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112,343 | 112,001 | 57301640b2c2fd1400568834 | generic | Several years later, in 88 BC, a Roman army was sent to put down an emerging Asian power, king Mithridates of Pontus. The army, however, was defeated. One of Marius' old quaestors, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, had been elected consul for the year, and was ordered by the senate to assume command of the war against Mithridate... | What political party did Lucius Cornelius Sulla belong to? | {'text': 'populares', 'answer_start': 348} |
11,636 | 11,294 | 56de6660cffd8e1900b4b86f | generic | As a Republican, he was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall election to replace then-Governor Gray Davis. Schwarzenegger was sworn in on November 17, to serve the remainder of Davis's term. Schwarzenegger was then re-elected on November 7, 2006, in California's 2006 gubernatorial election, to serve a ... | What date marked the start of Schwarzenegger's second gubernatorial term? | {'text': 'January 5, 2007', 'answer_start': 477} |
98,223 | 97,881 | 5ad38e5f604f3c001a3fe60c | generic | Since 2001, Miami has been undergoing a large building boom with more than 50 skyscrapers rising over 400 feet (122 m) built or currently under construction in the city. Miami's skyline is ranked third-most impressive in the U.S., behind New York City and Chicago, and 19th in the world according to the Almanac of Archi... | What UN cities have more impressive skylines than Miami's? | {'text': 'New York City and Chicago', 'answer_start': 238} |
98,528 | 98,186 | 572aa285be1ee31400cb80e3 | generic | In the first decades of the 19th century, Federal architecture and Greek Revival architecture were dominated by Philadelphia architects such as Benjamin Latrobe, William Strickland, John Haviland, John Notman, Thomas U. Walter, and Samuel Sloan. Frank Furness is considered Philadelphia's greatest architect of the secon... | Name 6 important Philadelphia architects? | {'text': 'Benjamin Latrobe, William Strickland, John Haviland, John Notman, Thomas U. Walter, and Samuel Sloan', 'answer_start': 144} |
122,273 | 121,931 | 57319909b9d445190005e3f4 | generic | In 2014 YouTube said that 300 hours of new videos were uploaded to the site every minute, three times more than one year earlier and that around three quarters of the material comes from outside the U.S. The site has 800 million unique users a month. It is estimated that in 2007 YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as th... | How much content on youtube comes from outside the US? | {'text': 'around three quarters', 'answer_start': 138} |
129,196 | 128,854 | 57344ac0acc1501500babdab | generic | Much of Richmond's early architecture was destroyed by the Evacuation Fire in 1865. It is estimated that 25% of all buildings in Richmond were destroyed during this fire. Even fewer now remain due to construction and demolition that has taken place since Reconstruction. In spite of this, Richmond contains many historic... | What percentage of Richmond's buildings were burned in a single fire in 1865? | {'text': '25', 'answer_start': 105} |
76,072 | 75,730 | 5727bb0e4b864d1900163bbd | generic | In the sixth edition Darwin inserted a new chapter VII (renumbering the subsequent chapters) to respond to criticisms of earlier editions, including the objection that many features of organisms were not adaptive and could not have been produced by natural selection. He said some such features could have been by-produc... | Which scientist was addressed the most often in the new chapter of On the Origin of Species? | {'text': 'George Jackson Mivart', 'answer_start': 605} |
24,639 | 24,297 | 5a7e596970df9f001a8757ab | generic | The Aeneid appears to have been a great success. Virgil is said to have recited Books 2, 4, and 6 to Augustus; and Book 6 apparently caused Augustus' sister Octavia to faint. Although the truth of this claim is subject to scholarly scepticism, it has served as a basis for later art, such as Jean-Baptiste Wicar's Virgil... | How many paintings did Jean-Baptiste Wicar base on Virgil's life? | {'text': '4', 'answer_start': 89} |
88,542 | 88,200 | 5a3c59eacc5d22001a521d77 | generic | In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe, while in deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe. Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one God or in the oneness of God. In pantheism, God is the universe itself. In atheism, God is not believed to exist, while God is deemed ... | When you are an agnostic, what do you think doesn't exist? | {'text': 'God', 'answer_start': 377} |
23,945 | 23,603 | 56f83ffaaef2371900625f4c | generic | The decorations were seldom displayed, however. After the Tito–Stalin split of 1948 and his inauguration as president in 1953, Tito rarely wore his uniform except when present in a military function, and then (with rare exception) only wore his Yugoslav ribbons for obvious practical reasons. The awards were displayed i... | Who was the founder of the Non-Aligned Movement? | {'text': 'Tito', 'answer_start': 363} |
115,651 | 115,309 | 5a65e0f1c2b11c001a425da0 | generic | Several organizations concerned with antimicrobial resistance are lobbying to eliminate the unnecessary use of antibiotics. The issues of misuse and overuse of antibiotics have been addressed by the formation of the US Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance. This task force aims to actively address antimicr... | What has been adressed by an NGO campaign group? | {'text': 'The issues of misuse and overuse of antibiotics', 'answer_start': 124} |
379 | 37 | 56d43f7e2ccc5a1400d830c9 | generic | A self-described "modern-day feminist", Beyoncé creates songs that are often characterized by themes of love, relationships, and monogamy, as well as female sexuality and empowerment. On stage, her dynamic, highly choreographed performances have led to critics hailing her as one of the best entertainers in contemporary... | How many Grammy awards has Beyoncé won? | {'text': '20', 'answer_start': 552} |
