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107,742 | 107,400 | 572eff62dfa6aa1500f8d540 | generic | Since 1898, Puerto Rico has had limited representation in the Congress in the form of a Resident Commissioner, a nonvoting delegate. The 110th Congress returned the Commissioner's power to vote in the Committee of the Whole, but not on matters where the vote would represent a decisive participation. Puerto Rico has ele... | Who represents Puerto Rico in Congress? | {'text': 'a Resident Commissioner', 'answer_start': 86} |
112,835 | 112,493 | 57323c0ce99e3014001e65bc | generic | On 20 October 1944 the U.S. Sixth Army, supported by naval and air bombardment, landed on the favorable eastern shore of Leyte, north of Mindanao. The U.S. Sixth Army continued its advance from the east, as the Japanese rushed reinforcements to the Ormoc Bay area on the western side of the island. While the Sixth Army ... | When did the U.S. Sixth Army land on the eastern shore of Leyte? | {'text': '20 October 1944', 'answer_start': 3} |
52,231 | 51,889 | 57263e1638643c19005ad35f | generic | Three Germanic dialects were originally spoken in the Low Countries: Frisian in the north and along the western coast; Saxon in the east (contiguous with the Low German area); and Franconian in the centre and south. It is the Franconian dialects that is designated as Old Dutch, and that would develop in Middle Dutch an... | How many different versions of a Germanic language were spoken in the Low Countries? | {'text': 'Three', 'answer_start': 0} |
75,321 | 74,979 | 5727972a708984140094e1a7 | generic | In addition to setting the international law, the United Nations initiated International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) in 1992. This initiative aims to progressively eliminate child labour through strengthening national capacities to address some of the causes of child labour. Amongst the key initia... | What did the United Nations take charge of with regards to child labour? | {'text': 'International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)', 'answer_start': 75} |
55,404 | 55,062 | 5a39eb432f14dd001ac72647 | generic | George Gaylord Simpson's "Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals" (AMNH Bulletin v. 85, 1945) was the original source for the taxonomy listed here. Simpson laid out a systematics of mammal origins and relationships that was universally taught until the end of the 20th century. Since Simpson's clas... | Up until what century were cladistics universally taught? | {'text': 'end of the 20th century', 'answer_start': 275} |
102,079 | 101,737 | 572e8515dfa6aa1500f8d083 | generic | Gaddafi briefly studied History at the University of Libya in Benghazi, before dropping out to join the military. Despite his police record, in 1963 he began training at the Royal Military Academy, Benghazi, alongside several like-minded friends from Misrata. The armed forces offered the only opportunity for upward soc... | What subject did Gaddafi briefly study before joining the military? | {'text': 'History at the University of Libya in Benghazi', 'answer_start': 24} |
71,302 | 70,960 | 5726d965f1498d1400e8ed10 | generic | In mid-June 1940, when international attention was focused on the German invasion of France, Soviet NKVD troops raided border posts in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. State administrations were liquidated and replaced by Soviet cadres, in which 34,250 Latvians, 75,000 Lithuanians and almost 60,000 Estonians were deporte... | Of the three countries invaded, which lost the least amount of people through deportation or loss of life? | {'text': 'Latvia', 'answer_start': 158} |
19,243 | 18,901 | 56e72ec800c9c71400d76ee8 | generic | In the case of the United States where a one-hour shift occurs at 02:00 local time, in spring the clock jumps forward from the last moment of 01:59 standard time to 03:00 DST and that day has 23 hours, whereas in autumn the clock jumps backward from the last moment of 01:59 DST to 01:00 standard time, repeating that ho... | Technically, how many hours does the day the time change happens have in the spring? | {'text': '23', 'answer_start': 192} |
30,896 | 30,554 | 570710cb90286e26004fc896 | generic | The earliest evidence of human inhabitants of modern day Chihuahua was discovered in the area of Samalayuca and Rancho Colorado. Clovis points have been found in northeastern Chihuahua that have been dated from 12,000 BC to 7000 BC. It is thought that these inhabitants were hunter gatherers. Inhabitants of the state la... | Around what year were the ceramic artifacts found to have been from? | {'text': '2000 BC', 'answer_start': 535} |
44,300 | 43,958 | 5ad3742c604f3c001a3fe2c5 | generic | In 1987, in Canada, Elizabeth publicly supported politically divisive constitutional amendments, prompting criticism from opponents of the proposed changes, including Pierre Trudeau. The same year, the elected Fijian government was deposed in a military coup. Elizabeth, as monarch of Fiji, supported the attempts of the... | What government was Pierre Trudeau prime minister of in 1987? | {'text': 'Fijian government', 'answer_start': 210} |
72,252 | 71,910 | 5a10fcfd06e79900185c34b2 | generic | Digimon started out as digital pets called "Digital Monsters", similar in style and concept to the Tamagotchi. It was planned by WiZ and released by Bandai on June 26, 1997. The toy began as the simple concept of a Tamagotchi mainly for boys. The V-Pet is similar to its predecessors, with the exceptions of being more d... | What was originally intended for mainly girls? | {'text': 'Digital Monsters', 'answer_start': 44} |
124,708 | 124,366 | 5ad3e772604f3c001a3ff608 | generic | Doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses are established by the Governing Body. The religion does not tolerate dissent over doctrines and practices; members who openly disagree with the religion's teachings are expelled and shunned. Witness publications strongly discourage followers from questioning doctrine and counsel receiv... | What religion encourages its adherents to think critically? | {'text': "Jehovah's Witnesses", 'answer_start': 13} |
