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6,096 | 5,754 | 56d2a28059d6e41400146172 | generic | Buddhism provides many opportunities for comparative study with a diverse range of subjects. For example, Buddhism's emphasis on the Middle way not only provides a unique guideline for ethics but has also allowed Buddhism to peacefully coexist with various differing beliefs, customs and institutions in countries where ... | Buddhist concept of dependent origination has been compared to what modern thought? | {'text': 'scientific', 'answer_start': 600} |
11,373 | 11,031 | 5a633d8368151a001a922290 | generic | English is used as a second language in parts of Southern Europe. As a primary language, however, English has only a small presence in Southern Europe, only in Gibraltar (alongside Spanish) and Malta (secondary to Maltese). | Where does English have a large presence as a primary language? | {'text': 'Southern Europe', 'answer_start': 135} |
29,881 | 29,539 | 57063e7075f01819005e7ab2 | generic | Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include Chelsea, City Island, Great Island and Venice Park. | Besides Chelsea, City Island, and Great Island, what other community, locality, or place name is included in the city? | {'text': 'Venice Park', 'answer_start': 150} |
97,286 | 96,944 | 572a34b83f37b319004787a8 | generic | Neolithic people were skilled farmers, manufacturing a range of tools necessary for the tending, harvesting and processing of crops (such as sickle blades and grinding stones) and food production (e.g. pottery, bone implements). They were also skilled manufacturers of a range of other types of stone tools and ornaments... | What purposes were the production of farm tools used for? | {'text': 'tending, harvesting and processing of crops', 'answer_start': 88} |
82,610 | 82,268 | 5727bf6aff5b5019007d9429 | generic | The Flying Fathers, a Canadian group of Catholic priests, regularly toured North America playing exhibition hockey games for charity. One of the organization's founders, Les Costello, was a onetime NHL player who was ordained as a priest after retiring from professional hockey. Another prominent exhibition hockey team ... | What religion is the Flying Fathers team? | {'text': 'Catholic', 'answer_start': 40} |
105,956 | 105,614 | 572ec86dc246551400ce466b | generic | From roughly 115 to 60 BC, Han forces fought the Xiongnu over control of the oasis city-states in the Tarim Basin. Han was eventually victorious and established the Protectorate of the Western Regions in 60 BC, which dealt with the region's defense and foreign affairs. The Han also expanded southward. The naval conques... | When was the first national census taken in China? | {'text': '2 AD', 'answer_start': 698} |
72,774 | 72,432 | 5a7375a953a187001ae631e9 | generic | On February 12, 2014, the Los Angeles Times reported that Comcast sought to acquire Time Warner Cable in a deal valued at $45.2 billion. On February 13, it was reported that Time Warner Cable agreed to the acquisition. This was to add several metropolitan areas to the Comcast portfolio, such as New York City, Los Angel... | When do Time Warner and Comcast plan to begin the merger? | {'text': 'by the end of 2014', 'answer_start': 477} |
79,784 | 79,442 | 5a7e892948f7d9001a063752 | generic | The National Maritime College of Ireland is also located in Cork and is the only college in Ireland in which Nautical Studies and Marine Engineering can be undertaken. CIT also incorporates the Cork School of Music and Crawford College of Art and Design as constituent schools. The Cork College of Commerce is the larges... | What kind of Certificate does Crawford College of Art and Design offer? | {'text': 'post-Leaving', 'answer_start': 322} |
17,694 | 17,352 | 56e136e7cd28a01900c676be | generic | More than two-thirds of inner Boston's modern land area did not exist when the city was founded, but was created via the gradual filling in of the surrounding tidal areas over the centuries, notably with earth from the leveling or lowering of Boston's three original hills (the "Trimountain", after which Tremont Street ... | A train full of gravel came from Needham to fill what? | {'text': 'the Back Bay', 'answer_start': 385} |
7,836 | 7,494 | 56dc57f714d3a41400c267ee | generic | The development of new technologies has made it dramatically easier and cheaper to do sequencing, and the number of complete genome sequences is growing rapidly. The US National Institutes of Health maintains one of several comprehensive databases of genomic information. Among the thousands of completed genome sequenci... | When was the Neanderthal's genome sequenced? | {'text': 'December 2013', 'answer_start': 443} |
93,597 | 93,255 | 5729689c3f37b31900478346 | generic | New chemical glass compositions or new treatment techniques can be initially investigated in small-scale laboratory experiments. The raw materials for laboratory-scale glass melts are often different from those used in mass production because the cost factor has a low priority. In the laboratory mostly pure chemicals a... | What is the reason for crushing the glass and melting it again? | {'text': 'homogeneity', 'answer_start': 981} |
92,430 | 92,088 | 5a7258d353a187001ae630da | generic | One elector in Minnesota cast a ballot for president with the name of "John Ewards" [sic] written on it. The Electoral College officials certified this ballot as a vote for John Edwards for president. The remaining nine electors cast ballots for John Kerry. All ten electors in the state cast ballots for John Edwards f... | Who voted for John Edwards for president and had his vote discounted because it violated the rules? | {'text': 'One elector in Minnesota', 'answer_start': 0} |
83,821 | 83,479 | 5728479e2ca10214002da236 | generic | In addition to the Vedas, the principal texts of Hinduism, the core themes of the Sanskrit epics Ramayana and Mahabharata are said to have their ultimate origins during this period. The Mahabharata remains, today, the longest single poem in the world. Historians formerly postulated an "epic age" as the milieu of these ... | On what type of clash is the Mahabharata thought to have been based? | {'text': 'small-scale conflict', 'answer_start': 526} |
