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73,444 | 73,102 | 5ad41831604f3c001a4003e7 | generic | Frederick Lynch, the author of Invisible Victims: White Males and the Crisis of Affirmative Action, did a study on white males that said they were victims of reverse discrimination. Lynch explains that these white men felt frustrated and unfairly victimized by affirmative action. Shelby Steele, another author against a... | What book did Frederick Lynch burn? | {'text': 'Invisible Victims: White Males and the Crisis of Affirmative Action', 'answer_start': 31} |
70,625 | 70,283 | 572959183f37b31900478297 | generic | Many sports popular today were formalised by British Public schools and universities in the 19th century. These schools produced the civil servants and military and naval officers required to build and maintain the British empire, and team sports were considered a vital tool for training their students to think and act... | Who created and popularized many of the sports that we love today? | {'text': 'British Public schools and universities in the 19th century', 'answer_start': 45} |
100,714 | 100,372 | 572c86e9dfb02c14005c6ba3 | generic | Major corporations with headquarters in Tennessee include FedEx, AutoZone and International Paper, all based in Memphis; Pilot Corporation and Regal Entertainment Group, based in Knoxville; Eastman Chemical Company, based in Kingsport; the North American headquarters of Nissan Motor Company, based in Franklin; Hospital... | Which company has a $2 billion production plant in Bradley County? | {'text': 'Wacker Chemie', 'answer_start': 544} |
44,625 | 44,283 | 5710240aa58dae1900cd690b | generic | In a speech on 24 November 1992, to mark the 40th anniversary of her accession, Elizabeth called 1992 her annus horribilis, meaning horrible year. In March, her second son, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and his wife, Sarah, separated; in April, her daughter, Princess Anne, divorced Captain Mark Phillips; during a state ... | What did Elizabeth call her past year? | {'text': 'annus horribilis', 'answer_start': 106} |
89,644 | 89,302 | 5728c5e62ca10214002da780 | generic | In 1999, Estonia experienced its worst year economically since it regained independence in 1991, largely because of the impact of the 1998 Russian financial crisis.[citation needed] Estonia joined the WTO in November 1999. With assistance from the European Union, the World Bank and the Nordic Investment Bank, Estonia c... | What was the worst economic year for Estonia after winning independence? | {'text': '1999', 'answer_start': 3} |
22,503 | 22,161 | 56f6fb8f711bf01900a448be | generic | The Slavic autonym is reconstructed in Proto-Slavic as *Slověninъ, plural *Slověne. The oldest documents written in Old Church Slavonic and dating from the 9th century attest Словѣне Slověne to describe the Slavs. Other early Slavic attestations include Old East Slavic Словѣнѣ Slověně for "an East Slavic group near Nov... | Who wrote about the Slavs in Byzantine Greek in the 6th century? | {'text': 'Procopius', 'answer_start': 444} |
17,826 | 17,484 | 56e15ab9e3433e1400422df5 | generic | Because of the city's prominent role in the American Revolution, several historic sites relating to that period are preserved as part of the Boston National Historical Park. Many are found along the Freedom Trail, which is marked by a red line of bricks embedded in the ground. The city is also home to several art museu... | What is one of the oldest libraries in the US? | {'text': 'The Boston Athenaeum', 'answer_start': 632} |
102,251 | 101,909 | 57317c2b497a881900248f7b | generic | In September 1975, Gaddafi purged the army, arresting around 200 senior officers, and in October he founded the clandestine Office for the Security of the Revolution. In 1976, student demonstrations broke out in Tripoli and Benghazi, and were attacked by police and Gaddafist students. The RCC responded with mass arrest... | In what year was the Office for the Security of the Revolution founded? | {'text': '1975', 'answer_start': 13} |
93,649 | 93,307 | 5a67209ff038b7001ab0c224 | generic | Mass production of glass window panes in the early twentieth century caused a similar effect. In glass factories, molten glass was poured onto a large cooling table and allowed to spread. The resulting glass is thicker at the location of the pour, located at the center of the large sheet. These sheets were cut into sma... | What was poured onto a large window pane? | {'text': 'molten glass', 'answer_start': 114} |
19,639 | 19,297 | 5a78c7cab73996001af5b1e1 | generic | Since 2004, through the V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership, the RIBA and V&A have worked together to promote the understanding and enjoyment of architecture. | Who has never worked together? | {'text': 'the RIBA and V&A', 'answer_start': 61} |
122,591 | 122,249 | 5731b510e99e3014001e61f0 | generic | ^Note 5: The North Carolina Constitution of 1776 disestablished the Anglican church, but until 1835 the NC Constitution allowed only Protestants to hold public office. From 1835-1876 it allowed only Christians (including Catholics) to hold public office. Article VI, Section 8 of the current NC Constitution forbids only... | When did the North Carolina Constitution disestablish the Anglican church? | {'text': '1776', 'answer_start': 44} |
121,670 | 121,328 | 5a77a302b73996001af5a4c1 | generic | Although the structural model provided by the University of Paris, where student members are controlled by faculty "masters," provided a standard for universities, the application of this model took at least three different forms. There were universities that had a system of faculties whose teaching addressed a very sp... | What were the faculty who supervised students in Oxford called? | {'text': 'masters', 'answer_start': 116} |
121,214 | 120,872 | 57313a81a5e9cc1400cdbd5b | generic | Mosaic has a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Pebble mosaics were made in Tiryns in Mycenean Greece; mosaics with patterns and pictures became widespread in classical times, both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Early Christian basilicas from the 4th century onwards were decorated with... | When did mosaic fall out of fashion? | {'text': 'the Renaissance', 'answer_start': 599} |
