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gem-squad_v2-train-108603 | 572c82d4dfb02c14005c6b88 | Tennessee | According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2015, Tennessee had an estimated population of 6,600,299, which is an increase of 50,947, from the prior year and an increase of 254,194, or 4.01%, since the year 2010. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 142,266 people (that is 493,881 births minus 351,6... | What percentage population increase did Tennessee experience between 2010 and 2015? | What percentage population increase did Tennessee experience between 2010 and 2015? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-17516 | 56cdcfee62d2951400fa6878 | Spectre_(2015_film) | Bond disobeys M's order and travels to Rome to attend Sciarra's funeral. That evening he visits Sciarra's widow Lucia, who tells him about Spectre, a criminal organisation to which her husband belonged. Bond infiltrates a Spectre meeting, where he identifies the leader, Franz Oberhauser. When Oberhauser addresses Bond ... | Who is the head of Spectre? | Who is the head of Spectre? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-88823 | 5a223cec819328001af38a49 | Circadian_rhythm | Melatonin is absent from the system or undetectably low during daytime. Its onset in dim light, dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO), at roughly 21:00 (9 p.m.) can be measured in the blood or the saliva. Its major metabolite can also be measured in morning urine. Both DLMO and the midpoint (in time) of the presence of the ... | What is more stable than the melatonin offset? | What is more stable than the melatonin offset? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-31515 | 572960b43f37b319004782db | Germans | Following the defeat in World War I, influence of German-speaking elites over Central and Eastern Europe was greatly limited. At the treaty of Versailles Germany was substantially reduced in size. Austria-Hungary was split up. Rump-Austria, which to a certain extent corresponded to the German-speaking areas of Austria-... | What name did Rump-Austria adopt? | What name did Rump-Austria adopt? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-69341 | 570a826e6d058f1900182eed | Houston | Houston is the seat of the internationally renowned Texas Medical Center, which contains the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions. All 49 member institutions of the Texas Medical Center are non-profit organizations. They provide patient and preventive care, research, education, and loca... | How many hospitals belong to the Medical Center group of organizations? | How many hospitals belong to the Medical Center group of organizations? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-60805 | 570b0e40ec8fbc190045b812 | Gregorian_calendar | The Gregorian reform contained two parts: a reform of the Julian calendar as used prior to Pope Gregory XIII's time and a reform of the lunar cycle used by the Church, with the Julian calendar, to calculate the date of Easter. The reform was a modification of a proposal made by Aloysius Lilius. His proposal included re... | How many parts did the Gregorian calendar reform have? | How many parts did the Gregorian calendar reform have? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-114009 | 572a1a6b1d0469140077978a | Philosophy_of_space_and_time | Standing out in Clarke's (and Newton's) response to Leibniz's arguments is the bucket argument: Water in a bucket, hung from a rope and set to spin, will start with a flat surface. As the water begins to spin in the bucket, the surface of the water will become concave. If the bucket is stopped, the water will continue ... | According to Clark's argument, water in a bucket, hung from a rope and spun, will begin with kind of surface? | According to Clark's argument, water in a bucket, hung from a rope and spun, will begin with kind of surface? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-28490 | 5a0dcbf06e16420018587b3a | Canadian_football | In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rath... | In America what term is used for both Canadian foobal and Americam football | In America what term is used for both Canadian foobal and Americam football | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-12997 | 5ad009bc77cf76001a6867ca | Republic_of_the_Congo | In the controversial elections in 2002, Sassou won with almost 90% of the vote cast. His two main rivals, Lissouba and Bernard Kolelas, were prevented from competing and the only remaining credible rival, Andre Milongo, advised his supporters to boycott the elections and then withdrew from the race. A new constitution,... | What reduced the president's term to seven years? | What reduced the president's term to seven years? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-63725 | 5727bb19ff5b5019007d9398 | USB | Full-featured USB Type-C cables are active, electronically marked cables that contain a chip with an ID function based on the configuration data channel and vendor-defined messages (VDMs) from the USB Power Delivery 2.0 specification. USB Type-C devices also support power currents of 1.5 A and 3.0 A over the 5 V power ... | What is the shortened version of vendor-defined messages? | What is the shortened version of vendor-defined messages? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-104492 | 5ad23605d7d075001a4287f2 | Mandolin | Monroe's style involved playing lead melodies in the style of a fiddler, and also a percussive chording sound referred to as "the chop" for the sound made by the quickly struck and muted strings. He also perfected a sparse, percussive blues style, especially up the neck in keys that had not been used much in country mu... | What chording feeling was Monroe popular for? | What chording feeling was Monroe popular for? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-89617 | 572fddffb2c2fd1400568534 | The_Blitz | Y-Gerät was the most complex system of the three. It was, in effect, an automatic beam-tracking system, operated through the bomber's autopilot. The single approach beam along which the bomber tracked was monitored by a ground controller. The signals from the station were retransmitted by the bomber's equipment. This w... | The crew could be order to drop the bomb by what? | The crew could be order to drop the bomb by what? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-75301 | 5ad149f5645df0001a2d1597 | Labour_Party_(UK) | Labour improved its performance in 1987, gaining 20 seats and so reducing the Conservative majority from 143 to 102. They were now firmly re-established as the second political party in Britain as the Alliance had once again failed to make a breakthrough with seats. A merger of the SDP and Liberals formed the Liberal D... | What did the National Executive Committee do before 1987? | What did the National Executive Committee do before 1987? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-89359 | 5a14acf9a54d42001852931e | Great_power | Since the end of the World Wars, the term "great power" has been joined by a number of other power classifications. Foremost among these is the concept of the superpower, used to describe those nations with overwhelming power and influence in the rest of the world. It was first coined in 1944 by William T.R. Fox and ac... | How many original middle powers are there? | How many original middle powers are there? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-114133 | 5a42d3864a4859001aac7353 | Philosophy_of_space_and_time | According to Presentism, time is an ordering of various realities. At a certain time some things exist and others do not. This is the only reality we can deal with and we cannot for example say that Homer exists because at the present time he does not. An Eternalist, on the other hand, holds that time is a dimension of... | What do Eterialist say time is independent of? | What do Eterialist say time is independent of? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-12264 | 5a65ba22c2b11c001a425d17 | Antibiotics | Antibiotics revolutionized medicine in the 20th century, and have together with vaccination led to the near eradication of diseases such as tuberculosis in the developed world. Their effectiveness and easy access led to overuse, especially in livestock raising, prompting bacteria to develop resistance. This has led to ... | What other medicine worked along antibiotics to classify diseases like tuberculosis? | What other medicine worked along antibiotics to classify diseases like tuberculosis? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-9068 | 5732516be17f3d1400422869 | The_Bronx | The territory now contained within Bronx County was originally part of Westchester County, one of the 12 original counties of the English Province of New York. The present Bronx County was contained in the town of Westchester and parts of the towns of Yonkers, Eastchester, and Pelham. In 1846, a new town, West Farms, w... | When was the town of Kingsbridge created? | When was the town of Kingsbridge created? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-41801 | 56d660e91c850414009470d3 | 2008_Sichuan_earthquake | Because of the magnitude of the quake, and the media attention on China, foreign nations and organizations immediately responded to the disaster by offering condolences and assistance. On May 14, UNICEF reported that China formally requested the support of the international community to respond to the needs of affected... | What did foreign nations offer China because of the severity of the quake? | What did foreign nations offer China because of the severity of the quake? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-35057 | 5a8cdae5fd22b3001a8d8f4e | Memory | In contrast, procedural memory (or implicit memory) is not based on the conscious recall of information, but on implicit learning. It can best be summarized as remember how to do something. Procedural memory is primarily employed in learning motor skills and should be considered a subset of implicit memory. It is revea... | What set of skills is not reliant on procedural memory? | What set of skills is not reliant on procedural memory? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-29614 | 570c49f9fed7b91900d45845 | Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) | Devotions to artistic depictions of Mary vary among Christian traditions. There is a long tradition of Roman Catholic Marian art and no image permeates Catholic art as does the image of Madonna and Child. The icon of the Virgin Theotokos with Christ is without doubt the most venerated icon in the Orthodox Church. Both ... | Which icon is most venerated in the Orthodox Church? | Which icon is most venerated in the Orthodox Church? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-19737 | 57313386e6313a140071cd04 | Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas | The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the peoples of the continents. Although the exact pre-contact population of the Americas is unknown, scholars estimate that Native American populations diminished by between 80 and 90% within the first centuries of contact with European... | What was the leading cause of death for the native population after European contact? | What was the leading cause of death for the native population after European contact? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-2071 | 5ad1741f645df0001a2d1c6b | Military_history_of_the_United_States | Starting in 1940 (18 months before Pearl Harbor), the nation mobilized, giving high priority to air power. American involvement in World War II in 1940–41 was limited to providing war material and financial support to Britain, the Soviet Union, and the Republic of China. The U.S. entered officially on 8 December 1941 f... | When did the US officially enter World War I? | When did the US officially enter World War I? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-35809 | 570a5e0e6d058f1900182dbe | Imperial_College_London | In 2003, it was reported that one third of female academics "believe that discrimination or bullying by managers has held back their careers". It was said then that "A spokesman for Imperial said the college was acting on the recommendations and had already made changes". Nevertheless, allegations of bullying have cont... | Who is the new President for Imperial College? | Who is the new President for Imperial College? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-100045 | 5ace550132bba1001ae4a2d8 | Guam | Post-European-contact Chamorro culture is a combination of American, Spanish, Filipino, other Micronesian Islander and Mexican traditions, with few remaining indigenous pre-Hispanic customs. These influences are manifested in the local language, music, dance, sea navigation, cuisine, fishing, games (such as batu, chonk... | What language did the Chamorro speak pre-contact? | What language did the Chamorro speak pre-contact? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-54433 | 56df705a5ca0a614008f9a36 | Christian | Korean still uses 기독교도, Kidok-kyo-do for "Christian", though the Greek form Kurisudo 그리스도 has now replaced the old Sino-Korean Kidok, which refers to Christ himself. | Which term referred to Jesus himself? | Which term referred to Jesus himself? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-53463 | 5727bc74ff5b5019007d93cb | Sichuan | The majority of the province's population is Han Chinese, who are found scattered throughout the region with the exception of the far western areas. Thus, significant minorities of Tibetan, Yi, Qiang and Nakhi people reside in the western portion that are impacted by inclement weather and natural disasters, environment... | What is one of the largest minorities in Chengdu? | What is one of the largest minorities in Chengdu? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-91053 | 572ac20c34ae481900deacbc | John_Kerry | Kerry "has emerged in the past few years as an important envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan during times of crisis," a Washington Post report stated in May 2011, as Kerry undertook another trip to the two countries. The killing of Osama bin Laden "has generated perhaps the most important crossroads yet," the report con... | What did Kerry get from the Pakistanis? | What did Kerry get from the Pakistanis? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-71787 | 5726d89c708984140094d349 | Capacitor | A capacitor (originally known as a condenser) is a passive two-terminal electrical component used to store electrical energy temporarily in an electric field. The forms of practical capacitors vary widely, but all contain at least two electrical conductors (plates) separated by a dielectric (i.e. an insulator that can ... | What was a capacitor originally known as? | What was a capacitor originally known as? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-62730 | 5acd04a907355d001abf31b7 | Pain | Nociceptive pain may also be divided into "visceral", "deep somatic" and "superficial somatic" pain. Visceral structures are highly sensitive to stretch, ischemia and inflammation, but relatively insensitive to other stimuli that normally evoke pain in other structures, such as burning and cutting. Visceral pain is dif... | What is superficial somatic pain initiated by? | What is superficial somatic pain initiated by? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-33992 | 5ad40beb604f3c001a40003f | Alaska | According to statistics collected by the Association of Religion Data Archives from 2010, about 34% of Alaska residents were members of religious congregations. 100,960 people identified as Evangelical Protestants, 50,866 as Roman Catholic, and 32,550 as mainline Protestants. Roughly 4% are Mormon, 0.5% are Jewish, 1% ... | According to the Association of Religion Data in 2012, what percentage of Alaskans are members of a relgious congregation? | According to the Association of Religion Data in 2012, what percentage of Alaskans are members of a relgious congregation? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-8790 | 56e0a5b6231d4119001ac326 | Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic | On June 12, 1990, the Congress of People's Deputies of the Republic adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR, which was the beginning of the "War of Laws", pitting the Soviet Union against the Russian Federation and other constituent republics. | What government was the Russian Federation fighting against during this period? | What government was the Russian Federation fighting against during this period? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-52658 | 5a3ae5cc3ff257001ab8430f | Planck_constant | The X-ray crystal density method is primarily a method for determining the Avogadro constant NA but as the Avogadro constant is related to the Planck constant it also determines a value for h. The principle behind the method is to determine NA as the ratio between the volume of the unit cell of a crystal, measured by X... | How is unit nucleus volume calculated? | How is unit nucleus volume calculated? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-21506 | 5a64ff22c2b11c001a425b83 | Sumer | The Sumerian city-states rose to power during the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods. Sumerian written history reaches back to the 27th century BC and before, but the historical record remains obscure until the Early Dynastic III period, c. the 23rd century BC, when a now deciphered syllabary writing system was develop... | What city-states declined during the Ubaid and Uruk periods? | What city-states declined during the Ubaid and Uruk periods? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-63478 | 5a7a3c9517ab25001a8a03f2 | Buckingham_Palace | Directly underneath the State Apartments is a suite of slightly less grand rooms known as the semi-state apartments. Opening from the Marble Hall, these rooms are used for less formal entertaining, such as luncheon parties and private audiences. Some of the rooms are named and decorated for particular visitors, such as... | Which European chef is The 1845 Room named after? | Which European chef is The 1845 Room named after? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-54431 | 5ad2e059d7d075001a42a5c4 | Christian | In Japan, the term kirishitan (written in Edo period documents 吉利支丹, 切支丹, and in modern Japanese histories as キリシタン), from Portuguese cristão, referred to Roman Catholics in the 16th and 17th centuries before the religion was banned by the Tokugawa shogunate. Today, Christians are referred to in Standard Japanese as キリ... | Which term was used to refer to Christians after the religion was banned? | Which term was used to refer to Christians after the religion was banned? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-38022 | 57301bf5b2c2fd1400568889 | Roman_Republic | In 62 BC, Pompey returned victorious from Asia. The Senate, elated by its successes against Catiline, refused to ratify the arrangements that Pompey had made. Pompey, in effect, became powerless. Thus, when Julius Caesar returned from a governorship in Spain in 61 BC, he found it easy to make an arrangement with Pompey... | What provided the Roman senate with exuberance? | What provided the Roman senate with exuberance? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-72721 | 5ad36c75604f3c001a3fe1a6 | Dell | In the 1990s, Dell switched from using primarily ATX motherboards and PSU to using boards and power supplies with mechanically identical but differently wired connectors. This meant customers wishing to upgrade their hardware would have to replace parts with scarce Dell-compatible parts instead of commonly available pa... | What year didn't Dell revert its power connectors to industry standard ones? | What year didn't Dell revert its power connectors to industry standard ones? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-23371 | 5731bedce99e3014001e6241 | Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States | The incorporation of the First Amendment establishment clause in the landmark case of Everson v. Board of Education has impacted the subsequent interpretation of the separation of church and state in regard to the state governments. Although upholding the state law in that case, which provided for public busing to priv... | What was a recent case involving the application of the principle of the establishment clause against states? | What was a recent case involving the application of the principle of the establishment clause against states? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-59425 | 5726a572dd62a815002e8be6 | Electric_motor | A major turning point in the development of DC machines took place in 1864, when Antonio Pacinotti described for the first time the ring armature with its symmetrically grouped coils closed upon themselves and connected to the bars of a commutator, the brushes of which delivered practically non-fluctuating current. The... | In what two cities did Gramme conduct his demonstrations? | In what two cities did Gramme conduct his demonstrations? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-14538 | 572faa5304bcaa1900d76b96 | Han_dynasty | One of the Han's greatest mathematical advancements was the world's first use of negative numbers. Negative numbers first appeared in the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art as black counting rods, where positive numbers were represented by red counting rods. Negative numbers are used in the Bakhshali manuscript of a... | How were negative numbers first described during the Han period? | How were negative numbers first described during the Han period? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-98128 | 56e1a30ee3433e1400423058 | Hydrogen | In more recent applications, hydrogen is used pure or mixed with nitrogen (sometimes called forming gas) as a tracer gas for minute leak detection. Applications can be found in the automotive, chemical, power generation, aerospace, and telecommunications industries. Hydrogen is an authorized food additive (E 949) that ... | How is hydrogen used as a food additive? | How is hydrogen used as a food additive? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-82242 | 5726a1bbdd62a815002e8b78 | Pesticide | Since chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides dissolve in fats and are not excreted, organisms tend to retain them almost indefinitely. Biological magnification is the process whereby these chlorinated hydrocarbons (pesticides) are more concentrated at each level of the food chain. Among marine animals, pesticide concentrat... | Why are hydrocarbon pesticides not excreted? | Why are hydrocarbon pesticides not excreted? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-32179 | 5729058baf94a219006a9f6b | Myanmar | Many religions are practised in Myanmar. Religious edifices and orders have been in existence for many years. Festivals can be held on a grand scale. The Christian and Muslim populations do, however, face religious persecution and it is hard, if not impossible, for non-Buddhists to join the army or get government jobs,... | Are all welcomed to practice faith openly in Burma | Are all welcomed to practice faith openly in Burma | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-85779 | 5711225fa58dae1900cd6c8c | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | A number of special controllers designed for use with specific games were released for the system, though very few such devices proved particularly popular. Such devices included, but were not limited to, the Zapper (a light gun), the R.O.B., and the Power Pad. The original Famicom featured a deepened DA-15 expansion p... | How were the special controllers connected to the NES? | How were the special controllers connected to the NES? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-54234 | 5ad3ed3a604f3c001a3ff7ae | Canadian_Armed_Forces | The Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service (COATS) consists of officers and non-commissioned members who conduct training, safety, supervision and administration of nearly 60,000 cadets aged 12 to 18 years in the Canadian Cadet Movement. The majority of members in COATS are officers of the Cadet Instru... | Who is not eligible to serve as a COATS trainer? | Who is not eligible to serve as a COATS trainer? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-73390 | 56d37bac59d6e414001464ec | American_Idol | Crystal Bowersox, who has Type-I diabetes, fell ill due to diabetic ketoacidosis on the morning of the girls performance night for the top 20 week and was hospitalized. The schedule was rearranged so the boys performed first and she could perform the following night instead; she later revealed that Ken Warwick, the sho... | What producer wanted to remove Crystal Bowersox from the competition? | What producer wanted to remove Crystal Bowersox from the competition? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-75203 | 57284d303acd2414000df8d1 | Labour_Party_(UK) | In their first meeting after the election the group's Members of Parliament decided to adopt the name "The Labour Party" formally (15 February 1906). Keir Hardie, who had taken a leading role in getting the party established, was elected as Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (in effect, the Leader), although on... | Who overturned the Taft Vale judgement? | Who overturned the Taft Vale judgement? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-23928 | 5acfc07077cf76001a685c8e | Federalism | Some Christians argue that the earliest source of political federalism (or federalism in human institutions; in contrast to theological federalism) is the ecclesiastical federalism found in the Bible. They point to the structure of the early Christian Church as described (and prescribed, as believed by many) in the New... | Where was the structure that the late Christian church described? | Where was the structure that the late Christian church described? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-82332 | 5a7128460efcfe001a8afd84 | Pesticide | Pesticides safety education and pesticide applicator regulation are designed to protect the public from pesticide misuse, but do not eliminate all misuse. Reducing the use of pesticides and choosing less toxic pesticides may reduce risks placed on society and the environment from pesticide use. Integrated pest manageme... | What are two classifications of pests in an ecosystem? | What are two classifications of pests in an ecosystem? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-35884 | 57270465f1498d1400e8f24d | Comcast | Comcast is sometimes described as a family business. Brian L. Roberts, Chairman, President, and CEO of Comcast, is son of co-founder Ralph Roberts. Roberts owns or controls just over 1% of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares, which gives him an "undilutable 33% voting power over the company". L... | Who co-founded Comcast? | Who co-founded Comcast? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-91770 | 57278345708984140094dfad | Botany | Plant anatomy is the study of the structure of plant cells and tissues, whereas plant morphology is the study of their external form. All plants are multicellular eukaryotes, their DNA stored in nuclei. The characteristic features of plant cells that distinguish them from those of animals and fungi include a primary ce... | What is the study of the inside of plants? | What is the study of the inside of plants? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-63499 | 57261935ec44d21400f3d8cb | Buckingham_Palace | At the centre of this wing is the famous balcony with the Centre Room behind its glass doors. This is a Chinese-style saloon enhanced by Queen Mary, who, working with the designer Sir Charles Allom, created a more "binding" Chinese theme in the late 1920s, although the lacquer doors were brought from Brighton in 1873. ... | Which room feature the famous balcony? | Which room feature the famous balcony? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-45913 | 5731ba99e99e3014001e620e | YouTube | YouTube relies on its users to flag the content of videos as inappropriate, and a YouTube employee will view a flagged video to determine whether it violates the site's terms of service. In July 2008, the Culture and Media Committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom stated that it was "unimpressed" with You... | Youtube depends on who to flag inappropriate videos? | Youtube depends on who to flag inappropriate videos? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-14593 | 5730289204bcaa1900d7727a | Alfred_North_Whitehead | In 1918 Whitehead's academic responsibilities began to seriously expand as he accepted a number of high administrative positions within the University of London system, of which Imperial College London was a member at the time. He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of London in late 1918 (a po... | When did Whitehead go to America? | When did Whitehead go to America? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-17803 | 5ad241d7d7d075001a428982 | Spectre_(2015_film) | To promote the film, production continued the trend established during Skyfall's production of releasing still images of clapperboards and video blogs on Eon's official social media accounts. | Who released moving images to promote the film? | Who released moving images to promote the film? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-98897 | 5a5ad4db9c0277001abe71cd | Heresy | Perhaps due to the many modern negative connotations associated with the term heretic, such as the Spanish inquisition, the term is used less often today. The subject of Christian heresy opens up broader questions as to who has a monopoly on spiritual truth, as explored by Jorge Luis Borges in the short story "The Theo... | What do Christian heretics question? | What do Christian heretics question? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-35999 | 5a736fc553a187001ae631b4 | Comcast | On April 8, 2005, a partnership led by Comcast and Sony Pictures Entertainment finalized a deal to acquire MGM and its affiliate studio, United Artists, and create an additional outlet to carry MGM/UA's material for cable and Internet distribution. On October 31, 2005, Comcast officially announced that it had acquired ... | Where is MGM located? | Where is MGM located? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-45949 | 5731becde17f3d140042237f | YouTube | In May 2014, prior to the launch of YouTube's subscription-based Music Key service, the independent music trade organization Worldwide Independent Network alleged that YouTube was using non-negotiable contracts with independent labels that were "undervalued" in comparison to other streaming services, and that YouTube w... | Which journalistic organization released the reports of youtube's agreement with the Merlin Network? | Which journalistic organization released the reports of youtube's agreement with the Merlin Network? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-43313 | 5726652c708984140094c4ab | Poultry | A 2011 study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute showed that 47% of the meat and poultry sold in United States grocery stores was contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus, and 52% of the bacteria concerned showed resistance to at least three groups of antibiotics. Thorough cooking of the product would kill ... | When is it possible for baccteria is enter into poultry before you get it home? | When is it possible for baccteria is enter into poultry before you get it home? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-102959 | 5acd236507355d001abf3677 | Unicode | The CJK ideographs currently have codes only for their precomposed form. Still, most of those ideographs comprise simpler elements (often called radicals in English), so in principle, Unicode could have decomposed them, as it did with Hangul. This would have greatly reduced the number of required code points, while all... | What did Unicode do to CJK ideographs? | What did Unicode do to CJK ideographs? | [
"What did Unicode do to CJK ideographs?"
