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Beyoncé
On March 5, 2010, Beyoncé and her mother Tina opened the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center at the Brooklyn Phoenix House, offering a seven-month cosmetology training course for men and women.
What did Beyoncé open at the Brooklyn Phoenix House in 2010?
{ "text": [ "Beyoncé Cosmetology Center" ], "answer_start": [ 57 ] }
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Beyoncé
Following the death of Osama bin Laden, Beyoncé released her cover of the Lee Greenwood song "God Bless the USA", as a charity single to help raise funds for the New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund.
What Lee Greenwood song did Beyoncé cover after Osama bin Laden was killed?
{ "text": [ "God Bless the USA" ], "answer_start": [ 94 ] }
56bed5983aeaaa14008c94f3
Beyoncé
In December, Beyoncé along with a variety of other celebrities teamed up and produced a video campaign for "Demand A Plan", a bipartisan effort by a group of 950 US mayors and others designed to influence the federal government into rethinking its gun control laws, following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Which national event caused Beyonce to produce "Demand a Plan?"
{ "text": [ "Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting" ], "answer_start": [ 280 ] }
56bed5983aeaaa14008c94f4
Beyoncé
Beyoncé became an ambassador for the 2012 World Humanitarian Day campaign donating her song "I Was Here" and its music video, shot in the UN, to the campaign.
What song did Beyonce contribute to the campaign?
{ "text": [ "I Was Here" ], "answer_start": [ 93 ] }
56bed5983aeaaa14008c94f5
Beyoncé
Beyoncé is also taking part in "Miss a Meal", a food-donation campaign, and supporting Goodwill charity through online charity auctions at Charitybuzz that support job creation throughout Europe and the U.S.
Beyonce is contributing to which food-donation campaign?
{ "text": [ "Miss a Meal" ], "answer_start": [ 32 ] }
56bed5983aeaaa14008c94f6
Beyoncé
A concert for the cause took place on June 1, 2013 in London and included other acts like Ellie Goulding, Florence and the Machine, and Rita Ora.
On June 1 , 2013 where was the concert held for "a Chime for Change"?
{ "text": [ "London" ], "answer_start": [ 54 ] }
56bed5983aeaaa14008c94f7
Beyoncé
Beyoncé said about her mother Tina Knowles that her gift was "finding the best qualities in every human being." With help of the crowdfunding platform Catapult, visitors of the concert could choose between several projects promoting education of women and girls.
Beyonce was speaking about whom when she said her gift was "finding the best qualities in every human being."?
{ "text": [ "her mother" ], "answer_start": [ 19 ] }
56bfed855a85de14001c7864
Beyoncé
In December, Beyoncé along with a variety of other celebrities teamed up and produced a video campaign for "Demand A Plan", a bipartisan effort by a group of 950 US mayors and others designed to influence the federal government into rethinking its gun control laws, following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
The Demand a Plan video campaign followed what tragic event?
{ "text": [ "Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting." ], "answer_start": [ 280 ] }
56bfed855a85de14001c7866
Beyoncé
In 2013, it was announced that Beyoncé would work with Salma Hayek and Frida Giannini on a Gucci "Chime for Change" campaign that aims to spread female empowerment.
What was the focus of the Gucci Chime for Change campaign?
{ "text": [ "spread female empowerment" ], "answer_start": [ 138 ] }
56bfed855a85de14001c7868
Beyoncé
Beyoncé said about her mother Tina Knowles that her gift was "finding the best qualities in every human being." With help of the crowdfunding platform Catapult, visitors of the concert could choose between several projects promoting education of women and girls.
What crowdfunding platform was used in the concert?
{ "text": [ "Catapult" ], "answer_start": [ 151 ] }
56d4fa2e2ccc5a1400d833ca
Beyoncé
In December, Beyoncé along with a variety of other celebrities teamed up and produced a video campaign for "Demand A Plan", a bipartisan effort by a group of 950 US mayors and others designed to influence the federal government into rethinking its gun control laws, following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
What is the name of the campaign that Beyoncé and others are involved in that deals with gun control?
