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8,293 | 7,951 | 56dcedee9a695914005b949b | generic | Pascal Lissouba, who became Congo's first elected president (1992–1997) during the period of multi-party democracy, attempted to implement economic reforms with IMF backing to liberalise the economy. In June 1996 the IMF approved a three-year SDR69.5m (US$100m) enhanced structural adjustment facility (ESAF) and was on ... | What does ESAF stand for? | {'text': 'enhanced structural adjustment facility', 'answer_start': 262} |
107,616 | 107,274 | 572f7d4d04bcaa1900d76a13 | generic | Europe spent these years rebuilding and coming to terms with the vast human cost of the conflict. The economy of the United States became increasingly intertwined with that of Europe. In Germany, the Weimar Republic gave way to episodes of political and economic turmoil, which culminated with the German hyperinflation ... | When did the hyperinflation of 1923 occur? | {'text': '1923', 'answer_start': 323} |
59,297 | 58,955 | 57268c15f1498d1400e8e366 | generic | The band's sixth studio album News of the World was released in 1977, which has gone four times platinum in the United States, and twice in the UK. The album contained many songs tailor-made for live performance, including two of rock's most recognisable anthems, "We Will Rock You" and the rock ballad "We Are the Champ... | Queen's sixth album was released in what year? | {'text': '1977', 'answer_start': 64} |
118,240 | 117,898 | 5a276497d1a287001a6d0a56 | generic | The popularity of this particular representation of The Immaculate Conception spread across the rest of Europe, and has since remained the best known artistic depiction of the concept: in a heavenly realm, moments after her creation, the spirit of Mary (in the form of a young woman) looks up in awe at (or bows her head... | What is under the feet of the Cherubs? | {'text': 'The moon', 'answer_start': 330} |
122,878 | 122,536 | 5731d900b9d445190005e5b2 | generic | The required beliefs of these clauses include belief in a Supreme Being and belief in a future state of rewards and punishments. (Tennessee Constitution Article IX, Section 2 is one such example.) Some of these same states specify that the oath of office include the words "so help me God." In some cases these beliefs (... | Requiring oaths invoking God are today deemed to be in violation of what? | {'text': 'federal First Amendment', 'answer_start': 521} |
12,827 | 12,485 | 5ad2d589d7d075001a42a3f3 | generic | The earliest occurrences of the term in non-Christian literature include Josephus, referring to "the tribe of Christians, so named from him;" Pliny the Younger in correspondence with Trajan; and Tacitus, writing near the end of the 1st century. In the Annals he relates that "by vulgar appellation [they were] commonly c... | Trajan was said to be the scapegoat of who? | {'text': 'Nero', 'answer_start': 367} |
14,010 | 13,668 | 56df5ac48bc80c19004e4b07 | generic | In 1943, Karachay Autonomous Oblast was dissolved by Joseph Stalin, when the Karachays were exiled to Central Asia for their alleged collaboration with the Germans and territory was incorporated into the Georgian SSR. | Which oblast was broken up in 1943? | {'text': 'Karachay Autonomous Oblast', 'answer_start': 9} |
34,313 | 33,971 | 5a4842d584b8a4001a7e7822 | generic | In 1907, the newly established Board of Education found that greater capacity for higher technical education was needed and a proposal to merge the City and Guilds College, the Royal School of Mines and the Royal College of Science was approved and passed, creating The Imperial College of Science and Technology as a co... | Who granted the Royal Charted for the Unoiversity of London? | {'text': 'Edward VII,', 'answer_start': 404} |
95,236 | 94,894 | 5a2c51d5bfd06b001a5aeb27 | generic | Throughout the history of the South Slavs, the vernacular, literary, and written languages (e.g. Chakavian, Kajkavian, Shtokavian) of the various regions and ethnicities developed and diverged independently. Prior to the 19th century, they were collectively called "Illyric", "Slavic", "Slavonian", "Bosnian", "Dalmatian... | In 1854 and 1859 what were slavic languages called? | {'text': '"Illyric", "Slavic", "Slavonian", "Bosnian", "Dalmatian", "Serbian" or "Croatian"', 'answer_start': 265} |
9,749 | 9,407 | 56defbb63277331400b4d85f | generic | Major air bases are located in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, while administrative and command and control facilities are located in Winnipeg and North Bay. A Canadian component of the NATO Airborne Early Warning Force is also based at NAT... | Where is the Canadian component of the NATO located? | {'text': 'Geilenkirchen, Germany', 'answer_start': 350} |
16,563 | 16,221 | 56e0f2db231d4119001ac4c0 | generic | In-mid 2015, China started the build-up of the third generation BeiDou system (BDS-3) in the global coverage constellation. The first BDS-3 satellite was launched 30 September 2015. As of March 2016, 4 BDS-3 in-orbit validation satellites have been launched. | When did China begin constructing the third BeiDou system? | {'text': 'mid 2015', 'answer_start': 3} |
31,666 | 31,324 | 5ad42142604f3c001a400752 | 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... | What percentage of Houston's foreign born population is from north of the U.S.-Mexican border? | {'text': 'two-thirds', 'answer_start': 243} |
35,801 | 35,459 | 5a2e0a05f28ef0001a526730 | generic | In 1967, a new U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) combined major federal responsibilities for air and surface transport. The Federal Aviation Agency's name changed to the Federal Aviation Administration as it became one of several agencies (e.g., Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, the... | Who did the secretary of transportation send budget requests to to be approved? | {'text': 'DOT', 'answer_start': 603} |
