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38,571 | 38,229 | 570ce9e1b3d812140066d30b | generic | Aerobic gymnastics (formally Sport Aerobics) involves the performance of routines by individuals, pairs, trios or groups up to 6 people, emphasizing strength, flexibility, and aerobic fitness rather than acrobatic or balance skills. Routines are performed for all individuals on a 7x7m floor and also for 12–14 and 15-17... | How many people can be in a routine? | {'text': 'individuals, pairs, trios or groups up to 6 people', 'answer_start': 85} |
13,548 | 13,206 | 56df9e1338dc4217001520ef | generic | Anthropologists maintain that hunter/gatherers don't have permanent leaders; instead, the person taking the initiative at any one time depends on the task being performed. In addition to social and economic equality in hunter-gatherer societies, there is often, though not always, sexual parity as well. Hunter-gatherers... | What group arrangement is usual in family authority? | {'text': 'matrilocal', 'answer_start': 454} |
75,196 | 74,854 | 572761fe5951b619008f891b | generic | Throughout the second half of the 19th century, child labour began to decline in industrialised societies due to regulation and economic factors. The regulation of child labour began from the earliest days of the Industrial revolution. The first act to regulate child labour in Britain was passed in 1803. As early as 18... | What year did Britain first inact legislation with regards to child labour? | {'text': '1803', 'answer_start': 300} |
107,261 | 106,919 | 572ef2fcdfa6aa1500f8d4e8 | generic | In the Pre-Modern era, many people's sense of self and purpose was often expressed via a faith in some form of deity, be that in a single God or in many gods. Pre-modern cultures have not been thought of creating a sense of distinct individuality, though. Religious officials, who often held positions of power, were the... | Who were spiritual intermediates? | {'text': 'Religious officials', 'answer_start': 256} |
111,334 | 110,992 | 5ad291e8d7d075001a429ab3 | generic | The roots of Greek success in the Ottoman Empire can be traced to the Greek tradition of education and commerce. It was the wealth of the extensive merchant class that provided the material basis for the intellectual revival that was the prominent feature of Greek life in the half century and more leading to the outbre... | What other area fields were not overshadowed by Greek influence? | {'text': 'Greek domination of the Christian Orthodox church', 'answer_start': 577} |
65,630 | 65,288 | 5a21ab358a6e4f001aa08e5a | generic | The early Christian philosophy of Augustine of Hippo was heavily influenced by Plato. A key change brought about by Christian thought was the moderatation of the Stoicism and theory of justice of the Roman world, as well emphasis on the role of the state in applying mercy as a moral example. Augustine also preached tha... | Who influenced Terrena's view of the moderation of the Stoicism? | {'text': 'Plato', 'answer_start': 79} |
127,607 | 127,265 | 5a39a0e22f14dd001ac724e7 | generic | When the British invaded the harbour town in 1744[verification needed], the town’s architectural buildings were destroyed[verification needed]. Subsequently, new structures were built in the town around the harbour area[verification needed] and the Swedes had also further added to the architectural beauty of the town i... | In what year did King Gustav III begin his reign? | {'text': '1785', 'answer_start': 322} |
29,006 | 28,664 | 57070e8590286e26004fc866 | generic | Approximately 12 million Africans were shipped to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade from 1492 to 1888, with 11.5 million of those shipped to South America and the Caribbean. Brazil was the largest importer in the Americas, with 5.5 million African slaves imported, followed by the British Caribbean with 2.76 ... | How many slaves were imported by the British Caribbean? | {'text': '2.76 million', 'answer_start': 315} |
78,577 | 78,235 | 5a304865f1f7c7001ab92d32 | generic | The fourth a cappella musical to appear Off-Broadway, In Transit, premiered 5 October 2010 and was produced by Primary Stages with book, music, and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth. Set primarily in the New York City subway system its score features an eclectic mix of... | Who were involved in the production of Primary Stages? | {'text': 'Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth', 'answer_start': 158} |
13,953 | 13,611 | 5acdf7e832bba1001ae49902 | generic | On December 30, 1922, with the creation of the Soviet Union, Russia became one of six republics within the federation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The final Soviet name for the republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, was adopted in the Soviet Constitution of 1936. By that time, Soviet... | When did the Soviet Union disclude the final Russian name for its republic in the Constitution? | {'text': '1936', 'answer_start': 294} |
35,406 | 35,064 | 570aa5244103511400d598c4 | generic | Speaking in St. Petersburg, Russia on 30 June 2011, the head of Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation said his company expected to begin design work for a new carrier in 2016, with a goal of beginning construction in 2018 and having the carrier achieve initial operational capability by 2023. Several months later, on... | Where was the Pacific Fleets nuclear-powered aircraft carrier supposed to be stationed? | {'text': 'Vladivostok', 'answer_start': 769} |
66,546 | 66,204 | 5ad0d2fa645df0001a2d056a | generic | At this point, Fox whispered that there was "no loss of friendship". "I regret to say there is", Burke replied, "I have indeed made a great sacrifice; I have done my duty though I have lost my friend. There is something in the detested French constitution that envenoms every thing it touches". This provoked a reply fro... | Who declined taking money from Burke? | {'text': 'Fitzwilliam', 'answer_start': 702} |
