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63,905 | 63,563 | 5726ae135951b619008f7a15 | generic | Between 1925 and 1940, philanthropic foundations, especially ones connected with the Rockefellers, contributed about $7 million to support the Yale Institute of Human Relations and the affiliated Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology. The money went toward behavioral science research, which was supported by foundation... | How much did philanthropic foundations donate between 1925 and 1940? | {'text': 'about $7 million', 'answer_start': 111} |
59,138 | 58,796 | 5acd9c7b07355d001abf480f | generic | In 1998, Democratic voters dominated areas of the state with a high percentage of racial minorities and transplanted white liberals from the northeastern United States, known colloquially as "snowbirds". South Florida and the Miami metropolitan area are dominated by both racial minorities and white liberals. Because of... | What race in Orlando favored the republicans? | {'text': 'Hispanic', 'answer_start': 495} |
76,341 | 75,999 | 572817dbff5b5019007d9d12 | generic | On March 4, 1989, the Memorial Society, committed to honoring the victims of Stalinism and cleansing society of Soviet practices, was founded in Kiev. A public rally was held the next day. On March 12, A pre-election meeting organized in Lviv by the Ukrainian Helsinki Union and the Marian Society Myloserdia (Compassion... | Members of what ideology were more heavily elected to the union Congress of People's Deputies? | {'text': 'conservatives', 'answer_start': 560} |
36,096 | 35,754 | 570ad1354103511400d59a37 | generic | Sea levels began to rise during the Jurassic, which was probably caused by an increase in seafloor spreading. The formation of new crust beneath the surface displaced ocean waters by as much as 200 m (656 ft) more than today, which flooded coastal areas. Furthermore, Pangaea began to rift into smaller divisions, bringi... | What weather condition increased? | {'text': 'Temperatures', 'answer_start': 391} |
79,067 | 78,725 | 5ad26c14d7d075001a429374 | generic | Concerning humanity as the image of Christ, English Dominican spirituality concentrated on the moral implications of image-bearing rather than the philosophical foundations of the imago Dei. The process of Christ's life, and the process of image-bearing, amends humanity to God's image. The idea of the "image of God" de... | What did French Dominican spirituality concentrate on? | {'text': 'the moral implications of image-bearing', 'answer_start': 91} |
130,355 | 130,013 | 5735c9dd6c16ec1900b927d6 | generic | Legendary Princess Bhrikuti (7th-century) and artist Araniko (1245 - 1306 AD) from that tradition of Kathmandu valley played a significant role in spreading Buddhism in Tibet and China. There are over 108 traditional monasteries (Bahals and Bahis) in Kathmandu based on Newar Buddhism. Since the 1960s, the permanent Tib... | When did Araniko die? | {'text': '1306', 'answer_start': 69} |
65,698 | 65,356 | 5a21bde98a6e4f001aa08e8e | generic | These theorists were driven by two basic questions: one, by what right or need do people form states; and two, what the best form for a state could be. These fundamental questions involved a conceptual distinction between the concepts of "state" and "government." It was decided that "state" would refer to a set of endu... | What theistic thinking led to a division between state and government? | {'text': 'by what right or need do people form states; and two, what the best form for a state could be.', 'answer_start': 57} |
65,404 | 65,062 | 5726d8b6dd62a815002e925e | generic | It was against this background of public anger that Jean Metzinger and Albert Gleizes wrote Du "Cubisme" (published by Eugène Figuière in 1912, translated to English and Russian in 1913). Among the works exhibited were Le Fauconnier's vast composition Les Montagnards attaqués par des ours (Mountaineers Attacked by Bear... | What against did Metzinger and Gleizes write Du "Cubsime"? | {'text': 'public anger', 'answer_start': 34} |
79,365 | 79,023 | 5727dea1ff5b5019007d972a | generic | In 2005, the Office of Fair Trading found fifty independent schools, including Eton, to have breached the Competition Act by "regularly and systematically" exchanging information about planned increases in school fees, which was collated and distributed among the schools by the bursar at Sevenoaks School. Following the... | Who defended fifty schools accused of price-sharing, stating they were unaware the laws had changed? | {'text': 'Jean Scott', 'answer_start': 736} |
35,403 | 35,061 | 570aa5244103511400d598c1 | generic | Speaking in St. Petersburg, Russia on 30 June 2011, the head of Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation said his company expected to begin design work for a new carrier in 2016, with a goal of beginning construction in 2018 and having the carrier achieve initial operational capability by 2023. Several months later, on... | What year was the goal for Russia's new carrier to achieve initial operational capability? | {'text': '2023', 'answer_start': 290} |
100,221 | 99,879 | 572ba57abe1ee31400cb847c | generic | Czech distinguishes three genders—masculine, feminine, and neuter—and the masculine gender is subdivided into animate and inanimate. With few exceptions, feminine nouns in the nominative case end in -a, -e, or -ost; neuter nouns in -o, -e, or -í, and masculine nouns in a consonant. Adjectives agree in gender and animac... | What is the main effect of gender in Czech? | {'text': 'difference in noun and adjective declension', 'answer_start': 479} |
17,136 | 16,794 | 5a550413134fea001a0e17df | generic | There are a number of radio news agencies based in Somalia. Established during the colonial period, Radio Mogadishu initially broadcast news items in both Somali and Italian. The station was modernized with Russian assistance following independence in 1960, and began offering home service in Somali, Amharic and Oromo. ... | What is the total number of internet news located in Somalia? | {'text': 'There are a number of radio news agencies', 'answer_start': 0} |
