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130,008 | 129,666 | 57363285012e2f140011a20d | generic | A variety of industries benefit from hunting and support hunting on economic grounds. In Tanzania, it is estimated that a safari hunter spends fifty to one hundred times that of the average ecotourist. While the average photo tourist may seek luxury accommodation, the average safari hunter generally stays in tented cam... | Where does a safari hunter usually stay? | {'text': 'tented camps', 'answer_start': 310} |
68,255 | 67,913 | 5726b1c6f1498d1400e8e7ae | generic | West Raleigh lies along Hillsborough Street and Western Boulevard. The area is bordered to the west by suburban Cary. It is home to North Carolina State University, Meredith College, Pullen Park, Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Cameron Village, Lake Johnson, the North Carolina Museum of Art and historic Saint Mary's Sc... | How far is Rex Hospital from the fairgrounds? | {'text': '2 miles', 'answer_start': 585} |
2,868 | 2,526 | 5ad224b1d7d075001a428528 | generic | The two travel to the hotel and discover White's secret room where they find co-ordinates pointing to Oberhauser's operations base in the desert. They travel by train to the nearest station, but are once again confronted by Hinx; they engage in a fight throughout the train in which Mr Hinx is eventually thrown off the ... | Who has an operations base in the forest? | {'text': 'Oberhauser', 'answer_start': 677} |
110,538 | 110,196 | 572fd497b2c2fd14005684da | generic | On the basis of the expansion and development of Yerevan State University a number of higher educational independent Institutions were formed including Medical Institute separated in 1930 which was set up on the basis of medical faculty. In 1980 Yerevan State Medical University was awarded one of the main rewards of th... | When was Yerevan State Medical University awarded the Order of Labor red Banner? | {'text': '1980', 'answer_start': 241} |
34,605 | 34,263 | 5ad24432d7d075001a428a46 | generic | Robert Plutchik agreed with Ekman's biologically driven perspective but developed the "wheel of emotions", suggesting eight primary emotions grouped on a positive or negative basis: joy versus sadness; anger versus fear; trust versus disgust; and surprise versus anticipation. Some basic emotions can be modified to form... | What isn't the name of the theory Plutchik created? | {'text': 'wheel of emotions', 'answer_start': 87} |
121,812 | 121,470 | 5a77ab19b73996001af5a4eb | generic | Other historians find incongruity in the proposition that the very place where the vast number of the scholars that influenced the scientific revolution received their education should also be the place that inhibits their research and the advancement of science. In fact, more than 80% of the European scientists betwee... | What type of epistemology was adopted for a short period of time in MIddle Eastern universities? | {'text': 'Cartesian', 'answer_start': 1260} |
49,785 | 49,443 | 5726434238643c19005ad3cd | generic | At the time of her accession, the government was led by the Whig prime minister Lord Melbourne, who at once became a powerful influence on the politically inexperienced Queen, who relied on him for advice. Charles Greville supposed that the widowed and childless Melbourne was "passionately fond of her as he might be of... | Who was leading the government at the time of Victoria's accension? | {'text': 'Whig prime minister Lord Melbourne', 'answer_start': 60} |
100,906 | 100,564 | 5a270fb5c93d92001a4003ab | generic | During the initial punk era, a variety of entrepreneurs interested in local punk-influenced music scenes began founding independent record labels, including Rough Trade (founded by record shop owner Geoff Travis) and Factory (founded by Manchester-based television personality Tony Wilson). By 1977, groups began pointed... | What music scene developed in the 70s as a result of the postpunk DIY imperative? | {'text': 'indie music scene', 'answer_start': 653} |
97,197 | 96,855 | 5a7d188670df9f001a874f9b | generic | In 2012, news was released about a new farming site discovered in Munam-ri, Goseong, Gangwon Province, South Korea, which may be the earliest farmland known to date in east Asia. "No remains of an agricultural field from the Neolithic period have been found in any East Asian country before, the institute said, adding t... | When did researchers discover prehistoric plants? | {'text': '2002', 'answer_start': 571} |
127,200 | 126,858 | 573392e24776f41900660d9f | generic | The first draft of the Convention included political killings, but these provisions were removed in a political and diplomatic compromise following objections from some countries, including the USSR, a permanent security council member. The USSR argued that the Convention's definition should follow the etymology of the... | What was the primary concern of other nations who objected to including political groups in the definition of genocide? | {'text': 'international intervention in domestic politics', 'answer_start': 486} |
108,143 | 107,801 | 57300b4ba23a5019007fccb7 | generic | High-gain antennas have the advantage of longer range and better signal quality, but must be aimed carefully at the other antenna. An example of a high-gain antenna is a parabolic dish such as a satellite television antenna. Low-gain antennas have shorter range, but the orientation of the antenna is relatively unimport... | What type of antenna would be best if placement was tricky? | {'text': 'Low-gain', 'answer_start': 225} |
130,548 | 130,206 | 5a7db89470df9f001a875095 | generic | In the context of relativity, mass is not an additive quantity, in the sense that one can add the rest masses of particles in a system to get the total rest mass of the system. Thus, in relativity usually a more general view is that it is not the sum of rest masses, but the energy–momentum tensor that quantifies the am... | What field does not view matter as a contributor to energy-momentum? | {'text': 'cosmology', 'answer_start': 624} |
