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107,653 | 107,311 | 572f91c704bcaa1900d76a8f | generic | On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, bringing it too into the war on the Allied side. China also joined the Allies, as eventually did most of the rest of the world. China was in turmoil at the time, and attacked Japanese armies through guerilla-type warfare. By the beginning of 1942, t... | What countries were referred to as "The Trusteeship Of The Powerful"? | {'text': 'The United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and China', 'answer_start': 544} |
120,147 | 119,805 | 57314f09497a881900248d9c | generic | The Guangxu Emperor died on November 14, 1908, and on November 15, 1908, Cixi also died. Rumors held that she or Yuan Shikai ordered trusted eunuchs to poison the Guangxu Emperor, and an autopsy conducted nearly a century later confirmed lethal levels of arsenic in his corpse. Puyi, the oldest son of Zaifeng, Prince Ch... | What year did Cixi die? | {'text': '1908', 'answer_start': 67} |
17,295 | 16,953 | 56e11322cd28a01900c67561 | generic | Catalan shares many traits with its neighboring Romance languages. However, despite being mostly situated in the Iberian Peninsula, Catalan differs more from Iberian Romance (such as Spanish and Portuguese) in terms of vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar than from Gallo-Romance (Occitan, French, Gallo-Italic languag... | What other Iberian Romance languages are found in this area? | {'text': 'Spanish and Portuguese', 'answer_start': 183} |
31,168 | 30,826 | 570805e39e06ca38007e950b | generic | Although all these different Shia tariqahs belong to the Shia group (as opposed to the Sunni group) in Islam, there are major doctrinal differences between the main Shia tariqahs. After that there is the complete doctrinal break between all the different Shia tariqahs whose last Imams have gone into Occultation and the... | What would happen to the Nizari Ismaili if the Imam fails to leave a successor? | {'text': 'come to an end', 'answer_start': 682} |
119,541 | 119,199 | 5a1496f2a54d420018529281 | 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 term was used in early times to judge a state's political capacity? | {'text': 'strength for war', 'answer_start': 186} |
99,802 | 99,460 | 5a7c6d9ee8bc7e001a9e1de7 | generic | Plato's theory of forms or "ideas" describes ideal forms (for example the platonic solids in geometry or abstracts like Goodness and Justice), as universals existing independently of any particular instance. Arne Grøn calls this doctrine "the classic example of a metaphysical idealism as a transcendent idealism", while... | What does Plato say are dependent? | {'text': 'ideal forms', 'answer_start': 45} |
87,026 | 86,684 | 5a32d37cbd0d7f001aef9462 | generic | The Central African Republic (CAR; Sango: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka; French: République centrafricaine pronounced: [ʁepyblik sɑ̃tʁafʁikɛn], or Centrafrique [sɑ̃tʀafʁik]) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the east, the Democratic Republic... | What is the population of Sudan? | {'text': '4.7 million', 'answer_start': 523} |
62,600 | 62,258 | 5a818ce231013a001a334c9f | generic | But Bt cotton is ineffective against many cotton pests, however, such as plant bugs, stink bugs, and aphids; depending on circumstances it may still be desirable to use insecticides against these. A 2006 study done by Cornell researchers, the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy and the Chinese Academy of Science on ... | How much GM cotton was planted in 2009? | {'text': '25 million hectares', 'answer_start': 1409} |
127,374 | 127,032 | 57340aae4776f41900661791 | generic | Slobodan Milošević, as the former President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia, was the most senior political figure to stand trial at the ICTY. He died on 11 March 2006 during his trial where he was accused of genocide or complicity in genocide in territories within Bosnia and Herzegovina, so no verdict was returned. In 1995... | Had Milosevic not died, what charges might he have been convicted of? | {'text': 'genocide or complicity in genocide', 'answer_start': 204} |
36,857 | 36,515 | 5ad16f07645df0001a2d1b26 | generic | Beginning in 1689, the colonies became involved in a series of wars between Great Britain and France for control of North America, the most important of which were Queen Anne's War, in which the British conquered French colony Acadia, and the final French and Indian War (1754–63) when Britain was victorious over all th... | What future Canadian founding father fought in the French and Indian War? | {'text': 'George Washington', 'answer_start': 434} |
37,937 | 37,595 | 5a8ca215fd22b3001a8d8c51 | generic | The age of the Earth is about 4.54 billion years old. The earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates at least from 3.5 billion years ago, during the Eoarchean Era after a geological crust started to solidify following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. There are microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old... | Where was the 4.54 billion year old graphite found? | {'text': 'Western Australia', 'answer_start': 345} |
16,542 | 16,200 | 5acd2f4507355d001abf3838 | generic | The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS, simplified Chinese: 北斗卫星导航系统; traditional Chinese: 北斗衛星導航系統; pinyin: Běidǒu wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng) is a Chinese satellite navigation system. It consists of two separate satellite constellations – a limited test system that has been operating since 2000, and a full-scale glo... | What type of system has been operating since 2010? | {'text': 'limited test system', 'answer_start': 244} |
80,364 | 80,022 | 5a68f5468476ee001a58a90c | generic | From 1955 until 1997 Sichuan had been China's most populous province, hitting 100 million mark shortly after the 1982 census figure of 99,730,000. This changed in 1997 when the Sub-provincial city of Chongqing as well as the three surrounding prefectures of Fuling, Wanxian, and Qianjiang were split off into the new Cho... | Why was the Quianjiang Municipality formed? | {'text': "to spearhead China's effort to economically develop its western provinces", 'answer_start': 373} |
