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80,979 | 80,637 | 5727ce452ca10214002d96e2 | generic | While the Downtown and New Center areas contain high-rise buildings, the majority of the surrounding city consists of low-rise structures and single-family homes. Outside of the city's core, residential high-rises are found in upper-class neighborhoods such as the East Riverfront extending toward Grosse Pointe and the ... | What type of neighborhood is Sherwood Forest? | {'text': 'historic', 'answer_start': 502} |
122,068 | 121,726 | 5731f24bb9d445190005e6d4 | generic | The efforts of military commanders to channel the divine will were on occasion less successful. In the early days of Rome's war against Carthage, the commander Publius Claudius Pulcher (consul 249 BC) launched a sea campaign "though the sacred chickens would not eat when he took the auspices." In defiance of the omen, ... | What type of campaign did Publius fight? | {'text': 'sea', 'answer_start': 212} |
118,674 | 118,332 | 5a862d11b4e223001a8e74a0 | generic | In Ukraine, Russian is seen as a language of inter-ethnic communication, and a minority language, under the 1996 Constitution of Ukraine. According to estimates from Demoskop Weekly, in 2004 there were 14,400,000 native speakers of Russian in the country, and 29 million active speakers. 65% of the population was fluent... | What was the population of Russia in 2001? | {'text': '14,400,000', 'answer_start': 202} |
93,611 | 93,269 | 5a67151af038b7001ab0c1c8 | 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 does Liquidmetal Technologies use for their cooling? | {'text': 'zirconium', 'answer_start': 758} |
89,148 | 88,806 | 57284ec24b864d190016491e | generic | Criticism of the War on Terror addresses the issues, morality, efficiency, economics, and other questions surrounding the War on Terror and made against the phrase itself, calling it a misnomer. The notion of a "war" against "terrorism" has proven highly contentious, with critics charging that it has been exploited by ... | What phrase has been called a misnomer? | {'text': 'War on Terror', 'answer_start': 122} |
71,874 | 71,532 | 5726ebefdd62a815002e9551 | generic | The English word scientist is relatively recent—first coined by William Whewell in the 19th century. Previously, people investigating nature called themselves natural philosophers. While empirical investigations of the natural world have been described since classical antiquity (for example, by Thales, Aristotle, and o... | When was the word "scientist" created? | {'text': '19th century', 'answer_start': 87} |
97,946 | 97,604 | 572a84d3f75d5e190021fb3b | generic | "The first Ottoman Medrese was created in İznik in 1331 and most Ottoman medreses followed the traditions of Sunni Islam." "When an Ottoman sultan established a new medrese, he would invite scholars from the Islamic world—for example, Murad II brought scholars from Persia, such as ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn and Fakhr al-Dīn who help... | Where were Ottoman madaris built? | {'text': 'near mosques', 'answer_start': 1739} |
111,666 | 111,324 | 572fbd86b2c2fd14005683cc | generic | Television money had also become much more important; the Football League received £6.3 million for a two-year agreement in 1986, but when that deal was renewed in 1988, the price rose to £44 million over four years. The 1988 negotiations were the first signs of a breakaway league; ten clubs threatened to leave and for... | Why did some of the top teams consider leaving the Football league? | {'text': 'to capitalise on the growing influx of money being pumped into the sport.', 'answer_start': 518} |
21,082 | 20,740 | 56e820ad37bdd419002c4445 | generic | A standard dialect (also known as a standardized dialect or "standard language") is a dialect that is supported by institutions. Such institutional support may include government recognition or designation; presentation as being the "correct" form of a language in schools; published grammars, dictionaries, and textbook... | The support of what groups results in a dialect being standardized? | {'text': 'institutions', 'answer_start': 115} |
37,222 | 36,880 | 570b5cafec8fbc190045b9a4 | generic | Starting in 1940 (18 months before Pearl Harbor), the nation mobilized, giving high priority to air power. American involvement in World War II in 1940–41 was limited to providing war material and financial support to Britain, the Soviet Union, and the Republic of China. The U.S. entered officially on 8 December 1941 f... | What was the American priority in mobilization prior to entering World War II? | {'text': 'air power', 'answer_start': 96} |
64,161 | 63,819 | 5726efa6dd62a815002e95be | generic | Yale's residential college system was established in 1933 by Edward S. Harkness, who admired the social intimacy of Oxford and Cambridge and donated significant funds to found similar colleges at Yale and Harvard. Though Yale's colleges resemble their English precursors organizationally and architecturally, they are de... | Who runs Yale's residential colleges? | {'text': 'The colleges are led by a master and an academic dean', 'answer_start': 380} |
85,432 | 85,090 | 5a7a81c421c2de001afe9cbd | generic | Think-tanks such as the World Pensions Council have also argued that European legislators have pushed somewhat dogmatically for the adoption of the Basel II recommendations, adopted in 2005, transposed in European Union law through the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD), effective since 2008. In essence, they forced ... | When was Basel II rejected? | {'text': '2005', 'answer_start': 185} |
60,984 | 60,642 | 5726be0b5951b619008f7cd3 | generic | The light energy captured by chlorophyll a is initially in the form of electrons (and later a proton gradient) that's used to make molecules of ATP and NADPH which temporarily store and transport energy. Their energy is used in the light-independent reactions of the Calvin cycle by the enzyme rubisco to produce molecul... | Why is table sugar produced? | {'text': 'for export to the rest of the plant', 'answer_start': 880} |
