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59,106 | 58,764 | 57266e2c708984140094c5bf | generic | From 1952 to 1964, most voters were registered Democrats, but the state voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election except for 1964. The following year, Congress passed and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, providing for oversight of state practices and enforcement ... | Voter demographics of florida in the 1950's | {'text': '1952 to 1964, most voters were registered Democrats, but the state voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election except for 1964', 'answer_start': 5} |
26,184 | 25,842 | 56f8fb439b226e1400dd1226 | generic | The term "Near and Middle East," held the stage for a few years before World War I. It proved to be less acceptable to a colonial point of view that saw the entire region as one. In 1916 Captain T.C. Fowle, 40th Pathans (troops of British India), wrote of a trip he had taken from Karachi to Syria just before the war. T... | When did the term "Near and Middle East" hold stage? | {'text': 'a few years before World War I', 'answer_start': 52} |
3,971 | 3,629 | 56cef532aab44d1400b88d1a | generic | When one Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 election ridiculed the liberalism of "New York values" in January 2016, Donald Trump, leading in the polls, vigorously defended his city. The National Review, a conservative magazine published in the city since its founding by William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955, comm... | In what year was the National Review founded? | {'text': '1955', 'answer_start': 310} |
126,239 | 125,897 | 573426c64776f41900661987 | generic | Portugal has developed a specific culture while being influenced by various civilizations that have crossed the Mediterranean and the European continent, or were introduced when it played an active role during the Age of Discovery. In the 1990s and 2000s (decade), Portugal modernized its public cultural facilities, in ... | Portugal modernized its public cultural facilities during what two decades? | {'text': '1990s and 2000s', 'answer_start': 239} |
50,995 | 50,653 | 5725d2cc271a42140099d250 | generic | Israel is home to many Palestinian musicians, including internationally acclaimed oud and violin virtuoso Taiseer Elias, singer Amal Murkus, and brothers Samir and Wissam Joubran. Israeli Arab musicians have achieved fame beyond Israel's borders: Elias and Murkus frequently play to audiences in Europe and America, and ... | Who was awarded first prize in the all-Arab oud contest in Egypt in 2003? | {'text': 'Darwish Darwish', 'answer_start': 331} |
64,426 | 64,084 | 572740eaf1498d1400e8f536 | generic | Though many of the events were outside the traditional time-period of the Middle Ages, the end of the unity of the Western Church (the Protestant Reformation), was one of the distinguishing characteristics of the medieval period. The Catholic Church had long fought against heretic movements, but during the Late Middle ... | What was the event that ended religious unity in the Western Church? | {'text': 'the Protestant Reformation', 'answer_start': 131} |
103,221 | 102,879 | 5ad4de145b96ef001a10a4d0 | generic | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Spielberg in 2005, the first year it considered non-literary contributors. In November 2007, he was chosen for a Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented at the sixth annual Visual Effects Society Awards in February 2009. He was set to be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Awa... | Where was Spielberg awarded the Legion d'honneur? | {'text': 'Golden Globes', 'answer_start': 343} |
90,782 | 90,440 | 5ad21390d7d075001a42834a | generic | The Sydney Mandolins (Artistic Director: Adrian Hooper) have contributed greatly to the repertoire through commissioning over 200 works by Australian and International composers. Most of these works have been released on Compact Disks and can regularly be heard on radio stations on the ABC and MBS networks. One of thei... | Who has had zero Concertos written for him? | {'text': 'Paul Hooper', 'answer_start': 565} |
64,313 | 63,971 | 5ad01e5177cf76001a686aaf | generic | After the failed union of Sweden and Norway of 1319–1365, the pan-Scandinavian Kalmar Union was instituted in 1397. The Swedes were reluctant members of the Danish-dominated union from the start. In an attempt to subdue the Swedes, King Christian II of Denmark had large numbers of the Swedish aristocracy killed in the ... | Which Amish King was responsible for the Stockholm Bloodbath? | {'text': 'King Christian II', 'answer_start': 232} |
54,611 | 54,269 | 5726db29708984140094d3b7 | generic | Legislatures have reduced infringement by narrowing the scope of what is considered infringing. Aside from upholding international copyright treaty obligations to provide general limitations and exceptions, nations have enacted compulsory licensing laws applying specifically to digital works and uses. For example, in t... | Who does this law target? | {'text': 'providers whose users are suspected of copyright infringement', 'answer_start': 605} |
100,089 | 99,747 | 572b8919f75d5e190021fe39 | generic | Czech continued to evolve and gain in regional importance for hundreds of years, and has been a literary language in the Slovak lands since the early fifteenth century. A biblical translation, the Kralice Bible, was published during the late sixteenth century (around the time of the King James and Luther versions) whic... | When was the Kralice Bible published? | {'text': 'late sixteenth century', 'answer_start': 237} |
20,081 | 19,739 | 5ad3d721604f3c001a3ff32a | generic | Tristan is primarily known for its wildlife. The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because there are 13 known species of breeding seabirds on the island and two species of resident land birds. The seabirds include northern rockhopper penguins, Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross... | There are 13 species of resident land birds on the islands and how many species of breeding seabirds? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 202} |
