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3,947 | In 2010, Executive Order 13526 created the National Declassification Center to coordinate declassification practices across agencies, provide secure document services to other agencies, and review records in NARA custody for declassification. | [
{
"answer": "2010",
"question": "What year was Executive Order 13526 created?"
},
{
"answer": "Executive Order 13526",
"question": "What Executive order created the National Declassification Center?"
},
{
"answer": "coordinate declassification practices",
"question": "What was the ai... |
3,948 | NARA's holdings are classed into "record groups" reflecting the governmental department or agency from which they originated. Records include paper documents, microfilm, still pictures, motion pictures, and electronic media. | [
{
"answer": "record groups",
"question": "What types of groups are NARA's holdings classified into?"
},
{
"answer": "governmental department or agency",
"question": "Each record group is classified based on what?"
},
{
"answer": "documents",
"question": "Besides films and other non-s... |
3,949 | Archival descriptions of the permanent holdings of the federal government in the custody of NARA are stored in Archival Research Catalog (ARC). The archival descriptions include information on traditional paper holdings, electronic records, and artifacts. As of December 2012, the catalog consisted of about 10 billion l... | [
{
"answer": "Archival Research Catalog (ARC)",
"question": "Where are archival descriptions of holdings under the custody of NARA stored?"
},
{
"answer": "10 billion",
"question": "As of the end mid December of 2012, how many logical data records are stored at NARA?"
},
{
"answer": "922,... |
3,950 | Most records at NARA are in the public domain, as works of the federal government are excluded from copyright protection. However, records from other sources may still be protected by copyright or donor agreements. Executive Order 13526 directs originating agencies to declassify documents if possible before shipment to... | [
{
"answer": "public domain",
"question": "Most of NARA's holdings are available to sector?"
},
{
"answer": "copyright",
"question": "Federal government works are excluded from what legal protection?"
},
{
"answer": "copyright",
"question": "Some records at NARA are legally protected ... |
3,951 | Many of NARA's most requested records are frequently used for genealogy research. This includes census records from 1790 to 1930, ships' passenger lists, and naturalization records. | [
{
"answer": "naturalization records",
"question": "Besides census records and passenger lists, what NARA documents are particularly useful to genealogists?"
},
{
"answer": "1790 to 1930",
"question": "For what time period does NARA have census records available for?"
}
] |
3,952 | The National Archives Building, known informally as Archives I, located north of the National Mall on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., opened as its original headquarters in 1935. It holds the original copies of the three main formative documents of the United States and its government: the Declaration of Indep... | [
{
"answer": "Archives I",
"question": "What is the informal name of The National Archives Building?"
},
{
"answer": "Constitution Avenue",
"question": "On what street is the The National Archives Building located?"
},
{
"answer": "The National Archives Building",
"question": "Where i... |
3,953 | Once inside the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, there are no lines to see the individual documents and visitors are allowed to walk from document to document as they wish. For over 30 years the National Archives have forbidden flash photography but the advent of cameras with automatic flashes have made the rules i... | [
{
"answer": "February 25, 2010",
"question": "Since when has all filming and photography in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom been banned?"
},
{
"answer": "over 30 years",
"question": "For how long has the National Archives prohibited flash photography?"
},
{
"answer": "no lines",
... |
3,954 | Because of space constraints, NARA opened a second facility, known informally as Archives II, in 1994 near the University of Maryland, College Park campus (8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001). Largely because of this proximity, NARA and the University of Maryland engage in cooperative initiatives. The Coll... | [
{
"answer": "Archives II",
"question": "What is the second facility of NARA named?"
},
{
"answer": "1994",
"question": "When was Archives II opened?"
},
{
"answer": "University of Maryland",
"question": "What college is Archives II closest to?"
},
{
"answer": "University of M... |
3,955 | The Washington National Records Center (WNRC), located in Suitland, Maryland is a large warehouse type facility which stores federal records which are still under the control of the creating agency. Federal government agencies pay a yearly fee for storage at the facility. In accordance with federal records schedules, d... | [
{
"answer": "Suitland, Maryland",
"question": "Where is The Washington National Records Center located?"
},
{
"answer": "federal records",
"question": "What does The Washington National Records Center primarily store?"
},
{
"answer": "the National Archives",
"question": "After stayin... |
3,956 | The National Archives Building in downtown Washington holds record collections such as all existing federal census records, ships' passenger lists, military unit records from the American Revolution to the Philippine–American War, records of the Confederate government, the Freedmen's Bureau records, and pension and lan... | [
{
"answer": "downtown Washington",
"question": "Where is the National Archives Building located?"
},
{
"answer": "all",
"question": "What proportion of the federal census records in existence does the National Archives Building house?"
},
{
"answer": "Philippine–American War",
"quest... |
3,957 | There are facilities across the country with research rooms, archival holdings, and microfilms of documents of federal agencies and courts pertinent to each region. | [
{
"answer": "documents of federal agencies and courts pertinent to each region",
"question": "What do the facilities designated to each area of the US specialize in?"
},
{
"answer": "facilities across the country",
"question": "Microfilms of documents from federal agencies can be found where?"
... |
3,958 | In addition, Federal Records Centers exist in each region that house materials owned by Federal agencies. Federal Records Centers are not open for public research. For example, the FRC in Lenexa, Kansas holds items from the treatment of John F. Kennedy after his fatal shooting in 1963. | [
{
"answer": "Federal Records Centers",
"question": "Where are some of the items relevant to JFKs medical treatments housed?"
},
{
"answer": "public",
"question": "Federal Records Centers are particularly unhelpful to what type of research?"
},
{
"answer": "FRC in Lenexa, Kansas",
"qu... |
3,959 | NARA also maintains the Presidential Library system, a nationwide network of libraries for preserving and making available the documents of U.S. presidents since Herbert Hoover. The Presidential Libraries include: | [
{
"answer": "NARA",
"question": "What agency maintains the Presidential Library system?"
},
{
"answer": "Presidential Library system",
"question": "What is the system that preserves the documents of US Presidents?"
