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3,011 | Dr. Alexander Graham Bell was buried atop Beinn Bhreagh mountain, on his estate where he had resided increasingly for the last 35 years of his life, overlooking Bras d'Or Lake. He was survived by his wife Mabel, his two daughters, Elsie May and Marian, and nine of his grandchildren. | [
{
"answer": "atop Beinn Bhreagh mountain",
"question": "Where was Bell buried?"
},
{
"answer": "Marian",
"question": "Bell's living daughters were named Elsie May and what?"
},
{
"answer": "35",
"question": "Over how many years did Bell spend a great deal of time at Beinn Bhreagh?"
... |
3,012 | The bel (B) and the smaller decibel (dB) are units of measurement of sound intensity invented by Bell Labs and named after him. [N 28] Since 1976 the IEEE's Alexander Graham Bell Medal has been awarded to honor outstanding contributions in the field of telecommunications. | [
{
"answer": "The bel",
"question": "What unit is named after Bell?"
},
{
"answer": "sound intensity",
"question": "What does the bel and decibel measure?"
},
{
"answer": "Bell Labs",
"question": "What lab invented the term \"bel.\""
},
{
"answer": "telecommunications",
"q... |
3,013 | An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, the Internet. Internet service providers may be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise privately owned. | [
{
"answer": "Internet service provider",
"question": "What does ISP stand for?"
},
{
"answer": "provides services for accessing, using, the Internet",
"question": "what does an isp do?"
},
{
"answer": "commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise privately owned",
"question"... |
3,014 | Internet services typically provided by ISPs include Internet access, Internet transit, domain name registration, web hosting, Usenet service, and colocation. | [
{
"answer": "ISPs",
"question": "What type of organization provides internet access?"
},
{
"answer": "Internet access, Internet transit, domain name registration, web hosting, Usenet service, and colocation",
"question": "What are some services provided by an isp?"
}
] |
3,015 | The Internet was developed as a network between government research laboratories and participating departments of universities. By the late 1980s, a process was set in place towards public, commercial use of the Internet. The remaining restrictions were removed by 1995, 4 years after the introduction of the World Wide ... | [
{
"answer": "a network between government research laboratories and participating departments of universities",
"question": "Why was the internet developed?"
},
{
"answer": "1980s",
"question": "when was the internet developed?"
},
{
"answer": "a process was set in place towards public, ... |
3,016 | In 1989, the first ISPs were established in Australia and the United States. In Brookline, Massachusetts, The World became the first commercial ISP in the US. Its first customer was served in November 1989. | [
{
"answer": "Australia and the United States",
"question": "Where were the first isps established?"
},
{
"answer": "Brookline, Massachusetts",
"question": "where was the first commercial isp in the us located? "
},
{
"answer": "November 1989",
"question": "when was the first commerci... |
3,018 | On 26 February 2015, the FCC ruled in favor of net neutrality by adopting Title II (common carrier) of the Communications Act of 1934 and Section 706 in the Telecommunications act of 1996 to the Internet. The FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, commented, "This is no more a plan to regulate the Internet than the First Amendment... | [
{
"answer": "February 2015",
"question": "When did the FCC rule on net neturality?"
},
{
"answer": "in favor",
"question": "How did the FCC rule on net neutrality?"
},
{
"answer": "Title II (common carrier) of the Communications Act of 1934",
"question": "what did the FCC adopt for t... |
3,019 | On 12 March 2015, the FCC released the specific details of the net neutrality rules. On 13 April 2015, the FCC published the final rule on its new "Net Neutrality" regulations. | [
{
"answer": "13 April 2015",
"question": "When did the FCC publish its final rule on net neutrality regulations?"
}
] |
3,020 | ISPs provide Internet access, employing a range of technologies to connect users to their network. Available technologies have ranged from computer modems with acoustic couplers to telephone lines, to television cable (CATV), wireless Ethernet (wi-fi), and fiber optics. | [
{
"answer": "Internet access",
"question": "What do ISPs provide?"
},
{
"answer": "a range of technologies to connect users to their network",
"question": "how do isps provide internet access?"
},
{
"answer": "television cable (CATV)",
"question": "what is one type of technology used... |
3,021 | For users and small businesses, traditional options include copper wires to provide dial-up, DSL, typically asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), cable modem or Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) (typically basic rate interface). Using fiber-optics to end users is called Fiber To The Home or similar names. | [
{
"answer": "copper wires to provide dial-up, DSL, typically asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), cable modem or Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) (typically basic rate interface)",
"question": "what traditional options were available for users and small businesses? "
},
{
"answer": "... |
3,022 | For customers with more demanding requirements (such as medium-to-large businesses, or other ISPs) can use higher-speed DSL (such as single-pair high-speed digital subscriber line), Ethernet, metropolitan Ethernet, gigabit Ethernet, Frame Relay, ISDN Primary Rate Interface, ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) and synchron... | [
{
"answer": "medium-to-large businesses, or other ISPs",
"question": "What type of customers would typically have more demanding requirements? "
},
{
"answer": "Asynchronous Transfer Mode",
"question": "what does atm stand for in relation to internet providers? "
},
{
"answer": "customer... |
3,023 | A mailbox provider is an organization that provides services for hosting electronic mail domains with access to storage for mail boxes. It provides email servers to send, receive, accept, and store email for end users or other organizations. | [
{
"answer": "an organization that provides services for hosting electronic mail domains with access to storage for mail boxes",
"question": "What is a mailbox provider? "
},
{
"answer": "A mailbox provider",
"question": "What is an organization that provides hosting of electronic mail domains? "... |
3,024 | Many mailbox providers are also access providers, while others are not (e.g., Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com, Gmail, AOL Mail, Po box). The definition given in RFC 6650 covers email hosting services, as well as the relevant department of companies, universities, organizations, groups, and individuals that manage their mail s... | [
{
"answer": "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol",
"question": "What is SMTP?"
},
{
"answer": "Internet Message Access Protocol",
"question": "What is IMAP?"
},
{
"answer": "implementing Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and possibly providing access to messages through Internet Message Acc... |
3,025 | Internet hosting services provide email, web-hosting, or online storage services. Other services include virtual server, cloud services, or physical server operation. | [
{
"answer": "email, web-hosting, or online storage services",
"question": "What do internet hosting services provide? "
},
{
"answer": "Internet hosting services",
"question": "Who provides a virtual server service?"
