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89,588 | 89,246 | 5728bb98ff5b5019007da59d | generic | The Prime Minister has the right to appoint a maximum of three such ministers, as the limit of ministers in one government is fifteen. It is also known as the cabinet. The cabinet carries out the country's domestic and foreign policy, shaped by parliament; it directs and co-ordinates the work of government institutions... | What major responsibility does the cabinet hold? | {'text': 'everything occurring within the authority of executive power', 'answer_start': 355} |
82,745 | 82,403 | 5727cb7d3acd2414000dec87 | generic | The foundation of Northwestern University is traceable to a meeting on May 31, 1850 of nine prominent Chicago businessmen, Methodist leaders and attorneys who had formed the idea of establishing a university to serve what had once been known as the Northwest Territory. On January 28, 1851, the Illinois General Assembly... | In what environment was the foundation for Northwestern University planned on May 31, 1850? | {'text': 'a meeting', 'answer_start': 58} |
3,267 | 2,925 | 56d4fca52ccc5a1400d833df | generic | Official figures (as of July 21, 2008 12:00 CST) stated that 69,197 were confirmed dead, including 68,636 in Sichuan province, and 374,176 injured, with 18,222 listed as missing. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11 million. Approximately 15 million people live... | How many were injured in Sichuan? | {'text': '374,176', 'answer_start': 131} |
20,358 | 20,016 | 56e7990237bdd419002c41eb | generic | The school's sports teams, wearing crimson and royal blue, are called the Kansas Jayhawks. They participate in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big 12 Conference. KU has won thirteen National Championships: five in men's basketball (two Helms Foundation championships and three NCAA championships), three in men's indoor... | Where does KU's cross country team run? | {'text': 'Rim Rock Farm', 'answer_start': 489} |
107,112 | 106,770 | 572ee3c7c246551400ce478c | generic | There are two types of transistors, which have slight differences in how they are used in a circuit. A bipolar transistor has terminals labeled base, collector, and emitter. A small current at the base terminal (that is, flowing between the base and the emitter) can control or switch a much larger current between the c... | In a field-effect transistor, what controls the current between the source and drain? | {'text': 'a voltage at the gate', 'answer_start': 438} |
57,458 | 57,116 | 572935dd3f37b3190047810e | generic | The Germanic peoples during the Migrations Period came into contact with other peoples; in the case of the populations settling in the territory of modern Germany, they encountered Celts to the south, and Balts and Slavs towards the east. The Limes Germanicus was breached in AD 260. Migrating Germanic tribes commingled... | What language did the Huns adopt? | {'text': 'East Germanic', 'answer_start': 915} |
65,953 | 65,611 | 5726b83af1498d1400e8e8c4 | generic | Many ancient civilizations alloyed metals for purely aesthetic purposes. In ancient Egypt and Mycenae, gold was often alloyed with copper to produce red-gold, or iron to produce a bright burgundy-gold. Gold was often found alloyed with silver or other metals to produce various types of colored gold. These metals were a... | Ancient civilizations often alloyed metals for what reason? | {'text': 'purely aesthetic purposes', 'answer_start': 46} |
76,797 | 76,455 | 5a7f7df448f7d9001a063793 | generic | Some countries have multiple "supreme courts" whose respective jurisdictions have different geographical extents, or which are restricted to particular areas of law. In particular, countries with a federal system of government typically[citation needed] have both a federal supreme court (such as the Supreme Court of th... | How are some of the "federal court" jurisdictions divided? | {'text': 'have different geographical extents, or which are restricted to particular areas of law', 'answer_start': 77} |
75,353 | 75,011 | 57279dae4b864d19001638a8 | generic | The cocoa industry was accused of profiting from child slavery and trafficking. The European Cocoa Association dismissed these accusations as "false and excessive" and the industry said the reports were not representative of all areas. Later the industry acknowledged the working conditions for children were unsatisfact... | What are the figures for cocoa farmers using child labour? | {'text': '700,000', 'answer_start': 557} |
15,305 | 14,963 | 5acf90a577cf76001a685293 | generic | Historical narratives of manga tend to focus either on its recent, post-WWII history, or on attempts to demonstrates deep roots in the past, such as to the Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga picture scroll of the 12th and 13th centuries, or the early 19th-century Hokusai Manga. The first historical overview of Japanese comics was Sei... | When did Hosokibara reject Nihon Manga-Shi? | {'text': '1924', 'answer_start': 358} |
114,585 | 114,243 | 5730146f947a6a140053d07b | generic | The styles that resulted fall within several categories. In the mainstream of Georgian style were both Palladian architecture— and its whimsical alternatives, Gothic and Chinoiserie, which were the English-speaking world's equivalent of European Rococo. From the mid-1760s a range of Neoclassical modes were fashionable,... | Gothic and Chinoiserie were the English-speaking world's equivalent of what style? | {'text': 'European Rococo', 'answer_start': 237} |
88,668 | 88,326 | 572c02d82babe914003c297c | generic | Another view, advanced by Richard Dawkins, is that the existence of God is an empirical question, on the grounds that "a universe with a god would be a completely different kind of universe from one without, and it would be a scientific difference." Carl Sagan argued that the doctrine of a Creator of the Universe was d... | Who argued that the existence of God is an empirical question? | {'text': 'Richard Dawkins', 'answer_start': 26} |
