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114,691 | 114,349 | 5a13aadbc8eab200188dc9f1 | generic | Georgian architecture was widely disseminated in the English colonies during the Georgian era. American buildings of the Georgian period were very often constructed of wood with clapboards; even columns were made of timber, framed up, and turned on an over-sized lathe. At the start of the period the difficulties of obt... | What type of architecture was sparsely scattered through the English colonies during the Georgian era | {'text': 'Georgian architecture', 'answer_start': 0} |
98,815 | 98,473 | 572abb31111d821400f38d0a | generic | After Kerry's 1972 defeat, he and his wife bought a house in Belvidere, Lowell, entering a decade which his brother Cameron later called "the years in exile". He spent some time working as a fundraiser for the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), an international humanitarian organization. In Septem... | Where did Kerry move after the 1972 election? | {'text': 'Belvidere, Lowell', 'answer_start': 61} |
48,946 | 48,604 | 5acfba2d77cf76001a685ac5 | generic | With limited resources Muawiyah went about creating allies. Muawiyah married Maysum the daughter of the chief of the Kalb tribe, that was a large Jacobite Christian Arab tribe in Syria. His marriage to Maysum was politically motivated. The Kalb tribe had remained largely neutral when the Muslims first went into Syria. ... | Who used the Jacobite Christians against the Muslims? | {'text': 'Muawiyah', 'answer_start': 403} |
516 | 174 | 56be95823aeaaa14008c910d | generic | On April 4, 2008, Beyoncé married Jay Z. She publicly revealed their marriage in a video montage at the listening party for her third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce, in Manhattan's Sony Club on October 22, 2008. I Am... Sasha Fierce was released on November 18, 2008 in the United States. The album formally introduc... | Her third album, "I am...Sasha Fierce" was released when? | {'text': 'November 18, 2008', 'answer_start': 253} |
80,139 | 79,797 | 5727ee4e2ca10214002d99f6 | generic | All current USB On-The-Go (OTG) devices are required to have one, and only one, USB connector: a micro-AB receptacle. Non-OTG compliant devices are not allowed to use the micro-AB receptacle, due to power supply shorting hazards on the VBUS line. The micro-AB receptacle is capable of accepting both micro-A and micro-B ... | What are all USB On-The-Go devices required to have? | {'text': 'one, and only one, USB connector', 'answer_start': 61} |
105,567 | 105,225 | 572ec623dfa6aa1500f8d383 | generic | As of September 2012, fifty-six species have been delisted; twenty-eight due to recovery, ten due to extinction (seven of which are believed to have been extinct prior to being listed), ten due to changes in taxonomic classification practices, six due to discovery of new populations, one due to an error in the listing ... | As of September 2012, how many species had been delisted due to recovery? | {'text': 'twenty-eight', 'answer_start': 60} |
11,001 | 10,659 | 56e4cdc339bdeb14003479d9 | generic | Since the 1980s, as the complexity of buildings began to increase (in terms of structural systems, services, energy and technologies), the field of architecture became multi-disciplinary with specializations for each project type, technological expertise or project delivery methods. In addition, there has been an incre... | What two architectural movements have come under criticism for their focus on individuality? | {'text': 'Modernism and Postmodernism', 'answer_start': 823} |
60,266 | 59,924 | 5726e1ae708984140094d49d | generic | While successful predation results in a gain of energy, hunting invariably involves energetic costs as well. When hunger is not an issue, in general most predators will not seek to attack prey since the costs outweigh the benefits. For instance, a large predatory fish like a shark that is well fed in an aquarium will t... | In optimal foraging theory, how are costs and benefits measured? | {'text': 'energy gain per unit time', 'answer_start': 752} |
65,754 | 65,412 | 5726a3475951b619008f788a | generic | World War I was a watershed event in human history, changing views of governments and politics. The Russian Revolution of 1917 (and similar, albeit less successful, revolutions in many other European countries) brought communism - and in particular the political theory of Leninism, but also on a smaller level Luxemburg... | When was The Russian Revolution? | {'text': '1917', 'answer_start': 122} |
68,290 | 67,948 | 5726b3bc5951b619008f7b0f | generic | Like much of the southeastern United States, Raleigh has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with four distinct seasons. Winters are short and generally cool, with a January daily average of 41.0 °F (5.0 °C). On average, there are 69 nights per year that drop to or below freezing, and only 2.7 days that fail to r... | What is the climate of Raleigh? | {'text': 'humid subtropical climate', 'answer_start': 59} |
92,494 | 92,152 | 572970aaaf94a219006aa417 | generic | A ballot initiative in Colorado, known as Amendment 36, would have changed the way in which the state apportions its electoral votes. Rather than assigning all 9 of the state's electors to the candidate with a plurality of popular votes, under the amendment Colorado would have assigned presidential electors proportiona... | Did Amendment 36 get passed? | {'text': 'the amendment ultimately failed', 'answer_start': 590} |
34,170 | 33,828 | 5709d1556d058f1900182bcf | generic | In December 2005, Imperial announced a science park programme at the Wye campus, with extensive housing; however, this was abandoned in September 2006 following complaints that the proposal infringed on Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and that the true scale of the scheme, which could have raised £110m for the Col... | Where was Imperial planning on launching their science park program? | {'text': 'the Wye campus', 'answer_start': 65} |
51,211 | 50,869 | 5725dd34271a42140099d2be | generic | The Kingdom of Pontus was a Hellenistic kingdom on the southern coast of the Black Sea. It was founded by Mithridates I in 291 BC and lasted until its conquest by the Roman Republic in 63 BC. Despite being ruled by a dynasty which was a descendant of the Persian Achaemenid Empire it became hellenized due to the influen... | When was the Kingdom of Pontus taken over by the Roman Republic? | {'text': '63 BC', 'answer_start': 185} |
