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55,658 | 55,316 | 5a845c747cf838001a46a783 | generic | This allowed any English firm to trade with India, unless specifically prohibited by act of parliament, thereby annulling the charter that had been in force for almost 100 years. By an act that was passed in 1698, a new "parallel" East India Company (officially titled the English Company Trading to the East Indies) was... | What year was the Act passed the made a parallel North Indiana company? | {'text': '1698', 'answer_start': 208} |
84,717 | 84,375 | 572804ce2ca10214002d9bb3 | generic | On 11 October 1962, the first session of the Second Vatican Council was held in the Vatican. He gave the Gaudet Mater Ecclesia speech, which served as the opening address for the council. The day was basically electing members for several council commissions that would work on the issues presented in the council. On th... | When was the first session of the Second Vatican Council held? | {'text': '11 October 1962', 'answer_start': 3} |
82,838 | 82,496 | 5ad2c4bed7d075001a42a167 | generic | Founded at various times in the university's history, the professional schools originally were scattered throughout Chicago. In connection with a 1917 master plan for a central Chicago campus and President Walter Dill Scott's capital campaign, 8.5 acres (3.44 ha) of land were purchased at the corner of Chicago Avenue a... | What style did architect James Gamble Rogers use for the principal buildings on the new LSD campus? | {'text': 'collegiate gothic', 'answer_start': 508} |
18,030 | 17,688 | 56e14a14e3433e1400422d63 | generic | In 1926, Universal opened a production unit in Germany, Deutsche Universal-Film AG, under the direction of Joe Pasternak. This unit produced three to four films per year until 1936, migrating to Hungary and then Austria in the face of Hitler's increasing domination of central Europe. With the advent of sound, these pro... | Who ran Universal's German production unit? | {'text': 'Joe Pasternak', 'answer_start': 107} |
5,122 | 4,780 | 56cf626faab44d1400b891b4 | generic | Despite his success as a producer, West's true aspiration was to be a rapper. Though he had developed his rapping long before he began producing, it was often a challenge for West to be accepted as a rapper, and he struggled to attain a record deal. Multiple record companies ignored him because he did not portray the g... | What label declined to work with Kanye after many meetings? | {'text': 'Capitol Records', 'answer_start': 410} |
5,126 | 4,784 | 56cf637caab44d1400b891b7 | generic | According to Capitol Record's A&R, Joe Weinberger, he was approached by West and almost signed a deal with him, but another person in the company convinced Capitol's president not to. Desperate to keep West from defecting to another label, then-label head Damon Dash reluctantly signed West to Roc-A-Fella Records. Jay-Z... | Who almost picked up Kanye but was ultimately swayed? | {'text': 'Joe Weinberger', 'answer_start': 35} |
127,858 | 127,516 | 5acede1e32bba1001ae4b7b3 | generic | According to some estimates about 20% of the population lives on less than US$1.25 per day. Migration from Tajikistan and the consequent remittances have been unprecedented in their magnitude and economic impact. In 2010, remittances from Tajik labour migrants totaled an estimated $2.1 billion US dollars, an increase f... | Ninety percent of the population lives on less then what? | {'text': 'US$1.25 per day', 'answer_start': 75} |
111,927 | 111,585 | 5733f3234776f4190066158c | generic | The first Sky television rights agreement was worth £304 million over five seasons. The next contract, negotiated to start from the 1997–98 season, rose to £670 million over four seasons. The third contract was a £1.024 billion deal with BSkyB for the three seasons from 2001–02 to 2003–04. The league brought in £320 mi... | How much was the third television rights contract awarded to Sky worth? | {'text': '£1.024 billion', 'answer_start': 213} |
15,034 | 14,692 | 5a10dd9906e79900185c3437 | generic | Internet hosting services provide email, web-hosting, or online storage services. Other services include virtual server, cloud services, or physical server operation. | Who provides off-line storage services | {'text': 'Internet hosting services', 'answer_start': 0} |
4,621 | 4,279 | 56ce35b2aab44d1400b885b4 | generic | Lee had lost her mother, who suffered from mental illness, six years before she met Hohoff at Lippincott’s offices. Her father, a lawyer on whom Atticus was modeled, would die two years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird. | What ailment did Harper Lee's mother suffer from? | {'text': 'mental illness', 'answer_start': 43} |
105,113 | 104,771 | 572fe5e8b2c2fd1400568584 | generic | In June 1940, a German prisoner of war was overheard boasting that the British would never find the Knickebein, even though it was under their noses. The details of the conversation were passed to an RAF Air Staff technical advisor, Dr. R. V. Jones, who started an in-depth investigation which discovered that the Luftwa... | The beam was traced to what town? | {'text': 'Derby', 'answer_start': 604} |
16,748 | 16,406 | 56e1161ccd28a01900c6757b | generic | Compass-M1 is an experimental satellite launched for signal testing and validation and for the frequency filing on 14 April 2007. The role of Compass-M1 for Compass is similar to the role of the GIOVE satellites for the Galileo system. The orbit of Compass-M1 is nearly circular, has an altitude of 21,150 km and an incl... | The purpose of the Compass-M1 satellite is similar to the purpose of what other satellite? | {'text': 'the GIOVE satellites for the Galileo system', 'answer_start': 191} |
