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The_Bronx
Many public high schools are located in the borough including the elite Bronx High School of Science, Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, DeWitt Clinton High School, High School for Violin and Dance, Bronx Leadership Academy 2, Bronx International High School, the School for Excellence, the Morris Academy for Collab...
Where is the High School for Violin and Dance?
{ "text": [ "The Bronx" ], "answer_start": [ 614 ] }
57326341e99e3014001e6750
The_Bronx
Many public high schools are located in the borough including the elite Bronx High School of Science, Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, DeWitt Clinton High School, High School for Violin and Dance, Bronx Leadership Academy 2, Bronx International High School, the School for Excellence, the Morris Academy for Collab...
Where is the Validus Prepatory Academy?
{ "text": [ "The Bronx" ], "answer_start": [ 614 ] }
57326341e99e3014001e6751
The_Bronx
Many public high schools are located in the borough including the elite Bronx High School of Science, Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, DeWitt Clinton High School, High School for Violin and Dance, Bronx Leadership Academy 2, Bronx International High School, the School for Excellence, the Morris Academy for Collab...
Where is the School for Excellence?
{ "text": [ "The Bronx" ], "answer_start": [ 614 ] }
57326341e99e3014001e6752
The_Bronx
Many public high schools are located in the borough including the elite Bronx High School of Science, Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, DeWitt Clinton High School, High School for Violin and Dance, Bronx Leadership Academy 2, Bronx International High School, the School for Excellence, the Morris Academy for Collab...
Where is the DeWitt Clinton High School?
{ "text": [ "The Bronx" ], "answer_start": [ 614 ] }
573263c6e17f3d1400422947
The_Bronx
In the 1990s, New York City began closing the large, public high schools in the Bronx and replacing them with small high schools. Among the reasons cited for the changes were poor graduation rates and concerns about safety. Schools that have been closed or reduced in size include John F. Kennedy, James Monroe, Taft, Th...
When did NYC begin splitting up the large Bronx high schools?
{ "text": [ "1990s" ], "answer_start": [ 7 ] }
573263c6e17f3d1400422949
The_Bronx
In the 1990s, New York City began closing the large, public high schools in the Bronx and replacing them with small high schools. Among the reasons cited for the changes were poor graduation rates and concerns about safety. Schools that have been closed or reduced in size include John F. Kennedy, James Monroe, Taft, Th...
What type of schools is NYC now working on shrinking?
{ "text": [ "large middle schools" ], "answer_start": [ 486 ] }
5732643e0fdd8d15006c6a79
The_Bronx
The Bronx's evolution from a hot bed of Latin jazz to an incubator of hip hop was the subject of an award-winning documentary, produced by City Lore and broadcast on PBS in 2006, "From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale". Hip Hop first emerged in the South Bronx in the early 1970s. The New York Times has identified 1...
When did a PBS documentary air about the Bronx's music history?
{ "text": [ "2006" ], "answer_start": [ 173 ] }
5732643e0fdd8d15006c6a7a
The_Bronx
The Bronx's evolution from a hot bed of Latin jazz to an incubator of hip hop was the subject of an award-winning documentary, produced by City Lore and broadcast on PBS in 2006, "From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale". Hip Hop first emerged in the South Bronx in the early 1970s. The New York Times has identified 1...
What PBS documentary covered the Bronx's music history?
{ "text": [ "\"From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale\"" ], "answer_start": [ 179 ] }
5732643e0fdd8d15006c6a7b
The_Bronx
The Bronx's evolution from a hot bed of Latin jazz to an incubator of hip hop was the subject of an award-winning documentary, produced by City Lore and broadcast on PBS in 2006, "From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale". Hip Hop first emerged in the South Bronx in the early 1970s. The New York Times has identified 1...
Where did DJ Kool Herc hold parties?
{ "text": [ "1520 Sedgwick Avenue" ], "answer_start": [ 319 ] }
5732643e0fdd8d15006c6a7c
The_Bronx
The Bronx's evolution from a hot bed of Latin jazz to an incubator of hip hop was the subject of an award-winning documentary, produced by City Lore and broadcast on PBS in 2006, "From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale". Hip Hop first emerged in the South Bronx in the early 1970s. The New York Times has identified 1...
Who produced 'From Mambo To Hip Hop'?
{ "text": [ "City Lore" ], "answer_start": [ 139 ] }
573266f8b9d445190005eaef
The_Bronx
Beginning with the advent of beat match DJing, in which Bronx DJs (Disc Jockeys) including Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Kool Herc extended the breaks of funk records, a major new musical genre emerged that sought to isolate the percussion breaks of hit funk, disco and soul songs. As hip hop's popularity g...
Who were the Herculoids?
{ "text": [ "Herc, Coke La Rock, and DJ Clark Kent" ], "answer_start": [ 449 ] }
573266f8b9d445190005eaf0
The_Bronx
Beginning with the advent of beat match DJing, in which Bronx DJs (Disc Jockeys) including Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Kool Herc extended the breaks of funk records, a major new musical genre emerged that sought to isolate the percussion breaks of hit funk, disco and soul songs. As hip hop's popularity g...
What is 'The Boogie Down'?