114,767 | 114,425 | 573018a5947a6a140053d0dc | generic | In 1822, the American Colonization Society began sending African-American volunteers to the Pepper Coast to establish a colony for freed African Americans. By 1867, the ACS (and state-related chapters) had assisted in the migration of more than 13,000 African Americans to Liberia. These free African Americans and their... | What did African Americans who were moved to Liberia identify as? | {'text': 'Americo-Liberians', 'answer_start': 388} |
111,841 | 111,499 | 572fd905a23a5019007fca85 | generic | Between the 1992–93 season and the 2012–13 season, Premier League clubs had won the UEFA Champions League four times (as well as supplying five of the runners-up), behind Spain's La Liga with six wins, and Italy's Serie A with five wins, and ahead of, among others, Germany's Bundesliga with three wins (see table here).... | How many times have Premier League teams been runners up in the World Cup? | {'text': 'they have also been runners-up twice,', 'answer_start': 487} |
110,102 | 109,760 | 573423e9d058e614000b69de | generic | Central Tucson is bicycle-friendly. To the east of the University of Arizona, Third Street is bike-only except for local traffic and passes by the historic homes of the Sam Hughes neighborhood. To the west, E. University Boulevard leads to the Fourth Avenue Shopping District. To the North, N. Mountain Avenue has a full... | Which shopping area is on East University? | {'text': 'Fourth Avenue Shopping District', 'answer_start': 244} |
97,377 | 97,035 | 572a589bb8ce0319002e2acb | generic | After editing a book on John Stuart Mill's letters he planned to publish two books on the liberal order, The Constitution of Liberty and "The Creative Powers of a Free Civilization" (eventually the title for the second chapter of The Constitution of Liberty). He completed The Constitution of Liberty in May 1959, with p... | What topic were Hayek's next two books going to cover? | {'text': 'the liberal order', 'answer_start': 86} |
124,523 | 124,181 | 5ad3ccc7604f3c001a3ff162 | generic | Witnesses believe that a "little flock" go to heaven, but that the hope for life after death for the majority of "other sheep" involves being resurrected by God to a cleansed earth after Armageddon. They interpret Revelation 14:1–5 to mean that the number of Christians going to heaven is limited to exactly 144,000, who... | How many "other sheep" get to be resurrected by God after the Armageddon according to Jehovah's Witnesses? | {'text': '144,000', 'answer_start': 308} |
74,749 | 74,407 | 5727645a5951b619008f8949 | generic | While forming an integral part of the Christian calendar, particularly in Catholic regions, many Carnival traditions resemble those antedating Christianity. Italian Carnival is sometimes thought to be derived from the ancient Roman festivals of Saturnalia and Bacchanalia. The Saturnalia, in turn, may be based on the Gr... | The Saturnalia is potentially based on what Greek festival? | {'text': 'Dionysia', 'answer_start': 324} |
63,262 | 62,920 | 57268a27dd62a815002e88a7 | generic | Pesticides can be classified based upon their biological mechanism function or application method. Most pesticides work by poisoning pests. A systemic pesticide moves inside a plant following absorption by the plant. With insecticides and most fungicides, this movement is usually upward (through the xylem) and outward.... | Which parts of a plant do systemic pesticides generally attack? | {'text': 'pollen and nectar in the flowers', 'answer_start': 395} |
52,469 | 52,127 | 5a7a0ffa17ab25001a8a029e | generic | The original early 19th-century interior designs, many of which survive, include widespread use of brightly coloured scagliola and blue and pink lapis, on the advice of Sir Charles Long. King Edward VII oversaw a partial redecoration in a Belle Époque cream and gold colour scheme. Many smaller reception rooms are furni... | What colors were removed in the partial redecoration overseen by King Edward VII? | {'text': 'Belle Époque cream and gold', 'answer_start': 239} |
94,314 | 93,972 | 5a3e9b6d5a76c5001a3a839c | generic | As the Roman Empire was falling apart, Palermo fell under the control of several Germanic tribes. The first were the Vandals in 440 AD under the rule of their king Geiseric. The Vandals had occupied all the Roman provinces in North Africa by 455 establishing themselves as a significant force. They acquired Corsica, Sar... | Who's North African provinces were occupied by the 4th century? | {'text': 'Roman Empire', 'answer_start': 7} |
118,779 | 118,437 | 5730f09fa5e9cc1400cdbb15 | generic | Among the first to study Russian dialects was Lomonosov in the 18th century. In the 19th, Vladimir Dal compiled the first dictionary that included dialectal vocabulary. Detailed mapping of Russian dialects began at the turn of the 20th century. In modern times, the monumental Dialectological Atlas of the Russian Langua... | When did Lomonosov study Russian dialects? | {'text': '18th century', 'answer_start': 63} |
56,331 | 55,989 | 5726798af1498d1400e8e0f9 | generic | However, this was not always the case; in the early 20th century, once it became apparent that the "sport" was worked, pro wrestling was looked down on as a cheap entertainment for the uneducated working class — an attitude that still exists to varying degrees today. The French theorist Roland Barthes was among the fir... | What was the name of Roland Barthes' essay? | {'text': '"The World of Wrestling"', 'answer_start': 393} |
128,481 | 128,139 | 5ad2f1de604f3c001a3fda28 | generic | Psychological anthropology is an interdisciplinary subfield of anthropology that studies the interaction of cultural and mental processes. This subfield tends to focus on ways in which humans' development and enculturation within a particular cultural group—with its own history, language, practices, and conceptual cate... | Where does Pysychological anthropology defocus on human development and enculteration? | {'text': 'a particular cultural group', 'answer_start': 230} |