4,657 | 4,315 | 56d128d017492d1400aabad0 | generic | Lee modeled the character of Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote, known then as Truman Persons. Just as Dill lived next door to Scout during the summer, Capote lived next door to Lee with his aunts while his mother visited New York City. Like Dill, Capote had an impressive imagination and a gift for fascinating... | What term did Capote use to describe Lee and himself? | {'text': 'apart people', 'answer_start': 716} |
78,276 | 77,934 | 5a73b82742eae6001a389992 | generic | The United States has become essentially a two-party system. Since a conservative (such as the Republican Party) and liberal (such as the Democratic Party) party has usually been the status quo within American politics. The first parties were called Federalist and Republican, followed by a brief period of Republican do... | For how long did the Federalist Party exist? | {'text': 'two decades', 'answer_start': 514} |
109,189 | 108,847 | 572fd7e304bcaa1900d76db5 | generic | Founded as the School of Commerce and Finance in 1917, the Olin Business School was named after entrepreneur John M. Olin in 1988. The school's academic programs include BSBA, MBA, Professional MBA (PMBA), Executive MBA (EMBA), MS in Finance, MS in Supply Chain Management, MS in Customer Analytics, Master of Accounting... | Where was an Executive MBA program established by Washington University in 2002? | {'text': 'Shanghai', 'answer_start': 488} |
24,114 | 23,772 | 56f95da19b226e1400dd13c4 | generic | During the early years of the Cold War from 1946 to 1958, the United States tested 67 nuclear weapons at its Pacific Proving Grounds located in the Marshall Islands, including the largest atmospheric nuclear test ever conducted by the U.S., code named Castle Bravo. "The bombs had a total yield of 108,496 kilotons, over... | What was the name of the United States' largest atmospheric nuclear test? | {'text': 'Castle Bravo', 'answer_start': 252} |
1,888 | 1,546 | 56cd58c362d2951400fa6522 | generic | Wang and Nyima state that after the official title "Education Minister" was granted to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen (1302–1364) by the Yuan court, this title appeared frequently with his name in various Tibetan texts, while his Tibetan title "Degsi" (sic properly sde-srid or desi) is seldom mentioned. Wang and Nyima tak... | What dynasty kept a Central-local government relation with the Yuan imperial court? | {'text': 'Phagmodrupa Dynasty', 'answer_start': 419} |
26,922 | 26,580 | 5ad3aaab604f3c001a3feb5b | generic | In 1949, France started its transmissions with an 819 lines system (with 737 active lines). The system was monochrome only, and was used only on VHF for the first French TV channel. It was discontinued in 1983. | When was France's 811 line system discontinued? | {'text': '1983', 'answer_start': 205} |
108,794 | 108,452 | 572f1aaecb0c0d14000f1776 | generic | Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar ... | What was the population in 2010 according to the Census Bureau? | {'text': '89,736', 'answer_start': 641} |
67,447 | 67,105 | 5726bec2dd62a815002e8f37 | generic | Nothing in the principle of any of the motors described above requires that the iron (steel) portions of the rotor actually rotate. If the soft magnetic material of the rotor is made in the form of a cylinder, then (except for the effect of hysteresis) torque is exerted only on the windings of the electromagnets. Takin... | What is absent in a coreless DC motor? | {'text': 'iron core', 'answer_start': 512} |
123,911 | 123,569 | 5a848dab7cf838001a46a91f | generic | The roles and responsibilities of the minority leader are not well-defined. To a large extent, the functions of the minority leader are defined by tradition and custom. A minority leader from 1931 to 1939, Representative Bertrand Snell, R-N.Y., provided this "job description": "He is spokesman for his party and enuncia... | What are some of the duties of a majority leader? | {'text': 'spokesman for his party and enunciates its policies', 'answer_start': 285} |
52,502 | 52,160 | 5725c53d89a1e219009abe54 | generic | Possibly the first house erected within the site was that of a Sir William Blake, around 1624. The next owner was Lord Goring, who from 1633 extended Blake's house and developed much of today's garden, then known as Goring Great Garden. He did not, however, obtain the freehold interest in the mulberry garden. Unbeknown... | Who built the first house on the site? | {'text': 'Sir William Blake', 'answer_start': 63} |
72,563 | 72,221 | 57277fdcf1498d1400e8f9fb | generic | Some rock formations in the path of a glacier are sculpted into small hills called roche moutonnée, or "sheepback" rock. Roche moutonnée are elongated, rounded, and asymmetrical bedrock knobs that can be produced by glacier erosion. They range in length from less than a meter to several hundred meters long. Roche mouto... | What shape do roche moutonnee have on their "up" side? | {'text': 'gentle slope', 'answer_start': 332} |
93,981 | 93,639 | 57293ff51d046914007791f4 | generic | During the five-years from the end of 2004 through 2009, worldwide renewable energy capacity grew at rates of 10–60 percent annually for many technologies. In 2011, UN under-secretary general Achim Steiner said: "The continuing growth in this core segment of the green economy is not happening by chance. The combination... | Between what years did worldwide renewable energy capacity grow at rates of 10 to 60 percent annually? | {'text': '2004 through 2009', 'answer_start': 38} |
92,329 | 91,987 | 5a722b2a0efcfe001a8afe8f | generic | By the January 2004 Iowa caucuses, the field had dwindled down to nine candidates, as Bob Graham had dropped out of the race. Howard Dean was a strong front-runner. However, the Iowa caucuses yielded unexpectedly strong results for Democratic candidates John Kerry, who earned 38% of the state's delegates and John Edwar... | How many ads were run by Graham in Iowa before the vote? | {'text': 'nine', 'answer_start': 66} |