},
{
"answer": "Internet hosting services",
"question": "who provid... |
3,026 | Just as their customers pay them for Internet access, ISPs themselves pay upstream ISPs for Internet access. An upstream ISP usually has a larger network than the contracting ISP or is able to provide the contracting ISP with access to parts of the Internet the contracting ISP by itself has no access to. | [
{
"answer": "upstream ISPs",
"question": "Who does an ISP pay for internet access?"
},
{
"answer": "An upstream ISP usually has a larger network than the contracting ISP",
"question": "Why does an ISP need to pay an upstream ISP?"
},
{
"answer": "access to parts of the Internet the contr... |
3,027 | In the simplest case, a single connection is established to an upstream ISP and is used to transmit data to or from areas of the Internet beyond the home network; this mode of interconnection is often cascaded multiple times until reaching a tier 1 carrier. In reality, the situation is often more complex. ISPs with mor... | [
{
"answer": "transmit data to or from areas of the Internet beyond the home network",
"question": "What is the simplest case of an ISP using an upstream ISP? "
},
{
"answer": "large amounts of bandwidth for connecting hosting ISPs and access ISPs",
"question": "what do transit ISPs provide? "
... |
3,028 | A virtual ISP (VISP) is an operation that purchases services from another ISP, sometimes called a wholesale ISP in this context, which allow the VISP's customers to access the Internet using services and infrastructure owned and operated by the wholesale ISP. VISPs resemble mobile virtual network operators and competit... | [
{
"answer": "virtual ISP",
"question": "What is a VISP?"
},
{
"answer": "mobile virtual network operators",
"question": "What do VISPs resemble? "
},
{
"answer": "a wholesale ISP",
"question": "What do visps purchase services from? "
}
] |
3,029 | Free ISPs are Internet service providers that provide service free of charge. Many free ISPs display advertisements while the user is connected; like commercial television, in a sense they are selling the user's attention to the advertiser. Other free ISPs, sometimes called freenets, are run on a nonprofit basis, usual... | [
{
"answer": "Internet service providers that provide service free of charge",
"question": "What are free ISPs?"
},
{
"answer": "advertisements",
"question": "What do free ISPs display in exchange for service?"
},
{
"answer": "commercial television",
"question": "What are free ISPs si... |
3,030 | A wireless Internet service provider (WISP) is an Internet service provider with a network based on wireless networking. Technology may include commonplace Wi-Fi wireless mesh networking, or proprietary equipment designed to operate over open 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 4.9, 5.2, 5.4, 5.7, and 5.8 GHz bands or licensed frequenci... | [
{
"answer": "wireless Internet service provider",
"question": "What is a WISP? "
},
{
"answer": "commonplace Wi-Fi wireless mesh networking, or proprietary equipment",
"question": "What technology is part of a WISP?"
},
{
"answer": "900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 4.9, 5.2, 5.4, 5.7, and 5.8 GHz bands... |
3,031 | ISPs may engage in peering, where multiple ISPs interconnect at peering points or Internet exchange points (IXs), allowing routing of data between each network, without charging one another for the data transmitted—data that would otherwise have passed through a third upstream ISP, incurring charges from the upstream I... | [
{
"answer": "multiple ISPs interconnect at peering points or Internet exchange points",
"question": "What is peering? "
},
{
"answer": "routing of data between each network, without charging one another for the data transmitted",
"question": "What does peering allow? "
},
{
"answer": "da... |
3,032 | Network hardware, software and specifications, as well as the expertise of network management personnel are important in ensuring that data follows the most efficient route, and upstream connections work reliably. A tradeoff between cost and efficiency is possible.[citation needed] | [
{
"answer": "A tradeoff between cost and efficiency is possible",
"question": "Is a tradeoff between efficiency and cost possible? "
},
{
"answer": "the most efficient route",
"question": "What sort of route does data follow? "
}
] |
3,033 | Internet service providers in many countries are legally required (e.g., via Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) in the U.S.) to allow law enforcement agencies to monitor some or all of the information transmitted by the ISP. Furthermore, in some countries ISPs are subject to monitoring by intelli... | [
{
"answer": "intelligence agencies",
"question": "What are ISPs subject to monitoring by in some countries? "
},
{
"answer": "PRISM",
"question": "What is the controversial N.S.A. program used in the U.S.?"
},
{
"answer": "provides for broad monitoring of Internet users traffic",
"qu... |
3,034 | Comics are a medium used to express ideas by images, often combined with text or other visual information. Comics frequently takes the form of juxtaposed sequences of panels of images. Often textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other informa... | [
{
"answer": "fumetti",
"question": "Which form of comics entails the use of photographic images?"
},
{
"answer": "speech balloons",
"question": "In addition to onomatopoeia and captions, what can be used to show the dialogue in comics?"
},
{
"answer": "online webcomics",
"question": ... |
3,036 | The English term comics is used as a singular noun when it refers to the medium and a plural when referring to particular instances, such as individual strips or comic books. Though the term derives from the humorous (or comic) work that predominated in early American newspaper comic strips, it has become standard also... | [
{
"answer": "bandes dessinées",
"question": "French comics are also known as what?"
},
{
"answer": "when it refers to the medium",
"question": "When is the term comics considered singular rather than plural?"
},
{
"answer": "recurring characters",
"question": "The historical aspect o... |
3,037 | The European, American, and Japanese comics traditions have followed different paths. Europeans have seen their tradition as beginning with the Swiss Rodolphe Töpffer from as early as 1827 and Americans have seen the origin of theirs in Richard F. Outcault's 1890s newspaper strip The Yellow Kid, though many Americans h... | [
{
"answer": "Rodolphe Töpffer",
"question": "Who is best known for being the first comics creator in Europe?"
},
{
"answer": "Richard F. Outcault",
"question": "Who is considered to be the first comic creator in America?"
},
{
"answer": "1890s",
"question": "When did Outcault's The Y... |
3,038 | Outside of these genealogies, comics theorists and historians have seen precedents for comics in the Lascaux cave paintings in France (some of which appear to be chronological sequences of images), Egyptian hieroglyphs, Trajan's Column in Rome, the 11th-century Norman Bayeux Tapestry, the 1370 bois Protat woodcut, the ... | [
{
"answer": "Lascaux cave paintings",
"question": "In France, what did historians find that they consider a precedent for comics?"
},
{
"answer": "The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel",
"question": "What Michelangelo work do historians consider to be a precedent for comics?"
