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38,757 | 38,415 | 570c4d68b3d812140066d0a3 | generic | In 1943, Barcelona faced rivals Real Madrid in the semi-finals of Copa del Generalísimo (now the Copa del Rey). The first match at Les Corts was won by Barcelona 3–0. Real Madrid comfortably won the second leg, beating Barcelona 11–1. According to football writer Sid Lowe, "There have been relatively few mentions of th... | Who is rumored to have threatened Barcelona players before the match against Real Madrid? | {'text': 'police', 'answer_start': 582} |
22,684 | 22,342 | 5ad4b5f75b96ef001a109e1f | generic | Former Soviet states, as well as countries that used to be satellite states or territories of the Warsaw Pact, have numerous minority Slavic populations, many of whom are originally from the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR and Byelorussian SSR. As of now, Kazakhstan has the largest Slavic minority population with most bein... | What was the Warsaw Pact originally part of? | {'text': 'the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR and Byelorussian SSR', 'answer_start': 187} |
52,597 | 52,255 | 5726151f38643c19005acfc9 | generic | Widowed in 1861, the grief-stricken Queen withdrew from public life and left Buckingham Palace to live at Windsor Castle, Balmoral Castle and Osborne House. For many years the palace was seldom used, even neglected. In 1864, a note was found pinned to the fence of Buckingham Palace, saying: "These commanding premises t... | Where did Queen Victoria hold court functions during this time? | {'text': 'Windsor Castle', 'answer_start': 565} |
44,801 | 44,459 | 57100b34a58dae1900cd67f3 | generic | As there is no research indicating which of the three components is essential in defining sexual orientation, all three are used independently and provide different conclusions regarding sexual orientation. Savin Williams (2006) discusses this issue and notes that by basing findings regarding sexual orientation on a si... | When did Savin WIlliams talk about the issues with these components? | {'text': '(2006)', 'answer_start': 222} |
61,288 | 60,946 | 5726dc455951b619008f803d | generic | Madonna gave another provocative performance later that year at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, while singing "Hollywood" with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Missy Elliott. Madonna sparked controversy for kissing Spears and Aguilera suggestively during the performance. In October 2003, Madonna provided guest ... | Who did Madonna kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards? | {'text': 'Spears and Aguilera', 'answer_start': 223} |
30,031 | 29,689 | 5706e1209e06ca38007e91d7 | generic | The body’s capability to react to antigen depends on a person's age, antigen type, maternal factors and the area where the antigen is presented. Neonates are said to be in a state of physiological immunodeficiency, because both their innate and adaptive immunological responses are greatly suppressed. Once born, a child... | What are the four factors that determine how the body reacts to an antigen? | {'text': "person's age, antigen type, maternal factors and the area", 'answer_start': 55} |
80,950 | 80,608 | 5727c7ad3acd2414000dec38 | generic | Since 2006, $9 billion has been invested in downtown and surrounding neighborhoods; $5.2 billion of that in has come in 2013 and 2014. Construction activity, particularly rehabilitation of historic downtown buildings, has increased markedly. The number of vacant downtown buildings has dropped from nearly 50 to around 1... | Which hotel is set to be renovated? | {'text': 'Strathmore', 'answer_start': 581} |
7,756 | 7,414 | 56d98998dc89441400fdb51a | generic | In China, a call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boy... | Who was the LVMH Group accused of supporting? | {'text': 'the Dalai Lama', 'answer_start': 265} |
80,450 | 80,108 | 5727b8623acd2414000dea89 | generic | According to the Sichuan Department of Commerce, the province's total foreign trade was US$22.04 billion in 2008, with an annual increase of 53.3 percent. Exports were US$13.1 billion, an annual increase of 52.3 percent, while imports were US$8.93 billion, an annual increase of 54.7 percent. These achievements were acc... | What was the import level of Sichuan in 2008? | {'text': 'US$8.93 billion', 'answer_start': 240} |
20,713 | 20,371 | 56e7b21237bdd419002c4386 | generic | Many traditional festivals and customs were observed in the old times, which included climbing the City Wall on January 16, bathing in Qing Xi on March 3, hill hiking on September 9 and others (the dates are in Chinese lunar calendar). Almost none of them, however, are still celebrated by modern Nanjingese. | How many of these old festivals are still celebrated by residents of Nanjing? | {'text': 'Almost none of them', 'answer_start': 236} |
115,554 | 115,212 | 5731bff5e17f3d1400422397 | generic | The successful outcome of antimicrobial therapy with antibacterial compounds depends on several factors. These include host defense mechanisms, the location of infection, and the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the antibacterial. A bactericidal activity of antibacterials may depend on the bacterial gr... | What does the bactericidal activitty of antibacterials depend on what? | {'text': 'bacterial growth phase', 'answer_start': 308} |
123,086 | 122,744 | 5731dceee99e3014001e6365 | generic | In the view of many associated with the Radical Reformation, the Magisterial Reformation had not gone far enough. Radical Reformer, Andreas von Bodenstein Karlstadt, for example, referred to the Lutheran theologians at Wittenberg as the "new papists". Since the term "magister" also means "teacher", the Magisterial Refo... | What did Karlstadt call Lutheran theologians? | {'text': 'new papists', 'answer_start': 238} |