{ "text": [ "The Bronx" ], "answer_start": [ 526 ] }
573266f8b9d445190005eaf1
The_Bronx
Beginning with the advent of beat match DJing, in which Bronx DJs (Disc Jockeys) including Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Kool Herc extended the breaks of funk records, a major new musical genre emerged that sought to isolate the percussion breaks of hit funk, disco and soul songs. As hip hop's popularity g...
Where is Big Pun from?
{ "text": [ "the Bronx" ], "answer_start": [ 795 ] }
573266f8b9d445190005eaf2
The_Bronx
Beginning with the advent of beat match DJing, in which Bronx DJs (Disc Jockeys) including Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Kool Herc extended the breaks of funk records, a major new musical genre emerged that sought to isolate the percussion breaks of hit funk, disco and soul songs. As hip hop's popularity g...
What types of music did hip hop emerge from?
{ "text": [ "funk, disco and soul" ], "answer_start": [ 267 ] }
573266f8b9d445190005eaf3
The_Bronx
Beginning with the advent of beat match DJing, in which Bronx DJs (Disc Jockeys) including Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Kool Herc extended the breaks of funk records, a major new musical genre emerged that sought to isolate the percussion breaks of hit funk, disco and soul songs. As hip hop's popularity g...
Who started BDP?
{ "text": [ "KRS-One" ], "answer_start": [ 648 ] }
5732674b0fdd8d15006c6a97
The_Bronx
The Bronx is the home of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The original Yankee Stadium opened in 1923 on 161st Street and River Avenue, a year that saw the Yankees bring home their first of 27 World Series Championships. With the famous facade, the short right field porch and Monument Park, Yankee Stadium ...
When did the first Yankee Stadium open?
{ "text": [ "1923" ], "answer_start": [ 110 ] }
5732674b0fdd8d15006c6a98
The_Bronx
The Bronx is the home of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The original Yankee Stadium opened in 1923 on 161st Street and River Avenue, a year that saw the Yankees bring home their first of 27 World Series Championships. With the famous facade, the short right field porch and Monument Park, Yankee Stadium ...
Where was the first Yankee Stadium?
{ "text": [ "on 161st Street and River Avenue" ], "answer_start": [ 115 ] }
5732674b0fdd8d15006c6a99
The_Bronx
The Bronx is the home of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The original Yankee Stadium opened in 1923 on 161st Street and River Avenue, a year that saw the Yankees bring home their first of 27 World Series Championships. With the famous facade, the short right field porch and Monument Park, Yankee Stadium ...
How many times have the Yankees won the World Series?
{ "text": [ "27" ], "answer_start": [ 203 ] }
5732674b0fdd8d15006c6a9b
The_Bronx
The Bronx is the home of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The original Yankee Stadium opened in 1923 on 161st Street and River Avenue, a year that saw the Yankees bring home their first of 27 World Series Championships. With the famous facade, the short right field porch and Monument Park, Yankee Stadium ...
What league are the NY Yankees in?
{ "text": [ "Major League Baseball" ], "answer_start": [ 49 ] }
5732698fb9d445190005eaf9
The_Bronx
The Bronx is home to several Off-Off-Broadway theaters, many staging new works by immigrant playwrights from Latin America and Africa. The Pregones Theater, which produces Latin American work, opened a new 130-seat theater in 2005 on Walton Avenue in the South Bronx. Some artists from elsewhere in New York City have be...
Where are many of the Bronx's playwrights from?
{ "text": [ "Latin America and Africa" ], "answer_start": [ 109 ] }
5732698fb9d445190005eafa
The_Bronx
The Bronx is home to several Off-Off-Broadway theaters, many staging new works by immigrant playwrights from Latin America and Africa. The Pregones Theater, which produces Latin American work, opened a new 130-seat theater in 2005 on Walton Avenue in the South Bronx. Some artists from elsewhere in New York City have be...
How many seats does the Pregones' new theater have?
{ "text": [ "130" ], "answer_start": [ 206 ] }
5732698fb9d445190005eafb
The_Bronx
The Bronx is home to several Off-Off-Broadway theaters, many staging new works by immigrant playwrights from Latin America and Africa. The Pregones Theater, which produces Latin American work, opened a new 130-seat theater in 2005 on Walton Avenue in the South Bronx. Some artists from elsewhere in New York City have be...
What does the Pregones specialize in?
{ "text": [ "Latin American work" ], "answer_start": [ 172 ] }
5732698fb9d445190005eafc
The_Bronx
The Bronx is home to several Off-Off-Broadway theaters, many staging new works by immigrant playwrights from Latin America and Africa. The Pregones Theater, which produces Latin American work, opened a new 130-seat theater in 2005 on Walton Avenue in the South Bronx. Some artists from elsewhere in New York City have be...
When did the Pregones' new theater open?
{ "text": [ "2005" ], "answer_start": [ 226 ] }
5732698fb9d445190005eafd
The_Bronx
The Bronx is home to several Off-Off-Broadway theaters, many staging new works by immigrant playwrights from Latin America and Africa. The Pregones Theater, which produces Latin American work, opened a new 130-seat theater in 2005 on Walton Avenue in the South Bronx. Some artists from elsewhere in New York City have be...
Where is the Pregones' new theater?
{ "text": [ "on Walton Avenue in the South Bronx" ], "answer_start": [ 231 ] }
573269d2b9d445190005eb03
The_Bronx
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, founded in 1971, exhibits 20th century and contemporary art through its central museum space and 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) of galleries. Many of its exhibitions are on themes of special interest to the Bronx. Its permanent collection features more than 800 works of art, primarily by ar...