45,626 | 45,284 | 5ad3f2f4604f3c001a3ff8d5 | generic | In a five-to-four decision, the Supreme Court struck down the impositions of the death penalty in each of the consolidated cases as unconstitutional. The five justices in the majority did not produce a common opinion or rationale for their decision, however, and agreed only on a short statement announcing the result. T... | Along with Marshall, who believed that the Ninth Amendment forbade the death penalty? | {'text': 'William J. Brennan, Jr', 'answer_start': 709} |
112,861 | 112,519 | 573240a4b9d445190005e922 | generic | Starting in mid-June 1944, Iwo Jima came under sustained aerial bombardment and naval artillery fire. However, Kuribayashi's hidden guns and defenses survived the constant bombardment virtually unscathed. On 19 February 1945, some 30,000 men of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions landed on the southeast coast of Iwo... | How many U.S. Marines were killed by the time thhey reached the west coast of the island? | {'text': 'almost 2,000', 'answer_start': 798} |
111,311 | 110,969 | 572fc0c9b2c2fd14005683e9 | generic | Following the Fall of Constantinople on 29 May 1453, many Greeks sought better employment and education opportunities by leaving for the West, particularly Italy, Central Europe, Germany and Russia. Greeks are greatly credited for the European cultural revolution, later called, the Renaissance. In Greek-inhabited terri... | What type of work were must young boys antiquated with in the Ottoman Empire ? | {'text': 'levied as adolescents (along with especially Albanians and Serbs) into Ottoman service through the devshirme.', 'answer_start': 1007} |
121,421 | 121,079 | 57317f97e6313a140071cfca | generic | An exceptionally well preserved, carpet-like mosaic floor was uncovered in 1949 in Bethany, the early Byzantine church of the Lazarium which was built between 333 and 390. Because of its purely geometrical pattern, the church floor is to be grouped with other mosaics of the time in Palestine and neighboring areas, espe... | Where would the Byzantine church of the Lazarium be located today? | {'text': 'Bethany', 'answer_start': 83} |
115,630 | 115,288 | 5a65deebc2b11c001a425d89 | generic | Inappropriate antibiotic treatment and overuse of antibiotics have contributed to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Self prescription of antibiotics is an example of misuse. Many antibiotics are frequently prescribed to treat symptoms or diseases that do not respond to antibiotics or that are likely to re... | What are the two biggest reasons for antibiotics? | {'text': 'Inappropriate antibiotic treatment and overuse', 'answer_start': 0} |
55,089 | 54,747 | 57269063f1498d1400e8e3f3 | generic | According to Greek law, every Sunday of the year is a public holiday. In addition, there are four mandatory official public holidays: 25 March (Greek Independence Day), Easter Monday, 15 August (Assumption or Dormition of the Holy Virgin), and 25 December (Christmas). 1 May (Labour Day) and 28 October (Ohi Day) are reg... | What is one of the holidays regulated by law as optional? | {'text': 'Labour Day', 'answer_start': 276} |
122,519 | 122,177 | 5ace3e0e32bba1001ae4a013 | generic | An independent test in 2009 uploaded multiple versions of the same song to YouTube, and concluded that while the system was "surprisingly resilient" in finding copyright violations in the audio tracks of videos, it was not infallible. The use of Content ID to remove material automatically has led to controversy in some... | What company ran the 2009 test of Content ID? | {'text': 'YouTube', 'answer_start': 394} |
90,150 | 89,808 | 5ad41595604f3c001a40030d | generic | The Alaska State Troopers are Alaska's statewide police force. They have a long and storied history, but were not an official organization until 1941. Before the force was officially organized, law enforcement in Alaska was handled by various federal agencies. Larger towns usually have their own local police and some v... | What is the same about a "Public Safety Officer" that distiguishes the position from a policeman? | {'text': 'have police training but do not carry firearms', 'answer_start': 365} |
73,572 | 73,230 | 572772ab708984140094ddc7 | generic | In May 2015, a coalition of more than 60 Asian-American organizations filed federal complaints with the Education and Justice Departments against Harvard University. The coalition asked for a civil rights investigation into what they described as Harvard's discriminatory admission practices against Asian-American appli... | How many Asian organizations were involved in filing the federal complaints? | {'text': 'more than 60', 'answer_start': 28} |
29,936 | 29,594 | 5706c2b22eaba6190074acee | generic | In July 2010, Governor Chris Christie announced that a state takeover of the city and local government "was imminent". Comparing regulations in Atlantic City to an "antique car", Atlantic City regulatory reform is a key piece of Gov. Chris Christie's plan, unveiled on July 22, to reinvigorate an industry mired in a fou... | In 2010, who stated that a state takeover of the city and local government of Atlantic City was imminent? | {'text': 'Governor Chris Christie', 'answer_start': 14} |
72,225 | 71,883 | 5a10f99606e79900185c349f | generic | Digimon hatch from types of eggs which are called Digi-Eggs (デジタマ, Dejitama?). In the English iterations of the franchise there is another type of Digi-Egg that can be used to digivolve, or transform, Digimon. This second type of Digi-Egg is called a Digimental (デジメンタル, Dejimentaru?) in Japanese. (This type of Digi-Egg... | How do Digi eggs evolve | {'text': 'Digivolution,', 'answer_start': 599} |
117,557 | 117,215 | 5730ac218ab72b1400f9c669 | generic | The Semitic Akkadian language is first attested in proper names of the kings of Kish c. 2800 BC, preserved in later king lists. There are texts written entirely in Old Akkadian dating from c. 2500 BC. Use of Old Akkadian was at its peak during the rule of Sargon the Great (c. 2270–2215 BC), but even then most administr... | What language did scribes use over Akkadian? | {'text': 'Sumerian', 'answer_start': 361} |
