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41,909 | 41,567 | 5aced57a32bba1001ae4b676 | generic | Training in the U.S. Army is generally divided into two categories – individual and collective. Basic training consists of 10 weeks for most recruits followed by Advanced Individualized Training (AIT) where they receive training for their military occupational specialties (MOS). Some individuals MOSs range anywhere fro... | How long does Naval military occupation specialties training last? | {'text': '14–20 weeks', 'answer_start': 322} |
1,412 | 1,070 | 56cfdc7f234ae51400d9bf8b | generic | In 1836, at a party hosted by Marie d'Agoult, Chopin met the French author George Sand (born [Amantine] Aurore [Lucile] Dupin). Short (under five feet, or 152 cm), dark, big-eyed and a cigar smoker, she initially repelled Chopin, who remarked, "What an unattractive person la Sand is. Is she really a woman?" However, by... | What is the name of the author Chopin met at a gathering put on by Marie d'Agoult? | {'text': 'George Sand', 'answer_start': 75} |
439 | 97 | 56d462f82ccc5a1400d83121 | generic | LeToya Luckett and Roberson became unhappy with Mathew's managing of the band and eventually were replaced by Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams. Beyoncé experienced depression following the split with Luckett and Roberson after being publicly blamed by the media, critics, and blogs for its cause. Her long-standing ... | Who helped Beyoncé overcome her depression during the years following the Destiny's Child split? | {'text': 'her mother', 'answer_start': 714} |
111,295 | 110,953 | 5ad27f75d7d075001a429773 | generic | The Eastern Roman Empire – today conventionally named the Byzantine Empire, a name not in use during its own time – became increasingly influenced by Greek culture after the 7th century, when Emperor Heraclius (AD 575 - 641) decided to make Greek the empire's official language. Certainly from then on, but likely earlie... | What made the Eastern Empire be known as the non-Imperium Graecorum? | {'text': 'Pope Leo III', 'answer_start': 517} |
13,005 | 12,663 | 56df12bcc65bf219000b3f2d | generic | In 1929, ARC was founded through a merger of several smaller record companies, which, ultimately, transformed into one enterprise known as SME. In the depths of the Great Depression, the Columbia Phonograph Company (founded in 1888) in the U.S. (including its Okeh Records subsidiary) was acquired by ARC in 1934. | In what year did ARC take over Columbia Phonography Company? | {'text': '1934', 'answer_start': 308} |
91,838 | 91,496 | 5728da773acd2414000e004e | generic | The population of Paris today is lower than its historical peak of 2.9 million in 1921. The principal reasons were a significant decline in household size, and a dramatic migration of residents to the suburbs between 1962 and 1975. Factors in the migration included de-industrialisation, high rent, the gentrification of... | What was the population in 2009? | {'text': '2,234,000', 'answer_start': 624} |
6,689 | 6,347 | 56d384b059d6e41400146606 | generic | For five consecutive seasons, starting in season seven, the title was given to a white male who plays the guitar – a trend that Idol pundits call the "White guy with guitar" or "WGWG" factor. Just hours before the season eleven finale, where Phillip Phillips was named the winner, Richard Rushfield, author of the book A... | How many seasons in a row were won by caucasian guitar playing males? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 4} |
20,993 | 20,651 | 56e7b1d437bdd419002c437a | generic | Beginning with the 2003 season, the AFL made a deal with NBC to televise league games, which was renewed for another two years in 2005. In conjunction with this, the league moved the beginning of the season from May to February (the week after the NFL's Super Bowl) and scheduled most of its games on Sunday instead of F... | What days were AFL games traditionally played on before the TV deal? | {'text': 'Friday or Saturday', 'answer_start': 319} |
30,026 | 29,684 | 5706aa0a75f01819005e7ce8 | generic | Other immune system disorders include various hypersensitivities (such as in asthma and other allergies) that respond inappropriately to otherwise harmless compounds. | What characterizes a hypersensitivity? | {'text': 'respond inappropriately to otherwise harmless compounds.', 'answer_start': 110} |
12,216 | 11,874 | 5a5a784e9c0277001abe712f | generic | Heresy is any provocative belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs. A heretic is a proponent of such claims or beliefs. Heresy is distinct from both apostasy, which is the explicit renunciation of one's religion, principles or cause, and blasphemy, which is an impious utterance ... | Who is a person who believes in a strongly held custom? | {'text': 'heretic', 'answer_start': 111} |
117,438 | 117,096 | 5730b3dd069b531400832287 | generic | During the SNES's life, Nintendo contracted with two different companies to develop a CD-ROM-based peripheral for the console to compete with Sega's CD-ROM based addon, Mega-CD. Ultimately, deals with both Sony and Philips fell through, (although a prototype console was produced by Sony) with Philips gaining the right ... | What competing console did Sony release after working with Nintendo? | {'text': 'PlayStation', 'answer_start': 504} |
24,445 | 24,103 | 56f83269aef2371900625eee | generic | One of the most important victories of the magnates was the late 16th century right to create ordynacja's (similar to majorats), which ensured that a family which gained wealth and power could more easily preserve this. Ordynacje's of families of Radziwiłł, Zamoyski, Potocki or Lubomirski often rivalled the estates of ... | When did the right to create ordynacja's happen? | {'text': 'late 16th century', 'answer_start': 60} |
44,434 | 44,092 | 5ad365a7604f3c001a3fe03d | generic | In 1956, the British and French prime ministers, Sir Anthony Eden and Guy Mollet, discussed the possibility of France joining the Commonwealth. The proposal was never accepted and the following year France signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union.... | In what year did Sir Anthony Eden become the British prime minister? | {'text': '1956', 'answer_start': 3} |
