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124,671 | 124,329 | 5ad3e322604f3c001a3ff54d | generic | A sociological comparative study by the Pew Research Center found that Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States ranked highest in statistics for getting no further than high school graduation, belief in God, importance of religion in one's life, frequency of religious attendance, frequency of prayers, frequency of Bibl... | What is one of the Protestant religions open to the ideas of other people? | {'text': "Jehovah's Witnesses", 'answer_start': 71} |
60,756 | 60,414 | 57267973dd62a815002e865c | generic | In 1869 the Suez Canal opened under Napoleon III, linking the Mediterranean with the Indian Ocean. Initially the Canal was opposed by the British; but once opened, its strategic value was quickly recognised and became the "jugular vein of the Empire". In 1875, the Conservative government of Benjamin Disraeli bought the... | When did the Suez Canal open? | {'text': '1869', 'answer_start': 3} |
119,219 | 118,877 | 5730f8caa5e9cc1400cdbb58 | generic | In September 2003, a new type of blue LED was demonstrated by Cree that consumes 24 mW at 20 milliamperes (mA). This produced a commercially packaged white light giving 65 lm/W at 20 mA, becoming the brightest white LED commercially available at the time, and more than four times as efficient as standard incandescents.... | What is the typical operating current for high-power LEDs? | {'text': '350 mA', 'answer_start': 888} |
52,722 | 52,380 | 5a7a486617ab25001a8a045f | generic | Court presentations of aristocratic young ladies to the monarch took place at the palace from the reign of Edward VII. These young women were known as débutantes, and the occasion—termed their "coming out"—represented their first entrée into society. Débutantes wore full court dress, with three tall ostrich feathers in... | What was the name for the sacrifice where debutantes had their last introduction into society? | {'text': 'coming out', 'answer_start': 194} |
42,102 | 41,760 | 570d3e52b3d812140066d5d9 | generic | With the defeat of Marshal Bazaine's Army of the Rhine at Gravelotte, the French were forced to retire to Metz, where they were besieged by over 150,000 Prussian troops of the First and Second Armies. Napoleon III and MacMahon formed the new French Army of Châlons, to march on to Metz to rescue Bazaine. Napoleon III pe... | How many casualties did Moltke suffer at Beaumont? | {'text': '5,000 men', 'answer_start': 977} |
2,188 | 1,846 | 56cc7f9c6d243a140015efb3 | generic | The dock connector also allowed the iPod to connect to accessories, which often supplement the iPod's music, video, and photo playback. Apple sells a few accessories, such as the now-discontinued iPod Hi-Fi, but most are manufactured by third parties such as Belkin and Griffin. Some peripherals use their own interface,... | What are two companies that make iPod accessories? | {'text': 'Belkin and Griffin', 'answer_start': 259} |
99,309 | 98,967 | 5ace51f632bba1001ae4a296 | generic | The island of Guam is 30 miles (50 km) long and 4 to 12 miles (6 to 19 km) wide, 3⁄4 the size of Singapore. The island experiences occasional earthquakes due to its location on the western edge of the Pacific Plate and near the Philippine Sea Plate. In recent years, earthquakes with epicenters near Guam have had magnit... | What was the size of the last earthquake to hit Guam? | {'text': '8.7', 'answer_start': 345} |
61,162 | 60,820 | 572668e2708984140094c517 | generic | Madonna turned to her paternal grandmother for solace. The Ciccone siblings resented housekeepers and invariably rebelled against anyone brought into their home ostensibly to take the place of their beloved mother. Madonna later told Vanity Fair that she saw herself in her youth as a "lonely girl who was searching for ... | Who did Madonna turn to for comfort during her mother's illness? | {'text': 'paternal grandmother', 'answer_start': 22} |
88,634 | 88,292 | 5a3c7309cc5d22001a521dbb | generic | Deism holds that God is wholly transcendent: God exists, but does not intervene in the world beyond what was necessary to create it. In this view, God is not anthropomorphic, and neither answers prayers nor produces miracles. Common in Deism is a belief that God has no interest in humanity and may not even be aware of ... | What is the view of Pantheism about God abandoning His creation? | {'text': 'why God would create a universe and then abandon it', 'answer_start': 474} |
47,916 | 47,574 | 571e03b55569731900639109 | generic | In the early 19th century, the Indigenous American woman Sacagawea, who would help translate for and guide the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the West, married the French trapper Toussaint Charbonneau. Most marriages between Europeans and Indigenous Americans were between European men and Indigenous American women. Depe... | Who made up most unions between Europeans and natives? | {'text': 'European men and Indigenous American women', 'answer_start': 272} |
106,516 | 106,174 | 5ad231b7d7d075001a42872a | generic | The first fully attested complete translations of the Quran were done between the 10th and 12th centuries in Persian. The Samanid king, Mansur I (961-976), ordered a group of scholars from Khorasan to translate the Tafsir al-Tabari, originally in Arabic, into Persian. Later in the 11th century, one of the students of A... | Whose student wrote a Persian tafsir of the Quran in the 10th century? | {'text': 'Abu Mansur Abdullah al-Ansari', 'answer_start': 319} |
101,753 | 101,411 | 5a8dcb22df8bba001a0f9c38 | generic | At Princeton, the physicist Robert R. Wilson encouraged Feynman to participate in the Manhattan Project—the wartime U.S. Army project at Los Alamos developing the atomic bomb. Feynman said he was persuaded to join this effort to build it before Nazi Germany developed their own bomb. He was assigned to Hans Bethe's theo... | Why was the Bethe-Feynman formula unnecessary? | {'text': 'calculating the yield of a fission bomb', 'answer_start': 444} |
