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121,346 | 121,004 | 573169afa5e9cc1400cdbf34 | generic | The heyday of mosaic making in Sicily was the age of the independent Norman kingdom in the 12th century. The Norman kings adopted the Byzantine tradition of mosaic decoration to enhance the somewhat dubious legality of their rule. Greek masters working in Sicily developed their own style, that shows the influence of We... | Who was influenced by Western European and Islamic tendencies? | {'text': 'Greek masters working in Sicily', 'answer_start': 231} |
54,854 | 54,512 | 57264e94f1498d1400e8dbaa | generic | The climate of Greece is primarily Mediterranean, featuring mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. This climate occurs at all coastal locations, including Athens, the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, Crete, the Peloponnese, the Ionian Islands and parts of the Central Continental Greece region. The Pindus mountain range stron... | East of the Pindus mountains, the climate is drier due to what? | {'text': 'a rain shadow effect', 'answer_start': 556} |
14,259 | 13,917 | 56df75d15ca0a614008f9a9a | generic | Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born[N 3] scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. | What is Bell most famous for inventing? | {'text': 'telephone', 'answer_start': 175} |
17,707 | 17,365 | 56e13b0ae3433e1400422ce8 | generic | Fog is fairly common, particularly in spring and early summer, and the occasional tropical storm or hurricane can threaten the region, especially in late summer and early autumn. Due to its situation along the North Atlantic, the city often receives sea breezes, especially in the late spring, when water temperatures ar... | Sea breezes occur during what season? | {'text': 'late spring', 'answer_start': 281} |
88,168 | 87,826 | 57284566ff5b5019007da083 | generic | In modern times, a process of devolution in the United Kingdom has decentralised power once again. Since the 1997 referendums in Scotland and Wales and the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, three of the four constituent countries of the UK now have some level of autonomy. Government has been devolved to the Sc... | What happened since 1997? | {'text': 'referendums in Scotland and Wales and the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland', 'answer_start': 114} |
47,621 | 47,279 | 5ad29605d7d075001a429b08 | generic | The American people are mostly multi-ethnic descendants of various culturally distinct immigrant groups, many of which have now developed nations. Some consider themselves multiracial, while acknowledging race as a social construct. Creolization, assimilation and integration have been continuing processes. The African-... | What did social movements from before the mid-twentieth century work to achieve? | {'text': 'social justice', 'answer_start': 440} |
115,801 | 115,459 | 57302039b2c2fd14005688dc | generic | On February 29, 2012, Microsoft released Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the beta version of Windows 8, build 8250. Alongside other changes, the build removed the Start button from the taskbar for the first time since its debut on Windows 95; according to Windows manager Chaitanya Sareen, the Start button was removed to re... | Who is the Windows Manager? | {'text': 'Chaitanya Sareen', 'answer_start': 268} |
42,081 | 41,739 | 570d2fe9fed7b91900d45cdc | generic | The army was still equipped with the Dreyse needle gun of Battle of Königgrätz fame, which was by this time showing the age of its 25-year-old design. The rifle had a range of only 600 m (2,000 ft) and lacked the rubber breech seal that permitted aimed shots. The deficiencies of the needle gun were more than compensate... | What was the name of the famous cannon issued to Prussian soldiers at the time? | {'text': 'Krupp', 'answer_start': 340} |
99,014 | 98,672 | 5a46b78e5fd40d001a27dc93 | generic | Modern Rajasthan includes most of Rajputana, which comprises the erstwhile nineteen princely states, two chiefships, and the British district of Ajmer-Merwara. Marwar (Jodhpur), Bikaner, Mewar (Chittorgarh), Alwar and Dhundhar (Jaipur) were some of the main Rajput princely states. Bharatpur and Dholpur were Jat princel... | What did the Alwar acquire through skilled warfare? | {'text': 'northern India, including Rajasthan', 'answer_start': 803} |
51,133 | 50,791 | 5725cd5838643c19005acd35 | generic | The west Balkan coast was inhabited by various Illyrian tribes and kingdoms such as the kingdom of the Dalmatae and of the Ardiaei, who often engaged in piracy under Queen Teuta (reigned 231 BC to 227 BCE). Further inland was the Illyrian Paeonian Kingdom and the tribe of the Agrianes which covers most of the modern re... | What years did Queen Teutra reign? | {'text': '231 BC to 227 BCE', 'answer_start': 187} |
81,342 | 81,000 | 5728294a2ca10214002d9f99 | generic | The London Natural History Society suggest that London is "one of the World's Greenest Cities" with more than 40 percent green space or open water. They indicate that 2000 species of flowering plant have been found growing there and that the tidal Thames supports 120 species of fish. They also state that over 60 specie... | How many National Nature Reserves exist in the London area? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 620} |
40,575 | 40,233 | 5ad5627e5b96ef001a10ad58 | generic | In 2001, Apple introduced Mac OS X, based on Darwin and NEXTSTEP; its new features included the Dock and the Aqua user interface. During the transition, Apple included a virtual machine subsystem known as Classic, allowing users to run Mac OS 9 applications under Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier on PowerPC machines. Apple int... | What was Apple's Mac OS XX based on? | {'text': 'Darwin and NEXTSTEP', 'answer_start': 45} |
40,683 | 40,341 | 570d32d5b3d812140066d534 | generic | Microsoft Windows 3.0 was released in May 1990, and according to a common saying at the time "Windows was not as good as Macintosh, but it was good enough for the average user". Though still a graphical wrapper that relied upon MS-DOS, 3.0 was the first iteration of Windows which had a feature set and performance compa... | Who made the decision in 1989 to cut prices on Mac computers? | {'text': 'Apple USA head Allan Loren', 'answer_start': 629} |
