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5727f3193acd2414000df0a5 | The Doctor rarely travels alone and often brings one or more companions to share these adventures. His companions are usually humans, as he has found a fascination with planet Earth. He often finds events that pique his curiosity as he tries to prevent evil forces from harming innocent people or changing history, using... | How often does Doctor Who travel by himself? | {
"text": [
"rarely"
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11
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} |
5727de862ca10214002d9860 | Politics: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon; American political leaders John Hancock, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Al Gore, George W. Bush and Barack Obama; Chilean President Sebastián Piñera; Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos; Cos... | What UN secretary went to Harvard? | {
"text": [
"Ban Ki-moon"
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33
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} |
572734af708984140094dae4 | In 2000, ABC launched a web-based promotional campaign focused around its circle logo, also called "the dot", in which comic book character Little Dot prompted visitors to "download the dot", a program which would cause the ABC logo to fly around the screen and settle in the bottom-right corner. The network hired the T... | Who was hired to produce ABC's 2001-02 identity? | {
"text": [
"Troika Design Group"
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319
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572fc8a904bcaa1900d76d20 | A further type of committee is normally set up to scrutinise private bills submitted to the Scottish Parliament by an outside party or promoter who is not a member of the Scottish Parliament or Scottish Government. Private bills normally relate to large-scale development projects such as infrastructure projects that re... | What topic do private bills typically have? | {
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"large-scale development projects"
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248
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} |
57268da7f1498d1400e8e3a0 | Because of their soft, gelatinous bodies, ctenophores are extremely rare as fossils, and fossils that have been interpreted as ctenophores have been found only in lagerstätten, places where the environment was exceptionally suited to preservation of soft tissue. Until the mid-1990s only two specimens good enough for an... | What did the fossils found in the Burgess Shale lack? | {
"text": [
"tentacles"
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609
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} |
5728e07e3acd2414000e00ec | Non-revolutionary civil disobedience is a simple disobedience of laws on the grounds that they are judged "wrong" by an individual conscience, or as part of an effort to render certain laws ineffective, to cause their repeal, or to exert pressure to get one's political wishes on some other issue. Revolutionary civil di... | What type of civil disobedience is larger scale? | {
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"Revolutionary civil disobedience"
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298
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} |
5727de862ca10214002d9862 | Politics: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon; American political leaders John Hancock, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Al Gore, George W. Bush and Barack Obama; Chilean President Sebastián Piñera; Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos; Cos... | Who is the Costa Rican President that went to Harvard? | {
"text": [
"José María Figueres"
],
"answer_start": [
339
]
} |
570d47b8b3d812140066d630 | There are also several smaller freight operators and numerous tourist railways operating over lines which were once parts of a state-owned system. Victorian lines mainly use the 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge. However, the interstate trunk routes, as well as a number of branch lines in the west of the state have been... | Where were the narrow gauge rail lines built in Victoria? | {
"text": [
"mountainous areas"
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531
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} |
5726da89dd62a815002e92b2 | A Pharmacy Technician in the UK is considered a health care professional and often does not work under the direct supervision of a pharmacist (if employed in a hospital pharmacy) but instead is supervised and managed by other senior pharmacy technicians. In the UK the role of a PhT has grown and responsibility has been... | Who oversees a Pharmacy Technician in the UK? | {
"text": [
"other senior pharmacy technicians"
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"answer_start": [
220
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} |
572a11663f37b31900478697 | In 1993, Galor and Zeira showed that inequality in the presence of credit market imperfections has a long lasting detrimental effect on human capital formation and economic development. A 1996 study by Perotti examined the channels through which inequality may affect economic growth. He showed that, in accordance with ... | What do extremely unequal societies tend to be? | {
"text": [
"politically and socially unstable"
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"answer_start": [
930
]
} |
572957ad1d046914007792db | Somewhere around a billion years ago, a free-living cyanobacterium entered an early eukaryotic cell, either as food or as an internal parasite, but managed to escape the phagocytic vacuole it was contained in. The two innermost lipid-bilayer membranes that surround all chloroplasts correspond to the outer and inner mem... | What surrounds chloroplasts? | {
"text": [
"two innermost lipid-bilayer membranes"
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"answer_start": [
214
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} |
57286dfa2ca10214002da332 | Kublai's government faced financial difficulties after 1279. Wars and construction projects had drained the Mongol treasury. Efforts to raise and collect tax revenues were plagued by corruption and political scandals. Mishandled military expeditions followed the financial problems. Kublai's second invasion of Japan in ... | When was Kublai's administration running out of money? | {
