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101,652 | 101,310 | 572fae7a947a6a140053cb69 | generic | Austria was not able to retake Silesia or make any significant territorial gain. However, it did prevent Prussia from invading parts of Saxony. More significantly, its military performance proved far better than during the War of the Austrian Succession and seemed to vindicate Maria Theresa's administrative and militar... | How would Prussia's outcome affect Austria in the long run? | {'text': "was potentially damaging in the long run to Austria's influence in Germany.", 'answer_start': 710} |
77,905 | 77,563 | 5a5e1d035bc9f4001a75ae34 | generic | Scholars have debated the relationship and differences within āstika philosophies and with nāstika philosophies, starting with the writings of Indologists and Orientalists of the 18th and 19th centuries, which were themselves derived from limited availability of Indian literature and medieval doxographies. The various ... | What are the two sibling traditions? | {'text': 'Indologists and Orientalists', 'answer_start': 143} |
52,174 | 51,832 | 5a8615a4b4e223001a8e746c | generic | In general, avian influenza is a disease of birds caused by bird-specific influenza A virus that is not normally transferred to people; however, people in contact with live poultry are at the greatest risk of becoming infected with the virus and this is of particular concern in areas such as Southeast Asia, where the d... | What portion of the world is immune to the flu? | {'text': 'areas such as Southeast Asia', 'answer_start': 279} |
18,900 | 18,558 | 56e768a600c9c71400d770d6 | generic | Worldwide consumption of paper has risen by 400% in the past 40 years leading to increase in deforestation, with 35% of harvested trees being used for paper manufacture. Most paper companies also plant trees to help regrow forests. Logging of old growth forests accounts for less than 10% of wood pulp, but is one of the... | What do many paper companies do to ensure the health of forests? | {'text': 'plant trees', 'answer_start': 196} |
90,422 | 90,080 | 5ad26921d7d075001a4292bc | generic | Instead, he formulated the spearhead model of evolution, a version of genetic pluralism. According to this model, living organisms themselves have goals, and act according to these goals, each guided by a central control. In its most sophisticated form, this is the brain of humans, but controls also exist in much less ... | What is a species of higher complexity than the human brain? | {'text': 'amoeba', 'answer_start': 384} |
48,746 | 48,404 | 571a9fa84faf5e1900b8ab48 | generic | The Umayyad Caliphate (Arabic: الخلافة الأموية, trans. Al-Khilāfat al-ʾumawiyya) was the second of the four major Islamic caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. This caliphate was centered on the Umayyad dynasty (Arabic: الأمويون, al-ʾUmawiyyūn, or بنو أمية, Banū ʾUmayya, "Sons of Umayya"), hailing from ... | How many major Islamic caliphates existed after Muhammad's death? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 104} |
103,198 | 102,856 | 5731d15c0fdd8d15006c6582 | generic | Drawing from his own experiences in Scouting, Spielberg helped the Boy Scouts of America develop a merit badge in cinematography in order to help promote filmmaking as a marketable skill. The badge was launched at the 1989 National Scout Jamboree, which Spielberg attended, and where he personally counseled many boys in... | When was Spielberg's merit badge launched? | {'text': '1989', 'answer_start': 218} |
64,630 | 64,288 | 5727784ddd62a815002e9db8 | generic | The changes brought about by these developments have led many scholars to view this period as the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of modern history and early modern Europe. However, the division is somewhat artificial, since ancient learning was never entirely absent from European society. As a result there was de... | Historians from what country in particular do not refer to the Late Middle Ages? | {'text': 'Italy', 'answer_start': 446} |
9,655 | 9,313 | 56dee1f8c65bf219000b3dc8 | generic | In the 1950s, the recruitment of women was open to roles in medicine, communication, logistics, and administration. The roles of women in the CAF began to expand in 1971, after the Department reviewed the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, at which time it lifted the ceiling of 1,500 women ... | What year did further recruitment for women open in the CAF? | {'text': '1971', 'answer_start': 165} |
116,120 | 115,778 | 5ad4a032ba00c4001a268e3b | generic | The interface of Windows 8 has been the subject of mixed reaction. Bright wrote that its system of hot corners and edge swiping "wasn't very obvious" due to the lack of instructions provided by the operating system on the functions accessed through the user interface, even by the video tutorial added on the RTM release... | Who said the Windows 8 interface was practical? | {'text': 'Adrian Kingsley-Hughes', 'answer_start': 1112} |
128,513 | 128,171 | 5ad2f4e9604f3c001a3fda52 | generic | Environmental anthropology is a sub-specialty within the field of anthropology that takes an active role in examining the relationships between humans and their environment across space and time. The contemporary perspective of environmental anthropology, and arguably at least the backdrop, if not the focus of most of ... | What was the first focus of field work in environmental anthropology? | {'text': 'political ecology', 'answer_start': 375} |
114,503 | 114,161 | 573057cc8ab72b1400f9c487 | generic | There has been a football tournament at every Summer Olympic Games since 1900, except at the 1932 games in Los Angeles. Before the inception of the World Cup, the Olympics (especially during the 1920s) had the same status as the World Cup. Originally, the event was for amateurs only; however, since the 1984 Summer Olym... | In what year was a women's tournament added to the Summer Olympics? | {'text': '1996', 'answer_start': 642} |