},
{
"answer": "Herbert Hoover",
"question": "Who is the earliest Pre... |
3,960 | Libraries and museums have been established for other presidents, but they are not part of the NARA presidential library system, and are operated by private foundations, historical societies, or state governments, including the Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson and Calvin Coolidge l... | [
{
"answer": "state governments",
"question": "Libraries that are established for other presidents are operated by private foundations, historical societies, and what government entities?"
},
{
"answer": "Illinois",
"question": "What state operates the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library?"
},
... |
3,961 | In an effort to make its holdings more widely available and more easily accessible, the National Archives began entering into public–private partnerships in 2006. A joint venture with Google will digitize and offer NARA video online. When announcing the agreement, Archivist Allen Weinstein said that this pilot program ... | [
{
"answer": "2006",
"question": "In what year did the National Archives make strides towards making its holdings more widely available?"
},
{
"answer": "Google",
"question": "What large internet company has partnered with NARA to digitize records?"
},
{
"answer": "Allen Weinstein",
"... |
3,962 | On January 10, 2007, the National Archives and Fold3.com (formerly Footnote) launched a pilot project to digitize historic documents from the National Archives holdings. Allen Weinstein explained that this partnership would "allow much greater access to approximately 4.5 million pages of important documents that are cu... | [
{
"answer": "Fold3.com",
"question": "In January of 2007, what internet company did the National Archives partner with?"
},
{
"answer": "to digitize historic documents from the National Archives holdings",
"question": "What was the aim of the partnership with Fold3.com?"
},
{
"answer": "... |
3,963 | In July 2007, the National Archives announced it would make its collection of Universal Newsreels from 1929 to 1967 available for purchase through CreateSpace, an Amazon.com subsidiary. During the announcement, Weinstein noted that the agreement would "... reap major benefits for the public-at-large and for the Nationa... | [
{
"answer": "2007",
"question": "In what year did the National Archives announce that it would make its collection of Universal Newsreels available for purchase online?"
},
{
"answer": "CreateSpace",
"question": "What company did the National Archives partner with make it's Universal Newsreels a... |
3,964 | In May 2008, the National Archives announced a five-year agreement to digitize selected records including the complete U.S. Federal Census Collection, 1790–1930, passenger lists from 1820–1960 and WWI and WWII draft registration cards. The partnership agreement allows for exclusive use of the digitized records by Ances... | [
{
"answer": "digitize selected records including the complete U.S. Federal Census Collection",
"question": "What did the National Archives announce in May of 2008?"
},
{
"answer": "Ancestry.com",
"question": "Which genealogy website benefits by the May 2008 announcement?"
},
{
"answer": ... |
3,965 | On June 18, 2009, the National Archives announced the launching of a YouTube channel "to showcase popular archived films, inform the public about upcoming events around the country, and bring National Archives exhibits to the people." Also in 2009, the National Archives launched a Flickr photostream to share portions o... | [
{
"answer": "YouTube",
"question": "Which Google affiliated website did the National Archives decide to use in 2009?"
},
{
"answer": "showcase popular archived films",
"question": "What purpose does the National Archive YouTube channel serve?"
},
{
"answer": "Flickr",
"question": "Wh... |
3,966 | In 2011 the National Archives initiated a Wikiproject on the English Wikipedia to expand collaboration in making its holdings widely available through Wikimedia. | [
{
"answer": "Wikiproject",
"question": "In 2011, what sort of Wikipedia addition did the National Archives make?"
},
{
"answer": "expand collaboration",
"question": "What was the purpose of creating a Wikiproject?"
},
{
"answer": "National Archives",
"question": "Whose idea was it fo... |
3,967 | Tristan da Cunha /ˈtrɪstən də ˈkuːnjə/, colloquially Tristan, is both a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and the main island of that group. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) from the nearest inhabited land, Saint Helena, 2,400 kilomet... | [
{
"answer": "volcanic",
"question": "what type of islands are the Tristan da Cunha"
},
{
"answer": "south Atlantic Ocean",
"question": "where are the islands of Tristan da Cunha located?"
},
{
"answer": "98",
"question": "how many square kilometres is the island?"
},
{
"answ... |
3,968 | Tristan da Cunha is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. This includes Saint Helena and equatorial Ascension Island some 3,730 kilometres (2,318 mi) to the north of Tristan. The island has a population of 267 as of January 2016. | [
{
"answer": "the British overseas territory of Saint Helena",
"question": "what territory is Tristan da Cunha part of?"
},
{
"answer": "267",
"question": "What is the population of the island?"
},
{
"answer": "Ascension Island",
"question": "what other island is included in the terri... |
3,969 | The islands were first sighted in 1506 by Portuguese explorer Tristão da Cunha; rough seas prevented a landing. He named the main island after himself, Ilha de Tristão da Cunha, which was anglicised from its earliest mention on British Admiralty charts to Tristan da Cunha Island. Some sources state that the Portuguese ... | [
{
"answer": "1506",
"question": "in what year were the islands first sighted?"
},
{
"answer": "Tristão da Cunha",
"question": "what was the name of the explorer that sighted them?"
},
{
"answer": "Portuguese explorer Tristão da Cunha",
"question": "who was the main island named after... |
3,970 | The first permanent settler was Jonathan Lambert, from Salem, Massachusetts, United States, who arrived at the islands in December 1810 with two other men. Lambert publicly declared the islands his property and named them the Islands of Refreshment. After being joined by an Andrew Millet, three of the four men died in ... | [
{
"answer": "Jonathan Lambert",
"question": "what was the name of the first long term settler? "
},
{
"answer": "December 1810",
"question": "what year did the first permanent settler arrive?"
},
{
"answer": "Islands of Refreshment",
"question": "what did one of the settlers rename t... |
3,971 | In 1816, the United Kingdom annexed the islands, ruling them from the Cape Colony in South Africa. This is reported to have primarily been a measure to ensure that the French would be unable to use the islands as a base for a rescue operation to free Napoleon Bonaparte from his prison on Saint Helena. The occupation al... | [
{
"answer": "1816",
"question": "in what year did the UK annex the islands?"
},
{
"answer": "South Africa",
"question": "where did the UK rule the islands from?"
