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8,155 | 7,813 | 5ad600cb5b96ef001a10b00e | generic | Since the 1988 Education Reform Act, parents have a right to choose which school their child should go to or whether to not send them to school at all and to home educate them instead. The concept of "school choice" introduces the idea of competition between state schools, a fundamental change to the original "neighbou... | What law disables parents full control over their child's education? | {'text': 'Education Reform Act', 'answer_start': 15} |
1,802 | 1,460 | 56cc36926d243a140015eece | generic | Tibet was once a strong power contemporaneous with Tang China (618–907). Until the Tibetan Empire's collapse in the 9th century, it was the Tang's major rival in dominating Inner Asia. The Yarlung rulers of Tibet also signed various peace treaties with the Tang, culminating in a treaty in 821 that fixed the borders bet... | In what century did the Tibetan Empire fall? | {'text': 'the 9th century', 'answer_start': 112} |
37,504 | 37,162 | 570b745a6b8089140040f977 | generic | A few hard rock bands from the 1970s and 1980s managed to sustain highly successful recording careers. Bon Jovi were still able to achieve a commercial hit with "It's My Life" from their double platinum-certified album Crush (2000). and AC/DC released the platinum-certified Stiff Upper Lip (2000) Aerosmith released a n... | Who was the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots? | {'text': 'Scott Weiland', 'answer_start': 1264} |
11,111 | 10,769 | 5ad0d264645df0001a2d0544 | generic | The 2009 Human Development Report by UNDP was released on October 5, 2009, and covers the period up to 2007. It was titled "Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development". The top countries by HDI were grouped in a new category called "very high human development". The report refers to these countries as develope... | What was another title for the 2008 Human Development Report? | {'text': 'Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development', 'answer_start': 124} |
100,689 | 100,347 | 572c807e750c471900ed4ca4 | generic | After the formal end of Reconstruction, the struggle over power in Southern society continued. Through violence and intimidation against freedmen and their allies, White Democrats regained political power in Tennessee and other states across the South in the late 1870s and 1880s. Over the next decade, the state legisla... | Approximately how many African Americans lived in Tennessee in 1900? | {'text': '480,430', 'answer_start': 1028} |
88,614 | 88,272 | 572842d74b864d1900164836 | generic | Theism generally holds that God exists realistically, objectively, and independently of human thought; that God created and sustains everything; that God is omnipotent and eternal; and that God is personal and interacting with the universe through, for example, religious experience and the prayers of humans. Theism hol... | Why is it sometimes hard to think of God as benevolent? | {'text': "God's responsibility for evil and suffering in the world", 'answer_start': 816} |
71,295 | 70,953 | 5ad283a5d7d075001a429846 | generic | After the Baltic states were forced to accept treaties, Stalin turned his sights on Finland, confident that Finnish capitulation could be attained without great effort. The Soviets demanded territories on the Karelian Isthmus, the islands of the Gulf of Finland and a military base near the Finnish capital Helsinki, whi... | The Soviets took over and setup a real government in what country? | {'text': 'Finnish Democratic Republic', 'answer_start': 548} |
83,879 | 83,537 | 572862ab2ca10214002da2cc | generic | During the Sangam period Tamil literateure flourished from the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE. During this period the 3 Tamil Dynasties Chera dynasty, Chola dynasty and the Pandyan Dynasty ruled parts of southern India. The Sangam literature deals with the history, politics, wars and culture of the Tamil people ... | What was the extent of the Sangam period? | {'text': '3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE', 'answer_start': 63} |
84,896 | 84,554 | 5727fc1f3acd2414000df17e | generic | The most precise timekeeping device of the ancient world was the water clock, or clepsydra, one of which was found in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I (1525–1504 BC). They could be used to measure the hours even at night, but required manual upkeep to replenish the flow of water. The Ancient Greeks and the peop... | Which engineers came up with the first mechanical clocks? | {'text': 'Chinese', 'answer_start': 593} |
8,680 | 8,338 | 56dd36749a695914005b956b | generic | In the Russian constitution the prime minister is actually titled Chairman of the government while the Irish prime minister is called the Taoiseach (which is rendered into English as prime minister), and in Israel he is Rosh HaMemshalah meaning "head of the government". In many cases, though commonly used, "prime minis... | What is the Irish term for prime minister? | {'text': 'Taoiseach', 'answer_start': 138} |
83,763 | 83,421 | 5727faef3acd2414000df152 | generic | Most of the subcontinent was conquered by the Maurya Empire during the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. From the 3rd century BC onwards Prakrit and Pali literature in the north and the Sangam literature in southern India started to flourish. Wootz steel originated in south India in the 3rd century BC and was exported to fore... | After the 3rd century BC, what style of literature grew in northern area of the subcontinent? | {'text': 'Prakrit and Pali', 'answer_start': 130} |
67,270 | 66,928 | 5ad1580b645df0001a2d1820 | generic | In 1886, Frank Julian Sprague invented the first practical DC motor, a non-sparking motor that maintained relatively constant speed under variable loads. Other Sprague electric inventions about this time greatly improved grid electric distribution (prior work done while employed by Thomas Edison), allowed power from el... | What was the transportation advancement made impossible by Sprague's designs? | {'text': 'electric trolley system', 'answer_start': 578} |
