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61,268 | 60,926 | 5726d525708984140094d2b9 | generic | The 1998 edition of Guinness Book of World Records stated: "No female artist has sold more records than Madonna around the world". In 1999 Madonna signed to play a violin teacher in the film Music of the Heart but left the project, citing "creative differences" with director Wes Craven. She recorded the single "Beautif... | Which award did Madonna win for the single "Beautiful Stranger?" | {'text': 'Grammy Award', 'answer_start': 465} |
125,055 | 124,713 | 573271ece17f3d1400422981 | generic | In late 1952 Eisenhower went to Korea and discovered a military and political stalemate. Once in office, when the Chinese began a buildup in the Kaesong sanctuary, he threatened to use nuclear force if an armistice was not concluded. His earlier military reputation in Europe was effective with the Chinese. The National... | Along with the Joint Chiefs and SAC, what body was involved with formulating plans for nuclear war with China? | {'text': 'National Security Council', 'answer_start': 312} |
97,425 | 97,083 | 572a6eae7a1753140016af45 | generic | Hayek continued his research on monetary and capital theory, revising his theories of the relations between credit cycles and capital structure in Profits, Interest and Investment (1939) and The Pure Theory of Capital (1941), but his reputation as an economic theorist had by then fallen so much that those works were la... | What is the name of the first book Hayek released to revise his stances from Prices and Production? | {'text': 'Profits, Interest and Investment', 'answer_start': 147} |
56,133 | 55,791 | 57263451ec44d21400f3dc39 | generic | Professional wrestling shows can be considered a form of theatre in the round, with the ring, ringside area, and entryway comprising a thrust stage. However, there is a much more limited concept of a fourth wall than in most theatric performances. The audience is recognized and acknowledged by the performers as spectat... | Which of the wrestlers are the bad guys? | {'text': '"heels" (the "bad guys")', 'answer_start': 765} |
81,994 | 81,652 | 5a61210ee9e1cc001a33cf77 | generic | European colonialism in the Sahara began in the 19th century. France conquered the regency of Algiers from the Ottomans in 1830, and French rule spread south from Algeria and eastwards from Senegal into the upper Niger to include present-day Algeria, Chad, Mali then French Sudan including Timbuktu, Mauritania, Morocco ... | When did France relinquish control of Morocco? | {'text': '1912', 'answer_start': 321} |
74,532 | 74,190 | 5a6fd4f28abb0b001a675f86 | generic | In 1469, following the Treaty of St. Omer, Upper Alsace was sold by Archduke Sigismund of Austria to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Although Charles was the nominal landlord, taxes were paid to Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. The latter was able to use this tax and a dynastic marriage to his advantage to gain b... | What did the town of Mulhouse join in 1798? | {'text': 'the Swiss Confederation', 'answer_start': 535} |
130,546 | 130,204 | 5a7db89470df9f001a875093 | generic | In the context of relativity, mass is not an additive quantity, in the sense that one can add the rest masses of particles in a system to get the total rest mass of the system. Thus, in relativity usually a more general view is that it is not the sum of rest masses, but the energy–momentum tensor that quantifies the am... | What can the energy-momentum tensor not do? | {'text': 'quantifies the amount of matter', 'answer_start': 303} |
125,537 | 125,195 | 5732b3a5328d981900602018 | generic | A 2000 United States Department of the Treasury study of lending trends for 305 cities from 1993 to 1998 showed that $467 billion of mortgage lending was made by Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)-covered lenders into low and mid level income (LMI) borrowers and neighborhoods, representing 10% of all U.S. mortgage lendin... | What percent of mortgage lending was made by Community Reinvestment Act covered lenders from 1993 to 1998? | {'text': '10%', 'answer_start': 289} |
76,908 | 76,566 | 57278d70708984140094e0a4 | generic | Final interpretation of and amendments to the German Constitution, the Grundgesetz, is the task of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court), which is the de facto highest German court, as it can declare both federal and state legislation ineffective, and has the power to overrule decisions of all oth... | What German high court has the responsibility for interpreting this document? | {'text': 'Bundesverfassungsgericht', 'answer_start': 103} |
124,956 | 124,614 | 5732549b0fdd8d15006c69c9 | generic | Eisenhower's stint as the president of Columbia University was punctuated by his activity within the Council on Foreign Relations, a study group he led as president concerning the political and military implications of the Marshall Plan, and The American Assembly, Eisenhower's "vision of a great cultural center where b... | Along with business and government, what leaders did Eisenhower see meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations? | {'text': 'professional', 'answer_start': 329} |
106,937 | 106,595 | 5a56a17e6349e2001acdceb9 | generic | CD-R recordings are designed to be permanent. Over time, the dye's physical characteristics may change causing read errors and data loss until the reading device cannot recover with error correction methods. The design life is from 20 to 100 years, depending on the quality of the discs, the quality of the writing drive... | What company discovered disc rot? | {'text': 'testing', 'answer_start': 355} |
55,961 | 55,619 | 5726bc4d5951b619008f7c6f | generic | In general, Hokkien dialects have 5 to 7 phonemic tones. According to the traditional Chinese system, however, there are 7 to 9 "tones",[citation needed] more correctly termed tone classes since two of them are non-phonemic "entering tones" (see the discussion on Chinese tone). Tone sandhi is extensive. There are minor... | How many phonemic tones do Hokkien dialects have? | {'text': '5 to 7', 'answer_start': 34} |