39,896 | 39,554 | 570e737a0dc6ce1900205098 | generic | The city is recognised for its mix of modern architecture which intersects with an extensive range of nineteenth and early twentieth century buildings. Some of the most architecturally noteworthy historic buildings include the World Heritage Site-listed Royal Exhibition Building, constructed over a two-year period for ... | Who designed the A.C. Goode House? | {'text': 'Wright, Reed & Beaver', 'answer_start': 446} |
102,661 | 102,319 | 572ea23fcb0c0d14000f13a5 | generic | Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots share a lot in common in their culture but also have differences. Several traditional food (such as souvla and halloumi) and beverages are similar, as well as expressions and ways of life. Hospitality and buying or offering food and drinks for guests or others are common among both. ... | Which art forms are integral parts of everyday life? | {'text': 'music, dance and art', 'answer_start': 341} |
12,889 | 12,547 | 56df6aed56340a1900b29ade | generic | The most common Persian word is Masīhī (مسیحی), from Arabic.,Other words are Nasrānī (نصرانی), from Syriac for "Nazarene", and Tarsā (ترسا), from Middle Persian word Tarsāg, also meaning "Christian", derived from tars, meaning "fear, respect". | What does tars mean? | {'text': 'fear, respect', 'answer_start': 228} |
60,741 | 60,399 | 5726776df1498d1400e8e0a2 | generic | During the 19th century, Britain and the Russian Empire vied to fill the power vacuums that had been left by the declining Ottoman Empire, Qajar dynasty and Qing Dynasty. This rivalry in Eurasia came to be known as the "Great Game". As far as Britain was concerned, defeats inflicted by Russia on Persia and Turkey demon... | Britain competed with which country to fill the Asian power vacuum in the 19th century? | {'text': 'Russian', 'answer_start': 41} |
76,366 | 76,024 | 572822be2ca10214002d9ea7 | generic | On October 28, 1989, the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet decreed that effective January 1, 1990, Ukrainian would be the official language of Ukraine, while Russian would be used for communication between ethnic groups. On the same day The Congregation of the Church of the Transfiguration in Lviv left the Russian Orthodox Chur... | Where was the January 2 memorial service? | {'text': 'Demianiv Laz', 'answer_start': 442} |
27,401 | 27,059 | 56fa1ee4f34c681400b0bfc1 | generic | In ring-porous species, such as ash, black locust, catalpa, chestnut, elm, hickory, mulberry, and oak, the larger vessels or pores (as cross sections of vessels are called) are localised in the part of the growth ring formed in spring, thus forming a region of more or less open and porous tissue. The rest of the ring, ... | Along with strength, what property do wood fibers lend to wood? | {'text': 'toughness', 'answer_start': 470} |
16,732 | 16,390 | 56e10feecd28a01900c67516 | generic | Frequencies for COMPASS are allocated in four bands: E1, E2, E5B, and E6 and overlap with Galileo. The fact of overlapping could be convenient from the point of view of the receiver design, but on the other hand raises the issues of inter-system interference, especially within E1 and E2 bands, which are allocated for G... | Which bands are used by the Galileo system for their public service? | {'text': 'E1 and E2', 'answer_start': 278} |
82,266 | 81,924 | 5727bf403acd2414000deb5d | generic | The best-known medieval Chinese name for Tibet is Tubo (Chinese: 吐蕃 also written as 土蕃 or 土番; pinyin: Tǔbō or Tǔfān). This name first appears in Chinese characters as 土番 in the 7th century (Li Tai) and as 吐蕃 in the 10th-century (Old Book of Tang describing 608–609 emissaries from Tibetan King Namri Songtsen to Emperor ... | Who reconstructed Middle Chinese spoken from the 7th century to the 10th century? | {'text': 'William H. Baxter', 'answer_start': 403} |
2,465 | 2,123 | 5a8d867bdf8bba001a0f9ada | generic | The context-sensitive button mechanic allows one button to serve a variety of functions, such as talking, opening doors, and pushing, pulling, and throwing objects.[e] The on-screen display shows what action, if any, the button will trigger, determined by the situation. For example, if Link is holding a rock, the conte... | Where can players see what action will be performed in different rocks? | {'text': 'on-screen display', 'answer_start': 172} |
78,041 | 77,699 | 5727b049ff5b5019007d92a0 | generic | The emergence of Vedanta school represented a period when a more knowledge-centered understanding began to emerge. These focussed on jnana (knowledge) driven aspects of the Vedic religion and the Upanishads. This included metaphysical concepts such as ātman and Brahman, and emphasized meditation, self-discipline, self-... | On what did the Vedanta school lessen focus? | {'text': 'ritualism', 'answer_start': 369} |
110,490 | 110,148 | 572fc4abb2c2fd1400568425 | generic | Armenia is also a member of the Council of Europe, maintaining friendly relations with the European Union, especially with its member states such as France and Greece. A 2005 survey reported that 64% of Armenia's population would be in favor of joining the EU. Several Armenian officials have also expressed the desire f... | How many of Armenias inhabitants approve of becoming part of the EU? | {'text': '64%', 'answer_start': 196} |
34,663 | 34,321 | 570a604f6d058f1900182df0 | generic | In the late 19th century, the most influential theorists were William James (1842–1910) and Carl Lange (1834–1900). James was an American psychologist and philosopher who wrote about educational psychology, psychology of religious experience/mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism. Lange was a Danish physician and ... | In what year did Lange die? | {'text': '1900', 'answer_start': 109} |
