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37,653 | 37,311 | 5a07ec283fc8740018207061 | generic | Infrared vibrational spectroscopy (see also near-infrared spectroscopy) is a technique that can be used to identify molecules by analysis of their constituent bonds. Each chemical bond in a molecule vibrates at a frequency characteristic of that bond. A group of atoms in a molecule (e.g., CH2) may have multiple modes o... | What do most vibrations correspond to the frequencies of? | {'text': 'infrared light', 'answer_start': 603} |
112,760 | 112,418 | 5732201b0fdd8d15006c67d8 | generic | Thus, only in 1944 did the U.S. Navy begin to use its 150 submarines to maximum effect: installing effective shipboard radar, replacing commanders deemed lacking in aggression, and fixing the faults in the torpedoes. Japanese commerce protection was "shiftless beyond description,"[nb 14] and convoys were poorly organiz... | How many Japanese ships were sunk in 1942 by United States submarines? | {'text': '180', 'answer_start': 561} |
111,977 | 111,635 | 572fe742947a6a140053cdcf | generic | The Premier League is broadcast in the United States through NBC Sports. Premier League viewership has increased rapidly, with NBC and NBCSN averaging a record 479,000 viewers in the 2014–15 season, up 118% from 2012–13 when coverage still aired on Fox Soccer and ESPN/ESPN2 (220,000 viewers), and NBC Sports has been wi... | What was the value of this extension? | {'text': 'in a deal valued at $1 billion (£640 million).', 'answer_start': 474} |
54,728 | 54,386 | 572621eeec44d21400f3d951 | generic | By 500 BC, the Persian Empire controlled the Greek city states in Asia Minor and had made territorial gains in the Balkans and Eastern Europe proper as well. Attempts by some of the Greek city-states of Asia Minor to overthrow Persian rule failed, and Persia invaded the states of mainland Greece in 492 BC, but was forc... | In 500 BC, Greece was ruled over by who? | {'text': 'Persian Empire', 'answer_start': 15} |
1,679 | 1,337 | 56d3913859d6e41400146795 | generic | Some of Chopin's well-known pieces have acquired descriptive titles, such as the Revolutionary Étude (Op. 10, No. 12), and the Minute Waltz (Op. 64, No. 1). However, with the exception of his Funeral March, the composer never named an instrumental work beyond genre and number, leaving all potential extramusical associa... | What descriptive name was Op. 10, No. 12 given? | {'text': 'Revolutionary Étude', 'answer_start': 81} |
32,581 | 32,239 | 57096026ed30961900e8401a | generic | Nonverbal communication describes the process of conveying meaning in the form of non-word messages. Examples of nonverbal communication include haptic communication, chronemic communication, gestures, body language, facial expression, eye contact, and how one dresses. Nonverbal communication also relates to intent of ... | What is an example of a voluntary intent of a message related to nonverbal communication? | {'text': 'shaking a hand', 'answer_start': 392} |
88,575 | 88,233 | 57283a80ff5b5019007d9f87 | generic | In the English language, the capitalized form of God continues to represent a distinction between monotheistic "God" and "gods" in polytheism. The English word God and its counterparts in other languages are normally used for any and all conceptions and, in spite of significant differences between religions, the term r... | What is the tetragrammaton gor God? | {'text': 'YHWH', 'answer_start': 463} |
109,764 | 109,422 | 5a8c3316fd22b3001a8d863f | generic | As computers grew in speed and capability, a number of general-purpose database systems emerged; by the mid-1960s a number of such systems had come into commercial use. Interest in a standard began to grow, and Charles Bachman, author of one such product, the Integrated Data Store (IDS), founded the "Database Task Grou... | When were DBMSs last used commercially? | {'text': 'mid-1960s', 'answer_start': 104} |
48,410 | 48,068 | 571acf6232177014007e9f1d | generic | Others have argued that excessive regulation suppresses therapeutic innovation, and that the current cost of regulator-required clinical trials prevents the full exploitation of new genetic and biological knowledge for the treatment of human disease. A 2012 report by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and T... | What has been argued restricted innovation? | {'text': 'excessive regulation', 'answer_start': 24} |
85,611 | 85,269 | 572820f34b864d190016450a | generic | The LSPU Hall is home to the Resource Centre for the Arts. The "Hall" hosts a vibrant and diverse arts community and is regarded as the backbone of artistic infrastructure and development in the downtown. The careers of many well-known Newfoundland artists were launched there including Rick Mercer, Mary Walsh, Cathy Jo... | Where in the city is the LSPU Hall? | {'text': 'downtown', 'answer_start': 195} |
91,408 | 91,066 | 572904223f37b31900477f86 | generic | Today, all humans are classified as belonging to the species Homo sapiens and sub-species Homo sapiens sapiens. However, this is not the first species of homininae: the first species of genus Homo, Homo habilis, are theorized to have evolved in East Africa at least 2 million years ago, and members of this species popul... | Members of what species populated parts of Africa in a relatively short time? | {'text': 'Homo habilis', 'answer_start': 198} |
46,581 | 46,239 | 57195d1c010c361400c56d9a | generic | The Arians no longer presented an unbroken front to their orthodox opponents. The Emperor Constantius, who had been the cause of so much trouble, died 4 November, 361 and was succeeded by Julian. The proclamation of the new prince's accession was the signal for a pagan outbreak against the still dominant Arian faction ... | In what year did Emperor Constantius die? | {'text': '361', 'answer_start': 163} |
