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57102369a58dae1900cd68fa | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Opponents argue that the death penalty is not an effective means of deterring crime, risks the execution of the innocent, is unnecessarily barbaric in nature, cheapens human life, and puts a government on the same base moral level as those criminals involved in murder. Furthermore, some opponents argue that the arbitra... | Who do death penalty opponents believe may sometimes be executed? | {
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571023c2a58dae1900cd6900 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Sixteen was held to be the minimum permissible age in the 1988 Supreme Court decision of Thompson v. Oklahoma. The Court, considering the case Roper v. Simmons in March 2005, found the execution of juvenile offenders unconstitutional by a 5–4 margin, effectively raising the minimum permissible age to 18. State laws hav... | According to Thompson v. Oklahoma, what was the youngest age at which a person might be executed? | {
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571023c2a58dae1900cd6901 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Sixteen was held to be the minimum permissible age in the 1988 Supreme Court decision of Thompson v. Oklahoma. The Court, considering the case Roper v. Simmons in March 2005, found the execution of juvenile offenders unconstitutional by a 5–4 margin, effectively raising the minimum permissible age to 18. State laws hav... | In what year was Thompson v. Oklahoma decided? | {
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571023c2a58dae1900cd6902 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Sixteen was held to be the minimum permissible age in the 1988 Supreme Court decision of Thompson v. Oklahoma. The Court, considering the case Roper v. Simmons in March 2005, found the execution of juvenile offenders unconstitutional by a 5–4 margin, effectively raising the minimum permissible age to 18. State laws hav... | In what month and year was Roper v. Simmons decided? | {
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571023c2a58dae1900cd6903 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Sixteen was held to be the minimum permissible age in the 1988 Supreme Court decision of Thompson v. Oklahoma. The Court, considering the case Roper v. Simmons in March 2005, found the execution of juvenile offenders unconstitutional by a 5–4 margin, effectively raising the minimum permissible age to 18. State laws hav... | In Roper v. Simmons, how many Supreme Court justices believed juvenile execution to be unconstitutional? | {
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571023c2a58dae1900cd6904 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Sixteen was held to be the minimum permissible age in the 1988 Supreme Court decision of Thompson v. Oklahoma. The Court, considering the case Roper v. Simmons in March 2005, found the execution of juvenile offenders unconstitutional by a 5–4 margin, effectively raising the minimum permissible age to 18. State laws hav... | Based on Roper v. Simmons, what is now the minimum age to be executed in the United States? | {
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57102438b654c5140001f84f | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Around 1890, a political movement developed in the United States to mandate private executions. Several states enacted laws which required executions to be conducted within a "wall" or "enclosure" to "exclude public view." For example, in 1919, the Missouri legislature adopted a statute (L.1919, p. 781) which required,... | In what year did Missouri pass a law stating that executions should be inside of or near a jail? | {
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57102438b654c5140001f850 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Around 1890, a political movement developed in the United States to mandate private executions. Several states enacted laws which required executions to be conducted within a "wall" or "enclosure" to "exclude public view." For example, in 1919, the Missouri legislature adopted a statute (L.1919, p. 781) which required,... | What procedure did Missouri use to execute prisoners in 1919? | {
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57102438b654c5140001f851 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Around 1890, a political movement developed in the United States to mandate private executions. Several states enacted laws which required executions to be conducted within a "wall" or "enclosure" to "exclude public view." For example, in 1919, the Missouri legislature adopted a statute (L.1919, p. 781) which required,... | In the Missouri of 1919, who handed out passes to witness executions? | {
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57102438b654c5140001f852 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Around 1890, a political movement developed in the United States to mandate private executions. Several states enacted laws which required executions to be conducted within a "wall" or "enclosure" to "exclude public view." For example, in 1919, the Missouri legislature adopted a statute (L.1919, p. 781) which required,... | In approximately what year did a movement in favor of private executions begin in the US? | {
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57102482b654c5140001f857 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Previous post-Furman mass clemencies took place in 1986 in New Mexico, when Governor Toney Anaya commuted all death sentences because of his personal opposition to the death penalty. In 1991, outgoing Ohio Governor Dick Celeste commuted the sentences of eight prisoners, among them all four women on the state's death ro... | Who commuted all state capital sentences in 1986? | {
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57102482b654c5140001f858 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Previous post-Furman mass clemencies took place in 1986 in New Mexico, when Governor Toney Anaya commuted all death sentences because of his personal opposition to the death penalty. In 1991, outgoing Ohio Governor Dick Celeste commuted the sentences of eight prisoners, among them all four women on the state's death ro... | Of what state was Toney Anaya governor? | {