71,750 | 71,408 | 572717315951b619008f85bd | generic | where a single prime denotes the real part and a double prime the imaginary part, Z(ω) is the complex impedance with the dielectric present, Ccmplx(ω) is the so-called complex capacitance with the dielectric present, and C0 is the capacitance without the dielectric. (Measurement "without the dielectric" in principle me... | How is the complex impedance with dielectric represented mathematically? | {'text': 'Z(ω)', 'answer_start': 82} |
77,216 | 76,874 | 5727a0d9ff5b5019007d914b | generic | Although some earlier unpublished studies had been prepared, not until the early 1970s was true textual criticism applied to the Book of Mormon. At that time BYU Professor Ellis Rasmussen and his associates were asked by the LDS Church to begin preparation for a new edition of the Holy Scriptures. One aspect of that ef... | What was one portion of preparing a new edition of the Holy Scriptures? | {'text': 'digitizing the text and preparing appropriate footnotes', 'answer_start': 334} |
87,442 | 87,100 | 5728d1664b864d1900164eb6 | generic | For those with severe persistent asthma not controlled by inhaled corticosteroids and LABAs, bronchial thermoplasty may be an option. It involves the delivery of controlled thermal energy to the airway wall during a series of bronchoscopies. While it may increase exacerbation frequency in the first few months it appear... | What effect does bronchial thermoplasty have? | {'text': 'it appears to decrease the subsequent rate.', 'answer_start': 311} |
33,463 | 33,121 | 570a30f74103511400d595b5 | generic | A microbrewery, or craft brewery, produces a limited amount of beer. The maximum amount of beer a brewery can produce and still be classed as a microbrewery varies by region and by authority, though is usually around 15,000 barrels (1.8 megalitres, 396 thousand imperial gallons or 475 thousand US gallons) a year. A bre... | What city is home to the oldest known brewery in the world that is still active? | {'text': 'Freising', 'answer_start': 835} |
128,706 | 128,364 | 5734227dd058e614000b69bc | generic | English is the official language in the state of Montana, as it is in many U.S. states. English is also the language of the majority. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 94.8 percent of the population aged 5 and older speak English at home. Spanish is the language most commonly spoken at home other than English. There w... | What is the official language of Montana? | {'text': 'English', 'answer_start': 0} |
120,903 | 120,561 | 5731599ee6313a140071ce69 | generic | Red, white, and black were the colors of the German Empire from 1870 to 1918, and as such they came to be associated with German nationalism. In the 1920s they were adopted as the colors of the Nazi flag. In Mein Kampf, Hitler explained that they were "revered colors expressive of our homage to the glorious past." The ... | What did red white and black become associated with in Germany? | {'text': 'German nationalism', 'answer_start': 122} |
81,357 | 81,015 | 57282eb92ca10214002da00a | generic | Herds of red and fallow deer also roam freely within much of Richmond and Bushy Park. A cull takes place each November and February to ensure numbers can be sustained. Epping Forest is also known for its fallow deer, which can frequently be seen in herds to the north of the Forest. A rare population of melanistic, blac... | Why are herds of deer starting to enter residential areas in London? | {'text': "to take advantage of the London's green spaces", 'answer_start': 742} |
95,854 | 95,512 | 5a68e03e8476ee001a58a81b | generic | IBM acquired Kenexa (2012) and SPSS (2009) and PwC's consulting business (2002), spinning off companies like printer manufacturer Lexmark (1991), and selling off product lines like its personal computer and x86 server businesses to Lenovo (2005, 2014). In 2014, IBM announced that it would go "fabless" by offloading IBM... | What company was created by Kenexa in 2012 to manufacture printers? | {'text': 'Lexmark', 'answer_start': 130} |
104,538 | 104,196 | 5ad4196e604f3c001a400461 | generic | The community was established by several shiploads of settlers from Bermuda (which lies due east of South Carolina, although at 1,030 km or 640 mi, it is closest to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina), under the leadership of governor William Sayle, on the west bank of the Ashley River, a few miles northwest of the present-... | Who was the last governor of Charleston? | {'text': 'William Sayle', 'answer_start': 230} |
36,270 | 35,928 | 5a1f22043de3f40018b2650e | generic | This technique was very expensive, though, and could not be used for applications such as telemedicine, distance education, and business meetings. Attempts at using normal telephony networks to transmit slow-scan video, such as the first systems developed by AT&T Corporation, first researched in the 1950s, failed mostl... | Who developed the first system to transmit distance education? | {'text': 'AT&T Corporation', 'answer_start': 259} |
11,504 | 11,162 | 56de7c51cffd8e1900b4b973 | generic | Television transmissions resumed from Alexandra Palace in 1946. The BBC Television Service (renamed "BBC tv" in 1960) showed popular programming, including drama, comedies, documentaries, game shows, and soap operas, covering a wide range of genres and regularly competed with ITV to become the channel with the highest ... | What was the BBC's main competitor? | {'text': 'ITV', 'answer_start': 277} |
19,530 | 19,188 | 56e71f6a37bdd419002c3d66 | generic | Soon after the passing of the 1931 Act, in the book published on the occasion of the Institute's centenary celebration in 1934, Harry Barnes, FRIBA, Chairman of the Registration Committee, mentioned that ARCUK could not be a rival of any architectural association, least of all the RIBA, given the way ARCUK was constitu... | Who did Barnes believe was best able to advance the interests of architects? | {'text': 'architectural associations', 'answer_start': 497} |
129,277 | 128,935 | 57345b47879d6814001ca551 | generic | Richmond is a major hub for intercity bus company Greyhound Lines, with its terminal at 2910 N Boulevard. Multiple runs per day connect directly with Washington, D.C., New York, Raleigh, and elsewhere. Direct trips to New York take approximately 7.5 hours. Discount carrier Megabus also provides curbside service from ou... | What city in Maryland does Megabus travel to? | {'text': 'Baltimore', 'answer_start': 461} |
