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35,000 | 34,658 | 5a397d0c2f14dd001ac723c9 | generic | Everton hold the record for the most seasons in England's top tier (Division One/Premier League), at 111 seasons out of 114 as of 2014–15 (the club played in Division 2 in 1930–31 and from 1951–54). They are one of seven teams to have played all 22 seasons of the Premier League since its inception in August 1992 – the ... | How many seasons of football has Chelsea played? | {'text': '111', 'answer_start': 101} |
24,096 | 23,754 | 56f95bb59b226e1400dd13a2 | generic | In the months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Kwajalein Atoll was the administrative center of the Japanese 6th Fleet Forces Service, whose task was the defense of the Marshall Islands. | What Japanese fleet was based in the Marshall Islands? | {'text': '6th Fleet', 'answer_start': 111} |
3,329 | 2,987 | 56cdd4d762d2951400fa68d0 | generic | The Longmen Shan Fault System is situated in the eastern border of the Tibetan Plateau and contains several faults. This earthquake ruptured at least two imbricate structures in Longmen Shan Fault System, i.e. the Beichuan Fault and the Guanxian–Anxian Fault. In the epicentral area, the average slip in Beichuan Fault w... | What was the horizontal average slip on the Guanxian-Anxian fault? | {'text': '2.3 metres', 'answer_start': 737} |
49,837 | 49,495 | 5723ec9f0dadf01500fa1faa | generic | After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British East India Company, which had ruled much of India, was dissolved, and Britain's possessions and protectorates on the Indian subcontinent were formally incorporated into the British Empire. The Queen had a relatively balanced view of the conflict, and condemned atrocities ... | Who did the Queen condemn in the Indian Rebellion? | {'text': 'both sides', 'answer_start': 323} |
29,450 | 29,108 | 5706a25b75f01819005e7c87 | generic | The Rajpath which was built similar to the Champs-Élysées in Paris is the ceremonial boulevard for the Republic of India located in New Delhi. The annual Republic Day parade takes place here on 26 January. | What annual parade takes place on the Rajpath each January? | {'text': 'Republic Day parade', 'answer_start': 154} |
30,474 | 30,132 | 5ad2755fd7d075001a4294fe | generic | Acid house arose from Chicago artists' experiments with the squelchy Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer, and the style's origins on vinyl is generally cited as Phuture's "Acid Tracks" (1987). Phuture, a group founded by Nathan "DJ Pierre" Jones, Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson, is credited with having... | What type of drum machine did Hardy use? | {'text': 'Roland TR-707', 'answer_start': 642} |
30,970 | 30,628 | 570718049e06ca38007e9411 | generic | General Aguirre moved to the deserts of the southeastern portion of the state and defeated the French forces in Parral, led by Colonel Cottret. By the middle of 1866, the state of Chihuahua was declared free of enemy control; Parral was the last French stronghold within the state. On June 17, 1866, President Juárez arr... | During which year was Chihuahua declared free of enemy control? | {'text': '1866', 'answer_start': 161} |
124,312 | 123,970 | 5a53ecf8bdaabd001a3867ef | generic | The Armenian Genocide caused widespread emigration that led to the settlement of Armenians in various countries in the world. Armenians kept to their traditions and certain diasporans rose to fame with their music. In the post-Genocide Armenian community of the United States, the so-called "kef" style Armenian dance mu... | What event was caused by French influence that led to widespread Armenian emigration? | {'text': 'The Armenian Genocide', 'answer_start': 0} |
116,030 | 115,688 | 5ad49c78ba00c4001a268da8 | generic | Microsoft released minimum hardware requirements for tablet and laplet devices to be "certified" for Windows 8, and defined a convertible form factor as a standalone device that combines the PC, display and rechargeable power source with a mechanically attached keyboard and pointing device in a single chassis. A conver... | How does an inconvertible become a tablet? | {'text': 'attached input devices are hidden or removed leaving the display as the only input mechanism', 'answer_start': 369} |
26,305 | 25,963 | 56f97cd79b226e1400dd14a9 | generic | At the beginning of the Three Kingdoms era (220–280 CE), Zhejiang was home to the warlords Yan Baihu and Wang Lang prior to their defeat by Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who eventually established the Kingdom of Wu. Despite the removal of their court from Kuaiji to Jianye (present-day Nanjing), they continued development of the... | Along with Manchuria, where did trade reach as far as? | {'text': 'Funan', 'answer_start': 484} |
80,064 | 79,722 | 5727c090ff5b5019007d9469 | generic | USB device communication is based on pipes (logical channels). A pipe is a connection from the host controller to a logical entity, found on a device, and named an endpoint. Because pipes correspond 1-to-1 to endpoints, the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. A USB device could have up to 32 endpoints (16 IN, 16 ... | Where do pipes correspond? | {'text': '1-to-1 to endpoints', 'answer_start': 199} |
22,200 | 21,858 | 56f6eff93d8e2e1400e372c6 | generic | Given the wide range of styles in classical music, from Medieval plainchant sung by monks to Classical and Romantic symphonies for orchestra from the 1700s and 1800s to avant-garde atonal compositions for solo piano from the 1900s, it is difficult to list characteristics that can be attributed to all works of that type... | What did not exist through the entire classical music period? | {'text': 'the symphony', 'answer_start': 560} |
46,945 | 46,603 | 5719cf3610f8ca1400304e72 | generic | War work again brought local prosperity during World War II, this time centered on Boeing aircraft. The war dispersed the city's numerous Japanese-American businessmen due to the Japanese American internment. After the war, the local economy dipped. It rose again with Boeing's growing dominance in the commercial airlin... | How did Seattle celebrate its economic rise in 1962? | {'text': "1962 World's Fair", 'answer_start': 447} |