{ "text": [ "Demand A Plan" ], "answer_start": [ 108 ] }
56d4fa2e2ccc5a1400d833cb
Beyoncé
In December, Beyoncé along with a variety of other celebrities teamed up and produced a video campaign for "Demand A Plan", a bipartisan effort by a group of 950 US mayors and others designed to influence the federal government into rethinking its gun control laws, following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
What school shooting prompted the creation of Demand A Plan?
{ "text": [ "Sandy Hook Elementary School" ], "answer_start": [ 280 ] }
56d4fa2e2ccc5a1400d833cc
Beyoncé
Beyoncé became an ambassador for the 2012 World Humanitarian Day campaign donating her song "I Was Here" and its music video, shot in the UN, to the campaign.
What song did Beyoncé donate to the 2012 World Humanitarian Day campaign?
{ "text": [ "I Was Here" ], "answer_start": [ 93 ] }
56d4fa2e2ccc5a1400d833cd
Beyoncé
In 2013, it was announced that Beyoncé would work with Salma Hayek and Frida Giannini on a Gucci "Chime for Change" campaign that aims to spread female empowerment.
Who did Beyoncé work with in 2013 on the Chime for Change campaign?
{ "text": [ "Salma Hayek and Frida Giannini" ], "answer_start": [ 55 ] }
5733bd9bd058e614000b6199
Montana
The state's name is derived from the Spanish word montaña (mountain).
Where does the state's name come from?
{ "text": [ "Spanish word montaña (mountain)" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
5733bd9bd058e614000b619a
Montana
Montana is ranked 4th in size, but 44th in population and 48th in population density of the 50 United States.
What is the states rank in size?
{ "text": [ "4th" ], "answer_start": [ 18 ] }
5733bd9bd058e614000b619b
Montana
Montana is ranked 4th in size, but 44th in population and 48th in population density of the 50 United States.
What is its rank in popularion?
{ "text": [ "44th" ], "answer_start": [ 35 ] }
5733bd9bd058e614000b619c
Montana
In total, 77 named ranges are part of the Rocky Mountains.
How many ranges are part of the Rocky Mountains?
{ "text": [ "77" ], "answer_start": [ 10 ] }
5733f0e34776f41900661573
Montana
The state's name is derived from the Spanish word montaña (mountain).
Where does the state's name come from?
{ "text": [ "from the Spanish word montaña" ], "answer_start": [ 28 ] }
5733d7164776f4190066132e
Montana
The state tree, the ponderosa pine, was selected by Montana schoolchildren as the preferred state tree by an overwhelming majority in a referendum held in 1908.
What year was the state tree selected?
{ "text": [ "1908" ], "answer_start": [ 155 ] }
5733d7164776f4190066132f
Montana
However, the legislature did not designate a state tree until 1949, when the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs, with the support of the state forester, lobbied for formal recognition.
When was the state tree actually assigned?
{ "text": [ "1949" ], "answer_start": [ 62 ] }
5733d7164776f41900661330
Montana
Similarly, the secretary of state sponsored a children's vote in 1981 to choose a state animal, and after 74 animals were nominated, the grizzly bear won over the elk by a 2–1 margin.
What year was the state animal selected?
{ "text": [ "1981" ], "answer_start": [ 65 ] }
5733d7164776f41900661331
Montana
Similarly, the secretary of state sponsored a children's vote in 1981 to choose a state animal, and after 74 animals were nominated, the grizzly bear won over the elk by a 2–1 margin.
What is the state animal of Montana?
{ "text": [ "grizzly bear" ], "answer_start": [ 137 ] }
5733d7164776f41900661332
Montana
The students of Livingston started a statewide school petition drive plus lobbied the governor and the state legislature to name the Maiasaura as the state fossil in 1985.
What is the state fossil
{ "text": [ "Maiasaura" ], "answer_start": [ 133 ] }
5733d7fd4776f41900661342
Montana
The state song was not composed until 21 years after statehood, when a musical troupe led by Joseph E. Howard stopped in Butte in September 1910.
