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62,337 | 61,995 | 57279ae43acd2414000de7b6 | generic | Y DNA studies tend to imply a small number of founders in an old population whose members parted and followed different migration paths. In most Jewish populations, these male line ancestors appear to have been mainly Middle Eastern. For example, Ashkenazi Jews share more common paternal lineages with other Jewish and ... | Jewish traditions place most Jewish paternal origins in which region? | {'text': 'Middle East', 'answer_start': 560} |
100,475 | 100,133 | 572bb84df75d5e190021feb4 | generic | Gratitude for all these resources and the determination to develop oneself would be more productive than criticism and blame because the resources are readily available and because, if you blame others, there is no need for you to do something different tomorrow or for you to change and improve. Where there is a will, ... | What is one good trait about students from developed countries? | {'text': 'have the will and the way to do many things', 'answer_start': 366} |
77,940 | 77,598 | 57278c185951b619008f8d18 | generic | Samkhya philosophy includes a theory of gunas (qualities, innate tendencies, psyche). Guna, it states, are of three types: Sattva being good, compassionate, illuminating, positive, and constructive; Rajas guna is one of activity, chaotic, passion, impulsive, potentially good or bad; and Tamas being the quality of darkn... | Which state of guna is that of compassion, positiveness, and goodness? | {'text': 'Sattva', 'answer_start': 123} |
86,909 | 86,567 | 5a81d44431013a001a334f10 | generic | For any prime number p, there is also the multiplicative group of integers modulo p. Its elements are the integers 1 to p − 1. The group operation is multiplication modulo p. That is, the usual product is divided by p and the remainder of this division is the result of modular multiplication. For example, if p = 5, the... | What is p divided by? | {'text': 'the usual product', 'answer_start': 184} |
52,230 | 51,888 | 5725c68938643c19005accb3 | generic | The term Nederduits, however introduced new confusion, since the non standardised dialects spoken in the north of Germany came to be known as Niederdeutsch as well, and thus the Duits reference in the name was dropped, leading to Nederlands as designation to refer to the Dutch language. The repeated use of Neder (or "l... | "Nederduits" often caused people to mix up the language of the Netherlands with that spoken in what directional area of Germany? | {'text': 'north', 'answer_start': 105} |
125,185 | 124,843 | 5732845206a3a419008acabd | generic | In the immediate years after Eisenhower left office, his reputation declined. He was widely seen by critics as an inactive, uninspiring, golf-playing president compared to his vigorous young successor. Despite his unprecedented use of Army troops to enforce a federal desegregation order at Central High School in Little... | In popular memory, what sport was Eisenhower known for playing? | {'text': 'golf', 'answer_start': 137} |
51,681 | 51,339 | 5725bf3138643c19005acc49 | generic | In the early 20th century, many Europeans (particularly Spaniards and Italians but also thousands from Central Europe) immigrated to the city. In 1908, 30% of the city's population of 300,000 was foreign-born. In that decade the city expanded quickly: new neighbourhoods were created and many separate settlements were a... | What century did many Europeans immigrate to the city of Montevideo? | {'text': 'early 20th century', 'answer_start': 7} |
54,919 | 54,577 | 57266080f1498d1400e8ddae | generic | The vast majority of visitors in Greece in 2007 came from the European continent, numbering 12.7 million, while the most visitors from a single nationality were those from the United Kingdom, (2.6 million), followed closely by those from Germany (2.3 million). In 2010, the most visited region of Greece was that of Cent... | What is the single nation with the most visitors? | {'text': 'United Kingdom', 'answer_start': 176} |
94,398 | 94,056 | 57296a8baf94a219006aa3ce | generic | The cathedral has a heliometer (solar "observatory") of 1690, one of a number built in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries. The device itself is quite simple: a tiny hole in one of the minor domes acts as pinhole camera, projecting an image of the sun onto the floor at solar noon (12:00 in winter, 13:00 in summer). Th... | What name is given to the bronze line on the floor of a heliometer? | {'text': 'la Meridiana', 'answer_start': 342} |
113,930 | 113,588 | 5acd190e07355d001abf34a8 | generic | The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. Situated in the North Atlantic, the islands have a total area of approximately 315,159 km2, and a combined population of just under 70 mil... | What archipelago are the Bailicick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey part of? | {'text': 'The British Isles', 'answer_start': 0} |
119,874 | 119,532 | 57320e760fdd8d15006c6721 | generic | All birds lay amniotic eggs with hard shells made mostly of calcium carbonate. Hole and burrow nesting species tend to lay white or pale eggs, while open nesters lay camouflaged eggs. There are many exceptions to this pattern, however; the ground-nesting nightjars have pale eggs, and camouflage is instead provided by t... | What kind of eggs to all birds lay? | {'text': 'amniotic eggs', 'answer_start': 14} |
92,863 | 92,521 | 5728f7df4b864d1900165138 | generic | A samurai could divorce his wife for a variety of reasons with approval from a superior, but divorce was, while not entirely nonexistent, a rare event. A wife's failure to produce a son was cause for divorce, but adoption of a male heir was considered an acceptable alternative to divorce. A samurai could divorce for pe... | How common was divorce for samurai? | {'text': 'rare', 'answer_start': 140} |
