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5,426 | Distinctive and self-identified black communities have been reported in countries such as Iraq, with a reported 1.2 million black people, and they attest to a history of discrimination. African-Iraquis have sought minority status from the government, which would reserve some seats in Parliament for representatives of t... | [
{
"answer": "African-Iraquis",
"question": "Who is seeking minority status from the government?"
},
{
"answer": "Parliament",
"question": "Where would they be represented if minority status is granted?"
},
{
"answer": "as Arab",
"question": "How are Africans classified in the Arabian... |
5,427 | About 150,000 East African and black people live in Israel, amounting to just over 2% of the nation's population. The vast majority of these, some 120,000, are Beta Israel, most of whom are recent immigrants who came during the 1980s and 1990s from Ethiopia. In addition, Israel is home to over 5,000 members of the Afri... | [
{
"answer": "About 150,000",
"question": "How many East African and black people live in Israel?"
},
{
"answer": "just over 2%",
"question": "What percent of Israel's population is black?"
},
{
"answer": "during the 1980s and 1990s",
"question": "When did they migrate to Israel?"
}... |
5,428 | Additionally, there are around 60,000 non-Jewish African immigrants in Israel, some of whom have sought asylum. Most of the migrants are from communities in Sudan and Eritrea, particularly the Niger-Congo-speaking Nuba groups of the southern Nuba Mountains; some are illegal immigrants. | [
{
"answer": "around 60,000",
"question": "How many non-jewish African immigrants live in Israel?"
},
{
"answer": "asylum",
"question": "What have these immigrants sought?"
},
{
"answer": "Sudan and Eritrea",
"question": "Where are most of them from?"
},
{
"answer": "Niger-Con... |
5,429 | Beginning several centuries ago, during the period of the Ottoman Empire, tens of thousands of Black Africans were brought by slave traders to plantations and agricultural areas situated between Antalya and Istanbul in present-day Turkey. Some of their descendants remained in situ, and many migrated to larger cities an... | [
{
"answer": "during the period of the Ottoman Empire",
"question": "When did the slave trade begin?"
},
{
"answer": "Antalya and Istanbul in present-day Turkey",
"question": "Where were the slaves brought?"
},
{
"answer": "İzmir area",
"question": "Where did former slaves go for work... |
5,430 | The Siddi are an ethnic group inhabiting India and Pakistan whose members are descended from Bantu peoples from Southeast Africa that were brought to the Indian subcontinent as slaves by Arab and Portuguese merchants. Although it is commonly believed locally that "Siddi" derives from a word meaning "black", the term is... | [
{
"answer": "an ethnic group inhabiting India and Pakistan",
"question": "Who are the Siddi?"
},
{
"answer": "Bantu peoples from Southeast Africa",
"question": "Who did the Siddi descend from?"
},
{
"answer": "\"Sayyid\"",
"question": "What does the word \"Siddi\" derive from?"
},
... |
5,431 | The Negritos are believed to be the first inhabitants of Southeast Asia. Once inhabiting Taiwan, Vietnam, and various other parts of Asia, they are now confined primarily to Thailand, the Malay Archipelago, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Negrito means "little black people" in Spanish (negrito is the Spanish dimin... | [
{
"answer": "The Negritos",
"question": "Who were the first inhabitants of Southeast Asia?"
},
{
"answer": "Thailand, the Malay Archipelago, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.",
"question": "Where do the Negritos reside currently?"
},
{
"answer": "\"little black people\"",
"questio... |
5,432 | The term "Moors" has been used in Europe in a broader, somewhat derogatory sense to refer to Muslims, especially those of Arab or Berber descent, whether living in North Africa or Iberia. Moors were not a distinct or self-defined people. Medieval and early modern Europeans applied the name to Muslim Arabs, Berbers, Bla... | [
{
"answer": "Muslims",
"question": "What does the term \"Moors\" refer to?"
},
{
"answer": "Arab or Berber descent",
"question": "What descent of Muslims does \"Moors\" refer to?"
},
{
"answer": "Muslim Arabs, Berbers, Black Africans and Europeans",
"question": "In Medieval and early... |
5,433 | Isidore of Seville, writing in the 7th century, claimed that the Latin word Maurus was derived from the Greek mauron, μαύρον, which is the Greek word for black. Indeed, by the time Isidore of Seville came to write his Etymologies, the word Maurus or "Moor" had become an adjective in Latin, "for the Greeks call black, m... | [
{
"answer": "Isidore of Seville",
"question": "Who claimed that Maurus was derived from the Greek mauron?"
},
{
"answer": "7th century,",
"question": "When was this claim made?"
},
{
"answer": "black",
"question": "What does mauron mean?"
},
{
"answer": "Etymologies",
"qu... |
5,434 | Afro-Spaniards are Spanish nationals of West/Central African descent. They today mainly come from Angola, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal. Additionally, many Afro-Spaniards born in Spain are from the former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea. Today,... | [
{
"answer": "Spanish nationals of West/Central African descent",
"question": "What are Afro-Spaniards?"
},
{
"answer": "Angola, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal",
"question": "Where do Afro-Spaniards come from?"
},
{
... |
5,435 | According to the Office for National Statistics, at the 2001 census there were over a million black people in the United Kingdom; 1% of the total population described themselves as "Black Caribbean", 0.8% as "Black African", and 0.2% as "Black other". Britain encouraged the immigration of workers from the Caribbean aft... | [
{
"answer": "over a million black",
"question": "In 2001 how many black people lived in the UK?"
},
{
"answer": "1%",
"question": "What percentage of the population was \"Black Caribbean\"?"
},
{
"answer": "0.8%",
"question": "What percentage of the population was \"Black African\"?"... |
5,436 | As African states became independent in the 1960s, the Soviet Union offered many of their citizens the chance to study in Russia. Over a period of 40 years, about 400,000 African students from various countries moved to Russia to pursue higher studies, including many Black Africans. This extended beyond the Soviet Unio... | [
{
"answer": "1960s",
"question": "When did African states become independent?"
},
{
"answer": "Soviet Union",
"question": "Who offered many Africans a chance to study in their country?"
},
{
"answer": "about 400,000",
"question": "How many students moved from Africa to Russia?"
},
... |
5,437 | Due to the Ottoman slave trade that had flourished in the Balkans, the coastal town of Ulcinj in Montenegro had its own black community. As a consequence of the slave trade and privateer activity, it is told how until 1878 in Ulcinj 100 black people lived. The Ottoman Army also deployed an estimated 30,000 Black Africa... | [
{
"answer": "in the Balkans",
"question": "Where did the Ottoman slave trade flourish?"