36,278 | 35,936 | 570b17956b8089140040f70d | generic | While videoconferencing technology was initially used primarily within internal corporate communication networks, one of the first community service usages of the technology started in 1992 through a unique partnership with PictureTel and IBM Corporations which at the time were promoting a jointly developed desktop bas... | What does DIANE in Project DIANE stand for? | {'text': 'Diversified Information and Assistance Network', 'answer_start': 408} |
56,352 | 56,010 | 5a677239f038b7001ab0c23d | generic | Relatively insensitive film, with a correspondingly lower speed index, requires more exposure to light to produce the same image density as a more sensitive film, and is thus commonly termed a slow film. Highly sensitive films are correspondingly termed fast films. In both digital and film photography, the reduction of... | Higher sensitivity leads to greater what? | {'text': 'image quality', 'answer_start': 402} |
111,626 | 111,284 | 5733e19dd058e614000b64aa | generic | The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people. In the 2014–15 season, the average Premier League match attendance exceeded 36,000, second highest of any professional football league behind the Bund... | What average attendance number was exceeded by the Premier League in the 2014-15 season? | {'text': '36,000', 'answer_start': 246} |
94,454 | 94,112 | 572961606aef051400154dbe | generic | In surveys made in Europe and the United States, green is the color most commonly associated with nature, life, health, youth, spring, hope and envy. In Europe and the U.S. green is sometimes associated with death (green has several seemingly contrary associations), sickness, or the devil, but in China its associations... | Why is green the color of the environmental movement? | {'text': 'its association with nature', 'answer_start': 1220} |
95,254 | 94,912 | 5a2c644dbfd06b001a5aeb50 | generic | West European scientists judge the Yugoslav language policy as an exemplary one: although three-quarters of the population spoke one language, no single language was official on a federal level. Official languages were declared only at the level of constituent republics and provinces, and very generously: Vojvodina had... | Where were all variants of Albanian used? | {'text': 'state administration and republican and federal institutions', 'answer_start': 983} |
116,542 | 116,200 | 57306f658ab72b1400f9c4e4 | generic | Mark Twain provided humorously telling evidence for the frequent unreliability of back-translation when he issued his own back-translation of a French translation of his short story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". He published his back-translation in a 1903 volume together with his English-language ... | Who provided a humorous example of the unreliability of back-translation? | {'text': 'Mark Twain', 'answer_start': 0} |
93,873 | 93,531 | 572970db6aef051400154ec8 | generic | In principle, the Planck constant could be determined by examining the spectrum of a black-body radiator or the kinetic energy of photoelectrons, and this is how its value was first calculated in the early twentieth century. In practice, these are no longer the most accurate methods. The CODATA value quoted here is bas... | One other measure involved the molar volume of what element? | {'text': 'silicon', 'answer_start': 429} |
113,241 | 112,899 | 573022f604bcaa1900d7720b | generic | The San Diego Symphony at Symphony Towers performs on a regular basis and is directed by Jahja Ling. The San Diego Opera at Civic Center Plaza, directed by Ian Campbell, was ranked by Opera America as one of the top 10 opera companies in the United States. Old Globe Theatre at Balboa Park produces about 15 plays and mu... | Who is the director of the San Diego Symphony? | {'text': 'Jahja Ling', 'answer_start': 89} |
42,426 | 42,084 | 570d9b8216d0071400510bd9 | generic | Communication within peer groups allows adolescents to explore their feelings and identity as well as develop and evaluate their social skills. Peer groups offer members the opportunity to develop social skills such as empathy, sharing, and leadership. Adolescents choose peer groups based on characteristics similarly f... | What is one area in which peer groups can have positive influences on an individual? | {'text': 'academic motivation and performance', 'answer_start': 809} |
122,935 | 122,593 | 5731df48e99e3014001e637a | generic | Steven Waldman notes that; "The evangelicals provided the political muscle for the efforts of Madison and Jefferson, not merely because they wanted to block official churches but because they wanted to keep the spiritual and secular worlds apart." "Religious freedom resulted from an alliance of unlikely partners," writ... | What profession does Frank Lambert have? | {'text': 'historian', 'answer_start': 327} |
82,070 | 81,728 | 5727c6252ca10214002d9601 | generic | The "formal" interpretation is more widespread than the "substantive" interpretation. Formalists hold that the law must be prospective, well-known, and have characteristics of generality, equality, and certainty. Other than that, the formal view contains no requirements as to the content of the law. This formal approac... | According to the formalist approach, what else, besides democracy, can laws protect? | {'text': 'individual rights', 'answer_start': 361} |
81,276 | 80,934 | 572802612ca10214002d9b5d | generic | Primarily starting in the mid-1960s, London became a centre for the worldwide youth culture, exemplified by the Swinging London subculture associated with the King's Road, Chelsea and Carnaby Street. The role of trendsetter was revived during the punk era. In 1965 London's political boundaries were expanded to take int... | During "The Troubles", who waged assaults via bombings on London? | {'text': 'the Provisional IRA', 'answer_start': 489} |
