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129,662 | 129,320 | 573447e5879d6814001ca479 | generic | Even as animal domestication became relatively widespread and after the development of agriculture, hunting was usually a significant contributor to the human food supply. The supplementary meat and materials from hunting included protein, bone for implements, sinew for cordage, fur, feathers, rawhide and leather used ... | Where is hunting still vital? | {'text': 'marginal climates', 'answer_start': 458} |
107,726 | 107,384 | 5a8a1f723b2508001a72a616 | generic | Under Article IV, Section Three of the United States Constitution, which outlines the relationship among the states, Congress has the power to admit new states to the union. The states are required to give "full faith and credit" to the acts of each other's legislatures and courts, which is generally held to include th... | What are all states guaranteed by the republican form? | {'text': 'military and civil defense', 'answer_start': 415} |
60,471 | 60,129 | 57267ecb708984140094c800 | generic | In 1971, the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare approached Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Stan Lee to do a comic book story about drug abuse. Lee agreed and wrote a three-part Spider-Man story portraying drug use as dangerous and unglamorous. However, the industry's self-censorship board, the Com... | What industry censorship and standards organization tried to block publication of this series? | {'text': 'Comics Code Authority', 'answer_start': 317} |
2,727 | 2,385 | 56cda75062d2951400fa67c5 | generic | Twilight Princess was released to universal critical acclaim and commercial success. It received perfect scores from major publications such as 1UP.com, Computer and Video Games, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Game Informer, GamesRadar, and GameSpy. On the review aggregators GameRankings and Metacritic, Twilight Princess h... | Which sites gave the Wii copy of Twilight Princess scores of 95% and 95? | {'text': 'GameRankings and Metacritic', 'answer_start': 272} |
18,379 | 18,037 | 56e3bca239bdeb14003478e3 | generic | The oldest written records of the Finnic languages of Estonia date from the 13th century. Originates Livoniae in Chronicle of Henry of Livonia contains Estonian place names, words and fragments of sentences. | Where can records of Estonian place names be found? | {'text': 'Originates Livoniae', 'answer_start': 90} |
95,038 | 94,696 | 5a2c25a5bfd06b001a5ae9f3 | generic | At the forefront of the new school of design was the aristocratic "architect earl", Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington; in 1729, he and William Kent, designed Chiswick House. This House was a reinterpretation of Palladio's Villa Capra, but purified of 16th century elements and ornament. This severe lack of ornamenta... | What was the Villa Capra purified up? | {'text': '16th century elements and ornament.', 'answer_start': 255} |
103,197 | 102,855 | 5731d15c0fdd8d15006c6581 | generic | Drawing from his own experiences in Scouting, Spielberg helped the Boy Scouts of America develop a merit badge in cinematography in order to help promote filmmaking as a marketable skill. The badge was launched at the 1989 National Scout Jamboree, which Spielberg attended, and where he personally counseled many boys in... | What Boy Scout merit badge did Spielberg help develop? | {'text': 'cinematography', 'answer_start': 114} |
92,441 | 92,099 | 5a725b1053a187001ae630e5 | generic | The morning after the election, the major candidates were neck and neck. It was clear that the result in Ohio, along with two other states who had still not declared (New Mexico and Iowa), would decide the winner. Bush had established a lead of around 130,000 votes but the Democrats pointed to provisional ballots that ... | What did Al Gore announce was impossible for the Democrats to do to win in 2000? | {'text': 'to make up enough valid votes in the provisional ballots to win', 'answer_start': 1149} |
122,440 | 122,098 | 5731ae9f0fdd8d15006c6453 | generic | The anti-bullying It Gets Better Project expanded from a single YouTube video directed to discouraged or suicidal LGBT teens, that within two months drew video responses from hundreds including U.S. President Barack Obama, Vice President Biden, White House staff, and several cabinet secretaries. Similarly, in response ... | How old was Amanda Todd when she took her own life because of bullying? | {'text': 'fifteen', 'answer_start': 323} |
52,988 | 52,646 | 57261826271a42140099d473 | generic | Prompted by legislation in various countries mandating increased bulb efficiency, new "hybrid" incandescent bulbs have been introduced by Philips. The "Halogena Energy Saver" incandescents can produce about 23 lm/W; about 30 percent more efficient than traditional incandescents, by using a reflective capsule to reflect... | Which company introduced hybrid incandescent bulbs? | {'text': 'Philips', 'answer_start': 138} |
7,442 | 7,100 | 56d8e547dc89441400fdb3a0 | generic | French police were criticised for their handling of the events, and notably for confiscating Tibetan flags from demonstrators. The newspaper Libération commented: "The police did so much that only the Chinese were given freedom of expression. The Tibetan flag was forbidden everywhere except on the Trocadéro." Minister ... | What did French police take from demonstrators? | {'text': 'Tibetan flags', 'answer_start': 93} |
10,456 | 10,114 | 5ad370ad604f3c001a3fe25e | generic | Separation of powers is a political doctrine originating in the writings of Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws where he urged for a constitutional government with three separate branches of government. Each of the three branches would have defined abilities to check the powers of the other branches. This idea was ca... | Who urged for a government with four individual branches? | {'text': 'Montesquieu', 'answer_start': 76} |
19,737 | 19,395 | 56e7784537bdd419002c3ff6 | generic | Originally, each branch and agency of the U.S. government was responsible for maintaining its own documents, which often resulted in records loss and destruction. Congress established the National Archives Establishment in 1934 to centralize federal record keeping, with the Archivist of the United States as chief admin... | In what year did NARA become an independent agency? | {'text': '1985', 'answer_start': 390} |
