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79,813 | 79,471 | 5727eaf0ff5b5019007d987f | generic | There are a variety of watersports in Cork, including rowing and sailing. There are five rowing clubs training on the river Lee, including Shandon BC, UCC RC, Pres RC, Lee RC, and Cork BC. Naomhóga Chorcaí is a rowing club whose members row traditional naomhóga on the Lee in occasional competitions. The "Ocean to City"... | What is one of the more popular sailing events in Cork? | {'text': 'Cork Week', 'answer_start': 795} |
33,821 | 33,479 | 5709a923ed30961900e843d2 | generic | Unlike the Spanish milled dollar the U.S. dollar is based upon a decimal system of values. In addition to the dollar the coinage act officially established monetary units of mill or one-thousandth of a dollar (symbol ₥), cent or one-hundredth of a dollar (symbol ¢), dime or one-tenth of a dollar, and eagle or ten dolla... | How much was a union going to be worth as proposed in the 1800s? | {'text': 'one hundred dollars', 'answer_start': 439} |
107,972 | 107,630 | 573077e1396df9190009613c | generic | Poland has historically been staunchly pro-American, dating back to General Tadeusz Kościuszko and Casimir Pulaski's involvement in the American Revolution. This pro-American stance was reinforced following favorable American intervention in World War I (leading to the creation of an independent Poland) and the Cold Wa... | What did Poland contribute to the "Coalition of the Willing"? | {'text': 'a large force', 'answer_start': 406} |
116,367 | 116,025 | 57305116396df9190009605a | generic | The secondary and high school education system in Swaziland is a five-year programme divided into three years junior secondary and two years senior secondary. There is an external public examination (Junior Certificate) at the end of the junior secondary that learners have to pass to progress to the senior secondary le... | What is the ECOS within the Swazi education system? | {'text': 'Examination Council of Swaziland', 'answer_start': 329} |
20,109 | 19,767 | 5ad3dbc5604f3c001a3ff3e3 | generic | The Tristan Song Project was a collaboration between St Mary's School and amateur composers in England, led by music teacher Tony Triggs. It began in 2010 and involved St Mary's pupils writing poems and Tony Triggs providing musical settings by himself and his pupils. A desktop publication entitled Rockhopper Penguins ... | When did the Tristan Song Project narrow its scope? | {'text': '2014', 'answer_start': 636} |
90,017 | 89,675 | 5728f3b82ca10214002dab28 | generic | Built around 1915, the Alaska Railroad (ARR) played a key role in the development of Alaska through the 20th century. It links north Pacific shipping through providing critical infrastructure with tracks that run from Seward to Interior Alaska by way of South Central Alaska, passing through Anchorage, Eklutna, Wasilla,... | What year was the Alaska Railroad built? | {'text': 'around 1915', 'answer_start': 6} |
102,541 | 102,199 | 572e86a903f989190075672e | generic | Intercommunal violence erupted on December 21, 1963, when two Turkish Cypriots were killed at an incident involving the Greek Cypriot police. The violence resulted in the death of 364 Turkish and 174 Greek Cypriots, destruction of 109 Turkish Cypriot or mixed villages and displacement of 25,000-30,000 Turkish Cypriots.... | Turkish Cypriots were prevented from doing what? | {'text': 'travelling and entering government buildings', 'answer_start': 572} |
78,122 | 77,780 | 5a5e63da5bc9f4001a75afb9 | generic | Pāśupatas divided the created world into the insentient and the sentient. The insentient was the unconscious and thus dependent on the sentient or conscious. The insentient was further divided into effects and causes. The effects were of ten kinds, the earth, four elements and their qualities, colour etc. The causes we... | What was the sentient broken up into? | {'text': 'effects and causes', 'answer_start': 198} |
111,717 | 111,375 | 5ad0c33c645df0001a2d022b | generic | In 1992, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League en masse and on 27 May 1992 the FA Premier League was formed as a limited company working out of an office at the Football Association's then headquarters in Lancaster Gate. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated un... | For how many years did the Football League operate with five divisions? | {'text': '104', 'answer_start': 271} |
39,810 | 39,468 | 570e5ce90dc6ce1900204f9a | generic | Melbourne's rich and diverse literary history was recognised in 2008 when it became the second UNESCO City of Literature. The State Library of Victoria is one of Australia's oldest cultural institutions and one of many public and university libraries across the city. Melbourne also has Australia's widest range of books... | Where are Peter Carey, Germaine Greer, and Thomas Browne from? | {'text': 'Melbourne', 'answer_start': 796} |
39,359 | 39,017 | 570c3f1dec8fbc190045be20 | generic | The doctrines of the Assumption or Dormition of Mary relate to her death and bodily assumption to Heaven. The Roman Catholic Church has dogmaically defined the doctrine of the Assumption, which was done in 1950 by Pope Pius XII in Munificentissimus Deus. Whether the Virgin Mary died or not is not defined dogmatically, ... | What is another name for the Assumption of Mary? | {'text': 'Dormition', 'answer_start': 35} |
65,001 | 64,659 | 5ad0cd2a645df0001a2d03c5 | generic | It was principally the widespread introduction of a single feature, the pointed arch, which was to bring about the change that separates Gothic from Romanesque. The technological change permitted a stylistic change which broke the tradition of massive masonry and solid walls penetrated by small openings, replacing it w... | What is one example of a Gothic style element that was able to be ignored because of technological innovation? | {'text': 'the flying buttresses', 'answer_start': 617} |
