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Production | Who was the first time actress that played Wadjda in the motion picture film Wadjda? | Wadjda | false | 6MOVIES | [
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"According to the director Haifaa al-Mansour, it took five years to make \"Wadjda\".",
"Most of the time was spent trying to find financial backing and getting filming permission, since she insisted on filming in Saudi Arabia for reasons of authenticity.",
"She received backing from Rotana, the film production ... | [
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Abstract | What is Vermeer famously renowned for? | Johannes Vermeer | true | 3ART | [
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"Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (; 1632 – December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life.",
"Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime.",
"He seems never to have been particularly wealthy, leaving his wife and children in de... | [
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On other planets | When was an aurora dectected? | Aurora | false | 8SCIENCE | [
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"",
"[[Image:Saturns Northern Aurora still.jpg|thumb|An aurora high above the northern part of Saturn; image taken by the Cassini spacecraft,a movie (click on image), shows images from 81 hours of observations of Saturn's aurora]]Both Jupiter and Saturn have magnetic fields much stronger than Earth's (Jupiter's e... | [
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Early modern history (1536–1849) | What years did the Northern Seven Years' War take place? | Denmark | true | 5COUNTRY | [
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"Early modern history (1536–1849).",
"After Sweden permanently broke away from the Kalmar Union in 1523, Denmark tried on two occasions to reassert control over Sweden.",
"The first was in the Northern Seven Years' War which lasted from 1563 until 1570.",
"The second occasion was the Kalmar War when King Chri... | [
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Science and technology | What year was the Science Academy of Lisbon founded? | Portugal | false | 5COUNTRY | [
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"Scientific and technological research activities in Portugal are mainly conducted within a network of R&D units belonging to public universities and state-managed autonomous research institutions like the INETI – Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação and the INRB – Instituto Nacional dos Recursos... | [
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Music video | Was anyone naked in the video for Somebody That I Used to Know? | Somebody That I Used to Know | true | 0MUSIC | [
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"Music video.",
"The music video for \"Somebody That I Used To Know\", which was directed and produced by Natasha Pincus, shows both Gotye and Kimbra naked throughout the clip, and as they sing, his skin is gradually painted into the backdrop via stop motion animation.",
"In the director's cut, it features nudi... | [] |
Results | What is the result if no side wins when the time runs out? | Cricket | true | 4SPORT | [
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"If the team that bats last is all out having scored fewer runs than their opponents, the team is said to have \"lost by \"n\" runs\" (where \"n\" is the difference between the number of runs scored by the teams).",
"If the team that bats last scores enough runs to win, it is said to have \"won by \"n\" wickets\"... | [
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Death | How did Claude Monet die? | Claude Monet | true | 3ART | [
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"Monet died of lung cancer on 5 December 1926 at the age of 86 and is buried in the Giverny church cemetery.",
"Monet had insisted that the occasion be simple; thus only about fifty people attended the ceremony.",
"His home, garden, and waterlily pond were bequeathed by his son Michel, his only heir, to the Fre... | [
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Scoring | How is a error made? | Volleyball | false | 4SPORT | [
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"When the ball contacts the floor within the court boundaries or an error is made, the team that did not make the error is awarded a point, whether they served the ball or not.",
"If the ball hits the line, the ball is counted as in.",
"The team that won the point serves for the next point.",
"If the team tha... | [
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Democratization (1999-) | How long was Nigeria under military rule? | Nigeria | false | 5COUNTRY | [
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"Democratization (1999-).",
"Nigeria regained democracy in 1999 when it elected Olusegun Obasanjo, the former military head of state, as the new President of Nigeria ending almost 33 years of military rule (from 1966 until 1999) excluding the short-lived second republic (between 1979 and 1983) by military dictato... | [
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Abstract | When Andy Dufresne was incarcerated, who did he befriend? | The Shawshank Redemption | true | 6MOVIES | [
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"The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.",
"Adapted from the Stephen King novella \"Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption\", the film tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who spends 19 years in Shawshank Stat... | [
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Buena Vista Street | What's Buena Vista Street? | Disney California Adventure | true | 2TRAVEL | [
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"Buena Vista Street is the first \"themed district\" inside the main entrance of California Adventure Park, taking its name from the Burbank street on which the Walt Disney Studios are located.",
"Guests enter through the main entrance gate, which resembles the landmark Pan-Pacific Auditorium.",
"Buena Vista St... | [
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Health | Why did local pregnant women protest in Hong Kong? | Hong Kong | true | 5COUNTRY | [
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"There are 13 private hospitals and more than 40 public hospitals in Hong Kong.",
"There is little interaction between public and private healthcare.",
"The hospitals offer a wide range of healthcare services, and some of the territory's private hospitals are considered to be world class.",
"According to UN e... | [
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"Hatfill v. Ashcroft" | What year was the case settled? | Person of interest | true | 1TV | [
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"The use of the term became widely critiqued when United States Attorney General John Ashcroft used it in a press conference when asked if Dr. Steven J. Hatfill was a suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks case.",
