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25,007 | 24,665 | 56f8c8379e9bad19000a04c0 | generic | Ski troops were trained for the war, and battles were waged in mountainous areas such as the battle at Riva Ridge in Italy, where the American 10th Mountain Division encountered heavy resistance in February 1945. At the end of the war, a substantial amount of Nazi plunder was found stored in Austria, where Hitler had h... | Where was a substantial amount of Nazi plunder found at the end of the war? | {'text': 'Austria', 'answer_start': 293} |
112,116 | 111,774 | 572ff590947a6a140053ce7e | generic | The Golden Boot is awarded to the top Premier League scorer at the end of each season. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260. Twenty-four players have reached the 100-goal mark. Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 14 diffe... | Who has the record for scoring the most goals in single season? | {'text': 'Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively.', 'answer_start': 493} |
4,269 | 3,927 | 56cfad77234ae51400d9be61 | generic | More than 200 newspapers and 350 consumer magazines have an office in the city, and the publishing industry employs about 25,000 people. Two of the three national daily newspapers in the United States are New York papers: The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, which has won the most Pulitzer Prizes for journal... | Who was the founder of the New York Post? | {'text': 'Alexander Hamilton', 'answer_start': 491} |
80,309 | 79,967 | 5a68e9e48476ee001a58a881 | generic | Sichuan came under the firm control of a Chinese central government during the Sui dynasty, but it was during the subsequent Tang dynasty where Sichuan regained its previous political and cultural prominence for which it was known during the Han. Chengdu became nationally known as a supplier of armies and the home of D... | Which years saw the Han Rebellion? | {'text': '755-763', 'answer_start': 405} |
67,625 | 67,283 | 572778a2708984140094de89 | generic | The Old Swiss Confederacy had acquired a reputation of invincibility during these earlier wars, but expansion of the federation suffered a setback in 1515 with the Swiss defeat in the Battle of Marignano. This ended the so-called "heroic" epoch of Swiss history. The success of Zwingli's Reformation in some cantons led ... | Under the Peace of Westphalia, who finally recognized Switzerland's neutrality? | {'text': 'European countries', 'answer_start': 510} |
97,111 | 96,769 | 572a18f23f37b319004786d6 | generic | Traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age, the Neolithic followed the terminal Holocene Epipaleolithic period and commenced with the beginning of farming, which produced the "Neolithic Revolution". It ended when metal tools became widespread (in the Copper Age or Bronze Age; or, in some geographical regio... | What era saw an increase in metal tool use? | {'text': 'Copper Age', 'answer_start': 264} |
84,889 | 84,547 | 5a80df868f0597001ac001da | generic | Artifacts from the Paleolithic suggest that the moon was used to reckon time as early as 6,000 years ago. Lunar calendars were among the first to appear, either 12 or 13 lunar months (either 354 or 384 days). Without intercalation to add days or months to some years, seasons quickly drift in a calendar based solely on ... | Which calendars were among the last to appear? | {'text': 'Lunar calendars', 'answer_start': 106} |
5,875 | 5,533 | 56d23d72b329da140004ec4e | generic | Regarding the monastic rules, the Buddha constantly reminds his hearers that it is the spirit that counts. On the other hand, the rules themselves are designed to assure a satisfying life, and provide a perfect springboard for the higher attainments. Monastics are instructed by the Buddha to live as "islands unto thems... | The rules are a perfect springboard for what? | {'text': 'higher attainments', 'answer_start': 231} |
108,881 | 108,539 | 572f417d04bcaa1900d767e0 | generic | Santa Monica is one of the most environmentally activist municipalities in the nation. The city first proposed its Sustainable City Plan in 1992 and in 1994, was one of the first cities in the nation to formally adopt a comprehensive sustainability plan, setting waste reduction and water conservation policies for both ... | Water conservation policies have been adopted by what two sectors? | {'text': 'public and private', 'answer_start': 320} |
70,376 | 70,034 | 572940fe6aef051400154bfd | generic | Most of Bermuda's black population trace some of their ancestry to Native Americans, although awareness of this is largely limited to St David's Islanders and most who have such ancestry are unaware of it. During the colonial period, hundreds of Native Americans were shipped to Bermuda. The best-known examples were the... | Residents of what particular area have awareness of this link to Native American heritage? | {'text': "St David's Islanders", 'answer_start': 134} |
105,293 | 104,951 | 573050f28ab72b1400f9c44b | generic | Improved aircraft designs were in the offing with the Bristol Beaufighter, then under development. It would prove formidable, but its development was slow. The Beaufighter had a maximum speed of 320 mph (510 km/h), an operational ceiling of 26,000 ft (7,900 m) and a climb rate of 2,500 ft (760 m) per minute. Its armame... | What day was the first victory the RAF had with airborne radar? | {'text': '19 November', 'answer_start': 447} |
15,984 | 15,642 | 5acd324a07355d001abf38dd | generic | So-called voiced aspirated consonants are nearly always pronounced instead with breathy voice, a type of phonation or vibration of the vocal folds. The modifier letter ⟨◌ʰ⟩ after a voiced consonant actually represents a breathy-voiced or murmured dental stop, as with the "voiced aspirated" bilabial stop ⟨bʰ⟩ in the Ind... | Unaspirated consonants are nearly always pronouced how? | {'text': 'with breathy voice', 'answer_start': 75} |
48,206 | 47,864 | 571cf51edd7acb1400e4c1cb | generic | In 1911 arsphenamine, the first synthetic anti-infective drug, was developed by Paul Ehrlich and chemist Alfred Bertheim of the Institute of Experimental Therapy in Berlin. The drug was given the commercial name Salvarsan. Ehrlich, noting both the general toxicity of arsenic and the selective absorption of certain dyes... | In what year was arsphenamine discovered? | {'text': '1911', 'answer_start': 3} |