72,172 | 71,830 | 5728364e4b864d1900164749 | generic | The mid 20th century saw a series of studies relying to the role of science in a social context, starting from Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962. It opened the study of science to new disciplines by suggesting that the evolution of science was in part sociologically determined and that posit... | What idea did social science add to science as a whole? | {'text': 'positivism did not explain the actual interactions and strategies of the human participants in science', 'answer_start': 315} |
33,242 | 32,900 | 57098ca3ed30961900e842d9 | generic | In contrast to the general American Jewish community, which is dwindling due to low fertility and high intermarriage and assimilation rates, the Orthodox Jewish community of the United States is growing rapidly. Among Orthodox Jews, the fertility rate stands at about 4.1 children per family, as compared to 1.9 children... | What is the intermarriage rate among non-orthodox jews? | {'text': '71%', 'answer_start': 463} |
80,923 | 80,581 | 5727bf844b864d1900163c6a | generic | In June 1963, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a major speech in Detroit that foreshadowed his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. two months later. While the African-American Civil Rights Movement gained significant federal civil rights laws in 1964 and 1965, longstanding inequities resulted in confrontations... | How many people were killed in the Twelfth Street riots? | {'text': '43', 'answer_start': 607} |
89,652 | 89,310 | 5728c74d2ca10214002da7a4 | generic | Estonia has had a market economy since the end of the 1990s and one of the highest per capita income levels in Eastern Europe. Proximity to the Scandinavian markets, its location between the East and West, competitive cost structure and a highly skilled labour force have been the major Estonian comparative advantages i... | In what region does Estonia hold one of the highest per capita income levels? | {'text': 'Eastern', 'answer_start': 111} |
35,248 | 34,906 | 5a677485f038b7001ab0c244 | generic | Old English is one of the West Germanic languages, and its closest relatives are Old Frisian and Old Saxon. Like other old Germanic languages, it is very different from Modern English and difficult for Modern English speakers to understand without study. Old English grammar is quite similar to that of modern German: no... | What other Germanic languages are close to modern English? | {'text': 'Old Frisian and Old Saxon', 'answer_start': 81} |
14,649 | 14,307 | 56dfbdc47aa994140058e0db | generic | By the early 19th century, encouraged by lower duties on gin, the gin houses or "Gin Palaces" had spread from London to most cities and towns in Britain, with most of the new establishments illegal and unlicensed. These bawdy, loud and unruly drinking dens so often described by Charles Dickens in his Sketches by Boz (p... | In what British city did gin houses first appear? | {'text': 'London', 'answer_start': 110} |
43,571 | 43,229 | 5ad0d4dc645df0001a2d0612 | generic | Education in Eritrea is officially compulsory between seven and 13 years of age. However, the education infrastructure is inadequate to meet current needs. Statistics vary at the elementary level, suggesting that between 65 and 70% of school-aged children attend primary school; Approximately 61% attend secondary school... | What percentage of children between seven and 13 can read and write? | {'text': '40%', 'answer_start': 804} |
77,743 | 77,401 | 57277cf95951b619008f8b34 | generic | Turner Classic Movies essentially operates as a commercial-free service, with the only advertisements on the network being shown between features – which advertise TCM products, network promotions for upcoming special programs and the original trailers for films that are scheduled to be broadcast on TCM (particularly t... | Along with :45, :30 and :15 past the hour, at what time do TCM features begin? | {'text': 'top of the hour', 'answer_start': 931} |
82,133 | 81,791 | 5a3b55bc3ff257001ab8440f | generic | East Asian cultures are influenced by two schools of thought, Confucianism, which advocated good governance as rule by leaders who are benevolent and virtuous, and Legalism, which advocated strict adherence to law. The influence of one school of thought over the other has varied throughout the centuries. One study indi... | What kind of leader is advocated for under legalism? | {'text': 'Legalism', 'answer_start': 164} |
42,514 | 42,172 | 570db90fdf2f5219002ed122 | generic | In addition to the sharing of household chores, certain cultures expect adolescents to share in their family's financial responsibilities. According to family economic and financial education specialists, adolescents develop sound money management skills through the practices of saving and spending money, as well as th... | According to family economic and financial education specialists, how do adolescents develop sound money management skills? | {'text': 'saving and spending money', 'answer_start': 280} |
61,408 | 61,066 | 5726f61ef1498d1400e8f10b | generic | According to Taraborrelli, the defining moment of Madonna's childhood was the tragic and untimely death of her beloved mother. Psychiatrist Keith Ablow suggests her mother's death would have had an immeasurable impact on the young Madonna at a time when her personality was still forming. According to Ablow, the younger... | Which psychiatrist said that when a parent dies when the child is young, it leaves a lasting impact? | {'text': 'Keith Ablow', 'answer_start': 140} |
68,873 | 68,531 | 5726f4505951b619008f8359 | generic | The Russians evacuated Wallachia and Moldavia in late July 1854. With the evacuation of the Danubian Principalities, the immediate cause of war was withdrawn and the war might have ended at this time.:192 However, war fever among the public in both the UK and France had been whipped up by the press in both countries to... | In what year did the Russians leave Wallachia and Moldavia? | {'text': '1854', 'answer_start': 59} |
91,021 | 90,679 | 5728a39f3acd2414000dfbb1 | generic | The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metam... | What era is attributed to the findings of enormous fossilized dragonflies with extremely long wingspans? | {'text': 'Paleozoic', 'answer_start': 587} |
