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57331ea14776f419006606f5 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | In 1918 Whitehead's academic responsibilities began to seriously expand as he accepted a number of high administrative positions within the University of London system, of which Imperial College London was a member at the time. He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of London in late 1918 (a po... | What was Whitehead's title at the University of London in late 1918? | {
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"Dean of the Faculty of Science"
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243
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5726abf2708984140094cd71 | Edmund_Burke | Burke put forward that "We fear God, we look up with awe to kings; with affection to parliaments; with duty to magistrates; with reverence to priests; and with respect to nobility. Why? Because when such ideas are brought before our minds, it is natural to be so affected". Burke defended this prejudice on the grounds t... | How did Burke say we look towards magistrates? | {
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"duty"
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103
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572823e42ca10214002d9ebe | Gamal_Abdel_Nasser | On 28 September 1961, secessionist army units launched a coup in Damascus, declaring Syria's secession from the UAR. In response, pro-union army units in northern Syria revolted and pro-Nasser protests occurred in major Syrian cities. Nasser sent Egyptian special forces to Latakia to bolster his allies, but withdrew th... | Where did Nasser send Egyptian special forces? | {
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"Latakia"
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274
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} |
572824982ca10214002d9ee0 | Gamal_Abdel_Nasser | Nasser's regional position changed unexpectedly when Yemeni officers led by Nasser supporter Abdullah al-Sallal overthrew Imam Badr of North Yemen on 27 September 1962. Al-Badr and his tribal partisans began receiving increasing support from Saudi Arabia to help reinstate the kingdom, while Nasser subsequently accepted... | What country experienced a coup in 1962? | {
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"North Yemen"
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135
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57283ce72ca10214002da14c | Doctor_Who | The revived series has received recognition from critics and the public, across various awards ceremonies. It won five BAFTA TV Awards, including Best Drama Series, the highest-profile and most prestigious British television award for which the series has ever been nominated. It was very popular at the BAFTA Cymru Awar... | What was the most revered award that Doctor Who has won? | {
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572abb9a34ae481900deac89 | Friedrich_Hayek | However, for his part, Hayek found this term "singularly unattractive" and offered the term "Old Whig" (a phrase borrowed from Edmund Burke) instead. In his later life, he said, "I am becoming a Burkean Whig." However, Whiggery as a political doctrine had little affinity for classical political economy, the tabernacle ... | Who wrote an essay as a result of Hayek's "Why I Am Not a Conservative"? | {
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"James M. Buchanan"
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516
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5726b095f1498d1400e8e781 | Edmund_Burke | Although Whig grandees such as Portland and Fitzwilliam privately agreed with Burke's Appeal, they wished he had used more moderate language. Fitzwilliam saw the Appeal as containing "the doctrines I have sworn by, long and long since". Francis Basset, a backbench Whig MP, wrote to Burke: "...though for reasons which I... | How did Burke think the Whigs secretly felt? | {
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"galled"
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572ebf5303f98919007569eb | Muammar_Gaddafi | Idris' government was increasingly unpopular by the latter 1960s; it had exacerbated Libya's traditional regional and tribal divisions by centralising the country's federal system in order to take advantage of the country's oil wealth, while corruption and entrenched systems of patronage were widespread throughout the ... | What was happening to Idris' government in the 1960s? | {
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0
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56f83a84a6d7ea1400e174db | Josip_Broz_Tito | In 2013 a lot of media coverage was given to unclassified NSA's study in Cryptologic Spectrum that concluded that Tito did not speak the language as a native, and had features of other Slavic languages (Russian and Polish). The hypothesis that "a non-Yugoslav, perhaps a Russian or a Pole" assumed Tito's identity was in... | What other Slavic languages did the Cryptologic Spectrum conclude Tito spoke? | {
"text": [
"Russian and Polish"
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203
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57302ed0947a6a140053d242 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | The ultimate substantive legacy of Principia Mathematica is mixed. It is generally accepted that Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 definitively demonstrated that for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be ... | When was Kurt Godel's incompleteness theorem? | {
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"1931"
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136
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5726f43ff1498d1400e8f0d0 | Madonna_(entertainer) | Madonna experimented with more folk and acoustic music in Music (2000) and American Life (2003). A change was noted in the content of the songs in Music, with most of them being simple love songs, but with an underlying tone of melancholy. According to Q magazine, American Life was characterized by "a thumping techno r... | What type of music did Madonna experimented with in Music? | {
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"folk and acoustic"
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31