2,911 | 2,569 | 56cf3cd2aab44d1400b88ec8 | generic | In November 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment was targeted by hackers who released details of confidential e-mails between Sony executives regarding several high-profile film projects. Included within these were several memos relating to the production of Spectre, claiming that the film was over budget, detailing early... | When did hackers get into the Sony Pictures e-mail system? | {'text': 'November 2014', 'answer_start': 3} |
11,411 | 11,069 | 5a8310f7e60761001a2eb359 | generic | BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 Novem... | What type of charter has the BBC operated under since 1932? | {'text': 'Royal', 'answer_start': 148} |
106,642 | 106,300 | 5a0f1de8d7c850001886459b | generic | The United States shares land borders with Canada (to the north) and Mexico (to the south), and a territorial water border with Russia in the northwest, and two territorial water borders in the southeast between Florida and Cuba, and Florida and the Bahamas. The contiguous forty-eight states are otherwise bounded by th... | The Gulf of Mexico lies to the southwest of what country? | {'text': 'United States', 'answer_start': 4} |
95,742 | 95,400 | 5ace2e0732bba1001ae49ce7 | generic | The Appalachian Mountains contain major deposits of anthracite coal as well as bituminous coal. In the folded mountains the coal is in metamorphosed form as anthracite, represented by the Coal Region of northeastern Pennsylvania. The bituminous coal fields of western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, southeastern Ohio, e... | What kinds of fields are in southwestern Kentucky? | {'text': 'bituminous coal', 'answer_start': 234} |
34,754 | 34,412 | 570a68cf6d058f1900182e2a | generic | There are some theories on emotions arguing that cognitive activity in the form of judgments, evaluations, or thoughts are necessary in order for an emotion to occur. A prominent philosophical exponent is Robert C. Solomon (for example, The Passions, Emotions and the Meaning of Life, 1993). Solomon claims that emotions... | The idea that judgment can't be identified with emotion is an objection to what school of thought? | {'text': 'cognitivism', 'answer_start': 440} |
124,249 | 123,907 | 57323937e17f3d1400422741 | generic | While the Armenian Apostolic Church remains the most prominent church in the Armenian community throughout the world, Armenians (especially in the diaspora) subscribe to any number of other Christian denominations. These include the Armenian Catholic Church (which follows its own liturgy but recognizes the Roman Cathol... | What broke away from the Armenian Evangelical Church? | {'text': 'Armenian Brotherhood Church', 'answer_start': 445} |
72,082 | 71,740 | 572829073acd2414000df5d9 | generic | Modern geology, like modern chemistry, gradually evolved during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Benoît de Maillet and the Comte de Buffon saw the Earth as much older than the 6,000 years envisioned by biblical scholars. Jean-Étienne Guettard and Nicolas Desmarest hiked central France and recorded their observations ... | In the 18th century, what changed geology drastically? | {'text': 'comprehensive classification systems for rocks and minerals', 'answer_start': 500} |
112,547 | 112,205 | 572fc1d6a23a5019007fc99b | generic | The Pacific War saw the Allied powers pitted against the Empire of Japan, the latter briefly aided by Thailand and to a much lesser extent by its Axis allies, Germany and Italy. The war culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and other large aerial bomb attacks by the United States Army Air Forces,... | What was the process called whereby the leader of Japan stepped down? | {'text': 'Shinto Directive', 'answer_start': 682} |
56,250 | 55,908 | 57266cf9dd62a815002e847a | generic | Also, anything that can be used as an element of drama can exist in professional wrestling stories: romantic relationships (including love triangles and marriage), racism, classism, nepotism, favoritism, corporate corruption, family bonds, personal histories, grudges, theft, cheating, assault, betrayal, bribery, seduct... | What supernatural things have been portrayed in matches? | {'text': 'magic, curses, the undead and Satanic imagery', 'answer_start': 588} |
2,811 | 2,469 | 5ad21fd7d7d075001a4284b7 | generic | The story sees Bond pitted against the global criminal organisation Spectre, marking the group's first appearance in an Eon Productions film since 1971's Diamonds Are Forever,[N 2] and tying Craig's series of films together with an overarching storyline. Several recurring James Bond characters, including M, Q and Eve M... | Dave Bautista portrays Max Denbigh in which James Bond film? | {'text': 'Spectre', 'answer_start': 68} |
49,811 | 49,469 | 5ad172b0645df0001a2d1c0b | generic | In 1845, Ireland was hit by a potato blight. In the next four years over a million Irish people died and another million emigrated in what became known as the Great Famine. In Ireland, Victoria was labelled "The Famine Queen". She personally donated £2,000 to famine relief, more than any other individual donor, and als... | How long didn't the Great Famine last? | {'text': 'four years', 'answer_start': 57} |
91,906 | 91,564 | 5728f2e5af94a219006a9e3c | generic | The inventor Nicéphore Niépce produced the first permanent photograph on a polished pewter plate in Paris in 1825, and then developed the process with Louis Daguerre. The work of Étienne-Jules Marey in the 1880s contributed considerably to the development of modern photography. Photography came to occupy a central role... | Who was knows for photographing night scenes? | {'text': 'Marcel Bovis', 'answer_start': 707} |
15,708 | 15,366 | 56e0815f231d4119001ac21f | generic | ADSL-broadband service is provided with maximum speeds of up to 1536 KBit/s downstream and 512 KBit/s upstream offered on contract levels from lite £16 per month to gold+ at £190 per month. There are a few public WiFi hotspots in Jamestown, which are also being operated by SURE (formerly Cable & Wireless). | What is the lite price of the broadband service? | {'text': '£16 per month', 'answer_start': 148} |