83,474 | 83,132 | 572821e5ff5b5019007d9dbe | generic | At present the A35 autoroute, which parallels the Rhine between Karlsruhe and Basel, and the A4 autoroute, which links Paris with Strasbourg, penetrate close to the centre of the city. The Grand contournement ouest (GCO) project, programmed since 1999, plans to construct a 24 km (15 mi) long highway connection between ... | How far is the connection between junctions A4 and the A35? | {'text': '24 km', 'answer_start': 274} |
108,452 | 108,110 | 5a3af3163ff257001ab8435c | generic | The number of species of flowering plants is estimated to be in the range of 250,000 to 400,000. This compares to around 12,000 species of moss or 11,000 species of pteridophytes, showing that the flowering plants are much more diverse. The number of families in APG (1998) was 462. In APG II (2003) it is not settled; a... | What is true about families more than moss or pteridophytes? | {'text': 'diverse', 'answer_start': 228} |
56,290 | 55,948 | 5726744ddd62a815002e8584 | generic | Professional wrestling in the U.S. tends to have a heavy focus on story building and the establishment of characters (and their personalities). There is a story for each match, and even a longer story for successive matches. The stories usually contain characters like faces and heels, and less often antiheroes and twee... | What does every match have? | {'text': 'a story', 'answer_start': 153} |
94,904 | 94,562 | 5acfc8c277cf76001a685f6e | generic | Zinc is included in most single tablet over-the-counter daily vitamin and mineral supplements. Preparations include zinc oxide, zinc acetate, and zinc gluconate. It is believed to possess antioxidant properties, which may protect against accelerated aging of the skin and muscles of the body; studies differ as to its ef... | What is the danger of zinc after injury? | {'text': 'speed up the healing', 'answer_start': 349} |
24,165 | 23,823 | 56f965fc9b226e1400dd13fb | generic | The islands are located about halfway between Hawaii and Australia, north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia, and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island, to which it lays claim. The atolls and islands form two groups: the Ratak (sunrise) and the Ralik (sunset). The two island chains l... | How many square kilometers of land do the Marshall Islands cover? | {'text': '180', 'answer_start': 489} |
53,395 | 53,053 | 5725f7af271a42140099d38f | generic | For many years Arsenal's away colours were white shirts and either black or white shorts. In the 1969–70 season, Arsenal introduced an away kit of yellow shirts with blue shorts. This kit was worn in the 1971 FA Cup Final as Arsenal beat Liverpool to secure the double for the first time in their history. Arsenal reache... | During what season were Arsenal's away colors white shirts and white or black shorts? | {'text': '1969–70 season', 'answer_start': 97} |
5,928 | 5,586 | 56d24e17b329da140004ed37 | generic | At the same time, these movements were influenced by, and in some respects continued, philosophical thought within the Vedic tradition as reflected e.g. in the Upanishads. These movements included, besides Buddhism, various skeptics (such as Sanjaya Belatthiputta), atomists (such as Pakudha Kaccayana), materialists (su... | What movement focused on the idea that the sould must be freed from matter? | {'text': 'Jains', 'answer_start': 544} |
38,854 | 38,512 | 570c9204fed7b91900d459f3 | generic | Barcelona is one of the most supported teams in the world, and has the largest social media following in the world among sports teams. Barcelona's players have won a record number of Ballon d'Or awards (11), as well as a record number of FIFA World Player of the Year awards (7). In 2010, the club made history when thre... | Where did Messi, Iniesta and Xavi learn their football in Barcelona? | {'text': 'youth academy', 'answer_start': 351} |
97,437 | 97,095 | 572a714a7a1753140016af6f | generic | Building on the earlier work of Ludwig von Mises and others, Hayek also argued that while in centrally planned economies an individual or a select group of individuals must determine the distribution of resources, these planners will never have enough information to carry out this allocation reliably. This argument, fi... | Other than Max Weber, who was a notable influence to Hayek's statements regarding resource distribution? | {'text': 'Ludwig von Mises', 'answer_start': 32} |
17,183 | 16,841 | 5a550e5e134fea001a0e1877 | generic | In the early 2000s, print media in Somalia reached a peak in activity. Around 50 newspapers were published in Mogadishu alone during this period, including Qaran, Mogadishu Times, Sana'a, Shabelle Press, Ayaamaha, Mandeeq, Sky Sport, Goal, The Nation, Dalka, Panorama, Aayaha Nolosha, Codka Xuriyada and Xidigta Maanta. ... | When did Xog Doon shut down? | {'text': '2012', 'answer_start': 694} |
30,463 | 30,121 | 5ad273e4d7d075001a4294c3 | generic | Deep house's origins can be traced to Chicago producer Mr Fingers's relatively jazzy, soulful recordings "Mystery of Love" (1985) and "Can You Feel It?" (1986). According to author Richie Unterberger, it moved house music away from its "posthuman tendencies back towards the lush" soulful sound of early disco music. | When was Mr. Unterberger's "Can You Feel It?" released? | {'text': '1986', 'answer_start': 154} |
67,226 | 66,884 | 5726a2605951b619008f786e | generic | In 1827, Hungarian physicist Ányos Jedlik started experimenting with electromagnetic coils. After Jedlik solved the technical problems of the continuous rotation with the invention of the commutator, he called his early devices "electromagnetic self-rotors". Although they were used only for instructional purposes, in 1... | What discovery solved the problem of continuous rotation? | {'text': 'commutator', 'answer_start': 188} |
74,254 | 73,912 | 572a4a2a1d046914007798cd | generic | The New Haven Green is the site of many free music concerts, especially during the summer months. These have included the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the July Free Concerts on the Green in July, and the New Haven Jazz Festival in August. The Jazz Festival, which began in 1982, is one of the longest-running free outdo... | In general how many people attend these music concerts? | {'text': '30,000 to 50,000 fans', 'answer_start': 477} |