73,858 | 73,516 | 572792fdf1498d1400e8fc97 | generic | The final has never been contested by two teams from outside the top division and there have only been eight winners who weren't in the top flight: Notts County (1894); Tottenham Hotspur (1901); Wolverhampton Wanderers (1908); Barnsley (1912); West Bromwich Albion (1931); Sunderland (1973), Southampton (1976) and West ... | Has the final been won by a club outside of the top divisions? | {'text': "there have only been eight winners who weren't in the top flight", 'answer_start': 82} |
33,054 | 32,712 | 5a5551b9134fea001a0e1a20 | generic | Clickjacking, also known as "UI redress attack or User Interface redress attack", is a malicious technique in which an attacker tricks a user into clicking on a button or link on another webpage while the user intended to click on the top level page. This is done using multiple transparent or opaque layers. The attacke... | What is intended to be hijacked through a page overlay? | {'text': 'the password or other information', 'answer_start': 660} |
88,221 | 87,879 | 5ace5c7732bba1001ae4a3e8 | generic | The basic annelid form consists of multiple segments. Each segment has the same sets of organs and, in most polychaetes, has a pair of parapodia that many species use for locomotion. Septa separate the segments of many species, but are poorly defined or absent in others, and Echiura and Sipuncula show no obvious signs ... | What is movement by ripples no longer called? | {'text': 'peristalsis', 'answer_start': 662} |
114,715 | 114,373 | 5a13b059c8eab200188dca07 | generic | In the early decades of the twentieth century when there was a growing nostalgia for its sense of order, the style was revived and adapted and in the United States came to be known as the Colonial Revival. In Canada the United Empire Loyalists embraced Georgian architecture as a sign of their fealty to Britain, and the... | What style was dominant in the country for the second half of the nineteenth century? | {'text': 'Georgian architecture', 'answer_start': 253} |
42,484 | 42,142 | 570dafb616d0071400510cd9 | generic | A potential important influence on adolescence is change of the family dynamic, specifically divorce. With the divorce rate up to about 50%, divorce is common and adds to the already great amount of change in adolescence. Custody disputes soon after a divorce often reflect a playing out of control battles and ambivalen... | What is the current divorce rate? | {'text': 'about 50%', 'answer_start': 130} |
73,900 | 73,558 | 5727363d5951b619008f86ca | generic | New Haven (local /nuː ˈheɪvən/, noo-HAY-vən), in the U.S. state of Connecticut, is the principal municipality in Greater New Haven, which had a total population of 862,477 in 2010. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of the Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, which in turn comprises ... | What is the population of New Haven according to the 2010 United States Census? | {'text': '129,779', 'answer_start': 458} |
13,247 | 12,905 | 56df4a248bc80c19004e4a14 | generic | In 1993, the city passed a massive redevelopment package known as the Metropolitan Area Projects (MAPS), intended to rebuild the city's core with civic projects to establish more activities and life to downtown. The city added a new baseball park; central library; renovations to the civic center, convention center and ... | What is one thing that was added in this project? | {'text': 'baseball park', 'answer_start': 233} |
2,713 | 2,371 | 5a8db90bdf8bba001a0f9bac | generic | Special bundles of the game contain a Wolf Link Amiibo figurine, which unlocks a Wii U-exclusive dungeon called the "Cave of Shadows" and can carry data over to the upcoming 2016 Zelda game. Other Zelda-related Amiibo figurines have distinct functions: Link and Toon Link replenish arrows, Zelda and Sheik restore Link's... | Which two Amiibo figures reload Zelda's stock of arrows? | {'text': 'Link and Toon Link', 'answer_start': 253} |
38,777 | 38,435 | 570c5532b3d812140066d12b | generic | Later the same month, Barcelona won the UEFA Super Cup after defeating Porto 2–0 thanks to goals from Lionel Messi and Cesc Fàbregas. This extended the club's overall number of official trophies to 74, surpassing Real Madrid's total amount of official trophies. The UEFA Super Cup victory also marked another impressive ... | How many total trophies did Barcelona's Super Cup win produce? | {'text': '74', 'answer_start': 198} |
57,661 | 57,319 | 5a63e5537f3c80001a150b85 | generic | As of 2008[update], Germany is the fourth largest music market in the world and has exerted a strong influence on Dance and Rock music, and pioneered trance music. Artists such as Herbert Grönemeyer, Scorpions, Rammstein, Nena, Dieter Bohlen, Tokio Hotel and Modern Talking have enjoyed international fame. German musici... | What is the fourth largest music market in Europe? | {'text': 'Germany', 'answer_start': 20} |
105,110 | 104,768 | 572fe5e8b2c2fd1400568581 | generic | In June 1940, a German prisoner of war was overheard boasting that the British would never find the Knickebein, even though it was under their noses. The details of the conversation were passed to an RAF Air Staff technical advisor, Dr. R. V. Jones, who started an in-depth investigation which discovered that the Luftwa... | In 1940 a German prisoner overheard boasting that the British would never find what system? | {'text': 'Knickebein', 'answer_start': 100} |
41,761 | 41,419 | 59d288272763a6001828407a | generic | GE is a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut. Its main offices are located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza at Rockefeller Center in New York City, known now as the Comcast Building. It was formerly known as the GE Building for the prominent GE logo on the roof; NBC's headquarters and main studios ... | In what year did 30 Rockefeller Plaza at Rockefeller Center change its name to the Comcast building? | {'text': '1974', 'answer_start': 551} |
