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31,974 | 31,632 | 5a836c85e60761001a2eb6a7 | generic | The uses of copper in art were not limited to currency: it was used by Renaissance sculptors, in photographic technology known as the daguerreotype, and the Statue of Liberty. Copper plating and copper sheathing for ships' hulls was widespread; the ships of Christopher Columbus were among the earliest to have this feat... | Who used copper to produce garbage? | {'text': 'Renaissance sculptors', 'answer_start': 71} |
9,611 | 9,269 | 5ad3e69e604f3c001a3ff5d8 | generic | The current iteration of the Canadian Armed Forces dates from 1 February 1968, when the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force were merged into a unified structure and superseded by elemental commands. Its roots, however, lie in colonial militia groups that served alongside garrisons of the Fr... | What does the Canadian Armed Forces not consist of? | {'text': 'Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force', 'answer_start': 88} |
130,081 | 129,739 | 5736342b506b471400236590 | generic | The Arabian oryx, a species of large antelope, once inhabited much of the desert areas of the Middle East. However, the species' striking appearance made it (along with the closely related scimitar-horned oryx and addax) a popular quarry for sport hunters, especially foreign executives of oil companies working in the r... | What contributed to the Arabian oryx rise from extinct to vulnerable? | {'text': 'conservation efforts', 'answer_start': 712} |
120,146 | 119,804 | 57314f09497a881900248d9b | generic | The Guangxu Emperor died on November 14, 1908, and on November 15, 1908, Cixi also died. Rumors held that she or Yuan Shikai ordered trusted eunuchs to poison the Guangxu Emperor, and an autopsy conducted nearly a century later confirmed lethal levels of arsenic in his corpse. Puyi, the oldest son of Zaifeng, Prince Ch... | What year did Guangxu die? | {'text': '1908', 'answer_start': 41} |
128,781 | 128,439 | 5a68b5858476ee001a58a77f | generic | Punjab is Pakistan's second largest province in terms of land area at 205,344 km2 (79,284 sq mi), after Balochistan, and is located at the north western edge of the geologic Indian plate in South Asia. The province is bordered by Kashmir (Azad Kashmir, Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir, India) to the northeast, the Indian... | What borders Balochistan to the northeast? | {'text': 'Kashmir', 'answer_start': 230} |
56,634 | 56,292 | 57265d135951b619008f70a1 | generic | The Battle for Mexico City was the series of engagements from September 8 to September 15, 1847, in the general vicinity of Mexico City during the Mexican–American War. Included are major actions at the battles of Molino del Rey and Chapultepec, culminating with the fall of Mexico City. The U.S. Army under Winfield Sco... | Who commanded the U.S. Army in the battle against Mexico City? | {'text': 'Winfield Scott', 'answer_start': 308} |
803 | 461 | 56d4dfc82ccc5a1400d832cb | generic | Beyoncé names Michael Jackson as her major musical influence. Aged five, Beyoncé attended her first ever concert where Jackson performed and she claims to have realised her purpose. When she presented him with a tribute award at the World Music Awards in 2006, Beyoncé said, "if it wasn't for Michael Jackson, I would ne... | What was Beyoncé's first concert? | {'text': 'Michael Jackson', 'answer_start': 14} |
91,361 | 91,019 | 5728cd6b4b864d1900164e69 | generic | When people define and talk about a particular conception of race, they create a social reality through which social categorization is achieved. In this sense, races are said to be social constructs. These constructs develop within various legal, economic, and sociopolitical contexts, and may be the effect, rather than... | What can be said to be a social construct? | {'text': 'races', 'answer_start': 160} |
73,642 | 73,300 | 57273b78708984140094db21 | generic | It is very rare for top clubs to miss the competition, although it can happen in exceptional circumstances. Defending holders Manchester United did not enter the 1999–2000 FA Cup, as they were already in the inaugural Club World Championship, with the club stating that entering both tournaments would overload their fix... | Why did they miss that competition? | {'text': 'The club claimed that they did not want to devalue the FA Cup by fielding a weaker side.', 'answer_start': 418} |
16,930 | 16,588 | 56e0fb7b231d4119001ac532 | generic | Much of the legislative style was adapted from the Roman Law Code of Justinian. As a result, Roman ecclesiastical courts tend to follow the Roman Law style of continental Europe with some variation, featuring collegiate panels of judges and an investigative form of proceeding, called "inquisitorial", from the Latin "in... | What term characterizes the type of procedure used in Roman Church courts? | {'text': 'inquisitorial', 'answer_start': 286} |
8,542 | 8,200 | 56dd231566d3e219004dac03 | generic | The first actual usage of the term prime minister or Premier Ministre[citation needed] was used by Cardinal Richelieu when in 1625 he was named to head the royal council as prime minister of France. Louis XIV and his descendants generally attempted to avoid giving this title to their chief ministers. | What country did Richelieu serve as prime minister for? | {'text': 'France', 'answer_start': 191} |
52,735 | 52,393 | 5a7a48f817ab25001a8a046a | generic | Investitures, which include the conferring of knighthoods by dubbing with a sword, and other awards take place in the palace's Ballroom, built in 1854. At 36.6 m (120 ft) long, 18 m (59 ft) wide and 13.5 m (44 ft) high, it is the largest room in the palace. It has replaced the throne room in importance and use. During ... | Which room has The Ballroom never changed in terms of both use and importance? | {'text': 'the throne room', 'answer_start': 274} |