"In 2002, Hatfill's attorney filed a complaint with the Justice Department's Office of Professional Res... | [
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Entry | Why is it impossible to achieve a completely vertical position through entry when diving? | Diving | false | 4SPORT | [
1
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"The rules state that the body should be vertical, or nearly so, for entry.",
"Strictly speaking, it is physically impossible to achieve a literally vertical position throughout the entry as there will inevitably still be some rotational momentum while the body is entering the water.",
"Divers therefore attempt... | [
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Fictionalised account | What is one of the differences from historical facts in the film? | Battle of Red Cliffs | false | 7HISTORICAL EVENTS | [
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"The romantic tradition that originated with Luo Guanzhong's historical novel \"Romance of the Three Kingdoms\" differs from historical accounts in many details.",
"For example, Cao Cao's army strength was exaggerated to over 830,000 men.",
"This may be attributed to the ethos of later times, particularly of th... | [
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Popular culture and cinema | The music of persia is related to what culture? | Iran | true | 5COUNTRY | [
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"The musical culture of Persia, while distinct, is closely related to other musical systems of the West and Central Asia.",
"It has also affinities to the music cultures of the Indian subcontinent, to a certain degree even to those of Africa, and, in the period after 1850 particularly, to that of Europe.",
"Its... | [
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Government finance | Who's wage was cut in 2010 by 20%? | Portugal | true | 5COUNTRY | [
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"The Portuguese government is heavily indebted, and received a 78 billion euro bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund in May 2011.",
"The ratio of Portugal’s debt to its overall economy, was 107 percent when it received the bailout.",
"As part of the deal, the country agreed to cut ... | [
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Abstract | What is the effect of a quantized electron bond on an atom? | Quantum | true | 8SCIENCE | [
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"In physics, a quantum (plural: quanta) is the minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction.",
"Behind this, one finds the fundamental notion that a physical property may be \"quantized,\" referred to as \"the hypothesis of quantization\".",
"This means that the magnitude can take on only ce... | [
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Cultural significance | Which magazine published E.B.? | Man at the Crossroads | false | 3ART | [
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"The Rockefeller-Rivera dispute has become an emblem of the relationship of politics, aesthetics, creative freedom and economic power.",
"The American poet Archibald MacLeish's 1933 collection \"Frescoes for Mr. Rockefeller's City\" was inspired by the incident.",
"It included six \"irony-laden\" poems about th... | [] |
Monetarist | What do Monetarists argue caused the Great Depression? | Great Depression | false | 7HISTORICAL EVENTS | [
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"Monetarists, including Milton Friedman, argue that the Great Depression was mainly caused by monetary contraction, the consequence of poor policy-making by the American Federal Reserve System and continued crisis in the banking system.",
"In this view, the Federal Reserve, by not acting, allowed the money supply... | [
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Season 4 | Can you give the name of the ex-boyfriend of Leaslie? | Parks and Recreation | true | 1TV | [
7
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"With Ben's encouragement, Leslie decides to run for city council, and the two end their relationship.",
"Leslie hires Andy as her assistant.",
"Patricia Clarkson appears as Ron's first ex-wife, \"Tammy One\", who uses her power as an IRS employee to trick Ron into thinking he's being audited and temporarily ta... | [] |
Spin-off | Who was responsible for the Vampire Diaries spin-off attempt? | The Vampire Diaries | true | 1TV | [
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"Former president of entertainment at The CW, Dawn Ostroff, mentioned a spin-off idea in 2010 that she said could happen in a few years.",
"A spin-off was in development for the 2011 fall line-up but, due to Kevin Williamson's commitment to \"The Secret Circle\", it was put on hold indefinitely.",
"On January 1... | [
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Particle accelerators | When did physicists develop the particle accelerator? | Electron | true | 8SCIENCE | [
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"With the development of the particle accelerator during the first half of the twentieth century, physicists began to delve deeper into the properties of subatomic particles.",
"The first successful attempt to accelerate electrons using electromagnetic induction was made in 1942 by Donald Kerst.",
"His initial ... | [
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Cubism | Who developed Analytic Cubism? | Pablo Picasso | false | 3ART | [
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"Analytic cubism (1909–1912) is a style of painting Picasso developed with Georges Braque using monochrome brownish and neutral colours.",
"Both artists took apart objects and \"analyzed\" them in terms of their shapes.",
"Picasso and Braque's paintings at this time share many similarities.",
"Synthetic cubis... | [
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From naming to numbering | Why did Pollock not name his paintings? | Jackson Pollock | true | 3ART | [
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"Continuing to evade the viewer's search for figurative elements in his paintings, Pollock abandoned titles and started numbering his works.",
"He said about this: \"...look passively and try to receive what the painting has to offer and not bring a subject matter or preconceived idea of what they are to be looki... | [
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Internationalization of the renminbi | What year did Russia begin using Chinese renminbi in it's transcations? | China | true | 5COUNTRY | [
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"In November 2010, Russia began using the Chinese renminbi in its bilateral trade with China.",
"This was soon followed by Japan, Australia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.",
"As a result of the rapid internationalization of the renminbi, it became the eighth-most-traded currency in the world in 2013."
