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20,135 | 19,793 | 5acf495477cf76001a684b01 | generic | The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university and the largest in the U.S. state of Kansas. KU branch campuses are located in the towns of Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas, with the main campus located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest location in Lawrence. Founded ... | Where is the side branch of the University of Kansas located? | {'text': 'Lawrence on Mount Oread', 'answer_start': 253} |
69,841 | 69,499 | 5726d521f1498d1400e8ec8b | generic | Avicenna's consideration of the essence-attributes question may be elucidated in terms of his ontological analysis of the modalities of being; namely impossibility, contingency, and necessity. Avicenna argued that the impossible being is that which cannot exist, while the contingent in itself (mumkin bi-dhatihi) has th... | According to Avicenna, what could eventually be actualized by an external cause? | {'text': 'contingency-in-itself', 'answer_start': 521} |
35,598 | 35,256 | 5acd738407355d001abf42ff | generic | In December 2009, then Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma said at his maiden navy week press conference that concepts currently being examined by the Directorate of Naval Design for the second indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC-2), are for a conventionally powered carrier displacing over 50,000 tons and equippe... | Who wasn't impressed by the demonstration of EMALS by General Atomics? | {'text': 'Indian Navy officers', 'answer_start': 906} |
70,065 | 69,723 | 5aceaec232bba1001ae4b029 | generic | The Logic and Metaphysics have been extensively reprinted, the latter, e.g., at Venice in 1493, 1495, and 1546. Some of his shorter essays on medicine, logic, etc., take a poetical form (the poem on logic was published by Schmoelders in 1836).[citation needed] Two encyclopaedic treatises, dealing with philosophy, are o... | Where is Avicenna's Al-Shifa manuscript not located? | {'text': 'Bodleian Library', 'answer_start': 413} |
67,059 | 66,717 | 5726c245dd62a815002e8fb1 | generic | The Mass of Paul VI was also in Latin but approval was given for the use of vernacular languages. There had been other instructions issued by the Pope in 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970 which centered on the reform of all liturgies of the Roman Church. These major reforms were not welcomed by all and in all countries. ... | How old was the mass reformed by Paul VI? | {'text': '400-year', 'answer_start': 359} |
12,668 | 12,326 | 5acd143307355d001abf339e | generic | The German materialist and atheist anthropologist Ludwig Feuerbach would signal a new turn in materialism through his book, The Essence of Christianity (1841), which provided a humanist account of religion as the outward projection of man's inward nature. Feuerbach's materialism would later heavily influence Karl Marx. | When did Karl Marx write The Essence of Christianity? | {'text': '1841', 'answer_start': 153} |
36,305 | 35,963 | 570b1c0c6b8089140040f714 | generic | Finally, in the 1990s, Internet Protocol-based videoconferencing became possible, and more efficient video compression technologies were developed, permitting desktop, or personal computer (PC)-based videoconferencing. In 1992 CU-SeeMe was developed at Cornell by Tim Dorcey et al. In 1995 the first public videoconferen... | In what decade was Internet video-conferencing made possible? | {'text': '1990s', 'answer_start': 16} |
70,905 | 70,563 | 5726f8b75951b619008f83b6 | generic | Nigeria has also been pervaded by political corruption. It was ranked 143 out of 182 countries in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index; however, it improved to 136th position in 2014. More than $400 billion were stolen from the treasury by Nigeria's leaders between 1960 and 1999. In late 2013,... | The state oil company NNPC was initially thought to owe how much to the government? | {'text': 'US$20 billion', 'answer_start': 462} |
105,092 | 104,750 | 572fd16804bcaa1900d76d85 | generic | British air doctrine, since the time of Chief of the Air Staff Hugh Trenchard in the early 1920s, had stressed offence was the best means of defence. British defensive strategy revolved around offensive action, what became known as the cult of the offensive. To prevent German formations from hitting targets in Britain,... | What did the British offence become know as? | {'text': 'cult of the offensive', 'answer_start': 236} |
55,548 | 55,206 | 5a3a17452f14dd001ac726ed | generic | The deliberate or accidental hybridising of two or more species of closely related animals through captive breeding is a human activity which has been in existence for millennia and has grown in recent times for economic purposes. The number of successful interspecific mammalian hybrids is relatively small, although it... | What is a zone of resilience referred to as? | {'text': 'clines', 'answer_start': 525} |
75,025 | 74,683 | 5a316b4fe4dcb1001abb22d7 | generic | In 1609, while still there, Smyth wrote a tract titled "The Character of the Beast," or "The False Constitution of the Church." In it he expressed two propositions: first, infants are not to be baptized; and second, "Antichristians converted are to be admitted into the true Church by baptism." Hence, his conviction was... | Who proposed all infants to be baptized? | {'text': 'Smyth', 'answer_start': 28} |
88,880 | 88,538 | 572843933acd2414000df803 | generic | On the morning of 11 September 2001, 19 men affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners all bound for California. Once the hijackers assumed control of the airliners, they told the passengers that they had the bomb on board and would spare the lives of passengers and crew once their demands were met – no passenger... | How many al-Qaeda operatives hijacked planes on 9/11? | {'text': '19', 'answer_start': 37} |