62,219 | 61,877 | 57268c8fdd62a815002e8942 | generic | Genetic studies on Jews show that most Jews worldwide bear a common genetic heritage which originates in the Middle East, and that they bear their strongest resemblance to the peoples of the Fertile Crescent. The genetic composition of different Jewish groups shows that Jews share a common genetic pool dating back 4,00... | Most Jews share a common genetic heritage that originates from what place? | {'text': 'Middle East', 'answer_start': 109} |
37,722 | 37,380 | 570ba092ec8fbc190045ba87 | generic | Near-infrared is the region closest in wavelength to the radiation detectable by the human eye, mid- and far-infrared are progressively further from the visible spectrum. Other definitions follow different physical mechanisms (emission peaks, vs. bands, water absorption) and the newest follow technical reasons (the com... | Along with the emission peaks and vs. bands mechanisms, what other physical mechanism is used to define near-infrared? | {'text': 'water absorption', 'answer_start': 254} |
79,492 | 79,150 | 5727ab6e2ca10214002d9352 | generic | The climate of Cork, like the rest of Ireland, is mild and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes. Cork lies in plant Hardiness zone 9b. Met Éireann maintains a climatological weather station at Cork Airport, a few kilometres south of the city. It should be noted that the airport is at an ... | If you are going to farm in Cork, what should you be aware of? | {'text': 'lies in plant Hardiness zone 9b', 'answer_start': 134} |
50,429 | 50,087 | 5acf8f4577cf76001a68526d | generic | The denomination with the longest history of objection to Freemasonry is the Roman Catholic Church. The objections raised by the Roman Catholic Church are based on the allegation that Masonry teaches a naturalistic deistic religion which is in conflict with Church doctrine. A number of Papal pronouncements have been is... | Why does the Catholic Church approve of the Freemasons so strongly? | {'text': 'teaches a naturalistic deistic religion', 'answer_start': 192} |
99,119 | 98,777 | 5a46f2ae5fd40d001a27dcfd | generic | Rajasthani cooking was influenced by both the war-like lifestyles of its inhabitants and the availability of ingredients in this arid region. Food that could last for several days and could be eaten without heating was preferred. The scarcity of water and fresh green vegetables have all had their effect on the cooking.... | What has the scarcity of food that could last for days affected? | {'text': 'the cooking', 'answer_start': 308} |
62,418 | 62,076 | 5727a1b64b864d19001638e8 | generic | Islam and Judaism have a complex relationship. Traditionally Jews and Christians living in Muslim lands, known as dhimmis, were allowed to practice their religions and administer their internal affairs, but they were subject to certain conditions. They had to pay the jizya (a per capita tax imposed on free adult non-Mu... | What were Jews and Christians living in Muslim lands known as? | {'text': 'dhimmis', 'answer_start': 114} |
1,348 | 1,006 | 56d31b3759d6e41400146248 | generic | Two Polish friends in Paris were also to play important roles in Chopin's life there. His fellow student at the Warsaw Conservatory, Julian Fontana, had originally tried unsuccessfully to establish himself in England; Albert Grzymała, who in Paris became a wealthy financier and society figure, often acted as Chopin's a... | Where were Chopin and Fontana students together? | {'text': 'Warsaw Conservatory', 'answer_start': 112} |
58,211 | 57,869 | 5aceb65032bba1001ae4b125 | generic | The campus is home to several museums containing exhibits from many different fields of study. BYU's Museum of Art, for example, is one of the largest and most attended art museums in the Mountain West. This Museum aids in academic pursuits of students at BYU via research and study of the artworks in its collection. Th... | What did Dr. James A. Bean find many of? | {'text': 'fossils', 'answer_start': 946} |
62,832 | 62,490 | 57267c9ff1498d1400e8e16b | generic | Data compression can be viewed as a special case of data differencing: Data differencing consists of producing a difference given a source and a target, with patching producing a target given a source and a difference, while data compression consists of producing a compressed file given a target, and decompression cons... | What is made up of producing a difference given a source and a target? | {'text': 'Data differencing', 'answer_start': 71} |
19,160 | 18,818 | 56e6f47d6fe0821900b8ec71 | generic | Anita Baker, Sade, Regina Belle, and Luther Vandross are other examples of artists who appeal to mainstream AC, urban AC and smooth jazz listeners. Some soft AC and urban AC stations like to play smooth jazz on the weekends. In recent years, the Smooth Jazz format has been renamed to Smooth AC, as an attempt to lure yo... | What is a more recent name for the smooth jazz format? | {'text': 'Smooth AC', 'answer_start': 285} |
2,848 | 2,506 | 5ad22377d7d075001a42850f | generic | 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 ... | Whose wife belonged to a criminal organization? | {'text': 'Lucia', 'answer_start': 112} |
125,434 | 125,092 | 57326b24b9d445190005eb0e | generic | The Bronx has several local newspapers, including The Bronx News, Parkchester News, City News, The Riverdale Press, Riverdale Review, The Bronx Times Reporter, Inner City Press (which now has more of a focus on national issues) and Co-Op City Times. Four non-profit news outlets, Norwood News, Mount Hope Monitor, Mott ... | Who is the Riverdale Press's editor? | {'text': 'Bernard Stein', 'answer_start': 453} |
72,263 | 71,921 | 5a10ff0106e79900185c34b9 | generic | "Digimon" are "Digital Monsters". According to the stories, they are inhabitants of the "DigiWorld", a manifestation of Earth's communication network. The stories tell of a group of mostly pre-teens, who accompany special Digimon born to defend their world (and ours) from various evil forces. To help them surmount the ... | What is a manifestation of a world far from work? | {'text': 'DigiWorld', 'answer_start': 89} |