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Casualties | How many people were killed during the Vietnam War? | Vietnam War | true | 7HISTORICAL EVENTS | [
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"Estimates of the number of casualties vary, with one source suggesting up to 3.8 million violent war deaths.195,000–430,000 South Vietnamese civilians died in the war.",
"50,000–65,000 North Vietnamese civilians died in the war.",
"The Army of the Republic of Vietnam lost between 171,331 and 220,357 men during... | [
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Curries of Punjab | What should the spice level be? | Curry | false | 9FOOD | [
4
] | [
"Punjab is a rich agricultural land, where fresh vegetables and fruits have always been accessible.",
"A typical Punjabi meal consists of some form of bread or rice with a \"salan\" (curry).",
"Most preparations start with the frying of a masala which is a concoction of ginger, garlic, onions and tomatoes with ... | [
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Background and release | Who helped write the song with Adele, Set fire to Rain. | Set Fire to the Rain | false | 0MUSIC | [
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"",
"\"Set Fire to the Rain\" was written by Adele and Fraser T Smith while the production was handled by Smith.",
"On 28 October, during an interview with \"Billboard\", Columbia Records revealed that \"Rumour Has It\" would be released as the third single from the album and serviced to pop and adult contempor... | [
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Specialty Job | On beaches, how is ice cream sold? | Ice cream | true | 9FOOD | [
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"Today, jobs specialize in the selling of ice cream.",
"The title of a person who works in this speciality is often called an 'ice cream man', however women also specialize in the selling of ice cream.",
"People in this line of work often sell ice cream on beaches.",
"On beaches, ice cream is either sold by a... | [
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Release and promotion | When was "Free Spirit" released? | Take Care (album) | false | 0MUSIC | [
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"The first track Drake released was \"Dreams Money Can Buy\" on May 20, 2011 through his October's Very Own blog.",
"Drake mentioned this song was \"A Story of Dreams, mixed with reality,\" and that this was not his first single off the album but that it would be included on \"Take Care\".",
"On June 9, 2011, a... | [
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Setting and access | When did the Stonehenge visitors' center open to the public? | Stonehenge | false | 2TRAVEL | [
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"When Stonehenge was first opened to the public it was possible to walk among and even climb on the stones, but the stones were roped off in 1977 as a result of serious erosion.",
"Visitors are no longer permitted to touch the stones, but are able to walk around the monument from a short distance away.",
"Engli... | [
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Metallic character | What factors contribute to an increase in metallic character in an element? | Periodic table | true | 8SCIENCE | [
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"The lower the values of ionization energy, electronegativity and electron affinity, the more metallic character the element has.",
"Conversely, nonmetallic character increases with higher values of these properties.",
"Given the periodic trends of these three properties, metallic character tends to decrease go... | [
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Gravitational time dilation and frequency shift | What becomes of light that that is projected into a gravity well? | General relativity | true | 8SCIENCE | [
1
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"Assuming that the equivalence principle holds, gravity influences the passage of time.",
"Light sent down into a gravity well is blueshifted, whereas light sent in the opposite direction (i.e., climbing out of the gravity well) is redshifted; collectively, these two effects are known as the gravitational frequen... | [
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Origins | What is the legend of tug of war? | Tug of war | false | 4SPORT | [
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"The origins of tug of war are uncertain, but it is beyond dispute that this once royal sport was practised in ancient Egypt, Greece and China, where it was held in legend that the Sun and Moon played Tug of War over the light and darkness.",
"It is also widely believed the sport was made popular in Great Britain... | [
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Slopestyle | What kinds of obstacles are on a snowboard course? | Snowboarding | false | 4SPORT | [
1
] | [
"Competitors perform tricks while descending a course, moving around, over, across, up, or down terrain features.",
"The course is full of obstacles including boxes, rails, jumps, jibs (includes anything the board or rider can slide across).",
"Slope-style contests consists of choosing your own line in a terrai... | [
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Culture | When was writing first introduced by the Spaniards? | Peru | true | 5COUNTRY | [
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"Peruvian culture is primarily rooted in Amerindian and Spanish traditions, though it has also been influenced by various Asian, African, and other European ethnic groups.",
"Peruvian artistic traditions date back to the elaborate pottery, textiles, jewelry, and sculpture of Pre-Inca cultures.",
"The Incas main... | [
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Urbanization | Why is there growing concerns about land use in Switzerland? | Switzerland | false | 5COUNTRY | [