98,587 | 98,245 | 572aafa1f75d5e190021fc3a | generic | Philadelphia's an annualized unemployment rate was 7.8% in 2014, down from 10.0%the previous year. This is higher than the national average of 6.2%. Similarly, the rate of new jobs added to the city's economy lagged behind the national job growth. In 2014, about 8,800 jobs were added to the city's economy. Sectors with... | How many jobs were gained in 2014? | {'text': '8,800', 'answer_start': 263} |
52,886 | 52,544 | 5725d45bec44d21400f3d66b | generic | Thomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp in 1878. Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric Lights" on 14 October 1878. After many experiments, first with carbon in the early 1880s and then with platinum and other metals, in the end Edison returned ... | How long did Edison's light burn during his first successful test in 1879? | {'text': '13.5 hours', 'answer_start': 403} |
54,706 | 54,364 | 572618f238643c19005acfed | generic | Greece is a democratic and developed country with an advanced high-income economy, a high quality of life and a very high standard of living. A founding member of the United Nations, Greece was the tenth member to join the European Communities (precursor to the European Union) and has been part of the Eurozone since 20... | When did Greece join the Eurozone? | {'text': '2001', 'answer_start': 318} |
117,826 | 117,484 | 5730d8b2f6cb411900e244e6 | generic | From 1974 (the creation of the British colony of Tuvalu) until independence, the legislative body of Tuvalu was called the House of the Assembly or Fale I Fono. Following independence in October 1978 the House of the Assembly was renamed the Parliament of Tuvalu or Palamene o Tuvalu. The unicameral Parliament has 15 me... | In Tuvalu government, what group elect the Prime Minster? | {'text': 'members of parliament', 'answer_start': 368} |
3,421 | 3,079 | 56ceba72aab44d1400b88935 | generic | Experts point out that the earthquake hit an area that has been largely neglected and untouched by China's economic rise. Health care is poor in inland areas such as Sichuan, highlighting the widening gap between prosperous urban dwellers and struggling rural people. Vice Minister of Health Gao Qiang told reporters in ... | What is poor about inland areas such as Sichuan? | {'text': 'Health care', 'answer_start': 122} |
72,451 | 72,109 | 57270035708984140094d81b | generic | The top 50 m (160 ft) of a glacier are rigid because they are under low pressure. This upper section is known as the fracture zone and moves mostly as a single unit over the plastically flowing lower section. When a glacier moves through irregular terrain, cracks called crevasses develop in the fracture zone. Crevasses... | Why are the tops of glaciers rigid? | {'text': 'they are under low pressure', 'answer_start': 53} |
98,801 | 98,459 | 572ab534be1ee31400cb81aa | generic | Including Kerry, the Democratic primary race had 10 candidates, including attorney Paul J. Sheehy, State Representative Anthony R. DiFruscia, John J. Desmond and Robert B. Kennedy. Kerry ran a "very expensive, sophisticated campaign", financed by out-of-state backers and supported by many young volunteers. DiFruscia's ... | What was DiFruscia's position? | {'text': 'State Representative', 'answer_start': 99} |
95,162 | 94,820 | 5a2c4977bfd06b001a5aead8 | generic | What little there was, started with Charles de Wailly's crypt in the church of St Leu-St Gilles (1773–80), and Claude Nicolas Ledoux's Barriere des Bonshommes (1785–89). First-hand evidence of Greek architecture was of very little importance to the French, due to the influence of Marc-Antoine Laugier's doctrines that s... | What sought to discern the practices of the Greeks? | {'text': "Marc-Antoine Laugier's doctrines", 'answer_start': 281} |
91,636 | 91,294 | 572940edaf94a219006aa1f0 | generic | In an attempt to provide general descriptions that may facilitate the job of law enforcement officers seeking to apprehend suspects, the United States FBI employs the term "race" to summarize the general appearance (skin color, hair texture, eye shape, and other such easily noticed characteristics) of individuals whom ... | What does the FBI employ the term race to summarize? | {'text': 'general appearance', 'answer_start': 196} |
106,687 | 106,345 | 572ec835c246551400ce4660 | generic | The Intermontane Plateaus come to an end at the Cascade Range and the Sierra Nevada. The Cascades consist of largely intermittent, volcanic mountains, many rising prominently from the surrounding landscape. The Sierra Nevada, further south, is a high, rugged, and dense mountain range. It contains the highest point in t... | What is the name of the range where the Intermontane plateaus end? | {'text': 'Cascade Range', 'answer_start': 48} |
3,593 | 3,251 | 56cec88baab44d1400b88a46 | generic | Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan late on May 13. Tzu Chi was the first force from outside the People's Republic of China to join the rescue effort. China stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake. | Where was the foundation based? | {'text': 'Taiwan', 'answer_start': 56} |
31,069 | 30,727 | 5707217c90286e26004fc933 | generic | During the Mexican Revolution, Álvaro Obregón invited a group of Canadian German-speaking Mennonites to resettle in Mexico. By the late 1920s, some 7,000 had immigrated to Chihuahua State and Durango State, almost all from Canada, only a few from the U.S. and Russia. Today, Mexico accounts for about 42% of all Mennonit... | Mennonites speak a form of which language predominantly? | {'text': 'German', 'answer_start': 481} |
17,732 | 17,390 | 56e141e2e3433e1400422d06 | generic | People of Irish descent form the largest single ethnic group in the city, making up 15.8% of the population, followed by Italians, accounting for 8.3% of the population. People of West Indian and Caribbean ancestry are another sizable group, at 6.0%, about half of whom are of Haitian ancestry. Over 27,000 Chinese Ameri... | What is the second largest ethnic group in the city? | {'text': 'Italians', 'answer_start': 121} |