129,318 | 128,976 | 57341c75d058e614000b695c | generic | Infectious diseases are sometimes called contagious disease when they are easily transmitted by contact with an ill person or their secretions (e.g., influenza). Thus, a contagious disease is a subset of infectious disease that is especially infective or easily transmitted. Other types of infectious/transmissible/commu... | What sets a contagious disease after from a standard infectious disease? | {'text': 'especially infective or easily transmitted', 'answer_start': 231} |
93,315 | 92,973 | 5a514ec4ce860b001aa3fceb | generic | A new delimitation of the federal territory has been discussed since the Federal Republic was founded in 1949 and even before. Committees and expert commissions advocated a reduction of the number of states; academics (Rutz, Miegel, Ottnad etc.) and politicians (Döring, Apel, and others) made proposals – some of them ... | What advantage is it for richer states if territorial reform is enacted? | {'text': 'reduce fiscal transfers', 'answer_start': 502} |
91,769 | 91,427 | 5728cc7b3acd2414000dfec5 | generic | The budget of the city for 2013 was €7.6 billion, of which 5.4 billion went for city administration, while €2.2 billion went for investment. The largest part of the budget (38 percent) went for public housing and urbanism projects; 15 percent for roads and transport; 8 percent for schools (which are mostly financed by ... | What was the budget of the city in 2013 | {'text': '€7.6 billion', 'answer_start': 36} |
115,027 | 114,685 | 573324c9d058e614000b572b | generic | At the time structures such as Lie algebras and hyperbolic quaternions drew attention to the need to expand algebraic structures beyond the associatively multiplicative class. In a review Alexander Macfarlane wrote: "The main idea of the work is not unification of the several methods, nor generalization of ordinary alg... | How did Alexander Macfarlane summarize the relationship between different methods in "A Treatise on Algebra" in his review? | {'text': 'comparative study of their several structures', 'answer_start': 363} |
74,122 | 73,780 | 572a2fefaf94a219006aa872 | generic | New Haven was the subject of Who Governs? Democracy and Power in An American City, a very influential book in political science by preeminent Yale professor Robert A. Dahl, which includes an extensive history of the city and thorough description of its politics in the 1950s. New Haven's theocratic history is also menti... | What famous french historian mention the city within his book Democracy in America? | {'text': 'Alexis de Tocqueville', 'answer_start': 342} |
124,109 | 123,767 | 5a53c9d3bdaabd001a38671e | generic | Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. There is a wide-ranging diaspora of around 5 million people of full or partial Armenian ancestry living outside of modern Armenia. The largest Armenian populations today exist in Russia, the United States, France... | Why did many Armenians leave Iran? | {'text': 'the Armenian Genocide', 'answer_start': 491} |
14,545 | 14,203 | 56dfbab97aa994140058e0af | generic | In 1880, Bell received the Volta Prize with a purse of 50,000 francs (approximately US$250,000 in today's dollars) for the invention of the telephone from the Académie française, representing the French government. Among the luminaries who judged were Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas. The Volta Prize was conceived by Na... | Which Bell-founded institution still operates in Georgetown today? | {'text': 'Volta Bureau', 'answer_start': 822} |
107,878 | 107,536 | 5a8a39133b2508001a72a862 | generic | The phrase is usually used in local political debates, in polemic writing or in private conversations. It is rarely used by politicians themselves in a public context, although at certain times in Canadian history political parties have used other similarly loaded imagery. In the 1988 federal election, the Liberals ass... | When was the campaign to run ads of a map of Progressive Conservatives run? | {'text': 'In the 1988 federal election', 'answer_start': 274} |
16,460 | 16,118 | 56e0d133231d4119001ac3de | generic | This process begins when the user inputs a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), for example http://en.wikipedia.org/, into the browser. The prefix of the URL, the Uniform Resource Identifier or URI, determines how the URL will be interpreted. The most commonly used kind of URI starts with http: and identifies a resource to ... | What does http stand for? | {'text': 'Hypertext Transfer Protocol', 'answer_start': 342} |
89,837 | 89,495 | 572866543acd2414000df996 | generic | Numerous indigenous peoples occupied Alaska for thousands of years before the arrival of European peoples to the area. Linguistic and DNA studies done here have provided evidence for the settlement of North America by way of the Bering land bridge.[citation needed] The Tlingit people developed a society with a matrilin... | Which Alaskan indigenous group is now well-known for their art? | {'text': 'the Haida', 'answer_start': 485} |
47,503 | 47,161 | 571a2ee410f8ca1400304f3e | generic | Americans with Sub-Saharan African ancestry for historical reasons: slavery, partus sequitur ventrem, one-eighth law, the one-drop rule of 20th-century legislation, have frequently been classified as black (historically) or African American, even if they have significant European American or Native American ancestry. A... | What were slaves and others of African ancestry classified by what term? | {'text': 'hypodescent', 'answer_start': 447} |
118,842 | 118,500 | 5a866441b4e223001a8e7551 | generic | Russian is notable for its distinction based on palatalization of most of the consonants. While /k/, /ɡ/, /x/ do have palatalized allophones [kʲ, ɡʲ, xʲ], only /kʲ/ might be considered a phoneme, though it is marginal and generally not considered distinctive (the only native minimal pair which argues for /kʲ/ to be a s... | What is the only minimal pair that shows g is a separate phoneme? | {'text': '"это ткёт" ([ˈɛtə tkʲɵt], \'it weaves\')/"этот кот" ([ˈɛtət kot], \'this cat\'))', 'answer_start': 339} |