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57102482b654c5140001f859 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Previous post-Furman mass clemencies took place in 1986 in New Mexico, when Governor Toney Anaya commuted all death sentences because of his personal opposition to the death penalty. In 1991, outgoing Ohio Governor Dick Celeste commuted the sentences of eight prisoners, among them all four women on the state's death ro... | Who was Governor of Ohio in 1991? | {
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57102482b654c5140001f85a | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Previous post-Furman mass clemencies took place in 1986 in New Mexico, when Governor Toney Anaya commuted all death sentences because of his personal opposition to the death penalty. In 1991, outgoing Ohio Governor Dick Celeste commuted the sentences of eight prisoners, among them all four women on the state's death ro... | How many women were on Ohio's death row in 1991? | {
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57102482b654c5140001f85b | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Previous post-Furman mass clemencies took place in 1986 in New Mexico, when Governor Toney Anaya commuted all death sentences because of his personal opposition to the death penalty. In 1991, outgoing Ohio Governor Dick Celeste commuted the sentences of eight prisoners, among them all four women on the state's death ro... | In what year did Bob Graham become Governor of Florida? | {
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571024d8b654c5140001f861 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | In 2010, bills to abolish the death penalty in Kansas and in South Dakota (which had a de facto moratorium at the time) were rejected. Idaho ended its de facto moratorium, during which only one volunteer had been executed, on November 18, 2011 by executing Paul Ezra Rhoades; South Dakota executed Donald Moeller on Octo... | Along with South Dakota, what state rejected a death penalty abolition bill in 2010? | {
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571024d8b654c5140001f862 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | In 2010, bills to abolish the death penalty in Kansas and in South Dakota (which had a de facto moratorium at the time) were rejected. Idaho ended its de facto moratorium, during which only one volunteer had been executed, on November 18, 2011 by executing Paul Ezra Rhoades; South Dakota executed Donald Moeller on Octo... | Who did Idaho execute in 2011? | {
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"Paul Ezra Rhoades"
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571024d8b654c5140001f863 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | In 2010, bills to abolish the death penalty in Kansas and in South Dakota (which had a de facto moratorium at the time) were rejected. Idaho ended its de facto moratorium, during which only one volunteer had been executed, on November 18, 2011 by executing Paul Ezra Rhoades; South Dakota executed Donald Moeller on Octo... | Who was executed on October 30, 2012? | {
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"Donald Moeller"
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571024d8b654c5140001f864 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | In 2010, bills to abolish the death penalty in Kansas and in South Dakota (which had a de facto moratorium at the time) were rejected. Idaho ended its de facto moratorium, during which only one volunteer had been executed, on November 18, 2011 by executing Paul Ezra Rhoades; South Dakota executed Donald Moeller on Octo... | Since 1976, how many prisoners has Nevada executed? | {
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571024d8b654c5140001f865 | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | In 2010, bills to abolish the death penalty in Kansas and in South Dakota (which had a de facto moratorium at the time) were rejected. Idaho ended its de facto moratorium, during which only one volunteer had been executed, on November 18, 2011 by executing Paul Ezra Rhoades; South Dakota executed Donald Moeller on Octo... | Since 1976, in what year was a prisoner executed in Wyoming? | {
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5710257ea58dae1900cd691a | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Pharmaceutical companies whose products are used in the three-drug cocktails for lethal injections are predominantly European, and they have strenuously objected to the use of their drugs for executions and taken steps to prevent their use. For example, Hospira, the sole American manufacturer of sodium thiopental, the ... | How many drugs are used to administer lethal injection? | {
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5710257ea58dae1900cd691b | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Pharmaceutical companies whose products are used in the three-drug cocktails for lethal injections are predominantly European, and they have strenuously objected to the use of their drugs for executions and taken steps to prevent their use. For example, Hospira, the sole American manufacturer of sodium thiopental, the ... | What lethal injection drug is manufactured by Hospira? | {
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5710257ea58dae1900cd691c | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Pharmaceutical companies whose products are used in the three-drug cocktails for lethal injections are predominantly European, and they have strenuously objected to the use of their drugs for executions and taken steps to prevent their use. For example, Hospira, the sole American manufacturer of sodium thiopental, the ... | When did Hospira cease to manufacture its lethal injection drug for the United States? | {
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5710257ea58dae1900cd691d | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Pharmaceutical companies whose products are used in the three-drug cocktails for lethal injections are predominantly European, and they have strenuously objected to the use of their drugs for executions and taken steps to prevent their use. For example, Hospira, the sole American manufacturer of sodium thiopental, the ... | In what country does Hospira manufacture sodium thiopental today? | {
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"Italy"
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5710257ea58dae1900cd691e | Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States | Pharmaceutical companies whose products are used in the three-drug cocktails for lethal injections are predominantly European, and they have strenuously objected to the use of their drugs for executions and taken steps to prevent their use. For example, Hospira, the sole American manufacturer of sodium thiopental, the ... | What EU law forbids products used in torture to be manufactured in the European Union? | {