25,351 | 25,009 | 56f89fcd9e9bad19000a01ef | generic | Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Gabu, as well as part of the Mali Empire. Parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century, while a few others were under some rule by the Portuguese Empire since the 16th century. In the 19th century, it was colonized as Portuguese Guinea. Upon independence, declared... | What year was Guinea-Bissau declared independent? | {'text': '1973', 'answer_start': 324} |
94,297 | 93,955 | 5a3e92305a76c5001a3a8357 | generic | The first settlement is defined as Paleapolis (Παλεάπολις), the Ancient Greek world for "old city", in order to distinguish it from a second settlement built during the 5th century BC, called Neapolis (Νεάπολις), "new city". The neapolis was erected towards the east and along with it, monumental walls around the whole ... | What was built around thesettlement to keep sea water out? | {'text': 'monumental walls', 'answer_start': 286} |
93,008 | 92,666 | 5a7b7eb421c2de001afea092 | generic | There are many approaches available in software testing. Reviews, walkthroughs, or inspections are referred to as static testing, whereas actually executing programmed code with a given set of test cases is referred to as dynamic testing. Static testing is often implicit, as proofreading, plus when programming tools/te... | There are few approached in what type of testing? | {'text': 'software', 'answer_start': 39} |
27,350 | 27,008 | 56fa09098f12f319006300a2 | generic | In species which show a distinct difference between heartwood and sapwood the natural color of heartwood is usually darker than that of the sapwood, and very frequently the contrast is conspicuous (see section of yew log above). This is produced by deposits in the heartwood of chemical substances, so that a dramatic co... | What type of properties of heartwood and sapwood is often the same even if their colors are very different? | {'text': 'mechanical', 'answer_start': 378} |
100,386 | 100,044 | 572b8fb7be1ee31400cb843d | generic | Informal learning is one of three forms of learning defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Informal learning occurs in a variety of places, such as at home, work, and through daily interactions and shared relationships among members of society. For many learners this includes lang... | Who defines informal learning? | {'text': 'Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)', 'answer_start': 67} |
123,633 | 123,291 | 5a7b2f4c21c2de001afe9da1 | generic | Most of the differences in the revised budget deficit numbers were due to a temporary change of accounting practices by the new government, i.e., recording expenses when military material was ordered rather than received. However, it was the retroactive application of ESA95 methodology (applied since 2000) by Eurostat,... | How much did the budget deficit of Greece decrease the 3% limit in the reference year of 1994? | {'text': '3.38%', 'answer_start': 385} |
92,658 | 92,316 | 5a6a7262a9e0c9001a4e9e32 | generic | Through 2010, the party improved its vote in the Tasmanian and South Australian state elections and achieved state government in Victoria. In March 2011, the New South Wales Liberal-National Coalition led by Barry O'Farrell won government with the largest election victory in post-war Australian history at the State Ele... | Who led the New South Wales Liberal-National Coalition? | {'text': 'Campbell Newman', 'answer_start': 628} |
97,532 | 97,190 | 572abb9a34ae481900deac8b | generic | However, for his part, Hayek found this term "singularly unattractive" and offered the term "Old Whig" (a phrase borrowed from Edmund Burke) instead. In his later life, he said, "I am becoming a Burkean Whig." However, Whiggery as a political doctrine had little affinity for classical political economy, the tabernacle ... | In his later years, what term did Hayek use to describe himself? | {'text': 'a Burkean Whig', 'answer_start': 193} |
12,161 | 11,819 | 56df7cdc5ca0a614008f9b11 | generic | Plymouth is served by Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and the city's NHS hospital is Derriford Hospital 4 miles (6 km) north of the city centre. The Royal Eye Infirmary is located at Derriford Hospital. South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust operates in Plymouth and the rest of the south west; its headquarte... | What is Plymouth's National Health Service hospital? | {'text': 'Derriford Hospital', 'answer_start': 82} |
3,373 | 3,031 | 56d51ea52593cc1400307a8a | generic | Immediately after the earthquake event, mobile and terrestrial telecommunications were cut to the affected and surrounding area, with all internet capabilities cut to the Sichuan area too. Elements of telecommunications were restored by the government piece by piece over the next number of months as the situation in th... | Where were the internet cut? | {'text': 'Sichuan area', 'answer_start': 171} |
38,494 | 38,152 | 5a612607e9e1cc001a33cfb0 | generic | A gymnast's score comes from deductions taken from their start value. The start value of a routine is based on the difficulty of the elements the gymnast attempts and whether or not the gymnast meets composition requirements. The composition requirements are different for each apparatus; this score is called the D scor... | What deductions are taken from the E score? | {'text': 'Deductions in execution and artistry', 'answer_start': 323} |
86,027 | 85,685 | 5ad2a6f7d7d075001a429dfc | generic | PlayStation 3 launched in North America with 14 titles, with another three being released before the end of 2006. After the first week of sales it was confirmed that Resistance: Fall of Man from Insomniac Games was the top-selling launch game in North America. The game was heavily praised by numerous video game website... | During the Japanese launch, Crossfire was the top-selling what? | {'text': 'game', 'answer_start': 635} |
