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123,254 | 122,912 | 573255dfb9d445190005ea4c | generic | Politically, Calvin favoured a mixture of aristocracy and democracy. He appreciated the advantages of democracy: "It is an invaluable gift, if God allows a people to freely elect its own authorities and overlords." Calvin also thought that earthly rulers lose their divine right and must be put down when they rise up ag... | What is the term for checks and balances in a political system? | {'text': 'separation of powers', 'answer_start': 462} |
34,080 | 33,738 | 5709e6f06d058f1900182c10 | generic | Today, USD notes are made from cotton fiber paper, unlike most common paper, which is made of wood fiber. U.S. coins are produced by the United States Mint. U.S. dollar banknotes are printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and, since 1914, have been issued by the Federal Reserve. The "large-sized notes" issued ... | Since 1914, who issues the dollar banknotes? | {'text': 'Federal Reserve', 'answer_start': 272} |
121,906 | 121,564 | 5731a97bb9d445190005e43d | generic | Other public festivals were not required by the calendar, but occasioned by events. The triumph of a Roman general was celebrated as the fulfillment of religious vows, though these tended to be overshadowed by the political and social significance of the event. During the late Republic, the political elite competed to ... | Who paid for the most lavish of festival events? | {'text': 'emperors', 'answer_start': 553} |
69,219 | 68,877 | 5a45a3e619a820001a1edad6 | generic | It has been mentioned that most nonprofits will never be able to match the pay of the private sector and therefore should focus their attention on benefits packages, incentives and implementing pleasurable work environments. Pleasurable work conditions are ranked as being more preferable than a high salary and implacab... | How much are private companies encouraged to pay? | {'text': 'as much as they are able', 'answer_start': 356} |
48,502 | 48,160 | 571d128ddd7acb1400e4c20b | generic | Prior to the second world war, birth control was prohibited in many countries, and in the United States even the discussion of contraceptive methods sometimes led to prosecution under Comstock laws. The history of the development of oral contraceptives is thus closely tied to the birth control movement and the efforts ... | By 1965, about how many American women were taking Enovid? | {'text': '6.5 million', 'answer_start': 879} |
127,549 | 127,207 | 5a399bc82f14dd001ac7247b | generic | St. Barthélemy has about 25 hotels, most of them with 15 rooms or fewer. The largest has 58 rooms. Hotels are classified in the traditional French manner; 3 Star, 4 Star and 4 Star Luxe. Of particular note are Eden Rock and Cheval Blanc. Hotel Le Toiny, the most expensive hotel on the island, has 12 rooms. Most places ... | What's the least expensive hotel on the island? | {'text': 'Eden Rock', 'answer_start': 210} |
108,184 | 107,842 | 57302473947a6a140053d188 | generic | The polarization of an antenna refers to the orientation of the electric field (E-plane) of the radio wave with respect to the Earth's surface and is determined by the physical structure of the antenna and by its orientation; note that this designation is totally distinct from the antenna's directionality. Thus, a simp... | What is another name for electric-field? | {'text': 'E-plane', 'answer_start': 80} |
114,206 | 113,864 | 5730376e04bcaa1900d7739a | generic | Ireland and the United Kingdom are both part of the European Union (EU). The Crown Dependencies are not a part of the EU however do participate in certain aspects that were negotiated as a part of the UK's accession to the EU. Neither the United Kingdom or Ireland are part of the Schengen area, that allow passport-free... | This free-travel area in Ireland is now called what? | {'text': 'Common Travel Area', 'answer_start': 608} |
63,040 | 62,698 | 5726893c5951b619008f7625 | generic | The Sun, during the Miners' strike of 1984–85, supported the police and the Thatcher government against the striking NUM miners, and in particular the union's president, Arthur Scargill. On 23 May 1984, The Sun prepared a front page with the headline "Mine Führer" and a photograph of Scargill with his arm in the air, a... | Who did The Sun support in the 1984-85 Miners' strike? | {'text': 'the police and the Thatcher government', 'answer_start': 57} |
82,323 | 81,981 | 5727cc684b864d1900163d5b | generic | The Mongol Yuan dynasty, through the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs, or Xuanzheng Yuan, ruled Tibet through a top-level administrative department. One of the department's purposes was to select a dpon-chen ('great administrator'), usually appointed by the lama and confirmed by the Mongol emperor in Beijing. The... | Who was the political authority of the region? | {'text': 'Sakya lama', 'answer_start': 321} |
53,899 | 53,557 | 57268114708984140094c848 | generic | On April 23, 2008, against the Colorado Rockies, the Cubs recorded the 10,000th regular-season win in their franchise's history dating back to the beginning of the National League in 1876. The Cubs reached the milestone with an overall National League record of 10,000-9,465. Chicago was only the second club in Major Le... | Who did the Cubs record their 10,000 regular-season against? | {'text': 'Colorado Rockies', 'answer_start': 31} |
98,498 | 98,156 | 572a9c79111d821400f38c3d | generic | Philadelphia's importance and central location in the colonies made it a natural center for America's revolutionaries. By the 1750s, Philadelphia had surpassed Boston to become the largest city and busiest port in British America, and second in the British Empire, behind London. The city hosted the First Continental Co... | When did Philadelphia host the Constitutional Convention? | {'text': '1787', 'answer_start': 510} |
97,533 | 97,191 | 572abd0734ae481900deaca3 | generic | His opponents have attacked Hayek as a leading promoter of "neoliberalism". A British scholar, Samuel Brittan, concluded in 2010, "Hayek's book [The Constitution of Liberty] is still probably the most comprehensive statement of the underlying ideas of the moderate free market philosophy espoused by neoliberals." Britta... | What term do those who disagree with Hayek use to describe his ideals? | {'text': 'neoliberalism', 'answer_start': 60} |