11,757 | 11,415 | 56dec2483277331400b4d712 | generic | Schwarzenegger's endorsement in the Republican primary of the 2008 U.S. presidential election was highly sought; despite being good friends with candidates Rudy Giuliani and Senator John McCain, Schwarzenegger remained neutral throughout 2007 and early 2008. Giuliani dropped out of the presidential race on January 30, ... | Which candidate withdrew from the presidential race in January of 2008? | {'text': 'Rudy Giuliani', 'answer_start': 156} |
76,543 | 76,201 | 5a8c773cfd22b3001a8d884f | generic | According to the First Epistle to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 15:4), Jesus was raised from the dead ("on the third day" counting the day of crucifixion as the first) and according to the canonical Gospels, appeared to his disciples on different occasions before ascending to heaven. The account given in Acts of the Apostles... | How many people saw Jesus when he was first seen after his crucifixion? | {'text': 'forty', 'answer_start': 370} |
15,752 | 15,410 | 56e042487aa994140058e407 | generic | In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), aspirated consonants are written using the symbols for voiceless consonants followed by the aspiration modifier letter ⟨◌ʰ⟩, a superscript form of the symbol for the voiceless glottal fricative ⟨h⟩. For instance, ⟨p⟩ represents the voiceless bilabial stop, and ⟨pʰ⟩ represen... | What does IPA stand for? | {'text': 'International Phonetic Alphabet', 'answer_start': 7} |
31,179 | 30,837 | 5708085c9e06ca38007e951c | generic | During the Minor Occultation (Ghaybat al-Sughrá), it is believed that al-Mahdi maintained contact with his followers via deputies (Arab. an-nuwāb al-arbaʻa or "the Four Leaders"). They represented him and acted as agents between him and his followers. Whenever the believers faced a problem, they would write their conce... | How did deputies represent al-Mahdi? | {'text': 'acted as agents between him and his followers', 'answer_start': 205} |
113,947 | 113,605 | 5acd68e807355d001abf40ff | generic | The oldest rocks in the group are in the north west of Scotland, Ireland and North Wales and are 2,700 million years old. During the Silurian period the north-western regions collided with the south-east, which had been part of a separate continental landmass. The topography of the islands is modest in scale by global ... | Located in the North Atlantic, how old are the oldest rocks? | {'text': '2,700 million years', 'answer_start': 97} |
113,277 | 112,935 | 5ad4d7655b96ef001a10a2ff | generic | The members of the city council are each elected from single member districts within the city. The mayor and city attorney are elected directly by the voters of the entire city. The mayor, city attorney, and council members are elected to four-year terms, with a two-term limit. Elections are held on a non-partisan basi... | How long is the term for security members? | {'text': 'four-year terms', 'answer_start': 239} |
2,398 | 2,056 | 56cd81df62d2951400fa6667 | generic | Foxconn, Apple's manufacturer, initially denied the abuses, but when an auditing team from Apple found that workers had been working longer hours than were allowed under Chinese law, they promised to prevent workers working more hours than the code allowed. Apple hired a workplace standards auditing company, Verité, an... | What organization did Apple join to monitor its labor policies? | {'text': 'Electronic Industry Code of Conduct Implementation Group', 'answer_start': 333} |
95,118 | 94,776 | 5a2c3566bfd06b001a5aea56 | generic | High neoclassicism was an international movement. Though neoclassical architecture employed the same classical vocabulary as Late Baroque architecture, it tended to emphasize its planar qualities, rather than sculptural volumes. Projections and recessions and their effects of light and shade were more flat; sculptural ... | What used a different vocabulary then late Baroque architecture? | {'text': 'neoclassical architecture', 'answer_start': 57} |
16,653 | 16,311 | 5acd3c4d07355d001abf39bc | generic | BeiDou-1 is an experimental regional navigation system, which consists of four satellites (three working satellites and one backup satellite). The satellites themselves were based on the Chinese DFH-3 geostationary communications satellite and had a launch weight of 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) each. | Which navigational system is national and consists of four satellites? | {'text': 'BeiDou-1', 'answer_start': 0} |
26,936 | 26,594 | 56f9e38a9e9bad19000a0b3a | generic | In 1979, the Japanese state broadcaster NHK first developed consumer high-definition television with a 5:3 display aspect ratio. The system, known as Hi-Vision or MUSE after its Multiple sub-Nyquist sampling encoding for encoding the signal, required about twice the bandwidth of the existing NTSC system but provided ab... | When did regular broadcasting of BS-9ch start? | {'text': 'November 25, 1994', 'answer_start': 500} |
4,079 | 3,737 | 56cfe6d2234ae51400d9c049 | generic | The Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island Immigration Museum are managed by the National Park Service and are in both the states of New York and New Jersey. They are joined in the harbor by Governors Island National Monument, in New York. Historic sites under federal management on Manhattan Island includ... | The landmark, General Grant National Memorial, is also called what? | {'text': "Grant's Tomb", 'answer_start': 476} |
62,390 | 62,048 | 5aceb83132bba1001ae4b18d | generic | Prior to 1948, approximately 800,000 Jews were living in lands which now make up the Arab world (excluding Israel). Of these, just under two-thirds lived in the French-controlled Maghreb region, 15–20% in the Kingdom of Iraq, approximately 10% in the Kingdom of Egypt and approximately 7% in the Kingdom of Yemen. A furt... | How many Jews lived outside of the Arab world prior to 1948? | {'text': '800,000', 'answer_start': 29} |
