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A mosque (; from ) is a place of worship for followers of Islam.
There are strict and detailed requirements in Sunni jurisprudence ("fiqh") for a place of worship to be considered a mosque, with places that do not meet these requirements regarded as "musalla"s. There are stringent restrictions on the uses of the area... | Where did mosques originate? | 629 | 673 | Mosques originated on the Arabian Peninsula, | the Arabian Peninsula |
Burke was born in Dublin, Ireland. His mother Mary née Nagle (c. 1702 – 1770) was a Roman Catholic who hailed from a déclassé County Cork family (and a cousin of Nano Nagle), whereas his father, a successful solicitor, Richard (died 1761), was a member of the Church of Ireland; it remains unclear whether this is the sa... | is it a newer undergrad society | 849 | 902 | it is the oldest undergraduate society in the world. | no |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A massive car bomb tore through the heart of a bustling marketplace in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, killing at least 100 people -- including many women and children -- and injuring at least 200 others, officials said.
A vehicle packed with 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of explosives detona... | what was the vehicle packed with | 273 | 313 | null | 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of explosives |
CHAPTER XXIII.
CROSSING THE CREEK.
"Now, then," said Harry, "here's the boat and a good pole, and you've nothing to do, Harvey, but just to get in and push yourself over to your station as fast as you can."
But the situation did not seem to strike Harvey very favorably. He looked rather dissatisfied with the arra... | what did they do at the cabin? | 1,343 | 1,423 | helped him to make the connections and get the line in working order at that end | Make the connections and get the line in working order. |
Chennai (; formerly known as Madras or ) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is one of the biggest cultural, economic and educational centres in South India. According to the 2011 Indian census, it is the fifth-largest city and fourth-most populous... | What level city is it Ranked by the Global Cities index? | 1,286 | 1,330 | beta-level city in the Global Cities Index | Beta |
There once was a clown named Happy who traveled with the circus. He was one of the most famous clowns of all time, because he was once the star of a movie. Happy did a lot of things in his act that were very silly. He was best known for belting out songs in the wrong key, which would make neighborhood cats meow and how... | What? | 445 | 502 | null | throw buckets of water at the people watching the circus |
Once upon a time there was a cowgirl named Callie. Callie was the most beautiful cowgirl in all the land. She rode a beautiful horse. Her horse was brown. There are plenty of other horses. There are black horses, white horses, and red horses, but Callie's brown horse was the only horse in the world. Callie lived in a b... | What was his name? | null | 507 | His neighbor's name was David | David |
Central Europe is a term used to refer to lands with boundaries of various delineation. It is said to occupy continuous territory that are otherwise conventionally Eastern Europe and Western Europe. The concept of Central Europe is based on a common historical, social and cultural identity. Central Europe is going thro... | What other elements strengthened it? | 938 | 982 | Slavonic language and the Cyrillic alphabet. | Slavonic language and the Cyrillic alphabet. |
(CNN) -- Inside the Charles Manson room at the Museum of Death in Hollywood, Anne Forde looks at crime scene photos from the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
"I was a kid when he was involved in these crimes," says Forde, who grew up in County Cork, Ireland. "It's just been a fascination for me ever since."
"His eyes ju... | how many times was Tate stabbed? | 961 | 1,062 | Tate, who was 8½ months pregnant and married to movie director Roman Polanski, was stabbed 16 times | 16 |
(CNN) -- The stepmother of a missing 10-year-old North Carolina girl joined police as they searched for the girl's body Monday, the same day the girl's father landed behind bars.
Elisa Baker, who police said last week admitted to writing a fake ransom note a day after the girl's disappearance was reported, was taken ... | Who was arrested on October 10th? | null | 1,075 | Elisa Baker was arrested on October 10 | Elisa Baker |
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country. It spans approximately and has a population of 45.7 million (as of 2009). The capital of the province is Kunming, formerly also known as Yunnan. The province borders the Chinese provinces Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, and ... | Does it have a lot of natural resources? | 667 | null | Yunnan is rich in natural resources | Yes |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's sister, LaToya Jackson, told a London newspaper she suspects her brother was "murdered" in a conspiracy by "a shadowy entourage."
Michael Jackson "was surrounded by a bad circle," LaToya Jackson told a British newspaper.
London's Daily Mail newspaper paid for the i... | What nationality is the newspaper she spoke to? | 75 | 98 | told a London newspaper | a London newspaper |
Chapter II.--Off For Zaruth.
"To Siberia--Cedar Island!"