90,519 | 90,177 | 5ad27a95d7d075001a42960c | 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 book did Popper publish in 2004? | {'text': 'Popper, Otto Selz and the rise of evolutionary epistemology', 'answer_start': 108} |
45,187 | 44,845 | 5ad366b9604f3c001a3fe076 | generic | Assembly of desktop computers for the North American market formerly took place at Dell plants in Austin, Texas (original location) and Lebanon, Tennessee (opened in 1999), which have been closed in 2008 and early 2009, respectively. The plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina received $280 million USD in incentives fro... | What year was Dell's Tennessee facility closed? | {'text': '1999', 'answer_start': 166} |
1,742 | 1,400 | 56cff6f3234ae51400d9c191 | generic | Polish composers of the following generation included virtuosi such as Moritz Moszkowski, but, in the opinion of J. Barrie Jones, his "one worthy successor" among his compatriots was Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937). Edvard Grieg, Antonín Dvořák, Isaac Albéniz, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff, among other... | According to J. Barrie Jones who was the only true successor to Chopin? | {'text': 'Karol Szymanowski', 'answer_start': 183} |
14,804 | 14,462 | 56dfe7dc231d4119001abe77 | generic | Pub names are used to identify and differentiate each pub. Modern names are sometimes a marketing ploy or attempt to create "brand awareness", frequently using a comic theme thought to be memorable, Slug and Lettuce for a pub chain being an example. Interesting origins are not confined to old or traditional names, howe... | What is the purpose of a pub name? | {'text': 'to identify and differentiate each pub', 'answer_start': 19} |
44,878 | 44,536 | 57101eefa58dae1900cd68b6 | generic | Weinrich et al. (1993) and Weinberg et al. (1994) criticized the scale for lumping individuals who are different based on different dimensions of sexuality into the same categories. When applying the scale, Kinsey considered two dimensions of sexual orientation: overt sexual experience and psychosexual reactions. Valua... | Besides behavior and reactions what else could have been used in the KInsey scale? | {'text': 'one could also assess attraction, identification, lifestyle', 'answer_start': 804} |
56,744 | 56,402 | 572680f85951b619008f74f9 | generic | For administrative purposes, the Federal District is divided into 16 "delegaciones" or boroughs. While not fully equivalent to a municipality, the 16 boroughs have gained significant autonomy, and since 2000 their heads of government are elected directly by plurality (they were previously appointed by the head of gover... | How many boroughs make up Mexico City? | {'text': '16', 'answer_start': 147} |
85,249 | 84,907 | 5a7a67f321c2de001afe9be8 | generic | The primary objective of the European Central Bank, as laid down in Article 127(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, is to maintain price stability within the Eurozone. The Governing Council in October 1998 defined price stability as inflation of under 2%, “a year-on-year increase in the Harmonise... | Where is the secondary mission of the European Central Bank banned? | {'text': 'Article 127(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union', 'answer_start': 68} |
29,112 | 28,770 | 5705f75b75f01819005e77d3 | generic | In 1922, John Jacob Astor, son of the 1st Viscount Astor, bought The Times from the Northcliffe estate. The paper gained a measure of notoriety in the 1930s with its advocacy of German appeasement; then-editor Geoffrey Dawson was closely allied with those in the government who practised appeasement, most notably Nevill... | In 1922, which estate sold The Times? | {'text': 'Northcliffe estate', 'answer_start': 84} |
93,817 | 93,475 | 572969f03f37b31900478362 | generic | The "photoelectrons" emitted as a result of the photoelectric effect have a certain kinetic energy, which can be measured. This kinetic energy (for each photoelectron) is independent of the intensity of the light, but depends linearly on the frequency; and if the frequency is too low (corresponding to a photon energy t... | What factor of the initial light source does the energy of the photoelectrons depend on? | {'text': 'frequency', 'answer_start': 242} |
2,627 | 2,285 | 56cd9df862d2951400fa677c | generic | Transferring GameCube development to the Wii was relatively simple, since the Wii was being created to be compatible with the GameCube.[o] At E3 2005, Nintendo released a small number of Nintendo DS game cards containing a preview trailer for Twilight Princess. They also announced that Zelda would appear on the Wii (th... | At E3 in 2005, what console did Nintendo reveal the next Zelda game would be developed for? | {'text': 'Wii', 'answer_start': 41} |
111,270 | 110,928 | 572fb85804bcaa1900d76c32 | generic | In the religious sphere, this was a period of profound change. The spiritual revolution that took place, saw a waning of the old Greek religion, whose decline beginning in the 3rd century BC continued with the introduction of new religious movements from the East. The cults of deities like Isis and Mithra were introduc... | What encouraged the change of faith ? | {'text': 'with the introduction of new religious movements from the East.', 'answer_start': 201} |
113,463 | 113,121 | 572ff1df947a6a140053ce4a | generic | A Latin translation of Ibn Tufail's work, Philosophus Autodidactus, first appeared in 1671, prepared by Edward Pococke the Younger, followed by an English translation by Simon Ockley in 1708, as well as German and Dutch translations. These translations might have later inspired Daniel Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe, re... | Simon Ockley translated Philosophus Autodidactus into English, in what year did he do that? | {'text': '1708', 'answer_start': 186} |