51,663 | 51,321 | 5725bae9ec44d21400f3d488 | generic | Uruguay's 1830s were dominated by the confrontation between Manuel Oribe and Fructuoso Rivera, the two revolutionary leaders who had fought against the Empire of Brazil under the command of Lavalleja, each of whom had become the caudillo of their respective faction. Politics were divided between Oribe's Blancos ("white... | Manuel Oribe and Fructuoso Rivera fought under whose command? | {'text': 'Lavalleja', 'answer_start': 190} |
109,893 | 109,551 | 572fabfe947a6a140053cb50 | generic | Having produced a conceptual data model that users are happy with, the next stage is to translate this into a schema that implements the relevant data structures within the database. This process is often called logical database design, and the output is a logical data model expressed in the form of a schema. Whereas t... | A conceptual data model in separate from the choice of what? | {'text': 'database technology', 'answer_start': 398} |
86,202 | 85,860 | 57282a553acd2414000df5f4 | generic | PlayStation Portable can connect with PlayStation 3 in many ways, including in-game connectivity. For example, Formula One Championship Edition, a racing game, was shown at E3 2006 using a PSP as a real-time rear-view mirror. In addition, users are able to download original PlayStation format games from the PlayStation... | What kind of game is Formula One Championship Edition? | {'text': 'racing', 'answer_start': 147} |
42,107 | 41,765 | 570d4103b3d812140066d5f7 | generic | When the war had begun, European public opinion heavily favored the Germans; many Italians attempted to sign up as volunteers at the Prussian embassy in Florence and a Prussian diplomat visited Giuseppe Garibaldi in Caprera. Bismarck's demand for the return of Alsace caused a dramatic shift in that sentiment in Italy, ... | What army did Garibaldi gain command of in France? | {'text': 'the Army of the Vosges', 'answer_start': 638} |
93,384 | 93,042 | 57292b1f6aef051400154b1c | generic | The governments in Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg are designated by the term Senate. In the three free states of Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia the government is referred to as the State Government (Staatsregierung), and in the other ten states the term Land Government (Landesregierung) is used. Before January 1, 2000, Bav... | What are the governments in Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg called? | {'text': 'Senate', 'answer_start': 73} |
25,184 | 24,842 | 56f8b7f99e9bad19000a0397 | generic | Early work in molecular genetics suggested the model that one gene makes one protein. This model has been refined since the discovery of genes that can encode multiple proteins by alternative splicing and coding sequences split in short section across the genome whose mRNAs are concatenated by trans-splicing. | In order for a gene to encode multiple proteins, how must its mRNAs be arranged? | {'text': 'concatenated by trans-splicing.', 'answer_start': 279} |
22,671 | 22,329 | 56f73b54aef2371900625a23 | generic | The word "Slavs" was used in the national anthem of the Slovak Republic (1939–1945), Yugoslavia (1943–1992) and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003), later Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). | When was the word "Slavs" used in the national anthem of the Slovak Republic? | {'text': '1939–1945', 'answer_start': 73} |
80,623 | 80,281 | 5acd118107355d001abf332a | generic | In 1996, a surrogate character mechanism was implemented in Unicode 2.0, so that Unicode was no longer restricted to 16 bits. This increased the Unicode codespace to over a million code points, which allowed for the encoding of many historic scripts (e.g., Egyptian Hieroglyphs) and thousands of rarely used or obsolete ... | What was removed in 1996? | {'text': 'a surrogate character mechanism', 'answer_start': 9} |
110,078 | 109,736 | 573003ad04bcaa1900d7700d | generic | As one of the oldest parts of town, Central Tucson is anchored by the Broadway Village shopping center designed by local architect Josias Joesler at the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Country Club Road. The 4th Avenue Shopping District between downtown and the University and the Lost Barrio just East of downtow... | What mall is located in midtown? | {'text': 'El Con Mall', 'answer_start': 522} |
34,698 | 34,356 | 5ad254ecd7d075001a428d2e | generic | A situated perspective on emotion, developed by Paul E. Griffiths and Andrea Scarantino , emphasizes the importance of external factors in the development and communication of emotion, drawing upon the situationism approach in psychology. This theory is markedly different from both cognitivist and neo-Jamesian theories... | The situated perspective was not influenced by what school of thought? | {'text': 'situationist', 'answer_start': 467} |
89,045 | 88,703 | 5728499a2ca10214002da250 | generic | In 2002, the Musharraf-led government took a firm stand against the jihadi organizations and groups promoting extremism, and arrested Maulana Masood Azhar, head of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and took dozens of activists into custody. An official ban was imposed on the ... | What group did Hafiz Muhammad Saeed lead? | {'text': 'Lashkar-e-Taiba', 'answer_start': 225} |
65,733 | 65,391 | 5a1e11aa3de3f40018b2648f | generic | John Locke in particular exemplified this new age of political theory with his work Two Treatises of Government. In it Locke proposes a state of nature theory that directly complements his conception of how political development occurs and how it can be founded through contractual obligation. Locke stood to refute Sir ... | What theory of Machiavelli and Hobbes did lock except? | {'text': 'that man seeks to be happy in a state of social harmony as a social animal', 'answer_start': 663} |
