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18,293 | The First Great Awakening was an evangelical and revitalization movement that swept through Protestant Europe and British America, especially the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American Protestantism. It resulted from powerful preaching that gave listeners a sense of deep person... | [
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"answer": "The First Great Awakening",
"question": "What movement occurred during the 1730's and 1740's?"
},
{
"answer": "The First Great Awakening",
"question": "What movement made a permanent mark on Protestantism in the U.S.?"
}
] |
18,294 | The Second Great Awakening began around 1790. It gained momentum by 1800. After 1820, membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations, whose preachers led the movement. It was past its peak by the late 1840s. It has been described as a reaction against skepticism, deism, and rationalism, although why ... | [
{
"answer": "around 1790",
"question": "When did the Second Great Awakening start?"
},
{
"answer": "Baptist and Methodist",
"question": "Which congregations joined the Second Great Awakening the most after 1820?"
},
{
"answer": "by the late 1840s",
"question": "When did the Second Gr... |
18,295 | The Third Great Awakening refers to a hypothetical historical period that was marked by religious activism in American history and spans the late 1850s to the early 20th century. It affected pietistic Protestant denominations and had a strong element of social activism. It gathered strength from the postmillennial beli... | [
{
"answer": "the late 1850s to the early 20th century",
"question": "When was the Third Great Awakening?"
},
{
"answer": "pietistic Protestant denominations",
"question": "What denominations did the Third Great Awakening affect?"
},
{
"answer": "the worldwide missionary movement",
"q... |
18,296 | A noteworthy development in 20th-century Protestant Christianity was the rise of the modern Pentecostal movement. Sprung from Methodist and Wesleyan roots, it arose out of meetings at an urban mission on Azusa Street in Los Angeles. From there it spread around the world, carried by those who experienced what they belie... | [
{
"answer": "the modern Pentecostal movement",
"question": "What modern movement began in the 20th century?"
},
{
"answer": "Methodist and Wesleyan",
"question": "What were the roots of the modern Pentecostal movement?"
},
{
"answer": "the Charismatic movement",
"question": "What mov... |
18,297 | In the United States and elsewhere in the world, there has been a marked rise in the evangelical wing of Protestant denominations, especially those that are more exclusively evangelical, and a corresponding decline in the mainstream liberal churches. In the post–World War I era, Liberal Christianity was on the rise, an... | [
{
"answer": "In the United States and elsewhere in the world",
"question": "Where has there been a rise in evangelical Protestantism?"
},
{
"answer": "mainstream liberal churches",
"question": "What type of churches have declined?"
},
{
"answer": "In the post–World War I era",
"quest... |
18,298 | In Europe, there has been a general move away from religious observance and belief in Christian teachings and a move towards secularism. The Enlightenment is largely responsible for the spread of secularism. Several scholars have argued for a link between the rise of secularism and Protestantism, attributing it to the ... | [
{
"answer": "secularism",
"question": "What direction has Europe moved towards?"
},
{
"answer": "The Enlightenment",
"question": "What caused the spread of secularism?"
},
{
"answer": "North America, South America and Australia",
"question": "What areas have a higher rate of Christia... |
18,299 | In the view of many associated with the Radical Reformation, the Magisterial Reformation had not gone far enough. Radical Reformer, Andreas von Bodenstein Karlstadt, for example, referred to the Lutheran theologians at Wittenberg as the "new papists". Since the term "magister" also means "teacher", the Magisterial Refo... | [
{
"answer": "the Magisterial Reformation",
"question": "Which reformation was seen as not being effective enough?"
},
{
"answer": "new papists",
"question": "What did Karlstadt call Lutheran theologians?"
},
{
"answer": "Roman Popes",
"question": "What were reform movement leaders co... |
18,300 | Protestants reject the Roman Catholic Church's doctrine that it is the one true church, believing in the invisible church, which consists of all who profess faith in Jesus Christ. Some Protestant denominations are less accepting of other denominations, and the basic orthodoxy of some is questioned by most of the others... | [
{
"answer": "the invisible church",
"question": "What type of church do Protestants believe in?"
},
{
"answer": "all who profess faith in Jesus Christ",
"question": "Who comprises the invisible church?"
},
{
"answer": "the five solas",
"question": "What is the name of the main princi... |
18,301 | Various ecumenical movements have attempted cooperation or reorganization of the various divided Protestant denominations, according to various models of union, but divisions continue to outpace unions, as there is no overarching authority to which any of the churches owe allegiance, which can authoritatively define th... | [
{
"answer": "Various ecumenical",
"question": "What type of movements have tried to unite Protestant denominations?"
},
{
"answer": "divisions",
"question": "Which is larger, divisions or unions of Protestantism?"
},
{
"answer": "common beliefs in the major aspects of the Christian faith... |
18,302 | Several countries have established their national churches, linking the ecclesiastical structure with the state. Jurisdictions where a Protestant denomination has been established as a state religion include several Nordic countries; Denmark (including Greenland), the Faroe Islands (its church being independent since 2... | [
{
"answer": "the ecclesiastical structure with the state",
"question": "What do national churches bring together?"
},
{
"answer": "since 2007",
"question": "How long has the Faroe Islands church been independent?"
},
{
"answer": "Tuvalu",
"question": "Who has the only Reformed church... |
18,303 | Protestants can be differentiated according to how they have been influenced by important movements since the Reformation, today regarded as branches. Some of these movements have a common lineage, sometimes directly spawning individual denominations. Due to the earlier stated multitude of denominations, this section d... | [
{
"answer": "branches",
"question": "What is another name for denominational families?"
},
{
"answer": "Adventist, Anglican, Baptist, Calvinist (Reformed), Lutheran, Methodist and Pentecostal",
"question": "What are the major branches of Protestantism?"
},
{
"answer": "how they have been... |
18,304 | Although the Adventist churches hold much in common, their theologies differ on whether the intermediate state is unconscious sleep or consciousness, whether the ultimate punishment of the wicked is annihilation or eternal torment, the nature of immortality, whether or not the wicked are resurrected after the millenniu... | [
{
"answer": "the whole Bible",
"question": "The Adventist movement has encouraged examining what in full?"
},
{
"answer": "Seventh-day Adventists and some smaller Adventist groups",
"question": "What Adventist groups observe the Sabbath?"
},
{
"answer": "the 28 Fundamental Beliefs",
... |
18,306 | Anglicanism comprises the Church of England and churches which are historically tied to it or hold similar beliefs, worship practices and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English Church. There is no single "Anglican Chu... | [
{
"answer": "the English Church",
"question": "What does Anglican mean?"
},
{
"answer": "1246",
"question": "When did the word Anglican begin?"
},
{
"answer": "the Archbishop of Canterbury",
"question": "Who do the Anglican churches have communion with?"
