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467 | Bond disobeys M's order and travels to Rome to attend Sciarra's funeral. That evening he visits Sciarra's widow Lucia, who tells him about Spectre, a criminal organisation to which her husband belonged. Bond infiltrates a Spectre meeting, where he identifies the leader, Franz Oberhauser. When Oberhauser addresses Bond by name, he escapes and is pursued by Mr. Hinx, a Spectre assassin. Moneypenny informs Bond that the information he collected leads to Mr. White, former member of Quantum, a subsidiary of Spectre. Bond asks her to investigate Oberhauser, who was presumed dead years earlier. | [
{
"answer": "Rome",
"question": "Where does Bond go after his suspension?"
},
{
"answer": "Spectre",
"question": "What group did Sciarra belong to?"
},
{
"answer": "Franz Oberhauser",
"question": "Who is the head of Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "assassin",
"question": "What i... |
468 | Bond travels to Austria to find White, who is dying of thallium poisoning. He admits to growing disenchanted with Quantum and tells Bond to find and protect his daughter, Dr. Madeline Swann, who will take him to L'Américain; this will in turn lead him to Spectre. White then commits suicide. Bond locates Swann at the Hoffler Klinik, but she is abducted by Hinx. Bond rescues her and the two meet Q, who discovers that Sciarra's ring links Oberhauser to Bond's previous missions, identifying Le Chiffre, Dominic Greene and Raoul Silva as Spectre agents. Swann reveals that L'Américain is a hotel in Tangier. | [
{
"answer": "thallium poisoning",
"question": "What is White suffering from when Bond finds him?"
},
{
"answer": "Dr. Madeline Swann",
"question": "Who is White's daughter?"
},
{
"answer": "commits suicide",
"question": "How does White deal with his condition?"
},
{
"answer":... |
469 | The two travel to the hotel and discover White's secret room where they find co-ordinates pointing to Oberhauser's operations base in the desert. They travel by train to the nearest station, but are once again confronted by Hinx; they engage in a fight throughout the train in which Mr Hinx is eventually thrown off the train by Bond with Swann's assistance. After arriving at the station, Bond and Swann are escorted to Oberhauser's base. There, he reveals that Spectre has been staging terrorist attacks around the world, creating a need for the Nine Eyes programme. In return Spectre will be given unlimited access to intelligence gathered by Nine Eyes. Bond is tortured as Oberhauser discusses their shared history: after the younger Bond was orphaned, Oberhauser's father, Hannes, became his temporary guardian. Believing that Bond supplanted his role as son, Oberhauser killed his father and staged his own death, subsequently adopting the name Ernst Stavro Blofeld and going on to form Spectre. Bond and Swann escape, destroying the base in the process, leaving Blofeld to apparently die during the explosion. | [
{
"answer": "train",
"question": "What method of transportation is used to get to Oberhauser's base?"
},
{
"answer": "Hannes",
"question": "Who is the link between Oberhauser and Bond?"
},
{
"answer": "Ernst Stavro Blofeld",
"question": "What did Oberhauser call himself after he fake... |
470 | Bond and Swann return to London where they meet M, Bill Tanner, Q, and Moneypenny; they intend to arrest C and stop Nine Eyes from going online. Swann leaves Bond, telling him she cannot be part of a life involving espionage, and is subsequently kidnapped. On the way, the group is ambushed and Bond is kidnapped, but the rest still proceed with the plan. After Q succeeds in preventing the Nine Eyes from going online, a brief struggle between M and C ends with the latter falling to his death. Meanwhile, Bond is taken to the old MI6 building, which is scheduled for demolition, and frees himself. Moving throughout the ruined labyrinth, he encounters a disfigured Blofeld, who tells him that he has three minutes to escape the building before explosives are detonated or die trying to save Swann. Bond finds Swann and the two escape by boat as the building collapses. Bond shoots down Blofeld's helicopter, which crashes onto Westminster Bridge. As Blofeld crawls away from the wreckage, Bond confronts him but ultimately leaves him to be arrested by M. Bond leaves the bridge with Swann. | [
{
"answer": "the old MI6 building",
"question": "Where is Bond brought after he is kidnapped?"
},
{
"answer": "Blofeld",
"question": "Who does Bond meet in the MI6 building?"
},
{
"answer": "Westminster Bridge",
"question": "Where does Blofeld get arrested?"
},
{
"answer": "C... |
472 | In November 2013 MGM and the McClory estate formally settled the issue with Danjaq, LLC—sister company of Eon Productions—with MGM acquiring the full copyright film rights to the concept of Spectre and all of the characters associated with it. With the acquisition of the film rights and the organisation's re-introduction to the series' continuity, the SPECTRE acronym was discarded and the organisation reimagined as "Spectre". | [
{
"answer": "MGM",
"question": "Who ended up with ownership of Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "SPECTRE",
"question": "What was Spectre's original name?"
},
{
"answer": "Eon Productions",
"question": "Which company is Danjaq, LLC associated with?"
},
{
"answer": "2013",
"questio... |
473 | In November 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment was targeted by hackers who released details of confidential e-mails between Sony executives regarding several high-profile film projects. Included within these were several memos relating to the production of Spectre, claiming that the film was over budget, detailing early drafts of the script written by John Logan, and expressing Sony's frustration with the project. Eon Productions later issued a statement confirming the leak of what they called "an early version of the screenplay". | [
{
"answer": "Sony Pictures Entertainment",
"question": "What company was targeted by leaks of company information?"
},
{
"answer": "hackers",
"question": "Who was responsible for leaks of Sony movie projects?"
},
{
"answer": "John Logan",
"question": "Which film writer's work was inc... |
474 | Despite being an original story, Spectre draws on Ian Fleming's source material, most notably in the character of Franz Oberhauser, played by Christoph Waltz. Oberhauser shares his name with Hannes Oberhauser, a background character in the short story "Octopussy" from the Octopussy and The Living Daylights collection, and who is named in the film as having been a temporary legal guardian of a young Bond in 1983. Similarly, Charmian Bond is shown to have been his full-time guardian, observing the back story established by Fleming. With the acquisition of the rights to Spectre and its associated characters, screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade revealed that the film would provide a minor retcon to the continuity of the previous films, with the Quantum organisation alluded to in Casino Royale and introduced in Quantum of Solace reimagined as a division within Spectre rather than an independent organisation. | [
{
"answer": "Christoph Waltz",
"question": "Which actor portrayed Franz Oberhauser?"
},
{
"answer": "1983",
"question": "In what year was Hannes Oberhauser identified as a guardian of James Bond?"
},
{
"answer": "Neal Purvis and Robert Wade",
"question": "Who were the writers of Spec... |
475 | Further references to Fleming's material can be found throughout the film; an MI6 safehouse is called "Hildebrand Rarities and Antiques", a reference to the short story "The Hildebrand Rarity" from the For Your Eyes Only short story collection.[citation needed] Bond's torture by Blofeld mirrors his torture by the title character of Kingsley Amis' continuation novel Colonel Sun.[citation needed] | [
{
"answer": "Hildebrand Rarities and Antiques",
"question": "What is the name of a location in Spectre which draws its inspiration from an Ian Fleming short story?"
},
{
"answer": "Kingsley Amis",
"question": "Who wrote the book Colonel Sun?"
},
{
"answer": "The Hildebrand Rarity",
"... |
476 | The main cast was revealed in December 2014 at the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios. Daniel Craig returned for his fourth appearance as James Bond, while Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Ben Whishaw reprised their roles as M, Eve Moneypenny and Q respectively, having been established in Skyfall. Rory Kinnear also reprised his role as Bill Tanner in his third appearance in the series. | [
{
"answer": "December 2014",
"question": "When were the actors in Spectre announced?"
},
{
"answer": "Ralph Fiennes",
"question": "Which actor portrayed M?"
},
{
"answer": "Naomie Harris",
"question": "Which actress portrayed Eve Moneypenny?"
},
{
"answer": "Ben Whishaw",
... |
477 | Christoph Waltz was cast in the role of Franz Oberhauser, though he refused to comment on the nature of the part. It was later revealed with the film's release that he is Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Dave Bautista was cast as Mr. Hinx after producers sought an actor with a background in contact sports. After casting Bérénice Lim Marlohe, a relative newcomer, as Sévérine in Skyfall, Mendes consciously sought out a more experienced actor for the role of Madeleine Swann, ultimately casting Léa Seydoux in the role. Monica Bellucci joined the cast as Lucia Sciarra, becoming, at the age of fifty, the oldest actress to be cast as a Bond girl. In a separate interview with Danish website Euroman, Jesper Christensen revealed he would be reprising his role as Mr. White from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. Christensen's character was reportedly killed off in a scene intended to be used as an epilogue to Quantum of Solace, before it was removed from the final cut of the film, enabling his return in Spectre. | [
{
"answer": "Franz Oberhauser",
"question": "Who did Christoph Waltz portray in Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "Ernst Stavro Blofeld",
"question": "What is Franz Oberhauser's other name?"
},
{
"answer": "Bérénice Lim Marlohe",
"question": "Who played Severine in the previous Bond film?"