110,332 | 109,990 | 57344471879d6814001ca437 | generic | In an effort to conserve water, Tucson is recharging groundwater supplies by running part of its share of CAP water into various open portions of local rivers to seep into their aquifer. Additional study is scheduled to determine the amount of water that is lost through evaporation from the open areas, especially durin... | How is Tucson replenishing its groundwater? | {'text': 'running part of its share of CAP water into various open portions of local rivers to seep into their aquifer', 'answer_start': 77} |
55,524 | 55,182 | 5a3a0ac32f14dd001ac726d1 | generic | Viviparous mammals are in the subclass Theria; those living today are in the marsupial and placental infraclasses. A marsupial has a short gestation period, typically shorter than its estrous cycle, and gives birth to an undeveloped newborn that then undergoes further development; in many species, this takes place with... | Where on the mother are the epipubic bones located? | {'text': "in the front of the mother's abdomen", 'answer_start': 364} |
129,799 | 129,457 | 5ace6bea32bba1001ae4a64c | generic | Unarmed fox hunting on horseback with hounds is the type of hunting most closely associated with the United Kingdom; in fact, "hunting" without qualification implies fox hunting. What in other countries is called "hunting" is called "shooting" (birds) or "stalking" (deer) in Britain. Originally a form of vermin control... | What did deer stalking originally aim to protect? | {'text': 'livestock', 'answer_start': 332} |
27,261 | 26,919 | 56f9e7ba9e9bad19000a0b58 | generic | A 2011 discovery in the Canadian province of New Brunswick uncovered the earliest known plants to have grown wood, approximately 395 to 400 million years ago. Wood can be dated by carbon dating and in some species by dendrochronology to make inferences about when a wooden object was created. | How many millions of years old were the plants that were discovered in New Brunswick? | {'text': '395 to 400', 'answer_start': 129} |
124,440 | 124,098 | 573240afe99e3014001e65d9 | generic | From 1966, Witness publications and convention talks built anticipation of the possibility that Christ's thousand-year reign might begin in late 1975 or shortly thereafter. The number of baptisms increased significantly, from about 59,000 in 1966 to more than 297,000 in 1974. By 1975, the number of active members excee... | How many baptisms were there in 1974? | {'text': 'more than 297,000', 'answer_start': 250} |
80,629 | 80,287 | 5acd126d07355d001abf334c | generic | Each code point has a single General Category property. The major categories are: Letter, Mark, Number, Punctuation, Symbol, Separator and Other. Within these categories, there are subdivisions. The General Category is not useful for every use, since legacy encodings have used multiple characteristics per single code p... | What subcategories are found in the category Other? | {'text': 'Letter, Mark, Number, Punctuation, Symbol, Separator', 'answer_start': 82} |
17,329 | 16,987 | 56e134e9cd28a01900c676ac | generic | In the Low Middle Ages, Catalan went through a golden age, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness. Examples include the work of Majorcan polymath Ramon Llull (1232–1315), the Four Great Chronicles (13th–14th centuries), and the Valencian school of poetry culminating in Ausiàs March (1397–1459). By the 15th c... | Where was the center of the Crown of Aragon? | {'text': 'city of Valencia', 'answer_start': 332} |
14,441 | 14,099 | 56df9ad738dc4217001520c9 | generic | On January 13, 1887, the U,S. Government moved to annul the patent issued to Bell on the grounds of fraud and misrepresentation. After a series of decisions and reversals, the Bell company won a decision in the Supreme Court, though a couple of the original claims from the lower court cases were left undecided. By the ... | What excuse did the judges have for the trial despite the fact that the patents had expired? | {'text': 'precedent', 'answer_start': 654} |
84,210 | 83,868 | 5727f4172ca10214002d9a22 | generic | After the war, Nasser returned to his role as an instructor at the Royal Military Academy. He sent emissaries to forge an alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood in October 1948, but soon concluded that the religious agenda of the Brotherhood was not compatible with his nationalism. From then on, Nasser prevented the Brot... | What did Nasser do after the war ended? | {'text': 'instructor at the Royal Military Academy', 'answer_start': 49} |
119,954 | 119,612 | 5731223aa5e9cc1400cdbc6c | generic | Nurhaci declared himself the "Bright Khan" of the Later Jin (lit. "gold") state in honor both of the 12–13th century Jurchen Jin dynasty and of his Aisin Gioro clan (Aisin being Manchu for the Chinese 金 (jīn, "gold")). His son Hong Taiji renamed the dynasty Great Qing in 1636. There are competing explanations on the m... | Who renamed the Qing dynasty in 1363? | {'text': 'Hong Taiji', 'answer_start': 228} |
19,434 | 19,092 | 56e7a89837bdd419002c42dc | generic | Microsoft Windows keeps the system real-time clock in local time. This causes several problems, including compatibility when multi booting with operating systems that set the clock to UTC, and double-adjusting the clock when multi booting different Windows versions, such as with a rescue boot disk. This approach is a p... | What does Microsoft Windows use internally for its real-time clock? | {'text': 'local time', 'answer_start': 54} |
43,100 | 42,758 | 5ad242ecd7d075001a4289af | generic | About 98% of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, a sheet of ice averaging at least 1.6 km (1.0 mi) thick. The continent has about 90% of the world's ice (and thereby about 70% of the world's fresh water). If all of this ice were melted, sea levels would rise about 60 m (200 ft). In most of the interior of... | What ice sheet averages at least1 kilometer thick? | {'text': 'Antarctic ice sheet', 'answer_start': 42} |