},
{
"answer": "80 mi... |
18,307 | The Church of England declared its independence from the Catholic Church at the time of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement. Many of the new Anglican formularies of the mid-16th century corresponded closely to those of contemporary Reformed tradition. These reforms were understood by one of those most responsible for ... | [
{
"answer": "the Catholic Church",
"question": "Who did the Church of England split from?"
},
{
"answer": "the Elizabethan Religious Settlement",
"question": "At what time did the Church of England become independent?"
},
{
"answer": "Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer",
"questi... |
18,308 | Baptists subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and that it must be done by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling). Other tenets of Baptist churches include soul competency (liberty), salvation through... | [
{
"answer": "professing believers",
"question": "According to Baptists, who should have baptisms?"
},
{
"answer": "Protestant",
"question": "What type of churches are most Baptists churches considered to be?"
},
{
"answer": "pastors and deacons",
"question": "What two offices do Bapt... |
18,309 | Historians trace the earliest church labeled Baptist back to 1609 in Amsterdam, with English Separatist John Smyth as its pastor. In accordance with his reading of the New Testament, he rejected baptism of infants and instituted baptism only of believing adults. Baptist practice spread to England, where the General Bap... | [
{
"answer": "Amsterdam",
"question": "Where was the earliest Baptist church founded?"
},
{
"answer": "John Smyth",
"question": "Who was the pastor of the first Baptist church?"
},
{
"answer": "General Baptists",
"question": "Who believed that Christ's atonement was for everyone?"
}... |
18,310 | Today, this term also refers to the doctrines and practices of the Reformed churches of which Calvin was an early leader. Less commonly, it can refer to the individual teaching of Calvin himself. The particulars of Calvinist theology may be stated in a number of ways. Perhaps the best known summary is contained in the ... | [
{
"answer": "the five points of Calvinism",
"question": "What is the most well-known summary of Calvin's teachings?"
},
{
"answer": "the Calvinist view on soteriology",
"question": "What area does the five points of Calvinism focus on?"
},
{
"answer": "the sovereignty or rule of God in a... |
18,311 | Today, Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism. With approximately 80 million adherents, it constitutes the third most common Protestant confession after historically Pentecostal denominations and Anglicanism. The Lutheran World Federation, the largest global communion of Lutheran churches represent... | [
{
"answer": "Lutheranism",
"question": "What is one of the largest Protestant branches with 80 million members?"
},
{
"answer": "third",
"question": "How popular is the branch of Lutheranism?"
},
{
"answer": "The Lutheran World Federation",
"question": "What is the largest body of Lu... |
18,312 | Methodism identifies principally with the theology of John Wesley—an Anglican priest and evangelist. This evangelical movement originated as a revival within the 18th-century Church of England and became a separate Church following Wesley's death. Because of vigorous missionary activity, the movement spread throughout ... | [
{
"answer": "John Wesley",
"question": "Who was the inspiration for Methodism?"
},
{
"answer": "workers, agricultural workers, and slaves",
"question": "Who did Methodism originally attract?"
},
{
"answer": "Anglican priest",
"question": "What was John Wesley's occupation?"
},
{
... |
18,313 | Soteriologically, most Methodists are Arminian, emphasizing that Christ accomplished salvation for every human being, and that humans must exercise an act of the will to receive it (as opposed to the traditional Calvinist doctrine of monergism). Methodism is traditionally low church in liturgy, although this varies gre... | [
{
"answer": "its rich musical tradition",
"question": "What is Methodism known for, as far as music goes?"
},
{
"answer": "every human being",
"question": "Methodists believe that Christ achieved salvation for whom?"
},
{
"answer": "exercise an act of the will",
"question": "What do ... |
18,314 | This branch of Protestantism is distinguished by belief in the baptism with the Holy Spirit as an experience separate from conversion that enables a Christian to live a Holy Spirit–filled and empowered life. This empowerment includes the use of spiritual gifts such as speaking in tongues and divine healing—two other de... | [
{
"answer": "speaking in tongues and divine healing",
"question": "Give two examples of spiritual gifts."
},
{
"answer": "Apostolic or Full Gospel",
"question": "What are other terms used to describe Pentecostalism?"
},
{
"answer": "Apostolic",
"question": "Pentecostals liken their t... |
18,315 | Pentecostalism eventually spawned hundreds of new denominations, including large groups such as the Assemblies of God and the Church of God in Christ, both in the United States and elsewhere. There are over 279 million Pentecostals worldwide, and the movement is growing in many parts of the world, especially the global... | [
{
"answer": "hundreds",
"question": "How many denominations were spawned by Pentecostalism?"
},
{
"answer": "over 279 million",
"question": "How many Pentecostals are there in the world?"
},
{
"answer": "Charismatic",
"question": "What movement has caused non-Pentecostal churches to ... |
18,316 | There are many other Protestant denominations that do not fit neatly into the mentioned branches, and are far smaller in membership. Some groups of individuals who hold basic Protestant tenets identify themselves simply as "Christians" or "born-again Christians". They typically distance themselves from the confessional... | [
{
"answer": "\"non-denominational\" or \"evangelical\"",
"question": "What denomination do these small groups belong to?"
},
{
"answer": "little",
"question": "How much affiliation do these small groups have with historical denominations?"
},
{
"answer": "individual pastors",
"questi... |
18,317 | The Plymouth Brethren are a conservative, low church, evangelical movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s, originating from Anglicanism. Among other beliefs, the group emphasizes sola scriptura. Brethren generally see themselves not as a denomination, but as a network, or even as a c... | [
{
"answer": "Dublin, Ireland",
"question": "Where do the Plymouth Brethren hail from?"
},
{
"answer": "sola scriptura",
"question": "What belief is the emphasis of the Plymouth Brethren?"
},
{
"answer": "The Brethren",
"question": "Though the Plymouth Brethren do not have a denominat... |
18,318 | Quakers, or Friends, are members of a family of religious movements collectively known as the Religious Society of Friends. The central unifying doctrine of these movements is the priesthood of all believers. Many Friends view themselves as members of a Christian denomination. They include those with evangelical, holin... | [
{
"answer": "Friends",
"question": "What is another informal name for Quaker?"
},
{
"answer": "the priesthood of all believers",
"question": "What is the Quakers unifying belief?"
},
{
"answer": "creeds and hierarchical structures",
"question": "What have the Quakers tried to avoid?"... |
18,319 | There are also Christian movements which cross denominational lines and even branches, and cannot be classified on the same level previously mentioned forms. Evangelicalism is a prominent example. Some of those movements are active exclusively within Protestantism, some are Christian-wide. Transdenominational movements... | [
{
"answer": "Evangelicalism",
"question": "What is a prominent example of a movement which crosses over denominational lines?"
},
{
"answer": "Charismatic Movement",
"question": "Which movement actually affected the Catholic Church?"