101,353 | 101,011 | 5a0f8530decec900184755c7 | generic | During the last three minutes of a half, the penalty for failure to place the ball in play within the 20-second play clock, known as "time count" (this foul is known as "delay of game" in American football), is dramatically different from during the first 27 minutes. Instead of the penalty being 5 yards with the down r... | For what violation can the referee give the base penalty to the defense? | {'text': 'for repeated deliberate time count violations on third down', 'answer_start': 557} |
61,484 | 61,142 | 572665dff1498d1400e8de46 | generic | The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the United States Constitution, the foundation of the federal government of the United States. The Constitution sets out the boundaries of federal law, which consists of acts of Congress, treaties ... | What is defined as the official codification of federal statutory law? | {'text': 'The United States Code', 'answer_start': 446} |
105,916 | 105,574 | 572eb08203f989190075694c | generic | The Xiongnu, a nomadic steppe confederation, defeated the Han in 200 BC and forced the Han to submit as a de facto inferior partner, but continued their raids on the Han borders. Emperor Wu of Han (r. 141–87 BC) launched several military campaigns against them. The ultimate Han victory in these wars eventually forced t... | What type of campaign helped establish the Silk Road? | {'text': 'military', 'answer_start': 229} |
90,645 | 90,303 | 5ad20d35d7d075001a428275 | generic | The transition from the mandolino to the mandolin began around 1744 with the designing of the metal-string mandolin by the Vinaccia family, 3 brass strings and one of gut, using friction tuning pegs on a fingerboard that sat "flush" with the sound table. The mandolin grew in popularity over the next 60 years, in the st... | Who were two of the prominent players in the 15th century? | {'text': 'Bartolomeo Bortolazzi of Venice and Pietro Vimercati', 'answer_start': 550} |
25,179 | 24,837 | 56f8b6149b226e1400dd0e93 | generic | Defining exactly what section of a DNA sequence comprises a gene is difficult. Regulatory regions of a gene such as enhancers do not necessarily have to be close to the coding sequence on the linear molecule because the intervening DNA can be looped out to bring the gene and its regulatory region into proximity. Simila... | Where can regulatory regions be found? | {'text': 'different chromosomes', 'answer_start': 420} |
86,016 | 85,674 | 5ad33e8b604f3c001a3fdbb0 | generic | In September 2012 at the Tokyo Game Show, Sony announced that a new, slimmer PS3 redesign (CECH-4000) was due for release in late 2012 and that it would be available with either a 250 GB or 500 GB hard drive. Three versions Super Slim model were revealed: one with a 500 GB hard drive, a second with a 250 GB hard drive ... | On what date was the 12 GB version of the Super Slim released in the US? | {'text': 'October 12, 2012', 'answer_start': 688} |
85,255 | 84,913 | 5a7a687e21c2de001afe9bee | generic | The banks in effect borrow cash and must pay it back; the short durations allow interest rates to be adjusted continually. When the repo notes come due the participating banks bid again. An increase in the quantity of notes offered at auction allows an increase in liquidity in the economy. A decrease has the contrary e... | What happens when a lot of repo notes are past due? | {'text': 'increase in liquidity in the economy', 'answer_start': 253} |
3,094 | 2,752 | 56ceddd1aab44d1400b88b5a | generic | In September 2015 it was announced that Sam Smith and regular collaborator Jimmy Napes had written the film's title theme, "Writing's on the Wall", with Smith performing it for the film. Smith said the song came together in one session and that he and Napes wrote it in under half an hour before recording a demo. Satisf... | Which version of the theme was used in the actual movie? | {'text': 'demo', 'answer_start': 308} |
2,333 | 1,991 | 56cd742662d2951400fa65d4 | generic | On October 22, 2007, Apple reported quarterly revenue of US$6.22 billion, of which 30.69% came from Apple notebook sales, 19.22% from desktop sales and 26% from iPod sales. Apple's 2007 year revenue increased to US$24.01 billion with US$3.5 billion in profits. Apple ended the fiscal year 2007 with US$15.4 billion in ca... | What was Apple's revenue for Q3 2007? | {'text': '$6.22 billion', 'answer_start': 59} |
45,639 | 45,297 | 5ad3fcf2604f3c001a3ffbc1 | generic | The death penalty is sought and applied more often in some jurisdictions, not only between states but within states. A 2004 Cornell University study showed that while 2.5 percent of murderers convicted nationwide were sentenced to the death penalty, in Nevada 6 percent were given the death penalty. Texas gave 2 percent... | What percentage of murderers in the United States aren't given a death sentence? | {'text': '2.5', 'answer_start': 167} |
58,943 | 58,601 | 5726566d708984140094c2dd | generic | "By May 1539, Conquistador Hernando de Soto skirted the coast of Florida, searching for a deep harbor to land. He described seeing a thick wall of red mangroves spread mile after mile, some reaching as high as 70 feet (21 m), with intertwined and elevated roots making landing difficult. Very soon, 'many smokes' appeare... | What did Spanish settlers introduce to Florida | {'text': 'Christianity, cattle, horses, sheep, the Spanish language, and more', 'answer_start': 500} |
89,991 | 89,649 | 5ad40f35604f3c001a400161 | 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... | How much was the final disembursement from the Permanent Fund? | {'text': '$1,000', 'answer_start': 133} |
66,928 | 66,586 | 5726e320f1498d1400e8eec0 | generic | Rugby league is mostly played by Samoans living in New Zealand and Australia,[citation needed] with Samoa reaching the quarter finals of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup made of players playing in the NRL, Super League and domestic players. Many Samoans and New Zealanders or Australians of Samoan descent play in the Sup... | What rugby club did Maurie Fa'asavalu play for? | {'text': 'St Helens', 'answer_start': 434} |
