title stringclasses 442
values | context stringlengths 151 3.71k | question stringlengths 1 25.7k | id stringlengths 24 24 | answer stringlengths 1 202 ⌀ | answer_start int64 -1 3.11k | plausible_answer stringlengths 1 160 ⌀ | plausible_answer_start int64 -1 3.29k | is_impossible bool 2
classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Somalis | The FIBA Africa Championship 1981 was hosted by Somalia from 15–23 December 1981. The games were played in Mogadishu, and the Somali national team received the bronze prize. Abdi Bile won the 1500 m event at the World Championships in 1987, running the fastest final 800 m of any 1,500 meter race in history. He was a tw... | In what city did the 1981 FIBA African Championship take place? | 56fae79e8f12f3190063028f | Mogadishu | 107 | null | -1 | false |
Napoleon | In the Kingdom of Holland, the British launched the Walcheren Campaign to open up a second front in the war and to relieve the pressure on the Austrians. The British army only landed at Walcheren on 30 July, by which point the Austrians had already been defeated. The Walcheren Campaign was characterized by little fight... | When did the British withdraw from Walcheren? | 5726acfa5951b619008f79cb | December 1809 | 478 | null | -1 | false |
Endangered_Species_Act | The person or organization submits a HCP and if approved by the agency (FWS or NMFS), will be issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) which allows a certain number of "takes" of the listed species. The permit may be revoked at any time and can allow incidental takes for varying amounts of time. For instance, the San Bru... | What entity publishes the HCP for public comment? | 5a848d097cf838001a46a916 | null | -1 | Federal Register | 712 | true |
United_States_dollar | In February 2007, the U.S. Mint, under the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005, introduced a new $1 U.S. Presidential dollar coin. Based on the success of the "50 State Quarters" series, the new coin features a sequence of presidents in order of their inaugurations, starting with George Washington, on the obverse side. Th... | In which year was the new Roosevelt Presidential coin introduced? | 5a8ce841fd22b3001a8d9000 | null | -1 | 2007 | 12 | true |
Samoa | Mission work in Samoa had begun in late 1830 by John Williams, of the London Missionary Society arriving in Sapapali'i from The Cook Islands and Tahiti. According to Barbara A. West, "The Samoans were also known to engage in ‘headhunting', a ritual of war in which a warrior took the head of his slain opponent to give t... | What work did Barbara A. West do in the late 1830's? | 5a6246a3f8d794001af1bf2a | null | -1 | Mission work | 0 | true |
Adult_contemporary_music | Another big impetus for the evolution of the AC radio format was the popularity of easy listening or "beautiful music" stations, stations with music specifically designed to be purely ambient. Whereas most easy listening music was instrumental, created by relatively unknown artists, and rarely purchased, AC was an atte... | What was another term for easy listening stations? | 56e6c4996fe0821900b8eb5e | beautiful music | 102 | null | -1 | false |
On_the_Origin_of_Species | Chapter I covers animal husbandry and plant breeding, going back to ancient Egypt. Darwin discusses contemporary opinions on the origins of different breeds under cultivation to argue that many have been produced from common ancestors by selective breeding. As an illustration of artificial selection, he describes fancy... | What does Darwin use to illustrate the effects of artificial selection? | 57279071dd62a815002ea08f | fancy pigeon breeding | 315 | null | -1 | false |
Germans | In 1870, after France attacked Prussia, Prussia and its new allies in Southern Germany (among them Bavaria) were victorious in the Franco-Prussian War. It created the German Empire in 1871 as a German nation-state, effectively excluding the multi-ethnic Austrian Habsburg monarchy and Liechtenstein. Integrating the Aust... | What religion was a majority in Germany? | 57294fd03f37b31900478227 | Protestant | 510 | null | -1 | false |
Translation | Web-based human translation is generally favored by companies and individuals that wish to secure more accurate translations. In view of the frequent inaccuracy of machine translations, human translation remains the most reliable, most accurate form of translation available. With the recent emergence of translation cro... | What type of translation is still never accurate and reliable? | 5a7e349470df9f001a87555b | null | -1 | human | 186 | true |
Mammal | The first amniotes apparently arose in the Late Carboniferous. They descended from earlier reptiliomorph amphibious tetrapods, which lived on land that was already inhabited by insects and other invertebrates as well as by ferns, mosses and other plants. Within a few million years, two important amniote lineages became... | From which period did the first known amniotes arise from? | 57262dba89a1e219009ac504 | Carboniferous | 48 | null | -1 | false |
Southampton | There are three members of parliament for the city: Royston Smith (Conservative) for Southampton Itchen, the constituency covering the east of the city; Dr. Alan Whitehead (Labour) for Southampton Test, which covers the west of the city; and Caroline Nokes (Conservative) for Romsey and Southampton North, which includes... | Which directional area of Southampton does Dr. Alan Whitehead represent? | 56f87cd7a6d7ea1400e176d9 | west | 220 | null | -1 | false |
Capacitor | Leakage is equivalent to a resistor in parallel with the capacitor. Constant exposure to heat can cause dielectric breakdown and excessive leakage, a problem often seen in older vacuum tube circuits, particularly where oiled paper and foil capacitors were used. In many vacuum tube circuits, interstage coupling capacito... | If the grid circuit voltage is increased beyond its regular bias setting, what doesn't happen to the conductive plates in power amplifiers? | 5acf675677cf76001a684d84 | null | -1 | cause the plates to glow red | 622 | true |
