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86,528 | 86,186 | 572a9d6bf75d5e190021fba0 | generic | Royal assent is not sufficient to give legal effect to an Act of Tynwald. By ancient custom, an act did not come into force until it had been promulgated at an open-air sitting of Tynwald, usually held on Tynwald Hill at St John's on St John's Day (24 June), but, since the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1753, on... | How much of the proposed act must be currently read aloud on St John's Day? | {'text': 'only the short title and a summary of the long title', 'answer_start': 683} |
72,885 | 72,543 | 57271144f1498d1400e8f302 | generic | The main cause of TB is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a small, aerobic, nonmotile bacillus. The high lipid content of this pathogen accounts for many of its unique clinical characteristics. It divides every 16 to 20 hours, which is an extremely slow rate compared with other bacteria, which usually divide in less than an ... | In nature, what "helper" does the MTB bacterium require to grow? | {'text': 'a host organism', 'answer_start': 683} |
81,277 | 80,935 | 572802612ca10214002d9b5e | generic | Primarily starting in the mid-1960s, London became a centre for the worldwide youth culture, exemplified by the Swinging London subculture associated with the King's Road, Chelsea and Carnaby Street. The role of trendsetter was revived during the punk era. In 1965 London's political boundaries were expanded to take int... | Why was the Greater London Council established? | {'text': 'the growth of the urban area', 'answer_start': 330} |
82,091 | 81,749 | 5727ccf43acd2414000decbd | generic | All government officers of the United States, including the President, the Justices of the Supreme Court, state judges and legislators, and all members of Congress, pledge first and foremost to uphold the Constitution. These oaths affirm that the rule of law is superior to the rule of any human leader. At the same time... | What does the President and Supreme Court Justices vow to stand by? | {'text': 'the Constitution', 'answer_start': 201} |
41,159 | 40,817 | 570d1d42b3d812140066d426 | generic | Many Sanskrit loanwords are also found in Austronesian languages, such as Javanese, particularly the older form in which nearly half the vocabulary is borrowed. Other Austronesian languages, such as traditional Malay and modern Indonesian, also derive much of their vocabulary from Sanskrit, albeit to a lesser extent, w... | From what language is a large proportion of Tagalog derived? | {'text': 'Spanish', 'answer_start': 474} |
124,092 | 123,750 | 5a84e14b7cf838001a46ab0d | generic | Gephardt added that "inclusion and empowerment of the people on the line have to be done to get the best performance" from the minority party. Other techniques for fostering party harmony include the appointment of task forces composed of partisan colleagues with conflicting views to reach consensus on issues; the crea... | What did task forces for the public want to foster in the minority party? | {'text': 'party harmony', 'answer_start': 174} |
42,777 | 42,435 | 5ad2b73fd7d075001a42a02e | generic | The main mineral resource known on the continent is coal. It was first recorded near the Beardmore Glacier by Frank Wild on the Nimrod Expedition, and now low-grade coal is known across many parts of the Transantarctic Mountains. The Prince Charles Mountains contain significant deposits of iron ore. The most valuable r... | What significant deposits are found in the Transantarctic Mountains? | {'text': 'iron ore', 'answer_start': 291} |
56,845 | 56,503 | 5726a2b75951b619008f7879 | generic | Street parking in urban neighborhoods is mostly controlled by the franeleros a.k.a. "viene vienes" (lit. "come on, come on"), who ask drivers for a fee to park, in theory to guard the car, but with the implicit threat that the franelero will damage the car if the fee is not paid. Double parking is common (with franeler... | How many parking meters were installed as of October 2013? | {'text': '721', 'answer_start': 473} |
112,193 | 111,851 | 572fd44fb2c2fd14005684cf | generic | The Romans held off Hannibal in three battles, but then Hannibal smashed a succession of Roman consular armies. By this time Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal Barca sought to cross the Alps into Italy and join his brother with a second army. Hasdrubal managed to break through into Italy only to be defeated decisively on the... | What was the name of Hannibal's family member that wanted to join his army in battle? | {'text': 'Hasdrubal Barca', 'answer_start': 144} |
109,113 | 108,771 | 5ace1b9532bba1001ae49adb | 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... | In what year was the Washington University Athletic Complex built? | {'text': '1992', 'answer_start': 280} |
52,578 | 52,236 | 5725d9feec44d21400f3d6a5 | generic | Before Prince Albert's death, the palace was frequently the scene of musical entertainments, and the greatest contemporary musicians entertained at Buckingham Palace. The composer Felix Mendelssohn is known to have played there on three occasions. Johann Strauss II and his orchestra played there when in England. Straus... | Which piece of music by Johann Strauss was first performed at Buckingham in honor of Princess Alice? | {'text': 'Alice Polka', 'answer_start': 325} |
37,074 | 36,732 | 5ad1787c645df0001a2d1d72 | generic | The War on Terrorism is a global effort by the governments of several countries (primarily the United States and its principal allies) to neutralize international terrorist groups (primarily Islamic Extremist terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda) and ensure that countries considered by the US and some of its allies to ... | What is one prominent, specific terrorist group targeted by the War on Terrorism? | {'text': 'al-Qaeda', 'answer_start': 237} |
26,911 | 26,569 | 5ad3aa61604f3c001a3feb3e | generic | Since the formal adoption of digital video broadcasting's (DVB) widescreen HDTV transmission modes in the early 2000s; the 525-line NTSC (and PAL-M) systems, as well as the European 625-line PAL and SECAM systems, are now regarded as standard definition television systems. | In addition to the NTSC system, what 525-line system is considered a high definition television system? | {'text': 'PAL-M', 'answer_start': 142} |