108,940 | 108,598 | 57302e1c947a6a140053d224 | generic | Santa Monica has a bike action plan and recently launched a Bicycle sharing system in November 2015. The city is traversed by the Marvin Braude Bike Trail. Santa Monica has received the Bicycle Friendly Community Award (Bronze in 2009, Silver in 2013) by the League of American Bicyclists. Local bicycle advocacy organiz... | What plan launched a Bicycle sharing system? | {'text': 'bike action', 'answer_start': 19} |
20,764 | 20,422 | 56e7bd1a00c9c71400d77576 | generic | On 10 February 2010, the 122nd IOC session at Vancouver announced Nanjing as the host city for the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games. The slogan of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games was “Share the Games, Share our Dreams”. The Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games featured all 28 sports on the Olympic programme and were held from 1... | What was the theme for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games? | {'text': '“Share the Games, Share our Dreams”', 'answer_start': 178} |
89,643 | 89,301 | 5728c53f4b864d1900164db9 | generic | Since re-establishing independence, Estonia has styled itself as the gateway between East and West and aggressively pursued economic reform and integration with the West. Estonia's market reforms put it among the economic leaders in the former COMECON area.[citation needed] In 1994, based on the economic theories of Mi... | What was tax rate imposed on the personal income? | {'text': 'a uniform rate of 26%', 'answer_start': 403} |
82,986 | 82,644 | 5ad2ca02d7d075001a42a257 | generic | There are traditions long associated with football games. Students growl like wildcats when the opposing team controls the ball, while simulating a paw with their hands. They will also jingle keys at the beginning of each kickoff. In the past, before the tradition was discontinued, students would throw marshmallows dur... | What noise do students make when the opposing team has control of the soccer? | {'text': 'growl', 'answer_start': 67} |
69,449 | 69,107 | 5a7a49f217ab25001a8a047d | generic | In ancient India, literature originated from stories that were originally orally transmitted. Early genres included drama, fables, sutras and epic poetry. Sanskrit literature begins with the Vedas, dating back to 1500–1000 BCE, and continues with the Sanskrit Epics of Iron Age India. The Vedas are among the oldest sacr... | The early genres of Ancient India included drama, tragedy, fables, and what other two genres? | {'text': 'sutras and epic poetry', 'answer_start': 131} |
111,783 | 111,441 | 5ad0ccde645df0001a2d03b7 | generic | The Football Association Premier League Ltd (FAPL) is operated as a corporation and is owned by the 20 member clubs. Each club is a shareholder, with one vote each on issues such as rule changes and contracts. The clubs elect a chairman, chief executive, and board of directors to oversee the daily operations of the lea... | The FAPL is owned by how many chief executives? | {'text': '20', 'answer_start': 100} |
38,304 | 37,962 | 5a6510ccc2b11c001a425bd9 | generic | Probably the most influential single device on the interpretation of these characters was the Teletype Model 33 ASR, which was a printing terminal with an available paper tape reader/punch option. Paper tape was a very popular medium for long-term program storage until the 1980s, less costly and in some ways less fragi... | When was paper trade classified as earned income? | {'text': 'until the 1980s', 'answer_start': 264} |
97,856 | 97,514 | 5ace6e5f32bba1001ae4a690 | generic | There is disagreement whether madaris ever became universities. Scholars like Arnold H. Green and Seyyed Hossein Nasr have argued that starting in the 10th century, some medieval Islamic madaris indeed became universities. George Makdisi and others, however, argue that the European university has no parallel in the med... | What class of people founded only European universities? | {'text': 'princely patrons', 'answer_start': 486} |
106,306 | 105,964 | 572ea993cb0c0d14000f1417 | generic | In 1972, in a mosque in the city of Sana'a, Yemen, manuscripts were discovered that were later proved to be the most ancient Quranic text known to exist at the time. The Sana'a manuscripts contain palimpsests, a manuscript page from which the text has been washed off to make the parchment reusable again—a practice whic... | Before which year were the Sana'a manuscripts produced? | {'text': '671 AD', 'answer_start': 711} |
103,691 | 103,349 | 5acee1d032bba1001ae4b859 | generic | Neptune also resembles Uranus in its magnetosphere, with a magnetic field strongly tilted relative to its rotational axis at 47° and offset at least 0.55 radii, or about 13500 km from the planet's physical centre. Before Voyager 2's arrival at Neptune, it was hypothesised that Uranus's tilted magnetosphere was the resu... | What fluids aren't in Neptune's interior? | {'text': 'ammonia, methane and water', 'answer_start': 649} |
120,420 | 120,078 | 57318080497a881900248f91 | generic | Indigenous peoples of Brazil make up 0.4% of Brazil's population, or about 700,000 people, even though millions of Brazilians have some indigenous ancestry. Indigenous peoples are found in the entire territory of Brazil, although the majority of them live in Indian reservations in the North and Center-Western part of t... | Where do the majority of the indigenous people of Brazil live? | {'text': 'Indian reservations', 'answer_start': 259} |
93,610 | 93,268 | 5a67151af038b7001ab0c1c7 | generic | In the past, small batches of amorphous metals with high surface area configurations (ribbons, wires, films, etc.) have been produced through the implementation of extremely rapid rates of cooling. This was initially termed "splat cooling" by doctoral student W. Klement at Caltech, who showed that cooling rates on the ... | What are thick alloys made in crystals called? | {'text': 'bulk metallic glasses', 'answer_start': 687} |
101,042 | 100,700 | 572ec73bdfa6aa1500f8d397 | generic | Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in ava... | Synthpop heavily borrowed elements from what type of music? | {'text': 'electronic and synthesizer music', 'answer_start': 142} |
