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95,754 | 95,412 | 5ace315b32bba1001ae49d6b | generic | Eastern or Canada hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is another important evergreen needle-leaf conifer that grows along the Appalachian chain from north to south, but is confined to lower elevations than red spruce and the firs. It generally occupies richer and less acidic soils than the spruce and firs and is characteristic ... | What insect is extirpating spruces? | {'text': 'the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae)', 'answer_start': 407} |
57,031 | 56,689 | 5726544edd62a815002e81b8 | generic | Upon graduating in September 1785, Bonaparte was commissioned a second lieutenant in La Fère artillery regiment.[note 4] He served in Valence and Auxonne until after the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789, and took nearly two years' leave in Corsica and Paris during this period. At this time, he was a fervent Corsican ... | When did the Revolution begin? | {'text': '1789', 'answer_start': 200} |
117,302 | 116,960 | 5730a5e02461fd1900a9cf3e | generic | The company continued to carefully review submitted titles, giving them scores using a 40-point scale and allocating Nintendo's marketing resources accordingly. Each region performed separate evaluations. Nintendo of America also maintained a policy that, among other things, limited the amount of violence in the games ... | Which game console had a full-gore version of Mortal Kombat? | {'text': 'Genesis', 'answer_start': 554} |
24,456 | 24,114 | 56f83350a6d7ea1400e17495 | generic | In the 1840s Nicholas I reduced 64,000 szlachta to commoner status. Despite this, 62.8% of Russia's nobles were szlachta in 1858 and still 46.1% in 1897. Serfdom was abolished in Russian Poland on February 19, 1864. It was deliberately enacted in a way that would ruin the szlachta. It was the only area where peasants p... | How much land was held by the peasants? | {'text': '48.9%', 'answer_start': 985} |
29,719 | 29,377 | 5706c7a52eaba6190074ad04 | generic | Birds need to alter their metabolism in order to meet the demands of migration. The storage of energy through the accumulation of fat and the control of sleep in nocturnal migrants require special physiological adaptations. In addition, the feathers of a bird suffer from wear-and-tear and require to be molted. The timi... | How do birds store energy? | {'text': 'through the accumulation of fat and the control of sleep', 'answer_start': 102} |
57,921 | 57,579 | 57267b4c5951b619008f742b | generic | Religions and peoples are diverse in Southeast Asia and not one country is homogeneous. In the world's most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia, Hinduism is dominant on islands such as Bali. Christianity also predominates in the rest of the part of the Philippines, New Guinea and Timor. Pockets of Hindu population can al... | Which religion is dominant on the Island of Bali? | {'text': 'Hinduism', 'answer_start': 143} |
6,201 | 5,859 | 56d36c0559d6e41400146350 | generic | In seasons ten and eleven, a further round was added in Las Vegas, where the contestants perform in groups based on a theme, followed by one final solo round to determine the semi-finalists. At the end of this stage of the competition, 24 to 36 contestants are selected to move on to the semi-final stage. In season twel... | In which season was the "Hollywood or Home" round added to the competition? | {'text': 'twelve', 'answer_start': 316} |
122,239 | 121,897 | 573196af497a88190024909d | generic | YouTube is a global video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. The site allows users to upload... | How much did Google pay for Youtube in 2006? | {'text': 'US$1.65 billion', 'answer_start': 218} |
91,613 | 91,271 | 5729355b1d04691400779170 | generic | "Race" is still sometimes used within forensic anthropology (when analyzing skeletal remains), biomedical research, and race-based medicine. Brace has criticized this, the practice of forensic anthropologists for using the controversial concept "race" out of convention when they in fact should be talking about regional... | What does Brace feel the term "black" in meaningful in? | {'text': 'particular context', 'answer_start': 591} |
120,665 | 120,323 | 5ad4dba25b96ef001a10a448 | generic | The painters of the early Renaissance used two traditional lake pigments, made from mixing dye with either chalk or alum, kermes lake, made from kermes insects, and madder lake, made from the rubia tinctorum plant. With the arrival of cochineal, they had a third, carmine, which made a very fine crimson, though it had a... | What was used by all painters? | {'text': 'two traditional lake pigments', 'answer_start': 43} |
73,261 | 72,919 | 57273572dd62a815002e998e | generic | NAACP had many problem's with JFK's "token" proposal. They wanted jobs. One day after the order took effect, NAACP labor secretary Herbert Hill filed complaints against the hiring and promoting practices of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Lockheed was doing business with the Defense Department on the first billion-dolla... | Who had issues with JFK's proposal? | {'text': 'NAACP', 'answer_start': 0} |
68,118 | 67,776 | 5726e051708984140094d470 | generic | Medical facilities in Mali are very limited, and medicines are in short supply. Malaria and other arthropod-borne diseases are prevalent in Mali, as are a number of infectious diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis. Mali's population also suffers from a high rate of child malnutrition and a low rate of immunization.... | What Sexually transmitted disease afflicts roughly 1.9 percent of the population? | {'text': 'HIV/AIDS', 'answer_start': 402} |
13,393 | 13,051 | 56df88ca4a1a83140091eafe | generic | METRO Transit is the city's public transit company. The main transfer terminal is located downtown at NW 5th Street and Hudson Avenue. METRO Transit maintains limited coverage of the city's main street grid using a hub-and-spoke system from the main terminal, making many journeys impractical due to the rather small num... | What is Oklahoma Cities transit company? | {'text': 'METRO Transit', 'answer_start': 0} |