124,855 | 124,513 | 57324760e17f3d14004227c8 | generic | During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Eisenhower's career in the post-war army stalled somewhat, as military priorities diminished; many of his friends resigned for high-paying business jobs. He was assigned to the American Battle Monuments Commission directed by General Pershing, and with the help of his brother Milt... | What was the office held by George Mosely? | {'text': 'Assistant Secretary of War', 'answer_start': 615} |
28,785 | 28,443 | 57064c4575f01819005e7b1d | generic | In the 18th century, the Moroccan Sultan Moulay Ismail "the Bloodthirsty" (1672–1727) raised a corps of 150,000 black slaves, called his Black Guard, who coerced the country into submission. | What did the Black Guard do? | {'text': 'coerced the country into submission.', 'answer_start': 154} |
66,460 | 66,118 | 5ad0c8c2645df0001a2d031f | generic | Initially, Burke did not condemn the French Revolution. In a letter of 9 August 1789, Burke wrote: "England gazing with astonishment at a French struggle for Liberty and not knowing whether to blame or to applaud! The thing indeed, though I thought I saw something like it in progress for several years, has still someth... | When did Burke march in Versailles? | {'text': '5–6 October 1789', 'answer_start': 483} |
50,835 | 50,493 | 5725c1ba89a1e219009abdfc | generic | The sovereign territory of Israel (according to the demarcation lines of the 1949 Armistice Agreements and excluding all territories captured by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War) is approximately 20,770 square kilometers (8,019 sq mi) in area, of which two percent is water. However Israel is so narrow that the exclus... | Where does the Jordan Rift Valley lie? | {'text': 'East of the central highlands', 'answer_start': 1041} |
74,364 | 74,022 | 5727d5234b864d1900163e1c | generic | The Farmington Canal Trail is a rail trail that will eventually run continuously from downtown New Haven to Northampton, Massachusetts. The scenic trail follows the path of the historic New Haven and Northampton Company and the Farmington Canal. Currently, there is a continuous 14-mile (23 km) stretch of the trail from... | What rail trail is slated to run between downtown New Haven and Northampton, Massachusetts? | {'text': 'The Farmington Canal Trail', 'answer_start': 0} |
12,395 | 12,053 | 5a5adb7e9c0277001abe71f1 | generic | In other contexts the term does not necessarily have pejorative overtones and may even be complimentary when used, in areas where innovation is welcome, of ideas that are in fundamental disagreement with the status quo in any practice and branch of knowledge. Scientist/author Isaac Asimov considered heresy as an abstra... | Who is powerless against endoheretics? | {'text': 'the scientific community', 'answer_start': 523} |
20,749 | 20,407 | 56e7ba3537bdd419002c43d1 | generic | As a major Chinese city, Nanjing is home to many professional sports teams. Jiangsu Sainty, the football club currently staying in Chinese Super League, is a long-term tenant of Nanjing Olympic Sports Center. Jiangsu Nangang Basketball Club is a competitive team which has long been one of the major clubs fighting for t... | What is the name of the football club in Nanjing? | {'text': 'Jiangsu Sainty', 'answer_start': 76} |
100,122 | 99,780 | 572b8eb4111d821400f38f0a | generic | During the revival, in 1809 linguist and historian Josef Dobrovský released a German-language grammar of Old Czech entitled Ausführliches Lehrgebäude der böhmischen Sprache (Comprehensive Doctrine of the Bohemian Language). Dobrovský had intended his book to be descriptive, and did not think Czech had a realistic chanc... | Who disagree about whether the revivalists were motivated by nationalism or if they considered contemporary spoken Czech unsuitable for formal use? | {'text': 'Modern scholars', 'answer_start': 762} |
114,562 | 114,220 | 5a1370b9c8eab200188dc96c | generic | In towns, which expanded greatly during the period, landowners turned into property developers, and rows of identical terraced houses became the norm. Even the wealthy were persuaded to live in these in town, especially if provided with a square of garden in front of the house. There was an enormous amount of building ... | In what part of the world was there moderate amount of building | {'text': 'English-speaking world', 'answer_start': 348} |
45,770 | 45,428 | 5ad3fd67604f3c001a3ffbdf | generic | Around 1890, a political movement developed in the United States to mandate private executions. Several states enacted laws which required executions to be conducted within a "wall" or "enclosure" to "exclude public view." For example, in 1919, the Missouri legislature adopted a statute (L.1919, p. 781) which required,... | In what year did Missouri pass a law stating that executions should be outside of a jail? | {'text': '1919', 'answer_start': 239} |
110,593 | 110,251 | 572f876aa23a5019007fc6f1 | generic | Bacteria (i/bækˈtɪəriə/; singular: bacterium) constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. Bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats. ... | When is the typical lenght for bacteria? | {'text': 'few micrometres', 'answer_start': 115} |
41 | 41 | 138438 | pubqa | An unexpected increase in gastroenteritis cases was reported by healthcare workers on the KwaZulu-Natal Coast, South Africa, January 2017 with >600 cases seen over a 3-week period. A case-control study was conducted to identify the source and risk factors associated with the outbreak so as to recommend control and prev... | From when until when the event happened
| {'answer_id': 275029, 'document_id': 450705, 'question_id': 138438, 'text': 'during December 2016 and January 2017', 'answer_start': 1529, 'answer_category': 'LONG'} |
83,020 | 82,678 | 572804a92ca10214002d9baa | generic | The Daily Northwestern is the main student newspaper. Established in 1881, and published on weekdays during the academic year, it is directed entirely by undergraduates. Although it serves the Northwestern community, the Daily has no business ties to the university, being supported wholly by advertisers. It is owned by... | Who owns The Daily Northwestern? | {'text': 'the Students Publishing Company', 'answer_start': 321} |