},
{
"answer": "Pentecostals",
"question": "What g... |
18,320 | It gained great momentum in the 18th and 19th centuries with the emergence of Methodism and the Great Awakenings in Britain and North America. The origins of Evangelicalism are usually traced back to the English Methodist movement, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, the Moravian Church, Lutheran pietism, Presbyterianism and Puritani... | [
{
"answer": "the 18th and 19th centuries",
"question": "What period saw a large upswing in Evangelicalism?"
},
{
"answer": "Britain and North America",
"question": "Where did the Great Awakenings increase interest in Evangelicalism?"
},
{
"answer": "Evangelicalism",
"question": "Meth... |
18,321 | In America, Episcopalian Dennis Bennett is sometimes cited as one of the charismatic movement's seminal influence. In the United Kingdom, Colin Urquhart, Michael Harper, David Watson and others were in the vanguard of similar developments. The Massey conference in New Zealand, 1964 was attended by several Anglicans, in... | [
{
"answer": "Dennis Bennett",
"question": "What American is considered to have been a seminal influence in the charismatic movement?"
},
{
"answer": "1964",
"question": "When was the Massey conference held?"
},
{
"answer": "Life in the Spirit",
"question": "The Massey conference even... |
18,322 | Larry Christenson, a Lutheran theologian based in San Pedro, California, did much in the 1960s and 1970s to interpret the charismatic movement for Lutherans. A very large annual conference regarding that matter was held in Minneapolis. Charismatic Lutheran congregations in Minnesota became especially large and influent... | [
{
"answer": "Larry Christenson",
"question": "Who helped Lutherans understand the charismatic movement in the 1960s?"
},
{
"answer": "Minnesota",
"question": "In what state did charismatic Lutheran congregations grow to be quite large?"
},
{
"answer": "Huntington Beach",
"question": ... |
18,323 | In Congregational and Presbyterian churches which profess a traditionally Calvinist or Reformed theology there are differing views regarding present-day continuation or cessation of the gifts (charismata) of the Spirit. Generally, however, Reformed charismatics distance themselves from renewal movements with tendencies... | [
{
"answer": "Terry Virgo",
"question": "Who heads the Newfrontiers movement?"
},
{
"answer": "overemotional",
"question": "What tendencies do reformed charismatics avoid?"
},
{
"answer": "USA",
"question": "Where is Every Nations Churches located?"
},
{
"answer": "charismata"... |
18,324 | Puritans were blocked from changing the established church from within, and were severely restricted in England by laws controlling the practice of religion. Their beliefs, however, were transported by the emigration of congregations to the Netherlands (and later to New England), and by evangelical clergy to Ireland (a... | [
{
"answer": "Puritans",
"question": "What group was very much hampered in England from making changes?"
},
{
"answer": "the University of Cambridge",
"question": "What college was influenced by Puritan beliefs?"
},
{
"answer": "millennialism",
"question": "What movement influenced th... |
18,325 | They formed, and identified with various religious groups advocating greater purity of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and group piety. Puritans adopted a Reformed theology, but they also took note of radical criticisms of Zwingli in Zurich and Calvin in Geneva. In church polity, some advocated for separation... | [
{
"answer": "Reformed",
"question": "What type of theology did Puritans accept?"
},
{
"answer": "the 1640s",
"question": "When did separatists become powerful in Puritanism?"
},
{
"answer": "personal and group",
"question": "What types of piety did the Puritans advocate?"
},
{
... |
18,326 | Although the Reformation was a religious movement, it also had a strong impact on all other aspects of life: marriage and family, education, the humanities and sciences, the political and social order, the economy, and the arts. Protestant churches reject the idea of a celibate priesthood and thus allow their clergy to... | [
{
"answer": "the Reformation",
"question": "What religious movement affected education, politics, the economy, and marriage?"
},
{
"answer": "Protestant",
"question": "What churches let their clergy marry?"
},
{
"answer": "1950",
"question": "When did women join the Protestant minist... |
18,327 | As the Reformers wanted all members of the church to be able to read the Bible, education on all levels got a strong boost. By the middle of the eighteenth century, the literacy rate in England was about 60 per cent, in Scotland 65 per cent, and in Sweden eight of ten men and women were able to read and to write. Colle... | [
{
"answer": "education",
"question": "What did Reformers increase so that their followers could read the Bible?"
},
{
"answer": "eight of ten men and women",
"question": "In the middle of the eighteenth century, how many Swedes could read and write?"
},
{
"answer": "the Puritans",
"q... |
18,329 | In a factor analysis of the latest wave of World Values Survey data, Arno Tausch (Corvinus University of Budapest) found that Protestantism emerges to be very close to combining religion and the traditions of liberalism. The Global Value Development Index, calculated by Tausch, relies on the World Values Survey dimensi... | [
{
"answer": "Arno Tausch",
"question": "Who calculated the Global Value Development Index?"
},
{
"answer": "Protestantism",
"question": "What does a good job of combining religion and liberalism?"
},
{
"answer": "Arno Tausch",
"question": "Who did an analysis of World Values Survey d... |
18,330 | Episcopalians and Presbyterians, as well as other WASPs, tend to be considerably wealthier and better educated (having graduate and post-graduate degrees per capita) than most other religious groups in United States, and are disproportionately represented in the upper reaches of American business, law and politics, esp... | [
{
"answer": "Episcopalians and Presbyterians",
"question": "What denominations are considered to be wealthier than most other groups?"
},
{
"answer": "Mainline Protestant",
"question": "Affluent American families are what type of families?"
},
{
"answer": "Episcopalians and Presbyterians... |
18,331 | Protestantism has had an important influence on science. According to the Merton Thesis, there was a positive correlation between the rise of English Puritanism and German Pietism on the one hand and early experimental science on the other. The Merton Thesis has two separate parts: Firstly, it presents a theory that sc... | [
{
"answer": "early experimental science",
"question": "The rise of English Puritanism and German Pietism resulted in a corresponding rise in what?"
},
{
"answer": "English Puritanism and German Pietism",
"question": "What religions did Merton think caused the scientific revolution of the 17th an... |
18,332 | In the Middle Ages, the Church and the worldly authorities were closely related. Martin Luther separated the religious and the worldly realms in principle (doctrine of the two kingdoms). The believers were obliged to use reason to govern the worldly sphere in an orderly and peaceful way. Luther's doctrine of the priest... | [
{
"answer": "doctrine of the two kingdoms",
"question": "What was the name of the doctrine that separated church and non-religious affairs?"
},
{
"answer": "Calvin",
"question": "Who added the election of laymen to church government?"
},
{
"answer": "1523",
"question": "When was the ... |
18,333 | Politically, Calvin favoured a mixture of aristocracy and democracy. He appreciated the advantages of democracy: "It is an invaluable gift, if God allows a people to freely elect its own authorities and overlords." Calvin also thought that earthly rulers lose their divine right and must be put down when they rise up ag... | [
{
"answer": "aristocracy and democracy",
"question": "What political mixture did Calvin prefer?"
},
{
"answer": "separation of powers",
"question": "What is the term for checks and balances in a political system?"