121,821 | 121,479 | 5a77acd1b73996001af5a4f2 | generic | Regardless of the way the tension between universities, individual scientists, and the scientific revolution itself is perceived, there was a discernible impact on the way that university education was constructed. Aristotelian epistemology provided a coherent framework not simply for knowledge and knowledge constructi... | Where did scholars after the scientific revolution put science on the scale of importance? | {'text': 'first', 'answer_start': 814} |
25,084 | 24,742 | 56f895849e9bad19000a0185 | generic | The existence of discrete inheritable units was first suggested by Gregor Mendel (1822–1884). From 1857 to 1864, he studied inheritance patterns in 8000 common edible pea plants, tracking distinct traits from parent to offspring. He described these mathematically as 2n combinations where n is the number of differing ch... | What did Gregor Mendel explain his results in terms of? | {'text': 'discrete inherited units that give rise to observable physical characteristics', 'answer_start': 432} |
35,173 | 34,831 | 5a397fc62f14dd001ac723f9 | generic | The club have entered the UK pop charts on four occasions under different titles during the 1980s and 1990s when many clubs released a song to mark their reaching the FA Cup Final. "The Boys in Blue", released in 1984, peaked at number 82. The following year the club scored their biggest hit when "Here We Go" peaked at... | Who performed "Here We Go"? | {'text': 'The Farm', 'answer_start': 470} |
62,667 | 62,325 | 5a819d8531013a001a334ce2 | generic | Cotton is used to make a number of textile products. These include terrycloth for highly absorbent bath towels and robes; denim for blue jeans; cambric, popularly used in the manufacture of blue work shirts (from which we get the term "blue-collar"); and corduroy, seersucker, and cotton twill. Socks, underwear, and mos... | Besides new cotton fivers, what type of fivers can be used to make elastine? | {'text': 'recycled or recovered cotton', 'answer_start': 484} |
110,150 | 109,808 | 573428b44776f419006619cd | generic | The expansive area northwest of the city limits is diverse, ranging from the rural communities of Catalina and parts of the town of Marana, the small suburb of Picture Rocks, the affluent town of Oro Valley in the western foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains, and residential areas in the northeastern foothills of ... | Which direction from Tucson is Picture Rocks? | {'text': 'northwest', 'answer_start': 19} |
52,869 | 52,527 | 5ad188d0645df0001a2d1eba | generic | In 1872, Russian Alexander Lodygin invented an incandescent light bulb and obtained a Russian patent in 1874. He used as a burner two carbon rods of diminished section in a glass receiver, hermetically sealed, and filled with nitrogen, electrically arranged so that the current could be passed to the second carbon when ... | Who did not patent an incandescent light bulb in 1872? | {'text': 'Alexander Lodygin', 'answer_start': 17} |
38,766 | 38,424 | 570c5132b3d812140066d0de | generic | Around this time, tensions began to arise between what was perceived as president Núñez's dictatorial rule and the nationalistic support group, Boixos Nois. The group, identified with a left-wing separatism, repeatedly demanded the resignation of Núñez and openly defied him through chants and banners at matches. At the... | To what did Boixos Nois idetify themselves as belonging? | {'text': 'left-wing separatism', 'answer_start': 186} |
69,471 | 69,129 | 5a7d14de70df9f001a874f73 | 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... | What two epics did Homer write in ancient Rome? | {'text': 'the Iliad and the Odyssey', 'answer_start': 49} |
102,676 | 102,334 | 572eaab3c246551400ce4496 | generic | The traditional folk music of Cyprus has several common elements with Greek, Turkish, and Arabic music including Greco-Turkish dances such as the sousta, syrtos, zeibekikos, tatsia, and karsilamas as well as the Middle Eastern-inspired tsifteteli and arapies. There is also a form of musical poetry known as chattista wh... | Where is chattista performed? | {'text': 'traditional feasts and celebrations', 'answer_start': 346} |
9,303 | 8,961 | 5a7fdc788f0597001ac000e7 | generic | Symbiotic relationships include those associations in which one organism lives on another (ectosymbiosis, such as mistletoe), or where one partner lives inside the other (endosymbiosis, such as lactobacilli and other bacteria in humans or Symbiodinium in corals). Symbiosis is also classified by physical attachment of t... | What organism demonstrates conjunctive symbiosis? | {'text': 'corals', 'answer_start': 255} |
16,828 | 16,486 | 5acd507907355d001abf3cdd | generic | On July 25, 2015, the 18th and 19th satellites were successfully launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, marking the first time for China to launch two satellites at once on top of a Long March 3B/Expedition-1 carrier rocket. The Expedition-1 is an independent upper stage capable of delivering one or more sp... | During which month of 2017 was the 19th satellite launched? | {'text': 'July', 'answer_start': 3} |
54,864 | 54,522 | 572651b3dd62a815002e8164 | generic | Greece is a unitary parliamentary republic. The nominal head of state is the President of the Republic, who is elected by the Parliament for a five-year term. The current Constitution was drawn up and adopted by the Fifth Revisionary Parliament of the Hellenes and entered into force in 1975 after the fall of the milita... | What type of republic is Greece? | {'text': 'unitary parliamentary', 'answer_start': 12} |
48,261 | 47,919 | 571aaeda10f8ca14003052d9 | generic | In 1937 over 100 people died after ingesting "Elixir Sulfanilamide" manufactured by S.E. Massengill Company of Tennessee. The product was formulated in diethylene glycol, a highly toxic solvent that is now widely used as antifreeze. Under the laws extant at that time, prosecution of the manufacturer was possible only u... | What was one of the things the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act do? | {'text': 'explicitly prohibited false therapeutic claims', 'answer_start': 641} |