16,096 | 15,754 | 56e1944ae3433e1400422fe0 | generic | Throughout the universe, hydrogen is mostly found in the atomic and plasma states whose properties are quite different from molecular hydrogen. As a plasma, hydrogen's electron and proton are not bound together, resulting in very high electrical conductivity and high emissivity (producing the light from the Sun and oth... | The neutral hydrogen found in the damped Lyman-alpha systems dominates what? | {'text': 'cosmological baryonic density of the Universe', 'answer_start': 712} |
20,730 | 20,388 | 56e7b66337bdd419002c43c9 | generic | Most of Nanjing's major theatres are multi-purpose, used as convention halls, cinemas, musical halls and theatres on different occasions. The major theatres include the People's Convention Hall and the Nanjing Arts and Culture Center. The Capital Theatre well known in the past is now a museum in theatre/film. | What are the two most prominent theatres in Nanjing? | {'text': "the People's Convention Hall and the Nanjing Arts and Culture Center", 'answer_start': 165} |
69,606 | 69,264 | 5726ecae708984140094d63e | generic | Law offers more ambiguity. Some writings of Plato and Aristotle, the law tables of Hammurabi of Babylon, or even the early parts of the Bible could be seen as legal literature. Roman civil law as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis during the reign of Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire has a reputation as significant... | Under what Emperor did this group sit? | {'text': 'Justinian I', 'answer_start': 253} |
125,052 | 124,710 | 57327187b9d445190005eb25 | generic | On the whole, Eisenhower's support of the nation's fledgling space program was officially modest until the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957, gaining the Cold War enemy enormous prestige around the world. He then launched a national campaign that funded not just space exploration but a major strengthening of science and... | With whom did Eisenhower try to improve relations? | {'text': 'American scientists', 'answer_start': 640} |
61,376 | 61,034 | 5726f074708984140094d68f | generic | Madonna also began work on her thirteenth studio album, with collaborators including Avicii, Diplo and Natalia Kills. In December 2014, thirteen demos recorded for the album leaked onto the Internet. She posted in response that half of the tracks would not be used on the final release, while the other half had "changed... | How much did Rebel Heart Tour grossed? | {'text': '$169.8 million', 'answer_start': 697} |
109,210 | 108,868 | 5ace2b5c32bba1001ae49c7a | generic | Undergraduate BSBA students take 40–60% of their courses within the business school and are able to formally declare majors in eight areas: accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, healthcare management, marketing, managerial economics and strategy, organization and human resources, international business, and operations... | How many types of MBA's does Washington University offer? | {'text': 'eight', 'answer_start': 127} |
45,455 | 45,113 | 5ad3f2d0604f3c001a3ff8cc | generic | Capital punishment was suspended in the United States from 1972 through 1976 primarily as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in Furman v. Georgia. The last pre-Furman execution was that of Luis Monge on June 2, 1967. In this case, the court found that the death penalty was being imposed in an unconstitutional man... | What Supreme Court case resulted in capital punishment being allowed? | {'text': 'Furman v. Georgia', 'answer_start': 134} |
19,247 | 18,905 | 56e7305b37bdd419002c3de5 | generic | Clock shifts are usually scheduled near a weekend midnight to lessen disruption to weekday schedules. A one-hour shift is customary, but Australia's Lord Howe Island uses a half-hour shift. Twenty-minute and two-hour shifts have been used in the past. | During what part of the week is the time change most often scheduled? | {'text': 'weekend', 'answer_start': 42} |
54,003 | 53,661 | 5726255e271a42140099d583 | generic | On the night of 10 August in Washington, American Colonels Dean Rusk and Charles H. Bonesteel III were tasked with dividing the Korean Peninsula into Soviet and U.S. occupation zones and proposed the 38th parallel. This was incorporated into America's General Order No. 1 which responded to the Japanese surrender on 15 ... | What job were Colonels Dean Rusk and Charles H. Bonesteel III given? | {'text': 'dividing the Korean Peninsula', 'answer_start': 115} |
42,606 | 42,264 | 570dec870b85d914000d7be8 | generic | A broad way of defining adolescence is the transition from child-to-adulthood. According to Hogan & Astone (1986), this transition can include markers such as leaving school, starting a full-time job, leaving the home of origin, getting married, and becoming a parent for the first time. However, the time frame of this ... | Leaving school, starting a full-time job, getting married, and becoming a parent for the first time are markers in what stage of one's development, according to Hogan & Astone? | {'text': 'adolescence', 'answer_start': 24} |
118,816 | 118,474 | 5a864973b4e223001a8e7535 | generic | The Russian alphabet has many systems of character encoding. KOI8-R was designed by the Soviet government and was intended to serve as the standard encoding. This encoding was and still is widely used in UNIX-like operating systems. Nevertheless, the spread of MS-DOS and OS/2 (IBM866), traditional Macintosh (ISO/IEC 88... | What did K018-R become a defacto standard in? | {'text': 'Russian Internet and e-mail communication', 'answer_start': 490} |
89,565 | 89,223 | 5728b6bbff5b5019007da541 | generic | Estonia is situated in the northern part of the temperate climate zone and in the transition zone between maritime and continental climate. Estonia has four seasons of near-equal length. Average temperatures range from 16.3 °C (61.3 °F) on the Baltic islands to 18.1 °C (64.6 °F) inland in July, the warmest month, and f... | What is the warmest month in Estonia? | {'text': 'July', 'answer_start': 290} |