114,262 | 113,920 | 5730427fb2c2fd1400568b0e | generic | Many globally popular sports had modern rules codified in the British Isles, including golf, association football, cricket, rugby, snooker and darts, as well as many minor sports such as croquet, bowls, pitch and putt, water polo and handball. A number of sports are popular throughout the British Isles, the most promin... | In which hemisphere do the rugby playing countries meet once every four years? | {'text': 'southern hemisphere', 'answer_start': 748} |
12,067 | 11,725 | 56df6dc656340a1900b29b1b | generic | Plymouth Council is currently undertaking a project of urban redevelopment called the "Vision for Plymouth" launched by the architect David Mackay and backed by both Plymouth City Council and the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce (PCC). Its projects range from shopping centres, a cruise terminal, a boulevard and to increase... | What is the population goal of the "Vision for Plymouth"? | {'text': '300,000', 'answer_start': 339} |
120,877 | 120,535 | 573156d305b4da19006bd076 | generic | In association football, teams such as Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Arsenal, Toronto FC, and S.L. Benfica primarily wear red jerseys. Other teams that prominently feature red on their kits include A.C. Milan (nicknamed i rossoneri for their red and black shirts), AFC Ajax, Olympiacos, River Plate, Atlét... | What has to occur for a player in association football to be shown a red penalty card? | {'text': 'a serious infraction', 'answer_start': 399} |
42,247 | 41,905 | 570d6cf1fed7b91900d460a5 | generic | By 16:50, with the Prussian southern attacks in danger of breaking up, the Prussian 3rd Guards Infantry Brigade of the Second Army opened an attack against the French positions at St. Privat which were commanded by General Canrobert. At 17:15, the Prussian 4th Guards Infantry Brigade joined the advance followed at 17:4... | By late afternoon, what were the Prussian southern attacks at risk of? | {'text': 'breaking up', 'answer_start': 58} |
13,922 | 13,580 | 5acdf26632bba1001ae498b0 | generic | The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR; Russian: Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, tr. Rossiyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika listen (help·info)) commonly referred to as Soviet Russia or simply as Russia, was a sovereign state i... | Which union did Russia belong to before 1922? | {'text': 'Soviet Union', 'answer_start': 407} |
87,648 | 87,306 | 5728a02e4b864d1900164af6 | generic | There were no anamorphic LaserDisc titles available in the US except for promotional purposes. Upon purchase of a Toshiba 16:9 television viewers had the option of selecting a number of Warner Bros. 16:9 films. Titles include Unforgiven, Grumpy Old Men, The Fugitive, and Free Willy. The Japanese lineup of titles was di... | Which movie was released twice on Squeeze LD? | {'text': 'Terminator 2', 'answer_start': 527} |
123,110 | 122,768 | 5731e27cb9d445190005e617 | generic | Although the Adventist churches hold much in common, their theologies differ on whether the intermediate state is unconscious sleep or consciousness, whether the ultimate punishment of the wicked is annihilation or eternal torment, the nature of immortality, whether or not the wicked are resurrected after the millenniu... | The Adventist movement has encouraged examining what in full? | {'text': 'the whole Bible', 'answer_start': 453} |
86,521 | 86,179 | 5acfb82877cf76001a685a4a | generic | Instead, the monarch directly grants royal assent by Order in Council. Assent is granted or refused on the advice of the Lord Chancellor. A recent example when assent was refused (or, more correctly, when the Lord Chancellor declined to present the law for assent) was in 2007, concerning reforms to the constitution of ... | The monarch indirectly grants royal assent how? | {'text': 'by Order in Council', 'answer_start': 50} |
77,143 | 76,801 | 5a8c817cfd22b3001a8d897c | generic | The bibliographer Ronald B. McKerrow introduced the term copy-text in his 1904 edition of the works of Thomas Nashe, defining it as "the text used in each particular case as the basis of mine." McKerrow was aware of the limitations of the stemmatic method, and believed it was more prudent to choose one particular text ... | Thomas Nash is a bibliographer who published whose works? | {'text': 'Ronald B. McKerrow', 'answer_start': 18} |
65,172 | 64,830 | 5726c8de708984140094d157 | generic | Romanesque architecture in Germany, Poland, the Czech Lands and Austria is characterised by its massive and modular nature. This is expressed in the Gothic architecture of Central Europe in the huge size of the towers and spires, often projected, but not always completed. The west front generally follows the French for... | What are hall churches in German cathedrals known as? | {'text': 'Hallenkirchen', 'answer_start': 913} |
77,334 | 76,992 | 572798b8dd62a815002ea17e | generic | In the 1890s, the recording formats of the earliest (toy) discs were mainly 12.5 cm (nominally five inches) in diameter; by the mid-1890s, the discs were usually 7 in (nominally 17.5 cm) in diameter. By 1910 the 10-inch (25.4 cm) record was by far the most popular standard, holding about three minutes of music or other... | What was the most popular sized disc by 1910? | {'text': '10-inch', 'answer_start': 212} |
87,817 | 87,475 | 57281f423acd2414000df501 | generic | Throughout the war, the King and Queen provided morale-boosting visits throughout the United Kingdom, visiting bomb sites, munitions factories, and troops. The King visited military forces abroad in France in December 1939, North Africa and Malta in June 1943, Normandy in June 1944, southern Italy in July 1944, and the... | What improved when the King and Queen visited different military sites? | {'text': 'morale', 'answer_start': 48} |
75,898 | 75,556 | 5a3c09b8cc5d22001a521d5d | generic | The Fujiwara rulers failed to maintain adequate police forces, which left robbers free to prey on travelers. This is implicitly illustrated in novels by the terror that night travel inspired in the main characters. The shōen system enabled the accumulation of wealth by an aristocratic elite; the economic surplus can be... | What system kept the aristocrates from accumulating too much wealth? | {'text': 'The shōen system', 'answer_start': 215} |