118,149 | 117,807 | 5730f13e497a881900248a7c | generic | The celebrated John Duns Scotus (d. 1308), a Friar Minor like Saint Bonaventure, argued, on the contrary, that from a rational point of view it was certainly as little derogatory to the merits of Christ to assert that Mary was by him preserved from all taint of sin, as to say that she first contracted it and then was d... | What point did his argument attempt to bring to the masses ? | {'text': 'to assert that Mary was by him preserved from all taint of sin, as to say that she first contracted it and then was delivered.', 'answer_start': 203} |
129,704 | 129,362 | 57344a29879d6814001ca4a4 | generic | Hindu scriptures describe hunting as an acceptable occupation, as well as a sport of the kingly. Even figures considered godly are described to have engaged in hunting. One of the names of the god Shiva is Mrigavyadha, which translates as "the deer hunter" (mriga means deer; vyadha means hunter). The word Mriga, in man... | What does Shiva destroy in human beings? | {'text': 'animal instincts', 'answer_start': 496} |
18,248 | 17,906 | 56e1680ae3433e1400422eb4 | generic | In the early 1970s, Universal teamed up with Paramount Pictures to form Cinema International Corporation, which distributed films by Paramount and Universal worldwide. Though Universal did produce occasional hits, among them Airport (1970), The Sting (1973), American Graffiti (also 1973), Earthquake (1974), and a big b... | When did United International Pictures start distributing films for DreamWorks? | {'text': '1997', 'answer_start': 1078} |
66,476 | 66,134 | 5726aba15951b619008f7992 | generic | Immediately after reading Price's sermon, Burke wrote a draft of what eventually became, Reflections on the Revolution in France. On 13 February 1790, a notice in the press said that shortly, Burke would publish a pamphlet on the Revolution and its British supporters, however he spent the year revising and expanding it... | Who translated 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' into French? | {'text': 'Pierre-Gaëton Dupont', 'answer_start': 665} |
77,569 | 77,227 | 5727eb443acd2414000defe8 | generic | West in 1930 and later P. G. A. H. Voigt (1940) showed that the early Wente-style condenser microphones contributed to a 4 to 6 dB midrange brilliance or pre-emphasis in the recording chain. This meant that the electrical recording characteristics of Western Electric licensees such as Columbia Records and Victor Talkin... | On which recording types were pre-emphasis used most in the 1920s? | {'text': '78 rpm and 33 1⁄3 rpm', 'answer_start': 622} |
127,953 | 127,611 | 5acedb6f32bba1001ae4b77f | generic | Tajikistan consists of 4 administrative divisions. These are the provinces (viloyat) of Sughd and Khatlon, the autonomous province of Gorno-Badakhshan (abbreviated as GBAO), and the Region of Republican Subordination (RRP – Raiony Respublikanskogo Podchineniya in transliteration from Russian or NTJ – Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷум... | As of 2016, there were how many jamoats in Tajikistan? | {'text': '367', 'answer_start': 611} |
23,228 | 22,886 | 56f8c4059b226e1400dd0f59 | generic | The city hockey club, Southampton Hockey Club, founded in 1938, is now one of the largest and highly regarded clubs in Hampshire, fielding 7 senior men's and 5 senior ladies teams on a weekly basis along with boys’ and girls’ teams from 6 upwards. | How many senior men's teams does the hockey club field each week? | {'text': '7', 'answer_start': 139} |
11,645 | 11,303 | 56de6f77cffd8e1900b4b8bc | generic | As a boy, Schwarzenegger played several sports, heavily influenced by his father. He picked up his first barbell in 1960, when his soccer coach took his team to a local gym. At the age of 14, he chose bodybuilding over soccer as a career. Schwarzenegger has responded to a question asking if he was 13 when he started we... | What job did Schwarzenegger's father want him to pursue? | {'text': 'police officer', 'answer_start': 942} |
114,203 | 113,861 | 5730376e04bcaa1900d77397 | generic | Ireland and the United Kingdom are both part of the European Union (EU). The Crown Dependencies are not a part of the EU however do participate in certain aspects that were negotiated as a part of the UK's accession to the EU. Neither the United Kingdom or Ireland are part of the Schengen area, that allow passport-free... | The United Kingdom is part of what union? | {'text': 'European Union (EU)', 'answer_start': 52} |
31,290 | 30,948 | 570985de200fba140036812f | generic | The England national football team represents England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man for football matches as part of FIFA-authorised events, and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England are one of the two oldest national teams in ... | Which governing body controls the England national football team? | {'text': 'The Football Association', 'answer_start': 198} |
65,919 | 65,577 | 5726b169708984140094ce09 | generic | When a molten metal is mixed with another substance, there are two mechanisms that can cause an alloy to form, called atom exchange and the interstitial mechanism. The relative size of each element in the mix plays a primary role in determining which mechanism will occur. When the atoms are relatively similar in size, ... | What is the name of one interstitial alloy? | {'text': 'Steel', 'answer_start': 965} |
27,421 | 27,079 | 56fa29d8f34c681400b0bfe3 | generic | No satisfactory explanation can as yet be given for the exact mechanisms determining the formation of earlywood and latewood. Several factors may be involved. In conifers, at least, rate of growth alone does not determine the proportion of the two portions of the ring, for in some cases the wood of slow growth is very ... | What facet of wood is affected to some degree by the place where the tree grows? | {'text': 'character', 'answer_start': 443} |
