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105,378 | 105,036 | 5a84524f7cf838001a46a71b | generic | It authorized the Secretary of the Interior to list endangered domestic fish and wildlife and allowed the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to spend up to $15 million per year to buy habitats for listed species. It also directed federal land agencies to preserve habitat on their lands. The Act also consolidated a... | Who runs the United States Fish and Wildlife Service? | {'text': 'the Secretary of the Interior', 'answer_start': 14} |
32,134 | 31,792 | 5a836387e60761001a2eb650 | generic | Polyols, compounds containing more than one alcohol functional group, generally interact with cupric salts. For example, copper salts are used to test for reducing sugars. Specifically, using Benedict's reagent and Fehling's solution the presence of the sugar is signaled by a color change from blue Cu(II) to reddish co... | What color does the copper salts turn to using Benedict's reagent and Fehling's solution if dust is present? | {'text': 'reddish', 'answer_start': 310} |
128,502 | 128,160 | 5733e0d64776f419006613ff | generic | Cyborg anthropology originated as a sub-focus group within the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in 1993. The sub-group was very closely related to STS and the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Donna Haraway's 1985 Cyborg Manifesto could be considered the founding document of cyborg anthrop... | Who published a Cyborg Manifesto? | {'text': 'Donna Haraway', 'answer_start': 223} |
25,255 | 24,913 | 56f8cc9d9e9bad19000a0524 | generic | The duplication and transmission of genetic material from one generation of cells to the next is the basis for molecular inheritance, and the link between the classical and molecular pictures of genes. Organisms inherit the characteristics of their parents because the cells of the offspring contain copies of the genes ... | The duplication and transmission of genetic material from one generation of cells to the next is the basis for what? | {'text': 'molecular inheritance', 'answer_start': 111} |
76,649 | 76,307 | 572787275951b619008f8c6d | generic | The placing of the nails in the hands, or the wrists is also uncertain. Some theories suggest that the Greek word cheir (χειρ) for hand includes the wrist and that the Romans were generally trained to place nails through Destot's space (between the capitate and lunate bones) without fracturing any bones. Another theory... | What other way to affix to the cross is there? | {'text': 'Ropes', 'answer_start': 457} |
88,874 | 88,532 | 5a838cb9e60761001a2eb7b4 | generic | On 7 August 1998, al-Qaeda struck the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people, including 12 Americans. In retaliation, U.S. President Bill Clinton launched Operation Infinite Reach, a bombing campaign in Sudan and Afghanistan against targets the U.S. asserted were associated with WIFJAJC, although othe... | What happened to kill 224 people, including 50 Americans? | {'text': 'al-Qaeda struck the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania', 'answer_start': 18} |
64,494 | 64,152 | 57275ef9708984140094dca3 | generic | This new approach liberated scientific speculation from the dogmatic restraints of Aristotelian science, and paved the way for new approaches. Particularly within the field of theories of motion great advances were made, when such scholars as Jean Buridan, Nicole Oresme and the Oxford Calculators challenged the work of... | What scientist is most associated with the heliocentric worldview? | {'text': 'Nicolaus Copernicus', 'answer_start': 552} |
77,117 | 76,775 | 5a8c7f23fd22b3001a8d894b | generic | The process of selectio resembles eclectic textual criticism, but applied to a restricted set of hypothetical hyparchetypes. The steps of examinatio and emendatio resemble copy-text editing. In fact, the other techniques can be seen as special cases of stemmatics in which a rigorous family history of the text cannot be... | Eclectic criticism is not similar to what type of process? | {'text': 'selectio', 'answer_start': 15} |
23,030 | 22,688 | 56f86ea1a6d7ea1400e17619 | generic | A Royal Charter in 1952 upgraded University College at Highfield to the University of Southampton. Southampton acquired city status, becoming the City of Southampton in 1964. | When did Southampton officially become a city? | {'text': '1964', 'answer_start': 169} |
69,337 | 68,995 | 5a7a3c8817ab25001a8a03e8 | generic | Poetry is a form of literary art which uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry has traditionally been distinguished from prose by its being set in verse;[a] prose is cast in sentences, poetry in lines; the syntax of prose is ... | Prior to the eighteenth century, poetry was commonly understood to be what? | {'text': 'something set in metrical lines', 'answer_start': 490} |
74,738 | 74,396 | 57276074f1498d1400e8f719 | generic | While christian festivals such as corpus christi were church-sanctioned celebrations, Carnival was also a manifestation of European folk culture. In the Christian tradition the fasting is to commemorate the 40 days that Jesus fasted in the desert according to the New Testament and also to reflect on Christian values. A... | Carnival was also a result of what area's folk culture? | {'text': 'European', 'answer_start': 123} |
6,124 | 5,782 | 56d366bb59d6e414001462ee | generic | The success of American Idol has been described as "unparalleled in broadcasting history". The series was also said by a rival TV executive to be "the most impactful show in the history of television". It has become a recognized springboard for launching the career of many artists as bona fide stars. According to Billb... | Who was a pop idol that started on American Idol? | {'text': 'Fantasia', 'answer_start': 493} |
28,533 | 28,191 | 5a821ac031013a001a335201 | generic | The principles of phonological analysis can be applied independently of modality because they are designed to serve as general analytical tools, not language-specific ones. The same principles have been applied to the analysis of sign languages (see Phonemes in sign languages), even though the sub-lexical units are not... | Instead of being language specific what kind of tool is sign language designed to be? | {'text': 'general analytical tools', 'answer_start': 119} |