14,136 | 13,794 | 5ace051a32bba1001ae49978 | generic | On October 11, 1944, the Tuvan People's Republic joined the Russian SFSR as the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast, in 1961 becoming an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. | On what date did the Tuvan People's Republic leave the Russian SFSR? | {'text': 'October 11, 1944', 'answer_start': 3} |
22,558 | 22,216 | 5ad49d0aba00c4001a268dc3 | generic | The Slavs under name of the Antes and the Sclaveni make their first appearance in Byzantine records in the early 6th century. Byzantine historiographers under Justinian I (527–565), such as Procopius of Caesarea, Jordanes and Theophylact Simocatta describe tribes of these names emerging from the area of the Carpathian ... | What was another name for Byzantine? | {'text': 'Antes and the Sclaveni', 'answer_start': 28} |
69,466 | 69,124 | 5a7a4b5117ab25001a8a0486 | 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... | In ancient Rome, Homer wrote what two epics? | {'text': 'the Iliad and the Odyssey', 'answer_start': 49} |
33,081 | 32,739 | 5709aa1f200fba1400368237 | generic | In 2013 and 2014, a Russian/Ukrainian hacking ring known as "Rescator" broke into Target Corporation computers in 2013, stealing roughly 40 million credit cards, and then Home Depot computers in 2014, stealing between 53 and 56 million credit card numbers. Warnings were delivered at both corporations, but ignored; phys... | How many credit card numbers were stole from Home Depot in 2014? | {'text': 'between 53 and 56 million', 'answer_start': 210} |
50,747 | 50,405 | 5725b4ef38643c19005acb95 | generic | With successive Persian rule, the region, divided between Syria-Coele province and later the autonomous Yehud Medinata, was gradually developing back into urban society, largely dominated by Judeans. The Greek conquests largely skipped the region without any resistance or interest. Incorporated into Ptolemaic and final... | Who dominated the society? | {'text': 'Judeans', 'answer_start': 191} |
53,069 | 52,727 | 57263203ec44d21400f3dc15 | generic | In 1906, the tungsten filament was introduced. Tungsten metal was initially not available in a form that allowed it to be drawn into fine wires. Filaments made from sintered tungsten powder were quite fragile. By 1910, a process was developed by William D. Coolidge at General Electric for production of a ductile form o... | What other materials were combined with tungsten? | {'text': 'potassium, silicon, and aluminium oxides', 'answer_start': 574} |
1,372 | 1,030 | 56cf7b8a4df3c31400b0d81f | generic | In the spring of 1834, Chopin attended the Lower Rhenish Music Festival in Aix-la-Chapelle with Hiller, and it was there that Chopin met Felix Mendelssohn. After the festival, the three visited Düsseldorf, where Mendelssohn had been appointed musical director. They spent what Mendelssohn described as "a very agreeable ... | Where did Chopin meet Felix Mendelssohn? | {'text': 'the Lower Rhenish Music Festival', 'answer_start': 39} |
106,301 | 105,959 | 5ad216f6d7d075001a4283cd | generic | Based on earlier transmitted reports, in the year 632, after the demise of Muhammad a number of his companions who knew the Quran by heart were killed in a battle by Musaylimah, the first caliph Abu Bakr (d. 634) decided to collect the book in one volume so that it could be preserved. Zayd ibn Thabit (d. 655) was the p... | Which scribe led the production of the last written Quran? | {'text': 'Zayd ibn Thabit', 'answer_start': 286} |
15,818 | 15,476 | 5acd1f4407355d001abf35c5 | generic | Armenian and Cantonese have aspiration that lasts about as long as English aspirated stops, in addition to unaspirated stops. Korean has lightly aspirated stops that fall between the Armenian and Cantonese unaspirated and aspirated stops as well as strongly aspirated stops whose aspiration lasts longer than that of Arm... | Whose aspiration lasts longer than that of Armenian or Korean? | {'text': 'English', 'answer_start': 67} |
93,802 | 93,460 | 57292c3b6aef051400154b3d | generic | Prior to Einstein's paper, electromagnetic radiation such as visible light was considered to behave as a wave: hence the use of the terms "frequency" and "wavelength" to characterise different types of radiation. The energy transferred by a wave in a given time is called its intensity. The light from a theatre spotligh... | What other types of wave besides light has its own intensity? | {'text': 'sound', 'answer_start': 610} |
107,404 | 107,062 | 572f1678cb0c0d14000f1769 | generic | The decolonization of the Americas was the process by which the countries in the Americas gained their independence from European rule. Decolonization began with a series of revolutions in the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries. The Spanish American wars of independence were the numerous wars against Spanish rul... | When did the decolonization of the Americas begin? | {'text': '18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries.', 'answer_start': 198} |
95,172 | 94,830 | 5a2c4a4dbfd06b001a5aeae2 | generic | The earliest examples of neoclassical architecture in Hungary may be found in Vác. In this town the triumphal arch and the neoclassical façade of the baroque Cathedral were designed by the French architect Isidor Marcellus Amandus Ganneval (Isidore Canevale) in the 1760s. Also the work of a French architect Charles Mor... | What two cathedrals did Pollack design and hungry | {'text': 'Cathedral of Eger and Esztergom', 'answer_start': 623} |
8,690 | 8,348 | 56dd374a66d3e219004dac70 | generic | The convention in the English language is to call nearly all national heads of government "prime minister" (sometimes modified to the equivalent term of premier), regardless of the correct title of the head of government as applied in his or her respective country. The few exceptions to the rule are Germany and Austria... | What is the term for the highest position in government in Vatican City? | {'text': 'Secretary of State', 'answer_start': 538} |
