late 20th century decides what | {'text': 'the voting results in this area, containing 40% of Florida voters, has often determined who will win the state of Florida in presidential elections', 'answer_start': 419} |
83,135 | 82,793 | 572813642ca10214002d9d62 | generic | Northwestern's School of Communication has been especially fruitful in the number of actors, actresses, playwrights, and film and television writers and directors it has produced. Alumni who have made their mark on film and television include Ann-Margret, Warren Beatty, Jodie Markell, Paul Lynde, David Schwimmer, Anne ... | Which alumni was a co-creator of "The Young and the Restless", and "The Bold and the Beautiful"? | {'text': 'Lee Phillip Bell', 'answer_start': 1137} |
93,654 | 93,312 | 572979896aef051400154f82 | generic | The observation that old windows are sometimes found to be thicker at the bottom than at the top is often offered as supporting evidence for the view that glass flows over a timescale of centuries, the assumption being that the glass has exhibited the liquid property of flowing from one shape to another. This assumptio... | When does glass stop moving like a liquid? | {'text': 'once solidified', 'answer_start': 339} |
41,867 | 41,525 | 570d4b28b3d812140066d649 | generic | The Total Force Policy was adopted by Chief of Staff of the Army General Creighton Abrams in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and involves treating the three components of the army – the Regular Army, the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve as a single force. Believing that no U.S. president should be able to take... | Who adopted the Total Force Policy? | {'text': 'General Creighton Abrams', 'answer_start': 65} |
115,701 | 115,359 | 5733d4c24776f41900661306 | generic | In 1939, coinciding with the start of World War II, Rene Dubos reported the discovery of the first naturally derived antibiotic, tyrothricin, a compound of 20% gramicidin and 80% tyrocidine, from B. brevis. It was one of the first commercially manufactured antibiotics universally and was very effective in treating woun... | What also happened in 1939 besides tyrothricin? | {'text': 'start of World War II,', 'answer_start': 29} |
95,582 | 95,240 | 57299cb33f37b319004784f9 | generic | The Appalachian Mountains (i/ˌæpəˈleɪʃᵻn/ or /ˌæpəˈlætʃᵻn/,[note 1] French: les Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period and once reached elevations similar to those of the Alp... | When did the Appalachian mountains form? | {'text': 'roughly 480 million years ago', 'answer_start': 206} |
81,100 | 80,758 | 5728d0853acd2414000dff36 | generic | Annual summer events include the Electronic Music Festival, International Jazz Festival, the Woodward Dream Cruise, the African World Festival, the country music Hoedown, Noel Night, and Dally in the Alley. Within downtown, Campus Martius Park hosts large events, including the annual Motown Winter Blast. As the world's... | Which parade started in 1924? | {'text': "America's Thanksgiving Parade", 'answer_start': 428} |
117,556 | 117,214 | 5730ac218ab72b1400f9c668 | generic | The Semitic Akkadian language is first attested in proper names of the kings of Kish c. 2800 BC, preserved in later king lists. There are texts written entirely in Old Akkadian dating from c. 2500 BC. Use of Old Akkadian was at its peak during the rule of Sargon the Great (c. 2270–2215 BC), but even then most administr... | During whose rule was the use of Old Akkadian at its peak? | {'text': 'Sargon the Great', 'answer_start': 256} |
44,399 | 44,057 | 5ad35849604f3c001a3fde1c | generic | Elizabeth's only sibling, Princess Margaret, was born in 1930. The two princesses were educated at home under the supervision of their mother and their governess, Marion Crawford, who was casually known as "Crawfie". Lessons concentrated on history, language, literature and music. Crawford published a biography of Eliz... | What did Princess Margaret love as a child? | {'text': 'horses and dogs', 'answer_start': 476} |
51,967 | 51,625 | 5a85ce89b4e223001a8e721e | generic | A bantam is a small variety of domestic chicken, either a miniature version of a member of a standard breed, or a "true bantam" with no larger counterpart. The name derives from the town of Bantam in Java where European sailors bought the local small chickens for their shipboard supplies. Bantams may be a quarter to a ... | Why are bantams not considered an animal? | {'text': 'A bantam is a small variety of domestic chicken', 'answer_start': 0} |