109,502 | 109,160 | 5acd0acd07355d001abf321d | generic | People with long-term pain frequently display psychological disturbance, with elevated scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales of hysteria, depression and hypochondriasis (the "neurotic triad"). Some investigators have argued that it is this neuroticism that causes acute pain to turn chronic, b... | What is acute pain said to cause? | {'text': 'neuroticism', 'answer_start': 387} |
60,621 | 60,279 | 5726604ddd62a815002e8308 | generic | The independence of the Thirteen Colonies in North America in 1783 after the American War of Independence caused Britain to lose some of its oldest and most populous colonies. British attention soon turned towards Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. After the defeat of France in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1... | When was Britain called the "workshop of the world"? | {'text': '1851', 'answer_start': 844} |
92,924 | 92,582 | 5728fd971d04691400778f28 | generic | Most samurai were bound by a code of honor and were expected to set an example for those below them. A notable part of their code is seppuku (切腹, seppuku?) or hara kiri, which allowed a disgraced samurai to regain his honor by passing into death, where samurai were still beholden to social rules. Whilst there are many ... | How were samurai unrealistically portrayed? | {'text': 'romanticized', 'answer_start': 320} |
73,378 | 73,036 | 57274163708984140094db70 | generic | Proponents of affirmative action recognize that the policy is inherently unequal; however, minding the inescapable fact that historic inequalities exist in America, they believe the policy is much more fair than one in which these circumstances are not taken into account. Furthermore, those in favor of affirmative acti... | What do proponents of affirmative action believe is the best way to combat exclusionary practices? | {'text': 'make special efforts at inclusion', 'answer_start': 624} |
85,876 | 85,534 | 572846473acd2414000df84d | generic | Von Neumann entered government service (Manhattan Project) primarily because he felt that, if freedom and civilization were to survive, it would have to be because the US would triumph over totalitarianism from Nazism, Fascism and Soviet Communism. During a Senate committee hearing he described his political ideology a... | Why did von Neumann join government work? | {'text': 'felt that, if freedom and civilization were to survive, it would have to be because the US would triumph over totalitarianism', 'answer_start': 80} |
44,204 | 43,862 | 5a221a05819328001af389fb | generic | Mutations or deletions of clock gene in mice have demonstrated the importance of body clocks to ensure the proper timing of cellular/metabolic events; clock-mutant mice are hyperphagic and obese, and have altered glucose metabolism. In mice, deletion of the Rev-ErbA alpha clock gene facilitates diet-induced obesity and... | what facilitates nondiiet induced obesity in mice? | {'text': 'deletion of the Rev-ErbA alpha clock gene', 'answer_start': 242} |
42,838 | 42,496 | 570de6bd0dc6ce1900204cf9 | generic | Since the 1970s, an important focus of study has been the ozone layer in the atmosphere above Antarctica. In 1985, three British scientists working on data they had gathered at Halley Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf discovered the existence of a hole in this layer. It was eventually determined that the destruction of th... | When did scientists discover the hole in the ozone layer? | {'text': '1985', 'answer_start': 109} |
72,872 | 72,530 | 5a86f02b1d3cee001a6a1048 | generic | If a tuberculosis infection does become active, it most commonly involves the lungs (in about 90% of cases). Symptoms may include chest pain and a prolonged cough producing sputum. About 25% of people may not have any symptoms (i.e. they remain "asymptomatic"). Occasionally, people may cough up blood in small amounts, ... | What are lower lobes in the lungs often more affected by? | {'text': 'tuberculosis', 'answer_start': 609} |
128,710 | 128,368 | 5734227dd058e614000b69c0 | 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... | ABout how many people in the state of Montana speak Cheyenne? | {'text': 'about 1,700', 'answer_start': 838} |
12,577 | 12,235 | 5acd0a8407355d001abf320a | generic | Materialism belongs to the class of monist ontology. As such, it is different from ontological theories based on dualism or pluralism. For singular explanations of the phenomenal reality, materialism would be in contrast to idealism, neutral monism, and spiritualism. | Materialism is the same as idealism, neutral monism, and what else? | {'text': 'spiritualism', 'answer_start': 254} |
120,745 | 120,403 | 5ad4e5145b96ef001a10a590 | generic | As a ray of white sunlight travels through the atmosphere to the eye, some of the colors are scattered out of the beam by air molecules and airborne particles due to Rayleigh scattering, changing the final color of the beam that is seen. Colors with a shorter wavelength, such as blue and green, scatter more strongly, a... | Why does white sunlight travel through the atmosphere? | {'text': 'due to Rayleigh scattering', 'answer_start': 159} |
48,058 | 47,716 | 571a8a4e10f8ca14003050f9 | generic | In Israel, the term Ashkenazi is now used in a manner unrelated to its original meaning, often applied to all Jews who settled in Europe and sometimes including those whose ethnic background is actually Sephardic. Jews of any non-Ashkenazi background, including Mizrahi, Yemenite, Kurdish and others who have no connecti... | Are Jews of mixed backgrounds more or less common today? | {'text': 'Jews of mixed background are increasingly common', 'answer_start': 407} |
53,630 | 53,288 | 5a0cf397f5590b0018dab69a | generic | Although dissertations on clothing and its function appear from the 19th century as colonising countries dealt with new environments, concerted scientific research into psycho-social, physiological and other functions of clothing (e.g. protective, cartage) occurred in the first half of the 20th century, with publicatio... | Considerable research has been done changing what? | {'text': 'the main concepts', 'answer_start': 738} |