48,006 | 47,664 | 571a76a610f8ca140030505a | generic | According to 16th-century mystic Rabbi Elijah of Chelm, Ashkenazi Jews lived in Jerusalem during the 11th century. The story is told that a German-speaking Palestinian Jew saved the life of a young German man surnamed Dolberger. So when the knights of the First Crusade came to siege Jerusalem, one of Dolberger's family... | In the story told by mystic Rabbi Elijah of Chelm, one of the German's family members rescued Jews in Palestine and carried them back to where in order to repay a previous favor? | {'text': 'Worms', 'answer_start': 399} |
122,234 | 121,892 | 573238630fdd8d15006c6861 | generic | The Western emperor Gratian refused the office of pontifex maximus, and against the protests of the senate, removed the altar of Victory from the senate house and began the disestablishment of the Vestals. Theodosius I briefly re-united the Empire: in 391 he officially adopted Nicene Christianity as the Imperial religi... | Which emperor briefly united the empire again? | {'text': 'Theodosius I', 'answer_start': 206} |
38,713 | 38,371 | 570c3666ec8fbc190045bdcb | generic | In late December, Barcelona's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport was unsuccessful and the original transfer ban was reinstated, leaving the club unable to utilise the 2015 winter and summer transfer windows. On 5 January 2015, Zubizareta was sacked by the board after 4 years as director of football. The next ... | What position did Zubizareta have? | {'text': 'director of football', 'answer_start': 289} |
25,253 | 24,911 | 56f8cb819e9bad19000a0507 | generic | After DNA replication is complete, the cell must physically separate the two copies of the genome and divide into two distinct membrane-bound cells.:18.2 In prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) this usually occurs via a relatively simple process called binary fission, in which each circular genome attaches to the cell me... | In binary fission. when does each genome separate into daughter cells? | {'text': 'as the membrane invaginates to split the cytoplasm', 'answer_start': 368} |
20,027 | 19,685 | 5ad3ce4d604f3c001a3ff1b5 | generic | On 23 May 2001, the islands experienced an extratropical cyclone that generated winds up to 190 kilometres per hour (120 mph). A number of structures were severely damaged and a large number of cattle were killed, prompting emergency aid, provided by the British government. | What happened on May 19, 2023? | {'text': 'extratropical cyclone', 'answer_start': 43} |
14,581 | 14,239 | 56dfc6f4231d4119001abdf3 | generic | The bel (B) and the smaller decibel (dB) are units of measurement of sound intensity invented by Bell Labs and named after him. [N 28] Since 1976 the IEEE's Alexander Graham Bell Medal has been awarded to honor outstanding contributions in the field of telecommunications. | What lab invented the term "bel." | {'text': 'Bell Labs', 'answer_start': 97} |
111,480 | 111,138 | 573091522461fd1900a9cea5 | generic | Modern Greek has, in addition to Standard Modern Greek or Dimotiki, a wide variety of dialects of varying levels of mutual intelligibility, including Cypriot, Pontic, Cappadocian, Griko and Tsakonian (the only surviving representative of ancient Doric Greek). Yevanic is the language of the Romaniotes, and survives in s... | Do the people of Greek ascendancy only speak Grecian languages ? | {'text': 'bilingual in other languages or dialects such as English, Arvanitika/Albanian, Aromanian, Macedonian Slavic, Russian and Turkish.', 'answer_start': 434} |
68,271 | 67,929 | 5726b298f1498d1400e8e7d1 | generic | South Raleigh is located along U.S. 401 south toward Fuquay-Varina and along US 70 into suburban Garner. This area is the least developed and least dense area of Raleigh (much of the area lies within the Swift Creek watershed district, where development regulations limit housing densities and construction). The area is... | What is different about South Raleigh? | {'text': 'least developed and least dense', 'answer_start': 122} |
54,192 | 53,850 | 5726d01c5951b619008f7eb9 | generic | UN aerial reconnaissance had difficulty sighting PVA units in daytime, because their march and bivouac discipline minimized aerial detection. The PVA marched "dark-to-dark" (19:00–03:00), and aerial camouflage (concealing soldiers, pack animals, and equipment) was deployed by 05:30. Meanwhile, daylight advance parties ... | How many days did it take PVA forces to march 286 miles? | {'text': '19', 'answer_start': 674} |
69,949 | 69,607 | 5726f04add62a815002e95d0 | generic | An early formal system of temporal logic was studied by Avicenna. Although he did not develop a real theory of temporal propositions, he did study the relationship between temporalis and the implication. Avicenna's work was further developed by Najm al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī and became the dominant system of Islamic ... | What became the dominant system of Islamic logic? | {'text': 'Avicennian logic', 'answer_start': 346} |
103,643 | 103,301 | 5acee0c332bba1001ae4b829 | generic | The mantle is equivalent to 10 to 15 Earth masses and is rich in water, ammonia and methane. As is customary in planetary science, this mixture is referred to as icy even though it is a hot, dense fluid. This fluid, which has a high electrical conductivity, is sometimes called a water–ammonia ocean. The mantle may cons... | What rises on Neptune? | {'text': 'diamond crystals', 'answer_start': 645} |
11,317 | 10,975 | 5a632d0368151a001a922251 | generic | The outbreak of World War I in 1914 was precipitated by the rise of nationalism in Southeastern Europe as the Great Powers took up sides. The Allies defeated the Central Powers in 1918. During the Paris Peace Conference the Big Four imposed their terms in a series of treaties, especially the Treaty of Versailles. | When did a stalemate occur in World War I? | {'text': '1918', 'answer_start': 180} |
50,437 | 50,095 | 572506730a492a19004356c4 | generic | In 1933, the Orthodox Church of Greece officially declared that being a Freemason constitutes an act of apostasy and thus, until he repents, the person involved with Freemasonry cannot partake of the Eucharist. This has been generally affirmed throughout the whole Eastern Orthodox Church. The Orthodox critique of Freem... | Which other major religions hold the same beliefs, on Freemasonry, as the Orthodox Church of Greece? | {'text': 'Roman Catholic and Protestant', 'answer_start': 348} |