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571111f8a58dae1900cd6bc4 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The game pad controllers were more-or-less copied directly from the Game & Watch machines, although the Famicom design team originally wanted to use arcade-style joysticks, even taking apart ones from American game consoles to see how they worked. However, it was eventually decided that children might step on joysticks... | Who attached a Game & Watch D-pad to the Famicom prototype? | {
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"Katsuyah Nakawaka"
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571111f8a58dae1900cd6bc5 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The game pad controllers were more-or-less copied directly from the Game & Watch machines, although the Famicom design team originally wanted to use arcade-style joysticks, even taking apart ones from American game consoles to see how they worked. However, it was eventually decided that children might step on joysticks... | What was installed on the front of the console so the joystick could be used? | {
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571111f8a58dae1900cd6bc6 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The game pad controllers were more-or-less copied directly from the Game & Watch machines, although the Famicom design team originally wanted to use arcade-style joysticks, even taking apart ones from American game consoles to see how they worked. However, it was eventually decided that children might step on joysticks... | Why were the controllers hard-wired to the console with no connectors? | {
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571111f8a58dae1900cd6bc7 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The game pad controllers were more-or-less copied directly from the Game & Watch machines, although the Famicom design team originally wanted to use arcade-style joysticks, even taking apart ones from American game consoles to see how they worked. However, it was eventually decided that children might step on joysticks... | Where were the game pad controllers copied from? | {
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571112eab654c5140001faed | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | At June 1985's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Nintendo unveiled the American version of its Famicom. This is the system which would eventually be officially deployed as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or the colloquial "NES". Nintendo seeded these first systems to limited American test markets starting in New York... | What was the abbreviation for Nintendo Entertainment System? | {
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571112eab654c5140001faee | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | At June 1985's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Nintendo unveiled the American version of its Famicom. This is the system which would eventually be officially deployed as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or the colloquial "NES". Nintendo seeded these first systems to limited American test markets starting in New York... | What day did Nintendo unveil the new systems? | {
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571112eab654c5140001faef | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | At June 1985's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Nintendo unveiled the American version of its Famicom. This is the system which would eventually be officially deployed as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or the colloquial "NES". Nintendo seeded these first systems to limited American test markets starting in New York... | Where did Nintendo start unveiling the new systems? | {
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571112eab654c5140001faf0 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | At June 1985's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Nintendo unveiled the American version of its Famicom. This is the system which would eventually be officially deployed as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or the colloquial "NES". Nintendo seeded these first systems to limited American test markets starting in New York... | What was the name of the convention where Nintendo unveiled its American version of the Famicom? | {
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57111370b654c5140001faf5 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In June 1989, Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing Peter Main, said that the Famicom was present in 37% of Japan's households. By 1990, 30% of American households owned the NES, compared to 23% for all personal computers. By 1990, the NES had outsold all previously released consoles worldwide.[better sourc... | In June 1989 who was Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing? | {
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57111370b654c5140001faf6 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In June 1989, Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing Peter Main, said that the Famicom was present in 37% of Japan's households. By 1990, 30% of American households owned the NES, compared to 23% for all personal computers. By 1990, the NES had outsold all previously released consoles worldwide.[better sourc... | In 1990, what percentage of American households owned an NES? | {
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57111370b654c5140001faf7 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In June 1989, Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing Peter Main, said that the Famicom was present in 37% of Japan's households. By 1990, 30% of American households owned the NES, compared to 23% for all personal computers. By 1990, the NES had outsold all previously released consoles worldwide.[better sourc... | What was the slogan for the Nintendo brand? | {
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57111370b654c5140001faf8 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In June 1989, Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing Peter Main, said that the Famicom was present in 37% of Japan's households. By 1990, 30% of American households owned the NES, compared to 23% for all personal computers. By 1990, the NES had outsold all previously released consoles worldwide.[better sourc... | What outsold the NES in Europe and South America? | {