106,003 | 105,661 | 572ee029cb0c0d14000f1655 | generic | When Empress Dowager Deng died, Emperor An (r. 106–125 AD) was convinced by the accusations of the eunuchs Li Run (李閏) and Jiang Jing (江京) that Deng and her family had planned to depose him. An dismissed Deng's clan members from office, exiled them and forced many to commit suicide. After An's death, his wife, Empress ... | Relatives of what family were exiled after Sun Cheng had overthrown the regime? | {'text': 'Yan', 'answer_start': 589} |
99,757 | 99,415 | 5a7c6618e8bc7e001a9e1d62 | generic | Beginning with Immanuel Kant, German idealists such as G. W. F. Hegel, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, and Arthur Schopenhauer dominated 19th-century philosophy. This tradition, which emphasized the mental or "ideal" character of all phenomena, gave birth to idealistic and subjectivist schoo... | Hegel wrote about what philosophy that rejected metaphysical assumptions? | {'text': 'Marxism', 'answer_start': 529} |
40,962 | 40,620 | 570d9860df2f5219002ecffc | generic | Rheinmetall in Germany developed an automatic 20 mm in the 1920s and Oerlikon in Switzerland had acquired the patent to an automatic 20 mm gun designed in Germany during World War I. Germany introduced the rapid-fire 2 cm FlaK 30 and later in the decade it was redesigned by Mauser-Werke and became the 2 cm FlaK 38. Nev... | Which company redesigned the rapid fire 2 cm FlaK 30? | {'text': 'Mauser-Werke', 'answer_start': 275} |
89,265 | 88,923 | 5ad13c17645df0001a2d131c | generic | Callaghan had been widely expected to call a general election in the autumn of 1978 when most opinion polls showed Labour to have a narrow lead. However he decided to extend his wage restraint policy for another year hoping that the economy would be in a better shape for a 1979 election. But during the winter of 1978–7... | Who did no one expect to call for a general election? | {'text': 'Callaghan', 'answer_start': 0} |
60,478 | 60,136 | 572680e4dd62a815002e8780 | generic | A series of new editors-in-chief oversaw the company during another slow time for the industry. Once again, Marvel attempted to diversify, and with the updating of the Comics Code achieved moderate to strong success with titles themed to horror (The Tomb of Dracula), martial arts, (Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu), sword-... | What situation allowed Marvel to expand into more adult-themed genre stories? | {'text': 'the updating of the Comics Code', 'answer_start': 148} |
44,797 | 44,455 | 57100993b654c5140001f787 | generic | The Sell Assessment of Sexual Orientation (SASO) was developed to address the major concerns with the Kinsey Scale and Klein Sexual Orientation Grid and as such, measures sexual orientation on a continuum, considers various dimensions of sexual orientation, and considers homosexuality and heterosexuality separately. Ra... | What did SASO find wrong with the KInsey scale and Klein Sexual Orientation Grid? | {'text': 'measures sexual orientation on a continuum, considers various dimensions of sexual orientation, and considers homosexuality and heterosexuality separately', 'answer_start': 162} |
59,292 | 58,950 | 572689e65951b619008f7635 | generic | During 1976, Queen played one of their most famous gigs, a free concert in Hyde Park, London. A concert organised by the entrepreneur Richard Branson, it set an attendance record with 150,000 people confirmed in the audience. On 1 December 1976, Queen were the intended guests on London's early evening Today programme, ... | Where did Queen host a free concert in 1976? | {'text': 'Hyde Park, London', 'answer_start': 75} |
45,736 | 45,394 | 571022aba58dae1900cd68e2 | generic | In May 2014, Oklahoma Director of Corrections, Robert Patton, recommended an indefinite hold on executions in the state after the botched execution of African-American Clayton Lockett. The prisoner had to be tasered to restrain him prior to the execution, and the lethal injection missed a vein in his groin, resulting i... | As of May 2014, what was Robert Patton's job title? | {'text': 'Director of Corrections', 'answer_start': 22} |
23,841 | 23,499 | 56f81fb1aef2371900625dec | generic | Tito became increasingly ill over the course of 1979. During this time Vila Srna was built for his use near Morović in the event of his recovery. On 7 January and again on 11 January 1980, Tito was admitted to the Medical Centre in Ljubljana, the capital city of the SR Slovenia, with circulation problems in his legs. H... | What was built near Morovic for Tito to use in the event of his recovery? | {'text': 'Vila Srna', 'answer_start': 71} |
85,146 | 84,804 | 5a7e364170df9f001a875576 | generic | Time travel is the concept of moving backwards or forwards to different points in time, in a manner analogous to moving through space, and different from the normal "flow" of time to an earthbound observer. In this view, all points in time (including future times) "persist" in some way. Time travel has been a plot devi... | What did authors go beyond in the 19th century when writing fiction? | {'text': 'the normal "flow" of time', 'answer_start': 154} |
47,649 | 47,307 | 5ad2b36bd7d075001a429f94 | generic | Sometimes people of mixed African-American and Native American descent report having had elder family members withholding pertinent genealogical information. Tracing the genealogy of African Americans can be a very difficult process, as censuses did not identify slaves by name before the American Civil War, meaning tha... | Who was John Adams in a relationship with? | {'text': 'Sally Hemings', 'answer_start': 516} |
94,783 | 94,441 | 5acfbbc777cf76001a685b1c | generic | Binary compounds of zinc are known for most of the metalloids and all the nonmetals except the noble gases. The oxide ZnO is a white powder that is nearly insoluble in neutral aqueous solutions, but is amphoteric, dissolving in both strong basic and acidic solutions. The other chalcogenides (ZnS, ZnSe, and ZnTe) have v... | What is unknowable for binary compounds of zinc? | {'text': 'noble gases', 'answer_start': 95} |
