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27,119 | 26,777 | 56fa995df34c681400b0c0fa | generic | For the commercial naming of a product, the frame rate is often dropped and is implied from context (e.g., a 1080i television set). A frame rate can also be specified without a resolution. For example, 24p means 24 progressive scan frames per second, and 50i means 25 interlaced frames per second. | What does 24p mean? | {'text': '24 progressive scan frames per second', 'answer_start': 212} |
105,995 | 105,653 | 572ede7cc246551400ce4758 | generic | Emperor Zhang's (r. 75–88 AD) reign came to be viewed by later Eastern Han scholars as the high point of the dynastic house. Subsequent reigns were increasingly marked by eunuch intervention in court politics and their involvement in the violent power struggles of the imperial consort clans. With the aid of the eunuch ... | Who was prevented from leaving their house? | {'text': 'Empress Dowager Dou', 'answer_start': 375} |
58,229 | 57,887 | 5728a145ff5b5019007da356 | generic | The BYU Ballroom Dance Company is known as one of the best formation ballroom dance teams in the world, having won the U.S. National Formation Dance Championship every year since 1982. BYU's Ballroom dance team has won first place in Latin or Standard (or both) many times when they have competed at the Blackpool Dance ... | What BYU group is known as one of the best formation ballroom dance teams in the world? | {'text': 'Ballroom Dance Company', 'answer_start': 8} |
33,705 | 33,363 | 5acd201807355d001abf35e1 | generic | Beer was spread through Europe by Germanic and Celtic tribes as far back as 3000 BC, and it was mainly brewed on a domestic scale. The product that the early Europeans drank might not be recognised as beer by most people today. Alongside the basic starch source, the early European beers might contain fruits, honey, num... | In which year did the Germanic and Celtic tribes add hops to beer? | {'text': '822', 'answer_start': 494} |
6,501 | 6,159 | 56d37b7659d6e414001464e6 | generic | Season nine premiered on January 12, 2010. The upheaval at the judging panel continued. Ellen DeGeneres joined as a judge to replace Paula Abdul at the start of Hollywood Week. | Who filled the judges spot vacated by Paula Abdul on season nine of American Idol? | {'text': 'Ellen DeGeneres', 'answer_start': 88} |
85,526 | 85,184 | 5a625bf4f8d794001af1bf98 | generic | St. John's was the starting point for the first non-stop transatlantic aircraft flight, by Alcock and Brown in a modified Vickers Vimy IV bomber, in June 1919, departing from Lester's Field in St. John's and ending in a bog near Clifden, Connemara, Ireland. In July 2005, the flight was duplicated by American aviator an... | What was the end point for the first transatlantic aircraft flight? | {'text': "St. John's", 'answer_start': 0} |
116,262 | 115,920 | 5a566f9e6349e2001acdcd4e | generic | The Swazi bicameral Parliament or Libandla consists of the Senate (30 seats; 10 members appointed by the House of Assembly and 20 appointed by the monarch; to serve five-year terms) and the House of Assembly (65 seats; 10 members appointed by the monarch and 55 elected by popular vote; to serve five-year terms). The el... | Who appoints the house of assembly? | {'text': 'the monarch;', 'answer_start': 143} |
109,626 | 109,284 | 572f94bca23a5019007fc79d | generic | When a person is non-verbal and cannot self-report pain, observation becomes critical, and specific behaviors can be monitored as pain indicators. Behaviors such as facial grimacing and guarding indicate pain, as well as an increase or decrease in vocalizations, changes in routine behavior patterns and mental status ch... | How can patients with dementia indicate discomfort exists? | {'text': 'signal', 'answer_start': 844} |
3,309 | 2,967 | 56d505f99d1b871400ae05f6 | generic | Between 64 and 104 major aftershocks, ranging in magnitude from 4.0 to 6.1, were recorded within 72 hours of the main quake. According to Chinese official counts, "by 12:00 CST, November 6, 2008 there had been 42,719 total aftershocks, of which 246 ranged from 4.0 MS to 4.9 MS, 34 from 5.0 MS to 5.9 MS, and 8 from 6.0 ... | What do the Chinese say is the total number of shocks after the quake? | {'text': '42,719', 'answer_start': 210} |
80,381 | 80,039 | 5727b50e2ca10214002d946c | generic | The Yangtze River and its tributaries flows through the mountains of western Sichuan and the Sichuan Basin; thus, the province is upstream of the great cities that stand along the Yangtze River further to the east, such as Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing and Shanghai. One of the major tributaries of the Yangtze within the pr... | Which river flows through the Sichuan Basin? | {'text': 'Yangtze River', 'answer_start': 4} |
112,773 | 112,431 | 573223b8b9d445190005e837 | generic | After the Allied setbacks in 1943, the South East Asia command prepared to launch offensives into Burma on several fronts. In the first months of 1944, the Chinese and American troops of the Northern Combat Area Command (NCAC), commanded by the American Joseph Stilwell, began extending the Ledo Road from India into nor... | Who did aircraft drop supplies to isolated units until they could be relieved? | {'text': 'XV Corps', 'answer_start': 577} |
118,677 | 118,335 | 5730c16d069b53140083230c | generic | In the 20th century, Russian was mandatorily taught in the schools of the members of the old Warsaw Pact and in other countries that used to be satellites of the USSR. In particular, these countries include Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Albania, former East Germany and Cuba. However, younger ... | Where was Russian schooling mandatory in the 20th century? | {'text': 'Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Albania, former East Germany and Cuba', 'answer_start': 207} |
47,286 | 46,944 | 571a46b64faf5e1900b8a93f | generic | Cognitive neuroscientists consider memory as the retention, reactivation, and reconstruction of the experience-independent internal representation. The term of internal representation implies that such definition of memory contains two components: the expression of memory at the behavioral or conscious level, and the u... | What is an engram trace? | {'text': 'the underpinning physical neural changes', 'answer_start': 315} |