27,839 | 27,497 | 56faeae4f34c681400b0c19a | generic | Somali cuisine varies from region to region and consists of a fusion of diverse culinary influences. It is the product of Somalia's rich tradition of trade and commerce. Despite the variety, there remains one thing that unites the various regional cuisines: all food is served halal. There are therefore no pork dishes, ... | Along with alcohol, what liquid is never present in halal food? | {'text': 'blood', 'answer_start': 389} |
77,843 | 77,501 | 57279273f1498d1400e8fc83 | generic | In addition to films, Turner Classic Movies also airs original content, mostly documentaries about classic movie personalities, the world of filmmaking and particularly notable films. An occasional month-long series, Race and Hollywood, showcases films by and about people of non-white races, featuring discussions of ho... | What year saw the debut of Religion on Film? | {'text': '2005', 'answer_start': 849} |
93,833 | 93,491 | 5a3abd203ff257001ab84239 | generic | Niels Bohr introduced the first quantized model of the atom in 1913, in an attempt to overcome a major shortcoming of Rutherford's classical model. In classical electrodynamics, a charge moving in a circle should radiate electromagnetic radiation. If that charge were to be an electron orbiting a nucleus, the radiation ... | Why was the first quantized model of the atom destroyed? | {'text': "to overcome a major shortcoming of Rutherford's classical model", 'answer_start': 83} |
127,880 | 127,538 | 5733e573d058e614000b6515 | generic | In 2009 Tajikistan had 26 airports, 18 of which had paved runways, of which two had runways longer than 3,000 meters. The country's main airport is Dushanbe International Airport which as of April 2015, had regularly scheduled flights to major cities in Russia, Central Asia, as well as Delhi, Dubai, Frankfurt, Istanbul... | How many airports does Tajikistan have? | {'text': '26 airports', 'answer_start': 23} |
66,578 | 66,236 | 5ad0d656645df0001a2d0657 | generic | Burke supported the war against revolutionary France, seeing Britain as fighting on the side of the royalists and émigres in a civil war, rather than fighting against the whole nation of France. Burke also supported the royalist uprising in La Vendée, describing it on 4 November 1793 in a letter to William Windham, as ... | Whose advice did Dundas heed? | {'text': "Burke's", 'answer_start': 548} |
74,053 | 73,711 | 572971f23f37b319004783e3 | generic | New Haven has a long tradition of urban planning and a purposeful design for the city's layout. The city could be argued to have some of the first preconceived layouts in the country. Upon founding, New Haven was laid out in a grid plan of nine square blocks; the central square was left open, in the tradition of many N... | Because of it's trees New Haven is known for being first to implemented what in the US? | {'text': 'public tree planting program', 'answer_start': 409} |
96,386 | 96,044 | 572a1ca66aef05140015529f | generic | The Teutonic Order lost eastern Prussia when Grand Master Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach converted to Lutheranism and secularized the Prussian branch of the Teutonic Order in 1525. Albert established himself as the first duke of the Duchy of Prussia and a vassal of the Polish crown by the Prussian Homage. Walter von Cro... | In what year did The Teutonic Order lose Eastern Prussia? | {'text': '1525', 'answer_start': 174} |
19,543 | 19,201 | 5a78872bb73996001af5a7ca | generic | The RIBA Guide to its Archive and History (1986) has a section on the "Statutory registration of architects" with a bibliography extending from a draft bill of 1887 to one of 1969. The Guide's section on "Education" records the setting up in 1904 of the RIBA Board of Architectural Education, and the system by which any... | What was unnecessary for testing in schools applying to the RIBA Board? | {'text': 'an approved external examiner', 'answer_start': 441} |
20,962 | 20,620 | 56e7af3b37bdd419002c4336 | generic | The league's 2016 schedule, announced on the league's website on December 10, 2015, shows an eight-team league playing a 16-game regular season over 18 weeks, with two bye weeks for each team, one on a rotational basis and the other a "universal bye" for all teams during the Independence Day weekend, the first weekend ... | On what date did the league announce its schedule for 2016? | {'text': 'December 10, 2015', 'answer_start': 65} |
40,009 | 39,667 | 570e8e700b85d914000d7f97 | generic | Melbourne has the largest tram network in the world which had its origins in the city's 1880s land boom. In 2013–2014, 176.9 million passenger trips were made by tram. Melbourne's is Australia's only tram network to comprise more than a single line and consists of 250 km (155.3 mi) of track, 487 trams, 25 routes, and 1... | How many tram stops are on Melbourne's tram network? | {'text': '1,763', 'answer_start': 319} |
77,298 | 76,956 | 57278b575951b619008f8cfb | generic | In 1901, 10-inch disc records were introduced, followed in 1903 by 12-inch records. These could play for more than three and four minutes respectively, while contemporary cylinders could only play for about two minutes. In an attempt to head off the disc advantage, Edison introduced the Amberol cylinder in 1909, with a... | What was the playing surface of the blue amerbol cylinder discs made of? | {'text': 'celluloid', 'answer_start': 461} |
30,223 | 29,881 | 5706371452bb891400689971 | generic | When performing lossy audio encoding, such as creating an MP3 file, there is a trade-off between the amount of space used and the sound quality of the result. Typically, the creator is allowed to set a bit rate, which specifies how many kilobits the file may use per second of audio. The higher the bit rate, the larger ... | What does the bit rate of the file actually mean? | {'text': 'how many kilobits the file may use per second of audio', 'answer_start': 228} |
94,159 | 93,817 | 57296daa1d04691400779429 | generic | Setting national renewable energy targets can be an important part of a renewable energy policy and these targets are usually defined as a percentage of the primary energy and/or electricity generation mix. For example, the European Union has prescribed an indicative renewable energy target of 12 per cent of the total ... | Name one outher country with defined national or regional target? | {'text': 'Australia', 'answer_start': 558} |