120,549 | 120,207 | 5ad4c2ee5b96ef001a109faa | generic | In nature, the red color of blood comes from hemoglobin, the iron-containing protein found in the red blood cells of all vertebrates. The red color of the Grand Canyon and other geological features is caused by hematite or red ochre, both forms of iron oxide. It also causes the red color of the planet Mars. The red sky... | What effect is responsible for the red color of Mars? | {'text': 'Rayleigh scattering', 'answer_start': 383} |
62,247 | 61,905 | 5ace951c32bba1001ae4aae8 | generic | Historical definitions of Jewish identity have traditionally been based on halakhic definitions of matrilineal descent, and halakhic conversions. Historical definitions of who is a Jew date back to the codification of the Oral Torah into the Babylonian Talmud, around 200 CE. Interpretations of sections of the Tanakh, s... | What movement in the 18th and 19th centuries was pro religious? | {'text': 'Haskalah', 'answer_start': 852} |
31,837 | 31,495 | 570ab1ba6d058f190018308a | generic | The original city council line-up of 14 members (nine district-based and five at-large positions) was based on a U.S. Justice Department mandate which took effect in 1979. At-large council members represent the entire city. Under the city charter, once the population in the city limits exceeded 2.1 million residents, t... | How many at-large council members were added in the 2011 elections? | {'text': 'two', 'answer_start': 532} |
11,979 | 11,637 | 56df60978bc80c19004e4b58 | generic | Geologically, Plymouth has a mixture of limestone, Devonian slate, granite and Middle Devonian limestone. Plymouth Sound, Shores and Cliffs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, because of its geology. The bulk of the city is built upon Upper Devonian slates and shales and the headlands at the entrance to Plymouth ... | Along with shales, what is most of the city built on? | {'text': 'Upper Devonian slates', 'answer_start': 241} |
75,728 | 75,386 | 5a3bba523ff257001ab84474 | generic | Nominally, sovereignty lay in the emperor but in fact power was wielded by the Fujiwara nobility. However, to protect their interests in the provinces, the Fujiwara and other noble families required guards, police and soldiers. The warrior class made steady political gains throughout the Heian period. As early as 939 A... | Who needed guards and soldiers to protect their interests in the imperial court? | {'text': 'the Fujiwara and other noble families', 'answer_start': 152} |
81,030 | 80,688 | 5728c1a24b864d1900164d64 | generic | Thousands more employees work in Midtown, north of the central business district. Midtown's anchors are the city's largest single employer Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, and the Henry Ford Health System in New Center. Midtown is also home to watchmaker Shinola and an array of small and/or startup compa... | Where is TechTown based? | {'text': 'New Center', 'answer_start': 326} |
129,783 | 129,441 | 5ace6ad232bba1001ae4a637 | generic | Regional social norms are generally antagonistic to hunting, while a few sects, such as the Bishnoi, lay special emphasis on the conservation of particular species, such as the antelope. India's Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 bans the killing of all wild animals. However, the Chief Wildlife Warden may, if satisfied th... | What group of people was first discovered in 1972? | {'text': 'Bishnoi', 'answer_start': 92} |
75,816 | 75,474 | 5a3bfb9bcc5d22001a521ca7 | generic | Bushi interests were diverse, cutting across old power structures to form new associations in the tenth century. Mutual interests, family connections, and kinship were consolidated in military groups that became part of family administration. In time, large regional military families formed around members of the court ... | What groups became part of the centraladministration? | {'text': 'military groups', 'answer_start': 184} |
20,573 | 20,231 | 56e7989c37bdd419002c41d7 | generic | On 21 April, Communist forces crossed the Yangtze River. On April 23, 1949, the Communist People's Liberation Army (PLA) captured Nanjing. The KMT government retreated to Canton (Guangzhou) until October 15, Chongqing until November 25, and then Chengdu before retreating to Taiwan on December 10. By late 1949, the PLA ... | When was the People's Republic of China formed? | {'text': 'October 1949', 'answer_start': 472} |
82,836 | 82,494 | 5727e5dc2ca10214002d9900 | generic | Founded at various times in the university's history, the professional schools originally were scattered throughout Chicago. In connection with a 1917 master plan for a central Chicago campus and President Walter Dill Scott's capital campaign, 8.5 acres (3.44 ha) of land were purchased at the corner of Chicago Avenue a... | Which building became the first university skyscraper in the U.S.? | {'text': 'Montgomery Ward Memorial Building', 'answer_start': 633} |
39,597 | 39,255 | 570ced9cb3d812140066d323 | generic | Mary's special position within God's purpose of salvation as "God-bearer" (Theotokos) is recognised in a number of ways by some Anglican Christians. All the member churches of the Anglican Communion affirm in the historic creeds that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, and celebrates the feast days of the Presentation o... | What is the name given to the Annunciation in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer? | {'text': 'Annunciation of our Lady', 'answer_start': 624} |
49,529 | 49,187 | 5722cddcf6b826140030fc4e | generic | Gladstone returned to power after the 1892 general election; he was 82 years old. Victoria objected when Gladstone proposed appointing the Radical MP Henry Labouchere to the Cabinet, so Gladstone agreed not to appoint him. In 1894, Gladstone retired and, without consulting the outgoing prime minister, Victoria appointe... | What year did Gladstone return to power? | {'text': '1892', 'answer_start': 38} |
127,535 | 127,193 | 5a399a9e2f14dd001ac7246d | generic | International investment and the wealth generated by wealthy tourists explain the high standard of living on the island. St. Barthélemy is considered a playground of the rich and famous,[citation needed] especially as a winter haven, and is known for its beaches, gourmet dining and high-end designers. Most of the food ... | How many homes are built each year? | {'text': '200,000', 'answer_start': 398} |