118,479 | 118,137 | 57310860a5e9cc1400cdbbb0 | generic | There are many lodges and reserves to accommodate eco-tourists. Sport hunting is also a large, and growing component of the Namibian economy, accounting for 14% of total tourism in the year 2000, or $19.6 million US dollars, with Namibia boasting numerous species sought after by international sport hunters. In addition... | How much economic assistance does Namibia get from tourism from hunting? | {'text': '$19.6 million US dollars', 'answer_start': 199} |
40,855 | 40,513 | 570d6767fed7b91900d45ffa | generic | In some countries, such as Britain and Germany during the Second World War, the Soviet Union and NATO's Allied Command Europe, ground based air defence and air defence aircraft have been under integrated command and control. However, while overall air defence may be for homeland defence including military facilities, f... | What other group has also been under this integrated command and control? | {'text': "NATO's Allied Command Europe", 'answer_start': 97} |
42,211 | 41,869 | 570d63cdfed7b91900d45fa7 | generic | On the French side, planning after the disaster at Wissembourg had become essential. General Le Bœuf, flushed with anger, was intent upon going on the offensive over the Saar and countering their loss. However, planning for the next encounter was more based upon the reality of unfolding events rather than emotion or pr... | What did the French armies decide on to protect against every possible attack point? | {'text': 'a defensive position', 'answer_start': 470} |
8,452 | 8,110 | 56dd1bb366d3e219004dabd2 | generic | Transport in the Republic of the Congo includes land, air and water transportation. The country's rail system was built by forced laborers during the 1930s and largely remains in operation. There are also over 1000 km of paved roads and two major international airports (Maya-Maya Airport and Pointe Noire Airport) which... | What is a common destination outside of Africa for Congolese airlines? | {'text': 'Paris', 'answer_start': 337} |
19,730 | 19,388 | 56e777aa00c9c71400d77171 | generic | The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) resource for the public and the government. Congress has charged NARA with reviewing FOIA policies, procedures and compliance of Federal agencies and to recommend changes to FOIA. NARA's mission also includes resolving FOIA disp... | What types of recommendations does NARA provide to congress? | {'text': 'changes to FOIA', 'answer_start': 255} |
92,006 | 91,664 | 572901d03f37b31900477f76 | generic | During the Middle Ages, Paris was a center of Jewish learning with famous Talmudic scholars, such as Yechiel of Paris who took part in the Disputation of Paris between Christian and Jewish intellectuals. The Parisian Jewish community was victim of persecution, alternating expulsions and returns, until France became the... | When was the Marais-quarter Agoudas Hakehilos Synagogue built? | {'text': '1913', 'answer_start': 843} |
90,773 | 90,431 | 5728ab5aff5b5019007da400 | generic | The Sydney Mandolins (Artistic Director: Adrian Hooper) have contributed greatly to the repertoire through commissioning over 200 works by Australian and International composers. Most of these works have been released on Compact Disks and can regularly be heard on radio stations on the ABC and MBS networks. One of thei... | Who is the director of the Sydney Mandolins? | {'text': 'Adrian Hooper', 'answer_start': 41} |
66,521 | 66,179 | 5ad0d0e6645df0001a2d04d2 | generic | Burke's Reflections sparked a pamphlet war. Thomas Paine penned the Rights of Man in 1791 as a response to Burke; Mary Wollstonecraft published A Vindication of the Rights of Men and James Mackintosh wrote Vindiciae Gallicae. Mackintosh was the first to see the Reflections as "the manifesto of a Counter Revolution". Ma... | What did Paine call Reflections? | {'text': 'the manifesto of a Counter Revolution', 'answer_start': 278} |
115,924 | 115,582 | 573030d304bcaa1900d77322 | generic | Windows 8 also incorporates improved support for mobile broadband; the operating system can now detect the insertion of a SIM card and automatically configure connection settings (including APNs and carrier branding), and reduce its internet usage in order to conserve bandwidth on metered networks. Windows 8 also adds ... | Where can Carrier account management systems be found? | {'text': 'Windows Store apps', 'answer_start': 470} |
69,004 | 68,662 | 572721d3dd62a815002e994f | generic | The Crimean War marked the ascendancy of France to the position of pre-eminent power on the Continent,:411 the continued decline of the Ottoman Empire, and the beginning of a decline for Tsarist Russia. As Fuller notes, "Russia had been beaten on the Crimean peninsula, and the military feared that it would inevitably b... | What empire declined after the Crimean War? | {'text': 'the Ottoman Empire', 'answer_start': 132} |
23 | 23 | 138466 | pubqa | A large waterborne outbreak of NoV occurred in Lilla Edet in Sweden in 2008. On 11 September 2008, the County Medical Ofcer (CMO) was informed about an unusually high number of individuals who had suddenly fallen ill with gastrointestinal symptoms during the previous days in Lilla Edet, a small municipality in southwes... | What were the associated pathogens of concern? | {'answer_id': 273695, 'document_id': 445539, 'question_id': 138466, 'text': 'Adenovirus was detected in one, sapovirus in one and rotavirus in three stool samples. Campylobacter spp. were isolated from two stool samples.', 'answer_start': 3389, 'answer_category': 'LONG'} |
117,931 | 117,589 | 5731142905b4da19006bcd64 | generic | A major sporting event is the "Independence Day Sports Festival" held annually on 1 October. The most important sports event within the country is arguably the Tuvalu Games, which are held yearly since 2008. Tuvalu first participated in the Pacific Games in 1978 and in the Commonwealth Games in 1998, when a weightlifte... | What competitions have Tuvalu athletes entered in the World Championships in Athletics? | {'text': '100 metre sprints', 'answer_start': 890} |
