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65,393 | 65,051 | 5acfcc2b77cf76001a686071 | generic | The subsequent 1912 Salon des Indépendants was marked by the presentation of Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, which itself caused a scandal, even amongst the Cubists. It was in fact rejected by the hanging committee, which included his brothers and other Cubists. Although the work was shown in the S... | What painting of Duchamp's was not controversial? | {'text': 'Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2,', 'answer_start': 94} |
71,369 | 71,027 | 5726dbd5f1498d1400e8ed7e | generic | When a joint German–Soviet peace initiative was rejected by Britain and France on 28 September 1939, Soviet foreign policy became critical of the Allies and more pro-German in turn. During the fifth session of the Supreme Soviet on 31 October 1939 Molotov analysed the international situation thus giving the direction f... | Who refused a German-Soviet peace plan? | {'text': 'Britain and France', 'answer_start': 60} |
124,936 | 124,594 | 57324e9fe99e3014001e668d | generic | In November 1945, Eisenhower returned to Washington to replace Marshall as Chief of Staff of the Army. His main role was rapid demobilization of millions of soldiers, a slow job that was delayed by lack of shipping. Eisenhower was convinced in 1946 that the Soviet Union did not want war and that friendly relations coul... | About how many soldiers demobilized after the war ended? | {'text': 'millions', 'answer_start': 145} |
95,759 | 95,417 | 5ace321932bba1001ae49d91 | generic | Several species of pines characteristic of the Appalachians are eastern white pine (Pinus strobus ), Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana), pitch pine (Pinus rigida ), Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens) and shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata). Red pine (Pinus resinosa) is a boreal species that forms a few high elevation outlie... | What type of species is the pitch pine? | {'text': 'boreal', 'answer_start': 267} |
61,882 | 61,540 | 5726a3d7f1498d1400e8e5b8 | generic | A major battleground, Burma was devastated during World War II. By March 1942, within months after they entered the war, Japanese troops had advanced on Rangoon and the British administration had collapsed. A Burmese Executive Administration headed by Ba Maw was established by the Japanese in August 1942. Wingate's Bri... | Was Burma effected by the world wars? | {'text': 'Burma was devastated during World War II', 'answer_start': 22} |
38,339 | 37,997 | 5a652128c2b11c001a425c54 | generic | Unfortunately, requiring two characters to mark the end of a line introduces unnecessary complexity and questions as to how to interpret each character when encountered alone. To simplify matters plain text data streams, including files, on Multics used line feed (LF) alone as a line terminator. Unix and Unix-like syst... | What used carriage return(CR) alone as a data stream? | {'text': 'Macintosh OS, Apple DOS, and ProDOS', 'answer_start': 395} |
122,197 | 121,855 | 573228d1b9d445190005e865 | generic | In 295, a certain Maximilian refused military service; in 298 Marcellus renounced his military oath. Both were executed for treason; both were Christians. At some time around 302, a report of ominous haruspicy in Diocletian's domus and a subsequent (but undated) dictat of placatory sacrifice by the entire military trig... | For what reason were Maximillian and Marcellus executed? | {'text': 'treason', 'answer_start': 124} |
19,013 | 18,671 | 56e6c7bdde9d371400068030 | generic | The Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts became more similar again toward the end of the 1960s and into the early and mid-1970s, when the texture of much of the music played on Top 40 radio once more began to soften. The adult contemporary format began evolving into the sound that later defined it, with rock-oriented acts... | At the end of what decade did the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts begin to converge? | {'text': '1960s', 'answer_start': 86} |
55,930 | 55,588 | 5a1dda5b4ea40d0018b06fcf | generic | In 677 (during the reign of Emperor Gaozong), Chen Zheng (陳政), together with his son Chen Yuanguang (陳元光), led a military expedition to pacify the rebellion in Fujian. They settled in Zhangzhou and brought the Middle Chinese phonology of northern China during the 7th century into Zhangzhou; In 885, (during the reign of... | What did Wang Shenzhi do in China in 677? | {'text': 'led a military expedition force to pacify the Huang Chao rebellion', 'answer_start': 402} |
11,540 | 11,198 | 5a8351a3e60761001a2eb577 | generic | David Attenborough was later granted sabbatical leave from his job as Controller to work with the BBC Natural History Unit which had existed since the 1950s. This unit is now famed throughout the world for producing high quality programmes with Attenborough such as Life on Earth, The Private Life of Plants, The Blue Pl... | Who joined the BBC History Unit? | {'text': 'David Attenborough', 'answer_start': 0} |
75,638 | 75,296 | 5727aba14b864d1900163a00 | generic | In addition to professional team sports, North Carolina has a strong affiliation with NASCAR and stock-car racing, with Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord hosting two Sprint Cup Series races every year. Charlotte also hosts the NASCAR Hall of Fame, while Concord is the home of several top-flight racing teams, includin... | What North Carolina city hosts the NASCAR Hall of Fame? | {'text': 'Charlotte', 'answer_start': 204} |
3,403 | 3,061 | 56cde34662d2951400fa6974 | generic | According to Chinese state officials, the quake caused 69,180 known deaths including 68,636 in Sichuan province; 18,498 people are listed as missing, and 374,176 injured, but these figures may further increase as more reports come in.[dated info] This estimate includes 158 earthquake relief workers who were killed in l... | How many people were listed as missing? | {'text': '18,498', 'answer_start': 113} |