67,575 | 67,233 | 5726a7ef708984140094cd09 | generic | The establishment of the Swiss Confederation is traditionally dated to 1 August 1291, which is celebrated annually as the Swiss National Day. The country has a long history of armed neutrality—it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815—and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Nevertheless, it p... | What country is the birthplace of the Red Cross? | {'text': 'Switzerland', 'answer_start': 479} |
53,190 | 52,848 | 57264b7c5951b619008f6f3b | generic | This means that a 5% reduction in operating voltage will more than double the life of the bulb, at the expense of reducing its light output by about 16%. This may be a very acceptable trade off for a light bulb that is in a difficult-to-access location (for example, traffic lights or fixtures hung from high ceilings). ... | What is an example of a good application for a long-life bulb? | {'text': 'difficult-to-access location (for example, traffic lights or fixtures hung from high ceilings)', 'answer_start': 224} |
118,023 | 117,681 | 57313b9a497a881900248ca4 | generic | In March 2015, the winds and storm surge created by Cyclone Pam resulted in waves of 3 metres (9.8 ft) to 5 metres (16 ft) breaking over the reef of the outer islands caused damage to houses, crops and infrastructure. On Nui the sources of fresh water were destroyed or contaminated. The flooding in Nui and Nukufetau ca... | In what year did Cyclone Pam strike Tuvalu? | {'text': 'March 2015', 'answer_start': 3} |
10,169 | 9,827 | 5ad312ca604f3c001a3fdb36 | generic | A cardinal named in pectore is known only to the pope; not even the cardinal so named is necessarily aware of his elevation, and in any event cannot function as a cardinal while his appointment is in pectore. Today, cardinals are named in pectore to protect them or their congregations from reprisals if their identities... | What is done to cardinals that does not protect them or their congregations? | {'text': 'named in pectore', 'answer_start': 230} |
31,006 | 30,664 | 57071b4090286e26004fc919 | generic | The climate in the state depends mainly in the elevation of the terrain. According to Köppen climate classification the state has five major climate zones. The Sierra Madre Occidental dominates the western part of the state; there are two main climates in this area: Subtropical Highland (Cfb) and Humid Subtropical (Cwa... | Vegetation is much greener in which side of the state, east or west? | {'text': 'west', 'answer_start': 753} |
116,334 | 115,992 | 57304749a23a5019007fd061 | generic | Swaziland's currency is pegged to the South African Rand, subsuming Swaziland's monetary policy to South Africa. Customs duties from the Southern African Customs Union, which may equal as much as 70% of government revenue this year, and worker remittances from South Africa substantially supplement domestically earned i... | Duties from customs represent what amount of Swaziland government revenue? | {'text': 'as much as 70%', 'answer_start': 185} |
83,823 | 83,481 | 57284911ff5b5019007da0e9 | generic | During the time between 800 and 200 BCE the Shramana-movement formed, from which originated Jainism and Buddhism. In the same period the first Upanishads were written. After 500 BCE, the so-called "Second urbanization" started, with new urban settlements arising at the Ganges plain, especially the Central Ganges plain.... | What was the origins of the Shramana movement? | {'text': 'Jainism and Buddhism', 'answer_start': 92} |
121,548 | 121,206 | 573188e1497a881900248fdd | generic | European higher education took place for hundreds of years in Christian cathedral schools or monastic schools (scholae monasticae), in which monks and nuns taught classes; evidence of these immediate forerunners of the later university at many places dates back to the 6th century. The earliest universities were develop... | What is a scholae monasticae? | {'text': 'monastic schools', 'answer_start': 93} |
82,043 | 81,701 | 5727c05f3acd2414000deb85 | generic | In 1607, English Chief Justice Sir Edward Coke said in the Case of Prohibitions (according to his own report) "that the law was the golden met-wand and measure to try the causes of the subjects; and which protected His Majesty in safety and peace: with which the King was greatly offended, and said, that then he should ... | When did English Chief Justice Sir Edward Coke speak in the Case of Prohibitions? | {'text': '1607', 'answer_start': 3} |
83,970 | 83,628 | 57288af83acd2414000dfac1 | generic | The early Islamic literature indicates that the conquest of India was one of the very early ambitions of the Muslims, though it was recognized as a particularly difficult one. After conquering Persia, the Arab Umayyad Caliphate incorporated parts of what are now Afghanistan and Pakistan around 720. The book Chach Nama ... | How did the early Muslims view the possibility of conquering India? | {'text': 'difficult', 'answer_start': 161} |
75,369 | 75,027 | 5727a1343acd2414000de854 | generic | Small-scale artisanal mining of gold is another source of dangerous child labour in poor rural areas in certain parts of the world. This form of mining uses labour-intensive and low-tech methods. It is informal sector of the economy. Human Rights Watch group estimates that about 12 percent of global gold production com... | What is the gold production income of poor families in Mali? | {'text': 'primary and sometimes the only source of income', 'answer_start': 1117} |
1,959 | 1,617 | 56cd8d1a62d2951400fa66c2 | generic | The Information Office of the State Council of the PRC preserves an edict of the Zhengtong Emperor (r. 1435–1449) addressed to the Karmapa in 1445, written after the latter's agent had brought holy relics to the Ming court. Zhengtong had the following message delivered to the Great Treasure Prince of Dharma, the Karmap... | What years did the Zhengtong Emperor reign? | {'text': '1435–1449', 'answer_start': 103} |