42,366 | 42,024 | 570d5dcdfed7b91900d45f55 | generic | Pubertal development also affects circulatory and respiratory systems as an adolescents' heart and lungs increase in both size and capacity. These changes lead to increased strength and tolerance for exercise. Sex differences are apparent as males tend to develop "larger hearts and lungs, higher systolic blood pressure... | Which sex tends to develop larger hearts and lungs? | {'text': 'males', 'answer_start': 242} |
56,610 | 56,268 | 572641e4ec44d21400f3dcf0 | generic | The Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$411 billion in 2011, making Mexico City urban agglomeration one of the economically largest metropolitan areas in the world. The city was responsible for generating 15.8% of Mexico's Gross Domestic Product and the metropolitan area accounted for about 22%... | Which country has about the same size GDP as Mexico city? | {'text': 'Peru', 'answer_start': 506} |
122,524 | 122,182 | 5731ba99e99e3014001e6212 | generic | YouTube relies on its users to flag the content of videos as inappropriate, and a YouTube employee will view a flagged video to determine whether it violates the site's terms of service. In July 2008, the Culture and Media Committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom stated that it was "unimpressed" with You... | Who of the house of commons spoke out on youtube's policies? | {'text': 'the Culture and Media Committee', 'answer_start': 201} |
9,494 | 9,152 | 5ad3e0ba604f3c001a3ff4e0 | generic | During the Cold War, a principal focus of Canadian defence policy was contributing to the security of Europe in the face of the Soviet military threat. Toward that end, Canadian ground and air forces were based in Europe from the early 1950s until the early 1990s. | Approximately since what year was the CAF not stationed in Europe? | {'text': 'Soviet military threat', 'answer_start': 128} |
103,460 | 103,118 | 572f15a303f9891900756b88 | generic | Part of the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and Disneyland in Paris, France, takes place on an elevator. The "stretching room" on the ride is actually an elevator that travels downwards, giving access to a short underground tunnel which leads to the rest of the attraction. The elevator ... | What is the name of area that is really an elevator? | {'text': 'The "stretching room"', 'answer_start': 138} |
99,001 | 98,659 | 5a46b6585fd40d001a27dc86 | generic | The Gurjar Pratihar Empire acted as a barrier for Arab invaders from the 8th to the 11th century. The chief accomplishment of the Gurjara Pratihara empire lies in its successful resistance to foreign invasions from the west, starting in the days of Junaid. Historian R. C. Majumdar says that this was openly acknowledged... | For how long did the Arab empire stand? | {'text': 'from the 8th to the 11th century', 'answer_start': 64} |
56,767 | 56,425 | 572687e35951b619008f75f3 | generic | The Human Development Index report of 2005 shows that there were three boroughs with a very high Human Development Index, 12 with a high HDI value (9 above .85) and one with a medium HDI value (almost high). Benito Juárez borough had the highest HDI of the country (.9510) followed by Miguel Hidalgo which came up 4th n... | Which borough had the highest HDI score? | {'text': 'Benito Juárez', 'answer_start': 209} |
16,765 | 16,423 | 5acd4b5007355d001abf3c3c | generic | Compass-M1 transmits in 3 bands: E2, E5B, and E6. In each frequency band two coherent sub-signals have been detected with a phase shift of 90 degrees (in quadrature). These signal components are further referred to as "I" and "Q". The "I" components have shorter codes and are likely to be intended for the open service.... | IQ modulation has been the only method in wired technology since how many years ago? | {'text': '100', 'answer_start': 563} |
50,793 | 50,451 | 5725ba0bec44d21400f3d469 | generic | Some new immigrants arrived as refugees with no possessions and were housed in temporary camps known as ma'abarot; by 1952, over 200,000 immigrants were living in these tent cities. During this period, food, clothes and furniture had to be rationed in what became known as the Austerity Period. The need to solve the cri... | What were temporary camps known as? | {'text': "ma'abarot", 'answer_start': 104} |
101,320 | 100,978 | 572e8ba0c246551400ce432b | generic | Infractions of the rules are punished with penalties, typically a loss of yardage of 5, 10 or 15 yards against the penalized team. Minor violations such as offside (a player from either side encroaching into scrimmage zone before the play starts) are penalized five yards, more serious penalties (such as holding) are pe... | How many yards does a team lose when they commit a minor penalty? | {'text': 'five', 'answer_start': 261} |
125,461 | 125,119 | 57326d2f0fdd8d15006c6ad1 | generic | Penny Marshall's 1990 film Awakenings, which was nominated for several Oscars, is based on neurologist Oliver Sacks' 1973 account of his psychiatric patients at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx who were paralyzed by a form of encephalitis but briefly responded to the drug L-dopa. Robin Williams played the physician; ... | When did "Awakenings" come out? | {'text': '1990', 'answer_start': 17} |
52,424 | 52,082 | 57268e0ff1498d1400e8e3a8 | generic | Some nouns have two different diminutives, each with a different meaning: bloem (flower) → bloempje (lit. "small flower"), but bloemetje (lit. also "small flower", meaning bouquet). A few nouns exist solely in a diminutive form, e.g. zeepaardje (seahorse), while many, e.g. meisje (girl), originally a diminutive of meid... | What Dutch word did their word for "girl" come from that has a totally different meaning? | {'text': 'meid', 'answer_start': 316} |
84,969 | 84,627 | 5728009a2ca10214002d9b1f | generic | The Vedas, the earliest texts on Indian philosophy and Hindu philosophy dating back to the late 2nd millennium BC, describe ancient Hindu cosmology, in which the universe goes through repeated cycles of creation, destruction and rebirth, with each cycle lasting 4,320 million years. Ancient Greek philosophers, including... | Which ancient Greek philosophers wrote essays on the concept of time? | {'text': 'Parmenides and Heraclitus', 'answer_start': 321} |