70,588 | 70,246 | 5ad422af604f3c001a4007e0 | generic | The original NAS Bermuda on the west side of the island, a seaplane base until the mid-1960s, was designated as the Naval Air Station Bermuda Annex. It provided optional anchorage and/or dockage facilities for transiting US Navy, US Coast Guard and NATO vessels, depending on size. An additional US Navy compound known a... | What became the NAS Bermuda? | {'text': 'Naval Air Station Bermuda Annex', 'answer_start': 116} |
4,000 | 3,658 | 56cfe133234ae51400d9bfe3 | generic | The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r... | How many feet above sea level is Todt Hil? | {'text': '409.8', 'answer_start': 202} |
91,680 | 91,338 | 5728b348ff5b5019007da4d4 | generic | Paris is the home of the most visited art museum in the world, the Louvre, as well as the Musée d'Orsay, noted for its collection of French Impressionist art, and the Musée National d'Art Moderne, a museum of modern and contemporary art. The notable architectural landmarks of Paris include Notre Dame Cathedral (12th ce... | What is the most visited art museum in the world? | {'text': 'Louvre', 'answer_start': 67} |
35,195 | 34,853 | 570a82334103511400d597b4 | generic | Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc) or Anglo-Saxon is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers probably in the mid 5th century, and the first Old English literary works ... | What is the name of the English language's earliest form? | {'text': 'Old English', 'answer_start': 0} |
11,938 | 11,596 | 56df5a5596943c1400a5d3fb | generic | In 1945, Plymouth-born Michael Foot was elected Labour MP for the war-torn constituency of Plymouth Devonport and after serving as Secretary of State for Education and responsible for the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act, went on to become one of the most distinguished leaders of the Labour party. | What constituency did MP Michael Foot represent? | {'text': 'Plymouth Devonport', 'answer_start': 91} |
72,369 | 72,027 | 5a11120a06e79900185c3528 | generic | The Digimon series has a large number of video games which usually have their own independent storylines with a few sometimes tying into the stories of the anime series or manga series. The games consists of a number of genres including life simulation, adventure, video card game, strategy and racing games, though they... | The card games included what genre | {'text': 'life simulation, adventure, video card game, strategy and racing games', 'answer_start': 237} |
59,275 | 58,933 | 5726801fdd62a815002e875c | generic | In 1975, the band left for a world tour with each member in Zandra Rhodes-created costumes and accompanied with banks of lights and effects. They toured the US as headliners, and played in Canada for the first time. In September, after an acromonious split with Trident, the band negotiated themselves out of their Tride... | Queen had a bitter split with what management company in 1975? | {'text': 'Trident Studios', 'answer_start': 315} |
18,071 | 17,729 | 5ad13bc6645df0001a2d130d | generic | In 1928, Laemmle, Sr. made his son, Carl, Jr. head of Universal Pictures as a 21st birthday present. Universal already had a reputation for nepotism—at one time, 70 of Carl, Sr.'s relatives were supposedly on the payroll. Many of them were nephews, resulting in Carl, Sr. being known around the studios as "Uncle Carl." ... | Who was Wyler William related to? | {'text': 'Laemmle, Sr', 'answer_start': 9} |
66,387 | 66,045 | 5726a499f1498d1400e8e5cc | generic | Burke was not merely presenting a peace agreement to Parliament; rather, he stepped forward with four reasons against using force, carefully reasoned. He laid out his objections in an orderly manner, focusing on one before moving to the next. His first concern was that the use of force would have to be temporary, and t... | Where was Burke worried Britain might not win a war? | {'text': 'America', 'answer_start': 496} |
60,890 | 60,548 | 57269254708984140094ca80 | generic | Britain retains sovereignty over 14 territories outside the British Isles, which were renamed the British Overseas Territories in 2002. Some are uninhabited except for transient military or scientific personnel; the remainder are self-governing to varying degrees and are reliant on the UK for foreign relations and defe... | Which country besides Britain claims the Falkland Islands? | {'text': 'Argentina', 'answer_start': 694} |
88,223 | 87,881 | 5728247c4b864d1900164574 | generic | Although many species can reproduce asexually and use similar mechanisms to regenerate after severe injuries, sexual reproduction is the normal method in species whose reproduction has been studied. The minority of living polychaetes whose reproduction and lifecycles are known produce trochophore larvae, that live as p... | How do annelids normally reproduce? | {'text': 'sexual reproduction', 'answer_start': 110} |
91,007 | 90,665 | 5728a0da2ca10214002da4e6 | generic | Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are the most diverse... | In what phylum are insects classified? | {'text': 'arthropod', 'answer_start': 128} |
49,115 | 48,773 | 5ace2eff32bba1001ae49d15 | generic | The terms asphalt and bitumen are often used interchangeably to mean both natural and manufactured forms of the substance. In American English, asphalt (or asphalt cement) is the carefully refined residue from the distillation process of selected crude oils. Outside the United States, the product is often called bitume... | What is the substance usually called outside of the La Brea Tar Pits? | {'text': 'bitumen', 'answer_start': 314} |
94,704 | 94,362 | 57296f966aef051400154ea6 | generic | The element was probably named by the alchemist Paracelsus after the German word Zinke (prong, tooth). German chemist Andreas Sigismund Marggraf is credited with discovering pure metallic zinc in 1746. Work by Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta uncovered the electrochemical properties of zinc by 1800. Corrosion-resista... | Where can you find zinc chloride? | {'text': 'deodorants', 'answer_start': 629} |