128,994 | 128,652 | 5a6913cb8476ee001a58aa7e | generic | Among the Punjabi poets, the names of Sultan Bahu, Bulleh Shah, Mian Muhammad Baksh, and Waris Shah and folk singers like Inayat Hussain Bhatti and Tufail Niazi, Alam Lohar, Sain Marna, Mansoor Malangi, Allah Ditta Lona wala, Talib Hussain Dard, Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi, Gamoo Tahliwala, Mamzoo Gha-lla, Akbar Jat, A... | Folk singers created classical whats? | {'text': 'ragas', 'answer_start': 417} |
97,837 | 97,495 | 5ace430732bba1001ae4a10b | generic | The Arabic term ijāzat al-tadrīs was awarded to Islamic scholars who were qualified to teach. According to Makdisi, the Latin title licentia docendi 'licence to teach' in the European university may have been a translation of the Arabic, but the underlying concept was very different. A significant difference between th... | What did earning the ijazat al-tadris discipline students? | {'text': 'licence to teach', 'answer_start': 150} |
34,373 | 34,031 | 570a5f2f4103511400d59692 | generic | William Henry Perkin studied and worked at the college under von Hofmann, but resigned his position after discovering the first synthetic dye, mauveine, in 1856. Perkin's discovery was prompted by his work with von Hofmann on the substance aniline, derived from coal tar, and it was this breakthrough which sparked the s... | Who discovered the first synthetic dye? | {'text': 'William Henry Perkin', 'answer_start': 0} |
102,183 | 101,841 | 572ec488cb0c0d14000f1527 | generic | Increasing state control over the oil sector, the RCC began a program of nationalization, starting with the expropriation of British Petroleum's share of the British Petroleum-N.B. Hunt Sahir Field in December 1971. In September 1973, it was announced that all foreign oil producers active in Libya were to be nationaliz... | How did the RCC begin their march toward nationalization? | {'text': "starting with the expropriation of British Petroleum's share of the British Petroleum-N.B. Hunt Sahir Field in December 1971.", 'answer_start': 90} |
85,845 | 85,503 | 57283bbeff5b5019007d9fae | generic | Von Neumann's principal contribution to the atomic bomb was in the concept and design of the explosive lenses needed to compress the plutonium core of the Fat Man weapon that was later dropped on Nagasaki. While von Neumann did not originate the "implosion" concept, he was one of its most persistent proponents, encoura... | What principal contribution did von Neumann make to atomic bomb? | {'text': 'concept and design of the explosive lenses needed to compress the plutonium core', 'answer_start': 67} |
355 | 13 | 56d43ce42ccc5a1400d830b4 | generic | Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/biːˈjɒnseɪ/ bee-YON-say) (born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group ... | What was Beyoncé's role in Destiny's Child? | {'text': 'lead singer', 'answer_start': 290} |
5,093 | 4,751 | 56cf5f6daab44d1400b89164 | generic | West demonstrated an affinity for the arts at an early age; he began writing poetry when he was five years old. His mother recalled that she first took notice of West's passion for drawing and music when he was in the third grade. Growing up in the city,[which?] West became deeply involved in its hip hop scene. He star... | What was one of the first tracks written by Kanye when he was 13? | {'text': '"Green Eggs and Ham"', 'answer_start': 499} |
128,694 | 128,352 | 5734205b4776f419006618e9 | generic | Montana has a larger Native American population numerically and percentage-wise than most U.S. states. Although the state ranked 45th in population (according to the 2010 U.S. Census), it ranked 19th in total native people population. Native people constituted 6.5 percent of the state's total population, the sixth high... | Between what years did the Native population increase by 27.9% | {'text': '1980 and 1990', 'answer_start': 645} |
110,173 | 109,831 | 57301e40a23a5019007fcdbd | generic | Near the intersection of Craycroft and Ft. Lowell Roads are the remnants of the Historic Fort Lowell. This area has become one of Tucson's iconic neighborhoods. In 1891, the Fort was abandoned and much of the interior was stripped of their useful components and it quickly fell into ruin. In 1900, three of the officer b... | What year where three officer building bought and used for a sanitarium? | {'text': '1900', 'answer_start': 292} |
32,468 | 32,126 | 5a360f18788daf001a5f86e5 | generic | The Gurkhas, a martial tribe, came to power in Nepal in the year 1768. They consolidated their military power and began to expand their territory. Gradually, the Gorkhas annexed Sirmour and Shimla. With the leadership of Amar Singh Thapa, Gorkhas laid siege to Kangra. They managed to defeat Sansar Chand Katoch, the rul... | Who was in control of Lahore Darbar in 1809? | {'text': 'Maharaja Ranjeet Singh', 'answer_start': 447} |
60,431 | 60,089 | 57267749dd62a815002e85ea | generic | Lee and freelance artist and eventual co-plotter Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four originated in a Cold War culture that led their creators to revise the superhero conventions of previous eras to better reflect the psychological spirit of their age. Eschewing such comic-book tropes as secret identities and even costumes at f... | What traditional superhero element did the Fantastic Four initially do without? | {'text': 'costumes', 'answer_start': 307} |