14,366 | 14,024 | 56df890b38dc421700152018 | generic | By 1874, Bell's initial work on the harmonic telegraph had entered a formative stage, with progress made both at his new Boston "laboratory" (a rented facility) and at his family home in Canada a big success.[N 14] While working that summer in Brantford, Bell experimented with a "phonautograph", a pen-like machine that... | On what material did the phonautograph operate? | {'text': 'smoked glass', 'answer_start': 357} |
25,450 | 25,108 | 56f8d7c39b226e1400dd10cb | generic | He was killed on 2 March 2009, possibly by soldiers in retaliation for the assassination of General Batista Tagme Na Waie, the head of the joint chiefs of staff, killed in an explosion. Vieira's death did not trigger widespread violence, but there were signs of turmoil in the country, according to the advocacy group Sw... | When was Vieira killed? | {'text': '2 March 2009', 'answer_start': 17} |
7,827 | 7,485 | 56dc575814d3a41400c267e5 | generic | In 1976, Walter Fiers at the University of Ghent (Belgium) was the first to establish the complete nucleotide sequence of a viral RNA-genome (Bacteriophage MS2). The next year Fred Sanger completed the first DNA-genome sequence: Phage Φ-X174, of 5386 base pairs. The first complete genome sequences among all three domai... | In what year was the archaeon genome sequenced? | {'text': '1996', 'answer_start': 836} |
69,461 | 69,119 | 5726cdcbdd62a815002e90c6 | generic | In ancient Greece, the epics of Homer, who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, and Hesiod, who wrote Works and Days and Theogony, are some of the earliest, and most influential, of Ancient Greek literature. Classical Greek genres included philosophy, poetry, historiography, comedies and dramas. Plato and Aristotle authore... | What two epic narratives were written by Homer? | {'text': 'the Iliad and the Odyssey', 'answer_start': 49} |
26,466 | 26,124 | 56f98b129e9bad19000a0a85 | generic | Several political figures who served as Zhejiang's top political office of Communist Party Secretary have played key roles in various events in PRC history. Tan Zhenlin (term 1949-1952), the inaugural Party Secretary, was one of the leading voices against Mao's Cultural Revolution during the so-called February Counterc... | When was the case against the Gang of Four? | {'text': '1980', 'answer_start': 449} |
36,430 | 36,088 | 570afefeec8fbc190045b7ba | generic | The Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar. A regular Gregorian year consists of 365 days, but as in the Julian calendar, in a leap year, a leap day is added to February. In the Julian calendar a leap year occurs every 4 years, but the Gregorian calendar omits 3 leap days every 400 years. In the Julian calendar, this l... | What kind of calendar is the Gregorian calendar? | {'text': 'solar', 'answer_start': 28} |
63,117 | 62,775 | 5726a25cf1498d1400e8e582 | generic | Despite being a persistent critic of some of the government's policies, the paper supported Labour in both subsequent elections the party won. For the 2005 general election, The Sun backed Blair and Labour for a third consecutive election win and vowed to give him "one last chance" to fulfil his promises, despite berat... | Who was leading the Conservatives at this time? | {'text': 'Michael Howard', 'answer_start': 460} |
38,566 | 38,224 | 5a61296be9e1cc001a33cfc2 | generic | A higher flight phase results in a higher vertical ground reaction force. Vertical ground reaction force represents external force which the gymnasts have to overcome with their muscle force and has an impact on the gymnasts linear and angular momentum. Another important variable that affects linear and angular momentu... | What happens when gymnasts decrease the time taken to perform the landing? | {'text': 'Gymnasts can alter the shape of the area', 'answer_start': 348} |
46,450 | 46,108 | 5711275da58dae1900cd6cbf | generic | Encouraged by these successes, Nintendo soon turned its attention to the North American market. Nintendo entered into negotiations with Atari to release the Famicom under Atari’s name as the name Nintendo Advanced Video Gaming System. The deal was set to be finalized and signed at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show i... | What was the name of the fired Atari CEO? | {'text': 'Ray Kassar', 'answer_start': 690} |
4,625 | 4,283 | 56d11d0f17492d1400aab9bf | generic | Ultimately, Lee spent over two and a half years writing To Kill a Mockingbird. The book was published on July 11, 1960. After rejecting the "Watchman" title, it was initially re-titled Atticus, but Lee renamed it "To Kill a Mockingbird" to reflect that the story went beyond just a character portrait. The editorial team... | How long did Lee spend writing the book? | {'text': 'over two and a half years', 'answer_start': 22} |
34,631 | 34,289 | 570a5b9a4103511400d5964e | generic | Theories dealing with perception either use one or multiples perceptions in order to find an emotion (Goldie, 2007).A recent hybrid of the somatic and cognitive theories of emotion is the perceptual theory. This theory is neo-Jamesian in arguing that bodily responses are central to emotions, yet it emphasizes the meani... | What theory argues that conceptual cognition is not required for emotional meaning? | {'text': 'the perceptual theory', 'answer_start': 184} |
54,015 | 53,673 | 5726298838643c19005ad217 | generic | On 23 September 1946, an 8,000-strong railroad worker strike began in Pusan. Civil disorder spread throughout the country in what became known as the Autumn uprising. On 1 October 1946, Korean police killed three students in the Daegu Uprising; protesters counter-attacked, killing 38 policemen. On 3 October, some 10,00... | How many people attacked the Yeongcheon police station? | {'text': '10,000', 'answer_start': 315} |