41,683 | 41,341 | 570d2d61b3d812140066d4ed | generic | GE (General Electric) Energy's renewable energy business has expanded greatly, to keep up with growing U.S. and global demand for clean energy. Since entering the renewable energy industry in 2002, GE has invested more than $850 million in renewable energy commercialization. In August 2008 it acquired Kelman Ltd, a Nor... | In what year did GE enter the renewable energy industry? | {'text': '2002', 'answer_start': 192} |
20,868 | 20,526 | 56e79d2300c9c71400d773c2 | generic | In 2003, the season expanded to 16 games. There were also several rule changes in this period. In 2005, players were no longer allowed to run out of bounds. The only way for a player to go out of bounds presently is if he is tackled into or deliberately contacts the side boards. This was also the first year the ArenaBo... | What year introduced the free substitution rule? | {'text': '2007', 'answer_start': 356} |
34,966 | 34,624 | 570a7f606d058f1900182ebb | generic | Everton were founder members of the Premier League in 1992, but struggled to find the right manager. Howard Kendall had returned in 1990 but could not repeat his previous success, while his successor, Mike Walker, was statistically the least successful Everton manager to date. When former Everton player Joe Royle took ... | What year did Howard Kendall return to manage Everton? | {'text': '1990', 'answer_start': 132} |
102,515 | 102,173 | 572e8261c246551400ce4286 | generic | The island would serve Britain as a key military base for its colonial routes. By 1906, when the Famagusta harbour was completed, Cyprus was a strategic naval outpost overlooking the Suez Canal, the crucial main route to India which was then Britain's most important overseas possession. Following the outbreak of the Fi... | Cyprus was a naval outpost which overlooked what canal? | {'text': 'Suez Canal', 'answer_start': 183} |
123,486 | 123,144 | 5731e3480fdd8d15006c6605 | generic | The Palácio do Planalto is the official workplace of the President of Brazil. It is located at the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília. As the seat of government, the term "Planalto" is often used as a metonym for the executive branch of government. The main working office of the President of the Republic is in the Palá... | How many floors does the Planalto have? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 919} |
124,136 | 123,794 | 5a53cdfbbdaabd001a38673b | generic | Eric P. Hamp in his 2012 Indo-European family tree, groups the Armenian language along with Greek and Ancient Macedonian ("Helleno-Macedonian") in the Pontic Indo-European (also called Helleno-Armenian) subgroup. In Hamp's view the homeland of this subgroup is the northeast coast of the Black Sea and its hinterlands. H... | Into what language subgroup is Batumi categorized? | {'text': 'the Pontic Indo-European', 'answer_start': 147} |
69,324 | 68,982 | 5a7d034a70df9f001a874eee | generic | The formalist definition is that the history of "literature" foregrounds poetic effects; it is the "literariness" or "poeticity" of literature that distinguishes it from ordinary speech or other kinds of writing (e.g., journalism). Jim Meyer considers this a useful characteristic in explaining the use of the term to me... | What is one type of writing not included in the formalistic definition of literature? | {'text': 'journalism', 'answer_start': 219} |
95,485 | 95,143 | 572a3ff81d04691400779888 | 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... | Which affiliate left CBC due to an agreement with CHBC? | {'text': 'CFJC-TV in Kamloops', 'answer_start': 562} |
12,259 | 11,917 | 56de708f4396321400ee28e1 | generic | Constantine the Great, who along with Licinius had decreed toleration of Christianity in the Roman Empire by what is commonly called the "Edict of Milan", and was the first Roman Emperor baptized, set precedents for later policy. By Roman law the Emperor was Pontifex Maximus, the high priest of the College of Pontiffs ... | What was the high priest in the College of Pontiffs called? | {'text': 'Pontifex Maximus', 'answer_start': 259} |
14,445 | 14,103 | 56df9dbd4a1a83140091eb9a | generic | During a deposition filed for the 1887 trial, Italian inventor Antonio Meucci also claimed to have created the first working model of a telephone in Italy in 1834. In 1886, in the first of three cases in which he was involved, Meucci took the stand as a witness in the hopes of establishing his invention's priority. Meu... | At what company were Meucci's prototypes supposedly lost? | {'text': 'American District Telegraph (ADT)', 'answer_start': 480} |
124,980 | 124,638 | 57325772b9d445190005ea61 | generic | In the general election, against the advice of his advisors, Eisenhower insisted on campaigning in the South, refusing to surrender the region to the Democratic Party. The campaign strategy, dubbed "K1C2", was to focus on attacking the Truman and Roosevelt administrations on three issues: Korea, Communism and corruptio... | What was the strategy called that was used by Eisenhower's campaign? | {'text': 'K1C2', 'answer_start': 199} |
3,003 | 2,661 | 56cde1d962d2951400fa6958 | generic | Filming started in Austria in December 2014, with production taking in the area around Sölden—including the Ötztal Glacier Road, Rettenbach glacier and the adjacent ski resort and cable car station—and Obertilliach and Lake Altaussee, before concluding in February 2015. Scenes filmed in Austria centred on the Ice Q Res... | What part of his body did Craig injure? | {'text': 'knee', 'answer_start': 600} |
114,649 | 114,307 | 5a1389b6c8eab200188dc9c6 | generic | In towns even most better-off people lived in terraced houses, which typically opened straight onto the street, often with a few steps up to the door. There was often an open space, protected by iron railings, dropping down to the basement level, with a discreet entrance down steps off the street for servants and deliv... | What were put behind the house on the same level? | {'text': 'gardens or yards', 'answer_start': 627} |
4,246 | 3,904 | 56cf578daab44d1400b8908a | generic | Major tourist destinations include Times Square; Broadway theater productions; the Empire State Building; the Statue of Liberty; Ellis Island; the United Nations Headquarters; museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art; greenspaces such as Central Park and Washington Square Park; Rockefeller Center; the Manhattan C... | What company sponsors the Thanksgiving Day parade? | {'text': "Macy's", 'answer_start': 445} |