39,914 | 39,572 | 570e779d0dc6ce19002050b4 | generic | In recent years, Melton, Wyndham and Casey, part of the Melbourne statistical division, have recorded the highest growth rate of all local government areas in Australia. Melbourne could overtake Sydney in population by 2028, The ABS has projected in two scenarios that Sydney will remain larger than Melbourne beyond 205... | According to the first scenario projected by the ABS, how soon could Melbourne overtake Sydney's population level? | {'text': '2037 or 2039', 'answer_start': 449} |
81,074 | 80,732 | 5728cbea3acd2414000dfeab | generic | Detroit is cited as the birthplace of techno music in the early 1980s. The city also lends its name to an early and pioneering genre of electronic dance music, "Detroit techno". Featuring science fiction imagery and robotic themes, its futuristic style was greatly influenced by the geography of Detroit's urban decline ... | Techno started in which city? | {'text': 'Detroit', 'answer_start': 0} |
26,320 | 25,978 | 5acfb9c477cf76001a685aac | generic | Zhejiang was part of the Wu during the Three Kingdoms. Wu (229–280), commonly known as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, had been the economically most developed state among the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE). The historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms records that Zhejiang had the best-equipped, strong navy force. The story ... | Along with Wei, which state did not avoid direct conflict with Wu? | {'text': 'Shu', 'answer_start': 358} |
95,112 | 94,770 | 5a2c346fbfd06b001a5aea50 | generic | At the same time the Empire style in France was a more grandiose wave of neoclassicism in architecture and the decorative arts. Mainly based on Imperial Roman styles, it originated in, and took its name from, the rule of Napoleon I in the First French Empire, where it was intended to idealize Napoleon's leadership and ... | What did Hugh Honour see as the culmination of the neoclassical movement? | {'text': 'Empire', 'answer_start': 668} |
70,972 | 70,630 | 5726ca95f1498d1400e8eb56 | generic | The location on the banks of the river Rhine allowed Utrecht to become an important trade centre in the Northern Netherlands. The growing town Utrecht was granted city rights by Henry V in 1122. When the main flow of the Rhine moved south, the old bed, which still flowed through the heart of the town became evermore ca... | What was the relationship with the bishop like for citizens of Utrecht | {'text': 'the bishop, who controlled many lands outside of the city, and the citizens of Utrecht was not always easy', 'answer_start': 693} |
4,788 | 4,446 | 56d133a017492d1400aabc1d | generic | The strongest element of style noted by critics and reviewers is Lee's talent for narration, which in an early review in Time was called "tactile brilliance". Writing a decade later, another scholar noted, "Harper Lee has a remarkable gift of story-telling. Her art is visual, and with cinematographic fluidity and subtl... | What narrative technique does Lee use to combine the adult's perspective with the child's observations?? | {'text': 'flashback', 'answer_start': 593} |
78,185 | 77,843 | 5a73994042eae6001a38992c | generic | The modern Conservative Party was created out of the 'Pittite' Tories of the early 19th century. In the late 1820s disputes over political reform broke up this grouping. A government led by the Duke of Wellington collapsed amidst dire election results. Following this disaster Robert Peel set about assembling a new coal... | What was created by the modern Conservative Party in 1859 to define basic Conservative principles? | {'text': 'Tamworth Manifesto', 'answer_start': 353} |
69,223 | 68,881 | 572793ed5951b619008f8e02 | generic | In the United States, two of the wealthiest nonprofit organizations are the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has an endowment of US$38 billion, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute originally funded by Hughes Aircraft prior to divestiture, which has an endowment of approximately $14.8 billion. Outside the Un... | What NPO was origionally funded by Hughes Aircraft? | {'text': 'Howard Hughes Medical Institute', 'answer_start': 160} |
106,228 | 105,886 | 5ad211f9d7d075001a4282e6 | generic | Muslims believe the Quran was verbally revealed by God to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel (Jibril), gradually over a period of approximately 23 years, beginning on 22 December 609 CE, when Muhammad was 40, and concluding in 632, the year of his death. Muslims regard the Quran as the most important miracle of Muhamma... | Which devil is believed to have communicated the Quran to Muhammad? | {'text': 'Gabriel', 'answer_start': 85} |
111,339 | 110,997 | 572fc5aba23a5019007fc9c5 | generic | The relationship between ethnic Greek identity and Greek Orthodox religion continued after the creation of the Modern Greek state in 1830. According to the second article of the first Greek constitution of 1822, a Greek was defined as any Christian resident of the Kingdom of Greece, a clause removed by 1840. A century ... | What factor was used to expel or include citizens in the Lausanne Treaty ? | {'text': 'agreed to use religion as the determinant for ethnic identity for the purposes of population exchange', 'answer_start': 419} |
24,072 | 23,730 | 56f959019e9bad19000a0860 | generic | A German trading company, the Jaluit Gesellschaft, administered the islands from 1887 until 1905. They conscripted the islanders as laborers and mistreated them. After the German–Spanish Treaty of 1899, in which Germany acquired the Carolines, Palau, and the Marianas from Spain, Germany placed all of its Micronesian is... | Along with the Marianas and Palau, what islands were acquired from Spain in 1899? | {'text': 'the Carolines', 'answer_start': 229} |
97,212 | 96,870 | 5a7d219370df9f001a874fc5 | generic | During most of the Neolithic age of Eurasia, people lived in small tribes composed of multiple bands or lineages. There is little scientific evidence of developed social stratification in most Neolithic societies; social stratification is more associated with the later Bronze Age. Although some late Eurasian Neolithic ... | What type of cultures preceded Norte societies? | {'text': 'Paleolithic cultures', 'answer_start': 797} |