122,670 | 122,328 | 5731ba670fdd8d15006c64ac | generic | The Duke of York had required that every community in his new lands of New York and New Jersey support some church, but this was more often Dutch Reformed, Quaker or Presbyterian, than Anglican. Some chose to support more than one church. He also ordained that the tax-payers were free, having paid his local tax, to cho... | Instead of Anglican, what were the churches most often supported in New York and New Jersey? | {'text': 'Dutch Reformed, Quaker or Presbyterian', 'answer_start': 140} |
49,501 | 49,159 | 5ad176e7645df0001a2d1d22 | generic | In March 1861, Victoria's mother died, with Victoria at her side. Through reading her mother's papers, Victoria discovered that her mother had loved her deeply; she was heart-broken, and blamed Conroy and Lehzen for "wickedly" estranging her from her mother. To relieve his wife during her intense and deep grief, Albert... | What wasn't Albert ill with? | {'text': 'chronic stomach trouble', 'answer_start': 380} |
3,354 | 3,012 | 56cddf9e62d2951400fa6936 | generic | All of the highways into Wenchuan, and others throughout the province, were damaged, resulting in delayed arrival of the rescue troops. In Beichuan County, 80% of the buildings collapsed according to Xinhua News. In the city of Shifang, the collapse of two chemical plants led to leakage of some 80 tons of liquid ammoni... | What percentage of building collapsed in Beichuan? | {'text': '80%', 'answer_start': 156} |
52,731 | 52,389 | 57261d0d38643c19005ad02f | generic | Investitures, which include the conferring of knighthoods by dubbing with a sword, and other awards take place in the palace's Ballroom, built in 1854. At 36.6 m (120 ft) long, 18 m (59 ft) wide and 13.5 m (44 ft) high, it is the largest room in the palace. It has replaced the throne room in importance and use. During ... | What is the largest room in the palace? | {'text': 'Ballroom', 'answer_start': 127} |
122,571 | 122,229 | 5731b3b7b9d445190005e475 | generic | Many early immigrant groups traveled to America to worship freely, particularly after the English Civil War and religious conflict in France and Germany. They included nonconformists like the Puritans, who were Protestant Christians fleeing religious persecution from the Anglican King of England. Despite a common backg... | What was one of the reason early immigrant groups came to America? | {'text': 'to worship freely', 'answer_start': 48} |
108,286 | 107,944 | 57306bf68ab72b1400f9c4dc | generic | The difference in the above factors for the case of θ=0 is the reason that most broadcasting (transmissions intended for the public) uses vertical polarization. For receivers near the ground, horizontally polarized transmissions suffer cancellation. For best reception the receiving antennas for these signals are likewi... | What is one use that would require an antenna to receive signals in various ways at once? | {'text': 'mobile phones', 'answer_start': 427} |
42,066 | 41,724 | 5aced94e32bba1001ae4b74f | generic | The army's most common vehicle is the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), commonly called the Humvee, which is capable of serving as a cargo/troop carrier, weapons platform, and ambulance, among many other roles. While they operate a wide variety of combat support vehicles, one of the most common types ... | What does MRAA stand for? | {'text': 'Mine Resistant Ambush Protected', 'answer_start': 573} |
61,266 | 60,924 | 5726d525708984140094d2b7 | 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... | Who was the director of Music of the Heart? | {'text': 'Wes Craven', 'answer_start': 276} |
128,189 | 127,847 | 5733c3184776f419006611c3 | generic | On July 1, 2014, the University of Notre Dame and Under Armour reached an agreement in which Under Armour will provide uniforms, apparel,equipment, and monetary compensation to Notre Dame for 10 years. This contract, worth almost $100 million, is the most lucrative in the history of the NCAA. The university marching ba... | What is the value of the contract between Under Armour and Notre Dame? | {'text': 'almost $100 million', 'answer_start': 223} |
129,774 | 129,432 | 57344da9acc1501500babde6 | generic | Regional social norms are generally antagonistic to hunting, while a few sects, such as the Bishnoi, lay special emphasis on the conservation of particular species, such as the antelope. India's Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 bans the killing of all wild animals. However, the Chief Wildlife Warden may, if satisfied th... | What sect lays special emphasis on conservation of particular species? | {'text': 'Bishnoi', 'answer_start': 92} |
65,530 | 65,188 | 5727bc2a4b864d1900163bea | generic | The original Cubist architecture is very rare. There is only one country in the world where Cubism was really applied to architecture – namely Bohemia (today Czech Republic) and especially its capital, Prague. Czech architects were the first and only ones in the world to ever design original Cubist buildings. Cubist ar... | What was for the form of architectural Cubism in Prague called? | {'text': 'Rondo-Cubism', 'answer_start': 510} |
32,282 | 31,940 | 5a14a61aa54d4200185292f5 | generic | The implications are multiple as various research traditions are now[when?] heavily utilizing the lens of identity to examine phenomena.[citation needed] One implication of identity and of identity construction can be seen in occupational settings. This becomes increasing challenging in stigmatized jobs or "dirty work"... | Where is the implication of identity and identity construction least obvious? | {'text': 'occupational settings', 'answer_start': 226} |
106 | 106 | 138429 | pubqa | In the winter and spring of 2011 a large outbreak of cryptosporidiosis occurred in Skellefte municipality, Sweden. This study summarizes the outbreak investigation in terms of outbreak size, duration, clinical characteristics, possible source(s) and the potential for earlier detection using calls to a health advice lin... | What are the symptoms?
