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40,400 | 40,058 | 5ad53b0a5b96ef001a10abb8 | generic | The Macintosh SE was released at the same time as the Macintosh II for $2900 (or $3900 with hard drive), as the first compact Mac with a 20 MB internal hard drive and an expansion slot. The SE's expansion slot was located inside the case along with the CRT, potentially exposing an upgrader to high voltage. For this rea... | What did the location of the ES's expansion slot potentially expose an upgrader to? | {'text': 'high voltage', 'answer_start': 294} |
89,568 | 89,226 | 5728b7453acd2414000dfd3b | generic | A maakond (county) is the biggest administrative subdivision. The county government (Maavalitsus) of each county is led by a county governor (Maavanem), who represents the national government at the regional level. Governors are appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Several changes were made ... | A Maavanem holds what position in Estonia? | {'text': 'county governor', 'answer_start': 125} |
91,171 | 90,829 | 572955523f37b31900478272 | generic | The reproductive system of female insects consist of a pair of ovaries, accessory glands, one or more spermathecae, and ducts connecting these parts. The ovaries are made up of a number of egg tubes, called ovarioles, which vary in size and number by species. The number of eggs that the insect is able to make vary by t... | What kind of glands are in a female insect's reproductive system? | {'text': 'accessory glands', 'answer_start': 72} |
17,738 | 17,396 | 56e142e6e3433e1400422d11 | generic | The city has a sizable Jewish population with an estimated 25,000 Jews within the city and 227,000 within the Boston metro area; the number of congregations in Boston is estimated at 22. The adjacent communities of Brookline and Newton are both approximately one-third Jewish. | What adjascent communities also hold a high Jewish population? | {'text': 'Brookline and Newton', 'answer_start': 215} |
121,798 | 121,456 | 5731a21de17f3d1400422297 | generic | The epistemological tensions between scientists and universities were also heightened by the economic realities of research during this time, as individual scientists, associations and universities were vying for limited resources. There was also competition from the formation of new colleges funded by private benefact... | Governments created universities to serve as what? | {'text': 'an alternative to traditional universities', 'answer_start': 458} |
32,582 | 32,240 | 57096026ed30961900e8401b | generic | Nonverbal communication describes the process of conveying meaning in the form of non-word messages. Examples of nonverbal communication include haptic communication, chronemic communication, gestures, body language, facial expression, eye contact, and how one dresses. Nonverbal communication also relates to intent of ... | What is an example of an involuntary intent of a message related to nonverbal communication? | {'text': 'sweating', 'answer_start': 451} |
86,586 | 86,244 | 5acfb8cb77cf76001a685a70 | generic | Special procedures apply to legislation passed by Tynwald, the legislature of the Isle of Man. Before the lordship of the Island was purchased by the British Crown in 1765 (the Revestment), the assent of the Lord of Mann to a bill was signified by letter to the governor. After 1765, royal assent was at first signified ... | After 1665, royal assent was signified how? | {'text': 'letter', 'answer_start': 323} |
4,634 | 4,292 | 56ce6318aab44d1400b8872d | generic | Judge Taylor appoints Atticus to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell. Although many of Maycomb's citizens disapprove, Atticus agrees to defend Tom to the best of his ability. Other children taunt Jem and Scout for Atticus's actions, calling him a "nigger-lo... | What was the name of the woman who was allegedly raped in the book? | {'text': 'Mayella Ewell', 'answer_start': 118} |
38,249 | 37,907 | 5a651bc1c2b11c001a425c21 | generic | Many more of the control codes have been given meanings quite different from their original ones. The "escape" character (ESC, code 27), for example, was intended originally to allow sending other control characters as literals instead of invoking their meaning. This is the same meaning of "escape" encountered in URL e... | What is most often used as a command sequence? | {'text': 'An ESC sent from the terminal', 'answer_start': 756} |
112,799 | 112,457 | 57322b3ce17f3d14004226da | generic | On the second day, U.S. reconnaissance planes located Ozawa's fleet, 275 miles (443 km)[citation needed] away, and submarines sank two Japanese carriers. Mitscher launched 230 torpedo planes and dive bombers. He then discovered the enemy was actually another 60 miles (97 km)[citation needed] further off, out of aircraf... | How many miles away was Ozawa's fleet located? | {'text': '275', 'answer_start': 69} |
76,343 | 76,001 | 572818a9ff5b5019007d9d20 | generic | From April 20–23, 1989, pre-election meetings were held in Lviv for four consecutive days, drawing crowds of up to 25,000. The action included an one-hour warning strike at eight local factories and institutions. It was the first labor strike in Lviv since 1944. On May 3, a pre-election rally attracted 30,000 in Lviv. ... | How many people attended the Lviv pre-election meetings? | {'text': '25,000', 'answer_start': 115} |
28,216 | 27,874 | 56fb85aab28b3419009f1dfc | generic | Monastic reform inspired change in the secular church. The ideals that it was based upon were brought to the papacy by Pope Leo IX (pope 1049–1054), and provided the ideology of the clerical independence that led to the Investiture Controversy in the late 11th century. This involved Pope Gregory VII (pope 1073–85) and ... | What secular rulers did the Concordat of Worms increase the power of? | {'text': 'German princes', 'answer_start': 1003} |