90,516 | 90,174 | 5728e3e62ca10214002daa3e | generic | In 2004, philosopher and psychologist Michel ter Hark (Groningen, The Netherlands) published a book, called Popper, Otto Selz and the rise of evolutionary epistemology, in which he claimed that Popper took some of his ideas from his tutor, the German psychologist Otto Selz. Selz never published his ideas, partly becaus... | What contributed to Otto Selz's cessation of work in 1933? | {'text': 'the rise of Nazism', 'answer_start': 325} |
45,872 | 45,530 | 57107cc7b654c5140001f916 | generic | The first significant work that expressed scientific theory and knowledge expressly for the laity, in the vernacular, and with the entertainment of readers in mind, was Bernard de Fontenelle's Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds (1686). The book was produced specifically for women with an interest in scientific wr... | How many editions were published of Sarah Trimmer's history textbook for children? | {'text': 'eleven', 'answer_start': 1865} |
74,556 | 74,214 | 5a6fd6dd8abb0b001a675fa4 | generic | The year 1789 brought the French Revolution and with it the first division of Alsace into the départements of Haut- and Bas-Rhin. Alsatians played an active role in the French Revolution. On 21 July 1789, after receiving news of the Storming of the Bastille in Paris, a crowd of people stormed the Strasbourg city hall, ... | Who led the crowd of people storming Strasburg city? | {'text': 'Kellermann', 'answer_start': 835} |
98,926 | 98,584 | 572ac8dbbe1ee31400cb8245 | generic | Alexandra was born days before Kerry began law school. In 1982, Julia asked Kerry for a separation while she was suffering from severe depression. They were divorced on July 25, 1988, and the marriage was formally annulled in 1997. "After 14 years as a political wife, I associated politics only with anger, fear and lon... | Who did Kerry's ex-wife remarry? | {'text': 'Richard Charlesworth', 'answer_start': 409} |
107,661 | 107,319 | 572f950ca23a5019007fc7a3 | generic | The Holocaust (which roughly means "burnt whole") was the deliberate and systematic murder of millions of Jews and other "unwanted" during World War II by the Nazi regime in Germany. Several differing views exist regarding whether it was intended to occur from the war's beginning, or if the plans for it came about late... | What is the Holocaust? | {'text': 'was the deliberate and systematic murder of millions of Jews and other "unwanted"', 'answer_start': 50} |
89,318 | 88,976 | 572876a82ca10214002da396 | generic | Kinnock then resigned as leader and was replaced by John Smith. Smith's leadership once again saw the re-emergence of tension between those on the party's left and those identified as "modernisers", both of whom advocated radical revisions of the party's stance albeit in different ways. At the 1993 conference, Smith su... | What does OMOV stand for? | {'text': 'one member, one vote', 'answer_start': 474} |
108,012 | 107,670 | 572eff08cb0c0d14000f16e9 | generic | The origin of the word antenna relative to wireless apparatus is attributed to Italian radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. In the summer of 1895, Marconi began testing his wireless system outdoors on his father's estate near Bologna and soon began to experiment with long wire "aerials". Marconi discovered that by raising ... | How far was Marconi able to get his signal to go using this technique? | {'text': '1.5 mi', 'answer_start': 547} |
1,633 | 1,291 | 56cfeb52234ae51400d9c0bf | generic | Mozart's Requiem was sung at the funeral; the soloists were the soprano Jeanne-Anais Castellan, the mezzo-soprano Pauline Viardot, the tenor Alexis Dupont, and the bass Luigi Lablache; Chopin's Preludes No. 4 in E minor and No. 6 in B minor were also played. The organist at the funeral was Louis Lefébure-Wély. The fune... | What song was sung at Chopin's funeral? | {'text': "Mozart's Requiem", 'answer_start': 0} |
101,874 | 101,532 | 572e8d5bc246551400ce4332 | generic | In the late 1980s, according to "Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine", Feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using cellular automata (such as ... | What did Feynman help develop in the 1980s? | {'text': 'parallel computer', 'answer_start': 142} |
55,960 | 55,618 | 5a1de6524ea40d0018b06fe5 | generic | Hokkien has one of the most diverse phoneme inventories among Chinese varieties, with more consonants than Standard Mandarin or Cantonese. Vowels are more-or-less similar to that of Standard Mandarin. Hokkien varieties retain many pronunciations that are no longer found in other Chinese varieties. These include the ret... | What do Chinese varieties have more of than Standard Mandarin? | {'text': 'more consonants', 'answer_start': 86} |
101,599 | 101,257 | 572f7934947a6a140053c99b | generic | The troops were reembarked and moved to the Bay of St. Lunaire in Brittany where, on 3 September, they were landed to operate against St. Malo; however, this action proved impractical. Worsening weather forced the two armies to separate: the ships sailed for the safer anchorage of St. Cast, while the army proceeded ove... | What happened to the British army? | {'text': 'a French force of 10,000 from Brest to catch up with him and open fire on the reembarkation troops', 'answer_start': 379} |
22,636 | 22,294 | 56f729ce711bf01900a44a10 | generic | As of 1878, there were only three free Slavic states in the world: the Russian Empire, Serbia and Montenegro. Bulgaria was also free but was de jure vassal to the Ottoman Empire until official independence was declared in 1908. In the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire of approximately 50 million people, about 23 million w... | Whose official independence was declared in 1908? | {'text': 'Bulgaria', 'answer_start': 110} |
11,977 | 11,635 | 56df60978bc80c19004e4b56 | generic | Geologically, Plymouth has a mixture of limestone, Devonian slate, granite and Middle Devonian limestone. Plymouth Sound, Shores and Cliffs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, because of its geology. The bulk of the city is built upon Upper Devonian slates and shales and the headlands at the entrance to Plymouth ... | What stones form the headlands near Plymouth Sound? | {'text': 'Lower Devonian slates', 'answer_start': 340} |