128,076 | 127,734 | 5733a6424776f41900660f52 | generic | The College of Engineering was established in 1920, however, early courses in civil and mechanical engineering were a part of the College of Science since the 1870s. Today the college, housed in the Fitzpatrick, Cushing, and Stinson-Remick Halls of Engineering, includes five departments of study – aerospace and mechani... | The College of Science began to offer civil engineering courses beginning at what time at Notre Dame? | {'text': 'the 1870s', 'answer_start': 155} |
111,965 | 111,623 | 5733f46dd058e614000b666c | generic | The Premier League is particularly popular in Asia, where it is the most widely distributed sports programme. In Australia, Fox Sports broadcasts almost all of the season's 380 matches live, and Foxtel gives subscribers the option of selecting which Saturday 3pm match to watch. In India, the matches are broadcast live ... | Which network is the main live broadcaster of Premier League in Australia? | {'text': 'Fox Sports', 'answer_start': 124} |
129,046 | 128,704 | 573429574776f419006619e0 | generic | Three years later, as March 1865 ended, the Confederate capitol became indefensible. On March 25, Confederate General John B. Gordon's desperate attack on Fort Stedman east of Petersburg failed. On April 1, General Philip Sheridan, assigned to interdict the Southside Railroad, met brigades commanded by George Pickett a... | What general commanded the attack on Fort Stedman? | {'text': 'John B. Gordon', 'answer_start': 118} |
58,623 | 58,281 | 5726751a5951b619008f732d | generic | The site where the Saint Petersburg Passage sprawls had been devoted to trade since the city's foundation in the early 18th century. It had been occupied by various shops and warehouses (Maly Gostiny Dvor, Schukin Dvor, Apraksin Dvor) until 1846, when Count Essen-Stenbock-Fermor acquired the grounds to build an elite s... | What famous author described parts of the mall in his books? | {'text': 'Dostoyevsky', 'answer_start': 682} |
32,311 | 31,969 | 5a149fa3a54d4200185292be | generic | These different explorations of 'identity' demonstrate how difficult a concept it is to pin down. Since identity is a virtual thing, it is impossible to define it empirically. Discussions of identity use the term with different meanings, from fundamental and abiding sameness, to fluidity, contingency, negotiated and so... | What do some scholars say is made up of different components that are identified in interpreted by groups? | {'text': 'identity', 'answer_start': 1255} |
87,653 | 87,311 | 5728a0c84b864d1900164aff | generic | Another form of recordable LaserDisc that is completely playback-compatible with the LaserDisc format (unlike CRVdisc with its caddy enclosure) is the RLV, or Recordable LaserVision disc. It was developed and first marketed by the Optical Disc Corporation (ODC, now ODC Nimbus) in 1984. RLV discs, like CRVdisc, are also... | Which company originally developed and marketed the RLV? | {'text': 'Optical Disc Corporation (ODC, now ODC Nimbus)', 'answer_start': 231} |
7,003 | 6,661 | 56d5d0cb1c85041400946e00 | generic | Dogs bear their litters roughly 58 to 68 days after fertilization, with an average of 63 days, although the length of gestation can vary. An average litter consists of about six puppies, though this number may vary widely based on the breed of dog. In general, toy dogs produce from one to four puppies in each litter, w... | What is the average number of pups in a litter? | {'text': 'about six', 'answer_start': 168} |
95,841 | 95,499 | 5729b7991d046914007795ce | generic | IBM has constantly evolved since its inception. Over the past decade, it has steadily shifted its business mix by exiting commoditizing markets such as PCs, hard disk drives and DRAMs and focusing on higher-value, more profitable markets such as business intelligence, data analytics, business continuity, security, clou... | IBM's operating margin in 2013 was what? | {'text': '24.3%', 'answer_start': 495} |
78,457 | 78,115 | 5a3036ebf1f7c7001ab92cd7 | generic | Instruments have divided Christendom since their introduction into worship. They were considered a Catholic innovation, not widely practiced until the 18th century, and were opposed vigorously in worship by a number of Protestant Reformers, including Martin Luther (1483–1546), Ulrich Zwingli, John Calvin (1509–1564) an... | What did Catholics oppose to be used in worship? | {'text': 'Instruments', 'answer_start': 0} |
116,627 | 116,285 | 57307a82069b53140083210c | generic | Meanwhile, in Renaissance Italy, a new period in the history of translation had opened in Florence with the arrival, at the court of Cosimo de' Medici, of the Byzantine scholar Georgius Gemistus Pletho shortly before the fall of Constantinople to the Turks (1453). A Latin translation of Plato's works was undertaken by ... | What title did Georgius Gemistus Pletho carry? | {'text': 'Byzantine scholar', 'answer_start': 159} |
11,181 | 10,839 | 5ad0ce1d645df0001a2d041c | generic | Note: The green arrows (), red arrows (), and blue dashes () represent changes in rank when compared to the new 2012 data HDI for 2011 – published in the 2012 report. | What was published in 2001? | {'text': 'the 2012 report', 'answer_start': 150} |
128,995 | 128,653 | 57340645d058e614000b67f7 | generic | For the popular taste however, light music, particularly Ghazals and folk songs, which have an appeal of their own, the names of Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, Nur Jehan, Malika Pukhraj, Farida Khanum, Roshen Ara Begum, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are well-known. Folk songs and dances of the Punjab reflect a wide range of moo... | What kind of music does Malika Pukhraj perform? | {'text': 'Ghazals and folk songs', 'answer_start': 57} |
21,138 | 20,796 | 56e8245e37bdd419002c4466 | generic | The terms "language" and "dialect" are not necessarily mutually exclusive: There is nothing contradictory in the statement "the language of the Pennsylvania Dutch is a dialect of German". | The language of the Pennsylvania Dutch is a dialect of what language? | {'text': 'German', 'answer_start': 179} |