59,322 | 58,980 | 5726959d708984140094caec | generic | In 1982, the band released the album Hot Space, a departure from their trademark seventies sound, this time being a mixture of rock, pop rock, dance, funk, and R&B. Most of the album was recorded in Munich during the most turbulent period in the band's history, and Taylor and May lamented the new sound, with both being... | Where did Queen record their 1982 album? | {'text': 'Munich', 'answer_start': 199} |
106,606 | 106,264 | 5ad22f2dd7d075001a42867e | generic | Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei says that according to the popular explanation among the later exegetes, ta'wil indicates the particular meaning a verse is directed towards. The meaning of revelation (tanzil), as opposed to ta'wil, is clear in its accordance to the obvious meaning of the words as they were revealed. But thi... | What can misinterpretation find that lies the behind the apparent events referred to in a Quranic story? | {'text': 'a spiritual reality', 'answer_start': 1022} |
63,709 | 63,367 | 5726b142f1498d1400e8e7a5 | generic | The county has several museums; those at Bath include the American Museum in Britain, the Museum of Bath Architecture, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy, the Jane Austen Centre, and the Roman Baths. Other visitor attractions which reflect the cultural heritage of the county include: Claverton Pumping Station, Dunster Wo... | What is the name of the museum in Glastonbury | {'text': 'the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury', 'answer_start': 547} |
112,254 | 111,912 | 572ff5d8947a6a140053ce86 | generic | The internal unrest reached its most serious state, however, in the two civil wars that were caused by the clash between generals Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla starting from 88 BC. In the Battle of the Colline Gate at the very door of the city of Rome, a Roman army under Sulla bested an army of the Marius sup... | In what specific section of Rome did the Battle of the Colline Gate take place? | {'text': 'very door of the city', 'answer_start': 232} |
45,847 | 45,505 | 57107355b654c5140001f8ff | generic | The desire to explore, record and systematize knowledge had a meaningful impact on music publications. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Dictionnaire de musique (published 1767 in Geneva and 1768 in Paris) was a leading text in the late 18th century. This widely available dictionary gave short definitions of words like genius an... | The desire to explore, record and systematize knowledge had a meaningful impact on what other form of publication? | {'text': 'music', 'answer_start': 83} |
5,426 | 5,084 | 56cf8472234ae51400d9bdec | generic | In December 2006, Robert "Evel" Knievel sued West for trademark infringement in West's video for "Touch the Sky". Knievel took issue with a "sexually charged video" in which West takes on the persona of "Evel Kanyevel" and attempts flying a rocket over a canyon. The suit claimed infringement on Knievel's trademarked na... | When was the suit settled? | {'text': 'days before his death in November 2007', 'answer_start': 651} |
97,903 | 97,561 | 5ace7f7832bba1001ae4a84f | generic | Nevertheless, Makdisi has asserted that the European university borrowed many of its features from the Islamic madrasa, including the concepts of a degree and doctorate. Makdisi and Hugh Goddard have also highlighted other terms and concepts now used in modern universities which most likely have Islamic origins, includ... | What institutions have been considered to get no its ideas from madaris? | {'text': 'European university', 'answer_start': 44} |
9,368 | 9,026 | 5a8002878f0597001ac0013b | generic | During mutualistic symbioses, the host cell lacks some of the nutrients, which are provided by the endosymbiont. As a result, the host favors endosymbiont's growth processes within itself by producing some specialized cells. These cells affect the genetic composition of the host in order to regulate the increasing popu... | From where does the endosymbiont gain nutrition? | {'text': 'the host cell', 'answer_start': 30} |
89,531 | 89,189 | 5728b21f2ca10214002da5f2 | generic | Some Estonians, unwilling to side directly with the Nazis, joined the Finnish Army (which was allied with the Nazis) to fight against the Soviet Union. The Finnish Infantry Regiment 200 (Estonian: soomepoisid) was formed out of Estonian volunteers in Finland. Although many Estonians were recruited into the German armed... | Who did some Estonians join as an alternative to the Germans? | {'text': 'the Finnish Army', 'answer_start': 66} |
93,258 | 92,916 | 5729153baf94a219006aa059 | generic | Federalism has a long tradition in German history. The Holy Roman Empire comprised many petty states numbering more than 300 around 1796. The number of territories was greatly reduced during the Napoleonic Wars (1796–1814). After the Congress of Vienna (1815), 39 states formed the German Confederation. The Confederatio... | How much of the land did Prussia control? | {'text': '65%', 'answer_start': 862} |
3,398 | 3,056 | 56d523bd2593cc1400307aa9 | generic | The Zipingpu Hydropower Plant (simplified Chinese: 紫坪铺水库; traditional Chinese: 紫坪鋪水庫) located 20 km east of the epicenter was damaged. A recent inspection indicated that the damage was less severe than initially feared, and it remains structurally stable and safe. The Tulong reservoir upstream is in danger of collapse.... | What has a recent inspection found about the damage to the power plant? | {'text': 'less severe', 'answer_start': 185} |
41,438 | 41,096 | 570d4227fed7b91900d45dc7 | generic | During the Cantonal Revolution of 1873, a cantonalist uprising that took place during the First Spanish Republic, the city was consolidated with most of the nearby cities in the Federal Canton of Valencia (proclaimed on 19 July and dissolved on 7 August). It did not have the revolutionary fervor of the movement in citi... | In what year did the cantonalist uprising occur? | {'text': '1873', 'answer_start': 34} |