114,049 | 113,707 | 5acd8ad607355d001abf468e | generic | The islands are at relatively low altitudes, with central Ireland and southern Great Britain particularly low lying: the lowest point in the islands is Holme, Cambridgeshire at −2.75 m (−9.02 ft). The Scottish Highlands in the northern part of Great Britain are mountainous, with Ben Nevis being the highest point on the... | At 33.5 square miles, what is the largest freshwater body in Great Britain? | {'text': 'Loch Lomond', 'answer_start': 700} |
44,247 | 43,905 | 570f8a9f80d9841400ab35ac | generic | During the war, plans were drawn up to quell Welsh nationalism by affiliating Elizabeth more closely with Wales. Proposals, such as appointing her Constable of Caernarfon Castle or a patron of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (the Welsh League of Youth), were abandoned for various reasons, which included a fear of associating Elizab... | Why did Britain not want Elizabeth to associate with conscientious objectors? | {'text': 'Britain was at war', 'answer_start': 381} |
67,661 | 67,319 | 572787a85951b619008f8c85 | generic | In 2002 Switzerland became a full member of the United Nations, leaving the Vatican City as the last widely recognised state without full UN membership. Switzerland is a founding member of the EFTA, but is not a member of the European Economic Area. An application for membership in the European Union was sent in May 19... | In what year did Switzerland become a full member of the United Nations? | {'text': '2002', 'answer_start': 3} |
73,686 | 73,344 | 5a8c972afd22b3001a8d8ba6 | generic | The final is normally held the Saturday after the Premier League season finishes in May. The only seasons in recent times when this pattern was not followed were 1999–2000, when most rounds were played a few weeks earlier than normal as an experiment, and 2010–11 and 2012–13 when the FA Cup Final was played before the ... | In what season was the UEFA Champions League not held on the normal day? | {'text': '1999–2000', 'answer_start': 162} |
28,699 | 28,357 | 56fdf56519033b140034ce08 | generic | A key component common to all CPUs is the program counter, a special memory cell (a register) that keeps track of which location in memory the next instruction is to be read from. | A register of a CPU keeps track of what? | {'text': 'which location in memory the next instruction is to be read from', 'answer_start': 114} |
127,449 | 127,107 | 5a39950a2f14dd001ac72422 | generic | Saint Barthélemy was for many years a French commune forming part of Guadeloupe, which is an overseas region and department of France. Through a referendum in 2003, island residents sought separation from the administrative jurisdiction of Guadeloupe, and it was finally accomplished in 2007. The island of Saint Barthél... | How many island residents voted in the 2003 referendum? | {'text': '2007', 'answer_start': 287} |
8,717 | 8,375 | 56dda5109a695914005b957e | generic | The English term polytechnic appeared in the early 19th century, from the French École Polytechnique, an engineering school founded in 1794 in Paris. The French term comes from the Greek πολύ (polú or polý) meaning "many" and τεχνικός (tekhnikós) meaning "arts". | What language does the French word polytechnique come from? | {'text': 'Greek', 'answer_start': 181} |
111,317 | 110,975 | 572fc26a04bcaa1900d76c8d | generic | For those that remained under the Ottoman Empire's millet system, religion was the defining characteristic of national groups (milletler), so the exonym "Greeks" (Rumlar from the name Rhomaioi) was applied by the Ottomans to all members of the Orthodox Church, regardless of their language or ethnic origin. The Greek sp... | How were the population factions of the Ottoman Empire classified ? | {'text': 'religion was the defining characteristic of national groups', 'answer_start': 66} |
55 | 55 | 138456 | pubqa | In May 2007, Escherichia coli was detected in tap water supplied by a company in North Holland. The company issued advice through mass media to boil tap water before consumption; this advice was lifted six days later. A cross-sectional study was implemented to investigate compliance among residents in this area. Ba... | What is the source of contamination? | {'answer_id': 263738, 'document_id': 394240, 'question_id': 138456, 'text': 'tap water', 'answer_start': 46, 'answer_category': 'SHORT'} |
82,558 | 82,216 | 5a1233c36614be00188f249a | generic | In the early days of association football, known simply as football or soccer, friendly matches (or "friendlies") were the most common type of match. However, since the development of The Football League in England in 1888, league tournaments became established, in addition to lengthy derby and cup tournaments. By the ... | When did the football league beginning your? | {'text': '1888', 'answer_start': 218} |
302 | 302 | 138436 | pubqa | On 25 March 2012, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) was notified about several cases of gastroenteritis in schoolchildren following a stay at a Norwegian holiday farm. Cryptosporidium oocysts were identified in faecal samples from some of the children. A retrospective cohort study was conducted in school-... | What are the initial steps of investigation?