80,482 | 80,140 | 5a69068f8476ee001a58a9d2 | generic | Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone (Chinese: 成都经济技术开发区; pinyin: Chéngdū jīngjì jìshù kāifā qū) was approved as state-level development zone in February 2000. The zone now has a developed area of 10.25 km2 (3.96 sq mi) and has a planned area of 26 km2 (10 sq mi). Chengdu Economic and Technological Devel... | When was the Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone approved in more than 20 countries? | {'text': 'February 2000', 'answer_start': 160} |
38,332 | 37,990 | 570c0099ec8fbc190045bc0b | generic | Unfortunately, requiring two characters to mark the end of a line introduces unnecessary complexity and questions as to how to interpret each character when encountered alone. To simplify matters plain text data streams, including files, on Multics used line feed (LF) alone as a line terminator. Unix and Unix-like syst... | What id Multics use to simplify plain text data? | {'text': 'line feed (LF) alone as a line terminator', 'answer_start': 254} |
91,206 | 90,864 | 57295e7c6aef051400154d8d | generic | Hemimetabolous insects, those with incomplete metamorphosis, change gradually by undergoing a series of molts. An insect molts when it outgrows its exoskeleton, which does not stretch and would otherwise restrict the insect's growth. The molting process begins as the insect's epidermis secretes a new epicuticle inside ... | What kind of metamorphosis do hemimetabolous insects undergo? | {'text': 'incomplete', 'answer_start': 35} |
120,054 | 119,712 | 57313b16e6313a140071cd51 | generic | He moved rapidly. First, he promoted Confucian orthodoxy and reversed what he saw as his father's laxness by cracking down on unorthodox sects and by decapitating an anti-Manchu writer his father had pardoned. In 1723 he outlawed Christianity and expelled Christian missionaries, though some were allowed to remain in th... | What religion did Yongzheng ban? | {'text': 'Christianity', 'answer_start': 230} |
70,391 | 70,049 | 572942ed3f37b319004781c1 | 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... | What historical significance can the book The History of Mary Prince claim? | {'text': 'The first notable, and historically important, book credited to a Bermudian', 'answer_start': 0} |
91,028 | 90,686 | 5728a8b94b864d1900164bab | generic | Adult insects typically move about by walking, flying, or sometimes swimming (see below, Locomotion). As it allows for rapid yet stable movement, many insects adopt a tripedal gait in which they walk with their legs touching the ground in alternating triangles. Insects are the only invertebrates to have evolved flight.... | What larval adaptation is common to underwater insects? | {'text': 'gills', 'answer_start': 419} |
73,816 | 73,474 | 5a8cbf6bfd22b3001a8d8df2 | generic | Since the start of the 1994–95 season, the FA Cup has been sponsored. However, to protect the identity of the competition, the sponsored name has always included 'The FA Cup' in addition to the sponsor's name, unlike sponsorship deals for the League Cup where the word 'cup' is preceded by only the sponsor's name. Spons... | What company has not agreed to a one year extension? | {'text': 'Budweiser', 'answer_start': 624} |
94,874 | 94,532 | 572b7d1b111d821400f38eb1 | generic | Roughly one quarter of all zinc output in the United States (2009), is consumed in the form of zinc compounds; a variety of which are used industrially. Zinc oxide is widely used as a white pigment in paints, and as a catalyst in the manufacture of rubber. It is also used as a heat disperser for the rubber and acts to ... | What kind of zinc compound is used in manufacturing rubber? | {'text': 'Zinc oxide', 'answer_start': 153} |
98,056 | 97,714 | 572a7048fed8de19000d5c0f | 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 ... | Along with cruise lines, in what traffic does Miami's port rank first? | {'text': 'passenger', 'answer_start': 523} |
123,094 | 122,752 | 5731ddf6e99e3014001e6372 | generic | Protestants reject the Roman Catholic Church's doctrine that it is the one true church, believing in the invisible church, which consists of all who profess faith in Jesus Christ. Some Protestant denominations are less accepting of other denominations, and the basic orthodoxy of some is questioned by most of the others... | What Catholic doctrine do Protestants not believe in? | {'text': 'it is the one true church', 'answer_start': 61} |
68,632 | 68,290 | 572702dddd62a815002e979e | generic | Plants uptake essential elements from the soil through their roots and from the air (consisting of mainly nitrogen and oxygen) through their leaves. Green plants obtain their carbohydrate supply from the carbon dioxide in the air by the process of photosynthesis. Carbon and oxygen are absorbed from the air, while other... | What part of the leaf in a plant takes in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen? | {'text': 'stomata', 'answer_start': 654} |
39,108 | 38,766 | 5ad3ac00604f3c001a3feba5 | generic | The FBI has maintained files on numerous people, including celebrities such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, John Lennon, Jane Fonda, Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, the band MC5, Lou Costello, Sonny Bono, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, and Mickey Mantle. The files were collected for various reasons. Some of t... | Who is a celebrity that the CIA has a file on? | {'text': 'Frank Sinatra', 'answer_start': 94} |
126,887 | 126,545 | 5732a0c6cc179a14009dab9c | generic | With the initial investment of £4,200, the new trial force of the Thames River Police began with about 50 men charged with policing 33,000 workers in the river trades, of whom Colquhoun claimed 11,000 were known criminals and "on the game." The force was a success after its first year, and his men had "established thei... | How many dock workers did Colquhoun say were criminals? | {'text': '11,000', 'answer_start': 194} |