75,778 | 75,436 | 5727738edd62a815002e9d30 | generic | Despite their usurpation of imperial authority, the Fujiwara presided over a period of cultural and artistic flowering at the imperial court and among the aristocracy. There was great interest in graceful poetry and vernacular literature. Two types of phonetic Japanese script: katakana, a simplified script that was dev... | Who is the author of The Pillow Book? | {'text': 'Sei Shōnagon', 'answer_start': 888} |
30,454 | 30,112 | 5ad27260d7d075001a429493 | generic | Starting in 1984, some of these DJs, inspired by Jesse Saunders' success with "On and On", tried their hand at producing and releasing original compositions. These compositions used newly affordable electronic instruments to emulate not just Saunders' song, but the edited, enhanced styles of disco and other dance music... | What were two big subgenres of disco music? | {'text': 'deep house and acid house', 'answer_start': 638} |
104,950 | 104,608 | 572edf54dfa6aa1500f8d48a | generic | Within the Luftwaffe, there was a more muted view of strategic bombing. The OKL did not oppose the strategic bombardment of enemy industries and or cities, and believed it could greatly affect the balance of power on the battlefield in Germany's favour by disrupting production and damaging civilian morale, but they did... | What was the name of the Luftwaffe's bombing raids? | {'text': 'terror bombing', 'answer_start': 473} |
113,562 | 113,220 | 57300079b2c2fd140056870f | generic | The two main denominations of Islam are the Sunni and Shia sects. They differ primarily upon of how the life of the ummah ("faithful") should be governed, and the role of the imam. These two main differences stem from the understanding of which hadith are to interpret the Quran. Sunnis believe the true political succes... | Who is believed, among Sunnis, to be the political successor of the Prophet? | {'text': 'Abu Bakr', 'answer_start': 413} |
37,267 | 36,925 | 5a5a21ab9c0277001abe7070 | generic | Groups that emerged from the American psychedelic scene about the same time included Iron Butterfly, MC5, Blue Cheer and Vanilla Fudge. San Francisco band Blue Cheer released a crude and distorted cover of Eddie Cochran's classic "Summertime Blues", from their 1968 debut album Vincebus Eruptum, that outlined much of th... | What Blue Cheer classic was duplicated by Eddie Cochran? | {'text': 'Summertime Blues', 'answer_start': 231} |
31,622 | 31,280 | 570a85a06d058f1900182f2f | generic | Houston's economy has a broad industrial base in energy, manufacturing, aeronautics, and transportation. It is also leading in health care sectors and building oilfield equipment; only New York City is home to more Fortune 500 headquarters within its city limits. The Port of Houston ranks first in the United States in ... | What is varied about Houston's population? | {'text': 'ethnic and religious backgrounds', 'answer_start': 647} |
44,371 | 44,029 | 5ad36f0d604f3c001a3fe226 | generic | In 1977, Elizabeth marked the Silver Jubilee of her accession. Parties and events took place throughout the Commonwealth, many coinciding with her associated national and Commonwealth tours. The celebrations re-affirmed the Queen's popularity, despite virtually coincident negative press coverage of Princess Margaret's ... | In what year did Nicolae Ceausescu die? | {'text': '1978', 'answer_start': 352} |
12,174 | 11,832 | 56df7edd56340a1900b29c31 | generic | After the English Civil War the Royal Citadel was built in 1666 on the east end of Plymouth Hoe, to defend the port from naval attacks, suppress Plymothian Parliamentary leanings and to train the armed forces. Guided tours are available in the summer months. Further west is Smeaton's Tower, which was built in 1759 as a... | In kilometers, how far off the coast was Smeaton's Tower originally built? | {'text': '23', 'answer_start': 351} |
2,360 | 2,018 | 56d12fe417492d1400aabbac | generic | iPods have also gained popularity for use in education. Apple offers more information on educational uses for iPods on their website, including a collection of lesson plans. There has also been academic research done in this area in nursing education and more general K-16 education. Duke University provided iPods to al... | Which major university began issuing iPods to all incoming freshmen starting in 2004? | {'text': 'Duke', 'answer_start': 284} |
40,189 | 39,847 | 570c6186b3d812140066d1b8 | generic | John's personal life greatly affected his reign. Contemporary chroniclers state that John was sinfully lustful and lacking in piety. It was common for kings and nobles of the period to keep mistresses, but chroniclers complained that John's mistresses were married noblewomen, which was considered unacceptable. John had... | How many children did John have with mistresses during his first marriage? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 330} |
44,962 | 44,620 | 570fc4805ab6b81900390faa | generic | Dell was listed at number 51 in the Fortune 500 list, until 2014. After going private in 2013, the newly confidential nature of its financial information prevents the company from being ranked by Fortune. In 2014 it was the third largest PC vendor in the world after Lenovo and HP. Dell is currently the #1 shipper of PC... | In which state is Dell the sixth largest company? | {'text': 'Texas', 'answer_start': 381} |
54,269 | 53,927 | 5726eadbf1498d1400e8efd6 | generic | The principal battles of the stalemate include the Battle of Bloody Ridge (18 August–15 September 1951), the Battle of the Punchbowl (31 August-21 September 1951), the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge (13 September–15 October 1951), the Battle of Old Baldy (26 June–4 August 1952), the Battle of White Horse (6–15 October 1952... | What was the shortest of the major battles fought during the stalemate? | {'text': 'the Battle of the Hook', 'answer_start': 479} |