116,739 | 116,397 | 5730877a2461fd1900a9ce8a | generic | Most major airports provide commercial outlets for products and services. Most of these companies, many of which are internationally known brands, are located within the departure areas. These include clothing boutiques and restaurants. Prices charged for items sold at these outlets are generally higher than those outs... | Are prices at these outlets generally higher or lower than street prices? | {'text': 'higher', 'answer_start': 298} |
51,693 | 51,351 | 5725c198ec44d21400f3d4d7 | generic | The Municipality of Montevideo was first created by a legal act of 18 December 1908. The municipality's first mayor (1909–1911) was Daniel Muñoz. Municipalities were abolished by the Uruguayan Constitution of 1918, effectively restored during the 1933 military coup of Gabriel Terra, and formally restored by the 1934 Co... | The Municipality of Montevideo was first created by a legal act of what? | {'text': '18 December 1908', 'answer_start': 67} |
17,685 | 17,343 | 56e13485cd28a01900c676a2 | generic | Boston is surrounded by the "Greater Boston" region and is contiguously bordered by the cities and towns of Winthrop, Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge, Newton, Brookline, Needham, Dedham, Canton, Milton, and Quincy. The Charles River separates Boston from Watertown and the majority of Cambridge, and the ... | What river seperates Boston from Charlestown? | {'text': 'The Charles River', 'answer_start': 231} |
55,029 | 54,687 | 5726817edd62a815002e8792 | generic | Sweet desserts such as galaktoboureko, and drinks such as ouzo, metaxa and a variety of wines including retsina. Greek cuisine differs widely from different parts of the mainland and from island to island. It uses some flavorings more often than other Mediterranean cuisines: oregano, mint, garlic, onion, dill and bay l... | What is one of the sweet spices Greeks like to use with meat? | {'text': 'cinnamon', 'answer_start': 528} |
23,752 | 23,410 | 56f7348f3d8e2e1400e37462 | generic | The event was significant not only for Yugoslavia and Tito, but also for the global development of socialism, since it was the first major split between Communist states, casting doubt on Comintern's claims for socialism to be a unified force that would eventually control the whole world, as Tito became the first (and ... | Who encouraged purges against Titoites? | {'text': 'Moscow', 'answer_start': 618} |
60,774 | 60,432 | 57267c12dd62a815002e86c5 | generic | The last decades of the 19th century saw concerted political campaigns for Irish home rule. Ireland had been united with Britain into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with the Act of Union 1800 after the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and had suffered a severe famine between 1845 and 1852. Home rule was suppor... | When was a Home Rule bill passed? | {'text': '1914', 'answer_start': 923} |
99,608 | 99,266 | 572b36debe1ee31400cb82ad | generic | Hume maintained that all knowledge, even the most basic beliefs about the natural world, cannot be conclusively established by reason. Rather, he maintained, our beliefs are more a result of accumulated habits, developed in response to accumulated sense experiences. Among his many arguments Hume also added another impo... | What did Hume think is a circular argument? | {'text': 'the justification for inductive reasoning', 'answer_start': 537} |
106,732 | 106,390 | 572ecc85cb0c0d14000f1586 | generic | Due to its large size and wide range of geographic features, the United States contains examples of nearly every global climate. The climate is temperate in most areas, subtropical in the Southern United States, tropical in Hawaii and southern Florida, polar in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains west of the 100th mer... | What is the climate like in the Southern United States? | {'text': 'subtropical', 'answer_start': 169} |
102,337 | 101,995 | 5731860d05b4da19006bd230 | generic | In the aftermath of the 1986 U.S. attack, the army was purged of perceived disloyal elements, and in 1988, Gaddafi announced the creation of a popular militia to replace the army and police. In 1987, Libya began production of mustard gas at a facility in Rabta, although publicly denying it was stockpiling chemical weap... | Where did a Muslim insurgency take place in 1995? | {'text': 'Benghazi', 'answer_start': 873} |
35,367 | 35,025 | 5a67a4dcf038b7001ab0c3d0 | generic | Modern editions of Old English manuscripts generally introduce some additional conventions. The modern forms of Latin letters are used, including ⟨g⟩ in place of the insular G, ⟨s⟩ for long S, and others which may differ considerably from the insular script, notably ⟨e⟩, ⟨f⟩ and ⟨r⟩. Macrons are used to indicate long v... | What kind of vowels have no distinction in Old English? | {'text': 'long and short vowels', 'answer_start': 373} |
78,344 | 78,002 | 5727aec94b864d1900163a55 | generic | Green is the color for green parties, Islamist parties, Nordic agrarian parties and Irish republican parties. Orange is sometimes a color of nationalism, such as in the Netherlands, in Israel with the Orange Camp or with Ulster Loyalists in Northern Ireland; it is also a color of reform such as in Ukraine. In the past,... | What was purple considered the color for? | {'text': 'royalty', 'answer_start': 356} |
2,573 | 2,231 | 56cd953262d2951400fa6749 | generic | Ganondorf then revives, and Midna teleports Link and Zelda outside the castle so she can hold him off with the Fused Shadows. However, as Hyrule Castle collapses, it is revealed that Ganondorf was victorious as he crushes Midna's helmet. Ganondorf engages Link on horseback, and, assisted by Zelda and the Light Spirits,... | To what part of his body does Link deliver the killing blow to Ganondorf? | {'text': 'chest', 'answer_start': 463} |
27,856 | 27,514 | 56faec8b8f12f319006302db | generic | The Xeer legal system is assumed to have developed exclusively in the Horn of Africa since approximately the 7th century. There is no evidence that it developed elsewhere or was greatly influenced by any foreign legal system. The fact that Somali legal terminology is practically devoid of loan words from foreign langua... | In what century did the Xeer system begin? | {'text': '7th', 'answer_start': 109} |