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89,194 | 88,852 | 5ad12225645df0001a2d0eaf | generic | After a debate, the 129 delegates passed Hardie's motion to establish "a distinct Labour group in Parliament, who shall have their own whips, and agree upon their policy, which must embrace a readiness to cooperate with any party which for the time being may be engaged in promoting legislation in the direct interests o... | What association was meant to disorganize attempts to support MPs sponsored by trade unions? | {'text': 'Labour Representation Committee', 'answer_start': 370} |
109,795 | 109,453 | 572f6be0947a6a140053c939 | generic | For instance, a common use of a database system is to track information about users, their name, login information, various addresses and phone numbers. In the navigational approach all of this data would be placed in a single record, and unused items would simply not be placed in the database. In the relational approa... | How is information stored in a navigational system? | {'text': 'in a single record', 'answer_start': 215} |
130,621 | 130,279 | 5a7de6bf70df9f001a8752db | generic | In astrophysics and cosmology, dark matter is matter of unknown composition that does not emit or reflect enough electromagnetic radiation to be observed directly, but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter. Observational evidence of the early universe and the big bang theory requir... | Supersymmetric particles are part of what Model? | {'text': 'Standard', 'answer_start': 656} |
76,075 | 75,733 | 5727bd4c2ca10214002d951d | generic | Chapter IX deals with the fact that the geologic record appears to show forms of life suddenly arising, without the innumerable transitional fossils expected from gradual changes. Darwin borrowed Charles Lyell's argument in Principles of Geology that the record is extremely imperfect as fossilisation is a very rare occ... | Which book written by Charles Lyell contains the argument that fossils are too rare to be used as proof of life suddenly arising? | {'text': 'Principles of Geology', 'answer_start': 224} |
115,351 | 115,009 | 57337479d058e614000b5b41 | generic | Early followers of Whitehead were found primarily at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, where Henry Nelson Wieman initiated an interest in Whitehead's work that would last for about thirty years. Professors such as Wieman, Charles Hartshorne, Bernard Loomer, Bernard Meland, and Daniel Day Williams made Whiteh... | What professors established the importance of Whitehead's work? | {'text': 'Wieman, Charles Hartshorne, Bernard Loomer, Bernard Meland, and Daniel Day Williams', 'answer_start': 225} |
128,899 | 128,557 | 5a68fabf8476ee001a58a968 | generic | The major and native language spoken in the Punjab is Punjabi (which is written in a Shahmukhi script in Pakistan) and Punjabis comprise the largest ethnic group in country. Punjabi is the provincial language of Punjab. There is not a single district in the province where Punjabi language is mother-tongue of less than ... | What is primarily divided by social stratifications? | {'text': 'tribes', 'answer_start': 585} |
30,327 | 29,985 | 570659e875f01819005e7b6f | generic | In September 1998, the Fraunhofer Institute sent a letter to several developers of MP3 software stating that a license was required to "distribute and/or sell decoders and/or encoders". The letter claimed that unlicensed products "infringe the patent rights of Fraunhofer and Thomson. To make, sell and/or distribute pro... | What can products not use if they want to avoid infringing on patent rights? | {'text': 'the [MPEG Layer-3] standard', 'answer_start': 332} |
15,253 | 14,911 | 5acf7fe177cf76001a684fdf | generic | Comics in the US has had a lowbrow reputation stemming from its roots in mass culture; cultural elites sometimes saw popular culture as threatening culture and society. In the latter half of the 20th century, popular culture won greater acceptance, and the lines between high and low culture began to blur. Comics nevert... | What was thought to be bad for children and those who could not read or write? | {'text': 'Comics', 'answer_start': 307} |
104,237 | 103,895 | 5a76ff462d6d7f001a4a9f0d | generic | In 1821, after Mexico's War of Independence from Spain, Texas was part of the United Mexican States as the state of Coahuila y Tejas. A large influx of Americans soon followed, originally with the approval of Mexico's president. In 1836, the now largely "American" Texans, fought a war of independence from the central g... | What census found fewer than 16,000 Texans of English descent? | {'text': '1850 U.S. census', 'answer_start': 479} |
3,623 | 3,281 | 56cecd53aab44d1400b88a89 | generic | On May 12, 2009, China marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead. The government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the Beichuan county seat for three days, after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum, to remind... | Where did the government open access to? | {'text': 'the sealed ruins of the Beichuan county seat', 'answer_start': 176} |
84,332 | 83,990 | 57280c6eff5b5019007d9bbb | generic | Despite the commanded withdrawal of Egyptian troops, about 2,000 Egyptian soldiers were killed during engagement with Israeli forces, and some 5,000 Egyptian soldiers were captured by the Israeli Army. Amer and Salah Salem proposed requesting a ceasefire, with Salem further recommending that Nasser surrender himself to... | How many Egyptian soldiers did the Israeli army capture? | {'text': '5,000', 'answer_start': 143} |
81,446 | 81,104 | 57288fa83acd2414000dfb19 | generic | In 2003, a congestion charge was introduced to reduce traffic volumes in the city centre. With a few exceptions, motorists are required to pay £10 per day to drive within a defined zone encompassing much of central London. Motorists who are residents of the defined zone can buy a greatly reduced season pass. London gov... | What services were anticipated to be greatly increased as a result of the congestion charge zone? | {'text': 'Underground and bus', 'answer_start': 404} |