Namibia | Since independence Namibia has successfully completed the transition from white minority apartheid rule to parliamentary democracy. Multiparty democracy was introduced and has been maintained, with local, regional and national elections held regularly. Several registered political parties are active and represented in ... | What political party is Hifikepunye Pohamba a member of? | 5acfa71377cf76001a685724 | null | -1 | Swapo | 356 | true |
Database | IBM started working on a prototype system loosely based on Codd's concepts as System R in the early 1970s. The first version was ready in 1974/5, and work then started on multi-table systems in which the data could be split so that all of the data for a record (some of which is optional) did not have to be stored in a ... | What is the system IBM lost using Codd's research? | 5a8c452afd22b3001a8d8691 | null | -1 | System R | 78 | true |
Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union | On November 13, 1988, approximately 10,000 people attended an officially sanctioned meeting organized by the cultural heritage organization Spadschyna, the Kyiv University student club Hromada, and the environmental groups Zelenyi Svit ("Green World") and Noosfera, to focus on ecological issues. From November 14–18, 15... | What sort of organization is Spadschnyna? | 5727e149ff5b5019007d976a | cultural heritage | 109 | null | -1 | false |
Kanye_West | In September 2005, West announced that he would release his Pastelle Clothing line in spring 2006, claiming "Now that I have a Grammy under my belt and Late Registration is finished, I am ready to launch my clothing line next spring." The line was developed over the following four years – with multiple pieces teased by... | When did Kanye West annouce his Pastelle Clothing line? | 56d118a217492d1400aab91a | September 2005 | 3 | null | -1 | false |
Federalism | Whilst it is often perceived as an optimal solution for states comprising different cultural or ethnic communities, the federalist model seems to work best in largely homogeneous states such as the United States, Germany or Australia, but there is also evidence to the contrary such as in Switzerland. Tensions between t... | What countries did the federalist model succeed in? | 5acf9b5f77cf76001a68545f | null | -1 | Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia | 620 | true |
Cork_(city) | Research institutes linked to the third level colleges in the city support the research and innovation capacity of the city and region. Examples include the Tyndall National Institute (ICT hardware research), IMERC (Marine Energy), Environmental Research Institute, NIMBUS (Network Embedded Systems); and CREATE (Advance... | What supports the research and innovation of Europe? | 5a5d746a5e8782001a9d5f30 | null | -1 | Research institutes linked to the third level colleges | 0 | true |
Jehovah%27s_Witnesses | Russell moved the Watch Tower Society's headquarters to Brooklyn, New York, in 1909, combining printing and corporate offices with a house of worship; volunteers were housed in a nearby residence he named Bethel. He identified the religious movement as "Bible Students," and more formally as the International Bible Stud... | What did Russell combine at the headquarters? | 57323dbf0fdd8d15006c6872 | printing and corporate offices with a house of worship | 95 | null | -1 | false |
Valencia | The third largest city in Spain and the 24th most populous municipality in the European Union, Valencia has a population of 809,267 within its administrative limits on a land area of 134.6 km2 (52 sq mi). The urban area of Valencia extending beyond the administrative city limits has a population of between 1,561,000 an... | From which countries does the biggest rise in Valencia's foreign population come? | 570d6968b3d812140066d889 | Bolivia, Romania and Italy | 551 | null | -1 | false |
Canadian_Armed_Forces | The responsibility for military command remained with the British Crown-in-Council, with a commander-in-chief for North America stationed at Halifax until the final withdrawal of British Army and Royal Navy units from that city in 1906. Thereafter, the Royal Canadian Navy was formed, and, with the advent of military av... | Where was the commander-in-chief stationed? | 56dde6229a695914005b9687 | Halifax | 141 | null | -1 | false |
Catalan_language | In contrast with other Romance languages, Catalan has many monosyllabic words; and those ending in a wide variety of consonants and some consonant clusters. Also, Catalan has final obstruent devoicing, thus featuring many couplets like amic "(male friend") vs. amiga ("female friend"). | What do many words feature? | 56e176e4cd28a01900c67987 | couplets | 222 | null | -1 | false |
National_Archives_and_Records_Administration | In an effort to make its holdings more widely available and more easily accessible, the National Archives began entering into public–private partnerships in 2006. A joint venture with Google will digitize and offer NARA video online. When announcing the agreement, Archivist Allen Weinstein said that this pilot program ... | What is Google helping NARA with? | 56e78fd700c9c71400d772ca | digitize and offer NARA video online | 196 | null | -1 | false |
FA_Cup | In the 51 years prior to the Empire Stadium opening, the final (including 8 replays) was held in a variety of locations, predominantly in London, and mainly at the Kennington Oval and then Crystal Palace. It was played 22 times in the Oval (the inaugural competition in 1872, and then all but two times until 1892). Afte... | In what time period was the FA cup final played outside of London? | 5a8ca135fd22b3001a8d8c33 | null | -1 | 1895 to 1914 | 369 | true |
Biodiversity | Finally, an introduced species may unintentionally injure a species that depends on the species it replaces. In Belgium, Prunus spinosa from Eastern Europe leafs much sooner than its West European counterparts, disrupting the feeding habits of the Thecla betulae butterfly (which feeds on the leaves). Introducing new sp... | What types of new nutrients can be introduced? | 5a8cc204fd22b3001a8d8e1a | null | -1 | exotic | 398 | true |