89,065 | 88,723 | 57284a5bff5b5019007da107 | generic | In a 'Letter to American People' written by Osama bin Laden in 2002, he stated that one of the reasons he was fighting America is because of its support of India on the Kashmir issue. While on a trip to Delhi in 2002, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld suggested that Al-Qaeda was active in Kashmir, though he did... | What teams hunted for Bin Laden in Kashmir in 2002? | {'text': 'Special Air Service and Delta Force', 'answer_start': 577} |
62,087 | 61,745 | 5728f9a14b864d190016515d | generic | In December 2014, Myanmar signed an agreement to set up its first stock exchange. The Yangon Stock Exchange Joint Venture Co. Ltd will be set up with Myanma Economic Bank sharing 51 percent, Japan's Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd 30.25 percent and Japan Exchange Group 18.75 percent. The Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) off... | What is the name of the business that first rang a bell to begin in the winter of 2014 in Myanmar ? | {'text': 'Yangon Stock Exchange Joint Venture Co. Ltd', 'answer_start': 86} |
18,853 | 18,511 | 5ad50a975b96ef001a10aa94 | generic | The density of paper ranges from 250 kg/m3 (16 lb/cu ft) for tissue paper to 1,500 kg/m3 (94 lb/cu ft) for some speciality paper. Printing paper is about 800 kg/m3 (50 lb/cu ft). | How thick is printing paper? | {'text': 'about 800 kg/m3 (50 lb/cu ft).', 'answer_start': 148} |
76,658 | 76,316 | 57278a8b5951b619008f8cde | generic | Another issue has been the use of a hypopodium as a standing platform to support the feet, given that the hands may not have been able to support the weight. In the 17th century Rasmus Bartholin considered a number of analytical scenarios of that topic. In the 20th century, forensic pathologist Frederick Zugibe perform... | Who performed crucifixion experiments in the 20th century to test theories? | {'text': 'Frederick Zugibe', 'answer_start': 296} |
110,209 | 109,867 | 57343294d058e614000b6af8 | generic | Tucson has a desert climate (Köppen BWh), with two major seasons, summer and winter; plus three minor seasons: fall, spring, and the monsoon. Tucson averages 11.8 inches (299.7 mm) of precipitation per year, more than most other locations with desert climates, but it still qualifies due to its high evapotranspiration; ... | What is Alice Springs's average rainfall? | {'text': '11 inches (279.4 mm)', 'answer_start': 448} |
95,544 | 95,202 | 572a54347a1753140016aeac | generic | On August 6, 2010, the CBC issued a press release stating that due to financial reasons, the CBC and Radio-Canada would only transition 27 transmitters total, one in each market where there was an originating station (i.e. a CBC or Radio-Canada television station located in that market). Further, the CBC stated in the ... | How many transmitters did CBC intend to upgrade before August 2011? | {'text': '15', 'answer_start': 339} |
115,610 | 115,268 | 5733c3f34776f419006611d4 | generic | Several molecular mechanisms of antibacterial resistance exist. Intrinsic antibacterial resistance may be part of the genetic makeup of bacterial strains. For example, an antibiotic target may be absent from the bacterial genome. Acquired resistance results from a mutation in the bacterial chromosome or the acquisition... | What does some resistance come from? | {'text': 'mutation', 'answer_start': 265} |
34,382 | 34,040 | 5a483d5d84b8a4001a7e780e | generic | William Henry Perkin studied and worked at the college under von Hofmann, but resigned his position after discovering the first synthetic dye, mauveine, in 1856. Perkin's discovery was prompted by his work with von Hofmann on the substance aniline, derived from coal tar, and it was this breakthrough which sparked the s... | Who founded the Society of Chemical Industry? | {'text': 'Perkin', 'answer_start': 14} |
2,546 | 2,204 | 56d12a1317492d1400aabb10 | generic | During this time, Link also helps Midna find the Fused Shadows, fragments of a relic containing powerful dark magic. In return, she helps Link find Ordon Village's children while helping the monkeys of Faron, the Gorons of Eldin, and the Zoras of Lanayru. Once Link has restored the Light Spirits and Midna has all the F... | What does Link help Midna find? | {'text': 'Fused Shadows', 'answer_start': 49} |
91,385 | 91,043 | 5728d9f14b864d1900164f8c | generic | The first post-Classical published classification of humans into distinct races seems to be François Bernier's Nouvelle division de la terre par les différents espèces ou races qui l'habitent ("New division of Earth by the different species or races which inhabit it"), published in 1684. In the 18th century the differe... | Who was the author of the first published book classifying humans into distinct races? | {'text': 'François Bernier', 'answer_start': 92} |
8,999 | 8,657 | 56ddca9d9a695914005b95d8 | generic | Provided some additional requirements are met (e.g. providing an authoritative statement of the archivist), the United States patent office and the European Patent Office will accept date stamps from the Internet Archive as evidence of when a given Web page was accessible to the public. These dates are used to determin... | What is an example of a condition that must be met for the Internet Archive data to be considered acceptable for submission to patent offices in the US and Europe? | {'text': 'authoritative statement of the archivist', 'answer_start': 65} |
17,029 | 16,687 | 56e1189acd28a01900c675a3 | generic | The Book of Concord is the historic doctrinal statement of the Lutheran Church, consisting of ten credal documents recognized as authoritative in Lutheranism since the 16th century. However, the Book of Concord is a confessional document (stating orthodox belief) rather than a book of ecclesiastical rules or discipline... | What kind of statement is the Book of Concord? | {'text': 'confessional', 'answer_start': 216} |
