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124,747 | 124,405 | 5ad3ede5604f3c001a3ff7c7 | generic | Watch Tower Society publications have claimed that God has used Jehovah's Witnesses (and formerly, the International Bible Students) to declare his will and has provided advance knowledge about Armageddon and the establishment of God's kingdom. Some publications also claimed that God has used Jehovah's Witnesses and th... | What is one of of the Protestant religions doesn't claim to know what is coming next? | {'text': "Jehovah's Witnesses", 'answer_start': 384} |
64,116 | 63,774 | 5ad3e8a6604f3c001a3ff662 | generic | Several campus safety strategies have been pioneered at Yale. The first campus police force was founded at Yale in 1894, when the university contracted city police officers to exclusively cover the campus. Later hired by the university, the officers were originally brought in to quell unrest between students and city r... | When were the first campus police fired at Yale? | {'text': '1894', 'answer_start': 115} |
387 | 45 | 56bf74d53aeaaa14008c965b | generic | Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, to Celestine Ann "Tina" Knowles (née Beyincé), a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager. Beyoncé's name is a tribute to her mother's maiden name. Beyoncé's younger sister Solange is also a singer and a former member of Destiny's Child. ... | What younger sister of Beyonce also appeared in Destiny's Child? | {'text': 'Solange', 'answer_start': 255} |
108,564 | 108,222 | 572f6c2cb2c2fd14005680fb | generic | The Kakatiya dynasty was reduced to a vassal of the Khilji dynasty in 1310 after its defeat by Sultan Alauddin Khilji of the Delhi Sultanate. This lasted until 1321, when the Kakatiya dynasty was annexed by Malik Kafur, Allaudin Khilji's general. During this period, Alauddin Khilji took the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which is... | When was the Behmani Sultanate established? | {'text': '1347', 'answer_start': 515} |
122,837 | 122,495 | 5731d483b9d445190005e59d | generic | In what will be the case is Town of Greece v. Galloway, 12-696, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case regarding whether prayers at town meetings, which are allowed, must allow various faiths to lead prayer, or whether the prayers can be predominately Christian. On May 5, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favo... | What case is in regards to whether prayers at town meetings must allow various faiths? | {'text': 'Town of Greece v. Galloway', 'answer_start': 28} |
101,499 | 101,157 | 572ebd11c246551400ce45c3 | generic | Britain had been surprised by the sudden Prussian offensive but now began shipping supplies and ₤670,000 (equivalent to ₤89.9 million in 2015) to its new ally. A combined force of allied German states was organised by the British to protect Hanover from French invasion, under the command of the Duke of Cumberland. The ... | How did the British support Prussia? | {'text': 'shipping supplies and ₤670,000', 'answer_start': 74} |
106,883 | 106,541 | 5a567a6f6349e2001acdcda3 | generic | The CD was planned to be the successor of the gramophone record for playing music, rather than primarily as a data storage medium. From its origins as a musical format, CDs have grown to encompass other applications. In 1983, following the CD's introduction, Immink and Braat presented the first experiments with erasabl... | Who created the DVD and Blu-ray discs? | {'text': 'both Sony and Philips', 'answer_start': 493} |
107,868 | 107,526 | 5a8a37a53b2508001a72a845 | generic | In Canada, "the 51st state" is a phrase generally used in such a way as to imply that if a certain political course is taken, Canada's destiny will be as little more than a part of the United States. Examples include the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1988, the debate over the creation of a common defense... | What is another connotation for the 1999 label? | {'text': "if a certain political course is taken, Canada's destiny will be as little more than a part of the United States", 'answer_start': 86} |
48,873 | 48,531 | 571aa35110f8ca1400305219 | generic | Yazid died while the siege was still in progress, and the Umayyad army returned to Damascus, leaving Ibn al-Zubayr in control of Mecca. Yazid's son Muawiya II (683–84) initially succeeded him but seems to have never been recognized as caliph outside of Syria. Two factions developed within Syria: the Confederation of Qa... | Who had the support of the Confederation of Qays? | {'text': 'Ibn al-Zubayr', 'answer_start': 338} |
122,580 | 122,238 | 5ad1395a645df0001a2d126e | generic | Many early immigrant groups traveled to America to worship freely, particularly after the English Civil War and religious conflict in France and Germany. They included nonconformists like the Puritans, who were Protestant Christians fleeing religious persecution from the Anglican King of England. Despite a common backg... | What did the Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony both reject? | {'text': 'churches', 'answer_start': 611} |
15,614 | 15,272 | 56e070fd231d4119001ac13b | generic | The island had a monocrop economy until 1966, based on the cultivation and processing of New Zealand flax for rope and string. St Helena's economy is now weak, and is almost entirely sustained by aid from the British government. The public sector dominates the economy, accounting for about 50% of gross domestic product... | How much % of production does the public sector cover? | {'text': '50%', 'answer_start': 291} |
67,805 | 67,463 | 5727aad82ca10214002d933f | generic | On 9 February 2014, Swiss voters narrowly approved by 50.3% a ballot initiative launched by the national conservative Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) to restrict immigration, and thus reintroducing a quota system on the influx of foreigners. This initiative was mostly backed by rural (57.6% approvals), suburban (51.2% a... | What was reintroduced on the influx of foreigners in February of 2014? | {'text': 'a quota system', 'answer_start': 197} |