84,464 | 84,122 | 57282dda4b864d1900164663 | generic | On 21 May, Amer asked Nasser to order the Straits of Tiran blockaded, a move Nasser believed Israel would use as a casus belli. Amer reassured him that the army was prepared for confrontation, but Nasser doubted Amer's assessment of the military's readiness. According to Nasser's vice president Zakaria Mohieddin, altho... | What country joined Egypt and Syria against Israel? | {'text': 'Jordan', 'answer_start': 1180} |
92,669 | 92,327 | 5728e8b43acd2414000e01ad | generic | The party's leader is Malcolm Turnbull and its deputy leader is Julie Bishop. The pair were elected to their positions at the September 2015 Liberal leadership ballot, Bishop as the incumbent deputy leader and Turnbull as a replacement for Tony Abbott, whom he consequently succeeded as Prime Minister of Australia. Now ... | Who was Turnbull elected to replace? | {'text': 'Tony Abbott', 'answer_start': 240} |
69,819 | 69,477 | 5726cf40dd62a815002e90f7 | generic | Early Islamic philosophy and Islamic metaphysics, imbued as it is with Islamic theology, distinguishes more clearly than Aristotelianism between essence and existence. Whereas existence is the domain of the contingent and the accidental, essence endures within a being beyond the accidental. The philosophy of Ibn Sīnā, ... | Who does Ibn Sina's philosophy owe much to? | {'text': 'al-Farabi', 'answer_start': 381} |
47,309 | 46,967 | 571a4a4e4faf5e1900b8a950 | generic | One of the key concerns of older adults is the experience of memory loss, especially as it is one of the hallmark symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. However, memory loss is qualitatively different in normal aging from the kind of memory loss associated with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's (Budson & Price, 2005). Research has ... | What do most elderly people worry about? | {'text': 'memory loss,', 'answer_start': 61} |
37,461 | 37,119 | 570b70e66b8089140040f960 | generic | In the late 1960s, the term heavy metal was used interchangeably with hard rock, but gradually began to be used to describe music played with even more volume and intensity. While hard rock maintained a bluesy rock and roll identity, including some swing in the back beat and riffs that tended to outline chord progressi... | By the late 60s, what term was synonymous with hard rock? | {'text': 'heavy metal', 'answer_start': 28} |
58,790 | 58,448 | 57265190708984140094c230 | generic | Patent infringement typically is caused by using or selling a patented invention without permission from the patent holder. The scope of the patented invention or the extent of protection is defined in the claims of the granted patent. There is safe harbor in many jurisdictions to use a patented invention for research.... | What type of law handles patent infringement cases in China? | {'text': 'criminal', 'answer_start': 672} |
116,034 | 115,692 | 5730413904bcaa1900d77420 | generic | Windows 8 is available in three different editions, of which the lowest version, branded simply as Windows 8, and Windows 8 Pro, were sold at retail in most countries, and as pre-loaded software on new computers. Each edition of Windows 8 includes all of the capabilities and features of the edition below it, and add ad... | How would one get Windows RT? | {'text': 'as pre-loaded software on devices specifically developed for it', 'answer_start': 947} |
21,461 | 21,119 | 56e8711499e8941900975e1c | generic | Bern is built on very uneven ground. There is an elevation difference of several metres between the inner city districts on the Aare (Matte, Marzili) and the higher ones (Kirchenfeld, Länggasse). | What is the elevation difference between the inner cities and the other cities? | {'text': 'several metres', 'answer_start': 73} |
2,900 | 2,558 | 56cf39c4aab44d1400b88eba | generic | 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-introducti... | Which film studio won the full copyright film rights to Spectre? | {'text': 'MGM', 'answer_start': 17} |
55,321 | 54,979 | 5a629472f8d794001af1c117 | generic | In 2010, a leaked cable revealed that Shell claims to have inserted staff into all the main ministries of the Nigerian government and know "everything that was being done in those ministries", according to Shell's top executive in Nigeria. The same executive also boasted that the Nigerian government had forgotten about... | Who boasted that Shell had forgotten about the invasion? | {'text': 'the Nigerian government', 'answer_start': 277} |
52,064 | 51,722 | 5a86089fb4e223001a8e73d6 | generic | In the early 20th century, Japanese breeders began to selectively breed for increased egg production. By 1940, the quail egg industry was flourishing, but the events of World War II led to the complete loss of quail lines bred for their song type, as well as almost all of those bred for egg production. After the war, t... | What fields are Japanese quail forbidden to be used? | {'text': 'genetics, embryology, nutrition, physiology, pathology, and toxicity studies', 'answer_start': 755} |
32,435 | 32,093 | 57096337ed30961900e8405c | generic | The era of planning in Himachal Pradesh started 1948 along with the rest of India. The first five-year plan allocated ₹ 52.7 million to Himachal. More than 50% of this expenditure was incurred on road construction since it was felt that without proper transport facilities, the process of planning and development could ... | What was more than 50% used on? | {'text': 'road construction', 'answer_start': 196} |
45,247 | 44,905 | 570fe1765ab6b81900391090 | generic | The release of Apple's iPad tablet computer had a negative impact on Dell and other major PC vendors, as consumers switched away from desktop and laptop PCs. Dell's own mobility division has not managed success with developing smartphones or tablets, whether running Windows or Google Android. The Dell Streak was a fail... | Which division of Dell were unsuccessful in developing mobile devices? | {'text': 'mobility', 'answer_start': 169} |