129,882 | 129,540 | 5736175f012e2f140011a19f | generic | Regulation of hunting within the United States dates from the 19th century. Some modern hunters see themselves as conservationists and sportsmen in the mode of Theodore Roosevelt and the Boone and Crockett Club. Local hunting clubs and national organizations provide hunter education and help protect the future of the s... | What do hunting groups also participate in? | {'text': 'lobbying the federal government and state government', 'answer_start': 534} |
43,191 | 42,849 | 570e1f340dc6ce1900204dc9 | generic | Researchers include biologists, geologists, oceanographers, physicists, astronomers, glaciologists, and meteorologists. Geologists tend to study plate tectonics, meteorites from outer space, and resources from the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana. Glaciologists in Antarctica are concerned with the study of the hi... | What group of scientists study tectonics? | {'text': 'Geologists', 'answer_start': 120} |
39,972 | 39,630 | 570e83490b85d914000d7f6f | generic | Melbourne's air quality is generally good and has improved significantly since the 1980s. Like many urban environments, the city faces significant environmental issues, many of them relating to the city's large urban footprint and urban sprawl and the demand for infrastructure and services. One such issue is water usag... | Has Melbourne's air quality improved or declined since the 1980s? | {'text': 'improved significantly', 'answer_start': 50} |
101,517 | 101,175 | 572ec240cb0c0d14000f1514 | generic | Things were looking grim for Prussia now, with the Austrians mobilising to attack Prussian-controlled soil and a French army under Soubise approaching from the west. However, in November and December of 1757, the whole situation in Germany was reversed. First, Frederick devastated Prince Soubise's French force at the B... | What German areas were beginning to oppose Prussia? | {'text': 'a number of smaller German states such as Bavaria had been established under Austrian leadership', 'answer_start': 829} |
107,195 | 106,853 | 5a7b80b421c2de001afea0b0 | generic | The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was the most commonly used transistor in the 1960s and 70s. Even after MOSFETs became widely available, the BJT remained the transistor of choice for many analog circuits such as amplifiers because of their greater linearity and ease of manufacture. In integrated circuits, the desi... | What was the most common application of MOSFETs? | {'text': 'amplifiers', 'answer_start': 525} |
40,775 | 40,433 | 570d3c44b3d812140066d5ba | generic | AA gunnery was a difficult business. The problem was of successfully aiming a shell to burst close to its target's future position, with various factors affecting the shells' predicted trajectory. This was called deflection gun-laying, 'off-set' angles for range and elevation were set on the gunsight and updated as the... | Different things could affect what with the shell? | {'text': 'predicted trajectory', 'answer_start': 175} |
89,423 | 89,081 | 5ad164ac645df0001a2d1984 | generic | Labour has long been identified with red, a political colour traditionally affiliated with socialism and the labour movement. The party conference in 1931 passed a motion "That this conference adopts Party Colours, which should be uniform throughout the country, colours to be red and gold". Since the party's inception,... | What is the official conservative symbol? | {'text': 'red flag', 'answer_start': 325} |
51,763 | 51,421 | 5725d03438643c19005acd7f | generic | Parque Rodó is both a barrio (neighbourhood) of Montevideo and a park which lies mostly outside the limits of the neighbourhood itself and belongs to Punta Carretas. The name "Rodó" commemorates José Enrique Rodó, an important Uruguayan writer whose monument is in the southern side of the main park. The park was concei... | Who was an important Uruguayan writer that is commemorated by Parque Rodo? | {'text': 'José Enrique Rodó', 'answer_start': 195} |
31,249 | 30,907 | 59fb2731ee36d60018400d54 | generic | The motif of the England national football team has three lions passant guardant, the emblem of King Richard I, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. The lions, often blue, have had minor changes to colour and appearance. Initially topped by a crown, this was removed in 1949 when the FA was given an official coat of arms by t... | In what year was the College of Arms established? | {'text': '1189', 'answer_start': 129} |
77,778 | 77,436 | 572782aff1498d1400e8fa3a | generic | Most Paramount sound releases made prior to 1950 are owned by EMKA, Ltd./NBCUniversal Television Distribution, while Paramount (currently owned by Viacom) holds on to most of its post-1949 releases, which are distributed for television by Trifecta Entertainment & Media. Columbia's film output is owned by Sony (through ... | Who manages the TV distribution of Walt Disney Studios? | {'text': 'Disney-ABC Domestic Television', 'answer_start': 590} |
7,294 | 6,952 | 56daf3b2e7c41114004b4b7d | generic | After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents. The torch has visited cities along the Silk Road, symb... | Where was the Olympic torch lit? | {'text': 'Olympia, Greece', 'answer_start': 58} |
66,228 | 65,886 | 5726be37dd62a815002e8f1b | generic | The island is subject to separate immigration controls from the remainder of Australia. Until recently immigration to Norfolk Island even by other Australian citizens was heavily restricted. In 2012, immigration controls were relaxed with the introduction of an Unrestricted Entry Permit for all Australian and New Zeala... | What must Australian and New Zealand citizens do in order to apply for residency in Norfolk Island? | {'text': 'pass a police check and be able to pay into the local health scheme', 'answer_start': 409} |