74,449 | 74,107 | 5727ea07ff5b5019007d9861 | generic | New Haven has been depicted in a number of movies. Scenes in the film All About Eve (1950) are set at the Taft Hotel (now Taft Apartments) on the corner of College and Chapel streets, and the history of New Haven theaters as Broadway "tryouts" is depicted in the Fred Astaire film The Band Wagon (1953). The city was fic... | What Fred Astaire film depicts the reported history of New Haven theaters as "tryouts" for Broadway? | {'text': 'The Band Wagon', 'answer_start': 281} |
37,325 | 36,983 | 570b6430ec8fbc190045b9cc | generic | In the early 1970s the Rolling Stones developed their hard rock sound with Exile on Main St. (1972). Initially receiving mixed reviews, according to critic Steve Erlewine it is now "generally regarded as the Rolling Stones' finest album". They continued to pursue the riff-heavy sound on albums including It's Only Rock ... | Who was the drummer for The Who? | {'text': 'Keith Moon', 'answer_start': 1340} |
73,716 | 73,374 | 5a8c9c73fd22b3001a8d8bd8 | generic | The semi-finals have been played exclusively at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium since 2008, one year after it opened and after it had already hosted a final (in 2007). For the first decade of the competition, the Kennington Oval was used as the semi-final venue. In the period between this first decade and the reopening of ... | What were the three least used venues? | {'text': 'Villa Park in Birmingham (55 times), Hillsborough in Sheffield (34 times) and Old Trafford in Manchester (23 times)', 'answer_start': 598} |
39,942 | 39,600 | 570e7c160b85d914000d7f41 | generic | Television shows are produced in Melbourne, most notably Neighbours, Kath & Kim, Winners and Losers, Offspring, Underbelly , House Husbands, Wentworth and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, along with national news-based programs such as The Project, Insiders and ABC News Breakfast. Melbourne is also known as the game sho... | Which city is known as the game show capital of Australia? | {'text': 'Melbourne', 'answer_start': 281} |
104,218 | 103,876 | 5a76f8e42d6d7f001a4a9eff | generic | Spanish was the language spoken by the first permanent European settlers in North America. Spanish arrived in the territory of the modern United States with Ponce de León in 1513. In 1565, the Spaniards, by way of Juan Ponce de León, founded St. Augustine, Florida, and as of the early 1800s, it became the oldest contin... | When did the Spanish arrive to Puerto Rico? | {'text': '1513', 'answer_start': 174} |
13,520 | 13,178 | 56df907838dc42170015205b | generic | Some hunter-gatherer cultures, such as the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, lived in particularly rich environments that allowed them to be sedentary or semi-sedentary. | What is the life style of the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest? | {'text': 'hunter-gatherer', 'answer_start': 5} |
2,651 | 2,309 | 5a8db1e5df8bba001a0f9b79 | generic | Nintendo staff members reported that demo users complained about the difficulty of the control scheme. Aonuma realized that his team had implemented Wii controls under the mindset of "forcing" users to adapt, instead of making the system intuitive and easy to use. He began rethinking the controls with Miyamoto to focus... | What did early users find hard to use about the sword? | {'text': 'control scheme', 'answer_start': 87} |
119,082 | 118,740 | 57311e12a5e9cc1400cdbc39 | generic | The ground-attack aircraft of the USAF are designed to attack targets on the ground and are often deployed as close air support for, and in proximity to, U.S. ground forces. The proximity to friendly forces require precision strikes from these aircraft that are not possible with bomber aircraft listed below. They are t... | What part of a battle line are the precision strike aircraft of the USAF deployed? | {'text': 'front of the battle', 'answer_start': 440} |
53,508 | 53,166 | 5acd1a9207355d001abf351a | generic | Arsenal's financial results for the 2014–15 season show group revenue of £344.5m, with a profit before tax of £24.7m. The footballing core of the business showed a revenue of £329.3m. The Deloitte Football Money League is a publication that homogenizes and compares clubs' annual revenue. They put Arsenal's footballing ... | Who ranks first in revenue for world football clubs? | {'text': 'Arsenal', 'answer_start': 0} |
101,120 | 100,778 | 5a285f5bd1a287001a6d0bd7 | generic | Post-punk was an eclectic genre which resulted in a wide variety of musical innovations and helped merge white and black musical styles. Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alter... | What musical genre had limited variety of musical innovations? | {'text': 'Post-punk', 'answer_start': 0} |
128,366 | 128,024 | 5733b22f4776f41900661071 | generic | The study of kinship and social organization is a central focus of sociocultural anthropology, as kinship is a human universal. Sociocultural anthropology also covers economic and political organization, law and conflict resolution, patterns of consumption and exchange, material culture, technology, infrastructure, gen... | Why type of anthropology is the study of social organization a central focus of? | {'text': 'Sociocultural', 'answer_start': 128} |
19,690 | 19,348 | 56e77e8d00c9c71400d771be | generic | In 2007, RIBA called for minimum space standards in newly built British houses after research was published suggesting that British houses were falling behind other European countries. "The average new home sold to people today is significantly smaller than that built in the 1920s... We're way behind the rest of Europe... | What country did Pringle cite as having homes with better proportions than those found in the UK? | {'text': 'Holland', 'answer_start': 344} |
97,613 | 97,271 | 572a5c4d7a1753140016aeda | generic | Another possible cause of diarrhea is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which usually presents with abdominal discomfort relieved by defecation and unusual stool (diarrhea or constipation) for at least 3 days a week over the previous 3 months. Symptoms of diarrhea-predominant IBS can be managed through a combination of d... | How can symptoms be managed with IBS? | {'text': 'a combination of dietary changes, soluble fiber supplements, and/or medications', 'answer_start': 302} |