"text": [
"after 1279"
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"answer_start": [
49
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} |
56e0fc3f7aa994140058e87a | In 1900, Tesla was granted patents for a "system of transmitting electrical energy" and "an electrical transmitter." When Guglielmo Marconi made his famous first-ever transatlantic radio transmission in 1901, Tesla quipped that it was done with 17 Tesla patents, though there is little to support this claim. This was th... | When were Tesla's patents restored? | {
"text": [
"1943"
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"answer_start": [
476
]
} |
572a18a4af94a219006aa7df | Some theories developed in the 1970s established possible avenues through which inequality may have a positive effect on economic development. According to a 1955 review, savings by the wealthy, if these increase with inequality, were thought to offset reduced consumer demand. A 2013 report on Nigeria suggests that gro... | When were theories developed suggesting inequality may have some positive effect on economic development? | {
"text": [
"1970s"
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"answer_start": [
31
]
} |
57263ea0271a42140099d7c6 | DECnet is a suite of network protocols created by Digital Equipment Corporation, originally released in 1975 in order to connect two PDP-11 minicomputers. It evolved into one of the first peer-to-peer network architectures, thus transforming DEC into a networking powerhouse in the 1980s. Initially built with three laye... | What did DECnet phase 2 become | {
"text": [
"were open standards with published specifications, and several implementations were developed outside DEC, including one for Linux"
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"answer_start": [
517
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} |
5725c91e38643c19005acceb | Despite their soft, gelatinous bodies, fossils thought to represent ctenophores, apparently with no tentacles but many more comb-rows than modern forms, have been found in lagerstätten as far back as the early Cambrian, about 515 million years ago. The position of the ctenophores in the evolutionary family tree of anim... | When did the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction happen? | {
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"66 million years ago"
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"answer_start": [
760
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571c9348dd7acb1400e4c115 | In 1891 Scottish chemist James Dewar was able to produce enough liquid oxygen to study. The first commercially viable process for producing liquid oxygen was independently developed in 1895 by German engineer Carl von Linde and British engineer William Hampson. Both men lowered the temperature of air until it liquefied... | In what year did Dewar experiment on liquid oxygen? | {
"text": [
"1891"
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"answer_start": [
3
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} |
5730b9852461fd1900a9cffa | The United Methodist Church opposes conscription as incompatible with the teaching of Scripture. Therefore, the Church supports and extends its ministry to those persons who conscientiously oppose all war, or any particular war, and who therefore refuse to serve in the armed forces or to cooperate with systems of milit... | The church states that, as Christians, they are aware that neither the way of what is righteous before God?" | {
"text": [
"the way of military action"
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"answer_start": [
592
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5726400589a1e219009ac5ef | Almost all ctenophores are predators, taking prey ranging from microscopic larvae and rotifers to the adults of small crustaceans; the exceptions are juveniles of two species, which live as parasites on the salps on which adults of their species feed. In favorable circumstances, ctenophores can eat ten times their own ... | What are the small tentacles on Cydippids called? | {
"text": [
"tentilla"
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"answer_start": [
552
]
} |
57280fd3ff5b5019007d9c29 | French Huguenot explorer Jean Ribault charted the St. Johns River in 1562 calling it the River of May because he discovered it in May. Ribault erected a stone column near present-day Jacksonville claiming the newly discovered land for France. In 1564, René Goulaine de Laudonnière established the first European settleme... | What was Fort Caroline renamed to after the Spanish attack? | {
"text": [
"San Mateo"
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"answer_start": [
731
]
} |
5727515f708984140094dc14 | Some of the oldest schools in South Africa are private church schools that were established by missionaries in the early nineteenth century. The private sector has grown ever since. After the abolition of apartheid, the laws governing private education in South Africa changed significantly. The South African Schools Ac... | In South Africa, along with privately governed schools, what schools are classified as independent? | {
"text": [
"traditional private"
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"answer_start": [
430
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} |
57338007d058e614000b5bda | Throughout its existence, Warsaw has been a multi-cultural city. According to the 1901 census, out of 711,988 inhabitants 56.2% were Catholics, 35.7% Jews, 5% Greek orthodox Christians and 2.8% Protestants. Eight years later, in 1909, there were 281,754 Jews (36.9%), 18,189 Protestants (2.4%) and 2,818 Mariavites (0.4%... | What type of city has Warsaw been for as long as it's been a city? | {
"text": [
"multi-cultural"
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"answer_start": [
44
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} |
5725fe63ec44d21400f3d7df | Fresno is the largest U.S. city not directly linked to an Interstate highway. When the Interstate Highway System was created in the 1950s, the decision was made to build what is now Interstate 5 on the west side of the Central Valley, and thus bypass many of the population centers in the region, instead of upgrading wh... | Which State Route has been in discussion to upgrade to interstate standards? | {