... |
478 | In addition to the principal cast, Alessandro Cremona was cast as Marco Sciarra, Stephanie Sigman was cast as Estrella, and Detlef Bothe was cast as a villain for scenes shot in Austria. In February 2015 over fifteen hundred extras were hired for the pre-title sequence set in Mexico, though they were duplicated in the film, giving the effect of around ten thousand extras. | [
{
"answer": "fifteen hundred",
"question": "How many actual people were used for the opening sequence of Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "Alessandro Cremona",
"question": "Which actor portrayed Marco Sciarra?"
},
{
"answer": "Stephanie Sigman",
"question": "Estrella was played by which actr... |
479 | In March 2013 Mendes said he would not return to direct the next film in the series, then known as Bond 24; he later recanted and announced that he would return, as he found the script and the plans for the long-term future of the franchise appealing. In directing Skyfall and Spectre, Mendes became the first director to oversee two consecutive Bond films since John Glen directed The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill in 1987 and 1989. Skyfall writer John Logan resumed his role of scriptwriter, collaborating with Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who returned for their sixth Bond film.[N 4] The writer Jez Butterworth also worked on the script, alongside Mendes and Craig. Dennis Gassner returned as the film's production designer, while cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema took over from Roger Deakins. In July 2015 Mendes noted that the combined crew of Spectre numbered over one thousand, making it a larger production than Skyfall. Craig is listed as co-producer. | [
{
"answer": "John Glen",
"question": "Who was the last person to direct two James Bond movies in a row before Mendes?"
},
{
"answer": "Dennis Gassner",
"question": "Who served as production designer for Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "Roger Deakins",
"question": "Who did Hoyte van Hoytema ... |
480 | Mendes revealed that production would begin on 8 December 2014 at Pinewood Studios, with filming taking seven months. Mendes also confirmed several filming locations, including London, Mexico City and Rome. Van Hoytema shot the film on Kodak 35 mm film stock. Early filming took place at Pinewood Studios, and around London, with scenes variously featuring Craig and Harris at Bond's flat, and Craig and Kinnear travelling down the River Thames. | [
{
"answer": "London, Mexico City and Rome",
"question": "What were three sites used for filming Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "Kodak 35 mm",
"question": "What kind of film was used to shoot the movie?"
},
{
"answer": "Pinewood Studios",
"question": "Where did initial shoots for the film t... |
481 | Filming started in Austria in December 2014, with production taking in the area around Sölden—including the Ötztal Glacier Road, Rettenbach glacier and the adjacent ski resort and cable car station—and Obertilliach and Lake Altaussee, before concluding in February 2015. Scenes filmed in Austria centred on the Ice Q Restaurant, standing in for the fictional Hoffler Klinik, a private medical clinic in the Austrian Alps. Filming included an action scene featuring a Land Rover Defender Bigfoot and a Range Rover Sport. Production was temporarily halted first by an injury to Craig, who sprained his knee whilst shooting a fight scene, and later by an accident involving a filming vehicle that saw three crew members injured, at least one of them seriously. | [
{
"answer": "December 2014",
"question": "When did Spectre begin production in Austria?"
},
{
"answer": "February 2015",
"question": "When did the Austrian filming of Spectre finish?"
},
{
"answer": "Ice Q Restaurant",
"question": "What location was the focus of the Austrian leg of S... |
482 | Filming temporarily returned to England to shoot scenes at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, which stood in for a location in Rome, before moving on to the city itself for a five-week shoot across the city, with locations including the Ponte Sisto bridge and the Roman Forum. The production faced opposition from a variety of special interest groups and city authorities, who were concerned about the potential for damage to historical sites around the city, and problems with graffiti and rubbish appearing in the film. A car chase scene set along the banks of the Tiber River and through the streets of Rome featured an Aston Martin DB10 and a Jaguar C-X75. The C-X75 was originally developed as a hybrid electric vehicle with four independent electric engines powered by two jet turbines, before the project was cancelled. The version used for filming was converted to use a conventional internal combustion engine, to minimise the potential for disruption from mechanical problems with the complex hybrid system. The C-X75s used for filming were developed by the engineering division of Formula One racing team Williams, who built the original C-X75 prototype for Jaguar. | [
{
"answer": "Ponte Sisto bridge and the Roman Forum",
"question": "What are two landmarks in Rome used in filming Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "Williams",
"question": "Which group was responsible for the C-X75s featured in Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "Jaguar",
"question": "For which auto ma... |
483 | With filming completed in Rome, production moved to Mexico City in late March to shoot the film's opening sequence, with scenes to include the Day of the Dead festival filmed in and around the Zócalo and the Centro Histórico district. The planned scenes required the city square to be closed for filming a sequence involving a fight aboard a Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 helicopter flown by stunt pilot Chuck Aaron, which called for modifications to be made to several buildings to prevent damage. This particular scene in Mexico required 1,500 extras, 10 giant skeletons and 250,000 paper flowers. Reports in the Mexican media added that the film's second unit would move to Palenque in the state of Chiapas, to film aerial manoeuvres considered too dangerous to shoot in an urban area. | [
{
"answer": "Mexico City",
"question": "Where did Spectre filming take place after Rome?"
},
{
"answer": "Day of the Dead",
"question": "Which celebration was featured in the Mexico City part of the production?"
},
{
"answer": "the Zócalo and the Centro Histórico district",
"question... |
484 | Following filming in Mexico, and during a scheduled break, Craig was flown to New York to undergo minor surgery to fix his knee injury. It was reported that filming was not affected and he had returned to filming at Pinewood Studios as planned on 22 April. | [
{
"answer": "New York",
"question": "Where did Craig go to deal with his injury?"
},
{
"answer": "22 April",
"question": "When did Craig go back to work?"
},
{
"answer": "New York",
"question": "In what city did Daniel Craig have minor surgery to repair his knee?"
}
] |
485 | A brief shoot at London's City Hall was filmed on 18 April 2015, while Mendes was on location. On 17 May 2015 filming took place on the Thames in London. Stunt scenes involving Craig and Seydoux on a speedboat as well as a low flying helicopter near Westminster Bridge were shot at night, with filming temporarily closing both Westminster and Lambeth Bridges. Scenes were also shot on the river near MI6's headquarters at Vauxhall Cross. The crew returned to the river less than a week later to film scenes solely set on Westminster Bridge. The London Fire Brigade was on set to simulate rain as well as monitor smoke used for filming. Craig, Seydoux, and Waltz, as well as Harris and Fiennes, were seen being filmed. Prior to this, scenes involving Fiennes were shot at a restaurant in Covent Garden. Filming then took place in Trafalgar Square. In early June, the crew, as well as Craig, Seydoux, and Waltz, returned to the Thames for a final time to continue filming scenes previously shot on the river. | [
{
"answer": "Westminster and Lambeth Bridges",
"question": "Which bridges were shut down because of filming?"
},
{
"answer": "London Fire Brigade",
"question": "Which organization provided water for weather effects?"
},
{
"answer": "Thames",
"question": "Which river was used in some ... |
486 | After wrapping up in England, production travelled to Morocco in June, with filming taking place in Oujda, Tangier and Erfoud, after preliminary work was completed by the production's second unit. An explosion filmed in Morocco holds a Guinness World Record for the "Largest film stunt explosion" in cinematic history, with the record credited to production designer Chris Corbould. Principal photography concluded on 5 July 2015. A wrap-up party for Spectre was held in commemoration before entering post-production. Filming took 128 days. | [
{
"answer": "Oujda, Tangier and Erfoud",
"question": "Which three locations in Morocco were used in filming?"
},
{
"answer": "Largest film stunt explosion",
"question": "What Guinness record was set during the filming of Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "Chris Corbould",
"question": "Who was... |
487 | Whilst filming in Mexico City, speculation in the media claimed that the script had been altered to accommodate the demands of Mexican authorities—reportedly influencing details of the scene and characters, casting choices, and modifying the script in order to portray the country in a "positive light"—in order to secure tax concessions and financial support worth up to $20 million for the film. This was denied by producer Michael G. Wilson, who stated that the scene had always been intended to be shot in Mexico as production had been attracted to the imagery of the Day of the Dead, and that the script had been developed from there. Production of Skyfall had previously faced similar problems while attempting to secure permits to shoot the film's pre-title sequence in India before moving to Istanbul. | [
{
"answer": "$20 million",
"question": "How much money were possible changes to the Mexico City section of the film rumored to have saved the production?"
},
{
"answer": "Michael G. Wilson",
"question": "Which Bond producer would not confirm that the film had been changed to accommodate Mexican ... |
488 | Thomas Newman returned as Spectre's composer. Rather than composing the score once the film had moved into post-production, Newman worked during filming. The theatrical trailer released in July 2015 contained a rendition of John Barry's On Her Majesty's Secret Service theme. Mendes revealed that the final film would have more than one hundred minutes of music. The soundtrack album was released on 23 October 2015 in the UK and 6 November 2015 in the USA on the Decca Records label. | [
{
"answer": "Thomas Newman",
"question": "Who wrote the music for Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "23 October 2015",
"question": "When was the soundtrack of Spectre first available for purchase in the UK?"