"Yes, mother. From what I can make out, father is there, a prisoner of some people called the Svlachkys, and all on account of a wonderful stone chest, said to be filled with gold and silver."
"It cannot be true, Bob."
"I think it is. This dead sailor's n... | Were the residents unkind? | 1,399 | 1,459 | I'm sick of Sea Cove and the mean folks living around here." | They were mean folks. |
Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra (), also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra (), is a sovereign landlocked microstate in Southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. Created under a charter in 988, the present principality was formed in 1... | What year was the Principality of Andorra established? | 68 | 69 | 988 | 988 |
St. Louis () is an independent city and major U.S. port in the state of Missouri, built along the western bank of the Mississippi River, on the border with Illinois. The city had an estimated 2016 population of 311,404, and is the cultural and economic center of the Greater St. Louis area (home to 2,916,447 people), ma... | Which one? | 788 | null | France's defeat in the Seven Years' War, | the Seven Years' War, |
CHAPTER XVI.
JONATHAN STUBBS.
But, though Nina differed somewhat from Ayala as to their ideas as to life in general, they were close friends, and everything was done both by the Marchesa and by her daughter to make Ayala happy. There was not very much of going into grand society, and that difficulty about the dress... | Was it remedied? | 233 | null | here was not very much of going into grand society, and that difficulty about the dresses solved itself, as do other difficulties | Yes |
On Tuesday evening, Rick wanted to play with his friends at a playground near his house. Rick's mother, Trish, drove him to the playground. Rick met up with Andrew and Chris. Rick ran to the monkey bars. Andrew ran to the slide. Chris ran to the swings. Trish sat on a bench near the monkey bars and read a book. She wan... | so what did Trish do? | 445 | 478 | put her book inside of her jacket | put her book inside of her jacket |
CHAPTER XXV
TWO DEER
"He was here, and you chased him away!" exclaimed Dave. "Have you any idea where he went to?"
"I think he took the trail back of the house; the one leading to Carpen Falls," answered Lester Lawrence. "I slipped on my most outlandish costume, and I must have scared him out of his wits, for he ... | What happened next? | 317 | null | he ran like a deer | he ran like a deer |
A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of methods for analyzing the structure of whole social entities as well as a variety of theori... | What are they? | null | 704 | social psychology, sociology, statistics, and graph theory | social psychology, sociology, statistics, and graph theory |
(CNN) -- On Monday, as he remained hospitalized for injuries incurred during a massive manhunt and a pair of shootouts last week, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev heard from his hospital bed his Miranda rights being read, and then he heard read the federal charges now filed against him in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings.... | Who created the chronology for the investigation? | 544 | 599 | a chronology produced by FBI special agent Daniel Genck | Daniel Genck |
CHAPTER XII BOBBY COON AND REDDY FOX PLAY TRICKS
It was night. All the little stars were looking down and twinkling and twinkling. Mother Moon was doing her best to make the Green Meadows as light as Mr. Sun did in the daytime. All the little birds except Hooty the Owl and Boomer the Night Hawk, and noisy Mr. Whip-po... | More than a hundred? | -1 | -1 | unknown | unknown |
The dog was playing in the street outside. I walked past the dog and threw the ball to him. He seemed to be hot from the heat of the day. I then headed to the store because I needed to buy some food and other things that were needed. I entered the store and said hi to Mr. Jones. He had been working at the store for a l... | was he a customer? | 279 | null | He had been working at the store | No |
The history of India includes the prehistoric settlements and societies in the Indian subcontinent; the blending of the Indus Valley Civilization and Indo-Aryan culture into the Vedic Civilization; the development of Hinduism as a synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions; the rise of the Śramaṇa movement; th... | Which five initiatory traditions were born? | 354 | 451 | the birth of the initiatory traditions of Jainism, Buddhism, Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism; | Jainism, Buddhism, Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism |
CHAPTER XX
THE PLUNGE
Supper was over at the Farnam homestead and Agatha enjoyed the cool of the evening on the veranda with her hosts and George. The school had closed for the holidays, and George had arrived as the meal from which they had just got up was served. Although he had not stated his object yet, Agatha ... | Why is school not in session? | 150 | 190 | The school had closed for the holidays, | The school had closed for the holidays |
New Delhi (i/ˌnjuː ˈdɛli/) is a municipality and district in Delhi which serves as the capital and seat of government of India. In addition, it also serves as the seat of Government of Delhi.