95,685 | 95,343 | 5729a24c1d0469140077959b | generic | Characteristic birds of the forest are wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris), ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus), mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), common raven (Corvus corax), wood duck (Aix sponsa), great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), barred owl (Strix varia), screech owl (Megascops asio), red-tailed hawk (Buteo... | What is one typical bird found in the range? | {'text': 'wild turkey', 'answer_start': 39} |
129,074 | 128,732 | 5734339cd058e614000b6b13 | generic | Richmond is located at 37°32′N 77°28′W / 37.533°N 77.467°W / 37.533; -77.467 (37.538, −77.462). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 62 square miles (160 km2), of which 60 square miles (160 km2) is land and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2) of it (4.3%) is water. The city is located in... | How many square miles of Richmond is water? | {'text': '2.7', 'answer_start': 248} |
78,152 | 77,810 | 5a73877f53a187001ae6322f | generic | The first political factions, cohering around a basic, if fluid, set of principles emerged from the Exclusion Crisis and Glorious Revolution in late-17th-century England. The Whigs supported Protestant constitutional monarchy against absolute rule and the Tories, originating in the Royalist (or "Cavalier") faction of t... | Who was the leader of the Hanoverian succession? | {'text': 'Robert Walpole', 'answer_start': 820} |
110,996 | 110,654 | 572fe9d5a23a5019007fcb2d | generic | Through-hole manufacture adds to board cost by requiring many holes to be drilled accurately, and limits the available routing area for signal traces on layers immediately below the top layer on multi-layer boards since the holes must pass through all layers to the opposite side. Once surface-mounting came into use, sm... | What force might damage a PCB if large components are surface mounted? | {'text': 'mechanical stress', 'answer_start': 522} |
37,378 | 37,036 | 5a5a2b609c0277001abe7090 | generic | Emerging British acts included Free, who released their signature song "All Right Now" (1970), which has received extensive radio airplay in both the UK and US. After the breakup of the band in 1973, vocalist Paul Rodgers joined supergroup Bad Company, whose eponymous first album (1974) was an international hit. The mi... | What 1974 album by Bad Company was an international flop? | {'text': 'Bad Company', 'answer_start': 240} |
71,391 | 71,049 | 5ad289a4d7d075001a42998b | generic | Germany and the Soviet Union entered an intricate trade pact on February 11, 1940, that was over four times larger than the one the two countries had signed in August 1939. The trade pact helped Germany to surmount a British blockade of Germany. In the first year, Germany received one million tons of cereals, half a mi... | What wasn't the trade route between german and the soviet union? | {'text': 'occupied Polish territories', 'answer_start': 623} |
67,408 | 67,066 | 5ad1668c645df0001a2d19ce | generic | A common application of a torque motor would be the supply- and take-up reel motors in a tape drive. In this application, driven from a low voltage, the characteristics of these motors allow a relatively constant light tension to be applied to the tape whether or not the capstan is feeding tape past the tape heads. Dri... | A torque motor at low voltage provides what? | {'text': 'gaming', 'answer_start': 539} |
116,874 | 116,532 | 5a4ea258755ab9001a10f556 | generic | On runways, green lights indicate the beginning of the runway for landing, while red lights indicate the end of the runway. Runway edge lighting consists of white lights spaced out on both sides of the runway, indicating the edge. Some airports have more complicated lighting on the runways including lights that run dow... | What marks the end of the ALS at low-traffic airports? | {'text': 'red lights', 'answer_start': 81} |
128,586 | 128,244 | 5ad2e524604f3c001a3fd8f9 | generic | Along with dividing up their project by theoretical emphasis, anthropologists typically divide the world up into relevant time periods and geographic regions. Human time on Earth is divided up into relevant cultural traditions based on material, such as the Paleolithic and the Neolithic, of particular use in archaeolog... | Who divides the world y theoretical emphasis? | {'text': 'anthropologists', 'answer_start': 62} |
80,515 | 80,173 | 5a515f57ce860b001aa3fd56 | generic | Mianyang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone was established in 1992, with a planned area of 43 km2 (17 sq mi). The zone is situated 96 kilometers away from Chengdu, and is 8 km (5.0 mi) away from Mianyang Airport. Since its establishment, the zone accumulated 177.4 billion yuan of industrial output, 46.2 billion yuan ... | What city is the zone 8 km away from? | {'text': 'Mianyang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone', 'answer_start': 0} |
25,655 | 25,313 | 56f9367f9b226e1400dd1295 | generic | 18th Street has a local subway station at the crossing with Seventh Avenue, served by the 1 2 trains on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line. There used to be an 18th Street station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line at the crossing with Park Avenue South. | Which train line do the 1 2 trains serve? | {'text': 'IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line', 'answer_start': 108} |
108,930 | 108,588 | 57302bd0a23a5019007fceed | generic | Santa Monica College is a junior college originally founded in 1929. Many SMC graduates transfer to the University of California system. It occupies 35 acres (14 hectares) and enrolls 30,000 students annually. The Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School, associated with the RAND Corporation, is the U.S.'s largest prod... | What year was the Santa Monica junior college founded? | {'text': '1929', 'answer_start': 63} |