39,689 | 39,347 | 5ad138e0645df0001a2d124e | generic | The gospels of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament describe Mary as a virgin (Greek: παρθένος, parthénos) and Christians believe that she conceived her son while a virgin by the Holy Spirit. This took place when she was already betrothed to Joseph and was awaiting the concluding rite of marriage, the formal home-taki... | How old was Mary when she met Joseph? | {'text': '12', 'answer_start': 484} |
22,009 | 21,667 | 56ea931e5a205f1900d6d352 | generic | In the private sector, corruption increases the cost of business through the price of illicit payments themselves, the management cost of negotiating with officials and the risk of breached agreements or detection. Although some claim corruption reduces costs by cutting bureaucracy, the availability of bribes can also ... | Corruption raises the cost of business because of illegal payments in what sector? | {'text': 'private', 'answer_start': 7} |
81,488 | 81,146 | 5728c6dbff5b5019007da680 | generic | London has been the setting for many works of literature. The literary centres of London have traditionally been hilly Hampstead and (since the early 20th century) Bloomsbury. Writers closely associated with the city are the diarist Samuel Pepys, noted for his eyewitness account of the Great Fire, Charles Dickens, whos... | A more current, 20th century center for London's literary set is located where? | {'text': 'Bloomsbury', 'answer_start': 164} |
45,992 | 45,650 | 57109d6bb654c5140001f9c8 | generic | The Enlightenment – known in French as the Siècle des Lumières, the Century of Enlightenment, and in German as the Aufklärung – was a philosophical movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe in the 18th century. The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on reason as the primary source of authority... | The principle of absolute monarchy of which group was at odds with those following the Enlightenment? | {'text': 'Roman Catholic Church', 'answer_start': 665} |
124,248 | 123,906 | 57323937e17f3d1400422740 | 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 Apostolic Church? | {'text': 'Armenian Evangelical Church', 'answer_start': 334} |
26,260 | 25,918 | 5acfb5bd77cf76001a6859d0 | generic | Zhejiang (help·info), formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality to the north, Anhui province to the northwest, Jiangxi province to the west, and Fujian province to the south; to the east is the East China Sea, beyond whic... | Which body of water is to the west of Zhejiang? | {'text': 'East China Sea', 'answer_start': 293} |
33,962 | 33,620 | 5709c220ed30961900e84479 | generic | The United States Mint produces Proof Sets specifically for collectors and speculators. Silver Proofs tend to be the standard designs but with the dime, quarter, and half dollar containing 90% silver. Starting in 1983 and ending in 1997, the Mint also produced proof sets containing the year's commemorative coins alongs... | Other than the Silver Proof set, what other type of Proof set exists? | {'text': 'Presidential Dollar Proof Set', 'answer_start': 376} |
86,031 | 85,689 | 5ad33ed9604f3c001a3fdbba | 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... | What's the name of the prequel game to MotorStorm? | {'text': 'MotorStorm: Pacific Rift', 'answer_start': 1116} |
43,865 | 43,523 | 5ad15209645df0001a2d1747 | generic | To be considered 'enriched', the uranium-235 fraction should be between 3% and 5%. This process produces huge quantities of uranium that is depleted of uranium-235 and with a correspondingly increased fraction of uranium-238, called depleted uranium or 'DU'. To be considered 'depleted', the uranium-235 isotope concentr... | What is the maximum uranium-235 isotope concentration for plutonium to be considered depleted? | {'text': '0.3%', 'answer_start': 349} |
21,152 | 20,810 | 56e8253a37bdd419002c446f | generic | In many societies, however, a particular dialect, often the sociolect of the elite class, comes to be identified as the "standard" or "proper" version of a language by those seeking to make a social distinction, and is contrasted with other varieties. As a result of this, in some contexts the term "dialect" refers spec... | What social status is the term "dialect" sometimes associated with? | {'text': 'low', 'answer_start': 347} |
22,328 | 21,986 | 56f732a2711bf01900a44a5c | generic | The dates are generalizations, since the periods and eras overlap and the categories are somewhat arbitrary, to the point that some authorities reverse terminologies and refer to a common practice "era" comprising baroque, classical, and romantic "periods". For example, the use of counterpoint and fugue, which is consi... | Who is described as a founder of the Romantic era? | {'text': 'Beethoven', 'answer_start': 448} |
49,575 | 49,233 | 5ad17ec0645df0001a2d1e44 | generic | In 1897, Victoria had written instructions for her funeral, which was to be military as befitting a soldier's daughter and the head of the army, and white instead of black. On 25 January, Edward VII, the Kaiser and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, helped lift her body into the coffin. She was dressed in a white dress ... | What year didn't Queen Victoria die? | {'text': '1897', 'answer_start': 3} |
9,263 | 8,921 | 56ddf1189a695914005b96fd | generic | In the first years of the Republic, controversy arose within the Reformed Church, mainly around the subject of predestination. This has become known as the struggle between Arminianism and Gomarism, or between Remonstrants and Contra-Remonstrants. In 1618 the Synod of Dort tackled this issue, which led to the banning o... | The controversy surrounding the subject of predestination is known as what? | {'text': 'the struggle between Arminianism and Gomarism, or between Remonstrants and Contra-Remonstrants', 'answer_start': 152} |
37,144 | 36,802 | 570b5532ec8fbc190045b990 | generic | After the costly U.S. involvement in World War I, isolationism grew within the nation. Congress refused membership in the League of Nations, and in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia, the gradually more restrictive Neutrality Acts were passed, which were intended to prevent the U.S. from supporting eith... | What general sentiment was the result of losses in World War I? | {'text': 'isolationism', 'answer_start': 50} |