79,122 | 78,780 | 57278ba7dd62a815002e9feb | generic | As the school suffered reduced income while still under construction, the completion and further development of the school has since depended to some extent on wealthy benefactors. Building resumed when Roger Lupton was Provost, around 1517. His name is borne by the big gate-house in the west range of the cloisters, fr... | What is the most famous image of Eton College? | {'text': 'the big gate-house in the west range of the cloisters, fronting School Yard', 'answer_start': 263} |
60,317 | 59,975 | 5726ee155951b619008f82ae | generic | It is fairly clear that predators tend to lower the survival and fecundity of their prey, but on a higher level of organization, populations of predator and prey species also interact. It is obvious that predators depend on prey for survival, and this is reflected in predator populations being affected by changes in pr... | Prey that is eaten is simply replaced by anohter when the population is close to what? | {'text': 'carrying capacity', 'answer_start': 505} |
103,219 | 102,877 | 5ad4de145b96ef001a10a4ce | generic | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Spielberg in 2005, the first year it considered non-literary contributors. In November 2007, he was chosen for a Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented at the sixth annual Visual Effects Society Awards in February 2009. He was set to be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Awa... | In what year was the Science Fiction Hall of Fame created? | {'text': '2005', 'answer_start': 55} |
109,195 | 108,853 | 572fd9b4a23a5019007fca89 | generic | Olin has a network of more than 16,000 alumni worldwide. Over the last several years, the school’s endowment has increased to $213 million (2004) and annual gifts average $12 million per year.[citation needed] Simon Hall was opened in 1986 after a donation from John E. Simon. On May 2, 2014, the $90 million conjoined K... | How many alumni does Olin Business School have worldwide? | {'text': 'more than 16,000 alumni', 'answer_start': 22} |
128,645 | 128,303 | 573412ebd058e614000b68f0 | generic | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport is the busiest airport in the state of Montana, surpassing Billings Logan International Airport in the spring of 2013. Montana's other major Airports include Billings Logan International Airport, Missoula International Airport, Great Falls International Airport, Glacier Park In... | What is the name of the busiest airport in Montana? | {'text': 'Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport', 'answer_start': 0} |
91,507 | 91,165 | 5729225a1d04691400779093 | generic | Witherspoon et al. (2007) have argued that even when individuals can be reliably assigned to specific population groups, it may still be possible for two randomly chosen individuals from different populations/clusters to be more similar to each other than to a randomly chosen member of their own cluster. They found tha... | Studying increasing number of groups require an increasing number of what? | {'text': 'markers', 'answer_start': 812} |
24,135 | 23,793 | 56f95fca9b226e1400dd13d4 | generic | Following the 2013 emergencies, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Tony de Brum was encouraged by the Obama administration in the United States to turn the crises into an opportunity to promote action against climate change. De Brum demanded new commitment and international leadership to stave off further climate disaster... | As of 2013, who was the Marshall Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs? | {'text': 'Tony de Brum', 'answer_start': 64} |
111,093 | 110,751 | 5ace978d32bba1001ae4ab7a | generic | Cordwood construction can save significant space and was often used with wire-ended components in applications where space was at a premium (such as missile guidance and telemetry systems) and in high-speed computers, where short traces were important. In cordwood construction, axial-leaded components were mounted betw... | Components located on the exterior are what? | {'text': 'difficult to replace', 'answer_start': 1132} |
14,841 | 14,499 | 56dfec1b231d4119001abe99 | generic | Quality dropped but variety increased with the introduction of microwave ovens and freezer food. "Pub grub" expanded to include British food items such as steak and ale pie, shepherd's pie, fish and chips, bangers and mash, Sunday roast, ploughman's lunch, and pasties. In addition, dishes such as burgers, chicken wings... | What culture's cuisine is ploughman's lunch a part of? | {'text': 'British', 'answer_start': 128} |
80,894 | 80,552 | 5727b94dff5b5019007d9379 | generic | From 1805 to 1847, Detroit was the capital of Michigan (first the territory, then the state). Detroit surrendered without a fight to British troops during the War of 1812 in the Siege of Detroit. The Battle of Frenchtown (January 18–23, 1813) was part of a United States effort to retake the city, and American troops su... | In which county is the park commemorating the Battle of Frenchtown? | {'text': 'Monroe County', 'answer_start': 468} |
117,619 | 117,277 | 5730b4be8ab72b1400f9c6c8 | generic | The Sumerian language is generally regarded as a language isolate in linguistics because it belongs to no known language family; Akkadian, by contrast, belongs to the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. There have been many failed attempts to connect Sumerian to other language groups. It is an agglutinative la... | Why is the Sumerian language usually thought of as a language isolate in linguistics? | {'text': 'belongs to no known language family', 'answer_start': 92} |
93,340 | 92,998 | 5a515692ce860b001aa3fd15 | generic | As the premiers did not come to an agreement on this question, the Parliamentary Council was supposed to address this issue. Its provisions are reflected in Article 29. There was a binding provision for a new delimitation of the federal territory: the Federal Territory must be revised ... (paragraph 1). Moreover, in te... | Who addressed an issue if the premiers came to an agreement? | {'text': 'Parliamentary Council', 'answer_start': 67} |