30,576 | 30,234 | 5ad2855cd7d075001a42989e | generic | With house music already massive on the '80s dance-scene it was only a matter of time before it would penetrate the UK pop charts.[citation needed] The record generally credited as the first house hit in the UK was Farley "Jackmaster" Funk's "Love Can't Turn Around" which reached #10 in the UK singles chart in Septembe... | When did "Jackmaster" reach #10 in the UK singles chart? | {'text': 'September 1986', 'answer_start': 312} |
21,262 | 20,920 | 56e82fe000c9c71400d77615 | generic | In the early 20th century, the vast conscription of Italian men from all throughout Italy during World War I is credited with facilitating the diffusion of standard Italian among less educated Italian men, as these men from various regions with various regional languages were forced to communicate with each other in a ... | Aside from when they're speaking to Italians from their same town or region, where is a common place where Italians speak their regional language? | {'text': 'at home with family', 'answer_start': 802} |
109,921 | 109,579 | 572fb19f04bcaa1900d76bfc | generic | Database storage is the container of the physical materialization of a database. It comprises the internal (physical) level in the database architecture. It also contains all the information needed (e.g., metadata, "data about the data", and internal data structures) to reconstruct the conceptual level and external lev... | What is database storage? | {'text': 'physical materialization of a database', 'answer_start': 41} |
71,248 | 70,906 | 5ad28049d7d075001a4297b0 | generic | On 24 August, Pravda and Izvestia carried news of the non-secret portions of the Pact, complete with the now infamous front-page picture of Molotov signing the treaty, with a smiling Stalin looking on. The news was met with utter shock and surprise by government leaders and media worldwide, most of whom were aware only... | Which ally of Germany was least surprised by the signing of the agreement? | {'text': 'Japan', 'answer_start': 482} |
68,240 | 67,898 | 5acd561d07355d001abf3da6 | generic | Downtown area is home to historic neighborhoods and buildings such as the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel built in the early 20th century, the restored City Market, the Fayetteville Street downtown business district, which includes the PNC Plaza and Wells Fargo Capitol Center buildings, as well as the North Carolina Museum of... | Who joined the neighborhoods together in the early 2000's? | {'text': 'Downtown Raleigh Alliance', 'answer_start': 817} |
20,333 | 19,991 | 5acf5ffc77cf76001a684cba | generic | Beginning in the 2007–2008 academic year, first-time freshman at KU pay a fixed tuition rate for 48 months according to the Four-Year Tuition Compact passed by the Kansas Board of Regents. For the 2014–15 academic year, tuition was $318 per credit hour for in-state freshman and $828 for out-of-state freshmen. For trans... | What was the edict rejected by the Board of Regents that provided for the fixed tuition program? | {'text': 'Four-Year Tuition Compact', 'answer_start': 124} |
14,598 | 14,256 | 56dfb6067aa994140058e038 | generic | The owner, tenant or manager (licensee) of a pub is properly known as the "pub landlord". The term publican (in historical Roman usage a public contractor or tax farmer) has come into use since Victorian times to designate the pub landlord. Known as "locals" to regulars, pubs are typically chosen for their proximity to... | Teams for what sport can be found congregating at pubs? | {'text': 'darts', 'answer_start': 419} |
114,451 | 114,109 | 57304d5c069b53140083202a | generic | In front of the goal is the penalty area. This area is marked by the goal line, two lines starting on the goal line 16.5 m (18 yd) from the goalposts and extending 16.5 m (18 yd) into the pitch perpendicular to the goal line, and a line joining them. This area has a number of functions, the most prominent being to mark... | Only who can handle the ball with his hands? | {'text': 'goalkeeper', 'answer_start': 331} |
30,160 | 29,818 | 57062b6152bb891400689920 | generic | A reference simulation software implementation, written in the C language and later known as ISO 11172-5, was developed (in 1991–1996) by the members of the ISO MPEG Audio committee in order to produce bit compliant MPEG Audio files (Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 3). It was approved as a committee draft of ISO/IEC technical ... | When was the reference software approved? | {'text': 'March 1994', 'answer_start': 330} |
33,716 | 33,374 | 570a701a4103511400d59705 | generic | The word ale comes from Old English ealu (plural ealoþ), in turn from Proto-Germanic *alu (plural *aluþ), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European base *h₂elut-, which holds connotations of "sorcery, magic, possession, intoxication". The word beer comes from Old English bēor, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą, probably from Pr... | What 12th century poet once wrote "Ale it is called among men, but among the gods, beer."? | {'text': 'Alvíssmál', 'answer_start': 625} |
101,744 | 101,402 | 5a8dca8edf8bba001a0f9c2f | 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 was Feynman's banned PhD thesis titled? | {'text': 'The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Mechanics', 'answer_start': 664} |
26,777 | 26,435 | 56f981b79b226e1400dd14e2 | generic | The headquarters of the MoD are in Whitehall and are now known as Main Building. This structure is neoclassical in style and was originally built between 1938 and 1959 to designs by Vincent Harris to house the Air Ministry and the Board of Trade. The northern entrance in Horse Guards Avenue is flanked by two monumental... | What is the headquarters of the MoD called? | {'text': 'Main Building', 'answer_start': 66} |
104,556 | 104,214 | 5ad419ca604f3c001a40047f | generic | The early settlement was often subject to attack from sea and land, including periodic assaults from Spain and France (both of whom contested England's claims to the region), and pirates. These were combined with raids by Native Americans, who tried to protect themselves from so-called European "settlers," who in turn ... | Which country along with France accepted England's claim to the Charleston region? | {'text': 'Spain', 'answer_start': 101} |