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57111370b654c5140001faf9 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In June 1989, Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing Peter Main, said that the Famicom was present in 37% of Japan's households. By 1990, 30% of American households owned the NES, compared to 23% for all personal computers. By 1990, the NES had outsold all previously released consoles worldwide.[better sourc... | Where was Nintendo not available? | {
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5711142aa58dae1900cd6be0 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Japanese (Famicom) cartridges are shaped slightly differently. While the NES used a 72-pin interface, the Famicom system used a 60-pin design. Unlike NES games, official Famicom cartridges were produced in many colors of plastic. Adapters, similar in design to the popular accessory Game Genie, are available that allow ... | Which cartridges were shaped slightly differently? | {
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5711142aa58dae1900cd6be1 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Japanese (Famicom) cartridges are shaped slightly differently. While the NES used a 72-pin interface, the Famicom system used a 60-pin design. Unlike NES games, official Famicom cartridges were produced in many colors of plastic. Adapters, similar in design to the popular accessory Game Genie, are available that allow ... | Which interface did the NES use? | {
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5711142aa58dae1900cd6be2 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Japanese (Famicom) cartridges are shaped slightly differently. While the NES used a 72-pin interface, the Famicom system used a 60-pin design. Unlike NES games, official Famicom cartridges were produced in many colors of plastic. Adapters, similar in design to the popular accessory Game Genie, are available that allow ... | Which interface did Famicom use? | {
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5711142aa58dae1900cd6be3 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Japanese (Famicom) cartridges are shaped slightly differently. While the NES used a 72-pin interface, the Famicom system used a 60-pin design. Unlike NES games, official Famicom cartridges were produced in many colors of plastic. Adapters, similar in design to the popular accessory Game Genie, are available that allow ... | Various companies in Japan did what to their games for certain specifics? | {
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571114f7a58dae1900cd6be8 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In the longer run, however, with the NES near its end of its life many third-party publishers such as Electronic Arts supported upstart competing consoles with less strict licensing terms such as the Sega Genesis and then the PlayStation, which eroded and then took over Nintendo's dominance in the home console market, ... | With the NES at its end, which competing consoles with less strict licensing terms were supported? | {
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571114f7a58dae1900cd6be9 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In the longer run, however, with the NES near its end of its life many third-party publishers such as Electronic Arts supported upstart competing consoles with less strict licensing terms such as the Sega Genesis and then the PlayStation, which eroded and then took over Nintendo's dominance in the home console market, ... | Who was an example of a 3rd party publisher? | {
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571114f7a58dae1900cd6bea | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In the longer run, however, with the NES near its end of its life many third-party publishers such as Electronic Arts supported upstart competing consoles with less strict licensing terms such as the Sega Genesis and then the PlayStation, which eroded and then took over Nintendo's dominance in the home console market, ... | Nintendo relied primarily on what for its support? | {
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571114f7a58dae1900cd6beb | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In the longer run, however, with the NES near its end of its life many third-party publishers such as Electronic Arts supported upstart competing consoles with less strict licensing terms such as the Sega Genesis and then the PlayStation, which eroded and then took over Nintendo's dominance in the home console market, ... | Rivals in what self-identified era enjoyed much stronger 3rd party support? | {
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571115a5a58dae1900cd6bf0 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | As the Nintendo Entertainment System grew in popularity and entered millions of American homes, some small video rental shops began buying their own copies of NES games, and renting them out to customers for around the same price as a video cassette rental for a few days. Nintendo received no profit from the practice b... | Who caused Nintendo to take formal action regarding rentals? | {
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571115a5a58dae1900cd6bf1 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | As the Nintendo Entertainment System grew in popularity and entered millions of American homes, some small video rental shops began buying their own copies of NES games, and renting them out to customers for around the same price as a video cassette rental for a few days. Nintendo received no profit from the practice b... | According to Nintendo what was the danger in renting games? | {
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571115a5a58dae1900cd6bf2 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | As the Nintendo Entertainment System grew in popularity and entered millions of American homes, some small video rental shops began buying their own copies of NES games, and renting them out to customers for around the same price as a video cassette rental for a few days. Nintendo received no profit from the practice b... | Blockbuster was banned from including what with their games? | {
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571115a5a58dae1900cd6bf3 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | As the Nintendo Entertainment System grew in popularity and entered millions of American homes, some small video rental shops began buying their own copies of NES games, and renting them out to customers for around the same price as a video cassette rental for a few days. Nintendo received no profit from the practice b... | What did Blockbuster do instead of use copyrighted instruction booklets? | {
