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77,409 | 77,067 | 5727b186ff5b5019007d92b6 | generic | Some of Elvis Presley's early singles on Sun Records might have sold more copies on 78 than on 45. This is because the majority of those sales in 1954–55 were to the "hillbilly" market in the South and Southwestern United States, where replacing the family 78 rpm player with a new 45 rpm player was a luxury few could a... | What percentage of Elvis Presley's single sales were of 78s? | {'text': 'less than 10%', 'answer_start': 403} |
44,740 | 44,398 | 570fa65280d9841400ab360c | generic | Another study on men and women's patterns of sexual arousal confirmed that men and women have different patterns of arousal, independent of their sexual orientations. The study found that women's genitals become aroused to both human and nonhuman stimuli from movies showing humans of both genders having sex (heterosexu... | What stimuli did men show no arousal towards? | {'text': 'to non-human visual stimuli', 'answer_start': 440} |
92,591 | 92,249 | 5728dfb24b864d1900164fec | generic | Holt increased Australian commitment to the growing War in Vietnam, which met with some public opposition. His government oversaw conversion to decimal currency. Holt faced Britain's withdrawal from Asia by visiting and hosting many Asian leaders and by expanding ties to the United States, hosting the first visit to Au... | Government under whom experienced the conversion to decimal currency? | {'text': 'Holt', 'answer_start': 0} |
129,928 | 129,586 | 5ace7f5c32bba1001ae4a845 | generic | When Internet hunting was introduced in 2005, allowing people to hunt over the Internet using remotely controlled guns, the practice was widely criticised by hunters as violating the principles of fair chase. As a representative of the National Rifle Association (NRA) explained, "The NRA has always maintained that fair... | In what year was the NRA founded? | {'text': '2005', 'answer_start': 40} |
80,143 | 79,801 | 5727f05aff5b5019007d98ed | generic | The OTG device with the A-plug inserted is called the A-device and is responsible for powering the USB interface when required and by default assumes the role of host. The OTG device with the B-plug inserted is called the B-device and by default assumes the role of peripheral. An OTG device with no plug inserted defaul... | What does an OTG device default to with no plug inserted? | {'text': 'to acting as a B-device', 'answer_start': 323} |
59,649 | 59,307 | 57267b2ef1498d1400e8e140 | generic | However, with the Glorious Revolution of 1688 the Church of Scotland was finally unequivocally recognised as a Presbyterian institution by the monarch due to Scottish Presbyterian support for the aforementioned revolution and the Acts of Union 1707 between Scotland and England guaranteed the Church of Scotland's form o... | What year were most Presbyterians in Scotland reunited? | {'text': '1929', 'answer_start': 787} |
52,769 | 52,427 | 57261fd438643c19005ad04b | generic | In 1901 the accession of Edward VII saw new life breathed into the palace. The new King and his wife Queen Alexandra had always been at the forefront of London high society, and their friends, known as "the Marlborough House Set", were considered to be the most eminent and fashionable of the age. Buckingham Palace—the ... | What were the group of friends of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra called? | {'text': 'the Marlborough House Set', 'answer_start': 203} |
57,145 | 56,803 | 5726903d5951b619008f76b2 | generic | By August 1805, Napoleon had realized that the strategic situation had changed fundamentally. Facing a potential invasion from his continental enemies, he decided to strike first and turned his army's sights from the English Channel to the Rhine. His basic objective was to destroy the isolated Austrian armies in Southe... | Who was the Austrian commander who led the army at the fortress of Ulm? | {'text': 'Karl Mack', 'answer_start': 530} |
28,267 | 27,925 | 56fb8e478ddada1400cd64ed | generic | During the tumultuous 14th century, disputes within the leadership of the Church led to the Avignon Papacy of 1305–78, also called the "Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy" (a reference to the Babylonian captivity of the Jews), and then to the Great Schism, lasting from 1378 to 1418, when there were two and later three ... | During what years did the Avignon Papacy occur? | {'text': '1305–78', 'answer_start': 110} |
32,729 | 32,387 | 570983a2200fba14003680f3 | generic | There are several sources of the seedlessness trait, and essentially all commercial cultivators get it from one of three sources: Thompson Seedless, Russian Seedless, and Black Monukka, all being cultivars of Vitis vinifera. There are currently more than a dozen varieties of seedless grapes. Several, such as Einset See... | How many seedless grape sources are there for commercial cultivators? | {'text': 'three', 'answer_start': 115} |
121,777 | 121,435 | 57319fb90fdd8d15006c6404 | generic | Until the 19th century, religion played a significant role in university curriculum; however, the role of religion in research universities decreased in the 19th century, and by the end of the 19th century, the German university model had spread around the world. Universities concentrated on science in the 19th and 20t... | what model of university structure was being used throughout the world at the finish of the 19th century? | {'text': 'the German university model', 'answer_start': 207} |
15,460 | 15,118 | 56e030597aa994140058e32b | generic | 18th century governors tried to tackle the island's problems by implementing tree plantation, improving fortifications, eliminating corruption, building a hospital, tackling the neglect of crops and livestock, controlling the consumption of alcohol and introducing legal reforms. From about 1770, the island enjoyed a le... | When did the Island start to experience a period of prosperity? | {'text': '1770', 'answer_start': 291} |
