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10,997 | 10,655 | 5acfb20d77cf76001a68591d | generic | Beginning in the late 1950s and 1960s, architectural phenomenology emerged as an important movement in the early reaction against modernism, with architects like Charles Moore in the USA, Christian Norberg-Schulz in Norway, and Ernesto Nathan Rogers and Vittorio Gregotti in Italy, who collectively popularized an intere... | What were the architectural phenomenologists hoping to stay away from? | {'text': 'human experience', 'answer_start': 377} |
50,471 | 50,129 | 5acf80aa77cf76001a68501c | generic | Exclusive Jurisdiction is a concept whereby only one Grand Lodge will be recognised in any geographical area. If two Grand Lodges claim jurisdiction over the same area, the other Grand Lodges will have to choose between them, and they may not all decide to recognise the same one. (In 1849, for example, the Grand Lodge ... | What year did the Grand Lodge of New York Split into three separate rival factions? | {'text': '1849', 'answer_start': 285} |
32,169 | 31,827 | 57098edded30961900e84311 | generic | Together with caesium and gold (both yellow), and osmium (bluish), copper is one of only four elemental metals with a natural color other than gray or silver. Pure copper is orange-red and acquires a reddish tarnish when exposed to air. The characteristic color of copper results from the electronic transitions between ... | The energy difference between filled 3d and half-empty 4s atomic shells corresponds to what color of light? | {'text': 'orange light', 'answer_start': 442} |
100,194 | 99,852 | 5a7a20d417ab25001a8a035d | generic | Because Czech uses grammatical case to convey word function in a sentence (instead of relying on word order, as English does), its word order is flexible. As a pro-drop language, in Czech an intransitive sentence can consist of only a verb; information about its subject is encoded in the verb. Enclitics (primarily auxi... | Where is information about a sentence subject in English? | {'text': 'encoded in the verb', 'answer_start': 274} |
77,573 | 77,231 | 5727ec41ff5b5019007d9890 | generic | Over the years a variety of record equalization practices emerged and there was no industry standard. For example, in Europe recordings for years required playback with a bass turnover setting of 250–300 Hz and a treble roll-off at 10,000 Hz ranging from 0 to −5 dB or more. In the US there were more varied practices an... | Which country prefers a bass turnover setting of 250-300 Hz? | {'text': 'Europe', 'answer_start': 118} |
68,716 | 68,374 | 57271de4dd62a815002e9931 | generic | The relatively recent increased consumption of sugar has been linked to the rise of some afflictions such as diabetes, obesity, and more recently heart disease. Increased consumption of sugar has been tied to these three, among others. Obesity levels have more than doubled in the last 30 years among adults, going from ... | What has been the increase in obesity among adults in the last 30 years in the United States? | {'text': 'more than doubled', 'answer_start': 256} |
15,486 | 15,144 | 56e037e17aa994140058e39f | generic | Owing to Napoleon's praise of Saint Helena’s coffee during his exile on the island, the product enjoyed a brief popularity in Paris in the years after his death. | Which product of Saint Helena was praised by Napoleon? | {'text': 'coffee', 'answer_start': 45} |
96,527 | 96,185 | 572a4c637a1753140016ae83 | generic | In April 1946, northern East Prussia became an official province of the Russian SFSR as the "Kyonigsbergskaya Oblast", with the Memel Territory becoming part of the Lithuanian SSR. In June 1946 114,070 German and 41,029 Soviet citizens were registered in the Oblast, with an unknown number of disregarded unregistered pe... | In who's honor was the city named Kaliningrad from Konigsberg? | {'text': 'Mikhail Kalinin', 'answer_start': 415} |
40,335 | 39,993 | 5ad55fe75b96ef001a10ad05 | generic | Mac OS continued to evolve up to version 9.2.2, including retrofits such as the addition of a nanokernel and support for Multiprocessing Services 2.0 in Mac OS 8.6, though its dated architecture made replacement necessary. Initially developed in the Pascal programming language, it was substantially rewritten in C++ for... | What was the fuly overhauled successor to Mac OS 8? | {'text': 'Mac OS X', 'answer_start': 691} |
51,283 | 50,941 | 5725f28989a1e219009ac0de | generic | Before the Hellenistic period, Greek colonies had been established on the coast of the Crimean and Taman peninsulas. The Bosporan Kingdom was a multi-ethnic kingdom of Greek city states and local tribal peoples such as the Maeotians, Thracians, Crimean Scythians and Cimmerians under the Spartocid dynasty (438–110 BCE).... | Before Hellenestic influence, Greek colonies were on the shores of the Taman and what other peninsula? | {'text': 'Crimean', 'answer_start': 87} |
69,464 | 69,122 | 5726cdcbdd62a815002e90c9 | generic | In ancient Greece, the epics of Homer, who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, and Hesiod, who wrote Works and Days and Theogony, are some of the earliest, and most influential, of Ancient Greek literature. Classical Greek genres included philosophy, poetry, historiography, comedies and dramas. Plato and Aristotle authore... | Who were two important Classic Greek lyric poets? | {'text': 'Sappho and Pindar', 'answer_start': 389} |
30,275 | 29,933 | 5706457d75f01819005e7aea | generic | A more sophisticated MP3 encoder can produce variable bitrate audio. MPEG audio may use bitrate switching on a per-frame basis, but only layer III decoders must support it. VBR is used when the goal is to achieve a fixed level of quality. The final file size of a VBR encoding is less predictable than with constant bitr... | What kind of audio can a sophisticated MP3 encoder produce? | {'text': 'variable bitrate audio', 'answer_start': 45} |
127,088 | 126,746 | 5732c242d6dcfa19001e8aa4 | generic | Motorcycles are also commonly used, particularly in locations that a car may not be able to reach, to control potential public order situations involving meetings of motorcyclists and often in escort duties where motorcycle police officers can quickly clear a path for escorted vehicles. Bicycle patrols are used in some... | What do police use to control motorcyclist events? | {'text': 'Motorcycles', 'answer_start': 0} |