When was the state song composed?
{ "text": [ "1910" ], "answer_start": [ 140 ] }
5733d858d058e614000b63c7
Montana
Montana's motto, Oro y Plata, Spanish for "Gold and Silver", recognizing the significant role of mining, was first adopted in 1865, when Montana was still a territory.
What is Montana's motto?
{ "text": [ "Oro y Plata" ], "answer_start": [ 17 ] }
5733d858d058e614000b63c8
Montana
Montana's motto, Oro y Plata, Spanish for "Gold and Silver", recognizing the significant role of mining, was first adopted in 1865, when Montana was still a territory.
What does Montana's motto mean?
{ "text": [ "\"Gold and Silver\"" ], "answer_start": [ 42 ] }
5733d858d058e614000b63c9
Montana
Montana's motto, Oro y Plata, Spanish for "Gold and Silver", recognizing the significant role of mining, was first adopted in 1865, when Montana was still a territory.
When was the motto adopted?
{ "text": [ "1865" ], "answer_start": [ 126 ] }
5733d858d058e614000b63ca
Montana
The state flower, the bitterroot, was adopted in 1895 with the support of a group called the Floral Emblem Association, which formed after Montana's Women's Christian Temperance Union adopted the bitterroot as the organization's state flower.
WHen was the state flower adopted?
{ "text": [ "1895" ], "answer_start": [ 49 ] }
5733d858d058e614000b63cb
Montana
The state flower, the bitterroot, was adopted in 1895 with the support of a group called the Floral Emblem Association, which formed after Montana's Women's Christian Temperance Union adopted the bitterroot as the organization's state flower.
What is the state flower for Montana?
{ "text": [ "bitterroot" ], "answer_start": [ 196 ] }
5733e9864776f419006614cc
Montana
Based on 2013 census numbers, they collectively contain 35 percent of Montana's population.
How much of the states population does the "Big 7" have?
{ "text": [ "35 percent" ], "answer_start": [ 56 ] }
5733eefe4776f4190066154b
Montana
Montana has 56 counties with the United States Census Bureau stating Montana's contains 364 "places", broken down into 129 incorporated places and 235 census-designated places.
How many counties does Montana have?
{ "text": [ "56" ], "answer_start": [ 12 ] }
5733eefe4776f4190066154c
Montana
Montana has one city, Billings, with a population over 100,000; and two cities with populations over 50,000, Missoula and Great Falls.
What city in Montana has over 100,000 people?
{ "text": [ "Billings" ], "answer_start": [ 22 ] }
5733eefe4776f4190066154d
Montana
Montana has one city, Billings, with a population over 100,000; and two cities with populations over 50,000, Missoula and Great Falls.
What two cities have a population over 50,000?
{ "text": [ "Missoula and Great Falls" ], "answer_start": [ 109 ] }
5733f18ad058e614000b6643
Montana
The name Montana comes from the Spanish word Montaña, meaning "mountain", or more broadly, "mountainous country".
Where does the state's name mean?
{ "text": [ "\"mountain\"" ], "answer_start": [ 62 ] }
5733f18ad058e614000b6644
Montana
Montaña del Norte was the name given by early Spanish explorers to the entire mountainous region of the west. The name Montana was added to a bill by the United States House Committee on Territories, which was chaired at the time by Rep. James Ashley of Ohio, for the territory that would become Idaho Territory.
What did the Spanish call this region?
{ "text": [ "Montaña del Norte" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
5733f5d34776f419006615bb
Montana
With a total area of 147,040 square miles (380,800 km2), Montana is slightly larger than Japan.
What is the total area of Montana?
{ "text": [ "147,040 square miles" ], "answer_start": [ 21 ] }
5733f5d34776f419006615bc
Montana
It borders North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south and Idaho to the west and southwest.
What state does Montana border to the south?
{ "text": [ "Wyoming" ], "answer_start": [ 54 ] }
5733f5d34776f419006615bd
Montana
It borders North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south and Idaho to the west and southwest.
What state does it border to the west?