The foundation stone of the city was laid by George V, Emperor of India during the Delhi Durbar of 1911. It was designed by Br... | Has Delhi been the capital of other countries? | 914 | 1,013 | However, Delhi had served as the political and financial centre of several empires of ancient India | no |
(CNN) -- A former security guard told CNN on Monday that he was unjustly fired after he took pictures of President Barack Obama's motorcade during a visit to Atlanta in September.
Kenneth Tate worked for a private security firm when President Obama visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on September 1... | Did Tate escort him to those? | 1,374 | 1,414 | null | Yes |
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image – film, television and game in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awards ceremonies, BAFTA has an international, year-round programme of learning events and... | When was the Guild of Television Producers and Directors established? | null | 215 | null | 1953 |
The city of Bern or Berne (German: Bern, pronounced [bɛrn] ( listen); French: Berne [bɛʁn]; Italian: Berna [ˈbɛrna]; Romansh: Berna [ˈbɛrnɐ] (help·info); Bernese German: Bärn [b̥æːrn]) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".[note 1] With... | What is the city called by the residents? | null | null | ferred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstad | Bundesstad |
(CNN)A teen couple from Kentucky was arrested Sunday after two weeks on the run following a series of car and gun thefts.
Dalton Hayes, 18, and Cheyenne Phillips, 13, were arrested in Panama City Beach, Florida, authorities said.
The two are suspected of stealing three cars -- two with guns inside -- in various sta... | How many were arrested? | 124 | 183 | Dalton Hayes, 18, and Cheyenne Phillips, 13, were arrested | two |
(Mental Floss) -- It's hard to walk down the aisle of a liquor store without running across a bottle bearing someone's name.
A costumed reveler at a Captain Morgan party celebrates the rum named after the 17th century privateer.
We put them in our cocktails, but how well do we know them?
Here's some biographical ... | What was his nationality? | 556 | 572 | the Welsh pirate | Welsh |
Timmy liked to play games and play sports but more than anything he liked to collect things. He collected bottle caps. He collected sea shells. He collected baseball cards. He has collected baseball cards the longest. He likes to collect the thing that he has collected the longest the most. He once thought about collec... | Did he ever think about starting collecting them? | 292 | 345 | He once thought about collecting stamps but never did | Yes |
The chipmunks were busy getting ready for the winter. Little Chip had never seen everyone so busy. Chipmunks were running this way and that way. Even his Granddaddy was helping out, stuffing melons up into the holes in the tree. Aunt Chippa was clapping at everyone to hurry them up. Little Chip wasn't sure what they we... | what did he realize? | 1,065 | 1,082 | Winter is coming! | Winter is coming! |
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- He's been labeled by many as the "reformist," a man who can take Iran beyond the truculent anti-Western rhetoric of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Moussavi was not seen as a reformer during his stint as prime minister during the 1980s.
So, when Iran's government announced over the weekend that... | Does he support Israel? | 1,047 | null | does not believe in the existence of Israel | does not believe in the existence of Israel - No |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A lawyer who filed a teen sex abuse lawsuit against "X-Men" director Bryan Singer said three more "Hollywood types" will be targeted in similar suits soon.
Michael Egan, who accuses Singer of sexually abusing him starting when he was 15, appeared with attorney Jeff Herman at a news conference in ... | Did the Studio ever respond to this? | 1,323 | 1,341 | issued a statement | yes |
CHAPTER XVII
A VERY SPECIAL DINNER
At seven o'clock that evening I passed through the cafe on my way to the American bar. There was already a good sprinkling of early diners there, and Louis was busy as usual. Directly he saw me, however, he came forward with his usual suave bow.
"The table in the left-hand corne... | Who was already in the restaurant? | 189 | 213 | Louis was busy as usual. | Louis |
Johnny wakes up early this morning. He is so happy. Today Daddy is taking him to the aquarium. Johnny wants to see blue fish, red fish, yellow fish, and green fish. He also wants to see really big fish.
Daddy and Johnny are at the aquarium.
"Look!" Johnny says. "There's a big red fish!" The fish swims away. A small... | What did johnny do because of this? | 546 | 626 | Daddy points at a long fish and says "That one is as big as me!"
Johnny laughs | laughs |
The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts".
A program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, GRI maintains a research library, organizes exhibitions and other events, sponsors a residential scho... | What is the primary purpose of the Getty Research Institute? | 40 | null | null | furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts |
The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States Constit... | What service do they have exclusive access to? | null | 1,543 | first-class mail | first-class mail |
Within hours of becoming a national hero, a viral video star and the top topic on Twitter, Charles Ramsey talked about having trouble getting sleep.