}
] |
3,972 | In 1867, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and second son of Queen Victoria, visited the islands. The main settlement, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, was named in honour of his visit. Lewis Carroll's youngest brother, the Reverend Edwin Heron Dodgson, served as an Anglican missionary and schoolteacher in Tristan da Cunha ... | [
{
"answer": "1867",
"question": "in what year did Prince Alfred visit the island?"
},
{
"answer": "Edinburgh of the Seven Seas",
"question": "what was the main settlement named?"
},
{
"answer": "Reverend Edwin Heron Dodgson",
"question": "who is Lewis Carroll's youngest brother?"
}... |
3,973 | The islands were occupied by a garrison of British Marines and a civilian population was gradually built up. Whalers also set up on the islands as a base for operations in the Southern Atlantic. However, the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, together with the gradual move from sailing ships to coal-fired steam ships, ... | [
{
"answer": "the opening of the Suez Canal",
"question": "what is one reason that caused the island to become less used?"
}
] |
3,974 | On 12 January 1938 by Letters Patent the islands were declared a dependency of Saint Helena. Prior to roughly this period, passing ships stopped irregularly at the island for a period of mere hours. | [
{
"answer": "1938",
"question": "what year were the islands declared dependent of saint helena?"
}
] |
3,975 | During World War II, the islands were used as a top secret Royal Navy weather and radio station codenamed HMS Atlantic Isle, to monitor Nazi U-boats (which were required to maintain radio contact) and shipping movements in the South Atlantic Ocean. The first Administrator, Surgeon Lieutenant Commander E.J.S. Woolley, w... | [
{
"answer": "World War II",
"question": "During what war was the island used as a Royal Navy station?"
},
{
"answer": "HMS Atlantic Isle",
"question": "What was the islands codename during World War II?"
},
{
"answer": "Surgeon Lieutenant Commander E.J.S. Woolley",
"question": "Who w... |
3,976 | In 1958 as part of an experiment, Operation Argus, the United States Navy detonated an atomic bomb 160 kilometres (100 mi) high in the upper atmosphere about 175 kilometres (109 mi) southeast of the main island. | [
{
"answer": "1958",
"question": "What year was an atomic bomb detonated near the island?"
},
{
"answer": "United States",
"question": "What country test detonated an atomic bomb near the island?"
}
] |
3,977 | The 1961 eruption of Queen Mary's Peak forced the evacuation of the entire population via Cape Town to England. The following year a Royal Society expedition went to the islands to assess the damage, and reported that the settlement of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas had been only marginally affected. Most families returne... | [
{
"answer": "1961",
"question": "What year was the island evacuated due to an eruption?"
},
{
"answer": "1963",
"question": "What year did most families return after being evacuated?"
},
{
"answer": "Edinburgh of the Seven Seas",
"question": "What was the name of the settlement that ... |
3,978 | On 23 May 2001, the islands experienced an extratropical cyclone that generated winds up to 190 kilometres per hour (120 mph). A number of structures were severely damaged and a large number of cattle were killed, prompting emergency aid, provided by the British government. | [
{
"answer": "2001",
"question": "In what year was the island hit by an extratropical cyclone?"
},
{
"answer": "the British government",
"question": "Who provided aid for the extratropical cyclone?"
}
] |
3,979 | On 4 December 2007 an outbreak of an acute virus-induced flu was reported. This outbreak was compounded by Tristan's lack of suitable and sufficient medical supplies. | [
{
"answer": "2007",
"question": "what year was a virus induced flu reported?"
}
] |
3,980 | On 13 February 2008, fire destroyed the fishing factory and the four generators that supplied power to the island. On 14 March 2008, new generators were installed and uninterrupted power was restored. This fire was devastating to the island because fishing is a mainstay of the economy. While a new factory was being pla... | [
{
"answer": "2008",
"question": "What year did a large fire destroy the fishing factory?"
},
{
"answer": "March 2008",
"question": "When were the new generators installed to correct the power problems?"
},
{
"answer": "M/V Kelso",
"question": "what was the name of the ship that was a... |
3,981 | On 16 March 2011, the freighter MS Oliva ran aground on Nightingale Island, spilling tons of heavy fuel oil into the ocean, leaving an oil slick threatening the island's population of rockhopper penguins. Nightingale Island has no fresh water, so the penguins were transported to Tristan da Cunha for cleaning. | [
{
"answer": "March 2011",
"question": "When did the freighter Nightingale run aground?"
},
{
"answer": "heavy fuel oil",
"question": "What was spilled when the freighter ran aground?"
},
{
"answer": "rockhopper penguins",
"question": "what animal was threatened with the fuel oil spil... |
3,982 | On November 2011, the sailing boat Puma's Mar Mostro participant in Volvo Ocean Race arrived to the island after her mast broke in the first leg from Alicante and Cape Town. This event made the island, its inhabitants and lifestyle known worldwide thanks to the media reports. | [
{
"answer": "November 2011",
"question": "When did a boat arrive at the island with damage during a race?"
},
{
"answer": "Puma's Mar Mostro",
"question": "What was the name of the boat that was damaged during the race?"
},
{
"answer": "Volvo Ocean Race",
"question": "What was the na... |
3,983 | The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university and the largest in the U.S. state of Kansas. KU branch campuses are located in the towns of Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas, with the main campus located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest location in Lawrence. Founded ... | [
{
"answer": "KU",
"question": "What is the abbreviation by which the University of Kansas is known?"
},
{
"answer": "Lawrence",
"question": "Where is the main branch of the University of Kansas located?"
},
{
"answer": "Mount Oread",
"question": "What is the tallest point in Lawrence... |
3,984 | The university's Medical Center and University Hospital are located in Kansas City, Kansas. The Edwards Campus is in Overland Park, Kansas, in the Kansas City metropolitan area. There are also educational and research sites in Parsons and Topeka, and branches of the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita an... | [
{
"answer": "Wichita and Salina",
"question": "In what two cities are there satellite locations for KU's medical school?"
},
{
"answer": "the Association of American Universities",
"question": "What organization does KU belong to?"