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"Between two thirds and three quarters of the population live in urban areas.",
"Switzerland has gone from a largely rural country to an urban one in just 70 years.",
"Since 1935 urban development has claimed as much of the Swiss landscape as it did during the previous 2,000 years.",
"This urban sprawl does n... | [
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Questions of authenticity | The Bachelor is produced by which two studios? | The Bachelor (U.S. TV series) | true | 1TV | [
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] | [
"On February 26, 2009, in an exclusive interview between \"The Bachelor\" Season 13 contestant Megan Parris, and Steve Carbone, Megan commented that the producers edit the footage to create a fictional storyline.",
"\"I don't think producers showed any real conversation I had with anyone...",
"The viewers fail ... | [] |
Solar astronomy | What is agreed to have caused the Little Ice Age during the Middle Ages? | Astronomy | true | 8SCIENCE | [
8
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"Specific subfields.",
"Solar astronomy.",
"At a distance of about eight light-minutes, the most frequently studied star is the Sun, a typical main-sequence dwarf star of stellar class G2 V, and about 4.6 billion years (Gyr) old.",
"The Sun is not considered a variable star, but it does undergo periodic chang... | [
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Issues | In what year was "Yokum v. 615 Bourbon Street"? | Bourbon Street | true | 2TRAVEL | [
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"Historically noise violations were the responsibility of the party making the noise.",
"This changed in 1996 with \"Yokum v. 615 Bourbon Street\".",
"The case ruled that the property owner, not the noise-maker is responsible for noise violations.",
"A 2010 city ordinance stipulates that no music may be playe... | [
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Civil War and aftermath | When did Boutefika promise further constitutional and political reform? | Algeria | false | 5COUNTRY | [
21
] | [
"In December 1991 the Islamic Salvation Front dominated the first of two rounds of legislative elections.",
"Fearing the election of an Islamist government, the authorities intervened on 11 January 1992, cancelling the elections.",
"Bendjedid resigned and a High Council of State was installed to act as Presiden... | [
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Architecture | Who designed Batu-Tsagaan? | Mongolia | false | 5COUNTRY | [
10
] | [
"The traditional Mongolian dwelling is known as a \"ger\".",
"In the past it was known by the Russian term \"yurt\", but this is changing as the Mongolian term becomes better known among English-speaking countries.",
"According to Mongolian artist and art critic N. Chultem, the \"ger\" was the basis for develop... | [
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Languages | How many indigenous language does the constitution recognize? | Venezuela | false | 5COUNTRY | [
1
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"Although the country is mostly monolingual Spanish, many languages are spoken in Venezuela.",
"In addition to Spanish, the Constitution recognizes more than thirty indigenous languages, including Wayuu, Warao, Pemón, and many others for the official use of the indigenous peoples, mostly with few speakers – less ... | [
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No clock to kill | When did the NPB shorten games? | Baseball | false | 4SPORT | [
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"In clock-limited sports, games often end with a team that holds the lead killing the clock rather than competing aggressively against the opposing team.",
"In contrast, baseball has no clock; a team cannot win without getting the last batter out and rallies are not constrained by time.",
"At almost any turn in... | [
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Composition and lyrics | What key was the song written in? | We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together | false | 0MUSIC | [
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"The three minute and twelve second song features electronic heavy production and a pop music vocal styling, a musical transition for Swift.",
"An alternate edition was recorded for country radio featuring a different instrumental arrangement.",
"The country arrangement replaced the guitar, drum machine, and sy... | [
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Music Concourse Area | Golden Gate Park contains how many fountains? | Golden Gate Park | true | 2TRAVEL | [
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"Major features.",
"Music Concourse Area.",
"The Music Concourse is a sunken, oval-shaped open-air plaza originally excavated for the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894.",
"Its focal point is the Spreckels Temple of Music, also called the \"Bandshell,\" where numerous music performances hav... | [
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The four building campaigns (1664–1710) | Which architect put together the modern design at Palace of Versailles? | Palace of Versailles | true | 2TRAVEL | [
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"The four building campaigns (1664–1710).",
"The first building campaign (1664–1668) commenced with the \"Plaisirs de l'Île enchantée\" (Pleasures of the Enchanted Island) of 1664, a fête that was held between 7 and 13 May 1664.",
"The campaign involved alterations in the château and gardens to accommodate the ... | [] |
Law, law enforcement, and judicial system | How many Councillors of Justice are there on the Supreme Court? | Sweden | false | 5COUNTRY | [
2
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"The Supreme Court of Sweden is the third and final instance in all civil and criminal cases in Sweden.",