27,852 | 27,510 | 56faebc18f12f319006302d1 | generic | Somali scholars have for centuries produced many notable examples of Islamic literature ranging from poetry to Hadith. With the adoption of the Latin alphabet in 1972 to transcribe the Somali language, numerous contemporary Somali authors have also released novels, some of which have gone on to receive worldwide acclai... | In what year did Nuruddin Farah win the Neustadt International Prize for Literature? | {'text': '1998', 'answer_start': 545} |
95,572 | 95,230 | 5a553a08134fea001a0e19eb | generic | On August 18, 2011, the CRTC issued a decision that allows CBC's mandatory market rebroadcasting transmitters in analogue to remain on-air until August 31, 2012. Before that deadline, CBC's licence renewal process would take place and CBC's digital transition plans would be examined as part of that process. The require... | The CRTC stated that the CBC refused to relocate and reduce in power what channels? | {'text': '52 to 69', 'answer_start': 393} |
60,076 | 59,734 | 5a7cde39e8bc7e001a9e208f | generic | The first railways in Thuringia had been built in the 1840s and the network of main lines was finished around 1880. By 1920, many branch lines had been built, giving Thuringia one of the densest rail networks in the world before World War II with about 2,500 km of track. Between 1950 and 2000 most of the branch lines w... | When will the new high speed train be closed? | {'text': '2017', 'answer_start': 882} |
71,151 | 70,809 | 5ad27a68d7d075001a4295ec | generic | Of the territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union between 1939 and 1940, the region around Białystok and a minor part of Galicia east of the San river around Przemyśl were returned to the Polish state at the end of World War II. Of all other territories annexed by the USSR in 1939–40, the ones detached from Finl... | After World War I, what regions remain part of Ukraine? | {'text': 'Northern Bukovina, Southern Bessarabia and Hertza remain part of Ukraine', 'answer_start': 500} |
1,165 | 823 | 56ce1225aab44d1400b88431 | generic | Fryderyk Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola, 46 kilometres (29 miles) west of Warsaw, in what was then the Duchy of Warsaw, a Polish state established by Napoleon. The parish baptismal record gives his birthday as 22 February 1810, and cites his given names in the Latin form Fridericus Franciscus (in Polish, he was Fryde... | Who was responsible for the creation of the Duchy of Warsaw? | {'text': 'Napoleon', 'answer_start': 152} |
11,347 | 11,005 | 5a63394c68151a001a92226f | generic | The most widely spoken family of languages in southern Europe are the Romance languages, the heirs of Latin, which have spread from the Italian peninsula, and are emblematic of Southwestern Europe. (See the Latin Arch.) By far the most common romance languages in Southern Europe are: Italian, which is spoken by over 50... | What are the three main areas of southern Europe where Latin speakers can be found? | {'text': 'Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican', 'answer_start': 339} |
7,026 | 6,684 | 56d9aa93dc89441400fdb6c3 | generic | Dog intelligence is the ability of the dog to perceive information and retain it as knowledge for applying to solve problems. Dogs have been shown to learn by inference. A study with Rico showed that he knew the labels of over 200 different items. He inferred the names of novel items by exclusion learning and correctly... | How many labels does Rico the dog know? | {'text': 'over 200', 'answer_start': 222} |
34,050 | 33,708 | 5709e0746d058f1900182be8 | generic | Usually, the short-term goal of open market operations is to achieve a specific short-term interest rate target. In other instances, monetary policy might instead entail the targeting of a specific exchange rate relative to some foreign currency or else relative to gold. For example, in the case of the United States th... | What is the federal funds rate? | {'text': 'the rate at which member banks lend to one another overnight', 'answer_start': 370} |
119,009 | 118,667 | 5730ee17497a881900248a72 | generic | The Department of the Air Force is one of three military departments within the Department of Defense, and is managed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense. The senior officials in the Office of the Secretary are the Under Secretary of the Ai... | Who does the Secretary of the Air Force report to? | {'text': 'Secretary of Defense', 'answer_start': 213} |
5,199 | 4,857 | 56d10b8517492d1400aab7f3 | generic | West's controversial incident the following year at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was arguably his biggest controversy, and led to widespread outrage throughout the music industry. During the ceremony, West crashed the stage and grabbed the microphone from winner Taylor Swift in order to proclaim that, instead, Beyon... | What awards ceremony did Kanye not receive any nominations for after the MTV controversy? | {'text': '52nd Grammy Awards', 'answer_start': 710} |
107,545 | 107,203 | 572f54dba23a5019007fc554 | generic | In 1912, the Republic of China was established and Sun Yat-sen was inaugurated in Nanjing as the first Provisional President. But power in Beijing already had passed to Yuan Shikai, who had effective control of the Beiyang Army, the most powerful military force in China at the time. To prevent civil war and possible fo... | What did China agree to avoid the undermining of the Republic? | {'text': "agreed to Army's demand that China be united under a Beijing government.", 'answer_start': 385} |
102,440 | 102,098 | 573191a8a5e9cc1400cdc0cb | generic | Starting in the 1980s, he travelled with his all-female Amazonian Guard, who were allegedly sworn to a life of celibacy. However, according to psychologist Seham Sergewa, after the civil war several of the guards told her they had been pressured into joining and raped by Gaddafi and senior officials. He hired several U... | What was the name of Gaddafi's female bodyguard? | {'text': 'Amazonian Guard', 'answer_start': 56} |