107,705 | 107,363 | 572eedffc246551400ce47bc | generic | The phrase "51st state" can be used in a positive sense, meaning that a region or territory is so aligned, supportive, and conducive with the United States, that it is like a U.S. state. It can also be used in a pejorative sense, meaning an area or region is perceived to be under excessive American cultural or military... | What reasoning would cause a country to be referred to as the "51st state" in a positive way? | {'text': 'a region or territory is so aligned, supportive, and conducive with the United States, that it is like a U.S. state', 'answer_start': 70} |
16,952 | 16,610 | 5a21d6a68a6e4f001aa08f54 | generic | Canonical jurisprudential theory generally follows the principles of Aristotelian-Thomistic legal philosophy. While the term "law" is never explicitly defined in the Code, the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites Aquinas in defining law as "...an ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the one who is ... | What term is explicitly defined in the code? | {'text': 'law', 'answer_start': 126} |
33,137 | 32,795 | 5a57b8de770dc0001aeefcf3 | generic | Modern Orthodoxy comprises a fairly broad spectrum of movements, each drawing on several distinct though related philosophies, which in some combination have provided the basis for all variations of the movement today. In general, Modern Orthodoxy holds that Jewish law is normative and binding, while simultaneously att... | What can Orthodox Judaism be harmed by it's interaction with? | {'text': 'modernity', 'answer_start': 460} |
123,382 | 123,040 | 5731dd950fdd8d15006c65b1 | generic | The Portuguese language is the official national language and the primary language taught in schools. English and Spanish are also part of the official curriculum. The city has six international schools: American School of Brasília, Brasília International School (BIS), Escola das Nações, Swiss International School (SIS... | How many international schools are in Brasilia? | {'text': 'six', 'answer_start': 177} |
120,762 | 120,420 | 573141b2e6313a140071cd91 | generic | During the summer growing season, phosphate is at a high level. It has a vital role in the breakdown of the sugars manufactured by chlorophyll. But in the fall, phosphate, along with the other chemicals and nutrients, moves out of the leaf into the stem of the plant. When this happens, the sugar-breakdown process chang... | What is created in fall when phosphates retreat to the stems of plants? | {'text': 'anthocyanin pigments', 'answer_start': 353} |
19,658 | 19,316 | 5a78c8afb73996001af5b218 | generic | RIBA runs many awards including the Stirling Prize for the best new building of the year, the Royal Gold Medal (first awarded in 1848), which honours a distinguished body of work, and the Stephen Lawrence Prize for projects with a construction budget of less than £500,000. The RIBA also awards the President's Medals fo... | What is the limit of how much can be taken from projects receiving the Stephen Lawrence Prize? | {'text': '£500,000', 'answer_start': 264} |
52,751 | 52,409 | 5a7a497317ab25001a8a0476 | generic | State banquets also take place in the Ballroom; these formal dinners are held on the first evening of a state visit by a foreign head of state. On these occasions, for up to 170 guests in formal "white tie and decorations", including tiaras, the dining table is laid with the Grand Service, a collection of silver-gilt p... | When are state banquets avoided? | {'text': 'the first evening of a state visit by a foreign head of state', 'answer_start': 81} |
74,741 | 74,399 | 57276074f1498d1400e8f71c | 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... | Why were multiple holidays seized by the Catholic population? | {'text': 'outlet for their daily frustrations', 'answer_start': 785} |
124,871 | 124,529 | 57324911b9d445190005e9ab | generic | After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower was assigned to the General Staff in Washington, where he served until June 1942 with responsibility for creating the major war plans to defeat Japan and Germany. He was appointed Deputy Chief in charge of Pacific Defenses under the Chief of War Plans Division (WPD)... | To what body was Eisenhower assigned after Pearl Harbor was attacked? | {'text': 'General Staff in', 'answer_start': 74} |
66,728 | 66,386 | 5726b1c05951b619008f7ac6 | generic | From the end of World War I until 1962, New Zealand controlled Samoa as a Class C Mandate under trusteeship through the League of Nations, then through the United Nations. There followed a series of New Zealand administrators who were responsible for two major incidents. In the first incident, approximately one fifth o... | What new label did the Department of External Affairs receive in 1943? | {'text': 'Department of Island Territories', 'answer_start': 627} |
129,476 | 129,134 | 5a830a2ae60761001a2eb329 | generic | Thus, the technological ability to detect any infectious agent rapidly and specifically are currently available. The only remaining blockades to the use of PCR as a standard tool of diagnosis are in its cost and application, neither of which is insurmountable. The diagnosis of a few diseases will not benefit from the d... | What are some diseases which help improve PCR methods? | {'text': 'clostridial diseases', 'answer_start': 367} |
103,846 | 103,504 | 572eb077c246551400ce451b | generic | Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft that has visited Neptune. The spacecraft's closest approach to the planet occurred on 25 August 1989. Because this was the last major planet the spacecraft could visit, it was decided to make a close flyby of the moon Triton, regardless of the consequences to the trajectory, similarly t... | What program aired on PBS about Neptune? | {'text': 'Neptune All Night', 'answer_start': 492} |