121,256 | 120,914 | 57314fb3e6313a140071ce0b | generic | In the 5th-century Ravenna, the capital of the Western Roman Empire, became the center of late Roman mosaic art. The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia was decorated with mosaics of high artistic quality in 425–430. The vaults of the small, cross-shaped structure are clad with mosaics on blue background. The central motif abo... | What years was the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia decorated with mosaics? | {'text': '425–430', 'answer_start': 200} |
64,822 | 64,480 | 572781a5f1498d1400e8fa1f | generic | Ann Arbor has a council-manager form of government. The City Council has 11 voting members: the mayor and 10 city council members. The mayor and city council members serve two-year terms: the mayor is elected every even-numbered year, while half of the city council members are up for election annually (five in even-num... | Who is elected every even numbered year? | {'text': 'mayor', 'answer_start': 192} |
39,304 | 38,962 | 5ad3a216604f3c001a3fea16 | generic | FBI Directors are appointed by the President of the United States. They must be confirmed by the United States Senate and serve a term of office of five years, with a maximum of ten years, if reappointed, unless they resign or are fired by the President before their term ends. J. Edgar Hoover, appointed by Calvin Cooli... | Who was the shortest serving FBI director? | {'text': 'J. Edgar Hoover', 'answer_start': 278} |
44,052 | 43,710 | 570f2d9b80d9841400ab3551 | generic | The central oscillator generates a self-sustaining rhythm and is driven by two interacting feedback loops that are active at different times of day. The morning loop consists of CCA1 (Circadian and Clock-Associated 1) and LHY (Late Elongated Hypocotyl), which encode closely related MYB transcription factors that regula... | What produces a self-sustaining rhythm? | {'text': 'central oscillator', 'answer_start': 4} |
16,742 | 16,400 | 5acd475b07355d001abf3be8 | generic | Although little was officially announced by Chinese authorities about the signals of the new system, the launch of the first COMPASS satellite permitted independent researchers not only to study general characteristics of the signals, but even to build a COMPASS receiver. | How much information about the new system's signals was released by Japanese authorities? | {'text': 'little', 'answer_start': 9} |
64,693 | 64,351 | 5ace221132bba1001ae49b7b | generic | Ann Arbor's "Tree Town" nickname stems from the dense forestation of its parks and residential areas. The city contains more than 50,000 trees along its streets and an equal number in parks. In recent years, the emerald ash borer has destroyed many of the city's approximately 10,500 ash trees. The city contains 157 mun... | What city has 175 municipal parks? | {'text': 'Ann Arbor', 'answer_start': 0} |
64,275 | 63,933 | 5ad01c1b77cf76001a686a49 | generic | Combined with this influx of classical ideas was the invention of printing which facilitated dissemination of the printed word and democratized learning. These two things would later lead to the Protestant Reformation. Toward the end of the period, an era of discovery began (Age of Discovery). The rise of the Ottoman E... | In what year was Columbus' expedition to the Africas? | {'text': '1492', 'answer_start': 583} |
96,760 | 96,418 | 572a468aaf94a219006aa92b | generic | The Ottoman Navy vastly contributed to the expansion of the Empire's territories on the European continent. It initiated the conquest of North Africa, with the addition of Algeria and Egypt to the Ottoman Empire in 1517. Starting with the loss of Greece in 1821 and Algeria in 1830, Ottoman naval power and control over ... | The Ottoman empire lost what territory in 1830? | {'text': 'Algeria', 'answer_start': 266} |
110,094 | 109,752 | 5730103fa23a5019007fcce3 | generic | Central Tucson is bicycle-friendly. To the east of the University of Arizona, Third Street is bike-only except for local traffic and passes by the historic homes of the Sam Hughes neighborhood. To the west, E. University Boulevard leads to the Fourth Avenue Shopping District. To the North, N. Mountain Avenue has a full... | Where does E.University Blvd. lead to? | {'text': 'Fourth Avenue Shopping District', 'answer_start': 244} |
104,785 | 104,443 | 5ad4228c604f3c001a4007ce | generic | The Jenkins Orphanage was established in 1891 by the Rev. Daniel J. Jenkins in Charleston. The orphanage accepted donations of musical instruments and Rev. Jenkins hired local Charleston musicians and Avery Institute Graduates to tutor the boys in music. As a result, Charleston musicians became proficient on a variety ... | What Charleston Reverend closed the Jenkins Orphanage? | {'text': 'Daniel J. Jenkins', 'answer_start': 58} |
117,910 | 117,568 | 573106f5e6313a140071cb6d | generic | The cuisine of Tuvalu is based on the staple of coconut and the many species of fish found in the ocean and lagoons of the atolls. Desserts made on the islands include coconut and coconut milk, instead of animal milk. The traditional foods eaten in Tuvalu are pulaka, taro, bananas, breadfruit and coconut. Tuvaluans als... | What type of meat is eaten on Tuvalu? | {'text': 'seabirds', 'answer_start': 423} |
10,630 | 10,288 | 5ad39da6604f3c001a3fe8f8 | generic | Some of Jackson's successors made no use of the veto power, while others used it intermittently. It was only after the Civil War that presidents began to use the power to truly counterbalance Congress. Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, vetoed several Reconstruction bills passed by the "Radical Republicans." Congress, however... | How many of Congress' 29 vetoes did Johnson override? | {'text': 'fifteen', 'answer_start': 342} |
97,687 | 97,345 | 5a0e3669d7c8500018864557 | generic | In many cases of diarrhea, replacing lost fluid and salts is the only treatment needed. This is usually by mouth – oral rehydration therapy – or, in severe cases, intravenously. Diet restrictions such as the BRAT diet are no longer recommended. Research does not support the limiting of milk to children as doing so has ... | What does continuing to replace lost fluid and salts intravenously speed up? | {'text': 'recovery of normal intestinal functioning', 'answer_start': 569} |