14,479 | 14,137 | 56dfa7277aa994140058dfa0 | generic | Bell's own home used a primitive form of air conditioning, in which fans blew currents of air across great blocks of ice. He also anticipated modern concerns with fuel shortages and industrial pollution. Methane gas, he reasoned, could be produced from the waste of farms and factories. At his Canadian estate in Nova Sc... | What did Bell think could be collected from farm and factory byproduct? | {'text': 'Methane gas', 'answer_start': 204} |
80,762 | 80,420 | 57280bee2ca10214002d9c9a | generic | Several subsets of Unicode are standardized: Microsoft Windows since Windows NT 4.0 supports WGL-4 with 652 characters, which is considered to support all contemporary European languages using the Latin, Greek, or Cyrillic script. Other standardized subsets of Unicode include the Multilingual European Subsets: MES-1 (L... | MES-1 uses what scripts only? | {'text': 'Latin scripts only', 'answer_start': 319} |
111,110 | 110,768 | 5ace991432bba1001ae4ac0c | 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... | Paul Eisler invented the printed circuit in Germany in what year? | {'text': '1936', 'answer_start': 118} |
6,567 | 6,225 | 56db2a39e7c41114004b4e86 | generic | Season 11 premiered on January 18, 2012. On February 23, it was announced that one more finalist would join the Top 24 making it the Top 25, and that was Jermaine Jones. However, on March 14, Jones was disqualified in 12th place for concealing arrests and outstanding warrants. Jones denied the accusation that he concea... | Who joined the finalists, making it a Top 25? | {'text': 'Jermaine Jones', 'answer_start': 154} |
76,182 | 75,840 | 57277a72708984140094deb5 | generic | This liberalization, however, fostered nationalist movements and ethnic disputes within the Soviet Union. It also led indirectly to the revolutions of 1989, in which Soviet-imposed communist regimes of the Warsaw Pact were peacefully toppled (Romania excepted), which in turn increased pressure on Gorbachev to introduce... | When were opposition parties first allowed in the Soviet Union? | {'text': '1990', 'answer_start': 647} |
111,482 | 111,140 | 5ad29d1ad7d075001a429c09 | generic | Modern Greek has, in addition to Standard Modern Greek or Dimotiki, a wide variety of dialects of varying levels of mutual intelligibility, including Cypriot, Pontic, Cappadocian, Griko and Tsakonian (the only surviving representative of ancient Doric Greek). Yevanic is the language of the Romaniotes, and survives in s... | What are some of the non-local jargon used in Greek speaking? | {'text': 'Cypriot, Pontic, Cappadocian, Griko and Tsakonian', 'answer_start': 150} |
5,130 | 4,788 | 56d1021117492d1400aab71f | generic | According to Capitol Record's A&R, Joe Weinberger, he was approached by West and almost signed a deal with him, but another person in the company convinced Capitol's president not to. Desperate to keep West from defecting to another label, then-label head Damon Dash reluctantly signed West to Roc-A-Fella Records. Jay-Z... | What record company eventually signed Kanye West? | {'text': 'Roc-A-Fella', 'answer_start': 294} |
39,337 | 38,995 | 570c2b046b8089140040fba5 | generic | According to the apocryphal Gospel of James, Mary was the daughter of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne. Before Mary's conception, Anne had been barren and was far advanced in years. Mary was given to service as a consecrated virgin in the Temple in Jerusalem when she was three years old, much like Hannah took Samuel to the... | How old was Mary when she was consecrated as a virgin? | {'text': 'three years old', 'answer_start': 268} |
119,952 | 119,610 | 5731213da5e9cc1400cdbc5f | generic | After agreeing to sign the Boxer Protocol the government then initiated unprecedented fiscal and administrative reforms, including elections, a new legal code, and abolition of the examination system. Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionaries competed with reformers such as Liang Qichao and monarchists such as Kang Youwei ... | When did he step down? | {'text': 'February 12, 1912', 'answer_start': 626} |
43,992 | 43,650 | 570e669f0dc6ce1900205016 | generic | Appointments to the Order of the British Empire were discontinued in those Commonwealth realms that established a national system of honours and awards such as the Order of Australia, the Order of Canada, and the New Zealand Order of Merit. In many of these systems, the different levels of award and honour reflect the ... | Who established a national system of honours and awards? | {'text': 'Order of Australia, the Order of Canada, and the New Zealand Order of Merit', 'answer_start': 164} |
8,730 | 8,388 | 56ddb0c666d3e219004dac9f | generic | Since the mid-1990s, the term has been applied to some technically minded technical and further education (TAFE) institutes. A recent example is the Melbourne Polytechnic rebranding and repositioning in 2014 from Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE. These primarily offer vocational education, although some like Melbou... | What's the four-letter abbreviation for technically minded technical and further education institutes? | {'text': 'TAFE', 'answer_start': 107} |
86,212 | 85,870 | 57282b823acd2414000df610 | generic | PlayStation Network is the unified online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service provided by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable, announced during the 2006 PlayStation Business Briefing meeting in Tokyo. The service is always connected, free, and includes multiplayer su... | Does PlayStation Network use artificial or real currency for purchases? | {'text': 'real', 'answer_start': 447} |
105,273 | 104,931 | 57304c5e8ab72b1400f9c402 | generic | On 13 March, the upper Clyde port of Clydebank near Glasgow was bombed. All but seven of its 12,000 houses were damaged. Many more ports were attacked. Plymouth was attacked five times before the end of the month while Belfast, Hull, and Cardiff were hit. Cardiff was bombed on three nights, Portsmouth centre was devast... | How many AAA shells were fired? | {'text': 'Over 2,000', 'answer_start': 1559} |