102,121 | 101,779 | 572ebf5303f98919007569ee | generic | Idris' government was increasingly unpopular by the latter 1960s; it had exacerbated Libya's traditional regional and tribal divisions by centralising the country's federal system in order to take advantage of the country's oil wealth, while corruption and entrenched systems of patronage were widespread throughout the ... | What did the Libyan workers do to show their support of Egypt? | {'text': 'Libyan workers shut down oil terminals in solidarity with Egypt', 'answer_start': 599} |
13,033 | 12,691 | 56df149d3277331400b4d965 | generic | In 1960, Columbia/CBS began negotiations with its main international distributor Philips Records with the goal of CBS starting its own global record company. Philips' acquisition of Mercury Records in the US in 1961 paved the way for this. CBS only had the rights to the Columbia name in North America; therefore the int... | What is the name of CBS' Mexican record label? | {'text': 'Discos CBS', 'answer_start': 524} |
41,218 | 40,876 | 570e59e00b85d914000d7e64 | generic | The CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) of India, along with several other state education boards, has made Sanskrit an alternative option to the state's own official language as a second or third language choice in the schools it governs. In such schools, learning Sanskrit is an option for grades 5 to 8 (Class... | In what language states is Sanskrit considered an option? | {'text': 'Hindi', 'answer_start': 454} |
74,709 | 74,367 | 57275858f1498d1400e8f6a6 | generic | Carnival (see other spellings and names) is a Christian festive season that occurs before the Christian season of Lent. The main events typically occur during February or early March, during the period historically known as Shrovetide (or Pre-Lent). Carnival typically involves a public celebration and/or parade combini... | Who is the Carnival open to? | {'text': 'public', 'answer_start': 280} |
61,372 | 61,030 | 5726f074708984140094d68b | generic | Madonna also began work on her thirteenth studio album, with collaborators including Avicii, Diplo and Natalia Kills. In December 2014, thirteen demos recorded for the album leaked onto the Internet. She posted in response that half of the tracks would not be used on the final release, while the other half had "changed... | When did Madonna's album demo leaked online? | {'text': 'December 2014', 'answer_start': 121} |
105,562 | 105,220 | 5a849fbe7cf838001a46a9b0 | generic | Two examples of animal species recently delisted are: the Virginia northern flying squirrel (subspecies) on August, 2008, which had been listed since 1985, and the gray wolf (Northern Rocky Mountain DPS). On April 15, 2011, President Obama signed the Department of Defense and Full-Year Appropriations Act of 2011. A sec... | What animal was added in 2008? | {'text': 'Virginia northern flying squirrel', 'answer_start': 58} |
130,409 | 130,067 | 5a6b6844a9e0c9001a4e9f59 | generic | The onset of symptoms in myocardial infarction (MI) is usually gradual, over several minutes, and rarely instantaneous. Chest pain is the most common symptom of acute MI and is often described as a sensation of tightness, pressure, or squeezing. Chest pain due to ischemia (a lack of blood and hence oxygen supply) of th... | How is pain in the left arm often described? | {'text': 'a sensation of tightness, pressure, or squeezing', 'answer_start': 196} |
66,781 | 66,439 | 5a625b2ff8d794001af1bf8f | generic | The unicameral legislature (the Fono) consists of 49 members serving 5-year terms. Forty-seven are matai title-holders elected from territorial districts by Samoans; the other two are chosen by non-Samoans with no chiefly affiliation on separate electoral rolls. Universal suffrage was adopted in 1990, but only chiefs (... | What number of non-Samoans are in the country? | {'text': 'more than 25,000', 'answer_start': 381} |
129,209 | 128,867 | 57344ca4acc1501500babdc9 | generic | Among Richmond's most interesting architectural features is its Cast-iron architecture. Second only to New Orleans in its concentration of cast iron work, the city is home to a unique collection of cast iron porches, balconies, fences, and finials. Richmond's position as a center of iron production helped to fuel its p... | What United States city has the most cast iron architecture? | {'text': 'New Orleans', 'answer_start': 103} |
58,231 | 57,889 | 5728a145ff5b5019007da358 | generic | The BYU Ballroom Dance Company is known as one of the best formation ballroom dance teams in the world, having won the U.S. National Formation Dance Championship every year since 1982. BYU's Ballroom dance team has won first place in Latin or Standard (or both) many times when they have competed at the Blackpool Dance ... | How is BYU's collegiate ballroom dance program rated worldwide? | {'text': 'the largest', 'answer_start': 631} |