39,160 | 38,818 | 570c2e35ec8fbc190045bd40 | generic | Despite its domestic focus, the FBI also maintains a significant international footprint, operating 60 Legal Attache (LEGAT) offices and 15 sub-offices in U.S. embassies and consulates across the globe. These overseas offices exist primarily for the purpose of coordination with foreign security services and do not usua... | Why does the FBI operate LEGAT offices? | {'text': 'coordination with foreign security services', 'answer_start': 261} |
119,670 | 119,328 | 5731239605b4da19006bcde6 | generic | In addition to those contemporary great powers mentioned above, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Malik Mohan consider India to be a great power too. Although unlike the contemporary great powers who have long been considered so, India's recognition among authorities as a great power is comparatively recent. However, there is no... | Zbigniew Brzezinski and Malik Mohan consider what country to be a great power too? | {'text': 'India', 'answer_start': 109} |
1,583 | 1,241 | 56cfe6cf234ae51400d9c03d | generic | In London Chopin took lodgings at Dover Street, where the firm of Broadwood provided him with a grand piano. At his first engagement, on 15 May at Stafford House, the audience included Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The Prince, who was himself a talented musician, moved close to the keyboard to view Chopin's techniq... | Where was Chopin's initial performance? | {'text': 'Stafford House', 'answer_start': 147} |
130,429 | 130,087 | 5a6b9825a9e0c9001a4e9f94 | generic | Tobacco smoking (including secondhand smoke) and short-term exposure to air pollution such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide (but not ozone) have been associated with MI. Other factors that increase the risk of MI and are associated with worse outcomes after an MI include lack of physical activit... | Increased physical activity is bad for what? | {'text': 'the risk of MI', 'answer_start': 222} |
77,680 | 77,338 | 5a82319f31013a001a3352b0 | generic | Historically, the channel's programming consisted mainly of featured classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. Pictures (covering films released before 1950) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986). However,... | Up until what month and year of release are films from TCM part of the Turner Entertainment Library? | {'text': 'May 1986', 'answer_start': 301} |
33,820 | 33,478 | 5709a923ed30961900e843d1 | 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 monetary value does a dime hold? | {'text': 'one-tenth of a dollar', 'answer_start': 275} |
16,261 | 15,919 | 56e0f68f7aa994140058e836 | generic | The Soviet Union duplicated its dual-launch feat with Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 (June 16, 1963). This time they launched the first woman (also the first civilian), Valentina Tereshkova, into space on Vostok 6. Launching a woman was reportedly Korolev's idea, and it was accomplished purely for propaganda value. Tereshkova w... | The first woman to launch into space was on what date? | {'text': 'June 16, 1963', 'answer_start': 77} |
71,276 | 70,934 | 5726d883708984140094d344 | generic | On 21 September, the Soviets and Germans signed a formal agreement coordinating military movements in Poland, including the "purging" of saboteurs. A joint German–Soviet parade was held in Lvov and Brest-Litovsk, while the countries commanders met in the latter location. Stalin had decided in August that he was going t... | Where did the Nazi and Russian leaders meet to discuss what to do with Poland? | {'text': 'Brest-Litovsk', 'answer_start': 198} |
53,946 | 53,604 | 57268becf1498d1400e8e361 | generic | The official Cubs team mascot is a young bear cub, named Clark, described by the team's press release as a young and friendly Cub. Clark made his debut at Advocate Health Care on January 13, 2014, the same day as the press release announcing his installation as the club's first ever official physical mascot. The bear c... | What is the official Cubs team mascot's name? | {'text': 'Clark', 'answer_start': 57} |
64,570 | 64,228 | 57276c8df1498d1400e8f7ba | generic | At the end of the Late Middle Ages, professional actors began to appear in England and Europe. Richard III and Henry VII both maintained small companies of professional actors. Their plays were performed in the Great Hall of a nobleman's residence, often with a raised platform at one end for the audience and a "screen"... | Which Late Middle Age English kings kept their own troupes of professional actors? | {'text': 'Richard III and Henry VII', 'answer_start': 95} |
63,751 | 63,409 | 5acf8d5577cf76001a685204 | generic | The usefulness of the canals was short-lived, though some have now been restored for recreation. The 19th century also saw the construction of railways to and through Somerset. The county was served by five pre-1923 Grouping railway companies: the Great Western Railway (GWR); a branch of the Midland Railway (MR) to Bat... | Who now owns the West Somerset Railway? | {'text': 'Grouping railway companies', 'answer_start': 216} |
97,560 | 97,218 | 572a46351d046914007798bf | generic | Prevention of infectious diarrhea is by improved sanitation, clean drinking water, and hand washing with soap. Breastfeeding for at least six months is also recommended as is vaccination against rotavirus. Oral rehydration solution (ORS), which is clean water with modest amounts of salts and sugar, is the treatment of ... | What is the treatment of choice for diarrhea? | {'text': 'Oral rehydration solution (ORS), which is clean water with modest amounts of salts and sugar', 'answer_start': 206} |
127,287 | 126,945 | 5a69a4ed5ce1a5001a96964e | 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 two writers examined the lack of an accepted and singular definition for academics? | {'text': 'Jonassohn and Björnson', 'answer_start': 0} |