},
{
"answer": "Decca Records",
"question": "What company published the Spectre sound... |
489 | In September 2015 it was announced that Sam Smith and regular collaborator Jimmy Napes had written the film's title theme, "Writing's on the Wall", with Smith performing it for the film. Smith said the song came together in one session and that he and Napes wrote it in under half an hour before recording a demo. Satisfied with the quality, the demo was used in the final release. | [
{
"answer": "Writing's on the Wall",
"question": "What was the name of the song played during the opening credits?"
},
{
"answer": "one",
"question": "How many recording sessions did it take to complete the song?"
},
{
"answer": "demo",
"question": "Which version of the theme was use... |
490 | The song was released as a digital download on 25 September 2015. It received mixed reviews from critics and fans, particularly in comparison to Adele's "Skyfall". The mixed reception to the song led to Shirley Bassey trending on Twitter on the day it was released. It became the first Bond theme to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart. The English band Radiohead also composed a song for the film, which went unused. | [
{
"answer": "25 September 2015",
"question": "When was the main theme of Spectre made available in digital format?"
},
{
"answer": "Skyfall",
"question": "What song was the Spectre theme comapred to unfavorably?"
},
{
"answer": "Shirley Bassey",
"question": "What former Bond theme si... |
491 | During the December 2014 press conference announcing the start of filming, Aston Martin and Eon unveiled the new DB10 as the official car for the film. The DB10 was designed in collaboration between Aston Martin and the filmmakers, with only 10 being produced especially for Spectre as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the company's association with the franchise. Only eight of those 10 were used for the film, however; the remaining two were used for promotional work. After modifying the Jaguar C-X75 for the film, Williams F1 carried the 007 logo on their cars at the 2015 Mexican Grand Prix, with the team playing host to the cast and crew ahead of the Mexican premiere of the film. | [
{
"answer": "Aston Martin and Eon",
"question": "Which companies revealed Spectre's official car?"
},
{
"answer": "10",
"question": "How many DB10s were made for the movie?"
},
{
"answer": "Williams F1",
"question": "Which team displayed the Bond logo during the Mexican Grand Prix?"
... |
492 | To promote the film, production continued the trend established during Skyfall's production of releasing still images of clapperboards and video blogs on Eon's official social media accounts. | [
{
"answer": "clapperboards",
"question": "Images of what item were posted by Eon while the movie was being made?"
},
{
"answer": "Skyfall",
"question": "For what film did Eon first use this method of promotion?"
},
{
"answer": "Eon's official social media accounts.",
"question": "On ... |
493 | On 13 March 2015, several members of the cast and crew, including Craig, Whishaw, Wilson and Mendes, as well as previous James Bond actor, Sir Roger Moore, appeared in a sketch written by David Walliams and the Dawson Brothers for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day on BBC One. In the sketch, they film a behind-the-scenes mockumentary on the filming of Spectre. The first teaser trailer for Spectre was released worldwide in March 2015, followed by the theatrical trailer in July and the final trailer in October. | [
{
"answer": "Comic Relief's Red Nose Day",
"question": "What comedy production did Spectre actors appear in?"
},
{
"answer": "BBC One",
"question": "On what TV station did Red Nose Day appear?"
},
{
"answer": "July",
"question": "In what month was the preview of Spectre released in m... |
494 | Spectre had its world premiere in London on 26 October 2015 at the Royal Albert Hall, the same day as its general release in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Following the announcement of the start of filming, Paramount Pictures brought forward the release of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation to avoid competing with Spectre. In March 2015 IMAX corporation announced that Spectre would be screened in its cinemas, following Skyfall's success with the company. In the UK it received a wider release than Skyfall, with a minimum of 647 cinemas including 40 IMAX screens, compared to Skyfall's 587 locations and 21 IMAX screens. | [
{
"answer": "Royal Albert Hall",
"question": "Where was the first showing of Spectre held?"
},
{
"answer": "26 October 2015",
"question": "On what date was Spectre first shown for general audiences?"
},
{
"answer": "Skyfall",
"question": "What movie prompted IMAX to show Spectre?"
... |
495 | As of 21 February 2016[update] Spectre has grossed $879.3 million worldwide; $138.1 million of the takings have been generated from the UK market and $199.8 million from North America. | [
{
"answer": "$879.3 million",
"question": "How much money had Spectre made by 2/21/2016?"
},
{
"answer": "$199.8 million",
"question": "How much revenue did Spectre generate from the United States, Mexico and Canada by 2/21/2016?"
},
{
"answer": "$138.1 million",
"question": "How muc... |
496 | In the United Kingdom, the film grossed £4.1 million ($6.4 million) from its Monday preview screenings. It grossed £6.3 million ($9.2 million) on its opening day and then £5.7 million ($8.8 million) on Wednesday, setting UK records for both days. In the film's first seven days it grossed £41.7 million ($63.8 million), breaking the UK record for highest first-week opening, set by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban's £23.88 million ($36.9 million) in 2004. Its Friday–Saturday gross was £20.4 million ($31.2 million) compared to Skyfall's £20.1 million ($31 million). The film also broke the record for the best per-screen opening average with $110,000, a record previously held by The Dark Knight with $100,200. It has grossed a total of $136.3 million there. In the U.K., it surpassed Avatar to become the country's highest-grossing IMAX release ever with $10.09 million. | [
{
"answer": "£41.7 million ($63.8 million)",
"question": "How much did Spectre make in its first week?"
},
{
"answer": "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban",
"question": "Which movie previously had the highest earnings for its first seven days?"
},
{
"answer": "Avatar",
"questio... |
498 | In the United States and Canada, the film opened on 6 November 2015, and in its opening weekend, was originally projected to gross $70–75 million from 3,927 screens, the widest release for a Bond film. However, after grossing $5.25 million from its early Thursday night showings and $28 million on its opening day, weekend projections were increased to $75–80 million. The film ended up grossing $70.4 million in its opening weekend (about $20 million less than Skyfall's $90.6 million debut, including IMAX previews), but nevertheless finished first at the box office. IMAX generated $9.1 million for Spectre at 374 screens, premium large format made $8 million from 429 cinemas, reaping 11% of the film's opening, which means that Spectre earned $17.1 million (23%) of its opening weekend total in large-format venues. Cinemark XD generated $1.85 million in 112 XD locations. | [
{
"answer": "374",
"question": "How many Imax screens showed Spectre on its opening weekend in the US and Canada?"
},
{
"answer": "$70.4 million",
"question": "How much money did Spectre make in its first weekend in the US and Canada?"
},
{
"answer": "$5.25",
"question": "How much mo... |
499 | In China, it opened on 12 November and earned $15 million on its opening day, which is the second biggest 2D single day gross for a Hollywood film behind the $18.5 million opening day of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and occupying 43% of all available screens which included $790,000 in advance night screenings. Through its opening weekend, it earned $48.1 million from 14,700 screens which is 198% ahead of Skyfall, a new record for a Hollywood 2D opening. IMAX contributed $4.6 million on 246 screens, also a new record for a three-day opening for a November release (breaking Interstellar's record). In its second weekend, it added $12.1 million falling precipitously by 75% which is the second worst second weekend drop for any major Hollywood release in China of 2015. It grossed a total of $84.7 million there after four weekends. Albeit a strong opening it failed to attain the $100 million mark as projected. | [
{
"answer": "12 November",
"question": "On what day and month was Spectre released to the Chinese market?"
},
{
"answer": "198%",
"question": "How much more money did Spectre make during its first weekend in China than Skyfall?"
},
{
"answer": "75%",
"question": "By the weekend after... |
500 | Spectre has received mixed reviews, with many reviewers either giving the film highly positive or highly negative feedback. Many critics praised the film's opening scene, action sequences, stuntwork, cinematography and performances from the cast. In some early reviews, the film received favourable comparisons with its predecessor, Skyfall. Rotten Tomatoes sampled 274 reviews and judged 64% of the critiques to be positive, saying that the film "nudges Daniel Craig's rebooted Bond closer to the glorious, action-driven spectacle of earlier entries, although it's admittedly reliant on established 007 formula." On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 60 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. | [
{
"answer": "60 out of 100",
"question": "What was Metacritics score for Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "48",
"question": "How many individual ratings contributed to Metacritics score?"
},
{
"answer": "64%",
"question": "What percentage of Spectre reviews did Rotten Tomatoes find to be in ... |
501 | Prior to its UK release, Spectre mostly received positive reviews. Mark Kermode, writing in The Guardian, gave the film four out of five stars, observing that the film did not live up to the standard set by Skyfall, but was able to tap into audience expectations. Writing in the same publication, Peter Bradshaw gave the film a full five stars, calling it "inventive, intelligent and complex", and singling out Craig's performance as the film's highlight. In another five star review, The Daily Telegraph's Robbie Collin described Spectre as "a swaggering show of confidence'", lauding it as "a feat of pure cinematic necromancy." In an otherwise positive, but overall less enthusiastic review, IGN's Chris Tilly considered Spectre "solid if unspectacular", and gave the film a 7.2 score (out of a possible 10), saying that "the film falls frustratingly short of greatness." | [
{
"answer": "Robbie Collin",
"question": "Who gave Spectre a perfect rating in The Daily Telegraph?"
},
{
"answer": "IGN",
"question": "A writer for which publication rated the film 7.2/10?"