73,955 | 73,613 | 572948091d0469140077924d | generic | The city struck fortune in the late 18th century with the inventions and industrial activity of Eli Whitney, a Yale graduate who remained in New Haven to develop the cotton gin and establish a gun-manufacturing factory in the northern part of the city near the Hamden town line. That area is still known as Whitneyville,... | In what year was the first automatic revolver invented? | {'text': '1836', 'answer_start': 908} |
125,132 | 124,790 | 57327f92b3a91d1900202dcb | generic | The Democrats gained a majority in both houses in the 1954 election. Eisenhower had to work with the Democratic Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (later U.S. president) in the Senate and Speaker Sam Rayburn in the House, both from Texas. Joe Martin, the Republican Speaker from 1947 to 1949 and again from 1953 to 1955, ... | Who won a Senate majority in 1954? | {'text': 'Democrats', 'answer_start': 4} |
10,213 | 9,871 | 5a18d2529aa02b0018605ed8 | generic | The multitude of Middle Iranian languages and peoples indicate that great linguistic diversity must have existed among the ancient speakers of Iranian languages. Of that variety of languages/dialects, direct evidence of only two have survived. These are: | What characteristic of middle Iranian civilization is shown by the limited number of languages and speakers? | {'text': 'The multitude of Middle Iranian languages and peoples indica', 'answer_start': 0} |
35,458 | 35,116 | 5acd6eb107355d001abf41d7 | generic | The 1903 advent of heavier-than-air fixed-wing aircraft was closely followed in 1910 by the first experimental take-off of an airplane, made from the deck of a United States Navy vessel (cruiser USS Birmingham), and the first experimental landings were conducted in 1911. On 9 May 1912 the first airplane take-off from a... | In what year was the second experimental take-off of an airplane? | {'text': '1910', 'answer_start': 80} |
30,310 | 29,968 | 5706534d75f01819005e7b53 | generic | In the past, many organizations have claimed ownership of patents related to MP3 decoding or encoding. These claims led to a number of legal threats and actions from a variety of sources. As a result, uncertainty about which patents must be licensed in order to create MP3 products without committing patent infringement... | At what stage of the technology were these problems prevalent? | {'text': 'early stages', 'answer_start': 390} |
30,272 | 29,930 | 5706443e75f01819005e7ae2 | generic | Early MPEG Layer III encoders used what is now called Constant Bit Rate (CBR). The software was only able to use a uniform bitrate on all frames in an MP3 file. Later more sophisticated MP3 encoders were able to use the bit reservoir to target an average bit rate selecting the encoding rate for each frame based on the ... | The early software was restricted to which kind of bitrate? | {'text': 'uniform', 'answer_start': 115} |
29,365 | 29,023 | 570686af52bb891400689a3a | generic | At the heart of the city is the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhavan (formerly known as Viceroy's House) which sits atop Raisina Hill. The Secretariat, which houses ministries of the Government of India, flanks out of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Parliament House, designed by Herbert Baker, is located at the Sansad Marg, whic... | Formerly known as the Viceroy's House, which large building is located at the heart of New Delhi? | {'text': 'Rashtrapati Bhavan', 'answer_start': 44} |
19,263 | 18,921 | 56e73fb737bdd419002c3dfd | generic | Beginning and ending dates are roughly the reverse in the southern hemisphere. For example, mainland Chile observed DST from the second Saturday in October to the second Saturday in March, with transitions at 24:00 local time. The time difference between the United Kingdom and mainland Chile could therefore be five hou... | During what season in the Southern hemisphere is there a three-hour time difference between mainland Chile and the United Kingdom? | {'text': 'summer', 'answer_start': 343} |
117,803 | 117,461 | 5730cac5f6cb411900e244bb | generic | In 1890 Robert Louis Stevenson, his wife Fanny Vandegrift Stevenson and her son Lloyd Osbourne sailed on the Janet Nicoll, a trading steamer owned by Henderson and Macfarlane of Auckland, New Zealand, which operated between Sydney and Auckland and into the central Pacific. The Janet Nicoll visited three of the Ellice I... | Who recorded the trip aboard the Janet Nicoll? | {'text': 'Fanny Vandegrift Stevenson', 'answer_start': 41} |
86,568 | 86,226 | 572819772ca10214002d9dcf | generic | In Australia, a technical issue arose with the royal assent in both 1976 and 2001. In 1976, a bill originating in the House of Representatives was mistakenly submitted to the Governor-General and assented to. However, it was later discovered that it had not been passed by each house. The error arose because two bills o... | Why did this occur? | {'text': 'two bills of the same title had originated from the house', 'answer_start': 309} |
128,115 | 127,773 | 5733b1da4776f41900661067 | generic | In 1882, Albert Zahm (John Zahm's brother) built an early wind tunnel used to compare lift to drag of aeronautical models. Around 1899, Professor Jerome Green became the first American to send a wireless message. In 1931, Father Julius Nieuwland performed early work on basic reactions that was used to create neoprene. ... | What did the brother of John Zahm construct at Notre Dame? | {'text': 'an early wind tunnel', 'answer_start': 49} |
101,074 | 100,732 | 572f7dba947a6a140053c9c0 | generic | In Germany, groups such as Einstürzende Neubauten developed a unique style of industrial music, utilizing avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects. Members of that group would later go on to collaborate with members of the Birthday Party. In Brazil, the post-punk scene grew after the generation of Bras... | Where was Madame Satã? | {'text': 'Brazil', 'answer_start': 259} |
124,262 | 123,920 | 5a53e3bbbdaabd001a3867bd | generic | Armenian literature dates back to 400 AD, when Mesrop Mashtots first invented the Armenian alphabet. This period of time is often viewed as the Golden Age of Armenian literature. Early Armenian literature was written by the "father of Armenian history", Moses of Chorene, who authored The History of Armenia. The book co... | When did European writing begin? | {'text': '400 AD', 'answer_start': 34} |