30,977 | 30,635 | 570718919e06ca38007e941d | generic | The United States Congress declared war on Mexico on May 13, 1846 after only having a few hours to debate. Although President José Mariano Paredes's issuance of a manifesto on May 23 is sometimes considered the declaration of war, Mexico officially declared war by Congress on July 7. After the American invasion of New ... | Which general maintained camp in El Paso Del Norte after the battle? | {'text': 'General Doniphan', 'answer_start': 971} |
104,182 | 103,840 | 572e867adfa6aa1500f8d0a3 | generic | The Spanish language is the second most spoken language in the United States. There are 45 million Hispanophones who speak Spanish as a first or second language in the United States, as well as six million Spanish language students. Together, this makes the United States of America the second largest Hispanophone count... | How many Spanish speaking students are there in the United States? | {'text': 'six million Spanish language students.', 'answer_start': 194} |
57,679 | 57,337 | 5a63e8b87f3c80001a150b96 | generic | More recently, films such as Das Boot (1981), The Never Ending Story (1984) Run Lola Run (1998), Das Experiment (2001), Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Gegen die Wand (Head-on) (2004) and Der Untergang (Downfall) (2004) have enjoyed international success. In 2002 the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film went to Carolin... | What film festival was held yearly until 1951? | {'text': 'The Berlin International Film Festival,', 'answer_start': 415} |
51,991 | 51,649 | 5a85ddf3b4e223001a8e723d | generic | Ducks are medium-sized aquatic birds with broad bills, eyes on the side of the head, fairly long necks, short legs set far back on the body, and webbed feet. Males, known as drakes, are often larger than females (simply known as ducks) and are differently coloured in some breeds. Domestic ducks are omnivores, eating a ... | What does the diet of cultivated ducks not include? | {'text': 'aquatic insects, molluscs, worms, small amphibians, waterweeds, and grasses', 'answer_start': 366} |
27,663 | 27,321 | 56fa097df34c681400b0bf87 | generic | Alongside Barre, the Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) that assumed power after President Sharmarke's assassination was led by Lieutenant Colonel Salaad Gabeyre Kediye and Chief of Police Jama Korshel. The SRC subsequently renamed the country the Somali Democratic Republic, dissolved the parliament and the Supreme Co... | Along with dissolving the Supreme Court and parliament, what action did the Supreme Revolutionary Council take? | {'text': 'suspended the constitution', 'answer_start': 329} |
4,611 | 4,269 | 56ce349aaab44d1400b8858d | generic | Born in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). While attending college, she wrote for campus l... | What job did Harper Lee start in New York City? | {'text': 'reservation clerk', 'answer_start': 625} |
16,364 | 16,022 | 5a4d305c7a6c4c001a2bbc20 | generic | The first web browser was invented in 1990 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Berners-Lee is the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees the Web's continued development, and is also the founder of the World Wide Web Foundation. His browser was called WorldWideWeb and later renamed Nexus. | When did Sir Tim Berners Le invent the WWW? | {'text': '1990', 'answer_start': 38} |
9,540 | 9,198 | 5ad3e456604f3c001a3ff572 | generic | Prior to Confederation in 1867, residents of the colonies in what is now Canada served as regular members of French and British forces and in local militia groups. The latter aided in the defence of their respective territories against attacks by other European powers, Aboriginal peoples, and later American forces duri... | The forces of what countries didn't people serve before the unification? | {'text': 'French and British forces', 'answer_start': 109} |
41,975 | 41,633 | 5acecc4b32bba1001ae4b46b | generic | By 1989 Germany was nearing reunification and the Cold War was coming to a close. Army leadership reacted by starting to plan for a reduction in strength. By November 1989 Pentagon briefers were laying out plans to reduce army end strength by 23%, from 750,000 to 580,000. A number of incentives such as early retirement... | What operation ended in January 1991? | {'text': 'Operation Desert Storm', 'answer_start': 480} |
60,160 | 59,818 | 5726d364708984140094d27b | generic | Among predators there is a large degree of specialization. Many predators specialize in hunting only one species of prey. Others are more opportunistic and will kill and eat almost anything (examples: humans, leopards, dogs and alligators). The specialists are usually particularly well suited to capturing their preferr... | What are some predators that will kill and eat nearly anything? | {'text': 'humans, leopards, dogs and alligators', 'answer_start': 201} |
9,823 | 9,481 | 56df0a103277331400b4d8f8 | generic | Only service dress is suitable for CAF members to wear on any occasion, barring "dirty work" or combat. With gloves, swords, and medals (No. 1 or 1A), it is suitable for ceremonial occasions and "dressed down" (No. 3 or lower), it is suitable for daily wear. Generally, after the elimination of base dress (although stil... | What other parts are there to a uniform? | {'text': 'gloves, swords, and medals', 'answer_start': 109} |
100,793 | 100,451 | 572e5cc5c246551400ce421a | generic | Post-punk is a heterogeneous type of rock music that emerged in the wake of the punk movement of the 1970s. Drawing inspiration from elements of punk rock while departing from its musical conventions and wider cultural affiliations, post-punk music was marked by varied, experimentalist sensibilities and its "conceptual... | What elements of punk rock did post-punk depart from? | {'text': 'musical conventions and wider cultural affiliations', 'answer_start': 180} |
110,226 | 109,884 | 5734346a4776f41900661a6e | generic | At the University of Arizona, where records have been kept since 1894, the record maximum temperature was 115 °F (46 °C) on June 19, 1960, and July 28, 1995, and the record minimum temperature was 6 °F (−14 °C) on January 7, 1913. There are an average of 150.1 days annually with highs of 90 °F (32 °C) or higher and an ... | What was Tucson's record high? | {'text': '115 °F (46 °C)', 'answer_start': 106} |