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56d3740c59d6e41400146426 | Frédéric_Chopin | In late summer he was invited by Jane Stirling to visit Scotland, where he stayed at Calder House near Edinburgh and at Johnstone Castle in Renfrewshire, both owned by members of Stirling's family. She clearly had a notion of going beyond mere friendship, and Chopin was obliged to make it clear to her that this could n... | What city did Chopin perform at on September 27? | {
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"Glasgow"
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554
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5728cfdd4b864d1900164e9a | Karl_Popper | The creation–evolution controversy in the United States raises the issue of whether creationistic ideas may be legitimately called science and whether evolution itself may be legitimately called science. In the debate, both sides and even courts in their decisions have frequently invoked Popper's criterion of falsifiab... | Which of Popper's notions is often invoked in creation-evolution debates? | {
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"criterion of falsifiability"
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298
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56d133ee17492d1400aabc30 | Kanye_West | A substantial number of artists and other figures have been influenced by, or complimented, West's work, including hip hop artists RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Chuck D of Public Enemy, and DJ Premier of Gang Starr. Both Drake and Casey Veggies have acknowledged being influenced directly by West. Non-rap artists such as English... | Who complimented West in Time Magazine? | {
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"inventor Elon Musk"
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572a982b34ae481900deaba3 | John_Kerry | Kerry was born in Aurora, Colorado and attended boarding school in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He graduated from Yale University class of 1966 with a political science major. Kerry enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1966, and during 1968–1969 served an abbreviated four-month tour of duty in South Vietnam as officer-... | What was Kerry's major? | {
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"political science"
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155
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572e9a3fc246551400ce43c4 | Steven_Spielberg | Studio producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown offered Spielberg the director's chair for Jaws, a thriller-horror film based on the Peter Benchley novel about an enormous killer shark. Spielberg has often referred to the gruelling shoot as his professional crucible. Despite the film's ultimate, enormous success, it... | What film did Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown offer Steven Spielberg to direct? | {
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"Jaws"
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94
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5730a3b12461fd1900a9cf23 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead makes the startling observation that "life is comparatively deficient in survival value." If humans can only exist for about a hundred years, and rocks for eight hundred million, then one is forced to ask why complex organisms ever evolved in the first place; as Whitehead humorously notes, "they certainly did... | Without Whitehead's proposed purpose, life would be what? | {
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"unintelligible"
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793
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57316b98e6313a140071cf25 | Muammar_Gaddafi | In 1977, Gaddafi dissolved the Republic and created a new socialist state, the Jamahiriya ("state of the masses"). Officially adopting a symbolic role in governance, he retained power as military commander-in-chief and head of the Revolutionary Committees responsible for policing and suppressing opponents. Overseeing u... | In what year did Gaddafi found the Jamahiriya? | {
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"1977"
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3
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57317297497a881900248ef9 | Muammar_Gaddafi | Increasing state control over the oil sector, the RCC began a program of nationalization, starting with the expropriation of British Petroleum's share of the British Petroleum-N.B. Hunt Sahir Field in December 1971. In September 1973, it was announced that all foreign oil producers active in Libya were to be nationaliz... | What was Libya's GDP in 1969? | {
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"$3.8 billion"
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452
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5728da9b2ca10214002da9a3 | Karl_Popper | He does not argue that any such conclusions are therefore true, or that this describes the actual methods of any particular scientist.[citation needed] Rather, it is recommended as an essential principle of methodology that, if enacted by a system or community, will lead to slow but steady progress of a sort (relative ... | What kind of progress does science make given the methodology Popper describes? | {
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"slow but steady"
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275
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56bfe66ea10cfb1400551381 | Beyoncé | In October 2014, Beyoncé signed a deal to launch an activewear line of clothing with British fashion retailer Topshop. The 50-50 venture is called Parkwood Topshop Athletic Ltd and is scheduled to launch its first dance, fitness and sports ranges in autumn 2015. The line will launch in April 2016. | When will the full line appear? | {
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"April 2016"
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287
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5726af88f1498d1400e8e73f | Edmund_Burke | At this point, Fox whispered that there was "no loss of friendship". "I regret to say there is", Burke replied, "I have indeed made a great sacrifice; I have done my duty though I have lost my friend. There is something in the detested French constitution that envenoms every thing it touches". This provoked a reply fro... | Who thought that Fox and Burke could still be friends? | {
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15