67,077 | 66,735 | 5726c5c7708984140094d111 | generic | Pope Paul VI became the first pope to visit six continents, and was the most travelled pope in history to that time, earning the nickname "the Pilgrim Pope". With his travels he opened new avenues for the papacy, which were continued by his successors John Paul II and Benedict XVI. He travelled to the Holy Land in 1964... | Who organized Paul Vi's visit to Manila? | {'text': 'Msgr. Paul Marcinkus', 'answer_start': 920} |
11,216 | 10,874 | 56de35834396321400ee26a2 | generic | Cooler climates can be found in certain parts of Southern European countries, for example within the mountain ranges of Spain and Italy. Additionally, the north coast of Spain experiences a wetter Atlantic climate. | Where do colder areas occur within southern Europe? | {'text': 'mountain ranges of Spain and Italy', 'answer_start': 101} |
16,276 | 15,934 | 56e0fa4e231d4119001ac51f | generic | On March 18, 1965, about a week before the first American piloted Project Gemini space flight, the USSR accelerated the competition, by launching the two-cosmonaut Voskhod 2 mission with Pavel Belyayev and Alexey Leonov. Voskhod 2's design modifications included the addition of an inflatable airlock to allow for extrav... | Who was the first person to take a spacewalk? | {'text': 'Alexey Leonov', 'answer_start': 206} |
15,777 | 15,435 | 5acd19b407355d001abf34e2 | generic | There are no dedicated IPA symbols for degrees of aspiration and typically only two degrees are marked: unaspirated ⟨k⟩ and aspirated ⟨kʰ⟩. An old symbol for light aspiration was ⟨ʻ⟩, but this is now obsolete. The aspiration modifier letter may be doubled to indicate especially strong or long aspiration. Hence, the two... | The aspiration modifier letter may be tripled to indicate what? | {'text': 'especially strong or long aspiration', 'answer_start': 268} |
38,851 | 38,509 | 570c9204fed7b91900d459f0 | generic | Barcelona is one of the most supported teams in the world, and has the largest social media following in the world among sports teams. Barcelona's players have won a record number of Ballon d'Or awards (11), as well as a record number of FIFA World Player of the Year awards (7). In 2010, the club made history when thre... | How Ballon d'Or awards have members of the Barcelona team won? | {'text': '11', 'answer_start': 203} |
43,451 | 43,109 | 5ad0b104645df0001a2d0060 | generic | After the decline of Aksum, the Eritrean highlands were under the domain of Bahr Negash ruled by the Bahr Negus. The area was then known as Ma'ikele Bahr ("between the seas/rivers," i.e. the land between the Red Sea and the Mereb river). It was later renamed under Emperor Zara Yaqob as the domain of the Bahr Negash, th... | Who was the ruler of Ethiopia at this time? | {'text': 'Emperor Zara Yaqob', 'answer_start': 265} |
95,644 | 95,302 | 5ace207b32bba1001ae49b4d | generic | Mountains of the Long Range in Newfoundland reach heights of nearly 3,000 ft (900 m). In the Chic-Choc and Notre Dame mountain ranges in Quebec, the higher summits rise to about 4,000 ft (1,200 m) elevation. Isolated peaks and small ranges in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick vary from 1,000 to 2,700 ft (300 to 800 m). In ... | What is the smallest summit in the New Hampshire range? | {'text': 'Lincoln', 'answer_start': 714} |
84,782 | 84,440 | 572807c9ff5b5019007d9b5f | generic | On 3 December 1963, US President Lyndon B. Johnson posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, in recognition of the good relationship between Pope John XXIII and the United States of America. In his speech on 6 December 1963, Johnson said: "I have also determi... | When was President Johnson's speech for John XXIII? | {'text': '6 December 1963', 'answer_start': 269} |
34,132 | 33,790 | 5709ef704103511400d594aa | generic | The decline in the value of the U.S. dollar corresponds to price inflation, which is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. A consumer price index (CPI) is a measure estimating the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households. The United ... | What does the CPI estimate? | {'text': 'average price of consumer goods and services in the United States', 'answer_start': 422} |
85,386 | 85,044 | 5a7a7cfa21c2de001afe9c7e | generic | As of 18 June 2012, the ECB in total had spent €212.1bn (equal to 2.2% of the Eurozone GDP) for bond purchases covering outright debt, as part of its Securities Markets Programme (SMP) running since May 2010. On 6 September 2012, the ECB announced a new plan for buying bonds from eurozone countries. The duration of the... | Wow much did the ECB steal in order to cover bad debt? | {'text': '€212.1bn', 'answer_start': 47} |
34,863 | 34,521 | 5ad257fbd7d075001a428db3 | generic | Many different disciplines have produced work on the emotions. Human sciences study the role of emotions in mental processes, disorders, and neural mechanisms. In psychiatry, emotions are examined as part of the discipline's study and treatment of mental disorders in humans. Nursing studies emotions as part of its appr... | What fields studies the role of emotions in the treatment of non-human mental disorders? | {'text': 'psychiatry', 'answer_start': 163} |
7,478 | 7,136 | 56db2747e7c41114004b4e34 | generic | The torch was lit at a park outside at AT&T Park at about 1:17 pm PDT (20:17 UTC), briefly held aloft by American and Chinese Olympic officials. The relay descended into confusion as the first runner in the elaborately planned relay disappeared into a warehouse on a waterfront pier where it stayed for a half-an-hour. T... | After the bearer of the torch disappeared into a warehouse, what road did the relay reappear on? | {'text': 'Van Ness Avenue', 'answer_start': 708} |
80,369 | 80,027 | 5727b3f5ff5b5019007d92fc | generic | Sichuan consists of two geographically very distinct parts. The eastern part of the province is mostly within the fertile Sichuan basin (which is shared by Sichuan with Chongqing Municipality). The western Sichuan consists of the numerous mountain ranges forming the easternmost part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which ... | Western Sichuan is delineated by what mountain range? | {'text': 'Hengduan Mountains', 'answer_start': 345} |