23,289 | 22,947 | 56f8d3979e9bad19000a05a9 | generic | Southampton is a major UK port which has good transport links with the rest of the country. The M27 motorway, linking places along the south coast of England, runs just to the north of the city. The M3 motorway links the city to London and also, via a link to the A34 (part of the European route E05) at Winchester, with... | Which motorway connects Southampton to London? | {'text': 'M3', 'answer_start': 199} |
65,417 | 65,075 | 5acfcd5577cf76001a6860b6 | generic | The most extreme forms of Cubism were not those practiced by Picasso and Braque, who resisted total abstraction. Other Cubists, by contrast, especially František Kupka, and those considered Orphists by Apollinaire (Delaunay, Léger, Picabia and Duchamp), accepted abstraction by removing visible subject matter entirely. ... | During what years did Leger not produce Contrasts of Forms? | {'text': '1913–14', 'answer_start': 1001} |
40,158 | 39,816 | 570c5e0efed7b91900d45949 | generic | In the 16th century political and religious changes altered the attitude of historians towards John. Tudor historians were generally favourably inclined towards the king, focusing on John's opposition to the Papacy and his promotion of the special rights and prerogatives of a king. Revisionist histories written by John... | What praised John's "great renown" as a king? | {'text': "John Speed's Historie of Great Britaine", 'answer_start': 461} |
126,131 | 125,789 | 57340b90d058e614000b6879 | generic | Passos Coelho also announced that the retirement age will be increased from 65 to 66, announced cuts in the pensions, unemployment benefits, health, education and science expenses, abolished the English obligatory classes in Basic Education, but kept the pensions of the judges, diplomats untouched and didn't raise the ... | To what age did Passos Coelho increase the retirement age? | {'text': '66', 'answer_start': 82} |
68,385 | 68,043 | 5acd615d07355d001abf4001 | generic | North Carolina Museum of Art, occupying a large suburban campus on Blue Ridge Road near the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, maintains one of the premier public art collections located between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. In addition to its extensive collections of American Art, European Art and ancient art, the mus... | When was the exhibit closed? | {'text': '2010', 'answer_start': 834} |
97,379 | 97,037 | 572a589bb8ce0319002e2acd | generic | After editing a book on John Stuart Mill's letters he planned to publish two books on the liberal order, The Constitution of Liberty and "The Creative Powers of a Free Civilization" (eventually the title for the second chapter of The Constitution of Liberty). He completed The Constitution of Liberty in May 1959, with p... | As of the release of his 1960 book, how long had it been since The Road to Serfdom was released? | {'text': 'sixteen years', 'answer_start': 600} |
98,116 | 97,774 | 5ad3828d604f3c001a3fe4b7 | generic | The surface bedrock under the Miami area is called Miami oolite or Miami limestone. This bedrock is covered by a thin layer of soil, and is no more than 50 feet (15 m) thick. Miami limestone formed as the result of the drastic changes in sea level associated with recent glaciations or ice ages. Beginning some 130,000 y... | What isn't another name for Miami limestone? | {'text': 'Miami oolite', 'answer_start': 51} |
79,605 | 79,263 | 5a5d5a495e8782001a9d5ec9 | generic | Cork features architecturally notable buildings originating from the Medieval to Modern periods. The only notable remnant of the Medieval era is the Red Abbey. There are two cathedrals in the city; St. Mary's Cathedral and Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral. St Mary's Cathedral, often referred to as the North Cathedral, is th... | What was added to St. Mary's Cathedral in the late 18th century? | {'text': 'distinctive tower', 'answer_start': 380} |
23,049 | 22,707 | 56f87773a6d7ea1400e17699 | generic | The city has undergone many changes to its governance over the centuries and once again became administratively independent from Hampshire County as it was made into a unitary authority in a local government reorganisation on 1 April 1997, a result of the 1992 Local Government Act. The district remains part of the Hamp... | What act was responsible for the reorganization of local government on April 1, 1997? | {'text': '1992 Local Government Act', 'answer_start': 256} |
104,185 | 103,843 | 5a75097097ca42001a521dff | generic | The Spanish language is the second most spoken language in the United States. There are 45 million Hispanophones who speak Spanish as a first or second language in the United States, as well as six million Spanish language students. Together, this makes the United States of America the second largest Hispanophone count... | What type of language is Spanish? | {'text': 'Romance', 'answer_start': 482} |
26,646 | 26,304 | 5a56b2846349e2001acdcef2 | generic | During the 1920s and 1930s, British civil servants and politicians, looking back at the performance of the state during World War I, concluded that there was a need for greater co-ordination between the three Services that made up the armed forces of the United Kingdom—the British Army, the Royal Navy, and the Royal Ai... | What three services were limited by political influence in 1923? | {'text': 'the British Army, the Royal Navy, and the Royal Air Force', 'answer_start': 270} |
102,756 | 102,414 | 572e847d03f9891900756714 | generic | As a child, Spielberg faced difficulty reconciling being an Orthodox Jew with the perception of him by other children he played with. "It isn't something I enjoy admitting," he once said, "but when I was seven, eight, nine years old, God forgive me, I was embarrassed because we were Orthodox Jews. I was embarrassed by ... | How did Steven Spielberg feel about being an Orhtodox Jew? | {'text': 'embarrassed', 'answer_start': 256} |