17,775 | 17,433 | 56e14e04cd28a01900c6777c | generic | Other important industries are financial services, especially mutual funds and insurance. Boston-based Fidelity Investments helped popularize the mutual fund in the 1980s and has made Boston one of the top financial cities in the United States. The city is home to the headquarters of Santander Bank, and Boston is a cen... | Boston is the center for what type of capital firms? | {'text': 'venture capital', 'answer_start': 328} |
124,999 | 124,657 | 57326001e99e3014001e673f | generic | Prior to his inauguration, Eisenhower led a meeting of advisors at Pearl Harbor addressing foremost issues; agreed objectives were to balance the budget during his term, to bring the Korean War to an end, to defend vital interests at lower cost through nuclear deterrent, and to end price and wage controls. Eisenhower a... | What type of policy was the focus of Eisenhower's inaugural address? | {'text': 'foreign', 'answer_start': 527} |
97,712 | 97,370 | 5a0e4211d7c8500018864575 | generic | WHO recommends a child with diarrhea continue to be fed. Continued feeding speeds the recovery of normal intestinal function. In contrast, children whose food is restricted have diarrhea of longer duration and recover intestinal function more slowly. A child should also continue to be breastfed. The WHO states "Food sh... | Who made the same recommendation regarding intestinal function? | {'text': 'CDC', 'answer_start': 477} |
37,552 | 37,210 | 59d29f642763a60018284124 | generic | After 1870, the new railroads across the Plains brought hunters who killed off almost all the bison for their hides. The railroads offered attractive packages of land and transportation to European farmers, who rushed to settle the land. They (and Americans as well) also took advantage of the homestead laws to obtain f... | How many towns existed in Kansas in 1950? | {'text': '617', 'answer_start': 561} |
26,491 | 26,149 | 56f98cd19e9bad19000a0aa2 | generic | Zhejiang's main manufacturing sectors are electromechanical industries, textiles, chemical industries, food, and construction materials. In recent years Zhejiang has followed its own development model, dubbed the "Zhejiang model", which is based on prioritizing and encouraging entrepreneurship, an emphasis on small bus... | What is the Zhejiang model based on prioritizing and encouraging? | {'text': 'entrepreneurship', 'answer_start': 278} |
95,689 | 95,347 | 5ace3ad732bba1001ae49f86 | generic | Characteristic birds of the forest are wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris), ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus), mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), common raven (Corvus corax), wood duck (Aix sponsa), great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), barred owl (Strix varia), screech owl (Megascops asio), red-tailed hawk (Buteo... | What is the scientific name of the wild raven? | {'text': 'Corvus corax', 'answer_start': 166} |
18,216 | 17,874 | 56e1657ee3433e1400422e80 | generic | By the late 1950s, the motion picture business was again changing. The combination of the studio/theater-chain break-up and the rise of television saw the reduced audience size for cinema productions. The Music Corporation of America (MCA), then predominately a talent agency, had also become a powerful television produ... | In square kilometers, how large was the lot Universal sold to MCA? | {'text': '1.5', 'answer_start': 484} |
36,862 | 36,520 | 570b3980ec8fbc190045b8ec | generic | By far the largest military action in which the United States engaged during this era was the War of 1812. With Britain locked in a major war with Napoleon's France, its policy was to block American shipments to France. The United States sought to remain neutral while pursuing overseas trade. Britain cut the trade and ... | What was the initial US strategy in the War of 1812? | {'text': 'invading British Canada, hoping to use captured territory as a bargaining chip', 'answer_start': 757} |
123,628 | 123,286 | 57320c0ee17f3d1400422618 | generic | Most of the differences in the revised budget deficit numbers were due to a temporary change of accounting practices by the new government, i.e., recording expenses when military material was ordered rather than received. However, it was the retroactive application of ESA95 methodology (applied since 2000) by Eurostat,... | By how much did the budget deficit of Greece exceed the 3% limit in the reference year of 1999? | {'text': '.38%', 'answer_start': 386} |
76,194 | 75,852 | 572786a8708984140094dff6 | generic | In the fall of 1985, Gorbachev continued to bring younger and more energetic men into government. On September 27, Nikolai Ryzhkov replaced 79-year-old Nikolai Tikhonov as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, effectively the Soviet prime minister, and on October 14, Nikolai Talyzin replaced Nikolai Baibakov as chairma... | Who was Chairman of the Council of Ministers prior to Ryzhkov? | {'text': 'Nikolai Tikhonov', 'answer_start': 152} |
130,538 | 130,196 | 5a7db77770df9f001a875081 | generic | Matter should not be confused with mass, as the two are not quite the same in modern physics. For example, mass is a conserved quantity, which means that its value is unchanging through time, within closed systems. However, matter is not conserved in such systems, although this is not obvious in ordinary conditions on ... | What does not change in an open system? | {'text': 'value', 'answer_start': 158} |
115,367 | 115,025 | 57337cc94776f41900660ba8 | generic | Overall, however, Whitehead's influence is very difficult to characterize. In English-speaking countries, his primary works are little-studied outside of Claremont and a select number of liberal graduate-level theology and philosophy programs. Outside of these circles his influence is relatively small and diffuse, and ... | Where has interest outside of those areas mainly come from? | {'text': 'through the work of his students and admirers rather', 'answer_start': 347} |