90,090 | 89,748 | 5ad41323604f3c001a400267 | generic | Alaska's internet and other data transport systems are provided largely through the two major telecommunications companies: GCI and Alaska Communications. GCI owns and operates what it calls the Alaska United Fiber Optic system and as of late 2011 Alaska Communications advertised that it has "two fiber optic paths to t... | In what year was a project to connect Russia and rural Alaska announced? | {'text': '2011', 'answer_start': 371} |
85,332 | 84,990 | 5a7a6fa621c2de001afe9c46 | generic | From late 2009 a handful of mainly southern eurozone member states started being unable to repay their national Euro-denominated government debt or to finance the bail-out of troubled financial sectors under their national supervision without the assistance of third parties. This so-called European debt crisis began af... | What is never a shock in the eurozone? | {'text': 'Seeing a sovereign default', 'answer_start': 487} |
118,104 | 117,762 | 5a27289cc93d92001a4003ff | generic | Although the doctrine of Mary's Immaculate Conception appears only later among Latin (and particularly Frankish) theologians, it became ever more manifest among Byzantine theologians reliant on Gregory Nazianzen's Mariology in the Medieval or Byzantine East. Although hymnographers and scholars, like the Emperor Justini... | What doctrine appeared first among the Latin theologies? | {'text': "Mary's Immaculate Conception", 'answer_start': 25} |
10,075 | 9,733 | 5ad30d26604f3c001a3fdb0a | generic | The Cardinal Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, assisted by the Vice-Camerlengo and the other prelates of the office known as the Apostolic Camera, has functions that in essence are limited to a period of sede vacante of the papacy. He is to collate information about the financial situation of all administrations dep... | Who has functions that are not limited to a period of sede vacante of the papacy? | {'text': 'Apostolic Camera', 'answer_start': 132} |
2,428 | 2,086 | 5a8d800edf8bba001a0f9abb | generic | The story focuses on series protagonist Link, who tries to prevent Hyrule from being engulfed by a corrupted parallel dimension known as the Twilight Realm. To do so, he takes the form of both a Hylian and a wolf, and is assisted by a mysterious creature named Midna. The game takes place hundreds of years after Ocarina... | What land does Ocarina serve to protect? | {'text': 'Hyrule', 'answer_start': 67} |
108,683 | 108,341 | 572f96dd04bcaa1900d76ab8 | generic | Hyderabad's role in the pearl trade has given it the name "City of Pearls" and up until the 18th century, the city was also the only global trading centre for large diamonds. Industrialisation began under the Nizams in the late 19th century, helped by railway expansion that connected the city with major ports. From the... | What did the Hyderabad Stock Exchange come to be known as? | {'text': 'Hyderabad Securities', 'answer_start': 858} |
120,621 | 120,279 | 5ad4d5b75b96ef001a10a292 | generic | Red played an important role in Chinese philosophy. It was believed that the world was composed of five elements: metal, wood, water, fire and earth, and that each had a color. Red was associated with fire. Each Emperor chose the color that his fortune-tellers believed would bring the most prosperity and good fortune t... | What is the color of Chinese philosophy? | {'text': 'Red', 'answer_start': 0} |
94,375 | 94,033 | 5a3ea4655a76c5001a3a8407 | generic | The so-called "Sack of Palermo" is one of the major visible faces of the problem. The term is used to indicate the speculative building practices that have filled the city with poor buildings. The reduced importance of agriculture in the Sicilian economy has led to a massive migration to the cities, especially Palermo,... | What was carefully followed during the boom? | {'text': 'The regulatory plans for expansion', 'answer_start': 390} |
23,300 | 22,958 | 56f8d6409e9bad19000a05be | generic | Local train services operate in the central, southern and eastern sections of the city and are operated by South West Trains, with stations at Swaythling, St Denys, Millbrook, Redbridge, Bitterne, Sholing and Woolston. Plans were announced by Hampshire County Council in July 2009 for the introduction of tram-train runn... | What organization announced plans for rail expansion in Southampton in July of 2009? | {'text': 'Hampshire County Council', 'answer_start': 243} |
100,643 | 100,301 | 572bf76c750c471900ed4c45 | generic | The first British settlement in what is now Tennessee was built in 1756 by settlers from the colony of South Carolina at Fort Loudoun, near present-day Vonore. Fort Loudoun became the westernmost British outpost to that date. The fort was designed by John William Gerard de Brahm and constructed by forces under British ... | Which Cherokee faction forced the surrender of Fort Loudoun in 1760? | {'text': 'Overhill Cherokees', 'answer_start': 526} |
25,883 | 25,541 | 56f8cee09e9bad19000a0553 | generic | Most of the enlargement of the primate brain comes from a massive expansion of the cerebral cortex, especially the prefrontal cortex and the parts of the cortex involved in vision. The visual processing network of primates includes at least 30 distinguishable brain areas, with a complex web of interconnections. It has ... | The visual processing areas occupy how much of the surface of the neocortex or primates? | {'text': 'more than half', 'answer_start': 371} |
24,661 | 24,319 | 5a7e5f7448f7d9001a063680 | generic | The works of Virgil almost from the moment of their publication revolutionized Latin poetry. The Eclogues, Georgics, and above all the Aeneid became standard texts in school curricula with which all educated Romans were familiar. Poets following Virgil often refer intertextually to his works to generate meaning in thei... | Who did Silius Italicus buy Virgil's tomb from? | {'text': 'Lucan', 'answer_start': 613} |
12,472 | 12,130 | 56df0af2c65bf219000b3ef3 | generic | Again all proposals, including the request to join NATO, were rejected by UK, US, and French governments shortly after. Emblematic was the position of British General Hastings Ismay, supporter of NATO expansion, who said that NATO "must grow until the whole free world gets under one umbrella." He opposed the request to... | Who was the general who spoke out against the USSR joining NATO? | {'text': 'Hastings Ismay', 'answer_start': 167} |