76,725 | 76,383 | 5727a4ee3acd2414000de8b7 | generic | Christians believe that Jesus’ death was instrumental in restoring humankind to relationship with God. Christians believe that through faith in Jesus’ substitutionary death and triumphant resurrection people are reunited with God and receive new joy and power in this life as well as eternal life in heaven after the bod... | What do Christians believe regarding Jesus' death? | {'text': 'instrumental in restoring humankind to relationship with God', 'answer_start': 41} |
37,166 | 36,824 | 570b56c06b8089140040f89e | generic | The U.S. framed the war as part of its policy of containment of Communism in south Asia, but American forces were frustrated by an inability to engage the enemy in decisive battles, corruption and incompetence in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and ever increasing protests at home. The Tet Offensive in 1968, altho... | When did this offensive take place? | {'text': '1968', 'answer_start': 309} |
25,590 | 25,248 | 56f8a91b9e9bad19000a0280 | generic | This article covers numbered east-west streets in Manhattan, New York City. Major streets have their own linked articles; minor streets are discussed here. The streets do not run exactly east–west, because the grid plan is aligned with the Hudson River rather than with the cardinal directions. "West" is approximately 2... | Which streets have their own linked articles? | {'text': 'Major streets', 'answer_start': 76} |
7,727 | 7,385 | 56d97e69dc89441400fdb4eb | generic | Some Western media have reported on Chinese accusations of Western media bias. The Daily Telegraph published an opinion piece by the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom, Fu Ying, who accused Western media of "demonising" China during their coverage of the torch relays. The Telegraph also asked its readers to send ... | What French newspaper did the Chinese media accuse of bias? | {'text': 'Libération', 'answer_start': 856} |
59,636 | 59,294 | 5acfcbe077cf76001a686069 | generic | Usually a Presbyterian church will not have statues of saints, nor the ornate altar more typical of a Roman Catholic church. Instead, one will find a "communion table," usually on the same level as the congregation. There may be a rail between the communion table and the "Chancel" behind it, which may contain a more de... | In a Presbyterian church there may be a rail located between the choir and what? | {'text': 'Chancel', 'answer_start': 273} |
42,334 | 41,992 | 570d7b36fed7b91900d461b6 | generic | On 28 January 1871 the Government of National Defence based in Paris negotiated an armistice with the Prussians. With Paris starving, and Gambetta's provincial armies reeling from one disaster after another, French foreign minister Favre went to Versailles on 24 January to discuss peace terms with Bismarck. Bismarck ag... | Which French minister traveled to Versailles to discuss peace? | {'text': 'Favre', 'answer_start': 232} |
86,505 | 86,163 | 572809b32ca10214002d9c40 | generic | Measures, which were the means by which the National Assembly for Wales passed legislation between 2006 and 2011, were assented to by the Queen by means of an Order in Council. Section 102 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 required the Clerk to the Assembly to present measures passed by the assembly after a four-week... | What was the name of the method by which Wales passed legislation in the 2000's? | {'text': 'Measures', 'answer_start': 0} |
114,281 | 113,939 | 57300a6a04bcaa1900d7705c | generic | Phaininda and episkyros were Greek ball games. An image of an episkyros player depicted in low relief on a vase at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens appears on the UEFA European Championship Cup. Athenaeus, writing in 228 AD, referenced the Roman ball game harpastum. Phaininda, episkyros and harpastum were p... | What country is the game chuck-guk from? | {'text': 'Korea', 'answer_start': 688} |
28,362 | 28,020 | 56fc2fec2603e71400409ffe | generic | The word phonology comes from the Greek φωνή, phōnḗ, "voice, sound," and the suffix -logy (which is from Greek λόγος, lógos, "word, speech, subject of discussion"). Definitions of the term vary. Nikolai Trubetzkoy in Grundzüge der Phonologie (1939) defines phonology as "the study of sound pertaining to the system of la... | What Greek word is -logy derived from? | {'text': 'lógos', 'answer_start': 118} |
116,322 | 115,980 | 5a5690656349e2001acdce41 | generic | The considerable spending did not lead to more growth and did not benefit the poor. Much of the increased spending has gone to current expenditures related to wages, transfers, and subsidies. The wage bill today constitutes over 15% of GDP and 55% of total public spending; these are some of the highest levels on the Af... | What has a decline in SACU revenues done? | {'text': 'reversed the fiscal situation', 'answer_start': 392} |
23,514 | 23,172 | 56f756b2aef2371900625b25 | generic | Muhammad also ordered another siege on the Banu Qurayza during the Invasion of Banu Qurayza, because according to Muslim tradition he had been ordered to do so by the angel Gabriel. Al-Waqidi claims Muhammad had a treaty with the tribe which was torn apart. Stillman and Watt deny the authenticity of al-Waqidi. Al-Waqid... | What angel, according to Muslim tradition, ordered Muhammad to order a siege on the Banu Qurayza? | {'text': 'Gabriel', 'answer_start': 173} |
65,855 | 65,513 | 5a205e3c54a786001a36b321 | generic | Some alloys occur naturally, such as electrum, which is an alloy that is native to Earth, consisting of silver and gold. Meteorites are sometimes made of naturally occurring alloys of iron and nickel, but are not native to the Earth. One of the first alloys made by humans was bronze, which is made by mixing the metals ... | Iron and what metal formed the first alloy made by humans? | {'text': 'copper', 'answer_start': 328} |
12,773 | 12,431 | 5ad2c906d7d075001a42a215 | generic | A Christian ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. "Christian" derives from the Koine Greek word Christós (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term mashiach. | Which term is a translation of the Greek term Abrahamic? | {'text': 'mashiach', 'answer_start': 275} |