31,522 | 31,180 | 570a01b44103511400d594ed | generic | By 1860, Houston had emerged as a commercial and railroad hub for the export of cotton. Railroad spurs from the Texas inland converged in Houston, where they met rail lines to the ports of Galveston and Beaumont. During the American Civil War, Houston served as a headquarters for General John Bankhead Magruder, who use... | What type of roads converged in Houston? | {'text': 'rail lines', 'answer_start': 162} |
101,546 | 101,204 | 572ecb3c03f9891900756a35 | generic | The war was continuing indecisively when on 14 October Marshal Daun's Austrians surprised the main Prussian army at the Battle of Hochkirch in Saxony. Frederick lost much of his artillery but retreated in good order, helped by dense woods. The Austrians had ultimately made little progress in the campaign in Saxony desp... | What Austrian General surprised the Prussian at Hochkirch? | {'text': 'Marshal Daun', 'answer_start': 55} |
14,752 | 14,410 | 56dfe0ba231d4119001abe5a | generic | "Whereas their Majesties have been Graciously Pleased to grant Letters patent to John Lofting of London Merchant for a New Invented Engine for Extinguishing Fires which said Engine have found every great encouragement. The said Patentee hath also projected a Very Useful Engine for starting of beer and other liquors whi... | What was William Tillcar's profession? | {'text': 'Turner', 'answer_start': 676} |
81,322 | 80,980 | 572821522ca10214002d9e8d | generic | Summers are generally warm and sometimes hot. London's average July high is 24 °C (75.2 °F). On average London will see 31 days above 25 °C (77.0 °F) each year, and 4.2 days above 30.0 °C (86.0 °F) every year. During the 2003 European heat wave there were 14 consecutive days above 30 °C (86.0 °F) and 2 consecutive days... | What is London's average high temperature in July? | {'text': '24 °C (75.2 °F)', 'answer_start': 76} |
30,081 | 29,739 | 57061b0f75f01819005e798e | generic | The compression works by reducing the accuracy of certain parts of a sound that are considered to be beyond the auditory resolution ability of most people. This method is commonly referred to as perceptual coding. It uses psychoacoustic models to discard or reduce precision of components less audible to human hearing, ... | What does the compression target in the song? | {'text': 'accuracy', 'answer_start': 38} |
13,864 | 13,522 | 5a299b0303c0e7001a3e1834 | generic | Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), criticized the State Department investigation, saying the investigators were shown "Potemkin Villages" where residents had been intimidated into lying about the family-planning program. Dr. Nafis Sadik, former director of UNFPA said her agency had been pivotal in reversing China's coer... | Which former director disliked UNFPA? | {'text': 'Dr. Nafis Sadik', 'answer_start': 220} |
39,344 | 39,002 | 5ad14d11645df0001a2d1681 | generic | According to the apocryphal Gospel of James, Mary was the daughter of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne. Before Mary's conception, Anne had been barren and was far advanced in years. Mary was given to service as a consecrated virgin in the Temple in Jerusalem when she was three years old, much like Hannah took Samuel to the... | Where did Saint Joachim and Saint Anne become betrothed? | {'text': 'the Temple in Jerusalem', 'answer_start': 231} |
82,619 | 82,277 | 5727bfcf3acd2414000deb73 | generic | The Major League Baseball's preseason is also known as spring training. All MLB teams maintain a spring-training base in Arizona or Florida. The teams in Arizona make up the Cactus League, while the teams in Florida play in the Grapefruit League. Each team plays about 30 preseason games against other MLB teams. They ma... | Which states do MLB teams do spring training in? | {'text': 'Arizona or Florida', 'answer_start': 121} |
100,207 | 99,865 | 5a7a21e917ab25001a8a036a | generic | Czech syntax has a subject–verb–object sentence structure. In practice, however, word order is flexible and used for topicalization and focus. Although Czech has a periphrastic passive construction (like English), colloquial word-order changes frequently produce the passive voice. For example, to change "Peter killed P... | What case is the grammatical verb object in Pavla? | {'text': 'accusative', 'answer_start': 504} |
73,777 | 73,435 | 5a8ca5d5fd22b3001a8d8cb5 | generic | The name of the winning team is engraved on the silver band around the base as soon as the final has finished, in order to be ready in time for the presentation ceremony. This means the engraver has just five minutes to perform a task which would take twenty under normal conditions, although time is saved by engraving ... | Where is the cup presentation never made? | {'text': 'the Royal Box', 'answer_start': 605} |
127,616 | 127,274 | 5a39a1de2f14dd001ac724f0 | generic | Musée Territorial de St.-Barthélemy is a historical museum known as the "St. Barts Municipal Museum" also called the "Wall House" (musée – bibliothèque) in Gustavia, which is located on the far end of La Pointe. The museum is housed in an old stone house, a two-storey building which has been refurbished. The island’s h... | What is the British name for the historic museum in St. Barts? | {'text': 'Wall House', 'answer_start': 118} |
74,030 | 73,688 | 5729662c6aef051400154e08 | generic | The city is drained by three rivers; the West, Mill, and Quinnipiac, named in order from west to east. The West River discharges into West Haven Harbor, while the Mill and Quinnipiac rivers discharge into New Haven Harbor. Both harbors are embayments of Long Island Sound. In addition, several smaller streams flow throu... | What is the name of the western river in the city of New Haven? | {'text': 'the West', 'answer_start': 37} |
105,708 | 105,366 | 5a87783e1d3cee001a6a11df | generic | In the medieval Middle Eastern world, the physicist and Islamic scholar, Al-Farabi (Alpharabius, 872–950), conducted a small experiment concerning the existence of vacuum, in which he investigated handheld plungers in water.[unreliable source?] He concluded that air's volume can expand to fill available space, and he s... | In what century did Aristotle develop the suction pump? | {'text': '15th century', 'answer_start': 942} |