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125,646 | 125,304 | 57334d024776f41900660814 | generic | This boom in innovative financial products went hand in hand with more complexity. It multiplied the number of actors connected to a single mortgage (including mortgage brokers, specialized originators, the securitizers and their due diligence firms, managing agents and trading desks, and finally investors, insurances ... | Which products created more complexity in the financial markets? | {'text': 'innovative financial products', 'answer_start': 13} |
87,731 | 87,389 | 5a369c7695360f001af1b2bd | generic | Because of his stammer, Albert dreaded public speaking. After his closing speech at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley on 31 October 1925, one which was an ordeal for both him and his listeners, he began to see Lionel Logue, an Australian-born speech therapist. The Duke and Logue practised breathing exercises, an... | In what country is Wembley? | {'text': 'Australia', 'answer_start': 573} |
50,428 | 50,086 | 5acf8f4577cf76001a68526c | generic | The denomination with the longest history of objection to Freemasonry is the Roman Catholic Church. The objections raised by the Roman Catholic Church are based on the allegation that Masonry teaches a naturalistic deistic religion which is in conflict with Church doctrine. A number of Papal pronouncements have been is... | Who can never oppose Freemasonry? | {'text': 'the Roman Catholic Church', 'answer_start': 73} |
79,714 | 79,372 | 5a5d6daa5e8782001a9d5f09 | generic | Public bus services within the city are provided by the national bus operator Bus Éireann. City routes are numbered from 201 through to 219 and connect the city centre to the principal suburbs, colleges, shopping centres and places of interest. Two of these bus routes provide orbital services across the Northern and So... | How many routes offer service to both Northern and Southern Ireland? | {'text': 'Two', 'answer_start': 245} |
127,600 | 127,258 | 57337b914776f41900660b96 | generic | When the British invaded the harbour town in 1744[verification needed], the town’s architectural buildings were destroyed[verification needed]. Subsequently, new structures were built in the town around the harbour area[verification needed] and the Swedes had also further added to the architectural beauty of the town i... | What was the port known as prior to the Swedish occupation of St. Barts? | {'text': 'Carénage', 'answer_start': 433} |
59,399 | 59,057 | 5726c910708984140094d160 | generic | Between 2005 and 2006, Queen + Paul Rodgers embarked on a world tour, which was the first time Queen toured since their last tour with Freddie Mercury in 1986. The band's drummer Roger Taylor commented; "We never thought we would tour again, Paul [Rodgers] came along by chance and we seemed to have a chemistry. Paul is... | Where did Queen receive the inaugural VH1 Rock Honors? | {'text': 'Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas', 'answer_start': 514} |
79,104 | 78,762 | 5ad205ffd7d075001a428204 | generic | In the run-up to the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games and London 2012 Summer Paralympic Games, Eton's purpose-built Dorney Lake, a permanent, eight-lane, 2,200 metre course (about 1.4 miles) in a 400-acre park, officially known throughout the Games as Eton Dorney, provided training facilities for Olympic and Paralympic... | In what year was Dorney Lake built? | {'text': '2012', 'answer_start': 65} |
64,291 | 63,949 | 57269fea708984140094cc1f | generic | As economic and demographic methods were applied to the study of history, the trend was increasingly to see the late Middle Ages as a period of recession and crisis. Belgian historian Henri Pirenne continued the subdivision of Early, High, and Late Middle Ages in the years around World War I. Yet it was his Dutch colle... | What was the nationality of historian Henri Pirenne? | {'text': 'Belgian', 'answer_start': 166} |
95,257 | 94,915 | 5a2c644dbfd06b001a5aeb53 | generic | West European scientists judge the Yugoslav language policy as an exemplary one: although three-quarters of the population spoke one language, no single language was official on a federal level. Official languages were declared only at the level of constituent republics and provinces, and very generously: Vojvodina had... | What percentage of the population in Turkey spoke Slovak and Romanian? | {'text': '0.5 per cent', 'answer_start': 369} |
4,432 | 4,090 | 56d00813234ae51400d9c2ad | generic | Public transport is essential in New York City. 54.6% of New Yorkers commuted to work in 2005 using mass transit. This is in contrast to the rest of the United States, where about 90% of commuters drive automobiles to their workplace. According to the US Census Bureau, New York City residents spend an average of 38.4 m... | How many minutes does it take the average New Yorker to get to work? | {'text': '38.4', 'answer_start': 314} |
52,796 | 52,454 | 5725f5ca271a42140099d37e | generic | During World War I, the palace, then the home of King George V and Queen Mary, escaped unscathed. Its more valuable contents were evacuated to Windsor but the royal family remained in situ. The King imposed rationing at the palace, much to the dismay of his guests and household. To the King's later regret, David Lloyd ... | In what year was the north-west pavilion turned into a swimming pool? | {'text': '1938', 'answer_start': 586} |
118,831 | 118,489 | 5730f38405b4da19006bcc78 | generic | The language possesses five vowels (or six, under the St. Petersburg Phonological School), which are written with different letters depending on whether or not the preceding consonant is palatalized. The consonants typically come in plain vs. palatalized pairs, which are traditionally called hard and soft. (The hard co... | What is done to unstressed vowels? | {'text': 'reduced to near-close vowels or an unclear schwa', 'answer_start': 580} |
19,262 | 18,920 | 56e73fb737bdd419002c3dfc | generic | Beginning and ending dates are roughly the reverse in the southern hemisphere. For example, mainland Chile observed DST from the second Saturday in October to the second Saturday in March, with transitions at 24:00 local time. The time difference between the United Kingdom and mainland Chile could therefore be five hou... | In the Northern hemisphere's summer, what is the time difference between the UK and Chile? | {'text': 'five hours', 'answer_start': 312} |