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5711165aa58dae1900cd6bf8 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In the UK, Italy and Australia which share the PAL A region, two versions of the NES were released; the "Mattel Version" and "NES Version". When the NES was first released in those countries, it was distributed by Mattel and Nintendo decided to use a lockout chip specific to those countries, different from the chip use... | Which company distributed the NES to the UK, Italy, and Australia? | {
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5711165aa58dae1900cd6bf9 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In the UK, Italy and Australia which share the PAL A region, two versions of the NES were released; the "Mattel Version" and "NES Version". When the NES was first released in those countries, it was distributed by Mattel and Nintendo decided to use a lockout chip specific to those countries, different from the chip use... | When did Nintendo take over European distribution? | {
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5711165aa58dae1900cd6bfa | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In the UK, Italy and Australia which share the PAL A region, two versions of the NES were released; the "Mattel Version" and "NES Version". When the NES was first released in those countries, it was distributed by Mattel and Nintendo decided to use a lockout chip specific to those countries, different from the chip use... | Which three countries share the PAL A region? | {
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5711165aa58dae1900cd6bfb | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In the UK, Italy and Australia which share the PAL A region, two versions of the NES were released; the "Mattel Version" and "NES Version". When the NES was first released in those countries, it was distributed by Mattel and Nintendo decided to use a lockout chip specific to those countries, different from the chip use... | What two versions of the NES were released in the UK, Italy, and Australia? | {
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104
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57111703b654c5140001fb1d | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Nintendo also made two turbo controllers for the NES called NES Advantage and the NES Max. Both controllers had a Turbo feature, a feature where one tap of the button represented multiple taps. This feature allowed players to shoot much faster during shooter games. The NES Advantage had two knobs that adjusted the firi... | What were the two turbo controllers Nintendo made for the NES? | {
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57111703b654c5140001fb1e | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Nintendo also made two turbo controllers for the NES called NES Advantage and the NES Max. Both controllers had a Turbo feature, a feature where one tap of the button represented multiple taps. This feature allowed players to shoot much faster during shooter games. The NES Advantage had two knobs that adjusted the firi... | What did the Turbo feature allow players to do? | {
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226
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57111703b654c5140001fb1f | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Nintendo also made two turbo controllers for the NES called NES Advantage and the NES Max. Both controllers had a Turbo feature, a feature where one tap of the button represented multiple taps. This feature allowed players to shoot much faster during shooter games. The NES Advantage had two knobs that adjusted the firi... | Which controller had a non-adjustable Turbo feature? | {
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]
} |
57111703b654c5140001fb20 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Nintendo also made two turbo controllers for the NES called NES Advantage and the NES Max. Both controllers had a Turbo feature, a feature where one tap of the button represented multiple taps. This feature allowed players to shoot much faster during shooter games. The NES Advantage had two knobs that adjusted the firi... | Which two accessories were featured in the movie The Wizard? | {
"answer_start": [
938
],
"text": [
"Power Pad and the Power Glove"
]
} |
57111703b654c5140001fb21 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Nintendo also made two turbo controllers for the NES called NES Advantage and the NES Max. Both controllers had a Turbo feature, a feature where one tap of the button represented multiple taps. This feature allowed players to shoot much faster during shooter games. The NES Advantage had two knobs that adjusted the firi... | The NES Max also did not feature what? | {
"answer_start": [
700
],
"text": [
"\"Slow\" button"
]
} |
571117b1b654c5140001fb27 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In 1986, Nintendo released the Famicom Disk System (FDS) in Japan, a type of floppy drive that uses a single-sided, proprietary 5 cm (2") disk and plugs into the cartridge port. It contains RAM for the game to load into and an extra single-cycle wavetable-lookup sound chip. The disks were originally obtained from kiosk... | What year did Nintendo release the Famicom Disk System? | {
"answer_start": [
3
],
"text": [
"1986"
]
} |
571117b1b654c5140001fb28 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In 1986, Nintendo released the Famicom Disk System (FDS) in Japan, a type of floppy drive that uses a single-sided, proprietary 5 cm (2") disk and plugs into the cartridge port. It contains RAM for the game to load into and an extra single-cycle wavetable-lookup sound chip. The disks were originally obtained from kiosk... | Where could the disks for the game be obtained? | {
"answer_start": [
315
],
"text": [
"kiosks in malls"
]
} |
571117b1b654c5140001fb29 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In 1986, Nintendo released the Famicom Disk System (FDS) in Japan, a type of floppy drive that uses a single-sided, proprietary 5 cm (2") disk and plugs into the cartridge port. It contains RAM for the game to load into and an extra single-cycle wavetable-lookup sound chip. The disks were originally obtained from kiosk... | How were the disks purchased? | {
"answer_start": [
361
],
"text": [
"buyers could select a title and have it written to the disk"