26,582 | 26,240 | 56f991dc9e9bad19000a0aeb | generic | Throughout history there have been a series of lingua francas in the area to allow for better communication. The dialects spoken in Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Ningbo have taken on this role historically. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mandarin, which is not mutually intelligible with any of ... | Throughout history there have been a series of what in the area to allow for better communication? | {'text': 'lingua francas', 'answer_start': 47} |
121,728 | 121,386 | 5a77bfb8b73996001af5a557 | generic | In Canada, "college" generally refers to a two-year, non-degree-granting institution, while "university" connotes a four-year, degree-granting institution. Universities may be sub-classified (as in the Macleans rankings) into large research universities with many PhD granting programs and medical schools (for example, ... | What is an example of a primarily graduate university? | {'text': 'St. Francis Xavier', 'answer_start': 502} |
59,441 | 59,099 | 5726d45d708984140094d2a2 | generic | In 1963, the teenage Brian May and his father custom-built his signature guitar Red Special, which was purposely designed to feedback. Sonic experimentation figured heavily in Queen's songs. A distinctive characteristic of Queen's music are the vocal harmonies which are usually composed of the voices of May, Mercury, a... | What year was Brian May's signature guitar made? | {'text': '1963', 'answer_start': 3} |
114,198 | 113,856 | 5acda0a307355d001abf4870 | generic | Ireland, the United Kingdom and the three Crown Dependencies are all parliamentary democracies, with their own separate parliaments. All parts of the United Kingdom return members to parliament in London. In addition to this, voters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland return members to a parliament in Edinburgh and... | Ireland, the UK and the 3 Crown Dependencies are socialistic democracies with what? | {'text': 'their own separate parliaments', 'answer_start': 101} |
3,132 | 2,790 | 56cee6ebaab44d1400b88c42 | generic | On 13 March 2015, several members of the cast and crew, including Craig, Whishaw, Wilson and Mendes, as well as previous James Bond actor, Sir Roger Moore, appeared in a sketch written by David Walliams and the Dawson Brothers for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day on BBC One. In the sketch, they film a behind-the-scenes mock... | On what TV station did Red Nose Day appear? | {'text': 'BBC One', 'answer_start': 262} |
77,618 | 77,276 | 5727f9a14b864d190016410d | generic | There were important quality advances in recordings specifically made for radio broadcast. In the early 1930s Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric announced the total reinvention of disc recording: the Western Electric Wide Range System, "The New Voice of Action". The intent of the new Western Electric syst... | What two companies worked together to develop the Western Electric System? | {'text': 'Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric', 'answer_start': 110} |
96,232 | 95,890 | 5acd426607355d001abf3acd | generic | In cosmology and astronomy the phenomena of stars, nova, supernova, quasars and gamma-ray bursts are the universe's highest-output energy transformations of matter. All stellar phenomena (including solar activity) are driven by various kinds of energy transformations. Energy in such transformations is either from gravi... | Oxygen represents a store of potential energy that can be released by what? | {'text': 'fusion', 'answer_start': 882} |
123,202 | 122,860 | 57324a780fdd8d15006c691d | generic | Larry Christenson, a Lutheran theologian based in San Pedro, California, did much in the 1960s and 1970s to interpret the charismatic movement for Lutherans. A very large annual conference regarding that matter was held in Minneapolis. Charismatic Lutheran congregations in Minnesota became especially large and influent... | Who wrote Touched by the Spirit? | {'text': 'Richard A. Jensen', 'answer_start': 649} |
41,276 | 40,934 | 570e65050b85d914000d7e88 | generic | The earliest known inscriptions in Sanskrit date to the first century BCE.[citation needed] They are in the Brahmi script, which was originally used for Prakrit, not Sanskrit. It has been described as a paradox that the first evidence of written Sanskrit occurs centuries later than that of the Prakrit languages which a... | In what script are the earliest Sanskrit inscriptions? | {'text': 'Brahmi', 'answer_start': 108} |
5,020 | 4,678 | 56d0990e234ae51400d9c3c0 | generic | The International Energy Agency has said that solar energy can make considerable contributions to solving some of the most urgent problems the world now faces: | Who said that solar energy can help solve some of the most urgent problems in the world? | {'text': 'The International Energy Agency', 'answer_start': 0} |
11,006 | 10,664 | 56e4ceac8c00841900fbaff5 | generic | Environmental sustainability has become a mainstream issue, with profound effect on the architectural profession. Many developers, those who support the financing of buildings, have become educated to encourage the facilitation of environmentally sustainable design, rather than solutions based primarily on immediate co... | What issue has moved to the forefront in recent years? | {'text': 'Environmental sustainability', 'answer_start': 0} |
33,253 | 32,911 | 57098d60ed30961900e842ee | generic | On the other hand, Orthodox Jews subscribing to Modern Orthodoxy in its American and UK incarnations, tend to be far more right-wing than both non-orthodox and other orthodox Jews. While the overwhelming majority of non-Orthodox American Jews are on average strongly liberal and supporters of the Democratic Party, the M... | Haredi and Hasidic Jewry have an attachment to what movement? | {'text': 'Zionism', 'answer_start': 693} |