95,814 | 95,472 | 5a68d7368476ee001a58a7df | generic | The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) through the consolidation of The Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, the Computing Scale Company and the Bundy Manufacturing Company. CTR was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924, a name whi... | In what year was the Bundy Manufacturing Company created? | {'text': '1911', 'answer_start': 26} |
110,259 | 109,917 | 57343812d058e614000b6b39 | generic | Another popular event held in February, which is early spring in Tucson, is the Fiesta de los Vaqueros, or rodeo week, founded by winter visitor, Leighton Kramer. While at its heart the Fiesta is a sporting event, it includes what is billed as "the world's largest non-mechanized parade". The Rodeo Parade is a popular e... | What is the Fiesta de los Vaqueros? | {'text': 'rodeo week', 'answer_start': 107} |
32,798 | 32,456 | 5a555e72134fea001a0e1a60 | generic | However, relatively few organisations maintain computer systems with effective detection systems, and fewer still have organised response mechanisms in place. As result, as Reuters points out: "Companies for the first time report they are losing more through electronic theft of data than physical stealing of assets". T... | What is a common form of theft in companies? | {'text': 'electronic theft of data', 'answer_start': 259} |
21,177 | 20,835 | 56e8270200c9c71400d775e1 | generic | The Yiddish linguist Max Weinreich published the expression, A shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot ("אַ שפּראַך איז אַ דיאַלעקט מיט אַן אַרמײ און פֿלאָט": "A language is a dialect with an army and navy") in YIVO Bleter 25.1, 1945, p. 13. The significance of the political factors in any attempt at answering the q... | Max Weinreich is a linguist of what language? | {'text': 'Yiddish', 'answer_start': 4} |
8,813 | 8,471 | 56de0d34cffd8e1900b4b58a | generic | New Zealand polytechnics are established under the Education Act 1989 as amended, and are considered state-owned tertiary institutions along with universities, colleges of education, and wānanga; there is today often much crossover in courses and qualifications offered between all these types of Tertiary Education Inst... | In what year was the Education Act originally passed in New Zealand? | {'text': '1989', 'answer_start': 65} |
40,512 | 40,170 | 570d143eb3d812140066d3eb | generic | Apple has generally dominated the premium PC market, having a 91 percent market share for PCs priced at more than $1,000 in 2009, according to NPD. The Macintosh took 45 percent of operating profits in the PC industry during Q4 2012, compared to 13 percent for Dell, seven percent for Hewlett Packard, six percent for Le... | Who did Macintosh displace from 2nd place on the 2012 holiday season "list of intended brands for desktop purchases"? | {'text': 'Hewlett Packard', 'answer_start': 1342} |
33,300 | 32,958 | 5a57b2f3770dc0001aeefcde | generic | In practice, the emphasis on strictness has resulted in the rise of "homogeneous enclaves" with other haredi Jews that are less likely to be threatened by assimilation and intermarriage, or even to interact with other Jews who do not share their doctrines. Nevertheless, this strategy has proved successful and the numbe... | What resulted in the rise of heterogeneous enclaves? | {'text': 'the emphasis on strictness', 'answer_start': 13} |
39,742 | 39,400 | 570dfdf40b85d914000d7c80 | generic | Melbourne (/ˈmɛlbərn/, AU i/ˈmɛlbən/) is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. The name "Melbourne" refers to the area of urban agglomeration (as well as a census statistical division) spanning 9,900 km2 (3,800 sq mi) which co... | What was Melbourne's population in 2013? | {'text': '4,347,955', 'answer_start': 667} |
3,757 | 3,415 | 56d650911c850414009470a0 | generic | The AP reported that "The state-controlled media has largely ignored the issue, apparently under the propaganda bureau's instructions. Parents and volunteers who have questioned authorities have been detained and threatened." | Who gave instructions to ignore the school issue? | {'text': 'propaganda bureau', 'answer_start': 101} |
44,784 | 44,442 | 571006d0b654c5140001f751 | generic | Some research suggests that "[f]or some [people] the focus of sexual interest will shift at various points through the life span..." "There... [was, as of 1995,] essentially no research on the longitudinal stability of sexual orientation over the adult life span... It [was]... still an unanswered question whether... [t... | What can possibly predict the future orientation a persons sexual idenity? | {'text': ". [the] measure [of 'the complex components of sexual orientation as differentiated from other aspects of sexual identity at one point in time']", 'answer_start': 316} |
9,690 | 9,348 | 56dee6fcc65bf219000b3e09 | generic | The Canadian constitution determines that the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces is the country's sovereign, who, since 1904, has authorized his or her viceroy, the governor general, to exercise the duties ascribed to the post of Commander-in-Chief and to hold the associated title since 1905. All troop dep... | What orders fall under the royal prerogative? | {'text': 'troop deployment and disposition orders', 'answer_start': 311} |
9,315 | 8,973 | 56de1024cffd8e1900b4b5a7 | generic | Ectosymbiosis, also referred to as exosymbiosis, is any symbiotic relationship in which the symbiont lives on the body surface of the host, including the inner surface of the digestive tract or the ducts of exocrine glands. Examples of this include ectoparasites such as lice, commensal ectosymbionts such as the barnacl... | Name a parasitic ectosymbiont. | {'text': 'lice', 'answer_start': 271} |