]
} |
571117b1b654c5140001fb2a | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In 1986, Nintendo released the Famicom Disk System (FDS) in Japan, a type of floppy drive that uses a single-sided, proprietary 5 cm (2") disk and plugs into the cartridge port. It contains RAM for the game to load into and an extra single-cycle wavetable-lookup sound chip. The disks were originally obtained from kiosk... | What were the storage disks used for? | {
"answer_start": [
589
],
"text": [
"storing the game and saving progress"
]
} |
571117b1b654c5140001fb2b | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In 1986, Nintendo released the Famicom Disk System (FDS) in Japan, a type of floppy drive that uses a single-sided, proprietary 5 cm (2") disk and plugs into the cartridge port. It contains RAM for the game to load into and an extra single-cycle wavetable-lookup sound chip. The disks were originally obtained from kiosk... | What was the total capacity of a disk? | {
"answer_start": [
649
],
"text": [
"128k"
]
} |
5711181cb654c5140001fb3b | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The system was originally targeted for release in the spring of 1985, but the release date was pushed back. After test-marketing in the New York City area in late fall, retailers had reportedly stated the system "failed miserably".[contradictory] While others stated that Nintendo had an excellent nine-week market test ... | When was the system originally supposed to be released? | {
"answer_start": [
54
],
"text": [
"spring of 1985"
]
} |
5711181cb654c5140001fb3c | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The system was originally targeted for release in the spring of 1985, but the release date was pushed back. After test-marketing in the New York City area in late fall, retailers had reportedly stated the system "failed miserably".[contradictory] While others stated that Nintendo had an excellent nine-week market test ... | Retailers in what test area reported a miserable failure of sales? | {
"answer_start": [
136
],
"text": [
"New York City"
]
} |
5711181cb654c5140001fb3d | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The system was originally targeted for release in the spring of 1985, but the release date was pushed back. After test-marketing in the New York City area in late fall, retailers had reportedly stated the system "failed miserably".[contradictory] While others stated that Nintendo had an excellent nine-week market test ... | When was the second time Nintendo test marketed the NES? | {
"answer_start": [
475
],
"text": [
"February 1986"
]
} |
5711181cb654c5140001fb3e | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The system was originally targeted for release in the spring of 1985, but the release date was pushed back. After test-marketing in the New York City area in late fall, retailers had reportedly stated the system "failed miserably".[contradictory] While others stated that Nintendo had an excellent nine-week market test ... | When was the nationwide release of the NES? | {
"answer_start": [
531
],
"text": [
"September 1986"
]
} |
571118caa58dae1900cd6c14 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In Europe and Australia, the system was released to two separate marketing regions. One region consisted of most of mainland Europe (excluding Italy), and distribution there was handled by a number of different companies, with Nintendo responsible for most cartridge releases. Most of this region saw a 1986 release. Mat... | Where was the system released to two separate marketing areas? | {
"answer_start": [
3
],
"text": [
"Europe and Australia"
]
} |
571118caa58dae1900cd6c15 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In Europe and Australia, the system was released to two separate marketing regions. One region consisted of most of mainland Europe (excluding Italy), and distribution there was handled by a number of different companies, with Nintendo responsible for most cartridge releases. Most of this region saw a 1986 release. Mat... | One region comprised the entirety of mainland Europe save for which country? | {
"answer_start": [
143
],
"text": [
"Italy"
]
} |
571118caa58dae1900cd6c16 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In Europe and Australia, the system was released to two separate marketing regions. One region consisted of most of mainland Europe (excluding Italy), and distribution there was handled by a number of different companies, with Nintendo responsible for most cartridge releases. Most of this region saw a 1986 release. Mat... | Who released cartridges in mainland Europe? | {
"answer_start": [
227
],
"text": [
"Nintendo"
]
} |
571118caa58dae1900cd6c17 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In Europe and Australia, the system was released to two separate marketing regions. One region consisted of most of mainland Europe (excluding Italy), and distribution there was handled by a number of different companies, with Nintendo responsible for most cartridge releases. Most of this region saw a 1986 release. Mat... | Who handled distribution in the other region? | {
"answer_start": [
317
],
"text": [
"Mattel"
]
} |
571118caa58dae1900cd6c18 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | In Europe and Australia, the system was released to two separate marketing regions. One region consisted of most of mainland Europe (excluding Italy), and distribution there was handled by a number of different companies, with Nintendo responsible for most cartridge releases. Most of this region saw a 1986 release. Mat... | When did the European brance finally directly distribute throughout Europe? | {
"answer_start": [
495
],
"text": [
"1990s"
]
} |
57111975a58dae1900cd6c28 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | As the 1990s dawned, gamers predicted that competition from technologically superior systems such as the 16-bit Sega Mega Drive/Genesis would mean the immediate end of the NES’s dominance. Instead, during the first year of Nintendo's successor console the Super Famicom (named Super Nintendo Entertainment System outside... | Which example of a system started to mark the end of the NES dominance? | {
"answer_start": [
105
],
"text": [
"16-bit Sega Mega Drive/Genesis"
]
} |
57111975a58dae1900cd6c29 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | As the 1990s dawned, gamers predicted that competition from technologically superior systems such as the 16-bit Sega Mega Drive/Genesis would mean the immediate end of the NES’s dominance. Instead, during the first year of Nintendo's successor console the Super Famicom (named Super Nintendo Entertainment System outside... | When did the demand for new NES software dry up? | {