105,622 | 105,280 | 572e9317cb0c0d14000f12e6 | generic | Vacuum is space void of matter. The word stems from the Latin adjective vacuus for "vacant" or "void". An approximation to such vacuum is a region with a gaseous pressure much less than atmospheric pressure. Physicists often discuss ideal test results that would occur in a perfect vacuum, which they sometimes simply ca... | What Latin term is used to describe an object in a vacuum? | {'text': 'in vacuo', 'answer_start': 619} |
27,858 | 27,516 | 56faec8b8f12f319006302dd | generic | The Xeer legal system is assumed to have developed exclusively in the Horn of Africa since approximately the 7th century. There is no evidence that it developed elsewhere or was greatly influenced by any foreign legal system. The fact that Somali legal terminology is practically devoid of loan words from foreign langua... | What fact about Somali legal terms implies that Xeer developed locally? | {'text': 'devoid of loan words', 'answer_start': 280} |
81,590 | 81,248 | 5a3979992f14dd001ac7237d | generic | The modern term "culture" is based on a term used by the Ancient Roman orator Cicero in his Tusculanae Disputationes, where he wrote of a cultivation of the soul or "cultura animi", using an agricultural metaphor for the development of a philosophical soul, understood teleologically as the highest possible ideal for hu... | Who first introduced the metaphor later used by Cicero? | {'text': 'Samuel Pufendorf', 'answer_start': 337} |
60,407 | 60,065 | 5a5f81bdeae51e001ab14b2e | generic | Goodman's business strategy involved having his various magazines and comic books published by a number of corporations all operating out of the same office and with the same staff. One of these shell companies through which Timely Comics was published was named Marvel Comics by at least Marvel Mystery Comics #55 (May ... | When was the first Marvel Mystery Comic published? | {'text': 'May 1944', 'answer_start': 316} |
27,781 | 27,439 | 56fae5418f12f3190063025e | generic | Somalis have a rich musical heritage centered on traditional Somali folklore. Most Somali songs are pentatonic. That is, they only use five pitches per octave in contrast to a heptatonic (seven note) scale, such as the major scale. At first listen, Somali music might be mistaken for the sounds of nearby regions such as... | Along with Arabia and Ethiopia, what land has songs that sound similar to those of Somalia? | {'text': 'Sudan', 'answer_start': 331} |
36,626 | 36,284 | 5a70c3328abb0b001a676181 | generic | The Xbox 360 supports videos in Windows Media Video (WMV) format (including high-definition and PlaysForSure videos), as well as H.264 and MPEG-4 media. The December 2007 dashboard update added support for the playback of MPEG-4 ASP format videos. The console can also display pictures and perform slideshows of photo co... | What did the 2007 update remove support for? | {'text': 'MPEG-4 ASP', 'answer_start': 222} |
66,339 | 65,997 | 5ad0b3fb645df0001a2d00e2 | generic | Richard Hurd believed that Burke's imitation was near-perfect and that this defeated his purpose: an ironist "should take care by a constant exaggeration to make the ridicule shine through the Imitation. Whereas this Vindication is everywhere enforc'd, not only in the language, and on the principles of L. Bol., but wit... | Whose principles did L. Bol imitate? | {'text': "Burke's", 'answer_start': 27} |
41,899 | 41,557 | 5aced4bf32bba1001ae4b646 | generic | The U.S. Army currently consists of 10 active divisions as well as several independent units. The force is in the process of contracting after several years of growth. In June 2013, the Army announced plans to downsize to 32 active combat brigade teams by 2015 to match a reduction in active duty strength to 490,000 sol... | How many active Navy members will there be in 2018? | {'text': '450,000', 'answer_start': 426} |
46,382 | 46,040 | 5711225fa58dae1900cd6c8b | generic | A number of special controllers designed for use with specific games were released for the system, though very few such devices proved particularly popular. Such devices included, but were not limited to, the Zapper (a light gun), the R.O.B., and the Power Pad. The original Famicom featured a deepened DA-15 expansion p... | What was the name of the auxiliary port used to connect additional devices on the Famicom? | {'text': 'DA-15', 'answer_start': 303} |
43,941 | 43,599 | 5ad11c58645df0001a2d0dca | generic | Uranium's average concentration in the Earth's crust is (depending on the reference) 2 to 4 parts per million, or about 40 times as abundant as silver. The Earth's crust from the surface to 25 km (15 mi) down is calculated to contain 1017 kg (2×1017 lb) of uranium while the oceans may contain 1013 kg (2×1013 lb). The c... | How many times less abundant than silver is uranium in the Earth's crust? | {'text': '40', 'answer_start': 120} |
126,826 | 126,484 | 57329aaa328d981900601fcc | generic | As one of their first acts after end of the War of the Castilian Succession in 1479, Ferdinand and Isabella established the centrally organized and efficient Holy Brotherhood (Santa Hermandad) as a national police force. They adapted an existing brotherhood to the purpose of a general police acting under officials appo... | Who formed Spain's first national police force? | {'text': 'Ferdinand and Isabella', 'answer_start': 85} |
12,009 | 11,667 | 56df64688bc80c19004e4baa | generic | The University of Plymouth enrolls 25,895 total students as of 2014/15 (22nd largest in the UK out of 165). It also employs 3,000 staff with an annual income of around £160 million. It was founded in 1992 from Polytechnic South West (formerly Plymouth Polytechnic) following the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. It... | Where does the University of Plymouth rank among British institutions of higher education in terms of number of enrolled students? | {'text': '22nd', 'answer_start': 72} |
35,926 | 35,584 | 570ad9b56d058f190018312e | generic | The Duchy administers bona vacantia within the County Palatine, receiving the property of persons who die intestate and where the legal ownership cannot be ascertained. There is no separate Duke of Lancaster, the title merged into the Crown many centuries ago – but the Duchy is administered by the Queen in Right of the... | What does the Duchy administer within the County Palatine? | {'text': 'bona vacantia', 'answer_start': 22} |