104,596 | 104,254 | 5ad41b2a604f3c001a40050f | generic | Charles Town was a hub of the deerskin trade, the basis of its early economy. Trade alliances with the Cherokee and Creek nations insured a steady supply of deer hides. Between 1699 and 1715, colonists exported an average of 54,000 deer skins annually to Europe through Charles Town. Between 1739 and 1761, the height of... | What other North American nation supplied Charles Town with deer hides other than the Cherokee nation? | {'text': 'Cherokee and Creek nations', 'answer_start': 103} |
86,482 | 86,140 | 5acfb4ef77cf76001a6859b5 | generic | The power of parliament to pass bills was often thwarted by monarchs. Charles I dissolved parliament in 1629, after it passed motions critical of and bills seeking to restrict his arbitrary exercise of power. During the eleven years of personal rule that followed, Charles performed legally dubious actions, such as rais... | Who began parliament in 1629? | {'text': 'Charles I', 'answer_start': 70} |
64,463 | 64,121 | 5ad025ea77cf76001a686bae | generic | In the late 13th and early 14th centuries, a process took place – primarily in Italy but partly also in the Empire – that historians have termed a 'commercial revolution'. Among the innovations of the period were new forms of partnership and the issuing of insurance, both of which contributed to reducing the risk of co... | What were the benefits of the new system of single-entry bookkeeping? | {'text': 'better oversight and accuracy', 'answer_start': 586} |
50,569 | 50,227 | 572519c80a492a19004356fa | generic | Freemasonry, as it exists in various forms all over the world, has a membership estimated by the United Grand Lodge of England at around six million worldwide. The fraternity is administratively organised into independent Grand Lodges (or sometimes Grand Orients), each of which governs its own Masonic jurisdiction, whi... | How many members does the UGLE have? | {'text': 'around a quarter million', 'answer_start': 498} |
115,543 | 115,201 | 5731be590fdd8d15006c64e1 | generic | Interactions between alcohol and certain antibiotics may occur and may cause side-effects and decreased effectiveness of antibiotic therapy. While moderate alcohol consumption is unlikely to interfere with many common antibiotics, there are specific types of antibiotics with which alcohol consumption may cause serious ... | What can alcohol and certain antibiotics cause? | {'text': 'decreased effectiveness of antibiotic therapy', 'answer_start': 94} |
114,484 | 114,142 | 5a79ea8f17ab25001a8a01be | generic | In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the IFAB experimented with ways of creating a winner without requiring a penalty shootout, which was often seen as an undesirable way to end a match. These involved rules ending a game in extra time early, either when the first goal in extra time was scored (golden goal), or if one te... | What year did the Czech Republic win in the final of Euro? | {'text': '1996', 'answer_start': 665} |
8,442 | 8,100 | 56dd158266d3e219004dabc9 | generic | The Republic of the Congo also has large untapped base metal, gold, iron and phosphate deposits. The country is a member of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA). The Congolese government signed an agreement in 2009 to lease 200,000 hectares of land to South African farmers to reduce ... | What precious metals and minerals have yet to be utilized in the Republic of the Congo? | {'text': 'base metal, gold, iron and phosphate', 'answer_start': 50} |
72,407 | 72,065 | 5726fb79dd62a815002e96e2 | generic | Glacial bodies larger than 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) are called ice sheets or continental glaciers. Several kilometers deep, they obscure the underlying topography. Only nunataks protrude from their surfaces. The only extant ice sheets are the two that cover most of Antarctica and Greenland. They contain vast quantitie... | How much would global sea levels rise if Greenland and Antartica's glaciers were to melt? | {'text': '70 m (230 ft)', 'answer_start': 403} |
21,105 | 20,763 | 5ad26061d7d075001a428fcf | generic | There is no universally accepted criterion for distinguishing two different languages from two dialects (i.e. varieties) of the same language. A number of rough measures exist, sometimes leading to contradictory results. The distinction is therefore subjective and depends on the user's frame of reference. For example, ... | Where is Jamaican Creole spoken? | {'text': 'Caribbean coast of Costa Rica (', 'answer_start': 470} |
85,360 | 85,018 | 57281a83ff5b5019007d9d56 | generic | In contrast to the Fed, the ECB normally does not buy bonds outright. The normal procedure used by the ECB for manipulating the money supply has been via the so-called refinancing facilities. In these facilities, bonds are not purchased but used in reverse transactions: repurchase agreements, or collateralised loans. T... | What is the manner in which bonds are used at refinancing facilities? | {'text': 'repurchase agreements, or collateralised loans', 'answer_start': 271} |
60,720 | 60,378 | 57267445708984140094c6b1 | generic | The Napoleonic Wars were therefore ones in which Britain invested large amounts of capital and resources to win. French ports were blockaded by the Royal Navy, which won a decisive victory over a Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar in 1805. Overseas colonies were attacked and occupied, including those of the Netherlands,... | The Napoleonic peace treaty had Ceylon given to which country? | {'text': 'Britain', 'answer_start': 678} |
102,273 | 101,931 | 57317eb2e6313a140071cfc2 | generic | On 2 March 1977 the General People's Congress adopted the "Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority" at Gaddafi's behest. Dissolving the Libyan Arab Republic, it was replaced by the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Arabic: الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الاشتراكية, al-Jamāhīrīyah ... | What body did the members elected by the Basic People's Congresses attend? | {'text': "General People's Congress", 'answer_start': 665} |