82,695 | 82,353 | 5a1257fc6614be00188f2523 | generic | The Arena Football League briefly had a two-game exhibition season in the early 2000s, a practice that ended in 2003 with a new television contract. Exhibition games outside of a structured season are relatively common among indoor American football leagues; because teams switch leagues frequently at that level of play... | At what level do teams not switch leagues frequently occur in a walk | {'text': 'American football leagues', 'answer_start': 232} |
64,719 | 64,377 | 572773e45951b619008f8a3b | generic | As of the 2010 U.S. Census, there were 113,394 people, 45,634 households, and 21,704 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,270.33 people per square mile (2653.47/km²). There were 49,982 housing units at an average density of 1,748.0 per square mile (675.0/km²), making it less densely populated tha... | What is the population density of the city? | {'text': '4,270.33 people per square mile', 'answer_start': 143} |
15,393 | 15,051 | 56e03c3c7aa994140058e3ee | generic | Panels are individual images containing a segment of action, often surrounded by a border. Prime moments in a narrative are broken down into panels via a process called encapsulation. The reader puts the pieces together via the process of closure by using background knowledge and an understanding of panel relations to ... | Narrative is placed into panels using what? | {'text': 'encapsulation', 'answer_start': 169} |
106,676 | 106,334 | 5a0f25d8d7c85000188645bf | generic | The Great Plains come to an abrupt end at the Rocky Mountains. The Rocky Mountains form a large portion of the Western U.S., entering from Canada and stretching nearly to Mexico. The Rocky Mountain region is the highest region of the United States by average elevation. The Rocky Mountains generally contain fairly mild ... | What mountains generally contain steep slopes and narrow peaks? | {'text': 'The Rocky Mountain', 'answer_start': 179} |
31,241 | 30,899 | 570887a4efce8f15003a7da6 | generic | The motif of the England national football team has three lions passant guardant, the emblem of King Richard I, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. The lions, often blue, have had minor changes to colour and appearance. Initially topped by a crown, this was removed in 1949 when the FA was given an official coat of arms by t... | When did King Richard I begin his reign? | {'text': '1189', 'answer_start': 129} |
124,058 | 123,716 | 5a84bb9a7cf838001a46aa7d | generic | House minority leaders also hold joint news conferences and consult with their counterparts in the Senate—and with the president if their party controls the White House. The overall objectives are to develop a coordinated communications strategy, to share ideas and information, and to present a united front on issues. ... | Who does the White House consult with? | {'text': 'their counterparts in the Senate', 'answer_start': 73} |
64,063 | 63,721 | 5726e24f5951b619008f815c | generic | Many of Yale's buildings were constructed in the Collegiate Gothic architecture style from 1917 to 1931, financed largely by Edward S. Harkness Stone sculpture built into the walls of the buildings portray contemporary college personalities such as a writer, an athlete, a tea-drinking socialite, and a student who has f... | What do the stone statues on Yale's campus depict? | {'text': 'a writer, an athlete, a tea-drinking socialite, and a student who has fallen asleep while reading', 'answer_start': 249} |
123,240 | 122,898 | 57325248e99e3014001e66b6 | generic | Episcopalians and Presbyterians, as well as other WASPs, tend to be considerably wealthier and better educated (having graduate and post-graduate degrees per capita) than most other religious groups in United States, and are disproportionately represented in the upper reaches of American business, law and politics, esp... | What denominations are considered to be better educated than most other groups? | {'text': 'Episcopalians and Presbyterians', 'answer_start': 0} |
125,050 | 124,708 | 57327187b9d445190005eb23 | generic | On the whole, Eisenhower's support of the nation's fledgling space program was officially modest until the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957, gaining the Cold War enemy enormous prestige around the world. He then launched a national campaign that funded not just space exploration but a major strengthening of science and... | What was the legal status of the U-2 flyovers? | {'text': 'illegal', 'answer_start': 385} |
69,164 | 68,822 | 57278080708984140094df49 | generic | In Australia, nonprofit organisations include trade unions, charitable entities, co-operatives, universities and hospitals, mutual societies, grass-root and support groups, political parties, religious groups, incorporated associations, not-for-profit companies, trusts and more. Furthermore, they operate across a multi... | What is the biggest concern of non-profits in Australia? | {'text': 'a purpose relating to a public good', 'answer_start': 1019} |
30,812 | 30,470 | 570700329e06ca38007e929b | generic | Letter case is often prescribed by the grammar of a language or by the conventions of a particular discipline. In orthography, the uppercase is primarily reserved for special purposes, such as the first letter of a sentence or of a proper noun, which makes the lowercase the more common variant in text. In mathematics, ... | Why are uppercase letters preferred often times when space is restricted? | {'text': 'easier to distinguish than lowercase', 'answer_start': 589} |
7,200 | 6,858 | 56d9e7e4dc89441400fdb905 | generic | A Colorado study found bites in children were less severe than bites in adults. The incidence of dog bites in the US is 12.9 per 10,000 inhabitants, but for boys aged 5 to 9, the incidence rate is 60.7 per 10,000. Moreover, children have a much higher chance to be bitten in the face or neck. Sharp claws with powerful m... | According to the text, dog scratches can cause what? | {'text': 'infections.', 'answer_start': 396} |
27,592 | 27,250 | 56f9fa1e8f12f31900630038 | generic | Ancient rock paintings in Somalia which date back to 5000 years have been found in the northern part of the country, depicting early life in the territory. The most famous of these is the Laas Geel complex, which contains some of the earliest known rock art on the African continent and features many elaborate pastorali... | Where are the most notable rock paintings located? | {'text': 'the Laas Geel complex', 'answer_start': 184} |