35,954 | 35,612 | 570af7036b8089140040f64e | generic | Liverpool produced a number of nationally and internationally successful popular singers in the 1950s, including traditional pop stars Frankie Vaughan and Lita Roza, and one of the most successful British rock and roll stars in Billy Fury. Many Lancashire towns had vibrant skiffle scenes in the late 1950s, out of which... | Where was pop star Frankie Vaughan from? | {'text': 'Liverpool', 'answer_start': 0} |
28,529 | 28,187 | 56fc989fb53dbe190075513b | generic | The principles of phonological analysis can be applied independently of modality because they are designed to serve as general analytical tools, not language-specific ones. The same principles have been applied to the analysis of sign languages (see Phonemes in sign languages), even though the sub-lexical units are not... | Instead of being language-specific what kind of tools are the principles of phonological analysis designed to be? | {'text': 'general analytical tools', 'answer_start': 119} |
51,920 | 51,578 | 5725c40889a1e219009abe26 | generic | "Poultry" is a term used for any kind of domesticated bird, captive-raised for its utility, and traditionally the word has been used to refer to wildfowl (Galliformes) and waterfowl (Anseriformes). "Poultry" can be defined as domestic fowls, including chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks, raised for the production of mea... | Do all language make the distinction between poultry and fowls? | {'text': 'many languages do not distinguish between "poultry" and "fowl', 'answer_start': 1155} |
37,599 | 37,257 | 59d2a2d72763a60018284145 | generic | The railroads opened up the Great Plains for settlement, for now it was possible to ship wheat and other crops at low cost to the urban markets in the East, and Europe. Homestead land was free for American settlers. Railroads sold their land at cheap rates to immigrants in expectation they would generate traffic as soo... | In what decade did the Great Plains start shipping wheat east? | {'text': '1930s', 'answer_start': 740} |
86,143 | 85,801 | 5ad34254604f3c001a3fdc0b | generic | PlayStation 3 console protects certain types of data and uses digital rights management to limit the data's use. Purchased games and content from the PlayStation Network store are governed by PlayStation's Network Digital Rights Management (NDRM). The NDRM allows users to access the data from up to 2 different PlayStat... | PlayStation has safeguards in place to prevent legal use of what type of movies or video? | {'text': 'copy protected', 'answer_start': 516} |
114,390 | 114,048 | 5a79da7317ab25001a8a00f8 | generic | The primary law is that players other than goalkeepers may not deliberately handle the ball with their hands or arms during play, though they do use their hands during a throw-in restart. Although players usually use their feet to move the ball around, they may use any part of their body (notably, "heading" with the fo... | What type of position can a ball always be received in? | {'text': 'offside', 'answer_start': 507} |
90,093 | 89,751 | 57293ccf3f37b31900478165 | generic | To finance state government operations, Alaska depends primarily on petroleum revenues and federal subsidies. This allows it to have the lowest individual tax burden in the United States. It is one of five states with no state sales tax, one of seven states that do not levy an individual income tax, and one of the two ... | How does Alaska finance its state government operations? | {'text': 'petroleum revenues and federal subsidies', 'answer_start': 68} |
67,642 | 67,300 | 5727816ddd62a815002e9ef3 | generic | Thus, while the rest of Europe saw revolutionary uprisings, the Swiss drew up a constitution which provided for a federal layout, much of it inspired by the American example. This constitution provided for a central authority while leaving the cantons the right to self-government on local issues. Giving credit to those... | Under the new Swiss constitution, what did the cantons have the right to self-govern? | {'text': 'local issues', 'answer_start': 284} |
19,063 | 18,721 | 56e6cf636fe0821900b8eb96 | generic | In response to the pressure on Hot AC, a new kind of AC format cropped up among American radio recently. The urban adult contemporary format (a term coined by Barry Mayo) usually attracts a large number of African Americans and sometimes Caucasian listeners through playing a great deal of R&B (without any form of rappi... | Who invented the term "urban adult contemporary format"? | {'text': 'Barry Mayo', 'answer_start': 159} |
48,285 | 47,943 | 5ad370ac604f3c001a3fe256 | 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... | 50% of tuberculosis-infected people died within 3 years where? | {'text': 'cities in developed countries', 'answer_start': 809} |
125,641 | 125,299 | 57334b0b4776f4190066080a | generic | CDO issuance grew from an estimated $20 billion in Q1 2004 to its peak of over $180 billion by Q1 2007, then declined back under $20 billion by Q1 2008. Further, the credit quality of CDO's declined from 2000 to 2007, as the level of subprime and other non-prime mortgage debt increased from 5% to 36% of CDO assets. As ... | When did the issuance of CDO peak? | {'text': 'Q1 2007', 'answer_start': 95} |
45,648 | 45,306 | 5ad3f5af604f3c001a3ff9a3 | generic | Congress acted defiantly toward the Supreme Court by passing the Drug Kingpin Act of 1988 and the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 that made roughly fifty crimes punishable by death, including crimes that do not always involve the death of someone. Such non-death capital offenses include treason, espionage (spying for... | Under the Drug Kingpin Act of 1998 and Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994, about how many crimes were punishable by death? | {'text': 'fifty', 'answer_start': 150} |
29,975 | 29,633 | 5706de729e06ca38007e91d1 | generic | Boardwalk Hall, formally known as the "Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall", is an arena in Atlantic City along the boardwalk. Boardwalk Hall was Atlantic City's primary convention center until the opening of the Atlantic City Convention Center in 1997. The Atlantic City Convention Center includes 500,000 sq ft (46,... | What hotel is adjacent to the Atlantic City Convention Center? | {'text': 'Sheraton hotel', 'answer_start': 474} |