Raleigh,_North_Carolina | Raleigh's industrial base includes banking/financial services; electrical, medical, electronic and telecommunications equipment; clothing and apparel; food processing; paper products; and pharmaceuticals. Raleigh is part of North Carolina's Research Triangle, one of the country's largest and most successful research pa... | What is the main industrial area of Raleigh? | 5726b737708984140094cec9 | banking/financial services; | 35 | null | -1 | false |
Botany | Species boundaries in plants may be weaker than in animals, and cross species hybrids are often possible. A familiar example is peppermint, Mentha × piperita, a sterile hybrid between Mentha aquatica and spearmint, Mentha spicata. The many cultivated varieties of wheat are the result of multiple inter- and intra-specif... | How do some plants avoid cross pollination? | 57274ab8f1498d1400e8f5c4 | pollen either fails to reach the stigma | 505 | null | -1 | false |
Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic | The Russian SFSR was controlled by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, until the abortive 1991 August coup, which prompted President Yeltsin to suspend the recently created Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. | What political organization controlled the RSFSR up to 1991? | 56e0a8ad231d4119001ac347 | the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | 35 | null | -1 | false |
George_VI | In 1947, the King and his family toured Southern Africa. The Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, Jan Smuts, was facing an election and hoped to make political capital out of the visit. George was appalled, however, when instructed by the South African government to shake hands only with whites, and referred to... | In what year did George become King? | 5a36b71595360f001af1b32a | null | -1 | 1947 | 3 | true |
Child_labour | The term child labour can be misleading when it confuses harmful work with employment that may be beneficial to children. It can also ignore harmful work outside employment and any benefits children normally derive from their work. Domestic work is an example: all families but the rich must work at cleaning, cooking, c... | All but what type of children must learn to clean? | 5727a7103acd2414000de8e5 | rich | 282 | null | -1 | false |
University_of_Kansas | The school newspaper of the University of Kansas is University Daily Kansan, which placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition of the prestigious William Randolph Hearst Writing Foundation competition, often called "The Pulitzers of College Journalism" in 2007. In Winter 2008, a group of students created KU... | In what year did the Daily Kansan lose the Intercollegiate Writing Competition? | 5acf63c777cf76001a684d28 | null | -1 | 2007 | 268 | true |
Alps | In the Miocene Epoch the mountains underwent severe erosion because of glaciation, which was noted in the mid-19th century by naturalist Louis Agassiz who presented a paper proclaiming the Alps were covered in ice at various intervals—a theory he formed when studying rocks near his Neuchâtel home which he believed orig... | Who noted the severe erosion of the mountains? | 56f8928baef23719006261be | Louis Agassiz | 137 | null | -1 | false |
Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation | Although many of FBI's functions are unique, its activities in support of national security are comparable to those of the British MI5 and the Russian FSB. Unlike the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which has no law enforcement authority and is focused on intelligence collection overseas, FBI is primarily a domestic... | How many field offices does the FBI have in major cities? | 570c26b0ec8fbc190045bcaa | 56 | 341 | null | -1 | false |
Nanjing | The current economy of the city is basically newly developed based on the past. Service industries are dominating, accounting for about 60 percent of the GDP of the city, and financial industry, culture industry and tourism industry are top 3 of them. Industries of information technology, energy saving and environmenta... | Companies such as Ford, IBM, Lucent, Samsung and SAP have built what in Nanjing? | 56e7a68600c9c71400d77488 | research center | 1,014 | null | -1 | false |
Sexual_orientation | Depending on which component of sexual orientation is being assessed and referenced, different conclusions can be drawn about the prevalence rate of homosexuality which has real world consequences. Knowing how much of the population is made up of homosexual individuals influences how this population may be seen or trea... | What did Bruce Voeller do with his findings? | 570ffeaab654c5140001f71e | used it as part of the modern gay rights movement to convince politicians and the public that "we [gays and lesbians] are everywhere". | 1,067 | null | -1 | false |
Circadian_rhythm | Circadian rhythms allow organisms to anticipate and prepare for precise and regular environmental changes. They thus enable organisms to best capitalize on environmental resources (e.g. light and food) compared to those that cannot predict such availability. It has therefore been suggested that circadian rhythms put or... | What allows organisms to anticipate and prepare for unexpected environmental changes? | 5a220964819328001af389cd | null | -1 | Circadian rhythms | 0 | true |
Somerset | There is also a range of independent or public schools. Many of these are for pupils between 11 and 18 years, such as King's College, Taunton and Taunton School. King's School, Bruton, was founded in 1519 and received royal foundation status around 30 years later in the reign of Edward VI. Millfield is the largest co-e... | In what year did Edward VI begin his reign? | 5acf934a77cf76001a6852fc | null | -1 | 1519 | 200 | true |