101,364 | 101,022 | 5a0f91a2decec900184755d3 | generic | The clock does not run during convert attempts in the last three minutes of a half. If the 15 minutes of a quarter expire while the ball is live, the quarter is extended until the ball becomes dead. If a quarter's time expires while the ball is dead, the quarter is extended for one more scrimmage. A quarter cannot end ... | What is the name of the plays where the clock doesn't run near the end of a half? | {'text': 'convert attempts', 'answer_start': 30} |
102,889 | 102,547 | 57319277e6313a140071d0b8 | generic | In 1987, as China began opening to Western capital investment, Spielberg shot the first American film in Shanghai since the 1930s, an adaptation of J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun, starring John Malkovich and a young Christian Bale. The film garnered much praise from critics and was nominated f... | Until the 1980s, when had an American film last been shot in Shanghai? | {'text': 'the 1930s', 'answer_start': 120} |
79,528 | 79,186 | 5a7e4cdd70df9f001a8756cd | generic | The Cork School of Music and the Crawford College of Art and Design provide a throughput of new blood, as do the active theatre components of several courses at University College Cork (UCC). Highlights include: Corcadorca Theatre Company, of which Cillian Murphy was a troupe member prior to Hollywood fame; the Institu... | What is provided by CADA? | {'text': 'a throughput of new blood', 'answer_start': 76} |
102,009 | 101,667 | 572e7e6acb0c0d14000f11bb | generic | In 1977, Gaddafi dissolved the Republic and created a new socialist state, the Jamahiriya ("state of the masses"). Officially adopting a symbolic role in governance, he retained power as military commander-in-chief and head of the Revolutionary Committees responsible for policing and suppressing opponents. Overseeing u... | What was Gaddafi's role in jamahiriya? | {'text': 'he retained power as military commander-in-chief and head of the Revolutionary Committees responsible for policing and suppressing opponents', 'answer_start': 166} |
122,977 | 122,635 | 5731b919e17f3d1400422333 | generic | Protestantism spread in Europe during the 16th century. Lutheranism spread from Germany into its surrounding areas,[c] Denmark,[d] Norway,[e] Sweden,[f] Finland,[g] Prussia,[h] Latvia,[i], Estonia,[j] and Iceland,[k] as well as other smaller territories. Reformed churches were founded primarily in Germany and its adjac... | Who made large contributions in the sciences in latter centuries? | {'text': 'Protestants', 'answer_start': 1214} |
97,390 | 97,048 | 572a5db3b8ce0319002e2ae0 | generic | In February 1975, Margaret Thatcher was elected leader of the British Conservative Party. The Institute of Economic Affairs arranged a meeting between Hayek and Thatcher in London soon after. During Thatcher's only visit to the Conservative Research Department in the summer of 1975, a speaker had prepared a paper on wh... | Which of Hayek's works did Thatcher produce at the Conservative Research Department? | {'text': 'The Constitution of Liberty', 'answer_start': 536} |
50,838 | 50,496 | 5725c22dec44d21400f3d4e7 | generic | The Jordan River runs along the Jordan Rift Valley, from Mount Hermon through the Hulah Valley and the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the surface of the Earth. Further south is the Arabah, ending with the Gulf of Eilat, part of the Red Sea. Unique to Israel and the Sinai Peninsula are makhteshim, o... | What river runs along the Jordan Rift Valley? | {'text': 'Jordan River', 'answer_start': 4} |
24,938 | 24,596 | 56f8b42f9e9bad19000a036a | generic | About 10,000 years ago, when the ice melted after the last glacial period, late Paleolithic communities were established along the lake shores and in cave systems. Evidence of human habitation has been found in caves near Vercors, close to Grenoble; in Austria the Mondsee culture shows evidence of houses built on piles... | What has been found in caves near Vercors? | {'text': 'Evidence of human habitation', 'answer_start': 164} |
21,454 | 21,112 | 56e8701b99e8941900975e0b | generic | Bern lies on the Swiss plateau in the Canton of Bern, slightly west of the centre of Switzerland and 20 km (12 mi) north of the Bernese Alps. The countryside around Bern was formed by glaciers during the most recent Ice Age. The two mountains closest to Bern are Gurten with a height of 864 m (2,835 ft) and Bantiger wit... | Where is Bern located? | {'text': 'the Swiss plateau in the Canton of Bern', 'answer_start': 13} |
12,769 | 12,427 | 56deefeb3277331400b4d834 | generic | A Christian ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. "Christian" derives from the Koine Greek word Christós (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term mashiach. | Christós is translated from what Biblical term? | {'text': 'mashiach', 'answer_start': 275} |
25,031 | 24,689 | 56f8cf5e9e9bad19000a0566 | generic | Food is passed from the kitchen to the stube, where the dining room table is placed. Some meals are communal, such as fondue, where a pot is set in the middle of the table for each person to dip into. Other meals are still served in a traditional manner on carved wooden plates. Furniture has been traditionally elaborat... | Traditionally, what are meals served on? | {'text': 'carved wooden plates', 'answer_start': 257} |
61,249 | 60,907 | 5726d16c708984140094d228 | generic | In Evita (1996), Madonna played the title role of Eva Perón. For a long time, Madonna had desired to play Perón and wrote to director Alan Parker to explain why she would be perfect for the part. She said later, "This is the role I was born to play. I put everything of me into this because it was much more than a role ... | After securing the role of Evita, what kind of training did Madonna have? | {'text': 'vocal training', 'answer_start': 483} |
11,574 | 11,232 | 56de83354396321400ee29b3 | generic | In March 2003 the BBC announced that from the end of May 2003 (subsequently deferred to 14 July) it intended to transmit all eight of its domestic television channels (including the 15 regional variations of BBC 1) unencrypted from the Astra 2D satellite. This move was estimated to save the BBC £85 million over the nex... | Due to delays, when was the actual date of the BBC's move to satellite broadcasts? | {'text': '14 July', 'answer_start': 88} |