},
{
"answer": "Calvin",
"question": "Who paved the way for modern dem... |
18,334 | Consistent with Calvin's political ideas, Protestants created both the English and the American democracies. In seventeenth-century England, the most important persons and events in this process were the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell, John Milton, John Locke, the Glorious Revolution, the English Bill of Rights, an... | [
{
"answer": "the English and the American democracies",
"question": "Whose democracies were created by Protestants?"
},
{
"answer": "self-rule and separation of powers",
"question": "What democratic principles were followed by the Plymouth Colony?"
},
{
"answer": "Australia, New Zealand,... |
18,336 | Democracy, social-contract theory, separation of powers, religious freedom, separation of church and state – these achievements of the Reformation and early Protestantism were elaborated on and popularized by Enlightenment thinkers. Some of the philosophers of the English, Scottish, German, and Swiss Enlightenment - Th... | [
{
"answer": "Enlightenment thinkers",
"question": "What group popularized early Protestant teachings about separation of church and state?"
},
{
"answer": "a set of Protestant Christian assumptions",
"question": "What did John Locke use as a basis for his political beliefs?"
},
{
"answer... |
18,337 | Also, other human rights were advocated for by some Protestants. For example, torture was abolished in Prussia in 1740, slavery in Britain in 1834 and in the United States in 1865 (William Wilberforce, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln - against Southern Protestants). Hugo Grotius and Samuel Pufendorf were among t... | [
{
"answer": "1740",
"question": "When did Prussia stop torture?"
},
{
"answer": "1834",
"question": "When did Britain end slavery?"
},
{
"answer": "Hugo Grotius and Samuel Pufendorf",
"question": "Who were the first men to make large contributions to international law?"
},
{
... |
18,338 | Protestants have founded hospitals, homes for disabled or elderly people, educational institutions, organizations that give aid to developing countries, and other social welfare agencies. In the nineteenth century, throughout the Anglo-American world, numerous dedicated members of all Protestant denominations were acti... | [
{
"answer": "Chancellor Otto von Bismarck",
"question": "Who first introduced social insurance programs?"
},
{
"answer": "practical Christianity",
"question": "What did Bismarck consider social insurance programs to be?"
},
{
"answer": "the abolition of slavery, prison reforms, and woman... |
18,339 | World literature was enriched by the works of Edmund Spenser, John Milton, John Bunyan, John Donne, John Dryden, Daniel Defoe, William Wordsworth, Jonathan Swift, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edgar Allan Poe, Matthew Arnold, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Theodor Fontane, Washington Irv... | [
{
"answer": "enrich",
"question": "What did John Milton do for world literature?"
},
{
"answer": "World literature",
"question": "Samuel Taylor is listed as enriching what?"
},
{
"answer": "Emily Dickinson, Emily Brontë",
"question": "What women writers were listed as contributors to... |
18,340 | The view of the Roman Catholic Church is that Protestant denominations cannot be considered churches but rather that they are ecclesial communities or specific faith-believing communities because their ordinances and doctrines are not historically the same as the Catholic sacraments and dogmas, and the Protestant commu... | [
{
"answer": "ecclesial communities or specific faith-believing communities",
"question": "The Roman Catholic Church considers Protestant denominations to be what?"
},
{
"answer": "no sacramental ministerial priesthood",
"question": "What is lacking in Protestant priesthood, according to the Roma... |
18,341 | Contrary to how the Protestant Reformers were often characterized, the concept of a catholic or universal Church was not brushed aside during the Protestant Reformation. On the contrary, the visible unity of the catholic or universal church was seen by the Protestant reformers as an important and essential doctrine of ... | [
{
"answer": "Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Huldrych Zwingli",
"question": "Who were Magisterial reformers?"
},
{
"answer": "the Roman Catholic Church",
"question": "What institution did Martin Luther believe he was reforming?"
},
{
"answer": "a spiritual, invisible, and hidden church",... |
18,342 | Wherever the Magisterial Reformation, which received support from the ruling authorities, took place, the result was a reformed national Protestant church envisioned to be a part of the whole invisible church, but disagreeing, in certain important points of doctrine and doctrine-linked practice, with what had until the... | [
{
"answer": "the ruling authorities",
"question": "Who supported the Magisterial Reformation?"
},
{
"answer": "Conciliar",
"question": "The Reformed churches based their beliefs about ecclesiastical organization on what movement?"
},
{
"answer": "the five solas",
"question": "What ar... |
18,343 | The ecumenical movement has had an influence on mainline churches, beginning at least in 1910 with the Edinburgh Missionary Conference. Its origins lay in the recognition of the need for cooperation on the mission field in Africa, Asia and Oceania. Since 1948, the World Council of Churches has been influential, but ine... | [
{
"answer": "the World Council of Churches",
"question": "What group has been unsuccessful in creating a unified church since 1948?"
},
{
"answer": "the Edinburgh Missionary Conference",
"question": "What conference was held in 1910?"
},
{
"answer": "Orthodox",
"question": "What chur... |
18,344 | A Protestant baptism is held to be valid by the Catholic Church if given with the trinitarian formula and with the intent to baptize. However, as the ordination of Protestant ministers is not recognized due to the lack of apostolic succession and the disunity from Catholic Church, all other sacraments (except marriage)... | [
{
"answer": "baptism",
"question": "If done properly, what Protestant practice does the Catholic Church recognize?"
},
{
"answer": "marriage",
"question": "What is the only other sacrament of the Protestants that the Catholic Church recognizes?"
},
{
"answer": "Protestant ministers who b... |
18,345 | In 1999, the representatives of Lutheran World Federation and Catholic Church signed the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, apparently resolving the conflict over the nature of justification which was at the root of the Protestant Reformation, although Confessional Lutherans reject this statement. This... | [
{
"answer": "the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification",
"question": "What document was signed in 1999?"
},
{
"answer": "Confessional Lutherans",
"question": "Who rejects the statement signed in 1999?"
},
{
"answer": "delegates to the World Methodist Conference",
"questi... |
18,346 | There are more than 900 million Protestants worldwide,[ad] among approximately 2.4 billion Christians.[ae] In 2010, a total of more than 800 million included 300 million in Sub-Saharan Africa, 260 million in the Americas, 140 million in Asia-Pacific region, 100 million in Europe and 2 million in Middle East-North Afric... | [
{
"answer": "more than 900 million",
"question": "How many Protestants are there in the world?"
},
{
"answer": "approximately 2.4 billion",
"question": "What is the total population of Christians in the world?"
},
{
"answer": "more than one tenth",
"question": "Approximately how much... |
18,347 | In European countries which were most profoundly influenced by the Reformation, Protestantism still remains the most practiced religion. These include the Nordic countries and the United Kingdom. In other historical Protestant strongholds such as Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Latvia, Estonia and Hungary, it re... | [
{
"answer": "the Nordic countries and the United Kingdom",
"question": "In what European areas is Protestantism still the most practiced religion?"