When did the Bronx Museum of the Arts open?
{ "text": [ "1971" ], "answer_start": [ 41 ] }
573269d2b9d445190005eb04
The_Bronx
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, founded in 1971, exhibits 20th century and contemporary art through its central museum space and 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) of galleries. Many of its exhibitions are on themes of special interest to the Bronx. Its permanent collection features more than 800 works of art, primarily by ar...
What types of art does the Bronx Museum of the Arts focus on?
{ "text": [ "20th century and contemporary art" ], "answer_start": [ 56 ] }
573269d2b9d445190005eb05
The_Bronx
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, founded in 1971, exhibits 20th century and contemporary art through its central museum space and 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) of galleries. Many of its exhibitions are on themes of special interest to the Bronx. Its permanent collection features more than 800 works of art, primarily by ar...
How large are the Bronx Museum of the Arts' galleries?
{ "text": [ "11,000 square feet" ], "answer_start": [ 127 ] }
573269d2b9d445190005eb06
The_Bronx
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, founded in 1971, exhibits 20th century and contemporary art through its central museum space and 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) of galleries. Many of its exhibitions are on themes of special interest to the Bronx. Its permanent collection features more than 800 works of art, primarily by ar...
How many works are in the Bronx Museum of the Arts' permanent collection?
{ "text": [ "more than 800" ], "answer_start": [ 277 ] }
573269d2b9d445190005eb07
The_Bronx
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, founded in 1971, exhibits 20th century and contemporary art through its central museum space and 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) of galleries. Many of its exhibitions are on themes of special interest to the Bronx. Its permanent collection features more than 800 works of art, primarily by ar...
Who designed the Bronx Museum of the Arts' 2006 expansion?
{ "text": [ "Arquitectonica" ], "answer_start": [ 546 ] }
57326a2be17f3d1400422969
The_Bronx
The Bronx has also become home to a peculiar poetic tribute, in the form of the Heinrich Heine Memorial, better known as the Lorelei Fountain from one of Heine's best-known works (1838). After Heine's German birthplace of Düsseldorf had rejected, allegedly for anti-Semitic motives, a centennial monument to the radical ...
When was the Lorelei Fountain written about?
{ "text": [ "1838" ], "answer_start": [ 180 ] }
57326a2be17f3d140042296a
The_Bronx
The Bronx has also become home to a peculiar poetic tribute, in the form of the Heinrich Heine Memorial, better known as the Lorelei Fountain from one of Heine's best-known works (1838). After Heine's German birthplace of Düsseldorf had rejected, allegedly for anti-Semitic motives, a centennial monument to the radical ...
Where was Heinrich Heine born?
{ "text": [ "Düsseldorf" ], "answer_start": [ 222 ] }
57326a2be17f3d140042296b
The_Bronx
The Bronx has also become home to a peculiar poetic tribute, in the form of the Heinrich Heine Memorial, better known as the Lorelei Fountain from one of Heine's best-known works (1838). After Heine's German birthplace of Düsseldorf had rejected, allegedly for anti-Semitic motives, a centennial monument to the radical ...
When was Heine born?
{ "text": [ "1797" ], "answer_start": [ 340 ] }
57326a2be17f3d140042296c
The_Bronx
The Bronx has also become home to a peculiar poetic tribute, in the form of the Heinrich Heine Memorial, better known as the Lorelei Fountain from one of Heine's best-known works (1838). After Heine's German birthplace of Düsseldorf had rejected, allegedly for anti-Semitic motives, a centennial monument to the radical ...
When did Heine die?
{ "text": [ "1856" ], "answer_start": [ 345 ] }
57326a2be17f3d140042296d
The_Bronx
The Bronx has also become home to a peculiar poetic tribute, in the form of the Heinrich Heine Memorial, better known as the Lorelei Fountain from one of Heine's best-known works (1838). After Heine's German birthplace of Düsseldorf had rejected, allegedly for anti-Semitic motives, a centennial monument to the radical ...
What ethnicity is Carl Schurz?
{ "text": [ "German-American" ], "answer_start": [ 365 ] }
57326a760fdd8d15006c6aa1
The_Bronx
In 1899, the memorial, by the Berlin sculptor Ernst Gustav Herter (1846–1917), finally came to rest, although subject to repeated vandalism, in the Bronx, at 164th Street and the Grand Concourse, or Joyce Kilmer Park near today's Yankee Stadium. (In 1999, it was moved to 161st Street and the Concourse.) In 2007, Christ...
When did Herter die?
{ "text": [ "1917" ], "answer_start": [ 72 ] }
57326a760fdd8d15006c6aa2
The_Bronx
In 1899, the memorial, by the Berlin sculptor Ernst Gustav Herter (1846–1917), finally came to rest, although subject to repeated vandalism, in the Bronx, at 164th Street and the Grand Concourse, or Joyce Kilmer Park near today's Yankee Stadium. (In 1999, it was moved to 161st Street and the Concourse.) In 2007, Christ...
When was Herter born?