Paris | Since the 19th century, the built-up area of Paris has grown far beyond its administrative borders; together with its suburbs, the whole agglomeration has a population of 10,550,350 (Jan. 2012 census). Paris' metropolitan area spans most of the Paris region and has a population of 12,341,418 (Jan. 2012 census), or one-... | What is the aggregate population of Paris? | 5728b2912ca10214002da5fa | 10,550,350 | 171 | null | -1 | false |
British_Empire | The changing world order that the war had brought about, in particular the growth of the United States and Japan as naval powers, and the rise of independence movements in India and Ireland, caused a major reassessment of British imperial policy. Forced to choose between alignment with the United States or Japan, Brita... | British imperialism was being reconsidered in light of which territories' independence movements? | 57268034708984140094c81c | India and Ireland | 172 | null | -1 | false |
Sichuan | Sichuan came under the firm control of a Chinese central government during the Sui dynasty, but it was during the subsequent Tang dynasty where Sichuan regained its previous political and cultural prominence for which it was known during the Han. Chengdu became nationally known as a supplier of armies and the home of D... | Who fled from Sichuan to Chang'an? | 5a512d7dce860b001aa3fbf0 | null | -1 | Emperor Xuanzong | 415 | true |
Railway_electrification_system | A new approach to avoiding overhead wires is taken by the "second generation" tram/streetcar system in Bordeaux, France (entry into service of the first line in December 2003; original system discontinued in 1958) with its APS (alimentation par sol – ground current feed). This involves a third rail which is flush with ... | What year the "second generation" of tram system began to operate in France? | 572f3f3404bcaa1900d767c5 | 2003 | 170 | null | -1 | false |
Modern_history | In 1912, the Republic of China was established and Sun Yat-sen was inaugurated in Nanjing as the first Provisional President. But power in Beijing already had passed to Yuan Shikai, who had effective control of the Beiyang Army, the most powerful military force in China at the time. To prevent civil war and possible fo... | What did China agree to avoid the undermining of the Republic? | 572f54dba23a5019007fc554 | agreed to Army's demand that China be united under a Beijing government. | 385 | null | -1 | false |
Prime_minister | In the mid 17th century, after the English Civil War (1642–1651), Parliament strengthened its position relative to the monarch then gained more power through the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and passage of the Bill of Rights in 1689. The monarch could no longer establish any law or impose any tax without its permission ... | What war took place in the 1700's? | 5acfa94777cf76001a685794 | null | -1 | English Civil War | 35 | true |
American_Idol | Teenager Sanjaya Malakar was the season's most talked-about contestant for his unusual hairdo, and for managing to survive elimination for many weeks due in part to the weblog Vote for the Worst and satellite radio personality Howard Stern, who both encouraged fans to vote for him. However, on April 18, Sanjaya was vot... | Who was the most discussed singer in American Idols sixth season? | 56d375b159d6e4140014645d | Sanjaya Malakar | 9 | null | -1 | false |
Modern_history | The first Industrial Revolution merged into the Second Industrial Revolution around 1850, when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered ships and railways, and later in the 19th century with the internal combustion engine and electric power generation. The Second Industr... | What was the second industrial revolution was labeled? | 572f1b26cb0c0d14000f177f | separate Technical Revolution | 392 | null | -1 | false |
Hunting | Regulation of hunting within the United States dates from the 19th century. Some modern hunters see themselves as conservationists and sportsmen in the mode of Theodore Roosevelt and the Boone and Crockett Club. Local hunting clubs and national organizations provide hunter education and help protect the future of the s... | What group did Theodore Roosevelt belong to in the 19th century? | 5ace752d32bba1001ae4a73a | null | -1 | Crockett Club | 197 | true |
Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic | On December 24, Yeltsin informed the Secretary-General of the United Nations that by agreement of the member states of the CIS Russian Federation would assume the membership of the Soviet Union in all UN organs (including permanent membership in the UN Security Council). Thus, Russia is considered to be an original mem... | Who wasn't the first president of the Russian Federation? | 5ace097a32bba1001ae499e8 | null | -1 | Yeltsin | 622 | true |
Rajasthan | Rajasthani cooking was influenced by both the war-like lifestyles of its inhabitants and the availability of ingredients in this arid region. Food that could last for several days and could be eaten without heating was preferred. The scarcity of water and fresh green vegetables have all had their effect on the cooking.... | What famous dish is also known as hot garlic paste? | 572aad73be1ee31400cb814c | lashun ki chutney | 431 | null | -1 | false |
Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation | During the 1950s and 1960s, FBI officials became increasingly concerned about the influence of civil rights leaders, whom they believed had communist ties or were unduly influenced by them. In 1956, for example, Hoover sent an open letter denouncing Dr. T.R.M. Howard, a civil rights leader, surgeon, and wealthy entrepr... | What controversial domestic surveillance program did the CIA carry out? | 5ad37d89604f3c001a3fe41a | null | -1 | COINTELPRO | 547 | true |
House_music | The hypnotic electronic dance song "On and On", produced in 1984 by Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders and co-written by Vince Lawrence, had elements that became staples of the early house sound, such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer and minimal vocals as well as a Roland (specifically TR-808) drum machine and Korg (specif... | What type of bass synthesizer was a staple of the early Sanders sound? | 5ad271c1d7d075001a42946b | null | -1 | Roland TB-303 | 199 | true |