129,602 | 129,260 | 5ace4c8632bba1001ae4a213 | generic | Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping any animal, or pursuing or tracking it with the intent of doing so. Hunting wildlife or feral animals is most commonly done by humans for food, recreation, to remove predators which are dangerous to humans or domestic animals, or for trade. In the 2010s, lawful hunting is ... | In what year were feral animals first categorized? | {'text': '2010s', 'answer_start': 295} |
3,786 | 3,444 | 56ce31baaab44d1400b8853d | generic | New York City traces its roots to its 1624 founding as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664. New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the country's largest city... | When did the English take over the area from the Dutch? | {'text': '1664', 'answer_start': 202} |
124,499 | 124,157 | 57324797e17f3d14004227d3 | generic | The entire Protestant canon of scripture is considered the inspired, inerrant word of God. Jehovah's Witnesses consider the Bible to be scientifically and historically accurate and reliable and interpret much of it literally, but accept parts of it as symbolic. They consider the Bible to be the final authority for all ... | What is there no provision for members of the Jehovah Witnesses to do in relation to the official teachings? | {'text': 'criticize or contribute', 'answer_start': 1123} |
41,344 | 41,002 | 570e71fb0b85d914000d7f0d | generic | Orientalist scholars of the 18th century like Sir William Jones marked a wave of enthusiasm for Indian culture and for Sanskrit. According to Thomas Trautmann, after this period of "Indomania", a certain hostility to Sanskrit and to Indian culture in general began to assert itself in early 19th century Britain, manifes... | When was Sanskrit and Indian culture popular? | {'text': '18th century', 'answer_start': 28} |
118,505 | 118,163 | 5acfd7b877cf76001a6862a0 | generic | Namibia's primary tourism related governing body, the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB), was established by an Act of Parliament: the Namibia Tourism Board Act, 2000 (Act 21 of 2000). Its primary objectives are to regulate the tourism industry and to market Namibia as a tourist destination. There are also a number of trade a... | In what year was the Tour and Safari Association of Namibia founded? | {'text': '2000', 'answer_start': 155} |
81,324 | 80,982 | 572821522ca10214002d9e8f | generic | Summers are generally warm and sometimes hot. London's average July high is 24 °C (75.2 °F). On average London will see 31 days above 25 °C (77.0 °F) each year, and 4.2 days above 30.0 °C (86.0 °F) every year. During the 2003 European heat wave there were 14 consecutive days above 30 °C (86.0 °F) and 2 consecutive days... | Approximately how many days in a given year will London experience temperatures above 25 degrees Celsius (or 77 degrees Farenheit? | {'text': '31', 'answer_start': 120} |
121,576 | 121,234 | 57318a93497a881900248ff1 | generic | The rediscovery of Aristotle's works–more than 3000 pages of it would eventually be translated –fuelled a spirit of inquiry into natural processes that had already begun to emerge in the 12th century. Some scholars believe that these works represented one of the most important document discoveries in Western intellectu... | Roughly how many pages of the works of Aristotle were translated by the 12th century? | {'text': 'more than 3000 pages', 'answer_start': 37} |
23,188 | 22,846 | 56f8b7329b226e1400dd0e9c | generic | There are many innovative art galleries in the city. The Southampton City Art Gallery at the Civic Centre is one of the best known and as well as a nationally important Designated Collection, houses several permanent and travelling exhibitions. The Millais Gallery at Southampton Solent University, the John Hansard Gall... | What art gallery is a part of Southampton Solent University? | {'text': 'The Millais Gallery', 'answer_start': 245} |
108,267 | 107,925 | 57304a52069b531400831fef | generic | For horizontal propagation between transmitting and receiving antennas situated near the ground reasonably far from each other, the distances traveled by tne direct and reflected rays are nearly the same. There is almost no relative phase shift. If the emission is polarized vertically, the two fields (direct and reflec... | What is between recieving and transmitting antenna's? | {'text': 'horizontal propagation', 'answer_start': 4} |
47,082 | 46,740 | 571a16d64faf5e1900b8a894 | generic | Seattle annually sends a team of spoken word slammers to the National Poetry Slam and considers itself home to such performance poets as Buddy Wakefield, two-time Individual World Poetry Slam Champ; Anis Mojgani, two-time National Poetry Slam Champ; and Danny Sherrard, 2007 National Poetry Slam Champ and 2008 Individua... | When did Seattle host the national Poetry Slam Tournament? | {'text': '2001', 'answer_start': 371} |
90,107 | 89,765 | 5ad4140b604f3c001a400284 | generic | Alaska regularly supports Republicans in presidential elections and has done so since statehood. Republicans have won the state's electoral college votes in all but one election that it has participated in (1964). No state has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate fewer times. Alaska was carried by Democratic n... | Which political party doesn't Alaska generally support? | {'text': 'Republicans', 'answer_start': 26} |
119,504 | 119,162 | 573149e7e6313a140071cdd2 | generic | Many sensor systems rely on light as the signal source. LEDs are often ideal as a light source due to the requirements of the sensors. LEDs are used as motion sensors, for example in optical computer mice. The Nintendo Wii's sensor bar uses infrared LEDs. Pulse oximeters use them for measuring oxygen saturation. Some f... | Grow lights use LEDs for what process? | {'text': 'increase photosynthesis in plants', 'answer_start': 1034} |