},
{
"ans... |
3,039 | Illustrated humour periodicals were popular in 19th-century Britain, the earliest of which was the short-lived The Glasgow Looking Glass in 1825. The most popular was Punch, which popularized the term cartoon for its humorous caricatures. On occasion the cartoons in these magazines appeared in sequences; the character ... | [
{
"answer": "The Glasgow Looking Glass",
"question": "What was the first illustrated humor periodical in Britain during the 19th century?"
},
{
"answer": "1825",
"question": "When did The Glasgow Looking Glass begin?"
},
{
"answer": "Punch",
"question": "In Britain, what was the most... |
3,040 | American comics developed out of such magazines as Puck, Judge, and Life. The success of illustrated humour supplements in the New York World and later the New York American, particularly Outcault's The Yellow Kid, led to the development of newspaper comic strips. Early Sunday strips were full-page and often in colour.... | [
{
"answer": "New York World",
"question": "Which outlet did comic supplements find success in?"
},
{
"answer": "Outcault's The Yellow Kid",
"question": "Which strip had a good deal of success as a comic strip?"
}
] |
3,041 | Shorter, black-and-white daily strips began to appear early in the 20th century, and became established in newspapers after the success in 1907 of Bud Fisher's Mutt and Jeff. Humour strips predominated at first, and in the 1920s and 1930s strips with continuing stories in genres such as adventure and drama also became ... | [
{
"answer": "Mutt and Jeff",
"question": "What comic strip did Bud Fisher have success with?"
},
{
"answer": "1907",
"question": "When did Mutt and Jeff appear?"
},
{
"answer": "1930s",
"question": "When did comic books make an appearance?"
},
{
"answer": "Action Comics",
... |
3,042 | The popularity of superhero comic books declined following World War II, while comic book sales continued to increase as other genres proliferated, such as romance, westerns, crime, horror, and humour. Following a sales peak in the early 1950s, the content of comic books (particularly crime and horror) was subjected to... | [
{
"answer": "crime and horror",
"question": "Which genre of comic books had parents concerned?"
},
{
"answer": "Comics Code Authority",
"question": "Which group was created after a Senate hearing on comic books content?"
},
{
"answer": "1960s",
"question": "When did super heroes beco... |
3,043 | From the 1980s, mainstream sensibilities were reasserted and serialization became less common as the number of comics magazines decreased and many comics began to be published directly as albums. Smaller publishers such as L'Association that published longer works in non-traditional formats by auteur-istic creators als... | [
{
"answer": "1980s",
"question": "Serialization of comics became less popular when?"
},
{
"answer": "as albums",
"question": "How were comics published when serialization became less common?"
},
{
"answer": "L'Association",
"question": "Which small publisher published in formats that... |
3,044 | Japanese comics and cartooning (manga),[g] have a history that has been seen as far back as the anthropomorphic characters in the 12th-to-13th-century Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga, 17th-century toba-e and kibyōshi picture books, and woodblock prints such as ukiyo-e which were popular between the 17th and 20th centuries. The kib... | [
{
"answer": "toba-e and kibyōshi picture books",
"question": "What picture books from the 17th century show manga origins?"
},
{
"answer": "woodblock prints",
"question": "What is ukiyo-e an example of?"
}
] |
3,045 | Illustrated magazines for Western expatriates introduced Western-style satirical cartoons to Japan in the late 19th century. New publications in both the Western and Japanese styles became popular, and at the end of the 1890s, American-style newspaper comics supplements began to appear in Japan, as well as some America... | [
{
"answer": "1890s",
"question": "When did comic supplements start showing up in Japan?"
},
{
"answer": "Western expatriates",
"question": "Who introduced satirical strips to Japan?"
},
{
"answer": "1900",
"question": "When did Jiji Manga debut?"
},
{
"answer": "Rakuten Kitaz... |
3,046 | The modern era of comics in Japan began after World War II, propelled by the success of the serialized comics of the prolific Osamu Tezuka and the comic strip Sazae-san. Genres and audiences diversified over the following decades. Stories are usually first serialized in magazines which are often hundreds of pages thick... | [
{
"answer": "Sazae-san",
"question": "What comic strip was created by Osamu Tezuka?"
},
{
"answer": "magazines",
"question": "Where were comic strip stories first serialized?"
},
{
"answer": "after World War II",
"question": "What is considered the start of the modern comics in Japan... |
3,047 | Comic strips are generally short, multipanel comics that traditionally most commonly appeared in newspapers. In the US, daily strips have normally occupied a single tier, while Sunday strips have been given multiple tiers. In the early 20th century, daily strips were typically in black-and-white and Sundays were usuall... | [
{
"answer": "newspapers",
"question": "Where do comics usually appear?"
}
] |
3,048 | Specialized comics periodicals formats vary greatly in different cultures. Comic books, primarily an American format, are thin periodicals usually published in colour. European and Japanese comics are frequently serialized in magazines—monthly or weekly in Europe, and usually black-and-white and weekly in Japan. Japane... | [
{
"answer": "magazines",
"question": "Where do serialized comics in Japan typically appear?"
},
{
"answer": "monthly or weekly",
"question": "How often are European serialized comics in magazines?"
},
{
"answer": "weekly",
"question": "How often do serialized comics typically appear ... |
3,049 | Book-length comics take different forms in different cultures. European comics albums are most commonly printed in A4-size colour volumes. In English-speaking countries, bound volumes of comics are called graphic novels and are available in various formats. Despite incorporating the term "novel"—a term normally associa... | [
{
"answer": "graphic novels",
"question": "What are bounds volumes of comics called in America?"
},
{
"answer": "tankōbon",
"question": "What is the name given to Japanese comics volumes?"
},
{
"answer": "fiction",
"question": "What type of work is the word novel generally geared tow... |
3,050 | Gag and editorial cartoons usually consist of a single panel, often incorporating a caption or speech balloon. Definitions of comics which emphasize sequence usually exclude gag, editorial, and other single-panel cartoons; they can be included in definitions that emphasize the combination of word and image. Gag cartoon... | [
{
"answer": "Europe",
"question": "Where did gag cartoons first make an appearance?"
},
{
"answer": "1843",
"question": "When did gag single-panel illustrations become known as cartoons?"