68,701 | 68,359 | 57271739f1498d1400e8f389 | generic | The state of obesity clearly contributes to insulin resistance, which in turn can cause type 2 diabetes. Virtually all obese and most type 2 diabetic individuals have marked insulin resistance. Although the association between overweight and insulin resistance is clear, the exact (likely multifarious) causes of insulin... | Appropriate exercise and reducing glycemic load are two examples of ways to stimulate which process? | {'text': 'reverse insulin resistance', 'answer_start': 505} |
18,572 | 18,230 | 56e43be78c00841900fbaf51 | generic | Estonian language planners such as Ado Grenzstein (a journalist active in Estonia in the 1870s–90s) tried to use formation ex nihilo, Urschöpfung; i.e. they created new words out of nothing. | What is another term for making up words from nothing? | {'text': 'formation ex nihilo', 'answer_start': 113} |
109,350 | 109,008 | 5ace3ada32bba1001ae49f8f | generic | Washington University's sports teams are called the Bears. They are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and participate in the University Athletic Association at the Division III level. The Bears have won 19 NCAA Division III Championships— one in women's cross country (2011), one in men's tennis (2... | how many men's volleyball NCAA Division III championships have they won? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 364} |
38,283 | 37,941 | 5a6505fac2b11c001a425b9d | generic | With the other special characters and control codes filled in, ASCII was published as ASA X3.4-1963, leaving 28 code positions without any assigned meaning, reserved for future standardization, and one unassigned control code.:66, 245 There was some debate at the time whether there should be more control characters rat... | How many code positions were left lowercase for future standardization? | {'text': '28 code positions', 'answer_start': 109} |
63,349 | 63,007 | 5a7116a20efcfe001a8afd35 | generic | In order to reduce negative impacts, it is desirable that pesticides be degradable or at least quickly deactivated in the environment. Such loss of activity or toxicity of pesticides is due to both innate chemical properties of the compounds and environmental processes or conditions. For example, the presence of haloge... | What slows the movement of microbes? | {'text': 'Adsorption to soil', 'answer_start': 407} |
6,682 | 6,340 | 56d3847159d6e414001465fe | generic | Theories given for the success of Southerners on Idol have been: more versatility with musical genres, as the Southern U.S. is home to several music genre scenes; not having as many opportunities to break into the pop music business; text-voting due to the South having the highest percentage of cell-phone only househol... | What state is Taylor Hicks from? | {'text': 'Alabama', 'answer_start': 665} |
79,809 | 79,467 | 5a7e939748f7d9001a063767 | generic | Hurling and football are the most popular spectator sports in the city. Hurling has a strong identity with city and county – with Cork winning 30 All-Ireland Championships. Gaelic football is also popular, and Cork has won 7 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles. There are many Gaelic Athletic Association clu... | What is another name for women's gaelic football? | {'text': 'Camogie', 'answer_start': 558} |
91,355 | 91,013 | 5728c94a2ca10214002da7c6 | generic | There is a wide consensus that the racial categories that are common in everyday usage are socially constructed, and that racial groups cannot be biologically defined. Nonetheless, some scholars argue that racial categories obviously correlate with biological traits (e.g. phenotype) to some degree, and that certain gen... | What type of group can't be biologically defined? | {'text': 'racial', 'answer_start': 122} |
24,402 | 24,060 | 56f8274ca6d7ea1400e1742f | generic | On April 26, 1496 King John I Albert granted the Privilege of Piotrków (Polish: "Przywilej piotrkowski", "konstytucja piotrkowska" or "statuty piotrkowskie"), increasing the nobility's feudal power over serfs. It bound the peasant to the land, as only one son (not the eldest) was permitted to leave the village; townsfo... | Who granted the privilege of Piotrkow? | {'text': 'King John I Albert', 'answer_start': 18} |
10,858 | 10,516 | 5acfaf0977cf76001a685842 | generic | In Renaissance Europe, from about 1400 onwards, there was a revival of Classical learning accompanied by the development of Renaissance Humanism which placed greater emphasis on the role of the individual in society than had been the case during the Medieval period. Buildings were ascribed to specific architects – Brun... | What was developed before 1400? | {'text': 'Renaissance Humanism', 'answer_start': 124} |
45,035 | 44,693 | 5ad36d16604f3c001a3fe1e1 | generic | On August 17, 2007, Dell Inc. announced that after an internal investigation into its accounting practices it would restate and reduce earnings from 2003 through to the first quarter of 2007 by a total amount of between $50 million and $150 million, or 2 cents to 7 cents per share. The investigation, begun in November ... | What year did Dell's external investigation begin? | {'text': '2006', 'answer_start': 320} |
113,866 | 113,524 | 573032da947a6a140053d278 | generic | In 2004, a large share of natural gas reserves in Iran were untapped. The addition of new hydroelectric stations and the streamlining of conventional coal and oil-fired stations increased installed capacity to 33,000 megawatts. Of that amount, about 75% was based on natural gas, 18% on oil, and 7% on hydroelectric powe... | When did Iran open its first wind-powered plants? | {'text': '2004', 'answer_start': 326} |
10,661 | 10,319 | 5ad39f4a604f3c001a3fe957 | generic | An example of the first view is the regulation of attorneys and judges, and the establishment of rules for the conduct of the courts, by the Congress and in the states the legislatures. Although in practice these matters are delegated to the Supreme Court, the Congress holds these powers and delegates them to the Supre... | In practice, what is delegated to Congress? | {'text': 'regulation of attorneys and judges, and the establishment of rules for the conduct of the courts,', 'answer_start': 36} |
11,758 | 11,416 | 56dec2483277331400b4d713 | generic | Schwarzenegger's endorsement in the Republican primary of the 2008 U.S. presidential election was highly sought; despite being good friends with candidates Rudy Giuliani and Senator John McCain, Schwarzenegger remained neutral throughout 2007 and early 2008. Giuliani dropped out of the presidential race on January 30, ... | On which two major issues did McCain and Schwarzenegger publicly agree? | {'text': 'the environment and economy', 'answer_start': 811} |