41,374 | 41,032 | 570d1a25fed7b91900d45c0b | generic | Public transport is provided by the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV), which operates the Metrovalencia and other rail and bus services. The Estació del Nord (North Station) is the main railway terminus in Valencia. A new temporary station, Estación de València-Joaquín Sorolla, has been built on land adja... | What airport is closest to Valencia? | {'text': 'Valencia Airport', 'answer_start': 432} |
87,013 | 86,671 | 57283f6d2ca10214002da17d | generic | In abstract algebra, more general structures are defined by relaxing some of the axioms defining a group. For example, if the requirement that every element has an inverse is eliminated, the resulting algebraic structure is called a monoid. The natural numbers N (including 0) under addition form a monoid, as do the non... | What can be replaced to simplify abstract algebra concepts? | {'text': 'the binary operation', 'answer_start': 896} |
49,367 | 49,025 | 571b66819499d21900609c99 | generic | About 40,000,000 tons were produced in 1984[needs update]. It is obtained as the "heavy" (i.e., difficult to distill) fraction. Material with a boiling point greater than around 500 °C is considered asphalt. Vacuum distillation separates it from the other components in crude oil (such as naphtha, gasoline and diesel). ... | In processing asphalt, what is the unit used to separate it? | {'text': 'de-asphalting', 'answer_start': 496} |
31,617 | 31,275 | 5ad424a5604f3c001a4008bb | generic | Houston was the headquarters of Continental Airlines until its 2010 merger with United Airlines with headquarters in Chicago; regulatory approval for the merger was granted in October of that year. Bush Intercontinental became United Airlines' largest airline hub. The airline retained a significant operational presence... | With which airline did Continental Airlines separate? | {'text': 'United Airlines', 'answer_start': 227} |
112,997 | 112,655 | 5ad4b3b65b96ef001a109dee | generic | The state of California was admitted to the United States in 1850. That same year San Diego was designated the seat of the newly established San Diego County and was incorporated as a city. Joshua H. Bean, the last alcalde of San Diego, was elected the first mayor. Two years later the city was bankrupt; the California ... | In what year did San Francisco officially become a city? | {'text': '1850', 'answer_start': 61} |
82,417 | 82,075 | 5acff43f77cf76001a686602 | generic | In 1980, General Secretary and reformist Hu Yaobang visited Tibet and ushered in a period of social, political, and economic liberalization. At the end of the decade, however, analogously to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, monks in the Drepung and Sera monasteries started protesting for independence, and so the ... | Who visited Tibet in 1989? | {'text': 'Hu Yaobang', 'answer_start': 41} |
124,308 | 123,966 | 5732475e0fdd8d15006c68cf | generic | The Armenian Genocide caused widespread emigration that led to the settlement of Armenians in various countries in the world. Armenians kept to their traditions and certain diasporans rose to fame with their music. In the post-Genocide Armenian community of the United States, the so-called "kef" style Armenian dance mu... | What type of music does Sirusho perform? | {'text': 'pop music combined with Armenian folk music', 'answer_start': 1254} |
41,925 | 41,583 | 5aceda0232bba1001ae4b75f | generic | The Pentagon bought 25,000 MRAP vehicles since 2007 in 25 variants through rapid acquisition with no long-term plans for the platforms. The Army plans to divest 7,456 vehicles and retain 8,585. Of the total number of vehicles the Army will keep, 5,036 will be put in storage, 1,073 will be used for training, and the rem... | How many MRAP vehicles has the pentagon bought since 2000? | {'text': '25,000', 'answer_start': 20} |
112,289 | 111,947 | 573002eda23a5019007fcc35 | generic | The last king of the Roman Kingdom, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, was overthrown in 509 BC by a group of noblemen led by Lucius Junius Brutus. Tarquin made a number of attempts to retake the throne, including the Tarquinian conspiracy, the war with Veii and Tarquinii and finally the war between Rome and Clusium, all of w... | Who would elect a king in the Roman Kingdom prior to the revolution? | {'text': 'senators', 'answer_start': 539} |
103,024 | 102,682 | 5ad4cc265b96ef001a10a0ff | generic | Spielberg served as an uncredited executive producer on The Haunting, The Prince of Egypt, Just Like Heaven, Shrek, Road to Perdition, and Evolution. He served as an executive producer for the 1997 film Men in Black, and its sequels, Men in Black II and Men in Black III. In 2005, he served as a producer of Memoirs of a... | Who wrote Men in Black? | {'text': 'Roberto Orci', 'answer_start': 1104} |
512 | 170 | 56d4bd272ccc5a1400d831a2 | generic | Her first acting role of 2006 was in the comedy film The Pink Panther starring opposite Steve Martin, grossing $158.8 million at the box office worldwide. Her second film Dreamgirls, the film version of the 1981 Broadway musical loosely based on The Supremes, received acclaim from critics and grossed $154 million inter... | What was the lead single for the Dreamgirls soundtrack? | {'text': 'Listen', 'answer_start': 487} |
48,449 | 48,107 | 5ad379e5604f3c001a3fe3bf | generic | In the U.S., a push for revisions of the FD&C Act emerged from Congressional hearings led by Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee in 1959. The hearings covered a wide range of policy issues, including advertising abuses, questionable efficacy of drugs, and the need for greater regulation of the industry. While momentum ... | When did questionable efficacy occur? | {'text': '1959', 'answer_start': 132} |