57,729 | 57,387 | 572960b43f37b319004782d9 | generic | Following the defeat in World War I, influence of German-speaking elites over Central and Eastern Europe was greatly limited. At the treaty of Versailles Germany was substantially reduced in size. Austria-Hungary was split up. Rump-Austria, which to a certain extent corresponded to the German-speaking areas of Austria-... | What greatly reduced the size of Germany after WWI? | {'text': 'treaty of Versailles', 'answer_start': 133} |
78,689 | 78,347 | 5727a7e54b864d1900163997 | generic | Dominic sought to establish a new kind of order, one that would bring the dedication and systematic education of the older monastic orders like the Benedictines to bear on the religious problems of the burgeoning population of cities, but with more organizational flexibility than either monastic orders or the secular c... | What type of order was the Dominican Order? | {'text': 'a preaching order', 'answer_start': 357} |
85,883 | 85,541 | 5728489dff5b5019007da0d9 | generic | Von Neumann's hydrogen bomb work was played out in the realm of computing, where he and Stanislaw Ulam developed simulations on von Neumann's digital computers for the hydrodynamic computations. During this time he contributed to the development of the Monte Carlo method, which allowed solutions to complicated problems... | What was the Monte Carlo method? | {'text': 'allowed solutions to complicated problems to be approximated using random numbers', 'answer_start': 279} |
97,743 | 97,401 | 572a60cefed8de19000d5bd0 | generic | However, in English, the term madrasah usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A typical Islamic school usually offers two courses of study: a ḥifẓ course teaching memorization of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ); and an ʻālim course leading the candidat... | What is the discipline taught in mantiq courses? | {'text': 'logic', 'answer_start': 535} |
10,815 | 10,473 | 56e4839b39bdeb1400347968 | generic | Early Asian writings on architecture include the Kao Gong Ji of China from the 7th–5th centuries BCE; the Shilpa Shastras of ancient India and Manjusri Vasthu Vidya Sastra of Sri Lanka. | What country produced the Kao Gong Ji? | {'text': 'China', 'answer_start': 64} |
36,917 | 36,575 | 5ad17818645df0001a2d1d6a | generic | US troops participated in a UN peacekeeping mission in Somalia beginning in 1992. By 1993 the US troops were augmented with Rangers and special forces with the aim of capturing warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, whose forces had massacred peacekeepers from Pakistan. During a raid in downtown Mogadishu, US troops became trap... | What is the title of the song about the Mogadishu uprising? | {'text': 'Black Hawk Down', 'answer_start': 844} |
86,448 | 86,106 | 572804d43acd2414000df260 | generic | Under modern constitutional conventions, the sovereign acts on the advice of his or her ministers. Since these ministers most often maintain the support of parliament and are the ones who obtain the passage of bills, it is highly improbable that they would advise the sovereign to withhold assent. An exception is someti... | In the event that the monarch refuses to give royal assent, what can the monarch make use of? | {'text': 'reserve powers', 'answer_start': 624} |
34,784 | 34,442 | 5ad24351d7d075001a4289e1 | generic | Emotions have been described by some theorists as discrete and consistent responses to internal or external events which have a particular significance for the organism. Emotions are brief in duration and consist of a coordinated set of responses, which may include verbal, physiological, behavioural, and neural mechani... | What is Michael Graham's interest? | {'text': 'Psychotherapist', 'answer_start': 325} |
106,595 | 106,253 | 572eda2cdfa6aa1500f8d452 | generic | Sahih al-Bukhari narrates Muhammad describing the revelations as, "Sometimes it is (revealed) like the ringing of a bell" and Aisha reported, "I saw the Prophet being inspired Divinely on a very cold day and noticed the sweat dropping from his forehead (as the Inspiration was over)." Muhammad's first revelation, accord... | What measure of distance described the nearness of the Angel's approach to Mohammad? | {'text': "two bows' length", 'answer_start': 560} |
29,130 | 28,788 | 5705fc0752bb891400689764 | generic | 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... | In 1979, which corporation was struggling to run The Times? | {'text': 'Thomson Corporation', 'answer_start': 4} |
53,118 | 52,776 | 5ad1a28b645df0001a2d2158 | generic | In a conventional lamp, the evaporated tungsten eventually condenses on the inner surface of the glass envelope, darkening it. For bulbs that contain a vacuum, the darkening is uniform across the entire surface of the envelope. When a filling of inert gas is used, the evaporated tungsten is carried in the thermal conve... | What is the IEC guidelines for acceptable level of light loss? | {'text': 'An incandescent lamp that gives 93% or less of its initial light output at 75% of its rated life is regarded as unsatisfactory', 'answer_start': 461} |
42,456 | 42,114 | 570da64516d0071400510c44 | generic | Identity development is a stage in the adolescent life cycle. For most, the search for identity begins in the adolescent years. During these years, adolescents are more open to 'trying on' different behaviours and appearances to discover who they are. In other words, in an attempt to find their identity and discover wh... | What are the three general approaches to understanding identity development? | {'text': 'self-concept, sense of identity, and self-esteem', 'answer_start': 1209} |
18,581 | 18,239 | 56e43d238c00841900fbaf59 | generic | The most famous reformer of Estonian, Johannes Aavik (1880–1973), used creations ex nihilo (cf. ‘free constructions’, Tauli 1977), along with other sources of lexical enrichment such as derivations, compositions and loanwords (often from Finnish; cf. Saareste and Raun 1965: 76). In Aavik’s dictionary (1921), which list... | What is the technique Aavic used to create Estonian words out of nothing? | {'text': 'creations ex nihilo', 'answer_start': 71} |