23,083 | 22,741 | 56f890f1a6d7ea1400e17763 | generic | Southampton Water has the benefit of a double high tide, with two high tide peaks, making the movement of large ships easier. This is not caused as popularly supposed by the presence of the Isle of Wight, but is a function of the shape and depth of the English Channel. In this area the general water flow is distorted b... | What body of water is actually responsible for the unusual double high tide? | {'text': 'English Channel', 'answer_start': 253} |
63,525 | 63,183 | 5acf5e5077cf76001a684c75 | generic | The boundaries of Somerset are largely unaltered from medieval times. The River Avon formed much of the border with Gloucestershire, except that the hundred of Bath Forum, which straddles the Avon, formed part of Somerset. Bristol began as a town on the Gloucestershire side of the Avon, however as it grew it extended a... | In what year did Edward III start his reign? | {'text': '1373', 'answer_start': 354} |
39,894 | 39,552 | 570e737a0dc6ce1900205096 | generic | The city is recognised for its mix of modern architecture which intersects with an extensive range of nineteenth and early twentieth century buildings. Some of the most architecturally noteworthy historic buildings include the World Heritage Site-listed Royal Exhibition Building, constructed over a two-year period for ... | In what year was construction on the Flinders Street Station completed? | {'text': '1909', 'answer_start': 719} |
47,557 | 47,215 | 5ad297a8d7d075001a429b24 | generic | Anti-miscegenation laws were passed in most states during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, but this did not prevent white slaveholders, their sons, or other powerful white men from taking slave women as concubines and having multiracial children with them. In California and the western US, there were greater nu... | What was prohibited after the 1950s? | {'text': 'marriage between European and Asian Americans', 'answer_start': 462} |
108,006 | 107,664 | 572efc88cb0c0d14000f16c5 | generic | The words antenna (plural: antennas in US English, although both "antennas" and "antennae" are used in International English) and aerial are used interchangeably. Occasionally the term "aerial" is used to mean a wire antenna. However, note the important international technical journal, the IEEE Transactions on Antennas... | What can sometimes be meant by the term aerial specifically? | {'text': 'wire antenna', 'answer_start': 212} |
89,365 | 89,023 | 5ad13805645df0001a2d120d | generic | Clement Attlee's proved one of the most radical British governments of the 20th century, enacting Keynesian economic policies, presiding over a policy of nationalising major industries and utilities including the Bank of England, coal mining, the steel industry, electricity, gas, and inland transport (including railway... | Under what health minister was the NHS dismantled? | {'text': 'Aneurin Bevan', 'answer_start': 592} |
18,893 | 18,551 | 5ad50cb85b96ef001a10aaed | generic | Mechanical pulping yields almost a tonne of pulp per tonne of dry wood used, which is why mechanical pulps are sometimes referred to as "high yield" pulps. With almost twice the yield as chemical pulping, mechanical pulps is often cheaper. Mass-market paperback books and newspapers tend to use mechanical papers. Book p... | Mechanical pulps are often more expensive than what? | {'text': 'chemical pulping', 'answer_start': 187} |
85,315 | 84,973 | 5a7a6e3c21c2de001afe9c35 | generic | The internal working language of the ECB is generally English, and press conferences are usually held in English. External communications are handled flexibly: English is preferred (though not exclusively) for communication within the ESCB (i.e. with other central banks) and with financial markets; communication with o... | How are the languages of official documents avoided? | {'text': 'the official languages of the EU', 'answer_start': 502} |
9,146 | 8,804 | 5a11e57f6614be00188f247d | generic | The Republic of the United Provinces lasted until a series of republican revolutions in 1783–1795 created the Batavian Republic. During this period, republican forces took several major cities of the Netherlands. After initially fleeing, the monarchist forces came back with British, Austrian, and Prussian troops and re... | What republic began with a series of republican revolutions? | {'text': 'The Republic of the United Provinces', 'answer_start': 0} |
121,734 | 121,392 | 5a77bbb8b73996001af5a53f | generic | Although each institution is organized differently, nearly all universities have a board of trustees; a president, chancellor, or rector; at least one vice president, vice-chancellor, or vice-rector; and deans of various divisions. Universities are generally divided into a number of academic departments, schools or fac... | How many vice presidents do most businesses have? | {'text': 'at least one', 'answer_start': 138} |
62,010 | 61,668 | 572883b9ff5b5019007da284 | generic | In 2007 the German professor Bassam Tibi suggested that the Rohingya conflict may be driven by an Islamist political agenda to impose religious laws, while non-religious causes have also been raised, such as a lingering resentment over the violence that occurred during the Japanese occupation of Burma in World War II—d... | What is believed to be one of the potential religious instigators for the stiff in Burma against a certain race ? | {'text': 'suggested that the Rohingya conflict may be driven by an Islamist political agenda to impose religious laws', 'answer_start': 41} |
39,580 | 39,238 | 570ce45dfed7b91900d45a98 | generic |
In the Catholic Church, Mary is accorded the title "Blessed", (from Latin beatus, blessed, via Greek μακάριος, makarios and Latin facere, make) in recognition of her assumption to Heaven and her capacity to intercede on behalf of those who pray to her. Catholic teachings make clear that Mary is not considered divine a... | What is the Latin word from which Mary's title of Blessed is derived? | {'text': 'beatus', 'answer_start': 75} |