59,101 | 58,759 | 5acd976707355d001abf47c2 | generic | As of 2010, those of African ancestry accounted for 16.0% of Florida's population, which includes African Americans. Out of the 16.0%, 4.0% (741,879) were West Indian or Afro-Caribbean American. During the early 1900s, black people made up nearly half of the state's population. In response to segregation, disfranchisem... | What percentage of Florida was African American in 2001? | {'text': '16.0%', 'answer_start': 52} |
56,573 | 56,231 | 57267360f1498d1400e8dfff | generic | The noise-based speed is defined as the exposure that will lead to a given signal-to-noise ratio on individual pixels. Two ratios are used, the 40:1 ("excellent image quality") and the 10:1 ("acceptable image quality") ratio. These ratios have been subjectively determined based on a resolution of 70 pixels per cm (178 ... | What is the noise-based speed? | {'text': 'the exposure that will lead to a given signal-to-noise ratio on individual pixels', 'answer_start': 36} |
62,752 | 62,410 | 57277399708984140094dde4 | generic | The public sector effort continues with the goal to create a high-quality, draft genome sequence from reads generated by all sources. The public-sector effort has generated Sanger reads of BACs, fosmids, and plasmids as well as 454 reads. These later types of reads will be instrumental in assembling an initial draft of... | When was the sequencing of D genome of G. raimondii mostly completed? | {'text': '2010', 'answer_start': 338} |
91,747 | 91,405 | 5728c7b34b864d1900164df2 | generic | On 7 January 2015, two French Muslim extremists attacked the Paris headquarters of Charlie Hebdo and killed thirteen people, and on 9 January, a third terrorist killed four hostages during an attack at a Jewish grocery store at Porte de Vincennes. On 11 January an estimated 1.5 million people marched in Paris–along wit... | How did the attackers kill themselves? | {'text': 'setting off their explosive vests', 'answer_start': 734} |
94,758 | 94,416 | 5729717d6aef051400154eda | generic | The chemistry of zinc is dominated by the +2 oxidation state. When compounds in this oxidation state are formed the outer shell s electrons are lost, which yields a bare zinc ion with the electronic configuration [Ar]3d10. In aqueous solution an octahedral complex, [Zn(H
2O)6]2+ is the predominant species. The volatili... | what are the only two oxidation states known for zinc? | {'text': '+1 or +2', 'answer_start': 530} |
121,172 | 120,830 | 5731dd79b9d445190005e5d2 | generic | Although Egypt was a majority Christian country before the 7th Century, after Islam arrived, the country was slowly Islamified to become a majority Muslim country. Egypt emerged as a centre of politics and culture in the Muslim world. Under Anwar Sadat, Islam became the official state religion and Sharia the main sourc... | What became the main source of law with increasing Islamic influence in Egypt? | {'text': 'Sharia', 'answer_start': 299} |
35,247 | 34,905 | 570a85246d058f1900182f1d | generic | Old English is one of the West Germanic languages, and its closest relatives are Old Frisian and Old Saxon. Like other old Germanic languages, it is very different from Modern English and difficult for Modern English speakers to understand without study. Old English grammar is quite similar to that of modern German: no... | In what century did the Latin alphabet replace the runic system in Old English writing? | {'text': '9th', 'answer_start': 519} |
121,305 | 120,963 | 57315c6c497a881900248e7f | generic | Another great undertaking by Constantine Monomachos was the restoration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem between 1042 and 1048. Nothing survived of the mosaics which covered the walls and the dome of the edifice but the Russian abbot Daniel, who visited Jerusalem in 1106–1107 left a description: "Lively... | Who restored the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the 1040's? | {'text': 'Constantine Monomachos', 'answer_start': 29} |
108,761 | 108,419 | 572fc34fb2c2fd1400568414 | generic | The most popular sports played in Hyderabad are cricket and association football. At the professional level, the city has hosted national and international sports events such as the 2002 National Games of India, the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, the 2004 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open women's tennis tournament, the 2007 Military W... | What two world championships were held in Hyderabad in 2009? | {'text': 'the 2009 World Badminton Championships and the 2009 IBSF World Snooker Championship', 'answer_start': 332} |
43,919 | 43,577 | 570e4fe50b85d914000d7e05 | generic | Uranium was also used in photographic chemicals (especially uranium nitrate as a toner), in lamp filaments for stage lighting bulbs, to improve the appearance of dentures, and in the leather and wood industries for stains and dyes. Uranium salts are mordants of silk or wool. Uranyl acetate and uranyl formate are used a... | What light bulbs use lamp filaments containing uranium? | {'text': 'stage', 'answer_start': 111} |
95,435 | 95,093 | 5a5500ce134fea001a0e17d6 | generic | One of the most popular shows on CBC Television is the weekly Saturday night broadcast of NHL hockey games, Hockey Night in Canada. It has been televised by the network since 1952. During the NHL lockout and subsequent cancellation of the 2004-2005 hockey season, CBC instead aired various recent and classic movies, bra... | The CBC lost sponsorship when they refused to air what games? | {'text': 'minor hockey leagues', 'answer_start': 445} |
29,124 | 28,782 | 5705f9de75f01819005e7806 | generic | Between 1941 and 1946, the left-wing British historian E.H. Carr was Assistant Editor. Carr was well known for the strongly pro-Soviet tone of his editorials. In December 1944, when fighting broke out in Athens between the Greek Communist ELAS and the British Army, Carr in a Times editorial sided with the Communists, l... | During World War II, The Times was nicknamed what in 1944? | {'text': 'the threepenny Daily Worker', 'answer_start': 516} |
