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84,206 | 83,864 | 5727f2e03acd2414000df092 | generic | The Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum hosted a public celebration for the officers' return despite reservations from the royal government, which had been pressured by the British to prevent the reception. The apparent difference in attitude between the government and the general public increased Nasser's determination to top... | What book did Nasser start writing? | {'text': 'Philosophy of the Revolution', 'answer_start': 470} |
30,554 | 30,212 | 5ad2822fd7d075001a429816 | generic | Derrick May a.k.a. "MAYDAY" and Thomas Barnett released "Nude Photo" in 1987 on May's label "Transmat Records", which helped kickstart the Detroit techno music scene and was put in heavy rotation on Chicago's Hot Mix 5 Radio DJ mix show and in many Chicago clubs.[citation needed] A year later, Transmat released what wa... | What was the real name of the artist Wiggin? | {'text': 'Derrick May', 'answer_start': 0} |
79,007 | 78,665 | 5727f7cbff5b5019007d9974 | generic | The English Province was a component of the international order from which it obtained its laws, direction, and instructions. It was also, however, a group of Englishmen. Its direct supervisors were from England, and the members of the English Province dwelt and labored in English cities, towns, villages, and roadways.... | The Dominican Order in England was controlled by who? | {'text': 'Englishmen', 'answer_start': 159} |
94,748 | 94,406 | 572b5109111d821400f38e5b | generic | Several dozen radioisotopes have been characterized. 65Zn, which has a half-life of 243.66 days, is the most long-lived radioisotope, followed by 72Zn with a half-life of 46.5 hours. Zinc has 10 nuclear isomers. 69mZn has the longest half-life, 13.76 h. The superscript m indicates a metastable isotope. The nucleus of a... | What is the half life of 72Zn? | {'text': '46.5 hours', 'answer_start': 171} |
74,203 | 73,861 | 572a3b543f37b319004787f3 | generic | New Haven's greatest culinary claim to fame may be its pizza, which has been claimed to be among the best in the country, or even in the world. New Haven-style pizza, called "apizza" (pronounced ah-BEETS, [aˈpitts] in the original Italian dialect), made its debut at the iconic Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (known as P... | In what year was New Haven-style pizza found? | {'text': '1925', 'answer_start': 330} |
124,918 | 124,576 | 57324d11b9d445190005e9ee | generic | Once the coastal assault had succeeded, Eisenhower insisted on retaining personal control over the land battle strategy, and was immersed in the command and supply of multiple assaults through France on Germany. Field Marshal Montgomery insisted priority be given to his 21st Army Group's attack being made in the north,... | What geographic portion of the front did the Sixth US Army Group operate on? | {'text': 'south', 'answer_start': 452} |
103,745 | 103,403 | 572ea6dbdfa6aa1500f8d254 | generic | Neptune's dark spots are thought to occur in the troposphere at lower altitudes than the brighter cloud features, so they appear as holes in the upper cloud decks. As they are stable features that can persist for several months, they are thought to be vortex structures. Often associated with dark spots are brighter, pe... | What on Neptune are associated with dark spots that are brighter? | {'text': 'methane clouds', 'answer_start': 329} |
108,436 | 108,094 | 572f46d8947a6a140053c852 | generic | Recent studies, as by the APG, show that the monocots form a monophyletic group (clade) but that the dicots do not (they are paraphyletic). Nevertheless, the majority of dicot species do form a monophyletic group, called the eudicots or tricolpates. Of the remaining dicot species, most belong to a third major clade kno... | What type of groups do monocots form, based on a recent APG studies? | {'text': 'monophyletic', 'answer_start': 61} |
76,211 | 75,869 | 57278b875951b619008f8d01 | generic | Gorbachev also radically expanded the scope of Glasnost, stating that no subject was off-limits for open discussion in the media. Even so, the cautious Soviet intelligentsia took almost a year to begin pushing the boundaries to see if he meant what he said. For the first time, the Communist Party leader had appealed ov... | Whose support did Gorbachev seek in order to increase liberties? | {'text': "the people's", 'answer_start': 366} |
94,290 | 93,948 | 5a3e90275a76c5001a3a834e | generic | During 734 BC the Phoenicians, a sea trading people from the north of ancient Canaan, built a small settlement on the natural harbor of Palermo. Some sources suggest they named the settlement "Ziz." It became one of the three main Phoenician colonies of Sicily, along with Motya and Soluntum. However, the remains of the... | What were the other tewo Canaanite colonies of Sicily? | {'text': 'Motya and Soluntum', 'answer_start': 273} |
119,080 | 118,738 | 57311e12a5e9cc1400cdbc37 | generic | The ground-attack aircraft of the USAF are designed to attack targets on the ground and are often deployed as close air support for, and in proximity to, U.S. ground forces. The proximity to friendly forces require precision strikes from these aircraft that are not possible with bomber aircraft listed below. They are t... | What are the ground-attack aircraft in the USAF usually deployed in support for? | {'text': 'U.S. ground forces', 'answer_start': 154} |
28,322 | 27,980 | 56fb95f0b28b3419009f1e70 | generic | The medieval period is frequently caricatured as a "time of ignorance and superstition" that placed "the word of religious authorities over personal experience and rational activity." This is a legacy from both the Renaissance and Enlightenment, when scholars contrasted their intellectual cultures with those of the med... | Along with the Renaissance, during what period were the Middle Ages disparaged? | {'text': 'Enlightenment', 'answer_start': 231} |