15,368 | 15,026 | 56e039947aa994140058e3d6 | generic | Many cultures have taken their words for comics from English, including Russian (Russian: Комикс, komiks) and German (comic). Similarly, the Chinese term manhua and the Korean manhwa derive from the Chinese characters with which the Japanese term manga is written. | What Korean word was derived from the Japanese word for manga? | {'text': 'manhwa', 'answer_start': 176} |
47,332 | 46,990 | 5a8cd9d6fd22b3001a8d8f43 | generic | Declarative memory can be further sub-divided into semantic memory, concerning principles and facts taken independent of context; and episodic memory, concerning information specific to a particular context, such as a time and place. Semantic memory allows the encoding of abstract knowledge about the world, such as "Pa... | Which type of memory disables us to remember knowledge of the world? | {'text': 'Semantic memory', 'answer_start': 234} |
31,537 | 31,195 | 5ad41d94604f3c001a4005e2 | generic | In August 2005, Houston became a shelter to more than 150,000 people from New Orleans who evacuated from Hurricane Katrina. One month later, approximately 2.5 million Houston area residents evacuated when Hurricane Rita approached the Gulf Coast, leaving little damage to the Houston area. This was the largest urban eva... | What event caused 5 million people to evacuate through Houston? | {'text': 'Hurricane Rita', 'answer_start': 205} |
89,820 | 89,478 | 5ad40662604f3c001a3ffe55 | generic | The climate in Southeast Alaska is a mid-latitude oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) in the southern sections and a subarctic oceanic climate (Köppen Cfc) in the northern parts. On an annual basis, Southeast is both the wettest and warmest part of Alaska with milder temperatures in the winter and high... | How much precipitation doesn't Juneau receive each year? | {'text': 'over 50 in', 'answer_start': 372} |
108,420 | 108,078 | 572f44e8b2c2fd1400567fb6 | generic | In most taxonomies, the flowering plants are treated as a coherent group. The most popular descriptive name has been Angiospermae (Angiosperms), with Anthophyta ("flowering plants") a second choice. These names are not linked to any rank. The Wettstein system and the Engler system use the name Angiospermae, at the assi... | How does the APG system of 1998, with its 2003 and 2009 revisions, treat flowering plants? | {'text': 'a clade called angiosperms', 'answer_start': 907} |
62,973 | 62,631 | 5a66c596f038b7001ab0c10b | generic | Genetics compression algorithms are the latest generation of lossless algorithms that compress data (typically sequences of nucleotides) using both conventional compression algorithms and genetic algorithms adapted to the specific datatype. In 2012, a team of scientists from Johns Hopkins University published a genetic... | What provides 2- to 4- fold better heterogenelty than the leading gemeral-purpose compression utilities? | {'text': 'HAPZIPPER', 'answer_start': 397} |
128,295 | 127,953 | 5733ac79d058e614000b6002 | generic | Similar organizations in other countries followed: The American Anthropological Association in 1902, the Anthropological Society of Madrid (1865), the Anthropological Society of Vienna (1870), the Italian Society of Anthropology and Ethnology (1871), and many others subsequently. The majority of these were evolutionist... | When did Madrid get it's own anthropological society? | {'text': '1865', 'answer_start': 140} |
114,505 | 114,163 | 573057cc8ab72b1400f9c489 | generic | There has been a football tournament at every Summer Olympic Games since 1900, except at the 1932 games in Los Angeles. Before the inception of the World Cup, the Olympics (especially during the 1920s) had the same status as the World Cup. Originally, the event was for amateurs only; however, since the 1984 Summer Olym... | What is the age limit on the Olympic men's tournament? | {'text': 'Under-23', 'answer_start': 504} |
46,079 | 45,737 | 5710effca58dae1900cd6b5c | generic | Alexis de Tocqueville described the French Revolution as the inevitable result of the radical opposition created in the 18th century between the monarchy and the men of letters of the Enlightenment. These men of letters constituted a sort of "substitute aristocracy that was both all-powerful and without real power". Th... | From where did Tocqueville believe the illusory power of the men of letters came from? | {'text': 'the rise of "public opinion"', 'answer_start': 348} |
39,723 | 39,381 | 570dfc730b85d914000d7c63 | generic | Between 1836 and 1842 Victorian Aboriginal groups were largely dispossessed[by whom?] of their land. By January 1844, there were said to be 675 Aborigines resident in squalid camps in Melbourne. The British Colonial Office appointed five Aboriginal Protectors for the Aborigines of Victoria, in 1839, however their work ... | By what year did fewer than 240 wealthy Europeans hold all the pastoral licenses? | {'text': '1845', 'answer_start': 418} |
108,797 | 108,455 | 5a2d5130f28ef0001a52646f | generic | Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar ... | How many condominiums are there in Santa Monica? | {'text': '89,736', 'answer_start': 641} |
116,287 | 115,945 | 5a567aca6349e2001acdcdab | generic | As noted above, there are 55 tinkhundla in Swaziland and each elects one representative to the House of Assembly of Swaziland. Each inkhundla has a development committee (bucopho) elected from the various constituency chiefdoms in its area for a five-year term. Bucopho bring to the inkhundla all matters of interest and... | What do the tinkhundla bring to the House Assembly? | {'text': 'all matters of interest and concern to their various chiefdoms', 'answer_start': 293} |
29,115 | 28,773 | 5705f75b75f01819005e77d6 | generic | In 1922, John Jacob Astor, son of the 1st Viscount Astor, bought The Times from the Northcliffe estate. The paper gained a measure of notoriety in the 1930s with its advocacy of German appeasement; then-editor Geoffrey Dawson was closely allied with those in the government who practised appeasement, most notably Nevill... | Which notable government official did The Times ally with in the 1930s whom practised German appeasement? | {'text': 'Neville Chamberlain', 'answer_start': 314} |