17,771 | 17,429 | 56e14c63e3433e1400422d77 | generic | Tourism also composes a large part of Boston's economy, with 21.2 million domestic and international visitors spending $8.3 billion in 2011; excluding visitors from Canada and Mexico, over 1.4 million international tourists visited Boston in 2014, with those from China and the United Kingdom leading the list. Boston's ... | What year did the number of Tourists from china and the UK top the list? | {'text': '2014', 'answer_start': 242} |
109,397 | 109,055 | 572f570b04bcaa1900d7685f | generic | Lawrence Houston, head counsel of the SSU, CIG, and, later CIA, was a principle draftsman of the National Security Act of 1947 which dissolved the NIA and the CIG, and established both the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1949, Houston would help draft the Central Intelligence Agency Ac... | Lawrence Houston helped to draft what act in 1949? | {'text': 'Central Intelligence Agency Act', 'answer_start': 290} |
126,457 | 126,115 | 5a820eac31013a001a335161 | generic | Active in the early 1920s, F.C.S. Schiller labelled his work "humanism" but for Schiller the term referred to the pragmatist philosophy he shared with William James. In 1929, Charles Francis Potter founded the First Humanist Society of New York whose advisory board included Julian Huxley, John Dewey, Albert Einstein an... | What 15th century author associated his works with humanism? | {'text': 'F.C.S. Schiller', 'answer_start': 27} |
120,307 | 119,965 | 57312c7b05b4da19006bce44 | generic | Many pre-Columbian civilizations established characteristics and hallmarks which included permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, civic and monumental architecture, and complex societal hierarchies. Some of these civilizations had long faded by the time of the first significant European and African arrivals (ca. l... | What gave today's historians a glimpse of the culture and knowledge of the indigenous civilizations? | {'text': 'a few documents', 'answer_start': 784} |
120,674 | 120,332 | 5ad4dc675b96ef001a10a464 | generic | During the French Revolution, Red became a symbol of liberty and personal freedom used by the Jacobins and other more radical parties. Many of them wore a red Phrygian cap, or liberty cap, modeled after the caps worn by freed slaves in Ancient Rome. During the height of the Reign of Terror, Women wearing red caps gathe... | What became a symbol of liberty during the Phrygian Revolution? | {'text': 'Red', 'answer_start': 30} |
7,083 | 6,741 | 56d5fc2a1c85041400946e9e | generic | While all dogs are genetically very similar, natural selection and selective breeding have reinforced certain characteristics in certain populations of dogs, giving rise to dog types and dog breeds. Dog types are broad categories based on function, genetics, or characteristics. Dog breeds are groups of animals that pos... | Natural selection and what makes certain dogs behave certain ways? | {'text': 'selective breeding', 'answer_start': 67} |
62,516 | 62,174 | 5a817a6831013a001a334c4b | generic | India's cotton-processing sector gradually declined during British expansion in India and the establishment of colonial rule during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This was largely due to aggressive colonialist mercantile policies of the British East India Company, which made cotton processing and manufacturing... | How did East India rule effect Indian cotton processing? | {'text': 'declined', 'answer_start': 43} |
111,496 | 111,154 | 5730953e8ab72b1400f9c5c9 | generic | Greek art has a long and varied history. Greeks have contributed to the visual, literary and performing arts. In the West, ancient Greek art was influential in shaping the Roman and later the modern western artistic heritage. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards o... | What period in Europe was full of an appreciation for earlier cultures ? | {'text': 'the Renaissance in Europe', 'answer_start': 236} |
63,197 | 62,855 | 5726ce2d708984140094d1e0 | generic | The BBC reported that France was the first journalist to face trial and be convicted under Operation Elveden since the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had revised its guidance in April 2015 so that prosecutions would only be brought against journalists who had made payments to police officers over a period of time. As ... | What was the change made to Operation Elveden by the Crown Prosecution Service? | {'text': 'prosecutions would only be brought against journalists who had made payments to police officers over a period of time', 'answer_start': 198} |
1,279 | 937 | 56cbeb396d243a140015edeb | generic | In September 1828 Chopin, while still a student, visited Berlin with a family friend, zoologist Feliks Jarocki, enjoying operas directed by Gaspare Spontini and attending concerts by Carl Friedrich Zelter, Felix Mendelssohn and other celebrities. On an 1829 return trip to Berlin, he was a guest of Prince Antoni Radziwi... | Who was Frédéric a guest of during his stay in Berlin in 1829? | {'text': 'Prince Antoni Radziwiłł', 'answer_start': 299} |
78,757 | 78,415 | 5ad24a73d7d075001a428bc4 | generic | Dominic's education at Palencia gave him the knowledge he needed to overcome the Manicheans. With charity, the other concept that most defines the work and spirituality of the order, study became the method most used by the Dominicans in working to defend the Church against the perils that hounded it, and also of enlar... | What method was not used by the Dominicans in working to defend the Church against peril? | {'text': 'study', 'answer_start': 183} |
33,572 | 33,230 | 5acd6f8707355d001abf421b | generic | The first historical mention of the use of hops in beer was from 822 AD in monastery rules written by Adalhard the Elder, also known as Adalard of Corbie, though the date normally given for widespread cultivation of hops for use in beer is the thirteenth century. Before the thirteenth century, and until the sixteenth c... | What does Heather Scottish Ales use in place of hops? | {'text': 'plants other than hops', 'answer_start': 769} |