{ "text": [ "1846" ], "answer_start": [ 67 ] }
57326a760fdd8d15006c6aa3
The_Bronx
In 1899, the memorial, by the Berlin sculptor Ernst Gustav Herter (1846–1917), finally came to rest, although subject to repeated vandalism, in the Bronx, at 164th Street and the Grand Concourse, or Joyce Kilmer Park near today's Yankee Stadium. (In 1999, it was moved to 161st Street and the Concourse.) In 2007, Christ...
What was Herter's career?
{ "text": [ "sculptor" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
57326a760fdd8d15006c6aa4
The_Bronx
In 1899, the memorial, by the Berlin sculptor Ernst Gustav Herter (1846–1917), finally came to rest, although subject to repeated vandalism, in the Bronx, at 164th Street and the Grand Concourse, or Joyce Kilmer Park near today's Yankee Stadium. (In 1999, it was moved to 161st Street and the Concourse.) In 2007, Christ...
Where was Herter's Heine memorial placed in 1899?
{ "text": [ "164th Street and the Grand Concourse, or Joyce Kilmer Park" ], "answer_start": [ 158 ] }
57326a760fdd8d15006c6aa5
The_Bronx
In 1899, the memorial, by the Berlin sculptor Ernst Gustav Herter (1846–1917), finally came to rest, although subject to repeated vandalism, in the Bronx, at 164th Street and the Grand Concourse, or Joyce Kilmer Park near today's Yankee Stadium. (In 1999, it was moved to 161st Street and the Concourse.) In 2007, Christ...
Where was Herter's Heine memorial moved in 1999?
{ "text": [ "161st Street and the Concourse" ], "answer_start": [ 272 ] }
57326ae20fdd8d15006c6aab
The_Bronx
The peninsular borough's maritime heritage is acknowledged in several ways.The City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum occupies a former public school designed by the New York City school system's turn-of-the-last-century master architect C. B. J. Snyder. The state's Maritime College in Fort Schuyler (on the...
Who designed the City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum's building?
{ "text": [ "C. B. J. Snyder" ], "answer_start": [ 250 ] }
57326ae20fdd8d15006c6aac
The_Bronx
The peninsular borough's maritime heritage is acknowledged in several ways.The City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum occupies a former public school designed by the New York City school system's turn-of-the-last-century master architect C. B. J. Snyder. The state's Maritime College in Fort Schuyler (on the...
What was the City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum's building originally?
{ "text": [ "a former public school" ], "answer_start": [ 139 ] }
57326ae20fdd8d15006c6aad
The_Bronx
The peninsular borough's maritime heritage is acknowledged in several ways.The City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum occupies a former public school designed by the New York City school system's turn-of-the-last-century master architect C. B. J. Snyder. The state's Maritime College in Fort Schuyler (on the...
Where is the NY Maritime College?
{ "text": [ "Fort Schuyler" ], "answer_start": [ 299 ] }
57326ae20fdd8d15006c6aae
The_Bronx
The peninsular borough's maritime heritage is acknowledged in several ways.The City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum occupies a former public school designed by the New York City school system's turn-of-the-last-century master architect C. B. J. Snyder. The state's Maritime College in Fort Schuyler (on the...
What is 'Scullers' Row'?
{ "text": [ "the Harlem River" ], "answer_start": [ 391 ] }
57326ae20fdd8d15006c6aaf
The_Bronx
The peninsular borough's maritime heritage is acknowledged in several ways.The City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum occupies a former public school designed by the New York City school system's turn-of-the-last-century master architect C. B. J. Snyder. The state's Maritime College in Fort Schuyler (on the...
Which river is near the New York Botanical Gardens?
{ "text": [ "Bronx River" ], "answer_start": [ 658 ] }
57326b24b9d445190005eb0d
The_Bronx
The Bronx has several local newspapers, including The Bronx News, Parkchester News, City News, The Riverdale Press, Riverdale Review, The Bronx Times Reporter, Inner City Press (which now has more of a focus on national issues) and Co-Op City Times. Four non-profit news outlets, Norwood News, Mount Hope Monitor, Mott H...
What does the Inner City Press now focus on?
{ "text": [ "national issues" ], "answer_start": [ 212 ] }
57326b24b9d445190005eb0e
The_Bronx
The Bronx has several local newspapers, including The Bronx News, Parkchester News, City News, The Riverdale Press, Riverdale Review, The Bronx Times Reporter, Inner City Press (which now has more of a focus on national issues) and Co-Op City Times. Four non-profit news outlets, Norwood News, Mount Hope Monitor, Mott H...
Who is the Riverdale Press's editor?
{ "text": [ "Bernard Stein" ], "answer_start": [ 453 ] }
57326b24b9d445190005eb0f
The_Bronx
The Bronx has several local newspapers, including The Bronx News, Parkchester News, City News, The Riverdale Press, Riverdale Review, The Bronx Times Reporter, Inner City Press (which now has more of a focus on national issues) and Co-Op City Times. Four non-profit news outlets, Norwood News, Mount Hope Monitor, Mott H...
When did Stein win a Pulitzer?
{ "text": [ "1998" ], "answer_start": [ 572 ] }
57326b24b9d445190005eb10
The_Bronx
The Bronx has several local newspapers, including The Bronx News, Parkchester News, City News, The Riverdale Press, Riverdale Review, The Bronx Times Reporter, Inner City Press (which now has more of a focus on national issues) and Co-Op City Times. Four non-profit news outlets, Norwood News, Mount Hope Monitor, Mott H...
Why did Stein win a Pulitzer?