37,318 | 36,976 | 5a5a21649c0277001abe7054 | generic | The roots of hard rock can be traced back to the 1950s, particularly electric blues, which laid the foundations for key elements such as a rough declamatory vocal style, heavy guitar riffs, string-bending blues-scale guitar solos, strong beat, thick riff-laden texture, and posturing performances. Electric blues guitari... | What did the electric blues guitarists avoid using from the hard rock genre? | {'text': 'driving rhythms', 'answer_start': 376} |
9,920 | 9,578 | 5ad2e95d604f3c001a3fd9b7 | generic | Pope Sixtus V limited the number of cardinals to 70, comprising six cardinal bishops, 50 cardinal priests, and 14 cardinal deacons. Starting in the pontificate of Pope John XXIII, that limit has been exceeded. At the start of 1971, Pope Paul VI set the number of cardinal electors at a maximum of 120, but set no limit o... | Who implemented the maximum age of 60 years for electors? | {'text': 'Pope Paul VI', 'answer_start': 232} |
82,221 | 81,879 | 5acfcff977cf76001a686159 | generic | Tibet (i/tᵻˈbɛt/; Wylie: Bod, pronounced [pʰø̀ʔ]; Chinese: 西藏; pinyin: Xīzàng) is a region on the Tibetan Plateau in Asia. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Qiang and Lhoba peoples and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese and ... | What rises 8,848 ft above sea level? | {'text': 'Mount Everest', 'answer_start': 459} |
44,964 | 44,622 | 5ad35625604f3c001a3fddcb | generic | Dell was listed at number 51 in the Fortune 500 list, until 2014. After going private in 2013, the newly confidential nature of its financial information prevents the company from being ranked by Fortune. In 2014 it was the third largest PC vendor in the world after Lenovo and HP. Dell is currently the #1 shipper of PC... | What number was dell on the Fortune 600 list until 2014? | {'text': '51', 'answer_start': 26} |
114,819 | 114,477 | 573020b2947a6a140053d15a | generic | The subsequent 2005 elections were internationally regarded as the most free and fair in Liberian history. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard-trained economist and former Minister of Finance, was elected as the first female president in Africa. Upon her inauguration, Sirleaf requested the extradition of Taylor from Niger... | What was created to address the causes of civil war? | {'text': 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission', 'answer_start': 417} |
103,007 | 102,665 | 5731c48ae17f3d14004223b2 | generic | Since the mid-1980s, Spielberg has increased his role as a film producer. He headed up the production team for several cartoons, including the Warner Bros. hits Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Toonsylvania, and Freakazoid!, for which he collaborated with Jean MacCurdy and Tom Ruegger. Due to his ... | What films did Spielberg produce for Don Bluth? | {'text': 'An American Tail and The Land Before Time', 'answer_start': 517} |
114,147 | 113,805 | 57302f4004bcaa1900d7730a | generic | Viking invasions began in the 9th century, followed by more permanent settlements, particularly along the east coast of Ireland, the west coast of modern-day Scotland and the Isle of Man. Though the Vikings were eventually neutralised in Ireland, their influence remained in the cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterfo... | When did the Norman Conquest occur? | {'text': '1066', 'answer_start': 666} |
105,486 | 105,144 | 572eb5bddfa6aa1500f8d2ea | generic | Long before the exemption is considered by the Endangered Species Committee, the Forest Service, and either the FWS or the NMFS will have consulted on the biological implications of the timber harvest. The consultation can be informal, to determine if harm may occur; and then formal if the harm is believed to be likely... | What considerations are weighed during the consultations? | {'text': 'whether the species will be harmed, whether the habitat will be harmed and if the action will aid or hinder the recovery', 'answer_start': 378} |
58,567 | 58,225 | 57266ee0708984140094c5c8 | generic | Ireland developed a strong middle class, especially in the major cities, by the mid-nineteenth century. They were active patrons of department stores. Delany's New Mart was opened in 1853 in Dublin, Ireland. Unlike others, Delany's had not evolved gradually from a smaller shop on site. Thus it could claim to be the fir... | What was Delany's originally called? | {'text': 'Monster House', 'answer_start': 457} |
104,102 | 103,760 | 5acd89fe07355d001abf4670 | generic | Modern electrification systems take AC energy from a power grid which is delivered to a locomotive and converted to a DC voltage to be used by traction motors. These motors may either be DC motors which directly use the DC or they may be 3-phase AC motors which require further conversion of the DC to 3-phase AC (using ... | The energy used to blow air to heat transformers must be what? | {'text': 'accounted for', 'answer_start': 1266} |
79,668 | 79,326 | 5727c9e62ca10214002d9640 | generic | The retail trade in Cork city includes a mix of both modern, state of the art shopping centres and family owned local shops. Department stores cater for all budgets, with expensive boutiques for one end of the market and high street stores also available. Shopping centres can be found in many of Cork's suburbs, includi... | What types of retail offerings are found in Cork? | {'text': 'state of the art shopping centres and family owned local shops', 'answer_start': 61} |
80,775 | 80,433 | 5acd29f507355d001abf3774 | generic | Rendering software which cannot process a Unicode character appropriately often displays it as an open rectangle, or the Unicode "replacement character" (U+FFFD, �), to indicate the position of the unrecognized character. Some systems have made attempts to provide more information about such characters. The Apple's Las... | What is the glyph that Apple's Last Resort font displays? | {'text': '�', 'answer_start': 162} |