107,055 | 106,713 | 5a7b538421c2de001afe9ec7 | generic | The transistor is the fundamental building block of modern electronic devices, and is ubiquitous in modern electronic systems. First conceived by Julius Lilienfeld in 1926 and practically implemented in 1947 by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley, the transistor revolutionized the fi... | What besides the transistor is on the IEEE list of milestones in electronics? | {'text': 'computers', 'answer_start': 407} |
11,680 | 11,338 | 56de81a14396321400ee299e | generic | Schwarzenegger's goal was to become the greatest bodybuilder in the world, which meant becoming Mr. Olympia. His first attempt was in 1969, when he lost to three-time champion Sergio Oliva. However, Schwarzenegger came back in 1970 and won the competition, making him the youngest ever Mr. Olympia at the age of 23, a re... | How old was Schwarzenegger when he won Mr. Olympia in 1970? | {'text': '23', 'answer_start': 312} |
41,825 | 41,483 | 570d386cb3d812140066d564 | generic | After the war, though, the Continental Army was quickly given land certificates and disbanded in a reflection of the republican distrust of standing armies. State militias became the new nation's sole ground army, with the exception of a regiment to guard the Western Frontier and one battery of artillery guarding West ... | In what year was the Legion of the United States established? | {'text': '1791', 'answer_start': 679} |
61,395 | 61,053 | 5726f43ff1498d1400e8f0d2 | generic | Madonna experimented with more folk and acoustic music in Music (2000) and American Life (2003). A change was noted in the content of the songs in Music, with most of them being simple love songs, but with an underlying tone of melancholy. According to Q magazine, American Life was characterized by "a thumping techno r... | What type of songs are in Confessions of a Dance floor? | {'text': 'dance songs', 'answer_start': 606} |
47,472 | 47,130 | 571a94b810f8ca140030517d | generic | In 1790, the first federal population census was taken in the United States. Enumerators were instructed to classify free residents as white or "other." Only the heads of households were identified by name in the federal census until 1850. Native Americans were included among "Other;" in later censuses, they were inclu... | when did any changes to counting procedures happen? | {'text': 'until the Civil War and end of slavery.', 'answer_start': 467} |
23,540 | 23,198 | 56f76011a6d7ea1400e17218 | generic | Articles 46–53 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties set out the only ways that treaties can be invalidated—considered unenforceable and void under international law. A treaty will be invalidated due to either the circumstances by which a state party joined the treaty, or due to the content of the treaty itse... | In addition to the content of the treaty itself, why might a treated by invalidated? | {'text': 'the circumstances by which a state party joined the treaty', 'answer_start': 220} |
2,528 | 2,186 | 5a8d914edf8bba001a0f9b0f | generic | There is very little voice acting in the game, as is the case in most Zelda titles to date. Link remains silent in conversation, but grunts when attacking or injured and gasps when surprised. His emotions and responses are largely indicated visually by nods and facial expressions. Other characters have similar language... | What does Zelda say when attacking? | {'text': 'grunts', 'answer_start': 133} |
44,050 | 43,708 | 5a2225ef819328001af38a0d | generic | Norwegian researchers at the University of Tromsø have shown that some Arctic animals (ptarmigan, reindeer) show circadian rhythms only in the parts of the year that have daily sunrises and sunsets. In one study of reindeer, animals at 70 degrees North showed circadian rhythms in the autumn, winter and spring, but not ... | What reinder at 78 degrees do not show circadian rythems? | {'text': 'autumn and spring', 'answer_start': 404} |
114,382 | 114,040 | 5a79d98717ab25001a8a00ef | generic | Association football is played in accordance with a set of rules known as the Laws of the Game. The game is played using a spherical ball of 68.5–69.5 cm (27.0–27.4 in) circumference, known as the football (or soccer ball). Two teams of eleven players each compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the... | What is the captain a part of after the end of the game? | {'text': 'the coin toss', 'answer_start': 647} |
127,410 | 127,068 | 5a69ba4d5ce1a5001a9696ca | generic | In March 2005, the Security Council formally referred the situation in Darfur to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, taking into account the Commission report but without mentioning any specific crimes. Two permanent members of the Security Council, the United States and China, abstained from the vote o... | When did the Security Council formally refer the situation in Darfur to China? | {'text': 'March 2005', 'answer_start': 3} |
11,235 | 10,893 | 5a631e5568151a001a9221f7 | generic | The period known as classical antiquity began with the rise of the city-states of Ancient Greece. Greek influence reached its zenith under the expansive empire of Alexander the Great, spreading throughout Asia. | What was the name of the different governments forming in Ancient Asia? | {'text': 'city-states', 'answer_start': 67} |
78,275 | 77,933 | 5a73b82742eae6001a389991 | generic | The United States has become essentially a two-party system. Since a conservative (such as the Republican Party) and liberal (such as the Democratic Party) party has usually been the status quo within American politics. The first parties were called Federalist and Republican, followed by a brief period of Republican do... | What topic caused Teddy Roosevelt to lose the election in 1912? | {'text': 'the spread of slavery', 'answer_start': 549} |
130,275 | 129,933 | 5735bed6dc94161900571f8e | generic | Swayambhu is a Buddhist stupa atop a hillock at the northwestern part of the city. This is among the oldest religious sites in Nepal. Although the site is considered Buddhist, it is revered by both Buddhists and Hindus. The stupa consists of a dome at the base; above the dome, there is a cubic structure with the eyes o... | In how many directions does the Buddha of Swayambhu look? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 344} |