122,435 | 122,093 | 5ace2fd632bba1001ae49d2e | generic | Conversely, YouTube has also allowed government to more easily engage with citizens, the White House's official YouTube channel being the seventh top news organization producer on YouTube in 2012 and in 2013 a healthcare exchange commissioned Obama impersonator Iman Crosson's YouTube music video spoof to encourage youn... | Whose 2012 video encouraged young Americans to enroll in the ACA? | {'text': 'Iman Crosson', 'answer_start': 262} |
103,989 | 103,647 | 5acd7b6807355d001abf441e | generic | The London Underground in England is one of the few networks that uses a four-rail system. The additional rail carries the electrical return that, on third rail and overhead networks, is provided by the running rails. On the London Underground, a top-contact third rail is beside the track, energized at +420v DC, and a ... | A bottom-contact fourth rail is located where? | {'text': 'centrally between the running rails at −210v DC', 'answer_start': 355} |
93,216 | 92,874 | 5a4731935fd40d001a27dd6b | generic | Federalism is one of the entrenched constitutional principles of Germany. According to the German constitution (called Grundgesetz or in English Basic Law), some topics, such as foreign affairs and defense, are the exclusive responsibility of the federation (i.e., the federal level), while others fall under the shared ... | What is one of the entrenched legislative authorities of Bundesrat? | {'text': 'Federalism', 'answer_start': 0} |
83,841 | 83,499 | 57284e224b864d190016490e | generic | The 7th and 6th centuries BC witnessed the composition of the earliest Upanishads. Upanishads form the theoretical basis of classical Hinduism and are known as Vedanta (conclusion of the Vedas). The older Upanishads launched attacks of increasing intensity on the ritual. Anyone who worships a divinity other than the Se... | What worship system is central to Hinduism? | {'text': 'Self', 'answer_start': 318} |
129,728 | 129,386 | 5ace5e9432bba1001ae4a437 | generic | From early Christian times, hunting has been forbidden to Roman Catholic Church clerics. Thus the Corpus Juris Canonici (C. ii, X, De cleric. venat.) says, "We forbid to all servants of God hunting and expeditions through the woods with hounds; and we also forbid them to keep hawks or falcons." The Fourth Council of th... | What did the Council of Trent decree forbid servants of God from taking expeditions through the woods with? | {'text': 'hounds', 'answer_start': 237} |
129,701 | 129,359 | 57344a29879d6814001ca4a1 | generic | Hindu scriptures describe hunting as an acceptable occupation, as well as a sport of the kingly. Even figures considered godly are described to have engaged in hunting. One of the names of the god Shiva is Mrigavyadha, which translates as "the deer hunter" (mriga means deer; vyadha means hunter). The word Mriga, in man... | What kind of occupation do Hindu scriptures describe hunting as being? | {'text': 'acceptable', 'answer_start': 40} |
77,542 | 77,200 | 5727e6212ca10214002d9906 | generic | Vinyl records can be warped by heat, improper storage, exposure to sunlight, or manufacturing defects such as excessively tight plastic shrinkwrap on the album cover. A small degree of warp was common, and allowing for it was part of the art of turntable and tonearm design. "wow" (once-per-revolution pitch variation) c... | What causes warping in vinyl records? | {'text': 'heat, improper storage, exposure to sunlight, or manufacturing defects', 'answer_start': 31} |
29,787 | 29,445 | 570612ce52bb891400689857 | generic | In the early part of the 20th century, Atlantic City went through a radical building boom. Many of the modest boarding houses that dotted the boardwalk were replaced with large hotels. Two of the city's most distinctive hotels were the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel and the Traymore Hotel. | What happened to Atlantic City in the early part of the 20th century? | {'text': 'a radical building boom', 'answer_start': 66} |
28,320 | 27,978 | 56fb955db28b3419009f1e69 | generic | The large external sculptural schemes of Early Gothic churches gave way to more sculpture inside the building, as tombs became more elaborate and other features such as pulpits were sometimes lavishly carved, as in the Pulpit by Giovanni Pisano in Sant'Andrea. Painted or carved wooden relief altarpieces became common, ... | Of what nationality was Jan van Eyck? | {'text': 'Netherlandish', 'answer_start': 376} |
12,298 | 11,956 | 5a5ac61d9c0277001abe7188 | generic | In France the Cathars grew to represent a popular mass movement and the belief was spreading to other areas. The Cathar Crusade was initiated by the Roman Catholic Church to eliminate the Cathar heresy in Languedoc. Heresy was a major justification for the Inquisition (Inquisitio Haereticae Pravitatis, Inquiry on Heret... | What happened in Spain that led to more heresey? | {'text': 'the Inquisition', 'answer_start': 253} |
113,514 | 113,172 | 5a54420d134fea001a0e16d2 | generic | Muslim scientists contributed to advances in the sciences. They placed far greater emphasis on experiment than had the Greeks. This led to an early scientific method being developed in the Muslim world, where progress in methodology was made, beginning with the experiments of Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) on optics from cir... | What type of geometry was first discovered in the West? | {'text': 'quasicrystal geometry', 'answer_start': 1011} |
92,683 | 92,341 | 5a6a42635ce1a5001a96977e | generic | Socially, while liberty and freedom of enterprise form the basis of its beliefs, elements of the party have wavered between what is termed "small-l liberalism" and social conservatism. Historically, Liberal Governments have been responsible for the carriage of a number of notable "socially liberal" reforms, including t... | Who was a West Australian artist? | {'text': 'Ken Wyatt', 'answer_start': 647} |
48,902 | 48,560 | 571aa41910f8ca1400305235 | generic | Hisham suffered still worse defeats in the east, where his armies attempted to subdue both Tokharistan, with its center at Balkh, and Transoxiana, with its center at Samarkand. Both areas had already been partially conquered, but remained difficult to govern. Once again, a particular difficulty concerned the question o... | Who was the leader of the revolt of 734? | {'text': 'al-Harith ibn Surayj', 'answer_start': 785} |