115,452 | 115,110 | 5ad3dce8604f3c001a3ff420 | generic | Margaret Stout and Carrie M. Staton have also written recently on the mutual influence of Whitehead and Mary Parker Follett, a pioneer in the fields of organizational theory and organizational behavior. Stout and Staton see both Whitehead and Follett as sharing an ontology that "understands becoming as a relational pro... | What do Margaret Stout and Carrie M. Staton view as differences between Whitehead and Follett? | {'text': 'ontology that "understands becoming as a relational process; difference as being related, yet unique; and the purpose of becoming as harmonizing difference', 'answer_start': 265} |
47,134 | 46,792 | 571a2dfb4faf5e1900b8a900 | generic | Non-commercial radio stations include NPR affiliates KUOW-FM 94.9 and KPLU-FM 88.5 (Tacoma), as well as classical music station KING-FM 98.1. Other stations include KEXP-FM 90.3 (affiliated with the UW), community radio KBCS-FM 91.3 (affiliated with Bellevue College), and high school radio KNHC-FM 89.5, which broadcast... | With what educational facility is KEXP-FM aligned? | {'text': 'UW', 'answer_start': 199} |
16,117 | 15,775 | 56e19ba6e3433e1400423011 | generic | Hydrogen is sometimes produced and consumed in the same industrial process, without being separated. In the Haber process for the production of ammonia, hydrogen is generated from natural gas. Electrolysis of brine to yield chlorine also produces hydrogen as a co-product. | When hydrogen is generated from natural gas, what des it produce? | {'text': 'ammonia', 'answer_start': 144} |
12,997 | 12,655 | 56df12643277331400b4d94a | generic | In 2004, SME and Bertelsmann Music Group merged as Sony BMG Music Entertainment. When Sony acquired BMG's half of the conglomerate in 2008, Sony BMG reverted to the SME name. The buyout led to the dissolution of BMG, which then relaunched as BMG Rights Management. Out of the "Big Three" record companies, with Universal... | In what year did Sony BMG Music Entertainment go back to being called SME? | {'text': '2008', 'answer_start': 134} |
84,319 | 83,977 | 572807b6ff5b5019007d9b55 | generic | The nationalization announcement was greeted very emotionally by the audience and, throughout the Arab world, thousands entered the streets shouting slogans of support. US ambassador Henry A. Byroade stated, "I cannot overemphasize [the] popularity of the Canal Company nationalization within Egypt, even among Nasser's ... | What nation's shipping was forbidden from using the Suez Canal? | {'text': 'Israeli', 'answer_start': 1088} |
116,451 | 116,109 | 5a7e138a70df9f001a875480 | generic | In general, translators have sought to preserve the context itself by reproducing the original order of sememes, and hence word order — when necessary, reinterpreting the actual grammatical structure, for example, by shifting from active to passive voice, or vice versa. The grammatical differences between "fixed-word-o... | How do translators obfuscate context? | {'text': 'reproducing the original order of sememes', 'answer_start': 70} |
120,051 | 119,709 | 57313a71e6313a140071cd41 | generic | After the Kangxi Emperor's death in the winter of 1722, his fourth son, Prince Yong (雍親王), became the Yongzheng Emperor. In the later years of Kangxi's reign, Yongzheng and his brothers had fought, and there were rumours that he had usurped the throne(most of the rumours believe that Yongzheng's brother Yingzhen (Kangx... | Who took Kangxi's place? | {'text': 'Prince Yong', 'answer_start': 72} |
75,182 | 74,840 | 57275ec9dd62a815002e9bba | generic | The Victorian era in particular became notorious for the conditions under which children were employed. Children as young as four were employed in production factories and mines working long hours in dangerous, often fatal, working conditions. In coal mines, children would crawl through tunnels too narrow and low for a... | On average how many weekly hours did a domestic servant put in? | {'text': '80', 'answer_start': 750} |
111,050 | 110,708 | 57301192a23a5019007fcced | generic | At the glass transition temperature the resin in the composite softens and significantly increases thermal expansion; exceeding Tg then exerts mechanical overload on the board components - e.g. the joints and the vias. Below Tg the thermal expansion of the resin roughly matches copper and glass, above it gets significa... | What will happen to the components when the temperature of resin goes above that of glass transition? | {'text': 'mechanical overload', 'answer_start': 143} |
83,713 | 83,371 | 5727e4ca3acd2414000def32 | generic | Oklahoma's judicial branch consists of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, and 77 District Courts that each serves one county. The Oklahoma judiciary also contains two independent courts: a Court of Impeachment and the Oklahoma Court on the Judiciary. Oklahoma has two courts of last reso... | What is the criminal court of last resort in Oklahoma? | {'text': 'the state Court of Criminal Appeals', 'answer_start': 371} |
6,691 | 6,349 | 56db3f2ce7c41114004b4f9e | generic | For five consecutive seasons, starting in season seven, the title was given to a white male who plays the guitar – a trend that Idol pundits call the "White guy with guitar" or "WGWG" factor. Just hours before the season eleven finale, where Phillip Phillips was named the winner, Richard Rushfield, author of the book A... | What is the WGWG factor? | {'text': 'White guy with guitar', 'answer_start': 151} |
14,001 | 13,659 | 56e0a0c97aa994140058e65e | generic | On January 25, 1918, at the third meeting of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets, the unrecognized state was renamed the Soviet Russian Republic. On March 3, 1918, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed, giving away much of the land of the former Russian Empire to Germany, in exchange for peace in World War I. On July ... | On January 25, 1918, what was the official name given to the Soviet state? | {'text': 'the Soviet Russian Republic', 'answer_start': 117} |