23,910 | 23,568 | 56f83708aef2371900625f1f | generic | As regards knowledge of languages, Tito replied that he spoke Serbo-Croatian, German, Russian, and some English. A biographer also stated that he spoke "Serbo-Croatian ... Russian, Czech, Slovenian ... German (with a Viennese accent) ... understands and reads French and Italian ... [and] also speaks Kirghiz." | Other than Serbo-Croatian, German, Russian, Czech, Slovenian and English, French and Italian, what language does Tito speak? | {'text': 'Kirghiz', 'answer_start': 301} |
72,326 | 71,984 | 5a1108e506e79900185c34fd | generic | Three and a quarter years after the end of the fifth series, a new sixth series was confirmed by Bandai for the Digimon anime, its official name of the series revealed in the June issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine being Digimon Xros Wars. It began airing in Japan on TV Asahi from July 6, 2010 onwards. Reverting to th... | Wendy did a fifth season begin airing in the United States? | {'text': 'July 6, 2010', 'answer_start': 283} |
81,367 | 81,025 | 572834d3ff5b5019007d9f12 | generic | Across London, Black and Asian children outnumber White British children by about six to four in state schools. Altogether at the 2011 census, of London's 1,624,768 population aged 0 to 15, 46.4 per cent were White, 19.8 per cent were Asian, 19 per cent were Black, 10.8 per cent were Mixed and 4 per cent represented an... | What is the ratio of black and Asian schoolchildren to white schoolchildren? | {'text': 'about six to four', 'answer_start': 76} |
56,324 | 55,982 | 572678caf1498d1400e8e0dc | generic | With its growing popularity, professional wrestling has attracted attention as a subject of serious academic study and journalistic criticism. Many courses, theses, essays, and dissertations have analyzed wrestling's conventions, content, and its role in modern society. It is often included as part of studies on theatr... | What other areas has wrestling garnered interest from? | {'text': 'academic study and journalistic criticism', 'answer_start': 100} |
126,104 | 125,762 | 5734061fd058e614000b67ed | generic | Industry is diversified, ranging from automotive (Volkswagen Autoeuropa and Peugeot Citroen), aerospace (Embraer and OGMA), electronics and textiles, to food, chemicals, cement and wood pulp. Volkswagen Group's AutoEuropa motor vehicle assembly plant in Palmela is among the largest foreign direct investment projects in... | What automotive brands exist in Portugal? | {'text': 'Volkswagen Autoeuropa and Peugeot Citroen', 'answer_start': 50} |
111,618 | 111,276 | 5ad0b768645df0001a2d0145 | generic | The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, which was originally founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal. The deal was worth £1 billion a year domestica... | As of 2013, how much has the league generated in domestic and international television rights? | {'text': '€2.2 billion', 'answer_start': 457} |
112,275 | 111,933 | 572ffb1eb2c2fd14005686c2 | generic | By the spring of 49 BC, the hardened legions of Caesar crossed the river Rubicon, the legal boundary of Roman Italy beyond which no commander might bring his army, and swept down the Italian peninsula towards Rome, while Pompey ordered the abandonment of Rome. Afterwards Caesar turned his attention to the Pompeian stro... | In what country did Pompey die in? | {'text': 'Egypt', 'answer_start': 659} |
32,993 | 32,651 | 5709a391200fba140036820a | generic | Public Safety Canada’s Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC) is responsible for mitigating and responding to threats to Canada’s critical infrastructure and cyber systems. The CCIRC provides support to mitigate cyber threats, technical support to respond and recover from targeted cyber attacks, and provides o... | Who is resposible for mitigating and responding to threats to Canada's critical infrastructure? | {'text': 'CCIRC', 'answer_start': 64} |
1,213 | 871 | 56d20a6ae7d4791d0090261b | generic | Fryderyk may have had some piano instruction from his mother, but his first professional music tutor, from 1816 to 1821, was the Czech pianist Wojciech Żywny. His elder sister Ludwika also took lessons from Żywny, and occasionally played duets with her brother. It quickly became apparent that he was a child prodigy. By... | Who was Chopin's earliest piece of music, that there is a record of, dedicated to? | {'text': 'Wojciech Żywny', 'answer_start': 143} |
68,266 | 67,924 | 5acd57aa07355d001abf3df7 | generic | North Raleigh is an expansive, diverse, and fast-growing suburban area of the city that is home to established neighborhoods to the south along with many newly built subdivisions and along its northern fringes. The area generally falls North of Millbrook Road. It is primarily suburban with large shopping areas. Primary... | Where are subdivisions hard to find? | {'text': 'North Raleigh', 'answer_start': 0} |
98,087 | 97,745 | 5ad3810a604f3c001a3fe476 | generic | During the early 20th century, northerners were attracted to the city, and Miami prospered during the 1920s with an increase in population and infrastructure. The legacy of Jim Crow was embedded in these developments. Miami's chief of police, H. Leslie Quigg, did not hide the fact that he, like many other white Miami p... | Who was a notable constable of the Miami police? | {'text': 'H. Leslie Quigg', 'answer_start': 243} |
93,443 | 93,101 | 5a66f49bf038b7001ab0c11d | generic | Many applications of silicate glasses derive from their optical transparency, which gives rise to one of silicate glasses' primary uses as window panes. Glass will transmit, reflect and refract light; these qualities can be enhanced by cutting and polishing to make optical lenses, prisms, fine glassware, and optical fi... | What in combination with glass fibers is used to make glass wool? | {'text': 'organic polymer plastic', 'answer_start': 1178} |