30,784 | 30,442 | 5706ee379e06ca38007e921b | generic | The convention followed by many British publishers (including scientific publishers, like Nature, magazines, like The Economist and New Scientist, and newspapers, like The Guardian and The Times) and U.S. newspapers is to use sentence-style capitalisation in headlines, where capitalisation follows the same rules that a... | What is the basis of capitalization standards for the sentence-style capitalization? | {'text': 'sentences', 'answer_start': 329} |
119,358 | 119,016 | 5731249ea5e9cc1400cdbc9d | generic | Quantum dots (QD) are semiconductor nanocrystals that possess unique optical properties. Their emission color can be tuned from the visible throughout the infrared spectrum. This allows quantum dot LEDs to create almost any color on the CIE diagram. This provides more color options and better color rendering than white... | The narrowing of the emission spectrum in Quantum Dot LEDs allows them to do what? | {'text': 'better color rendering', 'answer_start': 287} |
43,337 | 42,995 | 570dbbe116d0071400510d47 | generic | In an attempt at reform, Eritrean government officials and NGO representatives have participated in numerous public meetings and dialogues. In these sessions they have answered questions as fundamental as, "What are human rights?", "Who determines what are human rights?", and "What should take precedence, human or comm... | What new movement is aimed at opening dialogue between the government and opposition? | {'text': 'Citizens for Democratic Rights in Eritrea', 'answer_start': 754} |
40,922 | 40,580 | 570d8d82b3d812140066da2b | generic | The British dealt with range measurement first, when it was realised that range was the key to producing a better fuse setting. This led to the Height/Range Finder (HRF), the first model being the Barr & Stroud UB2, a 2-metre optical coincident rangefinder mounted on a tripod. It measured the distance to the target and... | The HRF measured target distance and what else? | {'text': 'elevation angle', 'answer_start': 325} |
89,371 | 89,029 | 5ad138be645df0001a2d123e | generic | Labour went on to win the 1950 general election, but with a much reduced majority of five seats. Soon afterwards, defence became a divisive issue within the party, especially defence spending (which reached a peak of 14% of GDP in 1951 during the Korean War), straining public finances and forcing savings elsewhere. The... | What was not a principle the NHS was based on? | {'text': 'free treatment', 'answer_start': 546} |
128,375 | 128,033 | 5733b2e14776f41900661087 | generic | Archaeology is the study of the human past through its material remains. Artifacts, faunal remains, and human altered landscapes are evidence of the cultural and material lives of past societies. Archaeologists examine these material remains in order to deduce patterns of past human behavior and cultural practices. Eth... | What can archaeologists deduce from material remains? | {'text': 'human behavior and cultural practices', 'answer_start': 278} |
7,552 | 7,210 | 56db3337e7c41114004b4f31 | generic | The noted Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi refused to participate saying "she doesn’t want to run in the event as ‘caged woman’." On April 15, Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan pulled out of the Olympic torch relay, citing “very strong personal reasons”. On April 16, a p... | What retired police officer refused to carry the torch in India? | {'text': 'Kiran Bedi', 'answer_start': 83} |
21,445 | 21,103 | 56e8653c37bdd419002c44f5 | generic | After a major blaze in 1405, the city's original wooden buildings were gradually replaced by half-timbered houses and subsequently the sandstone buildings which came to be characteristic for the Old Town. Despite the waves of pestilence that hit Europe in the 14th century, the city continued to grow: mainly due to immi... | What was destroyed in the fire? | {'text': "the city's original wooden buildings", 'answer_start': 29} |
105,999 | 105,657 | 572ede7cc246551400ce475c | generic | Emperor Zhang's (r. 75–88 AD) reign came to be viewed by later Eastern Han scholars as the high point of the dynastic house. Subsequent reigns were increasingly marked by eunuch intervention in court politics and their involvement in the violent power struggles of the imperial consort clans. With the aid of the eunuch ... | Who concealed the identity of Emperor He's mother? | {'text': 'Empress Dowager Dou', 'answer_start': 375} |
79,498 | 79,156 | 5a7e4a1670df9f001a87569c | generic | The climate of Cork, like the rest of Ireland, is mild and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes. Cork lies in plant Hardiness zone 9b. Met Éireann maintains a climatological weather station at Cork Airport, a few kilometres south of the city. It should be noted that the airport is at an ... | What does Met Eireann maintain at Clover Hill? | {'text': 'a climatological weather station', 'answer_start': 189} |
124,386 | 124,044 | 57323dbf0fdd8d15006c6873 | generic | Russell moved the Watch Tower Society's headquarters to Brooklyn, New York, in 1909, combining printing and corporate offices with a house of worship; volunteers were housed in a nearby residence he named Bethel. He identified the religious movement as "Bible Students," and more formally as the International Bible Stud... | What was the name of the residence where volunteers were housed? | {'text': 'Bethel', 'answer_start': 205} |
61,225 | 60,883 | 5726ad3c5951b619008f79df | generic | Madonna starred as Breathless Mahoney in the film Dick Tracy (1990), with Warren Beatty playing the title role. Her performance led to a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress. To accompany the film, she released the soundtrack album, I'm Breathless, which included songs inspired by the film's 1930s setting. It also ... | When did Madonna and Beatty's relationship end? | {'text': 'end of 1990', 'answer_start': 562} |
105,866 | 105,524 | 5a87bcd31d3cee001a6a1333 | generic | Evaporation and sublimation into a vacuum is called outgassing. All materials, solid or liquid, have a small vapour pressure, and their outgassing becomes important when the vacuum pressure falls below this vapour pressure. In man-made systems, outgassing has the same effect as a leak and can limit the achievable vacuu... | What can solar cells limit the achievement of? | {'text': 'vacuum', 'answer_start': 315} |