},
{
"answer": "Punch",
"question": "In which publication was cartoon first used to describe gag... |
3,051 | Comics in the US has had a lowbrow reputation stemming from its roots in mass culture; cultural elites sometimes saw popular culture as threatening culture and society. In the latter half of the 20th century, popular culture won greater acceptance, and the lines between high and low culture began to blur. Comics nevert... | [
{
"answer": "lowbrow reputation",
"question": "What did comics have in the United States because of cultural roots?"
},
{
"answer": "cultural elites",
"question": "Who thought pop culture was a risk?"
},
{
"answer": "Comics",
"question": "What was thought to be only good for children... |
3,052 | The graphic novel—book-length comics—began to gain attention after Will Eisner popularized the term with his book A Contract with God (1978). The term became widely known with the public after the commercial success of Maus, Watchmen, and The Dark Knight Returns in the mid-1980s. In the 21st century graphic novels beca... | [
{
"answer": "graphic novel",
"question": "What is a comic that is as long as a book called?"
},
{
"answer": "Will Eisner",
"question": "Who helped \"graphic novel\" get public attention?"
},
{
"answer": "1980s",
"question": "What decade did the term \"graphic novel\" become well know... |
3,053 | The francophone Swiss Rodolphe Töpffer produced comic strips beginning in 1827, and published theories behind the form. Cartoons appeared widely in newspapers and magazines from the 19th century. The success of Zig et Puce in 1925 popularized the use of speech balloons in European comics, after which Franco-Belgian com... | [
{
"answer": "Rodolphe Töpffer",
"question": "Who started producing comic strips and theories about them in 1827?"
},
{
"answer": "19th",
"question": "What century had comics in wide production?"
},
{
"answer": "Zig et Puce",
"question": "What 1925 cartoon made speech bubbles popular?... |
3,054 | Following the success of Le Journal de Mickey (1934–44), dedicated comics magazines and full-colour comics albums became the primary outlet for comics in the mid-20th century. As in the US, at the time comics were seen as infantile and a threat to culture and literacy; commentators stated that "none bear up to the slig... | [
{
"answer": "literacy",
"question": "In the United States in the middle of the 20th century comics were seen as a risk to culture and what?"
},
{
"answer": "comics",
"question": "What was seen as \"infantile\" in the United States?"
},
{
"answer": "literature",
"question": "Comics we... |
3,055 | In the 1960s, the term bandes dessinées ("drawn strips") came into wide use in French to denote the medium. Cartoonists began creating comics for mature audiences, and the term "Ninth Art"[e] was coined, as comics began to attract public and academic attention as an artform. A group including René Goscinny and Albert U... | [
{
"answer": "drawn strips",
"question": "What does bandes dessinées mean?"
},
{
"answer": "Ninth Art",
"question": "Comics for adults began to be called what?"
},
{
"answer": "1959",
"question": "What year did Pilote begin?"
},
{
"answer": "Adventures of Asterix",
"questi... |
3,056 | Frustration with censorship and editorial interference led to a group of Pilote cartoonists to found the adults-only L'Écho des savanes in 1972. Adult-oriented and experimental comics flourished in the 1970s, such as in the experimental science fiction of Mœbius and others in Métal hurlant, even mainstream publishers t... | [
{
"answer": "editorial interference",
"question": "Pilote cartoonists were upset with censorship and what?"
},
{
"answer": "1972",
"question": "When was L'Écho des savanes begun?"
},
{
"answer": "science fiction",
"question": "Métal hurlant was of what genre?"
},
{
"answer": ... |
3,059 | Cross-cultural study of comics is complicated by the great difference in meaning and scope of the words for "comics" in different languages. The French term for comics, bandes dessinées ("drawn strip") emphasizes the juxtaposition of drawn images as a defining factor, which can imply the exclusion of even photographic ... | [
{
"answer": "bandes dessinées",
"question": "What word is used in France for comics?"
},
{
"answer": "manga",
"question": "What word is used in Japan for comics?"
},
{
"answer": "drawn strip",
"question": "What does bandes dessinées mean?"
},
{
"answer": "drawn images",
"... |
3,060 | Webcomics are comics that are available on the internet. They are able to reach large audiences, and new readers usually can access archived installments. Webcomics can make use of an infinite canvas—meaning they are not constrained by size or dimensions of a page. | [
{
"answer": "Webcomics",
"question": "What comics are on the Internet?"
},
{
"answer": "readers",
"question": "Webcomics reach large audiences and new what?"
},
{
"answer": "archived installments",
"question": "With webcomics, readers have access to what?"
},
{
"answer": "inf... |
3,061 | Some consider storyboards and wordless novels to be comics. Film studios, especially in animation, often use sequences of images as guides for film sequences. These storyboards are not intended as an end product and are rarely seen by the public. Wordless novels are books which use sequences of captionless images to de... | [
{
"answer": "Wordless novels",
"question": "Storyboards and what are thought to be comics by some?"
},
{
"answer": "Film studios",
"question": "Storyboards are used a lot by what?"
},
{
"answer": "an end product",
"question": "Storyboards are not considered what?"
},
{
"answe... |
3,062 | Similar to the problems of defining literature and film, no consensus has been reached on a definition of the comics medium, and attempted definitions and descriptions have fallen prey to numerous exceptions. Theorists such as Töpffer, R. C. Harvey, Will Eisner, David Carrier, Alain Rey, and Lawrence Grove emphasize th... | [
{
"answer": "consensus",
"question": "What has not been reached as far as defining comics is concerned?"
},
{
"answer": "Theorists",
"question": "R. C. Harvey, Will Eisner and others are considered to be comic what?"
},
{
"answer": "pantomime comics",
"question": "What are there prom... |
3,064 | Many cultures have taken their words for comics from English, including Russian (Russian: Комикс, komiks) and German (comic). Similarly, the Chinese term manhua and the Korean manhwa derive from the Chinese characters with which the Japanese term manga is written. | [
{
"answer": "komiks",
"question": "What Russian word is used for comics?"
},
{
"answer": "comics",
"question": "What German word is used for comics?"
},
{
"answer": "manhua",
"question": "What Chinese word was derived from the Japanese word manga?"
},
{
"answer": "manhwa",
... |
3,065 | The English term comics derives from the humorous (or "comic") work which predominated in early American newspaper comic strips; usage of the term has become standard for non-humorous works as well. The term "comic book" has a similarly confusing history: they are most often not humorous; nor are they regular books, bu... | [
{
"answer": "newspaper comic strips",
"question": "The word comic comes from the humorous pieces found where?"
},
{
"answer": "non-humorous",
"question": "Comic is used for what other kind of work other than humorous works?"