},
{
"answer": "four out of five stars",
"question": "What score did Mark Kermode give Spectr... |
503 | Christopher Orr, writing in The Atlantic, also criticised the film, saying that Spectre "backslides on virtually every [aspect]". Lawrence Toppman of The Charlotte Observer called Craig's performance "Bored, James Bored." Alyssa Rosenberg, writing for The Washington Post, stated that the film turned into "a disappointingly conventional Bond film." | [
{
"answer": "Christopher Orr",
"question": "Which Atlantic writer gave a negative review of Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "Bored",
"question": "What adjective did Lawrence Toppman use to describe Craig's portrayal of James Bond?"
},
{
"answer": "The Washington Post",
"question": "What pub... |
504 | In India, it was reported that the Indian Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) censored kissing scenes featuring Monica Bellucci, Daniel Craig, and Léa Seydoux. They also muted all profanity. This prompted criticism of the board online, especially on Twitter. | [
{
"answer": "Indian Central Board of Film Certification",
"question": "Whic organization is responsible for filtering movie content in India?"
},
{
"answer": "Twitter.",
"question": "Which social media site was used for complaining about the Indian censoring?"
}
] |
505 | A sequel to Spectre will begin development in spring 2016. Sam Mendes has stated he will not return to direct the next 007 film. Christoph Waltz has signed on for two more films in the series, but his return depends on whether or not Craig will again portray Bond. | [
{
"answer": "Craig",
"question": "Christoph Waltz's appearance in future Bond movies is contingent on the appearance of which other actor?"
},
{
"answer": "spring 2016",
"question": "When will work being on the follow-up to Spectre?"
},
{
"answer": "spring 2016.",
"question": "When w... |
506 | The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan earthquake, measured at 8.0 Ms and 7.9 Mw, and occurred at 02:28:01 PM China Standard Time at epicenter (06:28:01 UTC) on May 12 in Sichuan province, killed 69,197 people and left 18,222 missing. | [
{
"answer": "2008",
"question": "In what year did the earthquake in Sichuan occur?"
},
{
"answer": "the Great Sichuan earthquake",
"question": "What was the earthquake named?"
},
{
"answer": "69,197",
"question": "How many people were killed as a result?"
},
{
"answer": "2008... |
507 | It is also known as the Wenchuan earthquake (Chinese: 汶川大地震; pinyin: Wènchuān dà dìzhèn; literally: "Great Wenchuan earthquake"), after the location of the earthquake's epicenter, Wenchuan County, Sichuan. The epicenter was 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial capital, with a focal depth of 19 km (12 mi). The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries and as far away as both Beijing and Shanghai—1,500 km (930 mi) and 1,700 km (1,060 mi) away—where office buildings swayed with the tremor. Strong aftershocks, some exceeding magnitude 6, continued to hit the area even months after the main quake, causing new casualties and damage. | [
{
"answer": "Beijing and Shanghai",
"question": "Which far away cities in other countries could feel the earthquake?"
},
{
"answer": "19 km",
"question": "What was the focal depth of the earthquake?"
},
{
"answer": "months after",
"question": "How long after the earthquake were after... |
508 | Official figures (as of July 21, 2008 12:00 CST) stated that 69,197 were confirmed dead, including 68,636 in Sichuan province, and 374,176 injured, with 18,222 listed as missing. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11 million. Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 240,000 people, and the strongest in the country since the 1950 Chayu earthquake, which registered at 8.5 on the Richter magnitude scale. It is the 21st deadliest earthquake of all time. On November 6, 2008, the central government announced that it would spend 1 trillion RMB (about US $146.5 billion) over the next three years to rebuild areas ravaged by the earthquake, as part of the Chinese economic stimulus program. | [
{
"answer": "69,197",
"question": "How many people were confirmed dead?"
},
{
"answer": "68,636",
"question": "How many people were confirmed dead only in the Sichuan province?"
},
{
"answer": "4.8 million",
"question": "How many people were left homeless because of the earthquake?"
... |
509 | The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.0 Ms and 7.9 Mw. The epicenter was in Wenchuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, 80 km west/northwest of the provincial capital of Chengdu, with its main tremor occurring at 14:28:01.42 China Standard Time (06:28:01.42 UTC), on May 12, 2008 lasting for around 2 minutes, in the quake almost 80% of buildings were destroyed. | [
{
"answer": "Wenchuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture",
"question": "Where was the epicenter?"
},
{
"answer": "2 minutes",
"question": "How long did the earthquake last?"
},
{
"answer": "80%",
"question": "What percentage of buildings were destroyed?"
},
{
... |
510 | According to a study by the China Earthquake Administration (CEA), the earthquake occurred along the Longmenshan fault, a thrust structure along the border of the Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian Plate. Seismic activities concentrated on its mid-fracture (known as Yingxiu-Beichuan fracture). The rupture lasted close to 120 sec, with the majority of energy released in the first 80 sec. Starting from Wenchuan, the rupture propagated at an average speed of 3.1 kilometers per second 49° toward north east, rupturing a total of about 300 km. Maximum displacement amounted to 9 meters. The focus was deeper than 10 km. | [
{
"answer": "Longmenshan fault",
"question": "On what fault did the earthquake occur?"
},
{
"answer": "along the border of the Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian Plate",
"question": "Where is the Longmenshan fault located?"
},
{
"answer": "120 sec",
"question": "How long did the rupt... |
512 | In a United States Geological Survey (USGS) study, preliminary rupture models of the earthquake indicated displacement of up to 9 meters along a fault approximately 240 km long by 20 km deep. The earthquake generated deformations of the surface greater than 3 meters and increased the stress (and probability of occurrence of future events) at the northeastern and southwestern ends of the fault. On May 20, USGS seismologist Tom Parsons warned that there is "high risk" of a major M>7 aftershock over the next weeks or months. | [
{
"answer": "up to 9 meters",
"question": "How large was the displacement?"
},
{
"answer": "Tom Parsons",
"question": "Who warned of possible seismic activity in the area beforehand?"
},
{
"answer": "9 meters",
"question": "What did the United States Geological Survey show as the amo... |
513 | Japanese seismologist Yuji Yagi at the University of Tsukuba said that the earthquake occurred in two stages: "The 155-mile Longmenshan Fault tore in two sections, the first one ripping about seven yards, followed by a second one that sheared four yards." His data also showed that the earthquake lasted about two minutes and released 30 times the energy of the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995 in Japan, which killed over 6,000 people. He pointed out that the shallowness of the epicenter and the density of population greatly increased the severity of the earthquake. Teruyuki Kato, a seismologist at the University of Tokyo, said that the seismic waves of the quake traveled a long distance without losing their power because of the firmness of the terrain in central China. According to reports from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, the earthquake tremors lasted for "about two or three minutes". | [
{
"answer": "6,000 people",
"question": "How many people were killed in the Hanshin earthquake?"
},
{
"answer": "in two stages",
"question": "How did Yuji Yagi say the quake happened?"
},
{
"answer": "Longmenshan Fault",
"question": "What fault tore in two places?"
},
{
"answ... |
514 | Between 64 and 104 major aftershocks, ranging in magnitude from 4.0 to 6.1, were recorded within 72 hours of the main quake. According to Chinese official counts, "by 12:00 CST, November 6, 2008 there had been 42,719 total aftershocks, of which 246 ranged from 4.0 MS to 4.9 MS, 34 from 5.0 MS to 5.9 MS, and 8 from 6.0 Ms to 6.4 MS; the strongest aftershock measured 6.4 MS." The latest aftershock exceeding M6 occurred on August 5, 2008. | [
{
"answer": "Between 64 and 104",
"question": "How many aftershocks were there?"
},
{
"answer": "within 72 hours of the main quake.",
"question": "When were the aftershocks recorded?"
},
{
"answer": "on August 5, 2008",
"question": "When did the latest magnitude 6 aftershock occur?"
... |
515 | (The Ms 6.1 earthquake on August 30, 2008 in southern Sichuan was not part of this series because it was caused by a different fault. See 2008 Panzhihua earthquake for details.) | [
{
"answer": "August 30, 2008",
"question": "When did this earthquake occur?"
},
{
"answer": "southern Sichuan",
"question": "Where did this earthquake occur?"
},
{
"answer": "because it was caused by a different fault.",
"question": "Why was it not included in the series?"
},
{
... |
517 | The Longmen Shan Fault System is situated in the eastern border of the Tibetan Plateau and contains several faults. This earthquake ruptured at least two imbricate structures in Longmen Shan Fault System, i.e. the Beichuan Fault and the Guanxian–Anxian Fault. In the epicentral area, the average slip in Beichuan Fault was about 3.5 metres (11 ft) vertical, 3.5 metres (11 ft) horizontal-parallel to the fault, and 4.8 metres (16 ft) horizontal-perpendicular to the fault. In the area about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of the epicenter, the surface slip on Beichuan Fault was almost purely dextral strike-slip up to about 3 metres (9.8 ft), while the average slip in Guanxian–Anxian Fault was about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) vertical and 2.3 metres (7 ft 7 in) horizontal. | [
{
"answer": "the eastern border of the Tibetan Plateau",
"question": "Where is the Longmenshan Fault located?"
},
{
"answer": "3.5 metres",
"question": "What is the average slip in the Beichuan Fault?"