37,385 | 37,043 | 570b69c1ec8fbc190045ba04 | generic | Often categorised with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, in 1981 Def Leppard released their second album High 'n' Dry, mixing glam-rock with heavy metal, and helping to define the sound of hard rock for the decade. The follow-up Pyromania (1983), reached number two on the American charts and the singles "Photograph"... | When did Motley Crue's album Shout At The Devil come out? | {'text': '1983', 'answer_start': 605} |
35,479 | 35,137 | 5acd731007355d001abf42e0 | generic | The Royal Australian Navy is in the process of procuring two Canberra-class LHD's, the first of which was commissioned in November 2015, while the second is expected to enter service in 2016. The ships will be the largest in Australian naval history. Their primary roles are to embark, transport and deploy an embarked f... | What is a secondary role of the Canbera-class LDH? | {'text': 'to embark, transport and deploy an embarked force', 'answer_start': 275} |
90,520 | 90,178 | 5ad27a95d7d075001a42960d | generic | In 2004, philosopher and psychologist Michel ter Hark (Groningen, The Netherlands) published a book, called Popper, Otto Selz and the rise of evolutionary epistemology, in which he claimed that Popper took some of his ideas from his tutor, the German psychologist Otto Selz. Selz never published his ideas, partly becaus... | Who did Hark claim that Selz took his ideas from? | {'text': 'Popper', 'answer_start': 108} |
96,418 | 96,076 | 5a3bf219cc5d22001a521c3e | generic | In the 1772 First Partition of Poland, the Prussian king Frederick the Great annexed neighboring Royal Prussia, i.e. the Polish voivodeships of Pomerania (Gdańsk Pomerania or Pomerelia), Malbork, Chełmno and the Prince-Bishopric of Warmia, thereby bridging the "Polish Corridor" between his Prussian and Farther Pomerani... | What was capital of Poland? | {'text': 'Marienwerder', 'answer_start': 690} |
62,238 | 61,896 | 5ace940d32bba1001ae4aab9 | generic | Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion, and a culture, making the definition of who is a Jew vary slightly depending on whether a religious or national approach to identity is used. Generally, in modern secular usage Jews include three groups: people who were born to a Jewish f... | How many groups do Jews include in historical secular usage? | {'text': 'three', 'answer_start': 272} |
18,400 | 18,058 | 56e3c1098c00841900fbaee7 | generic | The first extant Estonian book is a bilingual German-Estonian translation of the Lutheran catechism by S. Wanradt and J. Koell dating to 1535, during the Protestant Reformation period. An Estonian grammar book to be used by priests was printed in German in 1637. The New Testament was translated into southern Estonian i... | What year was the priests' grammar book put into print? | {'text': '1637', 'answer_start': 257} |
108,766 | 108,424 | 572fc3f3947a6a140053cc77 | generic | During British rule, Secunderabad became a well-known sporting centre and many race courses, parade grounds and polo fields were built.:18 Many elite clubs formed by the Nizams and the British such as the Secunderabad Club, the Nizam Club and the Hyderabad Race Club, which is known for its horse racing especially the a... | What type of racing is the Hyderabad Race Club popular for? | {'text': 'horse racing', 'answer_start': 291} |
91,061 | 90,719 | 572921ae6aef051400154a80 | generic | The higher-level phylogeny of the arthropods continues to be a matter of debate and research. In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period. The oldest defi... | What higher-level is constantly up for debate and research? | {'text': 'phylogeny', 'answer_start': 17} |
110,779 | 110,437 | 572fe23504bcaa1900d76e42 | generic | In soil, microorganisms that reside in the rhizosphere (a zone that includes the root surface and the soil that adheres to the root after gentle shaking) carry out nitrogen fixation, converting nitrogen gas to nitrogenous compounds. This serves to provide an easily absorbable form of nitrogen for many plants, which can... | What do bacteria do in soil? | {'text': 'converting nitrogen gas to nitrogenous compounds', 'answer_start': 183} |
70,413 | 70,071 | 5ad406fa604f3c001a3ffe87 | generic | Bermuda was discovered in 1503 by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez. It is mentioned in Legatio Babylonica, published in 1511 by historian Pedro Mártir de Anglería, and was also included on Spanish charts of that year. Both Spanish and Portuguese ships used the islands as a replenishment spot to take on fresh meat and ... | What was discovered in 1305? | {'text': 'Bermuda', 'answer_start': 0} |
85,453 | 85,111 | 572835132ca10214002da0bc | generic | The ECB's first supplementary longer-term refinancing operation (LTRO) with a six-month maturity was announced March 2008. Previously the longest tender offered was three months. It announced two 3-month and one 6-month full allotment of Long Term Refinancing Operations (LTROs). The first tender was settled 3 April, an... | What is an LTRO? | {'text': 'longer-term refinancing operation', 'answer_start': 30} |
56,737 | 56,395 | 57267e8df1498d1400e8e1b0 | generic | Even though proportionality is confined to the proportional seats to prevent a part from being overrepresented, several restrictions apply in the assignation of the seats; namely, that no party can have more than 63% of all seats, both uninominal and plurinominal. In the 2006 elections leftist PRD got the absolute majo... | What is the maximum percentage of seats a single party can control? | {'text': '63', 'answer_start': 213} |
58,392 | 58,050 | 57264cd75951b619008f6f54 | generic | The Paris department store had its roots in the magasin de nouveautés, or novelty store; the first, the Tapis Rouge, was created in 1784. They flourished in the early 19th century, with La Belle Jardiniere (1824), Aux Trois Quartiers (1829), and Le Petit Saint Thomas (1830). Balzac described their functioning in his no... | What year was the first Paris department store founded? | {'text': '1784', 'answer_start': 132} |