58,252 | 57,910 | 5acebc9e32bba1001ae4b25a | generic | BYU's stated mission "is to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life." BYU is thus considered by its leaders to be at heart a religious institution, wherein, ideally, religious and secular education are interwoven in a way that encourages the highest standards in both areas. This weaving of the... | What did Karl G. Maeser tell Brigham Young? | {'text': '"I want you to remember that you ought not to teach even the alphabet or the multiplication tables without the Spirit of God."', 'answer_start': 486} |
31,442 | 31,100 | 5ad420c6604f3c001a400715 | generic | In 2006, the Houston metropolitan area ranked first in Texas and third in the U.S. within the Category of "Best Places for Business and Careers" by Forbes magazine. Foreign governments have established 92 consular offices in Houston's metropolitan area, the third highest in the nation. Forty foreign governments maintai... | Houston ranked 23rd in which category by Forbes magazine in 2006? | {'text': 'Best Places for Business and Careers"', 'answer_start': 107} |
41,806 | 41,464 | 570d3003b3d812140066d515 | generic | The United States Army (USA) is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United... | What years did the American Revolutionary War span? | {'text': '1775–83', 'answer_start': 571} |
96,937 | 96,595 | 5a42a04e4a4859001aac724f | generic | In the early 11th century, the Muslim physicist Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen or Alhazen) discussed space perception and its epistemological implications in his Book of Optics (1021), he also rejected Aristotle's definition of topos (Physics IV) by way of geometric demonstrations and defined place as a mathematical spatial e... | Who disputed al-Haytham's definition of topos? | {'text': 'Aristotle', 'answer_start': 195} |
100,879 | 100,537 | 572d3b0d8351f81400e9d37f | generic | Generally, post-punk music is defined as music that emerged from the cultural milieu of punk rock in the late 1970s, although many groups now categorized as post-punk were initially subsumed under the broad umbrella of punk or new wave music, only becoming differentiated as the terms came to signify more narrow styles.... | Why is the term post-punk sometimes disputed? | {'text': 'various groups commonly labeled post-punk in fact predate the punk rock movement', 'answer_start': 412} |
16,735 | 16,393 | 5acd46c207355d001abf3bc3 | generic | Frequencies for COMPASS are allocated in four bands: E1, E2, E5B, and E6 and overlap with Galileo. The fact of overlapping could be convenient from the point of view of the receiver design, but on the other hand raises the issues of inter-system interference, especially within E1 and E2 bands, which are allocated for G... | Which countries satellites will transmit in E3 before Galileo satellites? | {'text': 'Chinese', 'answer_start': 740} |
38,704 | 38,362 | 570c33b8ec8fbc190045bd9a | generic | Barça beat Athletic Bilbao 4–1 in the 2009 Copa del Rey Final, winning the competition for a record-breaking 25th time. A historic 2–6 victory against Real Madrid followed three days later and ensured that Barcelona became La Liga champions for the 2008–09 season. Barça finished the season by beating the previous year'... | When Barcelona won 2009 FIFA Club World Cup, what first time feat did they accomplish? | {'text': 'sextuple', 'answer_start': 850} |
52,678 | 52,336 | 572625bf89a1e219009ac3a8 | generic | Thus, Buckingham Palace is a symbol and home of the British monarchy, an art gallery and a tourist attraction. Behind the gilded railings and gates which were completed by the Bromsgrove Guild in 1911 and Webb's famous façade, which has been described in a book published by the Royal Collection as looking "like everybo... | In what year were the railings and gates completed? | {'text': '1911', 'answer_start': 196} |
94,307 | 93,965 | 5a3e96235a76c5001a3a8376 | generic | Carthage was Palermo’s major trading partner under the Phoenicians and the city enjoyed a prolonged peace during this period. Palermo came into contact with the Ancient Greeks between the 6th and the 5th centuries BC which preceded the Sicilian Wars, a conflict fought between the Greeks of Syracuse and the Phoenicians ... | Who's fleet was launched from Carthage in 408 BC? | {'text': "Hamilcar I's", 'answer_start': 554} |
108,596 | 108,254 | 572f7d6f04bcaa1900d76a1a | generic | Hyderabad has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw) bordering on a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The annual mean temperature is 26.6 °C (79.9 °F); monthly mean temperatures are 21–33 °C (70–91 °F). Summers (March–June) are hot and humid, with average highs in the mid-to-high 30s Celsius; maximum temperatures... | Köppen Aw refers to what kind of climate? | {'text': 'tropical wet and dry climate', 'answer_start': 16} |
59,820 | 59,478 | 5a7ccaf7e8bc7e001a9e202e | generic | Since the Protestant Reformation, the most prominent Christian denomination in Thuringia has been Lutheranism. During the GDR period, church membership was discouraged and has continued shrinking since the reunification in 1990. Today over two thirds of the population is non-religious. The Protestant Evangelical Church... | How much of the Thuringia population is gone? | {'text': 'two thirds of the population', 'answer_start': 240} |
99,801 | 99,459 | 572b6c9cf75d5e190021fdcf | generic | Plato's theory of forms or "ideas" describes ideal forms (for example the platonic solids in geometry or abstracts like Goodness and Justice), as universals existing independently of any particular instance. Arne Grøn calls this doctrine "the classic example of a metaphysical idealism as a transcendent idealism", while... | What branch of physics might support a worldview similar to Platonic dualism? | {'text': 'quantum', 'answer_start': 831} |
27,078 | 26,736 | 5ad3bd5f604f3c001a3fef1c | generic | Despite delays in some countries, the number of European HD channels and viewers has risen steadily since the first HDTV broadcasts, with SES's annual Satellite Monitor market survey for 2010 reporting more than 200 commercial channels broadcasting in HD from Astra satellites, 185 million HD capable TVs sold in Europe ... | What percentage of European digital satellite TV homes were watching SD broadcasts in 2010? | {'text': '27%', 'answer_start': 376} |