129,714 | 129,372 | 5ace5cb432bba1001ae4a3fc | generic | Hindu scriptures describe hunting as an acceptable occupation, as well as a sport of the kingly. Even figures considered godly are described to have engaged in hunting. One of the names of the god Shiva is Mrigavyadha, which translates as "the deer hunter" (mriga means deer; vyadha means hunter). The word Mriga, in man... | Who did Krishna mistake for game and accidentally kill? | {'text': 'Shravana', 'answer_start': 695} |
54,356 | 54,014 | 5726d0935951b619008f7edd | generic | The practice of labelling the infringement of exclusive rights in creative works as "piracy" predates statutory copyright law. Prior to the Statute of Anne in 1710, the Stationers' Company of London in 1557, received a Royal Charter giving the company a monopoly on publication and tasking it with enforcing the charter.... | What would happen if you imported a copyrighted work into a country where the original is protected by copyright law? | {'text': 'seized on importation', 'answer_start': 692} |
74,249 | 73,907 | 5727b8ae3acd2414000dea91 | generic | The New Haven Green is the site of many free music concerts, especially during the summer months. These have included the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the July Free Concerts on the Green in July, and the New Haven Jazz Festival in August. The Jazz Festival, which began in 1982, is one of the longest-running free outdo... | In what year was the New Haven Jazz Festival cancelled, thereby precluding it from being one of the longest running free outdoor festivals in the U.S.? | {'text': '2007', 'answer_start': 372} |
36,567 | 36,225 | 570b2c16ec8fbc190045b8b1 | generic | Ancient tables provided the sun's mean longitude. Christopher Clavius, the architect of the Gregorian calendar, noted that the tables agreed neither on the time when the sun passed through the vernal equinox nor on the length of the mean tropical year. Tycho Brahe also noticed discrepancies. The Gregorian leap year rul... | When did Pitatus offer his solution to the leap year problem? | {'text': '1560', 'answer_start': 398} |
108,885 | 108,543 | 5a2d5a8af28ef0001a5264c7 | generic | Santa Monica is one of the most environmentally activist municipalities in the nation. The city first proposed its Sustainable City Plan in 1992 and in 1994, was one of the first cities in the nation to formally adopt a comprehensive sustainability plan, setting waste reduction and water conservation policies for both ... | In what year did Santa Monica convert almost 100% of its municipal bus system to alternative fuels? | {'text': '1994', 'answer_start': 152} |
33,075 | 32,733 | 5a5ce0995e8782001a9d5dfb | generic | In 1988, only 60,000 computers were connected to the Internet, and most were mainframes, minicomputers and professional workstations. On November 2, 1988, many started to slow down, because they were running a malicious code that demanded processor time and that spread itself to other computers – the first internet "co... | Who tracked down the first computer worm? | {'text': 'Robert Tappan Morris, Jr', 'answer_start': 414} |
88,776 | 88,434 | 572c0bcb750c471900ed4c93 | generic | Prayer plays a significant role among many believers. Muslims believe that the purpose of existence is to worship God. He is viewed as a personal God and there are no intermediaries, such as clergy, to contact God. Prayer often also includes supplication and asking forgiveness. God is often believed to be forgiving. Fo... | What does prayer usually include in Islam? | {'text': 'forgiveness', 'answer_start': 266} |
66,479 | 66,137 | 5ad0ca13645df0001a2d0365 | generic | Immediately after reading Price's sermon, Burke wrote a draft of what eventually became, Reflections on the Revolution in France. On 13 February 1790, a notice in the press said that shortly, Burke would publish a pamphlet on the Revolution and its British supporters, however he spent the year revising and expanding it... | How much did most pamphlets cost at the time? | {'text': 'five shillings', 'answer_start': 420} |
44,993 | 44,651 | 5ad36094604f3c001a3fdf37 | generic | In the shrinking PC industry, Dell continued to lose market share, as it dropped below Lenovo in 2011 to fall to number three in the world. Dell and fellow American contemporary Hewlett Packard came under pressure from Asian PC manufacturers Lenovo, Asus, and Acer, all of which had lower production costs and willing to... | What industry was getting bigger? | {'text': 'PC', 'answer_start': 17} |
120,660 | 120,318 | 5731366ea5e9cc1400cdbcf1 | generic | The painters of the early Renaissance used two traditional lake pigments, made from mixing dye with either chalk or alum, kermes lake, made from kermes insects, and madder lake, made from the rubia tinctorum plant. With the arrival of cochineal, they had a third, carmine, which made a very fine crimson, though it had a... | What was kermes lake made from? | {'text': 'kermes insects', 'answer_start': 145} |
32,394 | 32,052 | 5709608ded30961900e84023 | generic | The state is well known for its handicrafts. The carpets, leather works, shawls, metalware, woodwork and paintings are worth appreciating. Pashmina shawls are a product that is highly in demand in Himachal and all over the country. Himachali caps are famous art work of the people. Extreme cold winters of Himachal neces... | The majority of all households in Himachal own a what? | {'text': 'pit-loom', 'answer_start': 384} |
90,694 | 90,352 | 5ad20e80d7d075001a4282a6 | generic | The Neapolitan style has an almond-shaped body resembling a bowl, constructed from curved strips of wood. It usually has a bent sound table, canted in two planes with the design to take the tension of the 8 metal strings arranged in four courses. A hardwood fingerboard sits on top of or is flush with the sound table. V... | What are the Neapolitan mandolin not made of? | {'text': 'metal strings', 'answer_start': 207} |