106,081 | 105,739 | 572f7b06b2c2fd1400568174 | generic | Families throughout Han China made ritual sacrifices of animals and food to deities, spirits, and ancestors at temples and shrines, in the belief that these items could be utilized by those in the spiritual realm. It was thought that each person had a two-part soul: the spirit-soul (hun 魂) which journeyed to the afterl... | What could be used to prevent a door from closing in a place of burial? | {'text': 'hollow clay tiles', 'answer_start': 552} |
52,083 | 51,741 | 572657b3708984140094c314 | generic | Worldwide, more chickens are kept than any other type of poultry, with over 50 billion birds being raised each year as a source of meat and eggs. Traditionally, such birds would have been kept extensively in small flocks, foraging during the day and housed at night. This is still the case in developing countries, where... | How many birds are routinely raised in the world for the consumption process? | {'text': '50 billion birds being raised each year as a source of meat and eggs.', 'answer_start': 76} |
106,308 | 105,966 | 572ea993cb0c0d14000f1419 | 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... | What version of the Quran was the scriptio superior of the Sana'a manuscripts? | {'text': 'Uthmanic', 'answer_start': 603} |
67,863 | 67,521 | 5727b6f93acd2414000dea64 | generic | Switzerland has a dense network of cities, where large, medium and small cities are complementary. The plateau is very densely populated with about 450 people per km2 and the landscape continually shows signs of human presence. The weight of the largest metropolitan areas, which are Zürich, Geneva–Lausanne, Basel and B... | Which 2 centers are recognized for their particularly great quality of life? | {'text': 'Zürich and Geneva', 'answer_start': 497} |
37,157 | 36,815 | 570b56026b8089140040f895 | generic | World War II holds a special place in the American psyche as the country's greatest triumph, and the U.S. military personnel of World War II are frequently referred to as "the Greatest Generation." Over 16 million served (about 11% of the population), and over 400,000 died during the war. The U.S. emerged as one of the... | What name is given to those Americans who served in World War II? | {'text': 'the Greatest Generation', 'answer_start': 172} |
25,342 | 25,000 | 56f8e4e39e9bad19000a06b9 | generic | For multicellular organisms, typically the embryo is engineered which grows into the adult genetically modified organism. However, the genomes of cells in an adult organism can be edited using gene therapy techniques to treat genetic diseases. | What can be changed in an adult organism using gene therapy techniques? | {'text': 'the genomes of cells', 'answer_start': 131} |
12,688 | 12,346 | 56dee82a3277331400b4d7f3 | generic | According to the dominant cosmological model, the Lambda-CDM model, less than 5% of the universe's energy density is made up of the "matter" described by the Standard Model of Particle Physics, and the majority of the universe is composed of dark matter and dark energy - with little agreement amongst scientists about w... | Which model suggests that matter is 5% of the universe? | {'text': 'Lambda-CDM model', 'answer_start': 50} |
118,906 | 118,564 | 5730c9a4f6cb411900e244a8 | generic | Assure/Dissuade/Deter is a mission set derived from the Air Force's readiness to carry out the nuclear strike operations mission as well as from specific actions taken to assure allies as a part of extended deterrence. Dissuading others from acquiring or proliferating WMD, and the means to deliver them, contributes to ... | What do potential adversaries threaten that the US Air Force prevents? | {'text': 'US national security', 'answer_start': 762} |
109,751 | 109,409 | 572f61e8b2c2fd1400568095 | generic | The relational model, first proposed in 1970 by Edgar F. Codd, departed from this tradition by insisting that applications should search for data by content, rather than by following links. The relational model employs sets of ledger-style tables, each used for a different type of entity. Only in the mid-1980s did comp... | In what decade did computer hardware become able to handle a relational system? | {'text': '1980s', 'answer_start': 306} |
98,506 | 98,164 | 572a9e25111d821400f38c4e | generic | Throughout the 19th century, Philadelphia had a variety of industries and businesses, the largest being textiles. Major corporations in the 19th and early 20th centuries included the Baldwin Locomotive Works, William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, and the Pennsylvania Railroad. Industry, along with th... | Which were the two biggest immigrant groups in Philadelphia? | {'text': 'Irish and German', 'answer_start': 467} |
52,662 | 52,320 | 5725e980ec44d21400f3d747 | generic | When paying a state visit to Britain, foreign heads of state are usually entertained by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. They are allocated a large suite of rooms known as the Belgian Suite, situated at the foot of the Minister's Staircase, on the ground floor of the north-facing Garden Wing. The rooms of the suite are ... | What is the style of the saucer domes in the Belgian Suite? | {'text': 'the style of Soane', 'answer_start': 434} |
70,467 | 70,125 | 57294b846aef051400154c79 | generic | The most famous escapee was the Boer prisoner of war Captain Fritz Joubert Duquesne who was serving a life sentence for "conspiracy against the British government and on (the charge of) espionage.". On the night of 25 June 1902, Duquesne slipped out of his tent, worked his way over a barbed-wire fence, swam 1.5 miles (... | After Duquesne made his way to St. George, what did he do? | {'text': 'stowed away on a boat heading to Baltimore, Maryland', 'answer_start': 573} |
63,734 | 63,392 | 5726b4e8dd62a815002e8d85 | generic | The Somerset Coal Canal was built in the early 19th century to reduce the cost of transportation of coal and other heavy produce. The first 16 kilometres (10 mi), running from a junction with the Kennet and Avon Canal, along the Cam valley, to a terminal basin at Paulton, were in use by 1805, together with several tram... | What was in use along the canal | {'text': 'several tramways', 'answer_start': 308} |