129,012 | 128,670 | 573417c5d058e614000b692c | generic | The site of Richmond had been an important village of the Powhatan Confederacy, and was briefly settled by English colonists from Jamestown in 1609, and in 1610–1611. The present city of Richmond was founded in 1737. It became the capital of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia in 1780. During the Revolutionary War peri... | What famous speech did Patrick Henry give in Richmond? | {'text': 'Give me liberty or give me death', 'answer_start': 396} |
92,144 | 91,802 | 5728d4442ca10214002da8d3 | generic | A non-Greek origin of Apollo has long been assumed in scholarship. The name of Apollo's mother Leto has Lydian origin, and she was worshipped on the coasts of Asia Minor. The inspiration oracular cult was probably introduced into Greece from Anatolia, which is the origin of Sibyl, and where existed some of the oldest o... | What is the origin of Sibyl? | {'text': 'Anatolia', 'answer_start': 242} |
120,472 | 120,130 | 573189d605b4da19006bd254 | generic | Indigenous population in Peru make up around 45%. Native Peruvian traditions and customs have shaped the way Peruvians live and see themselves today. Cultural citizenship—or what Renato Rosaldo has called, "the right to be different and to belong, in a democratic, participatory sense" (1996:243)—is not yet very well de... | What percentage of Peru's population is indigenous? | {'text': '45%', 'answer_start': 45} |
24,447 | 24,105 | 56f83269aef2371900625ef0 | generic | One of the most important victories of the magnates was the late 16th century right to create ordynacja's (similar to majorats), which ensured that a family which gained wealth and power could more easily preserve this. Ordynacje's of families of Radziwiłł, Zamoyski, Potocki or Lubomirski often rivalled the estates of ... | What did the powerful families do with the kings estates? | {'text': 'often rivalled', 'answer_start': 290} |
120,690 | 120,348 | 5731388ea5e9cc1400cdbd2b | generic | The 19th century also saw the use of red in art to create specific emotions, not just to imitate nature. It saw the systematic study of color theory, and particularly the study of how complementary colors such as red and green reinforced each other when they were placed next to each other. These studies were avidly fol... | In what year was The Night Cafe painted? | {'text': '1888', 'answer_start': 427} |
79,954 | 79,612 | 5727d3a53acd2414000ded6f | generic | Deforestation and forest fires are a problem in many areas, as is the continual spread of the eucalyptus tree, a species imported from Australia, actively promoted by the paper industry since the mid-20th century. Galicia is one of the more forested areas of Spain, but the majority of Galicia's plantations, usually gro... | Which tree species has become a problem for Galicia? | {'text': 'eucalyptus tree', 'answer_start': 94} |
20,562 | 20,220 | 56e792e237bdd419002c4182 | generic | In 1937, the Empire of Japan started a full-scale invasion of China after invading Manchuria in 1931, beginning the Second Sino-Japanese War (often considered a theatre of World War II). Their troops occupied Nanjing in December and carried out the systematic and brutal Nanking Massacre (the "Rape of Nanking"). Even ch... | How many died in the Nanking Massacre? | {'text': 'between 300,000 and 350,000', 'answer_start': 568} |
6,084 | 5,742 | 56d29ed559d6e41400146157 | generic | Approximately six hundred Mahayana sutras have survived in Sanskrit or in Chinese or Tibetan translations. In addition, East Asian Buddhism recognizes some sutras regarded by scholars as of Chinese rather than Indian origin. | What buddhism recognizes sutras of Chinese origin? | {'text': 'East Asian Buddhism', 'answer_start': 120} |
48,199 | 47,857 | 571aa3cb4faf5e1900b8ab8f | generic | In 1911 arsphenamine, the first synthetic anti-infective drug, was developed by Paul Ehrlich and chemist Alfred Bertheim of the Institute of Experimental Therapy in Berlin. The drug was given the commercial name Salvarsan. Ehrlich, noting both the general toxicity of arsenic and the selective absorption of certain dyes... | What was the first effective treatment for Syphilis? | {'text': 'Arsphenamine', 'answer_start': 609} |
71,953 | 71,611 | 57271234f1498d1400e8f31f | generic | Medicine: Findings from Neolithic graveyards in what is now Pakistan show evidence of proto-dentistry among an early farming culture. Ayurveda is a system of traditional medicine that originated in ancient India before 2500 BC, and is now practiced as a form of alternative medicine in other parts of the world. Its most... | What do the findings in the graveyards show evidence of? | {'text': 'proto-dentistry', 'answer_start': 86} |
24,925 | 24,583 | 56f8b1949e9bad19000a0339 | generic | Reptiles such as adders and vipers live up to the snow line; because they cannot bear the cold temperatures they hibernate underground and soak up the warmth on rocky ledges. The high-altitude Alpine salamanders have adapted to living above the snow line by giving birth to fully developed young rather than laying eggs.... | Why do reptiles only live up to the snow line? | {'text': 'they cannot bear the cold temperatures', 'answer_start': 69} |
76,549 | 76,207 | 5727784d708984140094de7e | generic | In Mark, Jesus is crucified along with two rebels, and the day goes dark for three hours. Jesus calls out to God, then gives a shout and dies. The curtain of the Temple is torn in two. Matthew follows Mark, adding an earthquake and the resurrection of saints. Luke also follows Mark, though he describes the rebels as co... | What does Luke say one of the rebels does? | {'text': 'promises that he (Jesus) and the criminal will be together in paradise', 'answer_start': 375} |
118,429 | 118,087 | 5acfad3077cf76001a685803 | generic | In 1993, the newly formed government of Namibia received funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Living in a Finite Environment (LIFE) Project. The Ministry of Environment and Tourism with the financial support from organisations such as USAID, Endangered Wildlife Trust, ... | When was the Canadian Ambassador's Fund established? | {'text': '1993', 'answer_start': 3} |
313 | 313 | 138448 | pubqa | On 25 June 2008 the local Health Protection Unit was informed by Anglian Water of an exceedence in the level of Cryptosporidium oocysts found in water supplied from the Pitsford Reservoir in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, during 19 to 24 June 2008 [25]. The reservoir supplied a population of more than 250,000 in the... | What type of samples were analyzed?