119,071 | 118,729 | 573112da05b4da19006bcd48 | generic | Officers may be commissioned upon graduation from the United States Air Force Academy, upon graduation from another college or university through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) program, or through the Air Force Officer Training School (OTS). OTS, previously located at Lackland AFB, Texas until 19... | What is a line officer in the USAF? | {'text': 'concept of the line of battle and refers to an officer whose role falls somewhere within the "Line of the Air"', 'answer_start': 730} |
8,384 | 8,042 | 56dcfef266d3e219004dab96 | generic | The southwest of the country is a coastal plain for which the primary drainage is the Kouilou-Niari River; the interior of the country consists of a central plateau between two basins to the south and north. Forests are under increasing exploitation pressure. | What areas are facing pressure to be used for commercial gain? | {'text': 'Forests', 'answer_start': 208} |
37,776 | 37,434 | 570baaabec8fbc190045baa7 | generic | In the semiconductor industry, infrared light can be used to characterize materials such as thin films and periodic trench structures. By measuring the reflectance of light from the surface of a semiconductor wafer, the index of refraction (n) and the extinction Coefficient (k) can be determined via the Forouhi-Bloomer... | What letter represents the extinction Coefficient? | {'text': 'k', 'answer_start': 276} |
84,952 | 84,610 | 5727ffab3acd2414000df1c7 | generic | Two distinct viewpoints on time divide many prominent philosophers. One view is that time is part of the fundamental structure of the universe, a dimension in which events occur in sequence. Sir Isaac Newton subscribed to this realist view, and hence it is sometimes referred to as Newtonian time. An opposing view is th... | How many main viewpoints divide many philosophers? | {'text': 'Two', 'answer_start': 0} |
11,472 | 11,130 | 5a832318e60761001a2eb440 | generic | Mechanically scanned, 30-line television broadcasts by John Logie Baird began in 1929, using the BBC transmitter in London, and by 1930 a regular schedule of programmes was transmitted from the BBC antenna in Brookmans Park. Television production was switched from Baird's company to what is now known as BBC One on 2 Au... | When was BBC One established? | {'text': '2 August 1932', 'answer_start': 316} |
40,795 | 40,453 | 570d410afed7b91900d45db4 | generic | During the 1930s solid fuel rockets were under development in the Soviet Union and Britain. In Britain the interest was for anti-aircraft fire, it quickly became clear that guidance would be required for precision. However, rockets, or 'unrotated projectiles' as they were called could the used for anti-aircraft barrage... | Why was Britain mainly interested in solid fuel rockets? | {'text': 'for anti-aircraft fire', 'answer_start': 120} |
128,877 | 128,535 | 5a68f5fc8476ee001a58a916 | generic | Punjab witnessed major battles between the armies of India and Pakistan in the wars of 1965 and 1971. Since the 1990s Punjab hosted several key sites of Pakistan's nuclear program such as Kahuta. It also hosts major military bases such as at Sargodha and Rawalpindi. The peace process between India and Pakistan, which b... | Where is Nankana Sahib? | {'text': 'the Wagah border', 'answer_start': 422} |
63,765 | 63,423 | 5acf8f1b77cf76001a685263 | generic | State schools in Somerset are provided by three local education authorities: Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, and the larger Somerset County Council. All state schools are comprehensive. In some areas primary, infant and junior schools cater for ages four to eleven, after which the pupils move on to second... | What is the average class size in Somerset state secondary schools? | {'text': '30', 'answer_start': 519} |
51,923 | 51,581 | 5a84d0da7cf838001a46aaac | generic | "Poultry" is a term used for any kind of domesticated bird, captive-raised for its utility, and traditionally the word has been used to refer to wildfowl (Galliformes) and waterfowl (Anseriformes). "Poultry" can be defined as domestic fowls, including chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks, raised for the production of mea... | What book was written in 1884? | {'text': 'Ornamental and Domestic Poultry: Their History, and Management', 'answer_start': 755} |
56,932 | 56,590 | 5726ca58f1498d1400e8eb4b | generic | Association football is the country's most popular and most televised franchised sport. Its important venues in Mexico City include the Azteca Stadium, home to the Mexico national football team and giants América, which can seat 91,653 fans, making it the biggest stadium in Latin America. The Olympic Stadium in Ciudad ... | How many fans does Azteca Stadium hold? | {'text': '91,653', 'answer_start': 229} |
32,253 | 31,911 | 57096d4bed30961900e840f2 | generic | The "Neo-Eriksonian" identity status paradigm emerged in later years[when?], driven largely by the work of James Marcia. This paradigm focuses upon the twin concepts of exploration and commitment. The central idea is that any individual's sense of identity is determined in large part by the explorations and commitments... | What identity status paradigm emerged due to the work of James Marcia? | {'text': 'Neo-Eriksonian', 'answer_start': 5} |
113,354 | 113,012 | 5ad4da4a5b96ef001a10a3d4 | generic | Major state highways include SR 94, which connects downtown with I-805, I-15 and East County; SR 163, which connects downtown with the northeast part of the city, intersects I-805 and merges with I-15 at Miramar; SR 52, which connects La Jolla with East County through Santee and SR 125; SR 56, which connects I-5 with I... | Where does SR 49 merge with I-15? | {'text': 'Miramar', 'answer_start': 204} |
65,684 | 65,342 | 5a21ba1c8a6e4f001aa08e83 | generic | One of the most influential works during this burgeoning period was Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, written between 1511–12 and published in 1532, after Machiavelli's death. That work, as well as The Discourses, a rigorous analysis of the classical period, did much to influence modern political thought in the West. A... | After what year did Jean-Jacques Rousseau die? | {'text': '1532', 'answer_start': 143} |