53,933 | 53,591 | 572688fd708984140094c92c | generic | Harry Caray's stamp on the team is perhaps even deeper than that of Brickhouse, although his 17-year tenure, from 1982 to 1997, was half as long. First, Caray had already become a well-known Chicago figure by broadcasting White Sox games for a decade, after having been a St Louis Cardinals icon for 25 years. Caray also... | How did Caray become a well-known Chicago figure? | {'text': 'by broadcasting White Sox games for a decade', 'answer_start': 206} |
43,259 | 42,917 | 570db26616d0071400510cf6 | generic | The kingdom is mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea as an important market place for ivory, which was exported throughout the ancient world. Aksum was at the time ruled by Zoskales, who also governed the port of Adulis. The Aksumite rulers facilitated trade by minting their own Aksumite currency. The state a... | How did the Aksumite rulers facilitate trade? | {'text': 'by minting their own Aksumite currency', 'answer_start': 269} |
11,053 | 10,711 | 5ad0caa5645df0001a2d0381 | generic | LE: Life expectancy at birth
MYS: Mean years of schooling (Years that a person 25 years-of-age or older has spent in schools)
EYS: Expected years of schooling (Years that a 5-year-old child will spend in schools throughout his life)
GNIpc: Gross national income at purchasing power parity per capita | What does MIS stand for? | {'text': 'Mean years of schooling', 'answer_start': 34} |
119,834 | 119,492 | 5731dce4e17f3d14004224b3 | generic | Feathers being critical to the survival of a bird, require maintenance. Apart from physical wear and tear, feathers face the onslaught of fungi, ectoparasitic feather mites and birdlice. The physical condition of feathers are maintained by preening often with the application of secretions from the preen gland. Birds al... | What is anting? | {'text': 'bird encourages ants to run through their plumage', 'answer_start': 628} |
7,666 | 7,324 | 56db7092e7c41114004b5108 | generic | Hong Kong: The event was held in Hong Kong on May 2. In the ceremony held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Chief Executive Donald Tsang handed the torch to the first torchbearer, Olympic medalist Lee Lai Shan. The torch relay then traveled through Nathan Road, Lantau Link, Sha Tin (crossed Shing Mun ... | Who handed the torch to Lee Lai Shan, the first torchbearer? | {'text': 'Donald Tsang', 'answer_start': 142} |
116,708 | 116,366 | 5a4e72b0755ab9001a10f454 | generic | An airport is an aerodrome with facilities for flights to take off and land. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway f... | What is an example of an airport apron? | {'text': 'one operationally active surface such as a runway', 'answer_start': 269} |
118,442 | 118,100 | 5acfae8377cf76001a68583c | generic | Namibia follows a largely independent foreign policy, with persisting affiliations with states that aided the independence struggle, including Cuba. With a small army and a fragile economy, the Namibian Government's principal foreign policy concern is developing strengthened ties within the Southern African region. A d... | What sub-Saharan country has a strong economy? | {'text': 'Namibia', 'answer_start': 0} |
74,101 | 73,759 | 572785725951b619008f8c3d | generic | New Haven is a predominantly Roman Catholic city, as the city's Dominican, Irish, Italian, Mexican, Ecuadorian, and Puerto Rican populations are overwhelmingly Catholic. The city is part of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Jews also make up a considerable portion of the population, as do Black Baptists. There is a growing ... | How many yeshivas are located in New Haven? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 590} |
59,586 | 59,244 | 5acfc68477cf76001a685e9b | generic | The Westminster Confession is "The principal subordinate standard of the Church of Scotland" but "with due regard to liberty of opinion in points which do not enter into the substance of the Faith" (V). This formulation represents many years of struggle over the extent to which the confession reflects the Word of God a... | Which is the principal standard of the Church of Faith? | {'text': 'The Westminster Confession', 'answer_start': 0} |
20,821 | 20,479 | 56e7993000c9c71400d77351 | generic | The first game in Arena Football League history was played on June 19, 1987, between the Gladiators and Commandos at Pittsburgh Civic Arena in front of 12,117 fans. The game was deliberately not televised so that it could be analyzed and any follies and failures would not be subject to national public scrutiny. Followi... | On what date was the inaugural game of the AFL played? | {'text': 'June 19, 1987', 'answer_start': 62} |
60,937 | 60,595 | 5726881e708984140094c909 | generic | Botany was greatly stimulated by the appearance of the first "modern" text book, Matthias Schleiden's Grundzüge der Wissenschaftlichen Botanik, published in English in 1849 as Principles of Scientific Botany. Schleiden was a microscopist and an early plant anatomist who co-founded the cell theory with Theodor Schwann a... | What was the first modern text book? | {'text': 'Grundzüge der Wissenschaftlichen Botanik', 'answer_start': 102} |
109,514 | 109,172 | 572f7534a23a5019007fc644 | generic | Although unpleasantness is an essential part of the IASP definition of pain, it is possible to induce a state described as intense pain devoid of unpleasantness in some patients, with morphine injection or psychosurgery. Such patients report that they have pain but are not bothered by it; they recognize the sensation o... | How much do some patients going through psychosurgery suffer from the sensation of pain? | {'text': 'little, or not at all', 'answer_start': 338} |
27,198 | 26,856 | 5ad3c735604f3c001a3ff03b | generic | Additionally, cable-ready TV sets can display HD content without using an external box. They have a QAM tuner built-in and/or a card slot for inserting a CableCARD. | SD content can be displayed by cable-ready TVs without using what? | {'text': 'external box', 'answer_start': 74} |
27,733 | 27,391 | 56fae0a58f12f3190063021d | generic | An estimated 20,000 Somalis emigrated to the U.S. state of Minnesota some ten years ago and the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and Saint Paul) now have the highest population of Somalis in North America. The city of Minneapolis hosts hundreds of Somali-owned and operated businesses offering a variety of products, including l... | What sort of meat is sold in Somali businesses in Minneapolis? | {'text': 'halal', 'answer_start': 367} |