54,116 | 53,774 | 57269adedd62a815002e8ad9 | generic | Acting on State Secretary Acheson's recommendation, President Truman ordered General MacArthur to transfer matériel to the Army of the Republic of Korea while giving air cover to the evacuation of U.S. nationals. The President disagreed with advisers who recommended unilateral U.S. bombing of the North Korean forces, a... | Fearing the provocation of Communist China, what country's request for combat troops did the US deny? | {'text': 'Republic of China', 'answer_start': 367} |
127,712 | 127,370 | 5733ebbbd058e614000b65db | generic | It was temporarily under the control of the Tibetan empire and Chinese from 650–680 and then under the control of the Umayyads in 710. The Samanid Empire, 819 to 999, restored Persian control of the region and enlarged the cities of Samarkand and Bukhara (both cities are today part of Uzbekistan) which became the cultu... | Who conquered Tansaxania? | {'text': 'The Kara-Khanid Khanate', 'answer_start': 378} |
94,861 | 94,519 | 5acfc5e077cf76001a685e5b | generic | Alloys of primarily zinc with small amounts of copper, aluminium, and magnesium are useful in die casting as well as spin casting, especially in the automotive, electrical, and hardware industries. These alloys are marketed under the name Zamak. An example of this is zinc aluminium. The low melting point together with ... | What is possible to produce thanks to the high melting point and high viscosity of zinc aluminium alloy? | {'text': 'small and intricate shapes', 'answer_start': 375} |
40,784 | 40,442 | 570d3f2ffed7b91900d45d95 | generic | From the early 1930s eight countries developed radar, these developments were sufficiently advanced by the late 1930s for development work on sound locating acoustic devices to be generally halted, although equipment was retained. Furthermore, in Britain the volunteer Observer Corps formed in 1925 provided a network of... | How many different countries developed radar starting in the 1930s? | {'text': 'eight', 'answer_start': 21} |
126,746 | 126,404 | 5732a702328d981900601fe3 | generic | During the Eocene (56 million years ago - 33.9 million years ago), the continents continued to drift toward their present positions. At the beginning of the period, Australia and Antarctica remained connected, and warm equatorial currents mixed with colder Antarctic waters, distributing the heat around the world and ke... | The mixing of equatorial currents with Antarctic waters in the Eocene resulted in what? | {'text': 'keeping global temperatures high', 'answer_start': 318} |
35,323 | 34,981 | 5a67a5aff038b7001ab0c3d7 | generic | Some of the most important surviving works of Old English literature are Beowulf, an epic poem; the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a record of early English history; the Franks Casket, an inscribed early whalebone artefact; and Cædmon's Hymn, a Christian religious poem. There are also a number of extant prose works, such as se... | Who are usually well known among the Anglo-Saxons? | {'text': 'authors', 'answer_start': 610} |
39,650 | 39,308 | 5ad159a0645df0001a2d1846 | generic | Mary is referred to by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Anglican Church, and all Eastern Catholic Churches as Theotokos, a title recognized at the Third Ecumenical Council (held at Ephesus to address the teachings of Nestorius, in 431). Theotokos (and its Latin equivalents, "Deipara" and "Dei genetr... | What language was spoken by Nestorius? | {'text': 'Latin', 'answer_start': 422} |
86,604 | 86,262 | 572aa35334ae481900deabeb | generic | In the United Kingdom, a bill is presented for royal assent after it has passed all the required stages in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the House of Commons may, under certain circumstances, direct that a bill be presented for assent despite lack of passage ... | Which Houses in the UK must approve a bill before it is assented? | {'text': 'House of Commons and the House of Lords', 'answer_start': 116} |
17,713 | 17,371 | 56e13c5ee3433e1400422cf3 | generic | In 2010, Boston was estimated to have 617,594 residents (a density of 12,200 persons/sq mile, or 4,700/km2) living in 272,481 housing units— a 5% population increase over 2000. The city is the third most densely populated large U.S. city of over half a million residents. Some 1.2 million persons may be within Boston's ... | What can the population of Boston rech during special events? | {'text': '2 million', 'answer_start': 279} |
81,817 | 81,475 | 5a4c3f987a6c4c001a2bbbc0 | generic | The rainfall inhibition and the dissipation of cloud cover are most accentuated over the eastern section of the Sahara rather than the western. The prevailing air mass lying above the Sahara is the continental tropical (cT) air mass which is hot and dry. Hot, dry air masses primarily form over the North-African desert ... | over what region is there the most cloud coverage? | {'text': 'eastern section', 'answer_start': 89} |
124,293 | 123,951 | 5a53e8ccbdaabd001a3867dc | generic | During Soviet rule, Armenian athletes rose to prominence winning plenty of medals and helping the USSR win the medal standings at the Olympics on numerous occasions. The first medal won by an Armenian in modern Olympic history was by Hrant Shahinyan, who won two golds and two silvers in gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Ol... | Who was the first person from Munich to win medals in the olympics? | {'text': 'Hrant Shahinyan', 'answer_start': 234} |
54,198 | 53,856 | 5726d182dd62a815002e913d | generic | Meanwhile, on 10 October 1950, the 89th Tank Battalion was attached to the 1st Cavalry Division, increasing the armor available for the Northern Offensive. On 15 October, after moderate KPA resistance, the 7th Cavalry Regiment and Charlie Company, 70th Tank Battalion captured Namchonjam city. On 17 October, they flanke... | What caused the North Koreans to move their capital for the second time? | {'text': 'UNC forces approached', 'answer_start': 592} |