83,069 | 82,727 | 5ad2d01cd7d075001a42a331 | generic | Northwestern fields 19 intercollegiate athletic teams (8 men's and 11 women's) in addition to numerous club sports. The women's lacrosse team won five consecutive NCAA national championships between 2005 and 2009, went undefeated in 2005 and 2009, added more NCAA championships in 2011 and 2012, giving them 7 NCAA champ... | Who recognized the women's basketball team as the 1931 National Champion? | {'text': 'Helms Athletic Foundation', 'answer_start': 423} |
80,495 | 80,153 | 5a6907a88476ee001a58a9e8 | generic | Established in 1988, Chengdu Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone (Chinese: 成都高新技术产业开发区; pinyin: Chéngdū Gāoxīn Jìshù Chǎnyè Kāifā Qū) was approved as one of the first national hi-tech development zones in 1991. In 2000, it was open to APEC and has been recognized as a national advanced hi-tech development zone in succe... | The Chengdu APEC is what rank of 53 in China terms of comprehensive strength? | {'text': '5th', 'answer_start': 409} |
42,708 | 42,366 | 570d9730df2f5219002ecff4 | generic | Integral to the story of the origin of the name "Antarctica" is how it was not named Terra Australis—this name was given to Australia instead, and it was because of a mistake made by people who decided that a significant landmass would not be found farther south than Australia. Explorer Matthew Flinders, in particular,... | What event caused people to misname Antarctica? | {'text': 'mistake', 'answer_start': 167} |
54,396 | 54,054 | 5726d1985951b619008f7f02 | generic | In response to Cusumano's perspective, Screen Producers Australia executive director Matt Deaner clarified the motivation of the film industry: "Distributors are usually wanting to encourage cinema-going as part of this process [monetizing through returns] and restrict the immediate access to online so as to encourage ... | What is restricted unless the film has a traditional theater release? | {'text': 'tax support that a film can receive', 'answer_start': 509} |
15,107 | 14,765 | 5acf6bcf77cf76001a684dd2 | generic | Comics are a medium used to express ideas by images, often combined with text or other visual information. Comics frequently takes the form of juxtaposed sequences of panels of images. Often textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other informa... | In addition to onomatopoeia and captions, what can be used to show the non-dialogue in comics? | {'text': 'speech balloons', 'answer_start': 215} |
106,689 | 106,347 | 572ec835c246551400ce4662 | generic | The Intermontane Plateaus come to an end at the Cascade Range and the Sierra Nevada. The Cascades consist of largely intermittent, volcanic mountains, many rising prominently from the surrounding landscape. The Sierra Nevada, further south, is a high, rugged, and dense mountain range. It contains the highest point in t... | Which mountain range contains Mount Whitney? | {'text': 'Sierra Nevada', 'answer_start': 211} |
87,877 | 87,535 | 5728233a2ca10214002d9eaf | generic | Until recently, in the absence of prior agreement on a clear and precise definition, the concept was thought to mean (as a shorthand) 'a division of sovereignty between two levels of government'. New research, however, argues that this cannot be correct, as dividing sovereignty - when this concept is properly understoo... | What is the difference between multi-level political forms and federalism? | {'text': 'the characteristic of equality of standing between the two levels of government established', 'answer_start': 983} |
55,623 | 55,281 | 57265924708984140094c353 | generic | In September 1695, Captain Henry Every, an English pirate on board the Fancy, reached the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, where he teamed up with five other pirate captains to make an attack on the Indian fleet making the annual voyage to Mocha. The Mughal convoy included the treasure-laden Ganj-i-Sawai, reported to be the g... | What was the name of the Pirate on board the Fancy who later teamed up with five other pirate captiains to attack the Indian Fleet? | {'text': 'Captain Henry Every', 'answer_start': 19} |
32,584 | 32,242 | 59fc0c6da9fb160018f10d7b | generic | Nonverbal communication describes the process of conveying meaning in the form of non-word messages. Examples of nonverbal communication include haptic communication, chronemic communication, gestures, body language, facial expression, eye contact, and how one dresses. Nonverbal communication also relates to intent of ... | What is an example of paralanguage? | {'text': 'non-verbal facial expressions', 'answer_start': 684} |
96,890 | 96,548 | 572a6495fed8de19000d5be3 | generic | Much of the cuisine of former Ottoman territories today is descended from a shared Ottoman cuisine, especially Turkish cuisine, and including Greek cuisine, Balkan cuisine, Armenian cuisine, and Middle Eastern cuisine. Many common dishes in the region, descendants of the once-common Ottoman cuisine, include yogurt, dön... | Turkish and Greek cuisine are descended from Ottoman Cuisine, along with the food of what other regions? | {'text': 'Balkan cuisine, Armenian cuisine, and Middle Eastern cuisine', 'answer_start': 157} |
31,895 | 31,553 | 570955119928a81400471536 | generic | Copper occurs naturally as native copper and was known to some of the oldest civilizations on record. It has a history of use that is at least 10,000 years old, and estimates of its discovery place it at 9000 BC in the Middle East; a copper pendant was found in northern Iraq that dates to 8700 BC. There is evidence tha... | When did Natural bronze start to be used by the general public? | {'text': '5500 BC', 'answer_start': 1773} |