40,628 | 40,286 | 5ad5657c5b96ef001a10adbd | generic | Starting in 2002, Apple moved to eliminate CRT displays from its product line as part of aesthetic design and space-saving measures with the iMac G4. However, the new iMac with its flexible LCD flat-panel monitor was considerably more expensive on its debut than the preceding iMac G3, largely due to the higher cost of ... | What was the main problem with the iMac's CRT? | {'text': 'relatively bulky and somewhat outdated', 'answer_start': 554} |
18,453 | 18,111 | 56e3c6788c00841900fbaef8 | generic | During the Perestroika era, The Law on the Status of the Estonian Language was adopted in January 1989. The collapse of the Soviet Union led to the restoration of Republic of Estonia's independence. Estonian went back to being the only state language in Estonia which in practice meant that use of Estonian was promoted ... | Following the Soviet collapse what became the only official Estonian Language? | {'text': 'Estonian', 'answer_start': 57} |
118,367 | 118,025 | 5730f42ea5e9cc1400cdbb3b | generic | The Kalahari Desert, an arid region shared with South Africa and Botswana, is one of Namibia's well-known geographical features. The Kalahari, while popularly known as a desert, has a variety of localised environments, including some verdant and technically non-desert areas. One of these, known as the Succulent Karoo, ... | What Desert is shared between South Africa and Botswana? | {'text': 'Kalahari Desert', 'answer_start': 4} |
71,617 | 71,275 | 572702f4708984140094d87b | generic | Capacitors deviate from the ideal capacitor equation in a number of ways. Some of these, such as leakage current and parasitic effects are linear, or can be assumed to be linear, and can be dealt with by adding virtual components to the equivalent circuit of the capacitor. The usual methods of network analysis can the... | Upon dealing with leakage current and parasitic effects in a realistic model of a capacitor, what sort of methods can then be applied? | {'text': 'The usual methods of network analysis', 'answer_start': 275} |
128,980 | 128,638 | 57340526d058e614000b67d7 | generic | The province is home to several historical sites, including the Shalimar Gardens, the Lahore Fort, the Badshahi Mosque, the Rohtas Fort and the ruins of the ancient city of Harrapa. The Anarkali Market and Jahangir's Tomb are prominent in the city of Lahore as is the Lahore Museum, while the ancient city of Taxila in t... | What famous mosque is in Punjab? | {'text': 'Badshahi Mosque', 'answer_start': 103} |
70,844 | 70,502 | 5726eb29dd62a815002e9538 | generic | The United Nations estimates that the population in 2009 was at 154,729,000, distributed as 51.7% rural and 48.3% urban, and with a population density of 167.5 people per square kilometre. National census results in the past few decades have been disputed. The results of the most recent census were released in December... | When did President Goodluck Jonathan advocate limiting childbirth? | {'text': 'June 2012', 'answer_start': 466} |
116,036 | 115,694 | 5ad49cc1ba00c4001a268db7 | generic | Windows 8 is available in three different editions, of which the lowest version, branded simply as Windows 8, and Windows 8 Pro, were sold at retail in most countries, and as pre-loaded software on new computers. Each edition of Windows 8 includes all of the capabilities and features of the edition below it, and add ad... | How many Windows 9 editions are there? | {'text': 'three', 'answer_start': 26} |
101,138 | 100,796 | 5a28605bd1a287001a6d0be4 | generic | At the turn of the 21st century, a post-punk revival developed in British and American alternative and indie rock, which soon started appearing in other countries, as well. The earliest sign of a revival was the emergence of various underground bands in the mid-'90s. However, the first commercially successful bands – t... | What subculture avoided darker post-punk bands the most? | {'text': 'goth', 'answer_start': 968} |
121,151 | 120,809 | 5731d3feb9d445190005e596 | generic | The canal is 193.30 km (120.11 mi) long, 24 m (79 ft) deep and 205 metres (673 ft) wide as of 2010. It consists of the northern access channel of 22 km (14 mi), the canal itself of 162.25 km (100.82 mi) and the southern access channel of 9 km (5.6 mi). The canal is a single lane with passing places in the "Ballah By-Pa... | How many locks are contained in Suez Canal? | {'text': 'no locks', 'answer_start': 363} |
13,726 | 13,384 | 5a2977c803c0e7001a3e1787 | generic | The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN organization. The UNFPA says it "is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled." Their work involves t... | What local campaigns is UNFPA most involved with? | {'text': 'against obstetric fistula and female genital mutilation', 'answer_start': 521} |
36,795 | 36,453 | 5a70ba6d8abb0b001a67611e | generic | While the original Xbox sold poorly in Japan, selling just 2 million units while it was on the market (between 2002 and 2005),[citation needed] the Xbox 360 sold even more poorly, selling only 1.5 million units from 2005 to 2011. Edge magazine reported in August 2011 that initially lackluster and subsequently falling s... | How many of the original Xbox sell between 2005 and 2011? | {'text': '1.5 million', 'answer_start': 193} |
53,669 | 53,327 | 57261636271a42140099d45f | generic | Different cultures have evolved various ways of creating clothes out of cloth. One approach simply involves draping the cloth. Many people wore, and still wear, garments consisting of rectangles of cloth wrapped to fit – for example, the dhoti for men and the sari for women in the Indian subcontinent, the Scottish kilt... | Various cultures have come up with ways of making clothes from what? | {'text': 'cloth', 'answer_start': 72} |
48,705 | 48,363 | 571d2f3bdd7acb1400e4c250 | generic | Advertising is common in healthcare journals as well as through more mainstream media routes. In some countries, notably the US, they are allowed to advertise directly to the general public. Pharmaceutical companies generally employ sales people (often called 'drug reps' or, an older term, 'detail men') to market direc... | "Drug reps" are usually hired by what type of firms? | {'text': 'Pharmaceutical companies', 'answer_start': 191} |
