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23,722 | 23,380 | 56f72f20711bf01900a44a37 | generic | Prime Minister Josip Broz Tito met with the president of the Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia, Aloysius Stepinac on 4 June 1945, two days after his release from imprisonment. The two could not reach an agreement on the state of the Catholic Church. Under Stepinac's leadership, the bishops' conference released a letter... | How long after his release from imprisonment did TIto attend the Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia? | {'text': 'two days', 'answer_start': 130} |
121,333 | 120,991 | 5731671005b4da19006bd11c | generic | The last great period of Roman mosaic art was the 12th–13th century when Rome developed its own distinctive artistic style, free from the strict rules of eastern tradition and with a more realistic portrayal of figures in the space. Well-known works of this period are the floral mosaics of the Basilica di San Clemente,... | When was the last period of Roman mosaic art? | {'text': 'the 12th–13th century', 'answer_start': 46} |
11,468 | 11,126 | 56de7613cffd8e1900b4b946 | 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... | What was the title of the first show seen on the BBC? | {'text': 'Opening of the BBC Television Service', 'answer_start': 622} |
1,627 | 1,285 | 56cfeae2234ae51400d9c0b9 | generic | The funeral, held at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris, was delayed almost two weeks, until 30 October. Entrance was restricted to ticket holders as many people were expected to attend. Over 3,000 people arrived without invitations, from as far as London, Berlin and Vienna, and were excluded. | Where was Chopin's funeral held? | {'text': 'Church of the Madeleine', 'answer_start': 25} |
115,907 | 115,565 | 57302d90b2c2fd1400568a02 | generic | Windows 8 provides heavier integration with online services from Microsoft and others. A user can now log in to Windows with a Microsoft account, which can be used to access services and synchronize applications and settings between devices. Windows 8 also ships with a client app for Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage ... | What Xbox apps were bundled together? | {'text': 'Xbox Music, Xbox Video, and the Xbox SmartGlass', 'answer_start': 574} |
117,356 | 117,014 | 5730af318ab72b1400f9c68c | generic | All versions of the SNES are predominantly gray, although the exact shade may differ. The original North American version, designed by Nintendo of America industrial designer Lance Barr (who previously redesigned the Famicom to become the NES), has a boxy design with purple sliding switches and a dark gray eject lever.... | What color is the SNES? | {'text': 'predominantly gray', 'answer_start': 29} |
26,795 | 26,453 | 56f9851f9b226e1400dd14fd | generic | The most notable fraud conviction was that of Gordon Foxley, head of defence procurement at the Ministry of Defence from 1981 to 1984. Police claimed he received at least £3.5m in total in corrupt payments, such as substantial bribes from overseas arms contractors aiming to influence the allocation of contracts. | What position was held by Foxley? | {'text': 'head of defence procurement', 'answer_start': 61} |
129,260 | 128,918 | 5734596aacc1501500babe2d | generic | The city of Richmond operates 28 elementary schools, nine middle schools, and eight high schools, serving a total student population of 24,000 students. There is one Governor's School in the city − the Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies. In 2008, it was named as one of Newsweek ... | For whom is the Governor's School in Richmond named? | {'text': 'Maggie L. Walker', 'answer_start': 202} |
52,544 | 52,202 | 5a7a143b17ab25001a8a02fb | generic | Remodelling of the structure began in 1762. After his accession to the throne in 1820, King George IV continued the renovation with the idea in mind of a small, comfortable home. While the work was in progress, in 1826, the King decided to modify the house into a palace with the help of his architect John Nash. Some fu... | Who was fired in 1830 to finish the work on the palace? | {'text': 'Edward Blore', 'answer_start': 750} |
72,818 | 72,476 | 57271b17708984140094d9d9 | generic | In 2004 and 2007, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) survey found that Comcast had the worst customer satisfaction rating of any company or government agency in the country, including the Internal Revenue Service. The ACSI indicates that almost half of all cable customers (regardless of company) have regis... | What prime factor did the ACSI use to explain this anomaly? | {'text': 'most cable companies have little competition at the local level', 'answer_start': 879} |
23,152 | 22,810 | 56f8aea09e9bad19000a02ff | generic | Other major employers in the city include Ordnance Survey, the UK's national mapping agency, whose headquarters is located in a new building on the outskirts of the city, opened in February 2011. The Lloyd's Register Group has announced plans to move its London marine operations to a specially developed site at the Uni... | What's the name of the UK's national mapping agency? | {'text': 'Ordnance Survey', 'answer_start': 42} |
94,505 | 94,163 | 5a74c09742eae6001a389a6c | generic | Lasers emitting in the green part of the spectrum are widely available to the general public in a wide range of output powers. Green laser pointers outputting at 532 nm (563.5 THz) are relatively inexpensive compared to other wavelengths of the same power, and are very popular due to their good beam quality and very hi... | What is the range of the Argon-ion laser? | {'text': '521 nm and 531 nm', 'answer_start': 1201} |
104,261 | 103,919 | 572ea6dc03f98919007568b3 | generic | For decades, the U.S. federal government strenuously tried to force Puerto Ricans to adopt English, to the extent of making them use English as the primary language of instruction in their high schools. It was completely unsuccessful, and retreated from that policy in 1948. Puerto Rico was able to maintain its Spanish ... | Does Puerto Rico have many English speaking residents? | {'text': 'the territory was never hit with a massive influx of millions of English speakers like the vast territory acquired from Mexico 50 years earlier.', 'answer_start': 517} |