74,636 | 74,294 | 5a6fe2658abb0b001a676005 | generic | There is controversy around the recognition of the Alsacian flag. The authentic historical flag is the Rot-un-Wiss ; Red and White are commonly found on the coat of arms of Alsacian cities (Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Sélestat...) and of many Swiss cites, especially in Basel's region. The German region Hesse uses a flag simi... | Who created the Union-jack-like flag? | {'text': 'Gérard de Lorraine', 'answer_start': 884} |
17,606 | 17,264 | 56e1edbee3433e1400423206 | generic | In Spain, every person officially has two surnames, one of which is the father's first surname and the other is the mother's first surname. The law contemplates the possibility of joining both surnames with the Catalan conjunction i ("and"). | How many surnames does everyone in Spain have? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 38} |
40,266 | 39,924 | 570cd0bbb3d812140066d283 | generic | The Macintosh, however, was expensive, which hindered its ability to be competitive in a market already dominated by the Commodore 64 for consumers, as well as the IBM Personal Computer and its accompanying clone market for businesses. Macintosh systems still found success in education and desktop publishing and kept A... | Who became the top PC manufacturer in 1994, leaving Apple in 3rd place? | {'text': 'Compaq', 'answer_start': 715} |
49,075 | 48,733 | 5ace6ecd32bba1001ae4a69b | generic | In Alberta, five bitumen upgraders produce synthetic crude oil and a variety of other products: The Suncor Energy upgrader near Fort McMurray, Alberta produces synthetic crude oil plus diesel fuel; the Syncrude Canada, Canadian Natural Resources, and Nexen upgraders near Fort McMurray produce synthetic crude oil; and t... | The sixth upgrader will upgrade two thirds of what? | {'text': 'crude bitumen directly to diesel fuel', 'answer_start': 550} |
63,028 | 62,686 | 57268318708984140094c88c | generic | One of the paper's best known front pages, published on 4 May 1982, commemorated the torpedoing of the Argentine ship the General Belgrano by running the story under the headline "GOTCHA". At MacKenzie's insistence, and against the wishes of Murdoch (the mogul was present because almost all the journalists were on stri... | Which reporter saw copies of The Sun being thrown into the ocean? | {'text': 'John Shirley', 'answer_start': 426} |
107,818 | 107,476 | 5a8a2ffa3b2508001a72a7a4 | generic | On May 15, 2013, Resident Commissioner Pierluisi introduced H.R. 2000 to Congress to "set forth the process for Puerto Rico to be admitted as a state of the Union," asking for Congress to vote on ratifying Puerto Rico as the 51st state. On February 12, 2014, Senator Martin Heinrich introduced a bill in the US Senate. T... | What would H.R. 2014 do? | {'text': 'set forth the process for Puerto Rico to be admitted as a state of the Union', 'answer_start': 86} |
4,256 | 3,914 | 56cff757234ae51400d9c19b | generic | Manhattan was on track to have an estimated 90,000 hotel rooms at the end of 2014, a 10% increase from 2013. In October 2014, the Anbang Insurance Group, based in China, purchased the Waldorf Astoria New York for US$1.95 billion, making it the world's most expensive hotel ever sold. | Who bought the Waldorf Astoria hotel in NYC in 2014? | {'text': 'Anbang Insurance Group', 'answer_start': 130} |
123,217 | 122,875 | 57324d6d0fdd8d15006c693b | generic | They formed, and identified with various religious groups advocating greater purity of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and group piety. Puritans adopted a Reformed theology, but they also took note of radical criticisms of Zwingli in Zurich and Calvin in Geneva. In church polity, some advocated for separation... | At what gathering were supporters unsuccessful in establishing a new national church? | {'text': 'the Westminster Assembly', 'answer_start': 524} |
47,008 | 46,666 | 5719ed4210f8ca1400304eac | generic | The Puget Sound Convergence Zone is an important feature of Seattle's weather. In the convergence zone, air arriving from the north meets air flowing in from the south. Both streams of air originate over the Pacific Ocean; airflow is split by the Olympic Mountains to Seattle's west, then reunited to the east. When the ... | Of what is the Convergence Zone comprised? | {'text': 'streams of air', 'answer_start': 174} |
93,916 | 93,574 | 572974216aef051400154f14 | generic | The Faraday constant F is the charge of one mole of electrons, equal to the Avogadro constant NA multiplied by the elementary charge e. It can be determined by careful electrolysis experiments, measuring the amount of silver dissolved from an electrode in a given time and for a given electric current. In practice, it i... | What is the Faraday constant? | {'text': 'the charge of one mole of electrons', 'answer_start': 26} |
40,313 | 39,971 | 5ad55c955b96ef001a10acbd | generic | As for Mac OS, System 7 was a 32-bit rewrite from Pascal to C++ that introduced virtual memory and improved the handling of color graphics, as well as memory addressing, networking, and co-operative multitasking. Also during this time, the Macintosh began to shed the "Snow White" design language, along with the expensi... | Who did Microsoft pay expensive consulting fees to before doing in-house work? | {'text': 'Frogdesign', 'answer_start': 359} |
37,720 | 37,378 | 5a07f52b3fc87400182070b1 | generic | The sensitivity of Earth-based infrared telescopes is significantly limited by water vapor in the atmosphere, which absorbs a portion of the infrared radiation arriving from space outside of selected atmospheric windows. This limitation can be partially alleviated by placing the telescope observatory at a high altitude... | What absorbs infrared radiation from space away from high altitude? | {'text': 'water vapor in the atmosphere,', 'answer_start': 79} |
112,882 | 112,540 | 573245f7b9d445190005e97e | generic | The largest and bloodiest American battle came at Okinawa, as the U.S. sought airbases for 3,000 B-29 bombers and 240 squadrons of B-17 bombers for the intense bombardment of Japan's home islands in preparation for a full-scale invasion in late 1945. The Japanese, with 115,000 troops augmented by thousands of civilians... | When did the United States land forces on Okinawa? | {'text': '1 April 1945', 'answer_start': 553} |