50,958 | 50,616 | 5725cf22271a42140099d219 | generic | Israeli universities are among 100 top world universities in mathematics (Hebrew University, TAU and Technion), physics (TAU, Hebrew University and Weizmann Institute of Science), chemistry (Technion and Weizmann Institute of Science), computer science (Weizmann Institute of Science, Technion, Hebrew University, TAU an... | Israeli universities rank where in mathematics? | {'text': '100', 'answer_start': 31} |
15,618 | 15,276 | 56e0716c231d4119001ac14d | generic | The tourist industry is heavily based on the promotion of Napoleon's imprisonment. A golf course also exists and the possibility for sportfishing tourism is great. Three hotels operate on the island but the arrival of tourists is directly linked to the arrival and departure schedule of the RMS St Helena. Some 3,200 sho... | Tourism is completely based on what arriving to the island? | {'text': 'the RMS St Helena', 'answer_start': 287} |
17,382 | 17,040 | 56e152ace3433e1400422dbc | generic | On the other hand, there are several language shift processes currently taking place. In Northern Catalonia, Catalan has followed the same trend as the other minority languages of France, with most of its native speakers being 60 or older (as of 2004). Catalan is studied as a foreign language by 30% of the primary educ... | When was it determined that most native speakers in France are 60 or older? | {'text': '2004', 'answer_start': 246} |
113,039 | 112,697 | 5ad4bdaa5b96ef001a109ed0 | generic | During World War II, San Diego became a major hub of military and defense activity, due to the presence of so many military installations and defense manufacturers. The city's population grew rapidly during and after World War II, more than doubling between 1930 (147,995) and 1950 (333,865). During the final months of ... | What were the Japanese originally going to drop on San Francisco from their kamikaze planes? | {'text': 'fleas infected with plague (Yersinia pestis)', 'answer_start': 532} |
90,549 | 90,207 | 5ad25596d7d075001a428d3f | generic | Such a theory would be true with higher probability, because it cannot be attacked so easily: to falsify the first one, it is sufficient to find that the sun has stopped rising; to falsify the second one, one additionally needs the assumption that the given day has not yet been reached. Popper held that it is the least... | Who argues it is possible to ensure that a theory is true? | {'text': 'Popper', 'answer_start': 648} |
33,305 | 32,963 | 57098fc7ed30961900e84320 | generic | Orthodox Judaism collectively considers itself the only true heir to the Jewish tradition. The Orthodox Jewish movements consider all non-Orthodox Jewish movements to be unacceptable deviations from authentic Judaism; both because of other denominations' doubt concerning the verbal revelation of Written and Oral Torah,... | What considers itself the only true heir to the Jewish tradition? | {'text': 'Orthodox Judaism', 'answer_start': 0} |
67,048 | 66,706 | 5726bfb3708984140094d057 | generic | Paul VI revolutionized papal elections by ordering that only cardinals below the age of eighty might participate in future conclaves. In Ecclesiae Sanctae, his motu proprio of 6 August 1966, he further invited all bishops to offer their retirement to the pontiff no later than the completion of their 75th year of age. T... | At what age were cardinals restricted by Paul Vi from participating in conclaves? | {'text': 'eighty', 'answer_start': 88} |
128,257 | 127,915 | 5733aa144776f41900660fa3 | generic | Darwin and Wallace unveiled evolution in the late 1850s. There was an immediate rush to bring it into the social sciences. Paul Broca in Paris was in the process of breaking away from the Société de biologie to form the first of the explicitly anthropological societies, the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, meeting for... | When did Wallace and Darwin unveil the theory of evolution? | {'text': 'late 1850s.', 'answer_start': 45} |
49,672 | 49,330 | 5722d2bb0dadf01500fa1f18 | generic | Palmerston died in 1865, and after a brief ministry led by Russell, Derby returned to power. In 1866, Victoria attended the State Opening of Parliament for the first time since Albert's death. The following year she supported the passing of the Reform Act 1867 which doubled the electorate by extending the franchise to ... | Who was Disraeli's rival? | {'text': 'William Ewart Gladstone', 'answer_start': 735} |
9,000 | 8,658 | 5a6b1877a9e0c9001a4e9ed8 | generic | Provided some additional requirements are met (e.g. providing an authoritative statement of the archivist), the United States patent office and the European Patent Office will accept date stamps from the Internet Archive as evidence of when a given Web page was accessible to the public. These dates are used to determin... | When are Internet Archive timestamps harmful for patent offices? | {'text': 'in examining a patent application', 'answer_start': 375} |
29,306 | 28,964 | 5705ea7975f01819005e775b | generic | The first major extension of New Delhi outside of Lutyens' Delhi came in the 1950s when the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) developed a large area of land southwest of Lutyens' Delhi to create the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri, where land was allotted for embassies, chanceries, high commissions and residenc... | What organization developed land to expand New Delhi in the 1950s? | {'text': 'the Central Public Works Department', 'answer_start': 88} |
63,938 | 63,596 | 5726b49d708984140094ce6c | generic | The American studies program reflected the worldwide anti-Communist ideological struggle. Norman Holmes Pearson, who worked for the Office of Strategic Studies in London during World War II, returned to Yale and headed the new American studies program, in which scholarship quickly became an instrument of promoting libe... | Who contributed to the American studies programs at Yale and University of Wyoming? | {'text': 'William Robertson Coe', 'answer_start': 554} |