},
{
"answer": "Ulcinj",
"question": "What town had it's own black community?"
},
{
"answer": "Montenegro",
"question": "What country is Ulcinj in?"
},
{
"answer": "100",
"question": "... |
5,438 | Indigenous Australians have been referred to as "black people" in Australia since the early days of European settlement. While originally related to skin colour, the term is used to today to indicate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ancestry in general and can refer to people of any skin pigmentation. | [
{
"answer": "Indigenous Australians",
"question": "Who has been referred to as \"black people\"?"
},
{
"answer": "skin colour",
"question": "What was the original term related to?"
},
{
"answer": "since the early days of European settlement",
"question": "Since when have Indigenous A... |
5,439 | Being identified as either "black" or "white" in Australia during the 19th and early 20th centuries was critical in one's employment and social prospects. Various state-based Aboriginal Protection Boards were established which had virtually complete control over the lives of Indigenous Australians – where they lived, t... | [
{
"answer": "Aboriginal Protection Boards",
"question": "What was established to control the Indigenous Australians?"
},
{
"answer": "where they lived, their employment, marriage, education and included the power to separate children from their parents.",
"question": "What did the Aboriginal Pro... |
5,440 | After the First World War, however, it became apparent that the number of mixed-race people was growing at a faster rate than the white population, and by 1930 fear of the "half-caste menace" undermining the White Australia ideal from within was being taken as a serious concern. Dr. Cecil Cook, the Northern Territory P... | [
{
"answer": "mixed-race people",
"question": "Which race was growing faster after the First World War?"
},
{
"answer": "\"half-caste menace\"",
"question": "What did people fear in 1930?"
},
{
"answer": "the White Australia ideal",
"question": "What did this menace undermine?"
},
... |
5,441 | The official policy became one of biological and cultural assimilation: "Eliminate the full-blood and permit the white admixture to half-castes and eventually the race will become white". This led to different treatment for "black" and "half-caste" individuals, with lighter-skinned individuals targeted for removal from... | [
{
"answer": "\"half-caste\" individuals",
"question": "Who did the government want raised as white?"
},
{
"answer": "Eliminate the full-blood and permit the white admixture to half-castes and eventually the race will become white\"",
"question": "What was the goal of removing mixed races from th... |
5,442 | The second half of the 20th century to the present has seen a gradual shift towards improved human rights for Aboriginal people. In a 1967 referendum over 90% of the Australian population voted to end constitutional discrimination and to include Aborigines in the national census. During this period many Aboriginal acti... | [
{
"answer": "The second half of the 20th century",
"question": "When did human rights for Aboriginal people begin to improve?"
},
{
"answer": "1967",
"question": "What year was constitutional discrimination ended?"
},
{
"answer": "to include Aborigines in the national census.",
"ques... |
5,443 | In 1978 Aboriginal writer Kevin Gilbert received the National Book Council award for his book Living Black: Blacks Talk to Kevin Gilbert, a collection of Aboriginal people's stories, and in 1998 was awarded (but refused to accept) the Human Rights Award for Literature for Inside Black Australia, a poetry anthology and ... | [
{
"answer": "Kevin Gilbert",
"question": "Who wrote \"Living Black?"
},
{
"answer": "1978",
"question": "What year was Gilbert awarded for his efforts?"
},
{
"answer": "a collection of Aboriginal people's stories",
"question": "What was Living Black about?"
},
{
"answer": "th... |
5,444 | This nationwide acceptance and recognition of Aboriginal people led to a significant increase in the number of people self-identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The reappropriation of the term "black" with a positive and more inclusive meaning has resulted in its widespread use in mainstream Australian c... | [
{
"answer": "people self-identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander",
"question": "What did the improvements in quality of life increase?"
},
{
"answer": "resulted in its widespread use in mainstream Australian culture,",
"question": "What has the reappropriation of the word \"black\" d... |
5,445 | In the Colonial America of 1619, John Rolfe used negars in describing the slaves who were captured from West Africa and then shipped to the Virginia colony. Later American English spellings, neger and neggar, prevailed in a northern colony, New York under the Dutch, and in metropolitan Philadelphia's Moravian and Penns... | [
{
"answer": "John Rolfe",
"question": "Who described slaves as negars?"
},
{
"answer": "Colonial America",
"question": "Where was John Rolfe?"
},
{
"answer": "Virginia colony",
"question": "Where were slaves shipped to from West Africa?"
},
{
"answer": "\"Begraafplaats van de... |
5,446 | By the 1900s, nigger had become a pejorative word in the United States. In its stead, the term colored became the mainstream alternative to negro and its derived terms. After the African-American Civil rights movement, the terms colored and negro gave way to "black". Negro had superseded colored as the most polite word... | [
{
"answer": "By the 1900s",
"question": "When did \"nigger\" become a pejorative word?"
},
{
"answer": "colored",
"question": "What term replaced negro as mainstream?"
},
{
"answer": "\"black\"",
"question": "What term followed \"negro\" and \"colored\"?"
},
{
"answer": "the ... |
5,447 | In the first 200 years that black people were in the United States, they primarily identified themselves by their specific ethnic group (closely allied to language) and not by skin color. Individuals identified themselves, for example, as Ashanti, Igbo, Bakongo, or Wolof. However, when the first captives were brought t... | [
{
"answer": "by their specific ethnic group",
"question": "How did black people identify in early America?"
},
{
"answer": "individual ethnic affiliations",
"question": "What was not acknowledged by English colonists?"
},
{
"answer": "West African coastline stretching from Senegal to Ang... |
5,448 | The US racial or ethnic classification "black" refers to people with all possible kinds of skin pigmentation, from the darkest through to the very lightest skin colors, including albinos, if they are believed by others to have West African ancestry (in any discernible percentage), or to exhibit cultural traits associat... | [
{
"answer": "the darkest through to the very lightest skin colors",
"question": "What type of skin pigment does \"Black\" refer to?"
},
{
"answer": "socially based racial classification related to being African American,",
"question": "In the United States the term \"black people\" is an indicat... |
5,449 | By that time, the majority of black people in the United States were native-born, so the use of the term "African" became problematic. Though initially a source of pride, many blacks feared that the use of African as an identity would be a hindrance to their fight for full citizenship in the US. They also felt that it ... | [
{
"answer": "the majority of black people in the United States were native-born",
"question": "Why did the use of \"African\" become an issue?"