116,606 | 116,264 | 5a7e36cc70df9f001a875581 | generic | In Asia, the spread of Buddhism led to large-scale ongoing translation efforts spanning well over a thousand years. The Tangut Empire was especially efficient in such efforts; exploiting the then newly invented block printing, and with the full support of the government (contemporary sources describe the Emperor and hi... | What were the Tanguts not able to do that took the Chinese centuries? | {'text': 'translate volumes', 'answer_start': 456} |
38,629 | 38,287 | 570ced3efed7b91900d45af5 | generic | In tumbling, athletes perform an explosive series of flips and twists down a sprung tumbling track. Scoring is similar to trampolining. Tumbling was originally contested as one of the events in Men's Artistic Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in 1955 and 1959 at the Pan American Games. From 1974 to 1998 it wa... | Where are offical tumbling competitions allowed? | {'text': 'only allowed as an event in Trampoline gymnastics meets', 'answer_start': 617} |
126,544 | 126,202 | 5732a574cc179a14009dabcf | generic | Davies identifies Paine's The Age of Reason as "the link between the two major narratives of what Jean-François Lyotard calls the narrative of legitimation": the rationalism of the 18th-century Philosophes and the radical, historically based German 19th-century Biblical criticism of the Hegelians David Friedrich Straus... | What was the origin of the second writing? | {'text': 'German', 'answer_start': 477} |
23,163 | 22,821 | 56f8b1c99e9bad19000a0342 | generic | Southampton's strong economy is promoting redevelopment, and major projects are proposed, including the city's first skyscrapers on the waterfront. The three towers proposed will stand 23 storeys high and will be surrounded by smaller apartment blocks, office blocks and shops. There are also plans for a 15-storey hotel... | How many stories tall will each of the three proposed towers be? | {'text': '23', 'answer_start': 185} |
40,598 | 40,256 | 5ad562de5b96ef001a10ad65 | generic | Historically, Mac OS X enjoyed a near-absence of the types of malware and spyware that affect Microsoft Windows users. Mac OS X has a smaller usage share compared to Microsoft Windows (roughly 5% and 92%, respectively), but it also has traditionally more secure UNIX roots. Worms, as well as potential vulnerabilities, w... | What were Microsoft support staff initially instructed not to assist with concerning malware? | {'text': 'the removal', 'answer_start': 1001} |
93,493 | 93,151 | 5a66f357f038b7001ab0c113 | generic | The most familiar, and historically the oldest, types of glass are "silicate glasses" based on the chemical compound silica (silicon dioxide, or quartz), the primary constituent of sand. The term glass, in popular usage, is often used to refer only to this type of material, which is familiar from use as window glass an... | What kind of glass are windows made from? | {'text': 'soda-lime glass', 'answer_start': 460} |
103,309 | 102,967 | 572ebc76cb0c0d14000f14e7 | generic | However, performance enhancements cannot be generalized as the benefits and limitations of the system are dependent on many factors. One problem is that the system is subject to gaming. Sometimes, one person enters the destination for a large group of people going to the same floor. The dispatching algorithm is usually... | What is generally unable to support variations in the number of people for a particular destination? | {'text': 'The dispatching algorithm', 'answer_start': 284} |
46,907 | 46,565 | 571aeaf69499d21900609bac | generic | Scholars now believe that the Arian Party was not monolithic, but held drastically different theological views that spanned the early Christian theological spectrum. They supported the tenets of Origenist thought and theology, but had little else in common. Moreover, many labelled "Arian" did not consider themselves fo... | What did the Council of Nicaea decide about Arianism? | {'text': 'a real theological ideology', 'answer_start': 593} |
64,153 | 63,811 | 5726ee7af1498d1400e8f048 | generic | Yale's English and Comparative Literature departments were part of the New Criticism movement. Of the New Critics, Robert Penn Warren, W.K. Wimsatt, and Cleanth Brooks were all Yale faculty. Later, the Yale Comparative literature department became a center of American deconstruction. Jacques Derrida, the father of deco... | When was The Journal of Music Theory founded? | {'text': '1957', 'answer_start': 1401} |
58,244 | 57,902 | 5acebb8e32bba1001ae4b22d | generic | BYU has 21 NCAA varsity teams. Nineteen of these teams played mainly in the Mountain West Conference from its inception in 1999 until the school left that conference in 2011. Prior to that time BYU teams competed in the Western Athletic Conference. All teams are named the "Cougars", and Cosmo the Cougar has been the sc... | What has been the mascot of BYU since 1935? | {'text': '"Cougars"', 'answer_start': 273} |
38,637 | 38,295 | 570cedbbb3d812140066d32e | generic | Men's rhythmic gymnastics is related to both Men's artistic gymnastics and wushu martial arts. It emerged in Japan from stick gymnastics. Stick gymnastics has been taught and performed for many years with the aim of improving physical strength and health. Male athletes are judged on some of the same physical abilities ... | Where did mens' rhythmic gymnastics develop from? | {'text': 'stick gymnastics', 'answer_start': 120} |
61,825 | 61,483 | 5726872c5951b619008f75ca | generic | For most of its independent years, the country has been engrossed in rampant ethnic strife and Burma's myriad ethnic groups have been involved in one of the world's longest-running ongoing civil wars. During this time, the United Nations and several other organisations have reported consistent and systematic human righ... | What portion of the government was eventually separated from government participation? | {'text': 'the military junta', 'answer_start': 359} |
21,907 | 21,565 | 56e8f8fa99e8941900975f48 | generic | Inner and outer vestibules lead to the octagonal chapter house, which is of exceptional architectural purity. It is built in a Geometrical Gothic style with an octagonal crypt below. A pier of eight shafts carries the vaulted ceiling. To the sides are blind arcading, remains of 14th-century paintings and numerous stone... | There is an octagonal what below the chapter house? | {'text': 'crypt', 'answer_start': 170} |