14,596 | 14,254 | 56dfb6067aa994140058e036 | generic | The owner, tenant or manager (licensee) of a pub is properly known as the "pub landlord". The term publican (in historical Roman usage a public contractor or tax farmer) has come into use since Victorian times to designate the pub landlord. Known as "locals" to regulars, pubs are typically chosen for their proximity to... | What was the pub landlord often called in Victorian times? | {'text': 'publican', 'answer_start': 99} |
116,243 | 115,901 | 57302590b2c2fd1400568970 | generic | Following the elections of 1973, the constitution of Swaziland was suspended by King Sobhuza II who thereafter ruled the country by decree until his death in 1982. At this point Sobhuza II had ruled Swaziland for 61 years, making him the longest ruling monarch in history. A regency followed his death, with Queen Regent... | Who was the head of state of Swaziland after King Sobhuza II | {'text': 'Queen Regent Dzeliwe Shongwe', 'answer_start': 308} |
119,179 | 118,837 | 5ad18f59645df0001a2d1f5a | generic | The first visible-spectrum (red) LED was developed in 1962 by Nick Holonyak, Jr., while working at General Electric Company. Holonyak first reported his LED in the journal Applied Physics Letters on the December 1, 1962. M. George Craford, a former graduate student of Holonyak, invented the first yellow LED and improve... | What color is associated with the non-visible-spectrum LED? | {'text': 'red', 'answer_start': 28} |
76,918 | 76,576 | 57278e85dd62a815002ea048 | generic | When it comes to civil and criminal cases, the Bundesgerichtshof is at the top of the hierarchy of courts. The other branches of the German judicial system each have their own appellate systems, each topped by a high court; these are the Bundessozialgericht for matters of social security, the Bundesarbeitsgericht for e... | What court sits in supremacy for cases related to employment and labor law in Germany? | {'text': 'Bundesarbeitsgericht', 'answer_start': 294} |
102,870 | 102,528 | 5ad4bb7a5b96ef001a109e82 | generic | Next, Spielberg teamed with Star Wars creator and friend George Lucas on an action adventure film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first of the Indiana Jones films. The archaeologist and adventurer hero Indiana Jones was played by Harrison Ford (whom Lucas had previously cast in his Star Wars films as Han Solo). The film ... | What was the first movie George Lucas got an Oscar nomination for? | {'text': 'Star Wars', 'answer_start': 28} |
94,914 | 94,572 | 572b81bc34ae481900deae55 | generic | There are many important organozinc compounds. Organozinc chemistry is the science of organozinc compounds describing their physical properties, synthesis and reactions. Among important applications is the Frankland-Duppa Reaction in which an oxalate ester(ROCOCOOR) reacts with an alkyl halide R'X, zinc and hydrochlori... | What does organozinc chemisty describe? | {'text': 'physical properties, synthesis and reactions.', 'answer_start': 124} |
130,132 | 129,790 | 57359cf7e853931400426a48 | generic | The colophons of ancient manuscripts, dated as late as the 20th century, refer to Kathmandu as Kasthamandap Mahanagar in Nepal Mandala. Mahanagar means "great city". The city is called "Kasthamandap" in a vow that Buddhist priests still recite to this day. Thus, Kathmandu is also known as Kasthamandap. During medieval ... | What is the ancient name of Kathmandu? | {'text': 'Kasthamandap Mahanagar', 'answer_start': 95} |
15,358 | 15,016 | 56e039097aa994140058e3c2 | generic | European comics studies began with Töpffer's theories of his own work in the 1840s, which emphasized panel transitions and the visual–verbal combination. No further progress was made until the 1970s. Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle then took a semiotics approach to the study of comics, analyzing text–image relations, page-le... | Who used a semiotics method to study comics in the 1970s? | {'text': 'Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle', 'answer_start': 200} |
103,145 | 102,803 | 5731cdbce17f3d1400422437 | generic | Spielberg first met actress Amy Irving in 1976 at the suggestion of director Brian De Palma, who knew he was looking for an actress to play in Close Encounters. After meeting her, Spielberg told his co-producer Julia Phillips, "I met a real heartbreaker last night.":293 Although she was too young for the role, she and ... | Why did Irving not want to be in Spielberg's films while dating? | {'text': '"I don\'t want to be known as Steven\'s girlfriend,"', 'answer_start': 641} |
85,514 | 85,172 | 57280ddb4b864d190016432d | generic | The town's first significant defences were likely erected due to commercial interests, following the temporary seizure of St. John's by the Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter in June 1665. The inhabitants were able to fend off a second Dutch attack in 1673, when this time it was defended by Christopher Martin, an English ... | Who destroyed Fort William in 1696? | {'text': 'Pierre Le Moyne', 'answer_start': 767} |
87,955 | 87,613 | 5acf9dee77cf76001a685546 | generic | A distinguishing aspect of Indian federalism is that unlike many other forms of federalism, it is asymmetric. Article 370 makes special provisions for the state of Jammu and Kashmir as per its Instrument of Accession. Article 371 makes special provisions for the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, ... | What happens with Prime Minister's Rule? | {'text': "the central government (through its appointed Governor) takes control of state's administration for certain months", 'answer_start': 483} |
23,236 | 22,894 | 56f8c65d9b226e1400dd0f8d | generic | The city provides for yachting and water sports, with a number of marinas. From 1977 to 2001 the Whitbread Around the World Yacht Race, which is now known as the Volvo Ocean Race was based in Southampton's Ocean Village marina. | What feature does Southampton have plenty of that provides for water sports and yachting? | {'text': 'marinas', 'answer_start': 66} |