82,073 | 81,731 | 5727c6252ca10214002d9604 | generic | The "formal" interpretation is more widespread than the "substantive" interpretation. Formalists hold that the law must be prospective, well-known, and have characteristics of generality, equality, and certainty. Other than that, the formal view contains no requirements as to the content of the law. This formal approac... | Which interpretation of the rule of law is less commonly used? | {'text': 'substantive', 'answer_start': 57} |
23,168 | 22,826 | 56f8b2c69b226e1400dd0e46 | generic | According to 2004 figures, Southampton contributes around £4.2 bn to the regional economy annually. The vast majority of this is from the service sector, with the remainder coming from industry in the city. This figure has almost doubled since 1995. | What sector puts up most of Southampton's economic contribution? | {'text': 'the service sector', 'answer_start': 134} |
58,966 | 58,624 | 5acd87e207355d001abf45f3 | generic | The British divided Florida into the two colonies of British East Florida and British West Florida. The British government gave land grants to officers and soldiers who had fought in the French and Indian War in order to encourage settlement. In order to induce settlers to move to the two new colonies reports of the na... | What did the British not introduce? | {'text': 'sugar cane', 'answer_start': 813} |
99,917 | 99,575 | 5a7c8e33e8bc7e001a9e1eda | generic | Kierkegaard criticised Hegel's idealist philosophy in several of his works, particularly his claim to a comprehensive system that could explain the whole of reality. Where Hegel argues that an ultimate understanding of the logical structure of the world is an understanding of the logical structure of God's mind, Kierke... | What does Kierkegaard blur the lines between? | {'text': 'existence and thought', 'answer_start': 696} |
40,233 | 39,891 | 570c6790fed7b91900d459af | generic | John inherited a sophisticated system of administration in England, with a range of royal agents answering to the Royal Household: the Chancery kept written records and communications; the Treasury and the Exchequer dealt with income and expenditure respectively; and various judges were deployed to deliver justice arou... | John followed in the tradition of who? | {'text': 'Henry I and Henry II', 'answer_start': 747} |
6,735 | 6,393 | 56db43dae7c41114004b4fe0 | generic | The loss of viewers continued into season seven. The premiere was down 11% among total viewers, and the results show in which Kristy Lee Cook was eliminated delivered its lowest-rated Wednesday show among the 18–34 demo since the first season in 2002. However, the ratings rebounded for the season seven finale with the ... | What was the series' third most watched finale? | {'text': 'season seven', 'answer_start': 35} |
12,106 | 11,764 | 56df72a456340a1900b29b83 | generic | Plymouth has the first known reference to Jews in the South West from Sir Francis Drake's voyages in 1577 to 1580, as his log mentioned "Moses the Jew" – a man from Plymouth. The Plymouth Synagogue is a Listed Grade II* building, built in 1762 and is the oldest Ashkenazi Synagogue in the English speaking world. There a... | In what year was Plymouth Synagogue constructed? | {'text': '1762', 'answer_start': 239} |
68,808 | 68,466 | 5726ca375951b619008f7e29 | generic | Nicholas began courting Britain by means of conversations with the British ambassador, George Hamilton Seymour, in January and February 1853.:105 Nicholas insisted that he no longer wished to expand Imperial Russia:105 but that he had an obligation to the Christian communities in the Ottoman Empire.:105 The Tsar next ... | Who did the Tsar send on a mission to Ottoman Sublime Porte? | {'text': 'Prince Menshikov', 'answer_start': 359} |
92,133 | 91,791 | 5728d27cff5b5019007da76b | generic | It seems an oracular cult existed in Delphi from the Mycenaean ages. In historical times, the priests of Delphi were called Labryaden, "the double-axe men", which indicates Minoan origin. The double-axe, labrys, was the holy symbol of the Cretan labyrinth. The Homeric hymn adds that Apollo appeared as a dolphin and car... | What is another name for the double-axe? | {'text': 'labrys', 'answer_start': 204} |
21,475 | 21,133 | 56e874d50b45c0140094ccb1 | generic | The City Parliament (de: Stadtrat, fr: Conseil de ville) holds legislative power. It is made up of 80 members, with elections held every four years. The City Parliament decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the City Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of propor... | How often are elections held for the City Parliament? | {'text': 'every four years.', 'answer_start': 131} |
57,015 | 56,673 | 57264d3a708984140094c1d0 | generic | Tensions over rising Polish nationalism and the economic effects of the Continental System led to renewed confrontation with Russia. To enforce his blockade, Napoleon launched an invasion of Russia in the summer of 1812. The resulting campaign witnessed the catastrophic collapse of the Grand Army, forcing the French to... | In addition to Russia, the Sixth Coalition consisted of forces from which two nations? | {'text': 'Prussia and Austria', 'answer_start': 417} |
46,206 | 45,864 | 5ad2ac5dd7d075001a429e98 | generic | In the UK, Italy and Australia which share the PAL A region, two versions of the NES were released; the "Mattel Version" and "NES Version". When the NES was first released in those countries, it was distributed by Mattel and Nintendo decided to use a lockout chip specific to those countries, different from the chip use... | Which company didn't distribute the NES to the UK, Italy, and Australia? | {'text': 'Mattel', 'answer_start': 105} |
103,440 | 103,098 | 572f0fb8c246551400ce4889 | generic | The high-speed observation deck elevators accelerate to a world-record certified speed of 1,010 metres per minute (61 km/h) in 16 seconds, and then it slows down for arrival with subtle air pressure sensations. The door opens after 37 seconds from the 5th floor. Special features include aerodynamic car and counterweigh... | This speed holds what record? | {'text': 'world-record certified speed', 'answer_start': 58} |