Adolescence | The end of adolescence and the beginning of adulthood varies by country and by function. Furthermore, even within a single nation state or culture there can be different ages at which an individual is considered (chronologically and legally) mature enough for society to entrust them with certain privileges and responsi... | Is the end of adolescence and beginning of adulthood easily agreed upon or does it vary by country? | 570ded450dc6ce1900204d16 | varies by country | 54 | null | -1 | false |
Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives | A look at one minority leadership strategy—partisan opposition—may suggest why it might be employed in specific circumstances. The purposes of obstruction are several, such as frustrating the majority party's ability to govern or attracting press and media attention to the alleged ineffectiveness of the majority party.... | What was Gephardt Dilatory accused of being a part of? | 5a84b1cf7cf838001a46aa46 | null | -1 | a "do-nothing Congress" | 655 | true |
Mosaic | In the following century Ravenna, the capital of the Western Roman Empire, became the center of late Roman mosaic art (see details in Ravenna section). Milan also served as the capital of the western empire in the 4th century. In the St Aquilinus Chapel of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, mosaics executed in the late 4th a... | When was the baptistry at the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio demolished? | 57314eae05b4da19006bd020 | the 15th century | 848 | null | -1 | false |
Gamal_Abdel_Nasser | At the 29 August Arab League summit in Khartoum, Nasser's usual commanding position had receded as the attending heads of state expected Saudi King Faisal to lead. A ceasefire in the Yemen War was declared and the summit concluded with the Khartoum Resolution. The Soviet Union soon resupplied the Egyptian military with... | What document called for Israel to abandon land it obtained during the war? | 572830693acd2414000df6a1 | UN Resolution 242 | 573 | null | -1 | false |
Near_East | "Near East" remained popular in diplomatic, trade and journalistic circles, but a variation soon developed among the scholars and the men of the cloth and their associates: "the Nearer East," reverting to the classical and then more scholarly distinction of "nearer" and "farther." They undoubtedly saw a need to separat... | There was a need to separate what from the terrain of the Ottoman Empire? | 56f8eaef9b226e1400dd11c8 | the Biblical lands | 322 | null | -1 | false |
Anthropology | Applied Anthropology refers to the application of the method and theory of anthropology to the analysis and solution of practical problems. It is a, "complex of related, research-based, instrumental methods which produce change or stability in specific cultural systems through the provision of data, initiation of direc... | Included in applied anthropology is researcher involvement as well as activism in what communities? | 5733cc56d058e614000b62a3 | participating | 509 | null | -1 | false |
Dutch_Republic | During the Republic, any person who wished to hold public office had to conform to the Reformed Church and take an oath to this effect. The extent to which different religions or denominations were persecuted depended much on the time period and regional or city leaders. In the beginning, this was especially focused on... | Who did most services put the focus on in the beginning? | 5a1cdddb4ea40d0018b06f65 | null | -1 | Roman Catholics | 321 | true |
Middle_Ages | The ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Empire survived the movements and invasions in the west mostly intact, but the papacy was little regarded, and few of the western bishops looked to the bishop of Rome for religious or political leadership. Many of the popes prior to 750 were more concerned with Byzantine affair... | About how many of Gregory's letters were concerned with Constantinople or Italy? | 56fb673d8ddada1400cd63ce | 850 | 484 | null | -1 | false |
Yale_University | The Yale Report of 1828 was a dogmatic defense of the Latin and Greek curriculum against critics who wanted more courses in modern languages, mathematics, and science. Unlike higher education in Europe, there was no national curriculum for colleges and universities in the United States. In the competition for students ... | Why was The Yale Report closed? | 5ad3d344604f3c001a3ff281 | null | -1 | the classics would not be abandoned | 568 | true |
Estonian_language | After the Estonian War of Independence in 1919, the Estonian language became the state language of the newly independent country. In 1945, 97.3% of Estonia considered itself ethnic Estonian and spoke the language. | After Estonia achieved independence what was made their state language? | 56e3c50e39bdeb1400347905 | Estonian | 10 | null | -1 | false |
Multiracial_American | After the American Revolutionary War, the number and proportion of free people of color increased markedly in the North and the South as slaves were freed. Most northern states abolished slavery, sometimes, like New York, in programs of gradual emancipation that took more than two decades to be completed. The last slav... | How were the laws in New York abolished? | 571a481910f8ca1400304fb6 | in programs of gradual emancipation | 222 | null | -1 | false |
Database | Database storage is the container of the physical materialization of a database. It comprises the internal (physical) level in the database architecture. It also contains all the information needed (e.g., metadata, "data about the data", and internal data structures) to reconstruct the conceptual level and external lev... | What do database administrators closely monitor? | 572fb19f04bcaa1900d76bfd | storage properties and configuration setting | 647 | null | -1 | false |