66,531 | 66,189 | 5ad0d18a645df0001a2d04fa | generic | In November 1790, François-Louis-Thibault de Menonville, a member of the National Assembly of France, wrote to Burke, praising Reflections and requesting more "very refreshing mental food" that he could publish. This Burke did in April 1791 when he published A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly. Burke called f... | What vice-filled book did Hume publish? | {'text': 'Confessions', 'answer_start': 993} |
56,894 | 56,552 | 5726bc865951b619008f7c84 | generic | Another major addition to the city's museum scene is the Museum of Remembrance and Tolerance (Museo de la Memoria y Tolerancia), inaugurated in early 2011. The brainchild of two young Mexican women as a Holocaust museum, the idea morphed into a unique museum dedicated to showcasing all major historical events of discri... | What main event inspired the Museum of Remembrance and Tolerance? | {'text': 'Holocaust', 'answer_start': 203} |
21,899 | 21,557 | 56e8f8170b45c0140094cda5 | generic | The chapter house was built concurrently with the east parts of the abbey under Henry III, between about 1245 and 1253. It was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1872. The entrance is approached from the east cloister walk and includes a double doorway with a large tympanum above. | Under whom was the chapter house built? | {'text': 'Henry III', 'answer_start': 80} |
58,842 | 58,500 | 5726559af1498d1400e8dc50 | generic | On the assumption that intellectual property rights are actual rights Stallman argues that this claim does not live to the historical intentions behind these laws, which in the case of copyright served as a censorship system, and later on, a regulatory model for the printing press that may have benefited authors incide... | What does Stallman think was meant to be optional and experimental? | {'text': 'copyright', 'answer_start': 405} |
80,175 | 79,833 | 5727fc32ff5b5019007d9a13 | generic | Sleep-and-charge USB ports can be used to charge electronic devices even when the computer is switched off. Normally, when a computer is powered off the USB ports are powered down, preventing phones and other devices from charging. Sleep-and-charge USB ports remain powered even when the computer is off. On laptops, cha... | What is normally powered off whenever the computer is off? | {'text': 'USB ports', 'answer_start': 153} |
101,784 | 101,442 | 572e83b6c246551400ce4297 | generic | Feynman alludes to his thoughts on the justification for getting involved in the Manhattan project in The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. He felt the possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies was a compelling reason to help with its development for the U.S. He goes on to say that it was an error... | What was his reasoning in helping make the atomic bomb? | {'text': 'possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies', 'answer_start': 150} |
99,247 | 98,905 | 572b4bbf111d821400f38e2f | generic | Spanish colonization commenced on June 15, 1668 with the arrival of Diego Luis de San Vitores and Pedro Calungsod, who established the first Catholic church.:64 The islands were part of the Spanish East Indies governed from the Philippines, which were in turn part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in Mexico City. O... | Which two Spaniards aided this colonization and started the first catholic church? | {'text': 'Diego Luis de San Vitores and Pedro Calungsod', 'answer_start': 68} |
69,373 | 69,031 | 5a7a41d717ab25001a8a042c | generic | Greek drama exemplifies the earliest form of drama of which we have substantial knowledge. Tragedy, as a dramatic genre, developed as a performance associated with religious and civic festivals, typically enacting or developing upon well-known historical or mythological themes. Tragedies generally presented very seriou... | The earliest form of drama we know about is from the Roman and what other culture? | {'text': 'Greek', 'answer_start': 0} |
44,182 | 43,840 | 570f4f015ab6b81900390ee9 | generic | Studies conducted on both animals and humans show major bidirectional relationships between the circadian system and abusive drugs. It is indicated that these abusive drugs affect the central circadian pacemaker. Individuals suffering from substance abuse display disrupted rhythms. These disrupted rhythms can increase ... | What can disruption to genetics and environment in the sleep cycle cause? | {'text': 'susceptibility to addiction', 'answer_start': 476} |
43,609 | 43,267 | 570e31ca0dc6ce1900204e6c | generic | The X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, formerly known as the Clinton Pile and X-10 Pile, was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor (after Enrico Fermi's Chicago Pile) and was the first reactor designed and built for continuous operation. Argonne National Labor... | In what state is Argonne National Laboratory's Experimental Breeder Reactor I located? | {'text': 'Idaho', 'answer_start': 446} |
107,155 | 106,813 | 572f53ca04bcaa1900d76854 | generic | BJTs have three terminals, corresponding to the three layers of semiconductor—an emitter, a base, and a collector. They are useful in amplifiers because the currents at the emitter and collector are controllable by a relatively small base current. In an n–p–n transistor operating in the active region, the emitter–base ... | How many layers of semiconductor do BJTs have? | {'text': 'three', 'answer_start': 48} |
17,277 | 16,935 | 56e109ffe3433e1400422b1b | generic | According to the Statistical Institute of Catalonia in 2008 the Catalan language is the second most commonly used in Catalonia, after Spanish, as a native or self-defining language. The Generalitat of Catalunya spends part of its annual budget on the promotion of the use of Catalan in Catalonia and in other territories... | What group spends money to promote the language? | {'text': 'The Generalitat of Catalunya', 'answer_start': 182} |