85,719 | 85,377 | 57280a4fff5b5019007d9b97 | generic | Von Neumann was born Neumann János Lajos (in Hungarian the family name comes first), Hebrew name Yonah, in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to wealthy Jewish parents of the Haskalah. He was the eldest of three children. He had two younger brothers: Michael, born in 1907,... | Did Von Neumann have any siblings? | {'text': 'two younger brothers', 'answer_start': 276} |
123,475 | 123,133 | 5a2ef89ca83784001a7d25ff | generic | Praça dos Três Poderes (Portuguese for Square of the Three Powers) is a plaza in Brasília. The name is derived from the encounter of the three federal branches around the plaza: the Executive, represented by the Palácio do Planalto (presidential office); the Legislative, represented by the National Congress (Congresso ... | What is the presidential office designed by Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer called? | {'text': 'Praça dos Três Poderes (Portuguese for Square of the Three Powers)', 'answer_start': 0} |
88,129 | 87,787 | 5acfc26777cf76001a685d4c | generic | Usually, a federation is formed at two levels: the central government and the regions (states, provinces, territories), and little to nothing is said about second or third level administrative political entities. Brazil is an exception, because the 1988 Constitution included the municipalities as autonomous political e... | What doesn't each state have their own of? | {'text': 'their own legislative council (câmara de vereadores) and a mayor (prefeito)', 'answer_start': 482} |
19,277 | 18,935 | 56e7480100c9c71400d76f2f | generic | After Germany led the way with starting DST (German: Sommerzeit) during World War I on 30 April 1916 together with its allies to alleviate hardships from wartime coal shortages and air raid blackouts, the political equation changed in other countries; the United Kingdom used DST first on 21 May 1916. US retailing and m... | What industrialist from Pittsburgh campaigned strongly in favor of DST? | {'text': 'Robert Garland', 'answer_start': 375} |
68,818 | 68,476 | 5726cd33f1498d1400e8eba0 | generic | Shortly after he learned of the failure of Menshikov's diplomacy toward the end of June 1853, the Tsar sent armies under the commands of Field Marshal Ivan Paskevich and General Mikhail Gorchakov across the Pruth River into the Ottoman-controlled Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. Fewer than half of the... | Who was in control of the Danubian Principalities? | {'text': 'Ottoman', 'answer_start': 228} |
106,541 | 106,199 | 572ecf2503f9891900756a42 | generic | Vocalization markers indicating specific vowel sounds were introduced into the Arabic language by the end of the 9th century. The first Quranic manuscripts lacked these marks, therefore several recitations remain acceptable. The variation in readings of the text permitted by the nature of the defective vocalization led... | Which century produced the seven readings selected by Ibn Mujāhid? | {'text': '8th', 'answer_start': 591} |
75,491 | 75,149 | 5727796c708984140094de9f | generic | In 1899 the state legislature passed a new constitution, with requirements for poll taxes and literacy tests for voter registration which disfranchised most black Americans in the state. Exclusion from voting had wide effects: it meant that black Americans could not serve on juries or in any local office. After a decad... | What did the new constitution require for voter registration? | {'text': 'literacy tests', 'answer_start': 94} |
126,179 | 125,837 | 573416864776f4190066182b | generic | Portugal’s national energy transmission company, Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), uses sophisticated modeling to predict weather, especially wind patterns, and computer programs to calculate energy from the various renewable-energy plants. Before the solar/wind revolution, Portugal had generated electricity from hydr... | What is the name of Portugal's national energy transmission company? | {'text': 'Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN)', 'answer_start': 49} |
40,993 | 40,651 | 570d9d71df2f5219002ed046 | generic | The future of projectile based weapons may be found in the railgun. Currently tests are underway on developing systems that could create as much damage as a Tomahawk (missile), but at a fraction of the cost. In February 2008 the US Navy tested a railgun; it fired a shell at 5,600 miles (9,000 km) per hour using 10 mega... | Where can the future of projectile based weapons possibly be found? | {'text': 'the railgun', 'answer_start': 55} |
40,319 | 39,977 | 570ce2e6fed7b91900d45a7d | generic | When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 following the company's purchase of NeXT, he ordered that the OS that had been previewed as version 7.7 be branded Mac OS 8 (in place of the never-to-appear Copland OS). Since Apple had licensed only System 7 to third parties, this move effectively ended the clone line. The dec... | What did the branding of the Mac OS 8 effectively end? | {'text': 'the clone line', 'answer_start': 297} |
30,462 | 30,120 | 5ad273e4d7d075001a4294c2 | generic | Deep house's origins can be traced to Chicago producer Mr Fingers's relatively jazzy, soulful recordings "Mystery of Love" (1985) and "Can You Feel It?" (1986). According to author Richie Unterberger, it moved house music away from its "posthuman tendencies back towards the lush" soulful sound of early disco music. | When was Mr. Unterberger's "Mystery of Lover" released? | {'text': '1985', 'answer_start': 124} |
20,477 | 20,135 | 56e781ea37bdd419002c405b | generic | Located in Yangtze River Delta area and the center of East China, Nanjing is home to one of the world's largest inland ports. Nanjing is also one of the fifteen sub-provincial cities in the People's Republic of China's administrative structure, enjoying jurisdictional and economic autonomy only slightly less than that ... | What city was awarded the 2008 Habitat Scroll of Honour of China? | {'text': 'Nanjing', 'answer_start': 66} |