80,030 | 79,688 | 5727b2612ca10214002d9428 | generic | The original USB 1.0 specification, which was introduced in January 1996, defined data transfer rates of 1.5 Mbit/s "Low Speed" and 12 Mbit/s "Full Speed". Microsoft Windows 95, OSR 2.1 provided OEM support for the devices. The first widely used version of USB was 1.1, which was released in September 1998. The 12 Mbit/... | When was the first widely used version of USB released? | {'text': 'September 1998', 'answer_start': 292} |
46,552 | 46,210 | 5aceaefe32bba1001ae4b034 | generic | Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (/ˌæθəˈneɪʃəs/; Greek: Ἀθανάσιος Ἀλεξανδρείας, Athanásios Alexandrías; c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor or, primarily in the Coptic Orthodox Church, Athanasius the Apostolic, was the twentieth bishop of Alexandria (as Athanasius I). His e... | How many years was Saint Athanasius of Alexandria in freedom? | {'text': '17', 'answer_start': 389} |
40,861 | 40,519 | 570d67fafed7b91900d46014 | generic | After World War I the US Army started developing a dual-role (AA/ground) automatic 37 mm cannon, designed by John M. Browning. It was standardised in 1927 as the T9 AA cannon, but trials quickly revealed that it was worthless in the ground role. However, while the shell was a bit light (well under 2 lbs) it had a good ... | What replaced the Browning 37nn because of jamming issues? | {'text': 'Bofors 40 mm', 'answer_start': 522} |
110,515 | 110,173 | 572fcf08a23a5019007fca1b | generic | Like other newly independent states of the former Soviet Union, Armenia's economy suffers from the breakdown of former Soviet trading patterns. Soviet investment in and support of Armenian industry has virtually disappeared, so that few major enterprises are still able to function. In addition, the effects of the 1988 ... | How many people died because of the Spitak earthquake? | {'text': 'more than 25,000', 'answer_start': 352} |
68,663 | 68,321 | 57270b64708984140094d901 | generic | Another study examining the health and nutrition literacy status of residents of the lower Mississippi Delta found that 52 percent of participants had a high likelihood of limited literacy skills. While a precise comparison between the NAAL and Delta studies is difficult, primarily because of methodological differences... | What percentage of people were were found to have a high likelihood of low literacy skills in the Mississippi Delta region? | {'text': '52', 'answer_start': 120} |
31,235 | 30,893 | 5709809d200fba14003680b0 | generic | For example, one might refer to the A above middle C as a', A4, or 440 Hz. In standard Western equal temperament, the notion of pitch is insensitive to "spelling": the description "G4 double sharp" refers to the same pitch as A4; in other temperaments, these may be distinct pitches. Human perception of musical interval... | The description "G4 double sharp" refers to the same pitch as what? | {'text': 'A4', 'answer_start': 226} |
6,592 | 6,250 | 56db2cc2e7c41114004b4ebb | generic | Phillips released "Home" as his coronation song, while Sanchez released "Change Nothing". Phillips' "Home" has since become the best selling of all coronation songs. | Which song is the best selling coronation song of all Idol seasons? | {'text': 'Home', 'answer_start': 19} |
75,070 | 74,728 | 5a3173c3e4dcb1001abb2314 | generic | Baptist missionary work in Canada began in the British colony of Nova Scotia (present day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) in the 1760s. The first official record of a Baptist church in Canada was that of the Horton Baptist Church (now Wolfville) in Wolfville, Nova Scotia on 29 October 1778. The church was established wi... | Missionary work began in what American colony? | {'text': 'Nova Scotia', 'answer_start': 65} |
117,279 | 116,937 | 5730a4e0069b5314008321f5 | generic | The rivalry between Nintendo and Sega resulted in what has been described as one of the most notable console wars in video game history, in which Sega positioned the Genesis as the "cool" console, with more mature titles aimed at older gamers, and edgy advertisements that occasionally attacked the competition. Nintendo... | What market did the Genesis target? | {'text': 'older gamers', 'answer_start': 230} |
127,468 | 127,126 | 5a39963a2f14dd001ac72435 | generic | Grande Saline Bay provides temporary anchorage for small vessels while Colombier Bay, to the northwest, has a 4 fathoms patch near mid entrance. In the bight of St. Jean Bay there is a narrow cut through the reef. The north and east sides of the island are fringed, to a short distance from the shore, by a visible coral... | How deep do most of the coral reefs lie? | {'text': '4 fathoms', 'answer_start': 110} |
60,446 | 60,104 | 5a5fa1c5eae51e001ab14b5f | generic | All of these elements struck a chord with the older readers, such as college-aged adults, and they successfully gained in a way not seen before. In 1965, Spider-Man and the Hulk were both featured in Esquire magazine's list of 28 college campus heroes, alongside John F. Kennedy and Bob Dylan. In 2009 writer Geoff Bouch... | Who compared DC comics to the Beatles? | {'text': 'Geoff Boucher', 'answer_start': 309} |
118,619 | 118,277 | 5a860b6db4e223001a8e73f1 | generic | Russian distinguishes between consonant phonemes with palatal secondary articulation and those without, the so-called soft and hard sounds. This distinction is found between pairs of almost all consonants and is one of the most distinguishing features of the language. Another important aspect is the reduction of unstre... | What is an uncommon word used to mark? | {'text': 'stress', 'answer_start': 492} |
91,821 | 91,479 | 5728d7cc2ca10214002da936 | generic | Aside from the 20th century addition of the Bois de Boulogne, Bois de Vincennes and Paris heliport, Paris' administrative limits have remained unchanged since 1860. The Seine département had been governing Paris and its suburbs since its creation in 1790, but the rising suburban population had made it difficult to gove... | WHen was District de la region parisienne reorganised? | {'text': '1968', 'answer_start': 487} |