99,949 | 99,607 | 572b7982be1ee31400cb83bd | generic | Pluralistic idealism such as that of Gottfried Leibniz takes the view that there are many individual minds that together underlie the existence of the observed world and make possible the existence of the physical universe. Unlike absolute idealism, pluralistic idealism does not assume the existence of a single ultimat... | Who is a notable exponent of pluralistic idealism? | {'text': 'Gottfried Leibniz', 'answer_start': 37} |
65,111 | 64,769 | 5ad0ef59645df0001a2d086d | generic | Externally, towers and spires are characteristic of Gothic churches both great and small, the number and positioning being one of the greatest variables in Gothic architecture. In Italy, the tower, if present, is almost always detached from the building, as at Florence Cathedral, and is often from an earlier structure.... | How many towers fell at the Salisbury Chapel? | {'text': 'just one tower', 'answer_start': 562} |
115,870 | 115,528 | 573027b6947a6a140053d1b8 | generic | Windows Explorer, which has been renamed File Explorer, now includes a ribbon in place of the command bar. File operation dialog boxes have been updated to provide more detailed statistics, the ability to pause file transfers, and improvements in the ability to manage conflicts when copying files. A new "File History" ... | What did the update of operation dalog boxes help with? | {'text': 'provide more detailed statistics, the ability to pause file transfers, and improvements in the ability to manage conflicts when copying files', 'answer_start': 156} |
26,373 | 26,031 | 5acfbc6a77cf76001a685b5b | generic | "In 1727 the to-min or 'idle people' of Cheh Kiang province (a Ningpo name still existing), the yoh-hu or 'music people' of Shanxi province, the si-min or 'small people' of Kiang Su (Jiangsu) province, and the Tanka people or 'egg-people' of Canton (to this day the boat population there), were all freed from their soci... | What does 'yoh-hue' mean? | {'text': 'music people', 'answer_start': 107} |
77,194 | 76,852 | 5a8c8ad7fd22b3001a8d8a6e | generic | Bowers confronted a similar problem in his edition of Maggie. Crane originally printed the novel privately in 1893. To secure commercial publication in 1896, Crane agreed to remove profanity, but he also made stylistic revisions. Bowers's approach was to preserve the stylistic and literary changes of 1896, but to rever... | What changes did Maggie make to secure commercial publication? | {'text': 'remove profanity', 'answer_start': 174} |
109,257 | 108,915 | 572ffca0a23a5019007fcc0f | generic | The school has many nationally and internationally acclaimed scholars in social security, health care, health disparities, communication, social and health policy, and individual and family development. Many of the faculty have training in both social work and public health. The school's current dean is Edward F. Lawlo... | What areas does the Brown School Library have represented scholars? | {'text': 'social security, health care, health disparities, communication, social and health policy, and individual and family development', 'answer_start': 73} |
77,846 | 77,504 | 57279273f1498d1400e8fc86 | generic | In addition to films, Turner Classic Movies also airs original content, mostly documentaries about classic movie personalities, the world of filmmaking and particularly notable films. An occasional month-long series, Race and Hollywood, showcases films by and about people of non-white races, featuring discussions of ho... | What was the topic of Screened Out? | {'text': 'history and depiction of homosexuality in film', 'answer_start': 715} |
23,121 | 22,779 | 56f8a3829b226e1400dd0d19 | generic | Between 1996 and 2004, the population of the city increased by 4.9 per cent—the tenth biggest increase in England. In 2005 the Government Statistics stated that Southampton was the third most densely populated city in the country after London and Portsmouth respectively. Hampshire County Council expects the city's popu... | By what percentage did the population of Southampton increase from 1996 to 2004? | {'text': '4.9', 'answer_start': 63} |
65,501 | 65,159 | 5acfd1f277cf76001a6861c8 | generic | Cubism formed an important link between early-20th-century art and architecture. The historical, theoretical, and socio-political relationships between avant-garde practices in painting, sculpture and architecture had early ramifications in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia. Though there are many poin... | What four things did Cubism in the early 20th century form an important link between? | {'text': 'art and architecture', 'answer_start': 59} |
18,886 | 18,544 | 5ad69112191832001aa7b230 | generic | Paper made from wood pulp is not necessarily less durable than a rag paper. The ageing behavior of a paper is determined by its manufacture, not the original source of the fibres. Furthermore, tests sponsored by the Library of Congress prove that all paper is at risk of acid decay, because cellulose itself produces for... | Besides formic, acetic, and lactic acid, what type of acid does cellulose not produce? | {'text': 'oxalic', 'answer_start': 344} |
119,700 | 119,358 | 5a14cde7a54d420018529357 | generic | Referring to great power relations pre-1960, Joshua Baron highlights that starting from around the 16th century and the rise of several European great powers, military conflicts and confrontations was the defining characteristic of diplomacy and relations between such powers. "Between 1500 and 1953, there were 64 wars ... | Between 1815 and 1914, how many acts of diplomacy were there and with what countries? | {'text': 'nineteen such instances against; Russia (8), France (5), Germany/Prussia (5) and Italy (1).', 'answer_start': 871} |
9,030 | 8,688 | 56ddd58e66d3e219004dad0d | generic | In 2003, Harding Earley Follmer & Frailey defended a client from a trademark dispute using the Archive's Wayback Machine. The attorneys were able to demonstrate that the claims made by the plaintiff were invalid, based on the content of their web site from several years prior. The plaintiff, Healthcare Advocates, then ... | Which law firm leveraged Wayback Machine to protect their client in 2003? | {'text': 'Harding Earley Follmer & Frailey', 'answer_start': 9} |