},
{
"answer": "12%",
"question": "In 2012, what percentage of the EU was thought to be Protestant?"
},
{
"answer": "Germany, the Netherland... |
18,349 | Brasília (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɾaˈziljɐ]) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located atop the Brazilian highlands in the country's center-western region. It was founded on April 21, 1960, to serve as the new national capital. Brasília and its metro (encom... | [
{
"answer": "Brasília",
"question": "What is Brazil's capital?"
},
{
"answer": "center-western",
"question": "What region of Brazil is Brasilia in?"
},
{
"answer": "US$36,175",
"question": "What is Brasilia's GDP per capita in US dollars?"
},
{
"answer": "April 21, 1960",
... |
18,350 | The city has a unique status in Brazil, as it is an administrative division rather than a legal municipality like other cities in Brazil. The name 'Brasília' is commonly used as a synonym for the Federal District through synecdoche; However, the Federal District is composed of 31 administrative regions, only one of whi... | [
{
"answer": "31",
"question": "How many administrative regions does the Federal District have?"
},
{
"answer": "209,926",
"question": "What is Brasilia's proper city population?"
},
{
"answer": "the Federal District",
"question": "What does Brasilia's metro area consist of?"
},
{... |
18,351 | Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961, ordered the construction of Brasília, fulfilling the promise of the Constitution and his own political campaign promise. Building Brasília was part of Juscelino's "fifty years of prosperity in five" plan. Lúcio Costa won a contest and was the main urban plann... | [
{
"answer": "1956",
"question": "When did Kubitschek become President of Brazil?"
},
{
"answer": "1961",
"question": "When did Kubitschek leave office?"
},
{
"answer": "Juscelino Kubitschek",
"question": "Who ordered Brasilia be built?"
},
{
"answer": "5550",
"question": ... |
18,352 | Until the 1980s, the governor of the Federal District was appointed by the Federal Government, and the laws of Brasília were issued by the Brazilian Federal Senate. With the Constitution of 1988 Brasília gained the right to elect its Governor, and a District Assembly (Câmara Legislativa) was elected to exercise legisla... | [
{
"answer": "1988",
"question": "When did Brazil pass a new Constitution?"
},
{
"answer": "to elect its Governor, and a District Assembly",
"question": "What rights did Brasilia gain in 1988?"
},
{
"answer": "Câmara Legislativa",
"question": "What is Brasilia's District Assembly call... |
18,353 | Brasília has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) according to the Köppen system, with two distinct seasons: the rainy season, from October to April, and a dry season, from May to September. The average temperature is 20.6 °C (69.1 °F). September, at the end of the dry season, has the highest average maximum temperature, 28... | [
{
"answer": "tropical savanna climate (Aw)",
"question": "What climate type does Brasilia have?"
},
{
"answer": "October to April",
"question": "When is Brasilia's rainy season?"
},
{
"answer": "May to September",
"question": "When is Brasilia's dry season?"
},
{
"answer": "2... |
18,354 | The Portuguese language is the official national language and the primary language taught in schools. English and Spanish are also part of the official curriculum. The city has six international schools: American School of Brasília, Brasília International School (BIS), Escola das Nações, Swiss International School (SIS... | [
{
"answer": "Portuguese",
"question": "What is Brazil's official language?"
},
{
"answer": "English and Spanish",
"question": "What languages besides Portuguese are taught in Brasilia's schools?"
},
{
"answer": "six",
"question": "How many international schools are in Brasilia?"
},... |
18,355 | The Cathedral of Brasília in the capital of the Federative Republic of Brazil, is an expression of the architect Oscar Niemeyer. This concrete-framed hyperboloid structure, seems with its glass roof reaching up, open, to the heavens. On 31 May 1970, the Cathedral’s structure was finished, and only the 70 m (229.66 ft) ... | [
{
"answer": "Oscar Niemeyer",
"question": "Who designed the Cathedral of Brasília?"
},
{
"answer": "concrete-framed hyperboloid",
"question": "What type of structure is the Cathedral of Brasília?"
},
{
"answer": "31 May 1970",
"question": "When was the Cathedral of Brasília dedicated... |
18,356 | A series of low-lying annexes (largely hidden) flank both ends. Also in the square are the glass-faced Planalto Palace housing the presidential offices, and the Palace of the Supreme Court. Farther east, on a triangle of land jutting into the lake, is the Palace of the Dawn (Palácio da Alvorada; the presidential reside... | [
{
"answer": "presidential offices",
"question": "What is in the Planalto Palace?"
},
{
"answer": "Palácio da Alvorada",
"question": "Where does Brazil's president live, in Portuguese?"
},
{
"answer": "Palace of the Dawn",
"question": "What does 'Palácio da Alvorada' mean?"
},
{
... |
18,357 | Both low-cost and luxury housing were built by the government in the Brasília. The residential zones of the inner city are arranged into superquadras ("superblocks"): groups of apartment buildings along with a prescribed number and type of schools, retail stores, and open spaces. At the northern end of Lake Paranoá, se... | [
{
"answer": "groups of apartment buildings along with a prescribed number and type of schools, retail stores, and open spaces",
"question": "What are 'superquadras' or superblocks?"
},
{
"answer": "the northern end of Lake Paranoá",
"question": "Where is there a peninsula with luxury homes?"
}... |
18,358 | After a visit to Brasília, the French writer Simone de Beauvoir complained that all of its superquadras exuded "the same air of elegant monotony," and other observers have equated the city's large open lawns, plazas, and fields to wastelands. As the city has matured, some of these have gained adornments, and many have ... | [
{
"answer": "Simone de Beauvoir",
"question": "Who complained that Brasilia was monotonous?"
},
{
"answer": "French",
"question": "What nationality was de Beauvoir?"
},
{
"answer": "writer",
"question": "What was de Beauvoir's career?"
},
{
"answer": "its cuisine and efficien... |
18,359 | The major roles of construction and of services (government, communications, banking and finance, food production, entertainment, and legal services) in Brasília's economy reflect the city's status as a governmental rather than an industrial center. Industries connected with construction, food processing, and furnishin... | [
{
"answer": "government, communications, banking and finance, food production, entertainment, and legal services",
"question": "What services are central to Brasilia's economy?"
},
{
"answer": "construction",
"question": "What is Brasilia's most important non-service industry?"
},
{
"ans... |
18,360 | Besides being the political center, Brasília is an important economic center. Brasília has the highest city gross domestic product (GDP) of 99.5 billion reais representing 3.76% of the total Brazilian GDP. The main economic activity of the federal capital results from its administrative function. Its industrial plannin... | [
{
"answer": "99.5 billion reais",
"question": "What is Brasilia's GDP?"
},
{
"answer": "3.76%",
"question": "How much of Brazil's GDP comes from Brasilia?"