53,962 | 53,620 | 57269335dd62a815002e8a08 | generic | The "Bleacher Bums" is a name given to fans, many of whom spend much of the day heckling, who sit in the bleacher section at Wrigley Field. Initially, the group was called "bums" because it referred to a group of fans who were at most games, and since those games were all day games, it was assumed they did not work. Ma... | What did Bud Light dub the bleacher section? | {'text': 'the Bud Light Bleachers', 'answer_start': 1191} |
31,118 | 30,776 | 570728b99e06ca38007e94bc | generic | A handful of families owned large estates (known as haciendas) and controlled the greater part of the land across the state while the vast majority of Chihuahuans were landless. The state economy was largely defined by ranching and mining. At the expense of the working class, the Díaz administration promoted economic g... | This group was often exploited and had no legal protection or recourse. | {'text': 'proletariat', 'answer_start': 452} |
2,178 | 1,836 | 56cc6e346d243a140015efa8 | generic | The third generation began including a 30-pin dock connector, allowing for FireWire or USB connectivity. This provided better compatibility with non-Apple machines, as most of them did not have FireWire ports at the time. Eventually Apple began shipping iPods with USB cables instead of FireWire, although the latter was... | In which generation did iPod start providing compatibility with USB? | {'text': 'third generation', 'answer_start': 4} |
71,983 | 71,641 | 5727e7cdff5b5019007d9805 | generic | With the division of the Roman Empire, the Western Roman Empire lost contact with much of its past. In the Middle East, Greek philosophy was able to find some support under the newly created Arab Empire. With the spread of Islam in the 7th and 8th centuries, a period of Muslim scholarship, known as the Islamic Golden A... | Where was support found for Greek philosophy? | {'text': 'Arab Empire', 'answer_start': 191} |
5,759 | 5,417 | 56d0bcc5234ae51400d9c434 | generic | The Twelve Nidānas describe a causal connection between the subsequent characteristics or conditions of cyclic existence, each one giving rise to the next: | What describes the connection between the conditions of cyclic existence? | {'text': 'The Twelve Nidānas', 'answer_start': 0} |
1,572 | 1,230 | 56d3a9bb2ccc5a1400d82ddc | generic | Chopin's music was used in the 1909 ballet Chopiniana, choreographed by Michel Fokine and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov. Sergei Diaghilev commissioned additional orchestrations—from Stravinsky, Anatoly Lyadov, Sergei Taneyev and Nikolai Tcherepnin—for later productions, which used the title Les Sylphides. | Who orchestrated Chopiniana? | {'text': 'Alexander Glazunov.', 'answer_start': 106} |
66,260 | 65,918 | 5a81c7aa31013a001a334ea1 | generic | Norfolk Island Hospital is the only medical centre on the island. Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme do not cover Norfolk Island. All visitors to Norfolk Island, including Australians, are recommended to purchase travel insurance. Although the hospital can perform minor surgery, serious medical conditions ... | Where are Norfolk Island patients who need serious treatment imprisoned? | {'text': 'mainland Australia', 'answer_start': 397} |
68,980 | 68,638 | 57271ad5708984140094d9cb | generic | Greece played a peripheral role in the war. When Russia attacked the Ottoman Empire in 1853, King Otto of Greece saw an opportunity to expand North and South into Ottoman areas that had large Greek Christian majorities. However, Greece did not coordinate its plans with Russia, did not declare war, and received no outsi... | When Russia attacked the Ottoman Empire who glimpsed an opportunity to advance North and South? | {'text': 'King Otto of Greece', 'answer_start': 93} |
41,122 | 40,780 | 5a298deb03c0e7001a3e17e7 | generic | Over 90 weeklies, fortnightlies and quarterlies are published in Sanskrit. Sudharma, a daily newspaper in Sanskrit, has been published out of Mysore, India, since 1970, while Sanskrit Vartman Patram and Vishwasya Vrittantam started in Gujarat during the last five years. Since 1974, there has been a short daily news bro... | What publications have been published out of Myrosa since 1970? | {'text': 'Vartman Patram and Vishwasya Vrittantam', 'answer_start': 184} |
92,361 | 92,019 | 5a7236f30efcfe001a8afecd | generic | In March's Super Tuesday, Kerry won decisive victories in the California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Rhode Island primaries and the Minnesota caucuses. Dean, despite having withdrawn from the race two weeks earlier, won his home state of Vermont. Edwards finished only slightly be... | What caucuses did Kuninch also win in on Super Tuesday? | {'text': 'Minnesota', 'answer_start': 172} |
32,541 | 32,199 | 57096ba1ed30961900e840df | generic | Himachal was one of the few states that had remained largely untouched by external customs, largely due to its difficult terrain. With the technological advancements the state has changed very rapidly. It is a multireligional, multicultural as well as multilingual state like other Indian states. Some of the most common... | What has made the state change very rapidly? | {'text': 'technological advancements', 'answer_start': 139} |
126,779 | 126,437 | 5a4ebd75af0d07001ae8cc21 | generic | During the Miocene continents continued to drift toward their present positions. Of the modern geologic features, only the land bridge between South America and North America was absent, the subduction zone along the Pacific Ocean margin of South America caused the rise of the Andes and the southward extension of the M... | What caused rain to increase in the Mediterranean | {'text': 'uplift of mountains', 'answer_start': 547} |
76,660 | 76,318 | 5a8c96d5fd22b3001a8d8b9a | generic | Another issue has been the use of a hypopodium as a standing platform to support the feet, given that the hands may not have been able to support the weight. In the 17th century Rasmus Bartholin considered a number of analytical scenarios of that topic. In the 20th century, forensic pathologist Frederick Zugibe perform... | In what century did Rasmos Bartholin perform crucifixion experiments? | {'text': '20th century', 'answer_start': 261} |