22,002 | 21,660 | 56ea90465a205f1900d6d343 | generic | In politics, corruption undermines democracy and good governance by flouting or even subverting formal processes. Corruption in elections and in the legislature reduces accountability and distorts representation in policymaking; corruption in the judiciary compromises the rule of law; and corruption in public administr... | What does corruption disregard in politics? | {'text': 'formal processes', 'answer_start': 96} |
123,753 | 123,411 | 57321b1ae17f3d1400422695 | generic | Between 1975 and 2009, Olympic Airways (known after 2003 as Olympic Airlines) was the country’s state-owned flag carrier, but financial problems led to its privatization and relaunch as Olympic Air in 2009. Both Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air have won awards for their services; in 2009 and 2011, Aegean Airlines was aw... | What was Olympic Airways known as after 2003? | {'text': 'Olympic Airlines', 'answer_start': 60} |
42,819 | 42,477 | 5ad2cb60d7d075001a42a27e | generic | New claims on Antarctica have been suspended since 1959 although Norway in 2015 formally defined Queen Maud Land as including the unclaimed area between it and the South Pole. Antarctica's status is regulated by the 1959 Antarctic Treaty and other related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System. Ant... | What 1995 treaty is Antarctica's status regulated by? | {'text': 'Antarctic Treaty', 'answer_start': 221} |
114,763 | 114,421 | 5a62a317f8d794001af1c17d | generic | In the United States, there was a movement to resettle American free blacks and freed slaves in Africa. The American Colonization Society was founded in 1816 in Washington, DC for this purpose, by a group of prominent politicians and slaveholders. But its membership grew to include mostly people who supported abolition... | Who preferred to live in the North? | {'text': 'Most African Americans', 'answer_start': 669} |
118,263 | 117,921 | 5730b7f28ab72b1400f9c6f2 | generic | The dry lands of Namibia were inhabited since early times by San, Damara, and Namaqua, and since about the 14th century AD by immigrating Bantu who came with the Bantu expansion. Most of the territory became a German Imperial protectorate in 1884 and remained a German colony until the end of World War I. In 1920, the L... | When did Namibia stop being a German colony? | {'text': 'end of World War I', 'answer_start': 286} |
5,353 | 5,011 | 56cf7e584df3c31400b0d858 | generic | Later in 2013, West launched a tirade on Twitter directed at talk show host Jimmy Kimmel after his ABC program Jimmy Kimmel Live! ran a sketch on September 25 involving two children re-enacting West's recent interview with Zane Lowe for BBC Radio 1 in which he calls himself the biggest rock star on the planet. Kimmel r... | What did Kanye demand from Jimmy Kimmel in regards to the sketch? | {'text': 'an apology', 'answer_start': 378} |
61,121 | 60,779 | 57278f1edd62a815002ea059 | generic | Judging relationships based on shared characters requires care, since plants may resemble one another through convergent evolution in which characters have arisen independently. Some euphorbias have leafless, rounded bodies adapted to water conservation similar to those of globular cacti, but characters such as the str... | How can two different plants acquire the same traits? | {'text': 'arisen independently', 'answer_start': 156} |
47,144 | 46,802 | 571a30bb10f8ca1400304f51 | generic | King County Metro provides frequent stop bus service within the city and surrounding county, as well as a South Lake Union Streetcar line between the South Lake Union neighborhood and Westlake Center in downtown. Seattle is one of the few cities in North America whose bus fleet includes electric trolleybuses. Sound Tra... | What organization runs the largest line of ferries in the US? | {'text': 'Washington State Ferries', 'answer_start': 652} |
53,167 | 52,825 | 572647a6dd62a815002e8054 | generic | Incandescent light bulbs come in a range of shapes and sizes. The names of the shapes may be slightly different in some regions. Many of these shapes have a designation consisting of one or more letters followed by one or more numbers, e.g. A55 or PAR38. The letters represent the shape of the bulb. The numbers represen... | What do the letters identify in a bulb shape designation? | {'text': 'the shape of the bulb', 'answer_start': 277} |
82,397 | 82,055 | 5acff24a77cf76001a6865da | generic | After the Xinhai Revolution (1911–12) toppled the Qing dynasty and the last Qing troops were escorted out of Tibet, the new Republic of China apologized for the actions of the Qing and offered to restore the Dalai Lama's title. The Dalai Lama refused any Chinese title and declared himself ruler of an independent Tibet.... | What revolution took place in 1913? | {'text': 'Xinhai Revolution', 'answer_start': 10} |
114,412 | 114,070 | 573041b7947a6a140053d358 | generic | Each team consists of a maximum of eleven players (excluding substitutes), one of whom must be the goalkeeper. Competition rules may state a minimum number of players required to constitute a team, which is usually seven. Goalkeepers are the only players allowed to play the ball with their hands or arms, provided they ... | What is the maximum amount of players allowed? | {'text': 'eleven', 'answer_start': 35} |
47,069 | 46,727 | 571a11c84faf5e1900b8a88c | generic | Seattle has been a regional center for the performing arts for many years. The century-old Seattle Symphony Orchestra is among the world's most recorded and performs primarily at Benaroya Hall. The Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet, which perform at McCaw Hall (opened 2003 on the site of the former Seattle Ope... | Where do the Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet perform? | {'text': 'McCaw Hall', 'answer_start': 259} |