"text": [
"State Route 99"
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"answer_start": [
330
]
} |
5733d68ed058e614000b637f | British settlers outnumbered the French 20 to 1 with a population of about 1.5 million ranged along the eastern coast of the continent, from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland in the north, to Georgia in the south. Many of the older colonies had land claims that extended arbitrarily far to the west, as the extent of the cont... | What was the ratio of British settler to French? | {
"text": [
"20 to 1"
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"answer_start": [
40
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} |
5725c91e38643c19005accee | Despite their soft, gelatinous bodies, fossils thought to represent ctenophores, apparently with no tentacles but many more comb-rows than modern forms, have been found in lagerstätten as far back as the early Cambrian, about 515 million years ago. The position of the ctenophores in the evolutionary family tree of anim... | What were the fossils that were found to represent ctenphores missing that current ctenphora have? | {
"text": [
"tentacles"
],
"answer_start": [
100
]
} |
57378b141c456719005744a0 | Since then, and so far, general relativity has been acknowledged as the theory that best explains gravity. In GR, gravitation is not viewed as a force, but rather, objects moving freely in gravitational fields travel under their own inertia in straight lines through curved space-time – defined as the shortest space-tim... | What space-time path is seen as a curved line in space? | {
"text": [
"ballistic trajectory"
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"answer_start": [
716
]
} |
572a1a5c6aef051400155287 | While acknowledging the central role economic growth can potentially play in human development, poverty reduction and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, it is becoming widely understood amongst the development community that special efforts must be made to ensure poorer sections of society are able to... | What was Ban Ki-Moon the Secretary General of? | {
"text": [
"United Nations"
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782
]
} |
572a11663f37b31900478694 | In 1993, Galor and Zeira showed that inequality in the presence of credit market imperfections has a long lasting detrimental effect on human capital formation and economic development. A 1996 study by Perotti examined the channels through which inequality may affect economic growth. He showed that, in accordance with ... | Inequality in the presence of credit market imperfections has what kind of effect on human capital formation? | {
"text": [
"detrimental"
],
"answer_start": [
114
]
} |
570d3468b3d812140066d546 | Historically, Victoria has been the base for the manufacturing plants of the major car brands Ford, Toyota and Holden; however, closure announcements by all three companies in the 21st century will mean that Australia will no longer be a base for the global car industry, with Toyota's statement in February 2014 outlini... | When will Ford's manufacturing plants close? | {
"text": [
"October 2016"
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"answer_start": [
515
]
} |
5727de862ca10214002d9861 | Politics: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon; American political leaders John Hancock, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Al Gore, George W. Bush and Barack Obama; Chilean President Sebastián Piñera; Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos; Cos... | What Columbia President went to Harvard? | {
"text": [
"Juan Manuel Santos"
],
"answer_start": [
297
]
} |
5737a25ac3c5551400e51f51 | where is the relevant cross-sectional area for the volume for which the stress-tensor is being calculated. This formalism includes pressure terms associated with forces that act normal to the cross-sectional area (the matrix diagonals of the tensor) as well as shear terms associated with forces that act parallel to th... | What causes strain in structures? | {
"text": [
"stress tensor"
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"answer_start": [
376
]
} |
572855973acd2414000df925 | The university runs a number of academic institutions and programs apart from its undergraduate and postgraduate schools. It operates the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools (a private day school for K-12 students and day care), the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School (a residential treatment program for those with b... | What is the name of the private day school for K-12 students the university runs? | {
"text": [
"University of Chicago Laboratory Schools"
],
"answer_start": [
138
]
} |
572fc6f204bcaa1900d76cf9 | Much of the work of the Scottish Parliament is done in committee. The role of committees is stronger in the Scottish Parliament than in other parliamentary systems, partly as a means of strengthening the role of backbenchers in their scrutiny of the government and partly to compensate for the fact that there is no revi... | Where might committees meet outside of Parliament? | {
"text": [
"other locations throughout Scotland"
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"answer_start": [
605
]
} |
570966e0200fba1400367f52 | BSkyB's standard definition broadcasts are in DVB-compliant MPEG-2, with the Sky Movies and Sky Box Office channels including optional Dolby Digital soundtracks for recent films, although these are only accessible with a Sky+ box. Sky+ HD material is broadcast using MPEG-4 and most of the HD material uses the DVB-S2 st... | What is the proprietary system that Sky+HD uses? | {
"text": [
"OpenTV"
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"answer_start": [
383
]
} |
572811434b864d190016438c | Since the 2005 revival, the Doctor generally travels with a primary female companion, who occupies a larger narrative role. Steven Moffat described the companion as the main character of the show, as the story begins anew with each companion and she undergoes more change than the Doctor. The primary companions of the N... | Since 2005, what is the gender of Doctor Who's primary traveling companion? | {
"text": [
"female"
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"answer_start": [
