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56d115a317492d1400aab8d4 | New_York_City | The combined systems converge at Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station and contain more than 250 stations and 20 rail lines. | How many rail lines are there on New York City's commuter rail network? | {
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120
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56d115a317492d1400aab8d5 | New_York_City | The combined systems converge at Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station and contain more than 250 stations and 20 rail lines. | About how many stations does New York City's commuter rail network have? | {
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103
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56d115a317492d1400aab8d6 | New_York_City | In Queens, the elevated AirTrain people mover system connects JFK International Airport to the New York City Subway and the Long Island Rail Road; a separate AirTrain system is planned alongside the Grand Central Parkway to connect LaGuardia Airport to these transit systems. For intercity rail, New York City is served ... | The AirTrain has a station at what airport? | {
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"JFK International Airport"
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62
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56d115a317492d1400aab8d7 | New_York_City | The combined systems converge at Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station and contain more than 250 stations and 20 rail lines. | What Amtrak station in New York sees the most use? | {
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60
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56d115a317492d1400aab8d8 | New_York_City | In Queens, the elevated AirTrain people mover system connects JFK International Airport to the New York City Subway and the Long Island Rail Road; a separate AirTrain system is planned alongside the Grand Central Parkway to connect LaGuardia Airport to these transit systems. For intercity rail, New York City is served ... | In what borough is Pennsylvania Station located? | {
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421
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56d1170417492d1400aab8fc | New_York_City | Like the New York City Subway, the PATH operates 24 hours a day; meaning three of the six rapid transit systems in the world which operate on 24-hour schedules are wholly or partly in New York (the others are a portion of the Chicago 'L', the PATCO Speedline serving Philadelphia, and the Copenhagen Metro). | How many 24-hour rapid transit systems are located in New York? | {
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56d1170417492d1400aab8fd | New_York_City | Like the New York City Subway, the PATH operates 24 hours a day; meaning three of the six rapid transit systems in the world which operate on 24-hour schedules are wholly or partly in New York (the others are a portion of the Chicago 'L', the PATCO Speedline serving Philadelphia, and the Copenhagen Metro). | What 24-hour rapid transit system is in Philadelphia? | {
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56d1170417492d1400aab8fe | New_York_City | Like the New York City Subway, the PATH operates 24 hours a day; meaning three of the six rapid transit systems in the world which operate on 24-hour schedules are wholly or partly in New York (the others are a portion of the Chicago 'L', the PATCO Speedline serving Philadelphia, and the Copenhagen Metro). | What 24-hour rapid transit system is outside the United States? | {
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56d1170417492d1400aab8ff | New_York_City | The Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH train) links Midtown and Lower Manhattan to northeastern New Jersey, primarily Hoboken, Jersey City, and Newark. | What does the acronym PATH stand for? | {
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4
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56d1174417492d1400aab904 | New_York_City | Multibillion US$ heavy-rail transit projects under construction in New York City include the Second Avenue Subway, the East Side Access project, and the 7 Subway Extension. | Along with the East Side Access project and 7 Subway Extension, what heavy-rail project is being built in New York City? | {
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56d1191d17492d1400aab932 | New_York_City | Other features of the city's transportation infrastructure encompass more than 12,000 yellow taxicabs; various competing startup transportation network companies; and an aerial tramway that transports commuters between Roosevelt Island and Manhattan Island. | About how many yellow cabs operate in New York? | {
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56d1191d17492d1400aab933 | New_York_City | Other features of the city's transportation infrastructure encompass more than 12,000 yellow taxicabs; various competing startup transportation network companies; and an aerial tramway that transports commuters between Roosevelt Island and Manhattan Island. | Where does the aerial tramway that starts on Roosevelt Island terminate? | {
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240
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56d1196917492d1400aab93f | New_York_City | Several of the city's streets and avenues, like Broadway, Wall Street, Madison Avenue, and Seventh Avenue are also used as metonyms for national industries there: the theater, finance, advertising, and fashion organizations, respectively. | What industry is Broadway associated with? | {
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163
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56d1196917492d1400aab940 | New_York_City | Several of the city's streets and avenues, like Broadway, Wall Street, Madison Avenue, and Seventh Avenue are also used as metonyms for national industries there: the theater, finance, advertising, and fashion organizations, respectively. | What industry is Wall Street associated with? | {
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56d1196917492d1400aab941 | New_York_City | Several of the city's streets and avenues, like Broadway, Wall Street, Madison Avenue, and Seventh Avenue are also used as metonyms for national industries there: the theater, finance, advertising, and fashion organizations, respectively. | What industry is Madison Avenue associated with? | {