65,300 | 64,958 | 572693d7708984140094cab9 | generic | Historians have divided the history of Cubism into phases. In one scheme, the first phase of Cubism, known as Analytic Cubism, a phrase coined by Juan Gris a posteriori, was both radical and influential as a short but highly significant art movement between 1910 and 1912 in France. A second phase, Synthetic Cubism, rem... | What was the first phase of Cubism known as? | {'text': 'Analytic Cubism', 'answer_start': 110} |
125,855 | 125,513 | 573386814776f41900660ca4 | generic | European regulators introduced Basel III regulations for banks. It increased capital ratios, limits on leverage, narrow definition of capital (to exclude subordinated debt), limit counter-party risk, and new liquidity requirements. Critics argue that Basel III doesn’t address the problem of faulty risk-weightings. Majo... | What term describes creating risk-free assets out of high risk collateral? | {'text': 'financial engineering', 'answer_start': 370} |
50,954 | 50,612 | 5725ce66ec44d21400f3d5e1 | generic | In July 2007, American business magnate and investor Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway bought an Israeli company, Iscar, its first non-U.S. acquisition, for $4 billion. Since the 1970s, Israel has received military aid from the United States, as well as economic assistance in the form of loan guarante... | What was Israel's debt surplus in December 2015? | {'text': 'US$118 billion', 'answer_start': 634} |
38,265 | 37,923 | 570bf3abec8fbc190045bbe6 | generic | ASCII developed from telegraphic codes. Its first commercial use was as a seven-bit teleprinter code promoted by Bell data services. Work on the ASCII standard began on October 6, 1960, with the first meeting of the American Standards Association's (ASA) X3.2 subcommittee. The first edition of the standard was publishe... | When was the first major revision of the code done? | {'text': '1967', 'answer_start': 369} |
30,308 | 29,966 | 5706534d75f01819005e7b51 | generic | In the past, many organizations have claimed ownership of patents related to MP3 decoding or encoding. These claims led to a number of legal threats and actions from a variety of sources. As a result, uncertainty about which patents must be licensed in order to create MP3 products without committing patent infringement... | Legal threats and confusion made it difficult to ensure what about patents regarding MP3 products? | {'text': 'which patents must be licensed', 'answer_start': 219} |
76,504 | 76,162 | 5a8c70f0fd22b3001a8d87d5 | generic | The earliest detailed accounts of the death of Jesus are contained in the four canonical gospels. There are other, more implicit references in the New Testament epistles. In the synoptic gospels, Jesus predicts his death in three separate episodes. All four Gospels conclude with an extended narrative of Jesus' arrest, ... | How quickly were scholars able to interpret and translate the Bible? | {'text': 'hour-by-hour', 'answer_start': 569} |
19,304 | 18,962 | 56e7560200c9c71400d76fd3 | generic | The 2011 declaration by Russia that it would not turn its clocks back and stay in DST all year long was subsequently followed by a similar declaration from Belarus. The plan generated widespread complaints due to the dark of wintertime morning, and thus was abandoned in 2014. The country changed its clocks to Standard ... | Which season's dark mornings led to people complaining about the switch from DST? | {'text': 'winter', 'answer_start': 225} |
41,539 | 41,197 | 570d64bbb3d812140066d7e6 | generic | In 1409, a hospital was founded and placed under the patronage of Santa María de los Inocentes; to this was attached a confraternity devoted to recovering the bodies of the unfriended dead in the city and within a radius of three miles (4.8 km) around it. At the end of the 15th century this confraternity separated from... | What was the archiepiscopal palace during the Moorish period? | {'text': 'a grain market', 'answer_start': 899} |
42,729 | 42,387 | 5ad2c424d7d075001a42a14c | generic | A census of sea life carried out during the International Polar Year and which involved some 500 researchers was released in 2010. The research is part of the global Census of Marine Life (CoML) and has disclosed some remarkable findings. More than 235 marine organisms live in both polar regions, having bridged the gap... | How many marine species were found within the 7,456 km studied? | {'text': '235', 'answer_start': 249} |
39,558 | 39,216 | 5ad13d95645df0001a2d1362 | generic | Mary had been venerated since Early Christianity, and is considered by millions to be the most meritorious saint of the religion. The Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran Churches believe that Mary, as Mother of Jesus, is the Mother of God and the Theotokos, literally "Giver of birth to... | What other religious text do Protestants read? | {'text': "the Qur'an", 'answer_start': 807} |
124,870 | 124,528 | 5732488d0fdd8d15006c68ef | generic | Eisenhower returned to the U.S. in December 1939 and was assigned as a battalion commander and regimental executive officer of the 15th Infantry at Fort Lewis, Washington. In March 1941 he was promoted to colonel and assigned as chief of staff of the newly activated IX Corps under Major General Kenyon Joyce. In June 19... | What event contributed to Eisenhower receiving a promotion to brigadier general? | {'text': 'Louisiana Maneuvers', 'answer_start': 493} |
125,334 | 124,992 | 57325b14e17f3d14004228de | generic | According to the 2009 American Community Survey, White Americans of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin represented over one-fifth (22.9%) of the Bronx's population. However, non-Hispanic whites formed under one-eighth (12.1%) of the population, down from 34.4% in 1980. Out of all five boroughs, the Bronx has the low... | How many white people live in the Bronx? | {'text': '320,640', 'answer_start': 366} |