17,254 | 16,912 | 56e1cc2fcd28a01900c67bba | generic | In December 2012, Hormuud Telecom launched its Tri-Band 3G service for internet and mobile clients. The first of its kind in the country, this third generation mobile telecommunications technology offers users a faster and more secure connection. | what does 3G stand for? | {'text': 'third generation', 'answer_start': 143} |
16,223 | 15,881 | 56e0e93d7aa994140058e7a2 | generic | On April 2, 1958, President Eisenhower reacted to the Soviet space lead in launching the first satellite, by recommending to the US Congress that a civilian agency be established to direct nonmilitary space activities. Congress, led by Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, responded by passing the National Aeronaut... | The National Aeronautics and Space Act was established in what year? | {'text': '1958', 'answer_start': 12} |
43,711 | 43,369 | 570e37d60b85d914000d7d8b | generic | A person can be exposed to uranium (or its radioactive daughters, such as radon) by inhaling dust in air or by ingesting contaminated water and food. The amount of uranium in air is usually very small; however, people who work in factories that process phosphate fertilizers, live near government facilities that made or... | What is OSHA? | {'text': 'Occupational Safety and Health Administration', 'answer_start': 756} |
120,789 | 120,447 | 573143cd05b4da19006bcf91 | generic | Surveys show that red is the color most associated with courage. In western countries red is a symbol of martyrs and sacrifice, particularly because of its association with blood. Beginning in the Middle Ages, the Pope and Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church wore red to symbolize the blood of Christ and the Christia... | What is the cross on the banners used during the First Crusade known as? | {'text': "St. George's Cross", 'answer_start': 427} |
41,036 | 40,694 | 570da5c6df2f5219002ed0b3 | generic | Throughout the 20th century air defence was one of the fastest-evolving areas of military technology, responding to the evolution of aircraft and exploiting various enabling technologies, particularly radar, guided missiles and computing (initially electromechanical analog computing from the 1930s on, as with equipment... | The evolution of air defence was in answer to the evolution of what? | {'text': 'aircraft', 'answer_start': 133} |
125,360 | 125,018 | 57325d630fdd8d15006c6a3b | generic | Until March 1, 2009, the Borough President of the Bronx was Adolfo Carrión Jr., elected as a Democrat in 2001 and 2005 before retiring early to direct the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy. His successor, Democratic New York State Assembly member Rubén Díaz, Jr., who won a special election on April 21, 2009 by... | When was Diaz Jr. elected? | {'text': 'April 21, 2009', 'answer_start': 303} |
11,854 | 11,512 | 56de65324396321400ee2882 | generic | Plymouth's early history extends to the Bronze Age, when a first settlement emerged at Mount Batten. This settlement continued as a trading post for the Roman Empire, until it was surpassed by the more prosperous village of Sutton, now called Plymouth. In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers departed Plymouth for the New World an... | When did the siege of Plymouth end during the English Civil War? | {'text': '1646', 'answer_start': 532} |
115,679 | 115,337 | 5a65e3e3c2b11c001a425dbe | generic | Before the early 20th century, treatments for infections were based primarily on medicinal folklore. Mixtures with antimicrobial properties that were used in treatments of infections were described over 2000 years ago. Many ancient cultures, including the ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks, used specially selected mo... | Who came up with the term salvarsan? | {'text': 'Paul Ehrlich', 'answer_start': 1263} |
88,376 | 88,034 | 57282ddd3acd2414000df664 | generic | Annelids with blood vessels use metanephridia to remove soluble waste products, while those without use protonephridia. Both of these systems use a two-stage filtration process, in which fluid and waste products are first extracted and these are filtered again to re-absorb any re-usable materials while dumping toxic an... | What do annelids without blood vessels do to remove waste? | {'text': 'protonephridia', 'answer_start': 104} |
1,448 | 1,106 | 56cfde92234ae51400d9bfb7 | generic | Although this period had been productive, the bad weather had such a detrimental effect on Chopin's health that Sand determined to leave the island. To avoid further customs duties, Sand sold the piano to a local French couple, the Canuts.[n 8] The group traveled first to Barcelona, then to Marseilles, where they staye... | Who did Sand sell Chopin's piano to? | {'text': 'the Canuts', 'answer_start': 228} |
69,978 | 69,636 | 5726f4315951b619008f8352 | generic | Avicenna's psychology requires that connection between the body and soul be strong enough to ensure the soul's individuation, but weak enough to allow for its immortality. Avicenna grounds his psychology on physiology, which means his account of the soul is one that deals almost entirely with the natural science of the... | How does man first perceive features of an object? | {'text': 'external senses', 'answer_start': 683} |
101,480 | 101,138 | 572eb4c8cb0c0d14000f149c | generic | The British Prime Minister, the Duke of Newcastle, was optimistic that the new series of alliances could prevent war from breaking out in Europe. However, a large French force was assembled at Toulon, and the French opened the campaign against the British by an attack on Minorca in the Mediterranean. A British attempt ... | What was the result for Admiral Byng? | {'text': 'Admiral Byng was court-martialed and executed', 'answer_start': 417} |
120,409 | 120,067 | 573179c4a5e9cc1400cdbfa6 | generic | Large numbers of Bolivian highland peasants retained indigenous language, culture, customs, and communal organization throughout the Spanish conquest and the post-independence period. They mobilized to resist various attempts at the dissolution of communal landholdings and used legal recognition of "empowered caciques"... | What did the highland peasants resist attempts at? | {'text': 'dissolution of communal landholdings', 'answer_start': 233} |