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572891182ca10214002da478 | Karl_Popper | In 1928, he earned a doctorate in psychology, under the supervision of Karl Bühler. His dissertation was entitled "Die Methodenfrage der Denkpsychologie" (The question of method in cognitive psychology). In 1929, he obtained the authorisation to teach mathematics and physics in secondary school, which he started doing.... | Who supervised Popper's doctorate? | {
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"Karl Bühler"
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71
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} |
56cf755f4df3c31400b0d7cd | Kanye_West | West's musical career has been defined by frequent stylistic shifts, and has seen him develop and explore a variety of different musical approaches and genres throughout his work. When asked about his musical inspirations, he has named A Tribe Called Quest, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, George Michael, LL Cool J, Phi... | What name did Kanye's early production style coin. | {
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"chipmunk soul"
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601
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573368ba4776f41900660a4a | Alfred_North_Whitehead | However, while Whitehead saw religion as beginning in solitariness, he also saw religion as necessarily expanding beyond the individual. In keeping with his process metaphysics in which relations are primary, he wrote that religion necessitates the realization of "the value of the objective world which is a community d... | What realization did Whitehead believe religion made necessary? | {
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"\"the value of the objective world which is a community derivative from the interrelations of its component individuals.\""
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264
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572abb9a34ae481900deac87 | Friedrich_Hayek | However, for his part, Hayek found this term "singularly unattractive" and offered the term "Old Whig" (a phrase borrowed from Edmund Burke) instead. In his later life, he said, "I am becoming a Burkean Whig." However, Whiggery as a political doctrine had little affinity for classical political economy, the tabernacle ... | What did Hayek suggest as an alternative to being called a libertarian? | {
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"Old Whig"
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"answer_start": [
93
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} |
57266312f1498d1400e8dddd | Madonna_(entertainer) | Born in Bay City, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she signed with Sire Records (an auxiliary label of Warner Bros. Records) in 1982 and released her self-titled debut album the following year. She followed... | What was the name of the album she released in 1983? | {
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"Madonna"
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28
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57318dc8a5e9cc1400cdc063 | Steven_Spielberg | Based on the strength of his work, Universal signed Spielberg to do four TV films. The first was a Richard Matheson adaptation called Duel. The film is about a psychotic Peterbilt 281 tanker truck driver who chases the terrified driver (Dennis Weaver) of a small Plymouth Valiant and tries to run him off the road. Speci... | Which British critic praised 'Duel'? | {
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"Dilys Powell"
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377
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} |
57303233a23a5019007fcf5a | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead did not begin his career as a philosopher. In fact, he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education. Early in his life he showed great interest in and respect for philosophy and metaphysics, but it is evident that he considered himself a rank amateur. In one letter to his fri... | What was Whitehead considered as a metaphysician? | {
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"one of the 20th century's foremost metaphysicians."
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631
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5726b358f1498d1400e8e7f9 | Edmund_Burke | Burke's last publications were the Letters on a Regicide Peace (October 1796), called forth by negotiations for peace with France by the Pitt government. Burke regarded this as appeasement, injurious to national dignity and honour. In his Second Letter, Burke wrote of the French Revolutionary Government: "Individuality... | When was Burke's final publication? | {
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"October 1796"
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64
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} |
56f71ca1711bf01900a44980 | Josip_Broz_Tito | On 6 April 1941, German forces, with Hungarian and Italian assistance, launched an invasion of Yugoslavia. On 10 April 1941, Slavko Kvaternik proclaimed the Independent State of Croatia, and Tito responded by forming a Military Committee within the Central Committee of the Yugoslav Communist Party. Attacked from all si... | In 1941, where did representatives of the government and military meet with German officials? | {
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"Belgrade"
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575
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} |
572ac956be1ee31400cb824d | John_Kerry | Kerry and his second wife, Mozambican-born businesswoman and philanthropist Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões Ferreira (known as Teresa), the widow of Kerry's late Pennsylvania Republican Senate colleague Henry John Heinz III, were introduced to each other by Heinz at an Earth Day rally in 1990. Early the following year, ... | Who was Kerry's 2nd wife's previous husband? | {
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"Henry John Heinz III"
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"answer_start": [
202
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} |
5726a833708984140094cd11 | Edmund_Burke | For years Burke pursued impeachment efforts against Warren Hastings, formerly Governor-General of Bengal, that resulted in the trial during 1786. His interaction with the British dominion of India began well before Hastings' impeachment trial. For two decades prior to the impeachment, Parliament had dealt with the Indi... | When was Warren Hastings impeached? | {
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"1786"
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140