4,382 | 4,040 | 56d10dd217492d1400aab838 | generic | New York City is home to the headquarters of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, and Major League Soccer. The New York metropolitan area hosts the most sports teams in these five professional leagues. Participation in professional sports ... | In what year were the Brooklyn Dodgers founded? | {'text': '1882', 'answer_start': 473} |
110,787 | 110,445 | 572fe57704bcaa1900d76e74 | generic | Each species of pathogen has a characteristic spectrum of interactions with its human hosts. Some organisms, such as Staphylococcus or Streptococcus, can cause skin infections, pneumonia, meningitis and even overwhelming sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response producing shock, massive vasodilation and death. Yet these... | Can all bacteria in human body be harmful? | {'text': 'exist on the skin or in the nose without causing any disease', 'answer_start': 383} |
67,400 | 67,058 | 5ad1665e645df0001a2d19c6 | generic | When used with a load that has a torque curve that increases with speed, the motor will operate at the speed where the torque developed by the motor is equal to the load torque. Reducing the load will cause the motor to speed up, and increasing the load will cause the motor to slow down until the load and motor torque ... | Where are slip losses not dissipated? | {'text': 'secondary resistors', 'answer_start': 394} |
22,374 | 22,032 | 56f7469ca6d7ea1400e1713a | generic | During the Baroque era, keyboard music played on the harpsichord and pipe organ became increasingly popular, and the violin family of stringed instruments took the form generally seen today. Opera as a staged musical drama began to differentiate itself from earlier musical and dramatic forms, and vocal forms like the c... | What did vocalist add to melodies beginning in the Baroque era? | {'text': 'embellishments', 'answer_start': 383} |
39,696 | 39,354 | 5ad14214645df0001a2d1419 | generic | Since the angel Gabriel had told Mary (according to Luke 1:36) that Elizabeth—having previously been barren—was then miraculously pregnant, Mary hurried to see Elizabeth, who was living with her husband Zechariah in "Hebron, in the hill country of Judah". Mary arrived at the house and greeted Elizabeth who called Mary ... | What language did Elizabeth speak? | {'text': 'Latin', 'answer_start': 449} |
86,320 | 85,978 | 57283d5d3acd2414000df79b | generic | Since the system's launch, production costs have been reduced significantly as a result of phasing out the Emotion Engine chip and falling hardware costs. The cost of manufacturing Cell microprocessors has fallen dramatically as a result of moving to the 65 nm production process, and Blu-ray Disc diodes have become che... | What specific component of Blu-Ray disc have also gotten less expensive to make? | {'text': 'diodes', 'answer_start': 298} |
75,434 | 75,092 | 57276b0a708984140094dd2b | generic | The Appalachian Mountains are the coolest area of the state, with temperatures averaging in the low 40s and upper 30s °F (6–3 °C) for highs in the winter and falling into the low 20s °F (−5 °C) or lower on winter nights. Relatively cool summers have temperatures rarely rising above 80 °F (27 °C). Average snowfall in ma... | What mountain range makes up the coolest part of North Carolina? | {'text': 'The Appalachian Mountains', 'answer_start': 0} |
75,044 | 74,702 | 5a316d78e4dcb1001abb22f2 | generic | Another milestone in the early development of Baptist doctrine was in 1638 with John Spilsbury, a Calvinistic minister who helped to promote the strict practice of believer's baptism by immersion. According to Tom Nettles, professor of historical theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, "Spilsbury's cogent ar... | Tom Nettles was a student at what seminary? | {'text': 'Southern Baptist Theological Seminary', 'answer_start': 259} |
114,829 | 114,487 | 573021a304bcaa1900d771eb | generic | Liberia is divided into fifteen counties, which, in turn, are subdivided into a total of 90 districts and further subdivided into clans. The oldest counties are Grand Bassa and Montserrado, both founded in 1839 prior to Liberian independence. Gbarpolu is the newest county, created in 2001. Nimba is the largest of the c... | What is Liberia's newest county? | {'text': 'Gbarpolu', 'answer_start': 243} |
12,913 | 12,571 | 56df6fa456340a1900b29b42 | generic | The Chinese word is 基督徒 (pinyin: jīdū tú), literally "Christ follower." The two characters now pronounced Jīdū in Mandarin Chinese, were originally pronounced Ki-To in Cantonese as representation of Latin "Cristo".[citation needed] In Vietnam, the same two characters read Cơ đốc, and a "follower of Christianity" is a t... | What was the original pronunciation of Jīdū? | {'text': 'Ki-To in Cantonese', 'answer_start': 159} |
14,574 | 14,232 | 56dfc5897aa994140058e190 | generic | Bell's coffin was constructed of Beinn Bhreagh pine by his laboratory staff, lined with the same red silk fabric used in his tetrahedral kite experiments. To help celebrate his life, his wife asked guests not to wear black (the traditional funeral color) while attending his service, during which soloist Jean MacDonald ... | What color were attendees asked to not wear at Bell's funeral? | {'text': 'black', 'answer_start': 217} |
117,338 | 116,996 | 5a42b1214a4859001aac72ab | generic | In October 1997, Nintendo released a redesigned model of the SNES (the SNS-101 model) in North America for US$99, which sometimes included the pack-in game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Like the earlier redesign of the NES (the NES-101 model), the new model was slimmer and lighter than its predecessor, but it la... | How many new releases were offered for the Super Famicom Jr.? | {'text': 'it was among the last major SNES-related releases in the region', 'answer_start': 353} |