87,455 | 87,113 | 5a503516ce860b001aa3fb0b | generic | The prognosis for asthma is generally good, especially for children with mild disease. Mortality has decreased over the last few decades due to better recognition and improvement in care. Globally it causes moderate or severe disability in 19.4 million people as of 2004 (16 million of which are in low and middle income... | How many people will no longer be diagnosed with decline in lung function after 2004? | {'text': '19.4 million', 'answer_start': 240} |
26,309 | 25,967 | 5acfb94e77cf76001a685a85 | generic | At the beginning of the Three Kingdoms era (220–280 CE), Zhejiang was home to the warlords Yan Baihu and Wang Lang prior to their defeat by Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who eventually established the Kingdom of Wu. Despite the removal of their court from Kuaiji to Jianye (present-day Nanjing), they continued development of the... | Where was their court in Kuaiji demolished? | {'text': 'Jianye', 'answer_start': 257} |
104,095 | 103,753 | 572f591404bcaa1900d7688a | generic | Modern electrification systems take AC energy from a power grid which is delivered to a locomotive and converted to a DC voltage to be used by traction motors. These motors may either be DC motors which directly use the DC or they may be 3-phase AC motors which require further conversion of the DC to 3-phase AC (using ... | What is the main action AC and DC systems have to deal with? | {'text': 'converting and transporting', 'answer_start': 388} |
125,657 | 125,315 | 57335048d058e614000b5837 | generic | For a variety of reasons, market participants did not accurately measure the risk inherent with financial innovation such as MBS and CDOs or understand its impact on the overall stability of the financial system. For example, the pricing model for CDOs clearly did not reflect the level of risk they introduced into the ... | What are the reasons market participants did not understand the impact financial innovation products would have? | {'text': 'a variety of reasons', 'answer_start': 4} |
50,859 | 50,517 | 5725c41889a1e219009abe2c | generic | Israel was established as a homeland for the Jewish people and is often referred to as a Jewish state. The country's Law of Return grants all Jews and those of Jewish ancestry the right to Israeli citizenship. Over three quarters, or 75.5%, of the population are Jews from a diversity of Jewish backgrounds. Around 4% of... | What's the homeland for Jewish people? | {'text': 'Israel', 'answer_start': 0} |
87,092 | 86,750 | 57280e7d2ca10214002d9cc7 | generic | In April 1979, young students protested against Bokassa's decree that all school attendees would need to buy uniforms from a company owned by one of his wives. The government violently suppressed the protests, killing 100 children and teenagers. Bokassa himself may have been personally involved in some of the killings.... | Who did France restore into power? | {'text': 'Dacko', 'answer_start': 380} |
119,937 | 119,595 | 573117c505b4da19006bcd88 | generic | The Qing dynasty (Chinese: 清朝; pinyin: Qīng Cháo; Wade–Giles: Ch'ing Ch'ao; IPA: [tɕʰíŋ tʂʰɑ̌ʊ̯]), officially the Great Qing (Chinese: 大清; pinyin: Dà Qīng), also called the Empire of the Great Qing, or the Manchu dynasty, was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoratio... | What was the dynasty that ruled before the Manchu? | {'text': 'Ming', 'answer_start': 354} |
46,717 | 46,375 | 5acec1e932bba1001ae4b2e7 | generic | T. Gilmartin, (Professor of History, Maynooth, 1890), writes in Church History, Vol. 1, Ch XVII: The Arians sought the approval of an Ecumenical Council. They sought to hold two councils. Constantius, summoned the bishops of the East to meet at Seleucia in Isauria, and those of the West to Rimini in Italy. A preliminar... | What belief was not accepted by Constantius? | {'text': 'Arian', 'answer_start': 1129} |
126,354 | 126,012 | 57327bd90fdd8d15006c6b01 | generic | In China, Yellow Emperor is regarded as the humanistic primogenitor.[citation needed] Sage kings such as Yao and Shun are humanistic figures as recorded.[citation needed] King Wu of Zhou has the famous saying: "Humanity is the Ling (efficacious essence) of the world (among all)." Among them Duke of Zhou, respected as a... | Who was known as being a founder of humanism thought in China? | {'text': 'Yellow Emperor', 'answer_start': 10} |
55,680 | 55,338 | 572667f7dd62a815002e83e3 | generic | With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, Britain surged ahead of its European rivals. Demand for Indian commodities was boosted by the need to sustain the troops and the economy during the war, and by the increased availability of raw materials and efficient methods of production. As home to the revolution, Britai... | What was the name of William Henry Pyne book from 1808? | {'text': 'The Microcosm of London', 'answer_start': 576} |
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Great Britain: The torch relay leg held in London, the host city of the 2012 Summer Olympics, on April 6 began at Wembley Stadium, passed through the City of London, and eventually ended at O2 Arena in the eastern part of the city. The 48 km (30 mi) leg took a total of seven and a half hours to complete, and attracte... | What city held the Olympics in 2012? | {'text': 'London', 'answer_start': 45} |
38,623 | 38,281 | 5a612147e9e1cc001a33cf7f | generic | In the past, the floor exercise event was executed on the bare floor or mats such as wrestling mats. Today, the floor event occurs on a carpeted 12m × 12m square, usually consisting of hard foam over a layer of plywood, which is supported by springs or foam blocks generally called a "spring" floor. This provides a firm... | What advantage to wrestling mats have over spring floors? | {'text': 'provides a firm surface that provides extra bounce or spring when compressed', 'answer_start': 305} |
90,084 | 89,742 | 57293c5e6aef051400154bc0 | generic | Alaska's internet and other data transport systems are provided largely through the two major telecommunications companies: GCI and Alaska Communications. GCI owns and operates what it calls the Alaska United Fiber Optic system and as of late 2011 Alaska Communications advertised that it has "two fiber optic paths to t... | Which two companies provide internet and data transport to Alaska? | {'text': 'GCI and Alaska Communications', 'answer_start': 124} |