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185
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56d1196917492d1400aab942 | New_York_City | Several of the city's streets and avenues, like Broadway, Wall Street, Madison Avenue, and Seventh Avenue are also used as metonyms for national industries there: the theater, finance, advertising, and fashion organizations, respectively. | What New York street is associated with fashion? | {
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91
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56d119ec17492d1400aab947 | New_York_City | Because these highways serve millions of outer borough and suburban residents who commute into Manhattan, it is quite common for motorists to be stranded for hours in traffic jams that are a daily occurrence, particularly during rush hour. | At what time are drivers in New York most likely to experience traffic jams? | {
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56d119ec17492d1400aab948 | New_York_City | New York City also has an extensive web of expressways and parkways, which link the city's boroughs to each other as well as to northern New Jersey, Westchester County, Long Island, and southwestern Connecticut through various bridges and tunnels. | What geographical portion of Connecticut is linked to New York via highway? | {
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186
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56d119ec17492d1400aab949 | New_York_City | New York City also has an extensive web of expressways and parkways, which link the city's boroughs to each other as well as to northern New Jersey, Westchester County, Long Island, and southwestern Connecticut through various bridges and tunnels. | What part of New Jersey can be reached from New York by taking the expressway? | {
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128
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56d11a7617492d1400aab96f | New_York_City | New York City is located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, and the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island are (primarily) coterminous with islands of the same names, while Queens and Brooklyn are located at the west end of the larger Long Island, and The Bronx is located at the southern tip of New York St... | What island is the borough of Brooklyn located on? | {
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248
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56d11a7617492d1400aab970 | New_York_City | New York City is located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, and the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island are (primarily) coterminous with islands of the same names, while Queens and Brooklyn are located at the west end of the larger Long Island, and The Bronx is located at the southern tip of New York St... | Queens is located on what part of Long Island? | {
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221
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} |
56d11a7617492d1400aab971 | New_York_City | New York City is located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, and the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island are (primarily) coterminous with islands of the same names, while Queens and Brooklyn are located at the west end of the larger Long Island, and The Bronx is located at the southern tip of New York St... | The borough of Staten Island is primarily located on what island? | {
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106
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56d11b4a17492d1400aab993 | New_York_City | The Manhattan Bridge, Throgs Neck Bridge, Triborough Bridge, and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge are all examples of Structural Expressionism. | What architectural style does the Throgs Neck Bridge reflect? | {
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110
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56d11b4a17492d1400aab994 | New_York_City | The Queensboro Bridge is an important piece of cantilever architecture. | The Queensboro Bridge utilized what type of construction? | {
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47
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56d11c0717492d1400aab9ab | New_York_City | Also, by 2010, the city had 3,715 hybrid taxis and other clean diesel vehicles, representing around 28% of New York's taxi fleet in service, the most of any city in North America. | How many clean diesel and hybrid taxicabs did New York City have in 2010? | {
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28
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56d11c0717492d1400aab9ac | New_York_City | Also, by 2010, the city had 3,715 hybrid taxis and other clean diesel vehicles, representing around 28% of New York's taxi fleet in service, the most of any city in North America. | What percentage of the New York City cab fleet was clean diesel or hybrid in 2010? | {
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100
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56d11d3317492d1400aab9c3 | New_York_City | Mayor Bill de Blasio has committed to an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions between 2014 and 2050 to reduce the city's contributions to climate change, beginning with a comprehensive "Green Buildings" plan. | What percent reduction of greenhouse gases does Mayor de Blasio want to see by 2050? | {
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41
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56d11d3317492d1400aab9c4 | New_York_City | The city is also a leader in the construction of energy-efficient green office buildings, including the Hearst Tower among others. | What is the name of a notable green office building in New York? | {
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"Hearst Tower"
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104
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56d11d3317492d1400aab9c5 | New_York_City | The city government was a petitioner in the landmark Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency Supreme Court case forcing the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants. | What legal case sought to compel the Environmental Protection Agency to regular greenhouse gases? | {