49,091 | 48,749 | 571b0a5532177014007ea01a | generic | The Albanian bitumen extraction has a long history and was practiced in an organized way by the Romans. After centuries of silence, the first mentions of Albanian bitumen appeared only in 1868, when the Frenchman Coquand published the first geological description of the deposits of Albanian bitumen. In 1875, the exploi... | When was management of Albanian bitumen acquired by the French? | {'text': '2001', 'answer_start': 509} |
61,578 | 61,236 | 5a79ba9e17ab25001a89ffe3 | generic | However, it is important to understand that despite the presence of reception statutes, much of contemporary American common law has diverged significantly from English common law. The reason is that although the courts of the various Commonwealth nations are often influenced by each other's rulings, American courts ra... | Much of American common law is similar to what? | {'text': 'English common law', 'answer_start': 161} |
77,182 | 76,840 | 5a8c89eafd22b3001a8d8a55 | generic | Bowers and Tanselle argue for rejecting textual variants that an author inserted at the suggestion of others. Bowers said that his edition of Stephen Crane's first novel, Maggie, presented "the author's final and uninfluenced artistic intentions." In his writings, Tanselle refers to "unconstrained authorial intention" ... | Who didn't want to determine why an author made changes to a work? | {'text': 'Tanselle', 'answer_start': 11} |
112,292 | 111,950 | 5730048804bcaa1900d77019 | generic | In 494 BC, the city was at war with two neighboring tribes. The plebeian soldiers refused to march against the enemy, and instead seceded to the Aventine Hill. The plebeians demanded the right to elect their own officials. The patricians agreed, and the plebeians returned to the battlefield. The plebeians called these ... | In what year was the city in conflict with two nearby tribes? | {'text': '494 BC', 'answer_start': 3} |
109,672 | 109,330 | 5acd557707355d001abf3d8a | generic | A number of meta-analyses have found clinical hypnosis to be effective in controlling pain associated with diagnostic and surgical procedures in both adults and children, as well as pain associated with cancer and childbirth. A 2007 review of 13 studies found evidence for the efficacy of hypnosis in the reduction of ch... | What was found about the number of participants in 7 studies? | {'text': 'the number of patients enrolled in the studies was low,', 'answer_start': 358} |
87,179 | 86,837 | 57281c7f4b864d19001644ac | generic | There are many missionary groups operating in the country, including Lutherans, Baptists, Catholics, Grace Brethren, and Jehovah's Witnesses. While these missionaries are predominantly from the United States, France, Italy, and Spain, many are also from Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other African c... | What religious groups operate in CAR? | {'text': 'missionary groups', 'answer_start': 15} |
29,360 | 29,018 | 570685bf52bb891400689a30 | generic | Much of New Delhi, planned by the leading 20th-century British architect Edwin Lutyens, was laid out to be the central administrative area of the city as a testament to Britain's imperial pretensions. New Delhi is structured around two central promenades called the Rajpath and the Janpath. The Rajpath, or King's Way, s... | What British architect was responsible for designing much of New Delhi? | {'text': 'Edwin Lutyens', 'answer_start': 73} |
51,981 | 51,639 | 5a85cff6b4e223001a8e7229 | generic | Cockfighting is said to be the world's oldest spectator sport and may have originated in Persia 6,000 years ago. Two mature males (cocks or roosters) are set to fight each other, and will do so with great vigour until one is critically injured or killed. Breeds such as the Aseel were developed in the Indian subcontinen... | What are chickens not going to do during a cockfight? | {'text': 'fight each other, and will do so with great vigour until one is critically injured or killed', 'answer_start': 161} |
16,083 | 15,741 | 56e17de1e3433e1400422f78 | generic | Because of its simple atomic structure, consisting only of a proton and an electron, the hydrogen atom, together with the spectrum of light produced from it or absorbed by it, has been central to the development of the theory of atomic structure. Furthermore, the corresponding simplicity of the hydrogen molecule and th... | What is the hydrogen atom made up of? | {'text': 'a proton and an electron', 'answer_start': 59} |
3,529 | 3,187 | 56cec2a1aab44d1400b889e1 | generic | On May 16 China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts so far, including $83 million from 19 countries and four international organizations. Saudi Arabia was the largest aid donor to China, providing close to €40,000,000 in financial assistance, and an additional €8,000,0... | How much did China receive in donated money and goods? | {'text': '$457 million', 'answer_start': 44} |
75,832 | 75,490 | 5a3bfef3cc5d22001a521cdf | generic | The In-no-cho filled the void left by the decline of Fujiwara power. Rather than being banished, the Fujiwara were mostly retained in their old positions of civil dictator and minister of the center while being bypassed in decision making. In time, many of the Fujiwara were replaced, mostly by members of the rising Min... | Who did the emperor banish? | {'text': 'Fujiwara', 'answer_start': 101} |
36,100 | 35,758 | 5a2f511aa83784001a7d26fd | generic | Sea levels began to rise during the Jurassic, which was probably caused by an increase in seafloor spreading. The formation of new crust beneath the surface displaced ocean waters by as much as 200 m (656 ft) more than today, which flooded coastal areas. Furthermore, Pangaea began to rift into smaller divisions, bringi... | What weather condition became much more stable? | {'text': 'Temperatures', 'answer_start': 391} |
82,482 | 82,140 | 5727ea72ff5b5019007d9877 | generic | Roman Catholic Jesuits and Capuchins arrived from Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Portuguese missionaries Jesuit Father António de Andrade and Brother Manuel Marques first reached the kingdom of Gelu in western Tibet in 1624 and was welcomed by the royal family who allowed them to build a church later on. By 162... | When did Portuguese missionaries first arrive in western Tibet? | {'text': '1624', 'answer_start': 227} |