{ "text": [ "Idaho" ], "answer_start": [ 79 ] }
573408fed058e614000b6835
Montana
Most of Montana's 100 or more named mountain ranges are concentrated in the western half of the state, most of which is geologically and geographically part of the Northern Rocky Mountains.
Where are most of the states mountain ranges?
{ "text": [ "western half of the state" ], "answer_start": [ 76 ] }
573408fed058e614000b6836
Montana
About 60 percent of the state is prairie, part of the northern Great Plains.
How much of the state is prarie?
{ "text": [ "About 60 percent" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
573409bed058e614000b6839
Montana
It causes the Waterton River, Belly, and Saint Mary rivers to flow north into Alberta, Canada.
Which direction do the rivers flow near the Triple Divide Peak?
{ "text": [ "north" ], "answer_start": [ 67 ] }
573409bed058e614000b683a
Montana
There they join the Saskatchewan River, which ultimately empties into Hudson Bay.
Where does the Saskatchewan River empty into?
{ "text": [ "Hudson Bay." ], "answer_start": [ 70 ] }
57340a0dd058e614000b6851
Montana
The Beartooth Plateau is the largest continuous land mass over 10,000 feet (3,000 m) high in the continental United States.
How high is the Beartooth Plateau?
{ "text": [ "over 10,000 feet" ], "answer_start": [ 58 ] }
57340a0dd058e614000b6852
Montana
It contains the highest point in the state, Granite Peak, 12,799 feet (3,901 m) high.
What is thie highest point in the state?
{ "text": [ "Granite Peak" ], "answer_start": [ 44 ] }
57340a0dd058e614000b6853
Montana
It contains the highest point in the state, Granite Peak, 12,799 feet (3,901 m) high.
How high is Granite Peak?
{ "text": [ "12,799 feet" ], "answer_start": [ 58 ] }
57340bdf4776f419006617a3
Montana
Democrats currently hold one of the state's U.S. Senate seats, as well as four of the five statewide offices (Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Secretary of State and State Auditor).
How many seats do Democrats hold in the state US Senate's seats?
{ "text": [ "one" ], "answer_start": [ 25 ] }
57340bdf4776f419006617a4
Montana
The lone congressional district has been Republican since 1996 and in 2014 Steve Daines won one of the state's Senate seats for the GOP. The Legislative branch had split party control between the house and senate most years between 2004 and 2010, when the mid-term elections returned both branches to Republican control.
How long has the single congressional district been Republican?
{ "text": [ "1996" ], "answer_start": [ 58 ] }
57340bdf4776f419006617a6
Montana
The state Senate is, as of 2015, controlled by the Republicans 29 to 21, and the State House of Representatives at 59 to 41.
What is the split in the State House of Representatives?
{ "text": [ "59 to 41." ], "answer_start": [ 115 ] }
57340bdf4776f419006617a5
Montana
The state Senate is, as of 2015, controlled by the Republicans 29 to 21, and the State House of Representatives at 59 to 41.
What is the split in the state Senate controller by the Republicans?
{ "text": [ "29 to 21" ], "answer_start": [ 63 ] }
57341184d058e614000b68da
Montana
In presidential elections, Montana was long classified as a swing state, though the state has voted for the Republican candidate in all but two elections from 1952 to the present.
In elections, what is Montana considered?
{ "text": [ "a swing state" ], "answer_start": [ 58 ] }
57341184d058e614000b68db
Montana
The state last supported a Democrat for president in 1992, when Bill Clinton won a plurality victory.
What year was the last Democrat for president supported?
{ "text": [ "1992" ], "answer_start": [ 53 ] }
57341184d058e614000b68dc
Montana
Overall, since 1889 the state has voted for Democratic governors 60 percent of the time and Democratic presidents 40 percent of the time, with these numbers being 40/60 for Republican candidates.
How often has Montana voted for a Democratic governor?
{ "text": [ "60 percent" ], "answer_start": [ 65 ] }
57341184d058e614000b68dd
Montana
Overall, since 1889 the state has voted for Democratic governors 60 percent of the time and Democratic presidents 40 percent of the time, with these numbers being 40/60 for Republican candidates.