It wasn't because of all the excitement that followed his knocking down a Cleveland neighbor's door, freeing three women and a girl who police say were held hostage for ... | How long had he been near the women? | null | 451 | null | a year |
The American Hockey League (AHL) is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the 2010–11 season, every team in the league has an affiliation agreement with one NHL team. When NHL teams do no... | are there 30 teams | 32 | 62 | is a 30-team professional ice | Yes |
CHAPTER X. The Cavaliere
There befell at last a couple of days during which Rowland was unable to go to the hotel. Late in the evening of the second one Roderick came into his room. In a few moments he announced that he had finished the bust of his mother.
"And it 's magnificent!" he declared. "It 's one of the bes... | Who was he talking to? | 27 | 259 | There befell at last a couple of days during which Rowland was unable to go to the hotel. Late in the evening of the second one Roderick came into his room. In a few moments he announced that he had finished the bust of his mother. | Rowland |
(CNN) -- All big ideas start small, and Calle 13 -- a wildly popular alternative urban band from Puerto Rico -- is no exception.
Its members, Rene Perez, who goes by "Residente," and Eduardo Cabra, "Visitante," are stepbrothers. When their parents divorced, Cabra would visit Perez at his father's house on 13th Street... | What does Residente mean in English? | 337 | 454 | He was required to identify himself to enter, as either a resident, "residente" or visitor, "visitante," in Spanish. | Resident |
(CNN)Hawaii is poised to become the first state in the nation to prohibit the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to anybody under age 21.
The state's legislature on Friday passed a bill raising the minimum legal age -- currently 18 -- to buy tobacco or e-cigarettes. The bill will now go before Gov. David I... | What other states have a minimum legal age for tobacco purchase of 19? | 122 | 129 | alabama , alaska , new jersey and utah | alabama , alaska , new jersey and utah |
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A top Taliban commander has issued a new threat to foreign aid workers, saying that under the insurgent group's new "constitution" they will execute them as spies or hold them in exchange for the release of Taliban fighters.
Taliban militants pose with their weapons as they drive their car... | who was in charge? | 936 | 971 | Mullah Mohammad Omar was our leader | Mullah Mohammad Omar |
500 (five hundred) is the natural number following 499 and preceding 501.
500 is a Harshad number in bases 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 15 and 16.
Five hundred is also
501 = 3 × 167. It is: 502 = 2 × 251, also a proposed HTTP status code for indicating server is temporarily overloaded, SMTP status code meaning command not... | and after? | 0 | 73 | 500 (five hundred) is the natural number following 499 and preceding 501. | 501. |
CHAPTER VI
THE RAT MORT
I
The guide had stepped out of the house into the street, Yvonne following closely on his heels. The night was very dark and the narrow little Carrefour de la Poissonnerie very sparsely lighted. Somewhere overhead on the right, something groaned and creaked persistently in the wind. A litt... | What landmark guided Yvonne in the dark streets of Nantes? | 325 | 332 | clock tower of le bouffay | clock tower of le bouffay |
CHAPTER VIII.
POMPEII.
On the evening of the day on which the excursion to Vesuvius was made, Rollo came into Mrs. Gray's room, wearing a somewhat disturbed countenance. He told Mrs. Gray that he had got some bad news for her.
"Ah," said Mrs. Gray, "I'm sorry to hear that. What is the bad news?"
"Philippe is en... | What is in Baiæ? | 807 | 816 | old ruins | old ruins |
Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power (the rate at which work is done). There are many different standards and types of horsepower. Two common definitions being used today are the mechanical horsepower (or imperial horsepower), which is 745.7 watts, and the metric horsepower, which is approximately 735.5 wa... | What did that mean for the EU? | 823 | 896 | null | That the use of horsepower in the EU is permitted only as a supplementary unit. |
Beijing (CNN) -- Entrepreneurs of all stripes are cashing in on the Lin-sanity phenomenon as swiftly as the NBA sensation can pull off his furious fast breaks.
It has been only three weeks since Jeremy Lin, the 23-year-old American-born point guard of Taiwanese descent, came out of obscurity to lead the listless New ... | Who lead a basketball team on a winning streak? | 197 | 353 | Jeremy Lin, the 23-year-old American-born point guard of Taiwanese descent, came out of obscurity to lead the listless New York Knicks to a winning streak. | Jeremy Lin, |
When the board has no embedded components it is more correctly called a printed wiring board (PWB) or etched wiring board. However, the term printed wiring board has fallen into disuse. A PCB populated with electronic components is called a printed circuit assembly (PCA), printed circuit board assembly or PCB assembly ... | What routes it to connect the pads? | 756 | 762 | traces | traces |
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field... | How many full-time staff does IUCN employ in total? | 250 | 250 | null | 1000 |
New York (CNN) -- The mansion and four-acre estate featured in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film "The Godfather" is up for sale for a whopping $2.9 million.