},
{
"answer": "62",
"question": "How many insititut... |
3,985 | Enrollment at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses was 23,597 students in fall 2014; an additional 3,371 students were enrolled at the KU Medical Center for a total enrollment of 26,968 students across the three campuses. The university overall employed 2,663 faculty members in fall 2012. | [
{
"answer": "23,597",
"question": "How many people attended the University of Kansas at its Edwards and Lawrence locations in the fall semester of 2014?"
},
{
"answer": "3,371",
"question": "In the autumn of 2014, how many people attended the University of Kansas's Medical Center?"
},
{
... |
3,986 | On February 20, 1863, Kansas Governor Thomas Carney signed into law a bill creating the state university in Lawrence. The law was conditioned upon a gift from Lawrence of a $15,000 endowment fund and a site for the university, in or near the town, of not less than forty acres (16 ha) of land. If Lawrence failed to meet... | [
{
"answer": "February 20, 1863",
"question": "On what date was KU's Lawrence campus made official?"
},
{
"answer": "$15,000",
"question": "How much money did Lawrence have to contribute to the University as terms of its charter?"
},
{
"answer": "forty acres",
"question": "What was th... |
3,987 | The site selected for the university was a hill known as Mount Oread, which was owned by former Kansas Governor Charles L. Robinson. Robinson and his wife Sara bestowed the 40-acre (16 ha) site to the State of Kansas in exchange for land elsewhere. The philanthropist Amos Adams Lawrence donated $10,000 of the necessary... | [
{
"answer": "Mount Oread",
"question": "On what geographic feature was KU built?"
},
{
"answer": "Charles L. Robinson",
"question": "Who did the site of KU's construction originally belong to?"
},
{
"answer": "Amos Adams Lawrence",
"question": "Who provided the majority of the money ... |
3,988 | During World War II, Kansas was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. | [
{
"answer": "131",
"question": "How many institutions participated in the V-12 program?"
},
{
"answer": "a path to a Navy commission",
"question": "What did the V-12 program provide to interested pupils?"
},
{
"answer": "World War II",
"question": "During what event did the V-12 prog... |
3,989 | KU is home to the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, the Beach Center on Disability, Lied Center of Kansas and radio stations KJHK, 90.7 FM, and KANU, 91.5 FM. The university is host to several museums including the University of Kansas Natural History Museum and the Spencer Museum of Art. The libraries of the Unive... | [
{
"answer": "the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics",
"question": "What part of KU serves students learning about government?"
},
{
"answer": "KJHK, 90.7 FM, and KANU, 91.5 FM",
"question": "What are two radio stations that broadcast from KU?"
},
{
"answer": "the Spencer Museum of Art"... |
3,990 | The University of Kansas is a large, state-sponsored university, with five campuses. KU features the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, which includes the School of the Arts and the School of Public Affairs & Administration; and the schools of Architecture, Design & Planning; Business; Education; Engineering; Health P... | [
{
"answer": "five",
"question": "How many campuses are run by KU?"
},
{
"answer": "state-sponsored",
"question": "What term describes the nature of how the university is partially funded?"
},
{
"answer": "the School of the Arts and the School of Public Affairs & Administration",
"que... |
3,991 | The city management and urban policy program was ranked first in the nation, and the special education program second, by U.S. News & World Report's 2016 rankings. USN&WR also ranked several programs in the top 25 among U.S. universities. | [
{
"answer": "city management and urban policy",
"question": "What program at the University of Kansas was rated highest among its peers?"
},
{
"answer": "special education",
"question": "What KU department was rated second in its field?"
},
{
"answer": "U.S. News & World Report",
"qu... |
3,992 | The University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design, and Planning (SADP), with its main building being Marvin Hall, traces its architectural roots to the creation of the architectural engineering degree program in KU's School of Engineering in 1912. The Bachelor of Architecture degree was added in 1920. In 1969, th... | [
{
"answer": "The University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design, and Planning",
"question": "What KU school is abbreviated as SADP?"
},
{
"answer": "Marvin Hall",
"question": "Where is the SADP housed?"
},
{
"answer": "the School of Architecture and Urban Design",
"question": "W... |
3,993 | According to the journal DesignIntelligence, which annually publishes "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools," the School of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Kansas was named the best in the Midwest and ranked 11th among all undergraduate architecture programs in the U.S in 2012. | [
{
"answer": "DesignIntelligence",
"question": "What is the name of the publication that ranks schools engaged in architecture and design education?"
},
{
"answer": "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools",
"question": "What is the name of the yearly ratings published by DesignIntelligenc... |
3,994 | The University of Kansas School of Business is a public business school located on the main campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The KU School of Business was founded in 1924 and currently has more than 80 faculty members and approximately 1500 students. | [
{
"answer": "public",
"question": "What kind of institution is KU's School of Business?"
},
{
"answer": "Lawrence",
"question": "Where is the business school at KU located?"
},
{
"answer": "1924",
"question": "When was the University of Kansas School of Business established?"
},
... |
3,995 | Named one of the best business schools in the Midwest by Princeton Review, the KU School of Business has been continually accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for both its undergraduate and graduate programs in business and accounting. | [
{
"answer": "Princeton Review",
"question": "Who considered the business school of the University of Kansas among the best Midwestern business institutions?"
},
{
"answer": "the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business",
"question": "What organization provides oversight for business... |
3,996 | The University of Kansas School of Law was the top law school in the state of Kansas, and 68th nationally, according to the 2014 U.S. News & World Report "Best Graduate Schools" edition. Classes are held in Green Hall at W 15th St and Burdick Dr, which is named after former dean James Green. | [
{
"answer": "Best Graduate Schools",
"question": "In 2014, what issue of U.S. News & World Report provided rankins for law schools?"
},
{
"answer": "68th",
"question": "What was KU's national law school ranking in 2014?"
},
{
"answer": "Kansas",
"question": "The University of Kansas ... |
3,997 | The KU School of Engineering is an ABET accredited, public engineering school located on the main campus. The School of Engineering was officially founded in 1891, although engineering degrees were awarded as early as 1873. | [
{
"answer": "ABET",
"question": "What is the acronym for an organization that serves as an accreditation body for engineering schools?"