22,589 | 22,247 | 56f7211e3d8e2e1400e37380 | generic | The relationship between the Slavs and a tribe called the Veneti east of the River Vistula in the Roman period is uncertain. The name may refer both to Balts and Slavs. | What name may refer both to Balts and Slavs? | {'text': 'Veneti', 'answer_start': 58} |
124,081 | 123,739 | 5a84d8667cf838001a46aafa | generic | "We used a technique of laying our program out in general debate," he said. When we got to the amendment phase, we would offer our program as a substitute for the Johnson proposal. If we lost in the Committee of the Whole, then we would usually offer it as a motion to recommit and get a vote on that. And if we lost on ... | How many amendments are usually passed in the committee of the Whole per year? | {'text': '140', 'answer_start': 579} |
128,086 | 127,744 | 5733ac31d058e614000b5ff3 | generic | The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame is dedicated to research, education and outreach on the causes of violent conflict and the conditions for sustainable peace. It offers PhD, Master's, and undergraduate degrees in peace studies. It was founded in 1986 through the ... | What institute at Notre Dame studies the reasons for violent conflict? | {'text': 'Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies', 'answer_start': 4} |
114,461 | 114,119 | 57304e618ab72b1400f9c416 | generic | A standard adult football match consists of two periods of 45 minutes each, known as halves. Each half runs continuously, meaning that the clock is not stopped when the ball is out of play. There is usually a 15-minute half-time break between halves. The end of the match is known as full-time. The referee is the offici... | In what year did an incident help introduce added time? | {'text': '1891', 'answer_start': 1150} |
37,181 | 36,839 | 5ad16f3d645df0001a2d1b2e | generic | Ongoing political tensions between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies reached a crisis in 1774 when the British placed the province of Massachusetts under martial law after the Patriots protested taxes they regarded as a violation of their constitutional rights as Englishmen. When shooting began at Lexington and C... | What were the second conflicts of the American Revolution? | {'text': 'Lexington and Concord', 'answer_start': 305} |
77,335 | 76,993 | 572798b8dd62a815002ea17f | generic | In the 1890s, the recording formats of the earliest (toy) discs were mainly 12.5 cm (nominally five inches) in diameter; by the mid-1890s, the discs were usually 7 in (nominally 17.5 cm) in diameter. By 1910 the 10-inch (25.4 cm) record was by far the most popular standard, holding about three minutes of music or other... | How long could a recording be on a 10 inch disc in the 1903? | {'text': 'four to five minutes of music per side', 'answer_start': 475} |
128,541 | 128,199 | 5733e7014776f41900661486 | generic | Evolutionary anthropology is the interdisciplinary study of the evolution of human physiology and human behaviour and the relation between hominins and non-hominin primates. Evolutionary anthropology is based in natural science and social science, combining the human development with socioeconomic factors. Evolutionary... | Which humans does evolutionary anthropology concern itself with the biological and cultural evolution of? | {'text': 'past and present', 'answer_start': 402} |
35,288 | 34,946 | 5a679e75f038b7001ab0c360 | generic | Unlike Modern English, Old English is a language rich in morphological diversity. It maintains several distinct cases: the nominative, accusative, genitive, dative and (vestigially) instrumental. The only remnants of this system in Modern English are in the forms of a few pronouns (such as I/me/mine, she/her, who/whom/... | What kind of diversity is found in Modern English? | {'text': 'morphological diversity', 'answer_start': 57} |
14,368 | 14,026 | 56df890b38dc42170015201a | generic | By 1874, Bell's initial work on the harmonic telegraph had entered a formative stage, with progress made both at his new Boston "laboratory" (a rented facility) and at his family home in Canada a big success.[N 14] While working that summer in Brantford, Bell experimented with a "phonautograph", a pen-like machine that... | What did Bell believe the reeds would turn the signal into? | {'text': 'sound', 'answer_start': 342} |
67,646 | 67,304 | 57278395f1498d1400e8fa50 | generic | During World War II, detailed invasion plans were drawn up by the Germans, but Switzerland was never attacked. Switzerland was able to remain independent through a combination of military deterrence, concessions to Germany, and good fortune as larger events during the war delayed an invasion. Under General Henri Guisan... | Though invasion plans were drawn up the the Germans, which war did Switzerland escape attack during? | {'text': 'World War II', 'answer_start': 7} |
14,486 | 14,144 | 56dfae017aa994140058dfd5 | generic | Bell and his assistant Charles Sumner Tainter jointly invented a wireless telephone, named a photophone, which allowed for the transmission of both sounds and normal human conversations on a beam of light. Both men later became full associates in the Volta Laboratory Association. | In the photophone, light carried sound and what? | {'text': 'normal human conversations', 'answer_start': 159} |
70,116 | 69,774 | 5726db305951b619008f8027 | generic | Regular script has been attributed to Zhong Yao, of the Eastern Han to Cao Wei period (c. 151–230 AD), who has been called the "father of regular script". However, some scholars postulate that one person alone could not have developed a new script which was universally adopted, but could only have been a contributor to... | What had been linked to Zhong Yao? | {'text': 'Regular script', 'answer_start': 0} |
23,072 | 22,730 | 56f881ecaef2371900626133 | generic | The geography of Southampton is influenced by the sea and rivers. The city lies at the northern tip of the Southampton Water, a deep water estuary, which is a ria formed at the end of the last Ice Age. Here, the rivers Test and Itchen converge. The Test—which has salt marsh that makes it ideal for salmon fishing—runs a... | What river converges with the Test? | {'text': 'Itchen', 'answer_start': 228} |