96,210 | 95,868 | 5729f6063f37b31900478612 | generic | Sunlight may be stored as gravitational potential energy after it strikes the Earth, as (for example) water evaporates from oceans and is deposited upon mountains (where, after being released at a hydroelectric dam, it can be used to drive turbines or generators to produce electricity). Sunlight also drives many weathe... | What occurs when large unstable areas of warm ocean, heated over months, give up some of their thermal energy suddenly to power a few days of violent air movement? | {'text': 'hurricane', 'answer_start': 424} |
55,630 | 55,288 | 5a8459a57cf838001a46a76b | generic | In September 1695, Captain Henry Every, an English pirate on board the Fancy, reached the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, where he teamed up with five other pirate captains to make an attack on the Indian fleet making the annual voyage to Mocha. The Mughal convoy included the treasure-laden Ganj-i-Sawai, reported to be the g... | What type of Prince was Henry Every? | {'text': 'English pirate', 'answer_start': 43} |
94,479 | 94,137 | 5a74a09042eae6001a389a30 | generic | "Green" in modern European languages corresponds to about 520–570 nm, but many historical and non-European languages make other choices, e.g. using a term for the range of ca. 450–530 nm ("blue/green") and another for ca. 530–590 nm ("green/yellow").[citation needed] In the comparative study of color terms in the world... | What does the Thai word for green correspond to in nm? | {'text': '520–570', 'answer_start': 58} |
129,117 | 128,775 | 57344025d058e614000b6b8e | generic | Richmond has several historic churches. Because of its early English colonial history from the early 17th century to 1776, Richmond has a number of prominent Anglican/Episcopal churches including Monumental Church, St. Paul's Episcopal Church and St. John's Episcopal Church. Methodists and Baptists made up another sect... | What is the oldest Presbyterian church in Richmond? | {'text': 'First Presbyterian Church', 'answer_start': 517} |
60,990 | 60,648 | 5726c55ef1498d1400e8eaba | generic | Phytochemistry is a branch of plant biochemistry primarily concerned with the chemical substances produced by plants during secondary metabolism. Some of these compounds are toxins such as the alkaloid coniine from hemlock. Others, such as the essential oils peppermint oil and lemon oil are useful for their aroma, as f... | What is the study of the chemicals that plants produce? | {'text': 'Phytochemistry', 'answer_start': 0} |
51,465 | 51,123 | 5a0caa87f5590b0018dab4d6 | generic | On June 25, 2006, Warren Buffett (then the world's richest person, estimated worth of US$62 billion as of April 16, 2008) pledged to give the foundation approximately 10 million Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares spread over multiple years through annual contributions, with the first year's donation of 500,000 shares be... | What was Warren Buffet's net worth in 2013? | {'text': 'estimated worth of US$62 billion', 'answer_start': 67} |
79,451 | 79,109 | 5a5d0b835e8782001a9d5e71 | generic | Cork was originally a monastic settlement, reputedly founded by Saint Finbarr in the 6th century. Cork achieved an urban character at some point between 915 and 922 when Norseman (Viking) settlers founded a trading port. It has been proposed that, like Dublin, Cork was an important trading centre in the global Scandina... | What happened to Cork in the 9th century? | {'text': 'achieved an urban character', 'answer_start': 103} |
68,654 | 68,312 | 572708fa5951b619008f84fa | generic | Nutrition is taught in schools in many countries. In England and Wales, the Personal and Social Education and Food Technology curricula include nutrition, stressing the importance of a balanced diet and teaching how to read nutrition labels on packaging. In many schools, a Nutrition class will fall within the Family an... | What is the official name of the curricula that promotes nutritional education in schools? | {'text': 'Personal and Social Education and Food Technology curricula', 'answer_start': 76} |
36,846 | 36,504 | 5a70dcdb8abb0b001a6761dc | generic | On May 26, 2009, Microsoft announced the future release of the Zune HD (in the fall of 2009), the next addition to the Zune product range. This is of an impact on the Xbox Live Video Store as it was also announced that the Zune Video Marketplace and the Xbox Live Video Store will be merged to form the Zune Marketplace,... | Merging the Zune and Xbox Live stores affected the release of what product? | {'text': 'Zune HD', 'answer_start': 63} |
46,564 | 46,222 | 5aceb7d932bba1001ae4b169 | generic | T. Gilmartin, (Professor of History, Maynooth, 1890), writes in Church History, Vol. 1, Ch XVII: On the death of Alexander, five months after the termination of the Council of Nice, Athanasius was unanimously elected to fill the vacant see. He was most unwilling to accept the dignity, for he clearly foresaw the difficu... | Did Athanasius want to be the Saint of Alexandria? | {'text': 'unwilling', 'answer_start': 253} |
64,391 | 64,049 | 5ad0221377cf76001a686b35 | generic | Up until the mid-14th century, Europe had experienced steadily increasing urbanisation. Cities were also decimated by the Black Death, but the role of urban areas as centres of learning, commerce and government ensured continued growth. By 1500, Venice, Milan, Naples, Paris and Constantinople each probably had more tha... | Which European cities likely had populations less than 100,000 in 1500? | {'text': 'Venice, Milan, Naples, Paris and Constantinople', 'answer_start': 246} |
91,090 | 90,748 | 572927373f37b3190047808b | generic | Insects can be divided into two groups historically treated as subclasses: wingless insects, known as Apterygota, and winged insects, known as Pterygota. The Apterygota consist of the primitively wingless order of the silverfish (Thysanura). Archaeognatha make up the Monocondylia based on the shape of their mandibles, ... | Insects are historically divided into how many groups? | {'text': 'two groups', 'answer_start': 28} |