53,844 | 53,502 | 5726716c5951b619008f72d3 | generic | The Cubs had high expectations in 2002, but the squad played poorly. On July 5, 2002 the Cubs promoted assistant general manager and player personnel director Jim Hendry to the General Manager position. The club responded by hiring Dusty Baker and by making some major moves in '03. Most notably, they traded with the Pi... | Who did the Cubs hire in response to Jim Hendry's promotion? | {'text': 'Dusty Baker', 'answer_start': 232} |
28,144 | 27,802 | 56fb7f60b28b3419009f1d98 | generic | Popes called for crusades to take place elsewhere besides the Holy Land: in Spain, southern France, and along the Baltic. The Spanish crusades became fused with the Reconquista of Spain from the Muslims. Although the Templars and Hospitallers took part in the Spanish crusades, similar Spanish military religious orders ... | Along with the Baltic and Spain, in what area were crusades called? | {'text': 'southern France', 'answer_start': 83} |
60,057 | 59,715 | 5a7ce270e8bc7e001a9e20b3 | generic | The German higher education system comprises two forms of academic institutions: universities and polytechnics (Fachhochschule). The University of Jena is the biggest amongst Thuringia's four universities and offers nearly every discipline. It was founded in 1558, and today has 21,000 students. The second-largest is th... | How many students boycott The University of Erfurt? | {'text': '5,000', 'answer_start': 515} |
13,430 | 13,088 | 5acd3de307355d001abf39fd | generic | Only a few contemporary societies are classified as hunter-gatherers, and many supplement their foraging activity with horticulture and/or keeping animals. | All societies supplement their foraging activity with what? | {'text': 'horticulture and/or keeping animals', 'answer_start': 119} |
79,620 | 79,278 | 5a5d5d025e8782001a9d5ed3 | generic | St. Patrick's Street, the main street of the city which was remodelled in the mid-2000s, is known for the architecture of the buildings along its pedestrian-friendly route and is the main shopping thoroughfare. The reason for its curved shape is that it originally was a channel of the River Lee that was built over on a... | What built on the site of the old Theater Royal in the 18th century? | {'text': 'General Post Office', 'answer_start': 655} |
127,681 | 127,339 | 573358b94776f41900660865 | generic | Tajikistan means the "Land of the Tajiks". The suffix "-stan" (Persian: ـستان -stān) is Persian for "place of" or "country" and Tajik is, most likely, the name of a pre-Islamic (before the seventh century A.D.) tribe. According to the Library of Congress's 1997 Country Study of Tajikistan, it is difficult to definiti... | What does the suffix -stan mean? | {'text': '"place of" or "country"', 'answer_start': 102} |
77,421 | 77,079 | 5727bb282ca10214002d94fe | generic | Some recordings, such as books for the blind, were pressed at 16 2⁄3 rpm. Prestige Records released jazz records in this format in the late 1950s; for example, two of their Miles Davis albums were paired together in this format. Peter Goldmark, the man who developed the 33 1⁄3 rpm record, developed the Highway Hi-Fi 16... | What record format was created for use in Chrysler automobiles? | {'text': 'Highway Hi-Fi 16 2⁄3 rpm record', 'answer_start': 304} |
40,651 | 40,309 | 570d2dfdb3d812140066d4f8 | generic | Burrel's innovative design, which combined the low production cost of an Apple II with the computing power of Lisa's CPU, the Motorola 68K, received the attention of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. Realizing that the Macintosh was more marketable than the Lisa, he began to focus his attention on the project. Raskin le... | According to Andy Hertzfeld, whose idea is the final Mac design closer to? | {'text': 'Jobs', 'answer_start': 456} |
68,534 | 68,192 | 5726bdb2708984140094cfe5 | generic | Traditionally, simple carbohydrates are believed to be absorbed quickly, and therefore to raise blood-glucose levels more rapidly than complex carbohydrates. This, however, is not accurate. Some simple carbohydrates (e.g., fructose) follow different metabolic pathways (e.g., fructolysis) that result in only a partial c... | What was traditionally believed to be absorbed quickly causing blood - glucose levels to rapidly rise? | {'text': 'simple carbohydrates', 'answer_start': 15} |
111,381 | 111,039 | 572fda3004bcaa1900d76dd2 | generic | Homer uses the terms Achaeans and Danaans (Δαναοί) as a generic term for Greeks in Iliad, and they were probably a part of the Mycenean civilization. The names Achaioi and Danaoi seem to be pre-Dorian belonging to the people who were overthrown. They were forced to the region that later bore the name Achaea after the D... | Where was this origin of this redefinition ? | {'text': 'spoken mainly in Thessaly, Boeotia and Lesbos', 'answer_start': 430} |
29,138 | 28,796 | 5705fd9e52bb891400689776 | generic | In 1981, The Times and The Sunday Times were bought from Thomson by Rupert Murdoch's News International. The acquisition followed three weeks of intensive bargaining with the unions by company negotiators, John Collier and Bill O'Neill. | During the acquisition of The Times in 1981, John Collier and Bill O'Neill were part of what group that did three weeks of intensive bargaining? | {'text': 'the unions', 'answer_start': 171} |
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A gene is a locus (or region) of DNA that encodes a functional RNA or protein product, and is the molecular unit of heredity.:Glossary The transmission of genes to an organism's offspring is the basis of the inheritance of phenotypic traits. Most biological traits are under the influence of polygenes (many different g... | What is the basis of inheritance of phenotypic traits? | {'text': "The transmission of genes to an organism's offspring", 'answer_start': 136} |
89,024 | 88,682 | 572848bfff5b5019007da0de | generic | Following the 11 September 2001 attacks, former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf sided with the U.S. against the Taliban government in Afghanistan after an ultimatum by then U.S. President George W. Bush. Musharraf agreed to give the U.S. the use of three airbases for Operation Enduring Freedom. United States Sec... | Which Pakistan president supported the US attacking the Taliban? | {'text': 'Pervez Musharraf', 'answer_start': 70} |