},
{
"answer": "periodicals",
"question": "Comic books are ... |
3,066 | While comics are often the work of a single creator, the labour of making them is frequently divided between a number of specialists. There may be separate writers and artists, and artists may specialize in parts of the artwork such as characters or backgrounds, as is common in Japan. Particularly in American superhero... | [
{
"answer": "specialists",
"question": "Though one person typically creates the comic, there are usually a number of what involved in actually designing it?"
},
{
"answer": "penciller",
"question": "What is a person called who does the initial pencil work for the artwork?"
},
{
"answer":... |
3,067 | Panels are individual images containing a segment of action, often surrounded by a border. Prime moments in a narrative are broken down into panels via a process called encapsulation. The reader puts the pieces together via the process of closure by using background knowledge and an understanding of panel relations to ... | [
{
"answer": "Panels",
"question": "What are the individual images with action called in comics?"
},
{
"answer": "encapsulation",
"question": "Narrative is placed into panels using what?"
},
{
"answer": "The reader",
"question": "Who puts the panels together using closure?"
},
{
... |
3,068 | Text is frequently incorporated into comics via speech balloons, captions, and sound effects. Speech balloons indicate dialogue (or thought, in the case of thought balloons), with tails pointing at their respective speakers. Captions can give voice to a narrator, convey characters' dialogue or thoughts, or indicate pla... | [
{
"answer": "Speech balloons",
"question": "What association with comics is strong?"
},
{
"answer": "comics",
"question": "The presence of a single speech balloon in an image turns it into what?"
},
{
"answer": "onomatopoeia",
"question": "What type of words are used to do sound effe... |
3,069 | Cartooning is most frequently used in making comics, traditionally using ink (especially India ink) with dip pens or ink brushes; mixed media and digital technology have become common. Cartooning techniques such as motion lines and abstract symbols are often employed. | [
{
"answer": "India ink",
"question": "What type of ink is often used in making comics?"
},
{
"answer": "Cartooning",
"question": "What method is mostly used in making comics?"
},
{
"answer": "digital technology",
"question": "Mixed media and what else are becoming popular for making ... |
3,070 | Saint Helena (/ˌseɪnt həˈliːnə/ SAYNT-hə-LEE-nə) is a volcanic tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) east of Rio de Janeiro and 1,950 kilometres (1,210 mi) west of the Cunene River, which marks the border between Namibia and Angola in southwestern Africa. It is part of the British Ove... | [
{
"answer": "Saint Helena of Constantinople",
"question": "What is Saint Helena tropical island named after?"
},
{
"answer": "South Atlantic Ocean",
"question": "What ocean is Saint Helena located in?"
},
{
"answer": "4,255",
"question": "What is the population of Saint Helena?"
},... |
3,071 | The island was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese in 1502. One of the most remote islands in the world, it was for centuries an important stopover for ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa. Napoleon was imprisoned there in exile by the British, as were Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (for leading a Zulu ar... | [
{
"answer": "1502",
"question": "When was the island discovered?"
},
{
"answer": "more than 5,000",
"question": "How many Boers were taken prisoner during the Second Boer War?"
},
{
"answer": "leading a Zulu army against British rule",
"question": "Why was Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo impris... |
3,072 | Between 1791 and 1833, Saint Helena became the site of a series of experiments in conservation, reforestation and attempts to boost rainfall artificially. This environmental intervention was closely linked to the conceptualisation of the processes of environmental change and helped establish the roots of environmentali... | [
{
"answer": "environmentalism",
"question": "The roots of what were established on Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "rainfall",
"question": "What did scientists attempt to boost artificially on Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "environmental change",
"question": "The environmental interven... |
3,074 | The Portuguese found the island uninhabited, with an abundance of trees and fresh water. They imported livestock, fruit trees and vegetables, and built a chapel and one or two houses. Though they formed no permanent settlement, the island was an important rendezvous point and source of food for ships travelling from As... | [
{
"answer": "trees and fresh water.",
"question": "What did the island have an abundance of when discovered?"
},
{
"answer": "livestock, fruit trees and vegetables",
"question": "What was imported by the settlers of the island?"
},
{
"answer": "a chapel and one or two houses.",
"ques... |
3,075 | Englishman Sir Francis Drake probably located the island on the final leg of his circumnavigation of the world (1577–1580). Further visits by other English explorers followed, and, once Saint Helena’s location was more widely known, English ships of war began to lie in wait in the area to attack Portuguese India carrac... | [
{
"answer": "Englishman Sir Francis Drake",
"question": "Who probably located the island on their final leg of their circumnavigation trip?"
},
{
"answer": "Portuguese India carracks",
"question": "What did English ships of war attack on the island?"
},
{
"answer": "the Dutch",
"ques... |
3,076 | The Dutch Republic formally made claim to Saint Helena in 1633, although there is no evidence that they ever occupied, colonised or fortified it. By 1651, the Dutch had mainly abandoned the island in favour of their colony at the Cape of Good Hope. | [
{
"answer": "The Dutch Republic",
"question": "Who claimed Saint Helena in 1633?"
},
{
"answer": "1651",
"question": "What year did the Dutch abandon the island?"
},
{
"answer": "Cape of Good Hope.",
"question": "Which colony did the Dutch abandon the island for?"
}
] |
3,077 | In 1657, Oliver Cromwell granted the English East India Company a charter to govern Saint Helena and the following year the company decided to fortify the island and colonise it with planters. The first governor, Captain John Dutton, arrived in 1659, making Saint Helena one of Britain's oldest colonies outside North Am... | [
{
"answer": "the English East India Company",
"question": "Who was granted a charter to govern Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "Oliver Cromwell",
"question": "Who granted the English East company a character to govern the island?"
},
{
"answer": "Captain John Dutton",
"question": "Who ... |
3,078 | Between January and May 1673, the Dutch East India Company forcibly took the island, before English reinforcements restored English East India Company control. The company experienced difficulty attracting new immigrants, and sentiments of unrest and rebellion fomented among the inhabitants. Ecological problems, includ... | [
{
"answer": "new immigrants",
"question": "What did the English East India Company have difficulty attracting?"
},
{
"answer": "Ecological problems",
"question": "What problems lead to a suggesting to relocate the population?"