127,704 | 127,362 | 5aced07f32bba1001ae4b54a | generic | The Kushan Empire, a collection of Yuezhi tribes, took control of the region in the first century CE and ruled until the 4th century CE during which time Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Manichaeism were all practiced in the region. Later the Hephthalite Empire, a collection of nomadic tribes, move... | Who ruled the region until the 3rd century CE? | {'text': 'The Kushan Empire', 'answer_start': 0} |
111,907 | 111,565 | 572fe161947a6a140053cdb3 | generic | The Premier League sells its television rights on a collective basis. This is in contrast to some other European Leagues, including La Liga, in which each club sells its rights individually, leading to a much higher share of the total income going to the top few clubs. The money is divided into three parts: half is div... | How is half of the money distributed? | {'text': 'half is divided equally between the clubs', 'answer_start': 309} |
126,482 | 126,140 | 5732860f57eb1f1400fd2d7d | generic | Renaissance humanism was an activity of cultural and educational reform engaged in by civic and ecclesiastical chancellors, book collectors, educators, and writers, who by the late fifteenth century began to be referred to as umanisti – "humanists". It developed during the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth ... | Where was one main concentration of Humanism? | {'text': 'Naples', 'answer_start': 708} |
88,573 | 88,231 | 57283a80ff5b5019007d9f85 | generic | In the English language, the capitalized form of God continues to represent a distinction between monotheistic "God" and "gods" in polytheism. The English word God and its counterparts in other languages are normally used for any and all conceptions and, in spite of significant differences between religions, the term r... | What belief has many gods? | {'text': 'polytheism', 'answer_start': 131} |
39,285 | 38,943 | 5ad396d7604f3c001a3fe7a5 | generic | The FBI is headquartered at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., with 56 field offices in major cities across the United States. The FBI also maintains over 400 resident agencies across the United States, as well as over 50 legal attachés at United States embassies and consulates. Many specialized FBI func... | Where is the CIA moving its Records Management Division to? | {'text': 'Winchester, Virginia', 'answer_start': 758} |
103,951 | 103,609 | 5acd736a07355d001abf42f5 | generic | Most electrification systems use overhead wires, but third rail is an option up to about 1,200 V. Third rail systems exclusively use DC distribution. The use of AC is not feasible because the dimensions of a third rail are physically very large compared with the skin depth that the alternating current penetrates to (0.... | What is considered an unimportant factor for subway systems? | {'text': 'smaller-diameter tunnels', 'answer_start': 531} |
99,881 | 99,539 | 5a7c8af6e8bc7e001a9e1eaa | generic | Friedrich Nietzsche argued that Kant commits an agnostic tautology and does not offer a satisfactory answer as to the source of a philosophical right to such-or-other metaphysical claims; he ridicules his pride in tackling "the most difficult thing that could ever be undertaken on behalf of metaphysics." The famous "th... | What did Kant ridicule Nietzsche for? | {'text': 'his pride', 'answer_start': 201} |
105,890 | 105,548 | 5a87cb6019b91f001a626dd9 | generic | The lowest pressure that can be attained in a system is also dependent on many things other than the nature of the pumps. Multiple pumps may be connected in series, called stages, to achieve higher vacuums. The choice of seals, chamber geometry, materials, and pump-down procedures will all have an impact. Collectively,... | How can chamber geometry be connected? | {'text': 'in series', 'answer_start': 154} |
35,600 | 35,258 | 570ad8714103511400d59a86 | generic | In August 2013, a launching ceremony for Japan's largest military ship since World War II was held in Yokohama. The 820-foot-long (250 m), 19,500-ton flattop Izumo was deployed in March 2015. The ship is able to carry up to 14 helicopters; however, only seven ASW helicopters and two SAR helicopters were planned for the... | What was the August 2013 launching ceremony in Yokohama held for? | {'text': "Japan's largest military ship since World War II", 'answer_start': 41} |
121,370 | 121,028 | 573170f3a5e9cc1400cdbf65 | generic | Other important Venetian mosaics can be found in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Torcello from the 12th century, and in the Basilical of Santi Maria e Donato in Murano with a restored apse mosaic from the 12th century and a beautiful mosaic pavement (1140). The apse of the San Cipriano Church in Murano was deco... | Where is the Basilica of Santi Maria e Donato located? | {'text': 'Murano', 'answer_start': 169} |
127,516 | 127,174 | 5a39996b2f14dd001ac7245b | generic | One senator represents the island in the French Senate. The first election was held on 21 September 2008 with the last election in September 2014. St. Barthélemy became an overseas territory of the European Union on 1 January 2012, but the island's inhabitants remain French citizens with EU status holding EU passports.... | On what date in September 2014 was the last election held? | {'text': '21', 'answer_start': 87} |
109,112 | 108,770 | 572fa79aa23a5019007fc83d | generic | Washington University has been selected by the Commission on Presidential Debates to host more presidential and vice-presidential debates than any other institution in history. United States presidential election debates were held at the Washington University Athletic Complex in 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2016. A presidenti... | Who were the candidates in the vice presidential debate at Washington University? | {'text': 'Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden', 'answer_start': 516} |