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"Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency"
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53
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56d11e7b17492d1400aab9d3 | New_York_City | Newtown Creek, a 3.5-mile (6-kilometer) a long estuary that forms part of the border between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, has been designated a Superfund site for environmental clean-up and remediation of the waterway's recreational and economic resources for many communities. | How long is Newtown Creek in kilometers? | {
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27
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56d11e7b17492d1400aab9d4 | New_York_City | One of the most heavily used bodies of water in the Port of New York and New Jersey, it had been one of the most contaminated industrial sites in the country, containing years of discarded toxins, an estimated 30 million US gallons (110,000 m3) of spilled oil, including the Greenpoint oil spill, raw sewage from New Yor... | How many cubic meters of oil is supposed to be in Newtown Creek? | {
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233
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} |
56d11e7b17492d1400aab9d5 | New_York_City | One of the most heavily used bodies of water in the Port of New York and New Jersey, it had been one of the most contaminated industrial sites in the country, containing years of discarded toxins, an estimated 30 million US gallons (110,000 m3) of spilled oil, including the Greenpoint oil spill, raw sewage from New Yor... | What notable accidental fossil fuel discharge occurred at Newtown Creek? | {
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"answer_start": [
271
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} |
56d11eb317492d1400aab9d9 | New_York_City | New York City has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government since its consolidation in 1898. | What type of government does New York City have? | {
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"mayor-council"
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58
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} |
56d11eb317492d1400aab9da | New_York_City | New York City has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government since its consolidation in 1898. | In what year did New York City adopt the mayor-council form of government? | {
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118
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56d11faa17492d1400aab9eb | New_York_City | Manhattan hosts the First Department of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division while Brooklyn hosts the Second Department. | What numbered department of the Supreme Court is located in Brooklyn? | {
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103
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} |
56d11faa17492d1400aab9ec | New_York_City | Manhattan hosts the First Department of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division while Brooklyn hosts the Second Department. | In what borough is the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court located? | {
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0
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56d11faa17492d1400aab9ed | New_York_City | There are also several extrajudicial administrative courts, which are executive agencies and not part of the state Unified Court System. | What branch of government are the administrative courts a part of? | {
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"executive"
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70
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} |
56d1204617492d1400aab9f9 | New_York_City | Uniquely among major American cities, New York is divided between, and is host to the main branches of, two different US district courts: the District Court for the Southern District of New York, whose main courthouse is on Foley Square near City Hall in Manhattan and whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx... | In what borough is the main courthouse of the District Court for the Southern District of New York located? | {
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"Manhattan"
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"answer_start": [
255
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} |
56d1204617492d1400aab9fa | New_York_City | Uniquely among major American cities, New York is divided between, and is host to the main branches of, two different US district courts: the District Court for the Southern District of New York, whose main courthouse is on Foley Square near City Hall in Manhattan and whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx... | What federal district court has its main courthouse in Brooklyn? | {
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349
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} |
56d1204617492d1400aab9fb | New_York_City | Uniquely among major American cities, New York is divided between, and is host to the main branches of, two different US district courts: the District Court for the Southern District of New York, whose main courthouse is on Foley Square near City Hall in Manhattan and whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx... | What square is home to the US Court of International Trade? | {
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224
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} |
56d1204617492d1400aab9fc | New_York_City | Uniquely among major American cities, New York is divided between, and is host to the main branches of, two different US district courts: the District Court for the Southern District of New York, whose main courthouse is on Foley Square near City Hall in Manhattan and whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx... | What federal district court has jurisdiction over Staten Island? | {
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326
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} |