15,827 | 15,485 | 5acd1ffd07355d001abf35da | generic | Aspiration varies with place of articulation. The Spanish voiceless stops /p t k/ have voice-onset times (VOTs) of about 5, 10, and 30 milliseconds, whereas English aspirated /p t k/ have VOTs of about 60, 70, and 80 ms. Voice-onset time in Korean has been measured at 20, 25, and 50 ms for /p t k/ and 90, 95, and 125 f... | The Spanish voiced stops are? | {'text': '/p t k/', 'answer_start': 74} |
12,184 | 11,842 | 56df80585ca0a614008f9b77 | generic | To the west of the city is Devonport, one of Plymouth's historic quarters. As part of Devonport's millennium regeneration project, the Devonport Heritage Trail has been introduced, complete with over 70 waymarkers outlining the route. | In what cardinal direction outside Plymouth is Devonport located? | {'text': 'west', 'answer_start': 7} |
63,521 | 63,179 | 57268ec7dd62a815002e8982 | generic | The boundaries of Somerset are largely unaltered from medieval times. The River Avon formed much of the border with Gloucestershire, except that the hundred of Bath Forum, which straddles the Avon, formed part of Somerset. Bristol began as a town on the Gloucestershire side of the Avon, however as it grew it extended a... | What did king Edward the 3 do | {'text': 'Edward III proclaimed "that the town of Bristol with its suburbs and precincts shall henceforth be separate from the counties of Gloucester and Somerset', 'answer_start': 359} |
84,595 | 84,253 | 5727fa0b4b864d1900164117 | generic | Pope John XXIII did not live to see the Vatican Council to completion. He died of stomach cancer on 3 June 1963, four and a half years after his election and two months after the completion of his final and famed encyclical, Pacem in terris. He was buried in the Vatican grottoes beneath Saint Peter's Basilica on 6 June... | What did the pope die of? | {'text': 'stomach cancer', 'answer_start': 82} |
105,825 | 105,483 | 572ecd51c246551400ce46b0 | generic | QED vacuum has interesting and complex properties. In QED vacuum, the electric and magnetic fields have zero average values, but their variances are not zero. As a result, QED vacuum contains vacuum fluctuations (virtual particles that hop into and out of existence), and a finite energy called vacuum energy. Vacuum flu... | what is vacuum fluctuation? | {'text': 'virtual particles that hop into and out of existence', 'answer_start': 213} |
58,657 | 58,315 | 572678385951b619008f739b | generic | The first department store in Spain was Almacenes el Siglo opened in October 1881 in Barcelona. Following the 2002 closure by the Australian group Partridges of their SEPU (Sociedad Española de Precios Unicos) department store chain, which was one of Spain's oldest, the market is now dominated by El Corte Inglés, found... | What was the name of the first Spanish department store? | {'text': 'Almacenes el Siglo', 'answer_start': 40} |
95,296 | 94,954 | 5a2c75a2bfd06b001a5aeb8e | generic | The Serbo-Croatian dialects differ not only in the question word they are named after, but also heavily in phonology, accentuation and intonation, case endings and tense system (morphology) and basic vocabulary. In the past, Chakavian and Kajkavian dialects were spoken on a much larger territory, but have been replaced... | What area does Chakavian cover after Ottoman Turkish conquests of the Balkans? | {'text': 'an area larger than all the other dialects combined', 'answer_start': 865} |
5,276 | 4,934 | 56cf77e34df3c31400b0d7f1 | generic | Describing his sixth studio album Yeezus (2013) as "a protest to music," West embraced an abrasive style that incorporated industrial music, acid house, dancehall, punk, electro, and Chicago drill. Inspired by the minimalist design of Le Corbusier and primarily electronic in nature, the album features distorted drum ma... | What did Kanye state that Yeezus was? | {'text': 'a protest to music', 'answer_start': 52} |
98,093 | 97,751 | 572a71fe7a1753140016af7e | generic | After Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba in 1959, many wealthy Cubans sought refuge in Miami, further increasing the population. The city developed businesses and cultural amenities as part of the New South. In the 1980s and 1990s, South Florida weathered social problems related to drug wars, immigration from Haiti and... | What notable hurricane occurred between the 1980s and 1990s? | {'text': 'Andrew', 'answer_start': 380} |
85,124 | 84,782 | 5a81308631013a001a334bcd | generic | Stephen Hawking in particular has addressed a connection between time and the Big Bang. In A Brief History of Time and elsewhere, Hawking says that even if time did not begin with the Big Bang and there were another time frame before the Big Bang, no information from events then would be accessible to us, and nothing t... | What did Hawking say time ended with? | {'text': 'the Big Bang', 'answer_start': 453} |
93,243 | 92,901 | 5729145a3f37b31900478001 | generic | A new delimitation of the federal territory keeps being debated in Germany, though "Some scholars note that there are significant differences among the American states and regional governments in other federations without serious calls for territorial changes ...", as political scientist Arthur B. Gunlicks remarks. He ... | How many proposals have failed so far? | {'text': 'several', 'answer_start': 663} |
8,457 | 8,115 | 5ad0274d77cf76001a686bdd | generic | Transport in the Republic of the Congo includes land, air and water transportation. The country's rail system was built by forced laborers during the 1930s and largely remains in operation. There are also over 1000 km of paved roads and two major international airports (Maya-Maya Airport and Pointe Noire Airport) which... | How many domestic airports are located in the Republic of the Congo? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 237} |
100,684 | 100,342 | 572c0638f182dd1900d7c7c2 | generic | In 1864, Andrew Johnson (a War Democrat from Tennessee) was elected Vice President under Abraham Lincoln. He became President after Lincoln's assassination in 1865. Under Johnson's lenient re-admission policy, Tennessee was the first of the seceding states to have its elected members readmitted to the U.S. Congress, on... | In which year did Andrew Johnson become President? | {'text': '1865', 'answer_start': 159} |