43,818 | 43,476 | 570e45fe0b85d914000d7ddc | generic | During the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, huge stockpiles of uranium were amassed and tens of thousands of nuclear weapons were created using enriched uranium and plutonium made from uranium. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, an estimated 600 short tons (540 metric tons) of highl... | How many nuclear warheads can be made with 540 metric tons of highly enriched weapons grade uranium? | {'text': '40,000', 'answer_start': 369} |
30,506 | 30,164 | 5ad27b5bd7d075001a429648 | generic | In a 1986 interview, Rocky Jones, the former club DJ who ran the D.J. International record label, doesn't mention Importes Etc., Frankie Knuckles, or the Warehouse by name, but agrees that "house" was a regional catch-all term for dance music, and that it was once synonymous with older disco music. | Who ran the Jones International record label? | {'text': 'Rocky Jones', 'answer_start': 21} |
55,293 | 54,951 | 5a62926df8d794001af1c0ef | 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 van Beurden become the chief executive? | {'text': 'January 2014', 'answer_start': 283} |
42,820 | 42,478 | 5ad2cb60d7d075001a42a27f | generic | New claims on Antarctica have been suspended since 1959 although Norway in 2015 formally defined Queen Maud Land as including the unclaimed area between it and the South Pole. Antarctica's status is regulated by the 1959 Antarctic Treaty and other related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System. Ant... | What is defined as all land and ice shelves south of 59° S? | {'text': 'Antarctica', 'answer_start': 317} |
110,648 | 110,306 | 572fab18947a6a140053cb3a | generic | Bacteria do not have a membrane-bound nucleus, and their genetic material is typically a single circular DNA chromosome located in the cytoplasm in an irregularly shaped body called the nucleoid. The nucleoid contains the chromosome with its associated proteins and RNA. The phylum Planctomycetes and candidate phylum Po... | What is genetic make of bacteria? | {'text': 'a single circular DNA chromosome', 'answer_start': 87} |
15,922 | 15,580 | 56e06dca231d4119001ac111 | generic | Many Indo-Aryan languages have aspirated stops. Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and Gujarati have a four-way distinction in stops: voiceless, aspirated, voiced, and breathy-voiced or voiced aspirated, such as /p pʰ b bʱ/. Punjabi has lost breathy-voiced consonants, which resulted in a tone system, and therefore has ... | Which distinction has Punjabi lost? | {'text': 'breathy-voiced consonants', 'answer_start': 242} |
10,639 | 10,297 | 56de485ccffd8e1900b4b787 | generic | Several twentieth-century presidents have attempted to greatly expand the power of the presidency. Theodore Roosevelt, for instance, claimed that the president was permitted to do whatever was not explicitly prohibited by the law—in direct contrast to his immediate successor, William Howard Taft. Franklin Delano Roosev... | Which President attempted to pack the supreme court? | {'text': 'Franklin Roosevelt', 'answer_start': 398} |
73,408 | 73,066 | 5ad4175f604f3c001a400394 | generic | In the year 2000, according to a study by American Association of University Professors (AAUP), affirmative action promoted diversity within colleges and universities. This has been shown to have positive effects on the educational outcomes and experiences of college students as well as the teaching of faculty members.... | What were the effects of affirmative action on universities according to the study done by the AALP? | {'text': 'positive effects on the educational outcomes and experiences of college students as well as the teaching of faculty members', 'answer_start': 196} |
4,935 | 4,593 | 56ce66e4aab44d1400b8875d | generic | Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. The concentrated heat is then used as a heat source for a conventional power plant. A wide range of concentrating technologies exists; the most developed are the parabolic trough, the ... | In all the different CSP systems, concentrated sunlight is used to heat what? | {'text': 'a working fluid', 'answer_start': 491} |
66,522 | 66,180 | 5726ae6cf1498d1400e8e710 | generic | In November 1790, François-Louis-Thibault de Menonville, a member of the National Assembly of France, wrote to Burke, praising Reflections and requesting more "very refreshing mental food" that he could publish. This Burke did in April 1791 when he published A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly. Burke called f... | Who asked Burke for more "very refreshing mental food"? | {'text': 'François-Louis-Thibault de Menonville', 'answer_start': 18} |
114,811 | 114,469 | 5a62afaff8d794001af1c1ad | generic | In March 2003, a second rebel group, Movement for Democracy in Liberia, began launching attacks against Taylor from the southeast. Peace talks between the factions began in Accra in June of that year, and Taylor was indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone for crimes against humanity that same month. By July 2003... | When did peace talks between factions begin in Nigeria? | {'text': 'June of that year', 'answer_start': 182} |
126,952 | 126,610 | 5acebdfa32bba1001ae4b280 | generic | In Canada, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was founded in 1729, making it the first police force in present-day Canada. It was followed in 1834 by the Toronto Police, and in 1838 by police forces in Montreal and Quebec City. A national force, the Dominion Police, was founded in 1868. Initially the Dominion Police p... | When was the Montreal police not created? | {'text': '1838', 'answer_start': 178} |
6,299 | 5,957 | 56d3721359d6e414001463e1 | generic | Following the success of season one, the second season was moved up to air in January 2003. The number of episodes increased, as did the show's budget and the charge for commercial spots. Dunkleman left the show, leaving Seacrest as the lone host. Kristin Adams was a correspondent for this season. | What year did season two of American Idol first air? | {'text': '2003', 'answer_start': 86} |
69,652 | 69,310 | 5ace27fb32bba1001ae49beb | 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 ... | Who was the famous astronomer that Avicenna met after leaving Khwarezm? | {'text': 'Al-Biruni', 'answer_start': 576} |