86,359 | 86,017 | 572845f13acd2414000df83b | generic | Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has criticized PS3's high development costs and inferior attach rate and return to that of Xbox 360 and Wii. He believes these factors are pushing developers away from working on the console. In an interview with The Times Kotick stated "I'm getting concerned about Sony; the PlaySta... | What company is Kotick the CEO of? | {'text': 'Activision Blizzard', 'answer_start': 0} |
113,719 | 113,377 | 573005ae947a6a140053cf64 | generic | The 10th century saw a mass migration of Turkic tribes from Central Asia into the Iranian plateau. Turkic tribesmen were first used in the Abbasid army as mamluks (slave-warriors), replacing Iranian and Arab elements within the army. As a result, the mamluks gained a significant political power. In 999, large portions ... | How were the Ghaznavids different from the original Turkics that migrated into Iran? | {'text': 'These Turks had been Persianized and had adopted Persian models of administration and rulership', 'answer_start': 490} |
64,629 | 64,287 | 5ad02ff277cf76001a686dae | generic | King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1458–1490) was one of the most prominent figures of the period, directing campaigns to the West, conquering Bohemia in answer to the Pope's call for help against the Hussite Protestants. Also, in resolving political hostilities with the German emperor Frederick III of Habsburg, he inv... | Who supported the Hungarian army at the Battle of Mohács? | {'text': 'forces of the Ottoman Empire', 'answer_start': 738} |
65,269 | 64,927 | 5ad0fe89645df0001a2d09a4 | generic | In France, simultaneously, the towering figure of the Gothic Revival was Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, who outdid historical Gothic constructions to create a Gothic as it ought to have been, notably at the fortified city of Carcassonne in the south of France and in some richly fortified keeps for industrial magnates. Viollet-... | Who was the villain of the Gothic Revival in France? | {'text': 'Eugène Viollet-le-Duc', 'answer_start': 73} |
51,607 | 51,265 | 5725cb95271a42140099d1ed | generic | One of the foundation's goals is to lower poverty by increasing the number of college graduates in the United States, and the organization has funded "Reimagining Aid Design and Delivery" grants to think tanks and advocacy organizations to produce white papers on ideas for changing the current system of federal financi... | how did they work on college financing | {'text': 'Reimagining Aid Design and Delivery" grants to think tanks and advocacy organizations', 'answer_start': 151} |
25,959 | 25,617 | 56f9859b9e9bad19000a0a1e | generic | Sleep involves great changes in brain activity. Until the 1950s it was generally believed that the brain essentially shuts off during sleep, but this is now known to be far from true; activity continues, but patterns become very different. There are two types of sleep: REM sleep (with dreaming) and NREM (non-REM, usual... | What type of sleep involves dreaming? | {'text': 'REM sleep', 'answer_start': 270} |
65,168 | 64,826 | 5726c8de708984140094d153 | generic | Romanesque architecture in Germany, Poland, the Czech Lands and Austria is characterised by its massive and modular nature. This is expressed in the Gothic architecture of Central Europe in the huge size of the towers and spires, often projected, but not always completed. The west front generally follows the French for... | In Germany, Poland and Austria Romanesque architecture is defined by its massive size and what other design element? | {'text': 'modular nature', 'answer_start': 108} |
562 | 220 | 56bf9c70a10cfb14005511bf | generic | Beyoncé announced a hiatus from her music career in January 2010, heeding her mother's advice, "to live life, to be inspired by things again". During the break she and her father parted ways as business partners. Beyoncé's musical break lasted nine months and saw her visit multiple European cities, the Great Wall of Ch... | How long did the hiatus last? | {'text': 'nine months', 'answer_start': 244} |
114,398 | 114,056 | 5a79dbb517ab25001a8a0100 | generic | In game play, players attempt to create goal-scoring opportunities through individual control of the ball, such as by dribbling, passing the ball to a team-mate, and by taking shots at the goal, which is guarded by the opposing goalkeeper. Opposing players may try to regain control of the ball by intercepting a pass or... | What is not allowed but restricted? | {'text': 'physical contact', 'answer_start': 387} |
87,602 | 87,260 | 572851ba4b864d190016493d | generic | Many early LDs were not manufactured properly; sometimes a substandard adhesive was used to sandwich together the two sides of the disc.[citation needed] The adhesive contained impurities that were able to penetrate the lacquer seal layer and chemically attack the metalized reflective aluminium layer, causing it to oxi... | What was the internal name for "laser rot" within LD processing plants? | {'text': '"color flash"', 'answer_start': 447} |
34,271 | 33,929 | 570a56e04103511400d59621 | generic | Furthermore, in terms of job prospects, as of 2014 the average starting salary of an Imperial graduate was the highest of any UK university. In terms of specific course salaries, the Sunday Times ranked Computing graduates from Imperial as earning the second highest average starting salary in the UK after graduation, o... | Which prestigious newspaper ranked Imperial College as one of the top 10 most welcomed universities by job markets? | {'text': 'New York Times', 'answer_start': 367} |
67,351 | 67,009 | 5726b1f0f1498d1400e8e7b4 | generic | Operating at normal power line frequencies, universal motors are often found in a range less than 1000 watts. Universal motors also formed the basis of the traditional railway traction motor in electric railways. In this application, the use of AC to power a motor originally designed to run on DC would lead to efficien... | What is the typical maximum range of universal motors? | {'text': '1000 watts', 'answer_start': 98} |