82,206 | 81,864 | 5727e43a2ca10214002d98d0 | generic | The economist F. A. Hayek analyzed how the Rule of Law might be beneficial to the free market. Hayek proposed that under the Rule of Law individuals would be able to make wise investments and future plans with some confidence in a successful return on investment when he stated: "under the Rule of Law the government is ... | What is F.A. Hayek's profession? | {'text': 'economist', 'answer_start': 4} |
72,346 | 72,004 | 572a303f3f37b31900478797 | generic | The series is set three years after the events of Digimon Adventure 02, when Digimon who turn rogue by a mysterious infection appear to wreak havoc in the Human World. Tai and the other DigiDestined from the original series reunite with their partners and start fighting back with support from the Japanese government, w... | How soon after did another series start after the Digimon Adventure 02? | {'text': 'three years', 'answer_start': 18} |
95,821 | 95,479 | 5729b53c1d046914007795c4 | generic | In 2012, Fortune ranked IBM the second largest U.S. firm in terms of number of employees (435,000 worldwide), the fourth largest in terms of market capitalization, the ninth most profitable, and the nineteenth largest firm in terms of revenue. Globally, the company was ranked the 31st largest in terms of revenue by For... | At what rank was IBM rated as a global brand by Interbrand? | {'text': '№2', 'answer_start': 455} |
70,068 | 69,726 | 5726b6e6f1498d1400e8e896 | generic | Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese and some other Asian languages. In Standard Chinese they are called Hanzi (simplified Chinese: 汉字; traditional Chinese: 漢字). They have been adapted to write a number of other languages including: Japanese, where they are known as kanji, Korean, where they ... | What are logograms used in the writing of Chinese? | {'text': 'Chinese characters', 'answer_start': 0} |
92,671 | 92,329 | 5a6a14595ce1a5001a9696da | generic | The party's leader is Malcolm Turnbull and its deputy leader is Julie Bishop. The pair were elected to their positions at the September 2015 Liberal leadership ballot, Bishop as the incumbent deputy leader and Turnbull as a replacement for Tony Abbott, whom he consequently succeeded as Prime Minister of Australia. Now ... | Who is the Abbott Party's leader? | {'text': 'Malcolm Turnbull', 'answer_start': 22} |
31,125 | 30,783 | 570729f090286e26004fc974 | generic | The desert zone also accounts for about a third of the state's surface area. The Chihuahuan Desert is an international biome that also extends into the neighboring Mexican state of Coahuila and into the U.S. states of Texas and New Mexico. The desert zone is mainly of flat topography with some small mountain ranges tha... | The Chihuahuan Desert also extends into which neighboring Mexican state? | {'text': 'Coahuila', 'answer_start': 181} |
28,237 | 27,895 | 56fb88a0b28b3419009f1e02 | generic | Society throughout Europe was disturbed by the dislocations caused by the Black Death. Lands that had been marginally productive were abandoned, as the survivors were able to acquire more fertile areas. Although serfdom declined in Western Europe it became more common in Eastern Europe, as landlords imposed it on those... | By the end of this period, about what percentage of Western Europeans were serfs? | {'text': '50', 'answer_start': 574} |
53,524 | 53,182 | 5726118689a1e219009ac1d7 | generic | As one of the most successful teams in the country, Arsenal have often featured when football is depicted in the arts in Britain. They formed the backdrop to one of the earliest football-related films, The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939). The film centres on a friendly match between Arsenal and an amateur side, one of w... | What Arsenal manager had a speaking part in the 1939 film? | {'text': 'George Allison', 'answer_start': 416} |
128,643 | 128,301 | 57341184d058e614000b68dc | generic | In presidential elections, Montana was long classified as a swing state, though the state has voted for the Republican candidate in all but two elections from 1952 to the present. The state last supported a Democrat for president in 1992, when Bill Clinton won a plurality victory. Overall, since 1889 the state has vote... | How often has Montana voted for a Democratic governor? | {'text': '60 percent', 'answer_start': 347} |
62,738 | 62,396 | 5a81a71031013a001a334d29 | generic | In addition to concerns over subsidies, the cotton industries of some countries are criticized for employing child labor and damaging workers' health by exposure to pesticides used in production. The Environmental Justice Foundation has campaigned against the prevalent use of forced child and adult labor in cotton prod... | What country has been accused of fair fashion? | {'text': 'Uzbekistan', 'answer_start': 330} |
115,138 | 114,796 | 57333c754776f419006607b7 | generic | However, Mathews' frustration with Whitehead's books did not negatively affect his interest. In fact, there were numerous philosophers and theologians at Chicago's Divinity School that perceived the importance of what Whitehead was doing without fully grasping all of the details and implications. In 1927 they invited o... | How did many philosophers and theologians at Chicago's Divinity School view Whitehead's work? | {'text': 'perceived the importance of what Whitehead was doing without fully grasping all of the details and implications', 'answer_start': 185} |
103,514 | 103,172 | 5acede9132bba1001ae4b7c7 | generic | In contrast to the hazy, relatively featureless atmosphere of Uranus, Neptune's atmosphere has active and visible weather patterns. For example, at the time of the Voyager 2 flyby in 1989, the planet's southern hemisphere had a Great Dark Spot comparable to the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. These weather patterns are driv... | What weather did Voyager 3 observe on Neptune? | {'text': 'Great Red Spot', 'answer_start': 262} |