45,790 | 45,448 | 5ad3fe50604f3c001a3ffc36 | generic | In 2010, bills to abolish the death penalty in Kansas and in South Dakota (which had a de facto moratorium at the time) were rejected. Idaho ended its de facto moratorium, during which only one volunteer had been executed, on November 18, 2011 by executing Paul Ezra Rhoades; South Dakota executed Donald Moeller on Octo... | Who did Idaho execute in 2013? | {'text': 'Paul Ezra Rhoades', 'answer_start': 257} |
11,746 | 11,404 | 56debe163277331400b4d702 | generic | Schwarzenegger's early victories included repealing an unpopular increase in the vehicle registration fee as well as preventing driver's licenses being given out to illegal immigrants, but later he began to feel the backlash when powerful state unions began to oppose his various initiatives. Key among his reckoning wit... | How many of Schwarzenegger's ballot initiatives were defeated in the special election of 2005? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 402} |
37,061 | 36,719 | 570b4b85ec8fbc190045b96e | generic | After just 100 hours of ground combat, and with all of Kuwait and much of southern Iraq under coalition control, US President George H. W. Bush ordered a cease-fire and negotiations began resulting in an agreement for cessation of hostilities. Some US politicians were disappointed by this move, believing Bush should ha... | Why did Coalition nations fear the removal of Hussein from power? | {'text': 'it would create a power vacuum and destabilize the region', 'answer_start': 661} |
77,580 | 77,238 | 5727eef54b864d1900164057 | generic | Broadcasters were faced with having to adapt daily to the varied recording characteristics of many sources: various makers of "home recordings" readily available to the public, European recordings, lateral-cut transcriptions, and vertical-cut transcriptions. Efforts were started in 1942 to standardize within the Nation... | When were recording standards officially released? | {'text': '1949', 'answer_start': 502} |
105,377 | 105,035 | 5a84524f7cf838001a46a71a | generic | It authorized the Secretary of the Interior to list endangered domestic fish and wildlife and allowed the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to spend up to $15 million per year to buy habitats for listed species. It also directed federal land agencies to preserve habitat on their lands. The Act also consolidated a... | How much could the Act spend per year? | {'text': '$15 million', 'answer_start': 161} |
7,953 | 7,611 | 56dc648d14d3a41400c26851 | generic | DNA transposons generally move by "cut and paste" in the genome, but duplication has also been observed. Class 2 TEs do not use RNA as intermediate and are popular in bacteria, in metazoan it has also been found. | What is a term that can describe how DNA transposons move? | {'text': 'cut and paste', 'answer_start': 35} |
31,047 | 30,705 | 57071f039e06ca38007e9477 | generic | The end of the Porfiriato came in 1910 with the beginning of the Mexican Revolution. Díaz had stated that Mexico was ready for democracy and he would step down to allow other candidates to compete for the presidency, but Díaz decided to run again in 1910 for the last time against Francisco I. Madero. During the campaig... | Who stated that Mexico was ready for a Democracy and that he would step down? | {'text': 'Díaz', 'answer_start': 85} |
76,845 | 76,503 | 5727846af1498d1400e8fa6a | generic | Israel's Supreme Court is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. It is the highest judicial instance. The Supreme Court sits in Jerusalem. The area of its jurisdiction is the entire State. A ruling of the Supreme Court is binding upon every court, other than the Supreme Court itself. The Israeli suprem... | Where is Israel's Supreme Court located? | {'text': 'Jerusalem', 'answer_start': 145} |
79,934 | 79,592 | 5727c5182ca10214002d95e8 | generic | General Francisco Franco — himself a Galician from Ferrol — ruled as dictator from the civil war until his death in 1975. Franco's centralizing regime suppressed any official use of the Galician language, including the use of Galician names for newborns, although its everyday oral use was not forbidden. Among the attem... | What was Guerrilla fighter José Castro Veiga's nickname? | {'text': 'El Piloto', 'answer_start': 415} |
121,418 | 121,076 | 57317e8d497a881900248f87 | generic | Jerusalem with its many holy places probably had the highest concentration of mosaic-covered churches but very few of them survived the subsequent waves of destructions. The present remains do not do justice to the original richness of the city. The most important is the so-called "Armenian Mosaic" which was discovered... | When was the Armenian Mosaic re-discovered? | {'text': '1894', 'answer_start': 324} |
98,065 | 97,723 | 572a70a327b69114009ef5b7 | generic | Miami is noted as "the only major city in the United States conceived by a woman, Julia Tuttle", a local citrus grower and a wealthy Cleveland native. The Miami area was better known as "Biscayne Bay Country" in the early years of its growth. In the late 19th century, reports described the area as a promising wildernes... | Prior to the naming of Miami, what was the area around Miami called? | {'text': 'Biscayne Bay Country', 'answer_start': 187} |
94,909 | 94,567 | 572b80e034ae481900deae50 | generic | Although not yet tested as a therapy in humans, a growing body of evidence indicates that zinc may preferentially kill prostate cancer cells. Because zinc naturally homes to the prostate and because the prostate is accessible with relatively non-invasive procedures, its potential as a chemotherapeutic agent in this typ... | Where does zinc naturally buildup in the body? | {'text': 'prostate.', 'answer_start': 595} |
16,409 | 16,067 | 5a4d37147a6c4c001a2bbc54 | generic | Apple's Safari had its first beta release in January 2003; as of April 2011, it had a dominant share of Apple-based web browsing, accounting for just over 7% of the entire browser market. | When did the browser market become dominant in software? | {'text': 'as of April 2011', 'answer_start': 59} |