122,774 | 122,432 | 5ad1457e645df0001a2d14bb | generic | In 1962, the Supreme Court addressed the issue of officially-sponsored prayer or religious recitations in public schools. In Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962), the Court, by a vote of 6-1, determined it unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and require its recitation in public sch... | What was the case in 1962 where the Supreme Court addressed the issue of unofficially sponsored school prayer? | {'text': 'Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962),', 'answer_start': 125} |
124,020 | 123,678 | 57323937e99e3014001e65ad | generic | Devise Minority Party Strategies. The minority leader, in consultation with other party colleagues, has a range of strategic options that he or she can employ to advance minority party objectives. The options selected depend on a wide range of circumstances, such as the visibility or significance of the issue and the d... | Does minority leader always employ same strategy for party objectives? | {'text': 'options selected depend on a wide range of circumstances', 'answer_start': 201} |
93,364 | 93,022 | 572926bd6aef051400154aca | generic | In his investiture address, given on 28 October 1969 in Bonn, Chancellor Willy Brandt proposed that the government would consider Article 29 of the Basic Law as a binding order. An expert commission was established, named after its chairman, the former Secretary of State Professor Werner Ernst. After two years of work,... | What did Chancellor Willy Brandt propose in his 28 October 1969 address? | {'text': 'Article 29 of the Basic Law as a binding order', 'answer_start': 130} |
65,589 | 65,247 | 5a1dab724ea40d0018b06f8d | generic | Western political philosophy originates in the philosophy of ancient Greece, where political philosophy dates back to at least Plato. Ancient Greece was dominated by city-states, which experimented with various forms of political organization, grouped by Plato into four categories: timocracy, tyranny, democracy and oli... | What 4 catagories did Aristotle divide greek political organizations into? | {'text': 'timocracy, tyranny, democracy and oligarchy', 'answer_start': 283} |
21,986 | 21,644 | 5ad401f0604f3c001a3ffd37 | generic | A project that is proceeding is the creation of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries in the medieval triforium of the abbey. The aim is to create a new display area for the abbey's treasures in the galleries high up around the abbey's nave. To this end a new Gothic access tower with lift has been designed by the abbey... | What will be destroyed in the medieval triforium? | {'text': "The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries", 'answer_start': 48} |
101,393 | 101,051 | 572e8003c246551400ce4261 | generic | The war was successful for Great Britain, which gained the bulk of New France in North America, Spanish Florida, some individual Caribbean islands in the West Indies, the colony of Senegal on the West African coast, and superiority over the French trading outposts on the Indian subcontinent. The Native American tribes ... | What happened to the scope of France's colonies as a result of the war? | {'text': 'France was deprived of many of its colonies', 'answer_start': 986} |
41,840 | 41,498 | 5aced70932bba1001ae4b6d3 | generic | Collective training at the unit level takes place at the unit's assigned station, but the most intensive training at higher echelons is conducted at the three combat training centers (CTC); the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California, the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana, ... | In what cities is Fort Bliss located? | {'text': 'New Mexico and Texas', 'answer_start': 778} |
117,109 | 116,767 | 5ad0112777cf76001a686893 | generic | Vladimir's choice of Eastern Christianity may also have reflected his close personal ties with Constantinople, which dominated the Black Sea and hence trade on Kiev's most vital commercial route, the Dnieper River. Adherence to the Eastern Church had long-range political, cultural, and religious consequences. The churc... | What was considered the least important route for trade? | {'text': 'Dnieper River', 'answer_start': 200} |