95,871 | 95,529 | 5729baed1d046914007795d8 | generic | Thomas J. Watson, Sr., fired from the National Cash Register Company by John Henry Patterson, called on Flint and, in 1914, was offered CTR. Watson joined CTR as General Manager then, 11 months later, was made President when court cases relating to his time at NCR were resolved. Having learned Patterson's pioneering bu... | The revenues did what under the first 4 years of Watson being president? | {'text': 'more than doubled to $9 million', 'answer_start': 752} |
27,065 | 26,723 | 56fa81d38f12f31900630169 | generic | These first European HDTV broadcasts used the 1080i format with MPEG-2 compression on a DVB-S signal from SES's Astra 1H satellite. Euro1080 transmissions later changed to MPEG-4/AVC compression on a DVB-S2 signal in line with subsequent broadcast channels in Europe. | What signal did Euro1080 later change to? | {'text': 'DVB-S2', 'answer_start': 200} |
79,124 | 78,782 | 5ad20877d7d075001a428219 | generic | As the school suffered reduced income while still under construction, the completion and further development of the school has since depended to some extent on wealthy benefactors. Building resumed when Roger Lupton was Provost, around 1517. His name is borne by the big gate-house in the west range of the cloisters, fr... | In what year was Election Hall built? | {'text': '1517', 'answer_start': 236} |
3,978 | 3,636 | 56cef595aab44d1400b88d25 | generic | New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance ... | What river is New York City located on? | {'text': 'Hudson River', 'answer_start': 185} |
61,051 | 60,709 | 5727626b708984140094dcc9 | generic | Epigenetic changes in eukaryotic biology serve to regulate the process of cellular differentiation. During morphogenesis, totipotent stem cells become the various pluripotent cell lines of the embryo, which in turn become fully differentiated cells. A single fertilized egg cell, the zygote, gives rise to the many diffe... | How are the different cells formed? | {'text': 'continues to divide', 'answer_start': 448} |
4,151 | 3,809 | 56cf3862aab44d1400b88e8d | generic | Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, and Brazil were the top source countries from South America for legal immigrants to the New York City region in 2013; the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean; Egypt, Ghana, and Nigeria from Africa; and El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala in Cent... | What nation provided the most legal immigrants to New York City in the Caribbean? | {'text': 'the Dominican Republic', 'answer_start': 151} |
102,295 | 101,953 | 573181fd05b4da19006bd1fe | generic | On 2 March 1979, the GPC announced the separation of government and revolution, the latter being represented by new Revolutionary Committees, who operated in tandem with the People's Committees in schools, universities, unions, the police force and the military. Dominated by revolutionary zealots, the Revolutionary Com... | What was the English name of the magazine published by the Revolutionary Committees? | {'text': 'The Green March', 'answer_start': 453} |
38,617 | 38,275 | 5a611bdce9e1cc001a33cf34 | generic | In 2006, FIG introduced a new points system for Artistic gymnastics in which scores are no longer limited to 10 points. The system is used in the US for elite level competition. Unlike the old code of points, there are two separate scores, an execution score and a difficulty score. In the previous system, the "executio... | What is used to determine an execution score? | {'text': 'what elements they perform', 'answer_start': 638} |
29,515 | 29,173 | 5705e78f75f01819005e7738 | generic | Bird migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds. Many species of bird migrate. Migration carries high costs in predation and mortality, including from hunting by humans, and is driven primarily by availability of food. It occurs mainly in the... | What is a cause of death to birds during migration? | {'text': 'humans', 'answer_start': 240} |
69,739 | 69,397 | 5ace9b6832bba1001ae4acb7 | generic | Ibn Sina's first appointment was that of physician to the emir, Nuh II, who owed him his recovery from a dangerous illness (997). Ibn Sina's chief reward for this service was access to the royal library of the Samanids, well-known patrons of scholarship and scholars. When the library was destroyed by fire not long afte... | Who was Ibn Sina's last appontment? | {'text': 'the emir, Nuh II', 'answer_start': 54} |
21,989 | 21,647 | 5ad401f0604f3c001a3ffd3a | generic | A project that is proceeding is the creation of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries in the medieval triforium of the abbey. The aim is to create a new display area for the abbey's treasures in the galleries high up around the abbey's nave. To this end a new Gothic access tower with lift has been designed by the abbey... | When will the new galleries close? | {'text': '2018', 'answer_start': 423} |
97,761 | 97,419 | 572a637c7a1753140016af05 | generic | The term "Islamic education" means education in the light of Islam itself, which is rooted in the teachings of the Quran - holy book of Muslims. Islamic education and Muslim education are not the same. Because Islamic education has epistemological integration which is founded on Tawhid - Oneness or monotheism. For deta... | What book is the basis for education in Islamic traditions? | {'text': 'Quran', 'answer_start': 115} |
1,993 | 1,651 | 56cdaa2662d2951400fa67ef | generic | Historians Luciano Petech and Sato Hisashi argue that the Ming upheld a "divide-and-rule" policy towards a weak and politically fragmented Tibet after the Sakya regime had fallen. Chan writes that this was perhaps the calculated strategy of the Yongle Emperor, as exclusive patronage to one Tibetan sect would have given... | Who did the Yongle Emperor give patronage to? | {'text': 'many different Tibetan lamas', 'answer_start': 1144} |
46,217 | 45,875 | 5ad2b1fcd7d075001a429f74 | generic | Nintendo also made two turbo controllers for the NES called NES Advantage and the NES Max. Both controllers had a Turbo feature, a feature where one tap of the button represented multiple taps. This feature allowed players to shoot much faster during shooter games. The NES Advantage had two knobs that adjusted the firi... | Which controller had a adjustable Turbo feature? | {'text': 'NES Max', 'answer_start': 82} |