68
]
} |
572683f95951b619008f7526 | Some modern scholars, such as Fielding H. Garrison, are of the opinion that the origin of the science of geology can be traced to Persia after the Muslim conquests had come to an end. Abu al-Rayhan al-Biruni (973–1048 CE) was one of the earliest Persian geologists, whose works included the earliest writings on the geol... | Living from 973–1048 CE he was one of the earliest Persian geologists, what was his name? | {
"text": [
"Abu al-Rayhan al-Biruni"
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"answer_start": [
184
]
} |
57264f18f1498d1400e8dbb0 | The study also found that there were two previously unknown but related clades (genetic branches) of the Y. pestis genome associated with medieval mass graves. These clades (which are thought to be extinct) were found to be ancestral to modern isolates of the modern Y. pestis strains Y. p. orientalis and Y. p. medieval... | What do the strains of y. pestis suggest abut the plague? | {
"text": [
"the plague may have entered Europe in two waves"
],
"answer_start": [
335
]
} |
57107d73b654c5140001f91d | Renewed religious warfare in the 1620s caused the political and military privileges of the Huguenots to be abolished following their defeat. They retained the religious provisions of the Edict of Nantes until the rule of Louis XIV, who progressively increased persecution of them until he issued the Edict of Fontaineble... | What proclamation abolished protestantism in France? | {
"text": [
"Edict of Fontainebleau"
],
"answer_start": [
300
]
} |
572a03086aef0514001551a4 | Anti-inflammatory drugs are often used to control the effects of inflammation. Glucocorticoids are the most powerful of these drugs; however, these drugs can have many undesirable side effects, such as central obesity, hyperglycemia, osteoporosis, and their use must be tightly controlled. Lower doses of anti-inflammato... | What are two examples of cytotoxic or immunosuppressive drugs? | {
"text": [
"methotrexate or azathioprine"
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"answer_start": [
409
]
} |
5726938af1498d1400e8e446 | While the Commission has a monopoly on initiating legislation, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have powers of amendment and veto during the legislative process. According to the Treaty on European Union articles 9 and 10, the EU observes "the principle of equality of its citizens" and is m... | Which entity has a monopoly on initiating legislation? | {
"text": [
"the Commission"
],
"answer_start": [
6
]
} |
57286951ff5b5019007da212 | In business, notable alumni include Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Oracle Corporation founder and the third richest man in America Larry Ellison, Goldman Sachs and MF Global CEO as well as former Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine, McKinsey & Company founder and author of the first management accounting textbook James O.... | Who founded McKinsey & Company? | {
"text": [
"James O. McKinsey"
],
"answer_start": [
312
]
} |
57096b66200fba1400367fa7 | On 8 February 2007, BSkyB announced its intention to replace its three free-to-air digital terrestrial channels with four subscription channels. It was proposed that these channels would offer a range of content from the BSkyB portfolio including sport (including English Premier League Football), films, entertainment a... | When did BSkyB announce it's intention to replace it's free-to-air digital channels? | {
"text": [
"8 February 2007"
],
"answer_start": [
3
]
} |
571144d1a58dae1900cd6d6e | The heat required for boiling the water and supplying the steam can be derived from various sources, most commonly from burning combustible materials with an appropriate supply of air in a closed space (called variously combustion chamber, firebox). In some cases the heat source is a nuclear reactor, geothermal energy,... | What is the usual source of heat for boiling water in the steam engine? | {
"text": [
"burning combustible materials"
],
"answer_start": [
120
]
} |
5725bad5271a42140099d0bf | On October 6, 1973, Syria and Egypt, with support from other Arab nations, launched a surprise attack on Israel, on Yom Kippur. This renewal of hostilities in the Arab–Israeli conflict released the underlying economic pressure on oil prices. At the time, Iran was the world's second-largest oil exporter and a close US a... | How many times more did the other nations have to pay for oil after the surprise attack? | {
"text": [
"ten"
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"answer_start": [
766
]
} |
5726f1ec708984140094d6ac | The Musical Instruments gallery closed 25 February 2010, a decision which was highly controversial. An online petition of over 5,100 names on the Parliamentary website led to Chris Smith asking Parliament about the future of the collection. The answer, from Bryan Davies was that the museum intended to preserve and care... | Approximately how many musical instruments were loaned to the Horniman Museum? | {
"text": [
"35"
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"answer_start": [
801
]
} |
56d9cb47dc89441400fdb832 | With 4:51 left in regulation, Carolina got the ball on their own 24-yard line with a chance to mount a game-winning drive, and soon faced 3rd-and-9. On the next play, Miller stripped the ball away from Newton, and after several players dove for it, it took a long bounce backwards and was recovered by Ward, who returned... | What was the time on the clock when Carolina got the ball to their 24-yard line in the fourth quarter? | {
"text": [
"4:51"
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"answer_start": [
5
]
} |
57268066708984140094c824 | In the laboratory, stratigraphers analyze samples of stratigraphic sections that can be returned from the field, such as those from drill cores. Stratigraphers also analyze data from geophysical surveys that show the locations of stratigraphic units in the subsurface. Geophysical data and well logs can be combined to p... | What tool do stratigraphers use to see their data in three dimensions? | {
"text": [
"computer programs"
],
"answer_start": [
389
]
} |
572663a9f1498d1400e8ddf2 | The following four timelines show the geologic time scale. The first shows the entire time from the formation of the Earth to the present, but this compresses the most recent eon. Therefore, the second scale shows the most recent eon with an expanded scale. The second scale compresses the most recent era, so the most r... | Why is the second timeline needed? | {