16,420 | 16,078 | 5a4d38437a6c4c001a2bbc60 | generic | The most recent major entrant to the browser market is Chrome, first released in September 2008. Chrome's take-up has increased significantly year by year, by doubling its usage share from 8% to 16% by August 2011. This increase seems largely to be at the expense of Internet Explorer, whose share has tended to decrease... | When did the usage of IE surpass all versions of Chrome combined? | {'text': 'in May 2012', 'answer_start': 548} |
65,003 | 64,661 | 5ad0cd2a645df0001a2d03c7 | generic | It was principally the widespread introduction of a single feature, the pointed arch, which was to bring about the change that separates Gothic from Romanesque. The technological change permitted a stylistic change which broke the tradition of massive masonry and solid walls penetrated by small openings, replacing it w... | What is the name of the cathedral in Sicily that first displayed the use of the twisted arch? | {'text': 'Cathedral of Cefalù', 'answer_start': 965} |
104,985 | 104,643 | 572f785e04bcaa1900d769c0 | generic | Although not specifically prepared to conduct independent strategic air operations against an opponent, the Luftwaffe was expected to do so over Britain. From July until September 1940 the Luftwaffe attacked RAF Fighter Command to gain air superiority as a prelude to invasion. This involved the bombing of English Chann... | Why did the Luftwaffe bomb the RAF Fighter Command? | {'text': 'to gain air superiority', 'answer_start': 228} |
112,504 | 112,162 | 573054b8396df91900096081 | generic | Following various military conquests in the Greek East, Romans adapted a number of Greek educational precepts to their own fledgling system. They began physical training to prepare the boys to grow as Roman citizens and for eventual recruitment into the army. Conforming to discipline was a point of great emphasis. Girl... | When did academic schooling begin in the Roman Republic? | {'text': 'around 200 BC', 'answer_start': 460} |
64,897 | 64,555 | 5ace4eb332bba1001ae4a240 | generic | The streets in downtown Ann Arbor conform to a grid pattern, though this pattern is less common in the surrounding areas. Major roads branch out from the downtown district like spokes on a wheel to the highways surrounding the city. The city is belted by three freeways: I-94, which runs along the southern portion of th... | Where is the I-49/M-14 interchange located? | {'text': 'west', 'answer_start': 602} |
71,090 | 70,748 | 5726e581f1498d1400e8ef29 | generic | A large indoor shopping centre Hoog Catharijne (nl) is located between Utrecht Centraal railway station and the city centre. The corridors are treated as public places like streets, and the route between the station and the city centre is open all night. In 20 years from 2004, parts of Hoog Catharijne will be redevelop... | how are the shopping center corridors treated | {'text': 'The corridors are treated as public places like streets, and the route between the station and the city centre is open all night', 'answer_start': 125} |
78,109 | 77,767 | 5727bed92ca10214002d9550 | generic | Pāśupata Shaivism (Pāśupata, "of Paśupati") is the oldest of the major Shaiva schools. The philosophy of Pashupata sect was systematized by Lakulish in the 2nd century CE. Paśu in Paśupati refers to the effect (or created world), the word designates that which is dependent on something ulterior. Whereas, Pati means the... | What aspect of Vaishnava was unpalatable for the Pasupatas? | {'text': 'servitude of souls', 'answer_start': 501} |
36,926 | 36,584 | 5ad178b7645df0001a2d1d7d | generic | In January 2002, the U.S. sent more than 1,200 troops (later raised to 2,000) to assist the Armed Forces of the Philippines in combating terrorist groups linked to al-Qaida, such as Abu Sayyaf, under Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines. Operations have taken place mostly in the Sulu Archipelago, where terrorists a... | How many troops did the US initially send to the Koreas? | {'text': '1,200', 'answer_start': 41} |
38,721 | 38,379 | 570c3aa8ec8fbc190045bdff | generic | Barça's local rival has always been Espanyol. Blanc-i-blaus, being one of the clubs granted royal patronage, was founded exclusively by Spanish football fans, unlike the multinational nature of Barça's primary board. The founding message of the club was clearly anti-Barcelona, and they disapprovingly saw FC Barcelona a... | What club was granted royal patronage? | {'text': 'Blanc-i-blaus', 'answer_start': 46} |
68,597 | 68,255 | 5726e03fdd62a815002e9395 | generic | As cellular metabolism/energy production requires oxygen, potentially damaging (e.g., mutation causing) compounds known as free radicals can form. Most of these are oxidizers (i.e., acceptors of electrons) and some react very strongly. For the continued normal cellular maintenance, growth, and division, these free radi... | What subgroup of phytochemicals helps make up the majority of the body's antioxidants? | {'text': 'polyphenols', 'answer_start': 898} |
83,493 | 83,151 | 5727cc873acd2414000decab | generic | Oklahoma is the 20th largest state in the United States, covering an area of 69,898 square miles (181,035 km2), with 68,667 square miles (177847 km2) of land and 1,281 square miles (3,188 km2) of water. It is one of six states on the Frontier Strip and lies partly in the Great Plains near the geographical center of the... | How many square miles of water is in Oklahoma? | {'text': '1,281', 'answer_start': 162} |
41,007 | 40,665 | 570da0f416d0071400510c17 | generic | If current trends continue, missiles will replace gun systems completely in "first line" service.[citation needed] Guns are being increasingly pushed into specialist roles, such as the Dutch Goalkeeper CIWS, which uses the GAU-8 Avenger 30 mm seven-barrel Gatling gun for last ditch anti-missile and anti-aircraft defenc... | What is likely to entirely replace gun systems? | {'text': 'missiles', 'answer_start': 28} |