75,729 | 75,387 | 5a3bba523ff257001ab84475 | generic | Nominally, sovereignty lay in the emperor but in fact power was wielded by the Fujiwara nobility. However, to protect their interests in the provinces, the Fujiwara and other noble families required guards, police and soldiers. The warrior class made steady political gains throughout the Heian period. As early as 939 A... | Who's political power declined during the Heian period? | {'text': 'The warrior class', 'answer_start': 228} |
63,398 | 63,056 | 5726b3c8dd62a815002e8d60 | generic | Though pesticide regulations differ from country to country, pesticides, and products on which they were used are traded across international borders. To deal with inconsistencies in regulations among countries, delegates to a conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization adopted an International C... | When was the international code which governs the distribution and use of pesticides established? | {'text': '1985', 'answer_start': 380} |
111,031 | 110,689 | 572fffeb947a6a140053cf39 | generic | There are quite a few different dielectrics that can be chosen to provide different insulating values depending on the requirements of the circuit. Some of these dielectrics are polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon), FR-4, FR-1, CEM-1 or CEM-3. Well known pre-preg materials used in the PCB industry are FR-2 (phenolic cotton... | What pre-preg material is designated by "FR-2"? | {'text': 'phenolic cotton paper', 'answer_start': 305} |
7,475 | 7,133 | 56db2747e7c41114004b4e31 | generic | The torch was lit at a park outside at AT&T Park at about 1:17 pm PDT (20:17 UTC), briefly held aloft by American and Chinese Olympic officials. The relay descended into confusion as the first runner in the elaborately planned relay disappeared into a warehouse on a waterfront pier where it stayed for a half-an-hour. T... | What wheelchair-bound bearer of the Olympic torch displayed a Tibetan flag? | {'text': 'Andrew Michael', 'answer_start': 1037} |
25,641 | 25,299 | 56f933959b226e1400dd128c | generic | 14th Street is a main numbered street in Manhattan. It begins at Avenue C and ends at West Street. Its length is 3.4 km (2.1 mi). It has six subway stations: | Where does 14th Street begin? | {'text': 'Avenue C', 'answer_start': 65} |
46,697 | 46,355 | 5acebc4032bba1001ae4b241 | generic | Pope Julius had died in April, 352, and was succeeded by Liberius. For two years Liberius had been favourable to the cause of Athanasius; but driven at last into exile, he was induced to sign an ambiguous formula, from which the great Nicene text, the "homoousion", had been studiously omitted. In 355 a council was held... | Who was arrested by unarmed men? | {'text': 'Athanasius', 'answer_start': 456} |
67,254 | 66,912 | 5726a572dd62a815002e8be3 | generic | A major turning point in the development of DC machines took place in 1864, when Antonio Pacinotti described for the first time the ring armature with its symmetrically grouped coils closed upon themselves and connected to the bars of a commutator, the brushes of which delivered practically non-fluctuating current. The... | Who created a motor similar to Pacinotti? | {'text': 'Zénobe Gramme', 'answer_start': 387} |
74,267 | 73,925 | 5727be76ff5b5019007d9415 | generic | New Haven is served by the daily New Haven Register, the weekly "alternative" New Haven Advocate (which is run by Tribune, the corporation owning the Hartford Courant), the online daily New Haven Independent, and the monthly Grand News Community Newspaper. Downtown New Haven is covered by an in-depth civic news forum, ... | What is the civic news forum that specifically reports on downtown New Haven? | {'text': 'Design New Haven', 'answer_start': 320} |
67,502 | 67,160 | 5ad16a56645df0001a2d1a5a | generic | Simple stepper motor drivers entirely energize or entirely de-energize the field windings, leading the rotor to "cog" to a limited number of positions; more sophisticated drivers can proportionally control the power to the field windings, allowing the rotors to position between the cog points and thereby rotate extreme... | What is not a trait of a sophisticated stepper motor? | {'text': 'proportionally control the power to the field windings', 'answer_start': 183} |
34,455 | 34,113 | 5a10542fdecec9001847562a | generic | The Great Garden is an important European baroque garden. The palace itself, however, was largely destroyed by Allied bombing but is currently under reconstruction.[citation needed] Some points of interest are the Grotto (the interior was designed by the French artist Niki de Saint-Phalle), the Gallery Building, the Or... | What are the two least popular areas of the garden? | {'text': 'Great Ground and the Nouveau Jardin', 'answer_start': 445} |
109,292 | 108,950 | 57300d78b2c2fd14005687b2 | generic | Washington University has over 300 undergraduate student organizations on campus. Most are funded by the Washington University Student Union, which has a $2 million plus annual budget that is completely student-controlled and is one of the largest student government budgets in the country. Known as SU for short, the St... | How are most student organizations at Washington University funded? | {'text': 'by the Washington University Student Union', 'answer_start': 98} |
100,749 | 100,407 | 572c9bb7f182dd1900d7c7f9 | generic | After disenfranchisement of blacks, the GOP in Tennessee was historically a sectional party supported by whites only in the eastern part of the state. In the 20th century, except for two nationwide Republican landslides of the 1920s (in 1920, when Tennessee narrowly supported Warren G. Harding over Ohio Governor James ... | Which Republican won the Presidency while carrying Tennessee in 1928? | {'text': 'Herbert Hoover', 'answer_start': 372} |