67,056 | 66,714 | 5726c10add62a815002e8f83 | generic | Reform of the liturgy had been a part of the liturgical movements in the 20th century mainly in France, and Germany which were officially recognized by Pius XII in his encyclical Mediator Dei. During the pontificate of Pius XII, the Vatican eased regulations on the use of Latin in Roman Catholic liturgies, permitting s... | What type of service did Paul Vi announce reformed in 1969? | {'text': 'Mass', 'answer_start': 755} |
87,283 | 86,941 | 5a4fd93baf0d07001ae8cc55 | generic | A number of other health conditions occur more frequently in those with asthma, including gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), rhinosinusitis, and obstructive sleep apnea. Psychological disorders are also more common, with anxiety disorders occurring in between 16–52% and mood disorders in 14–41%. However, it is no... | What other conditions happen frequently with radiocontrast reactions? | {'text': 'gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), rhinosinusitis, and obstructive sleep apnea', 'answer_start': 90} |
64,883 | 64,541 | 5ace4be532bba1001ae4a200 | generic | WPXD channel 31, an affiliate of the ION Television network, is licensed to the city. WHTV channel 18, a MyNetworkTV-affiliated station for the Lansing market, broadcasts from a transmitter in Lyndon Township, west of Ann Arbor. Community Television Network (CTN) is a city-provided cable television channel with product... | What MyNetworkTV-affiliated station is licensed to the city of Ann Arbor? | {'text': 'WHTV channel 18', 'answer_start': 86} |
83,243 | 82,901 | 5acd5ca407355d001abf3ed2 | generic | Louis' advisors believed that, as long as Strasbourg remained independent, it would endanger the King's newly annexed territories in Alsace, and, that to defend these large rural lands effectively, a garrison had to be placed in towns such as Strasbourg. Indeed, the bridge over the Rhine at Strasbourg had been used rep... | In what year did King Louis annex Alsace? | {'text': '1681', 'answer_start': 496} |
83,267 | 82,925 | 5727f8794b864d19001640eb | generic | During the Franco-Prussian War and the Siege of Strasbourg, the city was heavily bombarded by the Prussian army. The bombardment of the city was meant to break the morale of the people of Strasbourg. On 24 and 26 August 1870, the Museum of Fine Arts was destroyed by fire, as was the Municipal Library housed in the Goth... | How many inhabitants were left without shelter after the siege? | {'text': '10,000', 'answer_start': 678} |
1,228 | 886 | 56cbe1996d243a140015edc0 | generic | From September 1823 to 1826 Chopin attended the Warsaw Lyceum, where he received organ lessons from the Czech musician Wilhelm Würfel during his first year. In the autumn of 1826 he began a three-year course under the Silesian composer Józef Elsner at the Warsaw Conservatory, studying music theory, figured bass and com... | During what years did Frédéric visit the Warsaw Lyceum for lessons? | {'text': '1823 to 1826', 'answer_start': 15} |
87,153 | 86,811 | 57281922ff5b5019007d9d3e | generic | The Syrte Agreement in February and the Birao Peace Agreement in April 2007 called for a cessation of hostilities, the billeting of FDPC fighters and their integration with FACA, the liberation of political prisoners, integration of FDPC into government, an amnesty for the UFDR, its recognition as a political party, an... | When was the Birao Peace Agreement signed? | {'text': 'April 2007', 'answer_start': 65} |
65,983 | 65,641 | 5726bc73dd62a815002e8ec5 | generic | While the use of iron started to become more widespread around 1200 BC, mainly because of interruptions in the trade routes for tin, the metal is much softer than bronze. However, very small amounts of steel, (an alloy of iron and around 1% carbon), was always a byproduct of the bloomery process. The ability to modify ... | When did iron start to become melted by people? | {'text': 'Middle Ages', 'answer_start': 659} |
9,506 | 9,164 | 5ad3e0ee604f3c001a3ff4e9 | generic | However, since the end of the Cold War, as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has moved much of its defence focus "out of area", the Canadian military has also become more deeply engaged in international security operations in various other parts of the world – most notably in Afghanistan since 2002. | What country has the Canadian Military not worked in the last years? | {'text': 'Afghanistan', 'answer_start': 289} |
44,057 | 43,715 | 5a222e10819328001af38a21 | generic | The central oscillator generates a self-sustaining rhythm and is driven by two interacting feedback loops that are active at different times of day. The morning loop consists of CCA1 (Circadian and Clock-Associated 1) and LHY (Late Elongated Hypocotyl), which encode closely related MYB transcription factors that regula... | What is driven by single feedback loop? | {'text': 'central oscillator', 'answer_start': 4} |
125,948 | 125,606 | 573357944776f4190066085b | generic | As the King's confidence in de Melo increased, the King entrusted him with more control of the state. By 1755, Sebastião de Melo was made Prime Minister. Impressed by British economic success that he had witnessed from the Ambassador, he successfully implemented similar economic policies in Portugal. He abolished slave... | What title was given to de Melo in 1755? | {'text': 'Prime Minister', 'answer_start': 138} |
116,456 | 116,114 | 57305bb7069b5314008320b3 | generic | Generally, the greater the contact and exchange that have existed between two languages, or between those languages and a third one, the greater is the ratio of metaphrase to paraphrase that may be used in translating among them. However, due to shifts in ecological niches of words, a common etymology is sometimes misl... | What does the French "actuel" mean in English? | {'text': 'present', 'answer_start': 475} |
35,414 | 35,072 | 570aa9236d058f1900183028 | generic | As "runways at sea", aircraft carriers have a flat-top flight deck, which launches and recovers aircraft. Aircraft launch forward, into the wind, and are recovered from astern. The flight deck is where the most notable differences between a carrier and a land runway are found. Creating such a surface at sea poses const... | Where are the most notable differences between a carrier and a land runway found? | {'text': 'The flight deck', 'answer_start': 177} |