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gem-squad_v2-train-106990 | 5735ffae012e2f140011a115 | Hunting | Nevertheless, although a distinction between lawful and unlawful hunting is undoubtedly permissible, it is certain that a bishop can absolutely prohibit all hunting to the clerics of his diocese, as was done by synods at Milan, Avignon, Liège, Cologne, and elsewhere. Benedict XIV (De synodo diœces., l. II, c. x) declar... | Who can prohibit hunting to the clerics? | Who can prohibit hunting to the clerics? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-82372 | 5a71317a0efcfe001a8afdad | Pesticide | The first legislation providing federal authority for regulating pesticides was enacted in 1910; however, decades later during the 1940s manufacturers began to produce large amounts of synthetic pesticides and their use became widespread. Some sources consider the 1940s and 1950s to have been the start of the "pesticid... | How many pesticides were used in 1910? | How many pesticides were used in 1910? | [
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gem-squad_v2-train-92935 | 5aced50332bba1001ae4b659 | Tajikistan | Tajiks began to be conscripted into the Soviet Army in 1939 and during World War II around 260,000 Tajik citizens fought against Germany, Finland and Japan. Between 60,000(4%) and 120,000(8%) of Tajikistan's 1,530,000 citizens were killed during World War II. Following the war and Stalin's reign attempts were made to f... | Whose living conditions, education, and industry outpaced the other Soviet Republics? | Whose living conditions, education, and industry outpaced the other Soviet Republics? | [
"Whose living conditions, education, and industry outpaced the other Soviet Republics?"
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gem-squad_v2-train-78025 | 572817474b864d190016445a | Strasbourg | Strasbourg also offers high-class eclecticist buildings in its very extended German district, the Neustadt, being the main memory of Wilhelmian architecture since most of the major cities in Germany proper suffered intensive damage during World War II. Streets, boulevards and avenues are homogeneous, surprisingly high ... | What was the former imperial palace called? | What was the former imperial palace called? | [
"What was the former imperial palace called?"
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gem-squad_v2-train-52861 | 5727a7852ca10214002d9302 | Political_party | In the United Kingdom, it has been alleged that peerages have been awarded to contributors to party funds, the benefactors becoming members of the House of Lords and thus being in a position to participate in legislating. Famously, Lloyd George was found to have been selling peerages. To prevent such corruption in the ... | How did people attempt to overcome this law? | How did people attempt to overcome this law? | [
"How did people attempt to overcome this law?"
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gem-squad_v2-train-61525 | 57280b934b864d19001642f4 | St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador | By 1620, the fishermen of England's West Country controlled most of Newfoundland's east coast. In 1627, William Payne, called St. John's "the principal prime and chief lot in all the whole country". The population grew slowly in the 17th century and St. John's was the largest settlement in Newfoundland when English nav... | When did Irish men begin to operate inshore fishing boats in St. John's? | When did Irish men begin to operate inshore fishing boats in St. John's? | [
"When did Irish men begin to operate inshore fishing boats in St. John's?"
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gem-squad_v2-train-27268 | 572edbc103f9891900756a96 | Transistor | The thermionic triode, a vacuum tube invented in 1907, enabled amplified radio technology and long-distance telephony. The triode, however, was a fragile device that consumed a lot of power. Physicist Julius Edgar Lilienfeld filed a patent for a field-effect transistor (FET) in Canada in 1925, which was intended to be ... | What was the purpose of the thermionic triode? | What was the purpose of the thermionic triode? | [
"What was the purpose of the thermionic triode?"
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