69,012 | 68,670 | 57272435f1498d1400e8f3ed | generic | Russia feared losing Russian America without compensation in some future conflict, especially to the British. While Alaska attracted little interest at the time, the population of nearby British Columbia started to increase rapidly a few years after hostilities ended. Therefore, the Russian emperor, Alexander II, decid... | Who did the Russians offer to sell Alaska to? | {'text': 'the United States', 'answer_start': 393} |
75,398 | 75,056 | 5727a7103acd2414000de8e5 | generic | The term child labour can be misleading when it confuses harmful work with employment that may be beneficial to children. It can also ignore harmful work outside employment and any benefits children normally derive from their work. Domestic work is an example: all families but the rich must work at cleaning, cooking, c... | All but what type of children must learn to clean? | {'text': 'rich', 'answer_start': 282} |
7,777 | 7,435 | 56db772fe7c41114004b515f | generic | Chinese media have also reported on Jin Jing, whom the official Chinese torch relay website described as "heroic" and an "angel", whereas Western media initially gave her little mention – despite a Chinese claim that "Chinese Paralympic athlete Jin Jing has garnered much attention from the media". | Which athlete did the official website call an angel? | {'text': 'Jin Jing', 'answer_start': 36} |
10,706 | 10,364 | 56de2c48cffd8e1900b4b611 | generic | According to Vitruvius, the architect should strive to fulfill each of these three attributes as well as possible. Leon Battista Alberti, who elaborates on the ideas of Vitruvius in his treatise, De Re Aedificatoria, saw beauty primarily as a matter of proportion, although ornament also played a part. For Alberti, the ... | Who wrote Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects? | {'text': 'Vasari', 'answer_start': 679} |
578 | 236 | 56d4c2b22ccc5a1400d831f4 | generic | In 2011, documents obtained by WikiLeaks revealed that Beyoncé was one of many entertainers who performed for the family of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Rolling Stone reported that the music industry was urging them to return the money they earned for the concerts; a spokesperson for Beyoncé later confirmed to The Huf... | Which organization did Beyoncé donate her pay for the private performance to? | {'text': 'Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.', 'answer_start': 367} |
98,868 | 98,526 | 572ac29334ae481900deacc4 | generic | Most analyses place Kerry's voting record on the left within the Senate Democratic caucus. During the 2004 presidential election he was portrayed as a staunch liberal by conservative groups and the Bush campaign, who often noted that in 2003 Kerry was rated the National Journal's top Senate liberal. However, that ratin... | When was Kerry called the 'top Senate liberal'? | {'text': '2003', 'answer_start': 237} |
129,159 | 128,817 | 57344500acc1501500babd51 | generic | The Greater Richmond area was named the third-best city for business by MarketWatch in September 2007, ranking behind only the Minneapolis and Denver areas and just above Boston. The area is home to six Fortune 500 companies: electric utility Dominion Resources; CarMax; Owens & Minor; Genworth Financial; MeadWestvaco; ... | What type of business is Dominion Resources? | {'text': 'electric utility', 'answer_start': 226} |
110,005 | 109,663 | 573409784776f4190066176a | generic | Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino visited the Santa Cruz River valley in 1692, and founded the Mission San Xavier del Bac in 1700 about 7 mi (11 km) upstream from the site of the settlement of Tucson. A separate Convento settlement was founded downstream along the Santa Cruz River, near the base of what is now "... | What religion was Kino? | {'text': 'Jesuit', 'answer_start': 0} |
29,198 | 28,856 | 57060a7675f01819005e78de | generic | Visits to the websites have decreased by 87% since the paywall was introduced, from 21 million unique users per month to 2.7 million. In April 2009, the timesonline site had a readership of 750,000 readers per day. As of October 2011, there were around 111,000 subscribers to The Times' digital products. | In April 2009, how many readers did the timesonline website have per day? | {'text': '750,000', 'answer_start': 190} |
55,263 | 54,921 | 5a627fdff8d794001af1c05e | generic | Following the purchase of an offshore lease in 2005, Shell initiated its US$4.5 billion Arctic drilling program in 2006, after the corporation purchased the "Kulluk" oil rig and leased the Noble Discoverer drillship. At inception, the project was led by Pete Slaiby, a Shell executive who had previously worked in the No... | How much did the purchase of an offshore lease cost? | {'text': 'US$4.5 billion', 'answer_start': 73} |
111,959 | 111,617 | 572fe613a23a5019007fcb07 | generic | The Premier League is particularly popular in Asia, where it is the most widely distributed sports programme. In Australia, Fox Sports broadcasts almost all of the season's 380 matches live, and Foxtel gives subscribers the option of selecting which Saturday 3pm match to watch. In India, the matches are broadcast live ... | What country is the Premier League the most distributed televised sports broadcast? | {'text': 'The Premier League is particularly popular in Asia, where it is the most widely distributed sports programme', 'answer_start': 0} |
101,462 | 101,120 | 572ea92e03f98919007568d5 | generic | News of this arrived in Europe, where Britain and France unsuccessfully attempted to negotiate a solution. The two nations eventually dispatched regular troops to North America to enforce their claims. The first British action was the assault on Acadia on 16 June 1755 in the Battle of Fort Beauséjour, which was immedia... | Who won the Battle of Lake George? | {'text': 'inconclusive', 'answer_start': 737} |