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5731cdbce17f3d1400422433 | Steven_Spielberg | Spielberg first met actress Amy Irving in 1976 at the suggestion of director Brian De Palma, who knew he was looking for an actress to play in Close Encounters. After meeting her, Spielberg told his co-producer Julia Phillips, "I met a real heartbreaker last night.":293 Although she was too young for the role, she and ... | Who did Spielberg begin dating in 1976? | {
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"Amy Irving"
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28
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56f736683d8e2e1400e37489 | Josip_Broz_Tito | On 26 June 1950, the National Assembly supported a crucial bill written by Milovan Đilas and Tito about "self-management" (samoupravljanje): a type of cooperative independent socialist experiment that introduced profit sharing and workplace democracy in previously state-run enterprises which then became the direct soci... | Whose invitation did Tito reject after Stalin's death? | {
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"USSR"
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597
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} |
56cf7e194df3c31400b0d852 | Kanye_West | In September 2013, West was widely rebuked by human rights groups for performing in Kazakhstan at the wedding of authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbayev's grandson. He traveled to Kazakhstan, which has one of the poorest human rights records in the world, as a personal guest of Nazarbayev. Other notable Western pe... | How much was Kanye paid to perform in Kazakhstan? | {
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"$3 million"
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"answer_start": [
456
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} |
57318f8ae6313a140071d09d | Muammar_Gaddafi | Gaddafi was a very private individual, who described himself as a "simple revolutionary" and "pious Muslim" called upon by Allah to continue Nasser's work. Reporter Mirella Bianco found that his friends considered him particularly loyal and generous, and asserted that he adored children. She was told by Gaddafi's fathe... | What is Mirella Biano's occupation? | {
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"Reporter"
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156
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} |
5726b44edd62a815002e8d72 | Edmund_Burke | In November 1795, there was a debate in Parliament on the high price of corn and Burke wrote a memorandum to Pitt on the subject. In December Samuel Whitbread MP introduced a bill giving magistrates the power to fix minimum wages and Fox said he would vote for it. This debate probably led Burke to editing his memorandu... | Who was the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture? | {
"text": [
"Arthur Young"
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"answer_start": [
450
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} |
56d4e8512ccc5a1400d83326 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé's lighter skin color and costuming has drawn criticism from some in the African-American community. Emmett Price, a professor of music at Northeastern University, wrote in 2007, that he thinks race plays a role in many of these criticisms, saying white celebrities who dress similarly do not attract as many comm... | In addition to her light skin color, what else has made part of the African American community criticize Beyoncé? | {
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"costuming"
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33
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} |
5726a8d25951b619008f7957 | Edmund_Burke | On 4 April 1786, Burke presented the Commons with the Article of Charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors against Hastings. The impeachment in Westminster Hall, which did not begin until 14 February 1788, would be the "first major public discursive event of its kind in England", bringing the morality and duty of imperial... | Which house acquitted Hastings? | {
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"House of Lords"
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870
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56cf694f4df3c31400b0d751 | Kanye_West | West's life took a different direction when his mother, Donda West, died of complications from cosmetic surgery involving abdominoplasty and breast reduction in November 2007. Months later, West and fiancée Alexis Phifer ended their engagement and their long-term intermittent relationship, which had begun in 2002. The ... | What vocal technology did Kanye pick up for his next set of artistic endeavors? | {
"text": [
"Auto-Tune"
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"answer_start": [
545
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} |
56d4c4e72ccc5a1400d8321a | Beyoncé | On January 7, 2012, Beyoncé gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. Five months later, she performed for four nights at Revel Atlantic City's Ovation Hall to celebrate the resort's opening, her first performances since giving birth to Blue Ivy. | Where was Blue Ivy born? | {
"text": [
"Lenox Hill Hospital in New York."
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91
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56d4c75a2ccc5a1400d8322d | Beyoncé | Beyoncé embarked on The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour on April 15 in Belgrade, Serbia; the tour included 132 dates that ran through to March 2014. It became the most successful tour of her career and one of the most-successful tours of all time. In May, Beyoncé's cover of Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" with André 3000 o... | How many dates did the Mrs. Carter Show World Tour have? | {
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"132"
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103
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} |
56d4df312ccc5a1400d832b7 | Beyoncé | In 2001, she became the first African-American woman and second woman songwriter to win the Pop Songwriter of the Year award at the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Pop Music Awards. Beyoncé was the third woman to have writing credits on three number one songs ("Irreplaceable", "Grillz" and "Check... | Who gave Beyoncé the Pop Songwriter of the Year award in 2001? | {
"text": [
"the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Pop Music Awards."