42,880 | 42,538 | 570dea9c0b85d914000d7bd7 | generic | Antarctica is the coldest of Earth's continents. The coldest natural temperature ever recorded on Earth was −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) at the Soviet (now Russian) Vostok Station in Antarctica on 21 July 1983. For comparison, this is 10.7 °C (20 °F) colder than subliming dry ice at one atmosphere of partial pressure, but sinc... | What light caused condition is a serious problem for humans in Antarctica? | {'text': 'Sunburn', 'answer_start': 783} |
8,705 | 8,363 | 56dd398c66d3e219004dac83 | generic | In the UK, where devolved government is in place, the leaders of the Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh Governments are styled First Minister. In India, The Prime Minister is referred to as "Pradhan Mantri", meaning "prime minister". In Pakistan, the prime minister is referred to as "Wazir-e-Azam", meaning "Grand Vizie... | What does Wazir-e-Azam mean in English? | {'text': 'Grand Vizier', 'answer_start': 309} |
118,865 | 118,523 | 5730f4ede6313a140071caf0 | generic | The modern literary language is usually considered to date from the time of Alexander Pushkin (Алекса́ндр Пу́шкин) in the first third of the 19th century. Pushkin revolutionized Russian literature by rejecting archaic grammar and vocabulary (so-called "высо́кий стиль" — "high style") in favor of grammar and vocabulary ... | Who revolutionized modern Russian? | {'text': 'Alexander Pushkin', 'answer_start': 76} |
31,419 | 31,077 | 57094c819928a81400471501 | generic | In the 1960s, Downtown Houston consisted of a collection of mid-rise office structures. Downtown was on the threshold of an energy industry–led boom in 1970. A succession of skyscrapers were built throughout the 1970s—many by real estate developer Gerald D. Hines—culminating with Houston's tallest skyscraper, the 75-fl... | When were skyscrapers first built in Houston? | {'text': 'throughout the 1970s', 'answer_start': 197} |
50,460 | 50,118 | 57250cbd0ba9f01400d97c42 | generic | Exclusive Jurisdiction is a concept whereby only one Grand Lodge will be recognised in any geographical area. If two Grand Lodges claim jurisdiction over the same area, the other Grand Lodges will have to choose between them, and they may not all decide to recognise the same one. (In 1849, for example, the Grand Lodge ... | What happens if two Grand Lodges try to establish themselves in the same area? | {'text': 'the other Grand Lodges will have to choose between them', 'answer_start': 169} |
13,859 | 13,517 | 56df6aee5ca0a614008f99ed | generic | Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), criticized the State Department investigation, saying the investigators were shown "Potemkin Villages" where residents had been intimidated into lying about the family-planning program. Dr. Nafis Sadik, former director of UNFPA said her agency had been pivotal in reversing China's coer... | Which former director defended UNFPA? | {'text': 'Dr. Nafis Sadik', 'answer_start': 220} |
41,874 | 41,532 | 570d4faffed7b91900d45e61 | generic | In response to the September 11 attacks, and as part of the Global War on Terror, U.S. and NATO forces invaded Afghanistan in October 2001, displacing the Taliban government. The U.S. Army also led the combined U.S. and allied invasion of Iraq in 2003. It served as the primary source for ground forces with its ability ... | Which country was invaded by the U.S. in October 2001? | {'text': 'Afghanistan', 'answer_start': 111} |
36,220 | 35,878 | 5a1f38073de3f40018b26540 | generic | Technological developments by videoconferencing developers in the 2010s have extended the capabilities of video conferencing systems beyond the boardroom for use with hand-held mobile devices that combine the use of video, audio and on-screen drawing capabilities broadcasting in real-time over secure networks, independ... | What have moblie collaboration system manufacturers provided? | {'text': 'mobile applications', 'answer_start': 622} |
20,079 | 19,737 | 5ad3d675604f3c001a3ff2fd | generic | The archipelago has a wet oceanic climate with pleasant temperatures but consistent moderate to heavy rainfall and very limited sunshine, due to the persistent westerly winds. The number of rainy days is comparable to the Aleutian Islands at a much higher latitude in the northern hemisphere, while sunshine hours are co... | Which place on the island is said to be the coolest and wettest? | {'text': 'Sandy Point', 'answer_start': 511} |
53,394 | 53,052 | 5acd0d8207355d001abf3276 | generic | Arsenal's home colours have been the inspiration for at least three other clubs. In 1909, Sparta Prague adopted a dark red kit like the one Arsenal wore at the time; in 1938, Hibernian adopted the design of the Arsenal shirt sleeves in their own green and white strip. In 1920, Sporting Clube de Braga's manager returned... | Who won the 1920 game between Arsenal and Sporting Clube de Braga that took place at Highbury? | {'text': 'Arsenal', 'answer_start': 0} |
60,500 | 60,158 | 572684dd708984140094c8b7 | generic | Marvel held its own comic book convention, Marvelcon '75, in spring 1975, and promised a Marvelcon '76. At the 1975 event, Stan Lee used a Fantastic Four panel discussion to announce that Jack Kirby, the artist co-creator of most of Marvel's signature characters, was returning to Marvel after having left in 1970 to wor... | What Marvel character was specifically created to appeal to the UK market? | {'text': 'Captain Britain', 'answer_start': 499} |
2,198 | 1,856 | 56ce8bfbaab44d1400b88867 | generic | Apple introduced a new 8-pin dock connector, named Lightning, on September 12, 2012 with their announcement of the iPhone 5, the fifth generation iPod Touch, and the seventh generation iPod Nano, which all feature it. The new connector replaces the older 30-pin dock connector used by older iPods, iPhones, and iPads. Ap... | What's Apple's code name for the newer 8-pin dock connector? | {'text': 'Lightning', 'answer_start': 51} |