"answer_start": [
559
],
"text": [
"late 1993"
]
} |
57111975a58dae1900cd6c2a | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | As the 1990s dawned, gamers predicted that competition from technologically superior systems such as the 16-bit Sega Mega Drive/Genesis would mean the immediate end of the NES’s dominance. Instead, during the first year of Nintendo's successor console the Super Famicom (named Super Nintendo Entertainment System outside... | What was the final Famicom game released in North America? | {
"answer_start": [
752
],
"text": [
"Wario's Woods"
]
} |
57111975a58dae1900cd6c2b | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | As the 1990s dawned, gamers predicted that competition from technologically superior systems such as the 16-bit Sega Mega Drive/Genesis would mean the immediate end of the NES’s dominance. Instead, during the first year of Nintendo's successor console the Super Famicom (named Super Nintendo Entertainment System outside... | What year did Nintendo officially discontinue the NES? | {
"answer_start": [
923
],
"text": [
"1995"
]
} |
57111975a58dae1900cd6c2c | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | As the 1990s dawned, gamers predicted that competition from technologically superior systems such as the 16-bit Sega Mega Drive/Genesis would mean the immediate end of the NES’s dominance. Instead, during the first year of Nintendo's successor console the Super Famicom (named Super Nintendo Entertainment System outside... | How late did Nintendo continue to repair Famicom units? | {
"answer_start": [
1062
],
"text": [
"October 31, 2007"
]
} |
57111a07b654c5140001fb4d | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Nintendo's near monopoly on the home video game market left it with a degree of influence over the industry. Unlike Atari, which never actively courted third-party developers (and even went to court in an attempt to force Activision to cease production of Atari 2600 games), Nintendo had anticipated and encouraged the i... | Who did Atari attempt to force ceasing production of games for its system? | {
"answer_start": [
222
],
"text": [
"Activision"
]
} |
57111a07b654c5140001fb4e | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Nintendo's near monopoly on the home video game market left it with a degree of influence over the industry. Unlike Atari, which never actively courted third-party developers (and even went to court in an attempt to force Activision to cease production of Atari 2600 games), Nintendo had anticipated and encouraged the i... | Nintendo actively encouraged the involvement of what? | {
"answer_start": [
334
],
"text": [
"third-party software developers"
]
} |
57111a07b654c5140001fb4f | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Nintendo's near monopoly on the home video game market left it with a degree of influence over the industry. Unlike Atari, which never actively courted third-party developers (and even went to court in an attempt to force Activision to cease production of Atari 2600 games), Nintendo had anticipated and encouraged the i... | Nintendo's measures for third party game developers were also adopted by which later manufacturers? | {
"answer_start": [
506
],
"text": [
"Sega, Sony, and Microsoft"
]
} |
57111ab0b654c5140001fb53 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Several companies, refusing to pay the licensing fee or having been rejected by Nintendo, found ways to circumvent the console's authentication system. Most of these companies created circuits that used a voltage spike to temporarily disable the 10NES chip in the NES. A few unlicensed games released in Europe and Austr... | Companies did what in an effort to circumvent Nintendo's console authentication? | {
"answer_start": [
205
],
"text": [
"voltage spike to temporarily disable the 10NES chip"
]
} |
57111ab0b654c5140001fb54 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Several companies, refusing to pay the licensing fee or having been rejected by Nintendo, found ways to circumvent the console's authentication system. Most of these companies created circuits that used a voltage spike to temporarily disable the 10NES chip in the NES. A few unlicensed games released in Europe and Austr... | Why did the companies circumvent the authentication system? | {
"answer_start": [
19
],
"text": [
"refusing to pay the licensing fee or having been rejected by Nintendo"
]
} |
57111ab0b654c5140001fb55 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Several companies, refusing to pay the licensing fee or having been rejected by Nintendo, found ways to circumvent the console's authentication system. Most of these companies created circuits that used a voltage spike to temporarily disable the 10NES chip in the NES. A few unlicensed games released in Europe and Austr... | Where did unlicensed games feature a dongle? | {
"answer_start": [
304
],
"text": [
"Europe and Australia"
]
} |
57111ab0b654c5140001fb56 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Several companies, refusing to pay the licensing fee or having been rejected by Nintendo, found ways to circumvent the console's authentication system. Most of these companies created circuits that used a voltage spike to temporarily disable the 10NES chip in the NES. A few unlicensed games released in Europe and Austr... | What did Nintendo do to curb unlicensed game sales? | {
"answer_start": [
522
],
"text": [
"threatened retailers"
]
} |
57111b3aa58dae1900cd6c46 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The Nintendo Entertainment System (also abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was initially released in Japan as the Family Computer (Japanese: ファミリーコンピュータ, Hepburn: Famirī Konpyūta?) (also known by the portmanteau abbreviation Famicom (ファミコン, Famiko... | What is the abbreviation of Nintendo Entertainment System? | {
"answer_start": [
55
],
"text": [
"NES"
]
} |
57111b3aa58dae1900cd6c47 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The Nintendo Entertainment System (also abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was initially released in Japan as the Family Computer (Japanese: ファミリーコンピュータ, Hepburn: Famirī Konpyūta?) (also known by the portmanteau abbreviation Famicom (ファミコン, Famiko... | what was it called in Japan? | {
"answer_start": [
187
],
"text": [
"Family Computer"
]
} |