65,947 | 65,605 | 5726b5b3f1498d1400e8e863 | generic | Mercury has been smelted from cinnabar for thousands of years. Mercury dissolves many metals, such as gold, silver, and tin, to form amalgams (an alloy in a soft paste, or liquid form at ambient temperature). Amalgams have been used since 200 BC in China for plating objects with precious metals, called gilding, such as... | Gold and silver were extracted from their ores by using? | {'text': 'Mercury', 'answer_start': 537} |
80,921 | 80,579 | 5727bf844b864d1900163c68 | generic | In June 1963, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a major speech in Detroit that foreshadowed his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. two months later. While the African-American Civil Rights Movement gained significant federal civil rights laws in 1964 and 1965, longstanding inequities resulted in confrontations... | Who was the Governor of Michigan in 1967? | {'text': 'George W. Romney', 'answer_start': 477} |
102,915 | 102,573 | 5ad4c1195b96ef001a109f4f | generic | Spielberg's next film, Schindler's List, was based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a man who risked his life to save 1,100 Jews from the Holocaust. Schindler's List earned Spielberg his first Academy Award for Best Director (it also won Best Picture). With the film a huge success at the box office, Spielberg used... | What movie did the American Film Institute rank as #1 on their 10 Greatest American Films ever Made list in 2007? | {'text': "Schindler's List", 'answer_start': 23} |
120,526 | 120,184 | 5731ad73e17f3d14004222ed | generic | A 2013 study in Nature reported that DNA found in the 24,000-year-old remains of a young boy from the archaeological Mal'ta-Buret' culture suggest that up to one-third of the indigenous Americans may have ancestry that can be traced back to western Eurasians, who may have "had a more north-easterly distribution 24,000 ... | What culture was the boy from? | {'text': "Mal'ta-Buret'", 'answer_start': 117} |
24,338 | 23,996 | 56f7f909a6d7ea1400e17345 | generic | The Orthodox nobles' rights were nominally equal to those enjoyed by Polish and Lithuanian nobility, but there was a cultural pressure to convert to Catholicism, that was greatly eased in 1596 by the Union of Brest. See for example careers of Senator Adam Kisiel and Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki. | What greatly eased the cultural pressure towards Catholicism. | {'text': 'Union of Brest', 'answer_start': 200} |
80,057 | 79,715 | 5727bdeeff5b5019007d93f6 | generic | The design architecture of USB is asymmetrical in its topology, consisting of a host, a multitude of downstream USB ports, and multiple peripheral devices connected in a tiered-star topology. Additional USB hubs may be included in the tiers, allowing branching into a tree structure with up to five tier levels. A USB ho... | How many USB ports may a host controller provide? | {'text': 'one or more USB ports', 'answer_start': 400} |
121,646 | 121,304 | 5a77b2e1b73996001af5a511 | generic | During the Early Modern period (approximately late 15th century to 1800), the universities of Europe would see a tremendous amount of growth, productivity and innovative research. At the end of the Middle Ages, about 400 years after the first university was founded, there were twenty-nine universities spread throughout... | The Mediterranean Empire had how many universities? | {'text': '34', 'answer_start': 620} |
55,425 | 55,083 | 57262dba89a1e219009ac508 | generic | The first amniotes apparently arose in the Late Carboniferous. They descended from earlier reptiliomorph amphibious tetrapods, which lived on land that was already inhabited by insects and other invertebrates as well as by ferns, mosses and other plants. Within a few million years, two important amniote lineages became... | What is a distinct trait of Synapsids? | {'text': 'single hole (temporal fenestra) low on each side of the skull', 'answer_start': 545} |
79,933 | 79,591 | 5727c5182ca10214002d95e7 | generic | General Francisco Franco — himself a Galician from Ferrol — ruled as dictator from the civil war until his death in 1975. Franco's centralizing regime suppressed any official use of the Galician language, including the use of Galician names for newborns, although its everyday oral use was not forbidden. Among the attem... | When did his reign end? | {'text': '1975', 'answer_start': 116} |
118,918 | 118,576 | 5730d22faca1c71400fe5aed | generic | Offensive Counterair (OCA) is defined as "offensive operations to destroy, disrupt, or neutralize enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms, and their supporting structures and systems both before and after launch, but as close to their source as possible" (JP 1-02). OCA is the preferred method of countering air and m... | What does the abbreviation OCA stand for? | {'text': 'Offensive Counterair', 'answer_start': 0} |
95,623 | 95,281 | 57299f39af94a219006aa575 | generic | In addition to the true folded mountains, known as the ridge and valley province, the area of dissected plateau to the north and west of the mountains is usually grouped with the Appalachians. This includes the Catskill Mountains of southeastern New York, the Poconos in Pennsylvania, and the Allegheny Plateau of southw... | What area is usually grouped with the Appalachians? | {'text': 'dissected plateau to the north and west of the mountains', 'answer_start': 94} |
45,490 | 45,148 | 570ff55ab654c5140001f6f1 | generic | As of November 2008, there is only one person on death row facing capital punishment who has not been convicted of murder. Demarcus Sears remains under a death sentence in Georgia for the crime of "kidnapping with bodily injury." Sears was convicted in 1986 for the kidnapping and bodily injury of victim Gloria Ann Wilb... | In what state was Gloria Ann Wilbur murdered? | {'text': 'Kentucky', 'answer_start': 404} |
94,420 | 94,078 | 5a3eae585a76c5001a3a8455 | generic | Being Sicily's administrative capital, Palermo is a centre for much of the region's finance, tourism and commerce. The city currently hosts an international airport, and Palermo's economic growth over the years has brought the opening of many new businesses. The economy mainly relies on tourism and services, but also h... | What mostly depends shipbuilding and agriculture? | {'text': 'The economy', 'answer_start': 259} |