106,148 | 105,806 | 572f96f0947a6a140053ca9b | generic | Liquor was another profitable private industry nationalized by the central government in 98 BC. However, this was repealed in 81 BC and a property tax rate of two coins for every 0.2 L (0.05 gallons) was levied for those who traded it privately. By 110 BC Emperor Wu also interfered with the profitable trade in grain wh... | What did Emperor Wu sell that offended the merchants? | {'text': 'grain', 'answer_start': 312} |
116,751 | 116,409 | 5a4e7dae755ab9001a10f490 | generic | Airports may also contain premium and VIP services. The premium and VIP services may include express check-in and dedicated check-in counters. These services are usually reserved for First and Business class passengers, premium frequent flyers, and members of the airline's clubs. Premium services may sometimes be open ... | What services are always available to passengers who fly with more than one airline? | {'text': 'Premium services', 'answer_start': 281} |
128,635 | 128,293 | 57340a0dd058e614000b6852 | generic | East of the divide, several roughly parallel ranges cover the southern part of the state, including the Gravelly Range, the Madison Range, Gallatin Range, Absaroka Mountains and the Beartooth Mountains. The Beartooth Plateau is the largest continuous land mass over 10,000 feet (3,000 m) high in the continental United S... | What is thie highest point in the state? | {'text': 'Granite Peak', 'answer_start': 371} |
113,424 | 113,082 | 5a540f0bbdaabd001a38682b | generic | Between the 8th and 18th centuries, the use of glazed ceramics was prevalent in Islamic art, usually assuming the form of elaborate pottery. Tin-opacified glazing was one of the earliest new technologies developed by the Islamic potters. The first Islamic opaque glazes can be found as blue-painted ware in Basra, dating... | Where can you find the latest examples of opaque glazes in the Muslim world? | {'text': 'Basra', 'answer_start': 307} |
27,953 | 27,611 | 56fb623d8ddada1400cd63bc | generic | As Western Europe witnessed the formation of new kingdoms, the Eastern Roman Empire remained intact and experienced an economic revival that lasted into the early 7th century. There were fewer invasions of the eastern section of the empire; most occurred in the Balkans. Peace with Persia, the traditional enemy of Rome,... | What year saw the completion of the Theodosian Code? | {'text': '438', 'answer_start': 685} |
108,874 | 108,532 | 572f3f8f04bcaa1900d767d1 | generic | Classified as a Subtropical Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb), Santa Monica enjoys an average of 310 days of sunshine a year. It is located in USDA plant hardiness zone 11a. Because of its location, nestled on the vast and open Santa Monica Bay, morning fog is a common phenomenon in May, June and early July (caused by... | What is the beach temperature in Fahrenheit during the summer ? | {'text': '5 to 10 degrees', 'answer_start': 1050} |
78,997 | 78,655 | 5ad26420d7d075001a42912f | generic | Because the nuns of the order did not preach among the people, the need to engage in study was not as immediate or intense as it was for men. They did participate, however, in a number of intellectual activities. Along with sewing and embroidery, nuns often engaged in reading and discussing correspondence from Church l... | What Strasbourg monastery did some nuns not converse fluently in Latin? | {'text': 'St. Margaret', 'answer_start': 359} |
42,938 | 42,596 | 570df3470dc6ce1900204d47 | generic | Some species of marine animals exist and rely, directly or indirectly, on the phytoplankton. Antarctic sea life includes penguins, blue whales, orcas, colossal squids and fur seals. The emperor penguin is the only penguin that breeds during the winter in Antarctica, while the Adélie penguin breeds farther south than an... | What sea plankton doe many sea creatures rely on to live? | {'text': 'phytoplankton', 'answer_start': 78} |
116,360 | 116,018 | 5730492d947a6a140053d3a8 | generic | Education in Swaziland begins with pre-school education for infants, primary, secondary and high school education for general education and training (GET), and universities and colleges at tertiary level. Pre-school education is usually for children 5-year or younger after that the students can enroll in a primary scho... | In reference to education in Swaziland, hat is an NCP otherwise known as? | {'text': 'neighbourhood care points', 'answer_start': 444} |
95,695 | 95,353 | 5ace39de32bba1001ae49f3d | generic | Animals that characterize the Appalachian forests include five species of tree squirrels. The most commonly seen is the low to moderate elevation eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Occupying similar habitat is the slightly larger fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) and the much smaller southern flying squirrel (Gla... | How many species of animals are in the Appalachian forests? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 58} |
129,365 | 129,023 | 5734203ed058e614000b6983 | generic | Persistent infections occur because the body is unable to clear the organism after the initial infection. Persistent infections are characterized by the continual presence of the infectious organism, often as latent infection with occasional recurrent relapses of active infection. There are some viruses that can mainta... | What are persistent infections characterized by the continual presence of? | {'text': 'the infectious organism', 'answer_start': 175} |
95,150 | 94,808 | 5729939d1d04691400779555 | generic | The first phase of neoclassicism in France is expressed in the "Louis XVI style" of architects like Ange-Jacques Gabriel (Petit Trianon, 1762–68); the second phase, in the styles called Directoire and "Empire", might be characterized by Jean Chalgrin's severe astylar Arc de Triomphe (designed in 1806). In England the t... | What architect typifies the first style of neoclassical in England? | {'text': 'Robert Adam', 'answer_start': 380} |
86,097 | 85,755 | 5ad2df1bd7d075001a42a5a1 | generic | PlayStation 3 uses the Cell microprocessor, designed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM, as its CPU, which is made up of one 3.2 GHz PowerPC-based "Power Processing Element" (PPE) and eight Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs). The eighth SPE is disabled to improve chip yields. Only six of the seven SPEs are accessible to deve... | PS4 has 526 MB of what kind of main memory? | {'text': 'XDR DRAM', 'answer_start': 557} |