854 | 512 | 56d4e2e12ccc5a1400d832f1 | generic | Described as being "sexy, seductive and provocative" when performing on stage, Beyoncé has said that she originally created the alter ego "Sasha Fierce" to keep that stage persona separate from who she really is. She described Sasha as being "too aggressive, too strong, too sassy [and] too sexy", stating, "I'm not like... | When did Beyoncé introduce Sasha Fierce? | {'text': '2008', 'answer_start': 456} |
112,181 | 111,839 | 572fcee4b2c2fd1400568498 | generic | After recovering surprisingly fast from the sack of Rome, the Romans immediately resumed their expansion within Italy. The First Samnite War from 343 BC to 341 BC was relatively short: the Romans beat the Samnites in two battles, but were forced to withdraw before they could pursue the conflict further due to the revol... | When did The First Samnite War end? | {'text': '341 BC', 'answer_start': 156} |
112,859 | 112,517 | 573240a4b9d445190005e920 | generic | Starting in mid-June 1944, Iwo Jima came under sustained aerial bombardment and naval artillery fire. However, Kuribayashi's hidden guns and defenses survived the constant bombardment virtually unscathed. On 19 February 1945, some 30,000 men of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions landed on the southeast coast of Iwo... | How many men landed on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945? | {'text': 'some 30,000', 'answer_start': 226} |
103,041 | 102,699 | 5ad4cd325b96ef001a10a11a | generic | In 2011, Spielberg launched Falling Skies, a science fiction television series, on the TNT network. He developed the series with Robert Rodat and is credited as an executive producer. Spielberg is also producing the Fox TV series Terra Nova. Terra Nova begins in the year 2149 when all life on the planet Earth is threat... | In what year did Under the Dome premiere? | {'text': '2011', 'answer_start': 3} |
94,209 | 93,867 | 5ad13790645df0001a2d11ec | generic | United Nations' Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that "renewable energy has the ability to lift the poorest nations to new levels of prosperity". In October 2011, he "announced the creation of a high-level group to drum up support for energy access, energy efficiency and greater use of renewable energy. The group... | Who is chairman of Bank of Canada? | {'text': 'Charles Holliday', 'answer_start': 456} |
26,736 | 26,394 | 56f97d559e9bad19000a09a8 | generic | Dannatt criticised a remnant "Cold War mentality", with military expenditures based on retaining a capability against a direct conventional strategic threat; He said currently only 10% of the MoD's equipment programme budget between 2003 and 2018 was to be invested in the "land environment"—at a time when Britain was e... | How much of the MoD's equipment budget is invested in the "land environment"? | {'text': '10%', 'answer_start': 181} |
115,386 | 115,044 | 5733801f4776f41900660c06 | generic | Historically Whitehead's work has been most influential in the field of American progressive theology. The most important early proponent of Whitehead's thought in a theological context was Charles Hartshorne, who spent a semester at Harvard as Whitehead's teaching assistant in 1925, and is widely credited with develop... | Who are some other distinguished process theologians? | {'text': 'John B. Cobb, Jr., David Ray Griffin, Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, C. Robert Mesle, Roland Faber, and Catherine Keller', 'answer_start': 433} |
93,264 | 92,922 | 5a51421bce860b001aa3fc91 | generic | Federalism has a long tradition in German history. The Holy Roman Empire comprised many petty states numbering more than 300 around 1796. The number of territories was greatly reduced during the Napoleonic Wars (1796–1814). After the Congress of Vienna (1815), 39 states formed the German Confederation. The Confederatio... | What is a recent political tradition in Germany? | {'text': 'Federalism', 'answer_start': 0} |
125,879 | 125,537 | 573325c6d058e614000b573c | generic | Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of Brazil, its wealthiest colony, in 1822. After the 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy, the democratic but unstable Portuguese First Republic was established, l... | In which year was the Portugal monarchy deposed? | {'text': '1910', 'answer_start': 210} |
85,616 | 85,274 | 572821c33acd2414000df53b | generic | Pippy Park is an urban park located in the east end of the city; with over 3,400 acres (14 km2) of land, it is one of Canada's largest urban parks. The park contains a range of recreational facilities including two golf courses, Newfoundland and Labrador's largest serviced campground, walking and skiing trails as well ... | Where is Pippy Park located in the city? | {'text': 'east end', 'answer_start': 43} |
67,172 | 66,830 | 5726eae2708984140094d5e4 | generic | On 24 April 2014, it was reported in the Italian magazine Credere that the late pope could possibly be beatified on 19 October 2014. This report from the magazine further stated that several cardinals and bishops would meet on 5 May to confirm the miracle that had previously been approved, and then present it to Pope F... | What type of miracle was attributed to Pope Paul VI? | {'text': 'healing', 'answer_start': 483} |
23,664 | 23,322 | 56f718d33d8e2e1400e37343 | generic | In January 1920, Tito and his wife made a long and difficult journey home to Yugoslavia where he arrived in September. Upon his return, Broz joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. The CPY's influence on the political life of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was growing rapidly. In the 1920 elections the Communists won 59 s... | How long was he in prison at Lepoglava for? | {'text': 'five years', 'answer_start': 1570} |