"Before a case can be decided by the Supreme Court, leave to appeal must be obtained, and with few exceptions, leave to appeal can be granted only when the case is of interest as a precedent.",
"The Supreme... | [
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Awards and reception | What did they show at the Contemporary World Cinema during the Toronto International Film Festival? | The Selfish Giant (2013 film) | true | 6MOVIES | [
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"It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Europa Cinemas award.",
"It was also nominated for the 2013 Lux Prize.",
"The film was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.",
"It won Best Film a... | [
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Vegetable salad | What are some common raw vegetables used in salad? | Salad | false | 9FOOD | [
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"Vegetables other than greens may be used in a salad.",
"Common raw vegetables used in a salad include cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, onions, spring onions, red onions, carrots, celery, and radishes.",
"Other ingredients, such as mushrooms, avocado, olives, hard boiled egg, artichoke hearts, heart of palm, roast... | [
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Publication history | Why did Tolkien dislike the title of his book "The Return of the King" | The Lord of the Rings | true | 6MOVIES | [
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"A dispute with his publisher, George Allen & Unwin, led to the book being offered to Collins in 1950.",
"Tolkien intended \"The Silmarillion\" (itself largely unrevised at this point) to be published along with \"The Lord of the Rings,\" but A&U were unwilling to do this.",
"After Milton Waldman, his contact a... | [
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Loans and Grants | How much of the Marshall plan aid was Germany supposed to repay? | Marshall Plan | false | 7HISTORICAL EVENTS | [
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"The Marshall plan, just as GARIOA, consisted of aid both in the form of grants and in the form of loans.",
"Out of the total, 1.2 billion USD were loan-aid.",
"Ireland which received 146.2 million USD through the Marshall plan, received 128.2 million USD as loans, and the remaining 18 million USD as grants.",
... | [
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Personal life | When did Lights get engaged? | Lights (musician) | false | 0MUSIC | [
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"While at a Taking Back Sunday concert, Beau Bokan, the lead vocalist of metalcore band Blessthefall, asked a mutual friend of Lights if they would introduce the two.",
"The couple started dating soon after.",
"On August 30, 2011, Lights became engaged to Bokan.",
"As his proposal, Bokan made fortune cookies ... | [
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Music video | Who did that scene where a guy goes into the water, and then at the end of the video he gets out and looks at the camera overhead? | Chasing Cars | true | 0MUSIC | [
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"There are two music videos: one for UK, one for the US.",
"In the music video for UK, Gary Lightbody lies on open ground as cameras film him from different angles.",
"It starts raining, splashing his face and hands.",
"Gary enters a pool of water next to him and in the end of the video, he gets out of the wa... | [
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Additional main cast | Who removed the book from kirk? | Gilmore Girls | true | 1TV | [
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"The following characters have been promoted to main character status since season 2.",
"All additional main cast are only credited in episodes in which they appear.",
"\"*\" In the second episode of Season One ('The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton'), Sean Gunn played a character named \"Mick\", who worked for a... | [
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Literature | What year did Spyri die? | Switzerland | true | 5COUNTRY | [
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"As the Confederation, from its foundation in 1291, was almost exclusively composed of German-speaking regions, the earliest forms of literature are in German.",
"In the 18th century, French became the fashionable language in Bern and elsewhere, while the influence of the French-speaking allies and subject lands ... | [
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Solar activity | According to the readings from the satellites that measure the output of the Sun, is global warming due to the Sun's output? | Global warming | false | 8SCIENCE | [
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"Since 1978, output from the Sun has been precisely measured by satellites.",
"These measurements indicate that the Sun's output has not increased since 1978, so the warming during the past 30 years cannot be attributed to an increase in solar energy reaching the Earth.",
"Climate models have been used to exami... | [] |
Collections | Where is it rumored that Andy Warhol bought a mummified human foot from Ancient Egypt? | Andy Warhol | false | 3ART | [
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"Warhol was an avid collector.",
"His friends referred to his numerous collections, which filled not only his four-story townhouse, but also a nearby storage unit, as \"Andy's Stuff.\"",
"The true extent of his collections was not discovered until after his death, when the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh took ... | [
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Paintings of the 1490s | What medium was The Last Supper painted in? | Leonardo da Vinci | true | 3ART | [