82,507 | 82,165 | 5ad00fbf77cf76001a68685b | generic | Standing at 117 metres (384 feet) in height and 360 metres (1,180 feet) in width, the Potala Palace is the most important example of Tibetan architecture. Formerly the residence of the Dalai Lama, it contains over one thousand rooms within thirteen stories, and houses portraits of the past Dalai Lamas and statues of th... | What is 117 feet in height? | {'text': 'Potala Palace', 'answer_start': 86} |
45,948 | 45,606 | 5710947eb654c5140001f9a9 | generic | During the Age of Enlightenment, Freemasons comprised an international network of like-minded men, often meeting in secret in ritualistic programs at their lodges. they promoted the ideals of the Enlightenment, and helped diffuse these values across Britain and France and other places. Freemasonry as a systematic creed... | Where did Freemasonry originate? | {'text': 'Scotland', 'answer_start': 381} |
37,974 | 37,632 | 5a8ca315fd22b3001a8d8c6f | generic | Since life began on Earth, five major mass extinctions and several minor events have led to large and sudden drops in biodiversity. The Phanerozoic eon (the last 540 million years) marked a rapid growth in biodiversity via the Cambrian explosion—a period during which the majority of multicellular phyla first appeared. ... | When was the first Cambrian extinction event? | {'text': '251 million years ago', 'answer_start': 559} |
83,950 | 83,608 | 57287f0f2ca10214002da406 | generic | Founded by Dantidurga around 753, the Rashtrakuta Empire ruled from its capital at Manyakheta for almost two centuries. At its peak, the Rashtrakutas ruled from the Ganges River and Yamuna River doab in the north to Cape Comorin in the south, a fruitful time of political expansion, architectural achievements and famous... | What Rastrakuta king ruler for 64 years? | {'text': 'Amoghavarsha', 'answer_start': 577} |
118,646 | 118,304 | 5a862691b4e223001a8e7483 | generic | Until the 20th century, the language's spoken form was the language of only the upper noble classes and urban population, as Russian peasants from the countryside continued to speak in their own dialects. By the mid-20th century, such dialects were forced out with the introduction of the compulsory education system tha... | In the mid 20th century what group was the only one that used colloquial speech? | {'text': 'upper noble classes and urban population', 'answer_start': 80} |
13,709 | 13,367 | 56dfcc01231d4119001abe06 | generic | The Archaic period in the Americas saw a changing environment featuring a warmer more arid climate and the disappearance of the last megafauna. The majority of population groups at this time were still highly mobile hunter-gatherers; but now individual groups started to focus on resources available to them locally, thu... | What disappeared during the Archaic period? | {'text': 'megafauna', 'answer_start': 133} |
62,431 | 62,089 | 5acebd3c32bba1001ae4b26a | generic | Notable exceptions include the massacre of Jews and forcible conversion of some Jews by the rulers of the Almohad dynasty in Al-Andalus in the 12th century, as well as in Islamic Persia, and the forced confinement of Moroccan Jews to walled quarters known as mellahs beginning from the 15th century and especially in the... | Where were Jews in Islamic Persia confined to? | {'text': 'mellahs', 'answer_start': 259} |
101,415 | 101,073 | 572e89ce03f9891900756759 | generic | The War of the Austrian Succession had seen the belligerents aligned on a time-honoured basis. France’s traditional enemies, Great Britain and Austria, had coalesced just as they had done against Louis XIV. Prussia, the leading anti-Austrian state in Germany, had been supported by France. Neither group, however, found ... | What was gained or lost by Austria? | {'text': 'British military effort had not saved Silesia for Austria', 'answer_start': 459} |
106,484 | 106,142 | 572ec43bdfa6aa1500f8d368 | generic | Moses, in 7:143, comes the way of those who are in love, he asks for a vision but his desire is denied, he is made to suffer by being commanded to look at other than the Beloved while the mountain is able to see God. The mountain crumbles and Moses faints at the sight of God's manifestation upon the mountain. In Qushay... | Who wrote that Moses had lost the Moses in himself along the way to his encounter with God? | {'text': 'Qushayri', 'answer_start': 314} |
71,172 | 70,830 | 5ad27bb7d7d075001a429667 | generic | Hitler's fierce anti-Soviet rhetoric was one of the reasons why the UK and France decided that Soviet participation in the 1938 Munich Conference regarding Czechoslovakia would be both dangerous and useless. The Munich Agreement that followed marked a partial German annexation of Czechoslovakia in late 1938 followed by... | What countries prevented the Germans from joining the Munich Conference? | {'text': 'UK and France', 'answer_start': 68} |
121,550 | 121,208 | 573188e1497a881900248fdf | generic | European higher education took place for hundreds of years in Christian cathedral schools or monastic schools (scholae monasticae), in which monks and nuns taught classes; evidence of these immediate forerunners of the later university at many places dates back to the 6th century. The earliest universities were develop... | In the chronology of academic institutions, where are Christian cathedral schools compared to universities? | {'text': 'immediate forerunners', 'answer_start': 190} |
69,651 | 69,309 | 5ace27fb32bba1001ae49bea | generic | The study of the Quran and the Hadith thrived in such a scholarly atmosphere. Philosophy, Fiqh and theology (kalaam) were further developed, most noticeably by Avicenna and his opponents. Al-Razi and Al-Farabi had provided methodology and knowledge in medicine and philosophy. Avicenna had access to the great libraries ... | What library did Avicenna found? | {'text': 'Hamadan', 'answer_start': 365} |