66,970 | 66,628 | 5726a975708984140094cd36 | generic | At the request of the pope, he created an information office for prisoners of war and refugees, which in the years of its existence from 1939 until 1947 received almost ten million (9 891 497) information requests and produced over eleven million (11.293.511) answers about missing persons. Montini was several times ope... | How many inquiries did Mintini receive regarding missing persons ? | {'text': 'ten million', 'answer_start': 169} |
36,835 | 36,493 | 5a70d1458abb0b001a6761a9 | generic | Xbox Live Gold includes the same features as Free and includes integrated online game playing capabilities outside of third-party subscriptions. Microsoft has allowed previous Xbox Live subscribers to maintain their profile information, friends list, and games history when they make the transition to Xbox Live Gold. To... | What does the Free version have that Gold does not? | {'text': 'integrated online game playing capabilities outside of third-party subscriptions', 'answer_start': 63} |
49,626 | 49,284 | 5723dd7f0dadf01500fa1f50 | generic | Internationally, Victoria took a keen interest in the improvement of relations between France and Britain. She made and hosted several visits between the British royal family and the House of Orleans, who were related by marriage through the Coburgs. In 1843 and 1845, she and Albert stayed with King Louis Philippe I at... | Queen Victoria set up meetings between The Britian royal family and what house to help improve relations between Britain and France? | {'text': 'House of Orleans', 'answer_start': 183} |
80,973 | 80,631 | 5727cd5c2ca10214002d96bd | generic | Seen in panorama, Detroit's waterfront shows a variety of architectural styles. The post modern Neo-Gothic spires of the One Detroit Center (1993) were designed to blend with the city's Art Deco skyscrapers. Together with the Renaissance Center, they form a distinctive and recognizable skyline. Examples of the Art Deco... | What style does the Guardian building use? | {'text': 'Art Deco', 'answer_start': 312} |
81,946 | 81,604 | 5a611ac3e9e1cc001a33cf20 | generic | By 6000 BCE predynastic Egyptians in the southwestern corner of Egypt were herding cattle and constructing large buildings. Subsistence in organized and permanent settlements in predynastic Egypt by the middle of the 6th millennium BCE centered predominantly on cereal and animal agriculture: cattle, goats, pigs and she... | What diet did Egyptians begin to move away from? | {'text': 'cereal and animal agriculture', 'answer_start': 262} |
105,348 | 105,006 | 572e8f7003f989190075679b | generic | The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is one of the few dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s, and serves as the enacting legislation to carry out the provisions outlined in The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).... | What did the Supreme Court cite as the intent of Congress in enacting the Endangered Species Act? | {'text': 'to halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction, whatever the cost', 'answer_start': 663} |
99,469 | 99,127 | 5ace68c532bba1001ae4a5e4 | generic | The University of Guam (UOG) and Guam Community College, both fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, offer courses in higher education. UOG is a member of the exclusive group of only 76 U.S. land-grant institutions in the entire United States. Pacific Islands University is a small Christia... | What type of education is offered at Guam Community College? | {'text': 'liberal arts', 'answer_start': 322} |
22,672 | 22,330 | 56f73b54aef2371900625a24 | generic | The word "Slavs" was used in the national anthem of the Slovak Republic (1939–1945), Yugoslavia (1943–1992) and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003), later Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). | When was the word "Slavs" used in the national anthem of Yugoslavia? | {'text': '1943–1992', 'answer_start': 97} |
115,008 | 114,666 | 57302b8004bcaa1900d772b9 | generic | In addition to numerous articles on mathematics, Whitehead wrote three major books on the subject: A Treatise on Universal Algebra (1898), Principia Mathematica (co-written with Bertrand Russell and published in three volumes between 1910 and 1913), and An Introduction to Mathematics (1911). The former two books were a... | What did Whitehead publish numerous articles about? | {'text': 'mathematics', 'answer_start': 36} |
51,256 | 50,914 | 5725e93b38643c19005ace6f | generic | Modern interpretations see this period as a civil war between Hellenized and orthodox forms of Judaism. Out of this revolt was formed an independent Jewish kingdom known as the Hasmonaean Dynasty, which lasted from 165 BCE to 63 BCE. The Hasmonean Dynasty eventually disintegrated in a civil war, which coincided with ci... | When was Antigonus II Mattathias executed? | {'text': '37 BCE', 'answer_start': 427} |
66,609 | 66,267 | 5726b3d1f1498d1400e8e80c | generic | This is held to be the first explanation of the modern concept of totalitarian state. Burke regarded the war with France as ideological, against an "armed doctrine". He wished that France would not be partitioned due to the effect this would have on the balance of power in Europe, and that the war was not against Franc... | What did Burke think the war with France was against? | {'text': 'an "armed doctrine"', 'answer_start': 145} |
34,180 | 33,838 | 5709d26a6d058f1900182bd4 | generic | The College's endowment is sub-divided into three distinct portfolios: (i) Unitised Scheme – a unit trust vehicle for College, Faculties and Departments to invest endowments and unfettered income to produce returns for the long term; (ii) Non-Core Property – a portfolio containing around 120 operational and development... | What was the market value of the endowment the college received on July 31, 2015? | {'text': '£512.4 million', 'answer_start': 630} |