110,698 | 110,356 | 572fbdb704bcaa1900d76c56 | generic | These processes are also important in biological responses to pollution; for example, sulfate-reducing bacteria are largely responsible for the production of the highly toxic forms of mercury (methyl- and dimethylmercury) in the environment. Non-respiratory anaerobes use fermentation to generate energy and reducing pow... | What is the by-product of non-repiratory anaerobes? | {'text': 'ethanol', 'answer_start': 365} |
55,645 | 55,303 | 57265d15dd62a815002e82c0 | generic | When the news arrived in England it caused an outcry. In response, a combined bounty of £1,000 was offered for Every's capture by the Privy Council and East India Company, leading to the first worldwide manhunt in recorded history. The plunder of Aurangzeb's treasure ship had serious consequences for the English East I... | What was the name of the council that offered part of the bounty for Captain Every | {'text': 'Privy Council', 'answer_start': 134} |
128,055 | 127,713 | 57339c184776f41900660ea7 | generic | The university owns several centers around the world used for international studies and research, conferences abroad, and alumni support. The university has had a presence in London, England, since 1968. Since 1998, its London center has been based in the former United University Club at 1 Suffolk Street in Trafalgar S... | Notre Dame has a center in Beijing, what is it referred to as? | {'text': 'Global Gateways', 'answer_start': 535} |
10,478 | 10,136 | 5ad37d3d604f3c001a3fe40f | generic | Strict separation of powers did not operate in The United Kingdom, the political structure of which served in most instances[citation needed] as a model for the government created by the U.S. Constitution.[citation needed] Under the UK Westminster system, based on parliamentary sovereignty and responsible government, P... | What were the Chancellor's Ministers mos often members of? | {'text': 'the two Houses of Parliament', 'answer_start': 616} |
43,221 | 42,879 | 570dae0816d0071400510cbe | generic | The creation of modern-day Eritrea is a result of the incorporation of independent, distinct kingdoms and sultanates (for example, Medri Bahri and the Sultanate of Aussa) eventually resulting in the formation of Italian Eritrea. In 1947 Eritrea became part of a federation with Ethiopia, the Federation of Ethiopia and E... | When did Eritrea join a federation with Ethiopia, the Federation of Ethipia and Eritrea? | {'text': '1947', 'answer_start': 232} |
5,240 | 4,898 | 56cf74cf4df3c31400b0d7c1 | generic | In December 2015, West released a song titled "Facts". He announced in January 2016 on Twitter that SWISH would be released on February 11, after releasing new song "Real Friends" and a snippet of "No More Parties in L.A." with Kendrick Lamar. This also revived the GOOD Fridays initiative in which Kanye releases new si... | What was the tentative release date announced for Kanye's next studio album? | {'text': 'February 11', 'answer_start': 127} |
22,574 | 22,232 | 5ad4a4faba00c4001a268ea7 | generic | Jordanes tells us that the Sclaveni had swamps and forests for their cities. Another 6th-century source refers to them living among nearly impenetrable forests, rivers, lakes, and marshes. | Where did Jordanes live? | {'text': 'nearly impenetrable forests, rivers, lakes, and marshes', 'answer_start': 132} |
10,488 | 10,146 | 5ad37ec4604f3c001a3fe42b | generic | Congress has the sole power to legislate for the United States. Under the nondelegation doctrine, Congress may not delegate its lawmaking responsibilities to any other agency. In this vein, the Supreme Court held in the 1998 case Clinton v. City of New York that Congress could not delegate a "line-item veto" to the Pre... | Who has shared legislative power in the United States? | {'text': 'Congress', 'answer_start': 0} |
23,321 | 22,979 | 56f8de039e9bad19000a0620 | generic | The importance of Southampton to the cruise industry was indicated by P&O Cruises's 175th anniversary celebrations, which included all seven of the company's liners visiting Southampton in a single day. Adonia, Arcadia, Aurora, Azura, Oceana, Oriana and Ventura all left the city in a procession on 3 July 2012. | What cruise line celebrated a landmark anniversary in Southampton in July of 2012? | {'text': 'P&O Cruises', 'answer_start': 70} |
23,624 | 23,282 | 56f7ff5faef2371900625d56 | generic | Prior to 1871, the government of the United States regularly entered into treaties with Native Americans but the Indian Appropriations Act of March 3, 1871 (ch. 120, 16 Stat. 563) had a rider (25 U.S.C. § 71) attached that effectively ended the President’s treaty making by providing that no Indian nation or tribe shall... | Prior to what year did the United States regularly enter into treaties with Native Americans? | {'text': '1871', 'answer_start': 9} |
81,818 | 81,476 | 5a4c3f987a6c4c001a2bbbc1 | generic | The rainfall inhibition and the dissipation of cloud cover are most accentuated over the eastern section of the Sahara rather than the western. The prevailing air mass lying above the Sahara is the continental tropical (cT) air mass which is hot and dry. Hot, dry air masses primarily form over the North-African desert ... | What is the prevailing air mass to the North of the Sahara? | {'text': 'continental tropical', 'answer_start': 198} |
112,428 | 112,086 | 573039c004bcaa1900d773c6 | generic | The legions of the late Republic were, structurally, almost entirely heavy infantry. The legion's main sub-unit was called a cohort and consisted of approximately 480 infantrymen. The cohort was therefore a much larger unit than the earlier maniple sub-unit, and was divided into six centuries of 80 men each. Each centu... | How many troops were placed into each tent group? | {'text': '8 men', 'answer_start': 370} |
91,865 | 91,523 | 5728e5624b864d1900165049 | generic | The majority of Paris' salaried employees fill 370,000 businesses services jobs, concentrated in the north-western 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements. Paris' financial service companies are concentrated in the central-western 8th and 9th arrondissement banking and insurance district. Paris' department store district in... | What percent of Parisians work in hotels and restaurants? | {'text': 'Fourteen', 'answer_start': 467} |