108,999 | 108,657 | 5a2d64e1f28ef0001a526539 | generic | Hundreds of movies have been shot or set in part within the city of Santa Monica. One of the oldest exterior shots in Santa Monica is Buster Keaton's Spite Marriage (1929) which shows much of 2nd Street. The comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) included several scenes shot in Santa Monica, including those alon... | Who plays the part of Iron Man? | {'text': 'Sylvester Stallone', 'answer_start': 403} |
3,116 | 2,774 | 56cee58daab44d1400b88c1e | generic | During the December 2014 press conference announcing the start of filming, Aston Martin and Eon unveiled the new DB10 as the official car for the film. The DB10 was designed in collaboration between Aston Martin and the filmmakers, with only 10 being produced especially for Spectre as a celebration of the 50th annivers... | What were the two DB10s that were not needed for filming used for? | {'text': 'promotional work', 'answer_start': 461} |
113,622 | 113,280 | 57300a8aa23a5019007fccac | generic | The Solar Hijri calendar, also called the Shamsi Hijri calendar, and abbreviated as SH, is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. It begins on the vernal equinox. Each of the twelve months corresponds with a zodiac sign. The first six months have 31 days, the next five have 30 days, and the last month has 29 da... | What is one way to abbreviate the Solar Hiljri calender? | {'text': 'SH', 'answer_start': 84} |
79,398 | 79,056 | 5727f98a2ca10214002d9a92 | generic | In January 2016, the Eton College beagling club was accused by the League Against Cruel Sports of undertaking an illegal hare hunt. The allegations were accompanied by a video of the Eton Beagles chasing a hare, as 'the hunt staff urge the beagles on and make no efforts to call the dogs off.' A spokesman representing E... | Did Eton's official statement say that they took the matter seriously or frivilously? | {'text': 'extremely seriously', 'answer_start': 413} |
105,531 | 105,189 | 5a848eae7cf838001a46a932 | generic | Growing scientific recognition of the role of private lands for endangered species recovery and the landmark 1981 court decision in Palila v. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources both contributed to making Habitat Conservation Plans/ Incidental Take Permits "a major force for wildlife conservation and a majo... | What did Thornton say the role of private lands was like for the development community? | {'text': 'a major headache', 'answer_start': 314} |
93,965 | 93,623 | 5ad123aa645df0001a2d0eec | generic | Total investment in renewable energy (including small hydro-electric projects) was $244 billion in 2012, down 12% from 2011 mainly due to dramatically lower solar prices and weakened US and EU markets. As a share of total investment in power plants, wind and solar PV grew from 14% in 2000 to over 60% in 2012. The top c... | What six were the bottom countries for investment in recent years? | {'text': 'China, Germany, Spain, the United States, Italy, and Brazil', 'answer_start': 365} |
113,377 | 113,035 | 573035c8b2c2fd1400568a7c | generic | The city's primary commercial airport is the San Diego International Airport (SAN), also known as Lindbergh Field. It is the busiest single-runway airport in the United States. It served over 17 million passengers in 2005, and is dealing with an increasingly larger number every year. It is located on San Diego Bay thre... | What independent agency operates San Diego International Airport? | {'text': 'San Diego Regional Airport Authority', 'answer_start': 569} |
110,019 | 109,677 | 572ff1ada23a5019007fcb81 | generic | From 1877 to 1878, the area suffered a rash of stagecoach robberies. Most notable, however, were the two holdups committed by masked road-agent William Whitney Brazelton. Brazelton held up two stages in the summer of 1878 near Point of Mountain Station approximately 17 mi (27 km) northwest of Tucson. John Clum, of Tomb... | What date did William Whitney Brazelton Die? | {'text': 'August 19, 1878', 'answer_start': 426} |
62,531 | 62,189 | 57273cb5dd62a815002e99e6 | generic | Production capacity in Britain and the United States was improved by the invention of the cotton gin by the American Eli Whitney in 1793. Before the development of cotton gins, the cotton fibers had to be pulled from the seeds tediously by hand. By the late 1700s a number of crude ginning machines had been developed. H... | What invention improved the cotton industry in both America and Britain? | {'text': 'cotton gin', 'answer_start': 90} |
7,278 | 6,936 | 56d9c649dc89441400fdb7e3 | generic | The cohabitation of dogs and humans would have greatly improved the chances of survival for early human groups, and the domestication of dogs may have been one of the key forces that led to human success. | What has likely led to human success? | {'text': 'the domestication of dogs', 'answer_start': 116} |
54,632 | 54,290 | 5ad017ab77cf76001a68699a | generic | To prevent piracy of films, the standard drill of film distribution is to have a movie first released through movie theaters (theatrical window), on average approximately 16 and a half weeks, before having it released to Blu-Ray and DVD (entering its video window). During the theatrical window, digital versions of film... | How long is a movie atypically released in theaters for? | {'text': '16 and a half weeks', 'answer_start': 171} |
32,569 | 32,227 | 57096e1c200fba1400367fd3 | generic | Himachal Pradesh is spread across valleys, and 90% of the population lives in villages and towns. However, the state has achieved 100% hygiene and practically no single house is without a toilet. The villages are well connected to roads, public health centers, and now with Lokmitra kendra using high-speed broadband. Sh... | Where do 90% of the population live in Himachal Pradesh? | {'text': 'villages and towns', 'answer_start': 78} |
116,231 | 115,889 | 5a565d366349e2001acdcd31 | generic | In 1903, after British victory in the Anglo-Boer war, Swaziland became a British protectorate. Much of its early administration (for example, postal services) being carried out from South Africa until 1906 when the Transvaal colony was granted self-government. Following this, Swaziland was partitioned into European and... | Who was granted self-government in the 19th century? | {'text': 'Swaziland', 'answer_start': 54} |