},
{
"answer": "would be a hindrance to their fight for full citizenship in the US.",
"question": "Why did blacks fear to identify as African?"
},
{... |
5,450 | In 1988, the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson urged Americans to use instead the term "African American" because it had a historical cultural base and was a construction similar to terms used by European descendants, such as German American, Italian American, etc. Since then, African American and black have often had ... | [
{
"answer": "Jesse Jackson",
"question": "Who argued for Americans to use the term \"African American\"?"
},
{
"answer": "1988",
"question": "What year did Jesse Jackson make this argument?"
},
{
"answer": "it had a historical cultural base and was a construction similar to terms used by... |
5,451 | The U.S. census race definitions says a "black" is a person having origins in any of the black (sub-Saharan) racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African Am., or Negro" or who provide written entries such as African American, Afro-American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian. The Cen... | [
{
"answer": "having origins in any of the black (sub-Saharan) racial groups of Africa",
"question": "How does the U.S. census define \"black\" Americans?"
},
{
"answer": "socio-political constructs",
"question": "What classification are given?"
},
{
"answer": "17–18%",
"question": "W... |
5,452 | From the late 19th century, the South used a colloquial term, the one-drop rule, to classify as black a person of any known African ancestry. This practice of hypodescent was not put into law until the early 20th century. Legally the definition varied from state to state. Racial definition was more flexible in the 18th... | [
{
"answer": "classify as black a person of any known African ancestry",
"question": "What did the \"one-drop\" rule do?"
},
{
"answer": "early 20th century.",
"question": "When was the \"one-drop\" rule put into place?"
},
{
"answer": "18th and 19th centuries",
"question": "When was ... |
5,453 | The concept of blackness in the United States has been described as the degree to which one associates themselves with mainstream African-American culture, politics, and values. To a certain extent, this concept is not so much about race but more about political orientation, culture and behavior. Blackness can be contr... | [
{
"answer": "the degree to which one associates themselves with mainstream African-American culture, politics, and values.",
"question": "How is blackness described in the US?"
},
{
"answer": "political orientation, culture and behavior",
"question": "What defines \"blackness\"?"
},
{
"a... |
5,455 | In July 2012, Ancestry.com reported on historic and DNA research by its staff that discovered that Obama is likely a descendant through his mother of John Punch, considered by some historians to be the first African slave in the Virginia colony. An indentured servant, he was "bound for life" in 1640 after trying to esc... | [
{
"answer": "John Punch",
"question": "Who is Obama possibly an ancestor of?"
},
{
"answer": "the first African slave in the Virginia colony",
"question": "Who is John Punch?"
},
{
"answer": "1640",
"question": "When was Punch indentured?"
},
{
"answer": "trying to escape",
... |
5,456 | Approximately 12 million Africans were shipped to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade from 1492 to 1888, with 11.5 million of those shipped to South America and the Caribbean. Brazil was the largest importer in the Americas, with 5.5 million African slaves imported, followed by the British Caribbean with 2.76 ... | [
{
"answer": "12 million",
"question": "How many Africans were shipped to the US between 1492 to 1888?"
},
{
"answer": "11.5 million",
"question": "How many were shipped to South America and the Caribbean?"
},
{
"answer": "5.5 million",
"question": "How many slaves were imported by Br... |
5,457 | The concept of race in Brazil is complex. A Brazilian child was never automatically identified with the racial type of one or both of his or her parents, nor were there only two categories to choose from. Between an individual of unmixed West African descent and a very light mulatto individual, more than a dozen racial... | [
{
"answer": "by appearance",
"question": "How are people in Brazil classified?"
},
{
"answer": "Brazil",
"question": "What country has a complex way of acknowledging race?"
},
{
"answer": "based on various combinations of hair color, hair texture, eye color, and skin color",
"questio... |
5,458 | Scholars disagree over the effects of social status on racial classifications in Brazil. It is generally believed that achieving upward mobility and education results in individuals being classified as a category of lighter skin. The popular claim is that in Brazil, poor whites are considered black and wealthy blacks a... | [
{
"answer": "lighter skin",
"question": "What type of skin color has a better chance of a good life in Brazil?"
},
{
"answer": "black",
"question": "What are poor whites considered in Brazil?"
},
{
"answer": "white",
"question": "What are wealthy blacks considered in Brazil?"
},
... |
5,460 | By the 2000 census, demographic changes including the end to slavery, immigration from Europe and Asia, assimilation of multiracial persons, and other factors resulted in a population in which 6.2% of the population identified as black, 40% as pardo, and 55% as white. Essentially most of the black population was absorb... | [
{
"answer": "6.2%",
"question": "How much of the Brazilian population identified as black in 2000?"
},
{
"answer": "40%",
"question": "How much identified as mixed race?"
},
{
"answer": "55%",
"question": "How much identified as white?"
},
{
"answer": "29%",
"question": "... |
5,461 | Because of the acceptance of miscegenation, Brazil has avoided the binary polarization of society into black and white. In addition, it abolished slavery without a civil war. The bitter and sometimes violent racial tensions that have divided the US are notably absent in Brazil. According to the 2010 census, 6.7% of Bra... | [
{
"answer": "the binary polarization of society into black and white",
"question": "What has Brazil avoided?"
},
{
"answer": "civil war",
"question": "What is happened in the US that did not happen in Brazil when slavery ended?"
},
{
"answer": "violent racial tensions that have divided t... |
5,462 | In the US, African Americans, who include multiracial people, earn 75% of what white people earn. In Brazil, people of color earn less than 50% of what whites earn. Some have posited that the facts of lower socioeconomic status for people of color suggest that Brazil practices a kind of one-drop rule, or discrimination... | [
{
"answer": "75%",
"question": "In the US, how much of what white people earn, do blacks earn?"
},
{
"answer": "50%",
"question": "In Brazil, how much less do blacks earn compared to whites?"
},
{
"answer": "one-drop rule",
"question": "What rule is Brazil accused of practicing?"
}... |
5,463 | Though Brazilians of at least partial African heritage make up a large percentage of the population, few blacks have been elected as politicians. The city of Salvador, Bahia, for instance, is 80% people of color, but voters have not elected a mayor of color. Journalists like to say that US cities with black majorities,... | [
{
"answer": "blacks",
"question": "What race has a very low rate of holding public office in Brazil?"
},
{
"answer": "80%",
"question": "How much of the population of Salvador, Bahia is black or mixed race?"