77,938 | 77,596 | 5a5e42ab5bc9f4001a75ae97 | generic | Samkhya school espouses dualism between consciousness and matter. It regards the universe as consisting of two realities; Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (matter). Jiva (a living being) is that state in which puruṣa is bonded to prakriti in some form. This fusion, state the Samkhya scholars, led to the emergence of... | What does Samkhya mean? | {'text': 'consciousness', 'answer_start': 130} |
82,469 | 82,127 | 5727e8e73acd2414000def8a | generic | Religion is extremely important to the Tibetans and has a strong influence over all aspects of their lives. Bön is the ancient religion of Tibet, but has been almost eclipsed by Tibetan Buddhism, a distinctive form of Mahayana and Vajrayana, which was introduced into Tibet from the Sanskrit Buddhist tradition of northe... | When were 10 to 20% of Tibets males monks? | {'text': 'Before the 1950s', 'answer_start': 964} |
85,147 | 84,805 | 5a7e364170df9f001a875577 | generic | Time travel is the concept of moving backwards or forwards to different points in time, in a manner analogous to moving through space, and different from the normal "flow" of time to an earthbound observer. In this view, all points in time (including future times) "persist" in some way. Time travel has been a plot devi... | What are some devices thought to be when in the process of invention? | {'text': 'fictional or hypothetical', 'answer_start': 508} |
106,341 | 105,999 | 572eae8bcb0c0d14000f1462 | generic | The Quran consists of 114 chapters of varying lengths, each known as a sura. Suras are classified as Meccan or Medinan, depending on whether the verses were revealed before or after the migration of Muhammad to the city of Medina. However, a sura classified as Medinan may contain Meccan verses in it and vice versa. Sur... | What is a chapter of the Quran called? | {'text': 'sura', 'answer_start': 71} |
117,848 | 117,506 | 5730e152aca1c71400fe5b34 | generic | Tuvalu participates in the operations of the Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). The Tuvaluan government, the US government, and the governments of other Pacific islands, are parties to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT), which entered into for... | Of what fishery treaty is Tuvalu a signatory? | {'text': 'South Pacific Tuna Treaty', 'answer_start': 264} |
44,393 | 44,051 | 570fac3a80d9841400ab362f | generic | Elizabeth's only sibling, Princess Margaret, was born in 1930. The two princesses were educated at home under the supervision of their mother and their governess, Marion Crawford, who was casually known as "Crawfie". Lessons concentrated on history, language, literature and music. Crawford published a biography of Eliz... | Who was Elizabeth only sibling?P | {'text': 'Princess Margaret', 'answer_start': 26} |
113,905 | 113,563 | 57303a86b2c2fd1400568aa1 | generic | Iranian cuisine is diverse due to its variety of ethnic groups and the influence of other cultures. Herbs are frequently used along with fruits such as plums, pomegranates, quince, prunes, apricots, and raisins. Iranians usually eat plain yogurt with lunch and dinner; it is a staple of the diet in Iran. To achieve a ba... | In Iranian cuisine, what is habitually used with fruits? | {'text': 'Herbs', 'answer_start': 100} |
97,369 | 97,027 | 572a4d0f1d046914007798e8 | generic | In 1950, Hayek left the London School of Economics for the University of Chicago, where he became a professor in the Committee on Social Thought. Hayek's salary was funded not by the university, but by an outside foundation. University of Chicago President Robert Hutchins was in the midst of a war with the U. of Chicag... | Who supplied Hayek's salary? | {'text': 'an outside foundation', 'answer_start': 202} |
1,638 | 1,296 | 56d38c2b59d6e41400146704 | generic | Mozart's Requiem was sung at the funeral; the soloists were the soprano Jeanne-Anais Castellan, the mezzo-soprano Pauline Viardot, the tenor Alexis Dupont, and the bass Luigi Lablache; Chopin's Preludes No. 4 in E minor and No. 6 in B minor were also played. The organist at the funeral was Louis Lefébure-Wély. The fune... | Who was the organist for Chopin's funeral? | {'text': 'Louis Lefébure-Wély', 'answer_start': 291} |
110,647 | 110,305 | 572fa91e04bcaa1900d76b6a | generic | Many important biochemical reactions, such as energy generation, use concentration gradients across membranes. The general lack of internal membranes in bacteria means reactions such as electron transport occur across the cell membrane between the cytoplasm and the periplasmic space. However, in many photosynthetic bac... | Can membrane of bacteria create lipid structure? | {'text': 'light-gathering complexes may even form lipid-enclosed structures', 'answer_start': 437} |
23,285 | 22,943 | 56f8d2049b226e1400dd1084 | generic | It has been revealed that Southampton has the worst behaved secondary schools within the UK. With suspension rates three times the national average, the suspension rate is approximately 1 in every 14 children, the highest in the country for physical or verbal assaults against staff. | How many times the national average are the suspension rates at Southampton's secondary schools? | {'text': 'three', 'answer_start': 115} |
104,729 | 104,387 | 5ad4209f604f3c001a40070f | generic | On June 17, 2015, 21-year-old Dylann Roof entered the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church during a Bible study and killed nine people. Senior pastor Clementa Pinckney, who also served as a state senator, was among those killed during the attack. The deceased also included congregation members Susie Jack... | A memorial service for the six victims was held on which college's campus? | {'text': 'College of Charleston', 'answer_start': 787} |
37,749 | 37,407 | 570ba2b3ec8fbc190045baa0 | generic | The infrared portion of the spectrum has several useful benefits for astronomers. Cold, dark molecular clouds of gas and dust in our galaxy will glow with radiated heat as they are irradiated by imbedded stars. Infrared can also be used to detect protostars before they begin to emit visible light. Stars emit a smaller ... | What irradiates clouds of gas in the galaxy and makes them glow? | {'text': 'imbedded stars', 'answer_start': 195} |