23,611 | 23,269 | 56f7fb59aef2371900625d26 | generic | Treaties formed an important part of European colonization and, in many parts of the world, Europeans attempted to legitimize their sovereignty by signing treaties with indigenous peoples. In most cases these treaties were in extremely disadvantageous terms to the native people, who often did not appreciate the implica... | What did Europeans try to legitimize all over the world by signing treaties with indigenous people? | {'text': 'their sovereignty', 'answer_start': 126} |
27,496 | 27,154 | 56fa455af34c681400b0c04e | generic | Aside from the lignocellulose, wood consists of a variety of low molecular weight organic compounds, called extractives. The wood extractives are fatty acids, resin acids, waxes and terpenes. For example, rosin is exuded by conifers as protection from insects. The extraction of these organic materials from wood provide... | Along with fatty acids, what kind of acids are in the extractives in wood? | {'text': 'resin', 'answer_start': 159} |
81,207 | 80,865 | 5727baf12ca10214002d94ec | generic | London has a diverse range of peoples and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken within Greater London. The Office for National Statistics estimated its mid-2014 population to be 8,538,689, the largest of any municipality in the European Union, and accounting for 12.5 percent of the UK population. London's ur... | Approximately how many languages are spoken in the Greater London area? | {'text': 'more than 300', 'answer_start': 56} |
29,901 | 29,559 | 5706845d52bb891400689a26 | generic | There were 15,504 households, of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 25.9% were married couples living together, 22.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.8% were non-families. 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was... | How many households were there in Atlantic City during the 2010 United States Census? | {'text': '15,504', 'answer_start': 11} |
24,469 | 24,127 | 56f8410daef2371900625f56 | generic | There were a number of avenues to upward social mobility and the achievement of nobility. Poland's nobility was not a rigidly exclusive, closed class. Many low-born individuals, including townsfolk, peasants and Jews, could and did rise to official ennoblement in Polish society. Each szlachcic had enormous influence ov... | WHo could nullify all the proceedings of a given sejm? | {'text': 'any nobleman', 'answer_start': 462} |
100,109 | 99,767 | 572b8b54111d821400f38efd | generic | The Czech people gained widespread national pride during the mid-eighteenth century, inspired by the Age of Enlightenment a half-century earlier. Czech historians began to emphasize their people's accomplishments from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries, rebelling against the Counter-Reformation (which had ... | What inspired the Czech's national pride? | {'text': 'Age of Enlightenment a half-century earlier', 'answer_start': 101} |
61,421 | 61,079 | 5726f818f1498d1400e8f154 | generic | Madonna's Italian-Catholic background and her relationship with her parents are reflected in the album Like a Prayer. It was an evocation of the impact religion had on her career. Her video for the title track contains Catholic symbolism, such as the stigmata. During The Virgin Tour, she wore a rosary and prayed with i... | In which video did Madonna wear a rosary? | {'text': 'La Isla Bonita"', 'answer_start': 346} |
89,868 | 89,526 | 5ad40aa9604f3c001a3fffc0 | generic | Starting in the 1890s and stretching in some places to the early 1910s, gold rushes in Alaska and the nearby Yukon Territory brought thousands of miners and settlers to Alaska. Alaska was officially incorporated as an organized territory in 1912. Alaska's capital, which had been in Sitka until 1906, was moved north to ... | Which industries did European settlers in Alaska end? | {'text': 'fishing and logging', 'answer_start': 496} |
39,902 | 39,560 | 570e73f00b85d914000d7f1b | generic | Australian rules football and cricket are the most popular sports in Melbourne. It is considered the spiritual home of the two sports in Australia. The first official Test cricket match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877. The origins of Australian rules football can be traced to matches played nex... | Up to how many AFL matches are played each week in Melbourne? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 603} |
12,896 | 12,554 | 56df6b9d56340a1900b29ae4 | generic | The Syriac term Nasrani (Nazarene) has also been attached to the Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala, India. In the Indian subcontinent, Christians call themselves Isaai (Hindi: ईसाई, Urdu: عیسائی), and are also known by this term to adherents of other religions. This is related to the name they call Jesus, 'Isa Masih, ... | Which word has been connected to Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala, India? | {'text': 'Nasrani', 'answer_start': 16} |
126,376 | 126,034 | 5a81fa2931013a001a33502f | generic | 6th-century BCE pre-Socratic Greek philosophers Thales of Miletus and Xenophanes of Colophon were the first in the region to attempt to explain the world in terms of human reason rather than myth and tradition, thus can be said to be the first Greek humanists. Thales questioned the notion of anthropomorphic gods and Xe... | Who first dismissed the idea that matter is made of atoms? | {'text': 'Democritus', 'answer_start': 943} |
120,758 | 120,416 | 5ad4e5965b96ef001a10a5a6 | generic | Lasers emitting in the red region of the spectrum have been available since the invention of the ruby laser in 1960. In 1962 the red helium–neon laser was invented, and these two types of lasers were widely used in many scientific applications including holography, and in education. Red helium–neon lasers were used com... | What does DSPS stand for? | {'text': 'diode-pumped solid state', 'answer_start': 718} |
39,394 | 39,052 | 570c46c0b3d812140066d068 | generic | The adoption of the mother of Jesus as a virtual goddess may represent a reintroduction of aspects of the worship of Isis. "When looking at images of the Egyptian goddess Isis and those of the Virgin Mary, one may initially observe iconographic similarities. These parallels have led many scholars to suggest that there ... | What type of goddess is Isis? | {'text': 'Egyptian', 'answer_start': 154} |