60,403 | 60,061 | 57266b06dd62a815002e8441 | generic | Goodman's business strategy involved having his various magazines and comic books published by a number of corporations all operating out of the same office and with the same staff. One of these shell companies through which Timely Comics was published was named Marvel Comics by at least Marvel Mystery Comics #55 (May ... | Under what handle were Marvel's detective fiction comics published? | {'text': 'Marvel Mystery Comics', 'answer_start': 289} |
78,781 | 78,439 | 5727c2c23acd2414000debea | generic | The expansion of the order produced changes. A smaller emphasis on doctrinal activity favoured the development here and there of the ascetic and contemplative life and there sprang up, especially in Germany and Italy, the mystical movement with which the names of Meister Eckhart, Heinrich Suso, Johannes Tauler, and St.... | Dominican mysticism also spread to what European country? | {'text': 'the Netherlands', 'answer_start': 646} |
95,981 | 95,639 | 5729cc793f37b3190047856a | generic | In 1952, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., published the company's first written equal opportunity policy letter, one year before the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education and 11 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 1961, IBM's nondiscrimination policy was expanded to include sex, national origin, a... | How many inventors were honored at IBM's first Invention Award Dinner? | {'text': '34', 'answer_start': 401} |
51,293 | 50,951 | 5725f4d2271a42140099d367 | generic | Carthage was a Phoenician colony on the coast of Tunisia. Carthaginian culture came into contact with the Greeks through Punic colonies in Sicily and through their widespread Mediterranean trade network. While the Carthaginians retained their Punic culture and language, they did adopt some Hellenistic ways, one of the ... | Carthage was on the coast of what country? | {'text': 'Tunisia', 'answer_start': 49} |
78,832 | 78,490 | 5ad2508ed7d075001a428cb8 | generic | Doctrinal development has had an important place in the restoration of the Preachers. Several institutions, besides those already mentioned, played important parts. Such is the Biblical school at Jerusalem, open to the religious of the order and to secular clerics, which publishes the Revue Biblique. The faculty of the... | What school does not publish the Reve Biblique? | {'text': 'Biblical school at Jerusalem', 'answer_start': 177} |
44,078 | 43,736 | 5a2243af819328001af38a69 | generic | Due to the work nature of airline pilots, who often cross several timezones and regions of sunlight and darkness in one day, and spend many hours awake both day and night, they are often unable to maintain sleep patterns that correspond to the natural human circadian rhythm; this situation can easily lead to fatigue. T... | Who conducted studies on sewardes fatigue? | {'text': 'NTSB', 'answer_start': 323} |
54,340 | 53,998 | 5acfc97977cf76001a685f9b | generic | Copyright infringement disputes are usually resolved through direct negotiation, a notice and take down process, or litigation in civil court. Egregious or large-scale commercial infringement, especially when it involves counterfeiting, is sometimes prosecuted via the criminal justice system. Shifting public expectatio... | Why has copyright infringement decreased recently? | {'text': 'Shifting public expectations, advances in digital technology, and the increasing reach of the Internet', 'answer_start': 294} |
9,435 | 9,093 | 5a80173a8f0597001ac0018d | generic | While historically, symbiosis has received less attention than other interactions such as predation or competition, it is increasingly recognized as an important selective force behind evolution, with many species having a long history of interdependent co-evolution. In fact, the evolution of all eukaryotes (plants, an... | What eukaryotes create various sorts of bacteria? | {'text': 'plants, animals, fungi, and protists', 'answer_start': 310} |
61,389 | 61,047 | 5726f3825951b619008f833f | generic | Her mature artistic statement was visible in True Blue (1986) and Like a Prayer (1989). In True Blue, she incorporated classical music in order to engage an older audience who had been skeptical of her music. Like a Prayer introduced live recorded songs and incorporated different genres of music, including dance, funk,... | Which 2 album show Madonna's artistic statement? | {'text': 'True Blue (1986) and Like a Prayer (1989)', 'answer_start': 45} |
93,468 | 93,126 | 572923981d046914007790b0 | generic | Following the glass batch preparation and mixing, the raw materials are transported to the furnace. Soda-lime glass for mass production is melted in gas fired units. Smaller scale furnaces for specialty glasses include electric melters, pot furnaces, and day tanks. After melting, homogenization and refining (removal of... | What method is used for making windows? | {'text': 'float glass process', 'answer_start': 417} |
84,664 | 84,322 | 572801a52ca10214002d9b42 | generic | Following the death of Pope Pius XII on 9 October 1958, Roncalli watched the live funeral on his last full day in Venice on 11 October. His journal was specifically concerned with the funeral and the abused state of the late pontiff's corpse. Roncalli left Venice for the conclave in Rome well aware that he was papabile... | Why did Roncalli leave Venice? | {'text': 'for the conclave in Rome', 'answer_start': 264} |
72,789 | 72,447 | 5a73790853a187001ae631f9 | generic | Comcast delivers third-party television programming content to its own customers, and also produces its own first-party content both for subscribers and customers of other competing television services. Fully or partially owned Comcast programming includes Comcast Newsmakers, Comcast Network, Comcast SportsNet, SportsN... | Which ESPN channels are unavailable for Comcast? | {'text': 'ESPNU and ESPN3', 'answer_start': 571} |
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