57111b3aa58dae1900cd6c48 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The Nintendo Entertainment System (also abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was initially released in Japan as the Family Computer (Japanese: ファミリーコンピュータ, Hepburn: Famirī Konpyūta?) (also known by the portmanteau abbreviation Famicom (ファミコン, Famiko... | When was the Family Computer (Famicom) released in Japan? | {
"answer_start": [
350
],
"text": [
"July 15, 1983"
]
} |
57111b3aa58dae1900cd6c49 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The Nintendo Entertainment System (also abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was initially released in Japan as the Family Computer (Japanese: ファミリーコンピュータ, Hepburn: Famirī Konpyūta?) (also known by the portmanteau abbreviation Famicom (ファミコン, Famiko... | When was it released in Australia? | {
"answer_start": [
458
],
"text": [
"1987"
]
} |
57111b3aa58dae1900cd6c4a | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | The Nintendo Entertainment System (also abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was initially released in Japan as the Family Computer (Japanese: ファミリーコンピュータ, Hepburn: Famirī Konpyūta?) (also known by the portmanteau abbreviation Famicom (ファミコン, Famiko... | What succeeded the Famicom? | {
"answer_start": [
642
],
"text": [
"Super Nintendo Entertainment System"
]
} |
57111bd0b654c5140001fb5b | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Problems with the 10NES lockout chip frequently resulted in the console's most infamous problem: the blinking red power light, in which the system appears to turn itself on and off repeatedly because the 10NES would reset the console once per second. The lockout chip required constant communication with the chip in the... | What was the console's most common problem? | {
"answer_start": [
101
],
"text": [
"blinking red power light"
]
} |
57111bd0b654c5140001fb5c | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Problems with the 10NES lockout chip frequently resulted in the console's most infamous problem: the blinking red power light, in which the system appears to turn itself on and off repeatedly because the 10NES would reset the console once per second. The lockout chip required constant communication with the chip in the... | The 10NES would reset the system how often? | {
"answer_start": [
234
],
"text": [
"once per second"
]
} |
57111bd0b654c5140001fb5d | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Problems with the 10NES lockout chip frequently resulted in the console's most infamous problem: the blinking red power light, in which the system appears to turn itself on and off repeatedly because the 10NES would reset the console once per second. The lockout chip required constant communication with the chip in the... | What disrupted the communication as well? | {
"answer_start": [
335
],
"text": [
"Dirty, aging and bent connectors"
]
} |
57111bd0b654c5140001fb5e | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Problems with the 10NES lockout chip frequently resulted in the console's most infamous problem: the blinking red power light, in which the system appears to turn itself on and off repeatedly because the 10NES would reset the console once per second. The lockout chip required constant communication with the chip in the... | What was one example of what users did to combat the blinking problem? | {
"answer_start": [
572
],
"text": [
"blowing air onto the cartridge connectors"
]
} |
57111bd0b654c5140001fb5f | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Problems with the 10NES lockout chip frequently resulted in the console's most infamous problem: the blinking red power light, in which the system appears to turn itself on and off repeatedly because the 10NES would reset the console once per second. The lockout chip required constant communication with the chip in the... | When did Nintendo release a cleaning kit? | {
"answer_start": [
1209
],
"text": [
"1989"
]
} |
57111c66b654c5140001fb65 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Subsequent plans to market a Famicom console in North America featuring a keyboard, cassette data recorder, wireless joystick controller and a special BASIC cartridge under the name "Nintendo Advanced Video System" likewise never materialized. By the beginning of 1985, the Famicom had sold more than 2.5 million units i... | How many units of the Famicom were sold in Japan by the beginning of 1985? | {
"answer_start": [
301
],
"text": [
"2.5 million units"
]
} |
57111c66b654c5140001fb66 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Subsequent plans to market a Famicom console in North America featuring a keyboard, cassette data recorder, wireless joystick controller and a special BASIC cartridge under the name "Nintendo Advanced Video System" likewise never materialized. By the beginning of 1985, the Famicom had sold more than 2.5 million units i... | What was this system to be called in North America? | {
"answer_start": [
400
],
"text": [
"Advanced Video Entertainment System"
]
} |
57111c66b654c5140001fb67 | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Subsequent plans to market a Famicom console in North America featuring a keyboard, cassette data recorder, wireless joystick controller and a special BASIC cartridge under the name "Nintendo Advanced Video System" likewise never materialized. By the beginning of 1985, the Famicom had sold more than 2.5 million units i... | What magazine stated that Nintendo could be errant in their anticipated product success? | {
"answer_start": [
586
],
"text": [
"Electronic Games magazine"
]
} |
57111d15a58dae1900cd6c5a | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Near the end of the NES's lifespan, upon the release of the AV Famicom and the top-loading NES 2, the design of the game controllers was modified slightly. Though the original button layout was retained, the redesigned device abandoned the brick shell in favor of a dog bone shape. In addition, the AV Famicom joined its... | Which console featured a top-loading design? | {
"answer_start": [
91
],
"text": [
"NES 2"
]
} |
57111d15a58dae1900cd6c5b | Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Near the end of the NES's lifespan, upon the release of the AV Famicom and the top-loading NES 2, the design of the game controllers was modified slightly. Though the original button layout was retained, the redesigned device abandoned the brick shell in favor of a dog bone shape. In addition, the AV Famicom joined its... | The design of what was modified slightly? | {
"answer_start": [
116
],
"text": [
"game controllers"
]
} |
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