79,412 | 79,070 | 5ad231aed7d075001a428722 | generic | Eton College has links with some private schools in India today, maintained from the days of the British Raj, such as The Doon School and Mayo College. Eton College is also a member of the G20 Schools Group, a collection of college preparatory boarding schools from around the world, including Turkey's Robert College, t... | Who was Switzerland's International School of Geneva's headmaster in 2005? | {'text': 'Eric Anderson', 'answer_start': 731} |
104,837 | 104,495 | 5ad42425604f3c001a400884 | generic | The City of Charleston is served by the Charleston International Airport. It is located in the City of North Charleston and is about 12 miles (20 km) northwest of downtown Charleston. It is the busiest passenger airport in South Carolina (IATA: CHS, ICAO: KCHS). The airport shares runways with the adjacent Charleston A... | Charleston Executive Airport isn't located where? | {'text': "the John's Island section of the city of Charleston", 'answer_start': 396} |
72,504 | 72,162 | 57276ed9f1498d1400e8f800 | generic | Glaciers are present on every continent and approximately fifty countries, excluding those (Australia, South Africa) that have glaciers only on distant subantarctic island territories. Extensive glaciers are found in Antarctica, Chile, Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Iceland. Mountain glaciers are widespread, especially ... | Which mountain ranges contain glaciers? | {'text': 'Andes, the Himalayas, the Rocky Mountains, the Caucasus, and the Alps', 'answer_start': 327} |
9,073 | 8,731 | 5a6b2ed4a9e0c9001a4e9f32 | generic | In 2013–14 a pornographic actor was trying to remove archived images of himself, first by sending multiple DMCA requests to the Archive and then in the Federal Court of Canada. | When did a pornographic actor send multiple requests to DMCA? | {'text': '2013–14', 'answer_start': 3} |
97,500 | 97,158 | 572a8d8e111d821400f38bed | generic | In 1932, Hayek suggested that private investment in the public markets was a better road to wealth and economic co-ordination in Britain than government spending programs, as argued in a letter he co-signed with Lionel Robbins and others in an exchange of letters with John Maynard Keynes in The Times. The nearly decade... | With whom did Hayek disagree with publicly? | {'text': 'John Maynard Keynes', 'answer_start': 269} |
38,161 | 37,819 | 570bd80cec8fbc190045bb60 | generic | The X3.2 subcommittee designed ASCII based on the earlier teleprinter encoding systems. Like other character encodings, ASCII specifies a correspondence between digital bit patterns and character symbols (i.e. graphemes and control characters). This allows digital devices to communicate with each other and to process, ... | What does ASCII correspondence allow digital devices to do? | {'text': 'communicate with each other and to process, store, and communicate character-oriented information', 'answer_start': 276} |
16,736 | 16,394 | 5acd46c207355d001abf3bc4 | generic | Frequencies for COMPASS are allocated in four bands: E1, E2, E5B, and E6 and overlap with Galileo. The fact of overlapping could be convenient from the point of view of the receiver design, but on the other hand raises the issues of inter-system interference, especially within E1 and E2 bands, which are allocated for G... | Which countries satellites will transmit in E3 before COMPASS satellites? | {'text': 'Chinese', 'answer_start': 740} |
112,785 | 112,443 | 5732275d0fdd8d15006c67f7 | generic | Although the advance in the Arakan had been halted to release troops and aircraft for the Battle of Imphal, the Americans and Chinese had continued to advance in northern Burma, aided by the Chindits operating against the Japanese lines of communication. In the middle of 1944 the Chinese Expeditionary Force invaded nor... | When did the Chinese invade northern Burma? | {'text': 'middle of 1944', 'answer_start': 262} |
34,548 | 34,206 | 570a0f2e6d058f1900182c93 | generic | Around 40 theatres are located in Hanover. The Opera House, the Schauspielhaus (Play House), the Ballhofeins, the Ballhofzwei and the Cumberlandsche Galerie belong to the Lower Saxony State Theatre. The Theater am Aegi is Hanover's big theatre for musicals, shows and guest performances. The Neues Theater (New Theatre) ... | Which theatre is Hanover's big theatre for musicals, shows and guest performances? | {'text': 'Theater am Aegi', 'answer_start': 203} |
128,522 | 128,180 | 5ad2f584604f3c001a3fda59 | generic | Ethnohistory is the study of ethnographic cultures and indigenous customs by examining historical records. It is also the study of the history of various ethnic groups that may or may not exist today. Ethnohistory uses both historical and ethnographic data as its foundation. Its historical methods and materials go beyo... | What does ethnohistory form the foundation for? | {'text': 'historical and ethnographic data', 'answer_start': 224} |
51,646 | 51,304 | 5725b711271a42140099d082 | generic | A Spanish expedition was sent from Buenos Aires, organized by the Spanish governor of that city, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala. On 22 January 1724, the Spanish forced the Portuguese to abandon the location and started populating the city, initially with six families moving in from Buenos Aires and soon thereafter by familie... | What date did the Spanish force the Portuguese to abandon the location? | {'text': '22 January 1724', 'answer_start': 126} |
5,957 | 5,615 | 56d2652a59d6e41400145f5e | generic | The history of Indian Buddhism may be divided into five periods: Early Buddhism (occasionally called Pre-sectarian Buddhism), Nikaya Buddhism or Sectarian Buddhism: The period of the Early Buddhist schools, Early Mahayana Buddhism, Later Mahayana Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism (also called Vajrayana Buddhism). | What is Esoteric Buddhism also called? | {'text': 'Vajrayana', 'answer_start': 292} |
118,982 | 118,640 | 5730e860b54a4f140068ccdc | generic | The act created the National Military Establishment (renamed Department of Defense in 1949), which was composed of three subordinate Military Departments, namely the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the newly created Department of the Air Force. Prior to 1947, the responsibility for military avia... | What does the US Navy's responsibilities include? | {'text': 'sea-based operations from aircraft carriers and amphibious aircraft', 'answer_start': 396} |