1,032 | 690 | 56d4f63e2ccc5a1400d8338d | generic | On March 30, 2015, it was announced that Beyoncé is a co-owner, with various other music artists, in the music streaming service Tidal. The service specialises in lossless audio and high definition music videos. Beyoncé's husband Jay Z acquired the parent company of Tidal, Aspiro, in the first quarter of 2015. Includin... | Who acquired the parent company of the music service Beyoncé owns part of? | {'text': 'Jay Z', 'answer_start': 230} |
59,320 | 58,978 | 57269470dd62a815002e8a38 | generic | In February 1981, Queen travelled to South America as part of The Game Tour, and became the first major rock band to play in Latin American stadiums. The tour included five shows in Argentina, one of which drew the largest single concert crowd in Argentine history with an audience of 300,000 in Buenos Aires and two con... | What sold out venue did Queen play in Canada? | {'text': 'Montreal Forum', 'answer_start': 813} |
103,683 | 103,341 | 572ea13b03f9891900756864 | generic | Neptune also resembles Uranus in its magnetosphere, with a magnetic field strongly tilted relative to its rotational axis at 47° and offset at least 0.55 radii, or about 13500 km from the planet's physical centre. Before Voyager 2's arrival at Neptune, it was hypothesised that Uranus's tilted magnetosphere was the resu... | Where is Neptune's magnetic field offset from the physical centre? | {'text': '0.55 radii', 'answer_start': 149} |
5,941 | 5,599 | 56d2600c59d6e41400145f18 | generic | According to the Mahāsaccakasutta,[note 33] from the fourth jhana the Buddha gained bodhi. Yet, it is not clear what he was awakened to.[page needed] "Liberating insight" is a later addition to this text, and reflects a later development and understanding in early Buddhism.[page needed][page needed] The mentioning of t... | From which jhana did Buddha gain bodhi? | {'text': 'fourth', 'answer_start': 53} |
62,795 | 62,453 | 5a6684fdf038b7001ab0bf35 | generic | The Lempel–Ziv (LZ) compression methods are among the most popular algorithms for lossless storage. DEFLATE is a variation on LZ optimized for decompression speed and compression ratio, but compression can be slow. DEFLATE is used in PKZIP, Gzip and PNG. LZW (Lempel–Ziv–Welch) is used in GIF images. Also noteworthy is ... | What is a current LZ based CAB that does well? | {'text': 'Brotli', 'answer_start': 737} |
74,587 | 74,245 | 5a6fdc978abb0b001a675fca | generic | France started the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), and was defeated by the Kingdom of Prussia and other German states. The end of the war led to the unification of Germany. Otto von Bismarck annexed Alsace and northern Lorraine to the new German Empire in 1871; unlike other members states of the German federation, which... | Who allied with France against Germany? | {'text': 'Prussia', 'answer_start': 85} |
83,955 | 83,613 | 572883f82ca10214002da438 | generic | The Pala Empire (Bengali: পাল সাম্রাজ্য Pal Samrajyô) flourished during the Classical period of India, and may be dated during 750–1174 CE. Founded by Gopala I, it was ruled by a Buddhist dynasty from Bengal in the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent. Though the Palas were followers of the Mahayana and Tantric sc... | What ruler founded the Pala dynasty? | {'text': 'Gopala I', 'answer_start': 151} |
12,357 | 12,015 | 5a5ad3d09c0277001abe71c7 | generic | Although less common than in earlier periods, in modern times, formal charges of heresy within Christian churches still occur. Issues in the Protestant churches have included modern biblical criticism and the nature of God. In the Catholic Church, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith criticizes writings for "... | What churches have issues with modern bibles> | {'text': 'Protestant churches', 'answer_start': 141} |
77,507 | 77,165 | 5727d399ff5b5019007d9637 | generic | The normal commercial disc is engraved with two sound-bearing concentric spiral grooves, one on each side, running from the outside edge towards the center. The last part of the spiral meets an earlier part to form a circle. The sound is encoded by fine variations in the edges of the groove that cause a stylus (needle)... | How is sound encoded on a commercial disc? | {'text': 'by fine variations', 'answer_start': 246} |
76,842 | 76,500 | 5a7f96c048f7d9001a0637bd | generic | The Supreme Court is the highest court in Ireland. It has authority to interpret the constitution, and strike down laws and activities of the state that it finds to be unconstitutional. It is also the highest authority in the interpretation of the law. Constitutionally it must have authority to interpret the constituti... | The lower courts are made of a Chief Justice and how many other judges? | {'text': 'seven', 'answer_start': 480} |
86,114 | 85,772 | 5ad3413c604f3c001a3fdbf5 | generic | At its press conference at the 2007 Tokyo Game Show, Sony announced DualShock 3 (trademarked DUALSHOCK 3), a PlayStation 3 controller with the same function and design as Sixaxis, but with vibration capability included. Hands-on accounts describe the controller as being noticeably heavier than the standard Sixaxis cont... | What did many people who handled the DualShock 2 say it was compared to the Sixaxis? | {'text': 'heavier', 'answer_start': 282} |
454 | 112 | 56be8fdf3aeaaa14008c90dc | generic | In July 2002, Beyoncé continued her acting career playing Foxxy Cleopatra alongside Mike Myers in the comedy film, Austin Powers in Goldmember, which spent its first weekend atop the US box office and grossed $73 million. Beyoncé released "Work It Out" as the lead single from its soundtrack album which entered the top ... | Beyonce starred with Cuba Gooding Jr. in which film? | {'text': 'The Fighting Temptations', 'answer_start': 431} |
28,121 | 27,779 | 56fb7d7a8ddada1400cd6477 | generic | Under the Capetian dynasty France slowly began to expand its authority over the nobility, growing out of the Île-de-France to exert control over more of the country in the 11th and 12th centuries. They faced a powerful rival in the Dukes of Normandy, who in 1066 under William the Conqueror (duke 1035–1087), conquered E... | When did Robert Guiscard die? | {'text': '1085', 'answer_start': 522} |