43,521 | 43,179 | 570e38fd0b85d914000d7d95 | generic | At the end of the 16th century, the Aussa Sultanate was established in the Denkel lowlands of Eritrea. The polity had come into existence in 1577, when Muhammed Jasa moved his capital from Harar to Aussa (Asaita) with the split of the Adal Sultanate into Aussa and the Sultanate of Harar. At some point after 1672, Aussa... | When was the Aussa Sultanate established? | {'text': 'end of the 16th century', 'answer_start': 7} |
80,193 | 79,851 | 572800942ca10214002d9b17 | generic | In addition to limiting the total average power used by the device, the USB specification limits the inrush current (i.e., that used to charge decoupling and filter capacitors) when the device is first connected. Otherwise, connecting a device could cause problems with the host's internal power. USB devices are also re... | Many USB host interfaces do not what? | {'text': 'cut off the power supply to USB devices when they are suspended', 'answer_start': 457} |
44,432 | 44,090 | 570fb4715ab6b81900390fa0 | generic | In 1956, the British and French prime ministers, Sir Anthony Eden and Guy Mollet, discussed the possibility of France joining the Commonwealth. The proposal was never accepted and the following year France signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union.... | To what was the European Economic Community the precurser? | {'text': 'European Union', 'answer_start': 305} |
94,846 | 94,504 | 5acfc30477cf76001a685d77 | generic | The relative reactivity of zinc and its ability to attract oxidation to itself makes it an efficient sacrificial anode in cathodic protection (CP). For example, cathodic protection of a buried pipeline can be achieved by connecting anodes made from zinc to the pipe. Zinc acts as the anode (negative terminus) by slowly ... | Why does zinc harm metals exposed to sea water? | {'text': 'will slowly corrode', 'answer_start': 536} |
123,910 | 123,568 | 5a848dab7cf838001a46a91e | generic | The roles and responsibilities of the minority leader are not well-defined. To a large extent, the functions of the minority leader are defined by tradition and custom. A minority leader from 1931 to 1939, Representative Bertrand Snell, R-N.Y., provided this "job description": "He is spokesman for his party and enuncia... | What kind of tactics were usually used by the majority leader from 1931-1939? | {'text': 'parliamentary tactics', 'answer_start': 537} |
99,603 | 99,261 | 5a57d07a770dc0001aeefdb7 | generic | Hume divided all of human knowledge into two categories: relations of ideas and matters of fact (see also Kant's analytic-synthetic distinction). Mathematical and logical propositions (e.g. "that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two sides") are examples of the first, while proposit... | What would the incorrect phrase "the sun rises in the west" be? | {'text': 'matters of fact', 'answer_start': 80} |
59,374 | 59,032 | 5726bb11708984140094cf7b | generic | Queen's last album featuring Mercury, titled Made in Heaven, was finally released in 1995, four years after his death. Featuring tracks such as "Too Much Love Will Kill You" and "Heaven for Everyone", it was constructed from Mercury's final recordings in 1991, material left over from their previous studio albums and re... | What was Queen's final album featuring Mercury vocals compiled from earlier recordings called? | {'text': 'Made in Heaven', 'answer_start': 45} |
99,288 | 98,946 | 5ace4baa32bba1001ae4a1f8 | generic | The Northern Mariana Islands had become a Japanese protectorate before the war. It was the Chamorros from the Northern Marianas who were brought to Guam to serve as interpreters and in other capacities for the occupying Japanese force. The Guamanian Chamorros were treated as an occupied enemy by the Japanese military. ... | Who were the Guamanian Chamorro loyal to? | {'text': 'Japan', 'answer_start': 627} |
105,416 | 105,074 | 5a845f1f7cf838001a46a79f | generic | A species can be listed in two ways. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) or NOAA Fisheries (also called the National Marine Fisheries Service) can directly list a species through its candidate assessment program, or an individual or organizational petition may request that the FWS or NMFS list a species. ... | Who does the FWS or NMFS have to petition to list a species? | {'text': 'an individual or organizational', 'answer_start': 230} |
84,377 | 84,035 | 57281fd84b864d19001644e3 | generic | In Lebanon, clashes between pro-Nasser factions and supporters of staunch Nasser opponent, then-President Camille Chamoun, culminated in civil strife by May. The former sought to unite with the UAR, while the latter sought Lebanon's continued independence. Nasser delegated oversight of the issue to Sarraj, who provided... | What did Lebanese pro-Nasser groups want? | {'text': 'to unite with the UAR', 'answer_start': 176} |
44,873 | 44,531 | 57101dc2b654c5140001f80d | generic | One of the earliest sexual orientation classification schemes was proposed in the 1860s by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs in a series of pamphlets he published privately. The classification scheme, which was meant only to describe males, separated them into three basic categories: dionings, urnings and uranodionings. An urning ... | What did these three categories correspond with? | {'text': 'the categories of sexual orientation used today:', 'answer_start': 414} |
44,251 | 43,909 | 5ad35c5e604f3c001a3fde85 | generic | During the war, plans were drawn up to quell Welsh nationalism by affiliating Elizabeth more closely with Wales. Proposals, such as appointing her Constable of Caernarfon Castle or a patron of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (the Welsh League of Youth), were abandoned for various reasons, which included a fear of associating Elizab... | In what year was the Welsh League of Youth established? | {'text': '1946', 'answer_start': 704} |
96,714 | 96,372 | 572a3c5c3f37b31900478803 | generic | Before the reforms of the 19th and 20th centuries, the state organisation of the Ottoman Empire was a simple system that had two main dimensions, which were the military administration and the civil administration. The Sultan was the highest position in the system. The civil system was based on local administrative uni... | Who had control over the clergy in the Ottoman empire? | {'text': 'the state', 'answer_start': 403} |