57,131 | 56,789 | 572686845951b619008f759d | generic | Napoleon's coronation took place on December 2, 1804. Two separate crowns were brought for the ceremony: a golden laurel wreath recalling the Roman Empire and a replica of Charlemagne's crown. Napoleon entered the ceremony wearing the laurel wreath and kept it on his head throughout the proceedings. For the official co... | Where was Napoleon crowned King of Italy? | {'text': 'at the Cathedral of Milan', 'answer_start': 688} |
122,124 | 121,782 | 57320a29e99e3014001e6458 | generic | The Augustan settlement built upon a cultural shift in Roman society. In the middle Republican era, even Scipio's tentative hints that he might be Jupiter's special protege sat ill with his colleagues. Politicians of the later Republic were less equivocal; both Sulla and Pompey claimed special relationships with Venus.... | What did the claims of officials imply about the nature of the individuals? | {'text': 'divinely inspired', 'answer_start': 439} |
37,328 | 36,986 | 5a5a28d59c0277001abe7086 | generic | In the early 1970s the Rolling Stones developed their hard rock sound with Exile on Main St. (1972). Initially receiving mixed reviews, according to critic Steve Erlewine it is now "generally regarded as the Rolling Stones' finest album". They continued to pursue the riff-heavy sound on albums including It's Only Rock ... | What year did Led Zeppelin move to folk music to get away from hard rock? | {'text': '1970', 'answer_start': 466} |
63,502 | 63,160 | 57268d16dd62a815002e8947 | generic | Many Somerset soldiers died during the First World War, with the Somerset Light Infantry suffering nearly 5,000 casualties. War memorials were put up in most of the county's towns and villages; only nine, described as the Thankful Villages, had none of their residents killed. During the Second World War the county was ... | How many counties had no casualties in WW1 | {'text': 'only nine, described as the Thankful Villages, had none of their residents killed', 'answer_start': 194} |
6,468 | 6,126 | 56d3793a59d6e414001464c1 | generic | In the first major change to the judging panel, a fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi, was introduced. This was also the first season without executive producer Nigel Lythgoe who left to focus on the international versions of his show So You Think You Can Dance. The Hollywood round was moved to the Kodak Theatre for 2009 and ... | Who was brought in as a new judge during American Idols eighth season? | {'text': 'Kara DioGuardi', 'answer_start': 64} |
97,278 | 96,936 | 572a3398af94a219006aa88d | generic | Another significant change undergone by many of these newly agrarian communities was one of diet. Pre-agrarian diets varied by region, season, available local plant and animal resources and degree of pastoralism and hunting. Post-agrarian diet was restricted to a limited package of successfully cultivated cereal grains... | What was included in the Post-agrarian diet? | {'text': 'cereal grains, plants and to a variable extent domesticated animals and animal products.', 'answer_start': 307} |
14,984 | 14,642 | 5a10d1d006e79900185c3406 | generic | On 26 February 2015, the FCC ruled in favor of net neutrality by adopting Title II (common carrier) of the Communications Act of 1934 and Section 706 in the Telecommunications act of 1996 to the Internet. The FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, commented, "This is no more a plan to regulate the Internet than the First Amendment... | What to ask did FCC rule against? | {'text': 'the Communications Act of 1934 and Section 706 in the Telecommunications act of 1996', 'answer_start': 103} |
18,500 | 18,158 | 56e42c8439bdeb1400347914 | generic | Although the Estonian orthography is generally guided by phonemic principles, with each grapheme corresponding to one phoneme, there are some historical and morphological deviations from this: for example preservation of the morpheme in declension of the word (writing b, g, d in places where p, k, t is pronounced) and ... | What type of deviations are there from the single phoneme to each grapheme general principle? | {'text': 'some historical and morphological deviations', 'answer_start': 137} |
86,347 | 86,005 | 572844763acd2414000df815 | generic | Developers also found the machine difficult to program for. In 2007, Gabe Newell of Valve said "The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think it's really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted". He continued "I'd say, even at this late date, they should just cancel it and do a ... | In what year did Gabe Newell call the PS3 "a total disaster"? | {'text': '2007', 'answer_start': 63} |
70,698 | 70,356 | 5726bffb5951b619008f7d31 | generic | The Kingdom of Nri of the Igbo people consolidated in the 10th century and continued until it lost its sovereignty to the British in 1911. Nri was ruled by the Eze Nri, and the city of Nri is considered to be the foundation of Igbo culture. Nri and Aguleri, where the Igbo creation myth originates, are in the territory ... | Which clan is Nri in the territory of? | {'text': 'Umeuri', 'answer_start': 327} |
70,662 | 70,320 | 57295c05af94a219006aa31b | generic | Bermuda has developed a proud Rugby Union community. The Bermuda Rugby Union team won the 2011 Caribbean championships, defeating Guyana in the final. They previously beat The Bahamas and Mexico to take the crown. Rugby 7's is also played, with four rounds scheduled to take place in the 2011–2012 season. The Bermuda 7'... | Who are the reigning league champions? | {'text': 'Police (Men)', 'answer_start': 549} |
36,202 | 35,860 | 5a1f5f2954a786001a36b28d | generic | High speed Internet connectivity has become more widely available at a reasonable cost and the cost of video capture and display technology has decreased. Consequently, personal videoconferencing systems based on a webcam, personal computer system, software compression and broadband Internet connectivity have become af... | What has happened after internet connectivity for technology has improved? | {'text': 'prices have dropped dramatically', 'answer_start': 437} |