"text": [
"compresses the most recent era"
],
"answer_start": [
275
]
} |
572881d34b864d1900164a5e | Western medicine was also practiced in China by the Nestorian Christians of the Yuan court, where it was sometimes labeled as huihui or Muslim medicine. The Nestorian physician Jesus the Interpreter founded the Office of Western Medicine in 1263 during the reign of Kublai. Huihui doctors staffed at two imperial hospita... | What philosophies underlay Chinese medicine? | {
"text": [
"yin-yang and wuxing"
],
"answer_start": [
487
]
} |
56e77cee00c9c71400d771a9 | In Hinduism the spiritual teacher is known as a guru, and, in many traditions of Hinduism - especially those common in the West - the emphasis on spiritual mentorship is extremely high, with gurus often exercising a great deal of control over the lives of their disciples. | Is the focus on spiritual mentorship in Hinduism high or low? | {
"text": [
"extremely high"
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"answer_start": [
170
]
} |
57273e50dd62a815002e9a04 | Engineering News-Record (ENR) is a trade magazine for the construction industry. Each year, ENR compiles and reports on data about the size of design and construction companies. They publish a list of the largest companies in the United States (Top-40) and also a list the largest global firms (Top-250, by amount of wor... | In what year did ENR compile data in nine market segments? | {
"text": [
"2014"
],
"answer_start": [
369
]
} |
572651f9f1498d1400e8dbef | While the Commission has a monopoly on initiating legislation, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have powers of amendment and veto during the legislative process. According to the Treaty on European Union articles 9 and 10, the EU observes "the principle of equality of its citizens" and is m... | What can't Parliament do that causes equality and democracy to be deficient? | {
"text": [
"cannot initiate legislation against the Commission's wishes"
],
"answer_start": [
474
]
} |
572fffb404bcaa1900d76ff0 | As northwest Europe slowly began to warm up from 22,000 years ago onward, frozen subsoil and expanded alpine glaciers began to thaw and fall-winter snow covers melted in spring. Much of the discharge was routed to the Rhine and its downstream extension. Rapid warming and changes of vegetation, to open forest, began abo... | What did frozen subsoil and expanded alpine glaciers begin to do? | {
"text": [
"thaw"
],
"answer_start": [
127
]
} |
57296f293f37b319004783a6 | The property of being prime (or not) is called primality. A simple but slow method of verifying the primality of a given number n is known as trial division. It consists of testing whether n is a multiple of any integer between 2 and . Algorithms much more efficient than trial division have been devised to test the pri... | What is the name of another algorithm useful for conveniently testing the primality of large numbers? | {
"text": [
"AKS primality test"
],
"answer_start": [
452
]
} |
56beb4343aeaaa14008c925b | The Panthers defense gave up just 308 points, ranking sixth in the league, while also leading the NFL in interceptions with 24 and boasting four Pro Bowl selections. Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kawann Short led the team in sacks with 11, while also forcing three fumbles and recovering two. Fellow lineman Mario Addison ad... | How many points did the Panthers defense surrender? | {
"text": [
"308"
],
"answer_start": [
34
]
} |
572734af708984140094dae3 | In 2000, ABC launched a web-based promotional campaign focused around its circle logo, also called "the dot", in which comic book character Little Dot prompted visitors to "download the dot", a program which would cause the ABC logo to fly around the screen and settle in the bottom-right corner. The network hired the T... | In 2000, ABC started an internet based campaign focused on what? | {
"text": [
"circle logo"
],
"answer_start": [
74
]
} |
5725d79e89a1e219009abf93 | After an unmanned LM test flight AS-206, a crew would fly the first Block II CSM and LM in a dual mission known as AS-207/208, or AS-278 (each spacecraft would be launched on a separate Saturn IB.) The Block II crew positions were titled Commander (CDR) Command Module Pilot (CMP) and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP). The astro... | What type of undergarment, if any, was included into the Apollo spacesuit? | {
"text": [
"water-cooled undergarment."
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"answer_start": [
573
]
} |
57268066708984140094c821 | In the laboratory, stratigraphers analyze samples of stratigraphic sections that can be returned from the field, such as those from drill cores. Stratigraphers also analyze data from geophysical surveys that show the locations of stratigraphic units in the subsurface. Geophysical data and well logs can be combined to p... | The analysis of stratigraphic sections such as drill cores is done by who? | {
"text": [
"stratigraphers"
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"answer_start": [
19
]
} |
56d9992fdc89441400fdb59e | The Panthers defense gave up just 308 points, ranking sixth in the league, while also leading the NFL in interceptions with 24 and boasting four Pro Bowl selections. Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kawann Short led the team in sacks with 11, while also forcing three fumbles and recovering two. Fellow lineman Mario Addison ad... | Who had five sacks in nine games as a Carolina Panthers starter? | {
"text": [
"Kony Ealy"
],
"answer_start": [
500
]
} |
5730b2312461fd1900a9cfae | Members of the United Methodist Church who identify with the pro-life position have organized into the Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality (TUMAS) to further their position within the denomination. There was an attempt to withdraw the United Methodist Church membership in the Religious Coalition fo... | In what year was there an attempt to withdraw the UMC membership? | {
"text": [
"2012"
],
"answer_start": [
383
]
} |