11,407 | 11,065 | 56de61a3cffd8e1900b4b839 | generic | BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 Novem... | Under what auspices does the BBC exist? | {'text': 'Royal charter', 'answer_start': 148} |
14,499 | 14,157 | 56dfb0e97aa994140058dfe8 | generic | Bell is also credited with developing one of the early versions of a metal detector in 1881. The device was quickly put together in an attempt to find the bullet in the body of U.S. President James Garfield. According to some accounts, the metal detector worked flawlessly in tests but did not find the assassin's bullet... | On which run did Bell's metal detector give a small indication? | {'text': 'first', 'answer_start': 646} |
81,874 | 81,532 | 5a4c50d07a6c4c001a2bbbe7 | generic | The average annual rainfall ranges from very low in the northern and southern fringes of the desert to nearly non-existent over the central and the eastern part. The thin northern fringe of the desert receives more winter cloudiness and rainfall due to the arrival of low pressure systems over the Mediterranean Sea alon... | What has a land area of 9,000,000 sq mi? | {'text': 'the Sahara', 'answer_start': 1199} |
20,485 | 20,143 | 56e7839137bdd419002c4075 | generic | Archaeological discovery shows that "Nanjing Man" lived in more than 500 thousand years ago. Zun, a kind of wine vessel, was found to exist in Beiyinyangying culture of Nanjing in about 5000 years ago. In the late period of Shang dynasty, Taibo of Zhou came to Jiangnan and established Wu state, and the first stop is in... | When was the the fort of Yuecheng built? | {'text': '473 BC', 'answer_start': 552} |
8,138 | 7,796 | 5ad5ffa05b96ef001a10affa | generic | By 1975 the majority of local authorities in England and Wales had abandoned the 11-plus examination and moved to a comprehensive system. Over that 10-year period many secondary modern schools and grammar schools were amalgamated to form large neighbourhood comprehensives, whilst a number of new schools were built to a... | By what year didn't the 11-plus exam mainly fall out of use? | {'text': '1975', 'answer_start': 3} |
75,989 | 75,647 | 572784e7f1498d1400e8faa0 | generic | Darwin had initially decided to call his book An abstract of an Essay on the Origin of Species and Varieties Through natural selection, but with Murray's persuasion it was eventually changed to the snappier title: On the Origin of Species, with the title page adding by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of... | What title did Darwin's book ultimately have? | {'text': 'On the Origin of Species', 'answer_start': 214} |
102,645 | 102,303 | 572e9fd2dfa6aa1500f8d217 | generic | The majority of Greek Cypriots identify as Greek Orthodox, whereas most Turkish Cypriots are adherents of Sunni Islam. According to Eurobarometer 2005, Cyprus was the second most religious state in the European Union at that time, after Malta (although in 2005 Romania wasn't in the European Union, currently Romania is ... | What country is the second most religious in the European Union? | {'text': 'Cyprus', 'answer_start': 152} |
73,901 | 73,559 | 5727363d5951b619008f86cb | generic | New Haven (local /nuː ˈheɪvən/, noo-HAY-vən), in the U.S. state of Connecticut, is the principal municipality in Greater New Haven, which had a total population of 862,477 in 2010. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of the Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, which in turn comprises ... | New Haven County makes up the outer limits of what major metropolitan area? | {'text': 'New York metropolitan area', 'answer_start': 344} |
67,465 | 67,123 | 5726c077708984140094d080 | generic | These motors were originally invented to drive the capstan(s) of magnetic tape drives in the burgeoning computer industry, where minimal time to reach operating speed and minimal stopping distance were critical. Pancake motors are still widely used in high-performance servo-controlled systems, robotic systems, industri... | What type of servo-controlled systems use pancake motors? | {'text': 'high-performance', 'answer_start': 252} |
33,093 | 32,751 | 5a5ce6645e8782001a9d5e12 | generic | In 2013 and 2014, a Russian/Ukrainian hacking ring known as "Rescator" broke into Target Corporation computers in 2013, stealing roughly 40 million credit cards, and then Home Depot computers in 2014, stealing between 53 and 56 million credit card numbers. Warnings were delivered at both corporations, but ignored; phys... | When was Rescator formed? | {'text': '2013', 'answer_start': 3} |
74,452 | 74,110 | 5727ea07ff5b5019007d9864 | generic | New Haven has been depicted in a number of movies. Scenes in the film All About Eve (1950) are set at the Taft Hotel (now Taft Apartments) on the corner of College and Chapel streets, and the history of New Haven theaters as Broadway "tryouts" is depicted in the Fred Astaire film The Band Wagon (1953). The city was fic... | What is currently located at the site of the old Taft Hotel in New Haven? | {'text': 'Taft Apartments', 'answer_start': 122} |
20,178 | 19,836 | 56e7857d37bdd419002c4092 | generic | During World War II, Kansas was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. | What did the V-12 program provide to interested pupils? | {'text': 'a path to a Navy commission', 'answer_start': 160} |
51,629 | 51,287 | 5a0cf4e1f5590b0018dab6ac | 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... | Why were the scientific educational reforms criticized? | {'text': "they may marginalize researchers who do not support Gates' predetermined policy preferences", 'answer_start': 234} |
34,917 | 34,575 | 5ad24633d7d075001a428ade | generic | More contemporary views along the evolutionary psychology spectrum posit that both basic emotions and social emotions evolved to motivate (social) behaviors that were adaptive in the ancestral environment. Current research[citation needed] suggests that emotion is an essential part of any human decision-making and plan... | Along with LeDoux, who wasn't a notable neurological brain researcher? | {'text': 'António Damásio', 'answer_start': 787} |