88,206 | 87,864 | 572822da3acd2414000df562 | generic | The annelids are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, coelomate, invertebrate organisms. They also have parapodia for locomotion. Most textbooks still use the traditional division into polychaetes (almost all marine), oligochaetes (which include earthworms) and leech-like species. Cladistic research since 1997 has r... | Which subtype of annelids includes earthworms? | {'text': 'oligochaetes', 'answer_start': 221} |
125,323 | 124,981 | 57325a420fdd8d15006c6a11 | generic | According to the 2010 Census, 53.5% of Bronx's population was of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin (they may be of any race); 30.1% non-Hispanic Black or African American, 10.9% of the population was non-Hispanic White, 3.4% non-Hispanic Asian, 0.6% from some other race (non-Hispanic) and 1.2% of two or more races (n... | How much of the Bronx's population is non-Hispanic White? | {'text': '10.9%', 'answer_start': 174} |
30,904 | 30,562 | 570711b19e06ca38007e9382 | generic | In the constituent legislature or convention, the conservative and liberal elements formed using the nicknames of Chirrines and Cuchas. The military entered as a third party. The elections for the first regular legislature were disputed, and it was not until May 1, 1826, that the body was installed. The liberals gained... | Which party had gained control? | {'text': 'liberals', 'answer_start': 305} |
106,897 | 106,555 | 572f6665a23a5019007fc5d9 | generic | Replicated CDs are mass-produced initially using a hydraulic press. Small granules of heated raw polycarbonate plastic are fed into the press. A screw forces the liquefied plastic into the mold cavity. The mold closes with a metal stamper in contact with the disc surface. The plastic is allowed to cool and harden. Once... | What size is the diameter of the center hole in a CD? | {'text': '15 mm', 'answer_start': 397} |
67,760 | 67,418 | 5727a05d2ca10214002d924c | generic | Switzerland has an overwhelmingly private sector economy and low tax rates by Western World standards; overall taxation is one of the smallest of developed countries. Switzerland is a relatively easy place to do business, currently ranking 20th of 189 countries in the Ease of Doing Business Index. The slow growth Switz... | How is Switzerland ranked of 189 countries in the Ease of Doing Business Index? | {'text': '20th', 'answer_start': 240} |
124,224 | 123,882 | 5a53dca0bdaabd001a386796 | generic | Within the diasporan Armenian community, there is an unofficial classification of the different kinds of Armenians. For example, Armenians who originate from Iran are referred to as Parskahay (Պարսկահայ), while Armenians from Lebanon are usually referred to as Lipananahay (Լիբանանահայ). Armenians of the Diaspora are th... | What do groups of Russians do when they live in the US? | {'text': 'there is a tendency for the different groups to cluster together', 'answer_start': 830} |
129,379 | 129,037 | 5a82fcfbe60761001a2eb2c7 | generic | Diagnosis of infectious disease sometimes involves identifying an infectious agent either directly or indirectly. In practice most minor infectious diseases such as warts, cutaneous abscesses, respiratory system infections and diarrheal diseases are diagnosed by their clinical presentation and treated without knowledge... | What does diagnosis of an infectious always involve ignoring? | {'text': 'an infectious agent either directly or indirectly', 'answer_start': 63} |
47,885 | 47,543 | 5ad2b0d3d7d075001a429f48 | generic | The 2000 U.S. Census in the write-in response category had a code listing which standardizes the placement of various write-in responses for automatic placement within the framework of the U.S. Census's enumerated races. Whereas most responses can be distinguished as falling into one of the five enumerated races, there... | What heading can be racially categorized? | {'text': 'Mixture', 'answer_start': 374} |
70,347 | 70,005 | 5ad3f69b604f3c001a3ff9f1 | generic | The island experienced large-scale immigration over the 20th century, especially after the Second World War. Bermuda has a diverse population including both those with relatively deep roots in Bermuda extending back for centuries, and newer communities whose ancestry results from recent immigration, especially from Bri... | What group of people increased by 583? | {'text': 'people born in the West Indies', 'answer_start': 876} |
90,611 | 90,269 | 5ad16f83645df0001a2d1b39 | generic | Beside the introduction of the lute to Spain (Andalusia) by the Moors, another important point of transfer of the lute from Arabian to European culture was Sicily, where it was brought either by Byzantine or later by Muslim musicians. There were singer-lutenists at the court in Palermo following the Norman conquest of ... | What is another term for Moors? | {'text': 'Andalusia', 'answer_start': 46} |
65,221 | 64,879 | 5726d047f1498d1400e8ec0a | generic | By the late Middle Ages university towns had grown in wealth and importance as well, and this was reflected in the buildings of some of Europe's ancient universities. Particularly remarkable examples still standing nowadays include the Collegio di Spagna in the University of Bologna, built during the 14th and 15th cent... | What is the name of the secular building at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland? | {'text': 'the Collegium Maius', 'answer_start': 497} |
56,854 | 56,512 | 5726a3d5708984140094ccb0 | generic | Mexico City is served by Mexico City International Airport (IATA Airport Code: MEX). This airport is Latin America's second busiest and one of the largests in traffic, with daily flights to United States and Canada, mainland Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Europe and Asia. Aeroméxico (Skyteam)... | What is the name of the smaller airport near Mexico City? | {'text': 'Adolfo López Mateos International Airport', 'answer_start': 708} |