17,518 | 17,176 | 56e1b4decd28a01900c67a8e | generic | In 2011, the Aragonese government passed a decree for the establishment of a new language regulator of Catalan in La Franja (the so-called Catalan-speaking areas of Aragon). The new entity, designated as Acadèmia Aragonesa del Català, shall allow a facultative education in Catalan and a standardization of the Catalan l... | Where is the Catalan speaking part of Aragon? | {'text': 'La Franja', 'answer_start': 114} |
105,123 | 104,781 | 572fec6f947a6a140053ce06 | generic | The use of diversionary techniques such as fires had to be made carefully. The fake fires could only begin when the bombing started over an adjacent target and its effects were brought under control. Too early and the chances of success receded; too late and the real conflagration at the target would exceed the diversi... | Fake fires were used as what kind of technique? | {'text': 'diversionary', 'answer_start': 11} |
2,721 | 2,379 | 5a8dbd49df8bba001a0f9bb5 | generic | A CD containing 20 musical selections from the game was available as a GameStop preorder bonus in the United States; it is included in all bundles in Japan, Europe, and Australia.[citation needed] | What company included the soundtrack as a reward for ordering the CD prior to release? | {'text': 'GameStop', 'answer_start': 71} |
29,682 | 29,340 | 5706acd875f01819005e7d10 | generic | Navigation is based on a variety of senses. Many birds have been shown to use a sun compass. Using the sun for direction involves the need for making compensation based on the time. Navigation has also been shown to be based on a combination of other abilities including the ability to detect magnetic fields (magnetocep... | What is navigation based on? | {'text': 'a variety of senses', 'answer_start': 23} |
3,231 | 2,889 | 5ad24762d7d075001a428b34 | generic | Christopher Orr, writing in The Atlantic, also criticised the film, saying that Spectre "backslides on virtually every [aspect]". Lawrence Toppman of The Charlotte Observer called Craig's performance "Bored, James Bored." Alyssa Rosenberg, writing for The Washington Post, stated that the film turned into "a disappointi... | Alyssa Rosenberg of The Washington Observer said what about the film? | {'text': 'a disappointingly conventional Bond film', 'answer_start': 307} |
10,262 | 9,920 | 56de03d64396321400ee254d | generic | What is known in Iranian linguistic history as the "Middle Iranian" era is thought to begin around the 4th century BCE lasting through the 9th century. Linguistically the Middle Iranian languages are conventionally classified into two main groups, Western and Eastern. | When did the age of Middle Iranian come to a close? | {'text': '9th century', 'answer_start': 139} |
64,809 | 64,467 | 5ace412d32bba1001ae4a0ab | generic | Ann Arbor is a major scene of college sports, most notably at the University of Michigan, a member of the Big Ten Conference. Several well-known college sports facilities exist in the city, including Michigan Stadium, the largest American football stadium in the world. The stadium was completed in 1927 and cost more th... | What stadium cost more than $590,000 to build? | {'text': 'Michigan Stadium', 'answer_start': 200} |
73,310 | 72,968 | 5ad41473604f3c001a40029d | generic | In the beginning, racial classifications that identified race were inherently suspect and subject to strict scrutiny. These classifications would only be upheld if necessary to promote a compelling governmental interest. Later the U.S. Supreme Court decided that racial classifications that benefited underrepresented mi... | What kind of classification was not subject to strict scrutiny? | {'text': 'racial', 'answer_start': 18} |
28,073 | 27,731 | 56fb76ebb28b3419009f1d73 | generic | Carolingian art was produced for a small group of figures around the court, and the monasteries and churches they supported. It was dominated by efforts to regain the dignity and classicism of imperial Roman and Byzantine art, but was also influenced by the Insular art of the British Isles. Insular art integrated the e... | What is a notable decorated book with a binding of jewel-encrusted gold? | {'text': 'Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram', 'answer_start': 1363} |
99,967 | 99,625 | 5a7c9d0ae8bc7e001a9e1f22 | generic | Howison's personal idealism was also called "California Personalism" by others to distinguish it from the "Boston Personalism" which was of Bowne. Howison maintained that both impersonal, monistic idealism and materialism run contrary to the experience of moral freedom. To deny freedom to pursue truth, beauty, and "be... | What did Bowne believe was contrary to moral freedom? | {'text': 'impersonal, monistic idealism and materialism', 'answer_start': 177} |
10,374 | 10,032 | 56df879856340a1900b29d0a | generic | In some design instances, materials used on walls and furniture play a key role in the lighting effect< for example dark paint tends to absorb light, making the room appear smaller and more dim than it is, whereas light paint does the opposite. In addition to paint, reflective surfaces also have an effect on lighting d... | What type of paint tends to absorb light? | {'text': 'dark paint', 'answer_start': 116} |
57,838 | 57,496 | 57265eb4dd62a815002e82e8 | generic | The Indonesian Archipelago is split by the Wallace Line. This line runs along what is now known to be a tectonic plate boundary, and separates Asian (Western) species from Australasian (Eastern) species. The islands between Java/Borneo and Papua form a mixed zone, where both types occur, known as Wallacea. As the pace ... | Which country has created a system of national parks & preserves? | {'text': 'Indonesia', 'answer_start': 799} |
47,744 | 47,402 | 5ad2ba2ad7d075001a42a06c | generic | The writer Sherrel W. Stewart's assertion that "most" African Americans have significant Native American heritage, is not supported by genetic researchers who have done extensive population mapping studies. The TV series on African-American ancestry, hosted by the scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., had genetics scholars w... | What writer asserted that very few African Americans have significant Native American heritage? | {'text': 'Sherrel W. Stewart', 'answer_start': 11} |