27,845 | 27,503 | 56faeb678f12f319006302c5 | generic | Xalwo (halva) is a popular confection eaten during festive occasions, such as Eid celebrations or wedding receptions. It is made from sugar, corn starch, cardamom powder, nutmeg powder and ghee. Peanuts are also sometimes added to enhance texture and flavor. After meals, homes are traditionally perfumed using frankince... | What is another term for xalwo? | {'text': 'halva', 'answer_start': 7} |
102,021 | 101,679 | 57316b98e6313a140071cf28 | generic | In 1977, Gaddafi dissolved the Republic and created a new socialist state, the Jamahiriya ("state of the masses"). Officially adopting a symbolic role in governance, he retained power as military commander-in-chief and head of the Revolutionary Committees responsible for policing and suppressing opponents. Overseeing u... | In what year did the United states bomb Libya? | {'text': '1986', 'answer_start': 617} |
44,712 | 44,370 | 570ffadea58dae1900cd67a8 | generic | From at least the late nineteenth century in Europe, there was speculation that the range of human sexual response looked more like a continuum than two or three discrete categories. Berlin sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld published a scheme in 1896 that measured the strength of an individual's sexual desire on two indepen... | On the ten point scale what would an asexual person be considered as? | {'text': 'an asexual would be A0, B0', 'answer_start': 459} |
124,926 | 124,584 | 57324da80fdd8d15006c6942 | generic | The Germans launched a surprise counter offensive, in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, which the Allies turned back in early 1945 after Eisenhower repositioned his armies and improved weather allowed the Air Force to engage. German defenses continued to deteriorate on both the eastern front with the Soviets an... | What German city did the British wish to conquer? | {'text': 'Berlin', 'answer_start': 376} |
71,761 | 71,419 | 57271883dd62a815002e98ed | generic | The arrangement of plates and dielectric has many variations depending on the desired ratings of the capacitor. For small values of capacitance (microfarads and less), ceramic disks use metallic coatings, with wire leads bonded to the coating. Larger values can be made by multiple stacks of plates and disks. Larger val... | How are larger value capacitors often constructed? | {'text': 'multiple stacks of plates and disks', 'answer_start': 273} |
95,487 | 95,145 | 572a3ff81d0469140077988a | generic | Private CBC affiliates are not as common as they were in the past, as many such stations have been purchased either by the CBC itself or by Canwest Global or CHUM Limited, respectively becoming E! or A-Channel (later A, now CTV Two) stations. One private CBC affiliate, CHBC-TV in Kelowna, joined E! (then known as CH) o... | CJFC, CHAT, and CKPG are owned by whom? | {'text': 'Jim Pattison Group', 'answer_start': 979} |
106,182 | 105,840 | 572fa4aeb2c2fd1400568289 | generic | Modern archaeology has led to the discovery of Han artwork portraying inventions which were otherwise absent in Han literary sources. As observed in Han miniature tomb models, but not in literary sources, the crank handle was used to operate the fans of winnowing machines that separated grain from chaff. The odometer c... | What has allowed us to discover long lost inventions of the Han era? | {'text': 'artwork', 'answer_start': 51} |
25,269 | 24,927 | 56f8d0969e9bad19000a058c | generic | DNA replication is for the most part extremely accurate, however errors (mutations) do occur.:7.6 The error rate in eukaryotic cells can be as low as 10−8 per nucleotide per replication, whereas for some RNA viruses it can be as high as 10−3. This means that each generation, each human genome accumulates 1–2 new mutati... | What can larger mutations be caused by? | {'text': 'errors in recombination', 'answer_start': 720} |
100,923 | 100,581 | 572f5b9da23a5019007fc595 | generic | In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these e... | When did the Sex Pistols break up? | {'text': '1978', 'answer_start': 448} |
43,510 | 43,168 | 5ad0daad645df0001a2d06c6 | generic | Football and cycling are the most popular sports in Eritrea. In recent years, Eritrean athletes have also seen increasing success in the international arena. Zersenay Tadese, an Eritrean athlete, currently holds the world record in half marathon distance running. The Tour of Eritrea, a multi-stage international cycling... | Who won the 2012 Vuelta a Espana? | {'text': 'Merhawi Kudus', 'answer_start': 949} |
61,316 | 60,974 | 5726e38cf1498d1400e8eee2 | generic | Madonna released the song "Hey You" for the Live Earth series of concerts. The song was available as a free download during its first week of release. She also performed it at the London Live Earth concert. Madonna announced her departure from Warner Bros. Records, and a new $120 million, ten-year 360 deal with Live Na... | What song did Madonna release for the Live Earth series of concerts? | {'text': 'Hey You', 'answer_start': 27} |
76,270 | 75,928 | 5727ccf12ca10214002d96b6 | generic | Beginning in February 1988, the Democratic Movement of Moldova (formerly Moldavia) organized public meetings, demonstrations, and song festivals, which gradually grew in size and intensity. In the streets, the center of public manifestations was the Stephen the Great Monument in Chişinău, and the adjacent park harborin... | What was Moldova's previous name? | {'text': 'Moldavia', 'answer_start': 73} |
81,374 | 81,032 | 572836863acd2414000df719 | generic | The 2011 census showed that 36.7 per cent of Greater London's population were born outside the UK. The table to the right shows the 30 most common countries of birth of London residents in 2011, the date of the last published UK Census. A portion of the German-born population are likely to be British nationals born to ... | When was the most recent UK census published? | {'text': '2011', 'answer_start': 4} |