6,477 | 6,135 | 56db2190e7c41114004b4dd9 | generic | In the first major change to the judging panel, a fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi, was introduced. This was also the first season without executive producer Nigel Lythgoe who left to focus on the international versions of his show So You Think You Can Dance. The Hollywood round was moved to the Kodak Theatre for 2009 and ... | What was canceled for this year of Idol? | {'text': 'Idol Gives Back', 'answer_start': 352} |
47,980 | 47,638 | 571a69014faf5e1900b8a98e | generic | A 2010 study by Bray et al., using SNP microarray techniques and linkage analysis found that when assuming Druze and Palestinian Arab populations to represent the reference to world Jewry ancestor genome, between 35 to 55 percent of the modern Ashkenazi genome can possibly be of European origin, and that European "admi... | What percentage of the modern Ashkenazi genome could possibly be of European origin? | {'text': '35 to 55 percent', 'answer_start': 213} |
20,198 | 19,856 | 56e786e700c9c71400d77244 | generic | The University of Kansas is a large, state-sponsored university, with five campuses. KU features the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, which includes the School of the Arts and the School of Public Affairs & Administration; and the schools of Architecture, Design & Planning; Business; Education; Engineering; Health P... | At least how many different degree-granting programs exist at KU? | {'text': '345', 'answer_start': 459} |
16,557 | 16,215 | 56e0f1b0231d4119001ac48e | generic | The second generation of the system, officially called the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and also known as COMPASS or BeiDou-2, will be a global satellite navigation system consisting of 35 satellites, and is under construction as of January 2015[update]. It became operational in China in December 2011, with... | When did the BeiDou-2 begin operating? | {'text': 'December 2011', 'answer_start': 301} |
74,434 | 74,092 | 5727e50a2ca10214002d98f5 | generic | A second biotechnology district is being planned for the median strip on Frontage Road, on land cleared for the never-built Route 34 extension. As of late 2009, a Pfizer drug-testing clinic, a medical laboratory building serving Yale – New Haven Hospital, and a mixed-use structure containing parking, housing and office... | What was originally slated to be built at the site of the proposed area for the secondary biotechnology district? | {'text': 'Route 34 extension', 'answer_start': 124} |
90,831 | 90,489 | 5ad22a90d7d075001a4285d3 | generic | Though almost any variety of acoustic mandolin might be adequate for Irish traditional music, virtually all Irish players prefer flat-backed instruments with oval sound holes to the Italian-style bowl-back mandolins or the carved-top mandolins with f-holes favoured by bluegrass mandolinists. The former are often too so... | Which mandolin wasn't preferred for formal performances and recordings? | {'text': 'flat-topped "Irish-style" mandolins', 'answer_start': 714} |
10,572 | 10,230 | 56de3f73cffd8e1900b4b708 | generic | The president is the civilian Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States. He has the authority to command them to take appropriate military action in the event of a sudden crisis. However, only the Congress is explicitly granted the power to declare war per se, as well as to raise, fund and maintain t... | Who has the responsibility to confirm Generals and Admirals? | {'text': 'the Senate', 'answer_start': 606} |
45,255 | 44,913 | 5ad36009604f3c001a3fdf27 | generic | The release of Apple's iPad tablet computer had a negative impact on Dell and other major PC vendors, as consumers switched away from desktop and laptop PCs. Dell's own mobility division has not managed success with developing smartphones or tablets, whether running Windows or Google Android. The Dell Streak was a fail... | What year did Dell see its first rise in holiday sales? | {'text': '2012', 'answer_start': 942} |
53,491 | 53,149 | 5acd186607355d001abf3480 | generic | The largest shareholder on the Arsenal board is American sports tycoon Stan Kroenke. Kroenke first launched a bid for the club in April 2007, and faced competition for shares from Red and White Securities, which acquired its first shares off David Dein in August 2007. Red & White Securities was co-owned by Russian bill... | In what month and year did David Dein acquire his shares in Arsenal? | {'text': 'April 2007', 'answer_start': 130} |
8,193 | 7,851 | 56dcda7b9a695914005b9458 | generic | The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo-Brazzaville was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa. Upon independence in 1960, the former colony of French Congo became the Republic of the Congo. The People's Republic of the Congo wa... | What title does Nguesso hold? | {'text': 'President', 'answer_start': 529} |
96,018 | 95,676 | 5729d2f6af94a219006aa64d | generic | Virtually all console gaming systems of the previous generation used microprocessors developed by IBM. The Xbox 360 contains a PowerPC tri-core processor, which was designed and produced by IBM in less than 24 months. Sony's PlayStation 3 features the Cell BE microprocessor designed jointly by IBM, Toshiba, and Sony. I... | What kind of processor was in the Xbox 360? | {'text': 'PowerPC tri-core processor', 'answer_start': 127} |
123,429 | 123,087 | 5731e04ce17f3d14004224e1 | generic | The major roles of construction and of services (government, communications, banking and finance, food production, entertainment, and legal services) in Brasília's economy reflect the city's status as a governmental rather than an industrial center. Industries connected with construction, food processing, and furnishin... | What services are central to Brasilia's economy? | {'text': 'government, communications, banking and finance, food production, entertainment, and legal services', 'answer_start': 49} |