108,831 | 108,489 | 572f332ba23a5019007fc4da | generic | Douglas's business grew astronomically with the onset of World War II, employing as many as 44,000 people in 1943. To defend against air attack set designers from the Warner Brothers Studios prepared elaborate camouflage that disguised the factory and airfield. The RAND Corporation began as a project of the Douglas Com... | How many people did the company employ in 1943? | {'text': '44,000', 'answer_start': 92} |
21,589 | 21,247 | 56e8cfd799e8941900975eaf | generic | According to a tradition first reported by Sulcard in about 1080, a church was founded at the site (then known as Thorn Ey (Thorn Island)) in the 7th century, at the time of Mellitus, a Bishop of London. Construction of the present church began in 1245, on the orders of King Henry III. | What is the meaning of Thorn Ey? | {'text': 'Thorn Island', 'answer_start': 124} |
78,256 | 77,914 | 5a73b29142eae6001a38997e | generic | In one-party systems, one political party is legally allowed to hold effective power. Although minor parties may sometimes be allowed, they are legally required to accept the leadership of the dominant party. This party may not always be identical to the government, although sometimes positions within the party may in ... | What are minor parties often compared to due to their influence? | {'text': 'dictatorships and tyranny', 'answer_start': 550} |
77,676 | 77,334 | 57277739dd62a815002e9d8e | generic | Historically, the channel's programming consisted mainly of featured classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. Pictures (covering films released before 1950) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986). However,... | What company owns TCM and Warner Bros.? | {'text': 'Time Warner', 'answer_start': 398} |
82,577 | 82,235 | 5a123e6c6614be00188f24ae | generic | International teams also play friendlies, generally in preparation for the qualifying or final stages of major tournaments. This is essential, since national squads generally have much less time together in which to prepare. The biggest difference between friendlies at the club and international levels is that internat... | Why are Friendly's nonessential for major tournaments? | {'text': 'national squads generally have much less time together in which to prepare', 'answer_start': 149} |
105,406 | 105,064 | 5a845daa7cf838001a46a794 | generic | President Richard Nixon declared current species conservation efforts to be inadequate and called on the 93rd United States Congress to pass comprehensive endangered species legislation. Congress responded with a completely rewritten law, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 which was signed by Nixon on December 28, 1973... | What did the 93rd Congress declare inadequate? | {'text': 'species conservation efforts', 'answer_start': 41} |
6,884 | 6,542 | 56db67d3e7c41114004b50b3 | generic | In Latin America, the show is broadcast and subtitled by Sony Entertainment Television. In southeast Asia, it is broadcast by STAR World every Thursday and Friday nine or ten hours after. In Philippines, it is aired every Thursday and Friday nine or ten hours after its United States telecast; from 2002 to 2007 on ABC 5... | Who broadcasts Idol in southeast Asia? | {'text': 'STAR World', 'answer_start': 126} |
11,951 | 11,609 | 56df5a5d96943c1400a5d409 | generic | In the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Plymouth is represented by the three constituencies of Plymouth Moor View, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport and South West Devon and within the European Parliament as South West England. In the 2015 general election all three constituencies returned Conservative MPs, who were Olive... | What parliamentary constitutency was represented by Johnny Mercer? | {'text': 'Moor View', 'answer_start': 105} |
30,444 | 30,102 | 5ad271c1d7d075001a42946b | generic | The hypnotic electronic dance song "On and On", produced in 1984 by Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders and co-written by Vince Lawrence, had elements that became staples of the early house sound, such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer and minimal vocals as well as a Roland (specifically TR-808) drum machine and Korg (specif... | What type of bass synthesizer was a staple of the early Sanders sound? | {'text': 'Roland TB-303', 'answer_start': 199} |
56,466 | 56,124 | 57265352dd62a815002e8192 | generic | Film speed is found from a plot of optical density vs. log of exposure for the film, known as the D–log H curve or Hurter–Driffield curve. There typically are five regions in the curve: the base + fog, the toe, the linear region, the shoulder, and the overexposed region. For black-and-white negative film, the “speed po... | What is plotted in the Hurter-Driffield curve? | {'text': 'a plot of optical density vs. log of exposure for the film', 'answer_start': 25} |
86,198 | 85,856 | 5ad3449a604f3c001a3fdc3b | generic | Sony confirmed that there was an error and stated that they were narrowing down the issue and were continuing to work to restore service. By March 2 (UTC), 2010, owners of original PS3 models could connect to PSN successfully and the clock no longer showed December 31, 1999. Sony stated that the affected models incorre... | What storage system for dates led to the system disk error? | {'text': 'BCD', 'answer_start': 381} |
54,272 | 53,930 | 5726ec2bdd62a815002e955c | generic | Chinese troops suffered from deficient military equipment, serious logistical problems, overextended communication and supply lines, and the constant threat of UN bombers. All of these factors generally led to a rate of Chinese casualties that was far greater than the casualties suffered by UN troops. The situation bec... | What was the purpose of the Shengyang meeting? | {'text': "discuss the PVA's logistical problems", 'answer_start': 405} |
78,306 | 77,964 | 5a73bfed42eae6001a3899b2 | generic | Political parties, still called factions by some, especially those in the governmental apparatus, are lobbied vigorously by organizations, businesses and special interest groups such as trade unions. Money and gifts-in-kind to a party, or its leading members, may be offered as incentives. Such donations are the traditi... | What newly founded party opposed all government? | {'text': "left-of-centre workers' parties", 'answer_start': 464} |