570d28bdb3d812140066d4a6 | The centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP), the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia, the rural-based National Party of Australia, and the environmentalist Australian Greens are Victoria's main political parties. Traditionally, Labor is strongest in Melbourne's working class western and northern suburbs, and the r... | What party rules in Melbourne's inner regions? | {
"text": [
"The Greens"
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584
]
} |
5727d1c93acd2414000ded42 | Undergraduate admission to Harvard is characterized by the Carnegie Foundation as "more selective, lower transfer-in". Harvard College accepted 5.3% of applicants for the class of 2019, a record low and the second lowest acceptance rate among all national universities. Harvard College ended its early admissions program... | In what year was an early admission program reintroduced? | {
"text": [
"2016"
],
"answer_start": [
483
]
} |
57111713a58dae1900cd6c04 | Most of the Huguenot congregations (or individuals) in North America eventually affiliated with other Protestant denominations with more numerous members. The Huguenots adapted quickly and often married outside their immediate French communities, which led to their assimilation. Their descendants in many families conti... | What was the name of du Pont's gunpowder operation? | {
"text": [
"Eleutherian gunpowder mills"
],
"answer_start": [
660
]
} |
56d20650e7d4791d00902614 | Six-time Grammy winner and Academy Award nominee Lady Gaga performed the national anthem, while Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin provided American Sign Language (ASL) translation. | Who sang the national anthem? | {
"text": [
"Lady Gaga"
],
"answer_start": [
49
]
} |
57273f27dd62a815002e9a0c | The Standard Industrial Classification and the newer North American Industry Classification System have a classification system for companies that perform or otherwise engage in construction. To recognize the differences of companies in this sector, it is divided into three subsectors: building construction, heavy and ... | What has a classification system for construction companies? | {
"text": [
"The Standard Industrial Classification and the newer North American Industry Classification System"
],
"answer_start": [
0
]
} |
57115ff82419e314009555c4 | A steam turbine consists of one or more rotors (rotating discs) mounted on a drive shaft, alternating with a series of stators (static discs) fixed to the turbine casing. The rotors have a propeller-like arrangement of blades at the outer edge. Steam acts upon these blades, producing rotary motion. The stator consists ... | In a steam turbine, what are rotors mounted on? | {
"text": [
"drive shaft"
],
"answer_start": [
77
]
} |
56e1ee4de3433e1400423214 | Many known complexity classes are suspected to be unequal, but this has not been proved. For instance P ⊆ NP ⊆ PP ⊆ PSPACE, but it is possible that P = PSPACE. If P is not equal to NP, then P is not equal to PSPACE either. Since there are many known complexity classes between P and PSPACE, such as RP, BPP, PP, BQP, MA,... | What evidence between and among complexity classes would signify a theoretical watershed for complexity theory? | {
"text": [
"Proving that any of these classes are unequal"
],
"answer_start": [
403
]
} |
5706074552bb8914006897d5 | Southern California consists of one Combined Statistical Area, eight Metropolitan Statistical Areas, one international metropolitan area, and multiple metropolitan divisions. The region is home to two extended metropolitan areas that exceed five million in population. These are the Greater Los Angeles Area at 17,786,41... | How many extended metropolitan areas are there? | {
"text": [
"two"
],
"answer_start": [
197
]
} |
56e0d6cf231d4119001ac420 | After leaving Edison's company Tesla partnered with two businessmen in 1886, Robert Lane and Benjamin Vail, who agreed to finance an electric lighting company in Tesla's name, Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing. The company installed electrical arc light based illumination systems designed by Tesla and also had desig... | What were the names of Tesla's new partners? | {
"text": [
"Robert Lane and Benjamin Vail"
],
"answer_start": [
77
]
} |
56f8720eaef2371900626093 | Luther's hymns were frequently evoked by particular events in his life and the unfolding Reformation. This behavior started with his learning of the execution of Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes, the first individuals to be martyred by the Roman Catholic Church for Lutheran views, prompting Luther to write the hymn "Ein n... | What is the hymn known as in English? | {
"text": [
"Flung to the Heedless Winds"
],
"answer_start": [
469
]
} |
572659535951b619008f703f | Some buyers lamented the small size of the first Japanese compacts, and both Toyota and Nissan (then known as Datsun) introduced larger cars such as the Toyota Corona Mark II, the Toyota Cressida, the Mazda 616 and Datsun 810, which added passenger space and amenities such as air conditioning, power steering, AM-FM rad... | When did Honda, Toyota and Nissan open US assembly plants? | {
"text": [
"1981"
],
"answer_start": [
491
]
} |
57264d9edd62a815002e8100 | In 1973, Nixon named William E. Simon as the first Administrator of the Federal Energy Office, a short-term organization created to coordinate the response to the embargo. Simon allocated states the same amount of domestic oil for 1974 that each had consumed in 1972, which worked for states whose populations were not i... | Why was this short termed organization created? | {
"text": [
"to coordinate the response to the embargo"
],
"answer_start": [
129
]
} |
57273455f1498d1400e8f48f | In 1939 Chinese Nationalist soldiers took the mausoleum from its position at the 'Lord's Enclosure' (Mongolian: Edsen Khoroo) in Mongolia to protect it from Japanese troops. It was taken through Communist-held territory in Yan'an some 900 km on carts to safety at a Buddhist monastery, the Dongshan Dafo Dian, where it r... | When was the mausoleum returned to the Lord's Enclosure in Mongolia? | {
"text": [
"1954"
],
"answer_start": [
572
]
} |
5725f8f5ec44d21400f3d7b1 | There were 158,349 households, of which 68,511 (43.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 69,284 (43.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 30,547 (19.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 11,698 (7.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 12,843 (8.1%) u... | How many households has kids under the age of 18 living in them? | {