97,695 | 97,353 | 5a0e38e2d7c8500018864560 | generic | Oral rehydration solution (ORS) (a slightly sweetened and salty water) can be used to prevent dehydration. Standard home solutions such as salted rice water, salted yogurt drinks, vegetable and chicken soups with salt can be given. Home solutions such as water in which cereal has been cooked, unsalted soup, green cocon... | Who widely distributes Pedialyte? | {'text': 'UNICEF', 'answer_start': 635} |
62,381 | 62,039 | 5aceb57332bba1001ae4b0fc | generic | Western Europe's largest Jewish community, and the third-largest Jewish community in the world, can be found in France, home to between 483,000 and 500,000 Jews, the majority of whom are immigrants or refugees from North African Arab countries such as Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia (or their descendants). The United Kin... | Where are the majority of immigrants in the United Kingdom's Jewish community from? | {'text': 'North African Arab countries', 'answer_start': 215} |
16,397 | 16,055 | 56e0cbfe7aa994140058e708 | generic | In 1998, Netscape launched what was to become the Mozilla Foundation in an attempt to produce a competitive browser using the open source software model. That browser would eventually evolve into Firefox, which developed a respectable following while still in the beta stage of development; shortly after the release of ... | Netscape wanted to have a competitive browser using what? | {'text': 'open source software model', 'answer_start': 126} |
4,724 | 4,382 | 56cf542daab44d1400b88fec | generic | One of the most significant impacts To Kill a Mockingbird has had is Atticus Finch's model of integrity for the legal profession. As scholar Alice Petry explains, "Atticus has become something of a folk hero in legal circles and is treated almost as if he were an actual person." Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law ... | Atticus Finch's integrity has become a model for which job? | {'text': 'lawyer', 'answer_start': 373} |
52,595 | 52,253 | 5726151f38643c19005acfc7 | 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... | Which house did Queen Victoria stay at after she left Buckingham? | {'text': 'Osborne House', 'answer_start': 142} |
83,607 | 83,265 | 5727d72bff5b5019007d96a3 | generic | The state has a rich history in ballet with five Native American ballerinas attaining worldwide fame. These were Yvonne Chouteau, sisters Marjorie and Maria Tallchief, Rosella Hightower and Moscelyne Larkin, known collectively as the Five Moons. The New York Times rates the Tulsa Ballet as one of the top ballet compani... | What are Oklahoma's Native American ballerinas called? | {'text': 'the Five Moons', 'answer_start': 230} |
65,663 | 65,321 | 57269d1b5951b619008f77d3 | generic | Medieval political philosophy in Europe was heavily influenced by Christian thinking. It had much in common with the Mutazalite Islamic thinking in that the Roman Catholics though subordinating philosophy to theology did not subject reason to revelation but in the case of contradictions, subordinated reason to faith as... | Who was the most influential political philosopher of medieval Europe? | {'text': 'St. Thomas Aquinas', 'answer_start': 582} |
92,453 | 92,111 | 57296704af94a219006aa39c | generic | Kerry would later state that "the widespread irregularities make it impossible to know for certain that the [Ohio] outcome reflected the will of the voters." In the same article, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said "I'm not confident that the election in Ohio was fairly decided... We know that there... | Which Democratic official supported Kerry's theory about the Ohio votes? | {'text': 'Howard Dean', 'answer_start': 218} |
21,453 | 21,111 | 56e86f5b99e8941900975e04 | generic | The city's population rose from about 5,000 in the 15th century to about 12,000 by 1800 and to above 60,000 by 1900, passing the 100,000 mark during the 1920s. Population peaked during the 1960s at 165,000, and has since decreased slightly, to below 130,000 by 2000. As of October 2015, the resident population stood at ... | What percent of the populatin of Bern resident foreigners? | {'text': '30%', 'answer_start': 378} |
33,108 | 32,766 | 5a5d037f5e8782001a9d5e60 | generic | Berlin starts National Cyber Defense Initiative: On June 16, 2011, the German Minister for Home Affairs, officially opened the new German NCAZ (National Center for Cyber Defense) Nationales Cyber-Abwehrzentrum located in Bonn. The NCAZ closely cooperates with BSI (Federal Office for Information Security) Bundesamt für ... | What is the primary task of the Minister for Home Affairs? | {'text': 'to detect and prevent attacks against the national infrastructure', 'answer_start': 749} |
84,410 | 84,068 | 5728253d3acd2414000df599 | generic | On 8 February 1963, a military coup in Iraq led by a Ba'athist–Nasserist alliance toppled Qasim, who was subsequently shot dead. Abdel Salam Aref, a Nasserist, was chosen to be the new president. A similar alliance toppled the Syrian government on 8 March. On 14 March, the new Iraqi and Syrian governments sent Nasser d... | What groups completed a coup in Iraq? | {'text': "Ba'athist–Nasserist alliance", 'answer_start': 53} |
68,768 | 68,426 | 5726ba18708984140094cf4f | generic | In 1820-1830’s the Ottoman Empire endured a number of strikes which challenged the existence of the country. The Greek Uprising (began in the spring of 1821) evidenced internal and military weakness of Ottoman Empire and caused severe atrocities by Ottoman military forces (see Chios massacre). The disbandment of the ce... | In what year did The Greek Uprising take place? | {'text': '1821', 'answer_start': 152} |
12,314 | 11,972 | 5a5ace739c0277001abe719a | generic | Pope St. Gregory stigmatized Judaism and the Jewish People in many of his writings. He described Jews as enemies of Christ: "The more the Holy Spirit fills the world, the more perverse hatred dominates the souls of the Jews." He labeled all heresy as "Jewish", claiming that Judaism would "pollute [Catholics and] deceiv... | What did Pope St. Gregory call all Jewish teachings? | {'text': 'heresy', 'answer_start': 241} |