105,893 | 105,551 | 5a87cb6019b91f001a626ddc | generic | The lowest pressure that can be attained in a system is also dependent on many things other than the nature of the pumps. Multiple pumps may be connected in series, called stages, to achieve higher vacuums. The choice of seals, chamber geometry, materials, and pump-down procedures will all have an impact. Collectively,... | What do certain gases usually help a pump achieve? | {'text': 'higher vacuums', 'answer_start': 191} |
72,120 | 71,778 | 57282fda2ca10214002da01e | generic | Historical linguistics emerged as an independent field of study at the end of the 18th century. Sir William Jones proposed that Sanskrit, Persian, Greek, Latin, Gothic, and Celtic languages all shared a common base. After Jones, an effort to catalog all languages of the world was made throughout the 19th century and in... | What new subject surface at the end of the 18th century? | {'text': 'Historical linguistics', 'answer_start': 0} |
26,504 | 26,162 | 56f98d699e9bad19000a0aaf | generic | On Thursday, September 15, 2011, more than 500 people from Hongxiao Village protested over the large-scale death of fish in a nearby river. Angry protesters stormed the Zhejiang Jinko Solar Company factory compound, overturned eight company vehicles, and destroyed the offices before police came to disperse the crowd. P... | Who was the deputy head of Haining's environmental protection bureau at the time? | {'text': 'Chen Hongming', 'answer_start': 408} |
127,890 | 127,548 | 5733e682d058e614000b652e | generic | Tajikistan has a population of 7,349,145 (July 2009 est.) of which 70% are under the age of 30 and 35% are between the ages of 14 and 30. Tajiks who speak Tajik (a dialect of Persian) are the main ethnic group, although there are sizable minorities of Uzbeks and Russians, whose numbers are declining due to emigration. ... | What percent of the population is under 30 years old? | {'text': '70%', 'answer_start': 67} |
124,899 | 124,557 | 57324b3be99e3014001e6660 | generic | After the capitulation of Axis forces in North Africa, Eisenhower oversaw the highly successful invasion of Sicily. Once Mussolini, the Italian leader, had fallen in Italy, the Allies switched their attention to the mainland with Operation Avalanche. But while Eisenhower argued with President Roosevelt and British Prim... | Until he was deposed, who was the leader of Italy? | {'text': 'Mussolini', 'answer_start': 121} |
74,617 | 74,275 | 5727a226ff5b5019007d916b | generic | Most of the Alsatian population is Roman Catholic, but, largely because of the region's German heritage, a significant Protestant community also exists: today, the EPCAAL (a Lutheran church) is France's second largest Protestant church, also forming an administrative union (UEPAL) with the much smaller Calvinist EPRAL.... | Which other large religion also exist in Alsace due to the once German presence? | {'text': 'Protestant', 'answer_start': 119} |
12,944 | 12,602 | 5ad2e469604f3c001a3fd8d9 | generic | The region of modern Eastern Europe and Central Eurasia (Russia, Ukraine and other countries of the ex-USSR) have a long history of Christianity and Christian communities on its lands. In ancient times, in the first centuries after the birth of Christ, when this region was called[by whom?] Scythia - Christians already ... | In 337 AD which state became the first to adopt Christianity? | {'text': 'Georgia', 'answer_start': 443} |
83,413 | 83,071 | 5acd6ed907355d001abf41f0 | generic | Unlike most other cities, Strasbourg's collections of European art are divided into several museums according not only to type and area, but also to epoch. Old master paintings from the Germanic Rhenish territories and until 1681 are displayed in the Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame, old master paintings from all the rest o... | When was the Musee de I'OEuvre Notre-Dame completed? | {'text': '1681', 'answer_start': 225} |
77,476 | 77,134 | 5727cb3f2ca10214002d966c | generic | Also in the late 1970s, "direct-to-disc" records were produced, aimed at an audiophile niche market. These completely bypassed the use of magnetic tape in favor of a "purist" transcription directly to the master lacquer disc. Also during this period, half-speed mastered and "original master" records were released, usin... | How did Disco Eye-Cued system benefit DJs? | {'text': 'visual cue to DJs mixing the records', 'answer_start': 601} |
128,911 | 128,569 | 573401aa4776f419006616b0 | generic | Punjab has the largest economy in Pakistan, contributing most to the national GDP. The province's economy has quadrupled since 1972. Its share of Pakistan's GDP was 54.7% in 2000 and 59% as of 2010. It is especially dominant in the service and agriculture sectors of Pakistan's economy. With its contribution ranging fro... | How much of Pakistan's GDP came from Punjab in 2000? | {'text': '54.7%', 'answer_start': 165} |
48,273 | 47,931 | 571ab39a10f8ca14003052f4 | generic | The aftermath of World War II saw an explosion in the discovery of new classes of antibacterial drugs including the cephalosporins (developed by Eli Lilly based on the seminal work of Giuseppe Brotzu and Edward Abraham), streptomycin (discovered during a Merck-funded research program in Selman Waksman's laboratory), th... | What drug effectively treated Tuberculosis? | {'text': 'Streptomycin', 'answer_start': 517} |
121,619 | 121,277 | 57318db6a5e9cc1400cdc059 | generic | Many scholars (including Makdisi) have argued that early medieval universities were influenced by the religious madrasahs in Al-Andalus, the Emirate of Sicily, and the Middle East (during the Crusades). Other scholars see this argument as overstated. Lowe and Yasuhara have recently drawn on the well-documented influenc... | Madrasas in which specific location are said to have guided the formation of medieval universities? | {'text': 'Al-Andalus', 'answer_start': 125} |