97,339 | 96,997 | 572a3e323f37b31900478812 | generic | Hayek displayed an intellectual and academic bent from a very young age. He read fluently and frequently before going to school. At his father's suggestion, Hayek, as a teenager, read the genetic and evolutionary works of Hugo de Vries and the philosophical works of Ludwig Feuerbach. In school Hayek was much taken by o... | With whom did Hayek more frequently converse? | {'text': 'adults', 'answer_start': 613} |
22,213 | 21,871 | 56f6f3343d8e2e1400e372d8 | generic | Although Classical music in the 2000s has lost most of its tradition for musical improvisation, from the Baroque era to the Romantic era, there are examples of performers who could improvise in the style of their era. In the Baroque era, organ performers would improvise preludes, keyboard performers playing harpsichord... | Who would improvise musical ornaments in the Baroque era? | {'text': 'instrumental performers', 'answer_start': 443} |
94,166 | 93,824 | 572970003f37b319004783b7 | generic | Public policy determines the extent to which renewable energy (RE) is to be incorporated into a developed or developing country's generation mix. Energy sector regulators implement that policy—thus affecting the pace and pattern of RE investments and connections to the grid. Energy regulators often have authority to ca... | Why have energy sector regulators become a key facilitator of renewable energy investments? | {'text': 'Since policies are not self-implementing', 'answer_start': 1363} |
32,469 | 32,127 | 5a360f18788daf001a5f86e6 | generic | The Gurkhas, a martial tribe, came to power in Nepal in the year 1768. They consolidated their military power and began to expand their territory. Gradually, the Gorkhas annexed Sirmour and Shimla. With the leadership of Amar Singh Thapa, Gorkhas laid siege to Kangra. They managed to defeat Sansar Chand Katoch, the rul... | When was the first Bilaspur war for independence against the British? | {'text': '1857', 'answer_start': 933} |
27,099 | 26,757 | 56fa8b328f12f3190063017a | generic | If all three parameters are used, they are specified in the following form: [frame size][scanning system][frame or field rate] or [frame size]/[frame or field rate][scanning system].[citation needed] Often, frame size or frame rate can be dropped if its value is implied from context. In this case, the remaining numeric... | When a parameter is dropped, the remaining numeric parameter is specified first, followed by what? | {'text': 'the scanning system', 'answer_start': 363} |
84,252 | 83,910 | 5727fb4eff5b5019007d99e5 | generic | Preceding the reform law, in August 1952, communist-led riots broke out at textile factories in Kafr el-Dawwar, leading to a clash with the army that left nine people dead. While most of the RCC insisted on executing the riot's two ringleaders, Nasser opposed this. Nonetheless, the sentences were carried out. The Musli... | How many posts did the Muslim Brotherhood get in Naguib's cabinet? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 537} |
53,481 | 53,139 | 5acd176407355d001abf3442 | generic | Arsenal's longest-running and deepest rivalry is with their nearest major neighbours, Tottenham Hotspur; matches between the two are referred to as North London derbies. Other rivalries within London include those with Chelsea, Fulham and West Ham United. In addition, Arsenal and Manchester United developed a strong on... | According to a 2003 online poll who is Fulham's biggest rival club? | {'text': 'Tottenham Hotspur', 'answer_start': 86} |
97,817 | 97,475 | 572a6bf8fed8de19000d5c05 | generic | During its formative period, the term madrasah referred to a higher education institution, whose curriculum initially included only the "religious sciences", whilst philosophy and the secular sciences were often excluded. The curriculum slowly began to diversify, with many later madaris teaching both the religious and ... | Who decided the content that would be delivered in a particular madrasah? | {'text': 'its founder', 'answer_start': 567} |
51,624 | 51,282 | 5725ced8ec44d21400f3d5f0 | generic | The K-12 and higher education reform programs of the Gates Foundation have been criticized by some education professionals, parents, and researchers because they have driven the conversation on education reform to such an extent that they may marginalize researchers who do not support Gates' predetermined policy prefer... | What are several of the gates backed policies | {'text': 'Several Gates-backed policies such as small schools, charter schools, and increasing class sizes', 'answer_start': 327} |
34,316 | 33,974 | 570a5bbf4103511400d5965a | generic | In the financial year ended 31 July 2013, Imperial had a total net income of £822.0 million (2011/12 – £765.2 million) and total expenditure of £754.9 million (2011/12 – £702.0 million). Key sources of income included £329.5 million from research grants and contracts (2011/12 – £313.9 million), £186.3 million from acad... | How much income was generated from research grants and contracts for 2013? | {'text': '£329.5 million', 'answer_start': 218} |
73,447 | 73,105 | 5ad41831604f3c001a4003ea | 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 does Shelby Steele believe that the false concept of affirmative action is? | {'text': 'enforcing equal opportunity', 'answer_start': 407} |
44,430 | 44,088 | 570fb4715ab6b81900390f9e | generic | In 1956, the British and French prime ministers, Sir Anthony Eden and Guy Mollet, discussed the possibility of France joining the Commonwealth. The proposal was never accepted and the following year France signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union.... | What did France sign instead of joining the Commonwealth? | {'text': 'Treaty of Rome', 'answer_start': 217} |