58,096 | 57,754 | 5ace9d8732bba1001ae4ad08 | generic | Bateman was responsible for the building of 36 new buildings for the university both on and off campus, including the expansion of the Harold B. Lee Library. He was also one of several key college leaders who brought about the creation of the Mountain West Conference, which BYU's athletics program joined — BYU previous... | Who was one of the leaders who brought about the creation of the West Mountain Conference? | {'text': 'Bateman', 'answer_start': 0} |
40,026 | 39,684 | 570c4dd0fed7b91900d45880 | generic | The nature of government under the Angevin monarchs was ill-defined and uncertain. John's predecessors had ruled using the principle of vis et voluntas, or "force and will", taking executive and sometimes arbitrary decisions, often justified on the basis that a king was above the law. Both Henry II and Richard had argu... | What quality did Henry II and Richard possess? | {'text': 'divine majesty', 'answer_start': 358} |
72,294 | 71,952 | 572a2b011d046914007797fb | generic | The third Digimon series, which began airing on April 1, 2001, is set largely in a "real world" where the Adventure and Adventure 02 series are television shows, and where Digimon game merchandise (based on actual items) become key to providing power boosts to real Digimon which appear in that world. The plot revolves ... | When did the third Digimon series begin? | {'text': 'April 1, 2001', 'answer_start': 48} |
26,343 | 26,001 | 56f982999b226e1400dd14ed | generic | Zhejiang, as the heartland of the Jiangnan (Yangtze River Delta), remained the wealthiest area during the Six Dynasties (220 or 222–589), Sui, and Tang. After being incorporated into the Sui dynasty, its economic richness was used for the Sui dynasty's ambitions to expand north and south, particularly into Korea and Vi... | What river was one of the Grand Canal of China's hinterlands? | {'text': 'the Zhe River', 'answer_start': 569} |
96,812 | 96,470 | 572a553e7a1753140016aeba | generic | Ottoman Turkish was the official language of the Empire. It was an Oghuz Turkic language highly influenced by Persian and Arabic. The Ottomans had several influential languages: Turkish, spoken by the majority of the people in Anatolia and by the majority of Muslims of the Balkans except in Albania and Bosnia; Persian,... | What language was spoken by most people in Anatolia? | {'text': 'Turkish', 'answer_start': 178} |
17,499 | 17,157 | 56e19be4e3433e1400423016 | generic | Despite its relative lexical unity, the two dialectal blocks of Catalan (Eastern and Western) show some differences in word choices. Any lexical divergence within any of the two groups can be explained as an archaism. Also, usually Central Catalan acts as an innovative element. | What do the two blocks of Catalan display differences in? | {'text': 'word choices', 'answer_start': 119} |
41,711 | 41,369 | 59d284cc2763a6001828405c | generic | GE's history of working with turbines in the power-generation field gave them the engineering know-how to move into the new field of aircraft turbosuperchargers.[citation needed] Led by Sanford Alexander Moss, GE introduced the first superchargers during World War I, and continued to develop them during the Interwar pe... | In what year was the first superchargers introduced? | {'text': '1941', 'answer_start': 629} |
41,698 | 41,356 | 59d28fe52763a600182840bb | generic | In May 2005, GE announced the launch of a program called "Ecomagination," intended, in the words of CEO Jeff Immelt "to develop tomorrow's solutions such as solar energy, hybrid locomotives, fuel cells, lower-emission aircraft engines, lighter and stronger durable materials, efficient lighting, and water purification t... | Who wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times about GE's CEO in May 2005? | {'text': 'Jeff Immelt', 'answer_start': 104} |
28,312 | 27,970 | 56fb94f4b28b3419009f1e5c | generic | The Late Middle Ages in Europe as a whole correspond to the Trecento and Early Renaissance cultural periods in Italy. Northern Europe and Spain continued to use Gothic styles, which became increasingly elaborate in the 15th century, until almost the end of the period. International Gothic was a courtly style that reach... | Around what year did the International Gothic style flourish? | {'text': '1400', 'answer_start': 360} |
53,153 | 52,811 | 5ad1a692645df0001a2d217c | generic | Incandescent lamps are nearly pure resistive loads with a power factor of 1. This means the actual power consumed (in watts) and the apparent power (in volt-amperes) are equal. Incandescent light bulbs are usually marketed according to the electrical power consumed. This is measured in watts and depends mainly on the r... | What type of lamp has a power factor of 2? | {'text': 'Incandescent lamps', 'answer_start': 0} |
59,159 | 58,817 | 572674b8f1498d1400e8e036 | generic | In the closely contested 2000 election, the state played a pivotal role. Out of more than 5.8 million votes for the two main contenders Bush and Al Gore, around 500 votes separated the two candidates for the all-decisive Florida electoral votes that landed Bush the election win. Florida's felony disenfranchisement law ... | What did this mean in the 2000 election | {'text': 'if the state’s 827,000 disenfranchised felons had voted at the same rate as other Floridians, Democratic candidate Al Gore would have won Florida', 'answer_start': 453} |
31,154 | 30,812 | 570800b19e06ca38007e94ef | generic | Within Shia Islam (Shiism), the various sects came into being because they differed over their Imams' successions, just as the Shia - Sunni separation within Islam itself had come into being from the dispute that had arisen over the succession to Muhammad. Each succession dispute brought forth a different tariqah (lite... | What is it called when the last Imam or his unborn successor goes into concealment? | {'text': 'The Occultation', 'answer_start': 724} |