16,032 | 15,690 | 56e08b457aa994140058e5e3 | generic | Hydrogen forms a vast array of compounds with carbon called the hydrocarbons, and an even vaster array with heteroatoms that, because of their general association with living things, are called organic compounds. The study of their properties is known as organic chemistry and their study in the context of living organi... | What is the form of hydrogen and carbon called? | {'text': 'hydrocarbons', 'answer_start': 64} |
123,654 | 123,312 | 5a7b472821c2de001afe9e42 | generic | An error sometimes made is the confusion of discussion regarding Greece’s Eurozone entry with the controversy regarding usage of derivatives’ deals with U.S. Banks by Greece and other Eurozone countries to artificially reduce their reported budget deficits. A currency swap arranged with Goldman Sachs allowed Greece to ... | How many Euros was Greece able to give away because of an arrangement with Goldman Sachs? | {'text': '2.8 billion', 'answer_start': 327} |
4,425 | 4,083 | 56d1104317492d1400aab88a | generic | Many sports are associated with New York's immigrant communities. Stickball, a street version of baseball, was popularized by youths in the 1930s, and a street in the Bronx was renamed Stickball Boulevard in the late 2000s to memorialize this. | What street was renamed in the late 2000s to commemorate the street version of baseball? | {'text': 'Stickball Boulevard', 'answer_start': 185} |
6,150 | 5,808 | 56d368b859d6e41400146310 | 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... | What New York radio personalty was hired as a judge for American Idol in season two but declined? | {'text': 'Angie Martinez', 'answer_start': 383} |
47,057 | 46,715 | 571a095c4faf5e1900b8a876 | generic | Seattle also has large lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations. According to a 2006 study by UCLA, 12.9% of city residents polled identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. This was the second-highest proportion of any major U.S. city, behind San Francisco Greater Seattle also ranked second among major U.S. m... | By a UCLA study,how many Seattle residents identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual? | {'text': '12.9%', 'answer_start': 111} |
17,327 | 16,985 | 56e132ebcd28a01900c6769b | generic | During the 11th and 12th centuries the Catalan rulers expanded up to north of the Ebro river, and in the 13th century they conquered the Land of Valencia and the Balearic Islands. The city of Alghero in Sardinia was repopulated with Catalan speakers in the 14th century. The language also reached Murcia, which became Sp... | When did Murcia become Spanish speaking? | {'text': '15th century', 'answer_start': 342} |
66,358 | 66,016 | 5ad0b591645df0001a2d0109 | generic | During the year following that contract, with Dodsley, Burke founded the influential Annual Register, a publication in which various authors evaluated the international political events of the previous year. The extent to which Burke contributed to the Annual Register is unclear: in his biography of Burke, Robert Murra... | Who wrote Dodsley's biography? | {'text': 'Philip Magnus', 'answer_start': 379} |
113,374 | 113,032 | 5ad4db0c5b96ef001a10a40f | generic | San Diego is served by the San Diego Trolley light rail system, by the SDMTS bus system, and by Coaster and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner commuter rail; northern San Diego county is also served by the Sprinter light rail line. The Trolley primarily serves downtown and surrounding urban communities, Mission Valley, east coun... | What number can you dial from any phone for public transportation information in San Francisco? | {'text': '511', 'answer_start': 937} |
86,925 | 86,583 | 5a81e2e631013a001a334f6c | generic | Symmetry groups are groups consisting of symmetries of given mathematical objects—be they of geometric nature, such as the introductory symmetry group of the square, or of algebraic nature, such as polynomial equations and their solutions. Conceptually, group theory can be thought of as the study of symmetry.t[›] Symme... | Which equation is are used for the square? | {'text': 'polynomial equations', 'answer_start': 198} |
121,300 | 120,958 | 57315ba4497a881900248e61 | generic | The Nea Moni Monastery on Chios was established by Constantine Monomachos in 1043–1056. The exceptional mosaic decoration of the dome showing probably the nine orders of the angels was destroyed in 1822 but other panels survived (Theotokos with raised hands, four evangelists with seraphim, scenes from Christ's life and... | Where is the Nea Moni Monastery located? | {'text': 'Chios', 'answer_start': 26} |
127,157 | 126,815 | 5a68b6d18476ee001a58a792 | generic | The word genocide was later included as a descriptive term to the process of indictment, but not yet as a formal legal term According to Lemming, genocide was defined as "a coordinated strategy to destroy a group of people, a process that could be accomplished through total annihilation as well as strategies that elimi... | Who ultimately defined genocide as a strategy leading up to the war of an entire group? | {'text': 'Lemming', 'answer_start': 137} |
106,660 | 106,318 | 5a0f2254d7c85000188645ad | generic | The five Great Lakes are located in the north-central portion of the country, four of them forming part of the border with Canada, only Lake Michigan situated entirely within United States. The southeast United States contain subtropical forests and, near the gulf coast, mangrove wetlands, especially in Florida. West o... | Which section of the US contains tropical forests and mangrove wetlands? | {'text': 'The southeast', 'answer_start': 190} |
54,771 | 54,429 | 572630b389a1e219009ac528 | generic | While most of mainland Greece and the Aegean islands was under Ottoman control by the end of the 15th century, Cyprus and Crete remained Venetian territory and did not fall to the Ottomans until 1571 and 1670 respectively. The only part of the Greek-speaking world that escaped long-term Ottoman rule was the Ionian Isla... | The Ottomans took which islands from the Venetians? | {'text': 'Cyprus and Crete', 'answer_start': 111} |
119,235 | 118,893 | 5730fb1b05b4da19006bccb9 | generic | Since LED efficacy is inversely proportional to operating temperature, LED technology is well suited for supermarket freezer lighting. Because LEDs produce less waste heat than incandescent lamps, their use in freezers can save on refrigeration costs as well. However, they may be more susceptible to frost and snow buil... | Where is LED lighting very well suited? | {'text': 'supermarket freezer', 'answer_start': 105} |