122,689 | 122,347 | 5731bbb5e99e3014001e622c | generic | The first amendment to the US Constitution states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" The two parts, known as the "establishment clause" and the "free exercise clause" respectively, form the textual basis for the Supreme Court's interpretations ... | What does the first amendment to the US Constitution state? | {'text': '"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"', 'answer_start': 50} |
31,962 | 31,620 | 570967d5200fba1400367f65 | generic | Compounds that contain a carbon-copper bond are known as organocopper compounds. They are very reactive towards oxygen to form copper(I) oxide and have many uses in chemistry. They are synthesized by treating copper(I) compounds with Grignard reagents, terminal alkynes or organolithium reagents; in particular, the last... | What is produced when copper compounds are treated with organolithium reagents? | {'text': 'Gilman reagent', 'answer_start': 351} |
112,042 | 111,700 | 572fef4204bcaa1900d76ee2 | generic | Managers in the Premier League are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and player acquisition. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the ownership of the club and the relationship of the manager with fans. Managers are required to have a UEFA Pro ... | What type of licence does a manager need? | {'text': 'Managers are required to have a UEFA Pro Licence', 'answer_start': 279} |
95,990 | 95,648 | 5729cdaa3f37b31900478573 | generic | On September 21, 1953, Thomas Watson, Jr., the company's president at the time, sent out a controversial letter to all IBM employees stating that IBM needed to hire the best people, regardless of their race, ethnic origin, or gender. He also publicized the policy so that in his negotiations to build new manufacturing p... | What kind of workplaces did IBM commit to not building? | {'text': 'separate-but-equal', 'answer_start': 422} |
44,303 | 43,961 | 5ad3742d604f3c001a3fe2c8 | generic | In 1987, in Canada, Elizabeth publicly supported politically divisive constitutional amendments, prompting criticism from opponents of the proposed changes, including Pierre Trudeau. The same year, the elected Fijian government was deposed in a military coup. Elizabeth, as monarch of Fiji, supported the attempts of the... | Who was one of the younger royals who appeared on It's a Royal Knockout? | {'text': 'Sitiveni Rabuka', 'answer_start': 430} |
63,703 | 63,361 | 5acf84ba77cf76001a685096 | generic | In Arthurian legend, Avalon became associated with Glastonbury Tor when monks at Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have discovered the bones of King Arthur and his queen. What is more certain is that Glastonbury was an important religious centre by 700 and claims to be "the oldest above-ground Christian church in the World"... | Where was Woodspring Priory? | {'text': 'Dorset', 'answer_start': 816} |
120,359 | 120,017 | 5731716b05b4da19006bd193 | generic | Many crops first domesticated by indigenous Americans are now produced and used globally. Chief among these is maize or "corn", arguably the most important crop in the world. Other significant crops include cassava, chia, squash (pumpkins, zucchini, marrow, acorn squash, butternut squash), the pinto bean, Phaseolus bea... | What is arguably the most important crop in the world? | {'text': 'corn', 'answer_start': 121} |
16,044 | 15,702 | 56e09c507aa994140058e64d | generic | Oxidation of hydrogen removes its electron and gives H+, which contains no electrons and a nucleus which is usually composed of one proton. That is why H+ is often called a proton. This species is central to discussion of acids. Under the Bronsted-Lowry theory, acids are proton donors, while bases are proton acceptors. | When hydrogen oxidates, what is it removing? | {'text': 'electrons', 'answer_start': 75} |
87,679 | 87,337 | 572812523acd2414000df3c0 | generic | His birthday (14 December 1895) was the 34th anniversary of the death of his great-grandfather, Prince Albert, the Prince Consort. Uncertain of how the Prince Consort's widow, Queen Victoria, would take the news of the birth, the Prince of Wales wrote to the Duke of York that the Queen had been "rather distressed". Two... | In which church was Prince Albert baptized? | {'text': "St. Mary Magdalene's Church", 'answer_start': 803} |
48,452 | 48,110 | 571adceb9499d21900609b5d | generic | Other notable new vaccines of the period include those for measles (1962, John Franklin Enders of Children's Medical Center Boston, later refined by Maurice Hilleman at Merck), Rubella (1969, Hilleman, Merck) and mumps (1967, Hilleman, Merck) The United States incidences of rubella, congenital rubella syndrome, measles... | How much did the occurrence of serious diseases shortly after the release of the measles vaccine? | {'text': '>95%', 'answer_start': 344} |
101,090 | 100,748 | 572f7ebda23a5019007fc693 | generic | The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds. Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept. In the United States, driven by MTV and mode... | Who was the most successful band to arrise from post-punk? | {'text': 'U2', 'answer_start': 694} |
41,087 | 40,745 | 570db07b16d0071400510cee | generic | However, as stealth technology grows, so does anti-stealth technology. Multiple transmitter radars such as those from bistatic radars and low-frequency radars are said to have the capabilities to detect stealth aircraft. Advanced forms of thermographic cameras such as those that incorporate QWIPs would be able to optic... | What is the most notable SAM that can detect a stealth target? | {'text': 'the S-400', 'answer_start': 743} |
111,726 | 111,384 | 5733e6a54776f41900661475 | generic | The league held its first season in 1992–93 and was originally composed of 22 clubs. The first ever Premier League goal was scored by Brian Deane of Sheffield United in a 2–1 win against Manchester United. The 22 inaugural members of the new Premier League were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry ... | For which team was the first goal scored? | {'text': 'Sheffield United', 'answer_start': 149} |