130,657 | 130,315 | 5a7e070b70df9f001a87543a | generic | The term "matter" is used throughout physics in a bewildering variety of contexts: for example, one refers to "condensed matter physics", "elementary matter", "partonic" matter, "dark" matter, "anti"-matter, "strange" matter, and "nuclear" matter. In discussions of matter and antimatter, normal matter has been referred... | Who coined the term partonic matter? | {'text': 'Alfvén', 'answer_start': 327} |
28,516 | 28,174 | 5a82162231013a001a3351ba | generic | In addition to the minimal units that can serve the purpose of differentiating meaning (the phonemes), phonology studies how sounds alternate, i.e. replace one another in different forms of the same morpheme (allomorphs), as well as, for example, syllable structure, stress, feature geometry, accent, and intonation. | Aside from phonemes what is studies by geometry? | {'text': 'how sounds alternate', 'answer_start': 121} |
102,310 | 101,968 | 5731838705b4da19006bd212 | generic | In 1979, the U.S. placed Libya on its list of "State Sponsors of Terrorism", while at the end of the year a demonstration torched the U.S. embassy in Tripoli in solidarity with the perpetrators of the Iran hostage crisis. The following year, Libyan fighters began intercepting U.S. fighter jets flying over the Mediterra... | What event prompted the burning of the US embassy in Libya? | {'text': 'Iran hostage crisis', 'answer_start': 201} |
111,542 | 111,200 | 5ad29f83d7d075001a429c7a | generic | Greek surnames were widely in use by the 9th century supplanting the ancient tradition of using the father’s name, however Greek surnames are most commonly patronymics. Commonly, Greek male surnames end in -s, which is the common ending for Greek masculine proper nouns in the nominative case. Exceptionally, some end in... | What names are used that are typically from a mother and have usually added a suffix or prefix? | {'text': 'patronymics', 'answer_start': 156} |
101,767 | 101,425 | 572e8200c246551400ce4274 | generic | Feynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos "Water Boiler", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided engineers in devising safety... | Where did Feynman work on the "Wateer Boiler"? | {'text': 'Los Alamos', 'answer_start': 24} |
119,337 | 118,995 | 5ad1934e645df0001a2d2024 | generic | Among the challenges being faced to improve the efficiency of LED-based white light sources is the development of more efficient phosphors. As of 2010, the most efficient yellow phosphor is still the YAG phosphor, with less than 10% Stoke shift loss. Losses attributable to internal optical losses due to re-absorption i... | What is one method that can lower the efficiency of phosphor-based LEDs? | {'text': 'adapting better package design', 'answer_start': 639} |
64,035 | 63,693 | 5726dde0f1498d1400e8edf6 | generic | Yale has a history of difficult and prolonged labor negotiations, often culminating in strikes. There have been at least eight strikes since 1968, and The New York Times wrote that Yale has a reputation as having the worst record of labor tension of any university in the U.S. Yale's unusually large endowment exacerbate... | What professor was retired in a 2003 labor strike? | {'text': 'Professor David Graeber', 'answer_start': 524} |
108,053 | 107,711 | 572fdefb947a6a140053cd8f | generic | The most widely used class of antenna, a dipole antenna consists of two symmetrical radiators such as metal rods or wires, with one side of the balanced feedline from the transmitter or receiver attached to each. A horizontal dipole radiates in two lobes perpendicular to the antenna's axis. A half-wave dipole the most ... | How much gain does a half-wave dipole have? | {'text': '2.15 dBi', 'answer_start': 405} |
122,594 | 122,252 | 5731b510e99e3014001e61f3 | generic | ^Note 5: The North Carolina Constitution of 1776 disestablished the Anglican church, but until 1835 the NC Constitution allowed only Protestants to hold public office. From 1835-1876 it allowed only Christians (including Catholics) to hold public office. Article VI, Section 8 of the current NC Constitution forbids only... | What part of the NC Constitution forbids atheists from holding public office? | {'text': 'Article VI, Section 8', 'answer_start': 255} |
109,959 | 109,617 | 5a8c91a5fd22b3001a8d8b44 | generic | A database built with one DBMS is not portable to another DBMS (i.e., the other DBMS cannot run it). However, in some situations it is desirable to move, migrate a database from one DBMS to another. The reasons are primarily economical (different DBMSs may have different total costs of ownership or TCOs), functional, a... | What is always an easy and cheap project for an individual? | {'text': 'A complex or large database migration', 'answer_start': 803} |
44,426 | 44,084 | 5ad36069604f3c001a3fdf2f | generic | During 1951, George VI's health declined and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. When she toured Canada and visited President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C., in October 1951, her private secretary, Martin Charteris, carried a draft accession declaration in case the King died while she was on to... | On what date did the royal part arrive back in the UK? | {'text': '6 February 1952', 'answer_start': 428} |
106,507 | 106,165 | 5ad23157d7d075001a428705 | generic | Commentaries dealing with the zahir (outward aspects) of the text are called tafsir, and hermeneutic and esoteric commentaries dealing with the batin are called ta'wil ("interpretation" or "explanation"), which involves taking the text back to its beginning. Commentators with an esoteric slant believe that the ultimate... | Who is the only one who ever knows the partial meaning of Quranic verses in the esoteric view? | {'text': 'God', 'answer_start': 359} |
51,878 | 51,536 | 5725ea3089a1e219009ac099 | generic | The port on Montevideo Bay is one of the reasons the city was founded. It gives natural protection to ships, although two jetties now further protect the harbour entrance from waves. This natural port is competitive with the other great port of Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires. The main engineering work on the port occurr... | Between what years did the main engineering work on the port of Montevideo Bay take place? | {'text': '1870 and 1930', 'answer_start': 341} |