116,920 | 116,578 | 5a4eaf6baf0d07001ae8cbc7 | generic | Most airports welcome filming on site, although it must be agreed in advance and may be subject to a fee. Landside, filming can take place in all public areas. However airside, filming is heavily restricted, the only airside locations where filming is permitted are the Departure Lounge and some outside areas. To film i... | What must all visitors do when there is filming in landside areas? | {'text': 'all visitors must go through security, the same as passengers, and be accompanied by a full airside pass holder and have their passport with them at all times', 'answer_start': 343} |
29,649 | 29,307 | 57068e2575f01819005e7bff | generic | Many long-distance migrants appear to be genetically programmed to respond to changing day length. Species that move short distances, however, may not need such a timing mechanism, instead moving in response to local weather conditions. Thus mountain and moorland breeders, such as wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria and whi... | Where do the merlin Falco columbarius migrate to? | {'text': 'the coast or towards the south', 'answer_start': 519} |
127,167 | 126,825 | 573350a0d058e614000b5840 | generic | The study of genocide has mainly been focused towards the legal aspect of the term. By formally recognizing the act of genocide as a crime, involves the undergoing prosecution that begins with not only seeing genocide as outrageous past any moral standpoint but also may be a legal liability within international relatio... | What has been the primary focus in the study of genocide? | {'text': 'legal aspect of the term', 'answer_start': 58} |
20,769 | 20,427 | 56e7bf1b37bdd419002c43e5 | generic | Nanjing is one of the most beautiful cities of mainland China with lush green parks, natural scenic lakes, small mountains, historical buildings and monuments, relics and much more, which attracts thousands of tourists every year. | How many tourists does Nanjing receive each year? | {'text': 'thousands', 'answer_start': 197} |
93,561 | 93,219 | 5a6709def038b7001ab0c194 | generic | From the 19th century, there was a revival in many ancient glass-making techniques including cameo glass, achieved for the first time since the Roman Empire and initially mostly used for pieces in a neo-classical style. The Art Nouveau movement made great use of glass, with René Lalique, Émile Gallé, and Daum of Nancy ... | What famous lampmaker used factory production? | {'text': 'Louis Comfort Tiffany', 'answer_start': 420} |
7,572 | 7,230 | 56d96bdbdc89441400fdb43a | generic | Just days before the relay supporters of Falun Gong demonstrated in front of the Chinese embassy in the Malaysian capital. As many as 1,000 personnel from the special police unit were expected to be deployed on the day of the relay. A Japanese family with Malaysian citizenship and their 5-year-old child who unfurled a ... | Which supporters protested near the Chinese embassy in Malaysia? | {'text': 'Falun Gong', 'answer_start': 41} |
84,321 | 83,979 | 572807b6ff5b5019007d9b57 | generic | The nationalization announcement was greeted very emotionally by the audience and, throughout the Arab world, thousands entered the streets shouting slogans of support. US ambassador Henry A. Byroade stated, "I cannot overemphasize [the] popularity of the Canal Company nationalization within Egypt, even among Nasser's ... | Where was Nasser believed to be a spokesman for the poor and oppressed? | {'text': 'not only in Egypt, but all over the Third World', 'answer_start': 666} |
41,692 | 41,350 | 59d291ec2763a600182840d3 | generic | GE (General Electric) Energy's renewable energy business has expanded greatly, to keep up with growing U.S. and global demand for clean energy. Since entering the renewable energy industry in 2002, GE has invested more than $850 million in renewable energy commercialization. In August 2008 it acquired Kelman Ltd, a Nor... | How much did GE pay to acquire Kelman Ltd? | {'text': '$850 million', 'answer_start': 224} |
83,399 | 83,057 | 57281a6a2ca10214002d9de1 | generic | Strasbourg features a number of prominent parks, of which several are of cultural and historical interest: the Parc de l'Orangerie, laid out as a French garden by André le Nôtre and remodeled as an English garden on behalf of Joséphine de Beauharnais, now displaying noteworthy French gardens, a neo-classical castle and... | What park has a small zoo in it? | {'text': "Parc de l'Orangerie", 'answer_start': 111} |
128,193 | 127,851 | 5733c4494776f419006611da | generic | The Notre Dame football team has a long history, first beginning when the Michigan Wolverines football team brought football to Notre Dame in 1887 and played against a group of students. In the long history since then, 13 Fighting Irish teams have won consensus national championships (although the university only claim... | Which team did Notre Dame's football team find inspiration from? | {'text': 'Michigan Wolverines football team', 'answer_start': 74} |
8,589 | 8,247 | 5acfb19277cf76001a6858db | generic | From 1721 this was the Whig politician Robert Walpole, who held office for twenty-one years. Walpole chaired cabinet meetings, appointed all the other ministers, dispensed the royal patronage and packed the House of Commons with his supporters. Under Walpole, the doctrine of cabinet solidarity developed. Walpole requir... | Who waited 21 years to become Prime minister? | {'text': 'Robert Walpole', 'answer_start': 39} |
106,840 | 106,498 | 5a5673a56349e2001acdcd75 | generic | The Compact Disc is an evolution of LaserDisc technology, where a focused laser beam is used that enables the high information density required for high-quality digital audio signals. Prototypes were developed by Philips and Sony independently in the late 1970s. In 1979, Sony and Philips set up a joint task force of en... | How long was the Red Book CD-DA in print? | {'text': 'between 1983 and 1984', 'answer_start': 644} |