54,905 | 54,563 | 57265cec708984140094c38d | generic | The Greek economy is classified as advanced and high-income. Greece was a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). In 1979 the accession of the country in the European Communities and the single market was sig... | What classification does the Greek economy hold? | {'text': 'advanced and high-income', 'answer_start': 35} |
62,528 | 62,186 | 5a817da431013a001a334c57 | generic | The advent of the Industrial Revolution in Britain provided a great boost to cotton manufacture, as textiles emerged as Britain's leading export. In 1738, Lewis Paul and John Wyatt, of Birmingham, England, patented the roller spinning machine, as well as the flyer-and-bobbin system for drawing cotton to a more even thi... | What device did Manchester invent? | {'text': 'spinning jenny', 'answer_start': 434} |
93,820 | 93,478 | 5a3abca93ff257001ab8422f | generic | The "photoelectrons" emitted as a result of the photoelectric effect have a certain kinetic energy, which can be measured. This kinetic energy (for each photoelectron) is independent of the intensity of the light, but depends linearly on the frequency; and if the frequency is too low (corresponding to a photon energy t... | What is infused as a result of the photoneutral effect? | {'text': 'photoelectrons', 'answer_start': 5} |
11,069 | 10,727 | 56de2fedcffd8e1900b4b643 | generic | The Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) is a "measure of the average level of human development of people in a society once inequality is taken into account." | Does the IHDI measure the "average" or the "potential" level of human development? | {'text': 'the average level', 'answer_start': 72} |
116,876 | 116,534 | 5a4ea258755ab9001a10f558 | generic | On runways, green lights indicate the beginning of the runway for landing, while red lights indicate the end of the runway. Runway edge lighting consists of white lights spaced out on both sides of the runway, indicating the edge. Some airports have more complicated lighting on the runways including lights that run dow... | What does pilot controlled lighting consist of? | {'text': 'white lights spaced out on both sides of the runway', 'answer_start': 157} |
124,771 | 124,429 | 57326693b9d445190005eae7 | generic | The religion's failure to report abuse allegations to authorities has also been criticized. The Watch Tower Society's policy is that elders inform authorities when required by law to do so, but otherwise leave that action up to the victim and his or her family. The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Respons... | Why are the Jehovah's Witnesses reluctant to alert authorities to abuse? | {'text': 'to protect its "crime-free" reputation', 'answer_start': 881} |
81,506 | 81,164 | 5728ceb32ca10214002da856 | generic | In the latter half of the 19th century the locale of South Kensington was developed as "Albertopolis", a cultural and scientific quarter. Three major national museums are there: the Victoria and Albert Museum (for the applied arts), the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. The National Portrait Gallery was fo... | What is the National Portrait Gallery known for housing? | {'text': 'depictions of figures from British history', 'answer_start': 343} |
62,947 | 62,605 | 5a66c197f038b7001ab0c0eb | generic | The most powerful used method works by comparing each frame in the video with the previous one. If the frame contains areas where nothing has moved, the system simply issues a short command that copies that part of the previous frame, bit-for-bit, into the next one. If sections of the frame move in a simple manner, the... | What happens when a frame contains areas that can be compared? | {'text': 'the system simply issues a short command', 'answer_start': 149} |
78,022 | 77,680 | 5727ac723acd2414000de94c | generic | Mīmāṃsā gave rise to the study of philology and the philosophy of language. While their deep analysis of language and linguistics influenced other schools, their views were not shared by others. Mīmāṃsākas considered the purpose and power of language was to clearly prescribe the proper, correct and right. In contrast, ... | What parts of the Vedas did the Mimamsa school emphasize? | {'text': 'early parts', 'answer_start': 829} |
111,909 | 111,567 | 5733f0354776f41900661563 | generic | The Premier League sells its television rights on a collective basis. This is in contrast to some other European Leagues, including La Liga, in which each club sells its rights individually, leading to a much higher share of the total income going to the top few clubs. The money is divided into three parts: half is div... | On what sort of basis does the Premier League sell its television rights? | {'text': 'collective basis', 'answer_start': 52} |
35,019 | 34,677 | 5a395fb82f14dd001ac722b9 | generic | Everton were relegated to the Second Division two years later during internal turmoil at the club. However, the club was promoted at the first attempt scoring a record number of goals in the second division. On return to the top flight in 1931–32, Everton wasted no time in reaffirming their status and won a fourth Leag... | What was the record number of goals Everton had that promoted the team? | {'text': '1931', 'answer_start': 239} |
86,581 | 86,239 | 572a9cebf75d5e190021fb98 | generic | Special procedures apply to legislation passed by Tynwald, the legislature of the Isle of Man. Before the lordship of the Island was purchased by the British Crown in 1765 (the Revestment), the assent of the Lord of Mann to a bill was signified by letter to the governor. After 1765, royal assent was at first signified ... | What does the term the Revestment refer to? | {'text': 'lordship of the Island was purchased by the British Crown in 1765', 'answer_start': 106} |