47,979 | 47,637 | 571a663e4faf5e1900b8a988 | generic | Relations between Ashkenazim and Sephardim have not always been warm. North African Sepharadim and Berber Jews were often looked upon by Ashkenazim as second-class citizens during the first decade after the creation of Israel. This has led to protest movements such as the Israeli Black Panthers led by Saadia Marciano a... | What did Saadia Marciano do with the Israeli Black Panthers? | {'text': 'led to protest movements', 'answer_start': 236} |
76,889 | 76,547 | 57278be3dd62a815002e9ff1 | generic | In Austria, the Austrian Constitution of 1920 (based on a draft by Hans Kelsen) introduced judicial review of legislative acts for their constitutionality. This function is performed by the Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof), which is also charged with the review of administrative acts on whether they violat... | What court is charged with the responsibility of deciding the constitutionality of laws in Austria? | {'text': 'Constitutional Court', 'answer_start': 190} |
55,137 | 54,795 | 5a6231bef8d794001af1bec9 | generic | In November 2004, following a period of turmoil caused by the revelation that Shell had been overstating its oil reserves, it was announced that the Shell Group would move to a single capital structure, creating a new parent company to be named Royal Dutch Shell plc, with its primary listing on the London Stock Exchang... | Contrary to the original ownership, shareholders were given what disadvantage of the Shell group? | {'text': '60/40', 'answer_start': 800} |
78,436 | 78,094 | 57278b02708984140094e061 | generic | Present-day Christian religious bodies known for conducting their worship services without musical accompaniment include some Presbyterian churches devoted to the regulative principle of worship, Old Regular Baptists, Primitive Baptists, Plymouth Brethren, Churches of Christ, the Old German Baptist Brethren, Doukhobors... | What is the name of the religious a cappella style used with shape notes? | {'text': 'Sacred Harp', 'answer_start': 690} |
126,930 | 126,588 | 5acebcaf32bba1001ae4b260 | generic | The 1829 Metropolitan Police Act created a modern police force by limiting the purview of the force and its powers, and envisioning it as merely an organ of the judicial system. Their job was apolitical; to maintain the peace and apprehend criminals for the courts to process according to the law. This was very differen... | What did the Metropolitan Police Act say police weren't a subset of? | {'text': 'the judicial system', 'answer_start': 157} |
8,051 | 7,709 | 5ad5fa5f5b96ef001a10af86 | generic | The "Mittelschule" is a school in some States of Germany that offers regular classes and remedial classes but no college preparatory classes. In some States of Germany, the Hauptschule does not exist, and any student who has not been accepted by another school has to attend the Mittelschule. Students may be awarded the... | What kind of school is available in some parts of Germany? | {'text': 'Hauptschule', 'answer_start': 173} |
122,385 | 122,043 | 5731a1d3b9d445190005e41d | generic | A TiVo service update in July 2008 allowed the system to search and play YouTube videos. In January 2009, YouTube launched "YouTube for TV", a version of the website tailored for set-top boxes and other TV-based media devices with web browsers, initially allowing its videos to be viewed on the PlayStation 3 and Wii vid... | later in 2009 what service replaced youtube for TV | {'text': 'YouTube XL', 'answer_start': 352} |
75,841 | 75,499 | 5a3c00a4cc5d22001a521cf1 | generic | A struggle for succession in the mid-twelfth century gave the Fujiwara an opportunity to regain their former power. Fujiwara no Yorinaga sided with the retired emperor in a violent battle in 1156 against the heir apparent, who was supported by the Taira and Minamoto (Hōgen Rebellion). In the end, the Fujiwara were dest... | Who had the opportunity to regain their former power in the 1200's? | {'text': 'the Fujiwara', 'answer_start': 58} |
45,571 | 45,229 | 571008eab654c5140001f775 | generic | In October 2009, the American Law Institute voted to disavow the framework for capital punishment that it had created in 1962, as part of the Model Penal Code, "in light of the current intractable institutional and structural obstacles to ensuring a minimally adequate system for administering capital punishment." A stu... | In what year did the American Law Institute create a death penalty framework for the Model Penal Code? | {'text': '1962', 'answer_start': 121} |
115,825 | 115,483 | 5ad494e6ba00c4001a268c7c | generic | On August 1, 2012, Windows 8 (build 9200) was released to manufacturing with the build number 6.2.9200.16384 . Microsoft planned to hold a launch event on October 25, 2012 and release Windows 8 for general availability on the next day. However, only a day after its release to manufacturing, a copy of the final version ... | When did Windows 9 manufacturing begin? | {'text': 'August 1, 2012', 'answer_start': 3} |
98,772 | 98,430 | 572aadc2be1ee31400cb8154 | generic | After Kerry's third qualifying wound, he was entitled per Navy regulations to reassignment away from combat duties. Kerry's preferred choice for reassignment was as a military aide in Boston, New York or Washington, D.C. On April 11, 1969, he reported to the Brooklyn-based Atlantic Military Sea Transportation Service, ... | Where was Kerry reassigned in April 1969? | {'text': 'the Brooklyn-based Atlantic Military Sea Transportation Service', 'answer_start': 255} |
19,070 | 18,728 | 56e6d3336fe0821900b8ebac | generic | Another format, rhythmic AC, in addition to playing all the popular hot and soft AC music, past and present, places a heavy emphasis on disco as well as 1980s and 1990s dance hits, such as those by Amber, C&C Music Factory and Black Box, and includes dance remixes of pop songs, such as the Soul Solution mix of Toni Bra... | What radio station format plays soft AC, hot AC, disco and dance? | {'text': 'rhythmic AC', 'answer_start': 16} |