40,917 | 40,575 | 570d8c74b3d812140066da21 | generic | In Britain and some other armies, the single artillery branch has been responsible for both home and overseas ground-based air defence, although there was divided responsibility with the Royal Navy for air defence of the British Isles in World War I. However, during the Second World War the RAF Regiment was formed to p... | The United States Air Force helped protect the UK during what 'war'? | {'text': 'Cold War', 'answer_start': 415} |
60,956 | 60,614 | 5726af935951b619008f7a65 | generic | Modern morphology recognizes a continuum between the major morphological categories of root, stem (caulome), leaf (phyllome) and trichome. Furthermore, it emphasizes structural dynamics. Modern systematics aims to reflect and discover phylogenetic relationships between plants. Modern Molecular phylogenetics largely ign... | What did the Angiosperm Phylogeny group use determine a phylogeny of flowering plants? | {'text': 'Molecular analysis of DNA', 'answer_start': 385} |
118,840 | 118,498 | 5a866441b4e223001a8e754f | generic | Russian is notable for its distinction based on palatalization of most of the consonants. While /k/, /ɡ/, /x/ do have palatalized allophones [kʲ, ɡʲ, xʲ], only /kʲ/ might be considered a phoneme, though it is marginal and generally not considered distinctive (the only native minimal pair which argues for /kʲ/ to be a s... | What might r be considered? | {'text': 'a phoneme', 'answer_start': 185} |
11,175 | 10,833 | 56de4ea54396321400ee27cf | generic | The HDI has extended its geographical coverage: David Hastings, of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, published a report geographically extending the HDI to 230+ economies, whereas the UNDP HDI for 2009 enumerates 182 economies and coverage for the 2010 HDI dropped to 169 countr... | How many countries were included in the 2010 HDI? | {'text': '169', 'answer_start': 310} |
45,644 | 45,302 | 57101271b654c5140001f7b7 | generic | Congress acted defiantly toward the Supreme Court by passing the Drug Kingpin Act of 1988 and the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 that made roughly fifty crimes punishable by death, including crimes that do not always involve the death of someone. Such non-death capital offenses include treason, espionage (spying for... | Under the Drug Kingpin Act of 1988 and Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994, about how many crimes were punishable by death? | {'text': 'fifty', 'answer_start': 150} |
124,365 | 124,023 | 57323ca3b9d445190005e903 | generic | In 1870, Charles Taze Russell and others formed a group in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to study the Bible. During the course of his ministry, Russell disputed many beliefs of mainstream Christianity including immortality of the soul, hellfire, predestination, the fleshly return of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, and the burni... | When did Charles Taze Russell form a group? | {'text': '1870', 'answer_start': 3} |
124,321 | 123,979 | 5a53ee37bdaabd001a3867f8 | generic | Carpet-weaving is historically a major traditional profession for the majority of Armenian women, including many Armenian families. Prominent Karabakh carpet weavers there were men too. The oldest extant Armenian carpet from the region, referred to as Artsakh (see also Karabakh carpet) during the medieval era, is from ... | What is the Armenian word for weaving? | {'text': 'gorg', 'answer_start': 445} |
31,397 | 31,055 | 5709b2a2200fba1400368278 | generic | One wave of the population boom ended abruptly in the mid-1980s, as oil prices fell precipitously. The space industry also suffered in 1986 after the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated shortly after launch. There was a cutback in some activities for a period. In the late 1980s, the city's economy suffered from the ... | What did Houston focus on after the 1990s recession to improve its economy? | {'text': 'aerospace and health care', 'answer_start': 436} |
80,644 | 80,302 | 5727e7e12ca10214002d992e | generic | The set of graphic and format characters defined by Unicode does not correspond directly to the repertoire of abstract characters that is representable under Unicode. Unicode encodes characters by associating an abstract character with a particular code point. However, not all abstract characters are encoded as a singl... | What is an ogonek? | {'text': 'a dot above', 'answer_start': 495} |
97,087 | 96,745 | 5a42d3864a4859001aac7351 | generic | According to Presentism, time is an ordering of various realities. At a certain time some things exist and others do not. This is the only reality we can deal with and we cannot for example say that Homer exists because at the present time he does not. An Eternalist, on the other hand, holds that time is a dimension of... | What states time is the existance of various relities? | {'text': 'Presentism', 'answer_start': 13} |
103,031 | 102,689 | 5ad4ccbb5b96ef001a10a106 | generic | Other major television series Spielberg produced were Band of Brothers, Taken and The Pacific. He was an executive producer on the critically acclaimed 2005 TV miniseries Into the West which won two Emmy awards, including one for Geoff Zanelli's score. For his 2010 miniseries The Pacific he teamed up once again with co... | In what year did Band of Brother debut on tv? | {'text': '2005', 'answer_start': 152} |
84,453 | 84,111 | 57282c383acd2414000df635 | generic | During the presidential referendum in Egypt, Nasser was re-elected to a second term as UAR president and took his oath on 25 March 1965. He was the only candidate for the position, with virtually all of his political opponents forbidden by law from running for office, and his fellow party members reduced to mere follow... | What was Qutb's sentence? | {'text': 'executed', 'answer_start': 505} |