26,632 | 26,290 | 5a5695656349e2001acdce60 | generic | The MoD states that its principal objectives are to defend the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its interests and to strengthen international peace and stability. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the MoD does not foresee any short-term conventional military thre... | What is strengthened in the Soviet Union after the Cold War? | {'text': 'international peace and stability', 'answer_start': 152} |
54,940 | 54,598 | 57266792dd62a815002e83d2 | generic | Estimates of the recognized Greek Muslim minority, which is mostly located in Thrace, range from 98,000 to 140,000, (about 1%) while the immigrant Muslim community numbers between 200,000 and 300,000. Albanian immigrants to Greece are usually associated with the Muslim religion, although most are secular in orientation... | Immigrants from Albania are usually what religion? | {'text': 'Muslim', 'answer_start': 263} |
17,872 | 17,530 | 56e164bccd28a01900c6785c | generic | The area's many colleges and universities are active in college athletics. Four NCAA Division I members play in the city—Boston College, Boston University, Harvard University, and Northeastern University. Of the four, only Boston College participates in college football at the highest level, the Football Bowl Subdivisi... | Who participates in the second highest level of college football? | {'text': 'Harvard', 'answer_start': 156} |
77,699 | 77,357 | 5a82338e31013a001a3352ce | generic | The film library of Turner Entertainment would serve as the base form of programming for TCM upon the network's launch. Before the creation of Turner Classic Movies, films from Turner's library of movies aired on the Turner Broadcasting System's advertiser-supported cable network TNT – along with colorized versions of ... | What was a notable film that Warner Bros. colorized? | {'text': 'The Maltese Falcon', 'answer_start': 353} |
77,908 | 77,566 | 5a5e1d035bc9f4001a75ae37 | generic | Scholars have debated the relationship and differences within āstika philosophies and with nāstika philosophies, starting with the writings of Indologists and Orientalists of the 18th and 19th centuries, which were themselves derived from limited availability of Indian literature and medieval doxographies. The various ... | Which two named philosophies are considered to be the same? | {'text': 'Buddhism and Jainism', 'answer_start': 526} |
99,162 | 98,820 | 5a46fe175fd40d001a27dd28 | generic | In recent decades, the literacy rate of Rajasthan has increased significantly. In 1991, the state's literacy rate was only 38.55% (54.99% male and 20.44% female). In 2001, the literacy rate increased to 60.41% (75.70% male and 43.85% female). This was the highest leap in the percentage of literacy recorded in India (th... | What was the literacy rate for men at the 1991 census? | {'text': '54.99%', 'answer_start': 131} |
22,006 | 21,664 | 56ea91795a205f1900d6d34c | generic | More generally, corruption erodes the institutional capacity of government if procedures are disregarded, resources are siphoned off, and public offices are bought and sold. Corruption undermines the legitimacy of government and such democratic values as trust and tolerance. Recent evidence suggests that variation in t... | What two democratic values are soiled due to corruption? | {'text': 'trust and tolerance', 'answer_start': 255} |
13,904 | 13,562 | 56df79fe5ca0a614008f9b07 | generic | In January 2009 President Barack Obama restored US funding to UNFPA, saying in a public statement that he would "look forward to working with Congress to restore US financial support for the UN Population Fund. By resuming funding to UNFPA, the US will be joining 180 other donor nations working collaboratively to reduc... | Which president began funding UNFPA again? | {'text': 'Barack Obama', 'answer_start': 26} |
114,139 | 113,797 | 5acd99ca07355d001abf47d6 | generic | Anglo-Saxons arrived as Roman power waned in the 5th century AD. Initially, their arrival seems to have been at the invitation of the Britons as mercenaries to repulse incursions by the Hiberni and Picts. In time, Anglo-Saxon demands on the British became so great that they came to culturally dominate the bulk of south... | Who arrived during the 7th century as Roman power expanded? | {'text': 'Anglo-Saxons', 'answer_start': 0} |
70,443 | 70,101 | 572948b7af94a219006aa25b | generic | In the 17th century, the Somers Isles Company suppressed shipbuilding, as it needed Bermudians to farm to generate income from the land. Agricultural production met with limited success, however. The Bermuda cedar boxes used to ship tobacco to England were reportedly worth more than their contents.[citation needed] The... | Why did the Somers Isles Company decide to surpress shipbuilding? | {'text': 'needed Bermudians to farm to generate income from the land', 'answer_start': 77} |
24,492 | 24,150 | 56f8547aa6d7ea1400e17582 | generic | Also, the tradition of differentiating between the coat of arms proper and a lozenge granted to women did not develop in Poland. Usually men inherited the coat of arms from their fathers. Also, the brisure was rarely used. | Where did the coat of arms proper and a lozenge granted to women not develoupe? | {'text': 'Poland', 'answer_start': 121} |
35,823 | 35,481 | 5a2e15b6f28ef0001a52677b | generic | The FAA has been cited as an example of regulatory capture, "in which the airline industry openly dictates to its regulators its governing rules, arranging for not only beneficial regulation, but placing key people to head these regulators." Retired NASA Office of Inspector General Senior Special Agent Joseph Gutheinz,... | Who used to be the Inspector General for the Department of Transportation? | {'text': 'Joseph Gutheinz', 'answer_start': 304} |
18,547 | 18,205 | 56e432a68c00841900fbaf3b | generic | The verbal system lacks a distinctive future tense (the present tense serves here) and features special forms to express an action performed by an undetermined subject (the "impersonal"). | What does Estonian use to show actions performed by an undecided subject? | {'text': 'special forms', 'answer_start': 96} |