59,943 | 59,601 | 5a7cc770e8bc7e001a9e1ffd | generic | The Thuringian population has a significant sex ratio gap, caused by the emigration of young women, especially in rural areas. Overall, there are 115 to 120 men per 100 women in the 25–40 age group ("family founders") which has negative consequences for the birth ratio. Furthermore, the population is getting older and ... | What is the sex ratio gap in Thuringia falsely considered? | {'text': '115 to 120 men per 100 women in the 25–40 age group', 'answer_start': 146} |
106,295 | 105,953 | 572ea78ec246551400ce4476 | generic | Based on earlier transmitted reports, in the year 632, after the demise of Muhammad a number of his companions who knew the Quran by heart were killed in a battle by Musaylimah, the first caliph Abu Bakr (d. 634) decided to collect the book in one volume so that it could be preserved. Zayd ibn Thabit (d. 655) was the p... | Which caliph decided to preserve the Quran as a single book after some of Muhammad's companions were killed in battle? | {'text': 'Abu Bakr', 'answer_start': 195} |
108,646 | 108,304 | 572f88c2a23a5019007fc707 | generic | Referred to as "Hyderabadi", the residents of Hyderabad are predominantly Telugu and Urdu speaking people, with minority Bengali, Gujarati (including Memon), Kannada (including Nawayathi), Malayalam, Marathi, Marwari, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Uttar Pradeshi communities. Hyderabad is home to a unique dialect of Urdu cal... | Hyderabadi is a type of what langauge? | {'text': 'Dakhini', 'answer_start': 360} |
120,332 | 119,990 | 573147faa5e9cc1400cdbdfd | generic | Various theories for the decline of the Native American populations emphasize epidemic diseases, conflicts with Europeans, and conflicts among warring tribes. Scholars now believe that, among the various contributing factors, epidemic disease was the overwhelming cause of the population decline of the American natives.... | How did smallpox cause the Inca Civil War? | {'text': 'By killing the Incan ruler Huayna Capac', 'answer_start': 588} |
16,757 | 16,415 | 56e11911e3433e1400422bd5 | generic | Compass-M1 transmits in 3 bands: E2, E5B, and E6. In each frequency band two coherent sub-signals have been detected with a phase shift of 90 degrees (in quadrature). These signal components are further referred to as "I" and "Q". The "I" components have shorter codes and are likely to be intended for the open service.... | What is the phase shift of the sub-signals detected in each frequency band used by Compass-M1? | {'text': '90 degrees (in quadrature)', 'answer_start': 139} |
70,171 | 69,829 | 5726e48f5951b619008f81aa | generic | In certain cases compound words and set phrases may be contracted into single characters. Some of these can be considered logograms, where characters represent whole words rather than syllable-morphemes, though these are generally instead considered ligatures or abbreviations (similar to scribal abbreviations, such as ... | What can be considered as set phrases? | {'text': 'single characters', 'answer_start': 71} |
70,829 | 70,487 | 5726e93cdd62a815002e94ca | generic | NigeriaSat-2, Nigeria's second satellite, was built as a high-resolution earth satellite by Surrey Space Technology Limited, a United Kingdom-based satellite technology company. It has 2.5-metre resolution panchromatic (very high resolution), 5-metre multispectral (high resolution, NIR red, green and red bands), and 32... | Where was Nigeria's second satellite launched? | {'text': 'China', 'answer_start': 581} |
105,174 | 104,832 | 57302cf4b2c2fd14005689ee | generic | British night air defences were in a poor state. Few anti-aircraft guns had fire-control systems, and the underpowered searchlights were usually ineffective against aircraft at altitudes above 12,000 ft (3,700 m). In July 1940, only 1,200 heavy and 549 light guns were deployed in the whole of Britain. Of the "heavies",... | By July of 1940 how many guns were deployed in Britain? | {'text': 'only 1,200 heavy and 549 light guns', 'answer_start': 228} |
84,876 | 84,534 | 5a80de408f0597001ac001d2 | generic | Temporal measurement, chronometry, takes two distinct period forms: the calendar, a mathematical tool for organizing intervals of time, and the clock, a physical mechanism that counts the passage of time. In day-to-day life, the clock is consulted for periods less than a day whereas the calendar is consulted for period... | How is the number that marks the occurrence of an interval obtained? | {'text': 'by counting from a fiducial epoch', 'answer_start': 555} |
126,042 | 125,700 | 5733f165d058e614000b663c | generic | Portuguese law applied in the former colonies and territories and continues to be the major influence for those countries. Portugal's main police organizations are the Guarda Nacional Republicana – GNR (National Republican Guard), a gendarmerie; the Polícia de Segurança Pública – PSP (Public Security Police), a civilia... | What is the Policia de Seguranca Publica - PSP (Public Security Police)? | {'text': 'a civilian police force who work in urban areas', 'answer_start': 311} |
77,351 | 77,009 | 57279cc0708984140094e240 | generic | German record company Odeon is often said to have pioneered the album in 1909 when it released the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky on 4 double-sided discs in a specially designed package. (It is not indicated what size the records are.) However, Deutsche Grammophon had produced an album for its complete recording of th... | What was one of the very first albums released? | {'text': 'Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky', 'answer_start': 99} |
89,391 | 89,049 | 5ad154b9645df0001a2d17c0 | generic | Harriet Harman became the Leader of the Opposition and acting Leader of the Labour Party following the resignation of Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010, pending a leadership election subsequently won by Ed Miliband. Miliband emphasised "responsible capitalism" and greater state intervention to change the balance of the UK ec... | What did Miliband want to regulate less? | {'text': 'banks', 'answer_start': 529} |