2,737 | 2,395 | 5a8dbfa2df8bba001a0f9bc3 | generic | Twilight Princess was released to universal critical acclaim and commercial success. It received perfect scores from major publications such as 1UP.com, Computer and Video Games, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Game Informer, GamesRadar, and GameSpy. On the review aggregators GameRankings and Metacritic, Twilight Princess h... | What scores did GameTrailers receive from major game publications? | {'text': 'perfect', 'answer_start': 97} |
101,769 | 101,427 | 5a8dcc61df8bba001a0f9c48 | generic | Feynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos "Water Boiler", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided engineers in devising safety... | Where was Feynman imprisoned after his work at Los Alamos? | {'text': 'Oak Ridge facility', 'answer_start': 257} |
36,591 | 36,249 | 5a37191595360f001af1b40a | generic | The Gregorian calendar improves the approximation made by the Julian calendar by skipping three Julian leap days in every 400 years, giving an average year of 365.2425 mean solar days long. This approximation has an error of about one day per 3,300 years with respect to the mean tropical year. However, because of the p... | The Julian system skips three leap days and how many years? | {'text': '400 years,', 'answer_start': 122} |
123,237 | 122,895 | 573251210fdd8d15006c697f | generic | In a factor analysis of the latest wave of World Values Survey data, Arno Tausch (Corvinus University of Budapest) found that Protestantism emerges to be very close to combining religion and the traditions of liberalism. The Global Value Development Index, calculated by Tausch, relies on the World Values Survey dimensi... | What type of engagement is considered a World Value? | {'text': 'environmental activism', 'answer_start': 615} |
77,284 | 76,942 | 572778755951b619008f8abb | generic | The phonautograph, patented by Léon Scott in 1857, used a vibrating diaphragm and stylus to graphically record sound waves as tracings on sheets of paper, purely for visual analysis and without any intent of playing them back. In the 2000s, these tracings were first scanned by audio engineers and digitally converted in... | In what year was phonautograms patented? | {'text': '1857', 'answer_start': 45} |
33,883 | 33,541 | 5709b308ed30961900e84434 | generic | In 1862, paper money was issued without the backing of precious metals, due to the Civil War. Silver and gold coins continued to be issued and in 1878 the link between paper money and coins was reinstated. This disconnection from gold and silver backing also occurred during the War of 1812. The use of paper money not b... | The loss in value resulted in a clause being written in which article in the US Constitution? | {'text': 'article 1', 'answer_start': 701} |
83,689 | 83,347 | 5727e31e2ca10214002d98b0 | generic | Regular LPGA tournaments are held at Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa, and major championships for the PGA or LPGA have been played at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oak Tree Country Club in Oklahoma City, and Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa. Rated one of the top golf courses in the nation, Southern Hills has... | How many PGA championships has Southern Hills held? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 328} |
72,881 | 72,539 | 5a86f0d51d3cee001a6a1051 | generic | In 15–20% of active cases, the infection spreads outside the lungs, causing other kinds of TB. These are collectively denoted as "extrapulmonary tuberculosis". Extrapulmonary TB occurs more commonly in immunosuppressed persons and young children. In those with HIV, this occurs in more than 50% of cases. Notable extrapu... | What is another name for osseous tuberculosis? | {'text': 'osteomyelitis', 'answer_start': 704} |
62,180 | 61,838 | 5ace842632bba1001ae4a933 | generic | The etymological equivalent is in use in other languages, e.g., يَهُودِيّ yahūdī (sg.), al-yahūd (pl.), and بَنُو اِسرَائِيل banū isrāʼīl in Arabic, "Jude" in German, "judeu" in Portuguese, "juif" in French, "jøde" in Danish and Norwegian, "judío" in Spanish, "jood" in Dutch, etc., but derivations of the word "Hebrew" ... | How do you say Yiddish in Italian? | {'text': 'Ebreo', 'answer_start': 373} |
56,864 | 56,522 | 5726a4cdf1498d1400e8e5e0 | generic | During his annual state-of-the-nation address on September 2, 2014, President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto unveiled plans for a new international airport to ease the city's notorious air traffic congestion, tentatively slated for a 2018 opening. The new airport, which would have six runways, will cost $9.15 billion and... | How much does the new airport cost? | {'text': '$9.15 billion', 'answer_start': 303} |
44,675 | 44,333 | 570fa05680d9841400ab35e1 | generic | Scientists do not know the exact cause of sexual orientation, but they believe that it is caused by a complex interplay of genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences. They favor biologically-based theories, which point to genetic factors, the early uterine environment, both, or the inclusion of genetic and social ... | What type of theories are favored by scientists studying sexual orientation? | {'text': 'biologically-based theories', 'answer_start': 183} |
80,155 | 79,813 | 5727f5cdff5b5019007d9948 | generic | Some devices, such as high-speed external disk drives, require more than 500 mA of current and therefore may have power issues if powered from just one USB 2.0 port: erratic function, failure to function, or overloading/damaging the port. Such devices may come with an external power source or a Y-shaped cable that has ... | What is an example of a device that requires more than 500 mA of current? | {'text': 'high-speed external disk drives', 'answer_start': 22} |
123,455 | 123,113 | 5a2ef61ca83784001a7d25eb | generic | The city's planned design included specific areas for almost everything, including accommodation, Hotels Sectors North and South. New hotel facilities are being developed elsewhere, such as the hotels and tourism Sector North, located on the shores of Lake Paranoá. Brasília has a range of tourist accommodation from inn... | Where are new restaurants being developed? | {'text': 'elsewhere', 'answer_start': 171} |