2,609 | 2,267 | 56d12e4a17492d1400aabb8b | generic | Prior Zelda games have employed a theme of two separate, yet connected, worlds. In A Link to the Past, Link travels between a "Light World" and a "Dark World"; in Ocarina of Time, as well as in Oracle of Ages, Link travels between two different time periods. The Zelda team sought to reuse this motif in the series' late... | Who created the script for the story scenes? | {'text': 'Mitsuhiro Takano', 'answer_start': 572} |
29,245 | 28,903 | 5706131752bb89140068985e | generic | In the dystopian future world of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Times has been transformed into the organ of the totalitarian ruling party, its editorials—of which several are quoted in the book—reflecting Big Brother's pronouncements. | In what novel was The Times featured as an organ of a totalitarian ruling party? | {'text': 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', 'answer_start': 49} |
51,781 | 51,439 | 5725d4e989a1e219009abf69 | generic | The largest cemetery is the Cementerio del Norte, located in the northern-central part of the city. The Central Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio central), located in Barrio Sur in the southern area of the city, is one of Uruguay's main cemeteries. It was one of the first cemeteries (in contrast to church graveyards) in th... | Where is the Central Cemetery located? | {'text': 'Barrio Sur', 'answer_start': 163} |
85,095 | 84,753 | 57280e8c2ca10214002d9cce | generic | Time appears to have a direction—the past lies behind, fixed and immutable, while the future lies ahead and is not necessarily fixed. Yet for the most part the laws of physics do not specify an arrow of time, and allow any process to proceed both forward and in reverse. This is generally a consequence of time being mod... | What laws do not specify an arrow of time? | {'text': 'the laws of physics', 'answer_start': 156} |
99,761 | 99,419 | 572b6a90f75d5e190021fdb2 | generic | Idealism is a term with several related meanings. It comes via idea from the Greek idein (ἰδεῖν), meaning "to see". The term entered the English language by 1743. In ordinary use, as when speaking of Woodrow Wilson's political idealism, it generally suggests the priority of ideals, principles, values, and goals over co... | Whose worldview contrasts with that of idealists in the ordinary sense of the word? | {'text': 'pragmatists', 'answer_start': 419} |
80,042 | 79,700 | 5727b7a1ff5b5019007d9348 | generic | Developed at roughly the same time as the USB 3.1 specification, but distinct from it, the USB Type-C Specification 1.0 was finalized in August 2014 and defines a new small reversible-plug connector for USB devices. The Type-C plug connects to both hosts and devices, replacing various Type-A and Type-B connectors and c... | When was the Type-C Specification 1.0 finalized? | {'text': 'August 2014', 'answer_start': 137} |
23,994 | 23,652 | 56f78ae6a6d7ea1400e17245 | generic | The majority of the citizens of the Marshall Islands are of Marshallese descent, though there are small numbers of immigrants from the United States, China, Philippines and other Pacific islands. The two official languages are Marshallese, which is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, and English. Almost the en... | Aside from UCCCMI, what is the other major religious denomination of the Marshall Islands? | {'text': 'the Assemblies of God', 'answer_start': 509} |
54,291 | 53,949 | 5726f173708984140094d698 | generic | The Demilitarized Zone runs northeast of the 38th parallel; to the south, it travels west. The old Korean capital city of Kaesong, site of the armistice negotiations, originally was in pre-war South Korea, but now is part of North Korea. The United Nations Command, supported by the United States, the North Korean Peopl... | Was there ever an official peace treaty after the war? | {'text': 'there was no peace treaty', 'answer_start': 643} |
113,067 | 112,725 | 5ad4c6f05b96ef001a10a025 | generic | Downtown San Diego is located on San Diego Bay. Balboa Park encompasses several mesas and canyons to the northeast, surrounded by older, dense urban communities including Hillcrest and North Park. To the east and southeast lie City Heights, the College Area, and Southeast San Diego. To the north lies Mission Valley and... | Where is Otay Mesa found outside the city? | {'text': 'next to the Mexico–United States border', 'answer_start': 1175} |
88,884 | 88,542 | 572843933acd2414000df807 | generic | On the morning of 11 September 2001, 19 men affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners all bound for California. Once the hijackers assumed control of the airliners, they told the passengers that they had the bomb on board and would spare the lives of passengers and crew once their demands were met – no passenger... | How soon after planes crashed into them did the WTC towers collapse? | {'text': 'within two hours', 'answer_start': 628} |
8,557 | 8,215 | 5acfa3cb77cf76001a6856b2 | generic | The monarchs of England and the United Kingdom had ministers in whom they placed special trust and who were regarded as the head of the government. Examples were Thomas Cromwell under Henry VIII; William Cecil, Lord Burghley under Elizabeth I; Clarendon under Charles II and Godolphin under Queen Anne. These ministers h... | Who did the monarchs of England and the United Kingdom not trust? | {'text': 'ministers', 'answer_start': 51} |
59,202 | 58,860 | 572684325951b619008f7538 | generic | Some sections of the state feature architectural styles including Spanish revival, Florida vernacular, and Mediterranean Revival Style. It has the largest collection of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne buildings in both the United States and the entire world, most of which are located in the Miami metropolitan area, esp... | What does Florida have the largest collection of | {'text': 'the largest collection of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne buildings in both the United States and the entire world, most of which are located in the Miami', 'answer_start': 143} |