56d1204617492d1400aab9fd | New_York_City | Uniquely among major American cities, New York is divided between, and is host to the main branches of, two different US district courts: the District Court for the Southern District of New York, whose main courthouse is on Foley Square near City Hall in Manhattan and whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx... | In what borough is the New York City Hall found? | {
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255
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56d1218c17492d1400aaba1d | New_York_City | New York is the most important source of political fundraising in the United States, as four of the top five ZIP codes in the nation for political contributions are in Manhattan. | Four-fifths of the ZIP codes that provide the highest amount of political contributions in the United States are located in what borough? | {
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168
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56d1218c17492d1400aaba1e | New_York_City | The top ZIP code, 10021 on the Upper East Side, generated the most money for the 2004 presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and John Kerry. | What ZIP code was responsible for the greatest amount of contributions in the 2004 presidential election for both candidates? | {
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18
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56d1218c17492d1400aaba1f | New_York_City | It receives 83 cents in services for every $1 it sends to the federal government in taxes (or annually sends $11.4 billion more than it receives back). | How much money in cents does New York City receive for every dollar paid in federal taxes? | {
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12
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56d1218c17492d1400aaba20 | New_York_City | The city also sends an additional $11 billion more each year to the state of New York than it receives back. | How much more money does the city give to the state of New York annually than it receives? | {
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"$11 billion"
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"answer_start": [
34
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} |
56d1218c17492d1400aaba21 | New_York_City | It receives 83 cents in services for every $1 it sends to the federal government in taxes (or annually sends $11.4 billion more than it receives back). | Each year, how much more money does New York City give to the federal government than it gets back? | {
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"$11.4 billion"
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"answer_start": [
109
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} |
56d121d817492d1400aaba2d | New_York_City | In 2006, the Sister City Program of the City of New York, Inc. was restructured and renamed New York City Global Partners. | What is the new name of the Sister City Program of the City of New York, Inc.? | {
"text": [
"New York City Global Partners"
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"answer_start": [
92
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} |
56d121d817492d1400aaba2e | New_York_City | In 2006, the Sister City Program of the City of New York, Inc. was restructured and renamed New York City Global Partners. | In what year did the Sister City Program of the City of New York, Inc. have its name changed? | {
"text": [
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"answer_start": [
3
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56ce30f5aab44d1400b88520 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. | When did To Kill a Mockingbird first get circulated? | {
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60
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} |
56ce30f5aab44d1400b88521 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. | What prize did To Kill a Mockingbird win? | {
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43
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56ce30f5aab44d1400b88523 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. | Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird? | {
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56d1073817492d1400aab786 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. | Who wrote the novel To Kill a Mockingbird? | {
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56d1073817492d1400aab787 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. | What year was To Kill a Mockingbird first published? | {
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56d1073817492d1400aab788 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. | Whom did Lee base the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird on? | {
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74
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} |
56ce31f5aab44d1400b8854a | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | The book is widely taught in schools in the United States with lessons that emphasize tolerance and decry prejudice. | To Kill a Mockingbird is widely read in which countries schools? | {
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44
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} |
56ce31f5aab44d1400b8854b | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. | What genre of book is To Kill a Mockingbird? | {
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5
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} |
56ce31f5aab44d1400b8854c | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. | Some of the central themes of the book are what exactly? | {
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100
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} |
56d10cda17492d1400aab823 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. | Which region of America was the novel set in? | {
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"Deep South"
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115
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} |
56d10cda17492d1400aab824 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Despite its themes, To Kill a Mockingbird has been subject to campaigns for removal from public classrooms, often challenged for its use of racial epithets. | What has caused the use of the novel in classrooms to be challenged? | {
"text": [
"racial epithets"