97,264 | 96,922 | 5a7d349070df9f001a875008 | generic | A significant and far-reaching shift in human subsistence and lifestyle was to be brought about in areas where crop farming and cultivation were first developed: the previous reliance on an essentially nomadic hunter-gatherer subsistence technique or pastoral transhumance was at first supplemented, and then increasingl... | What behavior did humans rely on to survive before the Bronze Age? | {'text': 'nomadic hunter-gatherer subsistence technique', 'answer_start': 202} |
90,149 | 89,807 | 5ad41595604f3c001a40030c | generic | The Alaska State Troopers are Alaska's statewide police force. They have a long and storied history, but were not an official organization until 1941. Before the force was officially organized, law enforcement in Alaska was handled by various federal agencies. Larger towns usually have their own local police and some v... | In what year didn't Alaskan State Troopers become an official organization? | {'text': '1941', 'answer_start': 145} |
52,122 | 51,780 | 57265dc9dd62a815002e82d5 | generic | In many countries, national and regional poultry shows are held where enthusiasts exhibit their birds which are judged on certain phenotypical breed traits as specified by their respective breed standards. The idea of poultry exhibition may have originated after cockfighting was made illegal, as a way of maintaining a ... | What are some of the most widely known poultry tournaments? | {'text': 'the annual "National Championship Show" in the United Kingdom organised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain.', 'answer_start': 580} |
7,544 | 7,202 | 56db3241e7c41114004b4f28 | generic | India rejected Chinese demands that the torch route be clear of India's 150,000-strong Tibetan exile community, by which they required a ban on congregation near the curtailed 3 km route. In response Indian officials said India was a democracy, and "a wholesale ban on protests was out of the question". Contradicting so... | A wholesale ban on what was denied? | {'text': 'protests', 'answer_start': 269} |
63,844 | 63,502 | 5ad3d2a6604f3c001a3ff251 | generic | Serious American students of theology and divinity, particularly in New England, regarded Hebrew as a classical language, along with Greek and Latin, and essential for study of the Old Testament in the original words. The Reverend Ezra Stiles, president of the College from 1778 to 1795, brought with him his interest in... | What degree was Edmund Fanning stripped of for his services? | {'text': 'an honorary degree LL.D.', 'answer_start': 965} |
109,007 | 108,665 | 5a2d656bf28ef0001a526541 | generic | Santa Monica is featured in the video games True Crime: Streets of LA (2003), Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004), Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (2004) as a fictional district - Santa Maria Beach, Destroy All Humans! (2004), Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (2005), L.A. Rush (2005), Midnight Club: Los Angeles (200... | Who was the lead designer of Cars Race-O-Rama? | {'text': 'Tony Hawk', 'answer_start': 232} |
33,562 | 33,220 | 5acd6b1707355d001abf4150 | generic | The basic ingredients of beer are water; a starch source, such as malted barley, able to be saccharified (converted to sugars) then fermented (converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide); a brewer's yeast to produce the fermentation; and a flavouring such as hops. A mixture of starch sources may be used, with a secondar... | What are the basic ingredients of water? | {'text': 'a starch source, such as malted barley, able to be saccharified (converted to sugars', 'answer_start': 41} |
89,290 | 88,948 | 572874fe3acd2414000dfa19 | generic | In the 2010 general election on 6 May that year, Labour with 29.0% of the vote won the second largest number of seats (258). The Conservatives with 36.5% of the vote won the largest number of seats (307), but no party had an overall majority, meaning that Labour could still remain in power if they managed to form a coa... | WHen did Brown announce his intention to stand down? | {'text': '10 May 2010', 'answer_start': 545} |
19,261 | 18,919 | 56e73fb737bdd419002c3dfb | generic | Beginning and ending dates are roughly the reverse in the southern hemisphere. For example, mainland Chile observed DST from the second Saturday in October to the second Saturday in March, with transitions at 24:00 local time. The time difference between the United Kingdom and mainland Chile could therefore be five hou... | What day of the week does DST begin and end in Chile? | {'text': 'Saturday', 'answer_start': 136} |
101,149 | 100,807 | 5a0f39cfdecec900184754eb | generic | In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rath... | Which version of North American football has a smaller football? | {'text': 'American', 'answer_start': 694} |
8,069 | 7,727 | 5ad5fc5d5b96ef001a10afa4 | generic | Gesamtschulen might put bright working class students at risk according to several studies. It could be shown that an achievement gap opens between working class students attending a comprehensive and their middle class peers. Also working class students attending a Gymnasium or a Realschule outperform students from si... | At which school do students achieve the most success? | {'text': 'Hauptschule', 'answer_start': 444} |
58,320 | 57,978 | 5acec9b232bba1001ae4b40e | generic | The BYU Broadcasting Technical Operations Center is an HD production and distribution facility that is home to local PBS affiliate KBYU-TV, local classical music station KBYU-FM Classical 89, BYU Radio, BYU Radio Instrumental, BYU Radio International, BYUtv and BYU Television International with content in Spanish and P... | How is BUYtv available? | {'text': 'via cable', 'answer_start': 421} |