128,077 | 127,735 | 5733a70c4776f41900660f62 | generic | All of Notre Dame's undergraduate students are a part of one of the five undergraduate colleges at the school or are in the First Year of Studies program. The First Year of Studies program was established in 1962 to guide incoming freshmen in their first year at the school before they have declared a major. Each studen... | How many colleges for undergraduates are at Notre Dame? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 68} |
108,464 | 108,122 | 5a3af49f3ff257001ab84370 | generic | In the dicotyledons, the bundles in the very young stem are arranged in an open ring, separating a central pith from an outer cortex. In each bundle, separating the xylem and phloem, is a layer of meristem or active formative tissue known as cambium. By the formation of a layer of cambium between the bundles (interfasc... | How is soft phloem marked for each growth season? | {'text': 'into concentric rings', 'answer_start': 766} |
51,745 | 51,403 | 5725cc5938643c19005acd28 | generic | The Solís Theatre is Uruguay's oldest theatre. It was built in 1856 and is currently owned by the government of Montevideo. In 1998, the government of Montevideo started a major reconstruction of the theatre, which included two US$110,000 columns designed by Philippe Starck. The reconstruction was completed in 2004, an... | What year did the government of Montevideo start a major reconstruction of the Solis Theater? | {'text': '1998', 'answer_start': 127} |
93,229 | 92,887 | 572913111d0469140077901e | generic | The use of the term Länder (Lands) dates back to the Weimar Constitution of 1919. Before this time, the constituent states of the German Empire were called Staaten (States). Today, it is very common to use the term Bundesland (Federal Land). However, this term is not used officially, neither by the constitution of 1919... | How many free states are there in Germany? | {'text': 'three', 'answer_start': 710} |
18,777 | 18,435 | 56e75e1200c9c71400d7701c | generic | Wove paper does not exhibit "laidlines", which are small regular lines left behind on paper when it was handmade in a mould made from rows of metal wires or bamboo. Laidlines are very close together. They run perpendicular to the "chainlines", which are further apart. Handmade paper similarly exhibits "deckle edges", o... | Which is lines are commonly higher in density, laidlines or chainlines? | {'text': 'Laidlines', 'answer_start': 165} |
16,907 | 16,565 | 5a21d1d58a6e4f001aa08f17 | generic | The history of Latin canon law can be divided into four periods: the jus antiquum, the jus novum, the jus novissimum and the Code of Canon Law. In relation to the Code, history can be divided into the jus vetus (all law before the Code) and the jus novum (the law of the Code, or jus codicis). | What is the jus antiquum the most recent era of? | {'text': 'Latin canon law', 'answer_start': 15} |
104,680 | 104,338 | 57303039b2c2fd1400568a2d | generic | In 1875, blacks made up 57% of the city's population, and 73% of Charleston County. With leadership by members of the antebellum free black community, historian Melinda Meeks Hennessy described the community as "unique" in being able to defend themselves without provoking "massive white retaliation", as occurred in num... | What percentage of Charleston's population was black in 1875? | {'text': '57%', 'answer_start': 24} |
39,749 | 39,407 | 570e4ed60dc6ce1900204f46 | generic | A brash boosterism that had typified Melbourne during this time ended in the early 1890s with a severe depression of the city's economy, sending the local finance and property industries into a period of chaos during which 16 small "land banks" and building societies collapsed, and 133 limited companies went into liqui... | How many "land banks" and building societies collapsed during the 1890s depression in Melbourne? | {'text': '16', 'answer_start': 223} |
79,252 | 78,910 | 5727c3af3acd2414000dec0f | generic | Various benefactions make it possible to give grants each year to boys who wish, for educational or cultural reasons, to work or travel abroad. These include the Busk Fund, which supports individual ventures that show particular initiative; the C.M. Wells Memorial Trust Fund, for the promotion of visits to classical la... | Which Fund supports travel to classical lands? | {'text': 'the C.M. Wells Memorial Trust Fund', 'answer_start': 241} |
23,061 | 22,719 | 56f87f17aef2371900626114 | generic | The city has a Mayor and is one of the 16 cities and towns in England and Wales to have a ceremonial sheriff who acts as a deputy for the Mayor. The current and 793rd Mayor of Southampton is Linda Norris. Catherine McEwing is the current and 578th sherriff. The town crier from 2004 until his death in 2014 was John Melo... | How many cities or towns are there in all of England and Wales with a ceremonial sheriff acting as the Mayor's deputy? | {'text': '16', 'answer_start': 39} |
36,668 | 36,326 | 5a70bbe88abb0b001a676152 | generic | To aid customers with defective consoles, Microsoft extended the Xbox 360's manufacturer's warranty to three years for hardware failure problems that generate a "General Hardware Failure" error report. A "General Hardware Failure" is recognized on all models released before the Xbox 360 S by three quadrants of the ring... | By how many years was the warranty extended in 2009? | {'text': 'three years', 'answer_start': 103} |
103,081 | 102,739 | 5ad4d0495b96ef001a10a18d | generic | Spielberg was scheduled to shoot a $200 million adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's novel Robopocalypse, adapted for the screen by Drew Goddard. The film would follow a global human war against a robot uprising about 15–20 years in the future. Like Lincoln, it was to be released by Disney in the United States and Fox over... | What was the first movie Drew Goddard has adapted? | {'text': 'Robopocalypse', 'answer_start': 87} |
111,195 | 110,853 | 572faeefa23a5019007fc894 | generic | The Greeks of classical antiquity idealized their Mycenaean ancestors and the Mycenaean period as a glorious era of heroes, closeness of the gods and material wealth. The Homeric Epics (i.e. Iliad and Odyssey) were especially and generally accepted as part of the Greek past and it was not until the 19th century that sc... | Who was the author of these tales ? | {'text': 'Homer', 'answer_start': 345} |