65,358 | 65,016 | 5acfca6f77cf76001a685ffc | generic | The traditional interpretation of "Cubism", formulated post facto as a means of understanding the works of Braque and Picasso, has affected our appreciation of other twentieth-century artists. It is difficult to apply to painters such as Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay and Henri Le Fauconnier, whose fun... | Understanding whose work was the tradition meaning of non-Cubism formed on? | {'text': 'Braque and Picasso', 'answer_start': 107} |
67,102 | 66,760 | 5726d4015951b619008f7f3b | generic | Of his eight encyclicals, Pope Paul VI is best known for his encyclical Humanae vitae (Of Human Life, subtitled On the Regulation of Birth), published on 25 July 1968. In this encyclical he reaffirmed the Catholic Church's traditional view of marriage and marital relations and a continued condemnation of artificial bir... | What does Humanae Vitae mean? | {'text': 'Of Human Life', 'answer_start': 87} |
113,214 | 112,872 | 57301f43b2c2fd14005688ca | generic | San Diego hosts several major producers of wireless cellular technology. Qualcomm was founded and is headquartered in San Diego, and is one of the largest private-sector employers in San Diego. Other wireless industry manufacturers headquartered here include Nokia, LG Electronics, Kyocera International., Cricket Commun... | What is San Diego's largest software company? | {'text': 'Websense Inc', 'answer_start': 422} |
5,992 | 5,650 | 56d2726659d6e41400145ff8 | generic | During the period of Late Mahayana Buddhism, four major types of thought developed: Madhyamaka, Yogacara, Tathagatagarbha, and Buddhist Logic as the last and most recent. In India, the two main philosophical schools of the Mahayana were the Madhyamaka and the later Yogacara. According to Dan Lusthaus, Madhyamaka and Yo... | What four types of thought developed during the period of late mahayna buddhism? | {'text': 'Madhyamaka, Yogacara, Tathagatagarbha, and Buddhist Logic', 'answer_start': 84} |
99,972 | 99,630 | 572b7a8ff75d5e190021fdf9 | generic | J. M. E. McTaggart of Cambridge University, argued that minds alone exist and only relate to each other through love. Space, time and material objects are unreal. In The Unreality of Time he argued that time is an illusion because it is impossible to produce a coherent account of a sequence of events. The Nature of Exi... | How does McTaggart believe minds relate to one another? | {'text': 'love', 'answer_start': 112} |
83,665 | 83,323 | 5727e1424b864d1900163f22 | generic | The Cherokee Nation instigated a 10-year language preservation plan that involved growing new fluent speakers of the Cherokee language from childhood on up through school immersion programs as well as a collaborative community effort to continue to use the language at home. This plan was part of an ambitious goal that ... | Which Native American group is involved in a language preservation project? | {'text': 'Cherokee Nation', 'answer_start': 4} |
115,590 | 115,248 | 5a65d0fec2b11c001a425d63 | generic | With advances in medicinal chemistry, most modern antibacterials are semisynthetic modifications of various natural compounds. These include, for example, the beta-lactam antibiotics, which include the penicillins (produced by fungi in the genus Penicillium), the cephalosporins, and the carbapenems. Compounds that are ... | What are cephalosporins produced by? | {'text': 'fungi', 'answer_start': 227} |
109,445 | 109,103 | 572f6c5904bcaa1900d76923 | generic | Pain is usually transitory, lasting only until the noxious stimulus is removed or the underlying damage or pathology has healed, but some painful conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, peripheral neuropathy, cancer and idiopathic pain, may persist for years. Pain that lasts a long time is called chronic or persisten... | What is pain which resolves quickly called? | {'text': 'acute', 'answer_start': 364} |
97,195 | 96,853 | 5a7d188670df9f001a874f99 | generic | In 2012, news was released about a new farming site discovered in Munam-ri, Goseong, Gangwon Province, South Korea, which may be the earliest farmland known to date in east Asia. "No remains of an agricultural field from the Neolithic period have been found in any East Asian country before, the institute said, adding t... | What items were found on the AMS farm site? | {'text': 'Pottery, stone projectile points, and possible houses', 'answer_start': 496} |
98,828 | 98,486 | 572abc3734ae481900deac9c | generic | Droney's health was poor and Kerry had decided to run for his position in the 1978 election should Droney drop out. However, Droney was re-elected and his health improved; he went on to re-assume many of the duties that he had delegated to Kerry. Kerry thus decided to leave, departing in 1979 with assistant DA Roanne S... | What bakery did Kerry co-found? | {'text': 'Kilvert & Forbes Ltd.', 'answer_start': 428} |
45,917 | 45,575 | 57108b74a58dae1900cd6a14 | generic | The term "Enlightenment" emerged in English in the later part of the 19th century, with particular reference to French philosophy, as the equivalent of the French term 'Lumières' (used first by Dubos in 1733 and already well established by 1751). From Immanuel Kant's 1784 essay "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufkläru... | Did the terms, Enlightenment, Lumieres, Aufklarung and illuminismo refer to distinct or overlapping movements? | {'text': 'overlapping', 'answer_start': 723} |
54,776 | 54,434 | 572632a838643c19005ad2d1 | generic | The Greek Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople were considered by the Ottoman governments as the ruling authorities of the entire Orthodox Christian population of the Ottoman Empire, whether ethnically Greek or not. Although the Ottoman state did not force non-Muslims to convert to Islam, C... | Which empire thought that Christians were inferior? | {'text': 'Ottoman Empire', 'answer_start': 196} |