34,498 | 34,156 | 570a067a4103511400d59503 | generic | In September 1941, through the "Action Lauterbacher" plan, a ghettoisation of the remaining Hanoverian Jewish families began. Even before the Wannsee Conference, on 15 December 1941, the first Jews from Hanover were deported to Riga. A total of 2,400 people were deported, and very few survived. During the war seven con... | How many Jews approximately lived in Hanover in 1938? | {'text': '4,800', 'answer_start': 421} |
108,711 | 108,369 | 572fa7a8b2c2fd14005682c1 | generic | South Indian music and dances such as the Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam styles are popular in the Deccan region. As a result of their culture policies, North Indian music and dance gained popularity during the rule of the Mughals and Nizams, and it was also during their reign that it became a tradition among the nobility... | What is a tawaif? | {'text': 'courtesans', 'answer_start': 358} |
126,331 | 125,989 | 57327a00e17f3d140042299e | generic | But in the mid-18th century, during the French Enlightenment, a more ideological use of the term had come into use. In 1765, the author of an anonymous article in a French Enlightenment periodical spoke of "The general love of humanity ... a virtue hitherto quite nameless among us, and which we will venture to call 'hu... | What was the criticism of Humanism made by conservatives of the time? | {'text': 'idolatry of humanity', 'answer_start': 1019} |
13,610 | 13,268 | 56dfb59a231d4119001abcad | generic | One way to divide hunter-gatherer groups is by their return systems. James Woodburn uses the categories "immediate return" hunter-gatherers for egalitarian and "delayed return" for nonegalitarian. Immediate return foragers consume their food within a day or two after they procure it. Delayed return foragers store the s... | To what kind of group does the delayed return system belong? | {'text': 'nonegalitarian', 'answer_start': 181} |
7,538 | 7,196 | 56db30ebe7c41114004b4f05 | generic | Wary of protests, the Indian authorities have decided to shorten the route of the relay in New Delhi, and have given it the security normally associated with Republic Day celebrations, which are considered terrorist targets. Chinese intelligence's expectations of points on the relay route that would be particularly 'vu... | The Olympic relay had the same security precautions taken as what other special day? | {'text': 'Republic Day', 'answer_start': 158} |
117,025 | 116,683 | 57310bd705b4da19006bcd25 | generic | The expansion of the Rus' put further military and economic pressure on the Khazars, depriving them of territory, tributaries, and trade. In around 890, Oleg waged an indecisive war in the lands of the lower Dniester and Dnieper rivers with the Tivertsi and the Ulichs, who were likely acting as vassals of the Magyars, ... | What year did the Rus raid Baku, Gilan,Mazandaran, and Caucasus? | {'text': '913', 'answer_start': 1135} |
39,505 | 39,163 | 570cd23eb3d812140066d289 | generic | The multiple churches that form the Anglican Communion and the Continuing Anglican movement have different views on Marian doctrines and venerative practices given that there is no single church with universal authority within the Communion and that the mother church (the Church of England) understands itself to be bot... | What is the mother church of the Angican Communion? | {'text': 'the Church of England', 'answer_start': 269} |
26,698 | 26,356 | 5a56c7e36349e2001acdcf2b | generic | Additionally, there are a number of Assistant Chiefs of Defence Staff, including the Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets) and the Defence Services Secretary in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, who is also the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel). | What two groups is the Defense Services Secretary responsible for? | {'text': '(Reserves and Cadets)', 'answer_start': 122} |
95,434 | 95,092 | 5a5500ce134fea001a0e17d5 | generic | One of the most popular shows on CBC Television is the weekly Saturday night broadcast of NHL hockey games, Hockey Night in Canada. It has been televised by the network since 1952. During the NHL lockout and subsequent cancellation of the 2004-2005 hockey season, CBC instead aired various recent and classic movies, bra... | The NHL refused the CBC access to hockey games during which season? | {'text': '2004-2005', 'answer_start': 239} |
128,957 | 128,615 | 5a690b308476ee001a58aa2f | generic | The structure of a mosque is simple and it expresses openness. Calligraphic inscriptions from the Quran decorate mosques and mausoleums in Punjab. The inscriptions on bricks and tiles of the mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam (1320 AD) at Multan are outstanding specimens of architectural calligraphy. The earliest existing b... | Where was Emperor Shah Jahan buried? | {'text': 'Multan', 'answer_start': 414} |
50,820 | 50,478 | 5725bcba38643c19005acc25 | generic | The First Intifada, a Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule, broke out in 1987, with waves of uncoordinated demonstrations and violence occurring in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Over the following six years, the Intifada became more organised and included economic and cultural measures aimed at disrupting the I... | When did the First Intifada break out? | {'text': '1987', 'answer_start': 78} |
19,488 | 19,146 | 5a7882f2b73996001af5a6e0 | generic | It was granted its Royal Charter in 1837 under King William IV. Supplemental Charters of 1887, 1909 and 1925 were replaced by a single Charter in 1971, and there have been minor amendments since then. | When did the Royal Institute lose its charter? | {'text': '1837', 'answer_start': 36} |
16,165 | 15,823 | 56e1a815e3433e1400423086 | generic | Hydrogen poses a number of hazards to human safety, from potential detonations and fires when mixed with air to being an asphyxiant in its pure, oxygen-free form. In addition, liquid hydrogen is a cryogen and presents dangers (such as frostbite) associated with very cold liquids. Hydrogen dissolves in many metals, and,... | What threats can hydrogen cause to human saftey? | {'text': 'potential detonations and fires when mixed with air to being an asphyxiant in its pure, oxygen-free form', 'answer_start': 57} |