39,569 | 39,227 | 5ad14069645df0001a2d13ba | generic | Mary resided in "her own house"[Lk.1:56] in Nazareth in Galilee, possibly with her parents, and during her betrothal — the first stage of a Jewish marriage — the angel Gabriel announced to her that she was to be the mother of the promised Messiah by conceiving him through the Holy Spirit, and she responded, "I am the h... | Where was Joseph conceived? | {'text': 'Nazareth in Galilee', 'answer_start': 44} |
70,299 | 69,957 | 5ad3e9c6604f3c001a3ff6a6 | generic | The archipelago is formed by high points on the rim of the caldera of a submarine volcano that forms a seamount. The volcano is one part of a range that was formed as part of the same process that formed the floor of the Atlantic, and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The top of the seamount has gone through periods of complete ... | What does the seamount form? | {'text': 'archipelago', 'answer_start': 4} |
42,374 | 42,032 | 570d5fd0b3d812140066d791 | generic | Serotonin is a neuromodulator involved in regulation of mood and behavior. Development in the limbic system plays an important role in determining rewards and punishments and processing emotional experience and social information. Changes in the levels of the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin in the limbic syste... | Which neuromodulator is involved in regulation of mood and behavior? | {'text': 'Serotonin', 'answer_start': 0} |
56,181 | 55,839 | 572660bfdd62a815002e8315 | generic | Submission was initially a large factor in professional wrestling, but following the decline of the submission-oriented catch-as-catch-can style from mainstream professional wrestling, the submission largely faded until the rise of the legitimate sport of mixed martial arts. Despite this, some wrestlers, such as Chris ... | What move did Tazz make popular? | {'text': 'Tazzmission', 'answer_start': 787} |
19,833 | 19,491 | 5a7b7bc121c2de001afea05e | generic | Because of space constraints, NARA opened a second facility, known informally as Archives II, in 1994 near the University of Maryland, College Park campus (8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001). Largely because of this proximity, NARA and the University of Maryland engage in cooperative initiatives. The Coll... | What college does the National Register of Historic Places have cooperative initiatives with? | {'text': 'University of Maryland', 'answer_start': 111} |
2,359 | 2,017 | 56cd7b4162d2951400fa6614 | generic | iPods have also gained popularity for use in education. Apple offers more information on educational uses for iPods on their website, including a collection of lesson plans. There has also been academic research done in this area in nursing education and more general K-16 education. Duke University provided iPods to al... | What publication lauded the iPod for enabling people to listen to thousands of songs on a portable player? | {'text': 'Entertainment Weekly', 'answer_start': 418} |
31,940 | 31,598 | 570962e2ed30961900e8404e | generic | Copper is synthesized in massive stars and is present in the Earth's crust at a concentration of about 50 parts per million (ppm), where it occurs as native copper or in minerals such as the copper sulfides chalcopyrite and chalcocite, the copper carbonates azurite and malachite, and the copper(I) oxide mineral cuprite... | What is the concentration of copper in the earths crust. | {'text': '50 parts per million', 'answer_start': 103} |
33,504 | 33,162 | 5acd177707355d001abf3453 | generic | Beer is sold in bottles and cans; it may also be available on draught, particularly in pubs and bars. The brewing industry is a global business, consisting of several dominant multinational companies and many thousands of smaller producers ranging from brewpubs to regional breweries. The strength of beer is usually aro... | What is the highest percentage of alcohol in beer available? | {'text': '40%', 'answer_start': 442} |
31,814 | 31,472 | 570aaf434103511400d59929 | generic | In 2008, Houston received top ranking on Kiplinger's Personal Finance Best Cities of 2008 list, which ranks cities on their local economy, employment opportunities, reasonable living costs, and quality of life. The city ranked fourth for highest increase in the local technological innovation over the preceding 15 years... | When did Houston receive a ranking in the top of Kiplinger's Best cities list? | {'text': '2008', 'answer_start': 85} |
17,849 | 17,507 | 56e160d2cd28a01900c6783b | generic | Boston has teams in the four major North American professional sports leagues plus Major League Soccer, and has won 36 championships in these leagues, As of 2014[update]. It is one of six cities (along with Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia) to have won championships in all four major sports. It ... | How many major North American sports leagues are there? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 24} |
120,245 | 119,903 | 5731639f497a881900248eb2 | generic | The Qing emperors were generally adept at poetry and often skilled in painting, and offered their patronage to Confucian culture. The Kangxi and Qianlong Emperors, for instance, embraced Chinese traditions both to control them and to proclaim their own legitimacy. The Kangxi Emperor sponsored the Peiwen Yunfu, a rhyme ... | What was the rhyme dictionary called that was published by Kangxi? | {'text': 'Peiwen Yunfu', 'answer_start': 298} |
130,059 | 129,717 | 5735190cacc1501500bac403 | generic | Since 1934, the sale of Federal Duck Stamps has generated $670 million, and helped to purchase or lease 5,200,000 acres (8,100 sq mi; 21,000 km2) of habitat. The stamps serve as a license to hunt migratory birds, an entrance pass for all National Wildlife Refuge areas, and are also considered collectors items often pur... | What do the stamps give the purchaser a license to do? | {'text': 'hunt migratory birds', 'answer_start': 191} |