Owner Jim Norton said he put the eight-bedroom, five-bathroom Staten Island home on the market after his father recently passed away.
The film employed a star-s... | What was it seen in? | 97 | null | The Godfather | The Godfather |
A database management system (DBMS) is a computer software application that interacts with the user, other applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze data. A general-purpose DBMS is designed to allow the definition, creation, querying, update, and administration of databases. Well-known DBMSs include ... | How are Database management systems generally classified? | 657 | 688 | according to the database model | according to the database model |
(CNN) -- Stan Case, an anchor for CNN Radio, has died in a car crash in Birmingham, Alabama, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
"Stan was a news anchor for CNN Radio and a mainstay of the network since he joined CNN in 1985," said Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide. "He was a fine journalist, a leader in our orga... | When did he join CNN? | 199 | 225 | ince he joined CNN in 1985 | 1985 |
It was a beautiful day. In the morning Tommy and I went to the park to play. We rode our bikes around and went down to the lake. We swam around in the lake and splashed water on other kids. We got back on our bikes and rode back home. Mommy made lunch. It was yummy, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and milk. Then it ... | What kind of day was it? | 9 | null | beautiful | beautiful |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Wesley Snipes said he was nervous about going to jail on Thursday, but was hopeful that his prayers would be answered.
"We still have prayers out there. We still believe in miracles. So don't send me up the river yet," Snipes said in an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live" Tuesday night.
... | what city is it in? | null | 409 | McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Lewis Run | Lewis Run |
CHAPTER XIX
OF THE CHANGE IN THOMAS
To find ways of making David propose to Elspeth, of making Elspeth willing to exchange her brother for David--they were heavy tasks, but Tommy yoked himself to them gallantly and tugged like an Arab steed in the plough. It should be almost as pleasant to us as to him to think tha... | What did Grizel make Tommy promise in order to keep their love secret? | 180 | 184 | not to kiss her again | not to kiss her again |
It was movie night at Tom's house. He was looking forward to watching a movie. He wondered what sort of movie it would be. Would it be a cartoon? Would there be knights? He really likes to watch movies about spaceships. His sister likes to watch movies about animals. Tonight they would watch his father's favorite type ... | Who was supposed to wash dishes? | 389 | 478 | Tom cleared away the plates from the table. It was his sister's turn to wash the dishes. | Tom's sister |
CHAPTER XXIII. THE OVERWHELMING ODDS
At half-past ten that same evening, Blakeney, still clad in a workman's tattered clothes, his feet bare so that he could tread the streets unheard, turned into the Rue de la Croix Blanche.
The porte-cochere of the house where Armand lodged had been left on the latch; not a soul ... | How did Percy Blakeney enter the house where Armand was staying? | 119 | 123 | a candle was left burning | a candle was left burning |
Washington (CNN) -- At one time, Susan Rice seemed to be on a trajectory that would take her to the secretary of state's office in President Barack Obama's second term.
But that trajectory changed Thursday when the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations withdrew her name from consideration to succeed current Secretary... | How" | 1,491 | 1,633 | Albright had previously served with Rice's mother, Lois Rice, on a school board in Washington and watched Rice grow up with her own daughters. | served a school board |
CHAPTER VI.
The abrupt disappearance of Jack Hamlin and the strange lady and gentleman visitor was scarcely noticed by the other guests of the Divide House, and beyond the circle of Steptoe and his friends, who were a distinct party and strangers to the town, there was no excitement. Indeed, the hotel proprietor migh... | How? | 1,104 | 1,161 | whose heavy red beard was trimmed a little more carefully | His beard was trimmed more carefully |
The bowling average is one of a number of statistics used to compare bowlers in the sport of cricket. It is the ratio of runs conceded per wickets taken, meaning that the lower the bowling average is, the better the bowler is performing. The bowling average is commonly used alongside the economy rate and the strike rat... | How many other stats are there to measure how good a bowler is? | 285 | 330 | the economy rate and the strike rate to judge | Two |
New York (CNN) -- Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has been dead for more than four months, but a mistake on his tombstone likely would have amused him.