58,056 | 57,714 | 5ace993a32bba1001ae4ac19 | generic | In 1903, Brigham Young Academy was dissolved, and was replaced by two institutions: Brigham Young High School, and Brigham Young University. (The BY High School class of 1907 was ultimately responsible for the famous giant "Y" that is to this day embedded on a mountain near campus.) The Board elected George H. Brimhall... | Who was forty when he completed university? | {'text': 'George H. Brimhall', 'answer_start': 302} |
20,302 | 19,960 | 56e793cb37bdd419002c418c | generic | The University of Kansas Medical Center features three schools: the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and School of Health Professions. Furthermore, each of the three schools has its own programs of graduate study. As of the Fall 2013 semester, there were 3,349 students enrolled at KU Med. The Medical Center also ... | At what other KU campus is a four year program available? | {'text': 'Wichita', 'answer_start': 356} |
19,287 | 18,945 | 56e74de737bdd419002c3e49 | generic | The history of time in the United States includes DST during both world wars, but no standardization of peacetime DST until 1966. In May 1965, for two weeks, St. Paul, Minnesota and Minneapolis, Minnesota were on different times, when the capital city decided to join most of the nation by starting Daylight Saving Time ... | What company joined Clorox in funding the Daylight Saving Time Coalition in the 1980s? | {'text': '7-Eleven', 'answer_start': 447} |
107,433 | 107,091 | 572f20af04bcaa1900d76766 | generic | In the latter part of the second revolution, Thomas Alva Edison developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world and is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. In 1882, Edison switched on the world's first large-scale electrical supply network that provided 110 ... | How many customers were supplied by Thomas Edison's electrical supply network? | {'text': 'fifty-nine', 'answer_start': 344} |
94,211 | 93,869 | 572975046aef051400154f25 | generic | Worldwide use of solar power and wind power continued to grow significantly in 2012. Solar electricity consumption increased by 58 percent, to 93 terawatt-hours (TWh). Use of wind power in 2012 increased by 18.1 percent, to 521.3 TWh. Global solar and wind energy installed capacities continued to expand even though new... | Use of wind power in 2012 increased by what percentage? | {'text': '18.1 percent', 'answer_start': 207} |
91,474 | 91,132 | 572910671d0469140077900b | generic | Coop et al. (2009) found "a selected allele that strongly differentiates the French from both the Yoruba and Han could be strongly clinal across Europe, or at high frequency in Europe and absent elsewhere, or follow any other distribution according to the geographic nature of the selective pressure. However, we see tha... | What are sweeps? | {'text': 'major geographic patterns', 'answer_start': 525} |
8,608 | 8,266 | 56dd2f1f9a695914005b9546 | generic | The post of prime minister may be encountered both in constitutional monarchies (such as Belgium, Denmark, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Malaysia, Morocco, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom), and in parliamentary republics in which the head of state is an elec... | In whic type of government is the leader elected? | {'text': 'parliamentary republics', 'answer_start': 259} |
39,930 | 39,588 | 570e7adc0dc6ce19002050cb | generic | Like many Australian cities, Melbourne has a high dependency on the automobile for transport, particularly in the outer suburban areas where the largest number of cars are bought, with a total of 3.6 million private vehicles using 22,320 km (13,870 mi) of road, and one of the highest lengths of road per capita in the w... | Does Melbourne have a high or low dependency on the automobile? | {'text': 'high', 'answer_start': 45} |
1,047 | 705 | 56bed38e3aeaaa14008c94db | generic | In 2005, Beyoncé teamed up with House of Brands, a shoe company, to produce a range of footwear for House of Deréon. In January 2008, Starwave Mobile launched Beyoncé Fashion Diva, a "high-style" mobile game with a social networking component, featuring the House of Deréon collection. In July 2009, Beyoncé and her moth... | Back-to-school shopping was introduced in what year of Beyonce's clothing line? | {'text': '2009', 'answer_start': 294} |
129,553 | 129,211 | 5a83149ce60761001a2eb38b | generic | The top three single agent/disease killers are HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. While the number of deaths due to nearly every disease have decreased, deaths due to HIV/AIDS have increased fourfold. Childhood diseases include pertussis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, measles and tetanus. Children also make up a large percentage o... | What are some recently cured childhood diseases? | {'text': 'pertussis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, measles and tetanus', 'answer_start': 219} |
92,877 | 92,535 | 5728f9abaf94a219006a9e8f | generic | This does not mean that samurai women were always powerless. Powerful women both wisely and unwisely wielded power at various occasions. After Ashikaga Yoshimasa, 8th shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, lost interest in politics, his wife Hino Tomiko largely ruled in his place. Nene, wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was know... | Who was Ashikaga Yoshimasa? | {'text': '8th shogun of the Muromachi shogunate', 'answer_start': 163} |
13,373 | 13,031 | 56df81b556340a1900b29c8f | generic | There are numerous community and international newspapers locally that cater to the city's ethnic mosaic; such as The Black Chronicle, headquartered in the Eastside, the OK VIETIMES and Oklahoma Chinese Times, located in Asia District, and various Hispanic community publications. The Campus is the student newspaper at ... | What international newspapers is in the Asia District? | {'text': 'OK VIETIMES and Oklahoma Chinese Times', 'answer_start': 170} |