33,747 | 33,405 | 5acd8c5107355d001abf46c6 | generic | Drinking chilled beer began with the development of artificial refrigeration and by the 1870s, was spread in those countries that concentrated on brewing pale lager. Chilling beer makes it more refreshing, though below 15.5 °C the chilling starts to reduce taste awareness and reduces it significantly below 10 °C (50 °F... | What is Marque Cask? | {'text': 'a non-profit UK beer organisation', 'answer_start': 425} |
112,191 | 111,849 | 572fd2b4b2c2fd14005684b6 | generic | The first few naval battles were disasters for Rome. However, after training more sailors and inventing a grappling engine, a Roman naval force was able to defeat a Carthaginian fleet, and further naval victories followed. The Carthaginians then hired Xanthippus of Carthage, a Spartan mercenary general, to reorganise a... | Who claimed victory at the Battle of Aegates Islands? | {'text': 'The Romans', 'answer_start': 429} |
85,862 | 85,520 | 572841842ca10214002da1ae | generic | In 1950, von Neumann became a consultant to the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group (WSEG), whose function was to advise the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the United States Secretary of Defense on the development and use of new technologies. He also became an adviser to the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (AFSWP), which ... | In 1950 von Neumann became a consultant for what organization? | {'text': 'Weapons Systems Evaluation Group', 'answer_start': 48} |
102,963 | 102,621 | 5ad4c8515b96ef001a10a069 | generic | In June 2006, Steven Spielberg announced he would direct a scientifically accurate film about "a group of explorers who travel through a worm hole and into another dimension", from a treatment by Kip Thorne and producer Lynda Obst. In January 2007, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan met with them to discuss adapting Obst and ... | In what year did Lynda Obst become a producer? | {'text': '2006', 'answer_start': 8} |
34,322 | 33,980 | 570a5c426d058f1900182da7 | generic | In 1988 Imperial merged with St Mary's Hospital Medical School, becoming The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. In 1995 Imperial launched its own academic publishing house, Imperial College Press, in partnership with World Scientific. Imperial merged with the National Heart and Lung Institute in 1995... | Which school resulted from Imperial's merger with St Mary's? | {'text': 'The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine', 'answer_start': 73} |
5,784 | 5,442 | 56d1ece4e7d4791d00902587 | generic | Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit, in devanagari: बॊधि) is a term applied to the experience of Awakening of arahants. Bodhi literally means "awakening", but it is more commonly translated into English as "enlightenment". In Early Buddhism, bodhi carried a meaning synonymous to nirvana, using only some different metaphors to des... | What is the term applied to the experience of the awakening of arahants? | {'text': 'Bodhi', 'answer_start': 0} |
70,036 | 69,694 | 5726faa45951b619008f8402 | generic | In March 2008, it was announced that Avicenna's name would be used for new Directories of education institutions for health care professionals, worldwide. The Avicenna Directories will list universities and schools where doctors, public health practitioners, pharmacists and others, are educated. The project team stated... | What does the Avicenna Directories contain? | {'text': 'where doctors, public health practitioners, pharmacists and others, are educated', 'answer_start': 215} |
1,571 | 1,229 | 56d3a9bb2ccc5a1400d82ddb | generic | Chopin's music was used in the 1909 ballet Chopiniana, choreographed by Michel Fokine and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov. Sergei Diaghilev commissioned additional orchestrations—from Stravinsky, Anatoly Lyadov, Sergei Taneyev and Nikolai Tcherepnin—for later productions, which used the title Les Sylphides. | Who choreographed Chopiniana? | {'text': 'Michel Fokine', 'answer_start': 72} |
75,943 | 75,601 | 572777f5708984140094de73 | generic | Darwin went to Edinburgh University in 1825 to study medicine. In his second year he neglected his medical studies for natural history and spent four months assisting Robert Grant's research into marine invertebrates. Grant revealed his enthusiasm for the transmutation of species, but Darwin rejected it. Starting in 18... | What was Darwin originally studying at university? | {'text': 'medicine', 'answer_start': 53} |
113,487 | 113,145 | 5a543660134fea001a0e16b9 | generic | One of the common definitions for "Islamic philosophy" is "the style of philosophy produced within the framework of Islamic culture." Islamic philosophy, in this definition is neither necessarily concerned with religious issues, nor is exclusively produced by Muslims. The Persian scholar Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (980–1037) ... | What book was used in Universities around the world? | {'text': 'The Canon of Medicine', 'answer_start': 473} |
29,414 | 29,072 | 57069b2b75f01819005e7c41 | generic | New Delhi is a cosmopolitan city due to the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural presence of the vast Indian bureaucracy and political system. The city's capital status has amplified the importance of national events and holidays. National events such as Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti (Gandhi's birthday) ... | What is the date of India's Independence Day? | {'text': '15 August', 'answer_start': 422} |
510 | 168 | 56d4bd272ccc5a1400d831a0 | generic | Her first acting role of 2006 was in the comedy film The Pink Panther starring opposite Steve Martin, grossing $158.8 million at the box office worldwide. Her second film Dreamgirls, the film version of the 1981 Broadway musical loosely based on The Supremes, received acclaim from critics and grossed $154 million inter... | Which film did Beyoncé star with Steve Martin in? | {'text': 'The Pink Panther', 'answer_start': 53} |
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