56,219 | 55,877 | 57266781dd62a815002e83c8 | generic | In Latin America and English-speaking countries, most wrestlers (and other on-stage performers) portray character roles, sometimes with personalities wildly different from their own. These personalities are a gimmick intended to heighten interest in a wrestler without regard to athletic ability. Some can be unrealistic... | What do most wrestlers do, as far as how they act? | {'text': 'portray character roles', 'answer_start': 96} |
5,982 | 5,640 | 56d26bde59d6e41400145fb6 | generic | The earliest Mahāyāna sūtras to include the very first versions of the Prajñāpāramitā genre, along with texts concerning Akṣobhya Buddha, which were probably written down in the 1st century BCE in the south of India. Guang Xing states, "Several scholars have suggested that the Prajñāpāramitā probably developed among th... | Author Warder believes that the Mahayana originated in the south of India in what area? | {'text': 'Āndhra', 'answer_start': 362} |
40,489 | 40,147 | 5ad566455b96ef001a10adda | generic | From 2001 to 2008, Mac sales increased continuously on an annual basis. Apple reported worldwide sales of 3.36 million Macs during the 2009 holiday season. As of Mid-2011, the Macintosh continues to enjoy rapid market share increase in the US, growing from 7.3% of all computer shipments in 2010 to 9.3% in 2011. Accordi... | Who outperformed Apple in the 2017 PC global market share? | {'text': 'Lenovo, HP, Dell and Acer', 'answer_start': 589} |
18,159 | 17,817 | 56e1604bcd28a01900c67831 | generic | As Universal's main product had always been low-budget film, it was one of the last major studios to have a contract with Technicolor. The studio did not make use of the three-strip Technicolor process until Arabian Nights (1942), starring Jon Hall and Maria Montez. The following year, Technicolor was also used in Univ... | What was the first Universal film to use the three-strip Technicolor process? | {'text': 'Arabian Nights', 'answer_start': 208} |
31,144 | 30,802 | 5707feb09e06ca38007e94dc | generic | Shias believe that Imamah is of the Principles of Faith (Usul al-Din).As the verse 4:165 of quran expresses the necessity to the appointment of the prophets; so after the demise of the prophet who will play the role of the prophet; till the people have not any plea against Allah.So the same logic that necessitated the ... | Who must assign a successor after the demise of a prophet? | {'text': 'Allah', 'answer_start': 378} |
94,635 | 94,293 | 5a74ecd642eae6001a389b5e | generic | Green can communicate safety to proceed, as in traffic lights. Green and red were standardized as the colors of international railroad signals in the 19th century. The first traffic light, using green and red gas lamps, was erected in 1868 in front of the Houses of Parliament in London. It exploded the following year, ... | What do red lights signal in regards to a system? | {'text': 'turned on and working', 'answer_start': 663} |
18,192 | 17,850 | 5ad14f4a645df0001a2d16fc | generic | The production arm of the studio still struggled. While there were to be a few hits like The Killers (1946) and The Naked City (1948), Universal-International's new theatrical films often met with disappointing response at the box office. By the late 1940s, Goetz was out, and the studio returned to low-budget films. Th... | Who left Universal in 1940? | {'text': 'Goetz', 'answer_start': 258} |
108,367 | 108,025 | 5a3ad5f03ff257001ab842ad | generic | Island genetics provides one proposed explanation for the sudden, fully developed appearance of flowering plants. Island genetics is believed to be a common source of speciation in general, especially when it comes to radical adaptations that seem to have required inferior transitional forms. Flowering plants may have ... | How did flowering plants help transitional forms evolve? | {'text': 'a highly specialized relationship with some specific animal', 'answer_start': 434} |
128,119 | 127,777 | 5733b1da4776f4190066106b | generic | In 1882, Albert Zahm (John Zahm's brother) built an early wind tunnel used to compare lift to drag of aeronautical models. Around 1899, Professor Jerome Green became the first American to send a wireless message. In 1931, Father Julius Nieuwland performed early work on basic reactions that was used to create neoprene. ... | Which individual worked on projects at Notre Dame that eventually created neoprene? | {'text': 'Father Julius Nieuwland', 'answer_start': 222} |
83,326 | 82,984 | 5728016b4b864d19001641e7 | generic | After the ceasefire following the Fall of France in June 1940, Alsace was annexed to Germany and a rigorous policy of Germanisation was imposed upon it by the Gauleiter Robert Heinrich Wagner. When, in July 1940, the first evacuees were allowed to return, only residents of Alsatian origin were admitted. The last Jews w... | When were the first evacuees allowed to return? | {'text': 'July 1940', 'answer_start': 202} |
111,111 | 110,769 | 5ace991432bba1001ae4ac0d | generic | The Austrian engineer Paul Eisler invented the printed circuit as part of a radio set while working in England around 1936. Around 1943 the USA began to use the technology on a large scale to make proximity fuses for use in World War II. After the war, in 1948, the USA released the invention for commercial use. Printed... | England began using the technology on a large scale in what year? | {'text': '1943', 'answer_start': 131} |
114,222 | 113,880 | 57303bb004bcaa1900d773f2 | generic | The Northern Ireland Peace Process has led to a number of unusual arrangements between the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom. For example, citizens of Northern Ireland are entitled to the choice of Irish or British citizenship or both and the Governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom cons... | What type of citizenship can Northern Ireland people have? | {'text': 'choice of Irish or British citizenship or both', 'answer_start': 215} |
78,079 | 77,737 | 5727b8d84b864d1900163b6c | generic | Dvaita Vedanta is a dualistic interpretation of the Vedas, espouses dualism by theorizing the existence of two separate realities. The first and the only independent reality, states the Dvaita school, is that of Vishnu or Brahman. Vishnu is the supreme Self, in a manner similar to monotheistic God in other major religi... | Who did the Dvaita school identify as the Supreme Being? | {'text': 'Vishnu', 'answer_start': 682} |