75,089 | 74,747 | 5a3175a5e4dcb1001abb2329 | generic | Many Baptist churches choose to affiliate with organizational groups that provide fellowship without control. The largest such group is the Southern Baptist Convention. There also are a substantial number of smaller cooperative groups. Finally, there are Baptist churches that choose to remain autonomous and independent... | What churches never become autonomous? | {'text': 'Baptist', 'answer_start': 255} |
105,013 | 104,671 | 572f9082a23a5019007fc75f | generic | In an operational capacity, limitations in weapons technology and quick British reactions were making it more difficult to achieve strategic effect. Attacking ports, shipping and imports as well as disrupting rail traffic in the surrounding areas, especially the distribution of coal, an important fuel in all industrial... | What kind of bombs were effective in the beginning but became less so with time? | {'text': 'delayed-action bombs', 'answer_start': 405} |
92,134 | 91,792 | 5728d27cff5b5019007da76c | generic | It seems an oracular cult existed in Delphi from the Mycenaean ages. In historical times, the priests of Delphi were called Labryaden, "the double-axe men", which indicates Minoan origin. The double-axe, labrys, was the holy symbol of the Cretan labyrinth. The Homeric hymn adds that Apollo appeared as a dolphin and car... | Who was the Minoan "Mistres of the animals?" | {'text': 'Britomartis', 'answer_start': 682} |
6,996 | 6,654 | 56d9a315dc89441400fdb66f | generic | The longest-lived breeds, including Toy Poodles, Japanese Spitz, Border Terriers, and Tibetan Spaniels, have median longevities of 14 to 15 years. The median longevity of mixed-breed dogs, taken as an average of all sizes, is one or more years longer than that of purebred dogs when all breeds are averaged. The dog wide... | Who did the Guinness Book of World Records say was the oldest dog in 2011? | {'text': 'Pusuke', 'answer_start': 468} |
46,550 | 46,208 | 5aceaefe32bba1001ae4b032 | generic | Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (/ˌæθəˈneɪʃəs/; Greek: Ἀθανάσιος Ἀλεξανδρείας, Athanásios Alexandrías; c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor or, primarily in the Coptic Orthodox Church, Athanasius the Apostolic, was the twentieth bishop of Alexandria (as Athanasius I). His e... | What was not a nickname for Saint Athanasius of Alexandria? | {'text': 'Athanasius the Great', 'answer_start': 139} |
8,853 | 8,511 | 56de59f24396321400ee2848 | generic | Polytechnics were tertiary education teaching institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Since 1970 UK Polytechnics operated under the binary system of education along with universities. Polytechnics offered diplomas and degrees (bachelor's, master's, PhD) validated at the national level by the UK Council for... | What was the first polytechnic in Britain originally named? | {'text': 'Royal Polytechnic Institution', 'answer_start': 630} |
86,358 | 86,016 | 572845f13acd2414000df83a | generic | Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has criticized PS3's high development costs and inferior attach rate and return to that of Xbox 360 and Wii. He believes these factors are pushing developers away from working on the console. In an interview with The Times Kotick stated "I'm getting concerned about Sony; the PlaySta... | What does "ROIC" stand for? | {'text': 'return on invested capital', 'answer_start': 548} |
117,884 | 117,542 | 5730ec2a497a881900248a55 | generic | Fetuvalu offers the Cambridge syllabus. Motufoua offers the Fiji Junior Certificate (FJC) at year 10, Tuvaluan Certificate at Year 11 and the Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate (PSSC) at Year 12, set by the Fiji-based exam board SPBEA. Sixth form students who pass their PSSC go on to the Augmented Foundation Programm... | In what educational institution is the program found? | {'text': 'University of the South Pacific', 'answer_start': 460} |
82,589 | 82,247 | 5a1240016614be00188f24ba | generic | International friendlies give team managers the opportunity to experiment with team selection and tactics before the tournament proper, and also allow them to assess the abilities of players they may potentially select for the tournament squad. Players can be booked in international friendlies, and can be suspended fro... | Who was making as many as eleven substitutions per tournament? | {'text': 'managers', 'answer_start': 674} |
104,325 | 103,983 | 5a772f272d6d7f001a4a9f52 | generic | The exodus of Salvadorans was a result of both economic and political problems. The largest immigration wave occurred as a result of the Salvadoran Civil War in the 1980s, in which 20–30% of El Salvador's population emigrated. About 50%, or up to 500,000 of those who escaped headed to the United States, which was alrea... | Who is the are the fifth-largest Hispanic and Latino American group? | {'text': 'Salvadorans Americans', 'answer_start': 363} |
7,693 | 7,351 | 56db74aae7c41114004b512e | generic | Macao: The event was held in Macau on May 3. It was the first time that the Olympic torch had traveled to Macau. A ceremony was held at Macau Fisherman's Wharf. Afterward, the torch traveled through Macau, passing by a number of landmarks including A-Ma Temple, Macau Tower, Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho, Ponte de... | How many torchbearers carried the torch in Macao? | {'text': '120', 'answer_start': 570} |
123,949 | 123,607 | 5a8497347cf838001a46a97e | generic | Another scholar contends that the minority leader position emerged even before 1883. On the Democratic side, "there were serious caucus fights for the minority speakership nomination in 1871 and 1873," indicating that the "nomination carried with it some vestige of leadership." Further, when Republicans were in the min... | In what year do Democrats contend that the Speaker position began? | {'text': 'before 1883', 'answer_start': 72} |