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88,837 | 88,495 | 5a85a812b4e223001a8e7163 | generic | U.S. President Barack Obama has rarely used the term, but in his inaugural address on 20 January 2009, he stated "Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred." In March 2009 the Defense Department officially changed the name of operations from "Global War on Terror" to "Overseas Continge... | Who did Pentagon staff members request to avoid the term war on terror? | {'text': 'the Obama administration', 'answer_start': 357} |
34,909 | 34,567 | 5ad24477d7d075001a428a61 | generic | Through the use of multidimensional scaling, psychologists can map out similar emotional experiences, which allows a visual depiction of the "emotional distance" between experiences. A further step can be taken by looking at the map's dimensions of the emotional experiences. The emotional experiences are divided into t... | What is the term for the degree to which an non-emotional experience feels positive or negative? | {'text': 'valence', 'answer_start': 343} |
99,127 | 98,785 | 572aae13be1ee31400cb8160 | generic | The Ghoomar dance from Jodhpur Marwar and Kalbeliya dance of Jaisalmer have gained international recognition. Folk music is a large part of Rajasthani culture. Kathputli, Bhopa, Chang, Teratali, Ghindr, Kachchhighori, and Tejaji are examples of traditional Rajasthani culture. Folk songs are commonly ballads which relat... | Heroic deeds are often a theme of what type of Rajasthani song? | {'text': 'Folk songs', 'answer_start': 277} |
35,669 | 35,327 | 570b063eec8fbc190045b7e2 | generic | Conventional ("tailhook") aircraft rely upon a landing signal officer (LSO, radio call sign paddles) to monitor the aircraft's approach, visually gauge glideslope, attitude, and airspeed, and transmit that data to the pilot. Before the angled deck emerged in the 1950s, LSOs used colored paddles to signal corrections to... | What does LSO stand for? | {'text': 'landing signal officer', 'answer_start': 47} |
66,072 | 65,730 | 5726a4c1dd62a815002e8bd9 | generic | After the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, Norfolk Island was placed under the authority of the new Commonwealth government to be administered as an external territory. During World War II, the island became a key airbase and refuelling depot between Australia and New Zealand, and New Zealand and the ... | During what major event did Norfolk Island become an important airbase and refuelling station? | {'text': 'World War II', 'answer_start': 194} |
123,722 | 123,380 | 5a7b4f4f21c2de001afe9ea3 | generic | Between 1949 and the 1980s, telephone communications in Greece were a state monopoly by the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization, better known by its acronym, OTE. Despite the liberalization of telephone communications in the country in the 1980s, OTE still dominates the Greek market in its field and has emerged as... | What company lost a 40% stake in OTE? | {'text': 'Deutsche Telekom', 'answer_start': 437} |
113,198 | 112,856 | 5ad4d4bd5b96ef001a10a246 | generic | Tourism is a major industry owing to the city's climate, its beaches, and numerous tourist attractions such as Balboa Park, Belmont amusement park, San Diego Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and SeaWorld San Diego. San Diego's Spanish and Mexican heritage is reflected in the many historic sites across the city, such as ... | What historical mission is a minor tourist attraction in San Diego? | {'text': 'Mission San Diego de Alcala', 'answer_start': 320} |
65,959 | 65,617 | 5a20a45c8a6e4f001aa08df9 | generic | Many ancient civilizations alloyed metals for purely aesthetic purposes. In ancient Egypt and Mycenae, gold was often alloyed with copper to produce red-gold, or iron to produce a bright burgundy-gold. Gold was often found alloyed with silver or other metals to produce various types of colored gold. These metals were a... | What is produced when gold is alloyed with tin? | {'text': 'red-gold', 'answer_start': 149} |
111,547 | 111,205 | 5730a1eb396df9190009622b | generic | The traditional Greek homelands have been the Greek peninsula and the Aegean Sea, the Southern Italy (Magna Graecia), the Black Sea, the Ionian coasts of Asia Minor and the islands of Cyprus and Sicily. In Plato's Phaidon, Socrates remarks, "we (Greeks) live around a sea like frogs around a pond" when describing to his... | What statement of note was given by a great philosopher from Greece written by another great philosopher ? | {'text': 'Plato\'s Phaidon, Socrates remarks, "we (Greeks) live around a sea like frogs around a pond', 'answer_start': 206} |
39,951 | 39,609 | 570e7da40dc6ce19002050d7 | generic | Melbourne has an integrated public transport system based around extensive train, tram, bus and taxi systems. Flinders Street Station was the world's busiest passenger station in 1927 and Melbourne's tram network overtook Sydney's to become the world's largest in the 1940s, at which time 25% of travellers used public t... | What was the target percentage of public transport mode share that was set by the state government in 2006? | {'text': '20%', 'answer_start': 737} |
38,500 | 38,158 | 5a612e3ee9e1cc001a33cfde | generic | The technical rules for the Japanese version of men's rhythmic gymnastics came around the 1970s. For individuals, only four types of apparatus are used: the double rings, the stick, the rope, and the clubs. Groups do not use any apparatus. The Japanese version includes tumbling performed on a spring floor. Points are a... | When did the technical rules for women's rhythmic gymnastics come around? | {'text': 'the 1970s', 'answer_start': 86} |
62,913 | 62,571 | 5726882b708984140094c913 | generic | The world's first commercial broadcast automation audio compression system was developed by Oscar Bonello, an engineering professor at the University of Buenos Aires. In 1983, using the psychoacoustic principle of the masking of critical bands first published in 1967, he started developing a practical application based... | What was launched in 1987 under the name Audicom? | {'text': 'broadcast automation system', 'answer_start': 372} |