73,341 | 72,999 | 57273da15951b619008f8735 | generic | Following the end of World War II the educational gap between White and Black Americans was widened by Dwight D. Eisenhower's GI Bill. This piece of legislation paved the way for white GIs to attend college. Despite their veteran status returning black servicemen were not afforded loans at the same rate as whites. Furt... | What did returning black veterans not receive? | {'text': 'loans at the same rate as whites', 'answer_start': 282} |
130,569 | 130,227 | 5a7dc3ae70df9f001a875137 | generic | Leptons (the most famous being the electron), and quarks (of which baryons, such as protons and neutrons, are made) combine to form atoms, which in turn form molecules. Because atoms and molecules are said to be matter, it is natural to phrase the definition as: ordinary matter is anything that is made of the same thin... | Who determined that electrons were leptons? | {'text': 'Carithers and Grannis', 'answer_start': 686} |
114,714 | 114,372 | 5a13b059c8eab200188dca06 | generic | In the early decades of the twentieth century when there was a growing nostalgia for its sense of order, the style was revived and adapted and in the United States came to be known as the Colonial Revival. In Canada the United Empire Loyalists embraced Georgian architecture as a sign of their fealty to Britain, and the... | Who embraced Georgian architecture as a sign of their British heritage | {'text': 'Loyalists', 'answer_start': 234} |
18,176 | 17,834 | 5ad14c29645df0001a2d1645 | generic | In 1945, the British entrepreneur J. Arthur Rank, hoping to expand his American presence, bought into a four-way merger with Universal, the independent company International Pictures, and producer Kenneth Young. The new combine, United World Pictures, was a failure and was dissolved within one year. Rank and Internatio... | What position was given to William Mayer? | {'text': 'head of production', 'answer_start': 490} |
85,419 | 85,077 | 57282fc54b864d190016469c | generic | In central banking, the privileged status of the central bank is that it can make as much money as it deems needed. In the United States Federal Reserve Bank, the Federal Reserve buys assets: typically, bonds issued by the Federal government. There is no limit on the bonds that it can buy and one of the tools at its di... | What is a perk of the central bank? | {'text': 'it can make as much money as it deems needed', 'answer_start': 70} |
3,172 | 2,830 | 56ceeb34aab44d1400b88cac | generic | Spectre opened in Germany with $22.45 million (including previews), which included a new record for the biggest Saturday of all time, Australia with $8.7 million (including previews) and South Korea opened to $8.2 million (including previews). Despite the 13 November Paris attacks, which led to numerous theaters being ... | How much did Spectre make in its opening in South Korea? | {'text': '$8.2 million', 'answer_start': 209} |
62,961 | 62,619 | 57268b4d5951b619008f7641 | generic | Today, nearly all commonly used video compression methods (e.g., those in standards approved by the ITU-T or ISO) apply a discrete cosine transform (DCT) for spatial redundancy reduction. The DCT that is widely used in this regard was introduced by N. Ahmed, T. Natarajan and K. R. Rao in 1974. Other methods, such as fr... | What is not used in practical products? | {'text': 'fractal compression', 'answer_start': 318} |
18,438 | 18,096 | 5acd31de07355d001abf38c9 | generic | After the Estonian War of Independence in 1919, the Estonian language became the state language of the newly independent country. In 1945, 97.3% of Estonia considered itself ethnic Estonian and spoke the language. | What percentage of Estonians did not speak Estonian in 1945? | {'text': '97.3%', 'answer_start': 139} |
36,915 | 36,573 | 5ad17818645df0001a2d1d68 | generic | US troops participated in a UN peacekeeping mission in Somalia beginning in 1992. By 1993 the US troops were augmented with Rangers and special forces with the aim of capturing warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, whose forces had massacred peacekeepers from Pakistan. During a raid in downtown Mogadishu, US troops became trap... | In what Somalian city did African troops become trapped? | {'text': 'Mogadishu', 'answer_start': 373} |
91,370 | 91,028 | 5728cf173acd2414000dff09 | generic | In some countries, law enforcement uses race to profile suspects. This use of racial categories is frequently criticized for perpetuating an outmoded understanding of human biological variation, and promoting stereotypes. Because in some societies racial groupings correspond closely with patterns of social stratificati... | What does law enforcement in some countries use to profile suspects? | {'text': 'race', 'answer_start': 40} |
91,543 | 91,201 | 5729295d1d046914007790ec | generic | Fluidity of racial categories aside, the "biologification" of race in Brazil referred above would match contemporary concepts of race in the United States quite closely, though, if Brazilians are supposed to choose their race as one among, Asian and Indigenous apart, three IBGE's census categories. While assimilated Am... | What do people with less than 60-65% of European descent usually cluster with? | {'text': 'Afro-Brazilians', 'answer_start': 755} |
65,856 | 65,514 | 5a205e3c54a786001a36b322 | generic | Some alloys occur naturally, such as electrum, which is an alloy that is native to Earth, consisting of silver and gold. Meteorites are sometimes made of naturally occurring alloys of iron and nickel, but are not native to the Earth. One of the first alloys made by humans was bronze, which is made by mixing the metals ... | What did humans start making in the 1900s? | {'text': 'alloys', 'answer_start': 1272} |