35,312 | 34,970 | 5a6787d6f038b7001ab0c285 | generic | Old English is a West Germanic language, developing out of Ingvaeonic (also known as North Sea Germanic) dialects from the 5th century. It came to be spoken over most of the territory of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which became the Kingdom of England. This included most of present-day England, as well as part of what is n... | Who did the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northuumbria belong to? | {'text': 'Scotland', 'answer_start': 336} |
121,364 | 121,022 | 5731703a05b4da19006bd177 | generic | In parts of Italy, which were under eastern artistic influences, like Sicily and Venice, mosaic making never went out of fashion in the Middle Ages. The whole interior of the St Mark's Basilica in Venice is clad with elaborate, golden mosaics. The oldest scenes were executed by Greek masters in the late 11th century bu... | Which church in Venice is decorated with elaborate golden mosaics? | {'text': "St Mark's Basilica", 'answer_start': 175} |
102,538 | 102,196 | 572e86a903f989190075672b | generic | Intercommunal violence erupted on December 21, 1963, when two Turkish Cypriots were killed at an incident involving the Greek Cypriot police. The violence resulted in the death of 364 Turkish and 174 Greek Cypriots, destruction of 109 Turkish Cypriot or mixed villages and displacement of 25,000-30,000 Turkish Cypriots.... | In December of what year did intercommunal violence erupt? | {'text': '1963', 'answer_start': 47} |
45,142 | 44,800 | 5ad359a6604f3c001a3fde43 | generic | From 1997 to 2004, Dell enjoyed steady growth and it gained market share from competitors even during industry slumps. During the same period, rival PC vendors such as Compaq, Gateway, IBM, Packard Bell, and AST Research struggled and eventually left the market or were bought out. Dell surpassed Compaq to become the la... | How much were Dell losing in 2002? | {'text': '$35 billion', 'answer_start': 401} |
27,604 | 27,262 | 56fa0064f34c681400b0bf46 | generic | In antiquity, the ancestors of the Somali people were an important link in the Horn of Africa connecting the region's commerce with the rest of the ancient world. Somali sailors and merchants were the main suppliers of frankincense, myrrh and spices, items which were considered valuable luxuries by the Ancient Egyptian... | Along with myrrh and spices, what important luxury did ancient Somali merchants provide? | {'text': 'frankincense', 'answer_start': 219} |
100,666 | 100,324 | 572c00d6f182dd1900d7c7b1 | generic | In February 1861, secessionists in Tennessee's state government—led by Governor Isham Harris—sought voter approval for a convention to sever ties with the United States, but Tennessee voters rejected the referendum by a 54–46% margin. The strongest opposition to secession came from East Tennessee (which later tried to ... | On which date did Tennessee enter a military alliance with the Confederacy? | {'text': 'May 7, 1861', 'answer_start': 767} |
4,072 | 3,730 | 56cf306baab44d1400b88de8 | generic | The Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island Immigration Museum are managed by the National Park Service and are in both the states of New York and New Jersey. They are joined in the harbor by Governors Island National Monument, in New York. Historic sites under federal management on Manhattan Island includ... | What is the common name for the General Grant National Memorial? | {'text': "Grant's Tomb", 'answer_start': 476} |
33,425 | 33,083 | 5709d4004103511400d59478 | generic | Most animals indirectly use the energy of sunlight by eating plants or plant-eating animals. Most plants use light to convert inorganic molecules in their environment into carbohydrates, fats, proteins and other biomolecules, characteristically containing reduced carbon in the form of carbon-hydrogen bonds. Starting wi... | What does photosynthesis convert the energy of sunlight into? | {'text': 'chemical energy', 'answer_start': 413} |
87,729 | 87,387 | 5a369c7695360f001af1b2bb | generic | Because of his stammer, Albert dreaded public speaking. After his closing speech at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley on 31 October 1925, one which was an ordeal for both him and his listeners, he began to see Lionel Logue, an Australian-born speech therapist. The Duke and Logue practised breathing exercises, an... | In what month did Albert begin his tour of the empire? | {'text': 'October', 'answer_start': 131} |
17,317 | 16,975 | 56e129a7cd28a01900c67672 | generic | By the 9th century, Catalan had evolved from Vulgar Latin on both sides of the eastern end of the Pyrenees, as well as the territories of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis to the south. From the 8th century onwards the Catalan counts extended their territory southwards and westwards at the expense of the Mus... | Who broadened their territory and the use of Catalan in the 8th century? | {'text': 'Catalan counts', 'answer_start': 230} |
110,470 | 110,128 | 572fbbe6a23a5019007fc917 | generic | The Karabakh war ended after a Russian-brokered cease-fire was put in place in 1994. The war was a success for the Karabakh Armenian forces who managed to capture 16% of Azerbaijan's internationally recognised territory including Nagorno-Karabakh itself. Since then, Armenia and Azerbaijan have held peace talks, mediate... | Who gained the most from the Karabakh War? | {'text': 'Karabakh Armenian forces', 'answer_start': 115} |
9,135 | 8,793 | 5a11c35a06e79900185c355d | generic | In 1582 the United Provinces invited Francis, Duke of Anjou to lead them; but after a failed attempt to take Antwerp in 1583, the duke left the Netherlands again. After the assassination of William of Orange (10 July 1584), both Henry III of France and Elizabeth I of England declined the offer of sovereignty. However, ... | What two rulers fought over the provinces after the assassination of William of Orange? | {'text': 'Henry III of France and Elizabeth I of England', 'answer_start': 229} |