109,657 | 109,315 | 5acd50df07355d001abf3cfc | generic | The International Association for the Study of Pain advocates that the relief of pain should be recognized as a human right, that chronic pain should be considered a disease in its own right, and that pain medicine should have the full status of a specialty. It is a specialty only in China and Australia at this time. E... | What does the International Association for Pain Study believe about pain medicine? | {'text': 'pain medicine should have the full status of a specialty.', 'answer_start': 201} |
12,766 | 12,424 | 56deefeb3277331400b4d831 | generic | A Christian ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. "Christian" derives from the Koine Greek word Christós (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term mashiach. | What is a person who follows Christianity called? | {'text': 'Christian', 'answer_start': 2} |
125,602 | 125,260 | 57333ba64776f419006607ad | generic | Predatory lending refers to the practice of unscrupulous lenders, enticing borrowers to enter into "unsafe" or "unsound" secured loans for inappropriate purposes. A classic bait-and-switch method was used by Countrywide Financial, advertising low interest rates for home refinancing. Such loans were written into extensi... | What company used a classic bait-and-switch method by advertising low interest rates? | {'text': 'Countrywide Financial', 'answer_start': 208} |
17,859 | 17,517 | 56e162a3e3433e1400422e44 | generic | The TD Garden, formerly called the FleetCenter and built to replace the old, since-demolished Boston Garden, is adjoined to North Station and is the home of two major league teams: the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. The arena seats 18,624 for b... | What is the TD Gardens former name? | {'text': 'the FleetCenter', 'answer_start': 31} |
50,696 | 50,354 | 57266813708984140094c500 | generic | In general, Continental Freemasonry is sympathetic to Freemasonry amongst women, dating from the 1890s when French lodges assisted the emergent co-masonic movement by promoting enough of their members to the 33rd degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite to allow them, in 1899, to form their own grand council, r... | Do Anglo-American grand lodges accept women as members today? | {'text': 'most regular Anglo-American grand lodges remains that women Freemasons are not legitimate Masons', 'answer_start': 650} |
38,932 | 38,590 | 570c244fec8fbc190045bc8c | generic | The 9/11 Commission's final report on July 22, 2004 stated that the FBI and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were both partially to blame for not pursuing intelligence reports that could have prevented the September 11, 2001 attacks. In its most damning assessment, the report concluded that the country had "not been w... | Did many believe the FBI was resisting important changes? | {'text': 'resisting any meaningful changes', 'answer_start': 641} |
66,348 | 66,006 | 5ad0b4c1645df0001a2d00ff | generic | On 25 February 1757, Burke signed a contract with Robert Dodsley to write a "history of England from the time of Julius Caesar to the end of the reign of Queen Anne", its length being eighty quarto sheets (640 pages), nearly 400,000 words. It was to be submitted for publication by Christmas 1758. Burke completed the wo... | How long was the book Robert Dodsley wrote? | {'text': 'eighty quarto sheets (640 pages)', 'answer_start': 184} |
106,062 | 105,720 | 572f6dde04bcaa1900d76941 | generic | The early Western Han court simultaneously accepted the philosophical teachings of Legalism, Huang-Lao Daoism, and Confucianism in making state decisions and shaping government policy. However, the Han court under Emperor Wu gave Confucianism exclusive patronage. He abolished all academic chairs or erudites (bóshì 博士) ... | How many students were in the Imperial University by the second century? | {'text': 'over 30,000', 'answer_start': 1057} |
71,181 | 70,839 | 5ad27cfdd7d075001a4296a2 | generic | For Germany, because an autarkic economic approach or an alliance with Britain were impossible, closer relations with the Soviet Union to obtain raw materials became necessary, if not just for economic reasons alone. Moreover, an expected British blockade in the event of war would create massive shortages for Germany i... | Between german and the soviet union which country never needed what? | {'text': 'military machinery', 'answer_start': 459} |
102,498 | 102,156 | 572e7fd1cb0c0d14000f11cf | generic | In 1570, a full-scale Ottoman assault with 60,000 troops brought the island under Ottoman control, despite stiff resistance by the inhabitants of Nicosia and Famagusta. Ottoman forces capturing Cyprus massacred many Greek and Armenian Christian inhabitants. The previous Latin elite were destroyed and the first signific... | Ottoman forces massacred which types of people? | {'text': 'Greek and Armenian Christian inhabitants', 'answer_start': 216} |
52,524 | 52,182 | 572610b9271a42140099d41a | generic | The house which forms the architectural core of the palace was built for the first Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 to the design of William Winde. The style chosen was of a large, three-floored central block with two smaller flanking service wings. Buckingham House was eventually sold by Buckingham's descendant... | Who bought Buckingham House in 1761? | {'text': 'George III', 'answer_start': 356} |
18,115 | 17,773 | 56e1531ccd28a01900c677d2 | generic | Meanwhile, producer Joe Pasternak, who had been successfully producing light musicals with young sopranos for Universal's German subsidiary, repeated his formula in America. Teenage singer Deanna Durbin starred in Pasternak's first American film, Three Smart Girls (1936). The film was a box-office hit and reputedly res... | Who starred in the film Three Smart Girls? | {'text': 'Deanna Durbin', 'answer_start': 189} |
31,121 | 30,779 | 5707294790286e26004fc96b | generic | On March 26, 1913, Venustiano Carranza issued the Plan de Guadalupe, which refused to recognize Huerta as president and called for war between the two factions. Soon after the assassination of President Madero, Carranza returned to Mexico to fight Huerta, but with only a handful of comrades. However, by 1913 his forces... | Who returned to Mexico to fight Huerta? | {'text': 'Carranza', 'answer_start': 211} |