},
{
"answer": "software, film, video, and gemology",
"question": "What industries is Brasilia trying to encourage?"
}
] |
18,361 | The city's planned design included specific areas for almost everything, including accommodation, Hotels Sectors North and South. New hotel facilities are being developed elsewhere, such as the hotels and tourism Sector North, located on the shores of Lake Paranoá. Brasília has a range of tourist accommodation from inn... | [
{
"answer": "Hotels Sectors North and South",
"question": "Where did Brasilia place hotels?"
},
{
"answer": "from local and regional Brazilian dishes to international cuisine",
"question": "What kinds of restaurants does Brasilia have?"
},
{
"answer": "from inns, pensions and hostels to ... |
18,362 | Brasília has also been the focus of modern-day literature. Published in 2008, The World In Grey: Dom Bosco's Prophecy, by author Ryan J. Lucero, tells an apocalypticle story based on the famous prophecy from the late 19th century by the Italian saint Don Bosco. According to Don Bosco's prophecy: "Between parallels 15 a... | [
{
"answer": "2008",
"question": "When was 'The World In Grey' published?"
},
{
"answer": "Ryan J. Lucero",
"question": "Who wrote 'The World In Grey'?"
},
{
"answer": "Don Bosco",
"question": "Whose prophecy is 'The World In Grey' based on?"
},
{
"answer": "Don Bosco",
"q... |
18,363 | Praça dos Três Poderes (Portuguese for Square of the Three Powers) is a plaza in Brasília. The name is derived from the encounter of the three federal branches around the plaza: the Executive, represented by the Palácio do Planalto (presidential office); the Legislative, represented by the National Congress (Congresso ... | [
{
"answer": "Square of the Three Powers",
"question": "What does 'Praça dos Três Poderes' mean?"
},
{
"answer": "the three federal branches around the plaza",
"question": "What does the name 'Praça dos Três Poderes' come from?"
},
{
"answer": "Supremo Tribunal Federal",
"question": "... |
18,364 | The Palácio da Alvorada is the official residence of the President of Brazil. The palace was designed, along with the rest of the city of Brasília, by Oscar Niemeyer and inaugurated in 1958. One of the first structures built in the republic's new capital city, the "Alvorada" lies on a peninsula at the margins of Lake P... | [
{
"answer": "Palácio da Alvorada",
"question": "Where does Brazil's president live?"
},
{
"answer": "simplicity and modernity",
"question": "What principles of architecture was the Alvorada designed with?"
},
{
"answer": "7,000 m2",
"question": "How large is the Alvorada?"
},
{
... |
18,365 | The Palácio do Planalto is the official workplace of the President of Brazil. It is located at the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília. As the seat of government, the term "Planalto" is often used as a metonym for the executive branch of government. The main working office of the President of the Republic is in the Palá... | [
{
"answer": "four",
"question": "How many floors does the Planalto have?"
},
{
"answer": "36,000 m2",
"question": "How large is the Planalto?"
},
{
"answer": "Palácio do Planalto",
"question": "Where are the President's offices?"
},
{
"answer": "Oscar Niemeyer",
"question... |
18,367 | In 2014, the airport received 15 new boarding bridges, totalling 28 in all. This was the main requirement made by the federal government, which transferred the operation of the terminal to the Inframerica Group after an auction. The group invested R$750 million in the project. In the same year, the number of parking sp... | [
{
"answer": "28",
"question": "How many boarding bridges does Brasilia's airport have?"
},
{
"answer": "2014",
"question": "When did the number of boarding bridges at Brasilia's airport nearly double?"
},
{
"answer": "Inframerica Group",
"question": "What company now runs Brasilia's ... |
18,368 | The Juscelino Kubitschek bridge, also known as the 'President JK Bridge' or the 'JK Bridge', crosses Lake Paranoá in Brasília. It is named after Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, former president of Brazil. It was designed by architect Alexandre Chan and structural engineer Mário Vila Verde. Chan won the Gustav Lindent... | [
{
"answer": "The Juscelino Kubitschek bridge",
"question": "What is the JK Bridge a nickname for?"
},
{
"answer": "Lake Paranoá",
"question": "What does the JK Bridge cross?"
},
{
"answer": "Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira",
"question": "Who was the JK Bridge named for?"
},
{
... |
18,369 | The metro leaves the Rodoviária (bus station) and goes south, avoiding most of the political and tourist areas. The main purpose of the metro is to serve cities, such as Samambaia, Taguatinga and Ceilândia, as well as Guará and Águas Claras. The satellite cities served are more populated in total than the Plano Piloto ... | [
{
"answer": "bus station",
"question": "What is the Rodoviária?"
},
{
"answer": "344,039",
"question": "As of 2000, how many people lived in Ceilândia?"
},
{
"answer": "243,575",
"question": "As of 2000, how many people lived in Taguatinga?"
},
{
"answer": "approximately 400,... |
18,370 | In the original city plan, the interstate buses should also stop at the Central Station. Because of the growth of Brasília (and corresponding growth in the bus fleet), today the interstate buses leave from the older interstate station (called Rodoferroviária), located at the western end of the Eixo Monumental. The Cent... | [
{
"answer": "Rodoferroviária",
"question": "What is the older interstate bus station called?"
},
{
"answer": "Parkshopping Mall",
"question": "What mall is Brasilia's newest bus station near?"
},
{
"answer": "Central Station",
"question": "Where did Brasilia's plan want interstate bu... |
18,371 | Brasília is known as a departing point for the practice of unpowered air sports, sports that may be practiced with hang gliding or paragliding wings. Practitioners of such sports reveal that, because of the city's dry weather, the city offers strong thermal winds and great "cloud-streets", which is also the name for a ... | [
{
"answer": "unpowered air sports",
"question": "What type of sports are popular in Brasilia?"
},
{
"answer": "the 14th Hang Gliding World Championship",
"question": "What air sports event did Brasilia host in 2003?"
},
{
"answer": "the 2nd stage of the Brazilian Hang Gliding Championshi... |
18,372 | Greece is a developed country with an economy based on the service (82.8%) and industrial sectors (13.3%). The agricultural sector contributed 3.9% of national economic output in 2015. Important Greek industries include tourism and shipping. With 18 million international tourists in 2013, Greece was the 7th most visite... | [
{
"answer": "developed",
"question": "What type of country is Greece?"
},
{
"answer": "82.8%",
"question": "What percentage of Greece's economy is based on service?"
},
{
"answer": "13.3%",
"question": "How much of Greece's economy is comprised of industrial sectors?"
},
{
"a... |
18,373 | The country is a significant agricultural producer within the EU. Greece has the largest economy in the Balkans and is as an important regional investor. Greece was the largest foreign investor in Albania in 2013, the third in Bulgaria, in the top-three in Romania and Serbia and the most important trading partner and l... | [
{
"answer": "agricultural",
"question": "What is Greece a significant producer of within the EU?"