117,309 | 116,967 | 5730a66b2461fd1900a9cf45 | generic | Game players were not the only ones to notice the violence in this game; US Senators Herb Kohl and Joe Lieberman convened a Congressional hearing on December 9, 1993 to investigate the marketing of violent video games to children.[e] While Nintendo took the high ground with moderate success, the hearings led to the cre... | Which senators held a hearing about video game violence in 1993? | {'text': 'Herb Kohl and Joe Lieberman', 'answer_start': 85} |
51,505 | 51,163 | 5725bd6f271a42140099d0f5 | generic | The IJM used the grant money to found "Project Lantern" and established an office in the Philippines city of Cebu. In 2010 the results of the project were published, in which the IJM stated that Project Lantern had led to "an increase in law enforcement activity in sex trafficking cases, an increase in commitment to re... | What was the name of the project founded by the IJM | {'text': 'The IJM used the grant money to found "Project Lantern', 'answer_start': 0} |
67,208 | 66,866 | 57269f3b708984140094cc02 | generic | Found in applications as diverse as industrial fans, blowers and pumps, machine tools, household appliances, power tools, and disk drives, electric motors can be powered by direct current (DC) sources, such as from batteries, motor vehicles or rectifiers, or by alternating current (AC) sources, such as from the power g... | What does DC stand for? | {'text': 'direct current', 'answer_start': 173} |
72,730 | 72,388 | 572710e9f1498d1400e8f2f9 | generic | Comcast announced in May 2007 and launched in September 2008 a dashboard called SmartZone. Hewlett-Packard led "design, creation and management". Collaboration and unified messaging technology came from open-source vendor Zimbra. "SmartZone users will be able to send and receive e-mail, listen to their voicemail messag... | The contacts and address book for Smartzone was called what? | {'text': 'Comcast Plaxo software', 'answer_start': 579} |
122,542 | 122,200 | 5ace472c32bba1001ae4a183 | generic | On November 6, 2013, Google implemented a new comment system that requires all YouTube users to use a Google+ account in order to comment on videos and making the comment system Google+ oriented. The changes are in large part an attempt to address the frequent criticisms of the quality and tone of YouTube comments. The... | What did Google implement on November 13, 2006? | {'text': 'a new comment system', 'answer_start': 40} |
53,022 | 52,680 | 57261e1d89a1e219009ac29a | generic | Many arrangements of electrical contacts are used. Large lamps may have a screw base (one or more contacts at the tip, one at the shell) or a bayonet base (one or more contacts on the base, shell used as a contact or used only as a mechanical support). Some tubular lamps have an electrical contact at either end. Miniat... | Which types of lamps use screw terminals for connection to wires? | {'text': 'automotive and special purpose lamps', 'answer_start': 380} |
43,957 | 43,615 | 570e54c20b85d914000d7e4e | generic | Most ingested uranium is excreted during digestion. Only 0.5% is absorbed when insoluble forms of uranium, such as its oxide, are ingested, whereas absorption of the more soluble uranyl ion can be up to 5%. However, soluble uranium compounds tend to quickly pass through the body, whereas insoluble uranium compounds, es... | Up to what percentage of uranyl ion can be absorbed when ingested? | {'text': '5%', 'answer_start': 203} |
36,650 | 36,308 | 570b23406b8089140040f772 | generic | The Xbox 360's advantage over its competitors was due to the release of high profile titles from both first party and third party developers. The 2007 Game Critics Awards honored the platform with 38 nominations and 12 wins – more than any other platform. By March 2008, the Xbox 360 had reached a software attach rate o... | What was the software attach rate in the US for the 360 by March of 2008? | {'text': '7.5 games per console in the US', 'answer_start': 322} |
87,259 | 86,917 | 5728098f2ca10214002d9c30 | generic | There is no cure for asthma. Symptoms can be prevented by avoiding triggers, such as allergens and irritants, and by the use of inhaled corticosteroids. Long-acting beta agonists (LABA) or antileukotriene agents may be used in addition to inhaled corticosteroids if asthma symptoms remain uncontrolled. Treatment of rapi... | Is there a cure for asthma? | {'text': 'There is no cure for asthma', 'answer_start': 0} |
73,789 | 73,447 | 57278d03dd62a815002ea030 | 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... | How claims to have stolen the FA cup? | {'text': '80 year old career criminal Henry (Harry) James Burge claimed to have committed the theft', 'answer_start': 23} |
112,575 | 112,233 | 5731bc330fdd8d15006c64bd | generic | The official policy of the U.S. Government is that Thailand was not an ally of the Axis, and that the United States was not at war with Thailand. The policy of the U.S. Government ever since 1945 has been to treat Thailand not as a former enemy, but rather as a country which had been forced into certain actions by Japa... | After 1945, how did the USA treat Thailand? | {'text': 'not as a former enemy', 'answer_start': 223} |
29,724 | 29,382 | 5706cfe02eaba6190074ad16 | generic | Migration in birds is highly labile and is believed to have developed independently in many avian lineages. While it is agreed that the behavioral and physiological adaptations necessary for migration are under genetic control, some authors have argued that no genetic change is necessary for migratory behavior to devel... | What causes the behavioral adaptations necessary for migration? | {'text': 'genetic control', 'answer_start': 211} |
124,026 | 123,684 | 5a84ac7c7cf838001a46aa34 | generic | Devise Minority Party Strategies. The minority leader, in consultation with other party colleagues, has a range of strategic options that he or she can employ to advance minority party objectives. The options selected depend on a wide range of circumstances, such as the visibility or significance of the issue and the d... | What works better for a majority leader than Republicans being in disarray? | {'text': 'high degrees of party cohesion', 'answer_start': 654} |