{ "text": [ "for his editorials about Bronx and New York City issues" ], "answer_start": [ 513 ] }
57326b24b9d445190005eb11
The_Bronx
The Bronx has several local newspapers, including The Bronx News, Parkchester News, City News, The Riverdale Press, Riverdale Review, The Bronx Times Reporter, Inner City Press (which now has more of a focus on national issues) and Co-Op City Times. Four non-profit news outlets, Norwood News, Mount Hope Monitor, Mott H...
Where did Stein graduate from?
{ "text": [ "the Bronx High School of Science" ], "answer_start": [ 600 ] }
57326b79e17f3d1400422973
The_Bronx
The City of New York has an official television station run by the NYC Media Group and broadcasting from Bronx Community College, and Cablevision operates News 12 The Bronx, both of which feature programming based in the Bronx. Co-op City was the first area in the Bronx, and the first in New York beyond Manhattan, to h...
Where is the official city TV station broadcast from?
{ "text": [ "Bronx Community College" ], "answer_start": [ 105 ] }
57326b79e17f3d1400422974
The_Bronx
The City of New York has an official television station run by the NYC Media Group and broadcasting from Bronx Community College, and Cablevision operates News 12 The Bronx, both of which feature programming based in the Bronx. Co-op City was the first area in the Bronx, and the first in New York beyond Manhattan, to h...
What channel in the Bronx does Cablevision run?
{ "text": [ "News 12 The Bronx" ], "answer_start": [ 155 ] }
57326b79e17f3d1400422975
The_Bronx
The City of New York has an official television station run by the NYC Media Group and broadcasting from Bronx Community College, and Cablevision operates News 12 The Bronx, both of which feature programming based in the Bronx. Co-op City was the first area in the Bronx, and the first in New York beyond Manhattan, to h...
What is the Bronx's only 4-year CUNY college?
{ "text": [ "Herbert H. Lehman College" ], "answer_start": [ 427 ] }
57326bf10fdd8d15006c6ab5
The_Bronx
Mid-20th century movies set in the Bronx portrayed densely settled, working-class, urban culture. Hollywood films such as From This Day Forward (1946), set in Highbridge, occasionally delved into Bronx life. Paddy Chayefsky's Academy Award-winning Marty was the most notable examination of working class Bronx life was a...
When was 'From This Day Forward' released?
{ "text": [ "1946" ], "answer_start": [ 145 ] }
57326bf10fdd8d15006c6ab6
The_Bronx
Mid-20th century movies set in the Bronx portrayed densely settled, working-class, urban culture. Hollywood films such as From This Day Forward (1946), set in Highbridge, occasionally delved into Bronx life. Paddy Chayefsky's Academy Award-winning Marty was the most notable examination of working class Bronx life was a...
Where was 'From This Day Forward' set?
{ "text": [ "Highbridge" ], "answer_start": [ 159 ] }
57326bf10fdd8d15006c6ab7
The_Bronx
Mid-20th century movies set in the Bronx portrayed densely settled, working-class, urban culture. Hollywood films such as From This Day Forward (1946), set in Highbridge, occasionally delved into Bronx life. Paddy Chayefsky's Academy Award-winning Marty was the most notable examination of working class Bronx life was a...
When was 'The Catered Affair' released?
{ "text": [ "1956" ], "answer_start": [ 353 ] }
57326bf10fdd8d15006c6ab8
The_Bronx
Mid-20th century movies set in the Bronx portrayed densely settled, working-class, urban culture. Hollywood films such as From This Day Forward (1946), set in Highbridge, occasionally delved into Bronx life. Paddy Chayefsky's Academy Award-winning Marty was the most notable examination of working class Bronx life was a...
What did 'The Catered Affair' explore?
{ "text": [ "working class Bronx life" ], "answer_start": [ 290 ] }
57326bf10fdd8d15006c6ab9
The_Bronx
Mid-20th century movies set in the Bronx portrayed densely settled, working-class, urban culture. Hollywood films such as From This Day Forward (1946), set in Highbridge, occasionally delved into Bronx life. Paddy Chayefsky's Academy Award-winning Marty was the most notable examination of working class Bronx life was a...
What was 'Summer of Sam' about?
{ "text": [ "an Italian-American Bronx community" ], "answer_start": [ 501 ] }
57326c5ae99e3014001e6794
The_Bronx
Starting in the 1970s, the Bronx often symbolized violence, decay, and urban ruin. The wave of arson in the South Bronx in the 1960s and 1970s inspired the observation that "The Bronx is burning": in 1974 it was the title of both a New York Times editorial and a BBC documentary film. The line entered the pop-consciousn...
Where was arson a big problem in the Bronx?
{ "text": [ "the South Bronx" ], "answer_start": [ 104 ] }
57326c5ae99e3014001e6795
The_Bronx
Starting in the 1970s, the Bronx often symbolized violence, decay, and urban ruin. The wave of arson in the South Bronx in the 1960s and 1970s inspired the observation that "The Bronx is burning": in 1974 it was the title of both a New York Times editorial and a BBC documentary film. The line entered the pop-consciousn...
When was the phrase "The Bronx is burning" first widespread?