102,122 | 101,780 | 572ebf5303f98919007569ef | generic | Idris' government was increasingly unpopular by the latter 1960s; it had exacerbated Libya's traditional regional and tribal divisions by centralising the country's federal system in order to take advantage of the country's oil wealth, while corruption and entrenched systems of patronage were widespread throughout the ... | Did the CIA confirm knowledge of Gaddafi's upcoming coup?: | {'text': "they have since claimed ignorance, stating that they were monitoring Abdul Aziz Shalhi's Black Boots revolutionary group.", 'answer_start': 858} |
18,887 | 18,545 | 56e767c137bdd419002c3f5e | generic | Mechanical pulping yields almost a tonne of pulp per tonne of dry wood used, which is why mechanical pulps are sometimes referred to as "high yield" pulps. With almost twice the yield as chemical pulping, mechanical pulps is often cheaper. Mass-market paperback books and newspapers tend to use mechanical papers. Book p... | How many times more yield does the mechanical pulping process produce when compared to to the chemical pulping process? | {'text': 'twice', 'answer_start': 168} |
35,359 | 35,017 | 5a679bd7f038b7001ab0c337 | generic | Another source of loanwords was Old Norse, which came into contact with Old English via the Scandinavian rulers and settlers in the Danelaw from the late 9th century, and during the rule of Cnut and other Danish kings in the early 11th century. Many place-names in eastern and northern England are of Scandinavian origin... | What led to more complicated grammar after the Old English period? | {'text': 'Norse influence', 'answer_start': 975} |
130,562 | 130,220 | 5a7dc2b470df9f001a87512b | generic | A definition of "matter" more fine-scale than the atoms and molecules definition is: matter is made up of what atoms and molecules are made of, meaning anything made of positively charged protons, neutral neutrons, and negatively charged electrons. This definition goes beyond atoms and molecules, however, to include su... | What is made out of negatively charged protons? | {'text': 'atoms and molecules', 'answer_start': 111} |
108,234 | 107,892 | 57303df4a23a5019007fcfe6 | generic | The phase of reflection of electromagnetic waves depends on the polarization of the incident wave. Given the larger refractive index of the ground (typically n=2) compared to air (n=1), the phase of horizontally polarized radiation is reversed upon reflection (a phase shift of radians or 180°). On the other hand, the ... | Besides a ground, what has these phases apply well to? | {'text': 'electrical conductor', 'answer_start': 500} |
62,748 | 62,406 | 5a81a8b031013a001a334d33 | generic | A public genome sequencing effort of cotton was initiated in 2007 by a consortium of public researchers. They agreed on a strategy to sequence the genome of cultivated, tetraploid cotton. "Tetraploid" means that cultivated cotton actually has two separate genomes within its nucleus, referred to as the A and D genomes. ... | When did a group or researchers decide to sequence the genomic structure of diploid counterparts? | {'text': '2007', 'answer_start': 61} |
20,648 | 20,306 | 56e7a86a00c9c71400d77490 | generic | Nanjing is the transportation hub in eastern China and the downstream Yangtze River area. Different means of transportation constitute a three-dimensional transport system that includes land, water and air. As in most other Chinese cities, public transportation is the dominant mode of travel of the majority of the citi... | What is the most popular method of travel for citizens? | {'text': 'public transportation', 'answer_start': 240} |
102,680 | 102,338 | 572eab10c246551400ce449f | generic | Popular music in Cyprus is generally influenced by the Greek Laïka scene; artists who play in this genre include international platinum star Anna Vissi, Evridiki, and Sarbel. Hip Hop, R&B and reggae have been supported by the emergence of Cypriot rap and the urban music scene at Ayia Napa. Cypriot rock music and Éntekh... | Which artists are associated with Cypriot rock music? | {'text': 'Michalis Hatzigiannis and Alkinoos Ioannidis', 'answer_start': 369} |
29,342 | 29,000 | 5705f41752bb891400689724 | generic | The national capital of India, New Delhi is jointly administered by both the Central Government of India and the local Government of Delhi, it is also the capital of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. | The local Government of Delhi and the Central Government of India jointly administer what city? | {'text': 'New Delhi', 'answer_start': 31} |
71,259 | 70,917 | 5726d819dd62a815002e923e | generic | The day after the Pact was signed, the French and British military negotiation delegation urgently requested a meeting with Soviet military negotiator Kliment Voroshilov. On August 25, Voroshilov told them "[i]n view of the changed political situation, no useful purpose can be served in continuing the conversation." Th... | What was the response of Kliment Voroshilov in regards to further conversations with Britain and France? | {'text': 'no useful purpose', 'answer_start': 253} |
112,215 | 111,873 | 572fe7abb2c2fd1400568597 | generic | With Egypt and Macedonia weakened, the Seleucid Empire made increasingly aggressive and successful attempts to conquer the entire Greek world. Now not only Rome's allies against Philip, but even Philip himself, sought a Roman alliance against the Seleucids. The situation was made worse by the fact that Hannibal was now... | Which empire currently controlled the majority of the former Persian Empire? | {'text': 'Seleucids', 'answer_start': 477} |
124,423 | 124,081 | 57323fc4e99e3014001e65d1 | generic | From 1932, it was taught that the "little flock" of 144,000 would not be the only people to survive Armageddon. Rutherford explained that in addition to the 144,000 "anointed" who would be resurrected—or transferred at death—to live in heaven to rule over earth with Christ, a separate class of members, the "great multi... | All new converts to the movmeent since 1935 were considered part of what class? | {'text': 'great multitude', 'answer_start': 309} |