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128
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56f83ffaaef2371900625f4c | Josip_Broz_Tito | The decorations were seldom displayed, however. After the Tito–Stalin split of 1948 and his inauguration as president in 1953, Tito rarely wore his uniform except when present in a military function, and then (with rare exception) only wore his Yugoslav ribbons for obvious practical reasons. The awards were displayed i... | Who was the founder of the Non-Aligned Movement? | {
"text": [
"Tito"
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363
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572ab4d5be1ee31400cb81a4 | Friedrich_Hayek | Hayek is widely recognised for having introduced the time dimension to the equilibrium construction and for his key role in helping inspire the fields of growth theory, information economics, and the theory of spontaneous order. The "informal" economics presented in Milton Friedman's massively influential popular work ... | Which of Hayek's works did Friedman once teach? | {
"text": [
"The Use of Knowledge in Society"
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536
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} |
56d3ab7e2ccc5a1400d82dfe | Frédéric_Chopin | Numerous recordings of Chopin's works are available. On the occasion of the composer's bicentenary, the critics of The New York Times recommended performances by the following contemporary pianists (among many others): Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Emanuel Ax, Evgeny Kissin, Murray Perahia, Maurizio Pollini and ... | Upon Chopin's bicentenary, who recommended a list of who should perform Chopin? | {
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"The New York Times"
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115
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56f82554aef2371900625e27 | Josip_Broz_Tito | In the years following the dissolution of Yugoslavia, some historians stated that human rights were suppressed in Yugoslavia under Tito, particularly in the first decade up until the Tito-Stalin split. On 4 October 2011, the Slovenian Constitutional Court found a 2009 naming of a street in Ljubljana after Tito to be un... | Several public area of Slovenia bear which person's name. | {
"text": [
"Tito"
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426
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} |
56cf83a7234ae51400d9bde3 | Kanye_West | The funeral and burial for Donda West was held in Oklahoma City on November 20, 2007. West played his first concert following the funeral at The O2 in London on November 22. He dedicated a performance of "Hey Mama", as well as a cover of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'", to his mother, and did so on all other dates of ... | Where was Donda West's funeral? | {
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"Oklahoma City"
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"answer_start": [
50
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} |
56bf8fc1a10cfb1400551178 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé's first solo recording was a feature on Jay Z's "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" that was released in October 2002, peaking at number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her first solo album Dangerously in Love was released on June 24, 2003, after Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland had released their solo efforts. T... | "The Closer I get to You" was recorded with which artist? | {
"text": [
"Luther Vandross"
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1042
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572e7cbbdfa6aa1500f8d022 | Muammar_Gaddafi | The son of an impoverished Bedouin goat herder, Gaddafi became involved in politics while at school in Sabha, subsequently enrolling in the Royal Military Academy, Benghazi. Founding a revolutionary cell within the military, in 1969 they seized power from the absolute monarchy of King Idris in a bloodless coup. Becomin... | How did Gaddafi change the legal system? | {
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"introduced sharia as the basis for the legal system"
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668
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56d45fcb2ccc5a1400d830fc | Beyoncé | The group changed their name to Destiny's Child in 1996, based upon a passage in the Book of Isaiah. In 1997, Destiny's Child released their major label debut song "Killing Time" on the soundtrack to the 1997 film, Men in Black. The following year, the group released their self-titled debut album, scoring their first m... | When did Destiny's Child release their second album? | {
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"1999"
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688
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57269fcddd62a815002e8b51 | Edmund_Burke | Burke claimed that Bolingbroke's arguments against revealed religion could apply to all social and civil institutions as well. Lord Chesterfield and Bishop Warburton (and others) initially thought that the work was genuinely by Bolingbroke rather than a satire. All the reviews of the work were positive, with critics es... | Where did Burke make it clear that his book was a satire? | {
"text": [
"in the preface to the second edition"
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463
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} |