74,529 | 74,187 | 5a6fd4f28abb0b001a675f83 | generic | In 1469, following the Treaty of St. Omer, Upper Alsace was sold by Archduke Sigismund of Austria to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Although Charles was the nominal landlord, taxes were paid to Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. The latter was able to use this tax and a dynastic marriage to his advantage to gain b... | What did Charles the Bold sell to Archduke Sigismund? | {'text': 'Upper Alsace', 'answer_start': 43} |
108,883 | 108,541 | 572f417d04bcaa1900d767e2 | generic | Santa Monica is one of the most environmentally activist municipalities in the nation. The city first proposed its Sustainable City Plan in 1992 and in 1994, was one of the first cities in the nation to formally adopt a comprehensive sustainability plan, setting waste reduction and water conservation policies for both ... | What percent of the bus systems use alternate fuels? | {'text': '100%', 'answer_start': 506} |
89,591 | 89,249 | 5728bc254b864d1900164d16 | generic | Estonia has pursued the development of the e-state and e-government. Internet voting is used in elections in Estonia. The first internet voting took place in the 2005 local elections and the first in a parliamentary election was made available for the 2007 elections, in which 30,275 individuals voted over the internet.... | What year did the first internet vote occur in Estonia parliamentary elections? | {'text': '2007', 'answer_start': 252} |
9,273 | 8,931 | 5a1ce37a4ea40d0018b06f76 | generic | Beginning in the 18th century, the situation changed from more or less active persecution of religious services to a state of restricted toleration of other religions, as long as their services took place secretly in private churches. | During what period did services move to a state of tolerance? | {'text': 'Beginning in the 18th century', 'answer_start': 0} |
115,502 | 115,160 | 57328a33b3a91d1900202e2b | generic | Antibiotics are screened for any negative effects on humans or other mammals before approval for clinical use, and are usually considered safe and most are well tolerated. However, some antibiotics have been associated with a range of adverse side effects. Side-effects range from mild to very serious depending on the a... | Name some side-effects? | {'text': 'diarrhea', 'answer_start': 803} |
65,079 | 64,737 | 5726afd2dd62a815002e8cf7 | generic | The eastern arm shows considerable diversity. In England it is generally long and may have two distinct sections, both choir and presbytery. It is often square ended or has a projecting Lady Chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In France the eastern end is often polygonal and surrounded by a walkway called an ambulato... | Who is a projecting Lady Chapel dedicated to? | {'text': 'the Virgin Mary', 'answer_start': 212} |
9,367 | 9,025 | 56de27b94396321400ee2613 | generic | During mutualistic symbioses, the host cell lacks some of the nutrients, which are provided by the endosymbiont. As a result, the host favors endosymbiont's growth processes within itself by producing some specialized cells. These cells affect the genetic composition of the host in order to regulate the increasing popu... | In what manner are the described genetic alternations given to future generations? | {'text': 'vertical transmission', 'answer_start': 422} |
114,898 | 114,556 | 57302cecb2c2fd14005689e8 | generic | Liberia has the highest ratio of foreign direct investment to GDP in the world, with US$16 billion in investment since 2006. Following the inauguration of the Sirleaf administration in 2006, Liberia signed several multibillion-dollar concession agreements in the iron ore and palm oil industries with numerous multinatio... | How long has Firestone tire and rubber company ran a rubber plantation in Liberia? | {'text': 'since 1926', 'answer_start': 722} |
31,534 | 31,192 | 570a03776d058f1900182c6b | generic | In August 2005, Houston became a shelter to more than 150,000 people from New Orleans who evacuated from Hurricane Katrina. One month later, approximately 2.5 million Houston area residents evacuated when Hurricane Rita approached the Gulf Coast, leaving little damage to the Houston area. This was the largest urban eva... | When did Hurricane Ike hit the Houston area? | {'text': 'September 2008', 'answer_start': 368} |
31,717 | 31,375 | 570a9c204103511400d59891 | generic | The Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land MSA's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012 was $489 billion, making it the fourth-largest of any metropolitan area in the United States and larger than Austria's, Venezuela's, or South Africa's GDP. Only 26 countries other than the United States have a gross domestic product exceedi... | How much did oil and gas exploration and production make up Houston's gross product? | {'text': '26.3%', 'answer_start': 487} |
32,928 | 32,586 | 5a5cfad65e8782001a9d5e36 | generic | On October 3, 2010, Public Safety Canada unveiled Canada’s Cyber Security Strategy, following a Speech from the Throne commitment to boost the security of Canadian cyberspace. The aim of the strategy is to strengthen Canada’s "cyber systems and critical infrastructure sectors, support economic growth and protect Canadi... | When was Public Safety Canada founded? | {'text': '2010', 'answer_start': 14} |
43,248 | 42,906 | 5ad0af09645df0001a2d0041 | generic | The Aksumites erected a number of large stelae, which served a religious purpose in pre-Christian times. One of these granite columns, the obelisk of Aksum, is the largest such structure in the world, standing at 90 feet. Under Ezana (fl. 320–360), Aksum later adopted Christianity. In the 7th century, early Muslims fro... | How far above sea level is Mecca? | {'text': '90 feet', 'answer_start': 213} |
101 | 101 | 138413 | pubqa | In the winter and spring of 2011 a large outbreak of cryptosporidiosis occurred in Skellefte municipality, Sweden. This study summarizes the outbreak investigation in terms of outbreak size, duration, clinical characteristics, possible source(s) and the potential for earlier detection using calls to a health advice lin... | What is the location of the event?