59,589 | 59,247 | 57266d3b5951b619008f725b | generic | The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has adopted the Book of Confessions, which reflects the inclusion of other Reformed confessions in addition to the Westminster Standards. These other documents include ancient creedal statements (the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed), 16th-century Reformed confessions (the Scots Confes... | Which statements did these other documents include from the Westminster Standards? | {'text': "the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed", 'answer_start': 229} |
7,428 | 7,086 | 56d8e40fdc89441400fdb390 | generic | Several hundred pro-Tibet protesters gathered at the Trocadéro with banners and Tibetan flags, and remained there for a peaceful protest, never approaching the torch relay itself. Among them was Jane Birkin, who spoke to the media about the "lack of freedom of speech" in China. Also present was Thupten Gyatso, Presiden... | Where did hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters meet? | {'text': 'the Trocadéro', 'answer_start': 49} |
67,451 | 67,109 | 5ad16823645df0001a2d1a0c | generic | Nothing in the principle of any of the motors described above requires that the iron (steel) portions of the rotor actually rotate. If the soft magnetic material of the rotor is made in the form of a cylinder, then (except for the effect of hysteresis) torque is exerted only on the windings of the electromagnets. Takin... | What forms can't the rotor take? | {'text': 'winding-filled cylinder, or a self-supporting', 'answer_start': 556} |
10,697 | 10,355 | 56e462c98c00841900fbaf71 | generic | The earliest surviving written work on the subject of architecture is De architectura, by the Roman architect Vitruvius in the early 1st century AD. According to Vitruvius, a good building should satisfy the three principles of firmitas, utilitas, venustas, commonly known by the original translation – firmness, commodi... | What was Vitruvius' profession? | {'text': 'architect', 'answer_start': 54} |
30,025 | 29,683 | 5706aa0a75f01819005e7ce7 | generic | Other immune system disorders include various hypersensitivities (such as in asthma and other allergies) that respond inappropriately to otherwise harmless compounds. | What are some examples of hypersensitivities? | {'text': 'asthma and other allergies', 'answer_start': 77} |
5,007 | 4,665 | 56ce7c26aab44d1400b887fb | generic | The 1973 oil embargo and 1979 energy crisis caused a reorganization of energy policies around the world and brought renewed attention to developing solar technologies. Deployment strategies focused on incentive programs such as the Federal Photovoltaic Utilization Program in the US and the Sunshine Program in Japan. Ot... | The oil embargo in what year was a contributing factor to the reorganization of energy policies? | {'text': '1973', 'answer_start': 4} |
8,965 | 8,623 | 5a6b0f05a9e0c9001a4e9eaa | generic | In October 2013, the company announced the "Save a Page" feature which allows any Internet user to archive the contents of a URL. This became a threat of abuse by the service for hosting malicious binaries. | What did "Save a Company" host? | {'text': 'malicious binaries', 'answer_start': 187} |
33,333 | 32,991 | 570990a2200fba14003681a5 | generic | For guidance in practical application of Jewish law, the majority of Orthodox Jews appeal to the Shulchan Aruch ("Code of Jewish Law" composed in the 16th century by Rabbi Joseph Caro) together with its surrounding commentaries. Thus, at a general level, there is a large degree of uniformity amongst all Orthodox Jews. ... | What is the differences among regions in practices known as? | {'text': 'minhag', 'answer_start': 868} |
91,448 | 91,106 | 57290c2f3f37b31900477fd2 | generic | For the anthropologists Lieberman and Jackson (1995), however, there are more profound methodological and conceptual problems with using cladistics to support concepts of race. They claim that "the molecular and biochemical proponents of this model explicitly use racial categories in their initial grouping of samples".... | Lieberman and Jackson suggest authors of some studies use the term race in what ways? | {'text': 'conceptually imprecise and careless', 'answer_start': 856} |
78,691 | 78,349 | 5727a7e54b864d1900163999 | generic | Dominic sought to establish a new kind of order, one that would bring the dedication and systematic education of the older monastic orders like the Benedictines to bear on the religious problems of the burgeoning population of cities, but with more organizational flexibility than either monastic orders or the secular c... | How did the Dominican Order earn money? | {'text': 'by begging', 'answer_start': 528} |
24,314 | 23,972 | 56f7f437aef2371900625cce | generic | Some możni (Magnates) descending from past tribal dynasties regarded themselves as co-proprietors of Piast realms, even though the Piasts attempted to deprive them of their independence. These możni (Magnates) constantly sought to undermine princely authority.:75, 76 In Gall Anonym's chronicle, there is noted the nobil... | What did some Mozni regard themselves with? | {'text': 'co-proprietors of Piast realms', 'answer_start': 83} |
102,545 | 102,203 | 572e874adfa6aa1500f8d0b4 | generic | In 1964, Turkey tried to invade Cyprus in response to the continuing Cypriot intercommunal violence. But Turkey was stopped by a strongly worded telegram from the US President Lyndon B. Johnson on 5 June, warning that the US would not stand beside Turkey in case of a consequential Soviet invasion of Turkish territory. ... | How many troops did Greece send to Cyprus? | {'text': '10,000', 'answer_start': 594} |
41,314 | 40,972 | 570e6b020b85d914000d7eb9 | generic | In order to explain the common features shared by Sanskrit and other Indo-European languages, many scholars have proposed the Indo-Aryan migration theory, asserting that the original speakers of what became Sanskrit arrived in what is now India and Pakistan from the north-west some time during the early second millenni... | What is the theory called dealing with the transfer of Sanskrit to India? | {'text': 'Indo-Aryan migration theory', 'answer_start': 126} |