32,690 | 32,348 | 57097f61ed30961900e8422f | generic | Companies with limited resources may choose to engage in only a few of these activities, while larger organizations may employ a full spectrum of communications. Since it is difficult to develop such a broad range of skills, communications professionals often specialize in one or two of these areas but usually have at ... | Good people skills is a qualification that is important to what profession? | {'text': 'communications', 'answer_start': 405} |
9,090 | 8,748 | 5a11be2006e79900185c353f | generic | Until the 16th century, the Low Countries – corresponding roughly to the present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg – consisted of a number of duchies, counties, and Prince-bishoprics, almost all of which were under the supremacy of the Holy Roman Empire, with the exception of the county of Flanders, which was un... | What countries were considered part of the low countries after the sixteenth century? | {'text': 'present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg', 'answer_start': 73} |
73,720 | 73,378 | 5727849df1498d1400e8fa87 | generic | In 2003 the FA took the decision to permanently use the new Wembley for semi-finals to recoup debts in financing the new stadium. This was controversial, with the move seen as both unfair to fans of teams located far from London, as well as taking some of the prestige away from a Wembley final. In defending the move, t... | Why is it held at Webly Stadium? | {'text': 'to recoup debts in financing the new stadium.', 'answer_start': 84} |
21,325 | 20,983 | 5ad280b6d7d075001a4297c2 | generic | In Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, the Darijas (spoken North African languages) are sometimes considered more different from other Arabic dialects. Officially, North African countries prefer to give preference to the Literary Arabic and conduct much of their political and religious life in it (adherence to Islam), and r... | Where are the Darijas considered the same as other Arabic dialects? | {'text': 'Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco', 'answer_start': 3} |
98,079 | 97,737 | 5ad371f4604f3c001a3fe297 | generic | Black labor played a crucial role in Miami's early development. During the beginning of the 20th century, migrants from the Bahamas and African-Americans constituted 40 percent of the city's population. Whatever their role in the city's growth, their community's growth was limited to a small space. When landlords began... | What was NW Fourth Avenue previously called? | {'text': 'Avenue J', 'answer_start': 382} |
116,446 | 116,104 | 57305b0b069b5314008320a8 | generic | In general, translators have sought to preserve the context itself by reproducing the original order of sememes, and hence word order — when necessary, reinterpreting the actual grammatical structure, for example, by shifting from active to passive voice, or vice versa. The grammatical differences between "fixed-word-o... | How do translators preserve context? | {'text': 'reproducing the original order of sememes', 'answer_start': 70} |
59,137 | 58,795 | 5acd9c7b07355d001abf480e | generic | In 1998, Democratic voters dominated areas of the state with a high percentage of racial minorities and transplanted white liberals from the northeastern United States, known colloquially as "snowbirds". South Florida and the Miami metropolitan area are dominated by both racial minorities and white liberals. Because of... | What party dominates Northern Florida? | {'text': 'racial minorities and white liberals', 'answer_start': 272} |
117,362 | 117,020 | 5a42d81e4a4859001aac7362 | 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 are all versions of the Super Famicom Jr.? | {'text': 'predominantly gray', 'answer_start': 29} |
61,621 | 61,279 | 572ca4e8dfb02c14005c6bda | generic | Federal law originates with the Constitution, which gives Congress the power to enact statutes for certain limited purposes like regulating interstate commerce. The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes. Many statutes give executive branch agencies... | Who has the power and right to enact statutes for interstate dealings? | {'text': 'Congress', 'answer_start': 58} |
75,458 | 75,116 | 572770475951b619008f89ed | generic | In June 1718 Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach, ran his flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, aground at Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, in present-day Carteret County. After the grounding her crew and supplies were transferred to smaller ships. In 1996 Intersal, Inc., a private firm, discovered the remains of a vessel likely... | What year were the remains of the Queen Anne's Revenge discovered? | {'text': '1996', 'answer_start': 242} |
51,709 | 51,367 | 5725c44089a1e219009abe35 | generic | According to the census survey carried out between 15 June and 31 July 2004, Montevideo had a population of 1,325,968 persons, compared to Uruguay's total population of 3,241,003. The female population was 707,697 (53.4%) while the male population accounted for 618,271 (46.6%). The population had declined since the pre... | According to the census survey carried out between 15 June and 31 July 2004, what was Montevideo's male population? | {'text': '618,271', 'answer_start': 262} |
20,772 | 20,430 | 56e7c00000c9c71400d7757f | generic | Because it was designated as the national capital, many structures were built around that time. Even today, some of them still remain which are open to tourists. | What was the designation of Nanjing? | {'text': 'the national capital', 'answer_start': 29} |
117,856 | 117,514 | 5730e32fb7151e1900c015b2 | generic | In July 2013 Tuvalu signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish the Pacific Regional Trade and Development Facility, which Facility originated in 2006, in the context of negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Pacific ACP States and the European Union. The rationale for the creati... | To whom does the Facility seek to deliver aid? | {'text': 'Pacific island countries', 'answer_start': 379} |