68,539 | 68,197 | 5726bee05951b619008f7cd9 | generic | Dietary fiber is a carbohydrate that is incompletely absorbed in humans and in some animals. Like all carbohydrates, when it is metabolized it can produce four Calories (kilocalories) of energy per gram. However, in most circumstances it accounts for less than that because of its limited absorption and digestibility. D... | What example of a carbohydrate is unable to be fully absorbed in humans? | {'text': 'Dietary fiber', 'answer_start': 0} |
23,099 | 22,757 | 56f89bea9e9bad19000a01be | generic | As with the rest of the UK, Southampton experiences an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Its southerly, low lying and sheltered location ensures it is among the warmer, sunnier cities in the UK. It has held the record for the highest temperature in the UK for June at 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) since 1976. | For what month does Southampton hold the UK's record high temperature? | {'text': 'June', 'answer_start': 256} |
66,813 | 66,471 | 5a62701ef8d794001af1bfcb | generic | The country currency is the Samoan tālā, issued and regulated by the Central Bank of Samoa. The economy of Samoa has traditionally been dependent on agriculture and fishing at the local level. In modern times, development aid, private family remittances from overseas, and agricultural exports have become key factors in... | What percentage of Samoans are fishermen? | {'text': 'two-thirds', 'answer_start': 363} |
123,354 | 123,012 | 5731dae40fdd8d15006c659d | generic | Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961, ordered the construction of Brasília, fulfilling the promise of the Constitution and his own political campaign promise. Building Brasília was part of Juscelino's "fifty years of prosperity in five" plan. Lúcio Costa won a contest and was the main urban plann... | Who ordered Brasilia be built? | {'text': 'Juscelino Kubitschek', 'answer_start': 0} |
32,738 | 32,396 | 570985f3200fba140036813d | generic | Anthocyanins tend to be the main polyphenolics in purple grapes whereas flavan-3-ols (i.e. catechins) are the more abundant phenolic in white varieties. Total phenolic content, a laboratory index of antioxidant strength, is higher in purple varieties due almost entirely to anthocyanin density in purple grape skin compa... | Why causes antioxidant strength to be higher in purple grapes? | {'text': 'anthocyanins', 'answer_start': 338} |
50,947 | 50,605 | 5725cdb989a1e219009abefd | generic | Despite limited natural resources, intensive development of the agricultural and industrial sectors over the past decades has made Israel largely self-sufficient in food production, apart from grains and beef. Imports to Israel, totaling $77.59 billion in 2012, include raw materials, military equipment, investment good... | Israeli exports reached what in 2012? | {'text': '$64.74 billion', 'answer_start': 592} |
47,973 | 47,631 | 571a64754faf5e1900b8a97d | generic | In an ethnic sense, an Ashkenazi Jew is one whose ancestry can be traced to the Jews who settled in Central Europe. For roughly a thousand years, the Ashkenazim were a reproductively isolated population in Europe, despite living in many countries, with little inflow or outflow from migration, conversion, or intermarria... | Human geneticists argue that genetic variations have been identified that show high or low frequencies among Ashkenazi Jews? | {'text': 'high frequencies', 'answer_start': 449} |
22,071 | 21,729 | 56eaa3195a205f1900d6d3b2 | generic | Seeking to harm enemies becomes corruption when official powers are illegitimately used as means to this end. For example, trumped-up charges are often brought up against journalists or writers who bring up politically sensitive issues, such as a politician's acceptance of bribes. | Corruption also occurs when an official wants to cause some form of harm to who? | {'text': 'enemies', 'answer_start': 16} |
42,087 | 41,745 | 570d367efed7b91900d45d23 | generic | The first action of the Franco-Prussian War took place on 4 August 1870. This battle saw the unsupported division of General Douay of I Corps, with some attached cavalry, which was posted to watch the border, attacked in overwhelming but uncoordinated fashion by the German 3rd Army. During the day, elements of a Bavari... | What threatened the French avenue of retreat? | {'text': 'the encirclement of the town by the Prussians', 'answer_start': 711} |
78,995 | 78,653 | 5ad26420d7d075001a42912d | generic | Because the nuns of the order did not preach among the people, the need to engage in study was not as immediate or intense as it was for men. They did participate, however, in a number of intellectual activities. Along with sewing and embroidery, nuns often engaged in reading and discussing correspondence from Church l... | What was immediate or intense for the nuns as it was for men? | {'text': 'the need to engage in study', 'answer_start': 63} |
73,982 | 73,640 | 57275811dd62a815002e9b67 | generic | Since approximately 2000, many parts of downtown New Haven have been revitalized, with new restaurants, nightlife, and small retail stores. In particular, the area surrounding the New Haven Green has experienced an influx of apartments and condominiums. In recent years, downtown retail options have increased with the o... | What specific area of downtown New Haven enjoyed a notable increase in apartments in condominiums at the beginning of the current century? | {'text': 'the area surrounding the New Haven Green', 'answer_start': 155} |
110,902 | 110,560 | 572fb2d4b2c2fd140056836d | generic | Matte solder is usually fused to provide a better bonding surface or stripped to bare copper. Treatments, such as benzimidazolethiol, prevent surface oxidation of bare copper. The places to which components will be mounted are typically plated, because untreated bare copper oxidizes quickly, and therefore is not readil... | What happens to untreated copper that makes it difficult to solder? | {'text': 'oxidizes', 'answer_start': 275} |
40,350 | 40,008 | 5ad561af5b96ef001a10ad36 | generic | The current Mac product family uses Intel x86-64 processors. Apple introduced an emulator during the transition from PowerPC chips (called Rosetta), much as it did during the transition from Motorola 68000 architecture a decade earlier. The Macintosh is the only mainstream computer platform to have successfully transit... | Which interface did Apple introduce that was capable of being operated by an Microsoft Remote or keyboard for accessing media stored on the computer? | {'text': 'Front Row', 'answer_start': 1513} |