41,861 | 41,519 | 570d48a6fed7b91900d45e03 | generic | The United States joined World War II in December 1941 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. On the European front, U.S. Army troops formed a significant portion of the forces that captured North Africa and Sicily, and later fought in Italy. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, and in the subsequent liberation of Europe and de... | Who was responsible for the desegregation of the army? | {'text': 'Harry S. Truman', 'answer_start': 935} |
36,707 | 36,365 | 5a70d3ef8abb0b001a6761bd | generic | Xbox Live Arcade is an online service operated by Microsoft that is used to distribute downloadable video games to Xbox and Xbox 360 owners. In addition to classic arcade games such as Ms. Pac-Man, the service offers some new original games like Assault Heroes. The Xbox Live Arcade also features games from other consol... | What games were released as part of the Game Room? | {'text': "Geometry Wars, Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting, and Uno", 'answer_start': 892} |
16,657 | 16,315 | 56e106b3e3433e1400422af3 | generic | Unlike the American GPS, Russian GLONASS, and European Galileo systems, which use medium Earth orbit satellites, BeiDou-1 uses satellites in geostationary orbit. This means that the system does not require a large constellation of satellites, but it also limits the coverage to areas on Earth where the satellites are vi... | What service area is covered by the BeiDou-1 system? | {'text': 'from longitude 70°E to 140°E and from latitude 5°N to 55°N', 'answer_start': 360} |
125,737 | 125,395 | 573365f4d058e614000b5a18 | generic | One of the first victims was Northern Rock, a medium-sized British bank. The highly leveraged nature of its business led the bank to request security from the Bank of England. This in turn led to investor panic and a bank run in mid-September 2007. Calls by Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesman Vince Cable to nationalise... | Which bank early problems in 2007 were an indicator of the troubles that would soon befall other banks and financial institutions? | {'text': 'Northern Rock', 'answer_start': 510} |
41,192 | 40,850 | 570e31310dc6ce1900204e60 | generic | From the Rigveda until the time of Pāṇini (fourth century BCE) the development of the early Vedic language can be observed in other Vedic texts: the Samaveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda, Brahmanas, and Upanishads. During this time, the prestige of the language, its use for sacred purposes, and the importance attached to it... | What type of text is the Samaveda? | {'text': 'Vedic texts', 'answer_start': 132} |
61,955 | 61,613 | 5726f39d5951b619008f8349 | generic | The elections of 2010 resulted in a victory for the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party. Various foreign observers questioned the fairness of the elections. One criticism of the election was that only government sanctioned political parties were allowed to contest in it and the popular National Leagu... | What were some of the opinions foreign advisers stated about the Burma 2010 elections ? | {'text': 'One criticism of the election was that only government sanctioned political parties were allowed to contest in it', 'answer_start': 176} |
127,481 | 127,139 | 57336993d058e614000b5a8a | generic | The island covers an area of 25 square kilometres (2,500 ha). The eastern side is wetter than the western. Although the climate is essentially arid, the rainfall does average 1000 mm annually, but with considerable variation over the terrain. Summer is from May to November, which is also the rainy season. Winter from D... | What type of climate does St. Barts typically have? | {'text': 'arid', 'answer_start': 143} |
4,422 | 4,080 | 56d1100317492d1400aab883 | 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 annual sporting competition features the Wanamaker Mile? | {'text': 'Millrose Games', 'answer_start': 390} |
15,968 | 15,626 | 56e073d0231d4119001ac179 | generic | Later, during the Koine Greek period, the aspirated and voiceless stops /tʰ d/ of Attic Greek lenited to voiceless and voiced fricatives, yielding /θ ð/ in Medieval and Modern Greek. | The lenited Attic Greek yielded /θ ð/ in what periods? | {'text': 'Medieval and Modern Greek', 'answer_start': 156} |
50,925 | 50,583 | 5725cbbc89a1e219009abedc | generic | Between 1985 and 2015, Israel sent 24 delegations of IDF search and rescue unit to 22 countries. In Haiti, immediately following the 2010 earthquake, Israel was the first country to set up a field hospital capable of performing surgical operations. Israel sent over 200 medical doctors and personnel to start treating in... | How many delegations of IDF search and rescue units between 1985 and 2015? | {'text': '24', 'answer_start': 35} |
90,692 | 90,350 | 5ad20e80d7d075001a4282a4 | generic | The Neapolitan style has an almond-shaped body resembling a bowl, constructed from curved strips of wood. It usually has a bent sound table, canted in two planes with the design to take the tension of the 8 metal strings arranged in four courses. A hardwood fingerboard sits on top of or is flush with the sound table. V... | What kind of style does the Ice Cream mandolin have? | {'text': 'almond-shaped body', 'answer_start': 28} |
54,945 | 54,603 | 57266881f1498d1400e8deb1 | generic | Greek citizens who are Roman Catholic are estimated to be at around 50,000 with the Roman Catholic immigrant community in the country approximately 200,000. Old Calendarists account for 500,000 followers. Protestants, including Greek Evangelical Church and Free Evangelical Churches, stand at about 30,000. Assemblies of... | How many churches does the biggest Protestant denomination have? | {'text': '120', 'answer_start': 564} |