70,557 | 70,215 | 572953656aef051400154cf3 | generic | Once known as "the Gibraltar of the West" and "Fortress Bermuda", Bermuda today is defended by forces of the British government. For the first two centuries of settlement, the most potent armed force operating from Bermuda was its merchant shipping fleet, which turned to privateering at every opportunity. The Bermuda g... | What did Bermuda's merchant shipping fleet do whenever it had the chance? | {'text': 'turned to privateering', 'answer_start': 262} |
69,673 | 69,331 | 5726bc7cf1498d1400e8e988 | generic | A number of theories have been proposed regarding Avicenna's madhab (school of thought within Islamic jurisprudence). Medieval historian Ẓahīr al-dīn al-Bayhaqī (d. 1169) considered Avicenna to be a follower of the Brethren of Purity. On the other hand, Dimitri Gutas along with Aisha Khan and Jules J. Janssens demonstr... | What secret society was Avicenna considered to be a follower of? | {'text': 'the Brethren of Purity', 'answer_start': 211} |
90,401 | 90,059 | 5728cfdd4b864d1900164e9c | generic | The creation–evolution controversy in the United States raises the issue of whether creationistic ideas may be legitimately called science and whether evolution itself may be legitimately called science. In the debate, both sides and even courts in their decisions have frequently invoked Popper's criterion of falsifiab... | What phrase did Popper use to describe Darwinism's relation to proper falsifiable theories? | {'text': 'possible framework', 'answer_start': 580} |
45,756 | 45,414 | 571023c2a58dae1900cd6900 | generic | Sixteen was held to be the minimum permissible age in the 1988 Supreme Court decision of Thompson v. Oklahoma. The Court, considering the case Roper v. Simmons in March 2005, found the execution of juvenile offenders unconstitutional by a 5–4 margin, effectively raising the minimum permissible age to 18. State laws hav... | According to Thompson v. Oklahoma, what was the youngest age at which a person might be executed? | {'text': 'Sixteen', 'answer_start': 0} |
55,104 | 54,762 | 572617bcec44d21400f3d8b3 | generic | Shell was vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It has minor renewable energy activities in the form of biofuels and wind. It has operations in over 90 count... | Shell has minor renewable energy activities in which two areas? | {'text': 'biofuels and wind', 'answer_start': 267} |
81,870 | 81,528 | 5728c4ee3acd2414000dfdfe | generic | The average annual rainfall ranges from very low in the northern and southern fringes of the desert to nearly non-existent over the central and the eastern part. The thin northern fringe of the desert receives more winter cloudiness and rainfall due to the arrival of low pressure systems over the Mediterranean Sea alon... | What causes the southern fringe to receive cloudiness and rainfall? | {'text': 'Intertropical Convergence Zone', 'answer_start': 699} |
29,244 | 28,902 | 570612ba75f01819005e794b | generic | This 164-page monthly magazine is sold separately from the newspaper of record and is Britain's best-selling travel magazine. The first issue of The Sunday Times Travel Magazine was in 2003, and it includes news, features and insider guides. | What is the name of Britain's best-selling travel magazine? | {'text': 'Sunday Times Travel Magazine', 'answer_start': 149} |
122,170 | 121,828 | 57321ccfb9d445190005e812 | generic | The first and last Roman known as a living divus was Julius Caesar, who seems to have aspired to divine monarchy; he was murdered soon after. Greek allies had their own traditional cults to rulers as divine benefactors, and offered similar cult to Caesar's successor, Augustus, who accepted with the cautious proviso tha... | For what was Augustus's reformed system of government notiable? | {'text': 'integrated', 'answer_start': 548} |
5,710 | 5,368 | 56d0a987234ae51400d9c407 | generic | While he searched for enlightenment, Gautama combined the yoga practice of his teacher Kalama with what later became known as "the immeasurables".[dubious – discuss] Gautama thus invented a new kind of human, one without egotism.[dubious – discuss] What Thich Nhat Hanh calls the "Four Immeasurable Minds" of love, compa... | What is the best known of the four immeasurables? | {'text': 'mettā or loving-kindness meditation', 'answer_start': 521} |
18,194 | 17,852 | 5ad14f4a645df0001a2d16fe | generic | The production arm of the studio still struggled. While there were to be a few hits like The Killers (1946) and The Naked City (1948), Universal-International's new theatrical films often met with disappointing response at the box office. By the late 1940s, Goetz was out, and the studio returned to low-budget films. Th... | What year was Kettle made? | {'text': '1950', 'answer_start': 343} |
102,529 | 102,187 | 572e8556dfa6aa1500f8d08d | generic | On 16 August 1960, Cyprus attained independence after the Zürich and London Agreement between the United Kingdom, Greece and Turkey. Cyprus had a total population of 573,566; of whom 442,138 (77.1%) were Greeks, 104,320 (18.2%) Turks, and 27,108 (4.7%) others The UK retained the two Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri an... | What is the date that Cyrpus attained independence? | {'text': '16 August 1960', 'answer_start': 3} |
5,118 | 4,776 | 56cf61d7aab44d1400b891ae | 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 album did Kanye receive production credits on in 2001? | {'text': 'The Blueprint', 'answer_start': 255} |
66,398 | 66,056 | 5726a5975951b619008f78e9 | generic | Among the reasons this speech was so greatly admired was its passage on Lord Bathurst (1684–1775); Burke describes an angel in 1704 prophesying to Bathurst the future greatness of England and also of America: "Young man, There is America – which at this day serves little more than to amuse you with stories of savage me... | What political position did Samuel Johnson say would soon poison America? | {'text': 'Whiggism', 'answer_start': 642} |