13,961 | 13,619 | 56e09f4a231d4119001ac2d9 | generic | On December 25, 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the republic was renamed the Russian Federation, which it remains to this day. This name and "Russia" were specified as the official state names in the April 21, 1992 amendment to the existing constitution and were retained as such in the 1993 Constituti... | When was Russia made an official state name of the Russian Federation? | {'text': 'April 21, 1992', 'answer_start': 218} |
127,192 | 126,850 | 5a6957a45ce1a5001a9695d4 | generic | After the Holocaust, which had been perpetrated by the Nazi Germany and its allies prior to and during World War II, Lemkin successfully campaigned for the universal acceptance of international laws defining and forbidding genocides. In 1946, the first session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution... | Following World War II, whose bid was successful in the crime of genocide? | {'text': 'Lemkin', 'answer_start': 117} |
20,627 | 20,285 | 56e7a3f737bdd419002c42b4 | generic | Into the first half of the twentieth century after the establishment of ROC, Nanjing gradually shifted from being a production hub towards being a heavy consumption city, mainly because of the rapid expansion of its wealthy population after Nanjing once again regained the political spotlight of China. A number of huge ... | In what time period did Nanjing transform from a producer to more of a consumer city? | {'text': 'Into the first half of the twentieth century', 'answer_start': 0} |
23,673 | 23,331 | 56f71ca1711bf01900a4497e | generic | On 6 April 1941, German forces, with Hungarian and Italian assistance, launched an invasion of Yugoslavia. On 10 April 1941, Slavko Kvaternik proclaimed the Independent State of Croatia, and Tito responded by forming a Military Committee within the Central Committee of the Yugoslav Communist Party. Attacked from all si... | What did Tito use to get the people to unit in a battle against the occupation in 1941? | {'text': 'pamphlet', 'answer_start': 662} |
92,206 | 91,864 | 5728e15c4b864d1900164ffb | generic | As god of colonization, Apollo gave oracular guidance on colonies, especially during the height of colonization, 750–550 BCE. According to Greek tradition, he helped Cretan or Arcadian colonists found the city of Troy. However, this story may reflect a cultural influence which had the reverse direction: Hittite cuneifo... | When was the height of colonization? | {'text': '750–550 BCE', 'answer_start': 113} |
102,347 | 102,005 | 5731870e497a881900248fb9 | generic | As the 20th century came to a close, Gaddafi increasingly rejected Arab nationalism, frustrated by the failure of his Pan-Arab ideals; instead he turned to Pan-Africanism, emphasising Libya's African identity. From 1997 to 2000, Libya initiated cooperative agreements or bilateral aid arrangements with 10 African states... | Who was the president of South Africa circa 2002? | {'text': 'Thabo Mbeki', 'answer_start': 908} |
37,114 | 36,772 | 5ad170c1645df0001a2d1b9b | generic | The Berbers along the Barbary Coast (modern day Libya) sent pirates to capture merchant ships and hold the crews for ransom. The U.S. paid protection money until 1801, when President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay and sent in the Navy to challenge the Barbary States, the First Barbary War followed. After the U.S.S. Ph... | What African naval officer led a raid that destroyed a captured African ship? | {'text': 'Stephen Decatur', 'answer_start': 364} |
105,095 | 104,753 | 572fd16804bcaa1900d76d88 | generic | British air doctrine, since the time of Chief of the Air Staff Hugh Trenchard in the early 1920s, had stressed offence was the best means of defence. British defensive strategy revolved around offensive action, what became known as the cult of the offensive. To prevent German formations from hitting targets in Britain,... | What was wrong with the anti aircraft units? | {'text': 'poorly equipped and lacking in numbers', 'answer_start': 891} |
62,731 | 62,389 | 57276f4cdd62a815002e9cc6 | generic | In addition to concerns over subsidies, the cotton industries of some countries are criticized for employing child labor and damaging workers' health by exposure to pesticides used in production. The Environmental Justice Foundation has campaigned against the prevalent use of forced child and adult labor in cotton prod... | What type of labor have some countries come under fire for employing? | {'text': 'child', 'answer_start': 109} |
85,502 | 85,160 | 57280b934b864d19001642f3 | generic | By 1620, the fishermen of England's West Country controlled most of Newfoundland's east coast. In 1627, William Payne, called St. John's "the principal prime and chief lot in all the whole country". The population grew slowly in the 17th century and St. John's was the largest settlement in Newfoundland when English nav... | When did censuses start being conducted in St. John's? | {'text': '1675', 'answer_start': 362} |
75,482 | 75,140 | 5727772ff1498d1400e8f8df | generic | With the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865, the Reconstruction Era began. The United States abolished slavery without compensation to slaveholders or reparations to freedmen. A Republican Party coalition of black freedmen, northern carpetbaggers and local scalawags controlled state government for three years. The white... | When did white Democrats regain control of the state legislature? | {'text': '1870', 'answer_start': 389} |
104,690 | 104,348 | 573031ba947a6a140053d268 | generic | Violent incidents occurred throughout the Piedmont of the state as white insurgents struggled to maintain white supremacy in the face of social changes after the war and granting of citizenship to freedmen by federal constitutional amendments. After former Confederates were allowed to vote again, election campaigns fro... | What were white Democratic paramilitary groups in Charleston known as? | {'text': 'the Red Shirts', 'answer_start': 442} |