87,505 | 87,163 | 57281dd5ff5b5019007d9d74 | generic | As Pioneer introduced Digital Audio to LaserDisc in 1985, they further refined the CAA format. CAA55 was introduced in 1985 with a total playback capacity per side of 55 minutes 5 seconds, reducing the video capacity to resolve bandwidth issues with the inclusion of Digital Audio. Several titles released between 1985 a... | What was the length capacity of the CAA55 format? | {'text': '55 minutes 5 seconds', 'answer_start': 167} |
87,044 | 86,702 | 5a32d6e6bd0d7f001aef947a | generic | Approximately 10,000 years ago, desertification forced hunter-gatherer societies south into the Sahel regions of northern Central Africa, where some groups settled and began farming as part of the Neolithic Revolution. Initial farming of white yam progressed into millet and sorghum, and before 3000 BC the domestication... | How long ago did farming force hunter-gatherer societies south? | {'text': 'Approximately 10,000 years ago', 'answer_start': 0} |
57,108 | 56,766 | 57267f2af1498d1400e8e1b7 | generic | After a decade of constant warfare, France and Britain signed the Treaty of Amiens in March 1802, bringing the Revolutionary Wars to an end. Amiens called for the withdrawal of British troops from recently conquered colonial territories as well as for assurances to curtail the expansionary goals of the French Republic.... | What year was the Treaty of Amiens signed? | {'text': '1802', 'answer_start': 92} |
23,954 | 23,612 | 56f78825aef2371900625b97 | generic | The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ),[note 1] is an island country located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the International Date Line. Geographically, the country is part of the larger island group of Micronesia. The country... | As of 2011, how many people live in the Marshall Islands? | {'text': '53,158', 'answer_start': 337} |
11,314 | 10,972 | 56de4a06cffd8e1900b4b7af | generic | The outbreak of World War I in 1914 was precipitated by the rise of nationalism in Southeastern Europe as the Great Powers took up sides. The Allies defeated the Central Powers in 1918. During the Paris Peace Conference the Big Four imposed their terms in a series of treaties, especially the Treaty of Versailles. | When did a victor emerge in World War I? | {'text': '1918', 'answer_start': 180} |
121,465 | 121,123 | 5731891705b4da19006bd241 | generic | A 5th-century building in Huldah may be a Samaritan synagogue. Its mosaic floor contains typical Jewish symbols (menorah, lulav, etrog) but the inscriptions are Greek. Another Samaritan synagogue with a mosaic floor was located in Bet She'an (excavated in 1960). The floor had only decorative motifs and an aedicule (shr... | What does the mosaic at Huldah contain? | {'text': 'typical Jewish symbols', 'answer_start': 89} |
28,732 | 28,390 | 56fdfad119033b140034ce1f | generic | While a computer may be viewed as running one gigantic program stored in its main memory, in some systems it is necessary to give the appearance of running several programs simultaneously. This is achieved by multitasking i.e. having the computer switch rapidly between running each program in turn. | In computer terms, when a computer is switching rapidly between running each program in turn, is called what? | {'text': 'multitasking', 'answer_start': 209} |
75,697 | 75,355 | 5727b8033acd2414000dea7d | generic | Located in Jacksonville, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, combined with nearby bases Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, MCAS New River, Camp Geiger, Camp Johnson, Stone Bay and Courthouse Bay, makes up the largest concentration of Marines and sailors in the world. MCAS Cherry Point is home of the 2nd Marine A... | Where is Camp Lejeune located? | {'text': 'Jacksonville', 'answer_start': 11} |
115,359 | 115,017 | 5733766ed058e614000b5b62 | generic | But while Claremont remains the most concentrated hub of Whiteheadian activity, the place where Whitehead's thought currently seems to be growing the most quickly is in China. In order to address the challenges of modernization and industrialization, China has begun to blend traditions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucia... | What types of traditions are China blending with Whitehead's "constructive post-modern" philosophy? | {'text': 'traditions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism', 'answer_start': 276} |
69,724 | 69,382 | 5ace9aea32bba1001ae4ac8f | generic | He turned to medicine at 16, and not only learned medical theory, but also by gratuitous attendance of the sick had, according to his own account, discovered new methods of treatment. The teenager achieved full status as a qualified physician at age 18, and found that "Medicine is no hard and thorny science, like mathe... | At what age did Avicenna reject philosophy? | {'text': '16', 'answer_start': 25} |
33,434 | 33,092 | 5acd474507355d001abf3be1 | generic | The process of making beer is known as brewing. A dedicated building for the making of beer is called a brewery, though beer can be made in the home and has been for much of its history. A company that makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company. Beer made on a domestic scale for non-commercial reasons i... | The US was the last contry to allow homebrewing in which year? | {'text': '1978', 'answer_start': 697} |
101,570 | 101,228 | 572ed18acb0c0d14000f15e0 | generic | 1762 brought two new countries into the war. Britain declared war against Spain on 4 January 1762; Spain reacted by issuing their own declaration of war against Britain on 18 January. Portugal followed by joining the war on Britain's side. Spain, aided by the French, launched an invasion of Portugal and succeeded in ca... | Britain sent troops to aid Portugal. What was the result? | {'text': 'the Anglo-Portuguese army, aided by guerrillas and practicing a scorched earth strategy, chased the greatly reduced Franco-Spanish army back to Spain', 'answer_start': 662} |