98,055 | 97,713 | 572a7048fed8de19000d5c0e | generic | Downtown Miami is home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States, and many large national and international companies. The Civic Center is a major center for hospitals, research institutes, medical centers, and biotechnology industries. For more than two decades, the Port of Miami, known ... | What is called the "Cruise Capital of the World"? | {'text': 'Port of Miami', 'answer_start': 299} |
108,264 | 107,922 | 57304708a23a5019007fd058 | generic | The actual antenna which is transmitting the original wave then also may receive a strong signal from its own image from the ground. This will induce an additional current in the antenna element, changing the current at the feedpoint for a given feedpoint voltage. Thus the antenna's impedance, given by the ratio of fee... | Where will the additional current be induced? | {'text': 'antenna element', 'answer_start': 179} |
46,756 | 46,414 | 5ace7ccf32bba1001ae4a7e4 | generic | Nonetheless, within a few years of his death, Gregory of Nazianzus called him the "Pillar of the Church". His writings were well regarded by all Church fathers who followed, in both the West and the East, who noted their rich devotion to the Word-become-man, great pastoral concern, and profound interest in monasticism.... | When was Gregory of Nazianzus counted as one of the four great Eastern Doctors of the Church in the Roman Catholic Church? | {'text': '18 January', 'answer_start': 689} |
65,021 | 64,679 | 5ad0d460645df0001a2d05f2 | generic | Increasing military and cultural contacts with the Muslim world, including the Norman conquest of Islamic Sicily in 1090, the Crusades, beginning 1096, and the Islamic presence in Spain, may have influenced Medieval Europe's adoption of the pointed arch, although this hypothesis remains controversial. Certainly, in tho... | Which parts of the Western Mediterranean did the blending of Asian and Islamic styles occur? | {'text': 'those parts of the Western Mediterranean subject to Islamic control', 'answer_start': 317} |
56,100 | 55,758 | 57262c2c271a42140099d6f0 | generic | Professional wrestling (colloquially abbreviated to pro wrestling or wrestling) is an athletic form of entertainment based on a portrayal of a combat sport. Taking the form of live events held by touring promotions, it portrays a unique style of combat based on a combination of adopted styles, which include classical w... | What are a couple of styles of combat based on? | {'text': 'classical wrestling, catch wrestling', 'answer_start': 309} |
90,476 | 90,134 | 5ad274b6d7d075001a4294f1 | generic | He does not argue that any such conclusions are therefore true, or that this describes the actual methods of any particular scientist.[citation needed] Rather, it is recommended as an essential principle of methodology that, if enacted by a system or community, will lead to slow but steady progress of a sort (relative ... | Whose ideas are a logical account of truth? | {'text': "Popper's", 'answer_start': 403} |
89,055 | 88,713 | 572849ebff5b5019007da0fe | generic | The use of drones by the Central Intelligence Agency in Pakistan to carry out operations associated with the Global War on Terror sparks debate over sovereignty and the laws of war. The U.S. Government uses the CIA rather than the U.S. Air Force for strikes in Pakistan in order to avoid breaching sovereignty through mi... | Why did the US use the CIA instead of the Air Force to run drones? | {'text': 'to avoid breaching sovereignty through military invasion', 'answer_start': 279} |
102,772 | 102,430 | 57318c2ca5e9cc1400cdc029 | generic | In 1958, he became a Boy Scout and fulfilled a requirement for the photography merit badge by making a nine-minute 8 mm film entitled The Last Gunfight. Years later, Spielberg recalled to a magazine interviewer, "My dad's still-camera was broken, so I asked the scoutmaster if I could tell a story with my father's movie... | When did Spielberg join the Boy Scouts? | {'text': '1958', 'answer_start': 3} |
1,309 | 967 | 56cf6ca44df3c31400b0d778 | generic | Chopin's successes as a composer and performer opened the door to western Europe for him, and on 2 November 1830, he set out, in the words of Zdzisław Jachimecki, "into the wide world, with no very clearly defined aim, forever." With Woyciechowski, he headed for Austria, intending to go on to Italy. Later that month, i... | Who did Chopin leave for Austria with? | {'text': 'Woyciechowski', 'answer_start': 234} |
37,150 | 36,808 | 5ad173e5645df0001a2d1c61 | generic | After the costly U.S. involvement in World War I, isolationism grew within the nation. Congress refused membership in the League of Nations, and in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia, the gradually more restrictive Neutrality Acts were passed, which were intended to prevent the U.S. from supporting eith... | Congress refused to allow the UK to join what organization? | {'text': 'League of Nations', 'answer_start': 122} |
72,339 | 71,997 | 572a2eb21d04691400779828 | generic | A new Digimon series was announced 30 months after the end of Digimon Fusion at a 15th anniversary concert and theater event for the franchise in August 2014. The series announced the return of the protagonists from the original Digimon Adventure series, most of them now as high school students. A countdown clicking ga... | When was the 15th year anniversary held for Digimon? | {'text': 'August 2014', 'answer_start': 146} |
36,663 | 36,321 | 570b24296b8089140040f77f | generic | To aid customers with defective consoles, Microsoft extended the Xbox 360's manufacturer's warranty to three years for hardware failure problems that generate a "General Hardware Failure" error report. A "General Hardware Failure" is recognized on all models released before the Xbox 360 S by three quadrants of the ring... | What other error code was eventually covered by this warranty extension? | {'text': 'E74 error code', 'answer_start': 491} |