57318f17497a881900249036 | Steven_Spielberg | Rejecting offers to direct Jaws 2, King Kong and Superman, Spielberg and actor Richard Dreyfuss re-convened to work on a film about UFOs, which became Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). One of the rare films both written and directed by Spielberg, Close Encounters was a critical and box office hit, giving Spiel... | How many Oscars did Close Encounters win? | {
"text": [
"two"
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451
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56cf7b8a4df3c31400b0d821 | Frédéric_Chopin | In the spring of 1834, Chopin attended the Lower Rhenish Music Festival in Aix-la-Chapelle with Hiller, and it was there that Chopin met Felix Mendelssohn. After the festival, the three visited Düsseldorf, where Mendelssohn had been appointed musical director. They spent what Mendelssohn described as "a very agreeable ... | In 1835 where did Chopin and his parents visit? | {
"text": [
"Carlsbad"
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540
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5726a993dd62a815002e8c54 | Edmund_Burke | Initially, Burke did not condemn the French Revolution. In a letter of 9 August 1789, Burke wrote: "England gazing with astonishment at a French struggle for Liberty and not knowing whether to blame or to applaud! The thing indeed, though I thought I saw something like it in progress for several years, has still someth... | What was Burke's son's name? | {
"text": [
"Richard Burke"
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"answer_start": [
648
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} |
56cfe87e234ae51400d9c06f | Frédéric_Chopin | At the end of November, Chopin returned to Paris. He passed the winter in unremitting illness, but gave occasional lessons and was visited by friends, including Delacroix and Franchomme. Occasionally he played, or accompanied the singing of Delfina Potocka, for his friends. During the summer of 1849, his friends found ... | Who was anonymously paying for Chopin's apartment? | {
"text": [
"Princess Obreskoff"
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"answer_start": [
439
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56beb9203aeaaa14008c92d4 | Beyoncé | In 2001, she became the first African-American woman and second woman songwriter to win the Pop Songwriter of the Year award at the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Pop Music Awards. Beyoncé was the third woman to have writing credits on three number one songs ("Irreplaceable", "Grillz" and "Check... | Beyonce has the same number of writing credits on number one singles as whom? | {
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5731ca31b9d445190005e55b | Steven_Spielberg | Spielberg's films often deal with several recurring themes. Most of his films deal with ordinary characters searching for or coming in contact with extraordinary beings or finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances. In an AFI interview in August 2000 Spielberg commented on his interest in the possibility of extr... | When did Spielberg give an interview saying he had 'felt like an alien'? | {
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572834c53acd2414000df6e8 | Gamal_Abdel_Nasser | As the summit closed on 28 September 1970, hours after escorting the last Arab leader to leave, Nasser suffered a heart attack. He was immediately transported to his house, where his physicians tended to him. Nasser died several hours later, around 6:00 p.m. Heikal, Sadat, and Nasser's wife Tahia were at his deathbed. ... | What health events had Nasser suffered in 1966 and 1969? | {
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572eb93fdfa6aa1500f8d31a | Muammar_Gaddafi | Muammar Gaddafi was born in a tent near Qasr Abu Hadi, a rural area outside the town of Sirte in the deserts of western Libya. His family came from a small, relatively un-influential tribal group called the Qadhadhfa, who were Arabized Berber in heritage. His father, Mohammad Abdul Salam bin Hamed bin Mohammad, was kno... | How did his early childhood experiences impact his later life? | {
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56be8e353aeaaa14008c90c8 | Beyoncé | The remaining band members recorded "Independent Women Part I", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 2000 film, Charlie's Angels. It became their best-charting single, topping the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for eleven consecutive weeks. In early 2001, while Destiny's Child was completing their third album, Beyoncé... | For what network, did Beyonce land a major movie role in? | {
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56d43da72ccc5a1400d830bf | Beyoncé | Following the disbandment of Destiny's Child in June 2005, she released her second solo album, B'Day (2006), which contained hits "Déjà Vu", "Irreplaceable", and "Beautiful Liar". Beyoncé also ventured into acting, with a Golden Globe-nominated performance in Dreamgirls (2006), and starring roles in The Pink Panther (2... | What was Beyoncé's first acting job, in 2006? | {
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57288fbf3acd2414000dfb21 | Karl_Popper | He worked in street construction for a short amount of time, but was unable to cope with the heavy labour. Continuing to attend university as a guest student, he started an apprenticeship as cabinetmaker, which he completed as a journeyman. He was dreaming at that time of starting a daycare facility for children, for w... | In which psychoanalysts clinics did Popper volunteer? | {