83,807 | 83,465 | 572843dd2ca10214002da1ec | generic | At the end of the Rigvedic period, the Aryan society began to expand from the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, into the western Ganges plain. It became increasingly agricultural and was socially organised around the hierarchy of the four varnas, or social classes. This social structure was characterized ... | When did the Aryan culture begin its expansion? | {'text': 'Rigvedic period', 'answer_start': 18} |
126,146 | 125,804 | 57340d8cd058e614000b68a9 | generic | By the early 1970s Portugal's fast economic growth with increasing consumption and purchase of new automobiles set the priority for improvements in transportation. Again in the 1990s, after joining the European Economic Community, the country built many new motorways. Today, the country has a 68,732 km (42,708 mi) road... | How long is Portugal's total road network? | {'text': '68,732 km (42,708 mi)', 'answer_start': 294} |
41,240 | 40,898 | 5a2ad6af5b078a001a2f0711 | generic | Sanskrit originated in an oral society, and the oral tradition was maintained through the development of early classical Sanskrit literature. Writing was not introduced to India until after Sanskrit had evolved into the Prakrits; when it was written, the choice of writing system was influenced by the regional scripts o... | What originated in a progressive society? | {'text': 'Prakrits', 'answer_start': 220} |
108,215 | 107,873 | 5730340d04bcaa1900d77363 | generic | So an additional problem beyond canceling the unwanted reactance is of matching the remaining resistive impedance to the characteristic impedance of the transmission line. In principle this can always be done with a transformer, however the turns ratio of a transformer is not adjustable. A general matching network with... | How many ohms are in are in a standard coax? | {'text': '50 or 75', 'answer_start': 746} |
125,827 | 125,485 | 573381524776f41900660c15 | generic | On November 3, 2008, the European Commission at Brussels predicted for 2009 an extremely weak growth of GDP, by 0.1%, for the countries of the Eurozone (France, Germany, Italy, Belgium etc.) and even negative number for the UK (−1.0%), Ireland and Spain. On November 6, the IMF at Washington, D.C., launched numbers pred... | On November 3, 2008, who predicted extremely weak GDP growth for the Eurozone in 2009? | {'text': 'European Commission at Brussels', 'answer_start': 25} |
110,951 | 110,609 | 572fdf4104bcaa1900d76e28 | generic | Often, through-hole and surface-mount construction must be combined in a single assembly because some required components are available only in surface-mount packages, while others are available only in through-hole packages. Another reason to use both methods is that through-hole mounting can provide needed strength f... | Which type of construction makes components that use more space? | {'text': 'through-hole', 'answer_start': 269} |
58,243 | 57,901 | 5acebb8e32bba1001ae4b22c | generic | BYU has 21 NCAA varsity teams. Nineteen of these teams played mainly in the Mountain West Conference from its inception in 1999 until the school left that conference in 2011. Prior to that time BYU teams competed in the Western Athletic Conference. All teams are named the "Cougars", and Cosmo the Cougar has been the sc... | What do 21 teams play in? | {'text': 'Mountain West Conference', 'answer_start': 76} |
24,071 | 23,729 | 56f959019e9bad19000a085f | generic | A German trading company, the Jaluit Gesellschaft, administered the islands from 1887 until 1905. They conscripted the islanders as laborers and mistreated them. After the German–Spanish Treaty of 1899, in which Germany acquired the Carolines, Palau, and the Marianas from Spain, Germany placed all of its Micronesian is... | What document was signed in 1899? | {'text': 'the German–Spanish Treaty of 1899', 'answer_start': 168} |
22,415 | 22,073 | 56f74ffbaef2371900625af3 | generic | Almost all of the composers who are described in music textbooks on classical music and whose works are widely performed as part of the standard concert repertoire are male composers, even though there has been a large number of women composers throughout the classical music period. Musicologist Marcia Citron has asked... | Why were women composers deemed not notable? | {'text': 'did not write many symphonies', 'answer_start': 845} |
11,637 | 11,295 | 56de677dcffd8e1900b4b87e | generic | Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, a village bordering the city of Graz in Styria, Austria and christened Arnold Alois. His parents were Gustav Schwarzenegger (August 17, 1907 – December 13, 1972), and Aurelia Schwarzenegger (née Jadrny; July 29, 1922 – August 2, 1998). Gustav was the local chief of police, and had serve... | What country was Schwarzenegger born in? | {'text': 'Austria', 'answer_start': 81} |
6,090 | 5,748 | 56d2a16f59d6e41400146168 | generic | Scholar Isabelle Onians asserts that although "the Mahāyāna ... very occasionally referred contemptuously to earlier Buddhism as the Hinayāna, the Inferior Way," "the preponderance of this name in the secondary literature is far out of proportion to occurrences in the Indian texts." She notes that the term Śrāvakayāna ... | The mahayana occasionally referred to early Buddhism as what? | {'text': 'Hinayana', 'answer_start': 441} |
71,774 | 71,432 | 572719a45951b619008f85fb | generic | Capacitors may have their connecting leads arranged in many configurations, for example axially or radially. "Axial" means that the leads are on a common axis, typically the axis of the capacitor's cylindrical body – the leads extend from opposite ends. Radial leads might more accurately be referred to as tandem; they ... | How could radial leads be more correctly described? | {'text': 'as tandem', 'answer_start': 304} |
80,719 | 80,377 | 5acd21f407355d001abf361d | generic | In UTF-32 and UCS-4, one 32-bit code value serves as a fairly direct representation of any character's code point (although the endianness, which varies across different platforms, affects how the code value manifests as an octet sequence). In the other encodings, each code point may be represented by a variable number... | What uses UCS-4 as an internal representation? | {'text': 'Seed7', 'answer_start': 623} |