121,286 | 120,944 | 573158c805b4da19006bd093 | generic | Important fragments survived from the mosaic floor of the Great Palace of Constantinople which was commissioned during Justinian's reign. The figures, animals, plants all are entirely classical but they are scattered before a plain background. The portrait of a moustached man, probably a Gothic chieftain, is considered... | What is considered the most important surviving mosaic of the Justinian age? | {'text': 'The portrait of a moustached man', 'answer_start': 244} |
26,083 | 25,741 | 56f8e8659e9bad19000a06f5 | generic | In 1853 the Russian Empire on behalf of the Slavic Balkan states began to question the very existence of the Ottoman Empire. The result was the Crimean War, 1853–1856, in which the British Empire and the French Empire supported the Ottoman Empire in its struggle against the incursions of the Russian Empire. Eventually,... | What was the Ottoman Empire's struggle against in the Crimean War? | {'text': 'the incursions of the Russian Empire', 'answer_start': 271} |
46,483 | 46,141 | 5ad2aaf2d7d075001a429e4d | generic | Nintendo was not as restrictive as Sega, which did not permit third-party publishing until Mediagenic in late summer 1988. Nintendo's intention, however, was to reserve a large part of NES game revenue for itself. Nintendo required that they be the sole manufacturer of all cartridges, and that the publisher had to pay ... | As cartridges could be returned to Nintendo, the developers took on the entirety of what? | {'text': 'risk', 'answer_start': 453} |
18,889 | 18,547 | 56e767c137bdd419002c3f60 | generic | Mechanical pulping yields almost a tonne of pulp per tonne of dry wood used, which is why mechanical pulps are sometimes referred to as "high yield" pulps. With almost twice the yield as chemical pulping, mechanical pulps is often cheaper. Mass-market paperback books and newspapers tend to use mechanical papers. Book p... | What level of acid is usually found in the paper used by book publishers? | {'text': 'acid-free', 'answer_start': 342} |
111,418 | 111,076 | 5ad29a55d7d075001a429b9c | generic | Greeks from Cyprus have a similar history of emigration, usually to the English-speaking world because of the island's colonization by the British Empire. Waves of emigration followed the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, while the population decreased between mid-1974 and 1977 as a result of emigration, war losses, ... | Which colonial enterprise for land was the Greek Isles not a part of? | {'text': 'British Empire', 'answer_start': 139} |
74,444 | 74,102 | 572bc33134ae481900deaefd | generic | Near New Haven there is the static inverter plant of the HVDC Cross Sound Cable. There are three PureCell Model 400 fuel cells placed in the city of New Haven—one at the New Haven Public Schools and newly constructed Roberto Clemente School, one at the mixed-use 360 State Street building, and one at City Hall. Accordin... | The Cross Sound Cable company has what sort of structure located near New Haven? | {'text': 'static inverter plant', 'answer_start': 28} |
82,236 | 81,894 | 5acfd4a677cf76001a686253 | generic | Following the Xinhai Revolution against the Qing dynasty in 1912, Qing soldiers were disarmed and escorted out of Tibet Area (Ü-Tsang). The region subsequently declared its independence in 1913 without recognition by the subsequent Chinese Republican government. Later, Lhasa took control of the western part of Xikang, ... | What region declared independence in 1912? | {'text': 'Tibet Area (Ü-Tsang)', 'answer_start': 114} |
64,553 | 64,211 | 5727692ef1498d1400e8f797 | generic | The main representatives of the new style, often referred to as ars nova as opposed to the ars antiqua, were the composers Philippe de Vitry and Guillaume de Machaut. In Italy, where the Provençal troubadours had also found refuge, the corresponding period goes under the name of trecento, and the leading composers were... | Who were the leading composers of the trecento period? | {'text': 'Giovanni da Cascia, Jacopo da Bologna and Francesco Landini', 'answer_start': 321} |
52,835 | 52,493 | 5725c70dec44d21400f3d53f | generic | An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated to a high temperature, by passing an electric current through it, until it glows with visible light (incandescence). The hot filament is protected from oxidation with a glass or quartz bulb that is... | What type of energy makes an incandescent light bulb glow? | {'text': 'electric current', 'answer_start': 160} |
105,238 | 104,896 | 573043c6a23a5019007fd028 | generic | Directive 23 was the only concession made by Göring to the Kriegsmarine over the strategic bombing strategy of the Luftwaffe against Britain. Thereafter, he would refuse to make available any air units to destroy British dockyards, ports, port facilities, or shipping in dock or at sea, lest Kriegsmarine gain control of... | What did Goring believe the Kriegsmarine would gain with further support? | {'text': 'control of more Luftwaffe units', 'answer_start': 310} |
57,409 | 57,067 | 5726fa4bdd62a815002e96ad | generic | After the fall of Napoleon, not only was Napoleonic Code retained by conquered countries including the Netherlands, Belgium, parts of Italy and Germany, but has been used as the basis of certain parts of law outside Europe including the Dominican Republic, the US state of Louisiana and the Canadian province of Quebec. ... | Outside Europe, Napoleonic Code has been used as the basis for certain parts of what? | {'text': 'law', 'answer_start': 204} |
51,625 | 51,283 | 5725ced8ec44d21400f3d5f1 | generic | The K-12 and higher education reform programs of the Gates Foundation have been criticized by some education professionals, parents, and researchers because they have driven the conversation on education reform to such an extent that they may marginalize researchers who do not support Gates' predetermined policy prefer... | Have the policies been criticized | {'text': 'but some studies indicate they have not improved educational outcomes and may have caused harm', 'answer_start': 460} |
15,274 | 14,932 | 56e031db231d4119001abfb7 | generic | Following the success of Le Journal de Mickey (1934–44), dedicated comics magazines and full-colour comics albums became the primary outlet for comics in the mid-20th century. As in the US, at the time comics were seen as infantile and a threat to culture and literacy; commentators stated that "none bear up to the slig... | In the United States in the middle of the 20th century comics were seen as a risk to culture and what? | {'text': 'literacy', 'answer_start': 260} |