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5726ad3c5951b619008f79df | Madonna_(entertainer) | Madonna starred as Breathless Mahoney in the film Dick Tracy (1990), with Warren Beatty playing the title role. Her performance led to a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress. To accompany the film, she released the soundtrack album, I'm Breathless, which included songs inspired by the film's 1930s setting. It also ... | When did Madonna and Beatty's relationship end? | {
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57318dc8a5e9cc1400cdc065 | Steven_Spielberg | Based on the strength of his work, Universal signed Spielberg to do four TV films. The first was a Richard Matheson adaptation called Duel. The film is about a psychotic Peterbilt 281 tanker truck driver who chases the terrified driver (Dennis Weaver) of a small Plymouth Valiant and tries to run him off the road. Speci... | Who starred in 'Savage'/ | {
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572e8f2edfa6aa1500f8d136 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman devoted the latter half of his book What Do You Care What Other People Think? to his experience on the Rogers Commission, straying from his usual convention of brief, light-hearted anecdotes to deliver an extended and sober narrative. Feynman's account reveals a disconnect between NASA's engineers and executive... | While the higher-ups said a failure was unlikely, at 1 in 100,000 odds, the scientists felt the odd were what? | {
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56d372e959d6e41400146402 | Frédéric_Chopin | In London Chopin took lodgings at Dover Street, where the firm of Broadwood provided him with a grand piano. At his first engagement, on 15 May at Stafford House, the audience included Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The Prince, who was himself a talented musician, moved close to the keyboard to view Chopin's techniq... | What did Broadway provide for Chopin? | {
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5728044f3acd2414000df24e | Gamal_Abdel_Nasser | Nasser's nomination for the post and the new constitution were put to public referendum on 23 June and each was approved by an overwhelming majority. A 350-member National Assembly was established, elections for which were held in July 1957. Nasser had ultimate approval over all the candidates. The constitution granted... | Among the original Free Officers, what did Nasser do to his opponents? | {
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56cf5284aab44d1400b88fcc | Frédéric_Chopin | The British Library notes that "Chopin's works have been recorded by all the great pianists of the recording era." The earliest recording was an 1895 performance by Paul Pabst of the Nocturne in E major Op. 62 No. 2. The British Library site makes available a number of historic recordings, including some by Alfred Cort... | Who played the earlier known recording of Chopin's work? | {
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56be88473aeaaa14008c9084 | Beyoncé | A self-described "modern-day feminist", Beyoncé creates songs that are often characterized by themes of love, relationships, and monogamy, as well as female sexuality and empowerment. On stage, her dynamic, highly choreographed performances have led to critics hailing her as one of the best entertainers in contemporary... | Which magazine declared her the most dominant woman musician? | {
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572666af708984140094c4d7 | Madonna_(entertainer) | Madonna was born to Catholic parents Silvio Anthony "Tony" Ciccone (b. 1931) and Madonna Louise Fortin (c. 1933 – December 1, 1963) in Bay City, Michigan, on August 16, 1958. Her father's parents were immigrants from Pacentro, Italy, while her mother was of French-Canadian ancestry. Tony worked as an engineer designer ... | Madonna's mother was from which ancestry? | {
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572a8b41111d821400f38bd2 | Friedrich_Hayek | Asked about the liberal, non-democratic rule by a Chilean interviewer, Hayek is translated from German to Spanish to English as having said, "As long term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. [...] Personally I prefer a liberal dictato... | At what point did Hayek claim dictatorships may be necessary? | {
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5727f0b1ff5b5019007d98f5 | Doctor_Who | The show is a significant part of British popular culture, and elsewhere it has become a cult television favourite. The show has influenced generations of British television professionals, many of whom grew up watching the series. The programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989. There was an unsuccessful attempt to revi... | Who produced the Doctor Who revival series? | {
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572aa74cbe1ee31400cb8118 | John_Kerry | Eight days later, on February 28, 1969, came the events for which Kerry was awarded his Silver Star Medal. On this occasion, Kerry was in tactical command of his Swift boat and two other Swift boats during a combat operation. Their mission on the Duong Keo River included bringing an underwater demolition team and dozen... | Where did Kerry earn a Silver Star? | {
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573183df05b4da19006bd21e | Muammar_Gaddafi | The early and mid-1980s saw economic trouble for Libya; from 1982 to 1986, the country's annual oil revenues dropped from $21 billion to $5.4 billion. Focusing on irrigation projects, 1983 saw construction start on "Gaddafi's Pet Project", the Great Man-Made River; although designed to be finished by the end of the dec... | Who was the ruler of Morocco in 1984? | {