},
{
"answer": "3 metres",
"question": "How large was the slip 30 km northeast of ... |
518 | Office buildings in Shanghai's financial district, including the Jin Mao Tower and the Hong Kong New World Tower, were evacuated. A receptionist at the Tibet Hotel in Chengdu said things were "calm" after the hotel evacuated its guests. Meanwhile, workers at a Ford plant in Sichuan were evacuated for about 10 minutes. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport was shut down, and the control tower and regional radar control evacuated. One SilkAir flight was diverted and landed in Kunming as a result. Cathay Pacific delayed both legs of its quadruple daily Hong Kong to London route due to this disruption in air traffic services. Chengdu Shuangliu Airport reopened later on the evening of May 12, offering limited service as the airport began to be used as a staging area for relief operations. | [
{
"answer": "Shanghai's financial district",
"question": "Where were office buildings evacuated?"
},
{
"answer": "calm",
"question": "How did a receptionist describe the atmosphere after the evacuation?"
},
{
"answer": "10 minutes",
"question": "How long were workers in Ford Plant ev... |
519 | Reporters in Chengdu said they saw cracks on walls of some residential buildings in the downtown areas, but no buildings collapsed. Many Beijing office towers were evacuated, including the building housing the media offices for the organizers of the 2008 Summer Olympics. None of the Olympic venues were damaged. Meanwhile, a cargo train carrying 13 petrol tanks derailed in Hui County, Gansu, and caught on fire after the rail was distorted. | [
{
"answer": "in Chengdu",
"question": "Where did the reporters say they saw cracks on walls of some buildings?"
},
{
"answer": "Beijing",
"question": "Where were office towers evacuated?"
},
{
"answer": "Hui County, Gansu",
"question": "Where did a cargo train derail as a result?"
... |
520 | All of the highways into Wenchuan, and others throughout the province, were damaged, resulting in delayed arrival of the rescue troops. In Beichuan County, 80% of the buildings collapsed according to Xinhua News. In the city of Shifang, the collapse of two chemical plants led to leakage of some 80 tons of liquid ammonia, with hundreds of people reported buried. In the city of Dujiangyan, south-east of the epicenter, a whole school collapsed with 900 students buried and fewer than 60 survived. The Juyuan Middle School, where many teenagers were buried, was excavated by civilians and cranes. Dujiangyan is home of the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, an ancient water diversion project which is still in use and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The project's famous Fish Mouth was cracked but not severely damaged otherwise. | [
{
"answer": "All of the highways",
"question": "How many highways leading into Wenchuan were damaged?"
},
{
"answer": "80%",
"question": "What percentage of building collapsed in Beichuan?"
},
{
"answer": "Dujiangyan",
"question": "Where did two chemical plants collapse?"
},
{
... |
521 | Both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange suspended trading of companies based in southwestern China. Copper rose over speculations that production in southwestern China may be affected, and oil prices dropped over speculations that demand from China would fall. | [
{
"answer": "southwestern China",
"question": "Where were the exchanges based?"
},
{
"answer": "Copper",
"question": "What metal rose in value?"
},
{
"answer": "oil",
"question": "What natural resource dropped in value?"
},
{
"answer": "suspended trading",
"question": "Wh... |
522 | Immediately after the earthquake event, mobile and terrestrial telecommunications were cut to the affected and surrounding area, with all internet capabilities cut to the Sichuan area too. Elements of telecommunications were restored by the government piece by piece over the next number of months as the situation in the Sichuan province gradually improved. Eventually, a handful of major news and media websites were made accessible online in the region, albeit with dramatically pared back webpages. | [
{
"answer": "mobile and terrestrial",
"question": "What kinds of telecommunications were cut?"
},
{
"answer": "internet",
"question": "What capabilities were cut to the entire Sichuan area?"
},
{
"answer": "months",
"question": "How long did it take for these capabilities to be resto... |
523 | China Mobile had more than 2,300 base stations suspended due to power disruption or severe telecommunication traffic congestion. Half of the wireless communications were lost in the Sichuan province. China Unicom's service in Wenchuan and four nearby counties was cut off, with more than 700 towers suspended. | [
{
"answer": "2,300",
"question": "How many base stations did China Mobile have suspended?"
},
{
"answer": "more than 700",
"question": "How many Unicom towers were suspended?"
},
{
"answer": "2,300",
"question": "How many China Mobile base stations stopped working?"
},
{
"ans... |
524 | Initially, officials were unable to contact the Wolong National Nature Reserve, home to around 280 giant pandas. However, the Foreign Ministry later said that a group of 31 British tourists visiting the Wolong Panda Reserve in the quake-hit area returned safe and uninjured to Chengdu. Nonetheless, the well-being of an even greater number of pandas in the neighbouring panda reserves remained unknown. Five security guards at the reserve were killed by the earthquake. Six pandas escaped after their enclosures were damaged. By May 20, two pandas at the reserve were found to be injured, while the search continued for another two adult pandas that went missing after the quake. By May 28, 2008, one panda was still missing. The missing panda was later found dead under the rubble of an enclosure. Nine-year-old Mao Mao, a mother of five at the breeding center, was discovered on Monday, her body crushed by a wall in her enclosure. Panda keepers and other workers placed her remains in a small wooden crate and buried her outside the breeding centre. | [
{
"answer": "the Wolong National Nature Reserve",
"question": "What place could officials not contact?"
},
{
"answer": "around 280",
"question": "How many pandas live at the Reserve?"
},
{
"answer": "31",
"question": "How many British visitors to the Reserve left unharmed?"
},
{
... |
525 | The Zipingpu Hydropower Plant (simplified Chinese: 紫坪铺水库; traditional Chinese: 紫坪鋪水庫) located 20 km east of the epicenter was damaged. A recent inspection indicated that the damage was less severe than initially feared, and it remains structurally stable and safe. The Tulong reservoir upstream is in danger of collapse. About 2,000 troops have been allocated to Zipingpu, trying to release the pressure through spillway. In total, 391 dams, most of them small, were reported damaged by the quake. | [
{
"answer": "Hydropower Plant",
"question": "What power plant was damaged?"
},
{
"answer": "20 km east",
"question": "How far away was the plant located from the epicenter?"
},
{
"answer": "2,000",
"question": "How many troops were allocated to Zipingpu?"
},
{
"answer": "391"... |
526 | According to Chinese state officials, the quake caused 69,180 known deaths including 68,636 in Sichuan province; 18,498 people are listed as missing, and 374,176 injured, but these figures may further increase as more reports come in.[dated info] This estimate includes 158 earthquake relief workers who were killed in landslides as they tried to repair roads. | [
{
"answer": "69,180",
"question": "How many deaths were reported?"
},
{
"answer": "68,636",
"question": "How many deaths were reported only in the Sichuan province?"
},
{
"answer": "18,498",
"question": "How many people were listed as missing?"
},
{
"answer": "374,176",
"... |
527 | One rescue team reported only 2,300 survivors from the town of Yingxiu in Wenchuan County, out of a total population of about 9,000. 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed in Beichuan County, Sichuan alone; in the same location, 10,000 people were injured and 80% of the buildings were destroyed. The old county seat of Beichuan was abandoned and preserved as part of the Beichuan Earthquake Museum. Eight schools were toppled in Dujiangyan. A 56-year-old was killed in Dujiangyan during a rescue attempt on the Lingyanshan Ropeway, where due to the earthquake 11 tourists from Taiwan had been trapped inside cable cars since May 13. A 4-year-old boy named Zhu Shaowei (traditional Chinese: 朱紹維; simplified Chinese: 朱绍维; pinyin: Zhū Shàowéi) was also killed in Mianzhu City when a house collapsed on him and another was reported missing. | [
{
"answer": "2,300",
"question": "How many survivors were there from Yingxiu?"
},
{
"answer": "in Wenchuan",
"question": "Where is Yingxiu located?"
},
{
"answer": "9,000",
"question": "How many people in total lived in Yingxiu?"
},
{
"answer": "3,000 to 5,000",
"question... |
528 | Experts point out that the earthquake hit an area that has been largely neglected and untouched by China's economic rise. Health care is poor in inland areas such as Sichuan, highlighting the widening gap between prosperous urban dwellers and struggling rural people. Vice Minister of Health Gao Qiang told reporters in Beijing that the "public health care system in China is insufficient." The Vice Minister of Health also suggested that the government would pick up the costs of care to earthquake victims, many of whom have little or no insurance: "The government should be responsible for providing medical treatment to them," he said. | [
{
"answer": "Health care",
"question": "What is poor about inland areas such as Sichuan?"
},
{
"answer": "Gao Qiang",
"question": "Who was the Vice Minister of Health?"
},
{
"answer": "public health care system in China is insufficient",
"question": "What did Gao Qiang tell reporters... |
529 | In terms of school casualties, thousands of school children died due to shoddy construction. In Mianyang City, seven schools collapsed, burying at least 1,700 people. At least 7,000 school buildings throughout the province collapsed. Another 700 students were buried in a school in Hanwang. At least 600 students and staff died at Juyuan Elementary School. Up to 1,300 children and teachers died at Beichuan Middle School. | [
{
"answer": "thousands",
"question": "How many school children died due to shoddy construction?"
},
{
"answer": "seven",
"question": "How many schools collapsed in Mianyang City?"