Imperial_College_London | Imperial College Union, the students' union at Imperial College, is run by five full-time sabbatical officers elected from the student body for a tenure of one year, and a number of permanent members of staff. The Union is given a large subvention by the university, much of which is spent on maintaining around 300 club... | How many full time officers run the union? | 570a5e736d058f1900182dc5 | five | 75 | null | -1 | false |
Liberal_Party_of_Australia | Gorton maintained good relations with the United States and Britain, but pursued closer ties with Asia. The Gorton government experienced a decline in voter support at the 1969 election. State Liberal leaders saw his policies as too Centralist, while other Liberals didn't like his personal behaviour. In 1971, Defence M... | Which countries did Gorton maintain close relationships with? | 5728e0eb2ca10214002daa13 | United States and Britain | 42 | null | -1 | false |
Tuberculosis | TB infection begins when the mycobacteria reach the pulmonary alveoli, where they invade and replicate within endosomes of alveolar macrophages. Macrophages identify the bacterium as foreign and attempt to eliminate it by phagocytosis. During this process, the bacterium is enveloped by the macrophage and stored tempora... | What does the combination of a lysosome and a phagolysosome create? | 5a8709981d3cee001a6a1084 | null | -1 | phagosome | 377 | true |
PlayStation_3 | PlayStation 3 console protects certain types of data and uses digital rights management to limit the data's use. Purchased games and content from the PlayStation Network store are governed by PlayStation's Network Digital Rights Management (NDRM). The NDRM allows users to access the data from up to 2 different PlayStat... | How many different PS3s can one user access? | 572821842ca10214002d9e97 | 2 | 300 | null | -1 | false |
Federalism | Spain is a unitary state with a high level of decentralisation, often regarded as a federal system in all but name or a "federation without federalism". The country has been quoted as being "an extraordinarily decentralized country", with the central government accounting for just 18% of public spending, 38% for the re... | What type of federalism system does Spain have? | 5728442e2ca10214002da201 | unitary state with a high level of decentralisation, often regarded as a federal system in all but name or a "federation without federalism" | 11 | null | -1 | false |
Middle_Ages | In agriculture, the increased usage of sheep with long-fibred wool allowed a stronger thread to be spun. In addition, the spinning wheel replaced the traditional distaff for spinning wool, tripling production.[AI] A less technological refinement that still greatly affected daily life was the use of buttons as closures ... | What was replaced by the spinning wheel? | 56fb942cb28b3419009f1e52 | the traditional distaff | 146 | null | -1 | false |
Windows_8 | On February 29, 2012, Microsoft released Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the beta version of Windows 8, build 8250. Alongside other changes, the build removed the Start button from the taskbar for the first time since its debut on Windows 95; according to Windows manager Chaitanya Sareen, the Start button was removed to re... | How many things were altered before developer version release? | 5ad4944bba00c4001a268c6a | null | -1 | 100,000 | 493 | true |
Washington_University_in_St._Louis | Olin has a network of more than 16,000 alumni worldwide. Over the last several years, the school’s endowment has increased to $213 million (2004) and annual gifts average $12 million per year.[citation needed] Simon Hall was opened in 1986 after a donation from John E. Simon. On May 2, 2014, the $90 million conjoined K... | When were Knight and Bauer Halls dedicated? | 572fd9b4a23a5019007fca8d | May 2, 2014 | 280 | null | -1 | false |
God | Stephen Hawking and co-author Leonard Mlodinow state in their book, The Grand Design, that it is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God. Both authors claim however, that it is possible to answer these questions... | What do both authors believe about God if you take a biological comparative approach? | 5a3c7fdccc5d22001a521de6 | null | -1 | it is highly probable that God exists | 600 | true |
New_York_City | New York City is home to the headquarters of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, and Major League Soccer. The New York metropolitan area hosts the most sports teams in these five professional leagues. Participation in professional sports ... | In what year were the Brooklyn Dodgers founded? | 56d10dd217492d1400aab838 | 1882 | 473 | null | -1 | false |
Pacific_War | The Battle of Leyte Gulf was arguably the largest naval battle in history and was the largest naval battle of World War II. It was a series of four distinct engagements fought off the Philippine island of Leyte from 23 to 26 October 1944. Leyte Gulf featured the largest battleships ever built, was the last time in hist... | What was the largest naval battle in World War II? | 57322fdf0fdd8d15006c6828 | Battle of Leyte Gulf | 4 | null | -1 | false |
Black_people | The concept of blackness in the United States has been described as the degree to which one associates themselves with mainstream African-American culture, politics, and values. To a certain extent, this concept is not so much about race but more about political orientation, culture and behavior. Blackness can be contr... | How does one "act white"? | 57070cab90286e26004fc85c | black Americans are said to behave with assumed characteristics of stereotypical white Americans | 353 | null | -1 | false |
Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic | On June 12, 1990, the Congress of People's Deputies adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty. On June 12, 1991, Boris Yeltsin was elected the first President. On December 8, 1991, heads of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus signed the Belavezha Accords. The agreement declared dissolution of the USSR by its founder states ... | What agreement did the Belavezha Accords supersede? | 56e099da231d4119001ac2c5 | 1922 Treaty on the Creation of the USSR | 342 | null | -1 | false |