88,470 | 88,128 | 572833dd2ca10214002da0a0 | generic | Traditionally the annelids have been divided into two major groups, the polychaetes and clitellates. In turn the clitellates were divided into oligochaetes, which include earthworms, and hirudinomorphs, whose best-known members are leeches. For many years there was no clear arrangement of the approximately 80 polychaet... | What two groups are annelids traditionally divided among? | {'text': 'polychaetes and clitellates', 'answer_start': 72} |
121,823 | 121,481 | 5731a51fe17f3d140042229d | generic | Examining the influence of humanism on scholars in medicine, mathematics, astronomy and physics may suggest that humanism and universities were a strong impetus for the scientific revolution. Although the connection between humanism and the scientific discovery may very well have begun within the confines of the univer... | The study of humanism among those studying math, astronomy and medicine is said to have caused what? | {'text': 'the scientific revolution', 'answer_start': 165} |
78,951 | 78,609 | 5727e46c2ca10214002d98d9 | generic | Although Albertus Magnus did much to instill mysticism in the Order of Preachers, it is a concept that reaches back to the Hebrew Bible. In the tradition of Holy Writ, the impossibility of coming face to face with God is a recurring motif, thus the commandment against graven images (Exodus 20.4-5). As time passed, Jewi... | What is the Holy Writ? | {'text': 'Bible', 'answer_start': 130} |
84,839 | 84,497 | 5a7de95670df9f001a8752fe | generic | Time is one of the seven fundamental physical quantities in both the International System of Units and International System of Quantities. Time is used to define other quantities—such as velocity—so defining time in terms of such quantities would result in circularity of definition. An operational definition of time, w... | In what two systems is philosophy considered a fundamental physical quantity? | {'text': 'International System of Units and International System of Quantities', 'answer_start': 69} |
26,748 | 26,406 | 56f97e179b226e1400dd14bd | generic | The Defence Committee—Third Report "Defence Equipment 2009" cites an article from the Financial Times website stating that the Chief of Defence Materiel, General Sir Kevin O’Donoghue, had instructed staff within Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) through an internal memorandum to reprioritize the approvals process to... | Which publication said the 2009 defence budget was more than 10% overbudget? | {'text': 'London Evening Standard', 'answer_start': 1502} |
129,047 | 128,705 | 573429574776f419006619e1 | generic | Three years later, as March 1865 ended, the Confederate capitol became indefensible. On March 25, Confederate General John B. Gordon's desperate attack on Fort Stedman east of Petersburg failed. On April 1, General Philip Sheridan, assigned to interdict the Southside Railroad, met brigades commanded by George Pickett a... | In what month of 1865 was Richmond judged to be no longer able to be defended? | {'text': 'March', 'answer_start': 22} |
39,501 | 39,159 | 5ad17151645df0001a2d1bb6 | generic | Orthodox Christianity includes a large number of traditions regarding the Ever Virgin Mary, the Theotokos. The Orthodox believe that she was and remained a virgin before and after Christ's birth. The Theotokia (i.e., hymns to the Theotokos) are an essential part of the Divine Services in the Eastern Church and their po... | Who did Mary proclaim that she was? | {'text': 'Lady of the Angels', 'answer_start': 652} |
29,037 | 28,695 | 5707135a90286e26004fc8c1 | generic | Though Brazilians of at least partial African heritage make up a large percentage of the population, few blacks have been elected as politicians. The city of Salvador, Bahia, for instance, is 80% people of color, but voters have not elected a mayor of color. Journalists like to say that US cities with black majorities,... | When did the US institute the Voting Rights Act? | {'text': '1965', 'answer_start': 453} |
28,076 | 27,734 | 56fb78ce8ddada1400cd641e | generic | The importance of infantry and light cavalry began to decline during the early Carolingian period, with a growing dominance of elite heavy cavalry. The use of militia-type levies of the free population declined over the Carolingian period. Although much of the Carolingian armies were mounted, a large proportion during ... | What region raised a militia army called the fyrd? | {'text': 'Anglo-Saxon England', 'answer_start': 419} |
56,665 | 56,323 | 572673f0dd62a815002e8566 | generic | Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico, sometimes called the Basin of Mexico. This valley is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in the high plateaus of south-central Mexico. It has a minimum altitude of 2,200 meters (7,200 feet) above sea level and is surrounded by mountains and volcanoes that reach ele... | What is the minimum height in meters of the region Mexico City is located in? | {'text': '2,200', 'answer_start': 219} |
124,322 | 123,980 | 5a53ee37bdaabd001a3867f9 | generic | Carpet-weaving is historically a major traditional profession for the majority of Armenian women, including many Armenian families. Prominent Karabakh carpet weavers there were men too. The oldest extant Armenian carpet from the region, referred to as Artsakh (see also Karabakh carpet) during the medieval era, is from ... | When was the first time the word for weaving was used? | {'text': 'a 1242–1243 Armenian inscription on the wall of the Kaptavan Church in Artsakh', 'answer_start': 489} |
17,884 | 17,542 | 56e16796cd28a01900c67883 | generic | Boston's park system is well-reputed nationally. In its 2013 ParkScore ranking, The Trust for Public Land reported that Boston was tied with Sacramento and San Francisco for having the third-best park system among the 50 most populous US cities. ParkScore ranks city park systems by a formula that analyzes the city's me... | Parkscore ranks the number of resident within what distance of the park? | {'text': 'a half-mile', 'answer_start': 404} |
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