{ "text": [ "1974" ], "answer_start": [ 200 ] }
57326c5ae99e3014001e6796
The_Bronx
Starting in the 1970s, the Bronx often symbolized violence, decay, and urban ruin. The wave of arson in the South Bronx in the 1960s and 1970s inspired the observation that "The Bronx is burning": in 1974 it was the title of both a New York Times editorial and a BBC documentary film. The line entered the pop-consciousn...
Who made a documentary called "The Bronx is burning"?
{ "text": [ "BBC" ], "answer_start": [ 263 ] }
57326c5ae99e3014001e6797
The_Bronx
Starting in the 1970s, the Bronx often symbolized violence, decay, and urban ruin. The wave of arson in the South Bronx in the 1960s and 1970s inspired the observation that "The Bronx is burning": in 1974 it was the title of both a New York Times editorial and a BBC documentary film. The line entered the pop-consciousn...
Who published an editorial called "The Bronx is burning"?
{ "text": [ "New York Times" ], "answer_start": [ 232 ] }
57326c5ae99e3014001e6798
The_Bronx
Starting in the 1970s, the Bronx often symbolized violence, decay, and urban ruin. The wave of arson in the South Bronx in the 1960s and 1970s inspired the observation that "The Bronx is burning": in 1974 it was the title of both a New York Times editorial and a BBC documentary film. The line entered the pop-consciousn...
Who made a film called 'Bronx Burning'?
{ "text": [ "Edwin Pagan" ], "answer_start": [ 879 ] }
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The_Bronx
Bronx gang life was depicted in the 1974 novel The Wanderers by Bronx native Richard Price and the 1979 movie of the same name. They are set in the heart of the Bronx, showing apartment life and the then-landmark Krums ice cream parlor. In the 1979 film The Warriors, the eponymous gang go to a meeting in Van Cortlandt ...
When was 'The Wanderers' published?
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The_Bronx
Bronx gang life was depicted in the 1974 novel The Wanderers by Bronx native Richard Price and the 1979 movie of the same name. They are set in the heart of the Bronx, showing apartment life and the then-landmark Krums ice cream parlor. In the 1979 film The Warriors, the eponymous gang go to a meeting in Van Cortlandt ...
When was 'The Wanderers' movie released?
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The_Bronx
Bronx gang life was depicted in the 1974 novel The Wanderers by Bronx native Richard Price and the 1979 movie of the same name. They are set in the heart of the Bronx, showing apartment life and the then-landmark Krums ice cream parlor. In the 1979 film The Warriors, the eponymous gang go to a meeting in Van Cortlandt ...
When was 'The Warriors' movie released?
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The_Bronx
Bronx gang life was depicted in the 1974 novel The Wanderers by Bronx native Richard Price and the 1979 movie of the same name. They are set in the heart of the Bronx, showing apartment life and the then-landmark Krums ice cream parlor. In the 1979 film The Warriors, the eponymous gang go to a meeting in Van Cortlandt ...
When was 'A Bronx Tale' released?
{ "text": [ "1993" ], "answer_start": [ 442 ] }
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The_Bronx
The 1981 film Fort Apache, The Bronx is another film that used the Bronx's gritty image for its storyline. The movie's title is from the nickname for the 41st Police Precinct in the South Bronx which was nicknamed "Fort Apache". Also from 1981 is the horror film Wolfen making use of the rubble of the Bronx as a home fo...
When was 'Fort Apache' released?
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The_Bronx
The 1981 film Fort Apache, The Bronx is another film that used the Bronx's gritty image for its storyline. The movie's title is from the nickname for the 41st Police Precinct in the South Bronx which was nicknamed "Fort Apache". Also from 1981 is the horror film Wolfen making use of the rubble of the Bronx as a home fo...
When was 'Fuga dal Bronx' released?
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The_Bronx
The 1981 film Fort Apache, The Bronx is another film that used the Bronx's gritty image for its storyline. The movie's title is from the nickname for the 41st Police Precinct in the South Bronx which was nicknamed "Fort Apache". Also from 1981 is the horror film Wolfen making use of the rubble of the Bronx as a home fo...
What origin was 'Escape 2000'?
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The_Bronx
Bronx native Nancy Savoca's 1989 comedy, True Love, explores two Italian-American Bronx sweethearts in the days before their wedding. The film, which debuted Annabella Sciorra and Ron Eldard as the betrothed couple, won the Grand Jury Prize at that year's Sundance Film Festival. The CBS television sitcom Becker, 1998–2...
When was 'True Love' released?
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The_Bronx
Bronx native Nancy Savoca's 1989 comedy, True Love, explores two Italian-American Bronx sweethearts in the days before their wedding. The film, which debuted Annabella Sciorra and Ron Eldard as the betrothed couple, won the Grand Jury Prize at that year's Sundance Film Festival. The CBS television sitcom Becker, 1998–2...
What genre was 'True Love'?
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The_Bronx
Bronx native Nancy Savoca's 1989 comedy, True Love, explores two Italian-American Bronx sweethearts in the days before their wedding. The film, which debuted Annabella Sciorra and Ron Eldard as the betrothed couple, won the Grand Jury Prize at that year's Sundance Film Festival. The CBS television sitcom Becker, 1998–2...
Who starred in 'True Love'?
{ "text": [ "Annabella Sciorra and Ron Eldard" ], "answer_start": [ 158 ] }
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The_Bronx
Penny Marshall's 1990 film Awakenings, which was nominated for several Oscars, is based on neurologist Oliver Sacks' 1973 account of his psychiatric patients at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx who were paralyzed by a form of encephalitis but briefly responded to the drug L-dopa. Robin Williams played the physician; ...