92,950 | 92,608 | 5729009aaf94a219006a9f11 | generic | American comic books have adopted the character type for stories of their own like the mutant-villain Silver Samurai of Marvel Comics. The design of this character preserves the samurai appearance; the villain is “Clad in traditional gleaming samurai armor and wielding an energy charged katana” (Buxton, 2013). Not only... | Who did Tom Cruise play in The Last Samurai? | {'text': 'US Army Captain Nathan Algren', 'answer_start': 1209} |
54,511 | 54,169 | 5ad00fba77cf76001a686850 | generic | In addition, intermediaries are now also generally understood to include Internet portals, software and games providers, those providing virtual information such as interactive forums and comment facilities with or without a moderation system, aggregators of various kinds, such as news aggregators, universities, librar... | What excludes Internet portals, software and games? | {'text': 'intermediaries', 'answer_start': 13} |
95,283 | 94,941 | 572996e06aef051400155007 | generic | South Slavic historically formed a dialect continuum, i.e. each dialect has some similarities with the neighboring one, and differences grow with distance. However, migrations from the 16th to 18th centuries resulting from the spread of Ottoman Empire on the Balkans have caused large-scale population displacement that ... | What caused the dialect continuum to become fractured? | {'text': 'migrations from the 16th to 18th centuries resulting from the spread of Ottoman Empire on the Balkans', 'answer_start': 165} |
118,540 | 118,198 | 5acfdb1c77cf76001a686302 | generic | Up to 1990, English, German and Afrikaans were official languages. Long before Namibia's independence from South Africa, SWAPO was of the opinion that the country should become officially monolingual, choosing this approach in contrast to that of its neighbour South Africa (which granted all 11 of its major languages o... | What percentage of people speak German in Namibia? | {'text': '3%', 'answer_start': 517} |
61,118 | 60,776 | 57278e565951b619008f8d75 | generic | The evolutionary relationships and heredity of a group of organisms is called its phylogeny. Phylogenetic studies attempt to discover phylogenies. The basic approach is to use similarities based on shared inheritance to determine relationships. As an example, species of Pereskia are trees or bushes with prominent leave... | What would be an indication of a shared inheritance in two cacti? | {'text': 'spines produced from areoles', 'answer_start': 450} |
11,433 | 11,091 | 56de66ce4396321400ee2889 | generic | The BBC began its own regular television programming from the basement of Broadcasting House, London, on 22 August 1932. The studio moved to larger quarters in 16 Portland Place, London, in February 1934, and continued broadcasting the 30-line images, carried by telephone line to the medium wave transmitter at Brookman... | Where was the BBC's first studio located? | {'text': 'Broadcasting House, London', 'answer_start': 74} |
109,990 | 109,648 | 572f688b04bcaa1900d768eb | generic | Tucson was probably first visited by Paleo-Indians, known to have been in southern Arizona about 12,000 years ago. Recent archaeological excavations near the Santa Cruz River have located a village site dating from 2100 BC.[citation needed] The floodplain of the Santa Cruz River was extensively farmed during the Early ... | What was Tuscon known as 12,000 years ago? | {'text': 'southern Arizona', 'answer_start': 74} |
115,703 | 115,361 | 5733d4c24776f41900661308 | generic | In 1939, coinciding with the start of World War II, Rene Dubos reported the discovery of the first naturally derived antibiotic, tyrothricin, a compound of 20% gramicidin and 80% tyrocidine, from B. brevis. It was one of the first commercially manufactured antibiotics universally and was very effective in treating woun... | What was tyrothricin used for during the war? | {'text': 'wounds and ulcers', 'answer_start': 316} |
43,956 | 43,614 | 570e54c20b85d914000d7e4d | generic | Most ingested uranium is excreted during digestion. Only 0.5% is absorbed when insoluble forms of uranium, such as its oxide, are ingested, whereas absorption of the more soluble uranyl ion can be up to 5%. However, soluble uranium compounds tend to quickly pass through the body, whereas insoluble uranium compounds, es... | What happens to a majority of ingested uranium? | {'text': 'excreted', 'answer_start': 25} |
100,569 | 100,227 | 572bd4c0750c471900ed4c1e | generic | Tennessee has played a critical role in the development of many forms of American popular music, including rock and roll, blues, country, and rockabilly.[not verified in body] Beale Street in Memphis is considered by many to be the birthplace of the blues, with musicians such as W.C. Handy performing in its clubs as ea... | What locale in Memphis is know as the place where blues was born? | {'text': 'Beale Street', 'answer_start': 176} |
81,020 | 80,678 | 5727d96a4b864d1900163e7e | generic | Detroit has a Mexican-American population. In the early 20th century thousands of Mexicans came to Detroit to work in agricultural, automotive, and steel jobs. During the Mexican Repatriation of the 1930s many Mexicans in Detroit were willingly repatriated or forced to repatriate. By the 1940s the Mexican community beg... | When did Mexicantown start to grow? | {'text': '1940s', 'answer_start': 289} |
110,464 | 110,122 | 572fbae9a23a5019007fc8f0 | generic | Ter-Petrosyan led Armenia alongside Defense Minister Vazgen Sargsyan through the Nagorno-Karabakh War with neighboring Azerbaijan. The initial post-Soviet years were marred by economic difficulties, which had their roots early in the Karabakh conflict when the Azerbaijani Popular Front managed to pressure the Azerbaija... | What prevented Armenia from getting it's commodities? | {'text': 'a railway and air blockade', 'answer_start': 339} |
21,431 | 21,089 | 56e8630337bdd419002c44d6 | generic | The medieval city is a foundation of the Zähringer ruling family, which rose to power in Upper Burgundy in the 12th century. According to 14th century historiography (Cronica de Berno, 1309), Bern was founded in 1191 by Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen. | The medieval city is a foundation of what family? | {'text': 'Zähringer', 'answer_start': 41} |