120,964 | 120,622 | 57312d39497a881900248c12 | generic | Egypt (i/ˈiːdʒɪpt/; Arabic: مِصر Miṣr, Egyptian Arabic: مَصر Maṣr, Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ Khemi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia, via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is the world's only contiguous Eurafrasi... | What land bridge between Asian and Africa? | {'text': 'Sinai Peninsula', 'answer_start': 260} |
12,095 | 11,753 | 56df712e5ca0a614008f9a53 | generic | Plymouth railway station, which opened in 1877, is managed by Great Western Railway and also sees trains on the CrossCountry network. Smaller stations are served by local trains on the Tamar Valley Line and Cornish Main Line. First Great Western have come under fire recently, due to widespread rail service cuts across ... | Trains from what network sometimes operate out of Plymouth's railroad station? | {'text': 'CrossCountry', 'answer_start': 112} |
69,130 | 68,788 | 5a457e6419a820001a1eda85 | generic | After a nonprofit organization has been formed at the state level, the organization may seek recognition of tax exempt status with respect to U.S. federal income tax. That is done typically by applying to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), although statutory exemptions exist for limited types of nonprofit organization... | How does a nonprofit ensure limits on spending? | {'text': 'by applying to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)', 'answer_start': 190} |
90,522 | 90,180 | 5ad27a95d7d075001a42960f | generic | In 2004, philosopher and psychologist Michel ter Hark (Groningen, The Netherlands) published a book, called Popper, Otto Selz and the rise of evolutionary epistemology, in which he claimed that Popper took some of his ideas from his tutor, the German psychologist Otto Selz. Selz never published his ideas, partly becaus... | When did Selz start his work? | {'text': '1933', 'answer_start': 382} |
42,978 | 42,636 | 570df7950b85d914000d7c2f | generic | As a result of continued warming, the polar ice caps melted and much of Gondwana became a desert. In Eastern Antarctica, seed ferns or pteridosperms became abundant and large amounts of sandstone and shale were laid down at this time. Synapsids, commonly known as "mammal-like reptiles", were common in Antarctica during... | What type of reptiles were common during the early Triassic? | {'text': 'Synapsids', 'answer_start': 235} |
59,195 | 58,853 | 572683435951b619008f7520 | generic | After the watershed events of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the state of Florida began investing in economic development through the Office of Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development. Governor Jeb Bush realized that watershed events such as Andrew negatively impacted Florida's backbone industry of tourism severely. The of... | Who chose to expand their corporation in Florida | {'text': 'The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) announced it had chosen Florida for its newest expansion', 'answer_start': 402} |
78,409 | 78,067 | 5727876f5951b619008f8c7c | generic | The polyphony of Christian a cappella music began to develop in Europe around the late 15th century, with compositions by Josquin des Prez. The early a cappella polyphonies may have had an accompanying instrument, although this instrument would merely double the singers' parts and was not independent. By the 16th centu... | Bach was influenced by a popular A cappella composer heavily for what composition? | {'text': 'Mass in B Minor', 'answer_start': 885} |
45,547 | 45,205 | 5ad3f8c8604f3c001a3ffa85 | generic | The United States Supreme Court in Penry v. Lynaugh and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Bigby v. Dretke have been clear in their decisions that jury instructions in death penalty cases that do not ask about mitigating factors regarding the defendant's mental health violate the defendant's Ei... | In what state was Bigby v. Dretke decided? | {'text': 'United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit', 'answer_start': 60} |
103,359 | 103,017 | 572eddd7dfa6aa1500f8d480 | generic | Past problems with hydraulic elevators include underground electrolytic destruction of the cylinder and bulkhead, pipe failures, and control failures. Single bulkhead cylinders, typically built prior to a 1972 ASME A17.1 Elevator Safety Code change requiring a second dished bulkhead, were subject to possible catastroph... | What Elevator Safety Code change required a second dished bulkhead? | {'text': '1972 ASME A17.1', 'answer_start': 205} |
935 | 593 | 56d4e9d12ccc5a1400d8333a | generic | Beyoncé's work has influenced numerous artists including Adele, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Bridgit Mendler, Rihanna, Kelly Rowland, Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor, Nicole Scherzinger, Rita Ora, Zendaya, Cheryl Cole, JoJo, Alexis Jordan, Jessica Sanchez, and Azealia Banks. American indie rock band White Rabbits also cited her... | Which Indie band said Beyoncé was an inspiration for one of hteir albums? | {'text': 'White Rabbits', 'answer_start': 292} |
95,114 | 94,772 | 57298eb13f37b31900478490 | generic | High neoclassicism was an international movement. Though neoclassical architecture employed the same classical vocabulary as Late Baroque architecture, it tended to emphasize its planar qualities, rather than sculptural volumes. Projections and recessions and their effects of light and shade were more flat; sculptural ... | What qualities were more emphasized in neoclassical versus Baroque? | {'text': 'planar qualities, rather than sculptural volumes', 'answer_start': 179} |
1,241 | 899 | 56d22055e7d4791d00902686 | generic | From September 1823 to 1826 Chopin attended the Warsaw Lyceum, where he received organ lessons from the Czech musician Wilhelm Würfel during his first year. In the autumn of 1826 he began a three-year course under the Silesian composer Józef Elsner at the Warsaw Conservatory, studying music theory, figured bass and com... | What did Tsar Alexander I give to Chopin? | {'text': 'a diamond ring.', 'answer_start': 791} |