32,200 | 31,858 | 57095ba39928a81400471546 | generic | Weinreich's identity variant similarly includes the categories of identity diffusion, foreclosure and crisis, but with a somewhat different emphasis. Here, with respect to identity diffusion for example, an optimal level is interpreted as the norm, as it is unrealistic to expect an individual to resolve all their confl... | Identity diffusion, foreclosure, and crisis are categories of what? | {'text': "Weinreich's identity variant", 'answer_start': 0} |
92,432 | 92,090 | 572961af3f37b319004782e1 | generic | The morning after the election, the major candidates were neck and neck. It was clear that the result in Ohio, along with two other states who had still not declared (New Mexico and Iowa), would decide the winner. Bush had established a lead of around 130,000 votes but the Democrats pointed to provisional ballots that ... | Why was there tension the day after the election? | {'text': 'It was clear that the result in Ohio, along with two other states who had still not declared (New Mexico and Iowa), would decide the winner', 'answer_start': 73} |
129,854 | 129,512 | 573610e56c16ec1900b9295c | generic | Gun usage in hunting is typically regulated by game category, area within the state, and time period. Regulations for big-game hunting often specify a minimum caliber or muzzle energy for firearms. The use of rifles is often banned for safety reasons in areas with high population densities or limited topographic relief... | What is specified in big-game hunting? | {'text': 'minimum caliber', 'answer_start': 151} |
70,398 | 70,056 | 5ad403ea604f3c001a3ffda6 | generic | The first notable, and historically important, book credited to a Bermudian was The History of Mary Prince, a slave narrative by Mary Prince. It is thought to have contributed to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Ernest Graham Ingham, an expatriate author, published his books at the turn of the 19th and 2... | When did Graham Ernest Ingham publish books? | {'text': '19th and 20th centuries', 'answer_start': 310} |
24,934 | 24,592 | 56f8b34f9b226e1400dd0e56 | generic | Some of the species of moths and insects show evidence of having been indigenous to the area from as long ago as the Alpine orogeny. In Emosson in Valais, Switzerland, dinosaur tracks were found in the 1970s, dating probably from the Triassic Period. | How long ago does the evidence show moths and insects to have been indigenous? | {'text': 'the Alpine orogeny', 'answer_start': 113} |
82,828 | 82,486 | 5ad2c433d7d075001a42a153 | generic | The Chicago Transit Authority's elevated train running through Evanston is called the Purple Line, taking its name from Northwestern's school color. The Foster and Davis stations are within walking distance of the southern end of the campus, while the Noyes station is close to the northern end of the campus. The Centra... | What was Chicago's Blue Line train route named after? | {'text': "Northwestern's school color", 'answer_start': 120} |
111,757 | 111,415 | 5ad0c7b1645df0001a2d02f7 | generic | The years following 2009 marked a shift in the structure of the "Big Four" with Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City both breaking into the top four. In the 2009–10 season, Tottenham finished fourth and became the first team to break the top four since Everton in 2005. Criticism of the gap between an elite group of "s... | During which season did Tottenham become the second team to enter the top four since 2005? | {'text': '2009–10', 'answer_start': 158} |
39,179 | 38,837 | 570c2effec8fbc190045bd53 | generic | In response to organized crime, on August 25, 1953, the FBI created the Top Hoodlum Program. The national office directed field offices to gather information on mobsters in their territories and to report it regularly to Washington for a centralized collection of intelligence on racketeers. After the Racketeer Influenc... | What did the Top Hoodlum Program gather information on? | {'text': 'mobsters', 'answer_start': 161} |
110,764 | 110,422 | 572fdb47947a6a140053cd58 | generic | The Gram stain, developed in 1884 by Hans Christian Gram, characterises bacteria based on the structural characteristics of their cell walls. The thick layers of peptidoglycan in the "Gram-positive" cell wall stain purple, while the thin "Gram-negative" cell wall appears pink. By combining morphology and Gram-staining,... | What color do Gram positive bacteria cell walls turn to after being stained? | {'text': 'purple', 'answer_start': 215} |
63,417 | 63,075 | 5726b952708984140094cf3e | generic | Pesticides safety education and pesticide applicator regulation are designed to protect the public from pesticide misuse, but do not eliminate all misuse. Reducing the use of pesticides and choosing less toxic pesticides may reduce risks placed on society and the environment from pesticide use. Integrated pest manageme... | Biological and botanical derivatives have what positive effects? | {'text': 'reduce health and environmental risks', 'answer_start': 755} |
49,235 | 48,893 | 571b44c232177014007ea05b | generic | Asphalt/bitumen can sometimes be confused with "coal tar", which is a visually similar black, thermoplastic material produced by the destructive distillation of coal. During the early and mid-20th century when town gas was produced, coal tar was a readily available byproduct and extensively used as the binder for road ... | For what was coal tar used in road paving? | {'text': 'binder', 'answer_start': 304} |
5,981 | 5,639 | 56d26bde59d6e41400145fb5 | generic | The earliest Mahāyāna sūtras to include the very first versions of the Prajñāpāramitā genre, along with texts concerning Akṣobhya Buddha, which were probably written down in the 1st century BCE in the south of India. Guang Xing states, "Several scholars have suggested that the Prajñāpāramitā probably developed among th... | Texts concerning Aksobhya Buddha were written down in what century? | {'text': '1st century BCE', 'answer_start': 178} |