},
{
"answer": "economy",
"question": "Greece has the largest what in the Balkans?"
},
{
"answer": "Greece",
"question": "What was Albania's largest foreign investor in 2013?"
},
{
... |
18,374 | Greece is classified as an advanced, high-income economy, and was a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). The country joined what is now the European Union in 1981. In 2001 Greece adopted the euro as its... | [
{
"answer": "OECD",
"question": "What organization was Greek a founding member?"
},
{
"answer": "Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development",
"question": "What does the abbreviation OECD expand to?"
},
{
"answer": "advanced, high-income",
"question": "What is Greece's eco... |
18,376 | The evolution of the Greek economy during the 19th century (a period that transformed a large part of the world because of the Industrial Revolution) has been little researched. Recent research from 2006 examines the gradual development of industry and further development of shipping in a predominantly agricultural eco... | [
{
"answer": "Industrial Revolution",
"question": "What transformed a large part of the world in the 19th century?"
},
{
"answer": "evolution of the Greek economy",
"question": "What does recent research from 2006 examine?"
},
{
"answer": "slightly lower",
"question": "What was Greece... |
18,377 | After fourteen consecutive years of economic growth, Greece went into recession in 2008. By the end of 2009, the Greek economy faced the highest budget deficit and government debt-to-GDP ratios in the EU. After several upward revisions, the 2009 budget deficit is now estimated at 15.7% of GDP. This, combined with rapid... | [
{
"answer": "fourteen",
"question": "How many years of consecutive growth had Greece had?"
},
{
"answer": "in 2008",
"question": "When did Greece go into recession?"
},
{
"answer": "budget deficit",
"question": "What did the Greek economy have the highest of at the end of 2009?"
},... |
18,378 | Greece was accused of trying to cover up the extent of its massive budget deficit in the wake of the global financial crisis. The allegation was prompted by the massive revision of the 2009 budget deficit forecast by the new PASOK government elected in October 2009, from "6–8%" (estimated by the previous New Democracy ... | [
{
"answer": "its massive budget deficit",
"question": "What was Greece accused of covering up the extent of?"
},
{
"answer": "massive revision",
"question": "What prompted the allegation of Greece's covering up its budget deficit? "
},
{
"answer": "February 2012",
"question": "When d... |
18,379 | Most of the differences in the revised budget deficit numbers were due to a temporary change of accounting practices by the new government, i.e., recording expenses when military material was ordered rather than received. However, it was the retroactive application of ESA95 methodology (applied since 2000) by Eurostat,... | [
{
"answer": "accounting practices",
"question": "What were the majority of the differences in the revised budget due to the temporary changing of?"
},
{
"answer": "3.38% of GDP",
"question": "What did retroactively applying the ESA95 methodology result in raising the budget deficit to?"
},
{... |
18,380 | In the 2005 OECD report for Greece, it was clearly stated that "the impact of new accounting rules on the fiscal figures for the years 1997 to 1999 ranged from 0.7 to 1 percentage point of GDP; this retroactive change of methodology was responsible for the revised deficit exceeding 3% in 1999, the year of [Greece's] EM... | [
{
"answer": "OECD",
"question": "Who provided a report for Greece in 2005?"
},
{
"answer": "0.7 to 1 percentage point of GDP",
"question": "What was the range of the impact of the new accounting rules on the Greek fiscal figures for the years 1997 to 1999?"
},
{
"answer": "1999",
"qu... |
18,381 | An error sometimes made is the confusion of discussion regarding Greece’s Eurozone entry with the controversy regarding usage of derivatives’ deals with U.S. Banks by Greece and other Eurozone countries to artificially reduce their reported budget deficits. A currency swap arranged with Goldman Sachs allowed Greece to ... | [
{
"answer": "controversy regarding usage of derivatives’ deals",
"question": "What error is sometimes made by tying Greece's Eurozone entry with?"
},
{
"answer": "U.S. Banks",
"question": "What banks did Greece use derivatives' deals with?"
},
{
"answer": "artificially reduce their repor... |
18,382 | According to Der Spiegel, credits given to European governments were disguised as "swaps" and consequently did not get registered as debt because Eurostat at the time ignored statistics involving financial derivatives. A German derivatives dealer had commented to Der Spiegel that "The Maastricht rules can be circumvent... | [
{
"answer": "swaps",
"question": "What were credits given to European governments disguised as?"
},
{
"answer": "ignored statistics involving financial derivatives",
"question": "Why weren't swaps registered as debts by Eurostat at the time?"
},
{
"answer": "Maastricht",
"question": ... |
18,383 | As a consequence, there was a crisis in international confidence in Greece's ability to repay its sovereign debt, as reflected by the rise of the country's borrowing rates (although their slow rise – the 10-year government bond yield only exceeded 7% in April 2010 – coinciding with a large number of negative articles, ... | [
{
"answer": "rise of the country's borrowing rates",
"question": "What was a consequence of the doubt that Greece could pay it's debts?"
},
{
"answer": "sovereign debt",
"question": "What did the international banks have doubts about Greece's ability to repay?"
},
{
"answer": "€45 billio... |
18,384 | Between 2005 and 2011, Greece has had the highest percentage increase in industrial output compared to 2005 levels out of all European Union members, with an increase of 6%. Eurostat statistics show that the industrial sector was hit by the Greek financial crisis throughout 2009 and 2010, with domestic output decreasin... | [
{
"answer": "industrial output",
"question": "What did Greece have the highest percentage increase in between 2005 and 2011?"
},
{
"answer": "6%",
"question": "What was the increase of Greece's industrial output between 2005 and 2011?"
},
{
"answer": "13.4%.",
"question": "What did t... |
18,385 | Greece has the largest merchant navy in the world, accounting for more than 15% of the world's total deadweight tonnage (dwt) according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The Greek merchant navy's total dwt of nearly 245 million is comparable only to Japan's, which is ranked second with almost 2... | [
{
"answer": "merchant navy",
"question": "What does Greece have the largest of in the world?"
},
{
"answer": "15%",
"question": "Greece's navy accounts for more than what percentage of the world's total deadweight tonnage?"
},
{
"answer": "245 million",
"question": "What is the Greek... |
18,386 | In terms of ship categories, Greek companies have 22.6% of the world's tankers and 16.1% of the world's bulk carriers (in dwt). An additional equivalent of 27.45% of the world's tanker dwt is on order, with another 12.7% of bulk carriers also on order. Shipping accounts for an estimated 6% of Greek GDP, employs about 1... | [
{
"answer": "22.6%",
"question": "How many of the world's tankers do Greek companies own?"
},
{
"answer": "16.1%",
"question": "What percentage of the world's bulk carriers are Greece's?"
},
{
"answer": "6%",
"question": "What percentage of Greece's GDP does shipping account for?"