| {'answer_id': 265063, 'document_id': 394251, 'question_id': 138413, 'text': 'Sweden', 'answer_start': 107, 'answer_category': 'SHORT'} |
58,223 | 57,881 | 5728a01c2ca10214002da4de | generic | BYU has designated energy conservation, products and materials, recycling, site planning and building design, student involvement, transportation, water conservation, and zero waste events as top priority categories in which to further its efforts to be an environmentally sustainable campus. The university has stated t... | How long after student campaigning did BYU begin recycling plastics? | {'text': 'a year', 'answer_start': 975} |
93,717 | 93,375 | 572920e0af94a219006aa0c8 | generic | Equivalently, the smallness of the Planck constant reflects the fact that everyday objects and systems are made of a large number of particles. For example, green light with a wavelength of 555 nanometres (the approximate wavelength to which human eyes are most sensitive) has a frequency of 7014540000000000000♠540 THz ... | How is the energy from one mole of photos computed? | {'text': 'by multiplying the photon energy by the Avogadro constant', 'answer_start': 730} |
5,034 | 4,692 | 56cfb40b234ae51400d9bea5 | generic | In 2011, the International Energy Agency said that "the development of affordable, inexhaustible and clean solar energy technologies will have huge longer-term benefits. It will increase countries’ energy security through reliance on an indigenous, inexhaustible and mostly import-independent resource, enhance sustainab... | What should the cost of incentives for producing solar energy be considered? | {'text': 'learning investments', 'answer_start': 557} |
33,047 | 32,705 | 5a5cb9315e8782001a9d5d85 | generic | An unauthorized user gaining physical access to a computer is most likely able to directly download data from it. They may also compromise security by making operating system modifications, installing software worms, keyloggers, or covert listening devices. Even when the system is protected by standard security measure... | What is the name of a program designed to attack a computer? | {'text': 'Trusted Platform Module', 'answer_start': 460} |
122,253 | 121,911 | 5acd66ae07355d001abf40bd | generic | According to a story that has often been repeated in the media, Hurley and Chen developed the idea for YouTube during the early months of 2005, after they had experienced difficulty sharing videos that had been shot at a dinner party at Chen's apartment in San Francisco. Karim did not attend the party and denied that i... | Who sold YouTube? | {'text': 'Hurley and Chen', 'answer_start': 64} |
100,750 | 100,408 | 572c9ce2750c471900ed4cb4 | generic | By 1960 African Americans comprised 16.45% of the state's population. It was not until after the mid-1960s and passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that they were able to vote in full again, but new devices, such as at-large commission city governments, had been adopted in several jurisdictions to limit their polit... | In 1960, what group made up 16.45% of Tennessee's population? | {'text': 'African Americans', 'answer_start': 8} |
108,219 | 107,877 | 573036c4947a6a140053d2b3 | generic | Unlike the above antennas, traveling wave antennas are nonresonant so they have inherently broad bandwidth. They are typically wire antennas multiple wavelengths long, through which the voltage and current waves travel in one direction, instead of bouncing back and forth to form standing waves as in resonant antennas. ... | How long are the wire antenna's that the voltage and current waves travel in the same direction? | {'text': 'one direction', 'answer_start': 222} |
89,518 | 89,176 | 5728ac583acd2414000dfcad | generic | On 6 August 1940, Estonia was annexed by the Soviet Union as the Estonian SSR. The provisions in the Estonian constitution requiring a popular referendum to decide on joining a supra-national body were ignored. Instead the vote to join the Soviet Union was taken by those elected in the elections held the previous month... | The rules of joining a super power were ignored from what document? | {'text': 'the Estonian constitution', 'answer_start': 97} |
50,059 | 49,717 | 5ad16d54645df0001a2d1ad8 | generic | By 1836, the Duchess's brother, Leopold, who had been King of the Belgians since 1831, hoped to marry his niece to his nephew, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Leopold, Victoria's mother, and Albert's father (Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) were siblings. Leopold arranged for Victoria's mother to invite... | Who was the neice of leopold? | {'text': 'Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha', 'answer_start': 127} |
119,588 | 119,246 | 5a14a458a54d4200185292dd | generic | Over time, the relative power of these five nations fluctuated, which by the dawn of the 20th century had served to create an entirely different balance of power. Some, such as the United Kingdom and Prussia (as the founder of the newly formed German state), experienced continued economic growth and political power. Ot... | What did the balance of world power consist of after 1900? | {'text': 'the five Congress powers plus Italy, Japan, and the United States', 'answer_start': 918} |
10,591 | 10,249 | 56de4176cffd8e1900b4b71b | generic | The power to review the constitutionality of laws may be limited by Congress, which has the power to set the jurisdiction of the courts. The only constitutional limit on Congress' power to set the jurisdiction of the judiciary relates to the Supreme Court; the Supreme Court may exercise only appellate jurisdiction exce... | Who's judicial power does congress have the right to limit? | {'text': 'the Supreme Court', 'answer_start': 238} |