842 | 500 | 56bfc281a10cfb14005512b6 | generic | Beyoncé has received praise for her stage presence and voice during live performances. Jarett Wieselman of the New York Post placed her at number one on her list of the Five Best Singer/Dancers. According to Barbara Ellen of The Guardian Beyoncé is the most in-charge female artist she's seen onstage, while Alice Jones ... | Who chose her as number one on his list of Best singers/ Dancers? | {'text': 'Jarett Wieselman', 'answer_start': 87} |
9,751 | 9,409 | 56defbb63277331400b4d861 | generic | Major air bases are located in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, while administrative and command and control facilities are located in Winnipeg and North Bay. A Canadian component of the NATO Airborne Early Warning Force is also based at NAT... | What location is a Canadian airforce base located whose name is also a dog breed? | {'text': 'Labrador', 'answer_start': 133} |
45,526 | 45,184 | 571001dab654c5140001f735 | generic | After a death sentence is affirmed in state collateral review, the prisoner may file for federal habeas corpus, which is a unique type of lawsuit that can be brought in federal courts. Federal habeas corpus is a species of collateral review, and it is the only way that state prisoners may attack a death sentence in fed... | What act restricted the scope of federal habeas corpus? | {'text': 'the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996', 'answer_start': 508} |
87,873 | 87,531 | 5acf992d77cf76001a6853de | generic | Federalism refers to the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government (the central or 'federal' government) with regional governments (provincial, state, Land, cantonal, territorial or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system. Its distinctive feature, exemplified in the founding ... | Federalism combines what three types of government? | {'text': "general government (the central or 'federal' government) with regional governments", 'answer_start': 75} |
41,781 | 41,439 | 570d2929b3d812140066d4ae | generic | The Vietnam War is often regarded as a low point for the U.S. Army due to the use of drafted personnel, the unpopularity of the war with the American public, and frustrating restrictions placed on the military by American political leaders. While American forces had been stationed in the Republic of Vietnam since 1959,... | What caused American forces to deploy in large number in 1965? | {'text': 'Gulf of Tonkin Incident', 'answer_start': 423} |
57,280 | 56,938 | 5726c0d2f1498d1400e8ea3a | generic | The 5th Regiment was sent to intercept him and made contact just south of Grenoble on March 7, 1815. Napoleon approached the regiment alone, dismounted his horse and, when he was within gunshot range, shouted to the soldiers, "Here I am. Kill your Emperor, if you wish." The soldiers quickly responded with, "Vive L'Empe... | What military unit was charged with intercepting Napoleon? | {'text': 'The 5th Regiment', 'answer_start': 0} |
78,988 | 78,646 | 5ad26321d7d075001a4290f0 | generic | Women could not be professed to the Dominican religious life before the age of thirteen. The formula for profession contained in the Constitutions of Montargis Priory (1250) demands that nuns pledge obedience to God, the Blessed Virgin, their prioress and her successors according to the Rule of St. Augustine and the in... | What were candidates to profession not tested to do? | {'text': 'reveal whether they were actually married women who had merely separated from their husbands', 'answer_start': 514} |
15,348 | 15,006 | 56e038cc7aa994140058e3b7 | generic | Similar to the problems of defining literature and film, no consensus has been reached on a definition of the comics medium, and attempted definitions and descriptions have fallen prey to numerous exceptions. Theorists such as Töpffer, R. C. Harvey, Will Eisner, David Carrier, Alain Rey, and Lawrence Grove emphasize th... | What are there prominent examples of in comic history? | {'text': 'pantomime comics', 'answer_start': 393} |
68,130 | 67,788 | 5a285975d1a287001a6d0bbf | generic | Malian musical traditions are derived from the griots, who are known as "Keepers of Memories". Malian music is diverse and has several different genres. Some famous Malian influences in music are kora virtuoso musician Toumani Diabaté, the late roots and blues guitarist Ali Farka Touré, the Tuareg band Tinariwen, and s... | What plays a minor role in culture compared to music? | {'text': 'Dance', 'answer_start': 423} |
111,187 | 110,845 | 5ad27b10d7d075001a429634 | generic | Around 1200 BC, the Dorians, another Greek-speaking people, followed from Epirus. Traditionally, historians have believed that the Dorian invasion caused the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization, but it is likely the main attack was made by seafaring raiders (sea peoples) who sailed into the eastern Mediterranean aro... | What group of people came with others who left the geographical and historical region in southeastern Europe, now a mutual region between England and Albania ? | {'text': 'Dorian', 'answer_start': 337} |
61,682 | 61,340 | 572cb2d3750c471900ed4cd8 | generic | As federal judge Alex Kozinski has pointed out, binding precedent as we know it today simply did not exist at the time the Constitution was framed. Judicial decisions were not consistently, accurately, and faithfully reported on both sides of the Atlantic (reporters often simply rewrote or failed to publish decisions w... | What are the natural theories of law that that the English judges in the eighteenth century used? | {'text': 'law was believed to have an existence independent of what individual judges said', 'answer_start': 555} |
28,567 | 28,225 | 56fdc764761e401900d28beb | generic | Many mechanical aids to calculation and measurement were constructed for astronomical and navigation use. The planisphere was a star chart invented by Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī in the early 11th century. The astrolabe was invented in the Hellenistic world in either the 1st or 2nd centuries BC and is often attributed to Hipp... | The first astrolabe with a mechanical calendar was invented where? | {'text': 'Persia', 'answer_start': 617} |
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