},
{
"answer": "1,700",
"question": "How many people were buried in the collapsed schools?"
},
{
... |
530 | Details of school casualties had been under non-governmental investigation since December 2008 by volunteers including artist and architect Ai Weiwei, who had been constantly posting updates on his blog since March 2009. The official tally of students killed in the earthquake was not released until May 7, 2009, almost a year after the earthquake. According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, the earthquake killed 5,335 students and left another 546 children disabled. In the aftermath of the earthquake, the Chinese government declared that parents who had lost their only children would get free treatment from fertility clinics to reverse vasectomies and tubal ligations conducted by family planning authorities. | [
{
"answer": "December 2008",
"question": "When did an investigation occur under school casualties?"
},
{
"answer": "May 7, 2009",
"question": "When was the official tally of students killed in the earthquake released?"
},
{
"answer": "5,335",
"question": "How many students were kille... |
531 | The earthquake left at least 5 million people without housing, although the number could be as high as 11 million. Millions of livestock and a significant amount of agriculture were also destroyed, including 12.5 million animals, mainly birds. In the Sichuan province a million pigs died out of 60 million total. Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reported official estimates of insurers' losses at US$1 billion from the earthquake; estimated total damages exceed US$20 billion. It values Chengdu, at the time having an urban population of 4.5 million people, at around US$115 billion, with only a small portion covered by insurance. | [
{
"answer": "5 million",
"question": "How many people were left without housing?"
},
{
"answer": "11 million",
"question": "How many people could be potentially without housing?"
},
{
"answer": "12.5 million",
"question": "How many animals were killed?"
},
{
"answer": "1 mill... |
532 | Reginald DesRoches, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Georgia Tech, pointed out that the massive damage of properties and houses in the earthquake area was because China did not create an adequate seismic design code until after the devastating 1976 Tangshan earthquake. DesRoches said: "If the buildings were older and built prior to that 1976 earthquake, chances are they weren't built for adequate earthquake forces." | [
{
"answer": "Reginald DesRoches",
"question": "Who was a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Georgia Tech?"
},
{
"answer": "professor of civil and environmental engineering",
"question": "What is the profession of Reginald DesRoches?"
},
{
"answer": "1976",
"question"... |
533 | In the days following the disaster, an international reconnaissance team of engineers was dispatched to the region to make a detailed preliminary survey of damaged buildings. Their findings show a variety of reasons why many constructions failed to withstand the earthquake. | [
{
"answer": "an international reconnaissance team of engineers was dispatched to the region",
"question": "What happened days following the disaster?"
},
{
"answer": "make a detailed preliminary survey of damaged buildings",
"question": "What did the team of engineers do?"
},
{
"answer":... |
534 | News reports indicate that the poorer, rural villages were hardest hit. Swaminathan Krishnan, assistant professor of civil engineering and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology said: "the earthquake occurred in the rural part of China. Presumably, many of the buildings were just built; they were not designed, so to speak." Swaminathan Krishnan further added: "There are very strong building codes in China, which take care of earthquake issues and seismic design issues. But many of these buildings presumably were quite old and probably were not built with any regulations overseeing them." | [
{
"answer": "the poorer, rural villages",
"question": "What areas were the hardest hit?"
},
{
"answer": "Swaminathan Krishnan",
"question": "Who was an assistant professor of civil engineering and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology?"
},
{
"answer": "rural part",
"qu... |
535 | Even with the five largest cities in Sichuan suffering only minor damage from the quake, some estimates of the economic loss run higher than US$75 billion, making the earthquake one of the costliest natural disasters in Chinese history. | [
{
"answer": "$75 billion",
"question": "What is an estimate of the economic loss from the quake?"
},
{
"answer": "minor damage",
"question": "What damage did the major Sichuan cities have?"
},
{
"answer": "US$75 billion",
"question": "What is an estimate of losses to economics?"
},... |
537 | Executive vice governor Wei Hong confirmed on November 21, 2008 that more than 90,000 people in total were dead or missing in the earthquake. He stated that 200,000 homes had been rebuilt, and 685,000 were under reconstruction, but 1.94 million households were still without permanent shelter. 1,300 schools had been reconstructed, with initial relocation of 25 townships, including Beichuan and Wenchuan, two of the most devastated areas. The government spent $441 billion on relief and reconstruction efforts. | [
{
"answer": "Wei Hong",
"question": "Who was the executive vice governor?"
},
{
"answer": "200,000",
"question": "How many homes were rebuilt?"
},
{
"answer": "1.94 million",
"question": "How many homes were left without permanent shelter?"
},
{
"answer": "1,300",
"questi... |
538 | General Secretary and President Hu Jintao announced that the disaster response would be rapid. Just 90 minutes after the earthquake, Premier Wen Jiabao, who has an academic background in geomechanics, flew to the earthquake area to oversee the rescue work. Soon afterward, the Ministry of Health said that it had sent ten emergency medical teams to Wenchuan County. On the same day, the Chengdu Military Region Command dispatched 50,000 troops and armed police to help with disaster relief work in Wenchuan County. However, due to the rough terrain and close proximity of the quake's epicenter, the soldiers found it very difficult to get help to the rural regions of the province. | [
{
"answer": "Premier Wen Jiabao",
"question": "Who flew to the earthquake area 90 minutes after it hit?"
},
{
"answer": "geomechanics",
"question": "What was Premier Wen Jiabao's background in?"
},
{
"answer": "the rescue work",
"question": "What did Jiabao oversee in the region?"
... |
539 | The National Disaster Relief Commission initiated a "Level II emergency contingency plan", which covers the most serious class of natural disasters. The plan rose to Level I at 22:15 CST, May 12. | [
{
"answer": "Level II emergency contingency plan",
"question": "What did the National Disaster Relief Commission initiate?"
},
{
"answer": "the most serious class of natural disasters",
"question": "What does a Level II emergency contingency plan cover?"
},
{
"answer": "at 22:15 CST, May... |
540 | An earthquake emergency relief team of 184 people (consisting of 12 people from the State Seismological Bureau, 150 from the Beijing Military Area Command, and 22 from the Armed Police General Hospital) left Beijing from Nanyuan Airport late May 12 in two military transport planes to travel to Wenchuan County. | [
{
"answer": "184",
"question": "How many people were in the earthquake emergency relief team?"
},
{
"answer": "12",
"question": "How many of the relief team were from the State Seismological Bureau?"
},
{
"answer": "150",
"question": "How many of the team were from the military?"
}... |
541 | In the China Digital Times an article reports a close analysis by an alleged Chinese construction engineer known online as “Book Blade” (书剑子), who stated: | [
{
"answer": "a close analysis by an alleged Chinese construction engineer",
"question": "What did the China Digital Times report?"
},
{
"answer": "Book Blade",
"question": "Who was the construction engineer known as?"
},
{
"answer": "China Digital Times",
"question": "Where was an ar... |
542 | On Children's Day, June 1, 2008, many parents went to the rubble of schools to mourn for their children. The surviving children, who were mostly living in relief centres, performed ceremonies marking the special day, but also acknowledging the earthquake. | [
{
"answer": "Children's Day",
"question": "What was June 1, 2008 called?"
},
{
"answer": "living in relief centres",
"question": "Where were most of the surviving children?"
},
{
"answer": "performed ceremonies",
"question": "What did these children do on that day?"
},
{
"ans... |
543 | Central State-owned enterprises have accumulatively donated more than $48.6 million. China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec donated 10 million yuan each to the disaster area. | [
{
"answer": "more than $48.6 million",
"question": "How much did central state-owned enterprises donate?"
},
{
"answer": "10 million yuan",
"question": "How much did China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec donate?"
},
{
"answer": "48.6 million",
"question": "How much have Central s... |
544 | On May 16 China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts so far, including $83 million from 19 countries and four international organizations. Saudi Arabia was the largest aid donor to China, providing close to €40,000,000 in financial assistance, and an additional €8,000,000 worth of relief materials. | [
{
"answer": "$457 million",
"question": "How much did China receive in donated money and goods?"
},
{
"answer": "19 countries",
"question": "How many countries donated?"
},
{
"answer": "four",
"question": "How many international organizations donated?"
},
{
"answer": "Saudi A... |
545 | In 2008, State Council established a counterpart support plan (《汶川地震灾后恢复重建对口支援方案》). The plan is to arrange 19 eastern and central province and municipalitie to help 18 counties, on "one province to one affected county" basis. The plan spanned 3 years, and cost no less than one percent of the province or municipality's budget. | [
{
"answer": "a counterpart support plan",
"question": "What did the State Council establish in 2008?"
},
{
"answer": "3 years",
"question": "How long did the plan last?"
},
{
"answer": "counterpart support plan",
"question": "What did the state council set up in 2008?"