56,012 | 55,670 | 5a1e14bf3de3f40018b264a2 | generic | The pronounced divergence between literary and colloquial pronunciations found in Hokkien dialects is attributed to the presence of several strata in the Min lexicon. The earliest, colloquial stratum is traced to the Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE); the second colloquial one comes from the period of the Southern and Nor... | During the Tang Dynasty, in what year did the earliest stratum appear? | {'text': '618–907 CE', 'answer_start': 443} |
2,245 | 1,903 | 56cfb830234ae51400d9bedf | generic | The iTunes Store (introduced April 29, 2003) is an online media store run by Apple and accessed through iTunes. The store became the market leader soon after its launch and Apple announced the sale of videos through the store on October 12, 2005. Full-length movies became available on September 12, 2006. | When were full-length moved added to the iTunes store? | {'text': '2006', 'answer_start': 300} |
116,004 | 115,662 | 5ad49b90ba00c4001a268d76 | generic | A vertical toolbar known as the charms (accessed by swiping from the right edge of a touchscreen, or pointing the cursor at hotspots in the right corners of a screen) provides access to system and app-related functions, such as search, sharing, device management, settings, and a Start button. The traditional desktop en... | How is the traditional desktop evironment closed? | {'text': 'via a tile on the Start screen', 'answer_start': 375} |
21,047 | 20,705 | 56e81e0737bdd419002c4422 | generic | The term dialect (from Latin dialectus, dialectos, from the ancient Greek word διάλεκτος diálektos, "discourse", from διά diá, "through" and λέγω legō, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena. | How many distinct ways is the term dialect used? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 174} |
80,851 | 80,509 | 5acd58ac07355d001abf3e15 | generic | Thai alphabet support has been criticized for its ordering of Thai characters. The vowels เ, แ, โ, ใ, ไ that are written to the left of the preceding consonant are in visual order instead of phonetic order, unlike the Unicode representations of other Indic scripts. This complication is due to Unicode inheriting the Tha... | What standard did Unicode create for the Thai language? | {'text': 'Thai Industrial Standard 620', 'answer_start': 317} |
124,540 | 124,198 | 5ad3d06e604f3c001a3ff1e3 | generic | A central teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses is that the current world era, or "system of things", entered the "last days" in 1914 and faces imminent destruction through intervention by God and Jesus Christ, leading to deliverance for those who worship God acceptably. They consider all other present-day religions to be fa... | In what year did the Jehovah's Witnesses religion get formed? | {'text': '1914', 'answer_start': 123} |
75,709 | 75,367 | 5a3baf813ff257001ab84461 | generic | The Heian period (平安時代, Heian jidai?) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height. The Heian period is ... | What Chinese influences where waning in the Heian period? | {'text': 'Buddhism, Taoism', 'answer_start': 232} |
23,809 | 23,467 | 56f7f512aef2371900625cd8 | generic | In 1966 an agreement with the Vatican, fostered in part by the death in 1960 of anti-communist archbishop of Zagreb Aloysius Stepinac and shifts in the church's approach to resisting communism originating in the Second Vatican Council, accorded new freedom to the Yugoslav Roman Catholic Church, particularly to catechiz... | What ideology did Tito abandon as part of his new socialism? | {'text': 'Leninist', 'answer_start': 720} |
31,494 | 31,152 | 5709535eefce8f15003a7df7 | generic | The Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area is served by one public television station and two public radio stations. KUHT (HoustonPBS) is a PBS member station and is the first public television station in the United States. Houston Public Radio is listener-funded and comprises two NPR member stations: KUHF ... | What stations comprise Houston Public Radio? | {'text': 'KUHF (KUHF News) and KUHA (Classical 91.7)', 'answer_start': 315} |
107,591 | 107,249 | 572f714b04bcaa1900d7695b | generic | Another action in 1917 that is of note was the armistice signed between Russia and the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk. As a condition for peace, the treaty by the Central Powers conceded huge portions of the former Russian Empire to Imperial Germany and the Ottoman Empire, greatly upsetting nationalists and conservati... | When was the armistice signed between Russia and Central powers? | {'text': '1917', 'answer_start': 18} |
105,945 | 105,603 | 572ec4e8dfa6aa1500f8d373 | generic | In 121 BC, Han forces expelled the Xiongnu from a vast territory spanning the Hexi Corridor to Lop Nur. They repelled a joint Xiongnu-Qiang invasion of this northwestern territory in 111 BC. In that year, the Han court established four new frontier commanderies in this region: Jiuquan, Zhangyi, Dunhuang, and Wuwei. The... | Who made up a majority of the people on the frontier? | {'text': 'soldiers', 'answer_start': 361} |
24,662 | 24,320 | 5a7e5f7448f7d9001a063681 | generic | The works of Virgil almost from the moment of their publication revolutionized Latin poetry. The Eclogues, Georgics, and above all the Aeneid became standard texts in school curricula with which all educated Romans were familiar. Poets following Virgil often refer intertextually to his works to generate meaning in thei... | When was the 12 book epic Thebaid written? | {'text': 'the 4th century AD', 'answer_start': 1844} |
57,438 | 57,096 | 5726431a38643c19005ad3c3 | generic | Conflict between the Germanic tribes and the forces of Rome under Julius Caesar forced major Germanic tribes to retreat to the east bank of the Rhine. Roman emperor Augustus in 12 BC ordered the conquest of the Germans, but the catastrophic Roman defeat at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest resulted in the Roman Empire... | What emperor forced the Germanic tribes to the east side of the Rhine? | {'text': 'Julius Caesar', 'answer_start': 66} |