},
{
"answer": "main campus",
"question": "On what campus is the University of Kansas School of Engineering located?"
},
{
"answer": "1891",
"questi... |
3,998 | In the U.S. News & World Report's "America’s Best Colleges" 2016 issue, KU’s School of Engineering was ranked tied for 90th among national universities. | [
{
"answer": "U.S. News & World Report",
"question": "Who published America's Best Colleges in 2016?"
},
{
"answer": "90th",
"question": "In what place did the engineering school at KU appear in 2016?"
},
{
"answer": "national universities",
"question": "Against what other kinds of in... |
3,999 | Notable alumni include: Alan Mulally (BS/MS), former President and CEO of Ford Motor Company, Lou Montulli, co-founder of Netscape and author of the Lynx web browser, Brian McClendon (BSEE 1986), VP of Engineering at Google, Charles E. Spahr (1934), former CEO of Standard Oil of Ohio. | [
{
"answer": "Alan Mulally",
"question": "What former leader of a car manufacturing company attended KU?"
},
{
"answer": "Lou Montulli",
"question": "Which person associated with web browsers was a student at KU?"
},
{
"answer": "Brian McClendon",
"question": "What Google employee onc... |
4,000 | The William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications is recognized for its ability to prepare students to work in a variety of media when they graduate. The school offers two tracts of study: News and Information and Strategic Communication. This professional school teaches its students reporting for pr... | [
{
"answer": "The William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications",
"question": "What is the full name of KU's journalism school?"
},
{
"answer": "News and Information and Strategic Communication",
"question": "What are the two different programs offered at KU's Schoold of Journa... |
4,001 | The University of Kansas Medical Center features three schools: the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and School of Health Professions. Furthermore, each of the three schools has its own programs of graduate study. As of the Fall 2013 semester, there were 3,349 students enrolled at KU Med. The Medical Center also ... | [
{
"answer": "the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and School of Health Professions",
"question": "What are the three constituents of the medical center at KU?"
},
{
"answer": "its own programs of graduate study",
"question": "What does each of the component schools of KU's Medical Center o... |
4,002 | KU's Edwards Campus is in Overland Park, Kansas. Established in 1993, its goal is to provide adults with the opportunity to complete college degrees. About 2,100 students attend the Edwards Campus, with an average age of 32. Programs available at the Edwards Campus include developmental psychology, public administratio... | [
{
"answer": "Overland Park",
"question": "In what city is the Edwards Campus located?"
},
{
"answer": "1993",
"question": "When was the Edwards Campus built?"
},
{
"answer": "adults",
"question": "Who are the main kinds of students at the Edwards Campus?"
},
{
"answer": "32",... |
4,003 | Tuition at KU is 13 percent below the national average, according to the College Board, and the University remains a best buy in the region.[citation needed] | [
{
"answer": "the College Board",
"question": "Who provides statistics on educational costs?"
},
{
"answer": "best buy",
"question": "What is a phrase that expresses the value of the education offered at KU with respect to its cost?"
}
] |
4,004 | Beginning in the 2007–2008 academic year, first-time freshman at KU pay a fixed tuition rate for 48 months according to the Four-Year Tuition Compact passed by the Kansas Board of Regents. For the 2014–15 academic year, tuition was $318 per credit hour for in-state freshman and $828 for out-of-state freshmen. For trans... | [
{
"answer": "fixed tuition rate",
"question": "What was first instituted for first year students in the 2007-2008 school year?"
},
{
"answer": "48 months",
"question": "For how long does the fixed rate of tuition last?"
},
{
"answer": "Four-Year Tuition Compact",
"question": "What wa... |
4,005 | KU's School of Business launched interdisciplinary management science graduate studies in operations research during Fall Semester 1965. The program provided the foundation for decision science applications supporting NASA Project Apollo Command Capsule Recovery Operations. | [
{
"answer": "interdisciplinary management science graduate studies in operations research",
"question": "What was launched in 1965 by the business school at KU?"
},
{
"answer": "decision science",
"question": "What kind of applications did the interdisciplinary program help shape?"
},
{
... |
4,006 | KU's academic computing department was an active participant in setting up the Internet and is the developer of the early Lynx text based web browser. Lynx itself provided hypertext browsing and navigation prior to Tim Berners Lee's invention of HTTP and HTML. | [
{
"answer": "academic computing",
"question": "What division of the University of Kansas contributed to the development of the internet?"
},
{
"answer": "text based web browser",
"question": "What kind of software is Lynx?"
},
{
"answer": "hypertext browsing and navigation",
"questio... |
4,007 | The school's sports teams, wearing crimson and royal blue, are called the Kansas Jayhawks. They participate in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big 12 Conference. KU has won thirteen National Championships: five in men's basketball (two Helms Foundation championships and three NCAA championships), three in men's indoor... | [
{
"answer": "crimson and royal blue",
"question": "What colors are worn by KU's athletic teams?"
},
{
"answer": "Kansas Jayhawks",
"question": "What is the name of KU athletic teams?"
},
{
"answer": "five",
"question": "How many times has the male basketball team from Kansas won a na... |
4,008 | KU football dates from 1890, and has played in the Orange Bowl three times: 1948, 1968, and 2008. They are currently coached by David Beaty, who was hired in 2014. In 2008, under the leadership of Mark Mangino, the #7 Jayhawks emerged victorious in their first BCS bowl game, the FedEx Orange Bowl, with a 24–21 victory ... | [
{
"answer": "1890",
"question": "When did KU start fielding a football team?"
},
{
"answer": "three",
"question": "How many times has the team from the University of Kansas appeared in the Orange Bowl?"
},
{
"answer": "David Beaty",
"question": "Who is the current head of KU's footba... |
4,010 | Sheahon Zenger was introduced as KU's new athletic director in January 2011. Under former athletic director Lew Perkins, the department's budget increased from $27.2 million in 2003 (10th in the conference) to currently over $50 million thanks in large part to money raised from a new priority seating policy at Allen Fi... | [
{
"answer": "Sheahon Zenger",
"question": "Who is in charge of all sports teams at KU?"