Koch was born December 12, 1924, but his tombstone at Trinity Church Cemetery in Upper Manhattan made him appear 18 years younger than he was -- December 12, 1942, was ... | On what day did the company become aware of this error? | 336 | 427 | The company responsible for the etchings on the marker became aware of the mistake Monday. | Monday |
Benjamin Franklin FRS, FRSE ( April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a majo... | What Philadelphia city organization did he help found? | 551 | 633 | He facilitated many civic organizations, including Philadelphia's fire department | fire department |
CHAPTER XXV
The defence.
Intense excitement, which found vent in loud applause, greeted Déroulède's statement.
"_Ça ira! ça ira! vas-y Déroulède!_" came from the crowded benches round; and men, women, and children, wearied with the monotony of the past proceedings, settled themselves down for a quarter of an hour... | for how long? | 296 | 339 | for a quarter of an hour's keen enjoyment. | quarter of an hour |
His parents were out and dropped him at the babysitter's house at 12 o'clock. Lunchtime had past, but later the babysitter fixed him a dinner of some kind of brown meat. Under the meat was a slice of dry toast. Timmy didn't like the dinner and wished he had spaghetti or pizza. Even if it wasn't what he wanted, the meal... | Why did he look in the garbage? | 762 | 854 | He looked through the trash in the babysitter's extra room but couldn't find anything useful | He looked through the trash in the babysitter's extra room but couldn't find anything useful. Markers or crayons. |
CHAPTER IV
ALAN AND BARBARA
There was no bridge or billiards at the Court that night, where ordinarily the play ran high enough. After Mr. Haswell had been carried to his room, some of the guests, among them Sir Robert Aylward, went to bed, remarking that they could do no good by sitting up, while others, more conc... | where did he go? | 181 | 243 | some of the guests, among them Sir Robert Aylward, went to bed | to bed |
Western Sahara (; "", , Spanish and French: Sahara Occidental) is a disputed territory in the Maghreb region of North Africa, partially controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and partially Moroccan-occupied, bordered by Morocco proper to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the... | What is the Polisario Front? | 285 | 290 | a sahrawi nationalist movement | a sahrawi nationalist movement |
John woke up. It was Tuesday, and he was at home. He was still sleepy, but his alarm clock was ringing and he knew he had to be on time for school. He wished it were Saturday or Sunday. He yawned, got out of bed, and put on his slippers. Then, he walked to the bathroom, where he brushed his teeth and washed his face. S... | How many things did he have in his lunch box? | 864 | 955 | With the sandwich and potato chips in his lunchbox, he had some cake he had made yesterday. | three |
CHAPTER VII. THE DAUGHTER OF WITHERSTEEN
"Lassiter, will you be my rider?" Jane had asked him.
"I reckon so," he had replied.
Few as the words were, Jane knew how infinitely much they implied. She wanted him to take charge of her cattle and horse and ranges, and save them if that were possible. Yet, though she co... | What did Venters shout when he saw Lassiter? | 270 | 274 | lassiter ' s name | lassiter ' s name |
Charles went on a bike ride last week when he was on vacation. His father took him Saturday morning. It had rained Thursday and Friday. They got in his father's truck and put their bikes in the back. Father and son went to a bike path in a town near them. Trees were on both sides of the path. It was nice and warm outsi... | What did they get to eat after? | 882 | 903 | stopped for ice cream | ice cream |
Ibn Sina created an extensive corpus of works during what is commonly known as the Islamic Golden Age, in which the translations of Greco-Roman, Persian, and Indian texts were studied extensively. Greco-Roman (Mid- and Neo-Platonic, and Aristotelian) texts translated by the Kindi school were commented, redacted and dev... | How about the Hadith? | 789 | 854 | null | yes |
(CNN) -- It has been a rocky couple of years for the people of Egypt. Since the 2011 revolution, the economy has tanked, street protests are an almost daily occurrence and the political situation remains volatile.
However, a handful of young Egyptians have found that the best way to take a stand against the turmoil i... | When did their revolution take place | 70 | 97 | Since the 2011 revolution, | 2011 |
CHAPTER XV. SAFE-CONDUCT
Across the body of that convulsively sobbing woman, the mother of one and the mistress of the other, the eyes of those mortal enemies met, invested with a startled, appalled interest that admitted of no words.
Beyond the table, as if turned to stone by this culminating horror of revelation,... | Was she still? | 239 | 334 | Beyond the table, as if turned to stone by this culminating horror of revelation, stood Aline. | yes |
(CNN) -- The White House may be the official residence of the U.S. president, but it's only a temporary address. The former homes and libraries of presidents offer an inside look into the lives of the select few who served as the nation's leader.