31,865 | 31,523 | 570ab5396d058f19001830a4 | generic | Houston's highway system has a hub-and-spoke freeway structure serviced by multiple loops. The innermost loop is Interstate 610, which encircles downtown, the medical center, and many core neighborhoods with around a 8-mile (13 km) diameter. Beltway 8 and its freeway core, the Sam Houston Tollway, form the middle loop ... | What is the diameter of the downtown area? | {'text': '8-mile', 'answer_start': 217} |
52,205 | 51,863 | 5725bc3d271a42140099d0de | generic | Dutch is one of the closest relatives of both German and English[n 5] and is said to be roughly in between them.[n 6] Dutch, like English, has not undergone the High German consonant shift, does not use Germanic umlaut as a grammatical marker, has largely abandoned the use of the subjunctive, and has levelled much of i... | Which verb tense have both English and Dutch mostly gotten rid of? | {'text': 'subjunctive', 'answer_start': 281} |
104,058 | 103,716 | 572f506a04bcaa1900d76844 | generic | In the UK, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway pioneered overhead electrification of its suburban lines in London, London Bridge to Victoria being opened to traffic on 1 December 1909. Victoria to Crystal Palace via Balham and West Norwood opened in May 1911. Peckham Rye to West Norwood opened in June 1912. Fu... | What voltage was used in the two lines opened in 1925 of Southern Railway? | {'text': '6.7 kV 25 Hz', 'answer_start': 514} |
113,862 | 113,520 | 5730322404bcaa1900d77346 | generic | Iran has the second largest proved gas reserves in the world after Russia, with 33.6 trillion cubic metres, and third largest natural gas production in the world after Indonesia, and Russia. It also ranks fourth in oil reserves with an estimated 153,600,000,000 barrels. It is OPEC's 2nd largest oil exporter and is an e... | What is Iran ranked in the world in proved gas reserves? | {'text': 'second largest', 'answer_start': 13} |
75,599 | 75,257 | 57279d804b864d190016389e | generic | Currently, the rapid influx of northerners and immigrants from Latin America is steadily increasing ethnic and religious diversity: the number of Roman Catholics and Jews in the state has increased, as well as general religious diversity. The second-largest Protestant denomination in North Carolina after Baptist tradit... | Religious diversity in North Carolina has generally what? | {'text': 'increased', 'answer_start': 188} |
69,335 | 68,993 | 5a7a3c8817ab25001a8a03e6 | generic | Poetry is a form of literary art which uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry has traditionally been distinguished from prose by its being set in verse;[a] prose is cast in sentences, poetry in lines; the syntax of prose is ... | What two qualities are used in rhyming literary art? | {'text': 'aesthetic and rhythmic', 'answer_start': 44} |
11,671 | 11,329 | 56de771dcffd8e1900b4b94f | generic | For many years, he wrote a monthly column for the bodybuilding magazines Muscle & Fitness and Flex. Shortly after being elected Governor, he was appointed executive editor of both magazines, in a largely symbolic capacity. The magazines agreed to donate $250,000 a year to the Governor's various physical fitness initiat... | How much did the magazines Schwarzenegger wrote for pledge to contribute to physical fitness initiatives each year when he was Governor? | {'text': '$250,000', 'answer_start': 254} |
52,001 | 51,659 | 5a85dfeeb4e223001a8e7247 | generic | Clay models of ducks found in China dating back to 4000 BC may indicate the domestication of ducks took place there during the Yangshao culture. Even if this is not the case, domestication of the duck took place in the Far East at least 1500 years earlier than in the West. Lucius Columella, writing in the first century... | How did Lucius Columella recommend that one go about the business of domesticating felines? | {'text': 'collect wildfowl eggs and put them under a broody hen', 'answer_start': 367} |
48,811 | 48,469 | 5acfafc277cf76001a685860 | generic | Umar is honored for his attempt to resolve the fiscal problems attendant upon conversion to Islam. During the Umayyad period, the majority of people living within the caliphate were not Muslim, but Christian, Jewish, Zoroastrian, or members of other small groups. These religious communities were not forced to convert t... | What tax did Muslims pay in the Umayyad period? | {'text': 'jizyah', 'answer_start': 356} |
128,839 | 128,497 | 5733fcd74776f41900661663 | generic | The Punjabis followed a diverse plethora of faiths, mainly comprising Hinduism[citation needed] , when the Muslim Umayyad army led by Muhammad bin Qasim conquered Sindh and Southern Punjab in 712, by defeating Raja Dahir. The Umayyad Caliphate was the second Islamic caliphate established after the death of Muhammad. It... | Who did the Umayyads defeat? | {'text': 'Raja Dahir', 'answer_start': 210} |
116,810 | 116,468 | 5a4e914a755ab9001a10f4fb | generic | The majority of the world's airports are non-towered, with no air traffic control presence. However, at particularly busy airports, or airports with other special requirements, there is an air traffic control (ATC) system whereby controllers (usually ground-based) direct aircraft movements via radio or other communicat... | What describes most clearance delivery systems? | {'text': 'non-towered, with no air traffic control presence', 'answer_start': 41} |
19,313 | 18,971 | 56e75c2d37bdd419002c3edb | generic | Common agreement about the day's layout or schedule confers so many advantages that a standard DST schedule has generally been chosen over ad hoc efforts to get up earlier. The advantages of coordination are so great that many people ignore whether DST is in effect by altering their nominal work schedules to coordinate... | Most people agree that a standardized schedule by DST is more practical than trying to do what in the morning on our own? | {'text': 'get up earlier', 'answer_start': 157} |
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