How often does Montana voted for a Democratic president?
{ "text": [ "40 percent" ], "answer_start": [ 114 ] }
573412ebd058e614000b68f0
Montana
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport is the busiest airport in the state of Montana, surpassing Billings Logan International Airport in the spring of 2013.
What is the name of the busiest airport in Montana?
{ "text": [ "Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
573412ebd058e614000b68f1
Montana
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport is the busiest airport in the state of Montana, surpassing Billings Logan International Airport in the spring of 2013.
When did Bozeman Airport surpass Billings Logan as the largest busiest in Montana?
{ "text": [ "2013" ], "answer_start": [ 155 ] }
573413594776f41900661803
Montana
Today, the BNSF Railway is the state's largest railroad, its main transcontinental route incorporating the former Great Northern main line across the state.
What is the states largest railway?
{ "text": [ "BNSF Railway" ], "answer_start": [ 11 ] }
573413594776f41900661804
Montana
Railroads have been an important method of transportation in Montana since the 1880s.
How long have railroads been important since in Montana
{ "text": [ "1880s" ], "answer_start": [ 79 ] }
573414644776f4190066180d
Montana
Montana is home to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and has a historic big game hunting tradition.
What is the name of the big game hunting foundation in Montana?
{ "text": [ "Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation" ], "answer_start": [ 23 ] }
573414644776f4190066180e
Montana
There is a spring hunting season for black bear and in most years, limited hunting of bison that leave Yellowstone National Park is allowed.
What season is black bear hunting allowed?
{ "text": [ "spring" ], "answer_start": [ 11 ] }
573414644776f4190066180f
Montana
Current law allows both hunting and trapping of a specific number of wolves and mountain lions.
What two predators can be hunted in specific numbers?
{ "text": [ "wolves and mountain lions" ], "answer_start": [ 69 ] }
57341539d058e614000b6906
Montana
Montana has been a destination for its world-class trout fisheries since the 1930s.
Since when has Montana been a destination for trout fisheries?
{ "text": [ "1930s" ], "answer_start": [ 77 ] }
57341539d058e614000b6907
Montana
Montana is the home of the Federation of Fly Fishers and hosts many of the organizations annual conclaves.
What fishing organization has its home here?
{ "text": [ "Federation of Fly Fishers" ], "answer_start": [ 27 ] }
57341539d058e614000b6908
Montana
The state has robust recreational lake trout and kokanee salmon fisheries in the west, walleye can be found in many parts of the state, while northern pike, smallmouth and largemouth bass fisheries as well as catfish and paddlefish can be found in the waters of eastern Montana.
What type of fisheries does the state have?
{ "text": [ "trout and kokanee salmon fisheries" ], "answer_start": [ 39 ] }
57341539d058e614000b6909
Montana
Robert Redford's 1992 film of Norman Mclean's novel, A River Runs Through It, was filmed in Montana and brought national attention to fly fishing and the state.
What Robert Redford movie was shot here in 1002?
{ "text": [ "A River Runs Through It" ], "answer_start": [ 53 ] }
5734161dd058e614000b690e
Montana
The Montana Territory was formed on April 26, 1864, when the U.S. passed the Organic Act.
When was the Montana Territory formed?
{ "text": [ "April 26, 1864" ], "answer_start": [ 36 ] }
5734161dd058e614000b690f
Montana
The first formal school on record was at Fort Owen in Bitterroot valley in 1862.
When was the first formal school on record?
{ "text": [ "1862" ], "answer_start": [ 75 ] }
5734161dd058e614000b6910
Montana
In this school students were charged $1.75 per week.
How much were students charged per week?
{ "text": [ "$1.75" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
5734161dd058e614000b6911
Montana
Madison County was the first to take advantage of the newly authorized taxes and it formed fhe first public school in Virginia City in 1886.
When did the first public school in Virginia City formed?