126,437 | 126,095 | 5732836406a3a419008acaae | generic | Early humanists saw no conflict between reason and their Christian faith (see Christian Humanism). They inveighed against the abuses of the Church, but not against the Church itself, much less against religion. For them, the word "secular" carried no connotations of disbelief – that would come later, in the nineteenth ... | What phrase that has come to be associated with a lack of faith was not seen as an issue for Christians? | {'text': 'secular', 'answer_start': 231} |
65,042 | 64,700 | 5726a9f5dd62a815002e8c5e | generic | At the Abbey Saint-Denis, Noyon Cathedral, Notre Dame de Paris and at the eastern end of Canterbury Cathedral in England, simple cylindrical columns predominate over the Gothic forms of clustered columns and shafted piers. Wells Cathedral in England, commenced at the eastern end in 1175, was the first building in which... | Who completed the transepts and nave on Wells Cathedral in about 1230? | {'text': 'Adam Locke', 'answer_start': 616} |
33,767 | 33,425 | 57099760200fba14003681bf | generic | The biggest change in this year's census was in racial classification. Enumerators were instructed to no longer use the "Mulatto" classification. Instead, they were given special instructions for reporting the race of interracial persons. A person with both white and black ancestry (termed "blood") was to be recorded a... | What word was dropped as a racial classification in this year's census? | {'text': 'Mulatto', 'answer_start': 121} |
117,945 | 117,603 | 5731196da5e9cc1400cdbc0a | generic | Tuvaluans are well known for their seafaring skills, with the Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute on Amatuku motu (island), Funafuti, providing training to approximately 120 marine cadets each year so that they have the skills necessary for employment as seafarers on merchant shipping. The Tuvalu Overseas Seamen's Union... | On what does the Seaman'd Union represent workers? | {'text': 'on foreign ships', 'answer_start': 396} |
13,744 | 13,402 | 56df4c618bc80c19004e4a2d | generic | In September 2015, the 193 member states of the United Nations unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, a set of 17 goals aiming to transform the world over the next 15 years. These goals are designed to eliminate poverty, discrimination, abuse and preventable deaths, address environmental destruction, an... | When did the U.N. vote to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals? | {'text': '2015', 'answer_start': 13} |
52,845 | 52,503 | 5725c812ec44d21400f3d554 | generic | Incandescent bulbs are much less efficient than most other types of electric lighting; incandescent bulbs convert less than 5% of the energy they use into visible light, with standard light bulbs averaging about 2.2%. The remaining energy is converted into heat. The luminous efficacy of a typical incandescent bulb is 1... | What percentage of energy does a standard light bulb actually convert to visible light? | {'text': '2.2%', 'answer_start': 212} |
120,081 | 119,739 | 57313f7b497a881900248cd7 | generic | However, the 18th century saw the European empires gradually expand across the world, as European states developed economies built on maritime trade. The dynasty was confronted with newly developing concepts of the international system and state to state relations. European trading posts expanded into territorial contr... | Which empires grew during the 18th century? | {'text': 'European states', 'answer_start': 89} |
3,150 | 2,808 | 5ad24303d7d075001a4289c6 | generic | Spectre had its world premiere in London on 26 October 2015 at the Royal Albert Hall, the same day as its general release in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Following the announcement of the start of filming, Paramount Pictures brought forward the release of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation to avoid compe... | In the UK, Spectre received a smaller release than what? | {'text': 'Skyfall', 'answer_start': 516} |
123,835 | 123,493 | 573223b4e99e3014001e6546 | generic | IMF's forecast said that Greece's unemployment rate would hit the highest 14.8 percent in 2012 and decrease to 14.1 in 2014. But in fact, the Greek economy suffered a prolonged high unemployemnt. The unemployment figure was between 9 per cent and 11 per cent in 2009, and it soared to 28 per cent in 2013. In 2015, Gree... | What did Greece's unemployment rate soar to in 2013? | {'text': '28 per cent', 'answer_start': 286} |
49,480 | 49,138 | 5722ccb20dadf01500fa1ef4 | generic | In March 1861, Victoria's mother died, with Victoria at her side. Through reading her mother's papers, Victoria discovered that her mother had loved her deeply; she was heart-broken, and blamed Conroy and Lehzen for "wickedly" estranging her from her mother. To relieve his wife during her intense and deep grief, Albert... | How did Victoria realize that her mother deeply loved her? | {'text': "Through reading her mother's papers", 'answer_start': 66} |
34,344 | 34,002 | 5a48747484b8a4001a7e788a | generic | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust was formed on 1 October 2007 by the merger of Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust (Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital and Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital) and St Mary's NHS Trust (St. Mary's Hospital and Western Eye Hospital) with Imperial College London Faculty of Med... | How many hospitals teamed to form the NHS in 2006? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 379} |
2,318 | 1,976 | 56cfd6f8234ae51400d9bf73 | generic | Since October 2004, the iPod line has dominated digital music player sales in the United States, with over 90% of the market for hard drive-based players and over 70% of the market for all types of players. During the year from January 2004 to January 2005, the high rate of sales caused its U.S. market share to increas... | Approximately what percentage of the hard drive-based music player sales does iPod have since 2004? | {'text': '90%', 'answer_start': 107} |