Nearly 80 million visitors have toured Mount Vernon, George Washington'... | What does the log cabin in the Lincoln Memorial Building attempt to replicate? | 339 | 350 | null | the tiny and primitive surroundings that sheltered the future commander in chief |
CHAPTER 65
Lady St. Jerome was much interested in the accounts which the cardinal and Lothair gave her of their excursions in the city and their visits.
"It is very true," she said, "I never knew such good people; and they ought to be; so favored by Heaven, and leading a life which, if any thing earthly can, must g... | of everyone, who would the lady rather have there? | 1,712 | null | null | Lothair |
Andy was a small boy who, like many small boys, loved to play. He would play outside. He would play in his basement. He would play in his room. When he played, he would play with lots of things. Sometimes he played with blocks. Sometimes he played with cards. Sometimes he would even play with his sister's dolls.
One ... | so what else did he do? | 456 | 488 | maybe I'll play in the basement. | tried to play in the basement. |
CHAPTER VI
THE FUN OF A NIGHT
"My gracious, Plum acts as if he was scared to death," observed Phil, after the bully and his companion had departed, leaving the others a clear field.
"He certainly was worked up," returned Dave. "I wonder what he'll have to say to-morrow?"
There was no answering that question, an... | who meet them on the landing? | 1,289 | 1,305 | Roger and Buster | Roger and Buster |
CHAPTER XX
THE PLUNGE
Supper was over at the Farnam homestead and Agatha enjoyed the cool of the evening on the veranda with her hosts and George. The school had closed for the holidays, and George had arrived as the meal from which they had just got up was served. Although he had not stated his object yet, Agatha ... | Where is Thirlwell? | 771 | null | null | the mine; |
In grammar, genitive (abbreviated ; also called the possessive case or second case) is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun. However, it can also indicate various relationships other than possession: certain verbs may take argumen... | Does this case mark a noun as modifying another noun? | null | 612 | English typically does not morphologically mark nouns for a genitive case | no |
Two years into the Syrian conflict, President Obama has decided it's finally time to explain it to the American people in a speech he will give from the Oval Office on Tuesday. But from the beginning, President Obama's strategy in Syria -- if he ever had one -- has been confused.
Years of dithering, red lines that we... | Who? | null | 781 | On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain was against the president's plan for limited intervention but on Wednesday changed his mind. Sen. Marco Rubio was for intervention in Syria for the past two years, but he cannot support Obama's plan for military strikes. | Marco Rubio |
London (CNN) -- Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister, is fond of saying that when the United Nations was first formed in 1945, it had just 50 members. Today, he adds, that figure has risen to almost 200. It's a nice line, although in reality the emergence of a new nation remains relatively rare.
But there does see... | And in 2007? | 1,637 | null | SNP formed a minority government in 2007 | The SNP formed a minority government. |
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores higher HDI when the life expectancy at birth is longer, the education period is longer, and the income per c... | Who developed the Human Development Index (HDI)? | 92 | 98 | mahbub ul haq | mahbub ul haq |
CHAPTER XV.
COASTING.
The current was now losing its power, and Godfrey, dipping his hand into the water and then putting it to his lips, found that it was distinctly brackish, and congratulated himself upon having laid in a stock of water when he did. After Luka had slept for six hours, Godfrey roused him.
"Now,... | For how long? | 866 | 942 | It did not seem to him that he had been asleep long when Luka touched him. | not long |
Entomology (from Greek , "entomon" "insect"; and , "") is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was more vague, and historically the definition of entomology included the study of terrestrial animals in other arthropod groups or other phyla, such as arachnids, myriapods, ea... | How so? | 485 | 523 | , entomology is a taxon-based category | It's a taxon-based category |
(CNN) -- Anita Davenport's curiosity about her family's past began with the photographs that surrounded her. She said she wanted to know the stories behind the images of her parents and uncles.
Anita Davenport's grandfather, Walter, was stationed in Battle Creek, Michigan, during World War I.
The stories she found ... | In what areas of the U.S. did African-American move to during that time? | 719 | 821 |
Thousands of other African-Americans were also on the move, mainly to the Northeast and the Midwest, | The Northeast and the Midwest. |
(CNN) -- Newman, Jerry Seinfeld's diabolical nemesis and United States postal worker, was denied his dream transfer to Hawaii when the Post Office discovered he hadn't been delivering a lot of the mail he was supposed to be.
Unfortunately for Brent Morse, life isn't a Hollywood sitcom.