85,116 | 84,774 | 5a7e2b9d70df9f001a87550e | generic | Stephen Hawking in particular has addressed a connection between time and the Big Bang. In A Brief History of Time and elsewhere, Hawking says that even if time did not begin with the Big Bang and there were another time frame before the Big Bang, no information from events then would be accessible to us, and nothing t... | What book was written by Mortimer J. Adler? | {'text': 'A Brief History of Time and elsewhere', 'answer_start': 91} |
65,668 | 65,326 | 5a1dfe873de3f40018b26442 | generic | Medieval political philosophy in Europe was heavily influenced by Christian thinking. It had much in common with the Mutazalite Islamic thinking in that the Roman Catholics though subordinating philosophy to theology did not subject reason to revelation but in the case of contradictions, subordinated reason to faith as... | What medieval philosopher help to write some of Aristotle's works? | {'text': 'St. Thomas Aquinas', 'answer_start': 582} |
119,893 | 119,551 | 573212130fdd8d15006c6751 | generic | The point at which chicks fledge varies dramatically. The chicks of the Synthliboramphus murrelets, like the ancient murrelet, leave the nest the night after they hatch, following their parents out to sea, where they are raised away from terrestrial predators. Some other species, such as ducks, move their chicks away f... | Which chicks leave the nest the night after they hatch? | {'text': 'chicks of the Synthliboramphus murrelets', 'answer_start': 58} |
75,746 | 75,404 | 5a3bd79ccc5d22001a521bbe | generic | Although Kammu had abandoned universal conscription in 792, he still waged major military offensives to subjugate the Emishi, possible descendants of the displaced Jōmon, living in northern and eastern Japan. After making temporary gains in 794, in 797 Kammu appointed a new commander, Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, under the ... | What did the Emishi abandon in 793? | {'text': 'universal conscription', 'answer_start': 29} |
103,405 | 103,063 | 572efd66cb0c0d14000f16cd | generic | Elevators necessitated new social protocols. When Nicholas II of Russia visited the Hotel Adlon in Berlin, his courtiers panicked about who would enter the elevator first, and who would press the buttons. In Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator, author Andreas Bernard documents other social impacts caused by the ... | The last tsar of Russia, Nicholas ll encountered his first elevator at the Hotel Adloin in what city? | {'text': 'Berlin', 'answer_start': 99} |
5,120 | 4,778 | 56d1015e17492d1400aab70f | generic | West got his big break in the year 2000, when he began to produce for artists on Roc-A-Fella Records. West came to achieve recognition and is often credited with revitalizing Jay-Z's career with his contributions to the rap mogul's influential 2001 album The Blueprint. The Blueprint is consistently ranked among the gre... | What was the name of the CD West produced for Jay Z in 2001? | {'text': 'The Blueprint', 'answer_start': 255} |
62,277 | 61,935 | 5acea23e32bba1001ae4ae24 | generic | Within the world's Jewish population there are distinct ethnic divisions, most of which are primarily the result of geographic branching from an originating Israelite population, and subsequent independent evolutions. An array of Jewish communities was established by Jewish settlers in various places around the Old Wor... | Where did Jewish people not settle? | {'text': 'the Old World', 'answer_start': 309} |
12,502 | 12,160 | 5ad570205b96ef001a10aecc | generic | One of the founding members, East Germany was allowed to re-arm by the Soviet Union and the National People's Army was established as the armed forces of the country to counter the rearmament of West Germany. | Which country was banned from rearming? | {'text': 'East Germany', 'answer_start': 29} |
112,226 | 111,884 | 572feac7a23a5019007fcb38 | generic | In 179 BC Philip died. His talented and ambitious son, Perseus, took the throne and showed a renewed interest in conquering Greece. With her Greek allies facing a major new threat, Rome declared war on Macedonia again, starting the Third Macedonian War. Perseus initially had some success against the Romans. However, Ro... | How did Rome respond to their successive losses against the Macedonians? | {'text': 'by sending a stronger army', 'answer_start': 333} |
47,273 | 46,931 | 5a8cdf5bfd22b3001a8d8f8c | generic | Hebb distinguished between short-term and long-term memory. He postulated that any memory that stayed in short-term storage for a long enough time would be consolidated into a long-term memory. Later research showed this to be false. Research has shown that direct injections of cortisol or epinephrine help the storage ... | What typ of damage may also cause memory gain and helps with memory storage. | {'text': 'Hippocampal', 'answer_start': 1046} |
29,293 | 28,951 | 5705e72075f01819005e772d | generic | In the south, land up to Safdarjung's Tomb was acquired in order to create what is today known as Lutyens' Bungalow Zone. Before construction could begin on the rocky ridge of Raisina Hill, a circular railway line around the Council House (now Parliament House), called the Imperial Delhi Railway, was built to transport... | In what year did the Imperial Delhi Railway line begin operating? | {'text': '1924', 'answer_start': 732} |
78,433 | 78,091 | 5a303316f1f7c7001ab92cc4 | generic | In the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches, the music performed in the liturgies is exclusively sung without instrumental accompaniment. Bishop Kallistos Ware says, "The service is sung, even though there may be no choir... In the Orthodox Church today, as in the early Church... | When did the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orothdox Church appear? | {'text': 'the late 17th century', 'answer_start': 624} |
42,526 | 42,184 | 570dc90a0b85d914000d7b5d | generic | Although research has been inconclusive, some findings have indicated that electronic communication negatively affects adolescents' social development, replaces face-to-face communication, impairs their social skills, and can sometimes lead to unsafe interaction with strangers. A 2015 review reported that “adolescents ... | How can the Internet be beneficial for socially anxious teens? | {'text': 'easier to interact socially online', 'answer_start': 862} |