105,654 | 105,312 | 5a8774dd1d3cee001a6a11cd | generic | In his Physics, book IV, Aristotle offered numerous arguments against the void: for example, that motion through a medium which offered no impediment could continue ad infinitum, there being no reason that something would come to rest anywhere in particular. Although Lucretius argued for the existence of vacuum in the ... | What did Lucretuis try to unsuccessfully create in the 14th century? | {'text': 'an artificial vacuum', 'answer_start': 391} |
24,214 | 23,872 | 56f976e69e9bad19000a095b | generic | Most of the residents are Marshallese, who are of Micronesian origin and migrated from Asia several thousand years ago. A minority of Marshallese have some recent Asian ancestry, mainly Japanese. About one-half of the nation's population lives on Majuro, the capital, and Ebeye, a densely populated island. The outer isl... | What is the ethnicity of most Marshall Islands residents? | {'text': 'Marshallese', 'answer_start': 26} |
17,144 | 16,802 | 5a5504a0134fea001a0e17e9 | generic | Other radio stations based in Mogadishu include Mustaqbal Media corporation and the Shabelle Media Network, the latter of which was in 2010 awarded the Media of the Year prize by the Paris-based journalism organisation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In total, about one short-wave and ten private FM radio stations br... | When did the short-wave and FM radio stations begin broadcasting? | {'text': '2010', 'answer_start': 135} |
6,254 | 5,912 | 56d36fa259d6e4140014639f | generic | The winner receives a record deal with a major label, which may be for up to six albums, and secures a management contract with American Idol-affiliated 19 Management (which has the right of first refusal to sign all contestants), as well as various lucrative contracts. All winners prior to season nine reportedly earne... | How long does the record company have the right of first refusal for contestants on American Idol? | {'text': 'three months', 'answer_start': 693} |
116,594 | 116,252 | 5a7e354170df9f001a875564 | generic | Relying exclusively on unedited machine translation, however, ignores the fact that communication in human language is context-embedded and that it takes a person to comprehend the context of the original text with a reasonable degree of probability. It is certainly true that even purely human-generated translations ar... | What does it take an animal to be able to do? | {'text': 'comprehend the context of the original text', 'answer_start': 166} |
45,002 | 44,660 | 570fc88e80d9841400ab3681 | generic | Dell's manufacturing process covers assembly, software installation, functional testing (including "burn-in"), and quality control. Throughout most of the company's history, Dell manufactured desktop machines in-house and contracted out manufacturing of base notebooks for configuration in-house. The company's approach ... | What manufacturers was Dell losing to efficiency-wise? | {'text': 'Asian', 'answer_start': 875} |
12,015 | 11,673 | 56df650f8bc80c19004e4bbd | generic | The city is also home to two large colleges. The City College Plymouth provides courses from the most basic to Foundation degrees for approximately 26,000 students. Plymouth College of Art offers a selection of courses including media. It was started 153 years ago and is now one of only four independent colleges of art... | Along with City College Plymouth, what college calls Plymouth home? | {'text': 'Plymouth College of Art', 'answer_start': 165} |
127,018 | 126,676 | 5732b7fbcc179a14009dac28 | generic | Not a lot of empirical work on the practices of inter/transnational information and intelligence sharing has been undertaken. A notable exception is James Sheptycki's study of police cooperation in the English Channel region (2002), which provides a systematic content analysis of information exchange files and a descri... | Where did Sheptycki study police cooperation? | {'text': 'the English Channel region', 'answer_start': 198} |
36,586 | 36,244 | 570b2f5e6b8089140040f7eb | generic | The Gregorian calendar improves the approximation made by the Julian calendar by skipping three Julian leap days in every 400 years, giving an average year of 365.2425 mean solar days long. This approximation has an error of about one day per 3,300 years with respect to the mean tropical year. However, because of the p... | What is the error rate of the vernal equinox per every 7,700 years? | {'text': '1 day', 'answer_start': 455} |
104,573 | 104,231 | 57301dd3a23a5019007fcdb3 | generic | Colonial Lowcountry landowners experimented with cash crops ranging from tea to silkworms. African slaves brought knowledge of rice cultivation, which plantation owners cultivated and developed as a successful commodity crop by 1700. With the coerced help of African slaves from the Caribbean, Eliza Lucas, daughter of p... | By what year was indigo was a leading export for the Lowcountry? | {'text': '1750', 'answer_start': 483} |
69,836 | 69,494 | 5ace9ff032bba1001ae4adae | generic | Following al-Farabi's lead, Avicenna initiated a full-fledged inquiry into the question of being, in which he distinguished between essence (Mahiat) and existence (Wujud). He argued that the fact of existence can not be inferred from or accounted for by the essence of existing things, and that form and matter by themse... | What two points did he read about? | {'text': 'essence (Mahiat) and existence (Wujud)', 'answer_start': 132} |
5,569 | 5,227 | 56d079e1234ae51400d9c30d | generic | Śuddhodana was determined to see his son become a king, so he prevented him from leaving the palace grounds. But at age 29, despite his father's efforts, Gautama ventured beyond the palace several times. In a series of encounters—known in Buddhist literature as the four sights—he learned of the suffering of ordinary pe... | How old was Gautama when he first left the palace grounds? | {'text': '29', 'answer_start': 120} |
14,388 | 14,046 | 56df8d8438dc421700152037 | generic | In 1875, Bell developed an acoustic telegraph and drew up a patent application for it. Since he had agreed to share U.S. profits with his investors Gardiner Hubbard and Thomas Sanders, Bell requested that an associate in Ontario, George Brown, attempt to patent it in Britain, instructing his lawyers to apply for a pate... | Who did Bell ask to get a patent in Britain? | {'text': 'George Brown', 'answer_start': 230} |
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