23,594 | 23,252 | 56f7f7dea6d7ea1400e17331 | generic | Currently, international agreements are executed by executive agreement rather than treaties at a rate of 10:1. Despite the relative ease of executive agreements, the President still often chooses to pursue the formal treaty process over an executive agreement in order to gain congressional support on matters that requ... | The president of the United States might prefer the formal treaty process on matters that require Congress to do what? | {'text': 'pass implementing legislation or appropriate funds', 'answer_start': 340} |
1,183 | 841 | 56d1d3fee7d4791d00902263 | generic | Fryderyk's father, Nicolas Chopin, was a Frenchman from Lorraine who had emigrated to Poland in 1787 at the age of sixteen. Nicolas tutored children of the Polish aristocracy, and in 1806 married Justyna Krzyżanowska, a poor relative of the Skarbeks, one of the families for whom he worked. Fryderyk was baptized on East... | What was Chopin's father's first name? | {'text': 'Nicolas', 'answer_start': 19} |
13,529 | 13,187 | 56df92d24a1a83140091eb58 | generic | Hunter-gatherers tend to have an egalitarian social ethos, although settled hunter-gatherers (for example, those inhabiting the Northwest Coast of North America) are an exception to this rule. Nearly all African hunter-gatherers are egalitarian, with women roughly as influential and powerful as men. | What is the social style of hunter-gather societies? | {'text': 'egalitarian', 'answer_start': 33} |
72,133 | 71,791 | 572830f74b864d19001646cf | generic | In the 1920s, John Maynard Keynes prompted a division between microeconomics and macroeconomics. Under Keynesian economics macroeconomic trends can overwhelm economic choices made by individuals. Governments should promote aggregate demand for goods as a means to encourage economic expansion. Following World War II, Mi... | In the 1970s, what did monaterism turn into? | {'text': 'supply-side economics', 'answer_start': 517} |
25,941 | 25,599 | 56f9808b9e9bad19000a09e5 | generic | The brain contains several motor areas that project directly to the spinal cord. At the lowest level are motor areas in the medulla and pons, which control stereotyped movements such as walking, breathing, or swallowing. At a higher level are areas in the midbrain, such as the red nucleus, which is responsible for coor... | The red nucleus controls what part(s) of the body? | {'text': 'coordinating movements of the arms and legs', 'answer_start': 316} |
40,255 | 39,913 | 570c6a8cb3d812140066d1ed | generic | John's first wife, Isabel, Countess of Gloucester, was released from imprisonment in 1214; she remarried twice, and died in 1217. John's second wife, Isabella of Angoulême, left England for Angoulême soon after the king's death; she became a powerful regional leader, but largely abandoned the children she had had by Jo... | When was Isabel released from imprisonment? | {'text': '1214', 'answer_start': 85} |
42,117 | 41,775 | 570d46d1b3d812140066d627 | generic | Although public opinion in Paris was strongly against any form of surrender or concession to the Prussians, the Government realised that it could not hold the city for much longer, and that Gambetta's provincial armies would probably never break through to relieve Paris. President Trochu resigned on 25 January and was ... | Who disregarded the surrender and launched a failed attack on the Germans? | {'text': 'Gambetta', 'answer_start': 637} |
109,221 | 108,879 | 5ace2c9b32bba1001ae49cac | generic | Washington University School of Law offers joint-degree programs with the Olin Business School, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Medicine, and the School of Social Work. It also offers an LLM in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, an LLM in Taxation, an LLM in US Law for Foreign Lawyers, a ... | How many semesters does it take to earn a LLM in Intellectual Property and Technology Law? | {'text': '3 semesters', 'answer_start': 415} |
69,575 | 69,233 | 5a7e5f2348f7d9001a063677 | generic | Hogan also explains that the temporal and emotional amount which a person devotes to understanding a character’s situation in literature allows literature to be considered “ecological[ly] valid in the study of emotion”. This can be understood in the sense that literature unites a large community by provoking universal ... | Who explains that literature is a valid study of emotion because it unites a large community? | {'text': 'Hogan', 'answer_start': 0} |
92,770 | 92,428 | 5728efe24b864d19001650d3 | generic | It should be noted that many samurai forces that were active throughout this period were not deployed to Korea; most importantly, the daimyo Tokugawa Ieyasu carefully kept forces under his command out of the Korean campaigns, and other samurai commanders who were opposed to Hideyoshi's domination of Japan either mulled... | What force were most commanders opposed to the Korea invasion part of? | {'text': 'Eastern Army', 'answer_start': 497} |
55,492 | 55,150 | 57263afcec44d21400f3dc69 | generic | The epidermis is typically 10 to 30 cells thick; its main function is to provide a waterproof layer. Its outermost cells are constantly lost; its bottommost cells are constantly dividing and pushing upward. The middle layer, the dermis, is 15 to 40 times thicker than the epidermis. The dermis is made up of many compone... | What is the typical thickness of the epidermis? | {'text': '10 to 30 cells thick', 'answer_start': 27} |
60,546 | 60,204 | 5a5fdc90eae51e001ab14cc0 | generic | In late 1994, Marvel acquired the comic book distributor Heroes World Distribution to use as its own exclusive distributor. As the industry's other major publishers made exclusive distribution deals with other companies, the ripple effect resulted in the survival of only one other major distributor in North America, Di... | When was Marvel's Heroes World declared a financial success? | {'text': '1997', 'answer_start': 359} |