102,142 | 101,800 | 57316ff8e6313a140071cf38 | generic | Having removed the monarchical government, Gaddafi proclaimed the foundation of the Libyan Arab Republic. Addressing the populace by radio, he proclaimed an end to the "reactionary and corrupt" regime, "the stench of which has sickened and horrified us all." Due to the coup's bloodless nature, it was initially labelled... | What was the name of the government Gaddafi set up after overthrowing the monarchy? | {'text': 'Libyan Arab Republic', 'answer_start': 84} |
41,305 | 40,963 | 5a2aae235b078a001a2f06a3 | generic | Sanskrit, as defined by Pāṇini, evolved out of the earlier Vedic form. The present form of Vedic Sanskrit can be traced back to as early as the second millennium BCE (for Rig-vedic). Scholars often distinguish Vedic Sanskrit and Classical or "Pāṇinian" Sanskrit as separate dialects. Though they are quite similar, they ... | What can be traced back to the first millennium? | {'text': 'Vedic Sanskrit', 'answer_start': 91} |
90,503 | 90,161 | 5ad278d3d7d075001a429586 | generic | Another objection is that it is not always possible to demonstrate falsehood definitively, especially if one is using statistical criteria to evaluate a null hypothesis. More generally it is not always clear, if evidence contradicts a hypothesis, that this is a sign of flaws in the hypothesis rather than of flaws in th... | Who wrote a set of instructions that merely need to be followed diligently to achieve science? | {'text': 'Popper', 'answer_start': 529} |
76,665 | 76,323 | 57278b4fdd62a815002e9fd6 | generic | The only words of Jesus on the cross in the Mark and Matthew accounts, this is a quotation of Psalm 22. Since other verses of the same Psalm are cited in the crucifixion accounts, it is often considered a literary and theological creation. Geza Vermes, however, points out that the verse is cited in Aramaic rather than ... | What Psalm gives the words of Jesus on the cross? | {'text': 'Psalm 22', 'answer_start': 94} |
76,113 | 75,771 | 5727ccc72ca10214002d96ab | generic | Scientific readers were already aware of arguments that species changed through processes that were subject to laws of nature, but the transmutational ideas of Lamarck and the vague "law of development" of Vestiges had not found scientific favour. Darwin presented natural selection as a scientifically testable mechanis... | Where did early support for Darwin's findings come from? | {'text': 'the findings of field naturalists studying biogeography and ecology, including Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1860, and Asa Gray in 1862', 'answer_start': 1013} |
35,264 | 34,922 | 570a85de6d058f1900182f3a | generic | Old English was not static, and its usage covered a period of 700 years, from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th century to the late 11th century, some time after the Norman invasion. While indicating that the establishment of dates is an arbitrary process, Albert Baugh dates Old English from 450 to 1150,... | About what percentage of Old English words are not present in Modern English? | {'text': '85', 'answer_start': 388} |
97,988 | 97,646 | 5ace825932bba1001ae4a8d8 | generic | Today, the system of Arabic and Islamic education has grown and further integrated with Kerala government administration. In 2005, an estimated 6,000 Muslim Arabic teachers taught in Kerala government schools, with over 500,000 Muslim students. State-appointed committees, not private mosques or religious scholars outsi... | What types of programs provide non-traditional Islamic teaching? | {'text': 'after-school', 'answer_start': 509} |
122,666 | 122,324 | 5ad14105645df0001a2d13e6 | generic | Jefferson and Madison's approach was not the only one taken in the eighteenth century. Jefferson's Statute of Religious Freedom was drafted in opposition to a bill, chiefly supported by Patrick Henry, which would permit any Virginian to belong to any denomination, but which would require him to belong to some denominat... | Who was the chief opposition of the bill that got Jefferson motivated to draft his Statute? | {'text': 'Patrick Henry', 'answer_start': 186} |
118,795 | 118,453 | 5a864535b4e223001a8e7520 | generic | Older letters of the Russian alphabet include ⟨ѣ⟩, which merged to ⟨е⟩ (/je/ or /ʲe/); ⟨і⟩ and ⟨ѵ⟩, which both merged to ⟨и⟩ (/i/); ⟨ѳ⟩, which merged to ⟨ф⟩ (/f/); ⟨ѫ⟩, which merged to ⟨у⟩ (/u/); ⟨ѭ⟩, which merged to ⟨ю⟩ (/ju/ or /ʲu/); and ⟨ѧ/⟨ѩ⟩⟩, which later were graphically reshaped into ⟨я⟩ and merged phonetically... | The ja or a indicated the pronunciation of a reduced what? | {'text': '/ŭ/, /ĭ/', 'answer_start': 541} |
45,848 | 45,506 | 57107355b654c5140001f900 | generic | The desire to explore, record and systematize knowledge had a meaningful impact on music publications. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Dictionnaire de musique (published 1767 in Geneva and 1768 in Paris) was a leading text in the late 18th century. This widely available dictionary gave short definitions of words like genius an... | What publication of Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a leading text in the late 18th century and was published 1767 in Geneva and 1768 in Paris? | {'text': 'Dictionnaire de musique', 'answer_start': 127} |
36,729 | 36,387 | 5a70d27d8abb0b001a6761b5 | generic | The Xbox Live Marketplace is a virtual market designed for the console that allows Xbox Live users to download purchased or promotional content. The service offers movie and game trailers, game demos, Xbox Live Arcade games and Xbox 360 Dashboard themes as well as add-on game content (items, costumes, levels etc.). The... | Microsoft points can be used to buy what for the dashboard? | {'text': 'themes', 'answer_start': 247} |
90,980 | 90,638 | 5ad2385dd7d075001a428830 | generic | The mandolin has been used occasionally in rock music, first appearing in the psychedelic era of the late 1960s. Levon Helm of The Band occasionally moved from his drum kit to play mandolin, most notably on Rag Mama Rag, Rockin' Chair, and Evangeline. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull played mandolin on Fat Man, from their s... | When did the mandolin last appear in rock music? | {'text': 'psychedelic era of the late 1960s', 'answer_start': 78} |