},
{
"answer": "Isaac Pyke",
"question": "What was the na... |
3,079 | 18th century governors tried to tackle the island's problems by implementing tree plantation, improving fortifications, eliminating corruption, building a hospital, tackling the neglect of crops and livestock, controlling the consumption of alcohol and introducing legal reforms. From about 1770, the island enjoyed a le... | [
{
"answer": "1770",
"question": "When did the Island start to experience a period of prosperity?"
},
{
"answer": "James Cook",
"question": "What captain visited the island in 1775 on their trip around the world?"
},
{
"answer": "St. James' Church",
"question": "What church was erecte... |
3,080 | On leaving the University of Oxford, in 1676, Edmond Halley visited Saint Helena and set up an astronomical observatory with a 7.3-metre-long (24 ft) aerial telescope with the intention of studying stars from the Southern Hemisphere. The site of this telescope is near Saint Mathew's Church in Hutt's Gate, in the Longwo... | [
{
"answer": "Edmond Halley",
"question": "Who set up an astronomical observatory on Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "University of Oxford",
"question": "What university did Edmond Halley attend?"
},
{
"answer": "24",
"question": "How many feet was the telescope that was set up in the o... |
3,081 | Throughout this period, Saint Helena was an important port of call of the East India Company. East Indiamen would stop there on the return leg of their voyages to British India and China. At Saint Helena ships could replenish supplies of water and provisions, and during war time, form convoys that would sail under the ... | [
{
"answer": "East India Company",
"question": "Saint Helena was an important port of which company?"
},
{
"answer": "water and provisions",
"question": "What did ships replenish at Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "HMS Endeavour",
"question": "What vessel was owned by Captain James?"
... |
3,082 | The importation of slaves was made illegal in 1792. Governor Robert Patton (1802–1807) recommended that the company import Chinese labour to supplement the rural workforce. The coolie labourers arrived in 1810, and their numbers reached 600 by 1818. Many were allowed to stay, and their descendents became integrated int... | [
{
"answer": "importation of slaves",
"question": "What was made illegal in 1792?"
},
{
"answer": "1810",
"question": "What year did Coolie labourers arrive?"
},
{
"answer": "600",
"question": "How many coolie labourers were on the island by 1818?"
},
{
"answer": "3,507",
... |
3,083 | In 1815, the British government selected Saint Helena as the place of detention of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was taken to the island in October 1815. Napoleon stayed at the Briars pavilion on the grounds of the Balcombe family's home until his permanent residence, Longwood House, was completed in December 1815. Napoleon d... | [
{
"answer": "Napoleon Bonaparte",
"question": "The British government detained who in Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "1815",
"question": "What year was Napoleon Bonaparte taken to the island?"
},
{
"answer": "Briars pavilion",
"question": "Where did Napoleon Bonaparte stay until he fo... |
3,084 | After Napoleon's death, the thousands of temporary visitors were soon withdrawn and the East India Company resumed full control of Saint Helena. Between 1815 and 1830, the EIC made available to the government of the island the packet schooner St Helena, which made multiple trips per year between the island and the Cape... | [
{
"answer": "East India Company",
"question": "Who took full control of the island after Napoleon's death?"
},
{
"answer": "the packet schooner St Helena",
"question": "The EIC made what available to the government of the island between 1815 and 1830?"
},
{
"answer": "wine and provisions... |
3,085 | Owing to Napoleon's praise of Saint Helena’s coffee during his exile on the island, the product enjoyed a brief popularity in Paris in the years after his death. | [
{
"answer": "coffee",
"question": "Which product of Saint Helena was praised by Napoleon?"
},
{
"answer": "Paris",
"question": "Where did Saint Helena's coffee get popular after Napoleon's death?"
},
{
"answer": "coffee",
"question": "What product got popular in Paris after Napoloen'... |
3,086 | Although the importation of slaves to St Helena had been banned in 1792, the phased emancipation of over 800 resident slaves did not take place until 1827, which was still some six years before the British Parliament passed legislation to ban slavery in the colonies. | [
{
"answer": "1792",
"question": "When was importation of slaves banned in Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "1827",
"question": "The emancipation of the slaves of Saint Helena did not take place until what year?"
},
{
"answer": "British Parliament",
"question": "Who banned slavery in the... |
3,087 | Under the provisions of the 1833 India Act, control of Saint Helena was passed from the East India Company to the British Crown, becoming a crown colony. Subsequent administrative cost-cutting triggered the start of a long-term population decline whereby those who could afford to do so tended to leave the island for be... | [
{
"answer": "1833 India Act",
"question": "What act gave control of Saint Helena to the British Crown?"
},
{
"answer": "East India Company",
"question": "Who turned over control of Saint Helena to the British Crown?"
},
{
"answer": "steam ships",
"question": "During the latter half o... |
3,088 | In 1840, a British naval station established to suppress the African slave trade was based on the island, and between 1840 and 1849 over 15,000 freed slaves, known as "Liberated Africans", were landed there. | [
{
"answer": "British",
"question": "Who established a naval station to cut down on African slave trade on the island in 1840?"
},
{
"answer": "over 15,000",
"question": "Between 1840 and 1849 how many freed slaves landed on the island?"
},
{
"answer": "Liberated Africans",
"question"... |
3,089 | In 1858, the French emperor Napoleon III successfully gained the possession, in the name of the French government, of Longwood House and the lands around it, last residence of Napoleon I (who died there in 1821). It is still French property, administered by a French representative and under the authority of the French ... | [
{
"answer": "Napoleon III",
"question": "Which french emperor gained possession of Longwood house and the land surrounding it?"
},
{
"answer": "1858",
"question": "What year did the French Emperor Napoleon III take control of Longwood house?"
},
{
"answer": "Napoleon I",
"question": ... |
3,090 | On 11 April 1898 American Joshua Slocum, on his famous and epic solo round the world voyage arrived at Jamestown. He departed on 20 April 1898 for the final leg of his circumnavigation having been extended hospitality from the governor, his Excellency Sir R A Standale, presented two lectures on his voyage and been invi... | [
{
"answer": "Joshua Slocum",
"question": "Who arrived in Jamestown during their solo round the world voyage?"
},
{
"answer": "11 April 1898",
"question": "When did Joshua Slocum arrive in Jamestown?"
},
{
"answer": "20 April 1898",
"question": "When did Joshua Slocum depart from Jame... |
3,091 | A local industry manufacturing fibre from New Zealand flax was successfully reestablished in 1907 and generated considerable income during the First World War. Ascension Island was made a dependency of Saint Helena in 1922, and Tristan da Cunha followed in 1938. During the Second World War, the United States built Wide... | [
{
"answer": "New Zealand",
"question": "What country does the local industry that manufactures fibre get their flax from?"