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"Leonardo's most famous painting of the 1490s is \"The Last Supper\", painted for the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan.",
"The painting represents the last meal shared by Jesus with his disciples before his capture and death.",
"It shows specifically the moment when Jesus has just s... | [
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Home media | When did Forest Gump get released on tape? | Forrest Gump | true | 6MOVIES | [
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"",
"\"Forrest Gump\" was first released on VHS tape on April 27, 1995, as a two-disc Laserdisc set on April 28, 1995, (including the \"Through the Eyes of Forrest\" special feature), before being released in a two-disc DVD set on August 28, 2001.",
"Special features included director and producer commentaries,... | [
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Pink teddy bear | Where in Jane's bedroom can the damaged teddy bear be seen? | Breaking Bad | false | 1TV | [
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] | [
"A motif within the second season is the image of a damaged teddy bear and its missing eye.",
"The teddy bear first appears at the end of the music video \"Fallacies\" for Jesse's band \"TwaüghtHammër\", which was released as a webisode in February 2009 leading to the second season.",
"The teddy bear can also b... | [
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Films | Which season features the most snowboarding films releases? | Snowboarding | false | 4SPORT | [
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"Snowboarding films have become a main part of progression in the sport.",
"Each season, many films are released, usually in Autumn.",
"These are made by many snowboard specific video production companies as well as manufacturing companies that use these films as a form of advertisement.",
"Snowboarding video... | [] |
Conservation | What agency oversees the conversation of Mount Rushmore? | Mount Rushmore | false | 2TRAVEL | [
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"The ongoing conservation of the site is overseen by the US National Park Service.",
"Physical efforts to conserve the monument have included replacement of the sealant applied originally by Gutzon Borglum, which had proved ineffective at providing water resistance (components include linseed oil, granite dust an... | [
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Abstract | Which country were the first known practical telescopes invented? | Telescope | false | 8SCIENCE | [
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"A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light).",
"The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century, using glass lenses.",
"They found use in terrestrial applic... | [] |
Russian military attaché's office | Where did Artamonov say he went on vacation? | Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | false | 7HISTORICAL EVENTS | [
2
] | [
"Apis's confession to ordering the assassination of Franz Ferdinand states that Russian Military Attaché Artamonov promised Russia's protection from Austria-Hungary if Serbia's intelligence operations became exposed and that Russia had funded the assassination.",
"Artamonov denied the involvement of his office in... | [
4
] |
Geography | Is the Grand Canyon the deepest canyon in the world? | Grand Canyon | false | 2TRAVEL | [
1
] | [
"The Grand Canyon is a big fissure in the Colorado Plateau that exposes uplifted Proterozoic and Paleozoic strata, and is also one of the 19 distinct physiographic sections of the Colorado Plateau province.",
"It is not the deepest canyon in the world (Kali Gandaki Gorge in Nepal is far deeper), however, the Gran... | [] |
Abstract | What Olympic sport has been a staple since 1912? | Modern pentathlon | true | 4SPORT | [
1
] | [
"The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport that comprises five events: fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a final combined event of pistol shooting, and a 3200 m cross-country run.",
"The sport has been a core sport of the Olympic Games since 1912, and since 1949 an annual World Championship has... | [
0
] |
Music and dance | How man professional orchestras does Spain have? | Spain | false | 5COUNTRY | [
4
] | [
"Spanish music is often considered abroad to be synonymous with flamenco, a West Andalusian musical genre, which, contrary to popular belief, is not widespread outside that region.",
"Various regional styles of folk music abound in Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, Castile, the Basque Country, Galicia and Asturias.",
... | [
5
] |
Department of Asia | Which museum has the most comprehensive collection of sculpture from the Indian subcontinent in the world? | British Museum | false | 2TRAVEL | [
2
] | [
"The scope of the Department of Asia is extremely broad, its collections of over 75,000 objects covers the material culture of the whole Asian continent (from East, South, Central and South-East Asia) and from the Neolithic up to the present day.",
"Key highlights of the collections include:",
"The most compreh... | [] |
Naval warfare | What ship sunk a North Korean ship in the Battle of Haeju? | Korean War | false | 7HISTORICAL EVENTS | [
6
] | [
"Because neither Korea had a large navy, the Korean War featured few naval battles; mostly the combatant navies served as naval artillery for their in-country armies.",
"A skirmish between North Korea and the UN Command occurred on 2 July 1950; the US Navy cruiser USS \"Juneau\", the Royal Navy cruiser HMS \"Jama... | [
0
] |
Demographics | How many people live in the territory of Hong Kong? | Hong Kong | false | 5COUNTRY | [
0
] | [
"The territory's population in 2011 is 7.07 million, with an average annual growth rate of 0.6% over the previous five years.",