9,170 | 8,828 | 5a1cbf334ea40d0018b06ef7 | generic | During the Dutch Golden Age in the late 16th century onward, the Dutch Republic dominated world trade in the 17th century, conquering a vast colonial empire and operating the largest fleet of merchantmen of any nation. The County of Holland was the wealthiest and most urbanized region in the world. | What trade fleet was the wealthiest and most urbanized? | {'text': 'County of Holland', 'answer_start': 223} |
23,330 | 22,988 | 56f8def59e9bad19000a0642 | generic | While Southampton is no longer the base for any cross-channel ferries, it is the terminus for three internal ferry services, all of which operate from terminals at Town Quay. Two of these, a car ferry service and a fast catamaran passenger ferry service, provide links to East Cowes and Cowes respectively on the Isle of... | What body of water does the Hythe Ferry cross to reach Hythe from Southampton? | {'text': 'Southampton Water', 'answer_start': 455} |
86,451 | 86,109 | 572a95fe34ae481900deab9f | generic | Under modern constitutional conventions, the sovereign acts on the advice of his or her ministers. Since these ministers most often maintain the support of parliament and are the ones who obtain the passage of bills, it is highly improbable that they would advise the sovereign to withhold assent. An exception is someti... | Is it probable, improbable, or impossible that a sovereign would withhold assent? | {'text': 'improbable', 'answer_start': 230} |
102,803 | 102,461 | 57318d40a5e9cc1400cdc051 | generic | His first professional TV job came when he was hired to direct one of the segments for the 1969 pilot episode of Night Gallery. The segment, "Eyes," starred Joan Crawford; she and Spielberg were reportedly close friends until her death. The episode is unusual in his body of work, in that the camerawork is more highly s... | What was Spielberg's first full TV episode to direct? | {'text': 'an episode of The Name of the Game called "L.A. 2017"', 'answer_start': 466} |
28,046 | 27,704 | 56fb741bb28b3419009f1d54 | generic | Efforts by local kings to fight the invaders led to the formation of new political entities. In Anglo-Saxon England, King Alfred the Great (r. 871–899) came to an agreement with the Viking invaders in the late 9th century, resulting in Danish settlements in Northumbria, Mercia, and parts of East Anglia. By the middle o... | When did Alfred the Great begin his reign? | {'text': '871', 'answer_start': 143} |
40,530 | 40,188 | 570d1a97b3d812140066d411 | generic | In 1988, Apple sued Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard on the grounds that they infringed Apple's copyrighted GUI, citing (among other things) the use of rectangular, overlapping, and resizable windows. After four years, the case was decided against Apple, as were later appeals. Apple's actions were criticized by some in th... | On what grounds did Apple sue Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard in 1988? | {'text': "they infringed Apple's copyrighted GUI", 'answer_start': 70} |
128,296 | 127,954 | 5733ac79d058e614000b6003 | generic | Similar organizations in other countries followed: The American Anthropological Association in 1902, the Anthropological Society of Madrid (1865), the Anthropological Society of Vienna (1870), the Italian Society of Anthropology and Ethnology (1871), and many others subsequently. The majority of these were evolutionist... | Vienna created it's society in what year? | {'text': '1870', 'answer_start': 186} |
30,602 | 30,260 | 5ad28874d7d075001a429953 | generic | One of the early anthemic tunes, "Promised Land" by Joe Smooth, was covered and charted within a week by the Style Council. Europeans embraced house, and began booking legendary American house DJs to play at the big clubs, such as Ministry of Sound, whose resident, Justin Berkmann brought in Larry Levan. | Who covered and charted the single "American Land"? | {'text': 'Style Council', 'answer_start': 109} |
82,923 | 82,581 | 5727f4bcff5b5019007d992e | generic | Admissions are characterized as "most selective" by U.S. News & World Report. There were 35,099 applications for the undergraduate class of 2020 (entering 2016), and 3,751 (10.7%) were admitted, making Northwestern one of the most selective schools in the United States. For freshmen enrolling in the class of 2019, the ... | What percentage of freshman students enrolling in the class of 2019 ranked in the top 10% of their high school class? | {'text': '91%', 'answer_start': 482} |
66,990 | 66,648 | 5726b0d3f1498d1400e8e789 | generic | During his period in Milan, Montini was known as a progressive member of the Catholic hierarchy. Montini went new ways in pastoral care, which he reformed. He used his authority to ensure that the liturgical reforms of Pius XII were carried out at the local level and employed innovative methods to reach the people of M... | What part of Catholic ministry did Montini seek to reform? | {'text': 'pastoral care', 'answer_start': 122} |
40,250 | 39,908 | 570c69aeb3d812140066d1e8 | generic | John met the rebel leaders at Runnymede, near Windsor Castle, on 15 June 1215. Langton's efforts at mediation created a charter capturing the proposed peace agreement; it was later renamed Magna Carta, or "Great Charter". The charter went beyond simply addressing specific baronial complaints, and formed a wider proposa... | A council of how many barons was created to monitor John's future adherence to the charter? | {'text': 'twenty-five', 'answer_start': 635} |
47,039 | 46,697 | 5719fc7710f8ca1400304ecb | generic | Seattle's population historically has been predominantly white. The 2010 census showed that Seattle was one of the whitest big cities in the country, although its proportion of white residents has been gradually declining. In 1960, whites comprised 91.6% of the city's population, while in 2010 they comprised 69.5%. Acc... | In 2006-2008, how many people in Seattle spoke English at home? | {'text': '78.9%', 'answer_start': 385} |
129,861 | 129,519 | 57345181879d6814001ca508 | generic | Hunting in the United States is not associated with any particular class or culture; a 2006 poll showed seventy-eight percent of Americans supported legal hunting, although relatively few Americans actually hunt. At the beginning of the 21st century, just six percent of Americans hunted. Southerners in states along the... | What percentage of Americans supported legal hunting in 2006? | {'text': 'seventy-eight percent', 'answer_start': 104} |
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