43,599 | 43,257 | 570e2db80b85d914000d7d16 | generic | The discovery and isolation of radium in uranium ore (pitchblende) by Marie Curie sparked the development of uranium mining to extract the radium, which was used to make glow-in-the-dark paints for clock and aircraft dials. This left a prodigious quantity of uranium as a waste product, since it takes three tonnes of ur... | What devices were painted with radium paint? | {'text': 'clock and aircraft dials', 'answer_start': 198} |
57,946 | 57,604 | 5a51cc8fb308da001a5a23b5 | generic | Puppetry and shadow plays were also a favoured form of entertainment in past centuries, a famous one being Wayang from Indonesia. The arts and literature in some of Southeast Asia is quite influenced by Hinduism, which was brought to them centuries ago. Indonesia, despite conversion to Islam which opposes certain forms... | What is currently a favorite form of entertainment? | {'text': 'Puppetry and shadow plays', 'answer_start': 0} |
39,910 | 39,568 | 570e76540dc6ce19002050ab | generic | CSL, one of the world's top five biotech companies, and Sigma Pharmaceuticals have their headquarters in Melbourne. The two are the largest listed Australian pharmaceutical companies. Melbourne has an important ICT industry that employs over 60,000 people (one third of Australia's ICT workforce), with a turnover of $19... | In 2008, Melbourne overtook what city with the amount of money that domestic tourists spent in the city? | {'text': 'Sydney', 'answer_start': 560} |
5,266 | 4,924 | 56cf77214df3c31400b0d7e9 | generic | West's fourth studio album, 808s & Heartbreak (2008), marked an even more radical departure from his previous releases, largely abandoning rap and hip hop stylings in favor of a stark electropop sound composed of virtual synthesis, the Roland TR-808 drum machine, and explicitly auto-tuned vocal tracks. Drawing inspirat... | What types of instruments are present on his fourth album? | {'text': 'dense drums, lengthy strings, droning synthesizers, and somber piano', 'answer_start': 810} |
105,230 | 104,888 | 573040dd947a6a140053d33c | generic | In 1941, the Luftwaffe shifted strategy again. Erich Raeder—commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine—had long argued the Luftwaffe should support the German submarine force (U-Bootwaffe) in the Battle of the Atlantic by attacking shipping in the Atlantic Ocean and attacking British ports. Eventually, he convinced Hitler ... | What ultimately convinced Hitler that Raeder was right? | {'text': 'the high success rates of the U-Boat force', 'answer_start': 451} |
42,451 | 42,109 | 570da4e916d0071400510c3c | generic | Research seems to favor the hypothesis that adolescents and adults think about risk in similar ways, but hold different values and thus come to different conclusions. Some have argued that there may be evolutionary benefits to an increased propensity for risk-taking in adolescence. For example, without a willingness to... | A priority in sexual attraction and dating can prove helpful in order to complete what reproductive advantage? | {'text': 'impress potential mates', 'answer_start': 837} |
114,581 | 114,239 | 5a1376b9c8eab200188dc97f | generic | Georgian succeeded the English Baroque of Sir Christopher Wren, Sir John Vanbrugh, Thomas Archer, William Talman, and Nicholas Hawksmoor; this in fact continued into at least the 1720s, overlapping with a more restrained Georgian style. The architect James Gibbs was a transitional figure, his earlier buildings are Baro... | What common tour was not popular among wealthy patrons? | {'text': 'The European Grand Tour', 'answer_start': 866} |
25,144 | 24,802 | 56f8a7409b226e1400dd0d5f | generic | Prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) typically store their genomes on a single large, circular chromosome. Similarly, some eukaryotic organelles contain a remnant circular chromosome with a small number of genes.:14.4 Prokaryotes sometimes supplement their chromosome with additional small circles of DNA called plasmids, ... | What allows genes for antibiotic resistance to be passed between individual cells? | {'text': 'horizontal gene transfer', 'answer_start': 572} |
57,177 | 56,835 | 57269e6b708984140094cbe1 | generic | Alexander faced pressure from his brother, Duke Constantine, to make peace with Napoleon. Given the victory he had just achieved, the French emperor offered the Russians relatively lenient terms–demanding that Russia join the Continental System, withdraw its forces from Wallachia and Moldavia, and hand over the Ionian ... | What is the name of the Duke who pressured Alexander to make peace with Napoleon? | {'text': 'Constantine', 'answer_start': 48} |
15,404 | 15,062 | 56e03c7e231d4119001ac00d | generic | Text is frequently incorporated into comics via speech balloons, captions, and sound effects. Speech balloons indicate dialogue (or thought, in the case of thought balloons), with tails pointing at their respective speakers. Captions can give voice to a narrator, convey characters' dialogue or thoughts, or indicate pla... | What type of words are used to do sound effects in comics? | {'text': 'onomatopoeia', 'answer_start': 536} |
24,018 | 23,676 | 56f954c09b226e1400dd133c | generic | Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to see the islands in 1526, commanding the ship Santa Maria de la Victoria, the only surviving vessel of the Loaísa Expedition. On August 21, he sighted an island (probably Taongi) at 14°N that he named "San Bartolome". | Which of the Marshall Islands did Salazar most likely see? | {'text': 'Taongi', 'answer_start': 231} |
49,125 | 48,783 | 5ace3a4132bba1001ae49f5f | generic | The great majority of asphalt used commercially is obtained from petroleum. Nonetheless, large amounts of asphalt occur in concentrated form in nature. Naturally occurring deposits of asphalt/bitumen are formed from the remains of ancient, microscopic algae (diatoms) and other once-living things. These remains were dep... | Besides heat, what is required to form Besides pressure, what is required to form mud?? | {'text': 'pressure', 'answer_start': 433} |