101,538 | 101,196 | 572ec8ffc246551400ce4680 | generic | In April 1758, the British concluded the Anglo-Prussian Convention with Frederick in which they committed to pay him an annual subsidy of £670,000. Britain also dispatched 9,000 troops to reinforce Ferdinand's Hanoverian army, the first British troop commitment on the continent and a reversal in the policy of Pitt. Fer... | Who did Ferdinand repel from Ha nover? | {'text': 'the French', 'answer_start': 352} |
123,558 | 123,216 | 5731e7900fdd8d15006c6630 | generic | Greece is a developed country with an economy based on the service (82.8%) and industrial sectors (13.3%). The agricultural sector contributed 3.9% of national economic output in 2015. Important Greek industries include tourism and shipping. With 18 million international tourists in 2013, Greece was the 7th most visite... | How much of the national economic output did the agricultural sector of Greece contribute in 2015? | {'text': '3.9%', 'answer_start': 143} |
65,004 | 64,662 | 5ad0cd2a645df0001a2d03c8 | 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 another example of a Gothic style element that was able to be forgotten because of technological innovation? | {'text': 'traceried windows', 'answer_start': 654} |
15,883 | 15,541 | 56e06b78231d4119001ac0e8 | generic | They are unaspirated for almost all speakers when immediately following word-initial s, as in spill, still, skill. After an s elsewhere in a word they are normally unaspirated as well, except sometimes in compound words. When the consonants in a cluster like st are analyzed as belonging to different morphemes (heteromo... | If the st belongs to one morpheme, then the stop is what? | {'text': 'unaspirated', 'answer_start': 9} |
117,898 | 117,556 | 5731023c05b4da19006bccd1 | generic | The traditional buildings of Tuvalu used plants and trees from the native broadleaf forest, including timber from: Pouka, (Hernandia peltata); Ngia or Ingia bush, (Pemphis acidula); Miro, (Thespesia populnea); Tonga, (Rhizophora mucronata); Fau or Fo fafini, or woman's fibre tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus). and fibre from: c... | What type of trees provided lumber for building on Tuvalu? | {'text': 'broadleaf forest', 'answer_start': 74} |
20,623 | 20,281 | 56e7a2d137bdd419002c42ab | generic | Since the Three Kingdoms period, Nanjing has been an industrial centre for textiles and minting owing to its strategic geographical location and convenient transportation. During the Ming dynasty, Nanjing's industry was further expanded, and the city became one of the most prosperous cities in China and the world. It l... | Why is Nanjing so strong in textiles and minting? | {'text': 'its strategic geographical location and convenient transportation', 'answer_start': 105} |
13,649 | 13,307 | 5acd5e7b07355d001abf3f43 | generic | Some of the theorists who advocate this "revisionist" critique imply that, because the "pure hunter-gatherer" disappeared not long after colonial (or even agricultural) contact began, nothing meaningful can be learned about prehistoric hunter-gatherers from studies of modern ones (Kelly, 24-29; see Wilmsen) | Many meaningful things can be learned about prehistoric hunter-gatherers from what? | {'text': 'studies of modern ones', 'answer_start': 258} |
55,660 | 55,318 | 5a845c747cf838001a46a785 | generic | This allowed any English firm to trade with India, unless specifically prohibited by act of parliament, thereby annulling the charter that had been in force for almost 100 years. By an act that was passed in 1698, a new "parallel" East India Company (officially titled the English Company Trading to the East Indies) was... | What was the name of the second South Indie company that ended up running parallel to the first? | {'text': 'English Company Trading to the East Indies', 'answer_start': 273} |
43,274 | 42,932 | 5ad0b728645df0001a2d0139 | generic | In 1888, the Italian administration launched its first development projects in the new colony. The Eritrean Railway was completed to Saati in 1888, and reached Asmara in the highlands in 1911. The Asmara–Massawa Cableway was the longest line in the world during its time, but was later dismantled by the British in World... | In what year did the Italo-Turkish War start? | {'text': '1911', 'answer_start': 187} |
104,103 | 103,761 | 572f5a7c947a6a140053c8ac | generic | In the Soviet Union, in the 1970s, a comparison was made between systems electrified at 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC (50 Hz). The results showed that percentage losses in the overhead wires (catenary and contact wires) was over 3 times greater for 3 kV DC than for 25 kV AC. But when the conversion losses were all taken into ac... | What two systems were compare in the Soviet Union in 1970? | {'text': '3 kV DC and 25 kV AC (50 Hz', 'answer_start': 88} |
66,385 | 66,043 | 5ad0b7c0645df0001a2d014e | generic | In May 1778, Burke supported a parliamentary motion revising restrictions on Irish trade. His constituents, citizens of the great trading city of Bristol, however urged Burke to oppose free trade with Ireland. Burke resisted their protestations and said: "If, from this conduct, I shall forfeit their suffrages at an ens... | When was trade with Ireland originally restricted? | {'text': 'May 1778', 'answer_start': 3} |
36,873 | 36,531 | 5ad172dd645df0001a2d1c14 | generic | Secretary of War Elihu Root (1899–1904) led the modernization of the Army. His goal of a uniformed chief of staff as general manager and a European-type general staff for planning was stymied by General Nelson A. Miles but did succeed in enlarging West Point and establishing the U.S. Army War College as well as the Gen... | Who was the Secretary of War who modernized the UK military at the beginning of the 20th century? | {'text': 'Elihu Root', 'answer_start': 17} |