104,519 | 104,177 | 5ad418dd604f3c001a40042a | generic | The traditional parish system persisted until the Reconstruction Era, when counties were imposed.[citation needed] Nevertheless, traditional parishes still exist in various capacities, mainly as public service districts. When the city of Charleston was formed, it was defined by the limits of the Parish of St. Philip an... | The city of Charleston isn't defined by the limits of the Parish of St. Michael and what other parish? | {'text': 'Parish of St. Philip', 'answer_start': 297} |
54,188 | 53,846 | 5726cdc6708984140094d1ce | generic | In order to enlist Stalin's support, Zhou and a Chinese delegation left for Moscow on 8 October, arriving there on 10 October at which point they flew to Stalin's home at the Black Sea. There they conferred with the top Soviet leadership which included Joseph Stalin as well as Vyacheslav Molotov, Lavrentiy Beria and Ge... | When did Stalin agree to send China any type of support? | {'text': 'March 1951', 'answer_start': 813} |
86,028 | 85,686 | 5ad33ed9604f3c001a3fdbb7 | generic | PlayStation 3 launched in North America with 14 titles, with another three being released before the end of 2006. After the first week of sales it was confirmed that Resistance: Fall of Man from Insomniac Games was the top-selling launch game in North America. The game was heavily praised by numerous video game website... | How many games could you buy to go with your PS3 when it launched in South America? | {'text': '14', 'answer_start': 45} |
62,880 | 62,538 | 57268606708984140094c8d6 | generic | Latency results from the methods used to encode and decode the data. Some codecs will analyze a longer segment of the data to optimize efficiency, and then code it in a manner that requires a larger segment of data at one time to decode. (Often codecs create segments called a "frame" to create discrete data segments fo... | What analyzes a statement of data to boost performance? | {'text': 'codecs', 'answer_start': 74} |
66,438 | 66,096 | 5726a833708984140094cd14 | generic | For years Burke pursued impeachment efforts against Warren Hastings, formerly Governor-General of Bengal, that resulted in the trial during 1786. His interaction with the British dominion of India began well before Hastings' impeachment trial. For two decades prior to the impeachment, Parliament had dealt with the Indi... | What was Burke made chairman of in 1781? | {'text': 'the Commons Select Committee on East Indian Affairs', 'answer_start': 518} |
84,921 | 84,579 | 5a80e2838f0597001ac001f0 | generic | The hourglass uses the flow of sand to measure the flow of time. They were used in navigation. Ferdinand Magellan used 18 glasses on each ship for his circumnavigation of the globe (1522). Incense sticks and candles were, and are, commonly used to measure time in temples and churches across the globe. Waterclocks, and ... | Which abbot of St. Alban's abbey built a mechanical clock around 1292? | {'text': 'Richard of Wallingford', 'answer_start': 425} |
26,476 | 26,134 | 5acfc26277cf76001a685d3e | generic | The province is traditionally known as the "Land of Fish and Rice". True to its name, rice is the main crop, followed by wheat; north Zhejiang is also a center of aquaculture in China, and the Zhoushan fishery is the largest fishery in the country. The main cash crops include jute and cotton, and the province also lead... | What is the province never known as? | {'text': 'Land of Fish and Rice', 'answer_start': 44} |
73,913 | 73,571 | 57293f52af94a219006aa1e6 | generic | In 1637 a small party of Puritans reconnoitered the New Haven harbor area and wintered over. In April 1638, the main party of five hundred Puritans who left the Massachusetts Bay Colony under the leadership of the Reverend John Davenport and the London merchant Theophilus Eaton sailed into the harbor. These settlers we... | Where did the settlers came from? | {'text': 'Massachusetts Bay Colony', 'answer_start': 161} |
107,969 | 107,627 | 5a8a4a423b2508001a72a9ca | generic | During World War II, when Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany, the United States briefly controlled Greenland for battlefields and protection. In 1946, the United States offered to buy Greenland from Denmark for $100 million ($1.2 billion today) but Denmark refused to sell it. Several politicians and others have in re... | Who have argued that Greenland could not hypothetically be in a better financial situation as part of the United States? | {'text': 'Several politicians and others', 'answer_start': 279} |
112,991 | 112,649 | 5ad4b3765b96ef001a109de8 | generic | Stockton and Kearny went on to recover Los Angeles and force the capitulation of Alta California with the "Treaty of Cahuenga" on January 13, 1847. As a result of the Mexican–American War of 1846–48, the territory of Alta California, including San Diego, was ceded to the United States by Mexico, under the terms of the ... | Why was the border between Mexico and the United States established one league south of San Diego Bay's most northern tip? | {'text': 'to include the entire bay within the United States', 'answer_start': 711} |
67,267 | 66,925 | 5726a6ba5951b619008f7921 | generic | In 1886, Frank Julian Sprague invented the first practical DC motor, a non-sparking motor that maintained relatively constant speed under variable loads. Other Sprague electric inventions about this time greatly improved grid electric distribution (prior work done while employed by Thomas Edison), allowed power from el... | Who did Sprague work for early in his career? | {'text': 'Thomas Edison', 'answer_start': 283} |
17,832 | 17,490 | 56e15bbfe3433e1400422e00 | generic | Boston has been a noted religious center from its earliest days. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston serves nearly 300 parishes and is based in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (1875) in the South End, while the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (1819) as its episcopal seat, ... | What was the city's first Anglican church? | {'text': "King's Chapel", 'answer_start': 573} |
107,982 | 107,640 | 5a8a4c4d3b2508001a72aa09 | generic | The Party of Reconstruction in Sicily, which claimed 40,000 members in 1944, campaigned for Sicily to be admitted as a U.S. state. This party was one of several Sicilian separatist movements active after the downfall of Italian Fascism. Sicilians felt neglected or underrepresented by the Italian government after the an... | How many members did the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies have in 1944? | {'text': '40,000 members', 'answer_start': 53} |