},
{
"answer": "Lew Perkins",
"question": "Who did Zenger replace as athletic director at KU?"
},
{
"answer": "ESPN Regional Television",
"question": "With what broadcasting company does KU have a... |
4,011 | The University of Kansas has had more teams (70) compete in the National Debate Tournament than any other university. Kansas has won the tournament 5 times (1954, 1970, 1976, 1983, and 2009) and had 12 teams make it to the final four. Kansas trails only Northwestern (13), Dartmouth (6), and Harvard (6) for most tournam... | [
{
"answer": "70",
"question": "How many times have KU teams appeared in the National Debate Tournament?"
},
{
"answer": "5",
"question": "How many times has KU won the national debate championship?"
},
{
"answer": "12",
"question": "How many times has KU been one of the last four tea... |
4,012 | Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement and convocation, and athletic games are: "I’m a Jayhawk", "Fighting Jayhawk", "Kansas Song", "Sunflower Song", "Crimson and the Blue", "Red and Blue", the "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" chant", "Home on the Range" and "Stand Up and C... | [
{
"answer": "commencement and convocation",
"question": "What are two events non-sports at which school songs are often heard?"
},
{
"answer": "\"Crimson and the Blue\", \"Red and Blue\"",
"question": "What are two songs that reference the school's team colors in their titles?"
},
{
"ans... |
4,013 | The school newspaper of the University of Kansas is University Daily Kansan, which placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition of the prestigious William Randolph Hearst Writing Foundation competition, often called "The Pulitzers of College Journalism" in 2007. In Winter 2008, a group of students created KU... | [
{
"answer": "University Daily Kansan",
"question": "What is the name of the newspaper printed every day by the University of Kansas?"
},
{
"answer": "Intercollegiate Writing Competition",
"question": "What high profile contest has the Daily Kansan won?"
},
{
"answer": "2007",
"questi... |
4,014 | The University Daily Kansan operates outside of the university's William Allen White School of Journalism and reaches an audience of at least 30,000 daily readers through its print and online publications | [
{
"answer": "print and online",
"question": "In what two forms of media is the Daily Kansan available?"
},
{
"answer": "William Allen White School of Journalism",
"question": "What institution houses the Daily Kansan?"
},
{
"answer": "at least 30,000",
"question": "How big is the Dai... |
4,015 | The university houses the following public broadcasting stations: KJHK, a student-run campus radio station, KUJH-LP, an independent station that primarily broadcasts public affairs programs, and KANU, the NPR-affiliated radio station. Kansas Public Radio station KANU was one of the first public radio stations in the na... | [
{
"answer": "KANU",
"question": "What are the call letters of the National Public Radio affiliate that broadcasts from KU?"
},
{
"answer": "KJHK",
"question": "What is the name of the station operated by KU students?"
},
{
"answer": "1952",
"question": "When did KJHK first broadcast?... |
4,016 | The first union was built on campus in 1926 as a campus community center. The unions are still the "living rooms" of campus today and include three locations – the Kansas Union and Burge Union at the Lawrence Campus and Jayhawk Central at the Edwards Campus. The KU Memorial Unions Corporation manages the KU Bookstore (... | [
{
"answer": "1926",
"question": "When was KU's first student union constructed?"
},
{
"answer": "campus community center",
"question": "What was the role the union was intended serve?"
},
{
"answer": "Jayhawk Central",
"question": "What is the name of the student union on the Edwards... |
4,017 | KU Endowment was established in 1891 as America’s first foundation for a public university. Its mission is to partner with donors in providing philanthropic support to build a greater University of Kansas. | [
{
"answer": "KU Endowment",
"question": "What is the name of the University of Kansas's foundation?"
},
{
"answer": "1891",
"question": "When was the KU Endowment founded?"
},
{
"answer": "donors",
"question": "To whom does the KU Endowment seek to connect with?"
},
{
"answer... |
4,018 | The Community Tool Box is a public service of the University maintained by the Work Group for Community Health and Development. It is a free, online resource that contains more than 7,000 pages of practical information for promoting community health and development, and is a global resource for both professionals and g... | [
{
"answer": "The Community Tool Box",
"question": "What is the name of a publicly-available resource of KU related to community health?"
},
{
"answer": "the Work Group for Community Health and Development",
"question": "What body is responsible for managing the Community Tool Box?"
},
{
... |
4,019 | Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties, is done under color of law or involves trading in influence. | [
{
"answer": "political corruption",
"question": "What do you call government officials using power for illicit private gain?"
},
{
"answer": "government officials",
"question": "Who benefits from political corruption?"
},
{
"answer": "their official duties",
"question": "It is only ... |
4,020 | Forms of corruption vary, but include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, gombeenism, parochialism patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement. Corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking, though is not restricted to these activities. Mi... | [
{
"answer": "corruption",
"question": "Bribery and embezzelment are forms of what?"
},
{
"answer": "criminal enterprise",
"question": "Drug trafficking and money laundering are considered what?"
},
{
"answer": "corruption",
"question": "Repression of political opponants and police br... |
4,021 | The activities that constitute illegal corruption differ depending on the country or jurisdiction. For instance, some political funding practices that are legal in one place may be illegal in another. In some cases, government officials have broad or ill-defined powers, which make it difficult to distinguish between le... | [
{
"answer": "country or jurisdiction",
"question": "What is considered political corruption is differnt in each what?"
},
{
"answer": "broad or ill-defined",
"question": "Sometime sit is hard to tell if actions are legal or illegal because governement officials have what kind of power?"
},
{... |
4,022 | Some forms of corruption – now called "institutional corruption" – are distinguished from bribery and other kinds of obvious personal gain. A similar problem of corruption arises in any institution that depends on financial support from people who have interests that may conflict with the primary purpose of the institu... | [
{
"answer": "institutional corruption",
"question": "Another for of corruption is what?"
},
{
"answer": "institutional corruption",
"question": "A form of corruption that does not involve personal gain is known as what?"