6,498 | 6,156 | 56db2305e7c41114004b4df5 | generic | Both Allen and Lambert released the coronation song, "No Boundaries" which was co-written by DioGuardi. This is the first season in which the winner failed to achieve gold album status, and none from that season achieved platinum album status in the U.S.[citation needed] | Unlike every previous winner, the winner of this season failed to achieve what status? | {'text': 'gold album status', 'answer_start': 167} |
25,239 | 24,897 | 56f8c6b29b226e1400dd0f99 | generic | According to Mendelian inheritance, variations in an organism's phenotype (observable physical and behavioral characteristics) are due in part to variations in its genotype (particular set of genes). Each gene specifies a particular trait with different sequence of a gene (alleles) giving rise to different phenotypes. ... | How many alleles do most eukaryotic organisms have for each trait? | {'text': 'two alleles for each trait', 'answer_start': 393} |
44,524 | 44,182 | 5ad3663f604f3c001a3fe05c | generic | The absence of a formal mechanism within the Conservative Party for choosing a leader meant that, following Eden's resignation, it fell to the Queen to decide whom to commission to form a government. Eden recommended that she consult Lord Salisbury, the Lord President of the Council. Lord Salisbury and Lord Kilmuir, th... | What occupation was Harold Macmillan at the time? | {'text': 'Lord President of the Council', 'answer_start': 254} |
112,676 | 112,334 | 5731f290e99e3014001e6402 | generic | In Burma the British, under intense pressure, made a fighting retreat from Rangoon to the Indo-Burmese border. This cut the Burma Road which was the western Allies' supply line to the Chinese Nationalists. In March 1942, Chinese Expeditionary Force started to attack Japanese forces in northern Burma. On 16 April, 7,000... | Who led the rescue of British forces during the Battle of Yenangyaung? | {'text': 'Sun Li-jen', 'answer_start': 464} |
38,666 | 38,324 | 570c0fedec8fbc190045bc46 | generic | On 4 January 2016, Barcelona's transfer ban ended. The same day, they registered 77 players across all categories and ages, and both last summer signings Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal became eligible to play with the first team. On 10 February, qualifying for the sixth Copa del Rey final in the last eight seasons, Luis En... | How many players did Barcelona list on the day their transfer ban ended? | {'text': '77', 'answer_start': 81} |
20,423 | 20,081 | 56e79e9200c9c71400d773dd | generic | The University Daily Kansan operates outside of the university's William Allen White School of Journalism and reaches an audience of at least 30,000 daily readers through its print and online publications | In what two forms of media is the Daily Kansan available? | {'text': 'print and online', 'answer_start': 175} |
120,914 | 120,572 | 57315bfaa5e9cc1400cdbf04 | generic | The red flag appeared as a political symbol during the French Revolution, after the fall of Bastille. A law adopted by the new government on October 20, 1789 authorized the Garde Nationale to raise the red flag in the event of a riot, to signal that the Garde would imminently intervene. During a demonstration on the Ch... | Who wrote the words "Against us they have raised the bloody flag of tyranny?" | {'text': 'Rouget de Lisle', 'answer_start': 535} |
68,465 | 68,123 | 5726abdb5951b619008f7999 | generic | Registered dietitian nutritionists (RDs or RDNs) are health professionals qualified to provide safe, evidence-based dietary advice which includes a review of what is eaten, a thorough review of nutritional health, and a personalized nutritional treatment plan. They also provide preventive and therapeutic programs at wo... | What does RDN stand for? | {'text': 'Registered dietitian nutritionists', 'answer_start': 0} |
74,488 | 74,146 | 57275a0f5951b619008f8897 | generic | With the decline of the Roman Empire, Alsace became the territory of the Germanic Alemanni. The Alemanni were agricultural people, and their Germanic language formed the basis of modern-day dialects spoken along the Upper Rhine (Alsatian, Alemannian, Swabian, Swiss). Clovis and the Franks defeated the Alemanni during t... | Which three territories make up the Upper Rhine? | {'text': 'Alsatian, Alemannian, Swabian, Swiss', 'answer_start': 229} |
69,243 | 68,901 | 572797ce5951b619008f8e48 | generic | In the traditional domain noted in RFC 1591, .org is for "organizations that didn't fit anywhere else" in the naming system, which implies that it is the proper category for non-commercial organizations if they are not governmental, educational, or one of the other types with a specific TLD. It is not designated specif... | Are only NPOs allowed to use .org? | {'text': 'not designated specifically for charitable organizations or any specific organizational or tax-law status', 'answer_start': 299} |
22,618 | 22,276 | 56f726613d8e2e1400e373a7 | generic | When their migratory movements ended, there appeared among the Slavs the first rudiments of state organizations, each headed by a prince with a treasury and a defense force. Moreover, it was the beginnings of class differentiation, and nobles pledged allegiance either to the Frankish/ Holy Roman Emperors or the Byzanti... | Noble Slavs pledged allegiance to whom? | {'text': 'the Frankish/ Holy Roman Emperors or the Byzantine Emperors', 'answer_start': 272} |
20,899 | 20,557 | 56e79ff737bdd419002c427c | generic | On July 20, 2009, Sports Business Journal reported that the AFL owed approximately $14 million to its creditors and were considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In early August 2009, numerous media outlets began reporting that the AFL was folding permanently and would file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The... | On what date did the AFL announce that it was not shutting down? | {'text': 'August 4', 'answer_start': 352} |
101,464 | 101,122 | 572eab27cb0c0d14000f142f | 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 ... | Identify a major factor in this feckless strategy by France of not defending its colonies with enthusiasm? | {'text': 'geography, coupled with the superiority of the British navy, made it difficult', 'answer_start': 347} |