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140
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} |
56ce330daab44d1400b88556 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figures, calls the book, "an astonishing phenomenon". | Who gathered impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird from other authors and famous people? | {
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7
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} |
56ce330daab44d1400b88557 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | In 2006, British librarians ranked the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die". | In which year did British librarians rank To Kill a Mockingbird ahead of the Bible? | {
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"2006"
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3
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} |
56ce330daab44d1400b88558 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | It was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote. | When was To Kill a Mockingbird made into a movie? | {
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"1962"
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45
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} |
56ce330daab44d1400b88559 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Since 1990, a play based on the novel has been performed annually in Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. | When did a play for the book begin to perform every year in Monroeville, Alabama? | {
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"1990"
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6
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} |
56ce330daab44d1400b8855a | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | It was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote. | Who was the director of the adaptation of the movie? | {
"text": [
"Robert Mulligan"
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62
]
} |
56d114b117492d1400aab8c4 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | In 2006, British librarians ranked the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die". | British librarians in 2006 ranked the book ahead of what famous volume? | {
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"Bible"
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57
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} |
56d114b117492d1400aab8c5 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | It was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote. | Who wrote the screenplay for the 1962 film? | {
"text": [
"Horton Foote"
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100
]
} |
56d114b117492d1400aab8c6 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | It was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote. | Who directed the 1962 film? | {
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"Robert Mulligan"
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62
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} |
56d114b117492d1400aab8c7 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Since 1990, a play based on the novel has been performed annually in Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. | What is Harper Lee's hometown? | {
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"Monroeville, Alabama"
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94
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} |
56ce3363aab44d1400b88565 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for herself or the novel since 1964. | When did Harper Lee pass away? | {
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"February 2016"
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65
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} |
56ce3363aab44d1400b88566 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015. | What is the only other work Harper Lee published? | {
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"Go Set a Watchman"
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58
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} |
56d1161117492d1400aab8de | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015. | What is the name of Lee's second published work? | {
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"Go Set a Watchman"
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58
]
} |
56d1161117492d1400aab8df | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015. | When was the second book published? | {
"text": [
"July 14, 2015"
],
"answer_start": [
137
]
} |
56d1161117492d1400aab8e0 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for herself or the novel since 1964. | When did Lee die? | {
"text": [
"February 2016"
],
"answer_start": [
65
]
} |
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858a | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Born in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. | Who did Harper Lee become childhood friends with? | {
"text": [
"Truman Capote"
],
"answer_start": [
140
]
} |
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858c | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | In 1950, Lee moved to New York City, where she worked as a reservation clerk for British Overseas Airways Corporation; there, she began writing a collection of essays and short stories about people in Monroeville. | What year did Harper Lee pack up to go live in New York City? | {
"text": [
"1950"
],
"answer_start": [
3
]
} |
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858d | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | In 1950, Lee moved to New York City, where she worked as a reservation clerk for British Overseas Airways Corporation; there, she began writing a collection of essays and short stories about people in Monroeville. | What job did Harper Lee start in New York City? | {
"text": [
"reservation clerk"
],
"answer_start": [
59
]
} |
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858e | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Born in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. | Which state did Harper Lee spend her childhood? | {
"text": [
"Alabama"
],
"answer_start": [
70
]
} |
56d11a1217492d1400aab953 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Born in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. | What year was Harper Lee born? | {