10,579 | 10,237 | 56de4022cffd8e1900b4b70d | generic | Courts check both the executive branch and the legislative branch through judicial review. This concept is not written into the Constitution, but was envisioned by many of the Constitution's Framers (for example, The Federalist Papers mention it). The Supreme Court established a precedent for judicial review in Marbury... | What is the court case that established judicial review? | {'text': 'Marbury v. Madison', 'answer_start': 313} |
122,066 | 121,724 | 5731f0ffe99e3014001e63f0 | generic | The devotio was the most extreme offering a Roman general could make, promising to offer his own life in battle along with the enemy as an offering to the underworld gods. Livy offers a detailed account of the devotio carried out by Decius Mus; family tradition maintained that his son and grandson, all bearing the same... | Who wrote a detailed account of the demise of Decius Mus? | {'text': 'Livy', 'answer_start': 172} |
122,882 | 122,540 | 5ad14881645df0001a2d1564 | generic | The required beliefs of these clauses include belief in a Supreme Being and belief in a future state of rewards and punishments. (Tennessee Constitution Article IX, Section 2 is one such example.) Some of these same states specify that the oath of office include the words "so help me God." In some cases these beliefs (... | What language do some of the different states specify the oath of office include? | {'text': 'so help me God', 'answer_start': 274} |
34,987 | 34,645 | 570a807e6d058f1900182ed0 | generic | On matchdays, in a tradition going back to 1962, players walk out to the theme tune to Z-Cars, named "Johnny Todd", a traditional Liverpool children's song collected in 1890 by Frank Kidson which tells the story of a sailor betrayed by his lover while away at sea, although on two separate occasions in the 1994, they ra... | What year did the Everton players walk out to a song other than "Johnny Todd"? | {'text': '1994', 'answer_start': 307} |
41,889 | 41,547 | 5aced07732bba1001ae4b541 | generic | Currently, the army is divided into the Regular Army, the Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard. The army is also divided into major branches such as Air Defense Artillery, Infantry, Aviation, Signal Corps, Corps of Engineers, and Armor. Before 1903 members of the National Guard were considered state soldiers unles... | What is the State Defense Artillery a branch of? | {'text': 'the Army', 'answer_start': 54} |
120,712 | 120,370 | 5ad4e1175b96ef001a10a520 | generic | Rothko also began using the new synthetic pigments, but not always with happy results. In 1962 he donated to Harvard University a series of large murals of the Passion of Christ whose predominant colors were dark pink and deep crimson. He mixed mostly traditional colors to make the pink and crimson; synthetic ultramari... | What university did Rothko attend? | {'text': 'Harvard University', 'answer_start': 109} |
83,917 | 83,575 | 5728750eff5b5019007da251 | generic | The Hephthalites (or Ephthalites), also known as the White Huns, were a nomadic confederation in Central Asia during the late antiquity period. The White Huns established themselves in modern-day Afghanistan by the first half of the 5th century. Led by the Hun military leader Toramana, they overran the northern region ... | What type of trib were the Hephthalites? | {'text': 'nomadic confederation', 'answer_start': 72} |
104,322 | 103,980 | 5a772f272d6d7f001a4a9f4f | generic | The exodus of Salvadorans was a result of both economic and political problems. The largest immigration wave occurred as a result of the Salvadoran Civil War in the 1980s, in which 20–30% of El Salvador's population emigrated. About 50%, or up to 500,000 of those who escaped headed to the United States, which was alrea... | Why did Slavadorians come to Mexico? | {'text': 'The exodus of Salvadorans was a result of both economic and political problems', 'answer_start': 0} |
998 | 656 | 56bfdbf2a10cfb1400551342 | generic | Beyoncé has worked with Tommy Hilfiger for the fragrances True Star (singing a cover version of "Wishing on a Star") and True Star Gold; she also promoted Emporio Armani's Diamonds fragrance in 2007. Beyoncé launched her first official fragrance, Heat in 2010. The commercial, which featured the 1956 song "Fever", was s... | When was her second perfume, Heat Rush, released? | {'text': '2011', 'answer_start': 452} |
106,939 | 106,597 | 572f6a6504bcaa1900d76903 | generic | The ReWritable Audio CD is designed to be used in a consumer audio CD recorder, which will not (without modification) accept standard CD-RW discs. These consumer audio CD recorders use the Serial Copy Management System (SCMS), an early form of digital rights management (DRM), to conform to the United States' Audio Home... | What does SCMS stand for? | {'text': 'Serial Copy Management System', 'answer_start': 189} |
122,536 | 122,194 | 5ace461032bba1001ae4a160 | generic | Most videos enable users to leave comments, and these have attracted attention for the negative aspects of both their form and content. In 2006, Time praised Web 2.0 for enabling "community and collaboration on a scale never seen before", and added that YouTube "harnesses the stupidity of crowds as well as its wisdom. ... | What can users leave on all videos? | {'text': 'comments', 'answer_start': 34} |
25,928 | 25,586 | 56f978649e9bad19000a0988 | generic | The essence of the information processing approach is to try to understand brain function in terms of information flow and implementation of algorithms. One of the most influential early contributions was a 1959 paper titled What the frog's eye tells the frog's brain: the paper examined the visual responses of neurons ... | Who won a Nobel Prize for the discovery that cells in the visual cortex of monkeys become active when sharp edges move? | {'text': 'David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel', 'answer_start': 547} |
111,514 | 111,172 | 5730985d396df919000961ed | generic | The Greeks of the Classical era made several notable contributions to science and helped lay the foundations of several western scientific traditions, like philosophy, historiography and mathematics. The scholarly tradition of the Greek academies was maintained during Roman times with several academic institutions in C... | What school practices were kept by the Roman world after the fall of Greece ? | {'text': 'scholarly tradition of the Greek academies was maintained during Roman times with several academic institutions', 'answer_start': 204} |