44,759 | 44,417 | 571001fea58dae1900cd67c6 | generic | Translation is a major obstacle when comparing different cultures. Many English terms lack equivalents in other languages, while concepts and words from other languages fail to be reflected in the English language. Translation and vocabulary obstacles are not limited to the English language. Language can force individu... | What is a major hurdle when studying different cultures? | {'text': 'Translation', 'answer_start': 0} |
14,305 | 13,963 | 56df7fea56340a1900b29c5c | generic | Intrigued by the results of the automaton, Bell continued to experiment with a live subject, the family's Skye Terrier, "Trouve". After he taught it to growl continuously, Bell would reach into its mouth and manipulate the dog's lips and vocal cords to produce a crude-sounding "Ow ah oo ga ma ma". With little convincin... | What did Bell instruct his dog to do? | {'text': 'growl continuously', 'answer_start': 152} |
21,614 | 21,272 | 5ad3f258604f3c001a3ff8a8 | generic | The first reports of the abbey are based on a late tradition claiming that a young fisherman called Aldrich on the River Thames saw a vision of Saint Peter near the site. This seems to be quoted to justify the gifts of salmon from Thames fishermen that the abbey received in later years. In the present era, the Fishmong... | What type of fish did the Abbey give to Thames fisherman? | {'text': 'salmon', 'answer_start': 219} |
92,245 | 91,903 | 5728cd4f3acd2414000dfedb | generic | Bush's margin of victory in the popular vote was the smallest ever for a reelected incumbent president, but marked the first time since his father's victory 16 years prior that a candidate won a majority of the popular vote. The electoral map closely resembled that of 2000, with only three states changing sides: New Me... | Which state switched sides and embraced the Democratic party after previously choosing the Republican party? | {'text': 'New Hampshire', 'answer_start': 404} |
20,265 | 19,923 | 56e7906100c9c71400d772db | generic | The KU School of Engineering is an ABET accredited, public engineering school located on the main campus. The School of Engineering was officially founded in 1891, although engineering degrees were awarded as early as 1873. | What kind of institution is KU's engineering school? | {'text': 'public', 'answer_start': 52} |
93,097 | 92,755 | 572940641d046914007791f9 | generic | Regression testing focuses on finding defects after a major code change has occurred. Specifically, it seeks to uncover software regressions, as degraded or lost features, including old bugs that have come back. Such regressions occur whenever software functionality that was previously working correctly, stops working ... | Finding defects once a change in code had already happened is called? | {'text': 'Regression testing', 'answer_start': 0} |
107,207 | 106,865 | 5a7b827f21c2de001afea0de | generic | The Pro Electron standard, the European Electronic Component Manufacturers Association part numbering scheme, begins with two letters: the first gives the semiconductor type (A for germanium, B for silicon, and C for materials like GaAs); the second letter denotes the intended use (A for diode, C for general-purpose tr... | What is the most common reason to have a suffix on a device's number? | {'text': 'voltage rating', 'answer_start': 619} |
6,942 | 6,600 | 56d4c3ba2ccc5a1400d831ff | generic | The origin of the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris or Canis familiaris) is not clear. Whole genome sequencing indicates that the dog, the gray wolf and the extinct Taymyr wolf diverged at around the same time 27,000–40,000 years ago. These dates imply that the earliest dogs arose in the time of human hunter-gathere... | Due to admixture, what species are many Arctic dogs related to? | {'text': 'Taimyr wolf of North Asia', 'answer_start': 606} |
120,817 | 120,475 | 57314bf3497a881900248d7c | generic | Red is the traditional color of warning and danger. In the Middle Ages, a red flag announced that the defenders of a town or castle would fight to defend it, and a red flag hoisted by a warship meant they would show no mercy to their enemy. In Britain, in the early days of motoring, motor cars had to follow a man with ... | Under what circimstance is a red flag flown in auto racing? | {'text': 'if there is danger to the drivers', 'answer_start': 476} |
74,966 | 74,624 | 572759d8f1498d1400e8f6d2 | generic | Baptists are individuals who comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and that it must be done by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling). Oth... | What individuals subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers? | {'text': 'Baptists', 'answer_start': 0} |
49,685 | 49,343 | 5726341a271a42140099d750 | generic | Palmerston died in 1865, and after a brief ministry led by Russell, Derby returned to power. In 1866, Victoria attended the State Opening of Parliament for the first time since Albert's death. The following year she supported the passing of the Reform Act 1867 which doubled the electorate by extending the franchise to ... | Who was ultimately returned to office after Palmerston's death? | {'text': 'Derby', 'answer_start': 393} |
29,497 | 29,155 | 5706b1da0eeca41400aa0d49 | generic | The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi does not release any economic figures specifically for New Delhi but publishes an official economic report on the whole of Delhi annually. According to the Economic Survey of Delhi, the metropolis has a net State Domestic Product (SDP) of Rs. 83,085 crores (for the ... | What government body is responsible for releasing the annual official economic report for Delhi? | {'text': 'The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi', 'answer_start': 0} |