45,362 | 45,020 | 5ad36ba0604f3c001a3fe162 | generic | Dell was the first company to publicly state a timeline for the elimination of toxic polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs), which it planned to phase out by the end of 2009. It revised this commitment and now aims to remove these toxics by the end of 2011 but only in its computing products. In... | What nontoxic chemical did Dell set to eliminate from its products? | {'text': 'polyvinyl chloride', 'answer_start': 85} |
47,009 | 46,667 | 5719ed4210f8ca1400304ead | generic | The Puget Sound Convergence Zone is an important feature of Seattle's weather. In the convergence zone, air arriving from the north meets air flowing in from the south. Both streams of air originate over the Pacific Ocean; airflow is split by the Olympic Mountains to Seattle's west, then reunited to the east. When the ... | From where do the two streams of air come? | {'text': 'Pacific Ocean', 'answer_start': 208} |
58,598 | 58,256 | 5ad0b45d645df0001a2d00f3 | generic | Panama's first department stores such as Bazaar Francés, La Dalia and La Villa de Paris started as textile retailers at the turn of the nineteenth century. Later on in the twentieth century these eventually gave way to stores such as Felix B. Maduro, Sarah Panamá, Figali, Danté, Sears, Gran Morrison and smaller ones su... | How didn't Panama's department stores originally begin? | {'text': 'as textile retailers', 'answer_start': 96} |
64,336 | 63,994 | 57272b9d708984140094da97 | generic | The Bulgarian Empire was in decline by the 14th century, and the ascendancy of Serbia was marked by the Serbian victory over the Bulgarians in the Battle of Velbazhd in 1330. By 1346, the Serbian king Stefan Dušan had been proclaimed emperor. Yet Serbian dominance was short-lived; the Serbian army led by the Lazar Hreb... | In what year did Belgrade fall to the Ottomans? | {'text': '1521', 'answer_start': 863} |
21,973 | 21,631 | 56e8fe7f0b45c0140094cdcb | generic | In June 2009 the first major building work at the abbey for 250 years was proposed. A corona—a crown-like architectural feature—was intended to be built around the lantern over the central crossing, replacing an existing pyramidal structure dating from the 1950s. This was part of a wider £23m development of the abbey e... | What was proposed for the abbey in June 2009? | {'text': 'major building work', 'answer_start': 23} |
20,900 | 20,558 | 56e7a08700c9c71400d77413 | generic | Following the suspension of the AFL's 2009 season, league officials and owners of af2 (which had played its season as scheduled) began discussing the future of arena football and the two leagues. With its 50.1 percent ownership of af2, the AFL's bankruptcy and dissolution prompted the dissolution of af2 as well. That l... | What percent of af2 was owned by the AFL? | {'text': '50.1', 'answer_start': 205} |
89,559 | 89,217 | 5728b62eff5b5019007da52d | generic | Estonia lies on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea immediately across the Gulf of Finland from Finland on the level northwestern part of the rising East European platform between 57.3° and 59.5° N and 21.5° and 28.1° E. Average elevation reaches only 50 metres (164 ft) and the country's highest point is the Suur Muna... | What is the average elevation of Estonia? | {'text': '50 metres (164 ft)', 'answer_start': 253} |
7,565 | 7,223 | 56d96b3edc89441400fdb431 | generic |
Malaysia: The event was held in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, on April 21. The 16.5 km long-relay began from the historic Independence Square, passed in front of several city landmarks before coming to an end at the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. Among the landmarks the Olympic flame passed next to were the Parliamen... | What is the capital city of Malaysia? | {'text': 'Kuala Lumpur', 'answer_start': 52} |
59,873 | 59,531 | 57265e04dd62a815002e82dc | generic | In 1930 Thuringia was one of the free states where the Nazis gained real political power. Wilhelm Frick was appointed Minister of the Interior for the state of Thuringia after the Nazi Party won six delegates to the Thuringia Diet. In this position he removed from the Thuringia police force anyone he suspected of being... | When did nazis gain power in Thuringia? | {'text': '1930', 'answer_start': 3} |
19,927 | 19,585 | 5a7baa9e21c2de001afea206 | generic | On June 18, 2009, the National Archives announced the launching of a YouTube channel "to showcase popular archived films, inform the public about upcoming events around the country, and bring National Archives exhibits to the people." Also in 2009, the National Archives launched a Flickr photostream to share portions o... | On what date did YouTube begin showing videos online? | {'text': 'June 18, 2009', 'answer_start': 3} |
31,665 | 31,323 | 5ad42142604f3c001a400751 | generic | Located in the American South, Houston is a diverse city with a large and growing international community. The metropolitan area is home to an estimated 1.1 million (21.4 percent) residents who were born outside the United States, with nearly two-thirds of the area's foreign-born population from south of the United Sta... | How many of the people who live in Texas were foreign born? | {'text': '1.1 million', 'answer_start': 153} |
117,219 | 116,877 | 5ad01c5d77cf76001a686a51 | generic | Kievan Rus' also played an important genealogical role in European politics. Yaroslav the Wise, whose stepmother belonged to the Macedonian dynasty, the greatest one to rule Byzantium, married the only legitimate daughter of the king who Christianized Sweden. His daughters became queens of Hungary, France and Norway, h... | Whose stepmother did not belong to a Macedonian dynasty? | {'text': 'Yaroslav the Wise', 'answer_start': 77} |