},
{
"answer": "1965",
"question": "When did the US institute the Voting Rig... |
5,464 | Critics note that people of color have limited media visibility. The Brazilian media has been accused of hiding or overlooking the nation's Black, Indigenous, Multiracial and East Asian populations. For example, the telenovelas or soaps are criticized for featuring actors who resemble northern Europeans rather than act... | [
{
"answer": "limited media visibility",
"question": "What do critics claim people of color have?"
},
{
"answer": "hiding or overlooking the nation's Black, Indigenous, Multiracial and East Asian populations.",
"question": "What has the Brazilian media been accused of?"
},
{
"answer": "no... |
5,465 | These patterns of discrimination against non-whites have led some academic and other activists to advocate for use of the Portuguese term negro to encompass all African-descended people, in order to stimulate a "black" consciousness and identity. This proposal has been criticized since the term pardo is considered to i... | [
{
"answer": "all African-descended people",
"question": "What would scholars like the term \"Negro\" to include?"
},
{
"answer": "a \"black\" consciousness and identity.",
"question": "What does this aim to stimulate?"
},
{
"answer": "a wide range of multiracial people",
"question": ... |
5,466 | The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register and became The Times on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, itself wholly ow... | [
{
"answer": "London",
"question": "The Times is based in what major British city?"
},
{
"answer": "1785",
"question": "What year did the initial incarnation of The Times start?"
},
{
"answer": "The Daily Universal Register",
"question": "What was the original name of The Times before... |
5,467 | The Times is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, including The Times of India (founded in 1838), The Straits Times (Singapore) (1845), The New York Times (1851), The Irish Times (1859), Le Temps (France) (1861-1942), the Cape Times (South Africa) (1872), th... | [
{
"answer": "1838",
"question": "What year did The Times of India start?"
},
{
"answer": "1845",
"question": "What year did The Strait Times (Singapore) start?"
},
{
"answer": "1851",
"question": "What year did The New York Times start?"
},
{
"answer": "1859",
"question":... |
5,468 | The Times is the originator of the widely used Times Roman typeface, originally developed by Stanley Morison of The Times in collaboration with the Monotype Corporation for its legibility in low-tech printing. In November 2006 The Times began printing headlines in a new font, Times Modern. The Times was printed in broa... | [
{
"answer": "Times Roman",
"question": "What major typeface font was started by The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "Stanley Morison",
"question": "Who was the creator of typeface font used by The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "Times Modern",
"question": "In November 2006, The Times changed its font... |
5,469 | Though traditionally a moderate newspaper and sometimes a supporter of the Conservative Party, it supported the Labour Party in the 2001 and 2005 general elections. In 2004, according to MORI, the voting intentions of its readership were 40% for the Conservative Party, 29% for the Liberal Democrats, and 26% for Labour.... | [
{
"answer": "moderate",
"question": "Traditionally, what political spectrum did The Times support?"
},
{
"answer": "Labour Party",
"question": "What party did The Times support in 2001 and 2005 general elections?"
},
{
"answer": "394,448",
"question": "In March 2014, The Times had an... |
5,471 | The Times used contributions from significant figures in the fields of politics, science, literature, and the arts to build its reputation. For much of its early life, the profits of The Times were very large and the competition minimal, so it could pay far better than its rivals for information or writers. Beginning i... | [
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"answer": "5,000",
"question": "In 1815, The Times had a circulation of how many people?"
},
{
"answer": "steam-driven cylinder press",
"question": "Beginning in 1814, The Times was printed using what new kind of press?"
},
{
"answer": "reputation",
"question": "The Times used cont... |
5,472 | Thomas Barnes was appointed general editor in 1817. In the same year, the paper's printer James Lawson, died and passed the business onto his son John Joseph Lawson(1802–1852). Under the editorship of Barnes and his successor in 1841, John Thadeus Delane, the influence of The Times rose to great heights, especially in ... | [
{
"answer": "Thomas Barnes",
"question": "Who was appointed general editor for The Times in 1817?"
},
{
"answer": "his son",
"question": "In 1817, The Times paper's printer James Lawson passed his business to which family member?"
},
{
"answer": "The Thunderer",
"question": "Peter Fr... |
5,473 | The Times was the first newspaper to send war correspondents to cover particular conflicts. W. H. Russell, the paper's correspondent with the army in the Crimean War, was immensely influential with his dispatches back to England. | [
{
"answer": "war",
"question": "The Times was the first newspaper to send correspondents to what kind of event?"
},
{
"answer": "W. H. Russell",
"question": "Who was The Times first correspondent with an army?"
},
{
"answer": "Crimean War",
"question": "Which war did The Times first ... |
5,474 | In other events of the nineteenth century, The Times opposed the repeal of the Corn Laws until the number of demonstrations convinced the editorial board otherwise, and only reluctantly supported aid to victims of the Irish Potato Famine. It enthusiastically supported the Great Reform Bill of 1832, which reduced corrup... | [
{
"answer": "Irish Potato Famine",
"question": "What major event did The Times reluctantly support in the nineteenth century despite being initially opposed?"
},
{
"answer": "Great Reform Bill of 1832",
"question": "The Times greatly supported what bill in 1832 which reduced corruption and incre... |
5,475 | The third John Walter, the founder's grandson, succeeded his father in 1847. The paper continued as more or less independent, but from the 1850s The Times was beginning to suffer from the rise in competition from the penny press, notably The Daily Telegraph and The Morning Post. | [
{
"answer": "1847",
"question": "What year did the founder's grandson succeed his father as editor of The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "John Walter",
"question": "What is the name of the The Times founder's grandson who succeeded his father as editor?"
},
{
"answer": "the penny press",
"qu... |
5,476 | During the 19th century, it was not infrequent for the Foreign Office to approach The Times and ask for continental intelligence, which was often superior to that conveyed by official sources.[citation needed] | [
{
"answer": "the Foreign Office",
"question": "Which agency often used The Times for continental intelligence?"
},
{
"answer": "19th century",
"question": "Which century was The Times first often relied upon for continental intelligence?"
},
{
"answer": "official sources",
"question"... |
5,477 | The Times faced financial extinction in 1890 under Arthur Fraser Walter, but it was rescued by an energetic editor, Charles Frederic Moberly Bell. During his tenure (1890–1911), The Times became associated with selling the Encyclopædia Britannica using aggressive American marketing methods introduced by Horace Everett ... | [
{
"answer": "Arthur Fraser Walter",
"question": "Which editor nearly ruined The Times in 1890?"
},
{
"answer": "Charles Frederic Moberly Bell",
"question": "Which energetic editor rescued The Times from financial collapse in 1890?"