89,474 | 89,132 | 5728456d3acd2414000df833 | generic | Perhaps the most famous raid by Oeselian pirates occurred in 1187, with the attack on the Swedish town of Sigtuna by Finnic raiders from Couronia and Oesel. Among the casualties of this raid was the Swedish archbishop Johannes. The city remained occupied for some time, contributing to its decline as a center of commerc... | What type of ship was the liburna? | {'text': 'merchant ship', 'answer_start': 548} |
109,953 | 109,611 | 572fb6f904bcaa1900d76c28 | generic | A database built with one DBMS is not portable to another DBMS (i.e., the other DBMS cannot run it). However, in some situations it is desirable to move, migrate a database from one DBMS to another. The reasons are primarily economical (different DBMSs may have different total costs of ownership or TCOs), functional, a... | Why would someone attempt to unite two different databases? | {'text': 'primarily economical', 'answer_start': 215} |
65,318 | 64,976 | 5acfc87d77cf76001a685f58 | generic | The assertion that the Cubist depiction of space, mass, time, and volume supports (rather than contradicts) the flatness of the canvas was made by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler as early as 1920, but it was subject to criticism in the 1950s and 1960s, especially by Clement Greenberg. Contemporary views of Cubism are complex, ... | Who's work undermined Douglass Coopers terms in not describing Cubism? | {'text': 'Picasso, Braque, Gris and Léger', 'answer_start': 1301} |
52,733 | 52,391 | 5a7a48f817ab25001a8a0468 | 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 ... | Where do Investitures never take place? | {'text': "in the palace's Ballroom", 'answer_start': 111} |
83,211 | 82,869 | 5727d5992ca10214002d9798 | generic | In the fifth century Strasbourg was occupied successively by Alemanni, Huns, and Franks. In the ninth century it was commonly known as Strazburg in the local language, as documented in 842 by the Oaths of Strasbourg. This trilingual text contains, alongside texts in Latin and Old High German (teudisca lingua), the olde... | What Empire split to create France and Germany? | {'text': 'Carolingian Empire', 'answer_start': 731} |
62,003 | 61,661 | 572701bd708984140094d860 | generic | The Rohingya people have consistently faced human rights abuses by the Burmese regime that has refused to acknowledge them as Burmese citizens (despite some of them having lived in Burma for over three generations)—the Rohingya have been denied Burmese citizenship since the enactment of a 1982 citizenship law. The law ... | What races are considered for full citizenship in Burma? | {'text': 'national races such as Kachin, Kayah (Karenni), Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Rakhine, Shan, Kaman, or Zerbadee', 'answer_start': 481} |
39,353 | 39,011 | 5ad13a3c645df0001a2d12c4 | generic | The Gospel of Luke begins its account of Mary's life with the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel appeared to her and announced her divine selection to be the mother of Jesus. According to gospel accounts, Mary was present at the Crucifixion of Jesus and is depicted as a member of the early Christian community in Jeru... | Who else was present at the Crucifixion of Jesus? | {'text': 'Gabriel', 'answer_start': 91} |
46,576 | 46,234 | 5acec09032bba1001ae4b2b4 | generic | Through the influence of the Eusebian faction at Constantinople, an Arian bishop, George of Cappadocia, was now appointed to rule the see of Alexandria. Athanasius, after remaining some days in the neighbourhood of the city, finally withdrew into the desert of Upper Egypt, where he remained for a period of six years, l... | Who wrote "Future of the Arians"? | {'text': 'Athanasius', 'answer_start': 153} |
51,005 | 50,663 | 5725d3b0ec44d21400f3d64d | generic | Israeli cuisine has adopted, and continues to adapt, elements of various styles of Jewish cuisine, particularly the Mizrahi, Sephardic, and Ashkenazi styles of cooking, along with Moroccan Jewish, Iraqi Jewish, Ethiopian Jewish, Indian Jewish, Iranian Jewish and Yemeni Jewish influences. It incorporates many foods trad... | Schnitzel, pizza, hamburgers, French fries, rice and salad are also very common where? | {'text': 'Israel', 'answer_start': 592} |
54,384 | 54,042 | 5726d15cdd62a815002e9132 | generic | Cara Cusumano, director of the Tribeca Film Festival, stated in April 2014: "Piracy is less about people not wanting to pay and more about just wanting the immediacy – people saying, 'I want to watch Spiderman right now' and downloading it". The statement occurred during the third year that the festival used the Intern... | What did Cara Cusumano say about piracy in 2014 that people want? | {'text': 'immediacy', 'answer_start': 156} |
118,451 | 118,109 | 5acfaf7977cf76001a68585a | generic | According to the Namibia Labour Force Survey Report 2012, conducted by the Namibia Statistics Agency, the country's unemployment rate is 27.4%. "Strict unemployment" (people actively seeking a full-time job) stood at 20.2% in 2000, 21.9% in 2004 and spiraled to 29.4% in 2008. Under a broader definition (including peopl... | What was the unemployment rate in 2012 including people who had given up looking for work? | {'text': '36.7%', 'answer_start': 388} |
68,840 | 68,498 | 5726e9415951b619008f8234 | generic | Nicholas felt that, because of Russian assistance in suppressing the Hungarian revolution of 1848, Austria would side with him, or at the very least remain neutral. Austria, however, felt threatened by the Russian troops in the Balkans. On 27 February 1854, the United Kingdom and France demanded the withdrawal of Russi... | Who felt Austria would side with him due to the Hungarian revolution outcome? | {'text': 'Nicholas', 'answer_start': 0} |
116,183 | 115,841 | 5ad4a24aba00c4001a268e95 | generic | An upgrade to Windows 8 known as Windows 8.1 was officially announced by Microsoft on May 14, 2013. Following a presentation devoted to the upgrade at Build 2013, a public beta version of the upgrade was released on June 26, 2013. Windows 8.1 was released to OEM hardware partners on August 27, 2013, and released public... | When did Microsoft release the alpha version of Windows 8.1? | {'text': 'June 26, 2013', 'answer_start': 216} |