39,085 | 38,743 | 5ad3a576604f3c001a3fea9f | generic | An FBI special agent is issued a Glock Model 22 pistol or a Glock 23 in .40 S&W caliber. If they fail their first qualification, they are issued either a Glock 17 or Glock 19, to aid in their next qualification. In May 1997, the FBI officially adopted the Glock .40 S&W pistol for general agent use and first issued it t... | What gun are CIA agents issued? | {'text': 'Glock Model 22 pistol or a Glock 23 in .40 S&W caliber', 'answer_start': 33} |
55,035 | 54,693 | 5726834af1498d1400e8e248 | generic | While the new technique of polyphony was developing in the West, the Eastern Orthodox Church resisted any type of change. Therefore, Byzantine music remained monophonic and without any form of instrumental accompaniment. As a result, and despite certain attempts by certain Greek chanters (such as Manouel Gazis, Ioannis... | One type of music derived from Byzantine is called what? | {'text': 'Byzantine chant', 'answer_start': 695} |
59,367 | 59,025 | 5726b6f0708984140094ceb8 | generic | Queen's popularity was stimulated in North America when "Bohemian Rhapsody" was featured in the 1992 comedy film Wayne's World. Its inclusion helped the song reach number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks in 1992 (it remained in the Hot 100 for over 40 weeks), and won the band an MTV Award at the 1992 MTV Vid... | How high did the album Classic Queen chart on the Billboard 200? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 393} |
35,651 | 35,309 | 570b03536b8089140040f6db | generic | With the deactivation of USS Enterprise in December 2012, the U.S. fleet comprises 10 supercarriers. The House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee on 24 July 2007, recommended seven or maybe eight new carriers (one every four years). However, the debate has deepened over budgeting for the $12–14.5 billion (plus $12 bi... | How many new carriers per year did the House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee recommend in 7/24/07? | {'text': 'one every four years', 'answer_start': 212} |
24,163 | 23,821 | 56f965fc9b226e1400dd13f9 | generic | The islands are located about halfway between Hawaii and Australia, north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia, and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island, to which it lays claim. The atolls and islands form two groups: the Ratak (sunrise) and the Ralik (sunset). The two island chains l... | What United States territory does the Marshall Islands claim? | {'text': 'Wake Island', 'answer_start': 176} |
12,586 | 12,244 | 5acd0b0407355d001abf3224 | generic | Despite the large number of philosophical schools and subtle nuances between many, all philosophies are said to fall into one of two primary categories, which are defined in contrast to each other: Idealism, and materialism.[a] The basic proposition of these two categories pertains to the nature of reality, and the pri... | A materialist considers what as the second to least important? | {'text': 'mind or spirit or ideas', 'answer_start': 596} |
19,672 | 19,330 | 56e77bc037bdd419002c4019 | generic | In addition to the Architects Registration Board, the RIBA provides accreditation to architecture schools in the UK under a course validation procedure. It also provides validation to international courses without input from the ARB. | What kinds of courses does RIBA conduct accreditation services for apart from the Architects Registration Board? | {'text': 'international courses', 'answer_start': 184} |
33,030 | 32,688 | 5a5cff985e8782001a9d5e4a | generic | On September 27, 2010, Public Safety Canada partnered with STOP.THINK.CONNECT, a coalition of non-profit, private sector, and government organizations dedicated to informing the general public on how to protect themselves online. On February 4, 2014, the Government of Canada launched the Cyber Security Cooperation Prog... | When was STOP.THINK.CONNECT created? | {'text': 'September 27, 2010', 'answer_start': 3} |
105,419 | 105,077 | 5a845f1f7cf838001a46a7a2 | generic | A species can be listed in two ways. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) or NOAA Fisheries (also called the National Marine Fisheries Service) can directly list a species through its candidate assessment program, or an individual or organizational petition may request that the FWS or NMFS list a species. ... | What is another name for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)? | {'text': 'National Marine Fisheries Service', 'answer_start': 122} |
92,125 | 91,783 | 5728c4eaff5b5019007da656 | generic | The connection with Dorians and their initiation festival apellai[clarification needed] is reinforced by the month Apellaios in northwest Greek calendars, but it can explain only the Doric type of the name, which is connected with the Ancient Macedonian word "pella" (Pella), stone. Stones played an important part in th... | What played an important part in the cult of the god? | {'text': 'Stones', 'answer_start': 283} |
73,328 | 72,986 | 5ad414d2604f3c001a4002c3 | generic | President Kennedy stated in Executive Order 10925 that "discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin is contrary to the Constitutional principles and policies of the United States"; that "it is the plain and positive obligation of the United States Government to promote and ensure equal opportunity ... | What were the affected industries in terms of deregulation as a result of Executive Order 10925? | {'text': 'Federal Government and on government contracts', 'answer_start': 445} |
104,825 | 104,483 | 5ad423d8604f3c001a40085e | generic | Charleston is the primary medical center for the eastern portion of the state. The city has several major hospitals located in the downtown area: Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center (MUSC), Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, and Roper Hospital. MUSC is the state's first school of medicine, the largest ... | Where is West Cooper Regional Medical Center? | {'text': 'Mount Pleasant', 'answer_start': 904} |
89,467 | 89,125 | 572844b64b864d1900164875 | generic | The Oeselians or Osilians (Estonian saarlased; singular: saarlane) were a historical subdivision of Estonians inhabiting Saaremaa (Danish: Øsel; German: Ösel; Swedish: Ösel), an Estonian island in the Baltic Sea. They were first mentioned as early as the second century BC in Ptolemy's Geography III. The Oeselians were ... | Where is Saaremaa located? | {'text': 'the Baltic Sea', 'answer_start': 197} |