84,535 | 84,193 | 572839254b864d1900164793 | generic | While Nasser was increasingly criticized by Egyptian intellectuals following the Six-Day War and his death in 1970, the general public was persistently sympathetic both during and after Nasser's life. According to political scientist Mahmoud Hamad, writing in 2008, "nostalgia for Nasser is easily sensed in Egypt and al... | What event generated criticism of Nasser from Egypt's elite? | {'text': 'Six-Day War', 'answer_start': 81} |
87,133 | 86,791 | 572816292ca10214002d9d92 | generic | In the aftermath of the failed coup, militias loyal to Patassé sought revenge against rebels in many neighborhoods of Bangui and incited unrest including the murder of many political opponents. Eventually, Patassé came to suspect that General François Bozizé was involved in another coup attempt against him, which led B... | Who succeeded in finally overthrowing Patasse? | {'text': "Bozizé's forces", 'answer_start': 563} |
4,420 | 4,078 | 56d1100317492d1400aab881 | generic | The annual United States Open Tennis Championships is one of the world's four Grand Slam tennis tournaments and is held at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens. The New York Marathon is one of the world's largest, and the 2004–2006 events hold the top three places in the marathons with the... | What tennis Grand Slam event is held at the National Tennis Center? | {'text': 'United States Open Tennis Championships', 'answer_start': 11} |
37,955 | 37,613 | 5a8cac2bfd22b3001a8d8d0f | generic | Agricultural diversity can also be divided by whether it is ‘planned’ diversity or ‘associated’ diversity. This is a functional classification that we impose and not an intrinsic feature of life or diversity. Planned diversity includes the crops which a farmer has encouraged, planted or raised (e.g.: crops, covers, sym... | What type of agricluture includes herbivores and pathogens? | {'text': 'associated diversity', 'answer_start': 390} |
104,167 | 103,825 | 5acd90c407355d001abf473e | generic | In the former Soviet Union, electric traction eventually became somewhat more energy-efficient than diesel. Partly due to inefficient generation of electricity in the USSR (only 20.8% thermal efficiency in 1950 vs. 36.2% in 1975), in 1950 diesel traction was about twice as energy efficient as electric traction (in term... | Due to the inefficient generation of electricity in the US, diesel traction was twice as energy efficient in what year? | {'text': '1950', 'answer_start': 234} |
53,650 | 53,308 | 5726144d271a42140099d441 | generic | According to archaeologists and anthropologists, the earliest clothing likely consisted of fur, leather, leaves, or grass that were draped, wrapped, or tied around the body. Knowledge of such clothing remains inferential, since clothing materials deteriorate quickly compared to stone, bone, shell and metal artifacts. A... | How was the earliest clothing kept on the body? | {'text': 'tied around', 'answer_start': 152} |
48,619 | 48,277 | 571af72f9499d21900609bbd | generic | Often, large multinational corporations exhibit vertical integration, participating in a broad range of drug discovery and development, manufacturing and quality control, marketing, sales, and distribution. Smaller organizations, on the other hand, often focus on a specific aspect such as discovering drug candidates or... | Why are collaborative agreements important? | {'text': 'to explore the potential of new drug substances', 'answer_start': 455} |
105,436 | 105,094 | 5a8460d97cf838001a46a7b6 | generic | Public notice is given through legal notices in newspapers, and communicated to state and county agencies within the species' area. Foreign nations may also receive notice of a listing. A public hearing is mandatory if any person has requested one within 45 days of the published notice. "The purpose of the notice and c... | What is not given to foreign nations? | {'text': 'notice of a listing', 'answer_start': 165} |
74,544 | 74,202 | 572787eb708984140094e023 | generic | This situation prevailed until 1639, when most of Alsace was conquered by France so as to keep it out of the hands of the Spanish Habsburgs, who wanted a clear road to their valuable and rebellious possessions in the Spanish Netherlands. Beset by enemies and seeking to gain a free hand in Hungary, the Habsburgs sold th... | In 1685 Edict Fontainebleau by way of the French King ordered what to be done? | {'text': 'the suppression of French Protestantism', 'answer_start': 1207} |
19,242 | 18,900 | 56e72ec800c9c71400d76ee7 | generic | In the case of the United States where a one-hour shift occurs at 02:00 local time, in spring the clock jumps forward from the last moment of 01:59 standard time to 03:00 DST and that day has 23 hours, whereas in autumn the clock jumps backward from the last moment of 01:59 DST to 01:00 standard time, repeating that ho... | At what local time does the United States change the time? | {'text': '02:00', 'answer_start': 66} |
27,221 | 26,879 | 56facb5d8f12f319006301b4 | generic | HDTV can be recorded to D-VHS (Digital-VHS or Data-VHS), W-VHS (analog only), to an HDTV-capable digital video recorder (for example DirecTV's high-definition Digital video recorder, Sky HD's set-top box, Dish Network's VIP 622 or VIP 722 high-definition Digital video recorder receivers, or TiVo's Series 3 or HD record... | What does D-VHS stand for? | {'text': 'Digital-VHS or Data-VHS', 'answer_start': 31} |
88,188 | 87,846 | 572848c23acd2414000df88a | generic | Some Christians argue that the earliest source of political federalism (or federalism in human institutions; in contrast to theological federalism) is the ecclesiastical federalism found in the Bible. They point to the structure of the early Christian Church as described (and prescribed, as believed by many) in the New... | Where can the elements of federalism can be found? | {'text': 'can be found in almost every Christian denomination, some more than others.', 'answer_start': 655} |