56,412 | 56,070 | 5a679283f038b7001ab0c2e3 | generic | On an international level the German DIN 4512 system has been effectively superseded in the 1980s by ISO 6:1974, ISO 2240:1982, and ISO 5800:1979 where the same sensitivity is written in linear and logarithmic form as "ISO 100/21°" (now again with degree symbol). These ISO standards were subsequently adopted by DIN as ... | When did the ISO adopt the DIN standards? | {'text': '1980s', 'answer_start': 92} |
1,736 | 1,394 | 56cff5a8234ae51400d9c173 | generic | Chopin's harmonic innovations may have arisen partly from his keyboard improvisation technique. Temperley says that in his works "novel harmonic effects frequently result from the combination of ordinary appoggiaturas or passing notes with melodic figures of accompaniment", and cadences are delayed by the use of chords... | Chopin's chord progressions are similar in style to what other composer? | {'text': 'Claude Debussy', 'answer_start': 512} |
8,035 | 7,693 | 5ad5f9765b96ef001a10af72 | generic | The percentage of students attending a Gesamtschule varies by Bundesland. In the State of Brandenburg more than 50% of all students attended a Gesamtschule in 2007, while in the State of Bavaria less than 1% did. | What percentage of Bavarian students went to a Gesamtschule in 2008? | {'text': 'less than 1%', 'answer_start': 195} |
66,071 | 65,729 | 5726a4c1dd62a815002e8bd8 | generic | After the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, Norfolk Island was placed under the authority of the new Commonwealth government to be administered as an external territory. During World War II, the island became a key airbase and refuelling depot between Australia and New Zealand, and New Zealand and the ... | When was the Commonwealth of Australia created? | {'text': '1901', 'answer_start': 55} |
8,854 | 8,512 | 56de5ba04396321400ee284d | generic | In 1956, some colleges of technology received the designation College of Advanced Technology. They became universities in the 1960s meaning they could award their own degrees. The designation "Institute of Technology" was occasionally used by polytechnics (Bolton), Central Institutions (Dundee, Robert Gordon's), and po... | How many Institutes of Science and Technology were affiliated with the University of Wales? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 440} |
64,830 | 64,488 | 5ace43df32bba1001ae4a11b | generic | Ann Arbor is part of Michigan's 12th congressional district, represented in Congress by Representative Debbie Dingell, a Democrat. On the state level, the city is part of the 18th district in the Michigan Senate, represented by Democrat Rebekah Warren. In the Michigan House of Representatives, representation is split b... | What city is represented in the 21st congressional district? | {'text': 'Ann Arbor', 'answer_start': 0} |
106,327 | 105,985 | 5ad219b0d7d075001a428410 | generic | Respect for the written text of the Quran is an important element of religious faith by many Muslims, and the Quran is treated with reverence. Based on tradition and a literal interpretation of Quran 56:79 ("none shall touch but those who are clean"), some Muslims believe that they must perform a ritual cleansing with ... | Which section of the Quran inspires all Muslims to ritually wash themselves before touching their copy? | {'text': '56:79', 'answer_start': 200} |
17,271 | 16,929 | 56e10842cd28a01900c6747e | generic | Catalan (/ˈkætəlæn/; autonym: català [kətəˈla] or [kataˈla]) is a Romance language named for its origins in Catalonia, in what is northeastern Spain and adjoining parts of France. It is the national and only official language of Andorra, and a co-official language of the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the... | What type of language is Catalan? | {'text': 'Romance language', 'answer_start': 66} |
63,555 | 63,213 | 572697e4dd62a815002e8a84 | generic | The Somerset Levels (or Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly but more correctly known) are a sparsely populated wetland area of central Somerset, between the Quantock and Mendip hills. They consist of marine clay levels along the coast, and the inland (often peat based) moors. The Levels are divided into... | What are the Somerset levels | {'text': 'are a sparsely populated wetland area of central Somerset, between the Quantock and Mendip hills', 'answer_start': 102} |
117,016 | 116,674 | 5731090ca5e9cc1400cdbbbb | generic | The Byzantine Empire was able to take advantage of the turmoil to expand its political influence and commercial relationships, first with the Khazars and later with the Rus' and other steppe groups. The Byzantines established the Theme of Cherson, formally known as Klimata, in the Crimea in the 830s to defend against r... | What did the Byzantines help the Khazars with? | {'text': 'build a fortress at Sarkel', 'answer_start': 575} |
105,527 | 105,185 | 572eb844dfa6aa1500f8d312 | generic | Growing scientific recognition of the role of private lands for endangered species recovery and the landmark 1981 court decision in Palila v. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources both contributed to making Habitat Conservation Plans/ Incidental Take Permits "a major force for wildlife conservation and a majo... | Who wrote the article "Searching for Consensus and Predictability: Habitat Conservation Planning under the Endangered Species Act of 1973." | {'text': 'Robert D.Thornton', 'answer_start': 368} |
20,415 | 20,073 | 56e79e2737bdd419002c4255 | generic | The school newspaper of the University of Kansas is University Daily Kansan, which placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition of the prestigious William Randolph Hearst Writing Foundation competition, often called "The Pulitzers of College Journalism" in 2007. In Winter 2008, a group of students created KU... | In what year did the Daily Kansan win the Intercollegiate Writing Competition? | {'text': '2007', 'answer_start': 268} |
89,053 | 88,711 | 572849ebff5b5019007da0fc | generic | The use of drones by the Central Intelligence Agency in Pakistan to carry out operations associated with the Global War on Terror sparks debate over sovereignty and the laws of war. The U.S. Government uses the CIA rather than the U.S. Air Force for strikes in Pakistan in order to avoid breaching sovereignty through mi... | What controversial technology did the US use in Pakistan? | {'text': 'drones', 'answer_start': 11} |