12,784 | 12,442 | 56def1133277331400b4d840 | generic | According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, up from about 600 million in 1910. By 2050, the Christian population is expected to exceed 3 billion. According to a 2012 Pew Research Center survey Christianity will remain the world's largest religion in 2050, ... | If growth continues as it has, what religion will be the largest in the world by 2050? | {'text': 'Christianity', 'answer_start': 257} |
79,540 | 79,198 | 5a7e4e0b70df9f001a8756de | generic | Cork is home to the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, and to many musical acts, including John Spillane, The Frank And Walters, Sultans of Ping, Simple Kid, Microdisney, Fred, Mick Flannery and the late Rory Gallagher. Singer songwriter Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan of The High Llamas also hail from Cork. The opera singers Cara... | What group regularly performs at Cyprus Avenue? | {'text': 'Sultans of Ping', 'answer_start': 116} |
74,565 | 74,223 | 5a6fd77e8abb0b001a675faf | generic | At the same time, some Alsatians were in opposition to the Jacobins and sympathetic to the invading forces of Austria and Prussia who sought to crush the nascent revolutionary republic. Many of the residents of the Sundgau made "pilgrimages" to places like Mariastein Abbey, near Basel, in Switzerland, for baptisms and ... | How many residents made pilgrimages? | {'text': 'tens of thousands', 'answer_start': 394} |
72,332 | 71,990 | 572a2dee6aef051400155344 | generic | On August 17, 2011, Shueisha's V-Jump magazine announced a sequel set one year later, a third arc of Xros Wars subtitled The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time, which aired from October 2, 2011 to March 25, 2012, following on from the previous arc. It focuses on a new protagonist, Tagiru Akashi and his partner Gumdra... | Who was the main character in the third arc series? | {'text': 'Tagiru Akashi and his partner Gumdramon', 'answer_start': 284} |
70,403 | 70,061 | 572943d53f37b319004781d6 | generic | Bermuda watercolours painted by local artists are sold at various galleries. Hand-carved cedar sculptures are another speciality. One such 7 ft (2.1 m) sculpture, created by Bermudian sculptor Chesley Trott, is installed at the airport's baggage claim area. In 2010, his sculpture The Arrival was unveiled near the bay t... | Who is one of Bermuda's most famous watercolourists? | {'text': 'Alfred Birdsey', 'answer_start': 472} |
106,293 | 105,951 | 5ad215d8d7d075001a4283b3 | generic | The Quran describes Muhammad as "ummi", which is traditionally interpreted as "illiterate," but the meaning is rather more complex. Medieval commentators such as Al-Tabari maintained that the term induced two meanings: first, the inability to read or write in general; second, the inexperience or ignorance of the previo... | What term doesn't the Quran use to describe Mohammad's lack of exposure to scripture? | {'text': 'ummi', 'answer_start': 705} |
45,352 | 45,010 | 5ad36b09604f3c001a3fe14d | generic | In late 2006[update], Dell lost its lead in the PC-business to Hewlett-Packard. Both Gartner and IDC estimated that in the third quarter of 2006, HP shipped more units worldwide than Dell did. Dell's 3.6% growth paled in comparison to HP's 15% growth during the same period. The problem got worse in the fourth quarter, ... | What year did IBM lose its tech lead to Hewlett-Packard? | {'text': '2006', 'answer_start': 8} |
47,171 | 46,829 | 571a395610f8ca1400304f85 | generic | The city has started moving away from the automobile and towards mass transit. From 2004 to 2009, the annual number of unlinked public transportation trips increased by approximately 21%. In 2006, voters in King County passed proposition 2 (Transit Now) which increased bus service hours on high ridership routes and pai... | Which former mayor backed the expansion of rail lines from downtown to Ballard? | {'text': 'Michael McGinn', 'answer_start': 1038} |
46,644 | 46,302 | 5aceb35532bba1001ae4b0bf | generic | Rufinus relates a story that as Bishop Alexander stood by a window, he watched boys playing on the seashore below, imitating the ritual of Christian baptism. He sent for the children and discovered that one of the boys (Athanasius) had acted as bishop. After questioning Athanasius, Bishop Alexander informed him that th... | As an adult, Athanasius imitated what ritual? | {'text': 'ritual of Christian baptism', 'answer_start': 129} |
76,710 | 76,368 | 5a8ca27cfd22b3001a8d8c62 | generic | Modern biblical scholarship treats the account in the synoptic gospels as a literary creation by the author of the Mark Gospel, amended in the Luke and Matthew accounts, intended to heighten the importance of what they saw as a theologically significant event, and not intended to be taken literally. This image of darkn... | What does Philo believe those who take the image of darkness literally are doing? | {'text': '"barking up the wrong tree"', 'answer_start': 712} |
126,709 | 126,367 | 5732a189d6dcfa19001e8a48 | generic | During the Cretaceous, the late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic supercontinent of Pangaea completed its breakup into present day continents, although their positions were substantially different at the time. As the Atlantic Ocean widened, the convergent-margin orogenies that had begun during the Jurassic continued in the Nort... | Antarctica was a part of what supercontinent? | {'text': 'Gondwana', 'answer_start': 486} |