85,850 | 85,508 | 57283cc13acd2414000df789 | generic | When it turned out that there would not be enough uranium-235 to make more than one bomb, the implosive lens project was greatly expanded and von Neumann's idea was implemented. Implosion was the only method that could be used with the plutonium-239 that was available from the Hanford Site. He established the design of... | Who constructed Trinity bomb? | {'text': 'George Kistiakowsky', 'answer_start': 618} |
21,794 | 21,452 | 5ad3f8f2604f3c001a3ffa95 | generic | In addition to the Dean and canons, there are at present two full-time minor canons, one is precentor, and the other is sacrist. The office of Priest Vicar was created in the 1970s for those who assist the minor canons. Together with the clergy and Receiver General and Chapter Clerk, various lay officers constitute the... | When was the office of Priest Vicar destroyed? | {'text': '1970s', 'answer_start': 175} |
78,973 | 78,631 | 5727e65a3acd2414000def47 | generic | Female houses differed from male Dominican houses in a lack of apostolic work for the women. Instead, the sisters chanted the Divine Office and kept all the monastic observances. Their lives were often much more strict than their brothers' lives. The sisters had no government of their own, but lived under the authority... | What is one role that the friars served as to the nuns? | {'text': 'teachers', 'answer_start': 614} |
86,098 | 85,756 | 5ad340de604f3c001a3fdbe9 | generic | PlayStation 3 uses the Cell microprocessor, designed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM, as its CPU, which is made up of one 3.2 GHz PowerPC-based "Power Processing Element" (PPE) and eight Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs). The eighth SPE is disabled to improve chip yields. Only six of the seven SPEs are accessible to deve... | What type of macroprocessor is in a PS3? | {'text': 'Cell', 'answer_start': 23} |
60,529 | 60,187 | 57268a73708984140094c962 | generic | In 1996, Marvel had some of its titles participate in "Heroes Reborn", a crossover that allowed Marvel to relaunch some of its flagship characters such as the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, and outsource them to the studios of two of the former Marvel artists turned Image Comics founders, Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld. The... | What two Marvel veterans founded Image? | {'text': 'Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld', 'answer_start': 292} |
63,112 | 62,770 | 5726a1b75951b619008f784f | generic | In 2003 the paper was accused of racism by the Government over its criticisms of what it perceived as the "open door" policy on immigration. The attacks came from the Prime Minister's press spokesman Alastair Campbell and the Home Secretary David Blunkett (later a Sun columnist). The paper rebutted the claim, believing... | What did a 4 July 2003 front page story claim? | {'text': 'asylum seekers were slaughtering and eating swans', 'answer_start': 600} |
77,757 | 77,415 | 57277e145951b619008f8b49 | generic | The network's programming season runs from February until the following March of each year when a retrospective of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated movies is shown, called 31 Days of Oscar. As a result of its devoted format to classic feature films, viewers that are interested in tracing the career development of actr... | What retrospective of the Oscars is shown yearly on TCM? | {'text': '31 Days of Oscar', 'answer_start': 173} |
37,457 | 37,115 | 5a5a4cb69c0277001abe70fd | generic | In the new commercial climate glam metal bands like Europe, Ratt, White Lion and Cinderella broke up, Whitesnake went on hiatus in 1991, and while many of these bands would re-unite again in the late 1990s or early 2000s, they never reached the commercial success they saw in the 1980s or early 1990s. Other bands such a... | What album by Van Halen released in 1995 did not include Sammy Hagar on vocals? | {'text': 'Balance', 'answer_start': 462} |
104,366 | 104,024 | 572eda97c246551400ce4730 | generic | The state (like its southwestern neighbors) has had close linguistic and cultural ties with Mexico. The state outside the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 was part of the New Mexico Territory until 1863, when the western half was made into the Arizona Territory. The area of the former Gadsden Purchase contained a majority of S... | Has New Mexico had a majority of Spanish speaking natives. | {'text': 'The area of the former Gadsden Purchase contained a majority of Spanish-speakers until the 1940s', 'answer_start': 255} |
38,976 | 38,634 | 5ad3ad33604f3c001a3febf3 | generic | FBI records show that 85% of COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that the FBI deemed "subversive", including communist and socialist organizations; organizations and individuals associated with the Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and others associated with the Southern Christia... | What is a group that the CIA targeted? | {'text': 'Southern Christian Leadership Conference', 'answer_start': 303} |
50,167 | 49,825 | 572678a5708984140094c73b | generic | Through the 1860s, Victoria relied increasingly on a manservant from Scotland, John Brown. Slanderous rumours of a romantic connection and even a secret marriage appeared in print, and the Queen was referred to as "Mrs. Brown". The story of their relationship was the subject of the 1997 movie Mrs. Brown. A painting by ... | Which manservent was Victoria's most trusted ally? | {'text': 'John Brown', 'answer_start': 79} |
92,595 | 92,253 | 5a6a623aa9e0c9001a4e9dca | generic | Holt increased Australian commitment to the growing War in Vietnam, which met with some public opposition. His government oversaw conversion to decimal currency. Holt faced Britain's withdrawal from Asia by visiting and hosting many Asian leaders and by expanding ties to the United States, hosting the first visit to Au... | Government under whom experienced the conversion to the referendum? | {'text': 'Holt', 'answer_start': 0} |