113,008 | 112,666 | 5ad4b42c5b96ef001a109df9 | generic | The original town of San Diego was located at the foot of Presidio Hill, in the area which is now Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. The location was not ideal, being several miles away from navigable water. In 1850, William Heath Davis promoted a new development by the Bay shore called "New San Diego", several mi... | Who developed New San Diego that was north of the first location? | {'text': 'William Heath Davis', 'answer_start': 222} |
118,484 | 118,142 | 5acfd67677cf76001a686281 | generic | There are many lodges and reserves to accommodate eco-tourists. Sport hunting is also a large, and growing component of the Namibian economy, accounting for 14% of total tourism in the year 2000, or $19.6 million US dollars, with Namibia boasting numerous species sought after by international sport hunters. In addition... | In what country was the extreme sport sandboarding invented? | {'text': 'US', 'answer_start': 213} |
125,522 | 125,180 | 5732add9cc179a14009dabf1 | generic | The majority report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, written by the six Democratic appointees, the minority report, written by 3 of the 4 Republican appointees, studies by Federal Reserve economists, and the work of several independent scholars generally contend that government affordable housing policy was ... | Who claimed that the GSE never purchased subprime loans - a claim that is widely disputed? | {'text': 'Paul Krugman', 'answer_start': 655} |
47,293 | 46,951 | 571a479b10f8ca1400304fae | generic | In contrast, procedural memory (or implicit memory) is not based on the conscious recall of information, but on implicit learning. It can best be summarized as remember how to do something. Procedural memory is primarily employed in learning motor skills and should be considered a subset of implicit memory. It is revea... | If bob remembered how to bake a cake after seeing this on television what memory is he using? | {'text': 'procedural memory', 'answer_start': 13} |
85,142 | 84,800 | 572810763acd2414000df38f | 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... | A time machine is known as any technological devise that is used for what purpose? | {'text': 'to achieve time travel', 'answer_start': 548} |
124,508 | 124,166 | 5732480e0fdd8d15006c68e4 | generic | Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus is God's only direct creation, that everything else was created by means of Christ, and that the initial unassisted act of creation uniquely identifies Jesus as God's "only-begotten Son". Jesus served as a redeemer and a ransom sacrifice to pay for the sins of humanity. They belie... | Jesus is considered to be the only what between God and humanity? | {'text': 'intercessor and high priest', 'answer_start': 550} |
66,353 | 66,011 | 5726a1d5708984140094cc66 | generic | During the year following that contract, with Dodsley, Burke founded the influential Annual Register, a publication in which various authors evaluated the international political events of the previous year. The extent to which Burke contributed to the Annual Register is unclear: in his biography of Burke, Robert Murra... | Burke was the chief editor for the Register until at least what year? | {'text': '1789', 'answer_start': 518} |
87,953 | 87,611 | 5acf9dee77cf76001a685544 | generic | A distinguishing aspect of Indian federalism is that unlike many other forms of federalism, it is asymmetric. Article 370 makes special provisions for the state of Jammu and Kashmir as per its Instrument of Accession. Article 371 makes special provisions for the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, ... | What does Article 317 say? | {'text': 'special provisions for the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Sikkim', 'answer_start': 236} |
54,539 | 54,197 | 5ad0126977cf76001a6868b8 | generic | These types of intermediaries do not host or transmit infringing content, themselves, but may be regarded in some courts as encouraging, enabling or facilitating infringement by users. These intermediaries may include the author, publishers and marketers of peer-to-peer networking software, and the websites that allow ... | What do certain type of intermediaries do? | {'text': 'host or transmit infringing content', 'answer_start': 37} |
852 | 510 | 56bfc420a10cfb14005512c2 | 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... | Later what did she say about Sasha? | {'text': 'she would bring her back', 'answer_start': 679} |
33,774 | 33,432 | 57099bc1ed30961900e84372 | generic | Race was asked differently in the Census 2000 in several other ways than previously. Most significantly, respondents were given the option of selecting one or more race categories to indicate racial identities. Data show that nearly seven million Americans identified as members of two or more races. Because of these ch... | What year was the last census before the Census 2000? | {'text': '1990', 'answer_start': 403} |
120,711 | 120,369 | 5ad4e1175b96ef001a10a51f | generic | Rothko also began using the new synthetic pigments, but not always with happy results. In 1962 he donated to Harvard University a series of large murals of the Passion of Christ whose predominant colors were dark pink and deep crimson. He mixed mostly traditional colors to make the pink and crimson; synthetic ultramari... | Who first used synthetic pigments in 1962? | {'text': 'Rothko', 'answer_start': 0} |
108,702 | 108,360 | 572fa631b2c2fd14005682a3 | generic | In the past, Qutb Shahi rulers and Nizams attracted artists, architects and men of letters from different parts of the world through patronage. The resulting ethnic mix popularised cultural events such as mushairas (poetic symposia). The Qutb Shahi dynasty particularly encouraged the growth of Deccani Urdu literature l... | When was Lazzat Un Nisa completed? | {'text': 'the 15th century', 'answer_start': 477} |
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