69,689 | 69,347 | 5726bdcf708984140094cff0 | generic | According to his autobiography, Avicenna had memorised the entire Quran by the age of 10. He learned Indian arithmetic from an Indian greengrocer,ءMahmoud Massahi and he began to learn more from a wandering scholar who gained a livelihood by curing the sick and teaching the young. He also studied Fiqh (Islamic jurispru... | Who did Avicenna learn Indian arithmetic from? | {'text': 'ءMahmoud Massahi', 'answer_start': 146} |
110,603 | 110,261 | 572f9551a23a5019007fc7af | generic | There are approximately ten times as many bacterial cells in the human flora as there are human cells in the body, with the largest number of the human flora being in the gut flora, and a large number on the skin. The vast majority of the bacteria in the body are rendered harmless by the protective effects of the immun... | What type of bacteria can cause infectious diseases? | {'text': 'pathogenic', 'answer_start': 396} |
80,671 | 80,329 | 5727e93b4b864d1900163fd6 | generic | The Consortium first published The Unicode Standard (ISBN 0-321-18578-1) in 1991 and continues to develop standards based on that original work. The latest version of the standard, Unicode 8.0, was released in June 2015 and is available from the consortium's website. The last of the major versions (versions x.0) to be ... | What was the last major version of Unicode to be published in book form? | {'text': 'Unicode 5.0', 'answer_start': 347} |
67,848 | 67,506 | 5727b3c24b864d1900163ac3 | generic | Aside from the official forms of their respective languages, the four linguistic regions of Switzerland also have their local dialectal forms. The role played by dialects in each linguistic region varies dramatically: in the German-speaking regions, Swiss German dialects have become ever more prevalent since the second... | What dialect is increasing in German speaking regions? | {'text': 'Swiss German', 'answer_start': 250} |
121,713 | 121,371 | 573197890fdd8d15006c63b9 | generic | Colloquially, the term university may be used to describe a phase in one's life: "When I was at university..." (in the United States and Ireland, college is often used instead: "When I was in college..."). In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Spain and the German-speaking cou... | In what century was it believed that the UK used the word varsity to refer to a university? | {'text': '19th', 'answer_start': 558} |
35,090 | 34,748 | 5a3960ba2f14dd001ac722d1 | generic | Everton's second successful era started when Harry Catterick was made manager in 1961. In 1962–63, his second season in charge, Everton won the League title and in 1966 the FA Cup followed with a 3–2 win over Sheffield Wednesday. Everton again reached the final in 1968, but this time were unable to overcome West Bromwi... | Who coached Everton during the 1966-67 season? | {'text': 'Harry Catterick', 'answer_start': 45} |
62,800 | 62,458 | 5a6686a7f038b7001ab0bf58 | generic | In a further refinement of the direct use of probabilistic modelling, statistical estimates can be coupled to an algorithm called arithmetic coding. Arithmetic coding is a more modern coding technique that uses the mathematical calculations of a finite-state machine to produce a string of encoded bits from a series of ... | What can e paired with adaptive data called arithmetic coding? | {'text': 'statistical estimates', 'answer_start': 70} |
1,470 | 1,128 | 56cfdf7b234ae51400d9bfd6 | generic | During the summers at Nohant, particularly in the years 1839–43, Chopin found quiet, productive days during which he composed many works, including his Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53. Among the visitors to Nohant were Delacroix and the mezzo-soprano Pauline Viardot, whom Chopin had advised on piano technique and com... | What did Chopin help Pauline Viardot with? | {'text': 'piano technique and composition', 'answer_start': 297} |
36,470 | 36,128 | 570b07e16b8089140040f6f8 | generic | Extending the Gregorian calendar backwards to dates preceding its official introduction produces a proleptic calendar, which should be used with some caution. For ordinary purposes, the dates of events occurring prior to 15 October 1582 are generally shown as they appeared in the Julian calendar, with the year starting... | When was the Battle of Agincourt? | {'text': '25 October 1415', 'answer_start': 471} |
91,546 | 91,204 | 57292a336aef051400154b13 | generic | If a more consistent report with the genetic groups in the gradation of miscegenation is to be considered (e.g. that would not cluster people with a balanced degree of African and non-African ancestry in the black group instead of the multiracial one, unlike elsewhere in Latin America where people of high quantity of A... | What do people with a high quality of African descent classify themselves as? | {'text': 'mixed', 'answer_start': 366} |
113,917 | 113,575 | 57303cafb2c2fd1400568aa9 | generic | Iranian art encompasses many disciplines, including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking, and stonemasonry. The Median and Achaemenid empires left a significant classical art scene which remained as basic influences for the art of the later eras. Art of the Parthians was a mixture of Iran... | The Achaemind Empire along with what other group became the foundation for the art in later Iranian history? | {'text': 'The Median', 'answer_start': 139} |
102,744 | 102,402 | 572e8213c246551400ce427e | generic | Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993)—achieved box office records, originated and came to epitomize the blockbuster film. The unadjusted gross of al... | Who has composed most of Steven Spielberg's movies? | {'text': 'John Williams', 'answer_start': 531} |