77,352 | 77,010 | 57279d66ff5b5019007d9118 | generic | By about 1910,[note 1] bound collections of empty sleeves with a paperboard or leather cover, similar to a photograph album, were sold as record albums that customers could use to store their records (the term "record album" was printed on some covers). These albums came in both 10-inch and 12-inch sizes. The covers of... | When could record album covers first be found? | {'text': '1910', 'answer_start': 9} |
13,812 | 13,470 | 5a29976503c0e7001a3e17ff | generic | UNFPA has been falsely accused by anti-family planning groups of providing support for government programs which have promoted forced-abortions and coercive sterilizations. Controversies regarding these claims have resulted in a sometimes shaky relationship between the organization and three presidential administration... | Which administrations funded UNFPA the most? | {'text': 'Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush', 'answer_start': 331} |
13,482 | 13,140 | 56df680f8bc80c19004e4be0 | generic | Many groups continued their hunter-gatherer ways of life, although their numbers have continually declined, partly as a result of pressure from growing agricultural and pastoral communities. Many of them reside in the developing world, either in arid regions or tropical forests. Areas that were formerly available to hu... | What has Jared Diamond blamed the decline of gatherers on? | {'text': 'availability of wild foods', 'answer_start': 595} |
54,067 | 53,725 | 5726884cf1498d1400e8e2f3 | generic | At dawn on Sunday, 25 June 1950, the Korean People's Army crossed the 38th parallel behind artillery fire. The KPA justified its assault with the claim that ROK troops had attacked first, and that they were aiming to arrest and execute the "bandit traitor Syngman Rhee". Fighting began on the strategic Ongjin peninsula ... | Where did the fighting begin? | {'text': 'Ongjin peninsula', 'answer_start': 303} |
1,580 | 1,238 | 56d3711659d6e414001463d2 | generic | In April, during the Revolution of 1848 in Paris, he left for London, where he performed at several concerts and at numerous receptions in great houses. This tour was suggested to him by his Scottish pupil Jane Stirling and her elder sister. Stirling also made all the logistical arrangements and provided much of the ne... | What was Jane Stirling's national heritage? | {'text': 'Scottish', 'answer_start': 191} |
61,181 | 60,839 | 57266d3cf1498d1400e8df5c | generic | After Madonna signed a singles deal with Sire, her debut single, "Everybody", was released in October 1982, and the second, "Burning Up", in March 1983. Both became big club hits in the United States, reaching number three on Hot Dance Club Songs chart compiled by Billboard magazine. After this success, she started dev... | What was Madonna's debut single called? | {'text': 'Everybody', 'answer_start': 66} |
77,721 | 77,379 | 57277c1fdd62a815002e9e59 | generic | In 2000, TCM started the annual Young Composers Film Competition, inviting aspiring composers to participate in a judged competition that offers the winner of each year's competition the opportunity to score a restored, feature-length silent film as a grand prize, mentored by a well-known composer, with the new work su... | How often is the Young Composers Film Competition? | {'text': 'annual', 'answer_start': 25} |
82,422 | 82,080 | 5727e0603acd2414000deeba | generic | Tibet has some of the world's tallest mountains, with several of them making the top ten list. Mount Everest, located on the border with Nepal, is, at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft), the highest mountain on earth. Several major rivers have their source in the Tibetan Plateau (mostly in present-day Qinghai Province). These in... | How tall, in feet, is Mount Everest? | {'text': '29,029', 'answer_start': 165} |
52,302 | 51,960 | 57265f3bf1498d1400e8dd8a | generic | Some Flemish dialects are so distinct that they might be considered as separate language variants, although the strong significance of language in Belgian politics would prevent the government from classifying them as such. West Flemish in particular has sometimes been considered a distinct variety. Dialect borders of ... | What province is Zeelandic Flanders in? | {'text': 'Zeeland', 'answer_start': 628} |
76,495 | 76,153 | 5a8c6f68fd22b3001a8d87b3 | generic | Although almost all ancient sources relating to crucifixion are literary, the 1968 archeological discovery just northeast of Jerusalem of the body of a crucified man dated to the 1st century provided good confirmatory evidence that crucifixions occurred during the Roman period roughly according to the manner in which t... | What was the average age of Roman soldiers? | {'text': '20s', 'answer_start': 591} |
54,725 | 54,383 | 5726208f89a1e219009ac2c0 | generic | The end of the Dark Ages is traditionally dated to 776 BC, the year of the first Olympic Games. The Iliad and the Odyssey, the foundational texts of Western literature, are believed to have been composed by Homer in the 8th or 7th centuries BC With the end of the Dark Ages, there emerged various kingdoms and city-state... | What year is considered the be the last of the Dark Ages? | {'text': '776 BC', 'answer_start': 51} |
13,004 | 12,662 | 56df12bcc65bf219000b3f2c | generic | In 1929, ARC was founded through a merger of several smaller record companies, which, ultimately, transformed into one enterprise known as SME. In the depths of the Great Depression, the Columbia Phonograph Company (founded in 1888) in the U.S. (including its Okeh Records subsidiary) was acquired by ARC in 1934. | In what year did Columbia Phonography Company form? | {'text': '1888', 'answer_start': 227} |
19,735 | 19,393 | 5a7b5b0e21c2de001afe9f5e | generic | The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) resource for the public and the government. Congress has charged NARA with reviewing FOIA policies, procedures and compliance of Federal agencies and to recommend changes to FOIA. NARA's mission also includes resolving FOIA disp... | What groups does the public make sure are in compliance with FOIA? | {'text': 'Federal agencies', 'answer_start': 221} |