108,497 | 108,155 | 572f50f8b2c2fd140056800c | generic | Double fertilization refers to a process in which two sperm cells fertilize cells in the ovary. This process begins when a pollen grain adheres to the stigma of the pistil (female reproductive structure), germinates, and grows a long pollen tube. While this pollen tube is growing, a haploid generative cell travels down... | What does a pollen grain adhere to, to start the process of double fertilization? | {'text': 'the stigma of the pistil', 'answer_start': 147} |
127,793 | 127,451 | 5733b195d058e614000b6084 | generic | In 2010, there were concerns among Tajik officials that Islamic militarism in the east of the country was on the rise following the escape of 25 militants from a Tajik prison in August, an ambush that killed 28 Tajik soldiers in the Rasht Valley in September, and another ambush in the valley in October that killed 30 s... | How many solider were killed in September when Islamic militants escaped? | {'text': '28 Tajik soldiers', 'answer_start': 208} |
9,672 | 9,330 | 56dee4db3277331400b4d7bb | generic | All military occupations were open to women in 1989, with the exception of submarine service, which opened in 2000. Throughout the 1990s, the introduction of women into the combat arms increased the potential recruiting pool by about 100 percent. It also provided opportunities for all persons to serve their country to ... | What year were most military occupations opened to women? | {'text': '1989', 'answer_start': 47} |
69,670 | 69,328 | 5ace988432bba1001ae4abd1 | generic | Avicenna was born c. 980 in Afšana, a village near Bukhara (in present-day Uzbekistan), the capital of the Samanids, a Persian dynasty in Central Asia and Greater Khorasan. His mother, named Setareh, was from Bukhara; his father, Abdullah, was a respected Ismaili scholar from Balkh, an important town of the Samanid Emp... | What olden day country is Avicenna's father thought to have come from? | {'text': 'Afghanistan', 'answer_start': 358} |
28,627 | 28,285 | 56fde3d4761e401900d28c43 | generic | Colossus was the world's first electronic digital programmable computer. It used a large number of valves (vacuum tubes). It had paper-tape input and was capable of being configured to perform a variety of boolean logical operations on its data, but it was not Turing-complete. Nine Mk II Colossi were built (The Mk I wa... | How many tubes did Colossus Mark II contain? | {'text': '2400', 'answer_start': 449} |
42,258 | 41,916 | 570d6edcfed7b91900d460db | generic | When the news arrived at Paris of the surrender at Sedan of Napoleon III and 80,000 men, the Second Empire was overthrown by a popular uprising in Paris, which forced the proclamation of a Provisional Government and a Third Republic by general Trochu, Favre and Gambetta at Paris on 4 September, the new government calli... | The uprising forced a proclamation of what? | {'text': 'Provisional Government and a Third Republic', 'answer_start': 189} |
118,958 | 118,616 | 5730e193aca1c71400fe5b3d | generic | Aeromedical Evacuation is "the movement of patients under medical supervision to and between medical treatment facilities by air transportation" (JP 1-02). JP 4-02, Health Service Support, further defines it as "the fixed wing movement of regulated casualties to and between medical treatment facilities, using organic a... | What is the movement of patients who need medical attention called? | {'text': 'Aeromedical Evacuation', 'answer_start': 0} |
23,503 | 23,161 | 56f74ffaa6d7ea1400e1719e | generic | Treaties sometimes include provisions for self-termination, meaning that the treaty is automatically terminated if certain defined conditions are met. Some treaties are intended by the parties to be only temporarily binding and are set to expire on a given date. Other treaties may self-terminate if the treaty is meant ... | What may we assume the parties to a treaty intended the treaty's obligations to be if the treaty included an expiration date? | {'text': 'temporarily binding', 'answer_start': 204} |
42,609 | 42,267 | 570ded450dc6ce1900204d17 | generic | The end of adolescence and the beginning of adulthood varies by country and by function. Furthermore, even within a single nation state or culture there can be different ages at which an individual is considered (chronologically and legally) mature enough for society to entrust them with certain privileges and responsi... | Do milestones such as driving a vechile, serving on a jury, voting, and marriage all have a common age of responsibility? | {'text': 'different ages', 'answer_start': 160} |
60,208 | 59,866 | 5a6bbca84eec6b001a80a574 | generic | An alternative view offered by Richard Dawkins is of predation as a form of competition: the genes of both the predator and prey are competing for the body (or 'survival machine') of the prey organism. This is best understood in the context of the gene centered view of evolution. Another manner in which predation and c... | What view helps you understand why prey eat each other? | {'text': 'the gene centered view', 'answer_start': 244} |
122,894 | 122,552 | 5ad148d5645df0001a2d1570 | generic | Relaxed zoning rules and special parking privileges for churches, the tax-free status of church property, the fact that Christmas is a federal holiday, etc., have also been questioned, but have been considered examples of the governmental prerogative in deciding practical and beneficial arrangements for the society. Th... | Why was Ohio disallowed from using a biblical passage as its motto? | {'text': 'because it displayed no preference for a particular religion', 'answer_start': 601} |
67,154 | 66,812 | 5726e47edd62a815002e9416 | generic | The next three popes, including Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, were created cardinals by him. His immediate successor, Albino Luciani, who took the name John Paul I, was created a cardinal in the consistory of 5 March 1973. Karol Wojtyła was created a cardinal in the consistory of 26 June 1967. Joseph Ratzinger was create... | What future pope was made a cardinal by Paul VI on June 26, 1967? | {'text': 'Karol Wojtyła', 'answer_start': 221} |