116,742 | 116,400 | 5a4e7a9e755ab9001a10f485 | generic | Most major airports provide commercial outlets for products and services. Most of these companies, many of which are internationally known brands, are located within the departure areas. These include clothing boutiques and restaurants. Prices charged for items sold at these outlets are generally higher than those outs... | What does boutique management do to make sure their prices aren't too high? | {'text': 'regulate costs to keep them comparable to "street prices"', 'answer_start': 364} |
62,541 | 62,199 | 57273ec05951b619008f8747 | generic | By the 1840s, India was no longer capable of supplying the vast quantities of cotton fibers needed by mechanized British factories, while shipping bulky, low-price cotton from India to Britain was time-consuming and expensive. This, coupled with the emergence of American cotton as a superior type (due to the longer, st... | What was the difference that made American cotton preferred over Indian cotton? | {'text': 'longer, stronger fibers', 'answer_start': 310} |
105,412 | 105,070 | 572ea0a603f989190075685c | 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. ... | What federal program is used to list a species? | {'text': 'candidate assessment program', 'answer_start': 197} |
8,240 | 7,898 | 5acffd8177cf76001a6866fe | generic | During the Nazi occupation of France during World War II, Brazzaville functioned as the symbolic capital of Free France between 1940 and 1943. The Brazzaville Conference of 1944 heralded a period of major reform in French colonial policy. Congo benefited from the postwar expansion of colonial administrative and infrast... | What was the symbolic capital of the Nazis from 1940 to 1943? | {'text': 'Brazzaville', 'answer_start': 58} |
124,985 | 124,643 | 573257fb0fdd8d15006c69f8 | generic | Two controversies during the campaign tested him and his staff, but did not affect the campaign. One involved a report that Nixon had improperly received funds from a secret trust. Nixon spoke out adroitly to avoid potential damage, but the matter permanently alienated the two candidates. The second issue centered on E... | What topic did Eisenhower not discuss during the campaign? | {'text': 'NATO', 'answer_start': 634} |
51,847 | 51,505 | 5725e2ad38643c19005ace30 | generic | The process of founding the country's public university began on 11 June 1833 with the passage of a law proposed by Senator Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. It called for the creation of nine academic departments; the President of the Republic would pass a decree formally creating the departments once the majority of them wer... | When did Manuel Oribe pass a decree establishing the Greater University of the Republic? | {'text': '27 May 1838', 'answer_start': 476} |
99,905 | 99,563 | 572b764d111d821400f38ea9 | generic | Hegel certainly intends to preserve what he takes to be true of German idealism, in particular Kant's insistence that ethical reason can and does go beyond finite inclinations. For Hegel there must be some identity of thought and being for the "subject" (any human observer)) to be able to know any observed "object" (an... | What does Spirit turn into when a person arrives at self-realization? | {'text': 'Absolute Spirit', 'answer_start': 1260} |
39,329 | 38,987 | 570c3599ec8fbc190045bdb7 | generic | In 2005, fugitive Puerto Rican Nationalist leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos died in a gun battle with FBI agents in 2005 in what some charged was an assassination.[citation needed] Puerto Rico Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá criticized the FBI assault as "improper" and "highly irregular" and demanded to know why his government... | How did the FBI respond to requests to release information beyond the initial press release? | {'text': 'The FBI refused', 'answer_start': 345} |
121,559 | 121,217 | 5a77823c2d6d7f001a4a9fe4 | generic | European higher education took place for hundreds of years in Christian cathedral schools or monastic schools (scholae monasticae), in which monks and nuns taught classes; evidence of these immediate forerunners of the later university at many places dates back to the 6th century. The earliest universities were develop... | During which era did universities grow out of monasteries? | {'text': 'early medieval period', 'answer_start': 800} |
84,809 | 84,467 | 5727f2e6ff5b5019007d9905 | generic | Time has long been a major subject of study in religion, philosophy, and science, but defining it in a manner applicable to all fields without circularity has consistently eluded scholars. Nevertheless, diverse fields such as business, industry, sports, the sciences, and the performing arts all incorporate some notion ... | Fields such as business, industry, sports, science, and performing arts incorporate some notion of what into their measuring systems? | {'text': 'time', 'answer_start': 323} |
126,625 | 126,283 | 5a4e869d755ab9001a10f4cc | generic | The Ordovician Period started at a major extinction event called the Cambrian-Ordovician extinction events some time about 485.4 ± 1.9 Ma. During the Ordovician the southern continents were collected into a single continent called Gondwana. Gondwana started the period in the equatorial latitudes and, as the period prog... | What contenent formed several southern coninents during the Ordovician? | {'text': 'Gondwana', 'answer_start': 241} |
19,783 | 19,441 | 5a7b64d321c2de001afe9fb4 | generic | Archival descriptions of the permanent holdings of the federal government in the custody of NARA are stored in Archival Research Catalog (ARC). The archival descriptions include information on traditional paper holdings, electronic records, and artifacts. As of December 2012, the catalog consisted of about 10 billion l... | In what year was the ARC created? | {'text': 'December 2012', 'answer_start': 262} |
95,588 | 95,246 | 5ace11e632bba1001ae49a33 | generic | The Appalachian Mountains (i/ˌæpəˈleɪʃᵻn/ or /ˌæpəˈlætʃᵻn/,[note 1] French: les Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period and once reached elevations similar to those of the Alp... | During what period were the Appalachians named? | {'text': 'Ordovician Period', 'answer_start': 247} |