50,266 | 49,924 | 57267d5c5951b619008f7485 | generic | According to one of her biographers, Giles St Aubyn, Victoria wrote an average of 2,500 words a day during her adult life. From July 1832 until just before her death, she kept a detailed journal, which eventually encompassed 122 volumes. After Victoria's death, her youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice, was appointed he... | Who was Victoria's literary executer? | {'text': 'her youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice', 'answer_start': 262} |
38,048 | 37,706 | 5a8cb474fd22b3001a8d8d7e | generic | Habitat size and numbers of species are systematically related. Physically larger species and those living at lower latitudes or in forests or oceans are more sensitive to reduction in habitat area. Conversion to "trivial" standardized ecosystems (e.g., monoculture following deforestation) effectively destroys habitat ... | What destroys the more diverse species? | {'text': 'Conversion to "trivial" standardized ecosystems', 'answer_start': 199} |
98,676 | 98,334 | 572ac614f75d5e190021fcc3 | generic | Interstate 95 runs through the city along the Delaware River as a main north-south artery known as the Delaware Expressway. The city is also served by the Schuylkill Expressway, a portion of Interstate 76 that runs along the Schuylkill River. It meets the Pennsylvania Turnpike at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, providin... | What is part of I-76 called? | {'text': 'Schuylkill Expressway', 'answer_start': 155} |
24,971 | 24,629 | 56f8c0389b226e1400dd0f2e | generic | After the fall of Napoléon, many alpine countries developed heavy protections to prevent any new invasion. Thus, Savoy built a series of fortifications in the Maurienne valley in order to protect the major alpine passes, such as the col du Mont-Cenis that was even crossed by, Charlemagne and his father to defeat the Lo... | Who built a series of fortifications in the Maurienne valley? | {'text': 'Savoy', 'answer_start': 113} |
47,161 | 46,819 | 571a35774faf5e1900b8a928 | generic | The main mode of transportation, however, relies on Seattle's streets, which are laid out in a cardinal directions grid pattern, except in the central business district where early city leaders Arthur Denny and Carson Boren insisted on orienting their plats relative to the shoreline rather than to true North. Only two ... | When is the tunnel now expected to be finished? | {'text': '2017', 'answer_start': 1006} |
38,307 | 37,965 | 570bfb6dec8fbc190045bbf4 | generic | The inherent ambiguity of many control characters, combined with their historical usage, created problems when transferring "plain text" files between systems. The best example of this is the newline problem on various operating systems. Teletype machines required that a line of text be terminated with both "Carriage R... | Why were problems created when transferring files between systems? | {'text': 'The inherent ambiguity of many control characters, combined with their historical usage', 'answer_start': 0} |
120,278 | 119,936 | 57312612497a881900248bd7 | generic | Although some indigenous peoples of the Americas were traditionally hunter-gatherers—and many, especially in Amazonia, still are—many groups practiced aquaculture and agriculture. The impact of their agricultural endowment to the world is a testament to their time and work in reshaping and cultivating the flora indigen... | Large cities, chiefdoms, monuments and empires were just some of the things created by which peoples? | {'text': 'indigenous', 'answer_start': 477} |
43,772 | 43,430 | 5ad113dc645df0001a2d0c8a | generic | The major application of uranium in the military sector is in high-density penetrators. This ammunition consists of depleted uranium (DU) alloyed with 1–2% other elements, such as titanium or molybdenum. At high impact speed, the density, hardness, and pyrophoricity of the projectile enable the destruction of heavily a... | What is uranium used for least often in the military? | {'text': 'high-density penetrators', 'answer_start': 62} |
79,835 | 79,493 | 5727ed1cff5b5019007d98aa | generic | The city is also the home of road bowling, which is played in the north-side and south-west suburbs. There are also boxing and martial arts clubs (including Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Karate, Muay Thai and Taekwondo) within the city. Cork Racing, a motorsport team based in Cork, has raced in the Irish Formula Ford Championsh... | Which Australian Rules Football team is Cork home to? | {'text': 'Leeside Lions', 'answer_start': 421} |
88,166 | 87,824 | 5acfbe5777cf76001a685c00 | generic | The United Kingdom has traditionally been governed as a unitary state by the Westminster Parliament in London. Instead of adopting a federal model, the UK has relied on gradual devolution to decentralise political power. Devolution in the UK began with the Government of Ireland Act 1914 which granted home rule to Irela... | What is Irish Cost State? | {'text': 'which eventually evolved into the modern day Republic of Ireland', 'answer_start': 508} |
100,493 | 100,151 | 572bbc0a111d821400f38f6a | generic | Educational psychology can in part be understood through its relationship with other disciplines. It is informed primarily by psychology, bearing a relationship to that discipline analogous to the relationship between medicine and biology. Educational psychology in turn informs a wide range of specialties within educat... | Where does education psychology draw from? | {'text': 'contributes to cognitive science and the learning sciences', 'answer_start': 527} |
130,124 | 129,782 | 57359c16e853931400426a36 | generic | The city has a rich history, spanning nearly 2000 years, as inferred from inscriptions found in the valley. Religious and cultural festivities form a major part of the lives of people residing in Kathmandu. Most of Kathmandu's people follow Hinduism and many others follow Buddhism. There are people of other religious b... | What is Kathmandu's majority religion? | {'text': 'Hinduism', 'answer_start': 241} |
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