... |
18,387 | Counting shipping as quasi-exports and in terms of monetary value, Greece ranked 4th globally in 2011 having "exported" shipping services worth 17,704.132 million $; only Denmark, Germany and South Korea ranked higher during that year. Similarly counting shipping services provided to Greece by other countries as quasi-... | [
{
"answer": "4th",
"question": "When counting shipping as quasi-exports and in terms of monetary value, what is Greece's global rank?"
},
{
"answer": "17,704.132 million $",
"question": "What was the worth Greece's shipping services in 2011?"
},
{
"answer": "Denmark, Germany and South Ko... |
18,388 | Between 1949 and the 1980s, telephone communications in Greece were a state monopoly by the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization, better known by its acronym, OTE. Despite the liberalization of telephone communications in the country in the 1980s, OTE still dominates the Greek market in its field and has emerged as... | [
{
"answer": "state",
"question": "Who ran the phones in Greece between 1949 and the 1980s?"
},
{
"answer": "OTE",
"question": "What was the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization better known by the acronym of?"
},
{
"answer": "1980s",
"question": "When did the liberalization of th... |
18,389 | Greece has tended to lag behind its European Union partners in terms of Internet use, with the gap closing rapidly in recent years. The percentage of households with access to the Internet more than doubled between 2006 and 2013, from 23% to 56% respectively (compared with an EU average of 49% and 79%). At the same tim... | [
{
"answer": "Internet",
"question": "What does Greece lag behind other EU countries in terms of use?"
},
{
"answer": "more than doubled",
"question": "How much did the percentage of households with access to the internet increase between 2006 and 2013?"
},
{
"answer": "36%",
"questio... |
18,390 | Greece attracts more than 16 million tourists each year, thus contributing 18.2% to the nation's GDP in 2008 according to an OECD report. The same survey showed that the average tourist expenditure while in Greece was $1,073, ranking Greece 10th in the world. The number of jobs directly or indirectly related to the tou... | [
{
"answer": "more than 16 million",
"question": "How many millions of tourists does Greece attract each year?"
},
{
"answer": "18.2%",
"question": "What part of Greece's GDP is accounted for by tourism?"
},
{
"answer": "$1,073",
"question": "What did the 2008 OECD report show the ave... |
18,391 | In recent years a number of well-known tourism-related organizations have placed Greek destinations in the top of their lists. In 2009 Lonely Planet ranked Thessaloniki, the country's second-largest city, the world's fifth best "Ultimate Party Town", alongside cities such as Montreal and Dubai, while in 2011 the island... | [
{
"answer": "their lists",
"question": "What have a number of tourism-related organizations placed Greek destinations at the top of?"
},
{
"answer": "Thessaloniki",
"question": "What Greek city was rated the world's fifth best ultimate party town by 2009's Lonely Planet?"
},
{
"answer": ... |
18,392 | Between 1975 and 2009, Olympic Airways (known after 2003 as Olympic Airlines) was the country’s state-owned flag carrier, but financial problems led to its privatization and relaunch as Olympic Air in 2009. Both Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air have won awards for their services; in 2009 and 2011, Aegean Airlines was aw... | [
{
"answer": "Olympic Airlines",
"question": "What was Olympic Airways known as after 2003?"
},
{
"answer": "Olympic Air",
"question": "What was Olympic Airlines relaunched as in 2009?"
},
{
"answer": "Aegean Airlines",
"question": "What airlines was award the \"Best regional airline ... |
18,393 | Greece's rail network is estimated to be at 2,548 km. Rail transport in Greece is operated by TrainOSE, a subsidiary of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE). Most of the country's network is standard gauge (1,565 km), while the country also has 983 km of narrow gauge. A total of 764 km of rail are electrified. Gree... | [
{
"answer": "2,548 km",
"question": "How long is Greek's rail network estimated to run?"
},
{
"answer": "TrainOSE",
"question": "Who runs the rail transport in Greece?"
},
{
"answer": "the Hellenic Railways Organization",
"question": "Who is TrainOSE a subsidiary of?"
},
{
"a... |
18,394 | According to Eurostat, Greece's largest port by tons of goods transported in 2010 is the port of Aghioi Theodoroi, with 17.38 million tons. The Port of Thessaloniki comes second with 15.8 million tons, followed by the Port of Piraeus, with 13.2 million tons, and the port of Eleusis, with 12.37 million tons. The total n... | [
{
"answer": "Aghioi Theodoroi",
"question": "What was Greece's largest port as measured by good transported in 2010?"
},
{
"answer": "17.38",
"question": "How many million of tons went through Aghioi Theodoroi in 2010?"
},
{
"answer": "12.37 million tons",
"question": "How many milli... |
18,395 | In 2010 Piraeus handled 513,319 TEUs, followed by Thessaloniki, which handled 273,282 TEUs. In the same year, 83.9 million people passed through Greece's ports, 12.7 million through the port of Paloukia in Salamis, another 12.7 through the port of Perama, 9.5 million through Piraeus and 2.7 million through Igoumenitsa.... | [
{
"answer": "513,319",
"question": "How many TEUs did Piraeus handle in 2010?"
},
{
"answer": "273,282",
"question": "What amount of TEUs did Thessaloniki handle in 2010?"
},
{
"answer": "83.9 million",
"question": "How many million of people passed through Greece's ports in 2010?"
... |
18,396 | Energy production in Greece is dominated by the Public Power Corporation (known mostly by its acronym ΔΕΗ, or in English DEI). In 2009 DEI supplied for 85.6% of all energy demand in Greece, while the number fell to 77.3% in 2010. Almost half (48%) of DEI's power output is generated using lignite, a drop from the 51.6% ... | [
{
"answer": "Public Power Corporation",
"question": "Who dominates energy production in Greece?"
},
{
"answer": "85.6%",
"question": "How much of all of Greece's energy demand was supplied by DEI in 2009?"
},
{
"answer": "lignite",
"question": "What is almost half of DEI's power outp... |
18,397 | In 2008 renewable energy accounted for 8% of the country's total energy consumption, a rise from the 7.2% it accounted for in 2006, but still below the EU average of 10% in 2008. 10% of the country's renewable energy comes from solar power, while most comes from biomass and waste recycling. In line with the European Co... | [
{
"answer": "8%",
"question": "How much of Greece's energy consumption came from renewable sources in 2008?"
},
{
"answer": "10%",
"question": "What was EU average amount of energy from renewable sources in 2008?"
},
{
"answer": "biomass and waste recycling",
"question": "Where does ... |
18,398 | In addition to the above, Greece is also to start oil and gas exploration in other locations in the Ionian Sea, as well as the Libyan Sea, within the Greek exclusive economic zone, south of Crete. The Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change announced that there was interest from various countries (includ... | [
{
"answer": "oil and gas",
"question": "What is Greece set to start exploring the Ionian Sea for?"
},
{
"answer": "Norway and the United States",
"question": "What countries have expressed interest in Greece's oil and gas exploration?"
},
{
"answer": "summer of 2012",
"question": "Wh... |
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