16,131 | 15,789 | 56e19fb6cd28a01900c67a26 | generic | Large quantities of H
2 are needed in the petroleum and chemical industries. The largest application of H
2 is for the processing ("upgrading") of fossil fuels, and in the production of ammonia. The key consumers of H
2 in the petrochemical plant include hydrodealkylation, hydrodesulfurization, and hydrocracking. H
2 h... | Where are large quantities of H2 needed? | {'text': 'petroleum and chemical industries', 'answer_start': 42} |
80,933 | 80,591 | 5727c20e2ca10214002d9587 | generic | In November 1973, the city elected Coleman Young as its first black mayor. After taking office, Young emphasized increasing racial diversity in the police department. Young also worked to improve Detroit's transportation system, but tension between Young and his suburban counterparts over regional matters was problemat... | Who did Detroit argue with when trying to plane a regional transit system? | {'text': 'suburban neighbors', 'answer_start': 523} |
123,011 | 122,669 | 5731c09db9d445190005e50e | generic | In the late 1130s, Arnold of Brescia, an Italian canon regular became one of the first theologians to attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church. After his death, his teachings on apostolic poverty gained currency among Arnoldists, and later more widely among Waldensians and the Spiritual Franciscans, though no writte... | Where does the Waldensian movement still exist currently? | {'text': 'Italy', 'answer_start': 668} |
103,054 | 102,712 | 5ad4ce075b96ef001a10a131 | generic | Apart from being an ardent gamer Spielberg has had a long history of involvement in video games. He has been giving thanks to his games of his division DreamWorks Interactive most notable as Someone's in the Kitchen with script written by Animaniacs' Paul Rugg, Goosebumps: Escape from HorrorLand, The Neverhood (all in ... | In what year did the first EA Medal of Honor game get released? | {'text': '2009', 'answer_start': 674} |
21,229 | 20,887 | 56e82da500c9c71400d775f3 | generic | In addition to having evolved, for the most part, separately from one another and with distinct individual histories, the Latin-based regional Romance languages of Italy are also better classified as separate languages rather than true "dialects" due to the often high degree in which they lack mutual intelligibility. T... | What is a major reason why the Latin-based regional Romance languages of Italy should be regarded as independent languages rather than dialects of each other? | {'text': 'they lack mutual intelligibility', 'answer_start': 285} |
67,137 | 66,795 | 5726df41dd62a815002e9370 | generic | Cardinal Augustin Bea, the head of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, added at the end of the visit, "Let us move forward in Christ. God wants it. Humanity is waiting for it." Unmoved by a harsh condemnation by the Congregation of Faith on mixed marriages precisely at this time of the visit, Paul VI and Ram... | Who described the Anglican church as "our beloved sister Church"? | {'text': 'Paul VI', 'answer_start': 549} |
122,452 | 122,110 | 5ace329832bba1001ae49d9c | generic | Google does not provide detailed figures for YouTube's running costs, and YouTube's revenues in 2007 were noted as "not material" in a regulatory filing. In June 2008, a Forbes magazine article projected the 2008 revenue at $200 million, noting progress in advertising sales. In January 2012, it was estimated that visit... | How much time did visitors spend on YouTube per day in January 2013? | {'text': '15 minutes a day', 'answer_start': 355} |
11,134 | 10,792 | 56de494dcffd8e1900b4b795 | generic | A HDI below 0.5 is considered to represent "low development". All 22 countries in that category are located in Africa. The highest-scoring Sub-Saharan countries, Gabon and South Africa, are ranked 119th and 121st, respectively. Nine countries departed from this category this year and joined the "medium development" gro... | Under what number does a country need to fall in order to be considered a "low development" country? | {'text': '0.5', 'answer_start': 12} |
105,553 | 105,211 | 572ec4a3dfa6aa1500f8d36e | generic | The Candidate Conservation Agreement is closely related to the "Safe Harbor" agreement, the main difference is that the Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances(CCA) are meant to protect unlisted species by providing incentives to private landowners and land managing agencies to restore, enhance or maintain ha... | How does a CCA help protect a private landowner? | {'text': 'if, in the future the unlisted species becomes listed, the landowner will not be required to do more than already agreed upon in the CCA.', 'answer_start': 492} |
72,199 | 71,857 | 5a10f49f06e79900185c348d | generic | The franchise was first created in 1997 as a series of virtual pets, akin to—and influenced in style by—the contemporary Tamagotchi or nano Giga Pet toys. The creatures were first designed to look cute and iconic even on the devices' small screens; later developments had them created with a harder-edged style influence... | What American media for the original did you mom based on? | {'text': 'American comics', 'answer_start': 325} |
98,821 | 98,479 | 572abb93be1ee31400cb81e4 | generic | In January 1977, Droney promoted him to First Assistant District Attorney, essentially making Kerry his campaign and media surrogate because Droney was afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease). As First Assistant, Kerry tried cases, which included winning convictions in a high-profile... | What condition did Droney have? | {'text': 'amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', 'answer_start': 167} |
74,138 | 73,796 | 5727a1232ca10214002d925b | generic | In April 2009, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a suit over reverse discrimination brought by 20 white and Hispanic firefighters against the city. The suit involved the 2003 promotion test for the New Haven Fire Department. After the tests were scored, no blacks scored high enough to qualify for considera... | What was the name of the 2009 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court awarded relief to New Haven firefighters against the city of New Haven? | {'text': 'Ricci v. DeStefano', 'answer_start': 563} |