{ "text": [ "1886" ], "answer_start": [ 135 ] }
573416974776f41900661835
Montana
Montana contains thousands of named rivers and creeks, 450 miles (720 km) of which are known for "blue-ribbon" trout fishing.
How many miles of rivers are known for high class trout?
{ "text": [ "450" ], "answer_start": [ 55 ] }
573416974776f41900661836
Montana
Its rivers feed the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and Hudson Bay.
What Bay do rivers from Montana feed?
{ "text": [ "Hudson Bay" ], "answer_start": [ 59 ] }
573416974776f41900661837
Montana
The watersheds divide at Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park.
Where do the watersheds divide at?
{ "text": [ "Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park." ], "answer_start": [ 25 ] }
573416974776f41900661838
Montana
Its rivers feed the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and Hudson Bay.
What ocean do rivers flow into from Montana?
{ "text": [ "Pacific Ocean" ], "answer_start": [ 20 ] }
5734173b4776f4190066184f
Montana
East of the divide the Missouri River, which is formed by the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin rivers near Three Forks, flows due north through the west-central part of the state to Great Falls.
What rivers form the Missouri River?
{ "text": [ "Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin rivers" ], "answer_start": [ 80 ] }
5734173b4776f41900661850
Montana
East of the divide the Missouri River, which is formed by the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin rivers near Three Forks, flows due north through the west-central part of the state to Great Falls.
Near where do the rivers form up for the Missouri river merging?
{ "text": [ "Three Forks" ], "answer_start": [ 124 ] }
5734173b4776f41900661851
Montana
East of the divide the Missouri River, which is formed by the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin rivers near Three Forks, flows due north through the west-central part of the state to Great Falls.
Which direction does the water flow in this area?
{ "text": [ "north" ], "answer_start": [ 147 ] }
5734173b4776f41900661852
Montana
The stretch of river between Fort Benton and the Fred Robinson Bridge at the western boundary of Fort Peck Reservoir was designated a National Wild and Scenic River in 1976.
Which year was the Fort Peck Reservoir designated a National Scenic River?
{ "text": [ "1976" ], "answer_start": [ 168 ] }
57341835d058e614000b693e
Montana
It flows north through Yellowstone National Park, enters Montana near Gardiner, and passes through the Paradise Valley to Livingston.
Which direction does the Yellowstone River flow through the national park?
{ "text": [ "north" ], "answer_start": [ 9 ] }
57341835d058e614000b693f
Montana
The Yellowstone joins the Missouri in North Dakota just east of Fort Union.
Where does the Yellowstone meet the Missouri river?
{ "text": [ "North Dakota" ], "answer_start": [ 38 ] }
5734192ad058e614000b6942
Montana
There are at least 3,223 named lakes and reservoirs in Montana, including Flathead Lake, the largest natural freshwater lake in the western United States.
How many named lakes are there in Montana?
{ "text": [ "at least 3,223" ], "answer_start": [ 10 ] }
5734192ad058e614000b6943
Montana
There are at least 3,223 named lakes and reservoirs in Montana, including Flathead Lake, the largest natural freshwater lake in the western United States.
What is the name of the largest freshwater lake in western United States?
{ "text": [ "Flathead Lake" ], "answer_start": [ 74 ] }
5734192ad058e614000b6944
Montana
The largest reservoir in the state is Fort Peck Reservoir on the Missouri river, which is contained by the second largest earthen dam and largest hydraulically filled dam in the world.
What is the name of the largest reservoir in the state?
{ "text": [ "Fort Peck Reservoir" ], "answer_start": [ 38 ] }
5734192ad058e614000b6945
Montana
The largest reservoir in the state is Fort Peck Reservoir on the Missouri river, which is contained by the second largest earthen dam and largest hydraulically filled dam in the world.
What river is the Fort Peck Reservoir on?
{ "text": [ "Missouri river" ], "answer_start": [ 65 ] }
573419714776f41900661871
Montana
Forests cover approximately 25 percent of the state.
About how much area do forests cover the state?
{ "text": [ "approximately 25 percent" ], "answer_start": [ 14 ] }
57341b484776f41900661885
Montana
Montana is home to a diverse array of fauna that includes 14 amphibian, 90 fish, 117 mammal, 20 reptile and 427 bird species.