45,112 | 44,770 | 5ad36be8604f3c001a3fe174 | generic | Dell became the first company in the information technology industry to establish a product-recycling goal (in 2004) and completed the implementation of its global consumer recycling-program in 2006. On February 6, 2007, the National Recycling Coalition awarded Dell its "Recycling Works" award for efforts to promote pr... | What year did Dell enact its local consumer recycling program? | {'text': '2006', 'answer_start': 194} |
87,037 | 86,695 | 5a32d52cbd0d7f001aef9473 | generic | What is today the Central African Republic has been inhabited for millennia; however, the country's current borders were established by France, which ruled the country as a colony starting in the late 19th century. After gaining independence from France in 1960, the Central African Republic was ruled by a series of aut... | At what time did various factions begin to rule the ACR as a colony? | {'text': 'in the late 19th century', 'answer_start': 189} |
28,947 | 28,605 | 5706e4d990286e26004fc729 | generic | This nationwide acceptance and recognition of Aboriginal people led to a significant increase in the number of people self-identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The reappropriation of the term "black" with a positive and more inclusive meaning has resulted in its widespread use in mainstream Australian c... | In what year were there several cases that helped to redefine Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander? | {'text': '2012', 'answer_start': 407} |
125,189 | 124,847 | 5732845206a3a419008acac1 | generic | In the immediate years after Eisenhower left office, his reputation declined. He was widely seen by critics as an inactive, uninspiring, golf-playing president compared to his vigorous young successor. Despite his unprecedented use of Army troops to enforce a federal desegregation order at Central High School in Little... | What nation was considered the leader in the nuclear arms race? | {'text': 'Soviet Union', 'answer_start': 580} |
11,193 | 10,851 | 56de31d34396321400ee2677 | generic | Some definitions of southern Europe, also known as Mediterranean Europe, include the countries of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal), the Italian peninsula, southern France and Greece. Other definitions sometimes include the Balkan countries of southeast Europe, which are geographically in the southern part of ... | What is the name for the stretch of land on which Spain and Portugal are located? | {'text': 'Iberian peninsula', 'answer_start': 102} |
5,031 | 4,689 | 56ce9464aab44d1400b8889c | generic | The large magnitude of solar energy available makes it a highly appealing source of electricity. The United Nations Development Programme in its 2000 World Energy Assessment found that the annual potential of solar energy was 1,575–49,837 exajoules (EJ). This is several times larger than the total world energy consumpt... | Who estimated the annual potential of solar energy in 2000? | {'text': 'The United Nations Development Programme', 'answer_start': 97} |
82,639 | 82,297 | 5727c0d43acd2414000debac | generic | It also used to be commonplace to have a team play an exhibition against Minor League affiliates during the regular season, but worries of injuries to players, along with travel issues, have made this very rare. Exhibitions between inter-city teams in different leagues, like Chicago's Crosstown Classic and New York's S... | What inter-city exhibition game did Chicago have? | {'text': 'Crosstown Classic', 'answer_start': 286} |
10,524 | 10,182 | 5ad38450604f3c001a3fe519 | generic | Executive power is vested, with exceptions and qualifications, in the President. By law (Section 2.) the president becomes the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, Militia of several states when called into service, has power to make treaties and appointments to office "with the Advice and Consent of the Senate," r... | By the words it uses, what does the Constitution require the President to do regarding laws? | {'text': 'enforce', 'answer_start': 511} |
11,189 | 10,847 | 5ad0cf93645df0001a2d0480 | generic | Countries in the top quartile of HDI ("very high human development" group) with a missing IHDI include: New Zealand, Liechtenstein, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Andorra, Brunei, Malta, Qatar, Bahrain, Chile, Argentina and Barbados. | Which Caribbean nation is in the bottom quartile of HDI (but missing IHDI)? | {'text': 'Barbados', 'answer_start': 252} |
76,065 | 75,723 | 5727b8b3ff5b5019007d936c | generic | Chapter VII (of the first edition) addresses the evolution of instincts. His examples included two he had investigated experimentally: slave-making ants and the construction of hexagonal cells by honey bees. Darwin noted that some species of slave-making ants were more dependent on slaves than others, and he observed t... | What did Darwin notice specifically about slave-making ants? | {'text': 'some species of slave-making ants were more dependent on slaves than others', 'answer_start': 226} |
44,395 | 44,053 | 570fac3a80d9841400ab3631 | generic | Elizabeth's only sibling, Princess Margaret, was born in 1930. The two princesses were educated at home under the supervision of their mother and their governess, Marion Crawford, who was casually known as "Crawfie". Lessons concentrated on history, language, literature and music. Crawford published a biography of Eliz... | Where were the royal princesses educated? | {'text': 'at home', 'answer_start': 96} |