121,968 | 121,626 | 5731c01cb9d445190005e502 | generic | A pater familias was the senior priest of his household. He offered daily cult to his lares and penates, and to his di parentes/divi parentes at his domestic shrines and in the fires of the household hearth. His wife (mater familias) was responsible for the household's cult to Vesta. In rural estates, bailiffs seem to ... | Which individual in the household was responsible for the Vesta cult? | {'text': 'wife', 'answer_start': 212} |
6,010 | 5,668 | 56d28b0659d6e41400146063 | generic | Formal membership varies between communities, but basic lay adherence is often defined in terms of a traditional formula in which the practitioner takes refuge in The Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha), and the Sangha (the Buddhist community). At the present time, the teachings of all th... | What is the Dharma? | {'text': 'the teachings of the Buddha', 'answer_start': 205} |
101,737 | 101,395 | 572e7f29c246551400ce4256 | generic | He attained a perfect score on the graduate school entrance exams to Princeton University in mathematics and physics—an unprecedented feat—but did rather poorly on the history and English portions. Attendees at Feynman's first seminar included Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Pauli, and John von Neumann. He received a PhD fro... | What score did Feyman receive on his math and physics entrance exams? | {'text': 'perfect score', 'answer_start': 14} |
82,820 | 82,478 | 5ad2c3dad7d075001a42a141 | generic | Northwestern's Evanston campus, where the undergraduate schools, the Graduate School, and the Kellogg School of Management are located, runs north-south from Lincoln Avenue to Clark Street west of Lake Michigan along Sheridan Road. North and South Campuses have noticeably different atmospheres, owing to the predominanc... | Which campus is not home to the fraternity quads? | {'text': 'North', 'answer_start': 396} |
62,606 | 62,264 | 5a818e2831013a001a334ca5 | generic | GM cotton acreage in India grew at a rapid rate, increasing from 50,000 hectares in 2002 to 10.6 million hectares in 2011. The total cotton area in India was 12.1 million hectares in 2011, so GM cotton was grown on 88% of the cotton area. This made India the country with the largest area of GM cotton in the world. A lo... | How much area was planted in India in GM cotton in 2009? | {'text': '10.6 million hectares', 'answer_start': 92} |
21,413 | 21,071 | 5ad27192d7d075001a429460 | generic | One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o... | What has Interlingua been found to be a detriment to? | {'text': 'the learning of other languages', 'answer_start': 863} |
7,284 | 6,942 | 56d89c3ebfea0914004b76f5 | generic | The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and... | What did the organizers of the torch relay call it? | {'text': 'Journey of Harmony', 'answer_start': 280} |
27,067 | 26,725 | 5ad3bc2d604f3c001a3feeea | generic | These first European HDTV broadcasts used the 1080i format with MPEG-2 compression on a DVB-S signal from SES's Astra 1H satellite. Euro1080 transmissions later changed to MPEG-4/AVC compression on a DVB-S2 signal in line with subsequent broadcast channels in Europe. | What compression did the first Asian HDTV broadcast use? | {'text': 'MPEG-2', 'answer_start': 64} |
79,471 | 79,129 | 5a7e47de70df9f001a87567a | generic | The city's charter was granted by Prince John, as Lord of Ireland, in 1185. The city was once fully walled, and some wall sections and gates remain today. For much of the Middle Ages, Cork city was an outpost of Old English culture in the midst of a predominantly hostile Gaelic countryside and cut off from the English ... | What were citizens expected to pay to Prince John since he was Lord of Ireland? | {'text': '"Black Rent"', 'answer_start': 412} |
111,761 | 111,419 | 572fc61f04bcaa1900d76cf1 | generic | Due to insistence by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the international governing body of football, that domestic leagues reduce the number of games clubs played, the number of clubs was reduced to 20 in 1995 when four teams were relegated from the league and only two teams promoted. On 8 Ju... | In 1995, who requested that domestic leagues lower the amount of games played. | {'text': 'Due to insistence by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the international governing body of football', 'answer_start': 0} |
101,685 | 101,343 | 5a8dc5d7df8bba001a0f9bf5 | generic | Richard Phillips Feynman (/ˈfaɪnmən/; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics... | What honor did Feynman recieve in a 1989 poll conducted by British Journal Physics World? | {'text': 'ranked as one of the ten greatest physicists of all time', 'answer_start': 901} |
66,447 | 66,105 | 5726a8d25951b619008f7957 | generic | On 4 April 1786, Burke presented the Commons with the Article of Charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors against Hastings. The impeachment in Westminster Hall, which did not begin until 14 February 1788, would be the "first major public discursive event of its kind in England", bringing the morality and duty of imperial... | Which house acquitted Hastings? | {'text': 'House of Lords', 'answer_start': 870} |
74,422 | 74,080 | 572bb90c34ae481900deaee8 | generic | The New Haven area supports several medical facilities that are considered some of the best hospitals in the country. There are two major medical centers downtown: Yale – New Haven Hospital has four pavilions, including the Yale – New Haven Children's Hospital and the Smilow Cancer Hospital; the Hospital of Saint Rapha... | What hospital is located nearby a working class district within the city? | {'text': 'Hill Health Center,', 'answer_start': 577} |
55,527 | 55,185 | 572640ac89a1e219009ac5f8 | generic | In intelligent mammals, such as primates, the cerebrum is larger relative to the rest of the brain. Intelligence itself is not easy to define, but indications of intelligence include the ability to learn, matched with behavioral flexibility. Rats, for example, are considered to be highly intelligent, as they can learn ... | Which part is larger relative to the brain in primates? | {'text': 'cerebrum', 'answer_start': 46} |