},
{
"... |
546 | An article in Science suggested that the construction and filling of the Zipingpu Dam may have triggered the earthquake. The chief engineer of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau said that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture. The effect was "25 times more" than a year's worth of natural stress from tectonic movement. The government had disregarded warnings about so many large-scale dam projects in a seismically active area. Researchers have been denied access to seismological and geological data to examine the cause of the quake further. | [
{
"answer": "that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture",
"question": "What was concluded about the constructio... |
547 | The earthquake also provided opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions. Using data from the Intermagnet Lanzhou geomagnetic observatory, geologists Lazo Pekevski from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in Macedonia and Strachimir Mavrodiev from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences attempted to establish a "time prediction method" through collecting statistics on geomagnetism with tidal gravitational potential. Using this method, they were said to have predicted the time of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake with an accuracy of ±1 day. The same study, however, acknowledges the limitation of earthquake prediction models, and does not mention that the location of the quake could be accurately predicted. | [
{
"answer": "opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions",
"question": "What did the earthquake allow?"
},
{
"answer": "the time of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake",
"question": "What did the professors predict?"
},
{
"answer": "time predict... |
548 | In a press conference held by the State Council Information Office the day after the earthquake, geologist Zhang Xiaodong, deputy director of CEA's Seismic Monitoring Network Center, restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue, in the sense that no proven methods exist, and that no prediction notification was received before the earthquake. Seismologist Gary Gibson of Monash University in Australia told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that he also did not see anything that could be regarded as having 'predicted' the earthquake's occurrence. | [
{
"answer": "that earthquake prediction was a global issue",
"question": "What was stated in the press conference?"
},
{
"answer": "no proven methods exist",
"question": "What do many geologists believe about earthquake prediction?"
},
{
"answer": "a global issue",
"question": "What ... |
549 | In 2002, Chinese geologist Chen Xuezhong published a Seismic Risk Analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003, attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.0 occurring in Sichuan region. He based his study on statistical correlation. That Sichuan is a seismically active area has been discussed for years prior to the quake, though few studies point to a specific date and time. | [
{
"answer": "In 2002",
"question": "When was a Seismic Risk Analysis published?"
},
{
"answer": "Chen Xuezhong",
"question": "Who published the Seismic Risk Analysis?"
},
{
"answer": "Chen Xuezhong",
"question": "Who published a Seismic Risk Analysis Study?"
},
{
"answer": "2... |
550 | The earthquake was the worst to strike the Sichuan area in over 30 years. Following the quake, experts and the general public sought information on whether or not the earthquake could have been predicted in advance, and whether or not studying statistics related to the quake could result in better prediction of earthquakes in the future. Earthquake prediction is not yet established science; there was no consensus within the scientific community that earthquake "prediction" is possible. | [
{
"answer": "over 30 years",
"question": "How long had it been since an earthquake of similar magnitude?"
},
{
"answer": "30 years",
"question": "How long since the Sichuan area has had a severe quake?"
},
{
"answer": "no consensus",
"question": "Does the scientific community agree ... |
551 | Many rescue teams, including that of the Taipei Fire Department from Taiwan, were reported ready to join the rescue effort in Sichuan as early as Wednesday. However, the Red Cross Society of China said that (on May 13) "it was inconvenient currently due to the traffic problem to the hardest hit areas closest to the epicenter." The Red Cross Society of China also stated that the disaster areas need tents, medical supplies, drinking water and food; however it recommended donating cash instead of other items, as it had not been possible to reach roads that were completely damaged or places that were blocked off by landslides. Landslides continuously threatened the progress of a search and rescue group of 80 men, each carrying about 40 kg of relief supplies, from a motorized infantry brigade under commander Yang Wenyao, as they tried to reach the ethnically Tibetan village of Sier at a height of 4000 m above sea level in Pingwu county. The extreme terrain conditions precluded the use of helicopter evacuation, and over 300 of the Tibetan villagers were stranded in their demolished village for five days without food and water before the rescue group finally arrived to help the injured and stranded villagers down the mountain. | [
{
"answer": "the Taipei Fire Department",
"question": "What department was ready to join the rescue effort by Wednesday?"
},
{
"answer": "over 300",
"question": "How many Tibetan villagers were stranded?"
},
{
"answer": "the traffic problem",
"question": "What was the reason that man... |
553 | By May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, resulting in the largest non-combat airlifting operation in People's Liberation Army history. | [
{
"answer": "the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters",
"question": "What did Premier Wen Jiabao order?"
},
{
"answer": "60",
"question": "How many helicopters were provided by the PLAAF?"
},
{
"answer": "30",
"question": "How many helicopter were to be provided by the civil av... |
554 | Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan late on May 13. Tzu Chi was the first force from outside the People's Republic of China to join the rescue effort. China stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake. | [
{
"answer": "the Tzu Chi Foundation",
"question": "What Foundation wanted to aid Beijing?"
},
{
"answer": "Taiwan",
"question": "Where was the foundation based?"
},
{
"answer": "late on May 13",
"question": "When did Beijing agree to aid from Taiwan?"
},
{
"answer": "Tzu Chi ... |
555 | A direct chartered cargo flight was made by China Airlines from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the Tzu Chi Foundation and the Red Cross Society of Taiwan to the affected areas. Approval from mainland Chinese authorities was sought, and the chartered flight departed Taipei at 17:00 CST, May 15 and arrived in Chengdu by 20:30 CST. A rescue team from the Red Cross in Taiwan was also scheduled to depart Taipei on a Mandarin Airlines direct chartered flight to Chengdu at 15:00 CST on May 16. | [
{
"answer": "China Airlines",
"question": "Who made a direct chartered cargo flight?"
},
{
"answer": "May 15",
"question": "What date did the cargo flight leave?"
},
{
"answer": "May 16",
"question": "When did a rescue team depart?"
},
{
"answer": "chartered cargo flight",
... |
556 | On May 16, rescue groups from South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Russia and Taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort. The United States shared some of its satellite images of the quake-stricken areas with Chinese authorities. During the weekend, the US sent into China two U.S. Air Force C-17's carrying supplies, which included tents and generators. Xinhua reported 135,000 Chinese troops and medics were involved in the rescue effort across 58 counties and cities. | [
{
"answer": "satellite images of the quake-stricken areas",
"question": "What did the US share?"
},
{
"answer": "Chinese authorities",
"question": "Who did the US share the satellite images with?"
},
{
"answer": "135,000",
"question": "How many Chinese troops were involved in the res... |
557 | The Internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts. For example, the official news agency Xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery. After knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in Wenchuan, a student proposed a landing spot online and it was chosen as the first touchdown place for the helicopters[not in citation given]. Volunteers also set up several websites to help store contact information for victims and evacuees. On May 31, a rescue helicopter carrying earthquake survivors and crew members crashed in fog and turbulence in Wenchuan county. No-one survived. | [
{
"answer": "The Internet",
"question": "What was extensively used to pass information to aid rescue and recovery efforts?"
},
{
"answer": "an online rescue request center",
"question": "What did the Xinhua news agency set up?"
},
{
"answer": "to find the blind spots of disaster recovery... |
558 | On May 12, 2009, China marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead. The government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the Beichuan county seat for three days, after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum, to remind people of the terrible disaster. There were also several concerts across the country to raise money for the survivors of the quake. | [
{
"answer": "a moment of silence",
"question": "What was done for the anniversary?"
},
{
"answer": "the sealed ruins of the Beichuan county seat",
"question": "Where did the government open access to?"
},
{
"answer": "three days",
"question": "How long was it opened for?"
},
{
... |
559 | Following the earthquake, donations were made by people from all over mainland China, with booths set up in schools, at banks, and around gas stations. People also donated blood, resulting in according to Xinhua long line-ups in most major Chinese cities. Many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to accounts set up by China Unicom and China Mobile By May 16, the Chinese government had allocated a total of $772 million for earthquake relief so far, up sharply from $159 million from May 14. | [
{
"answer": "blood",
"question": "What was also donated?"
},
{
"answer": "China Unicom and China Mobile",
"question": "What companies received the money?"
},
{
"answer": "all over mainland China",
"question": "After the quake, people from where in China made donations?"
},
{
... |
560 | The Red Cross Society of China flew 557 tents and 2,500 quilts valued at 788,000 yuan (US$113,000) to Wenchuan County. The Amity Foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked US$143,000 for disaster relief. The Sichuan Ministry of Civil Affairs said that they have provided 30,000 tents for those left homeless. | [
{
"answer": "557",
"question": "How many tents were flown to the region?"
},
{
"answer": "2,500",
"question": "How many quilts were flown to the region?"
},
{
"answer": "788,000 yuan",
"question": "How much were both supplies worth?"
},
{
"answer": "Wenchuan County",
"que... |
561 | The central government estimates that over 7,000 inadequately engineered schoolrooms collapsed in the earthquake. Chinese citizens have since invented a catch phrase: "tofu-dregs schoolhouses" (Chinese: 豆腐渣校舍), to mock both the quality and the quantity of these inferior constructions that killed so many school children. Due to the one-child policy, many families lost their only child when schools in the region collapsed during the earthquake. Consequently, Sichuan provincial and local officials have lifted the restriction for families whose only child was either killed or severely injured in the disaster. So-called "illegal children" under 18 years of age may be registered as legal replacements for their dead siblings; if the dead child was illegal, no further outstanding fines would apply. Reimbursement would not, however, be offered for fines that were already levied. | [
{
"answer": "7,000",
"question": "How many schoolrooms collapsed in the quake?"
},
{
"answer": "tofu-dregs schoolhouses",
"question": "What catch-phrase was invented as a result of collapsed schools?"