5,005 | 4,663 | 56d092a1234ae51400d9c3a6 | generic | Pumped-storage hydroelectricity stores energy in the form of water pumped when energy is available from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation one. The energy is recovered when demand is high by releasing the water, with the pump becoming a hydroelectric power generator. | Pumped-storage hydroelectricity stores energy in what form? | {'text': 'water pumped when energy is available from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation one', 'answer_start': 61} |
102,343 | 102,001 | 5731870e497a881900248fb5 | generic | As the 20th century came to a close, Gaddafi increasingly rejected Arab nationalism, frustrated by the failure of his Pan-Arab ideals; instead he turned to Pan-Africanism, emphasising Libya's African identity. From 1997 to 2000, Libya initiated cooperative agreements or bilateral aid arrangements with 10 African states... | What organization did Libya join in 1999? | {'text': 'Community of Sahel-Saharan States', 'answer_start': 345} |
20,258 | 19,916 | 5acf4e9a77cf76001a684b84 | generic | The University of Kansas School of Law was the top law school in the state of Kansas, and 68th nationally, according to the 2014 U.S. News & World Report "Best Graduate Schools" edition. Classes are held in Green Hall at W 15th St and Burdick Dr, which is named after former dean James Green. | The University of Kansas had the lowest rated law school in which state? | {'text': 'Kansas', 'answer_start': 78} |
42,799 | 42,457 | 570dc8720b85d914000d7b53 | generic | The climate of Antarctica does not allow extensive vegetation to form. A combination of freezing temperatures, poor soil quality, lack of moisture, and lack of sunlight inhibit plant growth. As a result, the diversity of plant life is very low and limited in distribution. The flora of the continent largely consists of ... | What can not grow extensively in Antarctica? | {'text': 'vegetation', 'answer_start': 51} |
94,625 | 94,283 | 5a74eae642eae6001a389b53 | generic | The late nineteenth century also brought the systematic study of color theory, and particularly the study of how complementary colors such as red and green reinforced each other when they were placed next to each other. These studies were avidly followed by artists such as Vincent van Gogh. Describing his painting, The... | Van Gogh said The Night Cafe was about the contrast between yellow and what color? | {'text': 'reds', 'answer_start': 655} |
127,586 | 127,244 | 5a399f082f14dd001ac724cb | generic | The marine life found here consists of anemones, urchins, sea cucumbers, and eels, which all live on the reefs along with turtles, conch and many varieties of marine fishes. The marine aquafauna is rich in conch, which has pearly-pink shells. Its meat is a favourite food supplement item and their shells are a collector... | What color are surgeon fish? | {'text': 'brown', 'answer_start': 451} |
73,504 | 73,162 | 57276203f1498d1400e8f723 | generic | To accommodate the ruling in Hopwood v. Texas banning any use of race in school admissions, the State of Texas passed a law guaranteeing entry to any state university if a student finished in the top 10% of their graduating class. Florida and California have also replaced racial quotas with class rank and other criteri... | What did the law passed by the State of Texas guarantee? | {'text': 'entry to any state university if a student finished in the top 10% of their graduating class', 'answer_start': 137} |
73,991 | 73,649 | 572759bddd62a815002e9b8e | generic | Major projects include the current construction of a new campus for Gateway Community College downtown, and also a 32-story, 500-unit apartment/retail building called 360 State Street. The 360 State Street project is now occupied and is the largest residential building in Connecticut. A new boathouse and dock is planne... | For what area are a new boathouse and dock being planned? | {'text': 'New Haven Harbor', 'answer_start': 326} |
126,578 | 126,236 | 57328ad357eb1f1400fd2d9b | generic | In contrast to the Proterozoic, Archean rocks are often heavily metamorphized deep-water sediments, such as graywackes, mudstones, volcanic sediments and banded iron formations. Greenstone belts are typical Archean formations, consisting of alternating high- and low-grade metamorphic rocks. The high-grade rocks were de... | What type of formation is indicated by low and high grade metamorphic rocks? | {'text': 'Greenstone', 'answer_start': 178} |
63,054 | 62,712 | 57268c78708984140094c9bf | generic | According to Max Clifford: Read All About It, written by Clifford and Angela Levin, La Salle invented the story out of frustration with Starr who had been working on a book with McCaffrey. She contacted an acquaintance who worked for The Sun in Manchester. The story reportedly delighted MacKenzie, who was keen to run i... | What was the name of Starr's autobiography? | {'text': 'Unwrapped', 'answer_start': 532} |
38,189 | 37,847 | 570bdc256b8089140040fa9d | generic | Some software assigned special meanings to ASCII characters sent to the software from the terminal. Operating systems from Digital Equipment Corporation, for example, interpreted DEL as an input character as meaning "remove previously-typed input character", and this interpretation also became common in Unix systems. M... | What interpretation became common in Unix systmes? | {'text': 'interpreted DEL as an input character as meaning "remove previously-typed input character"', 'answer_start': 167} |
58,853 | 58,511 | 57265630708984140094c2d4 | generic | Law professor, writer and political activist Lawrence Lessig, along with many other copyleft and free software activists, has criticized the implied analogy with physical property (like land or an automobile). They argue such an analogy fails because physical property is generally rivalrous while intellectual works are... | How much can IP be duplicated without diminishing the original? | {'text': 'indefinitely', 'answer_start': 659} |
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