55,334 | 54,992 | 5a62972ef8d794001af1c12e | generic | On 16 March 2012, 52 Greenpeace activists from five different countries boarded Fennica and Nordica, multipurpose icebreakers chartered to support Shell's drilling rigs near Alaska. Around the same time period, a reporter for Fortune magazine spoke with Edward Itta, an Inupiat Eskimo leader and the former mayor of the ... | What borough were the Greenpeace activists from? | {'text': 'the North Slope Borough', 'answer_start': 316} |
81,300 | 80,958 | 57280f04ff5b5019007d9c0a | generic | London is the seat of the Government of the United Kingdom. Many government departments are based close to the Palace of Westminster, particularly along Whitehall, including the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street. The British Parliament is often referred to as the "Mother of Parliaments" (although this sob... | How many Members of Parliament are from London? | {'text': '73', 'answer_start': 457} |
59,764 | 59,422 | 572696d45951b619008f7766 | generic | Korean Presbyterian denominations are active in evangelism and many of its missionaries are being sent overseas, being the second biggest missionary sender in the world after the United States. GSM, the missionary body of the "Hapdong" General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches of Korea, is the single largest Presbyteri... | What is the name of the largest Presbyterian missionary organization in Korea? | {'text': 'General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches of Korea', 'answer_start': 236} |
34,222 | 33,880 | 570a53286d058f1900182d54 | generic | Imperial College Boat Club
The Imperial College Boat Club was founded on 12 December 1919. The Gold medal winning GB 8+ at the 2000 Sydney Olympics had been based at Imperial College's recently refurbished boathouse and included 3 alumni of the college along with their coach Martin McElroy. The club has been highly suc... | What was the name of the coach of the Gold medal winning GB8+? | {'text': 'Martin McElroy', 'answer_start': 276} |
8,865 | 8,523 | 56de5ef44396321400ee2862 | generic | Institutes of technology in Venezuela were developed in the 1950s as an option for post-secondary education in technical and scientific courses, after the polytechnic French concepts. At that time, technical education was considered essential for the development of a sound middle class economy. | When did Venezuela begin to create institutes of technology? | {'text': '1950s', 'answer_start': 60} |
60,020 | 59,678 | 5a7cdd7ce8bc7e001a9e2085 | generic | During the 1930s, the first two motorways were built across the Land, the A4 motorway as an important east-west connection in central Germany and the main link between Berlin and south-west Germany, and the A9 motorway as the main north-south route in eastern Germany, connecting Berlin with Munich. The A4 runs from Fra... | When were the two motorways shortened? | {'text': 'after 1990', 'answer_start': 573} |
116,320 | 115,978 | 5a5690656349e2001acdce3f | generic | The considerable spending did not lead to more growth and did not benefit the poor. Much of the increased spending has gone to current expenditures related to wages, transfers, and subsidies. The wage bill today constitutes over 15% of GDP and 55% of total public spending; these are some of the highest levels on the Af... | What led to considerable growth? | {'text': 'spending', 'answer_start': 17} |
3,908 | 3,566 | 56cee50caab44d1400b88c18 | generic | Several prominent American literary figures lived in New York during the 1830s and 1840s, including William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, John Keese, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and Edgar Allan Poe. Public-minded members of the contemporaneous business elite lobbied for the esta... | In what year was Central Park founded? | {'text': '1857', 'answer_start': 356} |
32,840 | 32,498 | 5a554ade134fea001a0e1a1a | generic | Eavesdropping is the act of surreptitiously listening to a private conversation, typically between hosts on a network. For instance, programs such as Carnivore and NarusInsight have been used by the FBI and NSA to eavesdrop on the systems of internet service providers. Even machines that operate as a closed system (i.e... | What is eavesdropping? | {'text': 'listening to a private conversation', 'answer_start': 44} |
95,209 | 94,867 | 572975a8af94a219006aa46f | generic | South Slavic dialects historically formed a continuum. The turbulent history of the area, particularly due to expansion of the Ottoman Empire, resulted in a patchwork of dialectal and religious differences. Due to population migrations, Shtokavian became the most widespread in the western Balkans, intruding westwards i... | Why was Shtokavian the most widespread culture in the western Balkans? | {'text': 'population migrations', 'answer_start': 214} |
94,560 | 94,218 | 5a74d37d42eae6001a389adb | generic | Animals typically use the color green as camouflage, blending in with the chlorophyll green of the surrounding environment. Green animals include, especially, amphibians, reptiles, and some fish, birds and insects. Most fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds appear green because of a reflection of blue light coming thro... | What is the name of the chemical in reptiles that causes them to appear green? | {'text': 'Turacoverdin', 'answer_start': 539} |
53,838 | 53,496 | 5726704cf1498d1400e8dfb0 | generic | The '98 season would begin on a somber note with the death of legendary broadcaster Harry Caray. After the retirement of Sandberg and the trade of Dunston, the Cubs had holes to fill and the signing of Henry Rodríguez, known affectionately as "H-Rod" to bat cleanup provided protection for Sammy Sosa in the lineup, as R... | How many round-trippers did Rodriguez slug in his first season in Chicago? | {'text': '31', 'answer_start': 337} |
108,274 | 107,932 | 57304bf5069b531400832016 | generic | On the other hand, classical (analog) television transmissions are usually horizontally polarized, because in urban areas buildings can reflect the electromagnetic waves and create ghost images due to multipath propagation. Using horizontal polarization, ghosting is reduced because the amount of reflection of electroma... | What cause less problems in digital terrestrial television? | {'text': 'Vertically polarized analog television', 'answer_start': 472} |