},
{
"answer": "Ascension Island",
"question": "What island was made a dependency of Saint Helena in 1922?"
},
{
"answer": "Wideawake airport",
"question": "What... |
3,092 | During this period, the island enjoyed increased revenues through the sale of flax, with prices peaking in 1951. However, the industry declined because of transportation costs and competition from synthetic fibres. The decision by the British Post Office to use synthetic fibres for its mailbags was a further blow, cont... | [
{
"answer": "flax",
"question": "What did the Island sell for increased revenue during this period?"
},
{
"answer": "1951",
"question": "What year did flax prices peak?"
},
{
"answer": "synthetic fibres",
"question": "The British Post Offices decision to use what kind of fibres hurt ... |
3,093 | From 1958, the Union Castle shipping line gradually reduced its service calls to the island. Curnow Shipping, based in Avonmouth, replaced the Union-Castle Line mailship service in 1977, using the RMS (Royal Mail Ship) St Helena. | [
{
"answer": "1958",
"question": "What year did the Union Castle shipping line slowly start to reduce their service calls to the island?"
},
{
"answer": "Curnow Shipping",
"question": "Which shipping company replaced Union-Castle Line mailship service?"
},
{
"answer": "1977",
"questio... |
3,094 | The British Nationality Act 1981 reclassified Saint Helena and the other Crown colonies as British Dependent Territories. The islanders lost their right of abode in Britain. For the next 20 years, many could find only low-paid work with the island government, and the only available employment outside Saint Helena was o... | [
{
"answer": "right of abode in Britain",
"question": "What right was lost by the citizen of the islands due to the act?"
},
{
"answer": "The Development and Economic Planning Department",
"question": "What department was formed to help raise the living standards of the citizens in Saint Helena?"... |
3,095 | In 1989, Prince Andrew launched the replacement RMS St Helena to serve the island; the vessel was specially built for the Cardiff–Cape Town route and features a mixed cargo/passenger layout. | [
{
"answer": "1989",
"question": "What year was the replacement for the RMS St Helena launched?"
},
{
"answer": "Prince Andrew",
"question": "Who launched the replacement RMS St Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "Cardiff–Cape Town route",
"question": "What route was the replacement RMS St Helen... |
3,096 | The Saint Helena Constitution took effect in 1989 and provided that the island would be governed by a Governor and Commander-in-Chief, and an elected Executive and Legislative Council. In 2002, the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 granted full British citizenship to the islanders, and renamed the Dependent Territo... | [
{
"answer": "1989",
"question": "What year did the Saint Helena Constitution officially take effect?"
},
{
"answer": "British Overseas Territories Act 2002",
"question": "In 2002 what act granted full British citizenship to the citizens of the islands?"
},
{
"answer": "British Overseas T... |
3,097 | The UK government has spent £250 million in the construction of the island's airport. Expected to be fully operational early 2016, it is expected to help the island towards self-sufficiency and encourage economic development, reducing dependence on British government aid. The airport is also expected to kick start the ... | [
{
"answer": "250 million",
"question": "How much money was spent on construction of the island's airport?"
},
{
"answer": "UK government",
"question": "Which government built the island's airport?"
},
{
"answer": "early 2016",
"question": "When was the airport expected to be fully fu... |
3,098 | Located in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) from the nearest major landmass, Saint Helena is one of the most remote places in the world. The nearest port on the continent is Namibe in southern Angola, and the nearest international airport the Quatro de Fevereiro ... | [
{
"answer": "Namibe",
"question": "What is the nearest port to Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "the Quatro de Fevereiro Airport",
"question": "What is the closest international airport to Saint Helena called?"
},
{
"answer": "RMS St Helena",
"question": "What is the mail boat that serv... |
3,100 | There are several rocks and islets off the coast, including: Castle Rock, Speery Island, the Needle, Lower Black Rock, Upper Black Rock (South), Bird Island (Southwest), Black Rock, Thompson's Valley Island, Peaked Island, Egg Island, Lady's Chair, Lighter Rock (West), Long Ledge (Northwest), Shore Island, George Islan... | [
{
"answer": "one kilometre",
"question": "How close are the rockets and islets off the coast?"
},
{
"answer": "South",
"question": "Which direction from the island is Upper Black Rock located?"
},
{
"answer": "Southwest",
"question": "Which direction from the island is Bird Island lo... |
3,101 | The national bird of Saint Helena is the Saint Helena plover, known locally as the wirebird. It appears on the coat of arms of Saint Helena and on the flag. | [
{
"answer": "the Saint Helena plover",
"question": "What is the national bird of Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "wirebird",
"question": "What is the Plover known locally as?"
}
] |
3,102 | The climate of Saint Helena is tropical, marine and mild, tempered by the Benguela Current and trade winds that blow almost continuously. The climate varies noticeably across the island. Temperatures in Jamestown, on the north leeward shore, range between 21–28 °C (70–82 °F) in the summer (January to April) and 17–24 °... | [
{
"answer": "Benguela Current",
"question": "What current affects the environment of Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "5–6",
"question": "On average, how much lower are the temperatures in the central areas in celsius?"
}
] |
3,103 | Saint Helena is divided into eight districts, each with a community centre. The districts also serve as statistical subdivisions. The island is a single electoral area and elects twelve representatives to the Legislative Council of fifteen. | [
{
"answer": "eight",
"question": "How many districts is the island of Saint Helena divided into?"
},
{
"answer": "statistical subdivisions",
"question": "What do the districts also serve as?"
}
] |
3,104 | Saint Helena was first settled by the English in 1659, and the island has a population of about 4,250 inhabitants, mainly descended from people from Britain – settlers ("planters") and soldiers – and slaves who were brought there from the beginning of settlement – initially from Africa (the Cape Verde Islands, Gold Coa... | [
{
"answer": "1659",
"question": "When was Saint Helena first settled?"
},
{
"answer": "4,250",
"question": "What was the population of the island in 1659"
},
{
"answer": "Africa",
"question": "Where were slaves initially brought from to the island?"
},
{
"answer": "India and ... |
3,105 | In 1840, St Helena became a provisioning station for the British West Africa Squadron, preventing slavery to Brazil (mainly), and many thousands of slaves were freed on the island. These were all African, and about 500 stayed while the rest were sent on to the West Indies and Cape Town, and eventually to Sierra Leone. | [
{
"answer": "a provisioning station",
"question": "In 1840 what did Saint Helena become?"