How many different types of fish are diverse to Montana?
{ "text": [ "90" ], "answer_start": [ 72 ] }
57341b484776f41900661886
Montana
Montana has the largest grizzly bear population in the lower 48 states.
What type of bear does Montana have the highest population of?
{ "text": [ "grizzly bear" ], "answer_start": [ 24 ] }
57341b484776f41900661887
Montana
Montana hosts five federally endangered species–black-footed ferret, whooping crane, least tern, pallid sturgeon and white sturgeon and seven threatened species including the grizzly bear, Canadian lynx and bull trout.
How many endangered species are in Montana?
{ "text": [ "five" ], "answer_start": [ 14 ] }
57341b484776f41900661888
Montana
The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks manages fishing and hunting seasons for at least 17 species of game fish including seven species of trout, walleye and smallmouth bass and at least 29 species of game birds and animals including ring-neck pheasant, grey partridge, elk, pronghorn antelope, mule deer, wh...
How many species of game fish have hunting seasons?
{ "text": [ "at least 17" ], "answer_start": [ 91 ] }
57341c46d058e614000b6954
Montana
Average annual precipitation is 15 inches (380 mm), but great variations are seen.
What is the annual precipitation?
{ "text": [ "15 inches" ], "answer_start": [ 32 ] }
57341c46d058e614000b6955
Montana
The mountain ranges block the moist Pacific air, holding moisture in the western valleys, and creating rain shadows to the east. Heron, in the west, receives the most precipitation, 34.70 inches (881 mm).
How much precipitation does Heron recieve?
{ "text": [ "34.70 inches" ], "answer_start": [ 182 ] }
57341c46d058e614000b6956
Montana
The mountains themselves can receive over 100 inches (2,500 mm), for example the Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park gets 105 inches (2,700 mm).
How much precipitation does the Grinnell Glacier recieve?
{ "text": [ "105 inches" ], "answer_start": [ 128 ] }
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Montana
Montana's personal income tax contains 7 brackets, with rates ranging from 1 percent to 6.9 percent.
How many tax brackets does Montana have?
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Montana
Montana's personal income tax contains 7 brackets, with rates ranging from 1 percent to 6.9 percent.
What is the highest tax bracket in Montana?
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Montana
Montana has no sales tax.
Does Montana have a sales tax?
{ "text": [ "no" ], "answer_start": [ 12 ] }
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Montana
Approximately 66,000 people of Native American heritage live in Montana.
About how many Native Americans live in Montana?
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Montana
Stemming from multiple treaties and federal legislation, including the Indian Appropriations Act (1851), the Dawes Act (1887), and the Indian Reorganization Act (1934), seven Indian reservations, encompassing eleven tribal nations, were created in Montana.
When was the Indian Appropriations Act passed?
{ "text": [ "1851" ], "answer_start": [ 98 ] }
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Montana
Stemming from multiple treaties and federal legislation, including the Indian Appropriations Act (1851), the Dawes Act (1887), and the Indian Reorganization Act (1934), seven Indian reservations, encompassing eleven tribal nations, were created in Montana.
What year was the Dawes act passed?
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Montana
A twelfth nation, the Little Shell Chippewa is a "landless" people headquartered in Great Falls, recognized by the state of Montana but not by the U.S. Government.
Where are the Little Shell Chippewa headquartered?
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Approximately 63% of all Native people live off the reservations, concentrated in the larger Montana cities with the largest concentration of urban Indians in Great Falls.
About what percentage of the Native Americans in Montana live off the reservation?
{ "text": [ "63%" ], "answer_start": [ 14 ] }
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Montana
While the largest European-American population in Montana overall is German, pockets of significant Scandinavian ancestry are prevalent in some of the farming-dominated northern and eastern prairie regions, parallel to nearby regions of North Dakota and Minnesota.
What is the largest European-American race in Montana?
{ "text": [ "German" ], "answer_start": [ 69 ] }