38,552 | 38,210 | 570ce8b4fed7b91900d45ac5 | generic | On the uneven bars, the gymnast performs a routine on two horizontal bars set at different heights. These bars are made of fiberglass covered in wood laminate, to prevent them from breaking. In the past, bars were made of wood, but the bars were prone to breaking, providing an incentive to switch to newer technologies.... | What are the uneven bars? | {'text': 'two horizontal bars set at different heights', 'answer_start': 54} |
113,119 | 112,777 | 5ad4d03b5b96ef001a10a185 | generic | Like most of southern California, the majority of San Diego's current area was originally occupied by chaparral, a plant community made up mostly of drought-resistant shrubs. The endangered Torrey pine has the bulk of its population in San Diego in a stretch of protected chaparral along the coast. The steep and varied ... | What advantage comes along with sage scrub habitats? | {'text': 'prone to wildfire', 'answer_start': 539} |
121,383 | 121,041 | 57317859a5e9cc1400cdbf9c | generic | Only scant remains prove that mosaics were still used in the Early Middle Ages. The Abbey of Saint-Martial in Limoges, originally an important place of pilgrimage, was totally demolished during the French Revolution except its crypt which was rediscovered in the 1960s. A mosaic panel was unearthed which was dated to th... | Where is the Abbey of Saint-Martial? | {'text': 'Limoges', 'answer_start': 110} |
86,211 | 85,869 | 57282b823acd2414000df60f | generic | PlayStation Network is the unified online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service provided by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable, announced during the 2006 PlayStation Business Briefing meeting in Tokyo. The service is always connected, free, and includes multiplayer su... | In what city did Sony hold their 2006 PlayStation Business Briefing? | {'text': 'Tokyo', 'answer_start': 247} |
8,169 | 7,827 | 56dc7e9a14d3a41400c26928 | generic | Education in Northern Ireland differs slightly from systems used elsewhere in the United Kingdom, but it is more similar to that used in England and Wales than it is to Scotland. | Which countries have school systems somewhat similar to Northern Ireland? | {'text': 'England and Wales', 'answer_start': 137} |
63,775 | 63,433 | 5acf926d77cf76001a6852d7 | generic | Some of the county's secondary schools have specialist school status. Some schools have sixth forms and others transfer their sixth formers to colleges. Several schools can trace their origins back many years, such as The Blue School in Wells and Richard Huish College in Taunton. Others have changed their names over th... | What 5 grades A-C percentage to they get at City of Bath Boys' School? | {'text': '44.5%', 'answer_start': 695} |
115,702 | 115,360 | 5733d4c24776f41900661307 | generic | In 1939, coinciding with the start of World War II, Rene Dubos reported the discovery of the first naturally derived antibiotic, tyrothricin, a compound of 20% gramicidin and 80% tyrocidine, from B. brevis. It was one of the first commercially manufactured antibiotics universally and was very effective in treating woun... | Who discovered tyrothricin? | {'text': 'Rene Dubos', 'answer_start': 52} |
84,070 | 83,728 | 5728b6544b864d1900164ca2 | generic | The next to arrive were the Dutch, with their main base in Ceylon. The British—who set up a trading post in the west coast port of Surat in 1619—and the French. The internal conflicts among Indian kingdoms gave opportunities to the European traders to gradually establish political influence and appropriate lands. Altho... | To whom did the foreigners lose most of their acquired lands? | {'text': 'British', 'answer_start': 510} |
130,386 | 130,044 | 5735d1a86c16ec1900b92834 | generic | The main international airport serving Kathmandu and thus Nepal is the Tribhuvan International Airport, located about six kilometers (6 km (3.7 mi)) from the city centre. Operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal it has two terminals, one domestic and one international. At present, about 22 international airlin... | From what city does Arkefly offer nonstop flights to Kathmandu? | {'text': 'Amsterdam', 'answer_start': 698} |
103,010 | 102,668 | 5731c48ae17f3d14004223b5 | generic | Since the mid-1980s, Spielberg has increased his role as a film producer. He headed up the production team for several cartoons, including the Warner Bros. hits Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Toonsylvania, and Freakazoid!, for which he collaborated with Jean MacCurdy and Tom Ruegger. Due to his ... | What charity did Spielberg's 'Lego Moviemaker' kit fund? | {'text': 'Starbright Foundation', 'answer_start': 1426} |
38,473 | 38,131 | 5a6118ece9e1cc001a33cf01 | generic | The Federation of International Gymnastics (FIG) was founded in Liege in 1881. By the end of the nineteenth century, men's gymnastics competition was popular enough to be included in the first "modern" Olympic Games in 1896. From then on until the early 1950s, both national and international competitions involved a cha... | When did athletes start getting medals? | {'text': 'the early 1950s', 'answer_start': 244} |
37,250 | 36,908 | 5ad1771f645df0001a2d1d2d | generic | Before the war, many observers believed the US and its allies could win but might suffer substantial casualties (certainly more than any conflict since Vietnam), and that the tank battles across the harsh desert might rival those of North Africa during World War II. After nearly 50 years of proxy wars, and constant fea... | Prior to the Persian Gulf War, where and when was the last major African military conflict? | {'text': 'Vietnam nearly 20 years earlier', 'answer_start': 777} |
124,106 | 123,764 | 5731f53ce17f3d1400422584 | generic | Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. There is a wide-ranging diaspora of around 5 million people of full or partial Armenian ancestry living outside of modern Armenia. The largest Armenian populations today exist in Russia, the United States, France... | Why did many Armenians leave Armenia? | {'text': 'the Armenian Genocide', 'answer_start': 491} |