90,333 | 89,991 | 5ad251ced7d075001a428cde | generic | Among his contributions to philosophy is his claim to have solved the philosophical problem of induction. He states that while there is no way to prove that the sun will rise, it is possible to formulate the theory that every day the sun will rise; if it does not rise on some particular day, the theory will be falsifie... | Who never claimed to have solved the philosophical problem of induction? | {'text': 'Popper', 'answer_start': 486} |
26,647 | 26,305 | 56f95b969b226e1400dd1398 | generic | Winston Churchill, on forming his government in 1940, created the office of Minister of Defence to exercise ministerial control over the Chiefs of Staff Committee and to co-ordinate defence matters. The post was held by the Prime Minister of the day until Clement Attlee's government introduced the Ministry of Defence A... | Who created the office of Minister of Defence? | {'text': 'Winston Churchill', 'answer_start': 0} |
113,874 | 113,532 | 573033c3a23a5019007fcf74 | generic | Iranian scientists outside Iran have also made some major contributions to science. In 1960, Ali Javan co-invented the first gas laser, and fuzzy set theory was introduced by Lotfi Zadeh. Iranian cardiologist, Tofy Mussivand invented and developed the first artificial cardiac pump, the precursor of the artificial heart... | Which Iranian scientist discovered HbA1c to further treatment and research of diabetes? | {'text': 'Samuel Rahbar', 'answer_start': 393} |
35,487 | 35,145 | 5acd75aa07355d001abf434a | generic | The British Royal Navy is constructing two new larger STOVL aircraft carriers, the Queen Elizabeth class, to replace the three Invincible-class carriers. The ships will be named HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. They will be able to operate up to 40 aircraft in peace time with a tailored group of up to 50, a... | What is the British Army constructing to replace their three Invincible-class carriers? | {'text': 'two new larger STOVL aircraft carriers, the Queen Elizabeth class', 'answer_start': 39} |
71,207 | 70,865 | 5ad27e33d7d075001a42970b | generic | From April–July, Soviet and German officials made statements regarding the potential for the beginning of political negotiations, while no actual negotiations took place during that time period. The ensuing discussion of a potential political deal between Germany and the Soviet Union had to be channeled into the framew... | Which three countries positioned themselves to broker a deal returning to a pre-1930’s treaty with each other? | {'text': 'Soviet and German', 'answer_start': 17} |
124,133 | 123,791 | 5731f6f8b9d445190005e6f0 | generic | Eric P. Hamp in his 2012 Indo-European family tree, groups the Armenian language along with Greek and Ancient Macedonian ("Helleno-Macedonian") in the Pontic Indo-European (also called Helleno-Armenian) subgroup. In Hamp's view the homeland of this subgroup is the northeast coast of the Black Sea and its hinterlands. H... | What subgroup does Hamp put the Armenian language in? | {'text': 'Pontic Indo-European', 'answer_start': 151} |
73,576 | 73,234 | 572772ab708984140094ddcb | generic | In May 2015, a coalition of more than 60 Asian-American organizations filed federal complaints with the Education and Justice Departments against Harvard University. The coalition asked for a civil rights investigation into what they described as Harvard's discriminatory admission practices against Asian-American appli... | Why was the lawsuit eventually dismissed? | {'text': 'the Students for Fair Admissions lawsuit makes similar allegations', 'answer_start': 849} |
11,337 | 10,995 | 5a63379768151a001a922265 | generic | Italy became a major industrialized country again, due to its post-war economic miracle. The European Union (EU) involved the division of powers, with taxation, health and education handled by the nation states, while the EU had charge of market rules, competition, legal standards and environmentalism. The Soviet econo... | When did democracy fall in allies of the Soviet Union? | {'text': '1989', 'answer_start': 418} |
59,448 | 59,106 | 5726d611708984140094d2e0 | generic | Queen have been recognised as having made significant contributions to such genres as hard rock, and heavy metal, among others. Hence, the band have been cited as an influence by many other musicians. Moreover, like their music, the bands and artists that have claimed to be influenced by Queen and have expressed admira... | This band with a flower in their name was influenced by Queen? | {'text': "Guns N' Roses", 'answer_start': 556} |
39,853 | 39,511 | 570e6a590b85d914000d7ead | generic | Over two-thirds of Melburnians speak only English at home (68.1%). Chinese (mainly Cantonese and Mandarin) is the second-most-common language spoken at home (3.6%), with Greek third, Italian fourth and Vietnamese fifth, each with more than 100,000 speakers. Although Victoria's net interstate migration has fluctuated, t... | What percentage of Melburnians speak only English at home? | {'text': '68.1%', 'answer_start': 59} |
55,583 | 55,241 | 5726535d708984140094c278 | generic | In the next two years, the company established its first factory in south India in the town of Machilipatnam on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. The high profits reported by the company after landing in India initially prompted King James I to grant subsidiary licences to other trading companies in England. B... | What initially moved King James 1 to grant subsidiary licences to other trading companies in England? | {'text': 'high profits', 'answer_start': 159} |
33,294 | 32,952 | 5a57e635770dc0001aeefe99 | generic | Politically, Orthodox Jews, given their variety of movements and affiliations, tend not to conform easily to the standard left-right political spectrum, with one of the key differences between the movements stemming from the groups' attitudes to Zionism. Generally speaking, of the three key strands of Orthodox Judaism,... | What do Orthodox Jews see as a benefit to the Judaic way of life? | {'text': 'militarism and nationalism', 'answer_start': 701} |