105,016 | 104,674 | 572fa09004bcaa1900d76b13 | generic | Based on experience with German strategic bombing during World War I against the United Kingdom, the British government estimated after the war that 50 casualties— with about one third killed— would result for every tonne of bombs dropped on London. The estimate of tonnes of bombs an enemy could drop per day grew as ai... | How many casualties did the British government estimate for every ton of bombs dropped? | {'text': '50', 'answer_start': 149} |
1,568 | 1,226 | 56cf5433aab44d1400b88ff1 | generic | Chopin's music was used in the 1909 ballet Chopiniana, choreographed by Michel Fokine and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov. Sergei Diaghilev commissioned additional orchestrations—from Stravinsky, Anatoly Lyadov, Sergei Taneyev and Nikolai Tcherepnin—for later productions, which used the title Les Sylphides. | Who orchestrated Chopiniana? | {'text': 'Alexander Glazunov', 'answer_start': 106} |
33,391 | 33,049 | 57099f78200fba14003681f2 | generic | The remaining animals form a monophyletic group called the Bilateria. For the most part, they are bilaterally symmetric, and often have a specialized head with feeding and sensory organs. The body is triploblastic, i.e. all three germ layers are well-developed, and tissues form distinct organs. The digestive chamber ha... | What is the internal body cavity of animals in the Bilateria group called? | {'text': 'coelom or pseudocoelom', 'answer_start': 408} |
87,117 | 86,775 | 5a32e05cbd0d7f001aef94d1 | generic | When a second round of elections were finally held in 1993, again with the help of the international community coordinated by GIBAFOR, Ange-Félix Patassé won in the second round of voting with 53% of the vote while Goumba won 45.6%. Patassé's party, the Mouvement pour la Libération du Peuple Centrafricain (MLPC) or Mov... | How much of the vote did Goumba get to win the election? | {'text': '53%', 'answer_start': 193} |
94,513 | 94,171 | 5729693f3f37b31900478350 | generic | Many minerals provide pigments which have been used in green paints and dyes over the centuries. Pigments, in this case, are minerals which reflect the color green, rather that emitting it through luminescent or phosphorescent qualities. The large number of green pigments makes it impossible to mention them all. Among ... | What is the source of the green color in malachite pigments? | {'text': 'Copper', 'answer_start': 840} |
21,550 | 21,208 | 56e961270b45c0140094cdd7 | generic | As of 2010[update], Bern had an unemployment rate of 3.3%. As of 2008[update], there were 259 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 59 businesses involved in this sector. 16,413 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 950 businesses in this sector. 135,973 people were employed in ... | How many businesses are there in the secondary sector? | {'text': '950', 'answer_start': 257} |
7,457 | 7,115 | 56db205be7c41114004b4dbf | generic | United States of America: The torch relay's North American leg occurred in San Francisco, California on April 9. On the day of the relay officials diverted the torch run to an unannounced route. The start was at McCovey Cove, where Norman Bellingham of the U.S. Olympic Committee gave the torch to the first torchbearer... | What is the name of the person who handed off the torch to the torchbearer in the United States 2008 Olympic relay? | {'text': 'Norman Bellingham', 'answer_start': 233} |
47,559 | 47,217 | 571a481910f8ca1400304fb6 | generic | After the American Revolutionary War, the number and proportion of free people of color increased markedly in the North and the South as slaves were freed. Most northern states abolished slavery, sometimes, like New York, in programs of gradual emancipation that took more than two decades to be completed. The last slav... | How were the laws in New York abolished? | {'text': 'in programs of gradual emancipation', 'answer_start': 222} |
46,726 | 46,384 | 571aad964faf5e1900b8ac06 | generic | Athanasius also wrote a two-part Against the Heathen and The Incarnation of the Word of God. Completed probably early in his life, before the Arian controversy, they constitute the first classic work of developed Orthodox theology. In the first part, Athanasius attacks several pagan practices and beliefs. The second pa... | When did he write his first works on Orthodox Christianity? | {'text': 'before the Arian controversy', 'answer_start': 131} |
86,986 | 86,644 | 5a81fbf231013a001a335041 | generic | Some topological spaces may be endowed with a group law. In order for the group law and the topology to interweave well, the group operations must be continuous functions, that is, g • h, and g−1 must not vary wildly if g and h vary only little. Such groups are called topological groups, and they are the group objects ... | What allows group law and group operations to interweave? | {'text': 'topology', 'answer_start': 92} |
75,873 | 75,531 | 57277f26f1498d1400e8f9e3 | generic | Poetry, in particular, was a staple of court life. Nobles and ladies-in-waiting were expected to be well versed in the art of writing poetry as a mark of their status. Every occasion could call for the writing of a verse, from the birth of a child to the coronation of an emperor, or even a pretty scene of nature. A wel... | During the Heian period, what did the Japanese think could reflect one's soul? | {'text': 'handwriting', 'answer_start': 546} |
5,746 | 5,404 | 56d0bb66234ae51400d9c426 | generic | Not-self (Pāli: anatta; Sanskrit: anātman) is the third mark of existence. Upon careful examination, one finds that no phenomenon is really "I" or "mine"; these concepts are in fact constructed by the mind. In the Nikayas anatta is not meant as a metaphysical assertion, but as an approach for gaining release from suffe... | What was the answer given when the Buddha was asked if the body is the same as the self? | {'text': 'the Buddha refused to answer', 'answer_start': 537} |