63,955 | 63,613 | 5726b8de708984140094cf27 | generic | A decade into co-education, rampant student assault and harassment by faculty became the impetus for the trailblazing lawsuit Alexander v. Yale. While unsuccessful in the courts, the legal reasoning behind the case changed the landscape of sex discrimination law and resulted in the establishment of Yale's Grievance Boa... | What led to Yale's Grievance Board and the Yale Women's Center? | {'text': 'Alexander v. Yale', 'answer_start': 126} |
24,571 | 24,229 | 5a7e408270df9f001a87564d | generic | The biographical tradition asserts that Virgil began the hexameter Eclogues (or Bucolics) in 42 BC and it is thought that the collection was published around 39–38 BC, although this is controversial. The Eclogues (from the Greek for "selections") are a group of ten poems roughly modeled on the bucolic hexameter poetry ... | How many books of poetry did Cornelius Gallus write? | {'text': '4', 'answer_start': 1988} |
115,345 | 115,003 | 5ad3d77b604f3c001a3ff34d | generic | Isabelle Stengers wrote that "Whiteheadians are recruited among both philosophers and theologians, and the palette has been enriched by practitioners from the most diverse horizons, from ecology to feminism, practices that unite political struggle and spirituality with the sciences of education." Indeed, in recent deca... | According to Isabelle Stengers, what are non unifying factors in diverse practices (like ecology and feminism) that have become interested in Whitehead's work? | {'text': 'practices that unite political struggle and spirituality with the sciences of education', 'answer_start': 208} |
64,381 | 64,039 | 5ad0217377cf76001a686b16 | generic | As the European population was severely reduced, land became more plentiful for the survivors, and labour consequently more expensive. Attempts by landowners to forcibly reduce wages, such as the English 1351 Statute of Laborers, were doomed to fail. These efforts resulted in nothing more than fostering resentment amon... | When didn't the French Jacquerie take place? | {'text': '1358', 'answer_start': 391} |
81,168 | 80,826 | 5728dd4c2ca10214002da9c8 | generic | Within the city of Detroit, there are over a dozen major hospitals which include the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), Henry Ford Health System, St. John Health System, and the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center. The DMC, a regional Level I trauma center, consists of Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center, ... | How many major hospitals are in Detroit? | {'text': 'over a dozen', 'answer_start': 38} |
11,236 | 10,894 | 5a631e5568151a001a9221f8 | 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. | Who was responsible for bringing Asian culture to the Greek? | {'text': 'Alexander the Great', 'answer_start': 163} |
21,117 | 20,775 | 56e8239437bdd419002c445f | generic | Another occasionally used criterion for discriminating dialects from languages is that of linguistic authority, a more sociolinguistic notion. According to this definition, two varieties are considered dialects of the same language if (under at least some circumstances) they would defer to the same authority regarding ... | Under the linguistic authority criteria, what is a dialect of German along with Bavarian German? | {'text': 'East Franconian German', 'answer_start': 481} |
24,066 | 23,724 | 56f9586b9b226e1400dd1376 | generic | Subsequently, seven other chiefs on seven other islands signed a treaty in German and Marshallese and a final copy witnessed by Rötger on November 1 was sent to the German Foreign Office. The Germans erected a sign declaring a "Imperial German Protectorate" at Jaluit. It has been speculated that the crisis over the Car... | What nation had control of the Carolines? | {'text': 'Spain', 'answer_start': 332} |
98,100 | 97,758 | 5ad38194604f3c001a3fe489 | generic | After Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba in 1959, many wealthy Cubans sought refuge in Miami, further increasing the population. The city developed businesses and cultural amenities as part of the New South. In the 1980s and 1990s, South Florida weathered social problems related to drug wars, immigration from Haiti and... | Miami is the US city with the smallest population of what ethnic group? | {'text': 'Cuban-American', 'answer_start': 681} |
124,749 | 124,407 | 57326324e17f3d1400422933 | generic | The Watch Tower Society rejects accusations that it is a false prophet, stating that its teachings are not inspired or infallible, and that it has not claimed its predictions were "the words of Jehovah." George D. Chryssides has suggested that with the exception of statements about 1914, 1925 and 1975, the changing vie... | What accusations does the Watch Tower Society reject? | {'text': 'that it is a false prophet', 'answer_start': 44} |
885 | 543 | 56bfc87ca10cfb14005512e1 | generic | According to Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, Beyoncé uses different fashion styles to work with her music while performing. Her mother co-wrote a book, published in 2002, titled Destiny's Style an account of how fashion had an impact on the trio's success. The B'Day Anthology Video Album showed many instances... | Who was she the second African American on the cover after? | {'text': 'Tyra Banks', 'answer_start': 535} |
122,334 | 121,992 | 5acd6ce007355d001abf4199 | generic | All YouTube users can upload videos up to 15 minutes each in duration. Users who have a good track record of complying with the site's Community Guidelines may be offered the ability to upload videos up to 12 hours in length, which requires verifying the account, normally through a mobile phone. When YouTube was launch... | What is the upload file size limit on up to date browsers? | {'text': '20 GB', 'answer_start': 674} |
96,617 | 96,275 | 572a1e9daf94a219006aa801 | generic | France and the Ottoman Empire, united by mutual opposition to Habsburg rule, became strong allies. The French conquests of Nice (1543) and Corsica (1553) occurred as a joint venture between the forces of the French king Francis I and Suleiman, and were commanded by the Ottoman admirals Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha and Tu... | What ruler recognized the Ottomans in 1547? | {'text': 'Ferdinand', 'answer_start': 543} |