40,070 | 39,728 | 570c539bb3d812140066d10d | generic | The political turmoil continued. John began to explore an alliance with the French king Philip II, freshly returned from the crusade. John hoped to acquire Normandy, Anjou and the other lands in France held by Richard in exchange for allying himself with Philip. John was persuaded not to pursue an alliance by his mothe... | Who did John explore an alliance with? | {'text': 'French king Philip II', 'answer_start': 76} |
90,528 | 90,186 | 5ad27be1d7d075001a429670 | generic | According to John N. Gray, Popper held that "a theory is scientific only in so far as it is falsifiable, and should be given up as soon as it is falsified." By applying Popper's account of scientific method, Gray's Straw Dogs states that this would have "killed the theories of Darwin and Einstein at birth." When they w... | What did John Gray say according to Popper? | {'text': 'a theory is scientific only in so far as it is falsifiable, and should be given up as soon as it is falsified.', 'answer_start': 45} |
128,384 | 128,042 | 5733b36dd058e614000b60a7 | generic | Linguistic anthropology (also called anthropological linguistics) seeks to understand the processes of human communications, verbal and non-verbal, variation in language across time and space, the social uses of language, and the relationship between language and culture. It is the branch of anthropology that brings li... | What related fields do linguistic anthropologists draw on? | {'text': 'sociolinguistics, pragmatics, cognitive linguistics, semiotics, discourse analysis, and narrative analysis', 'answer_start': 545} |
11,792 | 11,450 | 56ded12cc65bf219000b3d45 | generic | He also invested in a shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio. He has talked about some of those who have helped him over the years in business: "I couldn't have learned about business without a parade of teachers guiding me... from Milton Friedman to Donald Trump... and now, Les Wexner and Warren Buffett. I even learned a thi... | What investment firm does Schwarzenegger maintain partial ownership of? | {'text': 'Dimensional Fund Advisors', 'answer_start': 422} |
58,752 | 58,410 | 57264f85f1498d1400e8dbc3 | generic | The concept's origins can potentially be traced back further. Jewish law includes several considerations whose effects are similar to those of modern intellectual property laws, though the notion of intellectual creations as property does not seem to exist – notably the principle of Hasagat Ge'vul (unfair encroachment)... | When did Jewish law recognize copyright? | {'text': 'in the 16th century', 'answer_start': 391} |
1,317 | 975 | 56cbf12a6d243a140015ee06 | generic | Chopin arrived in Paris in late September 1831; he would never return to Poland, thus becoming one of many expatriates of the Polish Great Emigration. In France he used the French versions of his given names, and after receiving French citizenship in 1835, he travelled on a French passport. However, Chopin remained clo... | What event was Frédéric a part of when he arrived in Paris during the later part of September in 1831? | {'text': 'the Polish Great Emigration', 'answer_start': 122} |
102,755 | 102,413 | 572e847d03f9891900756713 | generic | As a child, Spielberg faced difficulty reconciling being an Orthodox Jew with the perception of him by other children he played with. "It isn't something I enjoy admitting," he once said, "but when I was seven, eight, nine years old, God forgive me, I was embarrassed because we were Orthodox Jews. I was embarrassed by ... | When did Steven Spielberg have trouble dealing with being an Orthodox Jew? | {'text': 'As a child', 'answer_start': 0} |
122,329 | 121,987 | 57319c770fdd8d15006c63e8 | generic | All YouTube users can upload videos up to 15 minutes each in duration. Users who have a good track record of complying with the site's Community Guidelines may be offered the ability to upload videos up to 12 hours in length, which requires verifying the account, normally through a mobile phone. When YouTube was launch... | in 2006 Youtube found that the majority of longer videos were what? | {'text': 'unauthorized uploads', 'answer_start': 498} |
115,322 | 114,980 | 5ad3d617604f3c001a3ff2ea | generic | For Whitehead the core of religion was individual. While he acknowledged that individuals cannot ever be fully separated from their society, he argued that life is an internal fact for its own sake before it is an external fact relating to others. His most famous remark on religion is that "religion is what the individ... | How did Whitehead define "dangerous delusion" as it doesn't relate to religion? | {'text': 'while religion is often a good influence, it is not necessarily good', 'answer_start': 542} |
102,962 | 102,620 | 5ad4c8515b96ef001a10a068 | generic | In June 2006, Steven Spielberg announced he would direct a scientifically accurate film about "a group of explorers who travel through a worm hole and into another dimension", from a treatment by Kip Thorne and producer Lynda Obst. In January 2007, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan met with them to discuss adapting Obst and ... | In what year did Kip Thorne and Lynda Obst do a treatment of Interstellar? | {'text': '2006', 'answer_start': 8} |
13,759 | 13,417 | 5a297af903c0e7001a3e17a8 | generic | The Sustainable Development Goals are ambitious, and they will require enormous efforts across countries, continents, industries and disciplines - but they are achievable. UNFPA is working with governments, partners and other UN agencies to directly tackle many of these goals - in particular Goal 3 on health, Goal 4 on... | What topic was ignored by Goal 5? | {'text': 'gender equality', 'answer_start': 345} |
74,213 | 73,871 | 5727b27d4b864d1900163aa7 | generic | During weekday lunchtime, over 150 lunch carts and food trucks from neighborhood restaurants cater to different student populations throughout Yale's campus. The carts cluster at three main points: by Yale – New Haven Hospital in the center of the Hospital Green (Cedar and York streets), by Yale's Trumbull College (Elm... | What college of Yale is located at Elm and York Streets in New Haven? | {'text': 'Trumbull College', 'answer_start': 299} |