Southeast_Asia | The overseas Chinese community has played a large role in the development of the economies in the region. These business communities are connected through the bamboo network, a network of overseas Chinese businesses operating in the markets of Southeast Asia that share common family and cultural ties. The origins of Ch... | The origin of which community can be traced to the 16th century? | 57266f97dd62a815002e84c0 | Chinese | 318 | null | -1 | false |
Digimon | The first Digimon anime introduced the Digimon life cycle: They age in a similar fashion to real organisms, but do not die under normal circumstances because they are made of reconfigurable data, which can be seen throughout the show. Any Digimon that receives a fatal wound will dissolve into infinitesimal bits of data... | Are there any circumstances under which a digimon cannot be reborn? | 572798dddd62a815002ea188 | if a Digimon's data is completely destroyed, they will die | 580 | null | -1 | false |
Sexual_orientation | Perceived sexual orientation may affect how a person is treated. For instance, in the United States, the FBI reported that 15.6% of hate crimes reported to police in 2004 were "because of a sexual-orientation bias". Under the UK Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, as explained by Advisory, Concil... | Under this law what does this state that is required by employers? | 57100d1da58dae1900cd681d | workers or job applicants must not be treated less favourably because of their sexual orientation | 353 | null | -1 | false |
Canon_law | The law of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full union with Rome was in much the same state as that of the Latin or Western Church before 1917; much more diversity in legislation existed in the various Eastern Catholic Churches. Each had its own special law, in which custom still played an important part. In 1929 Pius ... | When did Pius XI announce his goal of codifying the law of all Eastern Churches? | 56e1039be3433e1400422aa9 | 1929 | 310 | null | -1 | false |
Daylight_saving_time | Daylight saving time (DST) or summer time is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months by one hour so that in the evening daylight is experienced an hour longer, while sacrificing normal sunrise times. Typically, regions with summer time adjust clocks forward one hour close to the start of spring and adjust... | What do we get an extra hour of because we set the clocks forward? | 56e6fca46fe0821900b8ec80 | daylight | 134 | null | -1 | false |
Political_corruption | Corruption also generates economic distortion in the public sector by diverting public investment into capital projects where bribes and kickbacks are more plentiful. Officials may increase the technical complexity of public sector projects to conceal or pave the way for such dealings, thus further distorting investmen... | Economic distortion is created by corruption in the public sector by diverting what into capital projects? | 56ea94715a205f1900d6d35c | public investment | 80 | null | -1 | false |
Alfred_North_Whitehead | But while Claremont remains the most concentrated hub of Whiteheadian activity, the place where Whitehead's thought currently seems to be growing the most quickly is in China. In order to address the challenges of modernization and industrialization, China has begun to blend traditions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucia... | Why does John Cobb believe China has become interested in process philosophy? | 5733766ed058e614000b5b64 | interdependence of humanity and nature, as well as his emphasis on an educational system that includes the teaching of values rather than simply bare facts | 800 | null | -1 | false |
Emotion | In the late 19th century, the most influential theorists were William James (1842–1910) and Carl Lange (1834–1900). James was an American psychologist and philosopher who wrote about educational psychology, psychology of religious experience/mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism. Lange was a Danish physician and ... | Along with William James, who wasn't an influential 19th century theorist? | 5ad2790bd7d075001a4295a0 | null | -1 | Carl Lange | 92 | true |
Dominican_Order | At the same time the order found itself face to face with the Renaissance. It struggled against pagan tendencies in Renaissance humanism, in Italy through Dominici and Savonarola, in Germany through the theologians of Cologne but it also furnished humanism with such advanced writers as Francesco Colonna (probably the w... | The theologians of what German city gave the Dominican Order resistance? | 5727c80b2ca10214002d9620 | Cologne | 218 | null | -1 | false |
Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation | The FBI's chief tool against organized crime is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The FBI is also charged with the responsibility of enforcing compliance of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 and investigating violations of the act in addition to prosecuting such violations with the... | What Substance act does the FBI enforce? | 570c30996b8089140040fbf4 | Controlled Substances Act of 1970 | 481 | null | -1 | false |
States_of_Germany | The Districts of Germany (Kreise) are administrative districts, and every state except the city-states of Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen consists of "rural districts" (Landkreise), District-free Towns/Cities (Kreisfreie Städte, in Baden-Württemberg also called "urban districts", or Stadtkreise), cities that are districts ... | Berlin and Hamburg are states and what else at the same time? | 57292bceaf94a219006aa158 | urban districts | 539 | null | -1 | false |
Dutch_language | A process of standardisation started in the Middle Ages, especially under the influence of the Burgundian Ducal Court in Dijon (Brussels after 1477). The dialects of Flanders and Brabant were the most influential around this time. The process of standardisation became much stronger at the start of the 16th century, mai... | What year did the Spanish conquer Antwerp? | 5726525ff1498d1400e8dbfb | 1585 | 366 | null | -1 | false |