12,175 | 11,833 | 56df7edd56340a1900b29c32 | generic | After the English Civil War the Royal Citadel was built in 1666 on the east end of Plymouth Hoe, to defend the port from naval attacks, suppress Plymothian Parliamentary leanings and to train the armed forces. Guided tours are available in the summer months. Further west is Smeaton's Tower, which was built in 1759 as a... | What memorial commemorates the naval victory over the Spanish Armada? | {'text': 'Armada Memorial', 'answer_start': 686} |
84,458 | 84,116 | 57282d253acd2414000df65b | generic | In mid May 1967, the Soviet Union issued warnings to Nasser of an impending Israeli attack on Syria, although Chief of Staff Mohamed Fawzi considered the warnings to be "baseless". According to Kandil, without Nasser's authorization, Amer used the Soviet warnings as a pretext to dispatch troops to Sinai on 14 May, and ... | What nations were trying to drag Egypt into a war, according to King Hussein? | {'text': 'Israeli-American', 'answer_start': 433} |
113,453 | 113,111 | 5a5422f6bdaabd001a386847 | generic | Ibn Tufail (Abubacer) and Ibn al-Nafis were pioneers of the philosophical novel. Ibn Tufail wrote the first Arabic novel Hayy ibn Yaqdhan (Philosophus Autodidactus) as a response to Al-Ghazali's The Incoherence of the Philosophers, and then Ibn al-Nafis also wrote a novel Theologus Autodidactus as a response to Ibn Tuf... | What book by Ibn al-Nafis write about kamil? | {'text': 'Philosophus Autodidactus,', 'answer_start': 696} |
60,535 | 60,193 | 5a5fdabeeae51e001ab14cb5 | generic | In 1996, Marvel had some of its titles participate in "Heroes Reborn", a crossover that allowed Marvel to relaunch some of its flagship characters such as the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, and outsource them to the studios of two of the former Marvel artists turned Image Comics founders, Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld. The... | What year did Joe Quesada become editor in chief? | {'text': '1998', 'answer_start': 644} |
75,039 | 74,697 | 5727db044b864d1900163ea5 | generic | Another milestone in the early development of Baptist doctrine was in 1638 with John Spilsbury, a Calvinistic minister who helped to promote the strict practice of believer's baptism by immersion. According to Tom Nettles, professor of historical theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, "Spilsbury's cogent ar... | Who promoted strict immersion baptism? | {'text': 'John Spilsbury', 'answer_start': 80} |
31,821 | 31,479 | 5ad420ea604f3c001a40072c | generic | In 2008, Houston received top ranking on Kiplinger's Personal Finance Best Cities of 2008 list, which ranks cities on their local economy, employment opportunities, reasonable living costs, and quality of life. The city ranked fourth for highest increase in the local technological innovation over the preceding 15 years... | Where did Texas place for Fortune 500 companies? | {'text': 'second', 'answer_start': 386} |
87,127 | 86,785 | 5a32e30bbd0d7f001aef94db | generic | Patassé purged many of the Kolingba elements from the government and Kolingba supporters accused Patassé's government of conducting a "witch hunt" against the Yakoma. A new constitution was approved on 28 December 1994 but had little impact on the country's politics. In 1996–1997, reflecting steadily decreasing public ... | What did three mutinies signed in January 1997 provide for? | {'text': 'for the deployment of an inter-African military mission, to Central African Republic', 'answer_start': 729} |
129,875 | 129,533 | 57345209879d6814001ca511 | generic | Regulation of hunting within the United States dates from the 19th century. Some modern hunters see themselves as conservationists and sportsmen in the mode of Theodore Roosevelt and the Boone and Crockett Club. Local hunting clubs and national organizations provide hunter education and help protect the future of the s... | When do hunting regulations date from in the US? | {'text': '19th century', 'answer_start': 62} |
73,506 | 73,164 | 57276203f1498d1400e8f725 | generic | To accommodate the ruling in Hopwood v. Texas banning any use of race in school admissions, the State of Texas passed a law guaranteeing entry to any state university if a student finished in the top 10% of their graduating class. Florida and California have also replaced racial quotas with class rank and other criteri... | What is one example of what racial quotas were replaced with? | {'text': 'class rank', 'answer_start': 292} |
64,929 | 64,587 | 5726965c5951b619008f775b | generic | The greatest number of surviving Gothic buildings are churches. These range from tiny chapels to large cathedrals, and although many have been extended and altered in different styles, a large number remain either substantially intact or sympathetically restored, demonstrating the form, character and decoration of Goth... | What type of structures remaining today have the largest amount of examples of the Gothic style? | {'text': 'churches', 'answer_start': 54} |
79,111 | 78,769 | 572789c15951b619008f8cc9 | generic | Construction of the chapel, originally intended to be slightly over twice as long, with eighteen - or possibly seventeen - bays (there are eight today) was stopped when Henry VI was deposed. Only the Quire of the intended building was completed. Eton's first Headmaster, William Waynflete, founder of Magdalen College, O... | Between what years was College Hall built? | {'text': '1441 and 1460', 'answer_start': 634} |
101,358 | 101,016 | 572e9091cb0c0d14000f12ac | generic | The clock does not run during convert attempts in the last three minutes of a half. If the 15 minutes of a quarter expire while the ball is live, the quarter is extended until the ball becomes dead. If a quarter's time expires while the ball is dead, the quarter is extended for one more scrimmage. A quarter cannot end ... | How long is a quarter in minutes? | {'text': '15', 'answer_start': 91} |
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