25,664 | 25,322 | 56f938d29b226e1400dd12a6 | generic | Between Second and Third Avenues, 21st Street is alternatively known as Police Officer Anthony Sanchez Way. Along the northern perimeter of Gramercy Park, between Gramercy Park East and Gramercy Park West, 21st Street is known as Gramercy Park North. | Between what avenues is 21st Street known by Police Officer Anthony Sanchez Way? | {'text': 'Second and Third Avenues', 'answer_start': 8} |
101,119 | 100,777 | 5a285f5bd1a287001a6d0bd6 | generic | Post-punk was an eclectic genre which resulted in a wide variety of musical innovations and helped merge white and black musical styles. Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alter... | What genre was not eclectic? | {'text': 'Post-punk', 'answer_start': 0} |
93,585 | 93,243 | 57296766af94a219006aa3a4 | generic | The alkali metal ions are small and mobile; their presence in glass allows a degree of electrical conductivity, especially in molten state or at high temperature. Their mobility decreases the chemical resistance of the glass, allowing leaching by water and facilitating corrosion. Alkaline earth ions, with their two pos... | How can glass be prevented from corroding? | {'text': 'dealkalization', 'answer_start': 729} |
1,278 | 936 | 56cbeb396d243a140015ede9 | generic | In September 1828 Chopin, while still a student, visited Berlin with a family friend, zoologist Feliks Jarocki, enjoying operas directed by Gaspare Spontini and attending concerts by Carl Friedrich Zelter, Felix Mendelssohn and other celebrities. On an 1829 return trip to Berlin, he was a guest of Prince Antoni Radziwi... | Which opera director did Frédéric see works of during his stay in Berlin? | {'text': 'Gaspare Spontini', 'answer_start': 140} |
73,880 | 73,538 | 572794a8708984140094e176 | generic | From 1988 to 1997, the BBC and Sky Sports had coverage of the FA Cup, the BBC had highlights on Match of the Day and usually one match per round while Sky had the same deal. From 1997 to 2001, ITV and Sky shared live coverage with both having two matches per round and BBC continuing with highlights on Match of the Day.... | Has a woman ever broadcast a match? | {'text': 'Rebecca Lowe became the first woman to host the FA Cup Final in the UK.', 'answer_start': 1644} |
3,545 | 3,203 | 56d677f31c85041400947144 | generic | An article in Science suggested that the construction and filling of the Zipingpu Dam may have triggered the earthquake. The chief engineer of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau said that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, ... | What was the affect of the dam on the stresses in that area? | {'text': '25 times more', 'answer_start': 444} |
76,523 | 76,181 | 5a8c740cfd22b3001a8d880a | generic | Once at Golgotha, Jesus was offered wine mixed with gall to drink. Matthew's and Mark's Gospels record that he refused this. He was then crucified and hung between two convicted thieves. According to some translations from the original Greek, the thieves may have been bandits or Jewish rebels. According to Mark's Gospe... | How many statements did the two thieves make after being crucified? | {'text': 'seven', 'answer_start': 879} |
99,255 | 98,913 | 572b4c90111d821400f38e36 | generic | Intermittent warfare lasting from July 23, 1670 until July 1695, plus the typhoons of 1671 and 1693, and in particular the smallpox epidemic of 1688, reduced the Chamorro population from 50,000 to 10,000 to less than 5,000.:86 Precipitated by the death of Quipuha, and the murder of Father San Vitores and Pedro Calungso... | When did the Smallpox epidemic take place? | {'text': '1688', 'answer_start': 144} |
105,268 | 104,926 | 57304b48396df9190009604c | generic | Regardless, the Luftwaffe could still inflict huge damage. With the German occupation of Western Europe, the intensification of submarine and air attack on Britain's sea communications was feared by the British. Such an event would have serious consequences on the future course of the war, should the Germans succeed. L... | How much of the overseas trade did the Port of London take on? | {'text': 'one-third of overseas trade', 'answer_start': 1707} |
123,077 | 122,735 | 5731db10e99e3014001e634e | generic | In the United States and elsewhere in the world, there has been a marked rise in the evangelical wing of Protestant denominations, especially those that are more exclusively evangelical, and a corresponding decline in the mainstream liberal churches. In the post–World War I era, Liberal Christianity was on the rise, an... | When did Liberal Christianity increase? | {'text': 'In the post–World War I era', 'answer_start': 251} |
81,458 | 81,116 | 57289db33acd2414000dfb6b | generic | A number of universities in London are outside the University of London system, including Brunel University, City University London, Imperial College London, Kingston University, London Metropolitan University, Middlesex University, University of East London, University of West London and University of Westminster, (wi... | What is the student population of University of Westminster? | {'text': '34,000', 'answer_start': 328} |
15,284 | 14,942 | 56e032247aa994140058e34d | generic | In the 1960s, the term bandes dessinées ("drawn strips") came into wide use in French to denote the medium. Cartoonists began creating comics for mature audiences, and the term "Ninth Art"[e] was coined, as comics began to attract public and academic attention as an artform. A group including René Goscinny and Albert U... | What became a best-seller comic in the French language? | {'text': 'Adventures of Asterix', 'answer_start': 437} |
118,743 | 118,401 | 5730e9bfaca1c71400fe5b6a | generic | In March 2013 it was announced that Russian is now the second-most used language on the Internet after English. People use the Russian language on 5.9% of all websites, slightly ahead of German and far behind English (54.7%). Russian is used not only on 89.8% of .ru sites, but also on 88.7% of sites with the former Sov... | What percent of all websites are in English? | {'text': '54.7%', 'answer_start': 218} |