67,064 | 66,722 | 5726c3b1f1498d1400e8ea97 | generic | In 1964, Paul VI created a Secretariat for non-Christians, later renamed the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and a year later a new Secretariat (later Pontifical Council) for Dialogue with Non-Believers. This latter was in 1993 incorporated by Pope John Paul II in the Pontifical Council for Culture, whic... | What organization did Paul VI create to address non believers by the church? | {'text': 'Secretariat for non-Christians', 'answer_start': 27} |
80,476 | 80,134 | 5727b97a4b864d1900163b86 | generic | Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone (Chinese: 成都经济技术开发区; pinyin: Chéngdū jīngjì jìshù kāifā qū) was approved as state-level development zone in February 2000. The zone now has a developed area of 10.25 km2 (3.96 sq mi) and has a planned area of 26 km2 (10 sq mi). Chengdu Economic and Technological Devel... | How far east of Chengdu is CETDZ? | {'text': '8.5 mi', 'answer_start': 354} |
1,895 | 1,553 | 56cd5f5b62d2951400fa654c | generic | According to Chen, the Ming officer of Hezhou (modern day Linxia) informed the Hongwu Emperor that the general situation in Dbus and Gtsang "was under control," and so he suggested to the emperor that he offer the second Phagmodru ruler, Jamyang Shakya Gyaltsen, an official title. According to the Records of the Foundi... | Who did the Hongwu Emperor grant the title Initiation State Master to? | {'text': 'Sagya Gyaincain', 'answer_start': 415} |
79,373 | 79,031 | 5ad22d60d7d075001a428636 | generic | In 2005, the Office of Fair Trading found fifty independent schools, including Eton, to have breached the Competition Act by "regularly and systematically" exchanging information about planned increases in school fees, which was collated and distributed among the schools by the bursar at Sevenoaks School. Following the... | How much does Eaton give to the Independent Schools Council each year? | {'text': '£70,000', 'answer_start': 386} |
115,098 | 114,756 | 5730938d069b53140083219f | generic | Whitehead was unimpressed by this objection. In the notes of one his students for a 1927 class, Whitehead was quoted as saying: "Every scientific man in order to preserve his reputation has to say he dislikes metaphysics. What he means is he dislikes having his metaphysics criticized." In Whitehead's view, scientists a... | What did Whitehead ask people to reimagine in order for philosophy to make progress? | {'text': 'basic assumptions about how the universe works', 'answer_start': 690} |
25,856 | 25,514 | 56f8c6939e9bad19000a0490 | generic | All vertebrate brains share a common underlying form, which appears most clearly during early stages of embryonic development. In its earliest form, the brain appears as three swellings at the front end of the neural tube; these swellings eventually become the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain (the prosencephalon, mes... | During development, the brain is made up of three swellings at the front of what? | {'text': 'neural tube;', 'answer_start': 210} |
29,363 | 29,021 | 570685bf52bb891400689a33 | generic | Much of New Delhi, planned by the leading 20th-century British architect Edwin Lutyens, was laid out to be the central administrative area of the city as a testament to Britain's imperial pretensions. New Delhi is structured around two central promenades called the Rajpath and the Janpath. The Rajpath, or King's Way, s... | Which promenade was formerly known as the Queen's Way? | {'text': 'The Janpath', 'answer_start': 376} |
1,060 | 718 | 56bfe66ea10cfb1400551381 | generic | In October 2014, Beyoncé signed a deal to launch an activewear line of clothing with British fashion retailer Topshop. The 50-50 venture is called Parkwood Topshop Athletic Ltd and is scheduled to launch its first dance, fitness and sports ranges in autumn 2015. The line will launch in April 2016. | When will the full line appear? | {'text': 'April 2016', 'answer_start': 287} |
12,111 | 11,769 | 56df730c5ca0a614008f9a81 | generic | 58.1% of the population described themselves in the 2011 census return as being at least nominally Christian and 0.8% as Muslim with all other religions represented by less than 0.5% each. The portion of people without a religion is 32.9%; above the national average of 24.7%. 7.1% did not state their religious belief. ... | What percentage of Plymouth consists of non-religious people? | {'text': '32.9%', 'answer_start': 233} |
21,154 | 20,812 | 5ad26973d7d075001a4292d6 | generic | In many societies, however, a particular dialect, often the sociolect of the elite class, comes to be identified as the "standard" or "proper" version of a language by those seeking to make a social distinction, and is contrasted with other varieties. As a result of this, in some contexts the term "dialect" refers spec... | In certain context, which term refers to varieties with high social status? | {'text': 'dialect', 'answer_start': 300} |
123,897 | 123,555 | 57320bb80fdd8d15006c6714 | generic | From an institutional perspective, the rules of the House assign a number of specific responsibilities to the minority leader. For example, Rule XII, clause 6, grant the minority leader (or his designee) the right to offer a motion to recommit with instructions; Rule II, clause 6, states the Inspector General shall be ... | Who may place legislation on a corrections calendar? | {'text': 'minority leader', 'answer_start': 486} |
128,436 | 128,094 | 5ad2ed91604f3c001a3fd9df | generic | Applied Anthropology refers to the application of the method and theory of anthropology to the analysis and solution of practical problems. It is a, "complex of related, research-based, instrumental methods which produce change or stability in specific cultural systems through the provision of data, initiation of direc... | What refers to the study of the methods and theries of anthropology? | {'text': 'Applied Anthropology', 'answer_start': 0} |