111,235 | 110,893 | 572fb308b2c2fd140056837b | generic | The classical period of Greek civilization covers a time spanning from the early 5th century BC to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC (some authors prefer to split this period into 'Classical', from the end of the Persian wars to the end of the Peloponnesian War, and 'Fourth Century', up to the death of Alexan... | What did the Greeks do that made it possible for the expansion and growth of the opposite of the Eastern Civilization ? | {'text': 'civilization, and its art, philosophy, architecture and literature would be instrumental in the formation and development of Western culture.', 'answer_start': 497} |
27,670 | 27,328 | 56fad4558f12f319006301d2 | generic | Somali people in the Horn of Africa are divided among different countries (Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and northeastern Kenya) that were artificially and some might say arbitrarily partitioned by the former imperial powers. Pan-Somalism is an ideology that advocates the unification of all ethnic Somalis once part of S... | In what geographic portion of Kenya can Somali people be found? | {'text': 'northeastern', 'answer_start': 108} |
91,315 | 90,973 | 57299e233f37b319004784ff | generic | Pollination is the process by which pollen is transferred in the reproduction of plants, thereby enabling fertilisation and sexual reproduction. Most flowering plants require an animal to do the transportation. While other animals are included as pollinators, the majority of pollination is done by insects. Because inse... | Pollen transferred in the reproduction of plants is called? | {'text': 'Pollination', 'answer_start': 0} |
41,493 | 41,151 | 570d5555b3d812140066d6db | generic | The decline of the city reached its nadir with the War of Spanish Succession (1702–1709) that marked the end of the political and legal independence of the Kingdom of Valencia. During the War of the Spanish Succession, Valencia sided with Charles of Austria. On 24 January 1706, Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterboroug... | When did English cavalry enter Valencia? | {'text': '24 January 1706', 'answer_start': 262} |
101,800 | 101,458 | 572e84dcdfa6aa1500f8d07a | generic | After the war, Feynman declined an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann. Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynman taught theoretical phy... | Where did Feyman accept a job after the war? | {'text': 'Cornell University', 'answer_start': 264} |
43,620 | 43,278 | 5ad11b91645df0001a2d0dac | generic | Uranium is a naturally occurring element that can be found in low levels within all rock, soil, and water. Uranium is the 51st element in order of abundance in the Earth's crust. Uranium is also the highest-numbered element to be found naturally in significant quantities on Earth and is almost always found combined wit... | Where does uranium rank among elements in terms of its abundance in the Earth's atmosphere? | {'text': '51st', 'answer_start': 122} |
122,870 | 122,528 | 5731d7dbe99e3014001e6329 | generic | The "religious test" clause has been interpreted to cover both elected officials and appointed ones, career civil servants as well as political appointees. Religious beliefs or the lack of them have therefore not been permissible tests or qualifications with regard to federal employees since the ratification of the Con... | What do states violate the clause require state office-holders to possess? | {'text': 'particular religious beliefs', 'answer_start': 505} |
101,016 | 100,674 | 572f7951a23a5019007fc65f | generic | British post-punk entered the 1980s with support from members of the critical community—American critic Greil Marcus characterised "Britain's postpunk pop avant-garde" in a 1980 Rolling Stone article as "sparked by a tension, humour and sense of paradox plainly unique in present day pop music"—as well as media figures ... | When did British post-punk emerge? | {'text': '1980s', 'answer_start': 30} |
71,844 | 71,502 | 572722c0708984140094da57 | generic | In single phase squirrel cage motors, the primary winding within the motor housing is not capable of starting a rotational motion on the rotor, but is capable of sustaining one. To start the motor, a secondary "start" winding has a series non-polarized starting capacitor to introduce a lead in the sinusoidal current. W... | Where is the start capacitor commonly mounted? | {'text': 'to the side of the motor housing', 'answer_start': 752} |
122,508 | 122,166 | 5731b8df0fdd8d15006c649a | generic | In June 2007, YouTube began trials of a system for automatic detection of uploaded videos that infringe copyright. Google CEO Eric Schmidt regarded this system as necessary for resolving lawsuits such as the one from Viacom, which alleged that YouTube profited from content that it did not have the right to distribute. ... | What is the name of the system that automatically detects copyright violations? | {'text': 'Content ID', 'answer_start': 354} |
118,996 | 118,654 | 5730ebd0497a881900248a49 | generic | On 5 June 2008, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, accepted the resignations of both the Secretary of the Air Force, Michael Wynne, and the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General T. Michael Moseley. Gates in effect fired both men for "systemic issues associated with declining Air Force nuclear mission f... | Who was Robert Gates? | {'text': 'Secretary of Defense', 'answer_start': 16} |
69,777 | 69,435 | 5726c8445951b619008f7df4 | generic | Meanwhile, he had written to Abu Ya'far, the prefect of the dynamic city of Isfahan, offering his services. The new emir of Hamadan, hearing of this correspondence and discovering where Ibn Sina was hiding, incarcerated him in a fortress. War meanwhile continued between the rulers of Isfahan and Hamadãn; in 1024 the fo... | What mercenaries were expelled after Isfahan's victory over Hamadan? | {'text': 'the Tajik', 'answer_start': 367} |
5,885 | 5,543 | 56d2415fb329da140004ec7c | generic | Once the meditator achieves a strong and powerful concentration (jhāna, Sanskrit ध्यान dhyāna), his mind is ready to penetrate and gain insight (vipassanā) into the ultimate nature of reality, eventually obtaining release from all suffering. The cultivation of mindfulness is essential to mental concentration, which is ... | What is powerful concentration called? | {'text': 'jhāna', 'answer_start': 65} |