79,842 | 79,500 | 5a5d77825e8782001a9d5f46 | generic | The city is also the home of road bowling, which is played in the north-side and south-west suburbs. There are also boxing and martial arts clubs (including Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Karate, Muay Thai and Taekwondo) within the city. Cork Racing, a motorsport team based in Cork, has raced in the Irish Formula Ford Championsh... | When did he Leeside Lions loose the Australian Rules Football League | {'text': '2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007', 'answer_start': 524} |
100,985 | 100,643 | 572e956cc246551400ce4388 | generic | In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art t... | Where was the band Talking Heads based out of? | {'text': 'New York', 'answer_start': 483} |
45,065 | 44,723 | 5ad35f99604f3c001a3fdf13 | generic | By the late 2000s, Dell's "configure to order" approach of manufacturing—delivering individual PCs configured to customer specifications from its US facilities was no longer as efficient or competitive with high-volume Asian contract manufacturers as PCs became powerful low-cost commodities. Dell closed plants that pro... | What state was the Dell plant that received $290 million but was later closed? | {'text': 'North Carolina', 'answer_start': 584} |
40,634 | 40,292 | 570d2bfafed7b91900d45ca1 | generic | The sales breakdown of the Macintosh have seen sales of desktop Macs stayed mostly constant while being surpassed by that of Mac notebooks whose sales rate has grown considerably; seven out of ten Macs sold were laptops in 2009, a ratio projected to rise to three out of four by 2010. The change in sales of form factors... | What is the name of the most inexpensive Mac offered? | {'text': 'Mac Mini', 'answer_start': 692} |
75,991 | 75,649 | 572784e7f1498d1400e8faa2 | generic | Darwin had initially decided to call his book An abstract of an Essay on the Origin of Species and Varieties Through natural selection, but with Murray's persuasion it was eventually changed to the snappier title: On the Origin of Species, with the title page adding by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of... | Who convinced Darwin that his book needed a shorter, more compelling title? | {'text': 'Murray', 'answer_start': 145} |
89,990 | 89,648 | 5ad40f35604f3c001a400160 | generic | Starting in 1982, dividends from the fund's annual growth have been paid out each year to eligible Alaskans, ranging from an initial $1,000 in 1982 (equal to three years' payout, as the distribution of payments was held up in a lawsuit over the distribution scheme) to $3,269 in 2008 (which included a one-time $1,200 "R... | When didn't disembursements from the Permanent Fund begin? | {'text': '1982', 'answer_start': 143} |
24,132 | 23,790 | 56f95f3a9e9bad19000a08af | generic | In 2013, the northern atolls of the Marshall Islands experienced drought. The drought left 6,000 people surviving on less than 1 litre (0.22 imp gal; 0.26 US gal) of water per day. This resulted in the failure of food crops and the spread of diseases such as diarrhea, pink eye, and influenza. These emergencies resulted... | In the drought stricken areas, how many litres of water did residents consume each day? | {'text': '1', 'answer_start': 127} |
93,223 | 92,881 | 5a513c30ce860b001aa3fc6b | generic | Federalism is one of the entrenched constitutional principles of Germany. According to the German constitution (called Grundgesetz or in English Basic Law), some topics, such as foreign affairs and defense, are the exclusive responsibility of the federation (i.e., the federal level), while others fall under the shared ... | What is the federal system is defended through? | {'text': 'Bundesrat', 'answer_start': 887} |
104,759 | 104,417 | 57304279947a6a140053d372 | generic | Charleston annually hosts Spoleto Festival USA founded by Gian Carlo Menotti, a 17-day art festival featuring over 100 performances by individual artists in a variety of disciplines. The Spoleto Festival is internationally recognized as America's premier performing arts festival. The annual Piccolo Spoleto festival tak... | How many days does the Spoleto Festival USA run each year? | {'text': '17', 'answer_start': 80} |
87,348 | 87,006 | 5728ad4eff5b5019007da460 | generic | Spirometry is recommended to aid in diagnosis and management. It is the single best test for asthma. If the FEV1 measured by this technique improves more than 12% following administration of a bronchodilator such as salbutamol, this is supportive of the diagnosis. It however may be normal in those with a history of mil... | What helps support the evidence of asthma? | {'text': 'If the FEV1 measured by this technique improves more than 12% following administration of a bronchodilator', 'answer_start': 101} |
107,727 | 107,385 | 5a8a1f723b2508001a72a617 | generic | Under Article IV, Section Three of the United States Constitution, which outlines the relationship among the states, Congress has the power to admit new states to the union. The states are required to give "full faith and credit" to the acts of each other's legislatures and courts, which is generally held to include th... | What does Article V, Section 4 guarantee? | {'text': 'guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government', 'answer_start': 524} |
68,432 | 68,090 | 5acd640c07355d001abf4056 | generic | According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reports, in 2010 the Raleigh Police Department and other agencies in the city reported 1,740 incidents of violent crime and 12,995 incidents of property crime – far below both the national average and the North Carolina average. Of the violent crimes repo... | How many incidents of violent crime were there in 2011? | {'text': '1,740', 'answer_start': 152} |
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