35,360 | 35,018 | 570a9bd44103511400d59884 | generic | Modern editions of Old English manuscripts generally introduce some additional conventions. The modern forms of Latin letters are used, including ⟨g⟩ in place of the insular G, ⟨s⟩ for long S, and others which may differ considerably from the insular script, notably ⟨e⟩, ⟨f⟩ and ⟨r⟩. Macrons are used to indicate long v... | What form of c, when written, contains a dot over the letter? | {'text': 'palatal', 'answer_start': 578} |
122,127 | 121,785 | 57320ba7e99e3014001e6478 | generic | By the end of the regal period Rome had developed into a city-state, with a large plebeian, artisan class excluded from the old patrician gentes and from the state priesthoods. The city had commercial and political treaties with its neighbours; according to tradition, Rome's Etruscan connections established a temple to... | At the end of the regal period, what class was kept out of the state political and priesthood arenas? | {'text': 'plebeian', 'answer_start': 82} |
87,120 | 86,778 | 572812164b864d19001643a9 | generic | Patassé purged many of the Kolingba elements from the government and Kolingba supporters accused Patassé's government of conducting a "witch hunt" against the Yakoma. A new constitution was approved on 28 December 1994 but had little impact on the country's politics. In 1996–1997, reflecting steadily decreasing public ... | When did a mutiny form against Patasse? | {'text': 'In 1996–1997', 'answer_start': 268} |
51,889 | 51,547 | 5725b87189a1e219009abd68 | generic | Poultry (/ˌpoʊltriː/) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys) and the family Anatidae, i... | What types of birds are most commonly considered poultry? | {'text': 'chickens, quails and turkeys', 'answer_start': 264} |
98,590 | 98,248 | 572ab07b111d821400f38ccc | generic | Philadelphia is home to many national historical sites that relate to the founding of the United States. Independence National Historical Park is the center of these historical landmarks being one of the country's 22 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed, and t... | Which is the biggest historical sites? | {'text': 'Independence National Historical Park', 'answer_start': 105} |
6,972 | 6,630 | 56d9a0cadc89441400fdb639 | generic | Some breeds of dogs are prone to certain genetic ailments such as elbow and hip dysplasia, blindness, deafness, pulmonic stenosis, cleft palate, and trick knees. Two serious medical conditions particularly affecting dogs are pyometra, affecting unspayed females of all types and ages, and bloat, which affects the larger... | What are fleas, ticks and mites called? | {'text': 'parasites', 'answer_start': 437} |
93,136 | 92,794 | 5a7b9a8521c2de001afea1a9 | generic | Development Testing is a software development process that involves synchronized application of a broad spectrum of defect prevention and detection strategies in order to reduce software development risks, time, and costs. It is performed by the software developer or engineer during the construction phase of the softwa... | Development Testing is designed by who? | {'text': 'software developer or engineer', 'answer_start': 246} |
48,283 | 47,941 | 5ad370ac604f3c001a3fe254 | generic | The aftermath of World War II saw an explosion in the discovery of new classes of antibacterial drugs including the cephalosporins (developed by Eli Lilly based on the seminal work of Giuseppe Brotzu and Edward Abraham), streptomycin (discovered during a Merck-funded research program in Selman Waksman's laboratory), th... | What drug effectively treated drugs? | {'text': 'Streptomycin', 'answer_start': 517} |
26,501 | 26,159 | 56f98d699e9bad19000a0aac | generic | On Thursday, September 15, 2011, more than 500 people from Hongxiao Village protested over the large-scale death of fish in a nearby river. Angry protesters stormed the Zhejiang Jinko Solar Company factory compound, overturned eight company vehicles, and destroyed the offices before police came to disperse the crowd. P... | What village protested over the large-scale death of fish in a nearby river on September 15, 2011? | {'text': 'Hongxiao', 'answer_start': 59} |
39,831 | 39,489 | 570e63fe0dc6ce1900205004 | generic | Melbourne is notable as the host city for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games (the first Olympic Games held in the southern hemisphere and Oceania, with all previous games held in Europe and the United States), along with the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Melbourne is so far the southernmost city to host the games. The city is ho... | Previous to Melbourne, where were all Olympic games held? | {'text': 'Europe and the United States', 'answer_start': 174} |
118,090 | 117,748 | 5730c671aca1c71400fe5a9e | generic | It is admitted that the doctrine as defined by Pius IX was not explicitly mooted before the 12th century. It is also agreed that "no direct or categorical and stringent proof of the dogma can be brought forward from Scripture". But it is claimed that the doctrine is implicitly contained in the teaching of the Fathers. ... | What phrases were used to describe Mary ? | {'text': 'in every respect holy", "in all things unstained", "super-innocent", and "singularly holy" are applied to her', 'answer_start': 547} |
16,845 | 16,503 | 5a21c9378a6e4f001aa08ebe | generic | Canon law is the body of laws and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (Church leadership), for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church (both Latin Church and Eastern Catholic Churches), the Eastern and Oriental Or... | What is the name of rules made by lay people of the church? | {'text': 'Canon law', 'answer_start': 0} |
14,381 | 14,039 | 56df8ce34a1a83140091eb25 | generic | With financial support from Sanders and Hubbard, Bell hired Thomas Watson as his assistant,[N 15] and the two of them experimented with acoustic telegraphy. On June 2, 1875, Watson accidentally plucked one of the reeds and Bell, at the receiving end of the wire, heard the overtones of the reed; overtones that would be ... | What month and day did Watson and Bell have a breakthrough? | {'text': 'June 2', 'answer_start': 160} |