41,076 | 40,734 | 570daef116d0071400510cd1 | generic | In the 1982 Falklands War, the Argentine armed forces deployed the newest west European weapons including the Oerlikon GDF-002 35 mm twin cannon and SAM Roland. The Rapier missile system was the primary GBAD system, used by both British artillery and RAF regiment, a few brand-new FIM-92 Stinger were used by British spe... | What older system did the British naval use? | {'text': 'Sea Slug longer range systems', 'answer_start': 436} |
105,074 | 104,732 | 572fbec404bcaa1900d76c67 | generic | In the inter-war years and after 1940, Hugh Dowding, Air Officer Commanding Fighter Command has received credit for the defence of British air space and the failure of the Luftwaffe to achieve air superiority. However, Dowding had spent so much effort preparing day fighter defences, there was little to prevent the Germ... | What strategy could the German's have used instead of day raids? | {'text': 'bombing at night', 'answer_start': 364} |
7,487 | 7,145 | 56d9618ddc89441400fdb3d9 | generic | Argentine activists told a news conference that they would not try to snuff out the torch's flame as demonstrators had in Paris and London. "I want to announce that we will not put out the Olympic torch," said pro-Tibet activist Jorge Carcavallo. "We'll be carrying out surprise actions throughout the city of Buenos Air... | What is the name of the activist who promised peaceful protests? | {'text': 'Jorge Carcavallo', 'answer_start': 229} |
107,867 | 107,525 | 57307298396df9190009610d | generic | In Canada, "the 51st state" is a phrase generally used in such a way as to imply that if a certain political course is taken, Canada's destiny will be as little more than a part of the United States. Examples include the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1988, the debate over the creation of a common defense... | When did the Clarity Act go into effect? | {'text': '1999', 'answer_start': 498} |
23,515 | 23,173 | 56f756b2aef2371900625b26 | generic | Muhammad also ordered another siege on the Banu Qurayza during the Invasion of Banu Qurayza, because according to Muslim tradition he had been ordered to do so by the angel Gabriel. Al-Waqidi claims Muhammad had a treaty with the tribe which was torn apart. Stillman and Watt deny the authenticity of al-Waqidi. Al-Waqid... | Who claims Muhammad had a treaty with the Banu Qurayza that was torn apart? | {'text': 'Al-Waqidi', 'answer_start': 182} |
111,409 | 111,067 | 572fe045a23a5019007fcac7 | generic | Today, Greeks are the majority ethnic group in the Hellenic Republic, where they constitute 93% of the country's population, and the Republic of Cyprus where they make up 78% of the island's population (excluding Turkish settlers in the occupied part of the country). Greek populations have not traditionally exhibited h... | Where there any significances that contributed to the increase or decrease in population numbers ? | {'text': 'influx of 1.5 million Greek refugees after the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey.', 'answer_start': 577} |
123,711 | 123,369 | 5a7b4d6e21c2de001afe9e8f | generic | Counting shipping as quasi-exports and in terms of monetary value, Greece ranked 4th globally in 2011 having "exported" shipping services worth 17,704.132 million $; only Denmark, Germany and South Korea ranked higher during that year. Similarly counting shipping services provided to Greece by other countries as quasi-... | What was the worth Greece's shipping services lost in 2011? | {'text': '17,704.132 million $', 'answer_start': 144} |
73,886 | 73,544 | 5a8cd194fd22b3001a8d8eec | generic | From 1988 to 1997, the BBC and Sky Sports had coverage of the FA Cup, the BBC had highlights on Match of the Day and usually one match per round while Sky had the same deal. From 1997 to 2001, ITV and Sky shared live coverage with both having two matches per round and BBC continuing with highlights on Match of the Day.... | Who was the last woman to host the FA Cup Final? | {'text': 'Rebecca Lowe', 'answer_start': 1644} |
27,853 | 27,511 | 56faebc18f12f319006302d2 | generic | Somali scholars have for centuries produced many notable examples of Islamic literature ranging from poetry to Hadith. With the adoption of the Latin alphabet in 1972 to transcribe the Somali language, numerous contemporary Somali authors have also released novels, some of which have gone on to receive worldwide acclai... | Who wrote Ignorance is the enemy of love? | {'text': 'Farah Mohamed Jama Awl', 'answer_start': 595} |
55,295 | 54,953 | 5a62926df8d794001af1c0f1 | generic | It was unclear if Shell would recommence drilling in mid-2013, following the "Kulluk" incident and, in February 2013, the corporation stated that it would "pause" its closely watched drilling project off the Alaskan coast in 2013, and will instead prepare for future exploration. In January 2014, the corporation announc... | When did shell announce it was resuming it Alaskan project? | {'text': '2013', 'answer_start': 225} |
65,648 | 65,306 | 5a21ae368a6e4f001aa08e68 | generic | The rise of Islam, based on both the Qur'an and Muhammad strongly altered the power balances and perceptions of origin of power in the Mediterranean region. Early Islamic philosophy emphasized an inexorable link between science and religion, and the process of ijtihad to find truth—in effect all philosophy was "politic... | What process did speculative theologians use to find truth? | {'text': 'ijtihad', 'answer_start': 261} |
66,649 | 66,307 | 5726b6f4dd62a815002e8db6 | generic | In the nineteenth century Burke was praised by both liberals and conservatives. Burke's friend Philip Francis wrote that Burke "was a man who truly & prophetically foresaw all the consequences which would rise from the adoption of the French principles" but because Burke wrote with so much passion, people were doubtful... | Who made speeches very similar to Burke's in Parliament? | {'text': 'William Windham', 'answer_start': 339} |
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