95,839 | 95,497 | 5729b7991d046914007795cc | generic | IBM has constantly evolved since its inception. Over the past decade, it has steadily shifted its business mix by exiting commoditizing markets such as PCs, hard disk drives and DRAMs and focusing on higher-value, more profitable markets such as business intelligence, data analytics, business continuity, security, clou... | What were the net profit margins of IBM in 2004? | {'text': '9.0%', 'answer_start': 547} |
61,087 | 60,745 | 57278345708984140094dfad | generic | Plant anatomy is the study of the structure of plant cells and tissues, whereas plant morphology is the study of their external form. All plants are multicellular eukaryotes, their DNA stored in nuclei. The characteristic features of plant cells that distinguish them from those of animals and fungi include a primary ce... | What is the study of the inside of plants? | {'text': 'Plant anatomy', 'answer_start': 0} |
93,557 | 93,215 | 572947c3af94a219006aa248 | generic | From the 19th century, there was a revival in many ancient glass-making techniques including cameo glass, achieved for the first time since the Roman Empire and initially mostly used for pieces in a neo-classical style. The Art Nouveau movement made great use of glass, with René Lalique, Émile Gallé, and Daum of Nancy ... | When did glassworkers begin to consider their products fine art? | {'text': '1960', 'answer_start': 659} |
73,530 | 73,188 | 5ad41a64604f3c001a4004ba | generic | UCLA professor Richard H. Sander published an article in the November 2004 issue of the Stanford Law Review that questioned the effectiveness of racial preferences in law schools. He noted that, prior to his article, there had been no comprehensive study on the effects of affirmative action. The article presents a stud... | How much does the article estimate the black lawyer population would potentially grow if affirmative action started? | {'text': 'eight percent', 'answer_start': 652} |
34,766 | 34,424 | 5ad255afd7d075001a428d47 | generic | Emotions can motivate social interactions and relationships and therefore are directly related with basic physiology, particularly with the stress systems. This is important because emotions are related to the anti-stress complex, with an oxytocin-attachment system, which plays a major role in bonding. Emotional phenot... | From where don't zygotes derive their genetic information? | {'text': 'parental germ cells', 'answer_start': 725} |
66,199 | 65,857 | 5726b83f5951b619008f7bc2 | generic | It was announced on 19 March 2015 that self-governance for the island would be revoked by the Commonwealth and replaced by a local council with the state of New South Wales providing services to the island. A reason given was that the island had never gained self-sufficiency and was being heavily subsidised by the Comm... | What benefits would Norfolk Island residents receive as a result of the new council? | {'text': 'they would also be covered by Australian welfare schemes such as Centrelink and Medicare', 'answer_start': 440} |
127,659 | 127,317 | 573353674776f4190066083e | generic | Tajikistan (i/tɑːˈdʒiːkᵻstɑːn/, /təˈdʒiːkᵻstæn/, or /tæˈdʒiːkiːstæn/; Persian: تاجيكستان Тоҷикистон [tɔd͡ʒikɪsˈtɔn]), officially the Republic of Tajikistan (Persian: جمهورى تاجيكستان Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Çumhuriji Toçikiston/Jumhuriyi Tojikiston; Russian: Респу́блика Таджикистан, Respublika Tadzhikistan), is... | What is the area of Tajikistan? | {'text': 'area of 143,100 km2 (55,300 sq mi)', 'answer_start': 422} |
13,545 | 13,203 | 5acd518d07355d001abf3d1a | generic | The egalitarianism typical of human hunters and gatherers is never total, but is striking when viewed in an evolutionary context. One of humanity's two closest primate relatives, chimpanzees, are anything but egalitarian, forming themselves into hierarchies that are often dominated by an alpha male. So great is the con... | What species is often dominated by an alpha female? | {'text': 'chimpanzees', 'answer_start': 179} |
98,098 | 97,756 | 5ad38194604f3c001a3fe487 | generic | After Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba in 1959, many wealthy Cubans sought refuge in Miami, further increasing the population. The city developed businesses and cultural amenities as part of the New South. In the 1980s and 1990s, South Florida weathered social problems related to drug wars, immigration from Haiti and... | What minor storm occurred between the 1980s and 1990s? | {'text': 'Hurricane Andrew', 'answer_start': 370} |
97,504 | 97,162 | 572ab384be1ee31400cb819a | generic | Hayek's influence on the development of economics is widely acknowledged. Hayek is the second-most frequently cited economist (after Kenneth Arrow) in the Nobel lectures of the prize winners in economics, which is particularly striking since his own lecture was critical of the field of orthodox economics and neo-classi... | On the topic of mainstream economics, whose Nobel lecture was particularly critical? | {'text': "Hayek's", 'answer_start': 738} |
3,748 | 3,406 | 56d646091c8504140094705e | generic | All Mainland Chinese television stations (along with some stations in Hong Kong and expatriate communities) cancelled all regularly-scheduled programming, displayed their logo in grayscale, and replaced their cancelled programmes with live earthquake footage from CCTV-1 for multiple days after the quake. Even pay telev... | What was the source of the live feeds? | {'text': 'CCTV-1', 'answer_start': 264} |
119,101 | 118,759 | 5731450de6313a140071cda2 | generic | The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponent an advantage in the EMS and ensure friendly, unimpeded access to the EM spectrum portion of the information environment. Electronic warfare aircraft are used to keep airspaces friendly, and send critical information to anyone who needs it. They are often called ... | What does the USAF use Electronic warfare aircraft for? | {'text': 'to keep airspaces friendly, and send critical information to anyone who needs it', 'answer_start': 216} |
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