},
{
"answer": "personal gain",
"question": "Bribery is an exam... |
4,023 | In politics, corruption undermines democracy and good governance by flouting or even subverting formal processes. Corruption in elections and in the legislature reduces accountability and distorts representation in policymaking; corruption in the judiciary compromises the rule of law; and corruption in public administr... | [
{
"answer": "democracy",
"question": "What does corruption undermine in politics?"
},
{
"answer": "formal processes",
"question": "What does corruption disregard in politics?"
},
{
"answer": "accountability",
"question": "Political corruption in legislature reduces what, overall?"
... |
4,024 | More generally, corruption erodes the institutional capacity of government if procedures are disregarded, resources are siphoned off, and public offices are bought and sold. Corruption undermines the legitimacy of government and such democratic values as trust and tolerance. Recent evidence suggests that variation in t... | [
{
"answer": "trust and tolerance",
"question": "What two democratic values are soiled due to corruption?"
},
{
"answer": "bought and sold",
"question": "Corruption disintegrates government capacity when public offices are what?"
},
{
"answer": "accountability",
"question": "The level... |
4,025 | In the private sector, corruption increases the cost of business through the price of illicit payments themselves, the management cost of negotiating with officials and the risk of breached agreements or detection. Although some claim corruption reduces costs by cutting bureaucracy, the availability of bribes can also ... | [
{
"answer": "private",
"question": "Corruption raises the cost of business because of illegal payments in what sector?"
},
{
"answer": "bureaucracy",
"question": "Some people feel that corruption actually reduces costs because it cuts what?"
},
{
"answer": "Openly removing costly and len... |
4,026 | Corruption also generates economic distortion in the public sector by diverting public investment into capital projects where bribes and kickbacks are more plentiful. Officials may increase the technical complexity of public sector projects to conceal or pave the way for such dealings, thus further distorting investmen... | [
{
"answer": "public investment",
"question": "Economic distortion is created by corruption in the public sector by diverting what into capital projects?"
},
{
"answer": "bribes and kickbacks",
"question": "What is more plentiful in capital projects?"
},
{
"answer": "compliance",
"que... |
4,027 | Economists argue that one of the factors behind the differing economic development in Africa and Asia is that in Africa, corruption has primarily taken the form of rent extraction with the resulting financial capital moved overseas rather than invested at home (hence the stereotypical, but often accurate, image of Afri... | [
{
"answer": "Swiss",
"question": "African dictators often have what kind of bank accounts?"
},
{
"answer": "rent extraction",
"question": "What form has corruption taken in Africa?"
},
{
"answer": "overseas",
"question": "In Africa, the finances are often moved where?"
}
] |
4,028 | University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers estimated that from 1970 to 1996, capital flight from 30 Sub-Saharan countries totaled $187bn, exceeding those nations' external debts. (The results, expressed in retarded or suppressed development, have been modeled in theory by economist Mancur Olson.) In the case of Af... | [
{
"answer": "University of Massachusetts Amherst",
"question": "Which researchers studied corruption from Sub-Saharan countries from 1970 to 1996?"
},
{
"answer": "external debts",
"question": "The 187 billion exceeded what in these countries?"
},
{
"answer": "political instability",
... |
4,029 | Corruption is often most evident in countries with the smallest per capita incomes, relying on foreign aid for health services. Local political interception of donated money from overseas is especially prevalent in Sub-Saharan African nations, where it was reported in the 2006 World Bank Report that about half of the f... | [
{
"answer": "countries with the smallest per capita incomes",
"question": "Where is corruption most noticeable?"
},
{
"answer": "health services",
"question": "These countries rely on foreign aid for what?"
},
{
"answer": "Local",
"question": "In Sub-Saharan African countries, what l... |
4,030 | Instead, the donated money was expended through "counterfeit drugs, siphoning off of drugs to the black market, and payments to ghost employees". Ultimately, there is a sufficient amount of money for health in developing countries, but local corruption denies the wider citizenry the resource they require. | [
{
"answer": "ghost employees",
"question": "What kind of employees received payments?"
},
{
"answer": "the black market",
"question": "Where were drugs siphoned off to?"
},
{
"answer": "counterfeit drugs",
"question": "In addition to ghost employees and the black market receiving dru... |
4,031 | Corruption facilitates environmental destruction. While corrupt societies may have formal legislation to protect the environment, it cannot be enforced if officials can easily be bribed. The same applies to social rights worker protection, unionization prevention, and child labor. Violation of these laws rights enables... | [
{
"answer": "environmental destruction",
"question": "Corruption aids what as far as the environment is concerned?"
},
{
"answer": "bribed",
"question": "Formal legislation cannot be regulated when officials are what?"
},
{
"answer": "social rights worker protection",
"question": "Br... |
4,032 | The Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has observed that "there is no such thing as an apolitical food problem." While drought and other naturally occurring events may trigger famine conditions, it is government action or inaction that determines its severity, and often even whether or not a famine will occur. | [
{
"answer": "Amartya Sen",
"question": "Who has stated that apolitical food problems do not exist?"
},
{
"answer": "drought",
"question": "What can trigger famine conditions?"
},
{
"answer": "government action or inaction",
"question": "While natural occurrences can cause famine, wha... |
4,033 | Governments with strong tendencies towards kleptocracy can undermine food security even when harvests are good. Officials often steal state property. In Bihar, India, more than 80% of the subsidized food aid to poor is stolen by corrupt officials. Similarly, food aid is often robbed at gunpoint by governments, criminal... | [
{
"answer": "kleptocracy",
"question": "Even if a harvest is good, food security can be crippled when a government has tendencies toward what?"
}
] |
4,034 | The scale of humanitarian aid to the poor and unstable regions of the world grows, but it is highly vulnerable to corruption, with food aid, construction and other highly valued assistance as the most at risk. Food aid can be directly and physically diverted from its intended destination, or indirectly through the mani... | [
{
"answer": "construction",
"question": "Along with food aid, what is most at risk in these countries?"
},
{
"answer": "physically diverted",
"question": "How is food aid usually directly redirected from the people it should go to?"