4,891 | 4,549 | 56cff48f234ae51400d9c15a | generic | Deciduous trees and plants have been promoted as a means of controlling solar heating and cooling. When planted on the southern side of a building in the northern hemisphere or the northern side in the southern hemisphere, their leaves provide shade during the summer, while the bare limbs allow light to pass during the... | How much solar radiation is blocked by leafless trees? | {'text': '1/3 to 1/2', 'answer_start': 362} |
91,887 | 91,545 | 5728f05e3acd2414000e0238 | generic | There were 72.1 million visitors to the city's museums and monuments in 2013. The city's top tourist attraction was the Notre Dame Cathedral, which welcomed 14 million visitors in 2013. The Louvre museum had more than 9.2 million visitors in 2013, making it the most visited museum in the world. The other top cultural a... | What is the most popular tourist attraction in Marne-la-Valee? | {'text': 'Disneyland Paris', 'answer_start': 547} |
94,907 | 94,565 | 572b80e034ae481900deae4e | generic | Although not yet tested as a therapy in humans, a growing body of evidence indicates that zinc may preferentially kill prostate cancer cells. Because zinc naturally homes to the prostate and because the prostate is accessible with relatively non-invasive procedures, its potential as a chemotherapeutic agent in this typ... | What type of agent is zync useful as against prostate cancer? | {'text': 'chemotherapeutic', 'answer_start': 286} |
13,337 | 12,995 | 56df70755ca0a614008f9a3b | generic | In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the NBA's New Orleans Hornets (now the New Orleans Pelicans) temporarily relocated to the Ford Center, playing the majority of its home games there during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. The team became the first NBA franchise to play regular-season games in the state of Oklahoma... | Where did the Hornets play after Hurricane Katrina? | {'text': 'Ford Center', 'answer_start': 129} |
130,471 | 130,129 | 5a6bb40d4eec6b001a80a4fc | generic | There is some controversy surrounding the effect of dietary fat on the development of cardiovascular disease. People are often advised to keep a diet where less than 30% of the energy intake derives from fat, a diet that contains less than 7% of the energy intake in the form of saturated fat, and a diet that contains l... | How many mg of fat is suggested for a healthy person's diet? | {'text': 'less than 300 mg/day', 'answer_start': 319} |
84,637 | 84,295 | 5728005f4b864d19001641cb | generic | In February 1939, he received news from his sisters that his mother was dying. On 10 February 1939, Pope Pius XI died. Roncalli was unable to see his mother for the end as the death of a pontiff meant that he would have to stay at his post until the election of a new pontiff. Unfortunately, she died on 20 February 1939... | Who sent him the letter informing him of his mother's death? | {'text': 'Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli', 'answer_start': 401} |
85,738 | 85,396 | 57280f6cff5b5019007d9c1f | generic | Although Max insisted von Neumann attend school at the grade level appropriate to his age, he agreed to hire private tutors to give him advanced instruction in those areas in which he had displayed an aptitude. At the age of 15, he began to study advanced calculus under the renowned analyst Gábor Szegő. On their first ... | Von Neumann's modern definition of ordinal numbers superseded whose definition? | {'text': 'Georg Cantor', 'answer_start': 762} |
115,515 | 115,173 | 57328cf2b3a91d1900202e34 | generic | Exposure to antibiotics early in life is associated with increased body mass in humans and mouse models. Early life is a critical period for the establishment of the intestinal microbiota and for metabolic development. Mice exposed to subtherapeutic antibiotic treatment (STAT)– with either penicillin, vancomycin, penic... | When do intestinal microbiota develop? | {'text': 'Early life', 'answer_start': 105} |
22,992 | 22,650 | 56f86064aef237190062602d | generic | Southampton has been used for military embarkation, including during 18th-century wars with the French, the Crimean war, and the Boer War. Southampton was designated No. 1 Military Embarkation port during the Great War and became a major centre for treating the returning wounded and POWs. It was also central to the pre... | What did the military use Southampton for during wars in the 18th century? | {'text': 'embarkation', 'answer_start': 39} |
2,835 | 2,493 | 5ad222fbd7d075001a4284fc | generic | Following Garreth Mallory's promotion to M, on a mission in Mexico City unofficially ordered by a posthumous message from the previous M, 007 James Bond kills three men plotting a terrorist bombing during the Day of the Dead and gives chase to Marco Sciarra, an assassin who survived the attack. In the ensuing struggle,... | Marco Scciarra's necklace has what animal on it? | {'text': 'octopus', 'answer_start': 379} |
83,718 | 83,376 | 5727e51fff5b5019007d97c1 | generic | The executive branch consists of the Governor, their staff, and other elected officials. The principal head of government, the Governor is the chief executive of the Oklahoma executive branch, serving as the ex officio Commander-in-Chief of the Oklahoma National Guard when not called into Federal use and reserving the ... | Who is responsible for enforcing Oklahoma's laws? | {'text': 'the Executive branch', 'answer_start': 396} |
67,477 | 67,135 | 5ad16977645df0001a2d1a42 | generic | A servomotor is a motor, very often sold as a complete module, which is used within a position-control or speed-control feedback control system mainly control valves, such as motor-operated control valves. Servomotors are used in applications such as machine tools, pen plotters, and other process systems. Motors intend... | What factors don't limit performance of servo motors? | {'text': 'winding inductance and rotor inertia', 'answer_start': 547} |
67,840 | 67,498 | 5727b1f42ca10214002d941d | generic | In 2012, resident foreigners made up 23.3% of the population. Most of these (64%) were from European Union or EFTA countries. Italians were the largest single group of foreigners with 15.6% of total foreign population. They were closely followed by Germans (15.2%), immigrants from Portugal (12.7%), France (5.6%), Serbi... | What percentage of the immigrants were born in Switzerland as of 2012? | {'text': 'one fifth', 'answer_start': 902} |