54,357 | 54,015 | 5726d0935951b619008f7ede | generic | The practice of labelling the infringement of exclusive rights in creative works as "piracy" predates statutory copyright law. Prior to the Statute of Anne in 1710, the Stationers' Company of London in 1557, received a Royal Charter giving the company a monopoly on publication and tasking it with enforcing the charter.... | When was the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights enacted? | {'text': '1994', 'answer_start': 816} |
121,699 | 121,357 | 573196f9e99e3014001e616a | generic | There are several major exceptions on tuition fees. In many European countries, it is possible to study without tuition fees. Public universities in Nordic countries were entirely without tuition fees until around 2005. Denmark, Sweden and Finland then moved to put in place tuition fees for foreign students. Citizens o... | In multiple countries in Europe students can attend a university with what kind if financial burden? | {'text': 'without tuition fees', 'answer_start': 104} |
52,677 | 52,335 | 572625bf89a1e219009ac3a7 | generic | Thus, Buckingham Palace is a symbol and home of the British monarchy, an art gallery and a tourist attraction. Behind the gilded railings and gates which were completed by the Bromsgrove Guild in 1911 and Webb's famous façade, which has been described in a book published by the Royal Collection as looking "like everybo... | Who completed the palaces gilded railing and gates? | {'text': 'Bromsgrove Guild', 'answer_start': 176} |
101,374 | 101,032 | 5a0f93f9decec900184755dd | generic | In the CFL, if the game is tied at the end of regulation play, then each team is given an equal number of chances to break the tie. A coin toss is held to determine which team will take possession first; the first team scrimmages the ball at the opponent's 35-yard line and advances through a series of downs until it sc... | In the 2010 season if a game is tied what can each team do? | {'text': 'each team is given an equal number of chances to break the tie', 'answer_start': 68} |
41,587 | 41,245 | 570d7049b3d812140066d93d | generic | Ferdinand refused and went to Valencia instead of Madrid. Here, on 17 April, General Elio invited the King to reclaim his absolute rights and put his troops at the King's disposition. The king abolished the Constitution of 1812. He followed this act by dissolving the two chambers of the Spanish Parliament on 10 May. Th... | When was the Trieno Liberal? | {'text': '1820–1823', 'answer_start': 495} |
17,783 | 17,441 | 56e1500fcd28a01900c677a5 | generic | Some of the most renowned and highly ranked universities in the world are located in the Boston area. Four members of the Association of American Universities are in Greater Boston (more than any other metropolitan area): Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, and Brandeis Uni... | Who is the citys fourth largest employer? | {'text': 'Boston University', 'answer_start': 285} |
40,814 | 40,472 | 570d4f6bb3d812140066d689 | generic | Area air defence, the air defence of a specific area or location, (as opposed to point defence), have historically been operated by both armies (Anti-Aircraft Command in the British Army, for instance) and Air Forces (the United States Air Force's CIM-10 Bomarc). Area defence systems have medium to long range and can b... | What is the air defence of a certain area called? | {'text': 'Area air defence', 'answer_start': 0} |
115,992 | 115,650 | 5ad49b3eba00c4001a268d60 | generic | Windows 8 introduces significant changes to the operating system's user interface, many of which are aimed at improving its experience on tablet computers and other touchscreen devices. The new user interface is based on Microsoft's Metro design language, and uses a Start screen similar to that of Windows Phone 7 as th... | What do dead tiles do? | {'text': 'display constantly updated information', 'answer_start': 483} |
21,666 | 21,324 | 56e8dbaa99e8941900975ed7 | generic | Henry VII added a Perpendicular style chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1503 (known as the Henry VII Chapel or the "Lady Chapel"). Much of the stone came from Caen, in France (Caen stone), the Isle of Portland (Portland stone) and the Loire Valley region of France (tuffeau limestone).[citation needed] | Who added a Perpendicular style chapel? | {'text': 'Henry VII', 'answer_start': 0} |
92,555 | 92,213 | 5728dbd73acd2414000e0079 | generic | The formation of the party was formally announced at Sydney Town Hall on 31 August 1945. It took the name "Liberal" in honour of the old Commonwealth Liberal Party. The new party was dominated by the remains of the old UAP; with few exceptions, the UAP party room became the Liberal party room. The Australian Women's Na... | What was the name of the Liberal Party's youth division? | {'text': 'Young Liberals', 'answer_start': 585} |
59,950 | 59,608 | 572670625951b619008f72b3 | generic | Migration plays an important role in Thuringia. The internal migration shows a strong tendency from rural areas towards the big cities. From 2008 to 2012, there was a net migration from Thuringia to Erfurt of +6,700 persons (33 per 1000 inhabitants), +1,800 to Gera (19 per 1000), +1,400 to Jena (14 per 1000), +1,400 to... | Is the migration to Thuringia steady or fluctuating? | {'text': 'The international migration is fluctuating heavily', 'answer_start': 627} |
43,960 | 43,618 | 570e54c20b85d914000d7e51 | generic | Most ingested uranium is excreted during digestion. Only 0.5% is absorbed when insoluble forms of uranium, such as its oxide, are ingested, whereas absorption of the more soluble uranyl ion can be up to 5%. However, soluble uranium compounds tend to quickly pass through the body, whereas insoluble uranium compounds, es... | Where does uranium accumulate in the body? | {'text': 'bone tissue', 'answer_start': 513} |