60,714 | 60,372 | 57266fd6708984140094c5fa | generic | During his voyage, Cook also visited New Zealand, first discovered by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642, and claimed the North and South islands for the British crown in 1769 and 1770 respectively. Initially, interaction between the indigenous Māori population and Europeans was limited to the trading of goods. Europea... | What is New Zealand's native population called? | {'text': 'Māori', 'answer_start': 245} |
17,478 | 17,136 | 56e19028e3433e1400422fbf | generic | In Majorcan, unstressed vowels reduce to four: /a e ɛ/ follow the Eastern Catalan reduction pattern; however /o ɔ/ reduce to [o], with /u/ remaining distinct, as in Western Catalan. | What reduction pattern do some vowels follow? | {'text': 'Eastern Catalan', 'answer_start': 66} |
52,455 | 52,113 | 5a7a0f7717ab25001a8a028a | generic | Originally known as Buckingham House, the building at the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 on a site that had been in private ownership for at least 150 years. It was acquired by King George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte and became known as "... | What is Buckingham Palace currently known as? | {'text': 'Buckingham House', 'answer_start': 20} |
57,844 | 57,502 | 5a51b646b308da001a5a234c | generic | The Indonesian Archipelago is split by the Wallace Line. This line runs along what is now known to be a tectonic plate boundary, and separates Asian (Western) species from Australasian (Eastern) species. The islands between Java/Borneo and Papua form a mixed zone, where both types occur, known as Wallacea. As the pace ... | What kind of coverage encourages erosian? | {'text': 'forest cover', 'answer_start': 703} |
91,933 | 91,591 | 5728f7636aef0514001548f9 | generic | The first book printed in France, Epistolae ("Letters"), by Gasparinus de Bergamo (Gasparino da Barzizza), was published in Paris in 1470 by the press established by Johann Heynlin. Since then, Paris has been the centre of the French publishing industry, the home of some of the world's best-known writers and poets, and... | In what language were most books printed in the middle ages? | {'text': 'Latin', 'answer_start': 445} |
124,526 | 124,184 | 5732499de99e3014001e664a | generic | Jehovah's Witnesses believe that God's kingdom is a literal government in heaven, ruled by Jesus Christ and 144,000 "spirit-anointed" Christians drawn from the earth, which they associate with Jesus' reference to a "new covenant". The kingdom is viewed as the means by which God will accomplish his original purpose for ... | What do the Jehovah Witnesses believe God will use the kingdom in heaven for? | {'text': 'accomplish his original purpose for the earth', 'answer_start': 284} |
110,790 | 110,448 | 572fe75e04bcaa1900d76e7a | generic | Bacterial infections may be treated with antibiotics, which are classified as bacteriocidal if they kill bacteria, or bacteriostatic if they just prevent bacterial growth. There are many types of antibiotics and each class inhibits a process that is different in the pathogen from that found in the host. An example of h... | What kind of antibiotics are used for prevention of bacterial growth | {'text': 'bacteriostatic', 'answer_start': 118} |
42,741 | 42,399 | 5ad2ac0ad7d075001a429e87 | generic | During the Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in 1907, parties led by Edgeworth David became the first to climb Mount Erebus and to reach the South Magnetic Pole. Douglas Mawson, who assumed the leadership of the Magnetic Pole party on their perilous return, went on to lead several expeditions until retiring in... | Who led Nimrod Expedition to Antarctica? | {'text': 'Ernest Shackleton', 'answer_start': 36} |
86,845 | 86,503 | 572820982ca10214002d9e87 | generic | In the example above, the identity and the rotations constitute a subgroup R = {id, r1, r2, r3}, highlighted in red in the group table above: any two rotations composed are still a rotation, and a rotation can be undone by (i.e. is inverse to) the complementary rotations 270° for 90°, 180° for 180°, and 90° for 270° (n... | What rotation can a rotation be reversed by? | {'text': 'inverse', 'answer_start': 232} |
19,664 | 19,322 | 56e767c200c9c71400d770c4 | generic | Architectural design competitions are used by an organisation that plans to build a new building or refurbish an existing building. They can be used for buildings, engineering work, structures, landscape design projects or public realm artworks. A competition typically asks for architects and/or designers to submit a d... | What kind of artistic production can be supported by design competitions? | {'text': 'public realm artworks', 'answer_start': 223} |
110,461 | 110,119 | 572fbae9a23a5019007fc8ed | 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... | When did Turkey decide to become part of the blockade against Armenia? | {'text': '1993', 'answer_start': 495} |
29,174 | 28,832 | 5706064f75f01819005e789e | generic | The Times's main supplement, every day, is the times2, featuring various lifestyle columns. It was discontinued on 1 March 2010 but reintroduced on 11 October 2010 after negative feedback. Its regular features include a puzzles section called Mind Games. Its previous incarnation began on 5 September 2005, before which ... | What is the name of the lifestyle column of The Times? | {'text': 'times2', 'answer_start': 47} |
95,161 | 94,819 | 5a2c4977bfd06b001a5aead7 | generic | What little there was, started with Charles de Wailly's crypt in the church of St Leu-St Gilles (1773–80), and Claude Nicolas Ledoux's Barriere des Bonshommes (1785–89). First-hand evidence of Greek architecture was of very little importance to the French, due to the influence of Marc-Antoine Laugier's doctrines that s... | Who consider first-hand evidence of Greek architecture very important? | {'text': 'the French,', 'answer_start': 245} |
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