59,344 | 59,002 | 5726ad72708984140094cda3 | generic | In summer of 1986, Queen went on their final tour with Freddie Mercury. A sold-out tour in support of A Kind of Magic, once again they hired Spike Edney, leading to him being dubbed the unofficial fifth member. The Magic Tour's highlight was at Wembley Stadium in London and resulted in the live double album, Queen at W... | How many fans saw Queen in Knebworth park? | {'text': '120,000', 'answer_start': 579} |
29,752 | 29,410 | 5706fac590286e26004fc792 | generic | Hunting along migration routes threatens some bird species. The populations of Siberian cranes (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) that wintered in India declined due to hunting along the route, particularly in Afghanistan and Central Asia. Birds were last seen in their favourite wintering grounds in Keoladeo National Park in ... | What species declined due to hunting in Afghanistand and Asia? | {'text': 'Siberian cranes', 'answer_start': 79} |
43,624 | 43,282 | 5ad11b91645df0001a2d0db0 | generic | Uranium is a naturally occurring element that can be found in low levels within all rock, soil, and water. Uranium is the 51st element in order of abundance in the Earth's crust. Uranium is also the highest-numbered element to be found naturally in significant quantities on Earth and is almost always found combined wit... | In what state is the Earth's middle core? | {'text': 'liquid', 'answer_start': 590} |
124,522 | 124,180 | 5ad3ccc7604f3c001a3ff161 | generic | Witnesses believe that a "little flock" go to heaven, but that the hope for life after death for the majority of "other sheep" involves being resurrected by God to a cleansed earth after Armageddon. They interpret Revelation 14:1–5 to mean that the number of Christians going to heaven is limited to exactly 144,000, who... | What do most Protestant religions believe in regards to how many people get to go to heaven? | {'text': '144,000', 'answer_start': 308} |
40,386 | 40,044 | 5ad565d65b96ef001a10adc4 | generic | Statistics from late 2003 indicate that Apple had 2.06 percent of the desktop share in the United States that had increased to 2.88 percent by Q4 2004. As of October 2006, research firms IDC and Gartner reported that Apple's market share in the U.S. had increased to about 6 percent. Figures from December 2006, showing ... | What percent of the desktop share in the U.S. did Apple have in 2004? | {'text': '2.06', 'answer_start': 50} |
17,049 | 16,707 | 5a54e4f7134fea001a0e1757 | generic | Communications in Somalia encompasses the communications services and capacity of Somalia. Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal services in the nation are largely concentrated in the private sector. Several of the telecom firms have begun expanding their activities abroad. The Federal gover... | What communication does the public sector concentrate in? | {'text': 'Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal services in the nation are largely concentrated in the private sector.', 'answer_start': 91} |
113,180 | 112,838 | 5ad4d3f95b96ef001a10a222 | generic | The U.S. Census Bureau reported that in 2000, 24.0% of San Diego residents were under 18, and 10.5% were 65 and over. As of 2011[update] the median age was 35.6; more than a quarter of residents were under age 20 and 11% were over age 65. Millennials (ages 18 through 34) constitute 27.1% of San Diego's population, the ... | What percentage of the population in 2010 were millenials? | {'text': '27.1%', 'answer_start': 283} |
8,514 | 8,172 | 5ad02dd977cf76001a686d0b | generic | Public expenditure of the GDP was less in 2002–05 than in 1991. Public education is theoretically free and mandatory for under-16-year-olds, but in practice, expenses exist. Net primary enrollment rate was 44% in 2005, much less than the 79% in 1991. The country has universities. Education between ages six and sixteen ... | What is theoretically free for people over 16? | {'text': 'Public education', 'answer_start': 64} |
62,685 | 62,343 | 57276249dd62a815002e9be4 | generic | Cotton linters are fine, silky fibers which adhere to the seeds of the cotton plant after ginning. These curly fibers typically are less than 1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) long. The term also may apply to the longer textile fiber staple lint as well as the shorter fuzzy fibers from some upland species. Linters are traditionally us... | What individual first used cotton wool medically? | {'text': 'Sampson Gamgee', 'answer_start': 630} |
98,141 | 97,799 | 572a74697a1753140016af9b | generic | The southern side of Miami includes Coral Way, The Roads and Coconut Grove. Coral Way is a historic residential neighborhood built in 1922 connecting Downtown with Coral Gables, and is home to many old homes and tree-lined streets. Coconut Grove was established in 1825 and is the location of Miami's City Hall in Dinner... | When was Coral Way constructed? | {'text': '1922', 'answer_start': 134} |
94,931 | 94,589 | 572b8309f75d5e190021fe19 | generic | Other sources include fortified food and dietary supplements, which come in various forms. A 1998 review concluded that zinc oxide, one of the most common supplements in the United States, and zinc carbonate are nearly insoluble and poorly absorbed in the body. This review cited studies which found low plasma zinc conc... | Why is zinc carbonate poorly absorbed in the body? | {'text': 'nearly insoluble', 'answer_start': 212} |
11,719 | 11,377 | 56de8fcccffd8e1900b4b9f7 | generic | His film appearances after becoming Governor of California included a three-second cameo appearance in The Rundown, and the 2004 remake of Around the World in 80 Days. In 2005, he appeared as himself in the film The Kid & I. He voiced Baron von Steuben in the Liberty's Kids episode "Valley Forge". He had been rumored t... | Which 2005 movie featured Schwarzenegger as himself? | {'text': 'The Kid & I', 'answer_start': 212} |
81,414 | 81,072 | 57287d434b864d1900164a34 | generic | Stansted Airport, north east of London in Essex, is a local UK hub and Luton Airport to the north of London in Bedfordshire, caters mostly for cheap short-haul flights. London City Airport, the smallest and most central airport, in Newham, East London, is focused on business travellers, with a mixture of full service s... | Which local UK airport hub is located in Essex? | {'text': 'Stansted Airport', 'answer_start': 0} |