},
{
"answer": "Britannica",
"question": "Which ency... |
5,478 | In editorials published on 29 and 31 July 1914, Wickham Steed, the Times's Chief Editor, argued that the British Empire should enter World War I. On 8 May 1920, also under the editorship of Steed, The Times in an editorial endorsed the anti-Semitic fabrication The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion as a genuine do... | [
{
"answer": "Wickham Steed",
"question": "Who was The Times' Chief Editor in 1914?"
},
{
"answer": "World War I",
"question": "The Chief Editor of The Times in 1914 argued that the British Empire should enter what war?"
},
{
"answer": "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion",
"q... |
5,479 | The following year, when Philip Graves, the Constantinople (modern Istanbul) correspondent of The Times, exposed The Protocols as a forgery, The Times retracted the editorial of the previous year. | [
{
"answer": "The Protocols",
"question": "A Constantinople correspondent of The Times exposed what anti-Semitic document as a forgery?"
},
{
"answer": "Philip Graves",
"question": "Who was the name of the The Times Constantinople correspondent who exposed the anti-Semitic document as a forgery?"... |
5,480 | In 1922, John Jacob Astor, son of the 1st Viscount Astor, bought The Times from the Northcliffe estate. The paper gained a measure of notoriety in the 1930s with its advocacy of German appeasement; then-editor Geoffrey Dawson was closely allied with those in the government who practised appeasement, most notably Nevill... | [
{
"answer": "John Jacob Astor",
"question": "In 1922, who bought The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "Northcliffe estate",
"question": "In 1922, which estate sold The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "German appeasement",
"question": "The Times gained much notoriety in the 1930s because of its advocacy... |
5,481 | Kim Philby, a Soviet double agent, was a correspondent for the newspaper in Spain during the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s. Philby was admired for his courage in obtaining high-quality reporting from the front lines of the bloody conflict. He later joined MI6 during World War II, was promoted into senior position... | [
{
"answer": "Kim Philby",
"question": "Who was the name of the Soviet double agent who was the correspondent for The Times in Spain in the late 1930s?"
},
{
"answer": "Spanish Civil War",
"question": "A Soviet double agent working for The Times in Spain was a war correspondent during what war in... |
5,482 | Between 1941 and 1946, the left-wing British historian E.H. Carr was Assistant Editor. Carr was well known for the strongly pro-Soviet tone of his editorials. In December 1944, when fighting broke out in Athens between the Greek Communist ELAS and the British Army, Carr in a Times editorial sided with the Communists, l... | [
{
"answer": "E.H. Carr",
"question": "Between 1941 and 1946, which left-wing British historian was Assistant Editor for The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "pro-Soviet",
"question": "The Assistant Editor of The Times in 1941-1946 strongly supported what stance?"
},
{
"answer": "Communists",
"... |
5,483 | On 3 May 1966 it resumed printing news on the front page - previously the front page featured small advertisements, usually of interest to the moneyed classes in British society. In 1967, members of the Astor family sold the paper to Canadian publishing magnate Roy Thomson. His Thomson Corporation brought it under the ... | [
{
"answer": "1966",
"question": "In what year did The Times resume printing news on the front page instead of small advertisements?"
},
{
"answer": "Astor family",
"question": "In 1967, what well-known family sold The Times to a Canadian publishing magnate?"
},
{
"answer": "Roy Thomson",... |
5,484 | The Thomson Corporation management were struggling to run the business due to the 1979 Energy Crisis and union demands. Management were left with no choice but to find a buyer who was in a position to guarantee the survival of both titles, and also one who had the resources and was committed to funding the introduction... | [
{
"answer": "Thomson Corporation",
"question": "In 1979, which corporation was struggling to run The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "1979 Energy Crisis",
"question": "What crisis in 1979 caused near ruin to The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "union demands",
"question": "What kind of demands were ca... |
5,485 | Several suitors appeared, including Robert Maxwell, Tiny Rowland and Lord Rothermere; however, only one buyer was in a position to meet the full Thomson remit, Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Robert Holmes à Court, another Australian magnate had previously tried to buy The Times in 1980. | [
{
"answer": "Australian",
"question": "A media magnate from which country bought The Times in the 1980s?"
},
{
"answer": "Rupert Murdoch",
"question": "What is the name of the media magnate that bought The Times in the 1980s?"
},
{
"answer": "Thomson",
"question": "Who did a media ma... |
5,486 | In 1981, The Times and The Sunday Times were bought from Thomson by Rupert Murdoch's News International. The acquisition followed three weeks of intensive bargaining with the unions by company negotiators, John Collier and Bill O'Neill. | [
{
"answer": "News International",
"question": "What corporation bought The Times in 1981?"
},
{
"answer": "Rupert Murdoch",
"question": "Who owned the major corporation that bought The Times in 1981?"
},
{
"answer": "the unions",
"question": "During the acquisition of The Times in 19... |
5,487 | After 14 years as editor, William Rees-Mogg resigned the post upon completion of the change of ownership. Murdoch began to make his mark on the paper by appointing Harold Evans as his replacement. One of his most important changes was the introduction of new technology and efficiency measures. In March–May 1982, follow... | [
{
"answer": "William Rees-Mogg",
"question": "When The Times was bought in 1982, who resigned as editor?"
},
{
"answer": "14 years",
"question": "How many years as an editor was editor who resigned from The Times in 1982?"
},
{
"answer": "Harold Evans",
"question": "In 1982, what is ... |
5,488 | Robert Fisk, seven times British International Journalist of the Year, resigned as foreign correspondent in 1988 over what he saw as "political censorship" of his article on the shooting-down of Iran Air Flight 655 in July 1988. He wrote in detail about his reasons for resigning from the paper due to meddling with his ... | [
{
"answer": "Robert Fisk",
"question": "Which major journalist resigned as foreign correspondent of the Times in 1988?"
},
{
"answer": "seven",
"question": "The foreign correspondent who resigned from The Times in 1988 won how many major journalism awards?"
},
{
"answer": "political cens... |
5,489 | In June 1990, The Times ceased its policy of using courtesy titles ("Mr", "Mrs", or "Miss" prefixes) for living persons before full names on first reference, but it continues to use them before surnames on subsequent references. The more formal style is now confined to the "Court and Social" page, though "Ms" is now ac... | [
{
"answer": "1990",
"question": "In what year did The Times ceased its policy of using courtesy titles for living persons before full names on first reference?"