46,672 | 46,330 | 5aceb75132bba1001ae4b149 | generic | In about 319, when Athanasius was a deacon, a presbyter named Arius came into a direct conflict with Alexander of Alexandria. It appears that Arius reproached Alexander for what he felt were misguided or heretical teachings being taught by the bishop. Arius's theological views appear to have been firmly rooted in Alexa... | Who was communicated by Alexander? | {'text': 'Arius', 'answer_start': 853} |
58,684 | 58,342 | 5ad0c764645df0001a2d02f0 | generic | Also, Kendals in Manchester can lay claim to being one of the oldest department stores in the UK. Beginning as a small shop owned by S. and J. Watts in 1796, its sold a variety of goods. Kendal Milne and Faulkner purchased the business in 1835. Expanding the space, rather than use it as a typical warehouse simply to sh... | Who eventually sold and ceased operation of the store? | {'text': 'House of Fraser', 'answer_start': 443} |
99,042 | 98,700 | 5a46c3a55fd40d001a27dcaf | generic | The northwestern portion of Rajasthan is generally sandy and dry. Most of this region are covered by the Thar Desert which extends into adjoining portions of Pakistan. The Aravalli Range does not intercept the moisture-giving southwest monsoon winds off the Arabian Sea, as it lies in a direction parallel to that of the... | What town is the gateway to the Arabian Sea? | {'text': 'Jodhpur', 'answer_start': 442} |
101,938 | 101,596 | 5a8de027df8bba001a0f9cf3 | generic | Feynman traveled to Brazil, where he gave courses at the BCPF (Brazilian Center for Physics Research) and near the end of his life schemed to visit the Russian land of Tuva, a dream that, because of Cold War bureaucratic problems, never became reality. The day after he died, a letter arrived for him from the Soviet gov... | Where did Feynman work at in Japan? | {'text': 'Brazilian Center for Physics Research', 'answer_start': 63} |
1,520 | 1,178 | 56d3ad7a2ccc5a1400d82e2f | generic | Chopin's life was covered in a BBC TV documentary Chopin – The Women Behind The Music (2010), and in a 2010 documentary realised by Angelo Bozzolini and Roberto Prosseda for Italian television. | Who did a work for Italian television about Chopin's life? | {'text': 'Angelo Bozzolini and Roberto Prosseda', 'answer_start': 132} |
129,546 | 129,204 | 57342fe6d058e614000b6ac2 | generic | The top three single agent/disease killers are HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. While the number of deaths due to nearly every disease have decreased, deaths due to HIV/AIDS have increased fourfold. Childhood diseases include pertussis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, measles and tetanus. Children also make up a large percentage o... | What are the top three killer diseases? | {'text': 'HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria', 'answer_start': 47} |
39,642 | 39,300 | 5ad154fd645df0001a2d17ca | generic | Although the Catholics and the Orthodox may honor and venerate Mary, they do not view her as divine, nor do they worship her. Roman Catholics view Mary as subordinate to Christ, but uniquely so, in that she is seen as above all other creatures. Similarly Theologian Sergei Bulgakov wrote that the Orthodox view Mary as "... | In what year did Sergei Bulgakov attend the Second Council of Nicaea? | {'text': '787', 'answer_start': 936} |
56,468 | 56,126 | 57265352dd62a815002e8194 | generic | Film speed is found from a plot of optical density vs. log of exposure for the film, known as the D–log H curve or Hurter–Driffield curve. There typically are five regions in the curve: the base + fog, the toe, the linear region, the shoulder, and the overexposed region. For black-and-white negative film, the “speed po... | What are the five regions of the Hurter-Driffield curve? | {'text': 'the base + fog, the toe, the linear region, the shoulder, and the overexposed region', 'answer_start': 186} |
94,938 | 94,596 | 572b83d2111d821400f38ec2 | generic | For fortification, however, a 2003 review recommended zinc oxide in cereals as cheap, stable, and as easily absorbed as more expensive forms. A 2005 study found that various compounds of zinc, including oxide and sulfate, did not show statistically significant differences in absorption when added as fortificants to mai... | Zinc oxide is used to fortify what product? | {'text': 'cereals', 'answer_start': 68} |
66,424 | 66,082 | 5ad0c287645df0001a2d0218 | generic | The Paymaster General Act 1782 ended the post as a lucrative sinecure. Previously, Paymasters had been able to draw on money from HM Treasury at their discretion. Now they were required to put the money they had requested to withdraw from the Treasury into the Bank of England, from where it was to be withdrawn for spec... | The Paymaster Act allowed Paymasters to withdraw funds from what source at their own discretion? | {'text': 'HM Treasury', 'answer_start': 130} |
97,280 | 96,938 | 5a7d3c0970df9f001a87502b | generic | Another significant change undergone by many of these newly agrarian communities was one of diet. Pre-agrarian diets varied by region, season, available local plant and animal resources and degree of pastoralism and hunting. Post-agrarian diet was restricted to a limited package of successfully cultivated cereal grains... | What food related trend was significant in restricted societies? | {'text': 'diet', 'answer_start': 92} |
112,397 | 112,055 | 57302972b2c2fd14005689a0 | generic | As with most ancient civilizations, Rome's military served the triple purposes of securing its borders, exploiting peripheral areas through measures such as imposing tribute on conquered peoples, and maintaining internal order. From the outset, Rome's military typified this pattern and the majority of Rome's wars were ... | What would often lead Rome to wage war in foreign lands? | {'text': 'defense of an ally', 'answer_start': 426} |