49,291 | 48,949 | 5ace72c132bba1001ae4a700 | generic | Because of the difficulty of moving crude bitumen through pipelines, non-upgraded bitumen is usually diluted with natural-gas condensate in a form called dilbit or with synthetic crude oil, called synbit. However, to meet international competition, much non-upgraded bitumen is now sold as a blend of multiple grades of ... | The bitter and light crude oil mix is designed to competed with what types of oils? | {'text': 'internationally marketed heavy oils', 'answer_start': 560} |
118,826 | 118,484 | 5a864adbb4e223001a8e753f | generic | According to the Institute of Russian Language of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an optional acute accent (знак ударения) may, and sometimes should, be used to mark stress. For example, it is used to distinguish between otherwise identical words, especially when context does not make it obvious: замо́к/за́мок (lock/c... | Where can a Russian learner usually find uncommon words? | {'text': 'lexical dictionaries', 'answer_start': 922} |
113,679 | 113,337 | 572ff927947a6a140053cec0 | generic | The emergence of Susa as a city, as determined by radiocarbon dating, dates back to early 4,395 BC. There are dozens of prehistoric sites across the Iranian plateau, pointing to the existence of ancient cultures and urban settlements in the 4th millennium BC. During the Bronze Age, Iran was home to several civilization... | During what Age was Iran the site of several of these ancient civilizations? | {'text': 'Bronze Age', 'answer_start': 271} |
36,630 | 36,288 | 570b212d6b8089140040f75e | generic | When the Xbox 360 was released, Microsoft's online gaming service Xbox Live was shut down for 24 hours and underwent a major upgrade, adding a basic non-subscription service called Xbox Live Silver (later renamed Xbox Live Free) to its already established premium subscription-based service (which was renamed Gold). Xbo... | What was the name of the non-subscription Xbox online gaming service? | {'text': 'Xbox Live Silver', 'answer_start': 181} |
107,671 | 107,329 | 572f98fa04bcaa1900d76ac9 | generic | Over the course of the 20th century, the world's per-capita gross domestic product grew by a factor of five, much more than all earlier centuries combined (including the 19th with its Industrial Revolution). Many economists make the case that this understates the magnitude of growth, as many of the goods and services c... | By what percentage did the world's per-capita gross domestic product grow by during the 20th century? | {'text': 'a factor of five', 'answer_start': 91} |
77,552 | 77,210 | 5727e84f2ca10214002d9940 | generic | Tonearm skating forces and other perturbations are also picked up by the stylus. This is a form of frequency multiplexing as the control signal (restoring force) used to keep the stylus in the groove is carried by the same mechanism as the sound itself. Subsonic frequencies below about 20 Hz in the audio signal are dom... | What would be a cause of low frequency sounds when listening? | {'text': 'warped disk', 'answer_start': 880} |
123,958 | 123,616 | 5a849b087cf838001a46a989 | generic | In brief, there is disagreement among historical analysts as to the exact time period when the minority leadership emerged officially as a party position. Nonetheless, it seems safe to conclude that the position emerged during the latter part of the 19th century, a period of strong party organization and professional p... | When was House leadership structure first established? | {'text': 'the latter part of the 19th century', 'answer_start': 227} |
79,776 | 79,434 | 5727e7d23acd2414000def6f | generic | The National Maritime College of Ireland is also located in Cork and is the only college in Ireland in which Nautical Studies and Marine Engineering can be undertaken. CIT also incorporates the Cork School of Music and Crawford College of Art and Design as constituent schools. The Cork College of Commerce is the larges... | Who provides vocational training in Cork? | {'text': 'The Cork College of Commerce', 'answer_start': 278} |
124,329 | 123,987 | 57324aeae17f3d14004227f4 | generic | Art historian Hravard Hakobyan notes that "Artsakh carpets occupy a special place in the history of Armenian carpet-making." Common themes and patterns found on Armenian carpets were the depiction of dragons and eagles. They were diverse in style, rich in color and ornamental motifs, and were even separated in categori... | What are vishapagorgs? | {'text': 'dragon-carpets', 'answer_start': 431} |
51,285 | 50,943 | 5725f28989a1e219009ac0e0 | generic | Before the Hellenistic period, Greek colonies had been established on the coast of the Crimean and Taman peninsulas. The Bosporan Kingdom was a multi-ethnic kingdom of Greek city states and local tribal peoples such as the Maeotians, Thracians, Crimean Scythians and Cimmerians under the Spartocid dynasty (438–110 BCE).... | Which Scythian people with the Bosporans have strong trade contacts with? | {'text': 'Pontic-Caspian steppe', 'answer_start': 468} |
114,213 | 113,871 | 57303a2d947a6a140053d2d9 | generic | Reciprocal arrangements allow British and Irish citizens to full voting rights in the two states. Exceptions to this are presidential elections and constitutional referendums in the Republic of Ireland, for which there is no comparable franchise in the other states. In the United Kingdom, these pre-date European Union ... | In what elections are other Europeans who are living in the United Kingdom or Ireland, allowed to vote in? | {'text': 'local and European Parliament elections', 'answer_start': 440} |
40,404 | 40,062 | 570cfa75fed7b91900d45b92 | generic | In recent years, Apple has seen a significant boost in sales of Macs. This has been attributed, in part, to the success of the iPod and the iPhone, a halo effect whereby satisfied iPod or iPhone owners purchase more Apple products, and Apple has since capitalized on that with the iCloud cloud service that allows users ... | Which smartphone has hurt personal computer manufacterers the most? | {'text': "Apple's own iPhone", 'answer_start': 541} |