},
{
"answer": "formal style",
"question": "What kind of style is now confined to the \"Court and Social\" page of The Times when refer... |
5,490 | In November 2003, News International began producing the newspaper in both broadsheet and tabloid sizes. On 13 September 2004, the weekday broadsheet was withdrawn from sale in Northern Ireland. Since 1 November 2004, the paper has been printed solely in tabloid format. | [
{
"answer": "2003",
"question": "In what year did News International begin producing The Times in both broadsheet in tabloid sizes?"
},
{
"answer": "Northern Ireland",
"question": "When The Times began producing its newpaper in both broadsheet and tabloid sizes, which region did The Times withdr... |
5,491 | On 6 June 2005, The Times redesigned its Letters page, dropping the practice of printing correspondents' full postal addresses. Published letters were long regarded as one of the paper's key constituents. Author/solicitor David Green of Castle Morris Pembrokeshire has had more letters published on the main letters page... | [
{
"answer": "Letters page",
"question": "On 6 June 2005, The Times redesigned what page of its newspaper?"
},
{
"answer": "full postal addresses",
"question": "In 2005, The Times dropped the practice of printing what kind of feature of its correspondents?"
},
{
"answer": "David Green of ... |
5,492 | In a 2007 meeting with the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications, which was investigating media ownership and the news, Murdoch stated that the law and the independent board prevented him from exercising editorial control. | [
{
"answer": "2007",
"question": "In what year was the meeting of the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications that was investigating media ownership and the news?"
},
{
"answer": "exercising editorial control",
"question": "In the 2007 meeting with the government, Rupert Murdoch, owner ... |
5,493 | In May 2008 printing of The Times switched from Wapping to new plants at Broxbourne on the outskirts of London, and Merseyside and Glasgow, enabling the paper to be produced with full colour on every page for the first time. | [
{
"answer": "Wapping",
"question": "In May 2008, The Times switched from what plant to new plants in Broxbourne, Merseyside, and Glasgow?"
},
{
"answer": "London",
"question": "In 2008, The Times switched to a new plant in Broxbourne, which is on the outskirts of what city?"
},
{
"answer... |
5,494 | On 26 July 2012, to coincide with the official start of the London 2012 Olympics and the issuing of a series of souvenir front covers, The Times added the suffix "of London" to its masthead. | [
{
"answer": "London 2012 Olympics",
"question": "What major event took place in London in 2012?"
},
{
"answer": "souvenir",
"question": "What kind of front cover did The Times issue on 26 July 2012?"
},
{
"answer": "of London",
"question": "In 2012, The Times added what suffix to its... |
5,495 | The Times features news for the first half of the paper, the Opinion/Comment section begins after the first news section with world news normally following this. The business pages begin on the centre spread, and are followed by The Register, containing obituaries, Court & Social section, and related material. The spor... | [
{
"answer": "news",
"question": "The Times features what in the first half of its newspaper?"
},
{
"answer": "Opinion/Comment section",
"question": "What section begins after the first half of The Times newspaper?"
},
{
"answer": "£1.20",
"question": "What is The Times current price ... |
5,496 | The Times's main supplement, every day, is the times2, featuring various lifestyle columns. It was discontinued on 1 March 2010 but reintroduced on 11 October 2010 after negative feedback. Its regular features include a puzzles section called Mind Games. Its previous incarnation began on 5 September 2005, before which ... | [
{
"answer": "times2",
"question": "What is the name of the lifestyle column of The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "Mind Games",
"question": "The Times features a puzzles section called what?"
},
{
"answer": "Killer Sudoku",
"question": "What is the name of the sudoku game in The Times?"
}
... |
5,497 | The Game is included in the newspaper on Mondays, and details all the weekend's football activity (Premier League and Football League Championship, League One and League Two.) The Scottish edition of The Game also includes results and analysis from Scottish Premier League games. | [
{
"answer": "football",
"question": "What sports activity is featured in The Times on Mondays?"
},
{
"answer": "Scottish Premier League",
"question": "What kind of football game is featured in the Scottish edition of The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "The Game",
"question": "What is the nam... |
5,498 | The Saturday edition of The Times contains a variety of supplements. These supplements were relaunched in January 2009 as: Sport, Weekend (including travel and lifestyle features), Saturday Review (arts, books, and ideas), The Times Magazine (columns on various topics), and Playlist (an entertainment listings guide). | [
{
"answer": "Weekend",
"question": "What is the name of the section of the Saturday edition of The Times that features travel and lifestyle?"
},
{
"answer": "Saturday Review",
"question": "Arts, books, and ideas are featured in what section in the Saturday edition of The Times?"
},
{
"an... |
5,499 | The Times Magazine features columns touching on various subjects such as celebrities, fashion and beauty, food and drink, homes and gardens or simply writers' anecdotes. Notable contributors include Giles Coren, Food and Drink Writer of the Year in 2005 and Nadiya Hussain, winner of BBC's The Great British Bake Off. | [
{
"answer": "Giles Coren",
"question": "What is the name of the notable contributor to The Times Magazine columns that became the Food and Drink Writer of the Year in 2005?"
},
{
"answer": "Nadiya Hussain",
"question": "What is the name of the winner of BBC's The Great British Bake Off who is al... |
5,500 | The Times and The Sunday Times have had an online presence since March 1999, originally at the-times.co.uk and sunday-times.co.uk, and later at timesonline.co.uk. There are now two websites: thetimes.co.uk is aimed at daily readers, and the thesundaytimes.co.uk site at providing weekly magazine-like content. There are ... | [
{
"answer": "1999",
"question": "Since what year has The Times and The Sunday Times had an online presense?"
},
{
"answer": "timesonline.co.uk",
"question": "What is the URL of online website for The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "daily readers",
"question": "The website, thetimes.co.uk, is... |
5,501 | The Times Digital Archive (1785–2008) is freely accessible via Gale databases to readers affiliated with subscribing academic, public, and school libraries. | [
{
"answer": "The Times Digital Archive",
"question": "What is the name of the digital archive that holds The Times historical archive?"
},
{
"answer": "Gale databases",
"question": "The Times historical archive is freely accessible online from what database?"
},
{
"answer": "academic",
... |
5,502 | Visits to the websites have decreased by 87% since the paywall was introduced, from 21 million unique users per month to 2.7 million. In April 2009, the timesonline site had a readership of 750,000 readers per day. As of October 2011, there were around 111,000 subscribers to The Times' digital products. | [
{
"answer": "87%",
"question": "Visits to The Times website have decreased by how much since October 2011?"
},
{
"answer": "paywall",
"question": "What is the reason for the dramatic drop in visits to The Times website?"