103,284 | 102,942 | 572ead00c246551400ce44c9 | generic | The low mechanical complexity of hydraulic elevators in comparison to traction elevators makes them ideal for low rise, low traffic installations. They are less energy efficient as the pump works against gravity to push the car and its passengers upwards; this energy is lost when the car descends on its own weight. The... | What concerns arise when the lifting cylinder leaks fluid into the ground? | {'text': 'environmental concerns', 'answer_start': 445} |
69,313 | 68,971 | 5726ba47dd62a815002e8e60 | 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... | A definition of literature that incorporates style and the poetic nature of prose is what? | {'text': 'formalist', 'answer_start': 4} |
121,495 | 121,153 | 57318e94497a88190024902e | generic | In styles that owe as much to videogame pixel art and popculture as to traditional mosaic, street art has seen a novel reinvention and expansion of mosaic artwork. The most prominent artist working with mosaics in street art is the French Invader. He has done almost all his work in two very distinct mosaic styles, the ... | What does the French Invader usually create with the traditional style of mosaic? | {'text': '8 bit video game character', 'answer_start': 375} |
64,847 | 64,505 | 5ace45ed32bba1001ae4a154 | generic | Other local colleges and universities include Concordia University Ann Arbor, a Lutheran liberal-arts institution; a campus of the University of Phoenix; and Cleary University, a private business school. Washtenaw Community College is located in neighboring Ann Arbor Township. In 2000, the Ave Maria School of Law, a Ro... | What Lutheran school did Tom Monaghan found? | {'text': 'Ave Maria School of Law', 'answer_start': 291} |
6,725 | 6,383 | 56d3867b59d6e4140014663f | generic | Season six premiered with the series' highest-rated debut episode and a few of its succeeding episodes rank among the most watched episodes of American Idol. During this time, many television executives begun to regard the show as a programming force unlike any seen before, as its consistent dominance of up to two hour... | What did other television networks refer to American Idol as because of its ratings? | {'text': 'the Death Star', 'answer_start': 453} |
7,376 | 7,034 | 56db0a87e7c41114004b4cb1 | generic |
Turkey: The torch relay leg in Istanbul, held on April 3, started on Sultanahmet Square and finished in Taksim Square. Uyghurs living in Turkey protested at Chinese treatment of their compatriots living in Xinjiang. Several protesters who tried to disrupt the relay were promptly arrested by the police. | What city was the Olympic Torch at on April 3rd? | {'text': 'Istanbul', 'answer_start': 33} |
106,413 | 106,071 | 5ad228d0d7d075001a42856b | generic | It's generally accepted that there are around 750 verses in the Quran dealing with natural phenomenon. In many of these verses the study of nature is "encouraged and highly recommended," and historical Islamic scientists like Al-Biruni and Al-Battani derived their inspiration from verses of the Quran. Mohammad Hashim K... | Al-Battani is an example of a Muslim scientist who rejected inspiration from which text? | {'text': 'Quran', 'answer_start': 296} |
48,537 | 48,195 | 5ad38d67604f3c001a3fe5e9 | generic | Drug discovery is the process by which potential drugs are discovered or designed. In the past most drugs have been discovered either by isolating the active ingredient from traditional remedies or by serendipitous discovery. Modern biotechnology often focuses on understanding the metabolic pathways related to a diseas... | What focuses on early-stage pathways? | {'text': 'biotechnology', 'answer_start': 233} |
91,462 | 91,120 | 57290ea91d04691400778ff5 | generic | In 1964, the biologists Paul Ehrlich and Holm pointed out cases where two or more clines are distributed discordantly—for example, melanin is distributed in a decreasing pattern from the equator north and south; frequencies for the haplotype for beta-S hemoglobin, on the other hand, radiate out of specific geographical... | What do the frequencies for the haplotype for beta-5 hemogoblin do from specific points in Africa? | {'text': 'radiate', 'answer_start': 284} |
5,860 | 5,518 | 56d2392cb329da140004ec15 | generic | Śīla refers to overall principles of ethical behavior. There are several levels of sīla, which correspond to "basic morality" (five precepts), "basic morality with asceticism" (eight precepts), "novice monkhood" (ten precepts) and "monkhood" (Vinaya or Patimokkha). Lay people generally undertake to live by the five pre... | Lay people tend to live by the five what? | {'text': 'precepts', 'answer_start': 132} |
72,824 | 72,482 | 57271bf2dd62a815002e9916 | generic | Comcast was given an "F" for its corporate governance practices in 2010, by Corporate Library, an independent shareholder-research organization. According to Corporate Library, Comcast's board of directors ability to oversee and control management was severely compromised (at least in 2010) by the fact that several of ... | What organization gave Comcast an "F" rating in 2010? | {'text': 'Corporate Library', 'answer_start': 76} |
93,732 | 93,390 | 572960a8af94a219006aa353 | generic | In the last years of the nineteenth century, Planck was investigating the problem of black-body radiation first posed by Kirchhoff some forty years earlier. It is well known that hot objects glow, and that hotter objects glow brighter than cooler ones. The electromagnetic field obeys laws of motion similarly to a mass ... | Planck studied what problem posed originally by Kirchhoff? | {'text': 'black-body radiation', 'answer_start': 85} |
61,890 | 61,548 | 5726a579dd62a815002e8bef | generic | Following World War II, Aung San negotiated the Panglong Agreement with ethnic leaders that guaranteed the independence of Myanmar as a unified state. Aung Zan Wai, Pe Khin, Bo Hmu Aung, Sir Maung Gyi, Dr. Sein Mya Maung, Myoma U Than Kywe were among the negotiators of the historical Panglong Conference negotiated with... | What position did Aung San hold in the Burmese government? | {'text': 'Deputy Chairman of the Executive Council of Myanmar', 'answer_start': 410} |
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