22,782 | 22,440 | 5ad4c2e25b96ef001a109fa0 | generic | ^9 Sub-groups of Croats include Bunjevci (in Bačka), Šokci (in Slavonia and Vojvodina), Janjevci (in Kosovo), Burgenland Croats (in Austria), Bosniaks (in Hungary), Molise Croats (in Italy), Krashovans (in Romania), Moravian Croats (in the Czech Republic) | Where are Molise Croats and Moravian Croats located? | {'text': 'Italy', 'answer_start': 183} |
59,744 | 59,402 | 5acfdbe277cf76001a686317 | generic | African Presbyterian churches often incorporate diaconal ministries, including social services, emergency relief, and the operation of mission hospitals. A number of partnerships exist between presbyteries in Africa and the PC(USA), including specific connections with Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Ghana and Zambia. Fo... | In the mid 19th century, which missionaries brought about the beginning of the church in these areas? | {'text': 'Mary Slessor and Hope Waddel', 'answer_start': 889} |
15,022 | 14,680 | 56dfbf91231d4119001abd85 | generic | Many mailbox providers are also access providers, while others are not (e.g., Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com, Gmail, AOL Mail, Po box). The definition given in RFC 6650 covers email hosting services, as well as the relevant department of companies, universities, organizations, groups, and individuals that manage their mail s... | How is access to mail provided? | {'text': 'implementing Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and possibly providing access to messages through Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), the Post Office Protocol, Webmail, or a proprietary protocol.', 'answer_start': 377} |
72,376 | 72,034 | 5a11132706e79900185c3530 | generic | In 2011, Bandai posted a countdown on a teaser site. Once the countdown was finished, it revealed a reboot of the Digimon World series titled Digimon World Re:Digitize. An enhanced version of the game released on Nintendo 3DS as Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode in 2013. Another role-playing game by the name Digimon Sto... | What release was canceled for 2015 | {'text': 'Another role-playing game by the name Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth', 'answer_start': 271} |
5,078 | 4,736 | 56d0f8a117492d1400aab6ad | generic | West is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 32 million albums and 100 million digital downloads worldwide. He has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all time and the most Grammy-awarded artist of his age. Three of his albums rank on Rolling Ston... | How many CDs has Kanye West sold? | {'text': '32 million', 'answer_start': 75} |
74,997 | 74,655 | 5a3165aee4dcb1001abb22bd | generic | Modern Baptist churches trace their history to the English Separatist movement in the century after the rise of the original Protestant denominations. This view of Baptist origins has the most historical support and is the most widely accepted. Adherents to this position consider the influence of Anabaptists upon early... | The view of what origins has little historical support? | {'text': 'Baptist', 'answer_start': 164} |
23,190 | 22,848 | 56f8b93d9b226e1400dd0eb4 | generic | Southampton has two large live music venues, the Mayflower Theatre (formerly the Gaumont Theatre) and the Guildhall. The Guildhall has seen concerts from a wide range of popular artists including Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Delirious?, Manic Street Preachers, The Killers, The Kaiser Chiefs, Amy Winehouse, Lostprophets, Th... | What legendary band with a color in its name has played at the Guildhall? | {'text': 'Pink Floyd', 'answer_start': 196} |
55,212 | 54,870 | 572628da38643c19005ad1b7 | generic | In April 2010, Shell announced its intention to divest from downstream business of all African countries except South Africa and Egypt to Vitol and "Helios". In several countries such as Tunisia, protests and strikes broke out. Shell denied rumours of the sellout. Shell continues however upstream activities/extracting ... | What did Shell indicate was a reason for the strategic review of operations in Nigeria? | {'text': 'assets could be divested', 'answer_start': 517} |
104,996 | 104,654 | 572f8332b2c2fd140056819e | generic | The decision to change strategy is sometimes claimed as a major mistake by the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL). It is argued that persisting with attacks on RAF airfields might have won air superiority for the Luftwaffe. Others argue that the Luftwaffe made little impression on Fighter Command in the last week of Augu... | What is the German name of Operation Sea Lion? | {'text': 'Unternehmen Seelöwe', 'answer_start': 927} |
6,649 | 6,307 | 56db31c5e7c41114004b4f1f | generic | Changes this season include only airing one episode a week during the final ten. Coca Cola ended their longtime sponsorship of the show and Ford Motor Company maintained a reduced role. The winner of the season also received a recording contract with Big Machine Records. | Starting this season, how many episodes of Idol aired every week? | {'text': 'one', 'answer_start': 40} |
15,252 | 14,910 | 5acf7fe177cf76001a684fde | generic | Comics in the US has had a lowbrow reputation stemming from its roots in mass culture; cultural elites sometimes saw popular culture as threatening culture and society. In the latter half of the 20th century, popular culture won greater acceptance, and the lines between high and low culture began to blur. Comics nevert... | Who thought pop culture wasn't at risk? | {'text': 'cultural elites', 'answer_start': 87} |
5,771 | 5,429 | 56d1e9ace7d4791d009024b5 | generic | Mahayana Buddhism received significant theoretical grounding from Nagarjuna (perhaps c. 150–250 CE), arguably the most influential scholar within the Mahayana tradition. Nagarjuna's primary contribution to Buddhist philosophy was the systematic exposition of the concept of śūnyatā, or "emptiness", widely attested in th... | What does dharmas mean? | {'text': 'phenomena', 'answer_start': 654} |
40,886 | 40,544 | 570d72ecfed7b91900d46135 | generic | As this process continued, the missile found itself being used for more and more of the roles formerly filled by guns. First to go were the large weapons, replaced by equally large missile systems of much higher performance. Smaller missiles soon followed, eventually becoming small enough to be mounted on armored cars ... | When were MANPADs introduced? | {'text': 'the 1960s', 'answer_start': 581} |