When did "Awakenings" come out?
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The_Bronx
Penny Marshall's 1990 film Awakenings, which was nominated for several Oscars, is based on neurologist Oliver Sacks' 1973 account of his psychiatric patients at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx who were paralyzed by a form of encephalitis but briefly responded to the drug L-dopa. Robin Williams played the physician; ...
Whose real story is 'Awakenings' based on?
{ "text": [ "Oliver Sacks" ], "answer_start": [ 103 ] }
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The_Bronx
Penny Marshall's 1990 film Awakenings, which was nominated for several Oscars, is based on neurologist Oliver Sacks' 1973 account of his psychiatric patients at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx who were paralyzed by a form of encephalitis but briefly responded to the drug L-dopa. Robin Williams played the physician; ...
What is Sacks' career?
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The_Bronx
Penny Marshall's 1990 film Awakenings, which was nominated for several Oscars, is based on neurologist Oliver Sacks' 1973 account of his psychiatric patients at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx who were paralyzed by a form of encephalitis but briefly responded to the drug L-dopa. Robin Williams played the physician; ...
When was 'A Kind of Alaska' performed?
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The_Bronx
Penny Marshall's 1990 film Awakenings, which was nominated for several Oscars, is based on neurologist Oliver Sacks' 1973 account of his psychiatric patients at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx who were paralyzed by a form of encephalitis but briefly responded to the drug L-dopa. Robin Williams played the physician; ...
Who wrote 'A Kind of Alaska'?
{ "text": [ "Harold Pinter" ], "answer_start": [ 574 ] }
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The_Bronx
The Bronx has been featured significantly in fiction literature. All of the characters in Herman Wouk's City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder (1948) live in the Bronx, and about half of the action is set there. Kate Simon's Bronx Primitive: Portraits of a Childhood is directly autobiographical, a warm account o...
When was 'City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder' published?
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The_Bronx
The Bronx has been featured significantly in fiction literature. All of the characters in Herman Wouk's City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder (1948) live in the Bronx, and about half of the action is set there. Kate Simon's Bronx Primitive: Portraits of a Childhood is directly autobiographical, a warm account o...
How much of 'City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder' is set in the Bronx?
{ "text": [ "about half" ], "answer_start": [ 180 ] }
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The_Bronx
The Bronx has been featured significantly in fiction literature. All of the characters in Herman Wouk's City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder (1948) live in the Bronx, and about half of the action is set there. Kate Simon's Bronx Primitive: Portraits of a Childhood is directly autobiographical, a warm account o...
Who wrote 'City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder'?
{ "text": [ "Herman Wouk" ], "answer_start": [ 90 ] }
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The_Bronx
The Bronx has been featured significantly in fiction literature. All of the characters in Herman Wouk's City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder (1948) live in the Bronx, and about half of the action is set there. Kate Simon's Bronx Primitive: Portraits of a Childhood is directly autobiographical, a warm account o...
When was 'The Grand Concourse' published?
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The_Bronx
The Bronx has been featured significantly in fiction literature. All of the characters in Herman Wouk's City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder (1948) live in the Bronx, and about half of the action is set there. Kate Simon's Bronx Primitive: Portraits of a Childhood is directly autobiographical, a warm account o...
Who wrote 'The Grand Concourse'?
{ "text": [ "Jacob M. Appel" ], "answer_start": [ 451 ] }
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The_Bronx
By contrast, Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) portrays a wealthy, white protagonist, Sherman McCoy, getting lost off the Major Deegan Expressway in the South Bronx and having an altercation with locals. A substantial piece of the last part of the book is set in the resulting riotous trial at the Bronx County ...
Who wrote 'Bonfire of the Vanities'?
{ "text": [ "Tom Wolfe" ], "answer_start": [ 13 ] }
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The_Bronx
By contrast, Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) portrays a wealthy, white protagonist, Sherman McCoy, getting lost off the Major Deegan Expressway in the South Bronx and having an altercation with locals. A substantial piece of the last part of the book is set in the resulting riotous trial at the Bronx County ...
When was 'Bonfire of the Vanities' published?
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The_Bronx
By contrast, Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) portrays a wealthy, white protagonist, Sherman McCoy, getting lost off the Major Deegan Expressway in the South Bronx and having an altercation with locals. A substantial piece of the last part of the book is set in the resulting riotous trial at the Bronx County ...
Who was the main character of 'Bonfire of the Vanities'?
{ "text": [ "Sherman McCoy" ], "answer_start": [ 95 ] }
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The_Bronx
By contrast, Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) portrays a wealthy, white protagonist, Sherman McCoy, getting lost off the Major Deegan Expressway in the South Bronx and having an altercation with locals. A substantial piece of the last part of the book is set in the resulting riotous trial at the Bronx County ...
What race was Sherman McCoy?
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The_Bronx
By contrast, Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) portrays a wealthy, white protagonist, Sherman McCoy, getting lost off the Major Deegan Expressway in the South Bronx and having an altercation with locals. A substantial piece of the last part of the book is set in the resulting riotous trial at the Bronx County ...
Where did McCoy get lost?