66,472 | 66,130 | 5ad0c966645df0001a2d0354 | generic | In January 1790, Burke read Dr. Richard Price's sermon of 4 November 1789 entitled, A Discourse on the Love of our Country, to the Revolution Society. That society had been founded to commemorate the Glorious Revolution of 1688. In this sermon Price espoused the philosophy of universal "Rights of Men". Price argued tha... | When did Price read Burke's sermon? | {'text': '4 November 1789', 'answer_start': 58} |
27,263 | 26,921 | 56f9e9738f12f3190062ffe8 | generic | People have used wood for millennia for many purposes, primarily as a fuel or as a construction material for making houses, tools, weapons, furniture, packaging, artworks, and paper. The year-to-year variation in tree-ring widths and isotopic abundances gives clues to the prevailing climate at that time. | What is often made of wood that provides shelter to people? | {'text': 'houses', 'answer_start': 116} |
101,466 | 101,124 | 572eab27cb0c0d14000f1431 | generic | For much of the eighteenth century, France approached its wars in the same way. It would let colonies defend themselves or would offer only minimal help (sending them limited numbers of troops or inexperienced soldiers), anticipating that fights for the colonies would most likely be lost anyway. This strategy was to a ... | In treaty negotiations, what trades did France hope to make. | {'text': 'in treaty negotiations, to trade territorial acquisitions in Europe to regain lost overseas possessions.', 'answer_start': 886} |
67,652 | 67,310 | 572784dcf1498d1400e8fa97 | generic | Switzerland's trade was blockaded by both the Allies and by the Axis. Economic cooperation and extension of credit to the Third Reich varied according to the perceived likelihood of invasion and the availability of other trading partners. Concessions reached a peak after a crucial rail link through Vichy France was sev... | What was severed in 1942, leaving Switzerland completely surrounded by the Axis? | {'text': 'a crucial rail link through Vichy France', 'answer_start': 272} |
123,927 | 123,585 | 5a8490b47cf838001a46a950 | generic | During this early period, it was more usual that neither major party grouping (Federalists and Democratic-Republicans) had an official leader. In 1813, for instance, a scholar recounts that the Federalist minority of 36 Members needed a committee of 13 "to represent a party comprising a distinct minority" and "to coord... | Who offered their view on lack of Democrat-Republican leadership in 1813? | {'text': 'a foreign observer', 'answer_start': 401} |
86,520 | 86,178 | 572a9c3bbe1ee31400cb80c6 | generic | Instead, the monarch directly grants royal assent by Order in Council. Assent is granted or refused on the advice of the Lord Chancellor. A recent example when assent was refused (or, more correctly, when the Lord Chancellor declined to present the law for assent) was in 2007, concerning reforms to the constitution of ... | What was the subject of the bill that the Lord Chancellor refused to present for royal assent in 2007? | {'text': 'reforms to the constitution of the Chief Pleas of Sark', 'answer_start': 289} |
6,382 | 6,040 | 56d3754d59d6e41400146455 | generic | Despite being eliminated earlier in the season, Chris Daughtry (as lead of the band Daughtry) became the most successful recording artist from this season. Other contestants, such as Hicks, McPhee, Bucky Covington, Mandisa, Kellie Pickler, and Elliott Yamin have had varying levels of success. | Which season five contestant has had the most success after the show? | {'text': 'Chris Daughtry', 'answer_start': 48} |
51,549 | 51,207 | 5a0cbf1df5590b0018dab539 | generic | In 2011, the foundation launched a program called "Reinvent the Toilet Challenge" with the aim to promote the development of innovations in toilet design to benefit the 2.5 billion people that do not have access to safe and effective sanitation. This program has generated significant interest of the mainstream media. I... | What program generated interest by Grand Challenges Explorations? | {'text': 'Reinvent the Toilet Challenge', 'answer_start': 51} |
64,475 | 64,133 | 57274d85dd62a815002e9ac4 | generic | Though there is no doubt that the demographic crisis of the 14th century caused a dramatic fall in production and commerce in absolute terms, there has been a vigorous historical debate over whether the decline was greater than the fall in population. While the older orthodoxy held that the artistic output of the Renai... | What type of evidence is too incomplete for a decision to be made between the two theories of the Renaissance? | {'text': 'statistical', 'answer_start': 519} |
52,472 | 52,130 | 5a7a0ffa17ab25001a8a02a1 | generic | The original early 19th-century interior designs, many of which survive, include widespread use of brightly coloured scagliola and blue and pink lapis, on the advice of Sir Charles Long. King Edward VII oversaw a partial redecoration in a Belle Époque cream and gold colour scheme. Many smaller reception rooms are furni... | Which style are none of the reception rooms furnished in? | {'text': 'Chinese regency style', 'answer_start': 332} |
17,927 | 17,585 | 56e172f5cd28a01900c67954 | generic | Many of Boston's medical facilities are associated with universities. The facilities in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area and in Massachusetts General Hospital are affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Tufts Medical Center (formerly Tufts-New England Medical Center), located in the southern portion of the Chinat... | The Longwood medical and Academic Area is affiliated with what medical school? | {'text': 'Harvard Medical School', 'answer_start': 185} |
82,929 | 82,587 | 5ad2c87ed7d075001a42a203 | generic | Admissions are characterized as "most selective" by U.S. News & World Report. There were 35,099 applications for the undergraduate class of 2020 (entering 2016), and 3,751 (10.7%) were admitted, making Northwestern one of the most selective schools in the United States. For freshmen enrolling in the class of 2019, the ... | For freshman enrolling in the class of 2019, what was the interquartile range on the ACT for critical reading? | {'text': '690–760', 'answer_start': 368} |
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