85,387 | 85,045 | 5a7a7cfa21c2de001afe9c7f | generic | As of 18 June 2012, the ECB in total had spent €212.1bn (equal to 2.2% of the Eurozone GDP) for bond purchases covering outright debt, as part of its Securities Markets Programme (SMP) running since May 2010. On 6 September 2012, the ECB announced a new plan for buying bonds from eurozone countries. The duration of the... | How does the ECB plan to decrease the available credit for businesses? | {'text': 'Outright Monetary Transactions', 'answer_start': 359} |
107,502 | 107,160 | 572f427604bcaa1900d767f2 | generic | Northern leaders agreed that victory would require more than the end of fighting. Secession and Confederate nationalism had to be totally repudiated and all forms of slavery or quasi-slavery had to be eliminated. Lincoln proved effective in mobilizing support for the war goals, raising large armies and supplying them, ... | What did Lincoln do well in the war? | {'text': 'mobilizing support for the war goals', 'answer_start': 241} |
45,868 | 45,526 | 571079ada58dae1900cd69d8 | generic | The first technical dictionary was drafted by John Harris and entitled Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Harris' book avoided theological and biographical entries; instead it concentrated on science and technology. Published in 1704, the Lexicon technicum was the first book to... | In what language was the Lexicon Technicum written? | {'text': 'English', 'answer_start': 335} |
20,334 | 19,992 | 5acf5ffc77cf76001a684cbb | generic | Beginning in the 2007–2008 academic year, first-time freshman at KU pay a fixed tuition rate for 48 months according to the Four-Year Tuition Compact passed by the Kansas Board of Regents. For the 2014–15 academic year, tuition was $318 per credit hour for in-state freshman and $828 for out-of-state freshmen. For trans... | How much did a professor from outside of Kansas have to pay per course credit in 2014-15? | {'text': '$828', 'answer_start': 279} |
108,919 | 108,577 | 5a2d5d6df28ef0001a5264e9 | generic | There were 46,917 households, out of which 7,835 (16.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,092 (27.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 3,510 (7.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,327 (2.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,867 (6.1%) unm... | What is the average family size for same-sex married couples? | {'text': '2.79', 'answer_start': 661} |
111,650 | 111,308 | 572fbc8604bcaa1900d76c4d | generic | However, by the turn of the 1990s the downward trend was starting to reverse; England had been successful in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, reaching the semi-finals. UEFA, European football's governing body, lifted the five-year ban on English clubs playing in European competitions in 1990 (resulting in Manchester United lif... | Did the UEFA remove the 5 year ban on English clubs playing in European competitions in 1990? | {'text': "UEFA, European football's governing body, lifted the five-year ban on English clubs playing in European competitions in 1990", 'answer_start': 160} |
129,249 | 128,907 | 5734580c879d6814001ca544 | generic | Richmond city government consists of a city council with representatives from nine districts serving in a legislative and oversight capacity, as well as a popularly elected, at-large mayor serving as head of the executive branch. Citizens in each of the nine districts elect one council representative each to serve a fo... | What official is in charge of Richmond's executive branch? | {'text': 'mayor', 'answer_start': 183} |
83,002 | 82,660 | 572802ae4b864d1900164216 | generic | Many students are involved in community service in one form or another. Annual events include Dance Marathon, a thirty-hour event that raised more than a million dollars for charity in 2011; and Project Pumpkin, a Halloween celebration hosted by the Northwestern Community Development Corps (NCDC) to which more than 800... | What does NCDC stand for? | {'text': 'Northwestern Community Development Corps', 'answer_start': 250} |
115,414 | 115,072 | 5ad3dbbc604f3c001a3ff3d9 | generic | One philosophical school which has historically had a close relationship with process philosophy is American pragmatism. Whitehead himself thought highly of William James and John Dewey, and acknowledged his indebtedness to them in the preface to Process and Reality. Charles Hartshorne (along with Paul Weiss) edited th... | What unimportant neopragmatist was Harthorne's student? | {'text': 'Richard Rorty', 'answer_start': 421} |
5,086 | 4,744 | 56d0fb0317492d1400aab6cd | generic | Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents divorced when he was three and he and his mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. His father, Ray West, is a former Black Panther and was one of the first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ray West was later a Christian coun... | What was the name of Kanye West's high school? | {'text': 'Polaris High School', 'answer_start': 706} |
49,329 | 48,987 | 5ace595232bba1001ae4a368 | generic | Bitumen was the nemesis of many artists during the 19th century. Although widely used for a time, it ultimately proved unstable for use in oil painting, especially when mixed with the most common diluents, such as linseed oil, varnish and turpentine. Unless thoroughly diluted, bitumen never fully solidifies and will in... | What was the nemesis of many artists during the 21th century? | {'text': 'Bitumen', 'answer_start': 0} |
85,747 | 85,405 | 5728115c3acd2414000df39e | generic | Von Neumann's habilitation was completed on December 13, 1927, and he started his lectures as a privatdozent at the University of Berlin in 1928. By the end of 1927, von Neumann had published twelve major papers in mathematics, and by the end of 1929, thirty-two papers, at a rate of nearly one major paper per month. Hi... | What better offer came for Von Neumann in 1930? | {'text': 'Princeton University', 'answer_start': 686} |
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