85,260 | 84,918 | 572801dd2ca10214002d9b48 | generic | To qualify for participation in the auctions, banks must be able to offer proof of appropriate collateral in the form of loans to other entities. These can be the public debt of member states, but a fairly wide range of private banking securities are also accepted. The fairly stringent membership requirements for the E... | How does a bank make sure that they can participate in auctions? | {'text': 'must be able to offer proof of appropriate collateral in the form of loans to other entities', 'answer_start': 52} |
45,059 | 44,717 | 570fccd080d9841400ab3688 | generic | By the late 2000s, Dell's "configure to order" approach of manufacturing—delivering individual PCs configured to customer specifications from its US facilities was no longer as efficient or competitive with high-volume Asian contract manufacturers as PCs became powerful low-cost commodities. Dell closed plants that pro... | What plant did Dell close in Texas? | {'text': 'Mort Topfer Manufacturing Center', 'answer_start': 389} |
2,098 | 1,756 | 56ce72ecaab44d1400b8879b | generic | Like other digital music players, iPods can serve as external data storage devices. Storage capacity varies by model, ranging from 2 GB for the iPod Shuffle to 128 GB for the iPod Touch (previously 160 GB for the iPod Classic, which is now discontinued). | What's the storage capacity of the iPod Shuffle? | {'text': '2 GB', 'answer_start': 131} |
82,303 | 81,961 | 5727c5984b864d1900163cdf | generic | The history of a unified Tibet begins with the rule of Songtsän Gampo (604–650 CE), who united parts of the Yarlung River Valley and founded the Tibetan Empire. He also brought in many reforms, and Tibetan power spread rapidly, creating a large and powerful empire. It is traditionally considered that his first wife was... | Who did Songtsan Gampo marry in 640? | {'text': 'Princess Wencheng', 'answer_start': 448} |
44,994 | 44,652 | 5ad36094604f3c001a3fdf38 | generic | In the shrinking PC industry, Dell continued to lose market share, as it dropped below Lenovo in 2011 to fall to number three in the world. Dell and fellow American contemporary Hewlett Packard came under pressure from Asian PC manufacturers Lenovo, Asus, and Acer, all of which had lower production costs and willing to... | When did Dell fall behind IBM? | {'text': '2011', 'answer_start': 97} |
4,107 | 3,765 | 56cfe890234ae51400d9c07d | generic | New York City is the most-populous city in the United States, with an estimated record high of 8,491,079 residents as of 2014, incorporating more immigration into the city than outmigration since the 2010 United States Census. More than twice as many people live in New York City as in the second-most populous U.S. city... | What is the population of NYC as of 2014? | {'text': '8,491,079', 'answer_start': 95} |
37,189 | 36,847 | 5ad1701c645df0001a2d1b5c | generic | Following the American Revolutionary War, the United States faced potential military conflict on the high seas as well as on the western frontier. The United States was a minor military power during this time, having only a modest army, Marine corps, and navy. A traditional distrust of standing armies, combined with fa... | What quality made the US a major military power after the Revolutionary War? | {'text': 'having only a modest army', 'answer_start': 210} |
43,165 | 42,823 | 570e1a2a0dc6ce1900204dc3 | generic | About 1150 species of fungi have been recorded from Antarctica, of which about 750 are non-lichen-forming and 400 are lichen-forming. Some of these species are cryptoendoliths as a result of evolution under extreme conditions, and have significantly contributed to shaping the impressive rock formations of the McMurdo D... | How is it postulated that Mars life might have evolved? | {'text': 'similar to Antarctic', 'answer_start': 960} |
35,066 | 34,724 | 570a84d84103511400d597fb | generic | Everton have a large fanbase, with the eighth highest average attendance in the Premier League in the 2008–09 season. The majority of Everton's matchday support comes from the North West of England, primarily Merseyside, Cheshire, West Lancashire and parts of Western Greater Manchester along with many fans who travel f... | Where can you find fanzines sold on Everton match days? | {'text': 'Goodison Park', 'answer_start': 940} |
44,916 | 44,574 | 57102f4eb654c5140001f897 | generic | Often, sexual orientation and sexual orientation identity are not distinguished, which can impact accurately assessing sexual identity and whether or not sexual orientation is able to change; sexual orientation identity can change throughout an individual's life, and may or may not align with biological sex, sexual beh... | What can impact accurately assesing sexual identity? | {'text': 'sexual orientation and sexual orientation identity are not distinguished', 'answer_start': 7} |
113,861 | 113,519 | 5730322404bcaa1900d77345 | generic | Iran has the second largest proved gas reserves in the world after Russia, with 33.6 trillion cubic metres, and third largest natural gas production in the world after Indonesia, and Russia. It also ranks fourth in oil reserves with an estimated 153,600,000,000 barrels. It is OPEC's 2nd largest oil exporter and is an e... | How much natural gas reserves does Iran have? | {'text': '33.6 trillion cubic metres', 'answer_start': 80} |
40,952 | 40,610 | 570d95f0b3d812140066da85 | generic | Britain had successful tested a new HAA gun, 3.6-inch, in 1918. In 1928 3.7-inch became the preferred solution, but it took 6 years to gain funding. Production of the QF 3.7-inch (94 mm) began in 1937; this gun was used both on mobile carriages with the field army and transportable guns on fixed mountings for static po... | What gun did the Royal Navy start using? | {'text': '4.5-inch (114 mm) gun in a twin turret', 'answer_start': 375} |