},
{
"answer": "British West Africa Squadron",
"question": "What squadron was Saint Helena a provisioning station for?"
},
{
"answer": "Brazil",
"question": "What country did the British West Af... |
3,106 | Imported Chinese labourers arrived in 1810, reaching a peak of 618 in 1818, after which numbers were reduced. Only a few older men remained after the British Crown took over the government of the island from the East India Company in 1834. The majority were sent back to China, although records in the Cape suggest that ... | [
{
"answer": "1810",
"question": "When did Imported Chinese labor arrive?"
},
{
"answer": "618",
"question": "How many imported Chinese laborers were there at the peak of importation?"
},
{
"answer": "1818",
"question": "What year did importation of Chinese Laborers peak?"
}
] |
3,107 | The citizens of Saint Helena hold British Overseas Territories citizenship. On 21 May 2002, full British citizenship was restored by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002. See also British nationality law. | [
{
"answer": "British Overseas Territories citizenship",
"question": "What kind of citizenship do the citizens of Saint Helena hold?"
},
{
"answer": "21 May 2002",
"question": "On what date was full British citizenship restored to the citizens of the island?"
},
{
"answer": "British Overs... |
3,108 | During periods of unemployment, there has been a long pattern of emigration from the island since the post-Napoleonic period. The majority of "Saints" emigrated to the UK, South Africa and in the early years, Australia. The population has steadily declined since the late 1980s and has dropped from 5,157 at the 1998 cen... | [
{
"answer": "emigration",
"question": "What was there a long pattern of from the island starting during the post Napoleonic period?"
},
{
"answer": "late 1980s",
"question": "When did the population of the island start to steadily decline?"
},
{
"answer": "prospect of higher wages",
... |
3,109 | Most residents belong to the Anglican Communion and are members of the Diocese of St Helena, which has its own bishop and includes Ascension Island. The 150th anniversary of the diocese was celebrated in June 2009. | [
{
"answer": "Anglican",
"question": "What communion do most residents of the island belong to?"
},
{
"answer": "June 2009",
"question": "When was the 150th anniversary of the diocese celebrated?"
},
{
"answer": "the Diocese of St Helena",
"question": "Not only are most residents of t... |
3,110 | Other Christian denominations on the island include: Roman Catholic (since 1852), Salvation Army (since 1884), Baptist (since 1845) and, in more recent times, Seventh-day Adventist (since 1949), New Apostolic and Jehovah's Witnesses (of which one in 35 residents is a member, the highest ratio of any country). The Catho... | [
{
"answer": "1852",
"question": "When did Roman Catholics start to appear on the island?"
},
{
"answer": "1884",
"question": "What year did the Salvation Army show up on Saint Helenas?"
},
{
"answer": "1845",
"question": "When did Baptists come to the island?"
},
{
"answer": ... |
3,111 | Executive authority in Saint Helena is vested in Queen Elizabeth II and is exercised on her behalf by the Governor of Saint Helena. The Governor is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the British government. Defence and Foreign Affairs remain the responsibility of the United Kingdom. | [
{
"answer": "Queen Elizabeth II",
"question": "Who has executive authority in Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "the Governor",
"question": "Who exercises the authority on behalf of the queen in Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "the United Kingdom",
"question": "Who is responsible for Defen... |
3,112 | There are fifteen seats in the Legislative Council of Saint Helena, a unicameral legislature, in addition to a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker. Twelve of the fifteen members are elected in elections held every four years. The three ex officio members are the Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary and Attorney General. The E... | [
{
"answer": "15",
"question": "How many seats are in the Legislative Council of Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "the Governor",
"question": "Who presides over the executive council?"
},
{
"answer": "the Governor",
"question": "The head of government on the island is who?"
},
{
... |
3,113 | One commentator has observed that, notwithstanding the high unemployment resulting from the loss of full passports during 1981–2002, the level of loyalty to the British monarchy by the St Helena population is probably not exceeded in any other part of the world. King George VI is the only reigning monarch to have visit... | [
{
"answer": "loss of full passports",
"question": "What caused high unemployment on the island?"
},
{
"answer": "King George VI",
"question": "Who is the only reigning Monarch to have visited the island?"
},
{
"answer": "1947",
"question": "What year did King George VI visit the isla... |
3,114 | In 2012, the government of St. Helena funded the creation of the St. Helena Human Rights Action Plan 2012-2015. Work is being done under this action plan, including publishing awareness-raising articles in local newspapers, providing support for members of the public with human rights queries, and extending several UN ... | [
{
"answer": "St. Helena Human Rights Action Plan 2012-2015",
"question": "What did the government of Saint Helena fund in 2012?"
},
{
"answer": "awareness-raising articles",
"question": "What kind of articles were published to help this plan?"
},
{
"answer": "with human rights queries",
... |
3,115 | In recent years[when?], there have been reports of child abuse in St Helena. Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has been accused of lying to the United Nations about child abuse in St Helena to cover up allegations, including cases of a police officer having raped a four-year-old girl and of a police offic... | [
{
"answer": "reports of child abuse",
"question": "What has been more prominently reported in recent years in Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office",
"question": "Who has been accused of lying about the child abuse issue of Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer":... |
3,116 | St Helena has long been known for its high proportion of endemic birds and vascular plants. The highland areas contain most of the 400 endemic species recognised to date. Much of the island has been identified by BirdLife International as being important for bird conservation, especially the endemic Saint Helena plover... | [
{
"answer": "endemic",
"question": "Saint Helena has a high proportion of what kind of birds?"
},
{
"answer": "vascular",
"question": "What kind of plants are common on Saint Helena?"
},
{
"answer": "BirdLife International",
"question": "What organization identified Saint Helena as i... |
3,117 | St Helena's biodiversity, however, also includes marine vertebrates, invertebrates (freshwater, terrestrial and marine), fungi (including lichen-forming species), non-vascular plants, seaweeds and other biological groups. To date, very little is known about these, although more than 200 lichen-forming fungi have been r... | [
{
"answer": "more than 200",
"question": "How many lichen forming fungi have been recorded on the island?"
},
{
"answer": "9",
"question": "How many endemic species of fungi have been found?"
},
{
"answer": "freshwater, terrestrial and marine",
"question": "What kind of invertebrates... |
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