The former Kentucky postal wo... | When should it have arrived? | 892 | 925 | between March 2011 and March 2013 | between March 2011 and March 2013 |
In mathematics, a plane is a flat, two-dimensional surface that extends infinitely far. A plane is the two-dimensional analogue of a point (zero dimensions), a line (one dimension) and three-dimensional space. Planes can arise as subspaces of some higher-dimensional space, as with a room's walls extended infinitely far... | How can a plane arise? | 210 | 272 | Planes can arise as subspaces of some higher-dimensional space | as subspaces of some higher-dimensional space |
(CNN) -- If anyone knows hip-hop, it's Ice-T.
The rapper-turned-actor has added a title to his résumé: filmmaker. Ice (born Tracy Marrow) recently sat down with CNN to answer some iReporter questions and discuss his new documentary, "Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap."
The film explores the genre as art form a... | Who were some of the big names in the music industry featured in the documentary? | 109 | 120 | kanye west , nas , eminem and dr . dre | kanye west , nas , eminem and dr . dre |
(CNN) -- Barack Obama has talked of ripping out the White House bowling alley and replacing it with a basketball court. The former reserve player for Punahou High School's 1979 state championship team brings an enthusiasm for pickup basketball games to a place where golf, baseball and football have been the most-discus... | Where is he from? | 624 | 726 | Miller, whose record-breaking 2,560 three-pointers with the Indiana Pacers electrified basketball fans | Indiana Pacers |
(CNN) -- Ariel Castro used the promise of a puppy to lure Michelle Knight into the Cleveland home where he held her hostage for 11 years.
"He tells me, 'Just come in for a little while. The puppies are upstairs. You can take one home to your son,'" Knight said in an interview broadcast Tuesday on the syndicated "Dr. ... | How long did he keep her? | 1,104 | 1,156 | capture and imprison in his home for about a decade. | about a decade. |
Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak Valley. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and the state of Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and Bangladesh to the south; and West B... | And which birds? | 655 | 687 | various species of Asiatic birds | various species of Asiatic birds |
Switzerland (/ˈswɪtsərlənd/), officially the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a country in Europe. While still named the "Swiss Confederation" for historical reasons, modern Switzerland is a federal directorial republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat o... | what are the names of the 2 economic centres found there? | 962 | 997 | economic centres, Zürich and Geneva | Zürich and Geneva |
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (CNN) -- Eduardo Gonzalez, a petty officer second class with the U.S. Navy, is about to be deployed overseas for a third time. Making his deployment even tougher is the fact his wife may not be around when he comes back.
Mildred and Eduardo Gonzalez worry about what would happen to their family ... | What does he work on? | 808 | 911 | onzalez, who works on helicopters that bring cargo, supplies and military personnel in and out of Iraq, | Helicopters |
The Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) is a serially based system of numbering cataloging records in the Library of Congress in the United States. It has nothing to do with the contents of any book, and should not be confused with Library of Congress Classification.
The LCCN numbering system has been in use si... | Did electronic cataloging make it obsolete? | 794 | 1,014 | Although most of the bibliographic information is now electronically created, stored, and shared with other libraries, there is still a need to identify each unique record, and the LCCN continues to perform that function | No |
Actress Patricia Modell, who was married to former Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell, died Wednesday, the Ravens organization announced. She was 80.
She is survived by her husband, their two sons, John and David, and six grandchildren, the Ravens said.
Modell, also known as Patricia Breslin, appear... | when did they marry? | null | 971 | married | 1969 |
CHAPTER XXXI
THIRLWELL'S REWARD
Winter was nearly over when, one evening, George and Scott arrived at the Farnam homestead where Agatha was a guest. The house was centrally heated, and when the party gathered in Mrs. Farnam's pretty, warm room, Agatha wondered what Thirlwell was doing in the frozen North. Farnam ha... | How many? | -1 | -1 | unknown | unknown |
Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its current administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area, including Sarajevo Canton and East Sarajevo is home to 643,016 inhabitants. Nestled within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the... | What is the Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina? | 0 | 67 | Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, | Sarajevo |
CHAPTER XXVI
TOGETHER ONCE MORE
"Tom!"
"Dick and Sam!"
"How in the world did you get here?"
"Where are the others?"
These and a dozen other questions were asked and answered as the three Rover boys shook hands over and over again. Even though prisoners, they were delighted to be together once more, and doub... | Who stayed behind? | null | 1,101 | Tom | Tom |
(CNN) -- I've returned to Washington after a long time away in my home in Britain to get a sense of the political mood in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. And I'm pretty depressed to discover that everyone is talking about Jeb Bush.
It's not that he wouldn't make a strong candidate for the GOP. It's that... | How does he look in the polls? | 1,026 | 1,039 | unspectacular | unspectacular |
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