79,113 | 78,771 | 572789c15951b619008f8ccb | generic | Construction of the chapel, originally intended to be slightly over twice as long, with eighteen - or possibly seventeen - bays (there are eight today) was stopped when Henry VI was deposed. Only the Quire of the intended building was completed. Eton's first Headmaster, William Waynflete, founder of Magdalen College, O... | How many bays does the chapel have today? | {'text': 'eight', 'answer_start': 139} |
115,478 | 115,136 | 573018d5947a6a140053d0e5 | generic | In empirical therapy, a patient has proven or suspected infection, but the responsible microorganism is not yet unidentified. While the microorgainsim is being identified the doctor will usually administer the best choice of antibiotic that will be most active against the likely cause of infection usually a broad spect... | Where do doctors perform microorganism identification testing? | {'text': 'laboratory', 'answer_start': 523} |
119,539 | 119,197 | 5a1496f2a54d42001852927f | generic | Early writings on the subject tended to judge states by the realist criterion, as expressed by the historian A. J. P. Taylor when he noted that "The test of a great power is the test of strength for war." Later writers have expanded this test, attempting to define power in terms of overall military, economic, and polit... | What did the historian Kenneth Waltz note about great power? | {'text': '"The test of a great power is the test of strength for war."', 'answer_start': 144} |
41,752 | 41,410 | 59d2870d2763a60018284071 | generic | In April 2014, it was announced that GE was in talks to acquire the global power division of French engineering group Alstom for a figure of around $13 billion. A rival joint bid was submitted in June 2014 by Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) with Siemens seeking to acquire Alstom's gas turbine business for... | In what year was steam turbines invented? | {'text': '2014', 'answer_start': 9} |
117,794 | 117,452 | 5730c426aca1c71400fe5a97 | generic | In 1892 Captain Davis of the HMS Royalist reported on trading activities and traders on each of the islands visited. Captain Davis identified the following traders in the Ellice Group: Edmund Duffy (Nanumea); Jack Buckland (Niutao); Harry Nitz (Vaitupu); John (also known as Jack) O'Brien (Funafuti); Alfred Restieaux an... | What type of islands in the Tuvalu group have few traders? | {'text': 'dryer', 'answer_start': 542} |
66,284 | 65,942 | 5726c86bf1498d1400e8eb1f | generic | As of 2004[update], 2532 telephone main lines are in use, a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits. Satellite communications services are planned.[citation needed] There is one locally based radio station (Radio Norfolk 89.9FM), broadcasting on both AM and FM frequencies. There is also one TV station, Norfolk T... | How many analog telephone lines were being used on Norfolk Island, as of 2004? | {'text': '2500', 'answer_start': 75} |
95,959 | 95,617 | 5729ca3baf94a219006aa626 | generic | IBM's employee management practices can be traced back to its roots. In 1914, CEO Thomas J. Watson boosted company spirit by creating employee sports teams, hosting family outings, and furnishing a company band. IBM sports teams still continue in the present day; the IBM Big Blue continue to exist as semi-professional ... | The Quarter Century Club began in this year. | {'text': '1924', 'answer_start': 366} |
118,636 | 118,294 | 5a860ef0b4e223001a8e7428 | generic | The vocabulary (mainly abstract and literary words), principles of word formations, and, to some extent, inflections and literary style of Russian have been also influenced by Church Slavonic, a developed and partly russified form of the South Slavic Old Church Slavonic language used by the Russian Orthodox Church. How... | How many meanings are there in modern forms of Russian? | {'text': 'many', 'answer_start': 529} |
46,001 | 45,659 | 57109ebeb654c5140001f9da | generic | The most influential publication of the Enlightenment was the Encyclopédie, compiled by Denis Diderot and (until 1759) by Jean le Rond d'Alembert and a team of 150 scientists and philosophers. It was published between 1751 and 1772 in thirty-five volumes, and spread the ideas of the Enlightenment across Europe and beyo... | When was Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality published? | {'text': '1754', 'answer_start': 512} |
111,365 | 111,023 | 572fca32a23a5019007fc9e3 | generic | Homer refers to the "Hellenes" (/ˈhɛliːnz/) as a relatively small tribe settled in Thessalic Phthia, with its warriors under the command of Achilleus. The Parian Chronicle says that Phthia was the homeland of the Hellenes and that this name was given to those previously called Greeks (Γραικοί). In Greek mythology, Hell... | How many orginal founding patrons are there of the Great Amphictyonic League ? | {'text': 'with twelve founders', 'answer_start': 1472} |
83,582 | 83,240 | 5727d4ce4b864d1900163e13 | generic | German is the fourth most commonly used language, with 13,444 speakers representing about 0.4% of the total state population. Fifth is Vietnamese, spoken by 11,330 people, or about 0.4% of the population, many of whom live in the Asia District of Oklahoma City. Other languages include French with 8,258 speakers (0.3%),... | How many Oklahomans speak German? | {'text': '13,444', 'answer_start': 55} |
26,892 | 26,550 | 5ad3a985604f3c001a3feb1c | generic | The Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation) began conducting research to "unlock the fundamental mechanism of video and sound interactions with the five human senses" in 1964, after the Tokyo Olympics. NHK set out to create an HDTV system that ended up scoring much higher in subjective tests than N... | What was the aspect ratio of the NHK black and white? | {'text': '5:3', 'answer_start': 420} |
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