27,750 | 27,408 | 56fae2a48f12f31900630238 | generic | The exact number of speakers of Somali is unknown. One source estimates that there are 7.78 million speakers of Somali in Somalia itself and 12.65 million speakers globally. The Somali language is spoken by ethnic Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. | In millions, about how many global Somali speakers are there? | {'text': '12.65', 'answer_start': 141} |
129,514 | 129,172 | 5a83104ce60761001a2eb34f | generic | Another effective way to decrease the transmission rate of infectious diseases is to recognize the effects of small-world networks. In epidemics, there are often extensive interactions within hubs or groups of infected individuals and other interactions within discrete hubs of susceptible individuals. Despite the low i... | What does recognizing the effects of small-world networks allow one to increase? | {'text': 'transmission rate of infectious diseases', 'answer_start': 38} |
117,656 | 117,314 | 5730b8338ab72b1400f9c6fb | generic | In the early Sumerian Uruk period, the primitive pictograms suggest that sheep, goats, cattle, and pigs were domesticated. They used oxen as their primary beasts of burden and donkeys or equids as their primary transport animal and "woollen clothing as well as rugs were made from the wool or hair of the animals. ... By... | What was the primary purpose of oxen for Sumerians? | {'text': 'beasts of burden', 'answer_start': 155} |
20,051 | 19,709 | 5ad3d1da604f3c001a3ff217 | generic | On 16 March 2011, the freighter MS Oliva ran aground on Nightingale Island, spilling tons of heavy fuel oil into the ocean, leaving an oil slick threatening the island's population of rockhopper penguins. Nightingale Island has no fresh water, so the penguins were transported to Tristan da Cunha for cleaning. | When did MS Oliva spill Tristan da Cunha into the ocean? | {'text': '16 March 2011', 'answer_start': 3} |
5,872 | 5,530 | 56d23cc4b329da140004ec45 | generic | Vinaya is the specific moral code for monks and nuns. It includes the Patimokkha, a set of 227 rules for monks in the Theravadin recension. The precise content of the vinayapitaka (scriptures on Vinaya) differs slightly according to different schools, and different schools or subschools set different standards for the ... | What are the scriptures on vinaya called? | {'text': 'vinayapitaka', 'answer_start': 167} |
20,858 | 20,516 | 56e79c6300c9c71400d773ae | generic | While some teams have enjoyed considerable on-field and even financial success, many teams in the history of the league have enjoyed little success either on or off of the field of play. There are a number of franchises which existed in the form of a number of largely-unrelated teams under numerous management groups un... | How long did the Sea Wolves stay in Hartford? | {'text': 'two seasons', 'answer_start': 509} |
31,311 | 30,969 | 57098741ed30961900e84291 | generic | England is quite a successful nation at the UEFA European Football Championship, having finished in third place in 1968 and reached the semi-final in 1996. England hosted Euro 96 and have appeared in eight UEFA European Championship Finals tournaments, tied for ninth-best. The team has also reached the quarter-final on... | In how many UEFA European Championship Finals has England competed? | {'text': 'eight', 'answer_start': 200} |
122 | 122 | 142258 | pubqa | The occurrence of a gastrointestinal illness among a class of 96 undergraduate veterinary students in New Zealand prompted laboratory and questionnaire-based investigations. Cryptosporidium parvum was the only enteropathogen identied in 4/7 faecal specimens analysed. The C. parvum isolates carried a rare IIa GP60 allel... | What pathogen was connected to the outbreak? | {'answer_id': 274819, 'document_id': 447650, 'question_id': 142258, 'text': 'C. parvum', 'answer_start': 1281, 'answer_category': 'SHORT'} |
51,212 | 50,870 | 5725dd34271a42140099d2bf | generic | The Kingdom of Pontus was a Hellenistic kingdom on the southern coast of the Black Sea. It was founded by Mithridates I in 291 BC and lasted until its conquest by the Roman Republic in 63 BC. Despite being ruled by a dynasty which was a descendant of the Persian Achaemenid Empire it became hellenized due to the influen... | What was the official language of the Kingdom of Pontus during the reign of Mithridates VI Eupator? | {'text': 'Greek', 'answer_start': 824} |
45,614 | 45,272 | 57101004b654c5140001f79a | generic | Other capital crimes include: the use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death, espionage, terrorism, certain violations of the Geneva Conventions that result in the death of one or more persons, and treason at the federal level; aggravated rape in Louisiana, Florida, and Oklahoma; extortionate kidnapping in ... | In what state is extortionate kidnapping a capital offense? | {'text': 'Oklahoma', 'answer_start': 320} |
74,212 | 73,870 | 5727b27d4b864d1900163aa6 | generic | During weekday lunchtime, over 150 lunch carts and food trucks from neighborhood restaurants cater to different student populations throughout Yale's campus. The carts cluster at three main points: by Yale – New Haven Hospital in the center of the Hospital Green (Cedar and York streets), by Yale's Trumbull College (Elm... | At what cross streets, marking the center of the Hospital Green of Yale - New Haven Hospital, do food carts congregate on weekdays? | {'text': 'Cedar and York streets', 'answer_start': 264} |
20,019 | 19,677 | 56e7c4ee00c9c71400d775a1 | generic | The 1961 eruption of Queen Mary's Peak forced the evacuation of the entire population via Cape Town to England. The following year a Royal Society expedition went to the islands to assess the damage, and reported that the settlement of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas had been only marginally affected. Most families returne... | What was the name of the settlement that was assessed after the evactuation? | {'text': 'Edinburgh of the Seven Seas', 'answer_start': 236} |