"text": [
"1926"
],
"answer_start": [
8
]
} |
56d11a1217492d1400aab954 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Born in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. | Who was the famous writer Lee became close friends with? | {
"text": [
"Truman Capote"
],
"answer_start": [
140
]
} |
56d11a1217492d1400aab955 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). | Where did Lee attend college? | {
"text": [
"Huntingdon College"
],
"answer_start": [
13
]
} |
56d11a1217492d1400aab956 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). | Where did Lee attend law school? | {
"text": [
"University of Alabama"
],
"answer_start": [
85
]
} |
56d11a1217492d1400aab957 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | An editor at J. B. Lippincott , who bought the manuscript, advised her to quit the airline and concentrate on writing. | What publishing company bought To Kill a Mockingbird? | {
"text": [
"J. B. Lippincott"
],
"answer_start": [
13
]
} |
56ce355eaab44d1400b8859e | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | After finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott, the manuscript, at that point titled "Go Set a Watchman", fell into the hands of Therese von Hohoff Torrey — known professionally as Tay Hohoff — a small, wiry veteran editor in her late 50s. | The first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird was named what? | {
"text": [
"Go Set a Watchman"
],
"answer_start": [
102
]
} |
56ce355eaab44d1400b8859f | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | After finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott, the manuscript, at that point titled "Go Set a Watchman", fell into the hands of Therese von Hohoff Torrey — known professionally as Tay Hohoff — a small, wiry veteran editor in her late 50s. | Who was the editor who got their hands on the first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird? | {
"text": [
"Tay Hohoff"
],
"answer_start": [
197
]
} |
56d11b1c17492d1400aab991 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | After finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott, the manuscript, at that point titled "Go Set a Watchman", fell into the hands of Therese von Hohoff Torrey — known professionally as Tay Hohoff — a small, wiry veteran editor in her late 50s. | What was the name of the editor who helped Lee finish her book? | {
"text": [
"Therese von Hohoff Torrey"
],
"answer_start": [
145
]
} |
56ce35b2aab44d1400b885b4 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Lee had lost her mother, who suffered from mental illness, six years before she met Hohoff at Lippincott’s offices. | What ailment did Harper Lee's mother suffer from? | {
"text": [
"mental illness"
],
"answer_start": [
43
]
} |
56ce35b2aab44d1400b885b5 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Her father, a lawyer on whom Atticus was modeled, would die two years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird. | What profession did Harper Lee's father hold? | {
"text": [
"lawyer"
],
"answer_start": [
14
]
} |
56d11b8d17492d1400aab997 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Her father, a lawyer on whom Atticus was modeled, would die two years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird. | Lee modeled the character Atticus after what laywer? | {
"text": [
"Her father"
],
"answer_start": [
0
]
} |
56ce3631aab44d1400b885d1 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | The book was published on July 11, 1960. | What date did To Kill a Mockingbird begin to circulate? | {
"text": [
"July 11, 1960"
],
"answer_start": [
26
]
} |
56d11d0f17492d1400aab9bf | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Ultimately, Lee spent over two and a half years writing To Kill a Mockingbird. | How long did Lee spend writing the book? | {
"text": [
"over two and a half years"
],
"answer_start": [
22
]
} |
56d11d0f17492d1400aab9c0 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I'd expected." Instead of a "quick and merciful death", Reader's Digest Condensed Books chose the book for reprinting in part, which gave it a wide readership immediately. | What publication's partial reprinting gave the book wide public exposure? | {
"text": [
"Reader's Digest Condensed Books"
],
"answer_start": [
200
]
} |
56ce623aaab44d1400b88721 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. | Where is the setting for To Kill a Mockingbird? | {
"text": [
"Maycomb, Alabama"
],
"answer_start": [
112
]
} |
56ce623aaab44d1400b88722 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. | How many years does the story of To Kill a Mockingbird take place? | {
"text": [
"three"
],
"answer_start": [
29
]
} |
56ce623aaab44d1400b88723 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | After two summers of friendship with Dill, Scout and Jem find that someone leaves them small gifts in a tree outside the Radley place. | How many children does the protagonist, Atticus Finch, have? | {
"text": [
"two"
],
"answer_start": [
6
]
} |
56ce623aaab44d1400b88724 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill, who visits Maycomb to stay with his aunt each summer. | Atticus Finch's children make friends with whom during the story? | {
"text": [
"Dill"
],
"answer_start": [
35
]
} |
56d11fcf17492d1400aab9f1 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. | What is the name of the town the story takes place in? | {
"text": [
"Maycomb, Alabama"
],
"answer_start": [
112
]
} |
56d11fcf17492d1400aab9f2 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. | In what historical era does the book take place? | {
"text": [
"the Great Depression"
],
"answer_start": [
54
]
} |
56d11fcf17492d1400aab9f3 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | It focuses on six-year-old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer. | Who is the main character of the book? | {
"text": [
"Jean Louise Finch (Scout)"
],
"answer_start": [
27
]
} |
56ce6318aab44d1400b8872d | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Judge Taylor appoints Atticus to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell. | What was the name of the woman who was allegedly raped in the book? | {
"text": [
"Mayella Ewell"
],
"answer_start": [
118
]
} |
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