"text": [
"68,511"
],
"answer_start": [
40
]
} |
5727cc15ff5b5019007d9577 | The Harvard Business School and many of the university's athletics facilities, including Harvard Stadium, are located on a 358-acre (145 ha) campus opposite the Cambridge campus in Allston. The John W. Weeks Bridge is a pedestrian bridge over the Charles River connecting both campuses. The Harvard Medical School, Harva... | What is the name of the bridge that joins parts of the campus of the Charles River? | {
"text": [
"John W. Weeks Bridge"
],
"answer_start": [
194
]
} |
57265e455951b619008f70bb | Since its founding, the EU has operated among an increasing plurality of national and globalising legal systems. This has meant both the European Court of Justice and the highest national courts have had to develop principles to resolve conflicts of laws between different systems. Within the EU itself, the Court of Jus... | If there is a conflict between EU law and national law, which law take precedence? | {
"text": [
"EU law"
],
"answer_start": [
399
]
} |
5725dc1638643c19005ace05 | The plugs-out test began on the morning of January 27, 1967, and immediately was plagued with problems. First the crew noticed a strange odor in their spacesuits, which delayed the sealing of the hatch. Then, communications problems frustrated the astronauts and forced a hold in the simulated countdown. During this hol... | What type of atmosphere helped fuel the fire throughout the cabin? | {
"text": [
"100% oxygen"
],
"answer_start": [
403
]
} |
5737a25ac3c5551400e51f52 | where is the relevant cross-sectional area for the volume for which the stress-tensor is being calculated. This formalism includes pressure terms associated with forces that act normal to the cross-sectional area (the matrix diagonals of the tensor) as well as shear terms associated with forces that act parallel to th... | What is used to calculate cross section area in the volume of an object? | {
"text": [
"pressure terms"
],
"answer_start": [
132
]
} |
5728eef92ca10214002daab1 | Sometimes the prosecution proposes a plea bargain to civil disobedients, as in the case of the Camden 28, in which the defendants were offered an opportunity to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count and receive no jail time. In some mass arrest situations, the activists decide to use solidarity tactics to secure the sa... | What is usually the goal of taking a plea bargain? | {
"text": [
"no jail time"
],
"answer_start": [
211
]
} |
56beb7953aeaaa14008c92ae | The Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the divisional round, 23–16, by scoring 11 points in the final three minutes of the game. They then beat the defending Super Bowl XLIX champion New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game, 20–18, by intercepting a pass on New England's 2-point conversion attempt wit... | What was the final score of the AFC Championship Game? | {
"text": [
"20–18"
],
"answer_start": [
243
]
} |
57111b95a58dae1900cd6c53 | Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, invited Huguenots to settle in his realms, and a number of their descendants rose to positions of prominence in Prussia. Several prominent German military, cultural, and political figures were ethnic Huguenot, including poet Theodor Fontane, General Hermann von François, the h... | Who was the final Prime Minister of East Germany? | {
"text": [
"Lothar de Maizière"
],
"answer_start": [
588
]
} |
5706074552bb8914006897d7 | Southern California consists of one Combined Statistical Area, eight Metropolitan Statistical Areas, one international metropolitan area, and multiple metropolitan divisions. The region is home to two extended metropolitan areas that exceed five million in population. These are the Greater Los Angeles Area at 17,786,41... | What does the El Centro metropolitan area and San Diego-Carslbad-San Marcos metropolitan area form? | {
"text": [
"Southern Border Region"
],
"answer_start": [
672
]
} |
572754cd5951b619008f8867 | The invasions of Baghdad, Samarkand, Urgench, Kiev, Vladimir among others caused mass murders, such as when portions of southern Khuzestan were completely destroyed. His descendant Hulagu Khan destroyed much of Iran's northern part and sacked Baghdad although his forces were halted by the Mamluks of Egypt, but Hulagu's... | Which major cities in Eastern Europe were not destroyed by the Mongol invasion? | {
"text": [
"Novgorod and Pskov"
],
"answer_start": [
811
]
} |
572a03086aef0514001551a2 | Anti-inflammatory drugs are often used to control the effects of inflammation. Glucocorticoids are the most powerful of these drugs; however, these drugs can have many undesirable side effects, such as central obesity, hyperglycemia, osteoporosis, and their use must be tightly controlled. Lower doses of anti-inflammato... | What are the most powerful class of anti-inflammatory drugs? | {
"text": [
"Glucocorticoids"
],
"answer_start": [
79
]
} |
56d6f3500d65d21400198294 | The Panthers defense gave up just 308 points, ranking sixth in the league, while also leading the NFL in interceptions with 24 and boasting four Pro Bowl selections. Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kawann Short led the team in sacks with 11, while also forcing three fumbles and recovering two. Fellow lineman Mario Addison ad... | Which player had the most interceptions for the season? | {
"text": [
"Kurt Coleman"
],
"answer_start": [
900
]
} |
572ffd75b2c2fd14005686e8 | The last glacial ran from ~74,000 (BP = Before Present), until the end of the Pleistocene (~11,600 BP). In northwest Europe, it saw two very cold phases, peaking around 70,000 BP and around 29,000–24,000 BP. The last phase slightly predates the global last ice age maximum (Last Glacial Maximum). During this time, the l... | How much lower was the North Sea in the last cold phase than it is today? | {
"text": [
"120 m"
],
"answer_start": [
593
]
} |
5706143575f01819005e7952 | Professional sports teams in Southern California include teams from the NFL (Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers); NBA (Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers); MLB (Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, San Diego Padres); NHL (Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks); and MLS (LA Galaxy). | The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are from which sport? | {