91,585 | 91,243 | 5729315c3f37b319004780d1 | generic | Kaszycka et al. (2009) in 2002–2003 surveyed European anthropologists' opinions toward the biological race concept. Three factors, country of academic education, discipline, and age, were found to be significant in differentiating the replies. Those educated in Western Europe, physical anthropologists, and middle-aged ... | What years did Kaszycka survey Eureopean anthropolgists' opinions toward the biological race concept? | {'text': '2002–2003', 'answer_start': 26} |
48,305 | 47,963 | 571ab82810f8ca140030531c | generic | On 2 July 2012, GlaxoSmithKline pleaded guilty to criminal charges and agreed to a $3 billion settlement of the largest health-care fraud case in the U.S. and the largest payment by a drug company. The settlement is related to the company's illegal promotion of prescription drugs, its failure to report safety data, bri... | What drugs were related to a kickback scheme? | {'text': 'Imitrex, Lotronex, Flovent, and Valtrex', 'answer_start': 526} |
7,663 | 7,321 | 56d9749adc89441400fdb4a3 | generic | Hong Kong: The event was held in Hong Kong on May 2. In the ceremony held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Chief Executive Donald Tsang handed the torch to the first torchbearer, Olympic medalist Lee Lai Shan. The torch relay then traveled through Nathan Road, Lantau Link, Sha Tin (crossed Shing Mun ... | Where did the torch relay end in Hong Kong? | {'text': 'Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai', 'answer_start': 521} |
43,768 | 43,426 | 570e432f0dc6ce1900204ee2 | generic | The major application of uranium in the military sector is in high-density penetrators. This ammunition consists of depleted uranium (DU) alloyed with 1–2% other elements, such as titanium or molybdenum. At high impact speed, the density, hardness, and pyrophoricity of the projectile enable the destruction of heavily a... | What percentage of high-density penetrators is not made up of depleted uranium? | {'text': '1–2%', 'answer_start': 151} |
74,361 | 74,019 | 572bad4734ae481900deaed8 | generic | The New Haven Division buses follow routes that had originally been covered by trolley service. Horse-drawn steetcars began operating in New Haven in the 1860s, and by the mid-1890s all the lines had become electric. In the 1920s and 1930s, some of the trolley lines began to be replaced by bus lines, with the last trol... | Before 20th century, what was the form of public transportation in the city? | {'text': 'Horse-drawn steetcars', 'answer_start': 96} |
77,341 | 76,999 | 572799a9dd62a815002ea1b0 | generic | The playing time of a phonograph record depended on the turntable speed and the groove spacing. At the beginning of the 20th century, the early discs played for two minutes, the same as early cylinder records. The 12-inch disc, introduced by Victor in 1903, increased the playing time to three and a half minutes. Becaus... | How many recordings did Kind Oliver's Creole Jazz band require? | {'text': '13', 'answer_start': 645} |
25,292 | 24,950 | 56f8d9269e9bad19000a05f5 | generic | The most common source of new genes in eukaryotic lineages is gene duplication, which creates copy number variation of an existing gene in the genome. The resulting genes (paralogs) may then diverge in sequence and in function. Sets of genes formed in this way comprise a gene family. Gene duplications and losses within... | What type of copy can gene duplication sometimes result in? | {'text': 'nonfunctional', 'answer_start': 444} |
2,468 | 2,126 | 5a8d867bdf8bba001a0f9add | generic | The context-sensitive button mechanic allows one button to serve a variety of functions, such as talking, opening doors, and pushing, pulling, and throwing objects.[e] The on-screen display shows what action, if any, the button will trigger, determined by the situation. For example, if Link is holding a rock, the conte... | What shows what action the rock will trigger? | {'text': 'on-screen display', 'answer_start': 172} |
120,858 | 120,516 | 573155a6a5e9cc1400cdbea6 | generic | In Central Africa, Ndembu warriors rub themselves with red paint during celebrations. Since their culture sees the color as a symbol of life and health, sick people are also painted with it. Like most Central African cultures, the Ndembu see red as ambivalent, better than black but not as good as white. In other parts ... | What does the Ndembu culture believe red symbolizes? | {'text': 'life and health', 'answer_start': 136} |
121,360 | 121,018 | 57316e2b497a881900248ed5 | generic | Southern Italy was also part of the Norman kingdom but great mosaics did not survive in this area except the fine mosaic pavement of the Otranto Cathedral from 1166, with mosaics tied into a tree of life, mostly still preserved. The scenes depict biblical characters, warrior kings, medieval beasts, allegories of the mo... | The mosaics in churches of Ravello prove what? | {'text': 'mosaic art was widespread', 'answer_start': 492} |
127,284 | 126,942 | 5733f7b64776f419006615e5 | generic | Jonassohn and Björnson postulate that the major reason why no single generally accepted genocide definition has emerged is because academics have adjusted their focus to emphasise different periods and have found it expedient to use slightly different definitions to help them interpret events. For example, Frank Chalk ... | What writer joined Jonassohn in the study of the whole of human history? | {'text': 'Frank Chalk', 'answer_start': 308} |
89,960 | 89,618 | 5ad40de5604f3c001a4000f9 | generic | Alaska's economy depends heavily on increasingly expensive diesel fuel for heating, transportation, electric power and light. Though wind and hydroelectric power are abundant and underdeveloped, proposals for statewide energy systems (e.g. with special low-cost electric interties) were judged uneconomical (at the time ... | How much does gas cost in Alaska, in comparison to the international average? | {'text': '30–60¢ higher', 'answer_start': 481} |
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