23,935 | 23,593 | 56f83bdda6d7ea1400e174f4 | generic | As the Communist Party was outlawed in Yugoslavia starting on 30 December 1920, Josip Broz took on many assumed names during his activity within the Party, including "Rudi", "Walter", and "Tito." Broz himself explains: | On what date in 1920 was the Communist party outlawed in Yugoslavia? | {'text': '30 December', 'answer_start': 62} |
101,250 | 100,908 | 5a0f48c1decec9001847555a | generic | Amateur football is governed by Football Canada. At the university level, 26 teams play in four conferences under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport; the CIS champion is awarded the Vanier Cup. Junior football is played by many after high school before joining the university ranks. There are 20 junior teams... | What do Canadian Bowl teams battle for? | {'text': 'the Manson Cup', 'answer_start': 500} |
105,424 | 105,082 | 5a8460077cf838001a46a7a8 | generic | During the listing process, economic factors cannot be considered, but must be " based solely on the best scientific and commercial data available." The 1982 amendment to the ESA added the word "solely" to prevent any consideration other than the biological status of the species. Congress rejected President Ronald Reag... | When are economic factors considered? | {'text': 'During the listing process', 'answer_start': 0} |
95,006 | 94,664 | 572b8a60be1ee31400cb8424 | generic | Pennies and other small coins are sometimes ingested by dogs, resulting in the need for medical treatment to remove the foreign body. The zinc content of some coins can cause zinc toxicity, which is commonly fatal in dogs, where it causes a severe hemolytic anemia, and also liver or kidney damage; vomiting and diarrhea... | What does the zinc coins ingested by dogs cause? | {'text': 'zinc toxicity', 'answer_start': 175} |
129,562 | 129,220 | 5a83153fe60761001a2eb39e | generic | The medical treatment of infectious diseases falls into the medical field of Infectious Disease and in some cases the study of propagation pertains to the field of Epidemiology. Generally, infections are initially diagnosed by primary care physicians or internal medicine specialists. For example, an "uncomplicated" pne... | What field of war can disease propagation can fall under the purview of? | {'text': 'Epidemiology', 'answer_start': 164} |
29,848 | 29,506 | 57062dc675f01819005e7a2a | generic | With the redevelopment of Las Vegas and the opening of two casinos in Connecticut in the early 1990s, along with newly built casinos in the nearby Philadelphia metro area in the 2000s, Atlantic City's tourism began to decline due to its failure to diversify away from gaming. Determined to expand, in 1999 the Atlantic C... | Why did the Atlantic City Redevelopment Authority partner with Steve Wynn? | {'text': 'to develop a new roadway', 'answer_start': 397} |
50,436 | 50,094 | 572506730a492a19004356c3 | generic | In 1933, the Orthodox Church of Greece officially declared that being a Freemason constitutes an act of apostasy and thus, until he repents, the person involved with Freemasonry cannot partake of the Eucharist. This has been generally affirmed throughout the whole Eastern Orthodox Church. The Orthodox critique of Freem... | When did the Orthodox Church of Greece proclaim being a Freemason was an act of apostacy? | {'text': '1933', 'answer_start': 3} |
73,256 | 72,914 | 5ad41158604f3c001a4001fb | generic | The first time "affirmative action" is used by the federal government concerning race is in President John F. Kennedy's Executive Order 10925, which was chaired by Vice President Johnson. At Johnson's inaugural ball in Texas, he met with a young black lawyer, Hobart Taylor Jr., and gave him the task to co-author the ex... | Which Executive Order didn't contain the phrase "affirmative action"? | {'text': 'Executive Order 10925', 'answer_start': 120} |
112,710 | 112,368 | 57320a3eb9d445190005e772 | generic | With the Japanese CAP out of position and the carriers at their most vulnerable, SBD Dauntlesses from Enterprise and Yorktown appeared at an altitude of 10,000 feet (3,000 m) and commenced their attack, quickly dealing fatal blows to three fleet carriers: Sōryū, Kaga, and Akagi. Within minutes, all three were ablaze an... | Which Japanese carrier survived the first wave of American dive bombers in the Battle of Midway. | {'text': 'Hiryū', 'answer_start': 367} |
46,591 | 46,249 | 5acec27232bba1001ae4b302 | generic | The Arians no longer presented an unbroken front to their orthodox opponents. The Emperor Constantius, who had been the cause of so much trouble, died 4 November, 361 and was succeeded by Julian. The proclamation of the new prince's accession was the signal for a pagan outbreak against the still dominant Arian faction ... | How did George of Cappadocia die outside of prison? | {'text': 'murdered', 'answer_start': 390} |
115,934 | 115,592 | 573031bb04bcaa1900d7733d | generic | Windows 8 introduces a new style of application, Windows Store apps. According to Microsoft developer Jensen Harris, these apps are to be optimized for touchscreen environments and are more specialized than current desktop applications. Apps can run either in a full-screen mode, or be snapped to the side of a screen. A... | What apps can one expect the Photos app to match with? | {'text': 'Facebook and Flickr', 'answer_start': 838} |
108,256 | 107,914 | 5730435ab2c2fd1400568b1e | generic | Recall that a current will reflect when there are changes in the electrical properties of the material. In order to efficiently send the signal into the transmission line, it is important that the transmission line has the same impedance as the elements, otherwise some of the signal will be reflected back into the ante... | What must match between the transmission line and elements? | {'text': 'impedance', 'answer_start': 447} |
96,336 | 95,994 | 572a01dc1d046914007796c1 | generic | The first law of thermodynamics asserts that energy (but not necessarily thermodynamic free energy) is always conserved and that heat flow is a form of energy transfer. For homogeneous systems, with a well-defined temperature and pressure, a commonly used corollary of the first law is that, for a system subject only to... | What asserts that energy is always conserved and that heat flow is a form of energy transfer. | {'text': 'first law of thermodynamics', 'answer_start': 4} |