55,758 | 55,416 | 5a8475a07cf838001a46a819 | generic | Hastings was entrusted with the power of peace and war. British judges and magistrates would also be sent to India to administer the legal system. The Governor General and the council would have complete legislative powers. The company was allowed to maintain its virtual monopoly over trade in exchange for the biennial... | Who had only limited legislative powers? | {'text': 'The Governor General and the council', 'answer_start': 147} |
80,609 | 80,267 | 5acd10bc07355d001abf32f4 | generic | The first 256 code points were made identical to the content of ISO-8859-1 so as to make it trivial to convert existing western text. Many essentially identical characters were encoded multiple times at different code points to preserve distinctions used by legacy encodings and therefore, allow conversion from those en... | What did ISO-8859-1 copy? | {'text': 'The first 256 code points', 'answer_start': 0} |
78,746 | 78,404 | 5ad249dcd7d075001a428ba5 | generic | In July 1215, with the approbation of Bishop Foulques of Toulouse, Dominic ordered his followers into an institutional life. Its purpose was revolutionary in the pastoral ministry of the Catholic Church. These priests were organized and well trained in religious studies. Dominic needed a framework—a rule—to organize th... | What year did Diego order his followers into an institutional life? | {'text': '1215', 'answer_start': 8} |
21,406 | 21,064 | 56e83cb337bdd419002c44c4 | generic | One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o... | What language could all Western languages be considered dialects of? | {'text': 'Interlingua', 'answer_start': 14} |
80,362 | 80,020 | 5a68f5468476ee001a58a90a | generic | From 1955 until 1997 Sichuan had been China's most populous province, hitting 100 million mark shortly after the 1982 census figure of 99,730,000. This changed in 1997 when the Sub-provincial city of Chongqing as well as the three surrounding prefectures of Fuling, Wanxian, and Qianjiang were split off into the new Cho... | What Chinese Province had the largest population until 1955? | {'text': 'Sichuan', 'answer_start': 21} |
16,311 | 15,969 | 56e1077ecd28a01900c6746c | generic | Apollo 11 was prepared with the goal of a July landing in the Sea of Tranquility. The crew, selected in January 1969, consisted of commander (CDR) Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. They trained for the mission until just before the actual launc... | What state did the Saturn V rocket launch from? | {'text': 'Florida', 'answer_start': 456} |
25,983 | 25,641 | 56f989259e9bad19000a0a57 | generic | The field of neuroscience encompasses all approaches that seek to understand the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Psychology seeks to understand mind and behavior, and neurology is the medical discipline that diagnoses and treats diseases of the nervous system. The brain is also the most important organ studie... | Cognitive science seeks to join what two branches of science with other fields? | {'text': 'neuroscience and psychology', 'answer_start': 451} |
406 | 64 | 56be8bab3aeaaa14008c90a0 | generic | At age eight, Beyoncé and childhood friend Kelly Rowland met LaTavia Roberson while in an audition for an all-girl entertainment group. They were placed into a group with three other girls as Girl's Tyme, and rapped and danced on the talent show circuit in Houston. After seeing the group, R&B producer Arne Frager broug... | In 1995, who decided to manage the girls singing group? | {'text': "Beyoncé's father", 'answer_start': 542} |
85,627 | 85,285 | 5728229d4b864d1900164530 | generic | Bannerman Park is a Victorian-style park located near the downtown. The park was officially opened in 1891 by Sir Alexander Bannerman, Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland who donated the land to create the park. Today the park contains a public swimming pool, playground, a baseball diamond and many large open grassy... | Who donated land to create a Victorian-style park in 1891? | {'text': 'Sir Alexander Bannerman', 'answer_start': 110} |
98,719 | 98,377 | 572a98e6111d821400f38c1e | generic | In his 2004 presidential campaign, Kerry criticized George W. Bush for the Iraq War. He and his running mate, North Carolina Senator John Edwards, lost the election, finishing 35 electoral votes behind Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Kerry returned to the Senate, becoming Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small ... | When did Kerry run for president? | {'text': '2004', 'answer_start': 7} |
66,782 | 66,440 | 5a625b2ff8d794001af1bf90 | generic | The unicameral legislature (the Fono) consists of 49 members serving 5-year terms. Forty-seven are matai title-holders elected from territorial districts by Samoans; the other two are chosen by non-Samoans with no chiefly affiliation on separate electoral rolls. Universal suffrage was adopted in 1990, but only chiefs (... | How many cabinet positions are appointed by women? | {'text': '12', 'answer_start': 596} |
36,578 | 36,236 | 570b2dd76b8089140040f7d8 | generic | "Old Style" (OS) and "New Style" (NS) are sometimes added to dates to identify which system is used in the British Empire and other countries that did not immediately change. Because the Calendar Act of 1750 altered the start of the year, and also aligned the British calendar with the Gregorian calendar, there is some ... | What law did the British make to cause the use of the Gregorian calendar? | {'text': 'Calendar Act of 1750', 'answer_start': 187} |
76,416 | 76,074 | 57283caa3acd2414000df77d | generic | On January 13, 1991, Soviet troops, along with the KGB Spetsnaz Alpha Group, stormed the Vilnius TV Tower in Lithuania to suppress the independence movement. Fourteen unarmed civilians were killed and hundreds more injured. On the night of July 31, 1991, Russian OMON from Riga, the Soviet military headquarters in the B... | What was attacked by Soviet troops on January 13? | {'text': 'Vilnius TV Tower', 'answer_start': 89} |
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