73,797 | 73,455 | 5a8ca838fd22b3001a8d8cdd | generic | Almost 60 years later, 80 year old career criminal Henry (Harry) James Burge claimed to have committed the theft, confessing to a newspaper, with the story being published in the Sunday Pictorial newspaper on 23 February 1958. He claimed to have carried out the robbery with two other men, although when discrepancies wi... | What made detectives decide there was a possibility of conviction? | {'text': 'his account of the means of entry and other items stolen', 'answer_start': 429} |
104,717 | 104,375 | 5ad42047604f3c001a4006ef | generic | Investment in the city continued. The William Enston Home, a planned community for the city's aged and infirm, was built in 1889. An elaborate public building, the United States Post Office and Courthouse, was completed by the federal government in 1896 in the heart of the city. The Democrat-dominated state legislature... | The William Enston Home was destroyed in what year? | {'text': '1889', 'answer_start': 124} |
82,752 | 82,410 | 5ad2b649d7d075001a429ffe | generic | The foundation of Northwestern University is traceable to a meeting on May 31, 1850 of nine prominent Chicago businessmen, Methodist leaders and attorneys who had formed the idea of establishing a university to serve what had once been known as the Northwest Territory. On January 28, 1851, the Illinois General Assembly... | What was the date that lay down the foundation for Southwestern University? | {'text': 'May 31, 1850', 'answer_start': 71} |
1,964 | 1,622 | 56cd8d2162d2951400fa66cc | generic | Despite this glowing message by the Emperor, Chan writes that a year later in 1446, the Ming court cut off all relations with the Karmapa hierarchs. Until then, the court was unaware that Deshin Shekpa had died in 1415. The Ming court had believed that the representatives of the Karma Kagyu who continued to visit the M... | Who did the Ming cut off all relations with? | {'text': 'the Karmapa hierarchs', 'answer_start': 126} |
64,375 | 64,033 | 5ad0212077cf76001a686b06 | generic | Around 1300–1350 the Medieval Warm Period gave way to the Little Ice Age. The colder climate resulted in agricultural crises, the first of which is known as the Great Famine of 1315-1317. The demographic consequences of this famine, however, were not as severe as the plagues that occurred later in the century, particul... | When did the Medieval Warm Period start? | {'text': '1300–1350', 'answer_start': 7} |
48,835 | 48,493 | 571aa25310f8ca1400305205 | generic | In 680 Ibn al-Zubayr fled Medina for Mecca. Hearing about Husayn's opposition to Yazid I, the people of Kufa sent to Husayn asking him to take over with their support. Al-Husayn sent his cousin Muslim bin Agail to verify if they would rally behind him. When the news reached Yazid I, he sent Ubayd-Allah bin Ziyad, ruler... | Where did Ibn al-Zubayr flee to in 680? | {'text': 'Mecca', 'answer_start': 37} |
15,975 | 15,633 | 56e074547aa994140058e4ff | generic | The term aspiration sometimes refers to the sound change of debuccalization, in which a consonant is lenited (weakened) to become a glottal stop or fricative [ʔ h ɦ]. | What is another term for a consonant being weakened? | {'text': 'lenited', 'answer_start': 101} |
8,663 | 8,321 | 5acfc68777cf76001a685eaa | generic | The latter in effect allows the government to appeal the opposition of parliament to the electorate. However, in many jurisdictions a head of state may refuse a parliamentary dissolution, requiring the resignation of the prime minister and his or her government. In most modern parliamentary systems, the prime minister ... | who has the power to disolve parliment? | {'text': 'head of state', 'answer_start': 134} |
29,078 | 28,736 | 5705ede675f01819005e7785 | generic | The Times used contributions from significant figures in the fields of politics, science, literature, and the arts to build its reputation. For much of its early life, the profits of The Times were very large and the competition minimal, so it could pay far better than its rivals for information or writers. Beginning i... | Who developed the new press type in 1814 for The Times? | {'text': 'Friedrich Koenig', 'answer_start': 402} |
62,788 | 62,446 | 57267902dd62a815002e8649 | generic | The Lempel–Ziv (LZ) compression methods are among the most popular algorithms for lossless storage. DEFLATE is a variation on LZ optimized for decompression speed and compression ratio, but compression can be slow. DEFLATE is used in PKZIP, Gzip and PNG. LZW (Lempel–Ziv–Welch) is used in GIF images. Also noteworthy is ... | What is used in PKZIP, Gzip and PNG? | {'text': 'DEFLATE', 'answer_start': 215} |
23,381 | 23,039 | 56f709cd711bf01900a44901 | generic | The end of a treaty, the eschatocol (or closing protocol), is often signaled by a clause like "in witness whereof" or "in faith whereof," the parties have affixed their signatures, followed by the words "DONE at," then the site(s) of the treaty's execution and the date(s) of its execution. The date is typically written... | What typically follows the signatures in a treaty? | {'text': "the site(s) of the treaty's execution and the date(s)", 'answer_start': 219} |
41,793 | 41,451 | 5acecfac32bba1001ae4b4fc | generic | By the twentieth century, the U.S. Army had mobilized the U.S. Volunteers on four separate occasions during each of the major wars of the nineteenth century. During World War I, the "National Army" was organized to fight the conflict, replacing the concept of U.S. Volunteers. It was demobilized at the end of World War ... | Who filled vacancies for militias? | {'text': 'Enlisted Reserve Corps" and "Officer Reserve Corps', 'answer_start': 503} |
70,161 | 69,819 | 5726e2fcf1498d1400e8eea2 | generic | The use of such contractions is as old as Chinese characters themselves, and they have frequently been found in religious or ritual use. In the Oracle Bone script, personal names, ritual items, and even phrases such as 受又(祐) shòu yòu "receive blessings" are commonly contracted into single characters. A dramatic example... | What have been constantly found in religious or ritual use? | {'text': 'Chinese characters', 'answer_start': 42} |