80,569 | 80,227 | 5a690ca88476ee001a58aa4e | generic | Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan are populated by Tibetans and Qiang people. Tibetans speak the Khams and Amdo Tibetan, which are Tibetic languages, as well as various Qiangic languages. The Qiang speak Qiangic languages and often Tibetic languages... | Which University houses one of China's most prominent Burmese departments? | {'text': 'Southwest University for Nationalities', 'answer_start': 545} |
100,937 | 100,595 | 572e8aaec246551400ce431a | generic | As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music... | What kind of background did many of the initial post-punk artists have? | {'text': 'art', 'answer_start': 222} |
21,271 | 20,929 | 5ad279dcd7d075001a4295ba | generic | Italians in different regions today may also speak regional varieties of standard Italian, or regional Italian dialects, which, unlike the majority of languages of Italy, are actually dialects of standard Italian rather than separate languages. A regional Italian dialect is generally standard Italian that has been heav... | What dialect is regional Italian heavily influenced by native languages? | {'text': 'regional Italian dialect', 'answer_start': 247} |
100,607 | 100,265 | 572befb7dfb02c14005c6af4 | generic | The easternmost section, about 10 miles (16 km) in width, consists of hilly land that runs along the western bank of the Tennessee River. To the west of this narrow strip of land is a wide area of rolling hills and streams that stretches all the way to the Mississippi River; this area is called the Tennessee Bottoms or... | What geographical region lies west of the Tennessee bottom land? | {'text': 'Mississippi Alluvial Plain', 'answer_start': 455} |
28,112 | 27,770 | 56fb7c988ddada1400cd6464 | generic | The High Middle Ages was the formative period in the history of the modern Western state. Kings in France, England, and Spain consolidated their power, and set up lasting governing institutions. New kingdoms such as Hungary and Poland, after their conversion to Christianity, became Central European powers. The Magyars ... | Along with France and Spain, the kings of what country consolidated power in the High Middle Ages? | {'text': 'England', 'answer_start': 107} |
96,803 | 96,461 | 572a526bb8ce0319002e2aa6 | generic | The rise of port cities saw the clustering of populations caused by the development of steamships and railroads. Urbanization increased from 1700 to 1922, with towns and cities growing. Improvements in health and sanitation made them more attractive to live and work in. Port cities like Salonica, in Greece, saw its pop... | What were two improvements that made cities more desirable to live in? | {'text': 'Improvements in health and sanitation', 'answer_start': 186} |
49,087 | 48,745 | 571b0a5532177014007ea016 | generic | The Albanian bitumen extraction has a long history and was practiced in an organized way by the Romans. After centuries of silence, the first mentions of Albanian bitumen appeared only in 1868, when the Frenchman Coquand published the first geological description of the deposits of Albanian bitumen. In 1875, the exploi... | What ancient group used bitumen extraction? | {'text': 'Romans', 'answer_start': 96} |
62,369 | 62,027 | 57279d5a3acd2414000de7ea | generic | More than half of the Jews live in the Diaspora (see Population table). Currently, the largest Jewish community outside Israel, and either the largest or second-largest Jewish community in the world, is located in the United States, with 5.2 million to 6.4 million Jews by various estimates. Elsewhere in the Americas, t... | How many Jews live in Canada? | {'text': '315,000', 'answer_start': 370} |
33,879 | 33,537 | 5709b308ed30961900e84430 | generic | In 1862, paper money was issued without the backing of precious metals, due to the Civil War. Silver and gold coins continued to be issued and in 1878 the link between paper money and coins was reinstated. This disconnection from gold and silver backing also occurred during the War of 1812. The use of paper money not b... | Which year was it when paper money was first issued without the backing of precious metals? | {'text': '1777', 'answer_start': 404} |
31,384 | 31,042 | 5709b0aaed30961900e84420 | generic | When World War II started, tonnage levels at the port decreased and shipping activities were suspended; however, the war did provide economic benefits for the city. Petrochemical refineries and manufacturing plants were constructed along the ship channel because of the demand for petroleum and synthetic rubber products... | Which president created a policy of non-discrimination for defense contractors? | {'text': 'President Roosevelt', 'answer_start': 739} |
104,326 | 103,984 | 5a772f272d6d7f001a4a9f53 | generic | The exodus of Salvadorans was a result of both economic and political problems. The largest immigration wave occurred as a result of the Salvadoran Civil War in the 1980s, in which 20–30% of El Salvador's population emigrated. About 50%, or up to 500,000 of those who escaped headed to the United States, which was alrea... | How many of El Salvador's population escaped to Mexico? | {'text': '50%, or up to 500,000', 'answer_start': 233} |
6,323 | 5,981 | 56db0b29e7c41114004b4cbb | generic | Both finalists found success after the show, but Aiken out-performed Studdard's coronation song "Flying Without Wings" with his single release from the show "This Is the Night", as well as in their subsequent album releases. The fourth-place finisher Josh Gracin also enjoyed some success as a country singer. | What was the name of Studdard's coronation song? | {'text': 'Flying Without Wings', 'answer_start': 97} |
11,732 | 11,390 | 56de93f94396321400ee2a37 | generic | In 1985, Schwarzenegger appeared in "Stop the Madness", an anti-drug music video sponsored by the Reagan administration. He first came to wide public notice as a Republican during the 1988 presidential election, accompanying then-Vice President George H.W. Bush at a campaign rally. | Which candidate did Schwarzenegger appear with at a presidential campaign rally? | {'text': 'George H.W. Bush', 'answer_start': 245} |