59,173 | 58,831 | 5acda05907355d001abf4860 | generic | The court ruled in 2014, after lengthy testimony, that at least two districts had to be redrawn because of gerrymandering. After this was appealed, in July 2015 the Florida Supreme Court ruled that lawmakers had followed an illegal and unconstitutional process overly influenced by party operatives, and ruled that at le... | As of what date, the congressional maps are permanent? | {'text': 'December 2, 2015', 'answer_start': 362} |
54,783 | 54,441 | 572636e6271a42140099d790 | generic | The 16th and 17th centuries are regarded as something of a "dark age" in Greek history, with the prospect of overthrowing Ottoman rule appearing remote with only the Ionian islands remaining free of Turkish domination. Corfu withstood three major sieges in 1537, 1571 and 1716 all of which resulted in the repulsion of t... | Greek merchants ruled the trade industry in which century? | {'text': '18th', 'answer_start': 349} |
81,262 | 80,920 | 5727fb052ca10214002d9a9f | generic | During the English Civil War the majority of Londoners supported the Parliamentary cause. After an initial advance by the Royalists in 1642 culminating in the battles of Brentford and Turnham Green, London was surrounded by defensive perimeter wall known as the Lines of Communication. The lines were built by an up to 2... | Approximately how many workers did it take to build the Lines of Communication? | {'text': '20,000', 'answer_start': 319} |
12,694 | 12,352 | 5acd185a07355d001abf3476 | generic | With the advent of quantum physics, some scientists believed the concept of matter had merely changed, while others believed the conventional position could no longer be maintained. For instance Werner Heisenberg said "The ontology of materialism rested upon the illusion that the kind of existence, the direct 'actualit... | Werner Heisenberg believes that atoms are defined as what? | {'text': 'things', 'answer_start': 450} |
83,348 | 83,006 | 5acd686707355d001abf40ec | generic | Many people from Strasbourg were incorporated in the German Army against their will, and were sent to the eastern front, those young men and women were called Malgré-nous. Many tried to escape from the incorporation, join the French Resistance, or desert the Wehrmacht but many couldn't because they were running the ris... | How many Malgre-nous were forced to join the German forces? | {'text': '1500', 'answer_start': 871} |
42,432 | 42,090 | 570d9c7616d0071400510bed | generic | There are at least two major approaches to understanding cognitive change during adolescence. One is the constructivist view of cognitive development. Based on the work of Piaget, it takes a quantitative, state-theory approach, hypothesizing that adolescents' cognitive improvement is relatively sudden and drastic. The ... | Besides the information-processing perspective, what is the other major approach to understanding cognitive change during adolescence? | {'text': 'quantitative, state-theory', 'answer_start': 191} |
41,931 | 41,589 | 570d7463b3d812140066d980 | generic | The U.S. Army black beret (having been permanently replaced with the patrol cap) is no longer worn with the new ACU for garrison duty. After years of complaints that it wasn't suited well for most work conditions, Army Chief of Staff General Martin Dempsey eliminated it for wear with the ACU in June 2011. Soldiers stil... | Who was the Army Chief of Staff at this time? | {'text': 'General Martin Dempsey', 'answer_start': 234} |
32,204 | 31,862 | 57095ba39928a8140047154a | generic | Weinreich's identity variant similarly includes the categories of identity diffusion, foreclosure and crisis, but with a somewhat different emphasis. Here, with respect to identity diffusion for example, an optimal level is interpreted as the norm, as it is unrealistic to expect an individual to resolve all their confl... | What level of identity diffusion is interpreted as the norm? | {'text': 'an optimal level', 'answer_start': 204} |
28,177 | 27,835 | 56fb824db28b3419009f1db2 | generic | The construction of cathedrals and castles advanced building technology, leading to the development of large stone buildings. Ancillary structures included new town halls, houses, bridges, and tithe barns. Shipbuilding improved with the use of the rib and plank method rather than the old Roman system of mortise and ten... | Along with bridges, tithe barns and town halls, what notable new structures were built during this period? | {'text': 'houses', 'answer_start': 172} |
56,863 | 56,521 | 5726a4cdf1498d1400e8e5df | generic | During his annual state-of-the-nation address on September 2, 2014, President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto unveiled plans for a new international airport to ease the city's notorious air traffic congestion, tentatively slated for a 2018 opening. The new airport, which would have six runways, will cost $9.15 billion and... | How many passengers will the new airport be able to handle? | {'text': '120 million', 'answer_start': 433} |
98,037 | 97,695 | 572a6f367a1753140016af51 | generic | Miami (/maɪˈæmi/; Spanish pronunciation: [maiˈami]) is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County. The 44th-most populated city proper in the United States, with a population of 430,332, it is the principal, central, and most populous city of the Miami metropolitan ar... | Where does Miami rank among American cities by population? | {'text': '44th', 'answer_start': 155} |
20,472 | 20,130 | 56e780f800c9c71400d771d4 | generic | Nanjing ( listen; Chinese: 南京, "Southern Capital") is the city situated in the heartland of lower Yangtze River region in China, which has long been a major centre of culture, education, research, politics, economy, transport networks and tourism. It is the capital city of Jiangsu province of People's Republic of China... | When did Nanjing become the Chinese national capital? | {'text': 'Jin dynasty', 'answer_start': 1359} |
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