22,898 | 22,556 | 56f76216a6d7ea1400e1723e | generic | Cossacks, although Slavic-speaking and Orthodox Christians, came from a mix of ethnic backgrounds, including Tatars and other Turks. Many early members of the Terek Cossacks were Ossetians. | What religious affiliation did the Cossacks have? | {'text': 'Orthodox Christians', 'answer_start': 39} |
115,867 | 115,525 | 5ad49618ba00c4001a268ca8 | generic | New features and functionality in Windows 8 include a faster startup through UEFI integration and the new "Hybrid Boot" mode (which hibernates the Windows kernel on shutdown to speed up the subsequent boot), a new lock screen with a clock and notifications, and the ability for enterprise users to create live USB versio... | What features were taken away to the lock screen? | {'text': 'clock and notifications', 'answer_start': 233} |
117,249 | 116,907 | 5730a2a1069b5314008321e1 | generic | To compete with the popular Family Computer in Japan, NEC Home Electronics launched the PC Engine in 1987, and Sega Enterprises followed suit with the Mega Drive in 1988. The two platforms were later launched in North America in 1989 as the TurboGrafx-16 and the Genesis respectively. Both systems were built on 16-bit a... | What was NEC's competitor to the NES called in Japan? | {'text': 'PC Engine', 'answer_start': 88} |
46,364 | 46,022 | 5711215da58dae1900cd6c82 | generic | The Famicom contained no lockout hardware and, as a result, unlicensed cartridges (both legitimate and bootleg) were extremely common throughout Japan and the Far East. The original NES (but not the top-loading NES-101) contained the 10NES lockout chip, which significantly increased the challenges faced by unlicensed d... | What was the lockout chip number for most of Europe, save the UK and Italy? | {'text': '3195', 'answer_start': 857} |
81,056 | 80,714 | 5728c8373acd2414000dfe46 | generic | In the 1940s, Detroit blues artist John Lee Hooker became a long-term resident in the city's southwest Delray neighborhood. Hooker, among other important blues musicians migrated from his home in Mississippi bringing the Delta blues to northern cities like Detroit. Hooker recorded for Fortune Records, the biggest pre-M... | Which musician attended Cass Tech? | {'text': 'Donald Byrd', 'answer_start': 525} |
96,293 | 95,951 | 5acd59f407355d001abf3e51 | generic | Thermodynamics divides energy transformation into two kinds: reversible processes and irreversible processes. An irreversible process is one in which energy is dissipated (spread) into empty energy states available in a volume, from which it cannot be recovered into more concentrated forms (fewer quantum states), witho... | What isn't reversible? | {'text': 'conversion of energy from one type of potential field to another', 'answer_start': 448} |
50,735 | 50,393 | 5725b39bb80e561500fa6f46 | generic | The notion of the "Land of Israel", known in Hebrew as Eretz Yisrael, has been important and sacred to the Jewish people since Biblical times. According to the Torah, God promised the land to the three Patriarchs of the Jewish people. On the basis of scripture, the period of the three Patriarchs has been placed somewhe... | When was the first Kingdom of Israel established? | {'text': 'early 2nd millennium BCE', 'answer_start': 330} |
17,526 | 17,184 | 56e1b738cd28a01900c67ab0 | generic | Valencian is classified as a Western dialect, along with the northwestern varieties spoken in Western Catalonia (provinces of Lleida and the western half of Tarragona). The various forms of Catalan and Valencian are mutually intelligible (ranging from 90% to 95%) | What is the percentage of intelligibility between Catalan and Valencian? | {'text': '90% to 95%', 'answer_start': 252} |
13,778 | 13,436 | 5a297d9803c0e7001a3e17bb | generic | UNFPA is the world's largest multilateral source of funding for population and reproductive health programs. The Fund works with governments and non-governmental organizations in over 150 countries with the support of the international community, supporting programs that help women, men and young people: | What fund doesn't work with governments? | {'text': 'UNFPA', 'answer_start': 0} |
8,570 | 8,228 | 56dd260266d3e219004dac13 | generic | In the mid 17th century, after the English Civil War (1642–1651), Parliament strengthened its position relative to the monarch then gained more power through the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and passage of the Bill of Rights in 1689. The monarch could no longer establish any law or impose any tax without its permission ... | What 1689 law contributed to parliament's growing power? | {'text': 'Bill of Rights', 'answer_start': 209} |
62,470 | 62,128 | 5a816f9931013a001a334c1d | generic | The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated from 5000 BC have been excavated in Mexico and the Indus Valley Civilization in Ancient India (modern-day Pakistan and some p... | What textile has lead to the easily and widespread use of cotton? | {'text': 'cotton gin', 'answer_start': 401} |
92,371 | 92,029 | 5a7238640efcfe001a8afeeb | generic | On July 6, John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate, shortly before the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, held later that month. Days before Kerry announced Edwards as his running mate, Kerry gave a short list of three candidates: Sen John Edwards, Rep Dick Gephardt, and Gov Tom Vilsack. Headin... | What did Vilsack mention that the future belonged to in his famous quote? | {'text': 'freedom', 'answer_start': 784} |
52,459 | 52,117 | 5a7a0f7717ab25001a8a028e | generic | Originally known as Buckingham House, the building at the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 on a site that had been in private ownership for at least 150 years. It was acquired by King George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte and became known as "... | Which two architects were commissioned to enlarge Buckingham in the 17th century? | {'text': 'John Nash and Edward Blore', 'answer_start': 407} |
4,128 | 3,786 | 56cfe987234ae51400d9c09b | generic | Throughout its history, the city has been a major port of entry for immigrants into the United States; more than 12 million European immigrants were received at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924. The term "melting pot" was first coined to describe densely populated immigrant neighborhoods on the Lower East Side. By 19... | In the year 1942, what percentage of white Americans made up New York City? | {'text': '92', 'answer_start': 184} |