104,844 | 104,502 | 5ad42479604f3c001a40089d | generic | Interstate 26 begins in downtown Charleston, with exits to the Septima Clark Expressway, the Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge and Meeting Street. Heading northwest, it connects the city to North Charleston, the Charleston International Airport, Interstate 95, and Columbia. The Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge and Septima Clark Exp... | What area in Charleston isn't considered the 'industrial area'? | {'text': "the city's Neck area", 'answer_start': 715} |
82,983 | 82,641 | 5ad2ca02d7d075001a42a254 | generic | There are traditions long associated with football games. Students growl like wildcats when the opposing team controls the ball, while simulating a paw with their hands. They will also jingle keys at the beginning of each kickoff. In the past, before the tradition was discontinued, students would throw marshmallows dur... | What do students traditionally do at the beginning of each soccer game kickoff? | {'text': 'jingle keys', 'answer_start': 185} |
109,485 | 109,143 | 5acd07ab07355d001abf31e5 | generic | Local anesthetic injections into the nerves or sensitive areas of the stump may relieve pain for days, weeks, or sometimes permanently, despite the drug wearing off in a matter of hours; and small injections of hypertonic saline into the soft tissue between vertebrae produces local pain that radiates into the phantom l... | What does electrical vibration provide? | {'text': 'relief in some patients', 'answer_start': 584} |
25,014 | 24,672 | 56f8c9cd9b226e1400dd0fff | generic | Much of the Alpine culture is unchanged since the medieval period when skills that guaranteed survival in the mountain valleys and in the highest villages became mainstays, leading to strong traditions of carpentry, woodcarving, baking and pastry-making, and cheesemaking. | What is one of the strongest traditions in Alpine culture? | {'text': 'carpentry', 'answer_start': 205} |
11,417 | 11,075 | 5a831244e60761001a2eb374 | generic | The domestic TV BBC television channels are broadcast without any commercial advertising and collectively they account for more than 30% of all UK viewing. The services are funded by a television licence. | How much UK viewing do domestic BCB channels account for? | {'text': '30%', 'answer_start': 133} |
108,970 | 108,628 | 573035cd947a6a140053d294 | generic | In 2006, crime in Santa Monica affected 4.41% of the population, slightly lower than the national average crime rate that year of 4.48%. The majority of this was property crime, which affected 3.74% of Santa Monica's population in 2006; this was higher than the rates for Los Angeles County (2.76%) and California (3.17%... | In 2006 what percent of the population was impacted by crime? | {'text': '4.41%', 'answer_start': 40} |
2,230 | 1,888 | 56cfb6b8234ae51400d9bec9 | generic | During installation, an iPod is associated with one host computer. Each time an iPod connects to its host computer, iTunes can synchronize entire music libraries or music playlists either automatically or manually. Song ratings can be set on an iPod and synchronized later to the iTunes library, and vice versa. A user c... | What must an iPod be connected to before iTunes can synchronize? | {'text': 'host computer', 'answer_start': 52} |
36,849 | 36,507 | 570b38466b8089140040f811 | generic | Beginning in 1689, the colonies became involved in a series of wars between Great Britain and France for control of North America, the most important of which were Queen Anne's War, in which the British conquered French colony Acadia, and the final French and Indian War (1754–63) when Britain was victorious over all th... | What was the most important North American conflict between France and Britain called? | {'text': "Queen Anne's War", 'answer_start': 164} |
65,130 | 64,788 | 5726bda85951b619008f7cb2 | generic | Expansive interior light has been a feature of Gothic cathedrals since the first structure was opened. The metaphysics of light in the Middle Ages led to clerical belief in its divinity and the importance of its display in holy settings. Much of this belief was based on the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius, a sixth-century... | Whose writings led to the clerical belief in the divinity of light? | {'text': 'Pseudo-Dionysius', 'answer_start': 287} |
77,966 | 77,624 | 5a5e45695bc9f4001a75aeb3 | generic | The Yoga school builds on the Samkhya school theory that jñāna (knowledge) is a sufficient means to moksha. It suggests that systematic techniques/practice (personal experimentation) combined with Samkhya's approach to knowledge is the path to moksha. Yoga shares several central ideas with Advaita Vedanta, with the dif... | What does Yoga state is unachievable? | {'text': 'liberation/freedom in this life', 'answer_start': 501} |
106,603 | 106,261 | 572edbdacb0c0d14000f161c | generic | Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei says that according to the popular explanation among the later exegetes, ta'wil indicates the particular meaning a verse is directed towards. The meaning of revelation (tanzil), as opposed to ta'wil, is clear in its accordance to the obvious meaning of the words as they were revealed. But thi... | What can interpretation find that lies the behind the apparent events referred to in a Quranic story? | {'text': 'a spiritual reality', 'answer_start': 1022} |
76,316 | 75,974 | 57281338ff5b5019007d9c8c | generic | On December 7, 1989, the Communist Party of Lithuania under the leadership of Algirdas Brazauskas, split from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and abandoned its claim to have a constitutional "leading role" in politics. A smaller loyalist faction of the Communist Party, headed by hardliner Mykolas Burokevičius, ... | Who was in charge of the loyalist faction? | {'text': 'Mykolas Burokevičius,', 'answer_start': 298} |