44,313 | 43,971 | 5ad377a8604f3c001a3fe374 | generic | In 2002, Elizabeth marked her Golden Jubilee. Her sister and mother died in February and March respectively, and the media speculated whether the Jubilee would be a success or a failure. She again undertook an extensive tour of her realms, which began in Jamaica in February, where she called the farewell banquet "memor... | In what month did Elizabeth's tour of her realms end in 2002? | {'text': 'March', 'answer_start': 89} |
53,940 | 53,598 | 57268adcdd62a815002e88e3 | generic | In 1981, after 6 decades under the Wrigley family, the Cubs were purchased by Tribune Company for $20,500,000. Tribune, owners of the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, WGN Television, WGN Radio and many other media outlets, controlled the club until December 2007, when Sam Zell completed his purchase of the entire Tr... | How much did Tribune Company purchase the Cubs for? | {'text': '$20,500,000', 'answer_start': 98} |
20,246 | 19,904 | 5acf4e3877cf76001a684b78 | generic | Named one of the best business schools in the Midwest by Princeton Review, the KU School of Business has been continually accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for both its undergraduate and graduate programs in business and accounting. | Who considered the business school of the University of Kansas among the worst Midwestern business institutions? | {'text': 'Princeton Review', 'answer_start': 57} |
1,057 | 715 | 56bed3e63aeaaa14008c94e1 | generic | In October 2014, Beyoncé signed a deal to launch an activewear line of clothing with British fashion retailer Topshop. The 50-50 venture is called Parkwood Topshop Athletic Ltd and is scheduled to launch its first dance, fitness and sports ranges in autumn 2015. The line will launch in April 2016. | Beyonce and Topshops first products were to be sold in stores when? | {'text': 'autumn 2015', 'answer_start': 250} |
28,649 | 28,307 | 56fde8fe19033b140034cdbd | generic | The Mark 1 in turn quickly became the prototype for the Ferranti Mark 1, the world's first commercially available general-purpose computer. Built by Ferranti, it was delivered to the University of Manchester in February 1951. At least seven of these later machines were delivered between 1953 and 1957, one of them to Sh... | When was the LEO 1 computer first operational? | {'text': 'April 1951', 'answer_start': 547} |
125,954 | 125,612 | 573360d64776f4190066092a | generic | But Sebastião de Melo's greatest reforms were economic and financial, with the creation of several companies and guilds to regulate every commercial activity. He demarcated the region for production of Port to ensure the wine's quality, and this was the first attempt to control wine quality and production in Europe. He... | Did de Melo impose strict laws only on one class of people? | {'text': 'upon all classes of Portuguese society from the high nobility to the poorest working class', 'answer_start': 369} |
55,641 | 55,299 | 5a845a727cf838001a46a775 | generic | Every continued in pursuit and managed to overhaul Ganj-i-Sawai, which resisted strongly before eventually striking. Ganj-i-Sawai carried enormous wealth and, according to contemporary East India Company sources, was carrying a relative of the Grand Mughal, though there is no evidence to suggest that it was his daughte... | What is the Ganj-i-Sawai unknown for? | {'text': 'richest ship ever taken by pirates', 'answer_start': 489} |
101,822 | 101,480 | 572e86b8dfa6aa1500f8d0ac | generic | Feynman has been called the "Great Explainer". He gained a reputation for taking great care when giving explanations to his students and for making it a moral duty to make the topic accessible. His guiding principle was that, if a topic could not be explained in a freshman lecture, it was not yet fully understood. Feyn... | Antiparticles had to exist because if particles only were of positive energy, they would not be in what? | {'text': 'light cone', 'answer_start': 1082} |
3,237 | 2,895 | 5ad247c0d7d075001a428b4e | generic | In India, it was reported that the Indian Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) censored kissing scenes featuring Monica Bellucci, Daniel Craig, and Léa Seydoux. They also muted all profanity. This prompted criticism of the board online, especially on Twitter. | Profanity was not muted in which country? | {'text': 'India', 'answer_start': 3} |
101,098 | 100,756 | 572ee666dfa6aa1500f8d4a6 | generic | Until recently, in most critical writing the post-punk era was "often dismissed as an awkward period in which punk's gleeful ructions petered out into the vacuity of the Eighties". Contemporary scholars have argued to the contrary, asserting that the period produced significant innovations and music on its own. Simon R... | Who wrote that the music of the post-punk era was avant-garde? | {'text': 'Nicholas Lezard', 'answer_start': 598} |
121,841 | 121,499 | 57318f2c05b4da19006bd2b0 | generic | Roman religion was thus practical and contractual, based on the principle of do ut des, "I give that you might give." Religion depended on knowledge and the correct practice of prayer, ritual, and sacrifice, not on faith or dogma, although Latin literature preserves learned speculation on the nature of the divine and i... | What religious group was in charge of Rome's sacred flame? | {'text': 'Vestals', 'answer_start': 1015} |
128,352 | 128,010 | 5733b084d058e614000b6065 | generic | Sociocultural anthropology draws together the principle axes of cultural anthropology and social anthropology. Cultural anthropology is the comparative study of the manifold ways in which people make sense of the world around them, while social anthropology is the study of the relationships among persons and groups. Cu... | What kind of distinction is lacking between social and cultural anthropology? | {'text': 'hard-and-fast', 'answer_start': 786} |
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