115,504 | 115,162 | 57328a33b3a91d1900202e2d | generic | Antibiotics are screened for any negative effects on humans or other mammals before approval for clinical use, and are usually considered safe and most are well tolerated. However, some antibiotics have been associated with a range of adverse side effects. Side-effects range from mild to very serious depending on the a... | What can happen when antibiotics are used with other drugs? | {'text': 'Additional side-effects', 'answer_start': 1126} |
30,572 | 30,230 | 5ad2855cd7d075001a42989a | generic | With house music already massive on the '80s dance-scene it was only a matter of time before it would penetrate the UK pop charts.[citation needed] The record generally credited as the first house hit in the UK was Farley "Jackmaster" Funk's "Love Can't Turn Around" which reached #10 in the UK singles chart in Septembe... | What is created as the second house hit in the UK? | {'text': 'Farley "Jackmaster" Funk\'s "Love Can\'t Turn Around"', 'answer_start': 215} |
22,125 | 21,783 | 56eab0855a205f1900d6d40c | generic | Extensive and diverse public spending is, in itself, inherently at risk of cronyism, kickbacks, and embezzlement. Complicated regulations and arbitrary, unsupervised official conduct exacerbate the problem. This is one argument for privatization and deregulation. Opponents of privatization see the argument as ideologic... | Public spending has risks of kickbacks, embezzlement and what? | {'text': 'cronyism', 'answer_start': 75} |
96,992 | 96,650 | 572a1ef81d046914007797a8 | generic | Mach argued that, in effect, the water experiment in an otherwise empty universe would remain flat. But if another object were introduced into this universe, perhaps a distant star, there would now be something relative to which the bucket could be seen as rotating. The water inside the bucket could possibly have a sli... | The Mach argument is called what? | {'text': "Mach's Principle", 'answer_start': 619} |
11,546 | 11,204 | 56de81084396321400ee298c | generic | National and regional variations also occur within the BBC One and BBC Two schedules. England's BBC One output is split up into fifteen regions (such as South West and East), which exist mainly to produce local news programming, but also occasionally opt out of the network to show programmes of local importance (such a... | What kind of coverage might take precedence over standard BBC programming? | {'text': 'major local events', 'answer_start': 322} |
70,824 | 70,482 | 5726e8e4708984140094d584 | generic | The Nigerian government has commissioned the overseas production and launch of four satellites. The Nigeriasat-1 was the first satellite to be built under the Nigerian government sponsorship. The satellite was launched from Russia on 27 September 2003. Nigeriasat-1 was part of the world-wide Disaster Monitoring Constel... | How many satellites has the Nigerian government commissioned? | {'text': 'four', 'answer_start': 79} |
69,964 | 69,622 | 5726f2815951b619008f831b | generic | Avicenna's legacy in classical psychology is primarily embodied in the Kitab al-nafs parts of his Kitab al-shifa (The Book of Healing) and Kitab al-najat (The Book of Deliverance). These were known in Latin under the title De Anima (treatises "on the soul").[dubious – discuss] Notably, Avicenna develops what is called ... | In an argument by Avicenna, the soul is without what? | {'text': 'quantitative extension', 'answer_start': 434} |
71,242 | 70,900 | 5ad27fd7d7d075001a429798 | generic | Most notably, there was also a secret protocol to the pact, revealed only after Germany's defeat in 1945, although hints about its provisions were leaked much earlier, e.g., to influence Lithuania. According to said protocol Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland were divided into German and Soviet "sp... | Bessarabia eventually never became under the control of which country? | {'text': 'Soviet Union', 'answer_start': 1050} |
8,719 | 8,377 | 56dda6db66d3e219004dac91 | generic | The institutes of technology and polytechnics have been in existence since at least the 18th century, but became popular after World War II with the expansion of engineering and applied science education, associated with the new needs created by industrialization. The world's first institution of technology, the Berg-S... | What was the first institute of technology in the world? | {'text': 'the Berg-Schola', 'answer_start': 310} |
104,867 | 104,525 | 5ad42525604f3c001a4008d7 | generic | The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston Office of Education also operates out of the city and oversees several K-8 parochial schools, such as Blessed Sacrament School, Christ Our King School, Charleston Catholic School, Nativity School, and Divine Redeemer School, all of which are "feeder" schools into Bishop England ... | How old are some of Charleston's public school? | {'text': '150 years', 'answer_start': 550} |
1,402 | 1,060 | 56cfdb3e234ae51400d9bf7d | generic | Although the two displayed great respect and admiration for each other, their friendship was uneasy and had some qualities of a love-hate relationship. Harold C. Schonberg believes that Chopin displayed a "tinge of jealousy and spite" towards Liszt's virtuosity on the piano, and others have also argued that he had beco... | What piece did Chopin dedicate to Liszt? | {'text': 'Op. 10 Études', 'answer_start': 422} |
127,551 | 127,209 | 5733759bd058e614000b5b57 | generic | As the terrain is generally arid, the hills have mostly poor soil and support only cacti and succulent plants. During the rainy season the area turns green with vegetation and grass. The eastern part of the island is greener as it receives more rainfall. A 1994 survey has revealed several hundred indigenous species of ... | Which half of the island is usually greener due to more rainfall? | {'text': 'The eastern part', 'answer_start': 183} |
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