79,221 | 78,879 | 5ad21856d7d075001a4283ff | generic | Later the emphasis was on classical studies, dominated by Latin and Ancient History, and, for boys with sufficient ability, Classical Greek. From the latter part of the 19th century this curriculum has changed and broadened: for example, there are now more than 100 students of Chinese, which is a non-curriculum course.... | In what decade was learning Chinese introduced to Eton? | {'text': '1970s', 'answer_start': 328} |
28,075 | 27,733 | 56fb78ce8ddada1400cd641d | generic | The importance of infantry and light cavalry began to decline during the early Carolingian period, with a growing dominance of elite heavy cavalry. The use of militia-type levies of the free population declined over the Carolingian period. Although much of the Carolingian armies were mounted, a large proportion during ... | The importance of what military arm increased during the Carolingian era? | {'text': 'heavy cavalry', 'answer_start': 133} |
53,400 | 53,058 | 5acd0e8c07355d001abf32a4 | generic | For many years Arsenal's away colours were white shirts and either black or white shorts. In the 1969–70 season, Arsenal introduced an away kit of yellow shirts with blue shorts. This kit was worn in the 1971 FA Cup Final as Arsenal beat Liverpool to secure the double for the first time in their history. Arsenal reache... | What away color socks did Arsenal wear for many years? | {'text': 'black', 'answer_start': 67} |
102,422 | 102,080 | 57318ff105b4da19006bd2c3 | generic | In the 1970s and 1980s there were reports of his making sexual advances toward female reporters and members of his entourage. After the civil war, more serious charges came to light. Annick Cojean, a journalist for Le Monde, wrote in her book, Gaddafi's Harem that Gaddafi had raped, tortured, performed urolagnia, and i... | What book was written by Annick Cojean? | {'text': "Gaddafi's Harem", 'answer_start': 244} |
64,958 | 64,616 | 57269b79dd62a815002e8aeb | generic | The Catholic Church prevailed across Europe at this time, influencing not only faith but also wealth and power. Bishops were appointed by the feudal lords (kings, dukes and other landowners) and they often ruled as virtual princes over large estates. The early Medieval periods had seen a rapid growth in monasticism, wi... | Who were bishops appointed by? | {'text': 'by the feudal lords (kings, dukes and other landowners)', 'answer_start': 135} |
5,324 | 4,982 | 56cf7c394df3c31400b0d83b | generic | West, alongside his mother, founded the "Kanye West Foundation" in Chicago in 2003, tasked with a mission to battle dropout and illiteracy rates, while partnering with community organizations to provide underprivileged youth access to music education. In 2007, the West and the Foundation partnered with Strong American ... | With the help of his mom, what foundation did Kanye create early in his career? | {'text': 'Kanye West Foundation', 'answer_start': 41} |
93,000 | 92,658 | 5a7b7cb021c2de001afea06c | generic | It is commonly believed that the earlier a defect is found, the cheaper it is to fix it. The following table shows the cost of fixing the defect depending on the stage it was found. For example, if a problem in the requirements is found only post-release, then it would cost 10–100 times more to fix than if it had alrea... | What is the unpopular belief about the cost of fixing a bug? | {'text': 'the earlier a defect is found, the cheaper it is to fix it.', 'answer_start': 29} |
26,785 | 26,443 | 56f982569e9bad19000a09ee | generic | Henry VIII's wine cellar at the Palace of Whitehall, built in 1514–1516 for Cardinal Wolsey, is in the basement of Main Building, and is used for entertainment. The entire vaulted brick structure of the cellar was encased in steel and concrete and relocated nine feet to the west and nearly 19 feet (5.8 m) deeper in 194... | Where is Henry VIII's wine cellar? | {'text': 'the basement of Main Building', 'answer_start': 99} |
126,190 | 125,848 | 5734188e4776f41900661862 | generic | The most important demographic influence in the modern Portuguese seems to be the oldest one; current interpretation of Y-chromosome and mtDNA data suggests that the Portuguese have their origin in Paleolithic peoples that began arriving to the European continent around 45,000 years ago. All subsequent migrations did l... | When did people first start arriving in the European continent? | {'text': '45,000 years ago', 'answer_start': 271} |
58,807 | 58,465 | 572652f7f1498d1400e8dc0e | generic | Trademark infringement occurs when one party uses a trademark that is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark owned by another party, in relation to products or services which are identical or similar to the products or services of the other party. In many countries, a trademark receives protection without regi... | Where is a trademark protected without registration? | {'text': 'In many countries', 'answer_start': 257} |
129,539 | 129,197 | 57342f81d058e614000b6abb | generic | When infection attacks the body, anti-infective drugs can suppress the infection. Several broad types of anti-infective drugs exist, depending on the type of organism targeted; they include antibacterial (antibiotic; including antitubercular), antiviral, antifungal and antiparasitic (including antiprotozoal and antihel... | How are severe infections of the brain usually treated? | {'text': 'with intravenous antibiotics', 'answer_start': 524} |
122,037 | 121,695 | 5731e806b9d445190005e651 | generic | Roman beliefs about an afterlife varied, and are known mostly for the educated elite who expressed their views in terms of their chosen philosophy. The traditional care of the dead, however, and the perpetuation after death of their status in life were part of the most archaic practices of Roman religion. Ancient votiv... | From what source does information of Roman thought about the afterlife come? | {'text': 'educated elite', 'answer_start': 70} |