30,739 | 30,397 | 5ad2a0e8d7d075001a429ca5 | generic | Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley proclaimed August 10, 2005 to be "House Unity Day" in Chicago, in celebration of the "21st anniversary of house music" (actually the 21st anniversary of the founding of Trax Records, an independent Chicago-based house label). The proclamation recognized Chicago as the original home of hou... | Who proclaimed House Unity Day in Jefferson? | {'text': 'Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley', 'answer_start': 0} |
59,533 | 59,191 | 5acfc0ce77cf76001a685cb0 | generic | Presbyterians place great importance upon education and lifelong learning. Continuous study of the scriptures, theological writings, and understanding and interpretation of church doctrine are embodied in several statements of faith and catechisms formally adopted by various branches of the church, often referred to as... | Other than subordinate standards, what else do Presbyterians consider important? | {'text': 'education and lifelong learning', 'answer_start': 42} |
68,707 | 68,365 | 57271b59f1498d1400e8f3aa | generic | There is a debate about how and to what extent different dietary factors— such as intake of processed carbohydrates, total protein, fat, and carbohydrate intake, intake of saturated and trans fatty acids, and low intake of vitamins/minerals—contribute to the development of insulin and leptin resistance. In any case, an... | The debate regarding factors influencing the development of insulin and leptin is not just about how, but also about what other factor? | {'text': 'to what extent', 'answer_start': 32} |
107,681 | 107,339 | 572fa080947a6a140053cae1 | generic | The Soviet Union created the Eastern Bloc of countries that it occupied, annexing some as Soviet Socialist Republics and maintaining others as satellite states that would later form the Warsaw Pact. The United States and various western European countries began a policy of "containment" of communism and forged myriad a... | What did the soviets opposed rebuilding? | {'text': 'rebuilding of western Europe', 'answer_start': 432} |
93,876 | 93,534 | 5a3ac9673ff257001ab8427d | generic | In principle, the Planck constant could be determined by examining the spectrum of a black-body radiator or the kinetic energy of photoelectrons, and this is how its value was first calculated in the early twentieth century. In practice, these are no longer the most accurate methods. The CODATA value quoted here is bas... | What could be determined by examining the spectrum of a white-body radiator or the nuclear energy of photoelectrons? | {'text': 'the Planck constant', 'answer_start': 14} |
66,631 | 66,289 | 5726b5565951b619008f7b4f | generic | Writing to a friend in May 1795, Burke surveyed the causes of discontent: "I think I can hardly overrate the malignity of the principles of Protestant ascendency, as they affect Ireland; or of Indianism [i.e. corporate tyranny, as practiced by the British East Indies Company], as they affect these countries, and as the... | What did Burke think was the worst threat in 1795? | {'text': 'Jacobinism', 'answer_start': 341} |
105,418 | 105,076 | 5a845f1f7cf838001a46a7a1 | generic | A species can be listed in two ways. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) or NOAA Fisheries (also called the National Marine Fisheries Service) can directly list a species through its candidate assessment program, or an individual or organizational petition may request that the FWS or NMFS list a species. ... | In what case does a distinct population segment not count? | {'text': 'vertebrates', 'answer_start': 411} |
41,512 | 41,170 | 570d5cb9fed7b91900d45f36 | generic | During the regency of Maria Cristina, Espartero ruled Spain for two years as its 18th Prime Minister from 16 September 1840 to 21 May 1841. Under his progressive government the old regime was tenuously reconciled to his liberal policies. During this period of upheaval in the provinces he declared that all the estates o... | When did Espartero rule? | {'text': '16 September 1840 to 21 May 1841', 'answer_start': 106} |
83,225 | 82,883 | 5727d6b4ff5b5019007d968a | generic | A revolution in 1332 resulted in a broad-based city government with participation of the guilds, and Strasbourg declared itself a free republic. The deadly bubonic plague of 1348 was followed on 14 February 1349 by one of the first and worst pogroms in pre-modern history: over a thousand Jews were publicly burnt to dea... | What did the Jews need to pay to ride a horse into town? | {'text': 'special tax', 'answer_start': 613} |
1,731 | 1,389 | 56cff536234ae51400d9c165 | generic | The two mature piano sonatas (No. 2, Op. 35, written in 1839 and No. 3, Op. 58, written in 1844) are in four movements. In Op. 35, Chopin was able to combine within a formal large musical structure many elements of his virtuosic piano technique—"a kind of dialogue between the public pianism of the brilliant style and t... | How many movements are No. 2, Op. 35 and No. 3, Op 58 in? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 104} |
68,286 | 67,944 | 5acd59e707355d001abf3e45 | generic | Southeast Raleigh is bounded by downtown on the west, Garner on the southwest, and rural Wake County to the southeast. The area includes areas along Rock Quarry Road, Poole Road, and New Bern Avenue. Primary neighborhoods include Chastain, Chavis Heights, Raleigh Country Club, Southgate, Kingwood Forest, Rochester Heig... | What areas are in Northeast Raleigh? | {'text': 'Rock Quarry Road, Poole Road, and New Bern Avenue', 'answer_start': 149} |
68,954 | 68,612 | 57271173dd62a815002e989f | generic | 1855: Georgian coast: Omar Pasha, the Turkish commander at Crimea had long wanted to land in Georgia, but the western powers vetoed it. When they relented in August most of the campaigning season was lost. In September 8000 Turks landed at Batum, but the main concentration was at Sukhum Kale. This required a 100-mile m... | In September of 1855, how many Turks could be found at Batum? | {'text': '8000', 'answer_start': 219} |
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