92,219 | 91,877 | 5728e7143acd2414000e018d | generic | Kouros (male youth) is the modern term given to those representations of standing male youths which first appear in the archaic period in Greece. This type served certain religious needs and was first proposed for what was previously thought to be depictions of Apollo. The first statues are certainly still and formal. ... | Who was the immortal god of ideal balance? | {'text': 'Apollo', 'answer_start': 1089} |
83,054 | 82,712 | 57280996ff5b5019007d9b87 | generic | Politics & Policy was founded at Northwestern and is dedicated to the analysis of current events and public policy. Begun in 2010 by students in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communication, and Medill School of Journalism, the organization reaches students on more than 250 college campuses around... | Who partially funds Politics and Policy? | {'text': 'the Buffett Center', 'answer_start': 533} |
25,965 | 25,623 | 56f986479e9bad19000a0a29 | generic | For any animal, survival requires maintaining a variety of parameters of bodily state within a limited range of variation: these include temperature, water content, salt concentration in the bloodstream, blood glucose levels, blood oxygen level, and others. The ability of an animal to regulate the internal environment ... | The milieu interieur term was used by what physiologist? | {'text': 'Claude Bernard', 'answer_start': 381} |
7,854 | 7,512 | 56dc591114d3a41400c267ff | generic | Whereas a genome sequence lists the order of every DNA base in a genome, a genome map identifies the landmarks. A genome map is less detailed than a genome sequence and aids in navigating around the genome. The Human Genome Project was organized to map and to sequence the human genome. A fundamental step in the project... | Whose genome map greatly aided the Human Genome Project? | {'text': 'Jean Weissenbach', 'answer_start': 366} |
121,356 | 121,014 | 57316c1d05b4da19006bd129 | generic | The Monreale mosaics constitute the largest decoration of this kind in Italy, covering 0,75 hectares with at least 100 million glass and stone tesserae. This huge work was executed between 1176 and 1186 by the order of King William II of Sicily. The iconography of the mosaics in the presbytery is similar to Cefalu whil... | Who is displayed getting crowned by christ in the Monreale mosaics? | {'text': 'King William II', 'answer_start': 500} |
19,707 | 19,365 | 5a7b56c821c2de001afe9efa | generic | The Archivist of the United States is the chief official overseeing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. The Archivist not only maintains the official documentation of the passage of amendments to the U.S. Constitution by state legislatures, but has the authority to declare when the consti... | What authority do the state legislatures have? | {'text': 'to declare when the constitutional threshold for passage has been reached', 'answer_start': 294} |
72,602 | 72,260 | 5a732e8753a187001ae6313b | generic | Comcast has been criticized for multiple reasons. The company's customer satisfaction often ranks among the lowest in the cable industry. Comcast has violated net neutrality practices in the past; and, despite Comcast's commitment to a narrow definition of net neutrality, critics advocate a definition of which preclude... | What year did Comcast first violate net neutrality? | {'text': '2010', 'answer_start': 971} |
62,611 | 62,269 | 572754b1f1498d1400e8f656 | generic | Organic cotton is generally understood as cotton from plants not genetically modified and that is certified to be grown without the use of any synthetic agricultural chemicals, such as fertilizers or pesticides. Its production also promotes and enhances biodiversity and biological cycles. In the United States, organic ... | What are organic plants understood to be? | {'text': 'not genetically modified', 'answer_start': 61} |
109,826 | 109,484 | 5a8c43befd22b3001a8d867e | generic | Codd's paper was picked up by two people at Berkeley, Eugene Wong and Michael Stonebraker. They started a project known as INGRES using funding that had already been allocated for a geographical database project and student programmers to produce code. Beginning in 1973, INGRES delivered its first test products which w... | What was the name of the project to steal a geographical database? | {'text': 'INGRES', 'answer_start': 272} |
73,825 | 73,483 | 5a8cc184fd22b3001a8d8e0f | generic | The possibility of unlikely victories in the earlier rounds of the competition, where lower ranked teams beat higher placed opposition, known as "giant killings", is much anticipated by the public, and is considered an integral part of the tradition and prestige of the competition, alongside that gained by teams winnin... | What is not considered an important part of the tradition? | {'text': 'The possibility of unlikely victories in the earlier rounds of the competition', 'answer_start': 0} |
70,087 | 69,745 | 5726bd86f1498d1400e8e9b1 | generic | Semantic-phonetic compounds or pictophonetic compounds are by far the most numerous characters. These characters are composed of two parts: one of a limited set of characters (the semantic indicator, often graphically simplified) which suggests the general meaning of the compound character, and another character (the p... | What is the radical under which the character is listed in dictionaries? | {'text': 'semantic indicator', 'answer_start': 431} |
79,597 | 79,255 | 5727bd0a4b864d1900163bf6 | generic | Cork features architecturally notable buildings originating from the Medieval to Modern periods. The only notable remnant of the Medieval era is the Red Abbey. There are two cathedrals in the city; St. Mary's Cathedral and Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral. St Mary's Cathedral, often referred to as the North Cathedral, is th... | From which periods are the buildings in Cork from? | {'text': 'Medieval to Modern', 'answer_start': 69} |
117,878 | 117,536 | 5730ea7df6cb411900e2454f | generic | The Princess Margaret Hospital on Funafuti is the only hospital in Tuvalu. The Tuvaluan medical staff at PMH in 2011 comprised the Director of Health & Surgeon, the Chief Medical Officer Public Health, an anaesthetist, a paediatric medical officer and an obstetrics and gynaecology medical officer. Allied health staff i... | On which island in Tuvalu is the hospital? | {'text': 'Funafuti', 'answer_start': 34} |
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