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57266e1e708984140094c5b9 | Madonna_(entertainer) | Madonna moved in with boyfriend John "Jellybean" Benitez, asking his help for finishing the album's production. Benitez remixed most of the tracks and produced "Holiday", which was her third single and her first global hit. The overall sound of Madonna was dissonant and in the form of upbeat synthetic disco, using some... | Which number did Madonna's album peaked at the Billboard 800 six months later? | {
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56cbda8d6d243a140015ed92 | Frédéric_Chopin | Fryderyk Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola, 46 kilometres (29 miles) west of Warsaw, in what was then the Duchy of Warsaw, a Polish state established by Napoleon. The parish baptismal record gives his birthday as 22 February 1810, and cites his given names in the Latin form Fridericus Franciscus (in Polish, he was Fryde... | How many miles was the village Frédéric born in located to the west of Warsaw? | {
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572700addd62a815002e9764 | Madonna_(entertainer) | Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide. The Guinness World Records acknowledged her as the best-selling female recording artist and the fourth best-selling act of all time, behind The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and Michael Jackson. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is... | How many MTV video music awards does Madonna have? | {
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56de8d06cffd8e1900b4b9ea | Arnold_Schwarzenegger | Schwarzenegger's commercial peak was his return as the title character in 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which was the highest-grossing film of 1991. In 1993, the National Association of Theatre Owners named him the "International Star of the Decade". His next film project, the 1993 self-aware action comedy spoof L... | What Schwarzenegger film was 1991's highest-grossing movie? | {
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5731c9b6e17f3d14004223eb | Steven_Spielberg | Spielberg was scheduled to shoot a $200 million adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's novel Robopocalypse, adapted for the screen by Drew Goddard. The film would follow a global human war against a robot uprising about 15–20 years in the future. Like Lincoln, it was to be released by Disney in the United States and Fox over... | When was 'Robopocalypse' scheduled for release? | {
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56bfdd3fa10cfb140055134d | Beyoncé | The release of a video-game Starpower: Beyoncé was cancelled after Beyoncé pulled out of a $100 million with GateFive who alleged the cancellation meant the sacking of 70 staff and millions of pounds lost in development. It was settled out of court by her lawyers in June 2013 who said that they had cancelled because Ga... | How many people lost jobs when Beyonce left the video game deal? | {
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5727f8df3acd2414000df123 | Gamal_Abdel_Nasser | The Free Officers' intention was not to install themselves in government, but to re-establish a parliamentary democracy. Nasser did not believe that a low-ranking officer like himself (a lieutenant colonel) would be accepted by the Egyptian people, and so selected General Naguib to be his "boss" and lead the coup in na... | What day did the revolution begin? | {
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56d22055e7d4791d00902685 | Frédéric_Chopin | From September 1823 to 1826 Chopin attended the Warsaw Lyceum, where he received organ lessons from the Czech musician Wilhelm Würfel during his first year. In the autumn of 1826 he began a three-year course under the Silesian composer Józef Elsner at the Warsaw Conservatory, studying music theory, figured bass and com... | What is th ename of the mechanical organ Chopin played in 1825? | {
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5726e8ed5951b619008f8229 | Madonna_(entertainer) | Controversy erupted when Madonna decided to adopt from Malawi again. Chifundo "Mercy" James was finally adopted in June 2009. Madonna had known Mercy from the time she went to adopt David. Mercy's grandmother had initially protested the adoption, but later gave in, saying "At first I didn't want her to go but as a fami... | When was Mercy adopted? | {
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56bf7cb63aeaaa14008c9679 | Beyoncé | The group changed their name to Destiny's Child in 1996, based upon a passage in the Book of Isaiah. In 1997, Destiny's Child released their major label debut song "Killing Time" on the soundtrack to the 1997 film, Men in Black. The following year, the group released their self-titled debut album, scoring their first m... | Debut song, "Killing Time" was featured on what movie's sound track? | {
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573192cde6313a140071d0c5 | Steven_Spielberg | After two forays into more serious dramatic films, Spielberg then directed the third Indiana Jones film, 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Once again teaming up with Lucas and Ford, Spielberg also cast actor Sean Connery in a supporting role as Indy's father. The film earned generally positive reviews and was ... | Who directed 'Batman'? | {
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