37,789 | 37,447 | 5a07fa813fc87400182070e0 | generic | Infrared cleaning is a technique used by some Motion picture film scanner, film scanners and flatbed scanners to reduce or remove the effect of dust and scratches upon the finished scan. It works by collecting an additional infrared channel from the scan at the same position and resolution as the three visible color ch... | What can be corrected by scanning or scaling? | {'text': 'defects', 'answer_start': 487} |
119,589 | 119,247 | 57310e2b05b4da19006bcd32 | generic | Shifts of international power have most notably occurred through major conflicts. The conclusion of the Great War and the resulting treaties of Versailles, St-Germain, Neuilly, Trianon and Sèvres witnessed the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan and the United States as the chief arbiters of the new world order. In th... | What marked the conclusion of The Great War? | {'text': 'treaties of Versailles, St-Germain, Neuilly, Trianon and Sèvres', 'answer_start': 132} |
96,757 | 96,415 | 572a468aaf94a219006aa928 | generic | The Ottoman Navy vastly contributed to the expansion of the Empire's territories on the European continent. It initiated the conquest of North Africa, with the addition of Algeria and Egypt to the Ottoman Empire in 1517. Starting with the loss of Greece in 1821 and Algeria in 1830, Ottoman naval power and control over ... | What region did the Ottoman Navy conquer in the early 16th century? | {'text': 'North Africa', 'answer_start': 137} |
58,530 | 58,188 | 5ad0b160645df0001a2d0070 | generic | France's major upscale department stores are Galeries Lafayette and Le Printemps, which both have flagship stores on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris and branches around the country. The first department store in France, Le Bon Marché in Paris, was founded in 1852 and is now owned by the luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. La ... | What are three main department stores in France? | {'text': 'Galeries Lafayette and Le Printemps', 'answer_start': 45} |
128,503 | 128,161 | 5733e0d64776f41900661400 | generic | Cyborg anthropology originated as a sub-focus group within the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in 1993. The sub-group was very closely related to STS and the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Donna Haraway's 1985 Cyborg Manifesto could be considered the founding document of cyborg anthrop... | What does cyborg anthropology study about humankind and technological systems humans have built? | {'text': 'its relations', 'answer_start': 449} |
125,939 | 125,597 | 57334d274776f41900660820 | generic | Portugal spearheaded European exploration of the world and the Age of Discovery. Prince Henry the Navigator, son of King João I, became the main sponsor and patron of this endeavour. During this period, Portugal explored the Atlantic Ocean, discovering several Atlantic archipelagos like the Azores, Madeira, and Cape Ve... | Which three Atlantic archipelagos did Portugal discover? | {'text': 'Azores, Madeira, and Cape Verde', 'answer_start': 292} |
101,438 | 101,096 | 572e9f64cb0c0d14000f1388 | generic | In the attempt to satisfy Austria at the time, Britain gave their electoral vote in Hanover for the candidacy of Maria Theresa's son, Joseph, as the Holy Roman Emperor, much to the dismay of Frederick and Prussia. Not only that, Britain would soon join the Austro-Russian alliance, but complications arose. Britain's bas... | What country was pleased that Britain used its Hanover vote to elect Joseph as Te Holy Roman Emperor? | {'text': 'Austria', 'answer_start': 26} |
72,452 | 72,110 | 57270035708984140094d81c | generic | The top 50 m (160 ft) of a glacier are rigid because they are under low pressure. This upper section is known as the fracture zone and moves mostly as a single unit over the plastically flowing lower section. When a glacier moves through irregular terrain, cracks called crevasses develop in the fracture zone. Crevasses... | Which zone is the top of the glaciers? | {'text': 'fracture zone', 'answer_start': 117} |
82,175 | 81,833 | 5727df564b864d1900163efa | generic | The General Assembly has considered rule of law as an agenda item since 1992, with renewed interest since 2006 and has adopted resolutions at its last three sessions. The Security Council has held a number of thematic debates on the rule of law, and adopted resolutions emphasizing the importance of these issues in the ... | What organization meets to discuss and determine the countries that are considered by the rule of law? | {'text': 'The Peacebuilding Commission', 'answer_start': 437} |
74,695 | 74,353 | 5a6fe93f8abb0b001a67604d | generic | "Alsatia", the Latin form of Alsace's name, has long ago entered the English language with the specialized meaning of "a lawless place" or "a place under no jurisdiction" - since Alsace was conceived by English people to be such. It was used into the 20th century as a term for a ramshackle marketplace, "protected by an... | Alsatia is the English form of what? | {'text': "Alsace's name", 'answer_start': 29} |
50,887 | 50,545 | 5725c691271a42140099d196 | generic | Israel's legal system combines three legal traditions: English common law, civil law, and Jewish law. It is based on the principle of stare decisis (precedent) and is an adversarial system, where the parties in the suit bring evidence before the court. Court cases are decided by professional judges rather than juries. ... | What principle is it based on? | {'text': 'stare decisis', 'answer_start': 134} |
9,509 | 9,167 | 56dde39c66d3e219004dad9f | generic | Canadian defence policy today is based on the Canada First Defence Strategy, introduced in 2008. Based on that strategy, the Canadian military is oriented and being equipped to carry out six core missions within Canada, in North America and globally. Specifically, the Canadian Armed Forces are tasked with having the ca... | What is Canada's defense policy based on? | {'text': 'Canada First Defence Strategy', 'answer_start': 46} |
78,184 | 77,842 | 57278d79f1498d1400e8fbd3 | generic | The modern Conservative Party was created out of the 'Pittite' Tories of the early 19th century. In the late 1820s disputes over political reform broke up this grouping. A government led by the Duke of Wellington collapsed amidst dire election results. Following this disaster Robert Peel set about assembling a new coal... | In what year was the Tamworth manifesto introduced? | {'text': '1834', 'answer_start': 375} |