99,453 | 99,111 | 5ace65ff32bba1001ae4a59b | generic | Wildfires plague the forested areas of Guam every dry season despite the island's humid climate. Most fires are man-caused with 80% resulting from arson. Poachers often start fires to attract deer to the new growth. Invasive grass species that rely on fire as part of their natural life cycle grow in many regularly burn... | What are 20% of fires resulting from? | {'text': 'arson', 'answer_start': 147} |
9,350 | 9,008 | 5a7ffa9c8f0597001ac00122 | generic | A further example is the goby fish, which sometimes lives together with a shrimp. The shrimp digs and cleans up a burrow in the sand in which both the shrimp and the goby fish live. The shrimp is almost blind, leaving it vulnerable to predators when outside its burrow. In case of danger the goby fish touches the shrimp... | What behavior does the shrimp exhibit when it does not live with the goby? | {'text': 'mutualistic', 'answer_start': 487} |
28,551 | 28,209 | 56fdc60e19033b140034cd67 | generic | Devices have been used to aid computation for thousands of years, mostly using one-to-one correspondence with fingers. The earliest counting device was probably a form of tally stick. Later record keeping aids throughout the Fertile Crescent included calculi (clay spheres, cones, etc.) which represented counts of items... | The earliest device to help count was what? | {'text': 'a form of tally stick', 'answer_start': 161} |
78,667 | 78,325 | 5ad2402ad7d075001a428926 | generic | The Order of Preachers (Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum, hence the abbreviation OP used by members), more commonly known after the 15th century as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Roman Catholic religious order founded by the Spanish priest Saint Dominic de Guzman in France and approved by Pope Honorius III (1216–27) ... | What did the Dominican Order's membership not include? | {'text': 'friars, nuns, active sisters, and lay or secular Dominicans (formerly known as tertiaries', 'answer_start': 387} |
13,256 | 12,914 | 56df4cdc8bc80c19004e4a37 | generic | Oklahoma City lies in the Sandstone Hills region of Oklahoma, known for hills of 250 to 400 feet (120 m) and two species of oak: blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) and post oak (Q. stellata). The northeastern part of the city and its eastern suburbs fall into an ecological region known as the Cross Timbers. | Which region is Oklahoma city located in? | {'text': 'Sandstone Hills region', 'answer_start': 26} |
98,883 | 98,541 | 572ac497f75d5e190021fca8 | generic | In the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries, John Kerry defeated several Democratic rivals, including Sen. John Edwards (D-North Carolina.), former Vermont Governor Howard Dean and retired Army General Wesley Clark. His victory in the Iowa caucuses is widely believed to be the tipping point where Kerry revived his sa... | What was Wesley Clark's former job? | {'text': 'Army General', 'answer_start': 191} |
18,685 | 18,343 | 5ad68dfd191832001aa7b1b7 | generic | There are three main chemical pulping processes: the sulfite process dates back to the 1840s and it was the dominant method extent before the second world war. The kraft process, invented in the 1870s and first used in the 1890s, is now the most commonly practiced strategy, one of its advantages is the chemical reactio... | How many non-chemical pulping processes are there? | {'text': 'three', 'answer_start': 10} |
130,467 | 130,125 | 5a6bb3444eec6b001a80a4e9 | generic | In stable patients whose symptoms have resolved by the time of evaluation, technetium (99mTc) sestamibi (i.e. a "MIBI scan") or thallium-201 chloride can be used in nuclear medicine to visualize areas of reduced blood flow in conjunction with physiological or pharmacological stress. Thallium may also be used to determi... | What is another name for thallium-201? | {'text': 'MIBI scan', 'answer_start': 113} |
9,618 | 9,276 | 5ad3e6c3604f3c001a3ff5df | generic | After the 1980s, the use of the "Canadian Armed Forces" name gave way to "Canadian Forces";[citation needed] The "Canadian Armed Forces" name returned in 2013. | What is the new name of the Canadian Forces? | {'text': 'Canadian Armed Forces', 'answer_start': 33} |
11,650 | 11,308 | 56de708bcffd8e1900b4b8d7 | generic | On May 20, 1971, his brother, Meinhard, died in a car accident. Meinhard had been drinking and was killed instantly. Schwarzenegger did not attend his funeral. Meinhard was due to marry Erika Knapp, and the couple had a three-year-old son, Patrick. Schwarzenegger would pay for Patrick's education and help him to emigra... | Who was the first woman Schwarzenegger was serious about? | {'text': 'Barbara Baker', 'answer_start': 794} |
788 | 446 | 56bfbacaa10cfb1400551283 | generic | In 2001, she became the first African-American woman and second woman songwriter to win the Pop Songwriter of the Year award at the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Pop Music Awards. Beyoncé was the third woman to have writing credits on three number one songs ("Irreplaceable", "Grillz" and "Check... | When did Beyonce become the first African American woman to win Pop songwriter of the year? | {'text': '2001', 'answer_start': 3} |
28,600 | 28,258 | 56fdda6219033b140034cd8f | generic | The principle of the modern computer was first described by mathematician and pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing, who set out the idea in his seminal 1936 paper, On Computable Numbers. Turing reformulated Kurt Gödel's 1931 results on the limits of proof and computation, replacing Gödel's universal arithmetic-bas... | Who wrote the paper "On Computable Numbers"? | {'text': 'Alan Turing', 'answer_start': 108} |
71,133 | 70,791 | 5a581305770dc0001aeeffdd | generic | Utrecht is home to the premier league (professional) football club FC Utrecht, which plays in Stadium Nieuw Galgenwaard. It is also the home of Kampong, the largest (amateur) sportsclub in the Netherlands (4,500 members), SV Kampong. Kampong features fieldhockey, soccer, cricket, tennis, squash and jeu de boules. Kampo... | What stadium does the varsity football team play at? | {'text': 'Stadium Nieuw Galgenwaard', 'answer_start': 94} |
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