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It threatened the collapse of large financial institutions, which was prevented by the bailout of banks by national governments, but stock markets still dropped worldwide. In many areas, the housing market also suffered, resulting in evictions, foreclosures and prolonged unemployment. The crisis played a significant ro...
What action in 2007 by national governments prevented the collapse of large financial institutions?
{ "text": [ "bailout of banks" ], "answer_start": [ 87 ] }
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It threatened the collapse of large financial institutions, which was prevented by the bailout of banks by national governments, but stock markets still dropped worldwide. In many areas, the housing market also suffered, resulting in evictions, foreclosures and prolonged unemployment. The crisis played a significant ro...
How much estimated consumer wealth was lost as a result of the financial crisis of 2007?
{ "text": [ "trillions of U.S. dollars" ], "answer_start": [ 398 ] }
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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308
It threatened the collapse of large financial institutions, which was prevented by the bailout of banks by national governments, but stock markets still dropped worldwide. In many areas, the housing market also suffered, resulting in evictions, foreclosures and prolonged unemployment. The crisis played a significant ro...
What is the date the active phase of the financial crisis began as a liquidity crisis?
{ "text": [ "August 9, 2007" ], "answer_start": [ 649 ] }
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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308
It threatened the collapse of large financial institutions, which was prevented by the bailout of banks by national governments, but stock markets still dropped worldwide. In many areas, the housing market also suffered, resulting in evictions, foreclosures and prolonged unemployment. The crisis played a significant ro...
What year did the global recession that followed the financial crisis of 2007 end?
{ "text": [ "2012" ], "answer_start": [ 481 ] }
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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308
It threatened the collapse of large financial institutions, which was prevented by the bailout of banks by national governments, but stock markets still dropped worldwide. In many areas, the housing market also suffered, resulting in evictions, foreclosures and prolonged unemployment. The crisis played a significant ro...
What was the name of the company that terminated withdrawals from three hedge funds in 2007 citing a liquidity crisis?
{ "text": [ "BNP Paribas" ], "answer_start": [ 670 ] }
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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308
The bursting of the U.S. (United States) housing bubble, which peaked in 2004, caused the values of securities tied to U.S. real estate pricing to plummet, damaging financial institutions globally. The financial crisis was triggered by a complex interplay of policies that encouraged home ownership, providing easier acc...
What year did the U.S. housing bubble peak?
{ "text": [ "2004" ], "answer_start": [ 73 ] }
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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308
The bursting of the U.S. (United States) housing bubble, which peaked in 2004, caused the values of securities tied to U.S. real estate pricing to plummet, damaging financial institutions globally. The financial crisis was triggered by a complex interplay of policies that encouraged home ownership, providing easier acc...
What year did Congress pass the American Recover and Reinvestment Act?
{ "text": [ "2009" ], "answer_start": [ 1268 ] }
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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308
The bursting of the U.S. (United States) housing bubble, which peaked in 2004, caused the values of securities tied to U.S. real estate pricing to plummet, damaging financial institutions globally. The financial crisis was triggered by a complex interplay of policies that encouraged home ownership, providing easier acc...
Overvaluation of bundled subprime mortgages was based on the theory that housing prices would continue to do this?
{ "text": [ "escalate" ], "answer_start": [ 459 ] }
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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308
The bursting of the U.S. (United States) housing bubble, which peaked in 2004, caused the values of securities tied to U.S. real estate pricing to plummet, damaging financial institutions globally. The financial crisis was triggered by a complex interplay of policies that encouraged home ownership, providing easier acc...
One of the causes of the financial crisis was easier access to loans by this type borrower?
{ "text": [ "subprime" ], "answer_start": [ 382 ] }
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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308
The bursting of the U.S. (United States) housing bubble, which peaked in 2004, caused the values of securities tied to U.S. real estate pricing to plummet, damaging financial institutions globally. The financial crisis was triggered by a complex interplay of policies that encouraged home ownership, providing easier acc...
In 2007, banks and insurance companies did not have adequate holdings of which type to back their financial commitments?
{ "text": [ "capital" ], "answer_start": [ 653 ] }
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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308
Many causes for the financial crisis have been suggested, with varying weight assigned by experts. The U.S. Senate's Levin–Coburn Report concluded that the crisis was the result of "high risk, complex financial products; undisclosed conflicts of interest; the failure of regulators, the credit rating agencies, and the m...
What is the name of the U.S. Senate report giving their conclusions for the cause of the crisis?
{ "text": [ "Levin–Coburn Report" ], "answer_start": [ 117 ] }
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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308
Many causes for the financial crisis have been suggested, with varying weight assigned by experts. The U.S. Senate's Levin–Coburn Report concluded that the crisis was the result of "high risk, complex financial products; undisclosed conflicts of interest; the failure of regulators, the credit rating agencies, and the m...
Which act was repealed in 1999 effectively removing the separation between investment and deposit banks?
{ "text": [ "Glass-Steagall Act" ], "answer_start": [ 1179 ] }
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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308
Many causes for the financial crisis have been suggested, with varying weight assigned by experts. The U.S. Senate's Levin–Coburn Report concluded that the crisis was the result of "high risk, complex financial products; undisclosed conflicts of interest; the failure of regulators, the credit rating agencies, and the m...
What is the name of the commission who concluded the financial crisis was avoidable?
{ "text": [ "Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission" ], "answer_start": [ 378 ] }