73,817 | 73,475 | 5a8cbf6bfd22b3001a8d8df3 | generic | Since the start of the 1994–95 season, the FA Cup has been sponsored. However, to protect the identity of the competition, the sponsored name has always included 'The FA Cup' in addition to the sponsor's name, unlike sponsorship deals for the League Cup where the word 'cup' is preceded by only the sponsor's name. Spons... | What is not the sponsor from 2015 to 2018? | {'text': 'E.ON', 'answer_start': 597} |
23,288 | 22,946 | 56f8d3979e9bad19000a05a8 | generic | Southampton is a major UK port which has good transport links with the rest of the country. The M27 motorway, linking places along the south coast of England, runs just to the north of the city. The M3 motorway links the city to London and also, via a link to the A34 (part of the European route E05) at Winchester, with... | Which motorway located north of Southampton links up England's south coast? | {'text': 'M27', 'answer_start': 96} |
37,911 | 37,569 | 570bd0d9ec8fbc190045bb1a | generic | Jared Diamond describes an "Evil Quartet" of habitat destruction, overkill, introduced species, and secondary extinctions. Edward O. Wilson prefers the acronym HIPPO, standing for Habitat destruction, Invasive species, Pollution, human over-Population, and Over-harvesting. The most authoritative classification in use t... | What describes Habitat destruction, Invasive species, Pollution, human over-Population, and Over-harvesting? | {'text': 'HIPPO', 'answer_start': 160} |
111,108 | 110,766 | 57302051947a6a140053d150 | generic | The Austrian engineer Paul Eisler invented the printed circuit as part of a radio set while working in England around 1936. Around 1943 the USA began to use the technology on a large scale to make proximity fuses for use in World War II. After the war, in 1948, the USA released the invention for commercial use. Printed... | What process was created by the U.S. Army that led to innovation in consumer electronics? | {'text': 'Auto-Sembly', 'answer_start': 412} |
66,510 | 66,168 | 5ad0d016645df0001a2d04a3 | generic | Louis XVI translated the Reflections "from end to end" into French. Fellow Whig MPs Richard Sheridan and Charles James Fox, disagreed with Burke and split with him. Fox thought the Reflections to be "in very bad taste" and "favouring Tory principles". Other Whigs such as the Duke of Portland and Earl Fitzwilliam privat... | When did John Cavendish write to Burke? | {'text': '29 November 1790', 'answer_start': 423} |
121,842 | 121,500 | 5731906a497a88190024903f | generic | The Romans are known for the great number of deities they honored, a capacity that earned the mockery of early Christian polemicists. The presence of Greeks on the Italian peninsula from the beginning of the historical period influenced Roman culture, introducing some religious practices that became as fundamental as t... | How deities did the Romans have? | {'text': 'great number', 'answer_start': 29} |
81,498 | 81,156 | 5728cafa2ca10214002da7fa | generic | London has played a significant role in the film industry, and has major studios at Ealing and a special effects and post-production community centred in Soho. Working Title Films has its headquarters in London. London has been the setting for films including Oliver Twist (1948), Scrooge (1951), Peter Pan (1953), The 1... | What popular soap opera has the BBC televised since 1985? | {'text': 'EastEnders', 'answer_start': 1118} |
115,038 | 114,696 | 57302d8ea23a5019007fcf09 | generic | Whitehead and Russell had thought originally that Principia Mathematica would take a year to complete; it ended up taking them ten years. To add insult to injury, when it came time for publication, the three-volume work was so massive (more than 2,000 pages) and its audience so narrow (professional mathematicians) that... | Who paid to publish Principia Mathematica? | {'text': 'Cambridge University Press', 'answer_start': 398} |
67,935 | 67,593 | 5726ae25f1498d1400e8e70a | generic | Present-day Mali was once part of three West African empires that controlled trans-Saharan trade: the Ghana Empire, the Mali Empire (for which Mali is named), and the Songhai Empire. During its golden age, there was a flourishing of mathematics, astronomy, literature, and art. At its peak in 1300, the Mali Empire cover... | What was the name of the Empire that the country is now named after? | {'text': 'Mali Empire (for which Mali is named)', 'answer_start': 120} |
58,532 | 58,190 | 5ad0b160645df0001a2d0072 | generic | France's major upscale department stores are Galeries Lafayette and Le Printemps, which both have flagship stores on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris and branches around the country. The first department store in France, Le Bon Marché in Paris, was founded in 1852 and is now owned by the luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. La ... | What year wasn't the first department store open in France? | {'text': '1852', 'answer_start': 256} |
48,132 | 47,790 | 571a9be84faf5e1900b8ab2e | generic | Various studies have arrived at diverging conclusions regarding both the degree and the sources of the non-Levantine admixture in Ashkenazim, particularly in respect to the extent of the non-Levantine genetic origin observed in Ashkenazi maternal lineages, which is in contrast to the predominant Levantine genetic origi... | All studies agree that genetic overlap with what location exists in both lineages? | {'text': 'Fertile Crescent', 'answer_start': 424} |
77,325 | 76,983 | 57279468dd62a815002ea107 | generic | Flexible or so-called "unbreakable" records made of unusual materials were introduced by a number of manufacturers at various times during the 78 rpm era. In the UK, Nicole records, made of celluloid or a similar substance coated onto a cardboard core disc, were produced for a few years beginning in 1904, but they suff... | What year were Durium records no longer released in the US? | {'text': '1932', 'answer_start': 1407} |
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