126,122 | 125,780 | 573409cd4776f41900661773 | generic | In 2005, the number of public employees per thousand inhabitants in the Portuguese government (70.8) was above the European Union average (62.4 per thousand inhabitants). By EU and USA standards, Portugal's justice system was internationally known as being slow and inefficient, and by 2011 it was the second slowest in ... | In 2005, how many public employees did Portugal have for every thousand inhabitants? | {'text': '70.8', 'answer_start': 95} |
13,363 | 13,021 | 56df7ee45ca0a614008f9b55 | generic | Oklahoma City is home to the state's largest school district, Oklahoma City Public Schools. The district's Classen School of Advanced Studies and Harding Charter Preparatory High School rank high among public schools nationally according to a formula that looks at the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccala... | What is Oklahoma's largest school district? | {'text': 'Oklahoma City Public Schools', 'answer_start': 62} |
122,360 | 122,018 | 5ace22f532bba1001ae49b83 | generic | YouTube offers users the ability to view its videos on web pages outside their website. Each YouTube video is accompanied by a piece of HTML that can be used to embed it on any page on the Web. This functionality is often used to embed YouTube videos in social networking pages and blogs. Users wishing to post a video d... | What does the HMTL piece that accompanies each video do? | {'text': 'embed it on any page on the Web', 'answer_start': 161} |
39,997 | 39,655 | 570e8c260dc6ce19002050f8 | generic | Melbourne has the largest Greek-speaking population outside of Europe, a population comparable to some larger Greek cities like Larissa and Volos. Thessaloniki is Melbourne's Greek sister city. The Vietnamese surname Nguyen is the second most common in Melbourne's phone book after Smith. The city also features substant... | What is the secondmost common surname in Melbourne's phone book? | {'text': 'Nguyen', 'answer_start': 217} |
7,635 | 7,293 | 56db6e95e7c41114004b50f8 | generic |
North Korea: The event was held in Pyongyang on April 28. It was the first time that the Olympic torch has traveled to North Korea. A crowd of thousands waving pink paper flowers and small flags with the Beijing Olympics logo were organized by the authoritarian regime watched the beginning of the relay in Pyongyang, ... | Who was the first runner with the torch? | {'text': 'Pak Du Ik', 'answer_start': 630} |
28,679 | 28,337 | 56fdeee819033b140034cde7 | generic | Machine languages and the assembly languages that represent them (collectively termed low-level programming languages) tend to be unique to a particular type of computer. For instance, an ARM architecture computer (such as may be found in a PDA or a hand-held videogame) cannot understand the machine language of an Inte... | An ARM architecture computer can be found in what? | {'text': 'a PDA or a hand-held videogame', 'answer_start': 239} |
65,362 | 65,020 | 5726c22c5951b619008f7d6b | generic | The term Cubism did not come into general usage until 1911, mainly with reference to Metzinger, Gleizes, Delaunay, and Léger. In 1911, the poet and critic Guillaume Apollinaire accepted the term on behalf of a group of artists invited to exhibit at the Brussels Indépendants. The following year, in preparation for the S... | What year did the term Cubism become used more? | {'text': '1911', 'answer_start': 54} |
30,861 | 30,519 | 57070c1d90286e26004fc850 | generic | Maximilian was deeply dissatisfied with General Bazaine's decision to abandon the state capital of Chihuahua and immediately ordered Agustín B. Billaut to recapture the city. On December 11, 1865, Billaut with a force of 500 men took control of the city. By January 31, 1866 Billaut was ordered to leave Chihuahua, but h... | How many men did Billaut have when he recaptured the city? | {'text': '500', 'answer_start': 221} |
41,906 | 41,564 | 5aced57a32bba1001ae4b673 | generic | Training in the U.S. Army is generally divided into two categories – individual and collective. Basic training consists of 10 weeks for most recruits followed by Advanced Individualized Training (AIT) where they receive training for their military occupational specialties (MOS). Some individuals MOSs range anywhere fro... | What categories are the U.S. Navy divided into? | {'text': 'individual and collective', 'answer_start': 69} |
12,309 | 11,967 | 56de71424396321400ee2902 | generic | Pope St. Gregory stigmatized Judaism and the Jewish People in many of his writings. He described Jews as enemies of Christ: "The more the Holy Spirit fills the world, the more perverse hatred dominates the souls of the Jews." He labeled all heresy as "Jewish", claiming that Judaism would "pollute [Catholics and] deceiv... | What were the Jews described as enemies of? | {'text': 'Christ', 'answer_start': 116} |
66,528 | 66,186 | 5ad0d18a645df0001a2d04f7 | generic | In November 1790, François-Louis-Thibault de Menonville, a member of the National Assembly of France, wrote to Burke, praising Reflections and requesting more "very refreshing mental food" that he could publish. This Burke did in April 1791 when he published A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly. Burke called f... | What did François-Louis-Thibault de Menonville publish in April 1791? | {'text': 'A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly', 'answer_start': 259} |
66,468 | 66,126 | 5ad0c966645df0001a2d0350 | generic | In January 1790, Burke read Dr. Richard Price's sermon of 4 November 1789 entitled, A Discourse on the Love of our Country, to the Revolution Society. That society had been founded to commemorate the Glorious Revolution of 1688. In this sermon Price espoused the philosophy of universal "Rights of Men". Price argued tha... | What was the name of Burke's sermon? | {'text': 'A Discourse on the Love of our Country, to the Revolution Society', 'answer_start': 84} |
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