"Residents from mainland China do not have the right of abode in Hong Kong, nor are they allowed to enter the territory freely.",
"However, the influx of immigrants from mainland China... | [
5
] |
Abstract | Which senator sponsored Mount Rushmore's construction? | Mount Rushmore | true | 2TRAVEL | [
8,
7
] | [
"The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota Sioux name: Six Grandfathers) near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States.",
"Sculpted by Danish-American Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore features sculptures of the heads o... | [] |
Trench warfare begins | From Lorraine to where was there a complete line of entrenched German forces facing Britain and France? | World War I | true | 7HISTORICAL EVENTS | [
9
] | [
"Western Front.",
"Trench warfare begins.",
"Military tactics before World War I had failed to keep pace with advances in technology.",
"These advances allowed for impressive defence systems, which out-of-date military tactics could not break through for most of the war.",
"Barbed wire was a significant hin... | [
4
] |
British Museum Press | What does the acronym BMP stand for? | British Museum | true | 2TRAVEL | [
1
] | [
" Press.",
"The British Museum Press (BMP) is the publishing business and a division of the British Museum Company Ltd, a company and a charity (established in 1973) wholly owned by the Trustees of the British Museum.",
"The BMP publishes both popular and scholarly illustrated books to accompany the exhibition ... | [
0
] |
Track listing | How long is the remix of Lovelife? | Counting Stars | true | 0MUSIC | [
2
] | [
";CD single",
" \"Counting Stars\" – 4:17",
" \"Counting Stars\" (Lovelife remix) – 3:55"
] | [
5
] |
Aviation accidents | How old was the person that siad they wanted to commit suicide in Stone Mountain? | Stone Mountain | false | 2TRAVEL | [
1
] | [
"According to George Weiblen's annotated calendar for Monday, May 7, 1928: \"Mail plane crashed on mountain at 8:00 P.M.\"Around dusk on September 16, 2003, in clear weather, a small airplane circled the mountain five times, then crashed headlong into the south side, burst into flames and killed the pilot.",
"A w... | [
5
] |
Cast | in "Kung Fu Panda", the role of Crane is played by who? | Kung Fu Panda | true | 6MOVIES | [
9
] | [
" Jack Black as Po, an energetic yet accident-prone giant panda.",
"He is also a die-hard fan of the Furious Five and kung fu, despite the fact that his father wants him take over the family noodle shop.",
"To everyone's surprise, Po is chosen as the Dragon Warrior by Master Oogway, and in the end he defeats Ta... | [
3
] |
Series overview | How many people were left after the invasion on "Falling Skies"? | Falling Skies | false | 1TV | [
2
] | [
"",
"\"Falling Skies\" tells the story of the aftermath of a global invasion by extraterrestrials (including mechanical attack drones called \"mechs\", a species of green-skinned six-legged beings known as \"Skitters\" that appear to control the mechs, and a third mysterious species known as the Overlords, or \"e... | [
5
] |
Bacteriophages | How many types of bacteriophage are there? | Bacteria | true | 8SCIENCE | [
1
] | [
"Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria.",
"Many types of bacteriophage exist, some simply infect and lyse their host bacteria, while others insert into the bacterial chromosome.",
"A bacteriophage can contain genes that contribute to its host's phenotype: for example, in the evolution of and \"Clostri... | [
5
] |
Landing | What is a successful landing in gymastics called? | Gymnastics | true | 4SPORT | [
5
] | [
"In an aerial routine, or any form of tumbling, landing is the final phase, following take off and flight This is a critical skill in terms of execution in competition scores, general performance, and injury occurrence.",
"Without the necessary magnitude of energy dissipation during impact, the risk of sustaining... | [
0
] |
Sports | What sport is popular in the UAE? | United Arab Emirates | true | 5COUNTRY | [
0
] | [
"Football is a popular sport in the UAE.",
"Emirati football clubs Al-Ain, Al-Wasl, Al-Shabbab ACD, Al-Sharjah, Al-Wahda, and Al-Ahli are the most popular teams and enjoy the reputation of long-time regional champions.",
"The United Arab Emirates Football Association was first established in 1971 and since then... | [
0
] |
Astrophysics | What scientist came up with the theory of relativity? | Physics | true | 8SCIENCE | [
6
] | [
"Astrophysics and astronomy are the application of the theories and methods of physics to the study of stellar structure, stellar evolution, the origin of the solar system, and related problems of cosmology.",
"Because astrophysics is a broad subject, astrophysicists typically apply many disciplines of physics, i... | [
0
] |
Anatomical theories | Who talked about Dr. Meshberger's interpretation? | The Creation of Adam | true | 3ART | [
3
] | [
"Several hypotheses have been put forward about the meaning of \"The Creation of Adam\"'s highly original composition, many of them taking Michelangelo's well-documented expertise in human anatomy as their starting point.",
"In 1990, an Anderson, Indiana physician named Frank Lynn Meshberger, M.D.",
"noted in t... | [
3
] |
Acts of vandalism | When did a vandal with a knife cut The Night Watch? | The Night Watch | true | 3ART | [
0,
1
] | [
"On January 13, 1911, a man slashed the painting with a shoemaker's knife.",
"The work was attacked with a bread knife by an unemployed school teacher on September 14, 1975, resulting in several large zig-zagged slashes.",
"It was successfully restored after four years, but some evidence of the damage is still ... | [
2
] |
Conflicts | Did Harrison walk out and quit on the group? | Let It Be | false | 0MUSIC | [
5
] | [
"The rehearsals and recording sessions for the album did not run smoothly.",
"The acrimony that began during the recording of the previous year's \"White Album\" resumed soon after the rehearsals began.",