122,819 | 122,477 | 5731d073b9d445190005e58b | generic | In 2002, a three judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that classroom recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in a California public school was unconstitutional, even when students were not compelled to recite it, due to the inclusion of the phrase "under God." In reaction to the case, Elk Grove Unified... | What did both houses of Congress pass measures reaffirming their support for? | {'text': 'the Pledge of Allegiance', 'answer_start': 101} |
81,385 | 81,043 | 572840674b864d1900164800 | generic | There are many accents that are traditionally thought of as London accents. The most well known of the London accents long ago acquired the Cockney label, which is heard both in London itself, and across the wider South East England region more generally. The accent of a 21st-century 'Londoner' varies widely; what is b... | What is the best-known London accent known as? | {'text': 'Cockney', 'answer_start': 140} |
33,016 | 32,674 | 5a5d04505e8782001a9d5e67 | generic | This has led to new terms such as cyberwarfare and cyberterrorism. More and more critical infrastructure is being controlled via computer programs that, while increasing efficiency, exposes new vulnerabilities. The test will be to see if governments and corporations that control critical systems such as energy, communi... | What computer program controls critical infrastructure? | {'text': 'Internet Time Group', 'answer_start': 442} |
72,574 | 72,232 | 5a35d763788daf001a5f86a9 | generic | Large masses, such as ice sheets or glaciers, can depress the crust of the Earth into the mantle. The depression usually totals a third of the ice sheet or glacier's thickness. After the ice sheet or glacier melts, the mantle begins to flow back to its original position, pushing the crust back up. This post-glacial reb... | What totals a thirs of the glaciers length? | {'text': 'The depression', 'answer_start': 98} |
58,978 | 58,636 | 57265bdaf1498d1400e8dd1d | generic | Americans of English descent and Americans of Scots-Irish descent began moving into northern Florida from the backwoods of Georgia and South Carolina. Though technically not allowed by the Spanish authorities, the Spanish were never able to effectively police the border region and the backwoods settlers from the United... | Backwoods settlers of Northern Florida are known as | {'text': 'Florida Crackers', 'answer_start': 549} |
92,190 | 91,848 | 5728dea13acd2414000e00c7 | generic | Apollo and the Furies argue about whether the matricide was justified; Apollo holds that the bond of marriage is sacred and Orestes was avenging his father, whereas the Erinyes say that the bond of blood between mother and son is more meaningful than the bond of marriage. They invade his temple, and he says that the ma... | Who argued about whether the matricide was justified? | {'text': 'Apollo and the Furies', 'answer_start': 0} |
126,317 | 125,975 | 5a81df6631013a001a334f2b | generic | During the French Revolution, and soon after, in Germany (by the Left Hegelians), humanism began to refer to an ethical philosophy centered on humankind, without attention to the transcendent or supernatural. The designation Religious Humanism refers to organized groups that sprang up during the late-nineteenth and ear... | What previous focus of humanism was required at the time of the French Revolution? | {'text': 'supernatural', 'answer_start': 195} |
69,227 | 68,885 | 5a45a5ff19a820001a1edade | 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 is one of the wealthiest university endowments in the US? | {'text': 'Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation', 'answer_start': 76} |
79,350 | 79,008 | 5727d9892ca10214002d9803 | generic | In October 2004, Sarah Forsyth claimed that she had been dismissed unfairly by Eton College and had been bullied by senior staff. She also claimed she was instructed to do some of Prince Harry's coursework to enable him to pass AS Art. As evidence, Forsyth provided secretly recorded conversations with both Prince Harry... | What did Sarah Forsyth provide as evidence to her unfair termination and job duties? | {'text': 'secretly recorded conversations with both Prince Harry and her Head of Department, Ian Burke', 'answer_start': 266} |
79,820 | 79,478 | 5a7e969448f7d9001a06376f | generic | There are a variety of watersports in Cork, including rowing and sailing. There are five rowing clubs training on the river Lee, including Shandon BC, UCC RC, Pres RC, Lee RC, and Cork BC. Naomhóga Chorcaí is a rowing club whose members row traditional naomhóga on the Lee in occasional competitions. The "Ocean to City"... | What city is Naomhoga Chorcai located in? | {'text': 'in Crosshaven', 'answer_start': 723} |
87,839 | 87,497 | 572821d23acd2414000df545 | generic | The stress of the war had taken its toll on the King's health, exacerbated by his heavy smoking and subsequent development of lung cancer among other ailments, including arteriosclerosis and thromboangiitis obliterans. A planned tour of Australia and New Zealand was postponed after the King suffered an arterial blockag... | What kind of cancer did the King develop? | {'text': 'lung cancer', 'answer_start': 126} |
11,608 | 11,266 | 5a83667ee60761001a2eb66a | generic | In February 2016, it was confirmed by BBC Worldwide that Keeping Up Appearances is the corporation's most exported television programme, being sold nearly 1000 times to overseas broadcasters. | How many times was Keeping Up Appearances sold to overseas broadcasters? | {'text': '2016', 'answer_start': 12} |
36,718 | 36,376 | 5a70ca678abb0b001a676196 | generic | At the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Consumer Electronics Shows, Microsoft had announced that IPTV services would soon be made available to use through the Xbox 360. In 2007, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stated that IPTV on Xbox 360 was expected to be available to consumers by the holiday season, using the Microsoft TV IPTV Ed... | When were the DVR features made available? | {'text': '2010', 'answer_start': 729} |
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