120,271 | 119,929 | 57312489497a881900248bad | generic | Application of the term "Indian" originated with Christopher Columbus, who, in his search for Asia, thought that he had arrived in the East Indies. The Americas came to be known as the "West Indies", a name still used to refer to the islands of the Caribbean Sea. This led to the names "Indies" and "Indian", which impli... | Because of Columbus' mistake, the Americas came to be known as what? | {'text': 'West Indies', 'answer_start': 186} |
87,277 | 86,935 | 5a4fd82caf0d07001ae8cc4e | generic | Asthma is characterized by recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. Sputum may be produced from the lung by coughing but is often hard to bring up. During recovery from an attack, it may appear pus-like due to high levels of white blood cells called eosinophils. Symptoms are u... | What do some people have due to their eosinophils? | {'text': 'marked and persistent symptoms', 'answer_start': 516} |
37,635 | 37,293 | 5a07c6570ff9ab00181693c1 | generic | The onset of infrared is defined (according to different standards) at various values typically between 700 nm and 800 nm, but the boundary between visible and infrared light is not precisely defined. The human eye is markedly less sensitive to light above 700 nm wavelength, so longer wavelengths make insignificant con... | At what wavelength does the human eye perceive red light? | {'text': '700', 'answer_start': 257} |
112,808 | 112,466 | 5732310c0fdd8d15006c6831 | generic | Sho-1 called for V. Adm. Jisaburo Ozawa's force to use an apparently vulnerable carrier force to lure the U.S. 3rd Fleet away from Leyte and remove air cover from the Allied landing forces, which would then be attacked from the west by three Japanese forces: V. Adm. Takeo Kurita's force would enter Leyte Gulf and attac... | What was the namee of the plan where Ozawa's force would lure the U.S. 3rd Fleet away from Leyte? | {'text': 'Sho-1', 'answer_start': 0} |
112,801 | 112,459 | 57322b3ce17f3d14004226dc | generic | On the second day, U.S. reconnaissance planes located Ozawa's fleet, 275 miles (443 km)[citation needed] away, and submarines sank two Japanese carriers. Mitscher launched 230 torpedo planes and dive bombers. He then discovered the enemy was actually another 60 miles (97 km)[citation needed] further off, out of aircraf... | How many planes did Japan lose? | {'text': '450', 'answer_start': 575} |
64,696 | 64,354 | 5727568bf1498d1400e8f67a | generic | The Kerrytown Shops, Main Street Business District, the State Street Business District, and the South University Business District are commercial areas in downtown Ann Arbor. Three commercial areas south of downtown include the areas near I-94 and Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Briarwood Mall, and the South Industrial area. Ot... | Which district has the farmers market in the city? | {'text': 'Kerrytown district', 'answer_start': 651} |
55,564 | 55,222 | 5a8452777cf838001a46a728 | generic | Soon after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, London merchants presented a petition to Queen Elizabeth I for permission to sail to the Indian Ocean. The permission was granted, and despite the defeat of the English Armada in 1589, on 10 April 1591 three ships sailed from Torbay around the Cape of Good Hope to th... | The Rebel Armada suffered a defeat in what year? | {'text': '1588', 'answer_start': 47} |
13,954 | 13,612 | 5acdf7e832bba1001ae49903 | generic | On December 30, 1922, with the creation of the Soviet Union, Russia became one of six republics within the federation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The final Soviet name for the republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, was adopted in the Soviet Constitution of 1936. By that time, Soviet... | In which war was Russia involved in 1710? | {'text': 'Great Northern War', 'answer_start': 404} |
78,613 | 78,271 | 5727bd833acd2414000deb21 | generic | It is not clear exactly where collegiate a cappella began. The Rensselyrics of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (formerly known as the RPI Glee Club), established in 1873 is perhaps the oldest known collegiate a cappella group.[citation needed] However the longest continuously-singing group is probably The Whiffenpoofs... | What well-known musician was once part of the college a capella group The Counterparts? | {'text': 'John Legend', 'answer_start': 1916} |
98,913 | 98,571 | 572ac792111d821400f38d62 | generic | Kerry said on September 9 in response to a reporter's question about whether Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could avert a military strike: "He could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week. Turn it over, all of it, without delay, and allow a full and total ac... | When did the UN Security Council order Syria's chemical weapons be destroyed? | {'text': 'September 28', 'answer_start': 1016} |
116,855 | 116,513 | 5a4e9da7755ab9001a10f539 | generic | At extremely large airports, a circuit is in place but not usually used. Rather, aircraft (usually only commercial with long routes) request approach clearance while they are still hours away from the airport, often before they even take off from their departure point. Large airports have a frequency called Clearance D... | What does a circuit allow an aircraft to do without having to worry about other aircraft? | {'text': 'take the most direct approach path to the runway and land', 'answer_start': 424} |
71,069 | 70,727 | 5a580978770dc0001aeeff73 | generic | The main local and regional bus station of Utrecht is located adjacent to Utrecht Centraal railway station, at the East and West entrances. Due to large scale renovation and construction works at the railway station, the station's bus stops are changing frequently. As a general rule, westbound buses depart from the bus... | What type of bus does Arriva use for inner city transport? | {'text': 'electric buses', 'answer_start': 632} |
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