89,214 | 88,872 | 5ad123e3645df0001a2d0f0f | generic | In their first meeting after the election the group's Members of Parliament decided to adopt the name "The Labour Party" formally (15 February 1906). Keir Hardie, who had taken a leading role in getting the party established, was elected as Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (in effect, the Leader), although on... | What provided the party's activist base in the party's later years? | {'text': 'Independent Labour Party', 'answer_start': 411} |
34,476 | 34,134 | 570a01776d058f1900182c5e | generic | The Schnellweg (en: expressway) system, a number of Bundesstraße roads, forms a structure loosely resembling a large ring road together with A2 and A7. The roads are B 3, B 6 and B 65, called Westschnellweg (B6 on the northern part, B3 on the southern part), Messeschnellweg (B3, becomes A37 near Burgdorf, crosses A2, b... | What is a Schnellweg? | {'text': 'expressway', 'answer_start': 20} |
98,280 | 97,938 | 572a7db5f75d5e190021fae7 | generic | In the early 1970s, the Miami disco sound came to life with TK Records, featuring the music of KC and the Sunshine Band, with such hits as "Get Down Tonight", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" and "That's the Way (I Like It)"; and the Latin-American disco group, Foxy (band), with their hit singles "Get Off" and ... | What music label showcased KC and the Sunshine Band? | {'text': 'TK Records', 'answer_start': 60} |
35,818 | 35,476 | 5a2e1a1ef28ef0001a52679a | generic | In 2014, the FAA changed a long-standing approach to air traffic control candidates that eliminated preferences based on training and experience at flight schools in favor of a personality test open to anyone irrespective of experience. The move was made to increase flight traffic controller racial diversity. Before th... | Who switched to an open system for candidates who completed the coursework at participating colleges? | {'text': 'agency', 'answer_start': 460} |
93,638 | 93,296 | 5a6719f1f038b7001ab0c1e6 | generic | The term mainly refers to a mix of lithium and aluminosilicates that yields an array of materials with interesting thermomechanical properties. The most commercially important of these have the distinction of being impervious to thermal shock. Thus, glass-ceramics have become extremely useful for countertop cooking. Th... | What is the most economically significant property of countertops? | {'text': 'impervious to thermal shock', 'answer_start': 215} |
99,421 | 99,079 | 572b63a8be1ee31400cb834d | generic | Guam is served by the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, which is a hub for United Airlines. The island is outside the United States customs zone so Guam is responsible for establishing and operating its own customs and quarantine agency and jurisdiction. Therefore, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection only ca... | What is Guam responsible for when goods both come in and leave? | {'text': 'operating its own customs and quarantine agency', 'answer_start': 197} |
2,814 | 2,472 | 56cdb36c62d2951400fa681d | generic | Spectre was released on 26 October 2015 in the United Kingdom on the same night as the world premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in London, followed by a worldwide release. It was released in the United States on 6 November 2015. It became the second James Bond film to be screened in IMAX venues after Skyfall, although i... | Where was the first screening of Spectre? | {'text': 'Royal Albert Hall in London', 'answer_start': 109} |
71,546 | 71,204 | 5726e48b708984140094d500 | generic | Since the beginning of the study of electricity non conductive materials like glass, porcelain, paper and mica have been used as insulators. These materials some decades later were also well-suited for further use as the dielectric for the first capacitors. Paper capacitors made by sandwiching a strip of impregnated pa... | For what use were non conductive materials used in the first capacitors? | {'text': 'as the dielectric', 'answer_start': 214} |
2,297 | 1,955 | 56cd5df262d2951400fa6543 | generic | In 2005, Apple faced two lawsuits claiming patent infringement by the iPod line and its associated technologies: Advanced Audio Devices claimed the iPod line breached its patent on a "music jukebox", while a Hong Kong-based IP portfolio company called Pat-rights filed a suit claiming that Apple's FairPlay technology br... | What did the 2005 lawsuits accuse Apple of doing? | {'text': 'patent infringement', 'answer_start': 43} |
13,722 | 13,380 | 56df47738bc80c19004e49e5 | generic | The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN organization. The UNFPA says it "is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled." Their work involves t... | What, in addition to its work against obstetric fistula, is UNFPA campaigning against? | {'text': 'female genital mutilation', 'answer_start': 551} |
127,857 | 127,515 | 5733de6d4776f419006613c2 | generic | According to some estimates about 20% of the population lives on less than US$1.25 per day. Migration from Tajikistan and the consequent remittances have been unprecedented in their magnitude and economic impact. In 2010, remittances from Tajik labour migrants totaled an estimated $2.1 billion US dollars, an increase f... | What has been one of the drivers of Tajikistan's robust economic growth? | {'text': 'remittances', 'answer_start': 677} |
79,187 | 78,845 | 5ad21429d7d075001a42837a | generic | Not all boys who pass the College election examination choose to become King's Scholars. If they choose instead to belong to one of the 24 Oppidan Houses, they are known as Oppidan Scholars. Oppidan scholarships may also be awarded for consistently performing with distinction in School and external examinations. To gai... | Typically how many students each year decide to become a Oppidan Scholar instead of a King's Scholar? | {'text': '24', 'answer_start': 136} |