},
{
"answer": "750,000",
"question": "In April 2009, how many ... |
5,504 | The Sunday Times has a significantly higher circulation than The Times, and sometimes outsells The Sunday Telegraph. As of January 2013, The Times has a circulation of 399,339 and The Sunday Times of 885,612. | [
{
"answer": "The Sunday Times",
"question": "Which newspaper has a significantly higher circulation, The Sunday Times or The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "399,339",
"question": "As of January 2013, The Times has a circulation of how many people?"
},
{
"answer": "885,612",
"question": "As o... |
5,505 | In a 2009 national readership survey The Times was found to have the highest number of ABC1 25–44 readers and the largest numbers of readers in London of any of the "quality" papers. | [
{
"answer": "The Times",
"question": "In a 2009 national readership survey, what newspaper has the highest number of ABC1 25-44 readers?"
},
{
"answer": "The Times",
"question": "What newspaper has the highest number of readers in London of any of the \"quality\" papers?"
},
{
"answer": ... |
5,506 | The Times commissioned the serif typeface Times New Roman, created by Victor Lardent at the English branch of Monotype, in 1931. It was commissioned after Stanley Morison had written an article criticizing The Times for being badly printed and typographically antiquated. The font was supervised by Morison and drawn by ... | [
{
"answer": "Times New Roman",
"question": "The Times commissioned what serif typeface in 1931?"
},
{
"answer": "Victor Lardent",
"question": "Who is the creator of the serif typeface created in 1931 for The Times newspaper?"
},
{
"answer": "Stanley Morison",
"question": "Who commiss... |
5,507 | Historically, the paper was not overtly pro-Tory or Whig, but has been a long time bastion of the English Establishment and empire. The Times adopted a stance described as "peculiarly detached" at the 1945 general election; although it was increasingly critical of the Conservative Party's campaign, it did not advocate ... | [
{
"answer": "peculiarly detached",
"question": "At the 1945 general election, The Times adopted a stance that was referred to by what name?"
},
{
"answer": "Con-Lib coalition",
"question": "What kind of political coalition did The Times support in 1974?"
},
{
"answer": "Tory",
"quest... |
5,508 | For the 2001 general election The Times declared its support for Tony Blair's Labour government, which was re-elected by a landslide. It supported Labour again in 2005, when Labour achieved a third successive win, though with a reduced majority. For the 2010 general election, however, the newspaper declared its support... | [
{
"answer": "Labour",
"question": "In the 2001 general election, The Times declared support for what political party?"
},
{
"answer": "Tony Blair",
"question": "What is the name of the political party's leader that The Times supported in the 2001 general election?"
},
{
"answer": "Tories... |
5,509 | This makes it the most varied newspaper in terms of political support in British history. Some columnists in The Times are connected to the Conservative Party such as Daniel Finkelstein, Tim Montgomerie, Matthew Parris and Matt Ridley, but there are also columnists connected to the Labour Party such as David Aaronovitc... | [
{
"answer": "The Times",
"question": "What is the name of the newspaper with the most varied political support in British history?"
},
{
"answer": "Conservative Party",
"question": "Which political party is The Times columnist, Daniel Finkelstein, associated with?"
},
{
"answer": "Labour... |
5,510 | The Times occasionally makes endorsements for foreign elections. In November 2012, it endorsed a second term for Barack Obama although it also expressed reservations about his foreign policy. | [
{
"answer": "2012",
"question": "In what year did The Times make an endorsement for Barack Obama?"
},
{
"answer": "Barack Obama",
"question": "Who did The Times support in 2012 for the election of the U.S. president?"
},
{
"answer": "foreign policy",
"question": "What kind of policy ... |
5,511 | The Times, along with the British Film Institute, sponsors the "The Times" bfi London Film Festival. It also sponsors the Cheltenham Literature Festival and the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature at Asia House, London. | [
{
"answer": "London Film Festival",
"question": "What film festival does The Times support that is also supported alongside the British Film Institute?"
},
{
"answer": "Asia House Festival of Asian Literature",
"question": "What festival is featured at Asia House, London?"
},
{
"answer":... |
5,512 | The Times Literary Supplement (TLS) first appeared in 1902 as a supplement to The Times, becoming a separately paid-for weekly literature and society magazine in 1914. The Times and the TLS have continued to be co-owned, and as of 2012 the TLS is also published by News International and cooperates closely with The Time... | [
{
"answer": "Times Literary Supplement",
"question": "What is the name of the supplement that first appeared in 1902 as a supplement to The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "weekly literature",
"question": "In 1914, a separately paid-for supplement for The Times was a magazine that featured what kind of c... |
5,513 | Times Atlases have been produced since 1895. They are currently produced by the Collins Bartholomew imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The flagship product is The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World. | [
{
"answer": "Atlases",
"question": "The Times began producing what kind of non-newspaper product in 1895?"
},
{
"answer": "HarperCollins Publishers",
"question": "What publisher prints The Times atlas?"
},
{
"answer": "The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World",
"question": "What is... |
5,514 | This 164-page monthly magazine is sold separately from the newspaper of record and is Britain's best-selling travel magazine. The first issue of The Sunday Times Travel Magazine was in 2003, and it includes news, features and insider guides. | [
{
"answer": "Sunday Times Travel Magazine",
"question": "What is the name of the travel magazine sold by The Times?"
},
{
"answer": "2003",
"question": "In what year was The Times' travel magazine first sold?"
},
{
"answer": "164",
"question": "How many pages is The Times' travel mag... |
5,515 | In the dystopian future world of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Times has been transformed into the organ of the totalitarian ruling party, its editorials—of which several are quoted in the book—reflecting Big Brother's pronouncements. | [
{
"answer": "Nineteen Eighty-Four",
"question": "In what novel was The Times featured as an organ of a totalitarian ruling party?"
},
{
"answer": "George Orwell",
"question": "What is the name of the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four?"
},
{
"answer": "dystopian",
"question": "What kind ... |
5,516 | Rex Stout's fictional detective Nero Wolfe is described as fond of solving the London Times' crossword puzzle at his New York home, in preference to those of American papers. | [
{
"answer": "Nero Wolfe",
"question": "The author, Rex Stout, created a fictional detection that is fond of solving London Times' crossword puzzles that goes by what name?"
},
{
"answer": "New York",
"question": "In what part of the world did the fictional detective, Nero Wolfe, live in?"
},
... |
5,517 | In the James Bond series by Ian Fleming, James Bond, reads The Times. As described by Fleming in From Russia, with Love: "The Times was the only paper that Bond ever read." | [
{
"answer": "The Times",
"question": "The author, Ian Fleming, created a fictional character named James Bond who prefers to only read what newspaper?"