"The Beatles were not getting along, and Lennon and McCartney weren't working together as before.",
"McCa... | [] |
Middle distance | The most prevalent middle-distance track events are what? | Track and field | true | 4SPORT | [
0
] | [
"The most common middle-distance track events are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event.",
"The 880 yard run, or half mile, was the forebear of the 800 m distance and it has its roots in competitions in the United Kingdom in the 1830s.... | [
0
] |
Iraqi drones | While presenting to the U. N., what did Colin Powel suggest about UAVs? | 2003 invasion of Iraq | true | 7HISTORICAL EVENTS | [
1
] | [
"In October 2002, a few days before the US Senate vote on the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution, about 75 senators were told in closed session that the Iraqi government had the means of delivering biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) dron... | [
0
] |
In Norway | Who introduced the kebob in Norway during the 1980's? | Kebab | false | 9FOOD | [
0
] | [
"In Norway, the kebab was introduced by Pakistani and Turkish immigrants during the 1980s.",
"The kebab has become a symbol of immigration from the Muslim world, and speaking Norwegian with an Arab accent or with a lot of words and expressions borrowed from the Pakistani, Turkish, Arabic, and Persian languages is... | [
3
] |
Judo versus Jujutsu | What kind of techniques did Kano reject? | Judo | false | 4SPORT | [
4
] | [
" versus Jujutsu.",
"Central to Kano's vision for judo were the principles of and .",
"He illustrated the application of \"seiryoku zen'yō\" with the concept of :Kano realised that \"seiryoku zen'yō\", initially conceived as a Jujutsu concept, had a wider philosophical application.",
"Coupled with the Confuci... | [
0
] |
Types of biomolecules | What is the name for the biomolecule that humans consume for health purposes? | Biomolecule | true | 8SCIENCE | [
3
] | [
"A diverse range of biomolecules exist, including:",
" Small molecules:",
"* Lipids, polysaccharides, glycolipids, sterols, glycerolipids",
"* Vitamins",
"* Hormones, neurotransmitters",
"*Metabolites",
" Monomers, oligomers and polymers:"
] | [
0
] |
Canada | What is the process and ingredients for making peameal bacon? | Bacon | true | 9FOOD | [
4
] | [
"An individual piece of bacon is a 'slice' or 'strip'.",
"In Canada:",
" The term bacon on its own or, more specifically, side bacon typically refers to bacon from the pig's belly.",
" Back bacon refers to either smoked or unsmoked bacon cut from the boneless eye of pork loin; this is called 'Canadian bacon' ... | [
0
] |
Soviet Union centre – the new General Secretary | When was Michail Gorbachev elected? | Dissolution of the Soviet Union | true | 7HISTORICAL EVENTS | [
1
] | [
"Soviet Union centre – the new General Secretary.",
"Mikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary by the Politburo on 11 March 1985, only three hours after Konstantin Chernenko's death.",
"At age 54, he was the youngest member of the Politburo.",
"Gorbachev's primary goal as General Secretary was to revive... | [
2
] |
Types of biomolecules | What type of biomolecules are consumed by humans for health purposes? | Biomolecule | false | 8SCIENCE | [
3
] | [
"A diverse range of biomolecules exist, including:",
" Small molecules:",
"* Lipids, polysaccharides, glycolipids, sterols, glycerolipids",
"* Vitamins",
"* Hormones, neurotransmitters",
"*Metabolites",
" Monomers, oligomers and polymers:"
] | [
0
] |
Events | How many people were killed during a single day of the October revolution? | October Revolution | false | 7HISTORICAL EVENTS | [
21
] | [
"On , the Bolsheviks' Central Committee voted 10-2 for a resolution saying that \"an armed uprising is inevitable, and that the time for it is fully ripe\".",
"On , Bolshevik leader Jaan Anvelt led his leftist revolutionaries in an uprising in Tallinn, the capital of the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia.",
"Tw... | [
5
] |
Critical response | Whose performance did Scott Shetler parallel "More grounded" to? | Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) | true | 0MUSIC | [
1,
2
] | [
"",
"\"Stronger\" received critical acclaim from contemporary critics, with many complimenting its sound and Clarkson's vocal performance.",
"Scott Shetler of \"PopCrush\" gave the song four stars out of five, lauding its strong hook and empowering message.",
"He ended his review by describing the song as \"v... | [] |
Solar astronomy | What is believed to have caused the Little Ice Age phenomenon in the Middle Ages? | Astronomy | false | 8SCIENCE | [
8
] | [
"Specific subfields.",
"Solar astronomy.",
"At a distance of about eight light-minutes, the most frequently studied star is the Sun, a typical main-sequence dwarf star of stellar class G2 V, and about 4.6 billion years (Gyr) old.",
"The Sun is not considered a variable star, but it does undergo periodic chang... | [
0
] |
Prehistory | What years do fossils at Zhoukoudian date back to? | China | false | 5COUNTRY | [
1
] | [
"Archaeological evidence suggests that early hominids inhabited China between 250,000 and 2.24 million years ago.",
"A cave in Zhoukoudian (near present-day Beijing) exhibits hominid fossils dated at between 680,000 and 780,000 BCE.",
"The fossils are of Peking Man, an example of \"Homo erectus\" who used fire.... | [
0
] |
History | What literature was the word proton first used in? | Proton | false | 8SCIENCE | [
21
] | [
"The concept of a hydrogen-like particle as a constituent of other atoms was developed over a long period.",
"As early as 1815, William Prout proposed that all atoms are composed of hydrogen atoms (which he called \"protyles\"), based on a simplistic interpretation of early values of atomic weights (see Prout's h... | [
0
] |
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