"text": [
"MLB"
],
"answer_start": [
164
]
} |
5726acc1f1498d1400e8e6ce | As Jamukha and Temüjin drifted apart in their friendship, each began consolidating power, and soon became rivals. Jamukha supported the traditional Mongolian aristocracy, while Temüjin followed a meritocratic method, and attracted a broader, though lower class, range of followers. Due to his earlier defeat of the Merki... | Where was Temüjin's patron Toghrul exiled? | {
"text": [
"Qara Khitai"
],
"answer_start": [
1084
]
} |
56e7788200c9c71400d77180 | Teachers in Wales can be registered members of trade unions such as ATL, NUT or NASUWT and reports in recent years suggest that the average age of teachers in Wales is falling with teachers being younger than in previous years. A growing cause of concern are that attacks on teachers in Welsh schools which reached an al... | What group can teachers in Wales register with? | {
"text": [
"trade unions"
],
"answer_start": [
47
]
} |
57293e221d046914007791d5 | The executive summary of the WG I Summary for Policymakers report says they are certain that emissions resulting from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases, resulting on average in an additional warming of the Earth's surface. They calculate with confidence... | What does the WG I Summary for Policymakers report say human activities are doing to greenhouse gases? | {
"text": [
"substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations"
],
"answer_start": [
139
]
} |
56e7796637bdd419002c3fff | In the United States, each state determines the requirements for getting a license to teach in public schools. Teaching certification generally lasts three years, but teachers can receive certificates that last as long as ten years. Public school teachers are required to have a bachelor's degree and the majority must b... | What must a public school teacher have, at a minimum? | {
"text": [
"bachelor's degree"
],
"answer_start": [
279
]
} |
57114667a58dae1900cd6d82 | The most useful instrument for analyzing the performance of steam engines is the steam engine indicator. Early versions were in use by 1851, but the most successful indicator was developed for the high speed engine inventor and manufacturer Charles Porter by Charles Richard and exhibited at London Exhibition in 1862. T... | What company developed the most successful steam engine indicator? | {
"text": [
"Charles Porter"
],
"answer_start": [
241
]
} |
57273455f1498d1400e8f48d | In 1939 Chinese Nationalist soldiers took the mausoleum from its position at the 'Lord's Enclosure' (Mongolian: Edsen Khoroo) in Mongolia to protect it from Japanese troops. It was taken through Communist-held territory in Yan'an some 900 km on carts to safety at a Buddhist monastery, the Dongshan Dafo Dian, where it r... | Which Buddhist monastery hosted the Genghis Khan mausoleum during the Japanese occupation? | {
"text": [
"Dongshan Dafo Dian"
],
"answer_start": [
290
]
} |
5729281baf94a219006aa122 | Kenya is active in several sports, among them cricket, rallying, football, rugby union and boxing. The country is known chiefly for its dominance in middle-distance and long-distance athletics, having consistently produced Olympic and Commonwealth Games champions in various distance events, especially in 800 m, 1,500 m... | What countries does Kenya compete with for long distance running? | {
"text": [
"Morocco and Ethiopia"
],
"answer_start": [
498
]
} |
5706149552bb891400689884 | From 2005 to 2014, there were two Major League Soccer teams in Los Angeles — the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA — that both played at the StubHub Center and were local rivals. However, Chivas were suspended following the 2014 MLS season, with a second MLS team scheduled to return in 2018. | When is the suspended team scheduled to return? | {
"text": [
"2018"
],
"answer_start": [
278
]
} |
5726e08e5951b619008f8113 | In most countries, the dispensary is subject to pharmacy legislation; with requirements for storage conditions, compulsory texts, equipment, etc., specified in legislation. Where it was once the case that pharmacists stayed within the dispensary compounding/dispensing medications, there has been an increasing trend tow... | What does pharmacy legislation mandate? | {
"text": [
"storage conditions, compulsory texts, equipment, etc."
],
"answer_start": [
92
]
} |
57273f27dd62a815002e9a0b | The Standard Industrial Classification and the newer North American Industry Classification System have a classification system for companies that perform or otherwise engage in construction. To recognize the differences of companies in this sector, it is divided into three subsectors: building construction, heavy and ... | There are other categories for what? | {
"text": [
"construction service firms (e.g., engineering, architecture) and construction managers"
],
"answer_start": [
415
]
} |
5728e715ff5b5019007da914 | Some forms of civil disobedience, such as illegal boycotts, refusals to pay taxes, draft dodging, distributed denial-of-service attacks, and sit-ins, make it more difficult for a system to function. In this way, they might be considered coercive. Brownlee notes that "although civil disobedients are constrained in their... | What is a type of disobedience against the federal government? | {
"text": [
"refusals to pay taxes"
],
"answer_start": [
60
]
} |
56e0d6cf231d4119001ac424 | After leaving Edison's company Tesla partnered with two businessmen in 1886, Robert Lane and Benjamin Vail, who agreed to finance an electric lighting company in Tesla's name, Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing. The company installed electrical arc light based illumination systems designed by Tesla and also had desig... | Who designed the illumination systems that Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing installed? | {
"text": [
"Tesla"
],
"answer_start": [
31
]
} |
56bec6ac3aeaaa14008c9401 | Six-time Grammy winner and Academy Award nominee Lady Gaga performed the national anthem, while Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin provided American Sign Language (ASL) translation. | Into what language did Marlee Matlin translate the national anthem? | {
"text": [
"American Sign Language"
],
"answer_start": [
140
]
} |
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