3,611 | 3,269 | 56d61a451c85041400946f13 | generic | On May 16, rescue groups from South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Russia and Taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort. The United States shared some of its satellite images of the quake-stricken areas with Chinese authorities. During the weekend, the US sent into China two U.S. Air Force C-17's carrying supplies, which incl... | What was included in the the Air Force C-17 supplies? | {'text': 'tents and generators', 'answer_start': 325} |
107,432 | 107,090 | 572f20af04bcaa1900d76765 | generic | In the latter part of the second revolution, Thomas Alva Edison developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world and is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. In 1882, Edison switched on the world's first large-scale electrical supply network that provided 110 ... | How many volts did Thomas Edison's electrical supply provide? | {'text': '110 volts', 'answer_start': 316} |
89,504 | 89,162 | 5728aaa53acd2414000dfc6b | generic | As a result of the abolition of serfdom and the availability of education to the native Estonian-speaking population, an active Estonian nationalist movement developed in the 19th century.[citation needed] It began on a cultural level, resulting in the establishment of Estonian language literature, theatre and professi... | What form of servitude was eliminated? | {'text': 'serfdom', 'answer_start': 32} |
14,856 | 14,514 | 56dfeddd7aa994140058e281 | generic | The highest pub in the United Kingdom is the Tan Hill Inn, Yorkshire, at 1,732 feet (528 m) above sea level. The remotest pub on the British mainland is The Old Forge in the village of Inverie, Lochaber, Scotland. There is no road access and it may only be reached by an 18-mile (29 km) walk over mountains, or a 7-mile ... | What pub in England is the highest above sea level? | {'text': 'the Tan Hill Inn', 'answer_start': 41} |
75,673 | 75,331 | 5727b3883acd2414000dea20 | generic | North Carolina has a variety of shopping choices. SouthPark Mall in Charlotte is currently the largest in the Carolinas, with almost 2.0 million square feet. Other major malls in Charlotte include Northlake Mall and Carolina Place Mall in nearby suburb Pineville. Other major malls throughout the state include Hanes Mal... | What is the largest mall in the carolinas? | {'text': 'SouthPark Mall', 'answer_start': 50} |
49,782 | 49,440 | 5724eebf0ba9f01400d97bc9 | generic | At the time of her accession, the government was led by the Whig prime minister Lord Melbourne, who at once became a powerful influence on the politically inexperienced Queen, who relied on him for advice. Charles Greville supposed that the widowed and childless Melbourne was "passionately fond of her as he might be of... | When did Victoria's coronation take place at Westminster Abbey? | {'text': '28 June 1838', 'answer_start': 429} |
46,374 | 46,032 | 571121f4b654c5140001fba8 | generic | Following a series of arcade game successes in the early 1980s, Nintendo made plans to create a cartridge-based console called the Famicom. Masayuki Uemura designed the system. Original plans called for an advanced 16-bit system which would function as a full-fledged computer with a keyboard and floppy disk drive, but ... | When was the test model constructed? | {'text': 'October 1982', 'answer_start': 582} |
29,595 | 29,253 | 5706021475f01819005e7867 | generic | Bird migration is not limited to birds that can fly. Most species of penguin (Spheniscidae) migrate by swimming. These routes can cover over 1,000 km (620 mi). Dusky grouse Dendragapus obscurus perform altitudinal migration mostly by walking. Emus Dromaius novaehollandiae in Australia have been observed to undertake lo... | How do Emus migrate long distances during droughts? | {'text': 'on foot', 'answer_start': 342} |
5,273 | 4,931 | 56d1162117492d1400aab8e5 | generic | West's fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, has been noted by writers for its maximalist aesthetic and its incorporation of elements from West's previous four albums. Entertainment Weekly's Simon Vozick-Levinson perceives that such elements "all recur at various points", namely "the luxurious soul of 2004's ... | What artist worked with Kanye on his album Graduation? | {'text': 'DJ Toomp', 'answer_start': 721} |
104,621 | 104,279 | 5730261da23a5019007fce6e | generic | Clinton returned in 1780 with 14,000 soldiers. American General Benjamin Lincoln was trapped and surrendered his entire 5,400-man force after a long fight, and the Siege of Charles Towne was the greatest American defeat of the war. Several Americans who escaped the carnage joined other militias, including those of Fran... | How many soldiers did General Clinton return with? | {'text': '14,000', 'answer_start': 30} |
74,250 | 73,908 | 5727b8ae3acd2414000dea92 | generic | The New Haven Green is the site of many free music concerts, especially during the summer months. These have included the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the July Free Concerts on the Green in July, and the New Haven Jazz Festival in August. The Jazz Festival, which began in 1982, is one of the longest-running free outdo... | Who sponsors the New Haven Jazz Festival? | {'text': 'Jazz Haven', 'answer_start': 624} |
40,915 | 40,573 | 570d8c74b3d812140066da1f | generic | In Britain and some other armies, the single artillery branch has been responsible for both home and overseas ground-based air defence, although there was divided responsibility with the Royal Navy for air defence of the British Isles in World War I. However, during the Second World War the RAF Regiment was formed to p... | Who provided part of the air defence of the British Isles in WWI | {'text': 'Royal Navy', 'answer_start': 187} |
92,682 | 92,340 | 5a6a42635ce1a5001a96977d | generic | Socially, while liberty and freedom of enterprise form the basis of its beliefs, elements of the party have wavered between what is termed "small-l liberalism" and social conservatism. Historically, Liberal Governments have been responsible for the carriage of a number of notable "socially liberal" reforms, including t... | Who supported Neville Bonner and the arts? | {'text': 'Sir John Gorton', 'answer_start': 447} |
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