},
{
"answer": "assessments",
"question": "Food aid... |
4,035 | In construction and shelter there are numerous opportunities for diversion and profit through substandard workmanship, kickbacks for contracts and favouritism in the provision of valuable shelter material. Thus while humanitarian aid agencies are usually most concerned about aid being diverted by including too many, re... | [
{
"answer": "workmanship",
"question": "Substandard what is often one way for corruption to enter the construction field?"
},
{
"answer": "kickbacks",
"question": "What happens with contracts to aid corruption?"
},
{
"answer": "exclusion",
"question": "Recipients of aid are concerned... |
4,036 | Corruption is not specific to poor, developing, or transition countries. In western countries, cases of bribery and other forms of corruption in all possible fields exist: under-the-table payments made to reputed surgeons by patients attempting to be on top of the list of forthcoming surgeries, bribes paid by suppliers... | [
{
"answer": "the public health",
"question": "These types of corruption can harm what?"
},
{
"answer": "social relationships",
"question": "Along with institutions, this type of corruption can discredit what?"
}
] |
4,037 | Corruption can also affect the various components of sports activities (referees, players, medical and laboratory staff involved in anti-doping controls, members of national sport federation and international committees deciding about the allocation of contracts and competition places). | [
{
"answer": "sports",
"question": "Corruption can determine certain things in what kind of activities?"
},
{
"answer": "anti-doping controls",
"question": "Medical staff can affect what aspect of sports?"
}
] |
4,038 | Ultimately, the distinction between public and private sector corruption sometimes appears rather artificial, and national anti-corruption initiatives may need to avoid legal and other loopholes in the coverage of the instruments. | [
{
"answer": "artificial",
"question": "The difference between corruption that is public or private looks like what?"
},
{
"answer": "national anti-corruption initiatives",
"question": "What needs to stay away from loopholes?"
}
] |
4,039 | In the context of political corruption, a bribe may involve a payment given to a government official in exchange of his use of official powers. Bribery requires two participants: one to give the bribe, and one to take it. Either may initiate the corrupt offering; for example, a customs official may demand bribes to let... | [
{
"answer": "a bribe",
"question": "What do you call paying government officials to use their position in their office?"
},
{
"answer": "two",
"question": "What is the minimum amount of people that can be involved in a bribe?"
},
{
"answer": "culture of corruption",
"question": "What... |
4,040 | In recent years,[when?] the international community has made efforts to encourage countries to dissociate active and passive bribery and to incriminate them as separate offences.[citation needed] | [
{
"answer": "active and passive bribery",
"question": "What two types of bribery is the international community trying to get prosecuted as separate?"
}
] |
4,041 | This dissociation aims to make the early steps (offering, promising, requesting an advantage) of a corrupt deal already an offence and, thus, to give a clear signal (from a criminal-policy point-of-view) that bribery is not acceptable.[citation needed] Furthermore, such a dissociation makes the prosecution of bribery o... | [
{
"answer": "mutual understanding",
"question": "In some countries there is no formal deal but what that makes prosecuting bribes difficult?"
},
{
"answer": "accepting",
"question": "A bribe can include requesting, offering, giving or what of favors or money?"
},
{
"answer": "indirect",
... |
4,042 | Trading in influence, or influence peddling, refers a person selling his/her influence over the decision making process to benefit a third party (person or institution). The difference with bribery is that this is a tri-lateral relation. From a legal point of view, the role of the third party (who is the target of the ... | [
{
"answer": "influence peddling",
"question": "Selling or trading government position influence is called what?"
},
{
"answer": "tri-lateral",
"question": "Selling influence can involve third-parties and this is called what type of relation?"
},
{
"answer": "an accessory",
"question"... |
4,043 | Patronage refers to favoring supporters, for example with government employment. This may be legitimate, as when a newly elected government changes the top officials in the administration in order to effectively implement its policy. It can be seen as corruption if this means that incompetent persons, as a payment for ... | [
{
"answer": "Patronage",
"question": "Giving government jobs to supporters is called what?"
},
{
"answer": "Romania",
"question": "What country quickly changes most people working in government position when a new government comes into power?"
}
] |
4,044 | Favoring relatives (nepotism) or personal friends (cronyism) of an official is a form of illegitimate private gain. This may be combined with bribery, for example demanding that a business should employ a relative of an official controlling regulations affecting the business. The most extreme example is when the entire... | [
{
"answer": "nepotism",
"question": "What is it called when relatives are favored over other people?"
},
{
"answer": "cronyism",
"question": "What is it called when friends are favored over other people?"
},
{
"answer": "old boy network",
"question": "Cronyism is also when people are... |
4,045 | Seeking to harm enemies becomes corruption when official powers are illegitimately used as means to this end. For example, trumped-up charges are often brought up against journalists or writers who bring up politically sensitive issues, such as a politician's acceptance of bribes. | [
{
"answer": "enemies",
"question": "Corruption also occurs when an official wants to cause some form of harm to who?"
},
{
"answer": "politically sensitive issues",
"question": "False charges can be brought against a journalist who writes about what?"
}
] |
4,046 | Gombeenism refers to an individual who is dishonest and corrupt for the purpose of personal gain, more often through monetary, while, parochialism which is also known as parish pump politics relates to placing local or vanity projects ahead of the national interest.For instance in Irish politics, populist left wing pol... | [
{
"answer": "Gombeenism",
"question": "What is it called when a person is dishonest or corrupt for his own gain?"
},
{
"answer": "parochialism",
"question": "Parish pump politics is also called what?"
},
{
"answer": "Irish Banking crisis",
"question": "Which crisis in Ireland involve... |
4,047 | Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an election. Acts of fraud affect vote counts to bring about an election result, whether by increasing the vote share of the favored candidate, depressing the vote share of the rival candidates, or both. Also called voter fraud, the mechanisms involved include... | [
{
"answer": "Electoral fraud",
"question": "Illegal interference with an election is called what?"
},
{
"answer": "voter fraud",
"question": "Another term for electoral fraud is what?"
},
{
"answer": "intimidation",
"question": "Illegal voter registration, the miscounting of votes, a... |
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