55,811 | 55,469 | 5a847a707cf838001a46a84e | generic | From the period of 1600, the canton consisted of a St George's Cross representing the Kingdom of England. With the Acts of Union 1707, the canton was updated to be the new Union Flag—consisting of an English St George's Cross combined with a Scottish St Andrew's cross—representing the Kingdom of Great Britain. After th... | What Canton cross represented Egypt in the period of 1600? | {'text': "St George's Cross", 'answer_start': 51} |
125,912 | 125,570 | 5733429d4776f419006607c8 | generic | Pelayos' plan was to use the Cantabrian mountains as a place of refuge and protection from the invading Moors. He then aimed to regroup the Iberian Peninsula's Christian armies and use the Cantabrian mountains as a springboard from which to regain their lands from the Moors. In the process, after defeating the Moors in... | What was Pelayos' plan? | {'text': 'to use the Cantabrian mountains as a place of refuge and protection from the invading Moors', 'answer_start': 18} |
112,538 | 112,196 | 5731b1060fdd8d15006c6465 | generic | It is generally considered that the Pacific War began on 7/8 December 1941, on which date Japan invaded Thailand and attacked the British possessions of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong as well as the United States military bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines. Some historians contend that the conflic... | What is the generally accepted date the Pacific War started? | {'text': '7/8 December 1941', 'answer_start': 57} |
5,119 | 4,777 | 56d1015e17492d1400aab70e | generic | West got his big break in the year 2000, when he began to produce for artists on Roc-A-Fella Records. West came to achieve recognition and is often credited with revitalizing Jay-Z's career with his contributions to the rap mogul's influential 2001 album The Blueprint. The Blueprint is consistently ranked among the gre... | In what year did Roc-A-Fella make Kanye West known? | {'text': '2000', 'answer_start': 35} |
77,611 | 77,269 | 5727f7ee4b864d19001640c9 | generic | Eventually, when it was more common for electric recordings to be played back electrically in the 1930s and 1940s, the overall tone was much like listening to a radio of the era. Magnetic pickups became more common and were better designed as time went on, making it possible to improve the damping of spurious resonance... | What was a more economical option to magnetic pickups? | {'text': 'Crystal pickups', 'answer_start': 323} |
92,267 | 91,925 | 5728d6633acd2414000dffe3 | generic | The Bush administration then turned its attention to Iraq, and argued the need to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq had become urgent. Among the stated reasons were that Saddam's regime had tried to acquire nuclear material and had not properly accounted for biological and chemical material it was known to have ... | After the Iraqi government and it's forces were defeated, were investigators able to locate the WMD? | {'text': 'they failed to find the predicted WMD stockpiles', 'answer_start': 2201} |
119,812 | 119,470 | 57314d0e497a881900248d8c | generic | Plumage is regularly moulted; the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding is known as the "non-breeding" plumage, or—in the Humphrey-Parkes terminology—"basic" plumage; breeding plumages or variations of the basic plumage are known under the Humphrey-Parkes system as "alternate" plumages. Moulting is... | What type of birds may moult only once every few years? | {'text': 'large birds of prey', 'answer_start': 391} |
27,362 | 27,020 | 56fa104bf34c681400b0bf97 | generic | Abnormal discoloration of wood often denotes a diseased condition, indicating unsoundness. The black check in western hemlock is the result of insect attacks. The reddish-brown streaks so common in hickory and certain other woods are mostly the result of injury by birds. The discoloration is merely an indication of an ... | What condition does an abnormal color usually indicate in wood? | {'text': 'diseased', 'answer_start': 47} |
53,115 | 52,773 | 57263f2889a1e219009ac5c2 | generic | In a conventional lamp, the evaporated tungsten eventually condenses on the inner surface of the glass envelope, darkening it. For bulbs that contain a vacuum, the darkening is uniform across the entire surface of the envelope. When a filling of inert gas is used, the evaporated tungsten is carried in the thermal conve... | Where in the bulb is evaporated tungsten deposited when a vacuum is used? | {'text': 'across the entire surface of the envelope', 'answer_start': 185} |
74,566 | 74,224 | 57278dcf708984140094e0b7 | generic | The population grew rapidly, from 800,000 in 1814 to 914,000 in 1830 and 1,067,000 in 1846. The combination of economic and demographic factors led to hunger, housing shortages and a lack of work for young people. Thus, it is not surprising that people left Alsace, not only for Paris – where the Alsatian community grew... | What was the population of Alsace in 1846? | {'text': '1,067,000', 'answer_start': 73} |
114,320 | 113,978 | 57303dae947a6a140053d306 | generic | At a professional level, most matches produce only a few goals. For example, the 2005–06 season of the English Premier League produced an average of 2.48 goals per match. The Laws of the Game do not specify any player positions other than goalkeeper, but a number of specialised roles have evolved. Broadly, these includ... | Who's the most responsible for the teams tactics? | {'text': "team's manager", 'answer_start': 1475} |
42,119 | 41,777 | 570d4876b3d812140066d638 | generic | The quick German victory over the French stunned neutral observers, many of whom had expected a French victory and most of whom had expected a long war. The strategic advantages possessed by the Germans were not appreciated outside Germany until after hostilities had ceased. Other countries quickly discerned the advant... | What outcome had most people expected from the war? | {'text': 'French victory', 'answer_start': 96} |
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