31,499 | 31,157 | 5709c7d4ed30961900e84497 | generic | The Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area is served by one public television station and two public radio stations. KUHT (HoustonPBS) is a PBS member station and is the first public television station in the United States. Houston Public Radio is listener-funded and comprises two NPR member stations: KUHF ... | From what building do the two public radio stations broadcast? | {'text': 'Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting', 'answer_start': 549} |
109,950 | 109,608 | 5a8c90e0fd22b3001a8d8b31 | generic | Database transactions can be used to introduce some level of fault tolerance and data integrity after recovery from a crash. A database transaction is a unit of work, typically encapsulating a number of operations over a database (e.g., reading a database object, writing, acquiring lock, etc.), an abstraction supported... | What has no ability to recover from a crash? | {'text': 'data integrity', 'answer_start': 81} |
81,796 | 81,454 | 5a60d783e9e1cc001a33cd8e | generic | The Sahara is the world's largest low-latitude hot desert. The area is located in the horse latitudes under the subtropical ridge, a significant belt of semi-permanent subtropical warm-core high pressure where the air from upper levels of the troposphere tends to sink towards the ground. This steady descending airflow ... | What is the largest high latitude desert? | {'text': 'Sahara', 'answer_start': 4} |
84,107 | 83,765 | 5728c6a52ca10214002da79b | generic | During this period, Bengal witnessed an intellectual awakening that is in some way similar to the Renaissance in Europe during the 16th century, although Europeans of that age were not confronted with the challenge and influence of alien colonialism. This movement questioned existing orthodoxies, particularly with resp... | What did the Movement question? | {'text': 'existing orthodoxies', 'answer_start': 276} |
20,803 | 20,461 | 56e797a637bdd419002c41cb | generic | Jim Foster, a promotions manager with the National Football League, conceived of indoor football while watching an indoor soccer match at Madison Square Garden in 1981. While at the game, he wrote his idea on a 9x12 envelope, with sketches of the field and notes on gameplay. He presented the idea to a few friends at th... | Where was Jim Foster when he came up with the idea for arena football? | {'text': 'Madison Square Garden', 'answer_start': 138} |
14,566 | 14,224 | 56dfc4ba231d4119001abdcf | generic | Alexander Graham Bell was ranked 57th among the 100 Greatest Britons (2002) in an official BBC nationwide poll, and among the Top Ten Greatest Canadians (2004), and the 100 Greatest Americans (2005). In 2006 Bell was also named as one of the 10 greatest Scottish scientists in history after having been listed in the Nat... | In what Scottish Hall of Fame is Bell listed? | {'text': 'Scottish Science Hall of Fame', 'answer_start': 349} |
110,948 | 110,606 | 5ace7e1b32bba1001ae4a813 | generic | Unpopulated boards are usually bare-board tested for "shorts" and "opens". A short is a connection between two points that should not be connected. An open is a missing connection between points that should be connected. For high-volume production a fixture or a rigid needle adapter is used to make contact with copper ... | A closed is a missing connection between what? | {'text': 'points that should be connected', 'answer_start': 188} |
110,754 | 110,412 | 572fd85704bcaa1900d76dbc | generic | Classification seeks to describe the diversity of bacterial species by naming and grouping organisms based on similarities. Bacteria can be classified on the basis of cell structure, cellular metabolism or on differences in cell components, such as DNA, fatty acids, pigments, antigens and quinones. While these schemes ... | Can classification be helpful in determining differences between distinct species? | {'text': 'unclear', 'answer_start': 395} |
81,611 | 81,269 | 5727f60f3acd2414000df0e3 | generic | Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) has formulated an individualist definition of "enlightenment" similar to the concept of bildung: "Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity." He argued that this immaturity comes not from a lack of understanding, but from a lack of courage to think independently. Again... | Which German scholar argued that human creativity takes diverse forms and is as important as human rationality? | {'text': 'Johann Gottfried Herder', 'answer_start': 441} |
87,224 | 86,882 | 5a32f95bbd0d7f001aef953c | generic | Agriculture is dominated by the cultivation and sale of food crops such as cassava, peanuts, maize, sorghum, millet, sesame, and plantain. The annual real GDP growth rate is just above 3%. The importance of food crops over exported cash crops is indicated by the fact that the total production of cassava, the staple foo... | What is the real exported cash crop rate? | {'text': 'just above 3%', 'answer_start': 174} |
35,904 | 35,562 | 5a0367eeaf157d001818f3b8 | generic | Lancashire is smaller than its historical extent following a major reform of local government. In 1889, the administrative county of Lancashire was created, covering the historical county except for the county boroughs such as Blackburn, Burnley, Barrow-in-Furness, Preston, Wigan, Liverpool and Manchester. The area ser... | What county lies north of the River Mersey? | {'text': 'Cheshire', 'answer_start': 609} |
71,852 | 71,510 | 572723b8dd62a815002e9957 | generic | Capacitors may retain a charge long after power is removed from a circuit; this charge can cause dangerous or even potentially fatal shocks or damage connected equipment. For example, even a seemingly innocuous device such as a disposable-camera flash unit, powered by a 1.5 volt AA battery, has a capacitor which may co... | How are the terminals of high voltage capacitors stored? | {'text': 'with the terminals shorted', 'answer_start': 763} |
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