Post-punk | Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in ava... | What term was never marketed? | 5a2853ffd1a287001a6d0b85 | null | -1 | new pop | 589 | true |
Memory | Up until the middle of the 1980s it was assumed that infants could not encode, retain, and retrieve information. A growing body of research now indicates that infants as young as 6-months can recall information after a 24-hour delay. Furthermore, research has revealed that as infants grow older they can store informati... | Research indicates that 6 month olds can recall what after a 48 hour delay? | 5a8ce175fd22b3001a8d8fa7 | null | -1 | information | 199 | true |
Cotton | The 25,000 cotton growers in the United States of America are heavily subsidized at the rate of $2 billion per year although China now provides the highest overall level of cotton sector support. The future of these subsidies is uncertain and has led to anticipatory expansion of cotton brokers' operations in Africa. Du... | How many subsidized cotton growers are in the US? | 572766bb708984140094dd09 | 25,000 | 4 | null | -1 | false |
Hellenistic_period | The Nabatean Kingdom was an Arab state located between the Sinai Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula. Its capital was the city of Petra, an important trading city on the incense route. The Nabateans resisted the attacks of Antigonous and were allies of the Hasmoneans in their struggle against the Seleucids, but later f... | What Arab State lied between the Sinai Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula? | 5725e54e271a42140099d2eb | Nabatean Kingdom | 4 | null | -1 | false |
Sino-Tibetan_relations_during_the_Ming_dynasty | In 1207, the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan (r. 1206–1227) conquered and subjugated the ethnic Tangut state of the Western Xia (1038–1227). In the same year, he established diplomatic relations with Tibet by sending envoys there. The conquest of the Western Xia alarmed Tibetan rulers, who decided to pay tribute to the Mongo... | What years did Ögedei Khan rule? | 56cc41416d243a140015eee5 | 1229–1241 | 423 | null | -1 | false |
MP3 | Unauthorized MP3 file sharing continues on next-generation peer-to-peer networks. Some authorized services, such as Beatport, Bleep, Juno Records, eMusic, Zune Marketplace, Walmart.com, Rhapsody, the recording industry approved re-incarnation of Napster, and Amazon.com sell unrestricted music in the MP3 format. | What kind of MP3 file sharing continues on? | 57062f6975f01819005e7a58 | Unauthorized | 0 | null | -1 | false |
On_the_Origin_of_Species | Chapter I covers animal husbandry and plant breeding, going back to ancient Egypt. Darwin discusses contemporary opinions on the origins of different breeds under cultivation to argue that many have been produced from common ancestors by selective breeding. As an illustration of artificial selection, he describes fancy... | From what does Darwin assert all pigeons are descended? | 57279071dd62a815002ea090 | one species of rock pigeon | 436 | null | -1 | false |
Estonia | Perhaps the most famous raid by Oeselian pirates occurred in 1187, with the attack on the Swedish town of Sigtuna by Finnic raiders from Couronia and Oesel. Among the casualties of this raid was the Swedish archbishop Johannes. The city remained occupied for some time, contributing to its decline as a center of commerc... | What important figure was killed in the raid? | 5728456d3acd2414000df831 | Swedish archbishop Johannes | 199 | null | -1 | false |
Jews | Prior to 1948, approximately 800,000 Jews were living in lands which now make up the Arab world (excluding Israel). Of these, just under two-thirds lived in the French-controlled Maghreb region, 15–20% in the Kingdom of Iraq, approximately 10% in the Kingdom of Egypt and approximately 7% in the Kingdom of Yemen. A furt... | How many Jews lived outside of the Arab world prior to 1948? | 5aceb83132bba1001ae4b18d | null | -1 | 800,000 | 29 | true |
Buckingham_Palace | The palace, like Windsor Castle, is owned by the Crown Estate. It is not the monarch's personal property, unlike Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle. Many of the contents from Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace, and St James's Palace are part of the Royal Collection, held in trust by the Sovereign; ... | Where is the public not allowed to view items from the Royal Collection? | 5a7a51c317ab25001a8a04ff | null | -1 | Queen's Gallery | 374 | true |
Pub | Although the new licensing laws prevented new beer houses from being created, those already in existence were allowed to continue and many did not close until nearly the end of the 19th century. A very small number remained into the 21st century. The vast majority of the beer houses applied for the new licences and bec... | By the end of what century were most beer houses closed? | 56dfbfff7aa994140058e112 | 19th | 181 | null | -1 | false |
British_Empire | At the end of the 16th century, England and the Netherlands began to challenge Portugal's monopoly of trade with Asia, forming private joint-stock companies to finance the voyages—the English, later British, East India Company and the Dutch East India Company, chartered in 1600 and 1602 respectively. The primary aim of... | The Dutch East India Company focused on trade in which industry? | 57266960dd62a815002e8410 | spice | 1,020 | null | -1 | false |
Portugal | On 6 April 2011, after his proposed "Plan for Stability and Growth IV" (PEC IV) was rejected by the Parliament, Prime Minister José Sócrates announced on national television that the country would request financial assistance from the IMF and the European Financial Stability Facility, as Greece and the Republic of Irel... | What provoked the first request from Portugal for financial support? | 57340865d058e614000b6825 | Carnation's Revolution | 508 | null | -1 | false |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.