12,153 | 11,811 | 56df7b3d56340a1900b29c0e | generic | Plymouth City Council is responsible for waste management throughout the city and South West Water is responsible for sewerage. Plymouth's electricity is supplied from the National Grid and distributed to Plymouth via Western Power Distribution. On the outskirts of Plympton a combined cycle gas-powered station, the Lan... | Who distributes electricity in Plymouth? | {'text': 'Western Power Distribution', 'answer_start': 218} |
55,266 | 54,924 | 5a627fdff8d794001af1c061 | generic | Following the purchase of an offshore lease in 2005, Shell initiated its US$4.5 billion Arctic drilling program in 2006, after the corporation purchased the "Kulluk" oil rig and leased the Noble Discoverer drillship. At inception, the project was led by Pete Slaiby, a Shell executive who had previously worked in the No... | When was Pete Slaiby taken off of the Arctic drilling program? | {'text': '2012', 'answer_start': 431} |
125,173 | 124,831 | 5732833db9988014000c7655 | generic | Eisenhower retired to the place where he and Mamie had spent much of their post-war time, a working farm adjacent to the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, only 70 miles from his ancestral home in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In 1967 the Eisenhowers donated the farm to the National Park Service. ... | Who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1964? | {'text': 'Barry Goldwater', 'answer_start': 474} |
33,838 | 33,496 | 5a8ccdb1fd22b3001a8d8eba | generic | The symbol $, usually written before the numerical amount, is used for the U.S. dollar (as well as for many other currencies). The sign was the result of a late 18th-century evolution of the scribal abbreviation "ps" for the peso, the common name for the Spanish dollars that were in wide circulation in the New World fr... | In which region of the world were Spanish signs minted? | {'text': 'Spanish America', 'answer_start': 401} |
62,329 | 61,987 | 572799cb5951b619008f8e5a | generic | Despite efforts to revive Hebrew as the national language of the Jewish people, knowledge of the language is not commonly possessed by Jews worldwide and English has emerged as the lingua franca of the Jewish diaspora. Although many Jews once had sufficient knowledge of Hebrew to study the classic literature, and Jewis... | South African Jews adopted which language? | {'text': 'English', 'answer_start': 1196} |
113,713 | 113,371 | 5730048aa23a5019007fcc4f | generic | The blossoming literature, philosophy, medicine, and art of Iran became major elements in the formation of a new age for the Iranian civilization, during the period known as the Islamic Golden Age. The Islamic Golden Age reached its peak by the 10th and 11th centuries, during which Iran was the main theater of the scie... | Where was the main area where the peak of scientific activity take place during the Islamic Golden Age? | {'text': 'Iran', 'answer_start': 283} |
118,378 | 118,036 | 5730f4a1497a881900248aa4 | generic | Namibia extends from 17°S to 25°S: climatically the range of the sub-Tropical High Pressure Belt, arid is the overall climate description descending from the Sub-Humid (mean rain above 500 mm) through Semi-Arid between 300 and 500 mm (embracing most of the waterless Kalahari) and Arid from 150 to 300 mm (these three re... | What is the overall climate description for Namibia? | {'text': 'arid', 'answer_start': 98} |
55,656 | 55,314 | 572661a95951b619008f7109 | generic | This allowed any English firm to trade with India, unless specifically prohibited by act of parliament, thereby annulling the charter that had been in force for almost 100 years. By an act that was passed in 1698, a new "parallel" East India Company (officially titled the English Company Trading to the East Indies) was... | The stock holder of the Original East India company rasied how much money to try and deal with the parallel East India Company? | {'text': '£315,000', 'answer_start': 448} |
93,495 | 93,153 | 5a66f357f038b7001ab0c115 | generic | The most familiar, and historically the oldest, types of glass are "silicate glasses" based on the chemical compound silica (silicon dioxide, or quartz), the primary constituent of sand. The term glass, in popular usage, is often used to refer only to this type of material, which is familiar from use as window glass an... | What can a very strong and transparent transmittance be made from? | {'text': 'pure silica', 'answer_start': 706} |
21,501 | 21,159 | 56e87f7f0b45c0140094ccde | generic | As of 2000[update], there were 59,948 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 49,873 married individuals, 9,345 widows or widowers and 9,468 individuals who are divorced. | Where there more married or single people in Bern in 2000? | {'text': 'single', 'answer_start': 54} |
29,337 | 28,995 | 5705f31875f01819005e77ba | generic | On December 16, 2015, the Supreme Court of India mandated several restrictions on Delhi's transportation system to curb pollution. Among the measures, the court ordered to stop registrations of diesel cars and sport utility vehicles with an engine capacity of 2,000 cc and over until March 31, 2016. The court also order... | All taxis in Delhi were ordered to switch to what type of fuel by March 1, 2016? | {'text': 'compressed natural gas', 'answer_start': 366} |
68,339 | 67,997 | 5726b6dcf1498d1400e8e88d | generic | Raleigh is home to a wide variety of religious practitioners. As of 2013, 46.41% of people in Raleigh are affiliated with a religion. The predominant religion in Raleigh is Christianity, with the largest numbers of adherents being Roman Catholic (11.3%), Baptist (10.85%), and Methodist (7.08%). Others include Presbyter... | What is the main religion of Raleigh? | {'text': 'Christianity', 'answer_start': 173} |
32,739 | 32,397 | 57098884ed30961900e842b8 | generic | The Catholic Church uses wine in the celebration of the Eucharist because it is part of the tradition passed down through the ages starting with Jesus Christ at the Last Supper, where Catholics believe the consecrated bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Jesus Christ, a dogma known as transubstantiatio... | What church uses wine to celebrate the Eucharist? | {'text': 'The Catholic Church', 'answer_start': 0} |
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