47,484 | 47,142 | 571a2b9e4faf5e1900b8a8e3 | generic | By 1990, the Census Bureau included more than a dozen ethnic/racial categories on the census, reflecting not only changing social ideas about ethnicity, but the wide variety of immigrants who had come to reside in the United States due to changing historical forces and new immigration laws in the 1960s. With a changing... | Why were there more immigrants in the US? | {'text': 'due to changing historical forces and new immigration laws in the 1960s', 'answer_start': 232} |
82,211 | 81,869 | 5a3b65f83ff257001ab8445a | generic | The economist F. A. Hayek analyzed how the Rule of Law might be beneficial to the free market. Hayek proposed that under the Rule of Law individuals would be able to make wise investments and future plans with some confidence in a successful return on investment when he stated: "under the Rule of Law the government is ... | Under rule along whose efforts can government stifle? | {'text': 'individual efforts', 'answer_start': 347} |
97,703 | 97,361 | 5a0e3ab6d7c850001886456a | generic | Drinks especially high in simple sugars, such as soft drinks and fruit juices, are not recommended in children under 5 years of age as they may increase dehydration. A too rich solution in the gut draws water from the rest of the body, just as if the person were to drink sea water. Plain water may be used if more speci... | What can be given with the goal of providing specific ORT preparations? | {'text': 'a mix of both plain water and drinks perhaps too rich in sugar and salt', 'answer_start': 407} |
54,135 | 53,793 | 5726bbb5f1498d1400e8e95a | generic | In the resulting Battle of Pusan Perimeter (August–September 1950), the U.S. Army withstood KPA attacks meant to capture the city at the Naktong Bulge, P'ohang-dong, and Taegu. The United States Air Force (USAF) interrupted KPA logistics with 40 daily ground support sorties that destroyed 32 bridges, halting most dayti... | Why did the Soviet Union complain about the action of the US to the UN Security Council? | {'text': 'aircraft mistakenly attacked facilities in Chinese territory', 'answer_start': 692} |
45,036 | 44,694 | 5ad36d16604f3c001a3fe1e2 | generic | On August 17, 2007, Dell Inc. announced that after an internal investigation into its accounting practices it would restate and reduce earnings from 2003 through to the first quarter of 2007 by a total amount of between $50 million and $150 million, or 2 cents to 7 cents per share. The investigation, begun in November ... | How much didn't Dell pay in fines to settle fraud charges against it? | {'text': '$100 million', 'answer_start': 649} |
88,408 | 88,066 | 57282fdf3acd2414000df694 | generic | Most mature clitellates (the group that includes earthworms and leeches) are full hermaphrodites, although in a few leech species younger adults function as males and become female at maturity. All have well-developed gonads, and all copulate. Earthworms store their partners' sperm in spermathecae ("sperm stores") and ... | What type of sex are most earthworms? | {'text': 'hermaphrodites', 'answer_start': 82} |
129,542 | 129,200 | 5a83143fe60761001a2eb380 | generic | When infection attacks the body, anti-infective drugs can suppress the infection. Several broad types of anti-infective drugs exist, depending on the type of organism targeted; they include antibacterial (antibiotic; including antitubercular), antiviral, antifungal and antiparasitic (including antiprotozoal and antihel... | How many broad types of anti-infective drugs no longer exist? | {'text': 'Several', 'answer_start': 82} |
65,141 | 64,799 | 5726bf8f5951b619008f7d1b | generic | Above the main portal there is generally a large window, like that at York Minster, or a group of windows such as those at Ripon Cathedral. In France there is generally a rose window like that at Reims Cathedral. Rose windows are also often found in the façades of churches of Spain and Italy, but are rarer elsewhere an... | Where are rose windows never found in the facades of cathedrals? | {'text': 'any English Cathedrals', 'answer_start': 354} |
67,164 | 66,822 | 5726e8d8dd62a815002e94b6 | generic | On 20 December 2012, Pope Benedict XVI, in an audience with the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, declared that the late pontiff had lived a life of heroic virtue, which means that he could be called "Venerable". A miracle attributed to the intercession of Paul VI was approved on 9 May 2014... | Whose liturgical feast is celebrated on the 26th of September? | {'text': 'Paul VI', 'answer_start': 369} |
24,908 | 24,566 | 56f8ac5d9b226e1400dd0dd1 | generic | The extreme and stressful climatic conditions give way to the growth of plant species with secondary metabolites important for medicinal purposes. Origanum vulgare, Prunella vulgaris, Solanum nigrum and Urtica dioica are some of the more useful medicinal species found in the Alps. | Where are Urtica dioica found? | {'text': 'the Alps', 'answer_start': 272} |
113,786 | 113,444 | 573017f7a23a5019007fcd5f | generic | Iran has an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi). Iran lies between latitudes 24° and 40° N, and longitudes 44° and 64° E. Its borders are with Azerbaijan (611 km or 380 mi, with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave, 179 km or 111 mi) and Armenia (35 km or 22 mi) to the north-west; the Caspian Sea to the north; Turkmenistan (9... | What does Iran border with to its north? | {'text': 'the Caspian Sea', 'answer_start': 275} |
110,984 | 110,642 | 5ace846a32bba1001ae4a944 | generic | Many assembled PCBs are static sensitive, and therefore must be placed in antistatic bags during transport. When handling these boards, the user must be grounded (earthed). Improper handling techniques might transmit an accumulated static charge through the board, damaging or destroying components. Even bare boards are... | An accumulated static charge though the user happens when what is done? | {'text': 'Improper handling techniques', 'answer_start': 173} |
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