},
{
"answer": "James Bond",
"question": "What is the name of the spy and hero in Ian Fleming's books?"
},
{
"answer": "From Russia, wit... |
5,518 | In The Wombles, Uncle Bulgaria read The Times and asked for the other Wombles to bring him any copies that they found amongst the litter. The newspaper played a central role in the episode Very Behind the Times (Series 2, Episode 12). | [
{
"answer": "The Wombles",
"question": "In what children TV series is there is a fictional character named Uncle Bulgaria that asks others to bring him copies of The Times found amongst the litter?"
},
{
"answer": "Very Behind the Times",
"question": "What is the name of the episode where the ne... |
5,519 | New Delhi (i/ˌnjuː ˈdɛli/) is a municipality and district in Delhi which serves as the capital and seat of government of India. In addition, it also serves as the seat of Government of Delhi. | [
{
"answer": "Delhi",
"question": "In what territory is New Delhi located?"
},
{
"answer": "New Delhi",
"question": "What municipality serves as the capital of India?"
},
{
"answer": "Delhi",
"question": "For what territory does New Delhi serve as the seat of Government?"
},
{
... |
5,520 | The foundation stone of the city was laid by George V, Emperor of India during the Delhi Durbar of 1911. It was designed by British architects, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. The new capital was inaugurated on 13 February 1931, by India's Viceroy Lord Irwin. | [
{
"answer": "George V",
"question": "Who laid the foundation stone of New Delhi?"
},
{
"answer": "1911",
"question": "In what year was the foundation stone of New Delhi laid?"
},
{
"answer": "Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker",
"question": "Who designed the foundation stone of ... |
5,521 | Although colloquially Delhi and New Delhi as names are used interchangeably to refer to the jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi, these are two distinct entities, and the latter is a small part of the former. | [
{
"answer": "Delhi and New Delhi",
"question": "What are the two terms colloquially used to refer to the jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi?"
},
{
"answer": "Delhi",
"question": "New Delhi is a small part of what larger territory?"
},
{
"answer": "NCT of Delhi",
"question": "Delhi and New ... |
5,522 | New Delhi has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission. | [
{
"answer": "hundred",
"question": "How many Indian cities have been selected to be developed as a smart city?"
},
{
"answer": "Smart Cities Mission",
"question": "What is the name of the mission to develop Indian smart cities?"
},
{
"answer": "PM Narendra Modi",
"question": "Who is ... |
5,523 | Calcutta (now Kolkata) was the capital of India during the British Raj until December 1911. However, Delhi had served as the political and financial centre of several empires of ancient India and the Delhi Sultanate, most notably of the Mughal Empire from 1649 to 1857. During the early 1900s, a proposal was made to the... | [
{
"answer": "Calcutta",
"question": "What city was the capital of India until December 1911?"
},
{
"answer": "Kolkata",
"question": "What is the name of the city formerly known as Calcutta?"
},
{
"answer": "Mughal Empire",
"question": "What is the name of the empire for which Delhi s... |
5,527 | After the capital of India moved to Delhi, a temporary secretariat building was constructed in a few months in 1912 in North Delhi. Most of the government offices of the new capital moved here from the 'Old secretariat' in Old Delhi (the building now houses the Delhi Legislative Assembly), a decade before the new capit... | [
{
"answer": "1912",
"question": "A temporary secretariat building was built in New Delhi in what year?"
},
{
"answer": "1931",
"question": "In what year what New Delhi inaugurated as the capital of India?"
},
{
"answer": "Gole Market area",
"question": "Housing for employees was buil... |
5,528 | After India gained independence in 1947, a limited autonomy was conferred to New Delhi and was administered by a Chief Commissioner appointed by the Government of India. In 1956, Delhi was converted into a union territory and eventually the Chief Commissioner was replaced by a Lieutenant Governor. The Constitution (Six... | [
{
"answer": "1947",
"question": "In what year did India gain independence?"
},
{
"answer": "1956",
"question": "In what year was Delhi converted into a union territory?"
},
{
"answer": "The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act",
"question": "What is the name of the act that cause... |
5,529 | The first major extension of New Delhi outside of Lutyens' Delhi came in the 1950s when the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) developed a large area of land southwest of Lutyens' Delhi to create the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri, where land was allotted for embassies, chanceries, high commissions and residenc... | [
{
"answer": "the 1950s",
"question": "In what decade did New Delhi first extend significantly from Lutyen's Delhi?"
},
{
"answer": "the Central Public Works Department",
"question": "What organization developed land to expand New Delhi in the 1950s?"
},
{
"answer": "Chanakyapuri",
"q... |
5,530 | With a total area of 42.7 km2 (16.5 sq mi), New Delhi forms a small part of the Delhi metropolitan area. Because the city is located on the Indo-Gangetic Plain, there is little difference in elevation across the city. New Delhi and surrounding areas were once a part of the Aravalli Range; all that is left of those moun... | [
{
"answer": "16.5 sq mi",
"question": "What is the total area of New Delhi in square miles?"
},
{
"answer": "the Indo-Gangetic Plain",
"question": "On what plain is New Delhi located?"
},
{
"answer": "the Lungs of Delhi",
"question": "The Delhi Ridge is also referred to by what name?... |
5,531 | New Delhi lies on several fault lines and thus experiences frequent earthquakes, most of them of mild intensity. There has, however, been a spike in the number of earthquakes in the last six years, most notable being a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in 2015 with its epicentre in Nepal, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake on 25 Novemb... | [
{
"answer": "5.4 magnitude",
"question": "What was the magnitude of the notable 2015 earthquake that shook New Delhi?"
},
{
"answer": "25 November 2007",
"question": "A 4.7 magnitude earthquake that affected New Delhi occurred on what date?"
},
{
"answer": "4.2-magnitude",
"question"... |
5,533 | In recent Mercer’s 2015 annual quality-of-living survey, New Delhi ranks at number 154 out of 230 cities due to bad air quality and pollution. The World Health Organization ranked New Delhi as the world’s worst polluted city in 2014 among about 1,600 cities the organization tracked around the world. | [
{
"answer": "154",
"question": "What is New Delhi's rank in Mercer's 2015 quality of living survey?"
},
{
"answer": "bad air quality and pollution",
"question": "What is the main cause of New Delhi's relatively low ranking in Mercer's quality of life survey?"
},
{
"answer": "The World He... |
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