},
{
"answer": "inadequately engineered",
"question": "Why did so many schools coll... |
563 | Rescue efforts performed by the Chinese government were praised by western media, especially in comparison with Myanmar's blockage of foreign aid during Cyclone Nargis, as well as China's previous performance during the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. China's openness during the media coverage of the Sichuan earthquake led a professor at the Peking University to say, “This is the first time [that] the Chinese media has lived up to international standards”. Los Angeles Times praised China's media coverage of the quake of being "democratic". | [
{
"answer": "This is the first time [that] the Chinese media has lived up to international standards",
"question": "What did a professor at the Peking University say about the handling of the earthquake?"
},
{
"answer": "foreign aid",
"question": "What did Myanmar block after Cyclone Nargis?"
... |
564 | As a result of the magnitude 7.9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks, many rivers became blocked by large landslides, which resulted in the formation of "quake lakes" behind the blockages; these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared that the blockages would eventually crumble under the weight of the ever-increasing water mass, potentially endangering the lives of millions of people living downstream. As of May 27, 2008, 34 lakes had formed due to earthquake debris blocking and damming rivers, and it was estimated that 28 of them were still of potential danger to the local people. Entire villages had to be evacuated because of the resultant flooding. | [
{
"answer": "quake lakes",
"question": "What formed behind blockages?"
},
{
"answer": "34",
"question": "How many quake lakes formed?"
},
{
"answer": "28",
"question": "How many of the lakes were a danger to people?"
},
{
"answer": "7.9",
"question": "What was the magnitu... |
565 | The most precarious of these quake-lakes was the one located in the extremely difficult terrain at Mount Tangjia in Beichuan County, Sichuan, accessible only by foot or air; an Mi-26T heavy lift helicopter belonging to the China Flying Dragon Special Aviation Company was used to bring heavy earthmoving tractors to the affected location. This operation was coupled with the work done by PLAAF Mi-17 helicopters bringing in PLA engineering corps, explosive specialists and other personnel to join 1,200 soldiers who arrived on site by foot. Five tons of fuel to operate the machinery was airlifted to the site, where a sluice was constructed to allow the safe discharge of the bottlenecked water. Downstream, more than 200,000 people were evacuated from Mianyang by June 1 in anticipation of the dam bursting. | [
{
"answer": "Mount Tangjia in Beichuan County, Sichuan",
"question": "Where was the most precarious quake lake located?"
},
{
"answer": "by foot or air",
"question": "How could you only get to this quake lake?"
},
{
"answer": "tractors",
"question": "What machinery was airlifted into... |
566 | The State Council declared a three-day period of national mourning for the quake victims starting from May 19, 2008; the PRC's National Flag and Regional Flags of Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions flown at half mast. It was the first time that a national mourning period had been declared for something other than the death of a state leader, and many have called it the biggest display of mourning since the death of Mao Zedong. At 14:28 CST on May 19, 2008, a week after the earthquake, the Chinese public held a moment of silence. People stood silent for three minutes while air defense, police and fire sirens, and the horns of vehicles, vessels and trains sounded. Cars and trucks on Beijing's roads also came to a halt. People spontaneously burst into cheering "Zhongguo jiayou!" (Let's go, China!) and "Sichuan jiayou" (Let's go, Sichuan!) afterwards. | [
{
"answer": "The State Council",
"question": "Who declared the mourning period?"
},
{
"answer": "national mourning",
"question": "What did the State Council declare a period of?"
},
{
"answer": "Mao Zedong",
"question": "This was the biggest display of mourning since the death of who... |
567 | The Ningbo Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympic torch relay announced that the relay, scheduled to take place in Ningbo during national morning, would be suspended for the duration of the mourning period. The route of the torch through the country was scaled down, and there was a minute of silence when the next leg started in city of Ruijin, Jiangxi on the Wednesday after the quake. | [
{
"answer": "Olympic torch relay",
"question": "What was suspended for the duration of the mourning period?"
},
{
"answer": "Ningbo",
"question": "Where was the relay scheduled to take place?"
},
{
"answer": "Beijing Olympic torch relay",
"question": "What was suspended during the pe... |
568 | Many websites converted their home page to black and white; Sina.com and Sohu, major internet portals, limited their homepages to news items and removed all advertisements. Chinese video sharing websites Youku and Tudou displayed a black background and placed multiple videos showing earthquake footage and news reports. The Chinese version of MSN, cn.msn.com, also displayed banner ads about the earthquake and the relief efforts. Other entertainment websites, including various gaming sites, such as the Chinese servers for World of Warcraft, had shut down altogether, or had corresponding links to earthquake donations. After the moments of silence, in Tiananmen Square, crowds spontaneously burst out cheering various slogans, including "Long Live China". Casinos in Macau closed down. | [
{
"answer": "black and white",
"question": "What colors did many websites convert their home pages to?"
},
{
"answer": "all advertisements",
"question": "What did internet portals remove from their home pages?"
},
{
"answer": "various gaming sites",
"question": "Many of what shut dow... |
569 | Ye Zhiping, the principal of Sangzao Middle School in Sangzao, one of the largest in An County, has been credited with proactive action that spared the lives of all 2,323 pupils in attendance when the earthquake happened. During a three-year period that ended in 2007, he oversaw a major overhaul of his school. During that time he obtained more than 400,000 yuan (US$60,000) from the county education department, money used to widen and strengthen concrete pillars and the balcony railing of all four storeys of his school, as well as secure its concrete floors. | [
{
"answer": "Ye Zhiping",
"question": "Who was the principal of Sangzao Middle School? "
},
{
"answer": "proactive action that spared the lives of all 2,323 pupils in attendance when the earthquake happened",
"question": "What was the principal credited with?"
},
{
"answer": "2,323",
... |
570 | However, Reuters reported in June that, to date, Chinese prosecutors have joined an official inquiry into ten collapsed schools during May's devastating earthquake to gain first-hand material of construction quality at the collapsed schools, launch preliminary inquiries and prepare for possible investigations into professional crime. It was also reported that safety checks were to be carried out at schools across China after last month's earthquake. | [
{
"answer": "to gain first-hand material of construction quality",
"question": "Why were the schools inspected?"
},
{
"answer": "safety checks",
"question": "What was to be carried out at schools after the quake?"
},
{
"answer": "Chinese prosecutors",
"question": "Who has joined an o... |
571 | The New York Times reported that "government officials in Beijing and Sichuan have said they are investigating the collapses. In an acknowledgment of the weakness of building codes in the countryside, the National Development and Reform Commission said on May 27 that it had drafted an amendment to improve construction standards for primary and middle schools in rural areas. Experts are reviewing the draft, the commission said." To limit protests, officials pushed parents to sign a document, which forbade them from holding protests, in exchange of money, but some who refused to sign were threatened. The payment amounts varied from school to school but were approximately the same. In Hanwang, parents were offered a package valued at 8,800 USD in cash and a per-parent pension of nearly 5,600 USD. Furthermore, officials used other methods of silencing: riot police officers broke up protests by parents; the authorities set up cordons around the schools; and officials ordered the Chinese news media to stop reporting on school collapses. | [
{
"answer": "money",
"question": "What was given in exchange of signing the document?"
},
{
"answer": "riot police",
"question": "What other methods were used to break up protests?"
},
{
"answer": "government officials",
"question": "Who did the New York Times report was investigatin... |
572 | Besides parents, Liu Shaokun (刘绍坤), a Sichuan school teacher, was detained on June 25, 2008 for "disseminating rumors and destroying social order" about the Sichuan earthquake. Liu’s family was later told that he was being investigated on suspicion of the crime of inciting subversion. Liu had travelled to the Shifang, taken photos of collapsed school buildings, and put them online. He had also expressed his anger at “the shoddy tofu-dregs buildings” (豆腐渣工程) in a media interview. He was ordered to serve one year of re-education through labor (RTL). According to the organization Human Rights in China, Liu has been released to serve his RTL sentence outside of the labor camp. | [
{
"answer": "Liu Shaokun",
"question": "Who was a Sichuan school teacher?"
},
{
"answer": "that he was being investigated on suspicion of the crime of inciting subversion",
"question": "What was Liu's family told?"
},
{
"answer": "Sichuan school teacher",
"question": "What was Liu Sh... |
573 | In January 2010, Hong Kong-based English newspaper The Standard reported that writer Tan Zuoren attempted to document shoddy construction that may have led to massive casualties in schools, was sentenced to in prison ostensibly for his writing an article in 2007 in support of the pro-democracy movement in 1989. | [
{
"answer": "in 2007",
"question": "When did the sentencing occur?"
},
{
"answer": "January 2010",
"question": "When was the article published about the case?"
},
{
"answer": "massive casualties",
"question": "What did he think that the poor construction led to?"
}
] |
574 | Because of the magnitude of the quake, and the media attention on China, foreign nations and organizations immediately responded to the disaster by offering condolences and assistance. On May 14, UNICEF reported that China formally requested the support of the international community to respond to the needs of affected families. | [
{
"answer": "that China formally requested the support of the international community",
"question": "What did UNICEF report?"
},
{
"answer": "condolences and assistance",
"question": "What did foreign nations offer China because of the severity of the quake?"
},
{
"answer": "May 14",
... |
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