8,638 | 8,296 | 5acfc40e77cf76001a685dce | generic | The United Kingdom's constitution, being uncodified and largely unwritten, makes no mention of a prime minister. Though it had de facto existed for centuries, its first mention in official state documents did not occur until the first decade of the twentieth century. Accordingly, it is often said "not to exist", indeed... | Who's constitution is well codefied? | {'text': "The United Kingdom's", 'answer_start': 0} |
101,428 | 101,086 | 572e99e7dfa6aa1500f8d1d7 | generic | French policy was, moreover, complicated by the existence of the le Secret du roi—a system of private diplomacy conducted by King Louis XV. Unbeknownst to his foreign minister, Louis had established a network of agents throughout Europe with the goal of pursuing personal political objectives that were often at odds wit... | What was the objective of le Secret du roi? | {'text': 'goal of pursuing personal political objectives that were often at odds with France’s publicly stated policies', 'answer_start': 246} |
63,029 | 62,687 | 57268318708984140094c88d | 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... | What ship were copies of The Sun thrown from? | {'text': 'HMS Fearless', 'answer_start': 566} |
29,256 | 28,914 | 5706158575f01819005e7961 | generic | In The Wombles, Uncle Bulgaria read The Times and asked for the other Wombles to bring him any copies that they found amongst the litter. The newspaper played a central role in the episode Very Behind the Times (Series 2, Episode 12). | What is the name of the episode where the newspaper, The Times, is featured and plays a central role in an episode of The Wombles? | {'text': 'Very Behind the Times', 'answer_start': 189} |
101,958 | 101,616 | 5a8de14fdf8bba001a0f9d08 | generic | In Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, he gives advice on the best way to pick up a girl in a hostess bar. At Caltech, he used a nude or topless bar as an office away from his usual office, making sketches or writing physics equations on paper placemats. When the county officials tried to close the place, all visitors ... | Where was his tenth office at Caltech? | {'text': 'topless bar', 'answer_start': 137} |
112,139 | 111,797 | 5ad0eaf1645df0001a2d0853 | generic | Its main body is solid sterling silver and silver gilt, while its plinth is made of malachite, a semi-precious stone. The plinth has a silver band around its circumference, upon which the names of the title-winning clubs are listed. Malachite's green colour is also representative of the green field of play. The design ... | What has a golden band around its circumference? | {'text': 'The plinth', 'answer_start': 118} |
112,023 | 111,681 | 5ad0e553645df0001a2d07e3 | generic | As of the 2015–16 season, Premier League football has been played in 53 stadiums since the formation of the Premier League in 1992. The Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the subsequent Taylor Report saw a recommendation that standing terraces should be abolished; as a result all stadiums in the Premier League are all-s... | The Premier league has played in 75,957 stadiums since which year? | {'text': '1992', 'answer_start': 126} |
108,814 | 108,472 | 572f2049a23a5019007fc4a5 | generic | Around the start of the 20th century, a growing population of Asian Americans lived in or near Santa Monica and Venice. A Japanese fishing village was located near the Long Wharf while small numbers of Chinese lived or worked in both Santa Monica and Venice. The two ethnic minorities were often viewed differently by Wh... | What role did the fishing village play in Santa Monica? | {'text': 'economic part', 'answer_start': 471} |
17,142 | 16,800 | 5a5504a0134fea001a0e17e7 | generic | Other radio stations based in Mogadishu include Mustaqbal Media corporation and the Shabelle Media Network, the latter of which was in 2010 awarded the Media of the Year prize by the Paris-based journalism organisation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In total, about one short-wave and ten private FM radio stations br... | How many FM radio stations broadcast in the central region? | {'text': 'ten', 'answer_start': 288} |
45,454 | 45,112 | 5ad3f2d0604f3c001a3ff8cb | generic | Capital punishment was suspended in the United States from 1972 through 1976 primarily as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in Furman v. Georgia. The last pre-Furman execution was that of Luis Monge on June 2, 1967. In this case, the court found that the death penalty was being imposed in an unconstitutional man... | In what year was the death penalty allowed in the US? | {'text': '1972', 'answer_start': 59} |
87,415 | 87,073 | 5a5022aa99b975001ade80e5 | generic | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can coexist with asthma and can occur as a complication of chronic asthma. After the age of 65 most people with obstructive airway disease will have asthma and COPD. In this setting, COPD can be differentiated by increased airway neutrophils, abnormally increased wall thickness, an... | What is a complication of family history of chronic atopy? | {'text': 'Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease', 'answer_start': 0} |
120,875 | 120,533 | 573156d305b4da19006bd074 | generic | In association football, teams such as Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Arsenal, Toronto FC, and S.L. Benfica primarily wear red jerseys. Other teams that prominently feature red on their kits include A.C. Milan (nicknamed i rossoneri for their red and black shirts), AFC Ajax, Olympiacos, River Plate, Atlét... | What color jersey does Bayern Munich wear? | {'text': 'red', 'answer_start': 137} |
106,374 | 106,032 | 5ad21e56d7d075001a428477 | generic | The doctrine of the last day and eschatology (the final fate of the universe) may be reckoned as the second great doctrine of the Quran. It is estimated that approximately one-third of the Quran is eschatological, dealing with the afterlife in the next world and with the day of judgment at the end of time. There is a r... | What general topic isn't eschatology about? | {'text': 'the final fate of the universe', 'answer_start': 46} |
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