11,550 | 11,208 | 56de818dcffd8e1900b4b998 | generic | Programmes, such as the politically fuelled Give My Head Peace (produced by BBC Northern Ireland) and the soap opera River City (produced by BBC Scotland), have been created specifically to cater for some viewers in their respective nations, who may have found programmes created for English audiences irrelevant. BBC Sc... | What is the name of a political show shown on BBC in Northern Ireland? | {'text': 'Give My Head Peace', 'answer_start': 44} |
36,515 | 36,173 | 5a36f03795360f001af1b360 | generic | In addition to the change in the mean length of the calendar year from 365.25 days (365 days 6 hours) to 365.2425 days (365 days 5 hours 49 minutes 12 seconds), a reduction of 10 minutes 48 seconds per year, the Gregorian calendar reform also dealt with the accumulated difference between these lengths. The canonical Ea... | What was reduced by forty-eight minutes and ten seconds? | {'text': 'days', 'answer_start': 78} |
36,209 | 35,867 | 570af0f8ec8fbc190045b78c | generic | Videophone calls (also: videocalls, video chat as well as Skype and Skyping in verb form), differ from videoconferencing in that they expect to serve individuals, not groups. However that distinction has become increasingly blurred with technology improvements such as increased bandwidth and sophisticated software clie... | What is another name for videophone calls? | {'text': 'video chat', 'answer_start': 36} |
105,215 | 104,873 | 57303ce9a23a5019007fcfdb | generic | Although official German air doctrine did target civilian morale, it did not espouse the attacking of civilians directly. It hoped to destroy morale by destroying the enemy's factories and public utilities as well as its food stocks (by attacking shipping). Nevertheless, its official opposition to attacks on civilians ... | What was the primary goal of the German air doctrine? | {'text': 'target civilian morale', 'answer_start': 42} |
112,742 | 112,400 | 573218e70fdd8d15006c679f | generic | U.S. submarines accounted for 56% of the Japanese merchantmen sunk; mines or aircraft destroyed most of the rest. US submariners also claimed 28% of Japanese warships destroyed. Furthermore, they played important reconnaissance roles, as at the battles of the Philippine Sea (June 1944) and Leyte Gulf (October 1944) (an... | What future U.S. president was rescued by a submarine? | {'text': 'George H.W. Bush', 'answer_start': 551} |
2,156 | 1,814 | 56cc62ce6d243a140015ef84 | generic | In mid-2015, several new color schemes for all of the current iPod models were spotted in the latest version of iTunes, 12.2. Belgian website Belgium iPhone originally found the images when plugging in an iPod for the first time, and subsequent leaked photos were found by Pierre Dandumont. | What version of iTunes contained the leaked photos of new iPod colors? | {'text': '12.2', 'answer_start': 120} |
112,126 | 111,784 | 5ad0ea66645df0001a2d084a | generic | The Golden Boot is awarded to the top Premier League scorer at the end of each season. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260. Twenty-four players have reached the 100-goal mark. Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 14 diffe... | Along with Theirry Henry, who else holds the record for most goals in a season? | {'text': 'Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer', 'answer_start': 493} |
14,485 | 14,143 | 56dfae017aa994140058dfd4 | generic | Bell and his assistant Charles Sumner Tainter jointly invented a wireless telephone, named a photophone, which allowed for the transmission of both sounds and normal human conversations on a beam of light. Both men later became full associates in the Volta Laboratory Association. | What lab association did Bell and Tainter both eventually join? | {'text': 'Volta Laboratory Association', 'answer_start': 251} |
78,106 | 77,764 | 5727bed92ca10214002d954d | generic | Pāśupata Shaivism (Pāśupata, "of Paśupati") is the oldest of the major Shaiva schools. The philosophy of Pashupata sect was systematized by Lakulish in the 2nd century CE. Paśu in Paśupati refers to the effect (or created world), the word designates that which is dependent on something ulterior. Whereas, Pati means the... | Who organized the Pasupata philosophy? | {'text': 'Lakulish', 'answer_start': 140} |
69,999 | 69,657 | 5726f649708984140094d71b | generic | Liber Aboali Abincine de Anima in arte Alchemiae was the most influential, having influenced later medieval chemists and alchemists such as Vincent of Beauvais. However Anawati argues (following Ruska) that the de Anima is a fake by a Spanish author. Similarly the Declaratio is believed not to be actually by Avicenna. ... | What did Ibn Sina classify into stones? | {'text': 'minerals', 'answer_start': 468} |
36,340 | 35,998 | 5a1f6b1454a786001a36b2ab | generic | Videoconferencing is a highly useful technology for real-time telemedicine and telenursing applications, such as diagnosis, consulting, transmission of medical images, etc... With videoconferencing, patients may contact nurses and physicians in emergency or routine situations; physicians and other paramedical professio... | Where did a medical center use transmission of medical images to cut costs? | {'text': 'Ohio', 'answer_start': 537} |
95,154 | 94,812 | 5a2c48aebfd06b001a5aead0 | generic | The first phase of neoclassicism in France is expressed in the "Louis XVI style" of architects like Ange-Jacques Gabriel (Petit Trianon, 1762–68); the second phase, in the styles called Directoire and "Empire", might be characterized by Jean Chalgrin's severe astylar Arc de Triomphe (designed in 1806). In England the t... | What style replace neoclassicism in 1806? | {'text': 'Empire', 'answer_start': 202} |
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