110,351 | 110,009 | 572f7c1504bcaa1900d76a02 | generic | Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. Urartu was established in 860 BC and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. In the 1st century BC the Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great. Armenia became the first state in ... | Who brought Armenia to success in the 1st century BC? | {'text': 'Tigranes the Great', 'answer_start': 266} |
65,593 | 65,251 | 5a21a1128a6e4f001aa08e3f | generic | Western political philosophy originates in the philosophy of ancient Greece, where political philosophy dates back to at least Plato. Ancient Greece was dominated by city-states, which experimented with various forms of political organization, grouped by Plato into four categories: timocracy, tyranny, democracy and oli... | How was ancient Greece's government grouped by Cicero? | {'text': 'into four categories: timocracy, tyranny, democracy and oligarchy', 'answer_start': 261} |
102,311 | 101,969 | 5731838705b4da19006bd213 | generic | In 1979, the U.S. placed Libya on its list of "State Sponsors of Terrorism", while at the end of the year a demonstration torched the U.S. embassy in Tripoli in solidarity with the perpetrators of the Iran hostage crisis. The following year, Libyan fighters began intercepting U.S. fighter jets flying over the Mediterra... | How much money did Syria owe to the Soviets as of 1980? | {'text': '£1 billion', 'answer_start': 841} |
11,872 | 11,530 | 56de68a54396321400ee28a0 | generic | The settlement of Plympton, further up the River Plym than the current Plymouth, was also an early trading port, but the river silted up in the early 11th century and forced the mariners and merchants to settle at the current day Barbican near the river mouth. At the time this village was called Sutton, meaning south t... | During whose reign was the former town of Sutton referred to as Plymouth? | {'text': 'King Henry VI', 'answer_start': 506} |
63,675 | 63,333 | 5acf818277cf76001a68503c | generic | The ceremonial county of Somerset consists of a two-tier non-metropolitan county, which is administered by Somerset County Council and five district councils, and two unitary authority areas (whose councils combine the functions of a county and a district). The five districts of Somerset are West Somerset, South Somers... | For how many years did Avon county exist? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 262} |
107,804 | 107,462 | 573044ce947a6a140053d386 | generic | Several days after the referendum, the Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, Governor Luis Fortuño, and Governor-elect Alejandro García Padilla wrote separate letters to the President of the United States Barack Obama addressing the results of the voting. Pierluisi urged Obama to begin legislation in favor of the stat... | What politicians pushed for statehood for Puerto Rico? | {'text': 'Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, Governor Luis Fortuño', 'answer_start': 39} |
195 | 195 | 138448 | pubqa | On Monday 15 January 2007, a municipality in Denmark received the first of several complaints from citizens who reported severe diarrhoea and vomiting over the weekend. Over the same period, the drinking water in many houses was reported to be discoloured and of unusual smell and taste. The local authorities immediatel... | What type of samples were analyzed?
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124,201 | 123,859 | 5732288cb9d445190005e85f | generic | Armenians have had a presence in the Armenian Highland for over four thousand years, since the time when Hayk, the legendary patriarch and founder of the first Armenian nation, led them to victory over Bel of Babylon. Today, with a population of 3.5 million, they not only constitute an overwhelming majority in Armenia,... | What does Hayastantsis mean? | {'text': 'those that are from Armenia', 'answer_start': 463} |
29,429 | 29,087 | 57069e7a52bb891400689aed | generic | The New Delhi town plan, like its architecture, was chosen with one single chief consideration: to be a symbol of British power and supremacy. All other decisions were subordinate to this, and it was this framework that dictated the choice and application of symbology and influences from both Hindu and Islamic architec... | The New Delhi town plan was influenced by what type of architecture? | {'text': 'Hindu and Islamic', 'answer_start': 294} |
106,343 | 106,001 | 572eae8bcb0c0d14000f1464 | generic | The Quran consists of 114 chapters of varying lengths, each known as a sura. Suras are classified as Meccan or Medinan, depending on whether the verses were revealed before or after the migration of Muhammad to the city of Medina. However, a sura classified as Medinan may contain Meccan verses in it and vice versa. Sur... | What two city-related categories divide the Quran's suras? | {'text': 'Meccan or Medinan', 'answer_start': 101} |
18,586 | 18,244 | 5acd46eb07355d001abf3bd8 | generic | The most famous reformer of Estonian, Johannes Aavik (1880–1973), used creations ex nihilo (cf. ‘free constructions’, Tauli 1977), along with other sources of lexical enrichment such as derivations, compositions and loanwords (often from Finnish; cf. Saareste and Raun 1965: 76). In Aavik’s dictionary (1921), which list... | What is the technique Aavic used to create Estonian words out of old words? | {'text': 'Aavik’s dictionary', 'answer_start': 283} |
5,968 | 5,626 | 56d2693359d6e41400145f8e | generic | The root schism was between the Sthaviras and the Mahāsāṅghikas. The fortunate survival of accounts from both sides of the dispute reveals disparate traditions. The Sthavira group offers two quite distinct reasons for the schism. The Dipavamsa of the Theravāda says that the losing party in the Second Council dispute br... | The major schism was between the Sthaviras and what other group? | {'text': 'Mahasanghikas', 'answer_start': 390} |
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