81,220 | 80,878 | 5727cc862ca10214002d969e | generic | Two recent discoveries indicate probable very early settlements near the Thames in the London area. In 1999, the remains of a Bronze Age bridge were found on the foreshore north of Vauxhall Bridge. This bridge either crossed the Thames, or went to a now lost island in the river. Dendrology dated the timbers to 1500 BC.... | What river flows into the River Thames? | {'text': 'the River Effra', 'answer_start': 578} |
39,598 | 39,256 | 570ced9cb3d812140066d324 | generic | Mary's special position within God's purpose of salvation as "God-bearer" (Theotokos) is recognised in a number of ways by some Anglican Christians. All the member churches of the Anglican Communion affirm in the historic creeds that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, and celebrates the feast days of the Presentation o... | On what date do most Anglicans celebrate the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin? | {'text': '31 May', 'answer_start': 753} |
61,334 | 60,992 | 5726e7d55951b619008f820b | generic | Life with My Sister Madonna, a book by Madonna's brother Christopher, debuted at number two on The New York Times bestseller list. The book caused some friction between Madonna and her brother, because of the unsolicited publication. Problems also arose between Madonna and Ritchie, with the media reporting that they we... | When did Madonna appear in MTV for the tribute to Michael Jackson? | {'text': 'September 13, 2009', 'answer_start': 1183} |
75,354 | 75,012 | 57279dae4b864d19001638a9 | generic | The cocoa industry was accused of profiting from child slavery and trafficking. The European Cocoa Association dismissed these accusations as "false and excessive" and the industry said the reports were not representative of all areas. Later the industry acknowledged the working conditions for children were unsatisfact... | Who claimed these reports as being inaccurate? | {'text': 'ambassador for Ivory Coast to the United Kingdom', 'answer_start': 444} |
18,072 | 17,730 | 56e14e56cd28a01900c67783 | generic | "Junior" Laemmle persuaded his father to bring Universal up to date. He bought and built theaters, converted the studio to sound production, and made several forays into high-quality production. His early efforts included the critically mauled part-talkie version of Edna Ferber's novel Show Boat (1929), the lavish musi... | What was Carl Laemmle Jr.'s nickname? | {'text': 'Junior', 'answer_start': 1} |
68,941 | 68,599 | 57270ca95951b619008f8538 | generic | 1853: There were four main events. 1. In the north the Turks captured the border fort of Saint Nicholas in a surprise night attack (27/28 October). They then pushed about 20000 troops across the Cholok River border. Being outnumbered the Russians abandoned Poti and Redut Kale and drew back to Marani. Both sides remaine... | How many troops did the Turks send to Gyumri? | {'text': '30000', 'answer_start': 589} |
61,644 | 61,302 | 5727e53bff5b5019007d97c7 | generic | After the President signs a bill into law (or Congress enacts it over his veto), it is delivered to the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) where it is assigned a law number, and prepared for publication as a slip law. Public laws, but not private laws, are al... | Where does a bill go after it is signed? | {'text': 'Office of the Federal Register (OFR) of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)', 'answer_start': 104} |
94,745 | 94,403 | 5729710a6aef051400154ed1 | generic | Several dozen radioisotopes have been characterized. 65Zn, which has a half-life of 243.66 days, is the most long-lived radioisotope, followed by 72Zn with a half-life of 46.5 hours. Zinc has 10 nuclear isomers. 69mZn has the longest half-life, 13.76 h. The superscript m indicates a metastable isotope. The nucleus of a... | How many excited states does 61Zn have? | {'text': 'three', 'answer_start': 457} |
23,258 | 22,916 | 56f8c9c59e9bad19000a04ec | generic | Southampton's fire cover is provided by Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service. There are three fire stations within the city boundaries at St Mary's, Hightown and Redbridge. | Along with Hightown and Redbridge, what's the third fire station in Southampton? | {'text': "St Mary's", 'answer_start': 135} |
102,006 | 101,664 | 57316b37e6313a140071cf1d | generic | The son of an impoverished Bedouin goat herder, Gaddafi became involved in politics while at school in Sabha, subsequently enrolling in the Royal Military Academy, Benghazi. Founding a revolutionary cell within the military, in 1969 they seized power from the absolute monarchy of King Idris in a bloodless coup. Becomin... | From what monarch did Gaddafi's movement take over Libya? | {'text': 'Idris', 'answer_start': 286} |
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