114,626 | 114,284 | 573017ff947a6a140053d0cb | generic | Internal courtyards became more rare, except beside the stables, and the functional parts of the building were placed at the sides, or in separate buildings nearby hidden by trees. The views to and from the front and rear of the main block were concentrated on, with the side approaches usually much less important. The ... | What designs did ornament use to avoid using the human figure? | {'text': 'geometrical or plant-based', 'answer_start': 644} |
5,373 | 5,031 | 56cf80a34df3c31400b0d869 | generic | On September 13, 2009, during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards while Taylor Swift was accepting her award for Best Female Video for "You Belong with Me", West went on stage and grabbed the microphone to proclaim that Beyoncé's video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", nominated for the same award, was "one of the be... | What artist's award reception did Kanye interrupt onstage at the 2009 MTV VMAs? | {'text': 'Taylor Swift', 'answer_start': 68} |
172 | 172 | 138452 | pubqa | At the end of July 2006, an unusually high number of patients with acute diarrhoea were reported by the accident and emergency departments in Taranto, Apulia. Subsequently, a field investigation was conducted jointly by the Apulia Regional Epidemiological Observatory and the Regional Reference Laboratory in Bari, and... | What was the age of the affected people?
| {'answer_id': 274447, 'document_id': 445595, 'question_id': 138452, 'text': 'mean age was 25', 'answer_start': 2425, 'answer_category': 'LONG'} |
17,080 | 16,738 | 5a54f990134fea001a0e178e | generic | In 2008, Dahabshiil Group acquired a majority stake in Somtel Network, a Hargeisa-based telecommunications firm specialising in high speed broadband, mobile internet, LTE services, mobile money transfer and mobile phone services. The acquisition provided Dahabshiil with the necessary platform for a subsequent expansion... | When will the STC be fully established? | {'text': '2014', 'answer_start': 395} |
93,119 | 92,777 | 5a7b97a121c2de001afea18e | generic | Destructive testing attempts to cause the software or a sub-system to fail. It verifies that the software functions properly even when it receives invalid or unexpected inputs, thereby establishing the robustness of input validation and error-management routines.[citation needed] Software fault injection, in the form o... | What is an example of software fault injecture? | {'text': 'fuzzing', 'answer_start': 322} |
30,756 | 30,414 | 5706bb610eeca41400aa0dbf | generic | Numerous live performance events dedicated to house music were founded during the course of the decade, including Shambhala Music Festival and major industry sponsored events like Miami's Winter Music Conference. The genre even gained popularity in the Middle East in cities such as Dubai & Abu Dhabi[citation needed] an... | what large event in Miami was industry sponsored? | {'text': 'Shambhala Music Festival', 'answer_start': 114} |
62,434 | 62,092 | 5acebd3c32bba1001ae4b26d | generic | Notable exceptions include the massacre of Jews and forcible conversion of some Jews by the rulers of the Almohad dynasty in Al-Andalus in the 12th century, as well as in Islamic Persia, and the forced confinement of Moroccan Jews to walled quarters known as mellahs beginning from the 15th century and especially in the... | What Jewish movements have made antisemitic pronouncements? | {'text': 'Hezbollah', 'answer_start': 511} |
8,005 | 7,663 | 5ad5f7a45b96ef001a10af49 | generic | In these schools children could be selected on the basis of curriculum aptitude related to the school's specialism even though the schools do take quotas from each quartile of the attainment range to ensure they were not selective by attainment. A problem with this is whether the quotas should be taken from a normal di... | In what year weren't comprehensive schools first created? | {'text': '1965', 'answer_start': 657} |
124,590 | 124,248 | 57324e7a0fdd8d15006c694d | generic | Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Bible condemns the mixing of religions, on the basis that there can only be one truth from God, and therefore reject interfaith and ecumenical movements. They believe that only their religion represents true Christianity, and that other religions fail to meet all the requirements se... | What are Jehovah Witnesses taught it's vital to remain? | {'text': '"separate from the world."', 'answer_start': 415} |
40,534 | 40,192 | 570d1a97b3d812140066d415 | generic | In 1988, Apple sued Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard on the grounds that they infringed Apple's copyrighted GUI, citing (among other things) the use of rectangular, overlapping, and resizable windows. After four years, the case was decided against Apple, as were later appeals. Apple's actions were criticized by some in th... | What are some of the issues Apple cited in the lawsuit against Microsoft and HP? | {'text': 'the use of rectangular, overlapping, and resizable windows', 'answer_start': 138} |
26,674 | 26,332 | 5a56bf806349e2001acdcf10 | generic | The Ministers and Chiefs of the Defence Staff are supported by a number of civilian, scientific and professional military advisors. The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence (generally known as the Permanent Secretary) is the senior civil servant at the MoD. His or her role is to ensure the MoD operates effect... | What does the Chief of Defense do? | {'text': 'ensure the MoD operates effectively as a department of the government', 'answer_start': 290} |
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