102,539 | 102,197 | 572e86a903f989190075672c | generic | Intercommunal violence erupted on December 21, 1963, when two Turkish Cypriots were killed at an incident involving the Greek Cypriot police. The violence resulted in the death of 364 Turkish and 174 Greek Cypriots, destruction of 109 Turkish Cypriot or mixed villages and displacement of 25,000-30,000 Turkish Cypriots.... | The violence beginning in 1963 resulted in the deaths of many Turks? | {'text': '364', 'answer_start': 180} |
36,721 | 36,379 | 570b29d26b8089140040f7af | generic | The Xbox Live Marketplace is a virtual market designed for the console that allows Xbox Live users to download purchased or promotional content. The service offers movie and game trailers, game demos, Xbox Live Arcade games and Xbox 360 Dashboard themes as well as add-on game content (items, costumes, levels etc.). The... | Which levels of Xbox Live membership may access the Marketplace? | {'text': 'Free and Gold members', 'answer_start': 354} |
41,282 | 40,940 | 5a2ad97b5b078a001a2f071d | generic | The earliest known inscriptions in Sanskrit date to the first century BCE.[citation needed] They are in the Brahmi script, which was originally used for Prakrit, not Sanskrit. It has been described as a paradox that the first evidence of written Sanskrit occurs centuries later than that of the Prakrit languages which a... | What written language is known to occur centuries later than Sanskrit? | {'text': 'Prakrit', 'answer_start': 295} |
57,463 | 57,121 | 5a63a4b47f3c80001a150afc | generic | The Germanic peoples during the Migrations Period came into contact with other peoples; in the case of the populations settling in the territory of modern Germany, they encountered Celts to the south, and Balts and Slavs towards the east. The Limes Germanicus was breached in AD 260. Migrating Germanic tribes commingled... | what part of Europe did the Huns conquer for Rome? | {'text': 'Eastern Europe', 'answer_start': 889} |
102,669 | 102,327 | 572ea349cb0c0d14000f13b8 | generic | One of the features of Cypriot art is a tendency towards figurative painting although conceptual art is being rigorously promoted by a number of art "institutions" and most notably the Nicosia Municipal Art Centre. Municipal art galleries exist in all the main towns and there is a large and lively commercial art scene.... | What type of art is being promoted by art institutions in Cyprus? | {'text': 'conceptual art', 'answer_start': 86} |
35,632 | 35,290 | 570afee9ec8fbc190045b7b2 | generic | The superstructure of a carrier (such as the bridge, flight control tower) are concentrated in a relatively small area called an island, a feature pioneered on the HMS Hermes in 1923. While the island is usually built on the starboard side of the fight deck, the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi and Hiryū had their isla... | Other than Japanese carriers, which side of the flight deck are islands typically built on? | {'text': 'starboard', 'answer_start': 225} |
91,156 | 90,814 | 572952a31d046914007792a0 | generic | The salivary glands (element 30 in numbered diagram) in an insect's mouth produce saliva. The salivary ducts lead from the glands to the reservoirs and then forward through the head to an opening called the salivarium, located behind the hypopharynx. By moving its mouthparts (element 32 in numbered diagram) the insect ... | What leads from the salivary glands to the reservoirs? | {'text': 'salivary ducts', 'answer_start': 94} |
89,181 | 88,839 | 5ad12065645df0001a2d0e78 | generic | The Labour Party's origins lie in the late 19th century, when it became apparent that there was a need for a new political party to represent the interests and needs of the urban proletariat, a demographic which had increased in number and had recently been given franchise. Some members of the trades union movement bec... | What socialist group did not form around this time? | {'text': 'Fabian Society', 'answer_start': 828} |
17,454 | 17,112 | 56e180f5e3433e1400422f98 | generic | The dialects of the Catalan language feature a relative uniformity, especially when compared to other Romance languages; both in terms of vocabulary, semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology. Mutual intelligibility between dialects is very high, estimates ranging from 90% to 95%. The only exception is the isolated ... | What is high among dialects? | {'text': 'intelligibility', 'answer_start': 203} |
104,497 | 104,155 | 5ad4183a604f3c001a4003f0 | generic | The highest temperature recorded within city limits was 104 °F (40 °C), on June 2, 1985, and June 24, 1944, and the lowest was 7 °F (−14 °C) on February 14, 1899, although at the airport, where official records are kept, the historical range is 105 °F (41 °C) on August 1, 1999 down to 6 °F (−14 °C) on January 21, 1985.... | What type of storm is a minor threat to Charleston in the summer and early fall? | {'text': 'Hurricanes', 'answer_start': 321} |
53,456 | 53,114 | 5726030e271a42140099d3c6 | generic | Like all major English football clubs, Arsenal have a number of domestic supporters' clubs, including the Arsenal Football Supporters' Club, which works closely with the club, and the Arsenal Independent Supporters' Association, which maintains a more independent line. The Arsenal Supporters' Trust promotes greater par... | Which fan club is closely allied to the Arsenal club? | {'text': "Arsenal Football Supporters' Club", 'answer_start': 106} |
98,283 | 97,941 | 5ad392dc604f3c001a3fe6b6 | generic | In the early 1970s, the Miami disco sound came to life with TK Records, featuring the music of KC and the Sunshine Band, with such hits as "Get Down Tonight", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" and "That's the Way (I Like It)"; and the Latin-American disco group, Foxy (band), with their hit singles "Get Off" and ... | In what year didn't the Bee Gees relocate to Miami? | {'text': '1975', 'answer_start': 475} |
96,385 | 96,043 | 572a1ca66aef05140015529e | 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... | Who converted to Lutheranism and secularized the Prussian branch of the Teutonic Order? | {'text': 'Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach', 'answer_start': 58} |
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